US09858502B2
An approach for land cover classification, seasonal and yearly change detection and monitoring, and identification of changes in man-made features may use a clustering of sparse approximations (CoSA) on sparse representations in learned dictionaries. The learned dictionaries may be derived using efficient convolutional sparse coding to build multispectral or hyperspectral, multiresolution dictionaries that are adapted to regional satellite image data. Sparse image representations of images over the learned dictionaries may be used to perform unsupervised k-means clustering into land cover categories. The clustering process behaves as a classifier in detecting real variability. This approach may combine spectral and spatial textural characteristics to detect geologic, vegetative, hydrologic, and man-made features, as well as changes in these features over time.
US09858499B2
A rotation unit of an image processor rotates at least any one of a securing unit for securing an object, an illumination unit for illuminating the object secured by the securing unit, and an image reading unit for reading an image of the object secured by the securing unit. A matching value calculation unit calculates the matching value for matching the image read by the image reading unit and the image in an image storing unit for storing images of objects previously read. A controller controls the rotation by the rotation unit based on the matching value calculated by the matching value calculation unit.
US09858491B2
A device may include a finger biometric sensor and a processor coupled thereto. The processor may acquire first and second finger matching biometric data based upon first and second finger placements adjacent the sensor. The processor may also perform a matching between the first and second finger matching data to generate composite finger matching data having an associated composite match score, perform another matching between the composite matching data and finger enrollment data when the composite match score exceeds a match threshold to generate an enrollment match score, and update the finger enrollment data with the composite matching data when the enrollment match score exceeds an enrollment threshold. In other embodiments, where the second finger matching data is acquired based upon a removal and replacement of the finger from adjacent the finger sensor, instead of or in addition to updating the finger enrollment data, a device function may be performed.
US09858485B2
In the image processing device, the method and the recording medium, the characteristic information extractor extracts the shooting time of the still image. The image analysis condition determiner sets the image analysis condition for the portion of the moving image which portion was shot within the shooting time range covering certain periods of time before and after the shooting time of the still image, to be rougher than that for others. The frame image analyzer extracts frame images from the moving image and perform image analysis on the extracted frame images in accordance with the image analysis condition. The frame image output section calculates the evaluation value of the frame image based on the result of the image analysis and output the frame image having the evaluation value not less than the threshold value.
US09858480B2
Tracking a vehicle using an unmanned aerial vehicle is disclosed. One or more first images may be received from a first camera of the first unmanned aerial vehicle located at a first location. A parking violation committed by a first vehicle may be determined in at least one of the one or more first images. The first unmanned aerial vehicle may be then repositioned. One or more second images having the second field of view and showing the first vehicle may then be received. A unique identifier of the first vehicle may then be determined based on at least one of the one or more second images.
US09858457B2
The system in at least one embodiment provides a tamper evident specimen sample lock that in a further embodiment includes an embedded storage medium. They system and method in at least one embodiment allows for efficiently and securely creating, maintaining, identifying, tracking, and controlling inventories (either prospective or retrospective) of biological and chemical sample containers and their contents, while eliminating potential loss and degradation associated with handling the samples. The system in at least one embodiment provides a sample container tray or cryogenic box having one or more integrated RFID readers within an associated smart lid that sense RFIDs associated with the individual samples thereby eliminating the need to remove, visually inspect, and/or handle the samples.
US09858456B2
An information processing system, an information processing method for use with the system, an information providing system, and information providing method for use with the system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method for use with the apparatus, a doll, an object, a program storage medium, and a program for authenticating users reliably are provided. A user acquires beforehand a doll called Pochara the Good Friend incorporating an IC chip that stores a user ID for authenticating the user. When the user mounts the doll on a platform connected to a personal computer, the user ID is read from the IC chip by a reader housed in the platform and transmitted over the Internet to a Pochara service server. The server has a Pochara database holding personal information about users of the service. The transmitted user ID is checked against the personal information in the database for authentication. This invention applies advantageously to servers offering services through networks.
US09858448B1
A payment terminal such as a payment reader may receive and form electrical connections with an electronic transaction card such as an EMV chip card. The payment terminal may provide a clock signal at a rate that exceeds a specified rate for the EMV chip card. The payment terminal may transmit messages to the EMV chip card and monitor receive messages at a data connection. The payment terminal may determine that the clock rate is excessive based on a timeout of a receive message, an error rate of a receive message, or a receive message indicating that one of the transmit messages was not received by the EMV card. The payment terminal may reduce the clock rate to a rate that is below the specified rate for the EMV chip card.
US09858445B2
Disclosed is a mobile terminal provided with a security function. The mobile terminal provided with the security function can include: a casing having a data input portion for inputting data, and an upper casing and a lower casing which can be assembled and disassembled; a circuit board for processing input data, which is electrically connected to the data input portion and is provided with a security unit that requires security; a tamper prevention conductive portion which is arranged between the casing and the circuit board and is electrically connected to the circuit board when the upper casing and the lower casing are assembled; and a control portion for denying access to data in the security unit based on a resistance value of the tamper prevention conductive portion. As a result, access to data in a secure region to which important data is saved is denied when the casing is forcibly opened, thereby effectively preventing important data from being leaked to the outside.
US09858441B2
A method for disabling counterfeit cartridge operation is provided. The method includes detecting a cartridge in a blade enclosure. The method includes checking authentication credentials of the cartridge. The method includes determining the cartridge to be counterfeit. The method includes disabling the cartridge in response to determining the cartridge to be counterfeit.
US09858440B1
A computer-implemented method, the method includes identifying a piece of data to be served from a server system to a client device that is remote from the server system; creating a plurality of expressions that, when executed, provide a result that corresponds to the piece of data; and providing the plurality of expressions to the client device with code for executing the plurality of expressions.
US09858436B2
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes extracting first key derivation data from a first row of data to be stored in a database, where the database includes two or more rows of data. A first encryption subkey is generated, by a computer processor, by combining the first key derivation data with a static key. One or more sensitive fields in each row of the two or more rows of the database are encrypted using a unique corresponding encryption subkey for the row, and the first encryption subkey is unique to the first row among the two or more rows of the database. The one or more sensitive fields in the first row of data are encrypted with format-preserving encryption using the first encryption subkey. The first row of data, including the encrypted one or more sensitive fields, are stored in the database.
US09858432B2
Techniques for securely displaying sensitive information against attempts to capture such information via screenshots are introduced. Similar to the pieces of a puzzle, a plurality of images that collectively represent a keypad (for example) are generated and each image represents a different part of the characters. The generated images are to be displayed to a human user in a sequential fashion at least at a predetermined minimum frame rate, such that the plurality of images sequentially displayed are perceivable by the human user collectively as the keypad. In each of the plurality of images, at least a part of the characters of the keypad is disguised or concealed, and in some embodiments, to the extent that not a single character of the keypad is recognizable by a human or a machine. Further, bogus data can be selectively inserted to enhance security.
US09858429B2
A method of data transfer in an electronic device including a secure module, which includes a processor and a secure element, an application processor, and a sensor, may include: switching an operation mode of the processor to a bypass mode; performing a cross-authentication, by the application processor and the secure element; generating a session key, by the application processor and the secure element, when the cross-authentication is succeeded; switching the operation mode of the processor to a normal mode; encrypting, by the secure module, sensing data provided by the sensor using the session key; transferring the encrypted sensing data from the processor to the application processor; and/or acquiring, by the application processor, the sensing data by decrypting the encrypted sensing data using the session key.
US09858423B2
In some examples, a method includes inserting monitoring instructions to be executed with a set of conditional operations and data type operations in an application and executing the application with a benign value. The method can also include storing at least one of result values and path constraints from the monitoring instructions, the result values comprising values generated by each conditional operation and each data type operation executed with the benign value. Furthermore, the method can include generating a prohibited value corresponding to a security vulnerability that satisfies the set of conditional operations and data type operations in the application based on the result values and the path constraints and modifying the application to prevent execution of the prohibited value.
US09858419B2
A static analysis for identification of permission-requirements on stack-inspection authorization systems is provided. The analysis employs functional modularity for improved scalability. To enhance precision, the analysis utilizes program slicing to detect the origin of each parameter passed to a security-sensitive function. Furthermore, since strings are essential when defining permissions, the analysis integrates a sophisticated string analysis that models string computations.
US09858409B2
A mobile device includes a pre-authentication mechanism that allows a user to define a pre-authentication sequence that includes actions such as movement of the device, taps on the screen, key presses, etc., or any suitable combination of these. Correctly entering the pre-authentication sequence gives the user access to the main authentication screen for the device, while a failure to enter the pre-authentication sequence correctly keeps the device locked. Multiple pre-authentication sequences can be defined, each having a corresponding sleep time threshold. This requires the user to enter the appropriate authentication information corresponding to the time the device has been asleep. Multiple pre-authentication sequences can also be defined, each having corresponding authentication information. Thus, the authentication information the user needs to enter can be a function of the corresponding pre-authentication sequence.
US09858405B2
A system and/or method may be provided to silently authenticate a user. An example method of silently authenticating a user includes receiving a set of device characteristics from a user device and identifying, based on the set of device characteristics, the user device. The method also includes determining whether to trust the user device and determining whether the user device is associated with a user that was previously authenticated. The method further includes in response to determining to trust the user device and that the user device is associated with the user that was previously authenticated, authenticating the user based on the previous authentication.
US09858394B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing medical adherence. An exemplary method may include managing medical adherence utilizing data aggregating and processing to determine impact on a user's health based on their behavior related to prescribed medication. The method may entail utilizing data related to a medication regimen and patient behavior to determine a patient's compliance to the regimen in terms of dosage and time. These values may be utilized to calculate a medical adherence value representing a patient's adherence to a prescribed regimen. Responsive to determining low medical adherence, a notification may be generated which may result in an intervention with the patient.
US09858386B2
In a method of recalibrating continuous glucose monitoring data from a user, operable on a digital processor, an indication from the user that the user has taken a meal is received (806). A self-monitored of blood glucose levels from the user (810) at two separate times during a day corresponding to when the user has taken a meal. A glucose signal is received from a continuous glucose monitoring sensor (818) at times corresponding to the two separate times that the user has taken a meal. Two reconstructed blood glucose values based on the glucose signal from the continuous monitoring sensor at times when the at least two self-monitored of blood glucose levels are received from the user. A linear regression is performed (822) using y=ax+b, wherein x corresponds to the two reconstructed blood glucose values and y corresponds to the two self-monitored of blood glucose levels thereby generating an estimation of a and b. A recalibration signal, including the estimation of a and b, is transmitted to the continuous glucose monitoring sensor (824) based on the linear regression.
US09858383B2
An incremental parasitic extraction system includes a noise analysis module configured to perform a first noise analysis on at least one first net with respect to at least one aggressor net. The incremental parasitic extraction system further includes an optimizer module and an extraction module. The optimizer module performs a first optimization activity on the at least one first net based on results of the first noise analysis. The optimizer module further generates a first invalidation list based on the first optimization activity, and a second invalidation list based on a type of the first optimization action so as to add the second invalidation list to the first invalidation list. The extraction module processes the first and second invalidation lists and performs an extraction and noise analysis process on the first and second invalidation lists so as to determine at least one new RC network and associated noise analysis results.
US09858381B2
A method for manufacturing a serial link including a channel and a receiver, the link including linear time-invariant elements, the receiver including a continuous-time linear equalizer (CTLE) including a nonlinear block, and a slicer having an input. The method includes: for each of a plurality of candidate CTLE configurations: calculating a first probability density function (PDF), corresponding to a first signal value, at the input of the nonlinear block, calculating a first PDF, corresponding to the first signal value, at the output of the nonlinear block; calculating a second PDF, corresponding to a second signal value, at the input of the nonlinear block, calculating a second PDF, corresponding to the second signal value, at the output of the nonlinear block; and calculating a bit error rate.
US09858376B2
A method is provided for designing and implementing a circuit comprising an integrated circuit (IC) including a number of analog and digital circuit elements for which operating parameters can be set. In one embodiment the method includes entering in a circuit design tool embodied in a computer readable medium on a server specified requirements for a circuit, the specified requirements including physical properties to be sensed by the circuit. The circuit is automatically modeled by the circuit design tool based on the specified requirements and resources available on the IC, the modeling including translating the specified requirements into parameter settings of the number of the analog and digital circuit elements. The circuit is then built, the building including setting parameters of at least one of the analog and digital circuit elements of the IC using the circuit design tool based on the modeling of the circuit.
US09858366B2
A simulating method for a flash memory and a simulator using the simulating method are provided. The simulator is configured to couple to a memory controller. The simulating method includes: setting a predetermined response condition; providing multiple command sets, wherein each of the command sets corresponds to a memory type; receiving a first command from the memory controller; identifying a second command in the command sets according to the first command; determining if the second command matches the predetermined response condition; obtaining a first signal corresponding to the second command according to the predetermined response condition; and, transmitting the first signal to the memory controller. Accordingly, the usage of the simulator is flexible.
US09858364B2
A computing device and a method processes a point cloud of an object. The computing device constructs a curved surface according to the point cloud and triangulates the curved surface using a plurality of triangles. The computing device simulates each marked adjacent point and neighborhood points to a predetermined surface using a predetermined algorithm. The computing device projects each marked adjacent point onto a predetermined surface to obtain a projected point according to the type of the marked adjacent point.
US09858359B2
A conformable hand brace includes inner surfaces for supporting thumb and palm portions of a patient's hand and an adjustable mechanism that allows the cross section of the brace to be adjusted. The design of the conformal hand brace can be automatically designed by a computer based upon anatomical measurements of a patient's hand derived from a plurality of photographs of the hand.
US09858356B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for automated page generation using value-based recommendations are disclosed. A plurality of content recommendations are determined for a web page using one or more recommenders. Individual ones of the content recommendations are assigned to individual ones of a plurality of interaction elements. Respective effectiveness values for individual ones of the interaction elements are determined based at least in part on the individual ones of the content recommendations assigned to the individual ones of the interaction elements. Based at least in part on the respective effectiveness values for the individual ones of the interaction elements, individual ones of the interaction elements are assigned to respective portions of the web page. The web page is generated based at least in part on the individual ones of the interaction elements assigned to the respective portions of the web page.
US09858354B2
Systems and method of the present invention provide for one or more server computers configured to identify, within a database transaction log, a dynamic website content in a database and a command modifying the dynamic website content, write the dynamic website content and the command modifying the dynamic website content to a website repository as a delta, receive a request to reverse the command modifying the dynamic website content, identify, within the delta, the command modifying the dynamic website content, and generate and execute a database query configured to reverse the command modifying the dynamic website content.
US09858351B2
A file transmission method, a file transmission apparatus, and a file transmission system are provided. The method is adapted for a first electronic apparatus to perform a file transmission operation with a second electronic apparatus. The method includes following steps: capturing a target image including a selection region displayed by the second electronic apparatus, wherein the selection region is displayed by the second electronic apparatus in response to a selection operation performed on at least one item displayed by the second electronic apparatus; identifying an encoded pattern located within the selection region in the target image, and decoding the encoded pattern to obtain connection information of the item; and transmitting at least one file with the second electronic apparatus according to the connection information.
US09858349B2
Various systems and methods for creating, storing, structuring, displaying, enhancing, and/or referencing publications and related content in an online user network are described. In some embodiments, a plurality of “anchors” are dispersed throughout the document, allowing document portions to be referenced in terms of the anchor(s) associated with the portion.
US09858345B2
A method and apparatus for using a classifier for processing a query are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query from a user, and processes the query to locate one or more documents in accordance with a search engine having a discriminative classifier, wherein the discriminative classifier is trained with a plurality of artificial query examples. The method then presents a result of the processing to the user.
US09858338B2
Techniques are disclosed for improving the quality and durability of citations used within research documents. A method and apparatus may be sued to enhance the ability of researches to collaborate (or to simply be alerted) when the substance of a reference cited in one research document changes in a way that may conflict with how that reference is used in the citing document. For example, changes in cited reference may undermine (or enhance) the conclusions of a research paper stored in the managed repository.
US09858335B2
A method, system and computer program product for providing a searching strategy in connection with answering a question in a message. A message containing a question is detected as being received from a sender. The steps performed by the recipient of the message to answer the question are monitored. Content is detected as being inserted in a reply message responding to the sender's message via a copy and paste operation. In response to detecting the copy and paste operation, the monitored steps utilized by the user in the user's searching strategy in arriving at an answer to the sender's question are stored in a database. The monitored steps are then attached to the reply message as tags or a link to the database to retrieve the stored monitored steps is inserted in the reply message thereby allowing the sender to replay the searching strategy used in answering the sender's question.
US09858329B2
A method includes performing a first activity with content associated with a first content type selected from the group consisting of television programming, online content, on-device application, search queries, information views, and other content types described using a predefined format, wherein the predefined format includes an action specification and a content specification; logging the first activity in accordance with the predefined format; performing a second activity with content associated with a second content type selected from the group consisting of television programming, online content, on-device applications, search queries, information view's, and other content types described using the predefined format, the second content type being distinct from the first content type; and logging the second activity in accordance with the predefined format.
US09858325B1
A data storage service distributes a plurality of data fragments corresponding to a data object among one or more data storage host groupings in a manner that avoids a possibility of correlated loss of multiple data fragments by consolidation of data of a data storage host grouping onto a single data storage host. The data storage service selects a data storage host grouping and determines an amount of used capacity for the selected data storage host grouping. If the selected grouping satisfies an emptiness threshold, the data storage service selects a data storage host from the grouping and consolidates one or more data sets of the grouping onto the selected data storage host. Subsequently, the data storage service updates metadata for each data storage host of the selected data storage host grouping to specify a location of data stored therein.
US09858319B2
Systems and computer implemented methods for patent mapping are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a database of patent portfolios and a database of patents, each patent stored in the database of patents associated with one or more patent portfolios stored in the database of patent portfolios, and one or more specially-configured modules, each including a computer processor executing on software, to perform certain operations. The operations include highlighting claim terms associated with a patent concept across a number of patent claims; storing the associations; and displaying one or more mapped patent claims and the highlighted claim terms associated with the patent concept to a user in a graphic user interface.
US09858314B2
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for refining search results is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search query comprising one or more keywords, generating a first search result comprising one or more first search result members according to the search query, accepting a refinement command identifying one or more undesired first search result members, automatically refining the first search result to exclude the undesired first search result members and first search result members related to the undesired first search result members from the first search result, and providing the automatically refined search result.
US09858309B2
As part of an upgrade procedure transitioning from a source system to a target system, table entries used by both the source system and the target system can be selectively locked on a row-by-row basis using a lock table and one or more select triggers. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09858306B2
A method, and associated system, for archiving to a single database table information located across multiple database tables. A threshold number of times specified by the end user and a period of time specified by the end user are received. At least one archival data value is identified. Each archival data value corresponds to a unique data value of at least one data value residing in a table of the multiple database tables. A determination is made that the specified threshold number of times has not been exceeded, within the specified period of time, by a number of times each archival data value has been moved within the multiple database tables. At least one archive file in the single database table is stored. Each archive file of the at least one archive file includes the at least one archive data value.
US09858300B2
A method for de-duplication, the method may include receiving a request to store in a storage system a received data entity; obtaining a received data entity signature that is responsive to the received data entity; selecting a selected data structure out of a set of data structures that comprises K data structures; wherein K is a positive integer; wherein for each value of a variable k that ranges between 2 and K, a stored data entity signature that is stored in a k'th data structure out of the set collided with stored data entity signatures that are stored in each one of a first till (k−1)'th data structures of the set; calculating an index by applying, on the received data entity signature, a hash function that is associated with the selected data structure; determining whether an entry that is associated with the index and belongs to the selected data structure is empty; writing to the entry, if the entry is empty, the received data entity signature, and storing the received data entity in the storage system in response to a location of the entry in the set; selecting, if (a) the entry is not empty and (b) the received data entity signature differs from a stored data entity signature that is stored in the entry, a new data structure of the set, and repeating at least the stages of calculating and determining.
US09858296B2
A technique for selecting a representative image from a group of digital images includes extracting data representing an image of a face of a person from each image in the group using a face recognition algorithm, determining a score for each image based on one or more quality parameters that are satisfied for the respective image, and selecting the image having the highest score as the representative image for the group. The quality parameters may be based on any quantifiable characteristics of the data. Each of these quality parameters may be uniquely weighted, so as to define the relative importance of one parameter with respect to another. The score for determining the representative image of the group may be obtained by adding together the weights corresponding to each quality parameter that is satisfied for a given image. Once selected, the representative image may be displayed in a graphical user interface.
US09858295B2
Implementations generally relate to ranking and selecting images for display from a set of images. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes providing selected images for display, including examining characteristics of a plurality of images, where the examined characteristics include two or more of: visual capture characteristics, visual content characteristics, and social popularity characteristics of the images. The method determines individual scores for the respective examined characteristics of the images, determines overall scores of the images based on a combination of the individual scores for the examined characteristics of the images, and determines a ranking of the images based on the overall scores. The method selects one or more images based on the ranking of the images, and causes a display of the one or more selected images.
US09858282B2
A computer-readable recording medium stores therein an information searching program that causes a computer having access to archives including a compressed file group of compressed files that are to be searched and that have described therein character strings, to execute: sorting the compressed files in descending order of access frequency of the compressed files; combining the compressed files in descending order of access frequency after the sorting at the sorting such that a storage capacity of a cache area for a storage area that stores therein the compressed file group is not exceeded by a combined size of the compressed files combined; and writing, from the storage area into the cache area, the compressed files combined at the combining, the compressed files combined being written prior to a search of the compressed files combined.
US09858278B2
A backup method is provided for a file system for managing hierarchical storage including one or more storage media on a computer system including one or more computers. Each of the one or more storage media includes a data part which is separated from an index and on which updated information is appended and kept. Each of a plurality of pieces of data within the file system is managed to be migrated to at least any of the one or more storage media. The backup method includes backing up metadata of the plurality of pieces of data migrated within the file system; and backing up the index of each of the one or more storage media to which the plurality of pieces of data have been migrated, substantially at the same time point as the metadata.
US09858271B2
A system and method for translating and reformatting content are described. The system includes an enterprise service bus configured to receive a request from a first device to transmit media to a second device, the media including content in a first language. The system also includes network appliance as a service server-side application including a translation service and a formatting service. The translation service receives the request from the enterprise service bus, determines a second language for translation, determines the content for translation and translates the content to the second language. The formatting service generates a new version of the media including the content in the second language, the new version being formatted in a layout similar to an original version of the image. The enterprise services bus transmits the new version of the media to the second device for display.
US09858269B2
Chinese name transliteration is described. A Chinese name including a surname followed by a given name is received. The received Chinese name is parsed into a surname and a given name by: identifying any dual-character surnames in the received Chinese name, by referencing a list of known Chinese surnames; identifying any single-character surnames in the received Chinese name, by referencing the list of known Chinese surnames; and identifying, among the remaining characters in the received Chinese name, any characters not belonging to a dual-character or a single-character surname as a given name. The identified surname and the identified given name are transliterated into a Mandarin Pinyin representation. The Mandarin Pinyin representation of the surname and the given name is normalized into a pre-determined representation.
US09858262B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for identifying verifiable statements in a corpus of text. A training corpus of text containing manually annotated instances of verifiable and non-verifiable statements is processed to parse the text into segmented statements, which are in turn processed to extract features. The extracted features and the annotated statements are then processed with a machine learning algorithm to generate a verifiable statement classification model. In turn, the verifiable statement classification model is referenced by a verifiable statement classification system to distinguish verifiable and non-verifiable statements contained within an input corpus of text.
US09858260B2
The present invention is a method or system of analyzing items using lexicon analysis and filtering process. The present invention drives the analysis without a user being required to provide search terms and Boolean queries. Further, the present invention merges the use of unstructured data and structured data using a lexicon as a focus. Structured data is mapped to lexicon terms through one analysis process, while unstructured data is mapped to lexicon terms through a separate analysis process. The result is an analysis that merges the two different sets of data, which enables a user to navigate through the items using lexicons. Analysis results are displayed simultaneously in a tabular view, geospatial view, and lexicon histogram.
US09858259B2
A computer system provides an automated tool that processes audio data and data about computer operating context to automatically capture information, such as information from conversations and meetings. The computer operating context can include, for example, environmental data sensed, or other contextual information maintained or tracked, by the computer. The audio data and computer operating context are processed by the computer to detect starting conditions for data extraction. After detecting a starting condition, the processor initiates speech processing on the audio information to generate corresponding text data. The processor processes the text data using text filters that define salient patterns in the text data. Such salient patterns can correspond to, for example, tasks to be performed, follow-up appointments and other events, messages to be sent, important points or notes, and the like. Such automatic processing improves user productivity in tracking valuable information from meetings and other conversations.
US09858256B2
Methods and systems for correcting transcribed text. One method includes receiving audio data from one or more audio data sources and transcribing the audio data based on a voice model to generate text data. The method also includes making the text data available to a plurality of users over at least one computer network and receiving corrected text data over the at least one computer network from the plurality of users. In addition, the method can include modifying the voice model based on the corrected text data.
US09858255B1
A system correlates intellectual property analyzes, for example, patent claim charts, with respect to analyzed intellectual property and a target product or other intellectual property. Analyzes are stored to enable searching and/or creating reports over multiple analyzes. Units of the analysis are associated with a context, inherited, e.g., from the intellectual property document's assignment to a relative role within organizational hierarchy; and associated with a context derived from the analysis itself. The analysis and respective documents and/or targets of the analysis can be searched/retrieved/analyzed from the hierarchical analysis, the context analysis, and/or the content of the analysis. This obviates the need to store each analysis as a separate document. The target or annotations may be visually represented by an item such as a thumbnail or hyperlink, and the system automatically associates the item with the appropriate application program.
US09858250B2
In an approach for optimizing read/write access to a document object model in a web browser, one or more computer processors detect one or more accesses to a first data structure of a document object model. Based on the detected one or more accesses, the one or more computer processors determine whether the first data structure is a highly dynamic part of the document object model. Responsive to determining the first data structure is a highly dynamic part of the document object model, the one or more computer processors trigger a conversion of the first data structure to an access optimized data structure. The one or more computer processors convert the first data structure to an access optimized data structure.
US09858246B1
Techniques for generating a web page and displaying an image in the web page may be provided. For example, the web page may include a placeholder for displaying the image. A service may be implemented to determine how many images and sizes of such images that should be made available for use in the placeholder. Further, the service may configure the web page to identify available images based on the determined number and sizes and to include a script for selecting one of the available images. Upon displaying the web page in a browser, the script may determine the size of the placeholder as displayed in the web page and may select one of the available images based on the determined placeholder size. The script may further cause the browser to download and display the selected image in the placeholder.
US09858236B2
It is inter alia disclosed to determine a type of a second apparatus being connected to a data interface of the first apparatus based on a state of an identification pin of the data interface, the data interface further comprising at least one data pin, wherein the type of the second apparatus relates to a communication via the at least one data pin, to check whether the second apparatus is configured to perform a further communication via the identification pin, and if said checking yields a positive result, to enable the further communication via the identification pin.
US09858235B2
Legacy bus operations, such as x86 I/O instructions having an address space separate from memory address space, are supported in a system in which I/O devices are coupled to a microcontroller connected via an SPI bus or other bit-serial bus. Each legacy bus operation is recognized and trapped by an interface controller, such as a south-bridge controller, which maps the trapped legacy bus operation into a corresponding bit-serial bus transaction, and transacts this corresponding bit-serial bus transaction on the bit-serial bus. Existing software infrastructure using x86 I/O instructions can remain intact, with I/O transactions bound for the SPI bus.
US09858233B1
Embodiments are described for systems and methods that transparently virtualize SCSI transport endpoints for management purposes between Fiber Channel base nodes and virtual nodes. An N_Port ID Virtualization mapping component maps multiple endpoints to a single physical port. The endpoints are abstract objects that have attributes can be moved around the system. This allows virtual port management (e.g., port migration, moving ports, removing ports, adding ports, etc.) to be performed on many virtual ports in a unified manner. This allows storage area network to be configured with virtual endpoints that span both base and virtual ports.
US09858219B2
In one embodiment, a timer apparatus is configured to time a duration in which interrupts are disabled on a processor. The apparatus includes an input to receive a start signal indicating that an interrupt on a processor is disabled, a counter to determine the duration in which interrupts are disabled, and an output to signal a timer event based on the counter. The processor may be configured to trigger a hardware exception in response to the timer event signal. When the interrupts are re-enabled on the processor, the counter of the apparatus may be disabled.
US09858213B2
An apparatus and method are described for implementing efficient communication between a microcontroller and a communication module. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a secure communication module to establish a secure communication channel with an IoT service; and a microcontroller unit (MCU) to execute application-specific program code to implement an application-specific function of an Internet of Things (IoT) device; a serial peripheral interface (SPI) bus to communicatively couple the secure communication module to the MCU; and a control line residing in a first state or being transitioned to a second state by either the MCU or the secure communication module, wherein when performing a transaction over the SPI bus, either the MCU or the secure communication module is configured to transition the control line to the second state, thereby informing the MCU or the secure communication module that a transaction is occurring, wherein upon completing the transaction, the MCU or the secure communication module is configured to release the control line, thereby allowing the control line to transition back to the first state.
US09858207B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for memory protection at a level of granularity above a “page” level (e.g., enhancing the protection provided by a memory key-based system). The approach further provides such a level of protection at a process or task level by associating the physical page key with a virtual key that corresponds to a particular process/task. When access to the data is requested for a particular process or task, it is determined if a protection bit for the data is set, and if the physical page keys and/or virtual keys submitted pursuant to the request match that previously stored for the data and process/task. If so, access to the data is allowed for the particular process/task.
US09858204B2
A cache device connected to a storage device and connected to a plurality of sources, including a cache unit that relays a read request and a read response between a source and a storage device, and a storage area control unit that stores the source as a first history in association with specification of first data in a read request, and, if the first data are not retained by the cache unit and a storage area sufficient for retaining the first data does not exist, selects data associated with a less number of the sources in the first history as second data in preference to data associated with a greater number of the sources out of the first data or data retained by the cache unit, and, if the second data differ from the first data, causes the cache unit to discard the second data and then store the first data.
US09858199B1
A system and method for allocating shared inter-process memory by a memory management unit is disclosed. A memory management unit may receive information indicative of allocating a region of shared memory. The information may further indicate that a second process may share access to the memory. The memory management unit may identify corresponding regions of virtual address space for each process, such that the region in each address space maps to the same range of addresses. The memory management unit may virtualize access to the shared memory by mapping from the corresponding regions of the virtual address space.
US09858196B2
Aspects include computing devices, systems, and methods for implementing a cache memory access requests for data smaller than a cache line and eliminating overfetching from a main memory by combining the data with padding data of a size of a difference between a size of a cache line and the data. A processor may determine whether the data, uncompressed or compressed, is smaller than a cache line using a size of the data or a compression ratio of the data. The processor may generate the padding data using constant data values or a pattern of data values. The processor may send a write cache memory access request for the combined data to a cache memory controller, which may write the combined data to a cache memory. The cache memory controller may send a write memory access request to a memory controller, which may write the combined data to a memory.
US09858192B2
A cross-page prefetching method, apparatus, and system are disclosed, which can improve a prefetching hit ratio of a prefetching device, and further improve efficiency of memory access. The method includes: receiving an indication message, sent by a cache, that a physical address is missing, where the indication message carries a mapped-to first physical address and contiguity information of a first physical page to which the first physical address belongs; acquiring a prefetching address according to the first physical address and a step size that is stored in a prefetching device; and if a page number of a physical page to which the prefetching address belongs is different from a page number of the first physical page, and it is determined, according to the contiguity information of the first physical page, that the first physical page is contiguous, prefetching data at the prefetching address.
US09858189B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to tracking processor transactional read and write sets, thereby eliminating speculative mis-predictions. Both non-speculative read set and write set indications are maintained for a transaction. The indications are stored in cache. In addition, load and write queues of addresses are maintained. The load queue of addresses relates to speculative members of a read set and the write queue of addresses relates to speculating member of a write set. For a received read request, a transaction resolution process takes place, and a resolution is performed if an address match in the write queue is detected. Similarly, for a receive write request the transaction interference additionally checks the load queue and the non-speculative read set for the pending address.
US09858184B2
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for direct storage device sharing in a virtualized environment. In an embodiment, the method comprises assigning each of a plurality of virtual functions an associated memory area of a physical memory, and executing the virtual functions in a single root-input/output virtualization environment to provide each of a plurality of guests with direct access to the physical memory. In one embodiment, each of the guests is associated with a respective one of the virtual functions; and the assigning each of the plurality of virtual functions an associated memory area includes maintaining a per-virtual function mapping table identifying a respective one mapping function for each of the virtual functions, and each of the mapping functions mapping one of the memory areas of the physical area to an associated virtual memory.
US09858180B2
A storage controller receives a request to establish a point-in-time copy operation by placing a space efficient source volume in a point-in-time copy relationship with a space efficient target volume, wherein subsequent to being established the point-in-time copy operation is configurable to consistently copy the space efficient source volume to the space efficient target volume at a point in time. A determination is made as to whether any track of an extent is staging into a cache from the space efficient target volume or destaging from the cache to the space efficient target volume. In response to a determination that at least one track of the extent is staging into the cache from the space efficient target volume or destaging from the cache to the space efficient target volume, release of the extent from the space efficient target volume is avoided.
US09858179B2
Technologies are generally described to implement exosort in computing devices. In some examples, elements in a list to be sorted may be mapped to respective list positions based on some relationship. Collisions that occur at particular list positions may be resolved by allocating list space at those particular list positions based on the number of collisions and mapping collided elements to the respective allocated list space. Each allocated list space may then be further sorted, either by recursively using exosort or by using another sorting algorithm such as quicksort.
US09858177B2
Embodiments for automated testing of a virtualization management system are described. According to one aspect, a method includes generating a test case including a plurality of instances of commands and sending the test case to a plurality of interfaces supported by the virtualization management system. The method also includes generating a response file corresponding to each command in the test case. The method also includes comparing results from each interface to an instance of a command and in response to the results from each interface being identical, storing, the results in the response file corresponding to the command. The method also includes reporting an error in response to the results from each interface of the virtualization management system not being identical. The present document further describes examples of other aspects such as systems, computer products.
US09858175B1
The present disclosure is related in general to software testing and a method and a system for generating a valid set of test configurations for test scenarios. A test configuration generation system retrieves one or more test parameters from each of one or more test scenarios associated with a corresponding requirement and a requirement criticality. Further, the test configuration generation system identities data values corresponding to each of the one or more test parameters. Further, it generates a valid set of test configurations for each test scenario based on requirement risk and eliminates one or more invalid test configuration combinations detected and finally a valid set of test configurations for each test scenario is generated. The present disclosure ensures right coverage with right set of configurations that can be executed within the limited time available and reduces 80% of manual efforts in generating the test configurations.
US09858173B2
A method of recording user-driven events within a computing system includes receiving an indication that a user interacted with a first graphical user interface (GUI) user interactive control. The method includes automatically searching at least one vicinity near the first GUI user interactive control for descriptive information associated with the first GUI user interactive control, and automatically recording a user-driven event that represents the user interaction with the first GUI user interactive control and includes the descriptive information.
US09858171B2
Systems and methods for application analytics reporting include comparing metrics regarding the use of the application to a usage model for the application. The usage model indicates an expected set of states of the application and transitions between the states during execution of the application. A determined difference between the metrics and the expected states and transitions indicated by the usage model that exceeds a predetermined threshold is provided as analytics data.
US09858156B2
A storage system according to certain embodiments includes a client-side signature repository that includes information representative of a set of data blocks stored in primary storage. During storage operations of a client, the system can generate signatures corresponding to data blocks that are being stored in primary storage. The system can store the generated signatures in the client-side signature repository along with information regarding the location of the corresponding data block within primary storage. As additional instances of the data block are stored in primary storage, the system can store the location of the additional instances in the client-side signature repository.
US09858153B2
A user of a device has an account with a service that stores copies of common data that is automatically made available to any of the user's devices and also stores copies of device-specific data that is available to the user on particular user-selected devices but is not automatically made available to all of the user's devices. A set of backed up devices can be displayed to the user of a particular device with various information describing the devices to facilitate user selection of a device, such as a visual representation of the type of the device that was backed up, a visual representation of a desktop or start screen display of the device that was backed up, and so forth. The user can select one of the displayed devices, and in response have the backed up device-specific data for the selected device copied to the particular device.
US09858146B2
A method for performing a cycle update on a RAID storage device by a storage system includes storing first data in a first buffer. The method additionally includes retrieving a command block associated with the first data, and executing the command block to perform a set of operations in a sequence specified by the command block. The set of operations includes reading second data from an address of the RAID storage device and generating redundant data based on the first data with the second data. The set of operations further includes storing the redundant data in a second buffer and writing the first data to the address of the RAID storage device when the RAID storage device is a data storage device, and writhing the redundant data stored in the second buffer to the address of the RAID storage device when the RAID storage device is a parity storage device.
US09858143B2
A method includes obtaining a data object for storage. The method further includes generating a data object identifier for the data object. The method further includes determining a vault for storing the data object. The method further includes generating a source name for the data object based on the data object identifier and a vault identifier. The method further includes dispersed storage error encoding the data object to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices. The method further includes generating a plurality of sets of slice names, wherein each of the slice names of the plurality of slice names includes the source name. The method further includes sending, in accordance with the plurality of sets of slice names, the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to a set of storage units of the DSN that supports the vault for storage therein.
US09858133B2
Techniques are disclosed for validating the resiliency of a networked application made available using a collection of interacting servers. In one embodiment, a network monitoring application observes each running server (or application) and at unspecified intervals, picks one and terminates it. In the case of a cloud based deployment, this may include terminating a virtual machine instance or terminating a process running on the server. By observing the effects of the failed server on the rest of the network application, a provider can ensure that each component can tolerate any single instance disappearing without warning.
US09858132B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for facilitating atomic delivery of bundled data sets to applications within distributed systems may include (1) receiving, at a queue of an application, a data set from at least one other application, (2) determining that the data set is incorporated in a bundle whose contents have yet to completely arrive at the queue, (3) gating the data set at the queue until the bundle's contents have completely arrived at the queue, (4) receiving, at the queue, another data set incorporated in the bundle, (5) determining that the bundle's contents have completely arrived at the queue based at least in part on receiving the other data set, and then (6) notifying the application that the bundle is ready for atomic delivery such that the application is able to consume the bundle's contents on an as-needed basis. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09858128B2
Embodiments include a method for verifying a counter design within a tolerance window within which a race condition occurs between a context event and a design event. The method includes receiving a plurality of events within the counter design, the plurality of events including the context event and the design event. The method also includes dynamically determining the tolerance window around the context event by setting a first portion of the tolerance window to precede an occurrence of the context event and by setting a second portion of the tolerance window to follow the context event. Additionally, the method includes performing a verification of whether the design event is within the first portion of the tolerance window or the second portion of the tolerance window.
US09858127B2
A platform architecture that is configurable to provide task specific application instances compatible with one or more hosts is provided with a method for using the architecture. In one example, the platform architecture provides a transducer functionality block, a conduit functionality block, an application functionality block, and an application programming interface (API) functionality block on which each task specific application instance is based.
US09858125B2
A system and method of selectively migrating at least one virtual machine to another physical machine is disclosed. Consumption information of a plurality of virtual machines and capacity information of a plurality of physical machines is retrieved. A first virtual machine to be potentially migrated is identified based on a consumption metric representing consumption of at least one resource dimension by the first virtual machine running on a first physical machine. A second physical machine to potentially accept migration of the first virtual machine is identified based on time window information, wherein an available capacity of the second physical machine is analyzed to determine if the first virtual machine's resource consumption exceeds the capacity of the second physical machine. The first virtual machine is migrated to the second physical machine if the first virtual machine's resource consumption does not exceed the available capacity of the second physical machine.
US09858116B2
A functional unit for supporting multithreading, a processor including the same, and an operating method of the processor are provided. The functional unit for supporting multithreading includes a plurality of input ports configured to receive opcodes and operands for a plurality of threads, wherein each of the plurality of input ports is configured to receive an opcode and an operand for a different thread, a plurality of operators configured to perform operations using the received operands, an operator selector configured to select, based on each opcode, an operator from among the plurality of operators to perform a specific operation using an operand from among the received operands, and a plurality of output ports configured to output operation results of operations for each thread.
US09858115B2
A task scheduling method is applied to a heterogeneous multi-core processor system. The heterogeneous multi-core processor system has at least one first processor core and at least one second processor core. The task scheduling method includes: referring to task priorities of tasks of the heterogeneous processor cores to identify at least one first task of the tasks that belongs to a first priority task group, wherein each first task belonging to the first priority task group has a task priority not lower than task priorities of other tasks not belonging to the first priority task group; and dispatching at least one of the at least one first task to at least one run queue of at least one of the at least one first processor core.
US09858110B2
Managing credential for use with virtual machines includes storing a first virtual credential adapter within a hypervisor executing within a host data processing system. The first virtual credential adapter maintains a credential for a computing resource. Using a processor of the host data processing system, associating the first virtual credential adapter with a first virtual machine. The first virtual credential adapter is associated, at most, with a single virtual machine at any time. Responsive to associating the first virtual credential adapter with the first virtual machine, the first virtual machine accesses the computing resource using the credential maintained by the first virtual credential adapter.
US09858105B1
A virtual machine image service is disclosed in a compute service environment to support management of virtual machine images. The virtual machine image service uses the customer input to generate a new virtual machine image with customization applied. In a simple example, the customer can provide information regarding which virtual machine image requires software updates. In turn, the service can retrieve the virtual machine image, install the updates, reduce the volume of the virtual machine image, run tests to confirm the virtual machine image runs properly, scan the virtual machine image for viruses, and update any desired configuration tools and device drivers. Using customer control features (e.g., a definition file, a script, and/or API parameters), the customer can control what operations are performed on the virtual machine image.
US09858104B2
A network switch includes ports, memory, and a processor. The switch is operable to switch packets of a layer 2 network, and the memory is for storing a tunneling engine computer program. The processor executes the tunneling engine, where the processor identifies a second switch operable to switch layer-2 network packets. The identification includes detecting that the second switch is connected to the network switch over a layer 3 connection, and the tunneling engine creates a tunnel over the layer 3 connection between the switches to exchange layer-2 packets. The tunnels encapsulates and decapsulates the packets that are exchanged between the switches. When the processor determines that a packet from a first node to a second node that is connected to the second switch, the processor creates an encapsulation flow on the network switch to encapsulate packets from the first node to the second node over the tunnel.
US09858100B2
A physical computing device is provided that includes a set of processing units and a set of machine readable media (CRM) for execution by the set of processing units. The CRM stores a plurality of data compute nodes (DCNs) deployed by a compute manager of a datacenter, virtualization software, and a network manager agent. The network manager receives a read-only configuration construct for each of a set of logical networks from a network manager of the datacenter, the logical networks configured and managed by the network manager. the agent provisions the set of logical networks on the physical computing device for use by the virtualization software. The agent provides a copy of the read-only construct of each logical network to the compute manager to allow the compute manager to connect one or more DCNs to each of the logical networks.
US09858098B2
A system and method for system table modification in a virtualized computer system are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a hypervisor that is executed by a computer system detects a hardware configuration change to the computer system (e.g., addition of a hardware device to the computer system, removal of a hardware device from the computer system, a change in configuration of a hardware device of the computer system, etc.). In response, the hypervisor modifies a system table that is accessible by a guest operating system executing within a virtual machine.
US09858090B2
Generating customized on-demand videos from automated test scripts is provided. Responsive to receiving a request for an instruction on performing a task on a computer, a database of automated test scripts may be searched to identify a set of test scripts that comprise a set of executable actions associated with the task. An automation test sequence associated with performing of the task is built based on test scripts identified in the searching. The automation test sequence is run on a machine. While the automation test sequence is running on the machine, screen activities of the running automation test sequence are recorded to generate a video, e.g., by running a video capture program.
US09858089B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to tabbed browsing and provide a method, system and computer program product for application bar browsing of tabbed-view applications. In one embodiment of the invention a method for application bar browsing of tabbed-view applications can be provided. The method can include populating a pop-up list for a consolidated application bar entry for multiple different instances of a single application with corresponding entries each for a different one of the multiple different instances of the single application. The method further can include associating at least one of the entries in the pop-up list with an instance of the single application configured for tabbed browsing. The method yet further can include configuring the associated at least one of the entries with a tabbed browser view.
US09858077B2
Issuing instructions to execution pipelines based on register-associated preferences and related instruction processing circuits, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. In one embodiment, an instruction is detected in an instruction stream. Upon determining that the instruction specifies at least one source register, an execution pipeline preference(s) is determined based on at least one pipeline indicator associated with the at least one source register in a pipeline issuance table, and the instruction is issued to an execution pipeline based on the execution pipeline preference(s). Upon a determination that the instruction specifies at least one target register, at least one pipeline indicator associated with the at least one target register in the pipeline issuance table is updated based on the execution pipeline to which the instruction is issued. In this manner, optimal forwarding of instructions may be facilitated, thus improving processor performance.
US09858076B2
Method, apparatus, and program means for nonlinear filtering and deblocking applications utilizing SIMD sign and absolute value operations. The method of one embodiment comprises receiving first data for a first block and second data for a second block. The first data and said second data are comprised of a plurality of rows and columns of pixel data. A block boundary between the first block and the second block is characterized. A correction factor for a deblocking algorithm is calculated with a first instruction for a sign operation that multiplies and with a second instruction for an absolute value operation. Data for pixels located along said block boundary between the first and second block are corrected.
US09858072B2
A portable executable file is analyzed by parsing a binary image of the portable executable file to generate a parsed field. An attribute of the parsed field is determined. The attribute of the parsed field is compared to a valid characteristic of a valid corresponding field based upon, at least in part, a portable executable file format specification. It is determined if the attribute of the parsed field matches the valid characteristic of the valid corresponding field.
US09858068B2
According to one example, there is provided a method of deploying applications in a computer system. The method comprises obtaining, for each of a plurality of computer applications, a set of application characteristics, assigning, based on the obtained characteristics, each of the plurality of applications to one of a set of predetermined application models, and determining, based in part on the obtained characteristics and in part on application model compatibility data, a set of hardware characteristics, a virtual server distribution plan, and an application distribution plan.
US09858065B2
Methods and systems are described for upgrading an access manager framework. In response to an upgrade request from a client, current and new versions of the access manager framework are identified. Upon successful identification of the current version, one or more supported upgrade paths are determined for the upgrade process. An appropriate upgrade path from the current version to the new version is determined upon successful identification of the current and/or new version of the access manager framework. In response to determination of the appropriate upgrade path, a version specific program upgrade component and a version specific upgrade program are associated with the determined upgrade path. In addition, a set of information may be extracted from the access manager framework, transformed, and imported to the upgraded access manager framework based at least in part upon the determined version specific upgrade program and the version specific program upgrade component.
US09858062B2
An electronic device has a plurality of virtualized environments. Selection of an application of an application store is received, and a virtualized environment is identified for installing the application selected from the application store.
US09858055B2
An illustrative embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for an alternate type system for optimizing the evaluation and use of meta-template instantiations. The computer-implemented method obtains a source code, instantiates an element of the source code to form an instantiated element and identifies a meta-template within the instantiated element to form an identified meta-template. The computer-implemented method creates an entry for the identified meta-template in a first data structure, wherein the entry comprises a set of mapped entries, creates an associated entry in a second data structure linked to the entry comprising the set of mapped entries, wherein the associated entry represents the set of mapped entries, and uses the associated entry of the second data structure in combination with the entry of the first data structure.
US09858031B2
Computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems that create a virtual extended display on mobile devices by providing a first device in a first location d at least a second device in a second location, followed by joining together the first and second devices within an aggregation session via a network. Logical data of visual content is shared between the first and second devices, and the viewed output display of the visual content split amongst the first and second device displays within the aggregation session. During the aggregation session, at least one of the devices therein is manipulated by movement or changing device parameters to virtually change the viewed output display of the visual content on the manipulated device.
US09858029B2
A video wall security system and a video wall security method are provided. The video wall security system includes at least one processor to implement a central controller configured to receive, from a monitoring system, an identifier of a camera and a video stream, and generate layout setting information of a video wall to control a layout of the video wall, based on the identifier, a gateway configured to generate mapping information based on the layout setting information of the central controller, an internet protocol (IP) wall controller configured to transmit the mapping information to each of screens of the video wall, and control the screens to load the video stream based on the identifier, and a decoder configured to decode the loaded video stream, and display the decoded video stream on the screens.
US09858028B2
To provide a display device that is suitable for increasing in size. To provide a display device in which display unevenness is suppressed. In a display device, a plurality of display panels are arranged to partly overlap one another. In two of the overlapping display panels, a display panel positioned on the display surface side includes a region transmitting visible light that is adjacent to a display portion, and the region transmitting visible light overlaps with a pixel of a display panel positioned on the lower side. Furthermore, in at least a display portion of the display panel placed on the lower side, an aperture ratio of the pixel overlapping with the region transmitting visible light of the display panel on the upper side is higher than an aperture ratio of another pixel.
US09858027B2
Techniques are provided for segmenting digital content into a plurality of tiles which can be displayed across multiple application windows. For example, in one specific implementation, the methods disclosed herein can be used to segment a webpage into a plurality of tiles, wherein each of the tiles can be displayed in a separate web browser that displays a portion of the original webpage. In general, each content browser identifies which tile it displays based on a configuration that can be stored locally by the browser. To maintain interactivity such as may be provided by active content, each browser includes a mutation observer configured to detect changes in a document object model (DOM) and/or cascading style sheet (CSS) associated with the displayed content. Detected changes are recorded in notification messages which can be broadcast to other content browsers via a WebSocket connection or a direct peer-to-peer network.
US09858026B2
A display system having a projector and a projection plate and adapted to project an image from the projector toward the projection plate to thereby display the image includes a proximity detection section adapted to detect a proximity of another display system, which has a projector and a projection plate, and is adapted to project an image from the projector toward the projection plate to thereby display the image, and a control section adapted to make the image, which is displayed on either one of the projection plate and the projection plate of the another display system, be displayed on the other of the projection plate and the projection plate of the another display system in a case in which the proximity detection section detects the proximity of the another display system.
US09858017B1
Systems and methods are provided for indicating capabilities of a printer. One embodiment is a system that includes a memory storing instructions for operating a Graphical User Interface (GUI), and a controller that presents the GUI based on the instructions. A control of the GUI includes a list of entries that each correspond with a potential printer capability. Responsive to detecting new text entered into a text field, the GUI displays an add button. In response to detecting a cursor over an entry in the list: the GUI displays a select button for selecting the entry to indicate actual capabilities of a specific printer. In response to detecting that a user has clicked on one of the select buttons to indicate an actual capability of the printer, the GUI selects a corresponding entry for the select button in combination with other entries to indicate the actual capabilities of the printer.
US09858016B2
In one example of the disclosure, a request for an authorization token is received via a network from a first computing device having authorization, to utilize functionality at a second computing device. The token is to provide for a third computing device a limited authorization to utilize the functionality. The token is sent to the third device. Subject data and the token are received from the third device. Validity of the token is confirmed. The subject data is sent to the second device for the second device to utilize the functionality in association with the subject data, with security accountability traceable to the first device.
US09858014B2
A method of operating a memory system includes managing program order information of the memory device based on program order stamps (POSs) indicating relative temporal relationships between program operations performed in relation to a plurality of memory groups included in the memory device, and controlling operations directed to the plurality of memory groups in response to the program order information.
US09858008B2
A system, method and program product for transferring contiguous blocks of data between a host storage and a flash memory. A method is disclosed that includes: receiving from a host at a flash controller a host command that specifies a contiguous set of LBAs and specifies a corresponding sub-section of an LBA to PBA mapping table; fetching the sub-section of the LBA to PBA mapping table from the host and storing the sub-section in a sub-mapping table; and for each LBA in the contiguous set of LBAs, performing a look-up into the sub-mapping table to retrieve a corresponding PBA and using the corresponding PBA to effectuate a data transfer between the host and flash memory from the flash controller.
US09858000B2
A sustained status accelerating method for a storage device includes: controlling the storage device to receive a sustained status command from the outside; and controlling the storage device to enter the sustained status using a sustained valid page count (SVPC) table in response to the sustained status command so that each of a plurality of blocks constituting the storage device has a value greater than a predetermined valid page count. The SVPC table includes a valid page count with respect to each of the blocks in the storage device.
US09857988B1
According to the present disclosure is provided a device and method for mapping management in a flash memory based on partitioning the memory to a main address space and a substitute space, each partition comprising locations in the memory that are denoted by at least three statues according to which locations are mapped from the main space to the substitute space while responsively modifying the statuses.
US09857983B2
A flash translation layer table rebuilding method for a solid state drive is provided. The solid state drive includes a non-volatile memory and a buffering circuit. Firstly, a flash translation layer table is loaded from the non-volatile memory to the buffering circuit. In case that an abnormal shutdown event occurs, plural blocks of the non-volatile memory to be read are determined according to a specified block programming serial number of the flash translation layer table. Then, a read sequence of reading the plural blocks is determined according to a block programming serial number or an auxiliary serial number corresponding to the block. The contents of the blocks are read according to the read sequence. A mapping relationship between plural physical allocation addresses and plural logical block addresses of the flash translation layer table is updated.
US09857980B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a memory resource optimization method and apparatus, relate to the computer field, solve a problem that existing multi-level memory resources affect each other, and optimize an existing single partitioning mechanism. A specific solution is: obtaining performance data of each program in a working set by using a page coloring technology, obtaining a category of each program in light of a memory access frequency, selecting, according to the category of each program, a page coloring-based partitioning policy corresponding to the working set, and writing the page coloring-based partitioning policy to an operating system kernel, to complete corresponding page coloring-based partitioning processing. The present invention is used to eliminate or reduce mutual interference of processes or threads on a memory resource in light of a feature of the working set, thereby improving overall performance of a computer.
US09857975B2
A method for managing data on a microcontroller. The method includes a computer processor receiving data to write to the memory of a microcontroller of a field-replaceable unit (FRU). The method further includes a computer processor determining that the received data is a type of data that is stored in a first logical partition, wherein the first logical partition is a logical partition of non-volatile memory of the microcontroller. The method further includes a computer processor determining whether the first logical partition includes sufficient space to store the received data.
US09857974B2
A method includes a dispersed storage (DS) processing module receiving a request. The method continues by identifying a session associated with the request. The method continues by queueing one or more tasks associated with the request. The method continues by determining whether the session is still active. When the session is not active, the method continues by cancelling the one or more tasks associated with the session prior to execution. When the session is still active, the method continues by executing the first task of the one or more tasks when a task resource is available.
US09857969B2
A display apparatus includes a display section configured to display, on a display surface, a screen of an application program running on an information processing apparatus, a detecting section configured to detect the position of a pointer, a receiving section configured to receive a determination result concerning whether the position is present within a predetermined range including an image object, a drawing section configured to draw, when an operation mode is a first mode, a line corresponding to a track of the position, a second transmitting section configured to transmit, when the operation mode is a second mode, the information indicating the position to the information processing apparatus, and a switching section configured to switch, when the operation mode is the first mode, the operation mode to the second mode when the receiving section receives the determination result indicating that the position is within the predetermined range.
US09857964B2
Systems and methods for instantiating collaboration interfaces via object recognition are disclosed. An object recognition engine communicatively coupled to a database and an electronic device receives sensor data related to an object and identifies an object characteristic. A component is selected having criteria satisfied by the object characteristic and a collaboration interface is instantiated on the electronic device. This can allow a user to edit content related to an object. A substantially identical collaboration interface can be instantiated on a second electronic device to allow collaboration among user with respect to content related to the object.
US09857958B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to user interfaces and systems that may enable dynamic and interactive access of, investigation of, and analysis of data objects stored in one or more databases. The data objects may be accessed from the one or more databases, and presented in multiple related portions of a display. In particular, the system provides a time-based visualization of data objects (and/or properties associated with the data objects) to a user such that the user may, for example, determine connections between various data objects, observe flows of information among data objects, and/or investigate related data objects.
US09857955B2
A computer system displays a first window corresponding to an aspect of a first executing program in a first display area on one or more display devices. The computer system identifies an activity of a second program. The computer system determines whether the activity of the second program meets a threshold of priority. In response to determining that the activity meets the threshold, the computer system manipulates the first window such that the display area can be distributed, at least partially, between the first window and a second window corresponding to the activity of the second program. The computer system displays the second window with the first window within the display area.
US09857953B2
In embodiments of image color and tone style transfer, a computing device implements an image style transfer algorithm to generate a modified image from an input image based on a color style and a tone style of a style image. A user can select the input image that includes color features, as well as select the style image that includes an example of the color style and the tone style to transfer to the input image. A chrominance transfer function can then be applied to transfer the color style to the input image, utilizing a covariance of an input image color of the input image to control modification of the input image color. A luminance transfer function can also be applied to transfer the tone style to the input image, utilizing a tone mapping curve based on a non-linear optimization to estimate luminance parameters of the tone mapping curve.
US09857951B2
A method, executed by a computer, for file-centric form selection includes receiving a selection of files from a user, determining a relevance value for each form, and presenting the forms to a user in order of relevance value. Once a particular form is selected, a reference to each file may be automatically placed into the form's appropriate input fields. A user may also input non-file information into the form. In certain embodiments, the relevance value is determined by a history of use of the form by the user or by other users. In some embodiments, the relevance value is determined according to the percentage of the form's input fields completed by using the files as input. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed herein.
US09857947B2
Dialog metadata is used to generate a metadata driven dialog definition. The metadata can define logic that is run on the dialog, and customizations to the dialog are made by modifying the dialog metadata.
US09857938B2
A unique system and method is provided that facilitates pixel-accurate targeting with respect to multi-touch sensitive displays when selecting or viewing content with a cursor. In particular, the system and method can track dual inputs from a primary finger and a secondary finger, for example. The primary finger can control movement of the cursor while the secondary finger can adjust a control-display ratio of the screen. As a result, cursor steering and selection of an assistance mode can be performed at about the same time or concurrently. In addition, the system and method can stabilize a cursor position at a top middle point of a user's finger in order to mitigate clicking errors when making a selection.
US09857937B2
According to one embodiment, a method for changing a graphical user interface is provided. The method may include identifying one or more devices. The method may include determining product information associated with the one or more devices, whereby the product information includes at least one of a type, a model number, and a brand. The method may include determining one or more applications associated with the one or more devices based on the product information, whereby the one or more applications allow for operation of the one or more devices. The method may include retrieving the one or more applications. The method may include determining that the computer is oriented toward a first device of the one or more devices. The method may include displaying a first graphical user interface corresponding to a first application of the one or more applications that allows for operation of the first device.
US09857921B2
A capacitive input device processing system comprises input signal correction circuitry. The input signal correction circuitry includes an amplifier, a correction signal generator, and a charge collection mechanism. The amplifier is configured to receive a combination signal. The combination signal comprises a resulting signal from a sensor element and a correction charge. The correction signal generator is configured to generate a correction signal. The charge collection mechanism is configured to accumulate the correction charge from the correction signal.
US09857920B2
A user interface using an acoustic signal is provided. A device with the user interface includes a sensor to acquire a surface acoustic signal generated outside of the device, and at least one processor. The processor classifies patterns of the surface acoustic signal by analyzing features of the surface acoustic signal, and identifies a user's input signal corresponding to the surface acoustic signal based on the pattern of the surface acoustic signal.
US09857912B2
A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device.
US09857911B1
A touch panel display subsystem for bi-directional intra-panel communication includes a forward link and a backward link between a timing controller and one or more source drivers. The forward link includes a timing controller transmitter in the timing controller to receive video signal, video control signal and touch control signal, and to transmit over the forward link in the format of frame based packet, and a source driver receiver in the source driver to receive video signal, video control signal and touch control signal over the forward link. The backward link includes a source driver transmitter in the source driver to receive the touch sensor data and transmit the touch sensor data over the backward link when the backward link is enabled, and a timing controller receiver in the timing controller to receive the touch sensor data over the backward link when the backward link is enabled.
US09857903B2
An in-cell touch display structure includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a liquid crystal layer configured between the upper and lower substrates; a black matrix layer, and a thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer. The thin film transistor and sensing electrode layer includes a gate line sub-layer having a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of connection segments separated by the gate lines, and a source line sub-layer having a plurality of source lines and a plurality of sensing conductor segments separated by the source lines, wherein part of the sensing conductor segments and part of the connection segments are electrically connected together to form a plurality of sensing conductor blocks.
US09857901B2
A display device includes a display panel including a substrate, a display unit including a pixel and a non-pixel area disposed on the substrate, and an encapsulation layer covering the display unit, and a touch sensor including detection electrodes disposed on the display panel and a passivation layer covering the detection electrodes, in which the passivation layer includes a surface protrusion and depression portion overlapping the non-pixel area.
US09857895B2
A touch display device includes a transparent substrate, a first ink layer, a shading layer, and a decorative layer. The transparent substrate has a visible region and an non-visible region. The non-visible region is located at the peripheral of the visible region. The first ink layer is disposed on the non-visible region of the transparent substrate. The shading layer is disposed on the first ink layer. The decorative layer is disposed on a portion of the first ink layer and located between the first ink layer and the shading layer. The optical density of the first ink layer is between 0.3 and 0.67.
US09857893B2
A bar may be connected to a touchpad. The bar may include a first arm connected to a first region of the touchpad. The bar may also include a second arm connected to a second region of the touchpad. A shaft may connect the first and second arm. The bar may control flexure of the touchpad between the first region and the second region.
US09857892B2
A computer or other electronic device including a processor and an input device, such as a track pad. The track pad being in communication with the processor and including a movable surface, a light source in communication with the processor, and an optical sensor in selective optical communication with the light source and in communication with the processor. The optical sensor detects movement of the movable surface by receiving light from the light source.
US09857889B2
A method and device for handling an event invocation at a touchscreen are provided. The method includes identifying the event invocation at a touchscreen of the device, determining if the event invocation is performed using a distal end of the stylus pen, retrieving an assigned predefined action with respect to the event invocation using the distal end of the stylus pen, receiving a confirmation that the assigned predefined action is acceptable, and performing the assigned predefined action for the event invocation by the distal end of the stylus pen.
US09857888B2
A user-facing front end screen display of an illustrative digital image painting application includes a bucket tool which enables a user to apply a selected color to a selected area of an uploaded digital image such as a wall of a room, a paint brush tool to fill in missed areas, an eraser tool is to remove misapplied color, masking tools to mask off selected areas, and a tolerance slider tool to assist in properly filling in painted areas. Improved image preprocessing methods enable better definition of areas of the image to be painted the same color.
US09857885B2
An input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of correcting an output signal when a hand movement is input to the input apparatus and with which a user does not feel a phase delay are provided. An input apparatus includes a velocity calculation section, a filter, a control section, and a memory. The velocity calculation section calculates velocity values of a casing in X′- and Y′-axis directions based on physical amounts output from a sensor unit like acceleration values in the X′- and Y′-axis directions output from an acceleration sensor unit. The filter attenuates, by predetermined scale factors, velocity values of signals of the predetermined frequency range out of the velocity values calculated by the velocity calculation section. Since the filter dynamically attenuates the velocity values of a shake frequency range in accordance with the velocity values, a precise pointing operation with a pointer becomes possible.
US09857876B2
Implementations of the technology disclosed convert captured motion from Cartesian/(x,y,z) space to Frenet-Serret frame space, apply one or more filters to the motion in Frenet-Serret space, and output data (for display or control) in a desired coordinate space—e.g., in a Cartesian/(x,y,z) reference frame. The output data can better represent a user's actual motion or intended motion.
US09857872B2
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and other means are described for utilizing touch-based input components that provide localized haptic feedback to a user. The touch-based input components can be used and/or integrated into any type of electronic device, including laptop computers, cellular telephones, and portable media devices. The touch-based input components can use, for example, a grid of piezoelectric actuators to provide vibrational feedback to a user, while the user scrolls around a click wheel, slides across a trackpad, or touches a multi-touch display screen.
US09857871B2
A method for rendering computer graphics based on saccade detection is provided. One embodiment of the method includes rendering a computer simulated scene for display to a user, detecting an onset of a saccade that causes saccadic masking in an eye movement of the user viewing the computer simulated scene, and reducing a computing resource used for rendering frames of the computer simulated scene during at least a portion of a duration of the saccade. Systems perform similar steps, and non-transitory computer readable storage mediums each storing one or more computer programs are also provided.
US09857859B2
Examples include techniques to power down output power rails for a storage device. In some examples, energy discharged from output capacitors for output power rails and energy discharged from input capacitors may be used to facilitate power down of power rails for the storage device.
US09857857B2
A hub hub control method, wherein the hub possesses an uplink port and a plurality of downlink ports, includes: receiving link status of each downlink port to know whether each downlink port has built a link; and when none of the plurality of downlink ports has built a link, controlling the uplink port to be unable to build a link. A hub control circuit, the hub possessing an uplink port and a plurality of downlink ports, includes a link status reception unit and an uplink port control unit for respective execution of the two steps of the hub control method.
US09857855B2
A concurrently maintainable secondary power distribution system enables redundant secondary power support to electrical loads, which receive independent primary power support from separate primary power systems, via a secondary power busway. Separate bus ducts, each carrying power from a secondary power system, are coupled to opposite ends of the busway. Each bus duct can carry power from a separate secondary power system, and switching devices bridging the connections between the bus ducts and the power busway can selectively switch the power busway from one of the bus ducts to the other bus duct, thereby switching between one of the secondary power systems. The separate secondary power systems can be coupled together at various points in the respective power systems, so that one or more portions of one of the secondary power systems can distribute power received from an upstream portion of another one of the secondary power systems.
US09857851B1
A data storage enclosure can house and electrically connect to multiple data storage devices respectively secured by a carrier. A toolless data storage device carrier can be configured with a data storage device disposed between first and second rails and a clip physically contacting each rail while spanning the data storage device. The clip being shaped to continuously force each rail into contact with the data storage device.
US09857845B2
A flexible electronic device includes a base substrate and first and second lines disposed thereon. The first and second lines extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction. Each of the first and second lines includes a first conductive layer including first and second portions alternately disposed with each other, and second conductive layers respectively overlapped with the first portions in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions. The second conductive layer are not overlapped with the second portions of the first conductive layer in the third direction. The first and second conductive layers have a first modulus and a second modulus, respectively. A first width in the second direction of each of the first portions is smaller than a second width in the second direction of each of the second portions.
US09857837B1
A portable electronic device case. The portable electronic device case includes a first panel and a second panel that are hingedly connected. A recessed area on the first panel is configured to receive an electronic device and retain it therein. An interchangeable mounting dock is removably attachable to the first panel and includes an electronic device connector configured to receive electronic devices and establish an electrical connection therewith. A charger and a battery on the first panel are each in electrical communication with the mounting dock, such that either may charge an electronic device mounted onto the mounting dock. A locking mechanism enables the first and second panel to fasten to one another. The second panel is configured to fold over and onto the first panel such that it encloses an electronic device stored within the recessed area of the first panel.
US09857833B2
A portable information handling system hinge rotationally couples lid and main housing portions to each other with one or more shafts that rotate relative to the housing portions and/or each other. Threads integrated along the shaft length engage off axis with a friction element that generates resistance to housing portion rotational movement. Placement of the friction element in length and/or width vectors aids reduction of the system housing height vector.
US09857825B1
This disclosure describes, in part, a system management component and failure detection component for use in a power grid data network to identify anomalies within the network and systematically adjust the quality of service of data published by publishers and subscribed to by subscribers within the network. In one implementation, subscribers may identify a desired data rate, a minimum acceptable data rate, desired latency, minimum acceptable latency and a priority for each subscription. The failure detection component may identify an anomaly within the network and a source of the anomaly. Based on the identified anomaly, data rates and or data paths may be adjusted in real-time to ensure that the power grid data network does not become overloaded and/or fail.
US09857823B2
A programmable temperature compensated voltage reference is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that uses a reference voltage and a code to generate a DAC output voltage. The apparatus also includes a temperature compensator that uses a temperature measurement (T) and the DAC code to generate a temperature compensation signal. The temperature compensation signal is represented by a third order polynomial equation. The apparatus also includes a signal combiner that combines the DAC output voltage and the temperature compensation signal to generate a temperature compensated programmable reference voltage.
US09857819B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide for a multi-input switch regulator that is controlled to selectively receive power from one of multiple power sources in order to extend the range of available battery voltages at which the regulator can operate. Certain embodiments accomplish this by using an internal adaptive control circuit to coordinate multiple high-side switches to operate with a low-side switch to generate a desired output voltage.
US09857812B2
A power conversion system is provided. The power conversion system includes a plurality of power conversion modules connected in parallel, all power conversion modules of the plurality of power conversion modules configured to receive a pulse-width modulation control signal, each power conversion module of the plurality of power conversion modules including a current unbalance detection circuit configured to calculate a difference between a reference current and an output current of the power conversion module, and a processing device communicatively coupled to the current unbalance detection circuit and configured to perform processing using the calculated difference.
US09857804B2
This invention relates to a method and system for increasing the utilization of the supply of acetylene from two acetylene sources. The flow is provided at a substantially constant delivery pressure to a point of use, such as a customer point of use. A portable apparatus is configured to operably connect to each of the two acetylene sources simultaneously and during operation automatically provide flow from one of the acetylene sources through various valving and piping assembled onto the portable apparatus followed by supply to a customer point of use.
US09857797B2
A structure disposed with a peripheral information detection sensor includes: a peripheral information detection sensor that is disposed at a window frame portion of a side surface of a vehicle and that is equipped with a detection component that detects peripheral information relating to the area around the vehicle; a window member that is attached to the window frame portion and covers the peripheral information detection sensor from an exterior of the vehicle, with at least the section of the window member that opposes the peripheral information detection sensor being opaque or translucent; and an interior member that covers the peripheral information detection sensor from the vehicle interior side.
US09857792B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with swarm management are described. One example system comprises a communication component configured to establish a communication link with at least one element, where the at least one element is part of a swarm. The example system also comprises a management component configured to manage performance of a task list by the swarm through the communication link.
US09857787B2
A numerical controller extracts control object axis from an axis control program to be taught. On the other hand, history information on an axis movement caused by an operator's manual operation is recorded, and an axis (teaching object axis) to be taught by the operator is estimated from the recorded history information. If the estimated teaching object axis is not included in the control object axis, reflection of the position of the axis on the program by a teaching operation is prohibited.
US09857786B2
A method for aligning a machine tool reference frame with a camera reference frame includes applying at least two linear machine movements and at least two rotational movements to a machine arm. Measurements are taken during these movements. Transforming the camera reference frame to the machine reference frame is based on an angular offset and x, y and z offsets between a machine tool origin and a camera origin based on the measurements taken during the machine movements.
US09857784B2
Methods and apparatuses for repairing a broken object. A processor retrieves information describing the size and shape of a broken object. A processor retrieves information describing the size and shape of an intact object, wherein the intact object includes a part missing from the broken object. A processor generates a first three-dimensional model of the broken object based, at least in part, on the information describing the size and shape of the broken object. A processor generates a second three-dimensional model of the intact object based, at least in part, on the information describing the size and shape of the intact object. A processor generates a third three-dimensional model based, at least in part, on a difference between the first and second three-dimensional model. A processor sends one or more instructions to a three-dimensional printer to create an object based, at least in part, on the third three-dimensional model.
US09857783B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium has stored thereon a setting program for setting a computer to control a device. The setting program a display control function configured to execute on the computer a display process for displaying an image on a screen that sequentially guides setup procedure for the device, and a setting control function configured to execute on the computer a setting process including at least installation of a software necessary for the computer to control the device. The setting control function is further configured to execute on the computer the setting process in parallel with the display process by the display control function.
US09857780B1
The present invention is a positioning work stop for use with a machine tool for and having a signaling means that operates as a placement indicator effective for providing a signal if the work piece to be machined is in its proper position for machining or for signaling if the work piece has shifted out of position for machining. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the positioning work stop comprises a stop member having a stop surface, a switch element, a signaling means, and a power supply that are electrically coupled such that the signaling means activates when the work piece is in its proper position for manufacturing and for signaling if the work piece has shifted out of position for machining.
US09857776B2
A rotational signal of a generation source of a control object is detected and, when a rotational speed (frequency) varies, convergence values of filter coefficients of adaptive filters 33, 34 based on a previous control result corresponding to the frequency stored in a control device 11 are retrieved and set to the adaptive filters 33, 34 as initial values. The adaptive filters 33, 34 are updated by using the initial values of filter coefficients and output a control signal y(t) to an ACM (actuator) 3a. LMS arithmetic units 37, 39 read a reference signal calculated from the rotational signal and an acceleration signal (error signal) e(t) detected by a sensor 9 and carry out processing for updating the filter coefficients of the adaptive filters 33, 34. The adaptive filters 33, 34, based on updated filter coefficients, output the control signal y(t) to the ACM 3a.
US09857774B2
A semiconductor device includes: a secondary battery; a constant voltage generation circuit that is driven in accordance with the secondary battery; a control logic circuit that is driven with a constant voltage generated by the constant voltage generation circuit and controls the constant voltage generation circuit; and a starting circuit that outputs a control signal for operating the constant voltage generation circuit in correspondence to an initialization signal input from outside in a case in which the constant voltage generation circuit is stopped.
US09857768B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a mounting portion, and a detecting device. The image forming unit forms an image using toner. A toner container of a given type is removably mounted on the mounting portion. The detecting device detects whether or not the toner container has been mounted on the mounting portion. The toner container and the mounting portion respectively include an engaging protrusion and an engaging hole. The engaging protrusion and the engaging hole are engageable with one another. The engaging protrusion and the engaging hole engaged with one another causes the detecting device to detect that the toner container has been mounted on the mounting portion. The engaging protrusion and the engaging hole are of form configured according to the toner container type.
US09857767B2
A process cartridge includes a drum unit configured to rotatably hold a photosensitive drum, a developing unit that is assembled in such a manner as to be rotatable relative to the drum unit and includes a developing roller, gap maintaining members provided to the photosensitive drum or the developing roller on both end portions of the photosensitive drum in an axial direction, and urging members configured to bias the developing unit toward the drum unit. The urging members are respectively disposed on outer sides of the gap maintaining members disposed at both end portions in the axial direction. The drum unit or the developing unit includes an electric contact portion configured to come into contact with an electric contact of an image forming apparatus when the process cartridge is attached to the image forming apparatus, the electric contact portion being disposed between the gap maintaining members in the axial direction.
US09857765B2
A process cartridge includes a casing, a photosensitive drum having an axis L1, and a coupling member having an axis L2. The coupling member includes (i) a first end portion connected with the photosensitive drum, (ii) a second end portion having an outermost surface, (iii) an axle portion connecting the first end portion and the second end portion to each other, and (iv) at least one projection extending from the second end portion. For at least part of the outermost surface of the second end portion, a maximum distance from the axis L2 to the outermost surface along a line perpendicular to the axis L2 increases as the distance along the axis L2 from the axle portion increases.
US09857756B2
A fuser assembly for a device capable of printing, including: at least one heater roller; at least one first heater element located within the at least one heater roller; at least one second heater element located within the at least one heater roller; an electrical line; a power input component including a first power input for the at least one first heater element, a second power input for the at least one second heater element and a third power input for the electrical line; a first electrical circuit designed to operate at a first voltage range and including the at least one heater element and the first electrical line; and a second electrical circuit designed to operate at a second voltage ranged, different from the first voltage range and including the first and second heater elements.
US09857753B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying path, a second conveying path, a detector, a conveyance guide member and an interlock mechanism. The first conveying path communicates the second conveying path through which a sheet supplied from a supply part is conveyed. The detector detects whether or not the sheet is present in the first conveying path. The conveyance guide member composes the second conveying path and one end part thereof is pivotally supported so as to be able to open/close the second conveying path. The interlock mechanism interlocks the detector with the opening/closing operation of the conveyance guide member. The detector detects the opening/closing operation of the conveyance guide member.
US09857750B1
A transport monitoring control device includes a transport unit configured to transport a recording medium while nipping the recording medium, a driving unit configured to drive the transport unit, a detector configured to detect a waveform related to a load of the driving unit when the recording medium enters the transport unit or is discharged from the transport unit, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the recording medium is skewed with respect to the transport unit, based on a waveform width at a height obtained by multiplying a peak value of the waveform by a predetermined coefficient.
US09857731B2
A developing cartridge may include: a casing; a developing roller extending in a first direction; a developing-roller gear; a coupling including a coupling gear; a first idle gear; a second idle gear; an agitator; a first agitator gear; and a protrusion. The developing-roller gear, the coupling, the first idle gear, the second idle gear, the first agitator gear, and the protrusion may be positioned at an outer surface of the casing. The protrusion may be positioned between a first axis of the coupling and a third axis of the first agitator gear in a second direction connecting the first and third axes. The protrusion may be positioned outside an addendum circle of the developing-roller gear, an addendum circle of the coupling gear, an addendum circle of the first idle gear, and an addendum circle of the second idle gear. The first agitator gear may be spaced apart from the protrusion in the first direction.
US09857728B2
A toner container is attachable to and detachable from a toner supply portion of an image forming apparatus. The toner container includes an attaching portion configured to be engaged with an attached portion of the toner supply portion such that the toner container is selectively attached to the toner supply portion. The attached portion includes an engaged portion around which first interruption keys are disposed. The attaching portion includes an engaging portion and a plurality of key members. The engaging portion is configured to be engaged with the engaged portion. The key members are larger in number than the first interruption keys and include second interruption keys formed in correspondence with the first interruption keys. Among the key members, the second interruption keys that interrupt with the first interruption keys are cut so that the engaging portion and the engaged portion can be engaged with each other.
US09857725B2
An electrophotographic device member R is used in an electrophotographic device. The electrophotographic device member R has a surface layer 1. The surface layer 1 has a matrix polymer 11 forming a skeleton of the surface layer 1 and a surface modifier 12 contained in the matrix polymer 11. The surface modifier 12 is composed of a copolymer containing, in its molecule, a first polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a silicone group 121 and a second polymerization unit derived from a (meth)acrylate having a fluorine-containing group 122.
US09857722B2
A light source device includes a semiconductor laser configured to emit a laser beam, the semiconductor laser including a stem provided with a cut-away portion; and a holder member including a cylindrical portion configured to hold the semiconductor laser, wherein an inner surface of the cylindrical portion has a surface opposing the stem, and wherein the opposing surface includes a contact portion disposed at a position corresponding to the cut-away portion and contacting the stem and a spaced portion spaced from the stem.
US09857696B2
A table for a lithographic apparatus, the table having a catchment opening formed in an upper surface of the table, the catchment opening in fluid communication through the table with the environment of the table at a drain opening in a surface of the table other than the upper surface.
US09857692B2
An exposure method and apparatus exposes an object with an exposure beam via a projection optical system and a liquid of a liquid immersion area formed under the projection optical system. A first stage on which the object is held and a second stage are moved relative to each other so that the second stage approaches the first stage that is placed facing the projection optical system, the second stage having an upper surface contactable with a liquid immersion area. The first and second stages that have approached each other are moved with respect to the projection optical system so that the second stage is placed facing the projection optical system instead of the first stage. For relative movement of the first and second stages in the approaching, driving of the first and second stages is controlled based on outer periphery positional information of the first stage.
US09857687B2
A method of manufacturing a substrate includes applying solder resist ink containing a mixing resin of epoxy-based resin and acrylic-based resin on at least one surface of a substrate body to form a solder resist layer, and irradiating a predetermined portion of the solder resist layer with ultraviolet rays and controlling an amount of irradiation of the ultraviolet rays irradiated to the predetermined of the solder resist layer to form the predetermined portion in transmissivity that transmits light.
US09857663B1
An optical system is provided that uses unwanted light to perform autofocus functions. More particularly, one or more optical elements may be used to reflect unwanted light to one or more secondary image sensors associated with an autofocus function. Such unwanted light may include, for example, IR, UV, or visible light not necessary for creating a resulting image detected by a primary sensor.
US09857659B2
A laser device includes a light source that radiates a laser beam having one or more frequencies, and a nonlinear optical medium on which the laser beam is incident, the non-linear optical medium including at least one dispersive medium that is transparent and arranged along a direction in which the laser beam is radiated. The nonlinear optical medium drives a nonlinear optical process including generation of laser beams having different frequencies. The at least one dispersive medium has an effective thickness that causes a relative phase relationship among all the laser beams relevant to the nonlinear optical process to approximately satisfy a predetermined value.
US09857655B2
A method for controlling a MIS structure design in a TFT and a system thereof are disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining dielectric constant of silicon nitride in the MIS structure as designed through calculation; and judging whether the dielectric constant of silicon nitride reaches a set value in a TFT manufacturing procedure, wherein if a negative judgment result is obtained, parameters of the MIS structure are adjusted, so as to enable dielectric constant of silicon nitride in the MIS structure after being adjusted to reach the set value in the TFT manufacturing procedure. A MIS structure design can be effectively controlled, thereby improving performance and stability of TFT-LCD products.
US09857654B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a first gate line, a data line, a first subpixel unit including a first switching element, and a first subpixel electrode connected with a second electrode of the first switching element, a second subpixel unit including a second switching element which includes a control electrode connected with the first gate line and a first electrode is connected with the data line, a second subpixel electrode connected with a second electrode of the second switching element, and a third switching element which includes a control electrode connected with the first gate line and a storage wiring including a first storage line, at least a part thereof overlapping the first subpixel electrode, and a second storage line, at least a part thereof overlapping the second subpixel electrode.
US09857644B2
A transflective liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate divided into a pixel part and first and second pad parts; a gate electrode and a gate line formed at the pixel part of the first substrate; a first insulation film formed on the first substrate; an active pattern formed as an island at an upper portion of the gate electrode and having a width smaller than the gate electrode; an ohmic-contact layer and a barrier metal layer formed on the first substrate and on source and drain regions of the active pattern; source and drain electrodes formed at the pixel part of the first substrate and electrically connected with the source and drain regions of the active pattern via the ohmic-contact layer and the barrier metal layer; a data line formed at the pixel part of the first substrate and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region including a reflective portion and a transmissive portion; a pixel electrode formed at the transmissive portion of the pixel region and electrically connected with the drain electrode; a source electrode pattern, a drain electrode pattern and a data line pattern formed at lower portions of the source electrode, the drain electrode and the data line, and formed of a conductive film that forms the pixel electrode; a reflective electrode formed at the reflective portion of the pixel region and electrically connected with the drain electrode and the pixel electrode; a second insulation film exposing the pixel electrode of the pixel region; and a second substrate attached to the first substrate in a facing manner.
US09857641B2
A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes: a substrate on which a pixel region is defined; and a pixel electrode which is disposed in the pixel region on the substrate. The pixel electrode includes: a plurality of unit pixel electrodes which are arranged substantially in a matrix form; and a connecting electrode which connects the unit pixel electrodes to each other. Neighboring unit pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in a column direction are separated from each other by a first in-between area extending along a row direction, neighboring unit pixel electrodes adjacent to each other in the row direction are separated from each other by a second in-between area extending along the column direction, and the connecting electrode is disposed in a region in which corners of the unit pixel electrodes face each other.
US09857638B2
A display device includes a scanning line extending in a first direction and a scanning line extending in a second direction. The signal line extends in a zigzag manner in the second direction by running tilted at a first predetermined angle with respect to the second direction for every plurality of pixels and running tilted at a second predetermined angle with respect to the second direction for every plurality of pixels.
US09857633B2
A display device including a laminate between a display panel and a cover layer, the laminate having a viewing-side polarizing plate; a first conductive layer, a dielectric layer and a second conductive layer constituting a capacitive touch sensor; and a substrate, the first conductive layer, dielectric layer, second conductive layer, and substrate are positioned closer to the cover layer than is the viewing-side polarizing plate, the first conductive layer is formed on one surface of the substrate, the dielectric layer is formed on a surface of the first conductive layer opposite to the substrate side, the second conductive layer is formed on a surface of the dielectric layer opposite to the first conductive layer side, the substrate has an optical film with a predetermined phase difference, the viewing-side polarizing plate has a polarizing film, a slow axis of optical film intersects a transmission axis of polarizing film at predetermined angle.
US09857626B1
A substrate of liquid crystal panels includes a glass substrate, and a wire grid layer including a dielectric layer arranged on one side of the glass substrate, and a metal layer on the dielectric layer. The metal layer includes a number of first metal bars and a number of second metal bars. The second metal bars are configured to divide the metal layer into a first area, a second area, and a third area cyclically arranged. The first metal bars are arranged within the first area, the second area, and the third area in sequence, and the first metal bars are parallel to and are spaced apart from each other. The first metal bars within the different areas respectively include a first period, a second period, and a third period different from each other. In addition, the present disclosure also relates to a liquid crystal panel.
US09857623B2
The present invention provides a reflective flexible liquid crystal display, which includes: an upper flexible substrate (1), a lower flexible substrate (3) arranged opposite to the upper flexible substrate (1), a layer of liquid crystal (5) filled between the upper flexible substrate (1) and the lower flexible substrate (3), a circular polarization sheet (7) arranged on an upper surface of the upper flexible substrate (1), and a flexible light guide plate (9) arranged on an upper surface of the circular polarization sheet (7). The upper flexible substrate (1) and the flexible light guide plate (9) are both transparent and the lower flexible substrate (3) includes a reflector layer (37) formed thereon. The reflective flexible liquid crystal display has a simple structure, allowing the liquid crystal display to be applied to flexible displaying.
US09857621B1
A liquid crystal display with a high transmittance and a low power consumption rate, includes first and second transmittable substrates, a plurality of gate and data bus lines formed on the first substrate, a plurality of color filters formed on the second substrate, and a plurality of microlenses formed on the first or second substrate corresponding to the gate and data bus lines. The microlenses are formed at positions corresponding to the gate and data bus lines which block incident lights, so that most incident lights can be transmitted. Further, the transmittance can be greatly improved by forming the microlenses at the positions corresponding to storage capacitor lines as well as the gate and data bus lines.
US09857615B2
Provided are a light source device and a display device with an assembly constitution that can reduce the size of a frame and make the frame less conspicuous. A light source device is constituted such that a front cabinet having a U-shaped cross-section and a front cover are attached as a unit on an outer peripheral part of a backlight unit, and A display device is constituted such that the front cabinet having a U-shaped cross-section and the front cover are attached as a unit on an outer peripheral part of a liquid-crystal unit, a lens cover is attached by joining joining-groove parts to lens fixing claws provided on the front cabinet and the peripheral edge part of the lens cover is held by a pressing piece on the front cover.
US09857613B2
A liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and the second substrates, the first substrate including: a display area portion in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a manner of a matrix; and a frame edge area lying outside the display area portion, the frame edge area including a peripheral circuit configured to drive the plurality of pixels of the display area portion, the peripheral circuit having at least one transistor, wherein a channel area of the transistor is covered with a conductive layer via an inorganic insulating layer, the inorganic insulating layer and the conductive layer being stacked in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the first substrate in the stated order, and a predetermined negative potential is applied to the conductive layer.
US09857611B2
The optical device includes a waveguide positioned on a base and a modulator positioned on the base. The modulator includes an electro-absorption medium. The waveguide is configured to guide a light signal through the modulator such that the light signal is guided through the electro-absorption medium. A heater is positioned on the electro-absorption medium such that the electro-absorption medium is between the base and the heater.
US09857608B2
A biocompatible electronic device incorporating a point-of-use-activated microbattery, the biocompatible electronic device comprising: a housing; a sealed control electronics chamber formed within the housing; control electronics contained within the sealed control electronics chamber for controlling the operation of the biocompatible electronic device; a sealed electrode chamber formed within the housing; a plurality of electrodes contained within the sealed electrode chamber and connected to the control electronics; an access port formed within the housing for providing fluid access to the interior of the sealed electrode chamber; and a removable tab for selectively sealing the access port; such that, upon removal of the removable tab, a contacting fluid can contact the electrodes and act as an electrolyte for activating the microbattery, whereby to enable the microbattery to power the control electronics for the biocompatible electronic device.
US09857603B2
The present invention provides a 2D/3D switchable display device, comprising a backlight module (2) and a liquid crystal panel (1) located on the backlight module (2); the liquid crystal panel (1) comprises a plurality of element images (11) sequentially aligned, and the backlight module (2) comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements (21) corresponding to the plurality of element images (11), and each light-emitting element (21) comprises a middle region (211) in a middle position and a surrounding region (212) at periphery of the middle region (211), and the middle regions (211) of the plurality of light-emitting elements (21) respectively correspond to the plurality of element images (11), and the middle region (211) and the surrounding region (212) are respectively controlled by different circuits to be lightened or dimmed; as the middle region (211) and the surrounding region (212) are lightened at the same time, the display device shows a 2D display mode, and as the middle region (211) is lightened and the surrounding region (212) is dimmed, the display device shows a 3D display mode of two dimensional integral imaging to achieve a switch of 2D/3D display modes.
US09857600B2
A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided for displaying a 3D image. The 3D display system includes a display panel having pixels arranged at a pixel spatial period and a lens grating disposed together with the display panel. The lens grating further includes a plurality of lens units arranged at a first period and a plurality of non-lens units arranged at a second period. The second period is greater than one-third of the first period and less than two-thirds of the first period, and the plurality of lens units and the plurality of non-lens units are arranged such that the lens grating has a different spatial period from the pixel spatial period to reduce Moire fringe effect between the lens grating and the pixels of the display panel.
US09857596B2
Head mounted displays are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a head mounted display includes a front display module and a strap assembly. The strap assembly includes first and second connector arms coupling the strap assembly to the front display module. The head mounted display further includes a flex circuit for providing power and control to an electronic component coupled to the strap assembly. The flex circuit can deflect to allow the strap assembly to move relative to the front display module without damaging the flex circuit.
US09857595B2
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a goggle portion having a chassis that is open on a first side, a lens assembly disposed on a second side of the chassis of the goggle portion and a ledge disposed around an interior perimeter of the chassis of the goggle portion. The ledge can be configured to physically support an electronic device inserted in the goggle portion. The apparatus can also include a cover portion having a chassis that is open on a first side and at least partially closed on a second side. The cover portion can be configured to be placed over the goggle portion, such that at least a portion of the goggle portion is disposed within the cover portion and the electronic device is retained between the ledge and an interior surface of the second side of the cover portion.
US09857591B2
Configurations are disclosed for presenting virtual reality and augmented reality experiences to users. The system may comprise a spatial light modulator operatively coupled to an image source for projecting light associated with one or more frames of image data, and a variable focus element (VFE) for varying a focus of the projected light such that a first frame of image data is focused at a first depth plane, and a second frame of image data is focused at a second depth plane, and wherein a distance between the first depth plane and the second depth plane is fixed.
US09857580B2
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus for securely holding a substrate, such as a microscope slide. A holder includes a frame including at least three walls, such as a base, a first arm, and a second arm. Each wall includes a platform or a portion of a platform to support the substrate. The first arm includes at least one securing block and a second arm opposite the first arm includes a secure bar with a securing block. The securing blocks include a ramp to guide the substrate off of the platforms and a stopper to set a maximum lift distance and to constrain the substrate.
US09857579B2
A system for microscopic applications, including a rotating structural element that acts as a beam splitter and has reflecting and transmitting structures, and which is disposed in an intermediate image plane of the beam path conjugated with the object field, and by which the structure is imaged onto an object in the object plane. The fluorescent light reflected by the object, or caused by the illumination, strikes the structural element as well as an image processing module. The beam reflected and transmitted by the structural element is guided through the image processing module. The structural element is set at an angle to the vertical of the beam path. An optical adapter, which tilts the microscopic intermediate image onto the plane of the structural element acting as beam splitter, is disposed at the interface between the microscope and the image processing module.
US09857570B1
A reflector can have a conical shape. The shape can tapers from a wide base to an apex. The apex can include an aperture, a mirror, and a set of one or more optical elements. A mirror is location in a cavity and is positioned within an overhang enclosure of the device in a plane approximately parallel to a circular cross section of the conical shape. The mirror can reflect environmental light that is reflected by the reflector into the aperture or reflect light emitting from the aperture onto the reflector. Stray light reflected by the mirror is absorbed by the cavity walls. A set of one or more optical elements can be positioned at least partially within a volumetric region of the reflector. The one or more optical elements focus light passing through the aperture to an image sensor.
US09857567B2
Provided are an imaging lens that has a small amount of focus shift caused by temperature fluctuation and an imaging apparatus that has this imaging lens. The imaging lens consists of, in order from an object side: a first lens that is convex toward the object side and has a negative refractive power; a second lens that has a negative refractive power; a third lens that has a positive refractive power; a fourth lens that has a positive refractive power; a fifth lens that has a positive refractive power; and a sixth lens that has a negative refractive power. The imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions (1) to (4). −0.89
US09857562B2
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, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has negative refractive power. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof, and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The photographing optical lens assembly has a total of six lens elements with refractive power.
US09857546B2
An optical module for connecting a photoelectric conversion device on a substrate to a ferrule connected to an optical fiber includes a body configured to be mounted on the substrate, a first lens disposed on the body at a side thereof connectable to the ferrule, a second lens disposed on the body at a side thereof facing the substrate, and a core disposed in the body between the first lens and the second lens, wherein a refractive index of the core is higher than a refractive index of the body.
US09857543B1
A bidirectional optoelectronic sub-assembly. The bidirectional optoelectronic sub-assembly includes an assembly body. The assembly body is configured to interface a light source, a photodetector, an optical waveguide, coupling optics and a beam splitter in optical alignment. The assembly body includes a light source port configured to accommodate the light source, an optical port configured to interface with an optical connector of the optical waveguide, a beam splitter slot configured to accommodate the beam splitter on a first optical path between the light source and the optical waveguide, and on a second optical path between the optical waveguide and the photodetector, and a faraday cage cavity configured to accommodate the photodetector.
US09857530B2
Disclosed are robust packaging systems and methods for optical elements used in optical light pipes. One optical light pipe includes a housing having opposing first and second ends and a body that extends therebetween, an optical element arranged within the housing, and a reflective coating applied about an outer surface of the optical element.
US09857520B2
A lighting assembly includes a light guide having opposed major surfaces between which light propagates by total internal reflection and a light input edge. The light assembly also includes a light engine. The light engine has a heat conductive armature having a receptacle for a portion of the light guide that includes the light input edge and a light source retained by and thermally coupled to the armature. The armature functions as a heat sink for dissipating heat generated by the light source. The light guide is mechanically retained in the receptacle, and the light guide and the armature cooperate to align the light input edge with the light source for inputting light from the light source into the light guide through the light input edge.
US09857519B2
In various embodiments, an illumination apparatus features spatially separated input and output regions, a light source, a phosphor for light conversion, and an out-coupling structure.
US09857516B2
The problem is to provide a front plate of a TN liquid crystal display device capable of reducing occurrence of color unevenness caused by retardation of a polycarbonate resin sheet, even when the liquid crystal panel is observed through polarizing glasses or liquid crystal shutter glasses for 3D, while having excellent impact resistance, heat resistance and transparency.The solution means are that the direction of the slow axis or the fast axis of a polycarbonate resin sheet is parallel to the lengthwise direction of a TN liquid crystal panel, and that retardation is not less than 5000 nm.
US09857505B2
A laminate body (1) is provided with a transparent substrate (10) and a refractive layer (11) which refracts incident light towards the top of the substrate (10). The refractive layer (11) contains, at least, one kind of fluorine compound (ss) selected from a group consisting of fluoro-silsesquioxane and fluoro-silsesquioxane polymers, and a resin (pl) having a refractive index higher than that of the aforementioned fluorine compound (ss). Of the side of the substrate (10) (the side of the back surface s2) and the side opposite thereof (the side of the front surface s1), the concentration of the fluorine compound (ss) in the refractive layer (11) is higher on said side opposite (the side of the front surface s1), and the refractive layer (11) forms a graded structure layer of high refractive indices and low refractive indices inside the layer.
US09857497B2
During drilling of an earth borehole, resistance measurements may be made at the drill bit through use of a bottom hole assembly that includes a drill bit having a sensor, such as an electrode, located generally at an exterior surface of the drill bit. The current will be induced in the formation from multiple transmitters, at least one of which will be supported on, or very close to the drill bit. Connection mechanisms are described that enable the releasable engagement of electrical conductors to circuitry within the drill bits. The obtained resistivity measurements at the drill bit can be used for many purposes, including formation imaging and geosteering of the drilling operation.
US09857489B2
Disclosed herein is a system and method for building a velocity model for a geographical area of interest (GAI). The system and method comprise determining a ray based tomography velocity image of said GAI using acquired data, determining a high resolution velocity guide (HRVG) image of said GAI, scaling said determined HRVG of said GAI, adding the scaled HRVG to the ray based tomography velocity image to determine an updated ray based tomography velocity image, and determining whether said updated ray based tomography velocity image has experienced convergence by determining whether a cost function of said ray based tomography velocity image does not improve compared to a previously determined cost function value of said ray based tomography velocity image.
US09857487B2
A marine seismic streamer comprising a solid, hydrophobic core member that is encased in a hydrophobic streamer skin/casing. The hydrophobic streamer skin may be extruded onto and/or heat welded to the hydrophobic core member. The hydrophobic streamer skin/casing may comprise a thermoplastic polyurethane that includes fluorine and/or silicon moieties, silicon, polydimethylsiloxane or the like. The hydrophobic streamer skin/casing may reduce the drag of the streamer and may provide anti-biofouling properties to the streamer. A hydrophobic paint, coating or polymer may in some instances be disposed on top of the hydrophobic streamer skin/casing.
US09857470B2
Detecting material properties such reflectivity, true color and other properties of surfaces in a real world environment is described in various examples using a single hand-held device. For example, the detected material properties are calculated using a photometric stereo system which exploits known relationships between lighting conditions, surface normals, true color and image intensity. In examples, a user moves around in an environment capturing color images of surfaces in the scene from different orientations under known lighting conditions. In various examples, surfaces normals of patches of surfaces are calculated using the captured data to enable fine detail such as human hair, netting, textured surfaces to be modeled. In examples, the modeled data is used to render images depicting the scene with realism or to superimpose virtual graphics on the real world in a realistic manner.
US09857469B2
A modulation technique for 3D time-of-flight (TOF) cameras allows the operation of fully autonomous operated 3D TOF cameras. The method subdivides the exposure time into several sub-exposure intervals, for which the signal control unit adds a preferably pseudo-random common phase delay to the illumination and the sensor.
US09857462B2
A method for detecting a concealed object in a target. The target may include a body and the concealed object. The method may include emitting radio frequency (RF) energy toward a direction of the target, receiving a scattered RF energy reflected from the target, generating a signal corresponding to the received scattered RF energy, comparing the signal with a plurality of stored RF scattering signatures, and detecting the concealed object when the signal matches one of a plurality of RF scattering signatures. Each of the RF scattering signatures may be associated with an object of interest.
US09857461B2
Various avionics systems may benefit from the proper handling of diversity with respect to antennas. For example, systems and methods for remote L-band smart antenna distance measuring equipment may benefit from being prepared to provide diversity against interference, such as a multipath interference. A method can include determining which antenna of a plurality of antennas of an aircraft is preferred for communication with respect to distance measuring equipment. The method can also include selecting the antenna based on the determination.
US09857449B2
A method of using a power consumption measurement device: determining at least two first current sensor readings from the one or more main electrical supply conductors; calibrating the power consumption measurement device, comprising applying a Kalman filter; electrically coupling a first calibration load to the electrical power infrastructure; determining at least one second current sensor reading from the one or more main electrical supply conductors; re-calibrating the power consumption measurement device, comprising applying the Kalman filter; uncoupling the first calibration load from the electrical power infrastructure; determining at least one third current sensor reading from the one or more main electrical supply conductors; and determining a first electrical power used by the electrical power infrastructure of the structure. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09857445B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provided with a plurality of transmission channels includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit acquires a radio frequency magnetic field emitted from each of the plurality of transmission channels through a receiver coil mounted on an object and measure a phase of the radio frequency magnetic field. The control unit determines a phase difference between the plurality of transmission channels based on the phase of the radio frequency magnetic field of each of the plurality of transmission channels measured by the signal processing unit. The control unit controls a phase of a radio frequency pulse inputted to each of the plurality of transmission channels, based on the phase difference.
US09857444B2
Disclosed herein is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus which includes a connector. A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a static coil module configured to form a static field in a bore, a gradient coil module which includes at least one primary coil configured to form a gradient field in the static field and at least one shield coil configured to cancel an eddy current formed in the static coil module, and a connector which includes a base made of an insulating material and a plurality of conductors which are coupled to the base and which are configured to connect the at least one primary coil and the at least one shield coil.
US09857442B2
The present invention provides an imaging unit which can image small animals inexpensively and with high resolution. The imaging detector 22 of the imaging unit includes gradient magnetic field coils having a pair of bucket-shaped coils 51-53, 61-63 having the bottoms opposed to each other and generating gradient magnetic fields between the par of bucket-shaped coils 51-53, 61-63, and a detection coil 82 accommodated between the pair of bucket-shaped coils 51-53, 61-63, a housing portion 30 provided between the pair of bucket-shaped coils 51-53, 61-63 and housing an object to be imaged, and a detection coil 82 provided in the housing portion 30 and positioned near the housed object to be imaged.
US09857437B2
In one aspect, a Hall Effect sensing element includes a Hall plate having a thickness less than about 100 nanometers an adhesion layer directly in contact with the Hall plate and having a thickness in a range about 0.1 nanometers to 5 nanometers. In another aspect, a sensor includes a Hall Effect sensing element. The Hall Effect sensing element includes a substrate that includes one of a semiconductor material or an insulator material, an insulation layer in direct contact with the substrate, an adhesion layer having a thickness in a range of about 0.1 nanometers to 5 nanometers and in direct contact with the insulation layer and a Hall plate in direct contact with the adhesion layer and having a thickness less than about 100 nanometers.
US09857425B2
A test circuit board adapted to be used on memory slot is provided. Each memory slot of a board to be tested is connected to one test circuit board. A plurality of the test circuit boards form an in-series connection therebetween. A test access port (TAP) controller is connected electrically to the board to be tested and one of the test circuit boards so that the memory slots, which are connected to the test circuit boards, may be tested at the same time.
US09857423B2
A debugging circuit including: a storage configured to store a first code value which is calculated by an encoding method in which a value is changed according to a sequence of a signal in a debugging target circuit, and indicates a stop condition of the debugging target circuit; a code value calculator configured to calculate a second code value by the encoding method based on the signal each time when the signal is changed; and an operation stopper configured to stop an operation of the debugging target circuit when the first code value and the second code value are identical to each other.
US09857419B2
A vision alignment system for an integrated circuit device testing handler includes a head guiding ring configured to be attached to a pick-and-place device, the head guiding ring having an opening in which a device-under-test having a device contact array is locatable; a socket apparatus including: a fixed mounting frame, a moveable socket guiding ring, and a plurality of actuators configured to move the moveable socket guiding ring relative to the fixed mounting frame; and a visualization device configured to provide data relating to a position of the device contact array relative to the contactor pin array. The socket apparatus is configured to adjust a position of the head guiding ring by moving the moveable socket guiding ring while the head guiding ring is located in an opening of the moveable socket guiding ring to align the device contact array to the contactor pin array.
US09857411B2
An electronic device including a printed circuit board has a degradation detection circuit that detects degradation of the printed circuit board at a plurality of different degradation levels, and a warning output unit that outputs a warning in accordance with the degradation level detected by the degradation detection circuit.
US09857406B2
Disclosed are a three-phase wiring detection device and a coincidence phase detection method. The three-phase wiring detection device and the coincidence phase detection method compare a power factor relationship between a three-phase voltage and a three-phase current, and determines whether a coincidence phase is coincident between the three-phase voltage and the three-phase current, thereby checking whether the coincidence phase is accurately coincident. Therefore, whether the coincidence phase is coincident between the three-phase voltage and the three-phase current can be checked, and a function of a reverse phase detector and a function of a coincidence phase checker can be implemented. Also, the three-phase voltage and the three-phase current can be accurately detected.
US09857405B2
System and method for detecting the presence and type of capacitive load that may be coupled to a power driver. The system includes a detection circuit to determine the presence and type of load based on a measured characteristic of the load in response to a drive voltage. The characteristic may be the load capacitance as measured by the current flow between the driver and load. The circuit may include a differential amplifier to generate a current-related voltage, comparators to generate pulses when the voltage exceeds respective thresholds, registers to output logic levels in response to the comparators, and a microcontroller to make the determination based on the logic levels. Alternatively, the circuit includes a differential amplifier to generate a current-related voltage, a rectifier to rectify the voltage, a peak and hold circuit to hold the peak voltage, an ADC to digitize the peak voltage, and a microcontroller to make its determination based on the digitized voltage.
US09857400B2
Motherboard voltage testing device includes a power supply module for supplying a DC voltage, an illuminating module, and a switching module for detecting a DC voltage of a motherboard. A first terminal of the switching module is coupled to the power supply module, and a second opposite terminal of the switching module is coupled to the illuminating module. When the switching module detects the DC voltage of the motherboard is in the motherboard, the illuminating module is configured to receive the DC voltage of the power supply module to emit light, and when the switching module detects there is no remaining DC voltage on the motherboard, the illuminating module cannot receive the DC voltage from the motherboard and the illuminating module is power off and does not emit light.
US09857397B2
Modular packaging includes a solid state relay and a function module, wherein the function module comprises a housing containing a printed circuit board and an elevating screw. The elevating screw comprises a first end with an external threading and a second end with an external threading, where the elevating screw may be selectively altered between a first position and a second position within the housing. Related embodiments are disclosed.
US09857390B2
A physical quantity sensor has a package, which is provided with a substrate and a lid and has an internal space inside, and a functional element which is accommodated in the internal space, the lid is formed on a partition wall section which is provided on the periphery of the internal space in planar view and has a communication hole which causes a lower surface at the substrate side to communicate with an upper surface at the opposite side to the substrate, and the communication hole communicates with the internal space via a groove which is formed in the substrate.
US09857389B2
The specimen storage apparatus includes: a specimen conveyor line which conveys a specimen for which the pre-processing is completed and which is installed on a specimen conveyance holder; a lift mechanism capable of driving a specimen tray having the specimen installed therein in front-and-back and vertical directions; a specimen chuck mechanism which transfers the specimen from a specimen acquisition position of the specimen conveyor line to the specimen tray on the lift mechanism; a specimen storage unit which receives the specimen tray from the lift mechanism, includes hierarchical specimen storage spaces in a vertical direction, and accommodates a plurality of specimen trays in a lateral direction while keeping them cold; a shutter mechanism which is opened and closed at the time of delivery of the specimen tray between the lift mechanism and the specimen storage unit; and a control unit which controls each of the mechanisms.
US09857384B2
An assay cartridge has a base member (26) that defines at least two wells (30, 32, 34, 36, 38), a pipette (108, 110) positionable in at least one of the wells and a cap member (86) arranged to carry the pipette. The cap member can be releasably fastened to the base member. An extension member (28) defines at least one further well (40, 42, 44) and can be fastened to the base member such that the pipette is then positionable in at least one of the wells of the base and in the further well of the extension member.
US09857380B2
The present invention makes use of immunoassays, such as sandwich ELISAs, to profile the circulating concentration of elastic fiber and microfibril fragments in samples from individuals with diseases associated with elastic fiber and/or microfibril degradation. Examples of such diseases include, Marfan's syndrome, aortic aneurysm, and scleroderma. Profiling the concentration of such fragments can be used to diagnose disease and monitor disease progression.
US09857379B2
This invention pertains to methods and compositions for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to isolated molecules that can be used to diagnose and/or treat cardiovascular conditions including cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, stroke, arteriosclerosis, and heart failure.
US09857374B2
The present invention provides reagents and methods for breast cancer detection.
US09857372B1
A system for providing immunoassay test results for multiple medical conditions, comprising a testing device having thereon an alignment target and having a plurality of immunoassay test strips, the plurality of immunoassay test strips each including a sample pad capable of receiving a biologic sample, a conjugate pad containing particles for conjugating with antibodies or antigens present in the biologic sample, and a membrane strip having a test line and a control line, wherein the test line and the control line are viewable, and a mobile device having a camera, a viewing screen, and a software application stored thereon, wherein the software application provides executable instructions to capture an image of the testing device, process an image to determine pixel count and line intensity of the test line of each of the plurality of immunoassay test strips, and present test results on the viewing screen.
US09857371B2
A biomimetic system is provided for use in modeling cell-cell adhesion mechanisms comprising functionalized emulsion droplets. Further, a cell culture medium and a drug delivery system using said biomimetic system are provided.
US09857366B2
Physical changes resulting from an association between a template molecule and a target molecule are detected by monitoring changes in the template molecule. Exemplary changes include a change in a physical dimension or stiffness of the template molecule, a change in electrical conductivity of the template molecule and a change in the energy required to dissociate the target molecule and the template molecule. The magnitude of the change is indicative of the specific identity of the target molecule.
US09857365B2
Described are immunoassay kits having a conjugate structure separate from an immunochromatographic strip in which the conjugate structure is freeze-dried with uniform droplet size, and related compositions and methods. The unique structure of the kits described here permits sample containing analyte to be reacted uniformly with the conjugate structure before being subjected to immunochromatography by application to the strip. This results in improved performance of the assay. In addition, the freeze-dried conjugate structure can be stored without contamination and is easy to carry. In addition, the freeze-dried conjugate structure can be rapidly and uniformly dissolved so that it is immediately allowed to react with a mixture of a buffer and a sample, the reaction product then being analyzed by immunochromatography, making it suitable for use in point-of-care testing.
US09857362B2
An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a method for efficiently and conveniently producing a nucleic acid aptamer, particularly, a DNA aptamer, having high specificity for and high binding activity against a target substance.
US09857358B2
The present invention relates a simple method for evaluating free eukaryotic cell nuclei for biomarkers of DNA damage and/or transcription factor activation, activity, or expression levels and/or epigenetic modifications to chromatin or chromatin-associated factors. The invention also teaches useful strategies for combining nuclear biomarkers into a matrix of endpoints that are capable of elucidating genotoxicants' primary mode of DNA-damaging activity. Kits for conducting methods according to the invention are also described.
US09857350B2
In order to evaluate the compatibility of coals used in coke production and to produce cokes with desired strength by blending coals in consideration of the compatibility, the invention provides a technique which evaluates the adhesion strength obtained when two kinds of coals are carbonized based on properties of the coals. Surface tensions of two kinds of semicokes obtained by heat treating two kinds of coals are measured. Based on the difference between the two measured values of surface tension, the quality of the adhesiveness between the two kinds of coals is evaluated.
US09857349B2
A method and a device for measuring a content of hydrogen absorbed by a metal workpiece by permeation in the form of hydrogen atoms are described. The device includes a probe with a mixing chamber accessible to an amount of hydrogen emanating from the workpiece, and communicating with an inlet port of a measurement gas. The device further includes a solid-state hydrogen concentration sensor pneumatically connected with the mixing chamber, a gas transfer means for forming a flow of a measurement gas from the inlet port to the sensor, and a processor means for processing a concentration signal of the sensor and for producing a parameter related to the interaction between the metal workpiece and the absorbed hydrogen.
US09857347B2
An automated dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction method of detecting and quantifying N-nitrosamines in an aqueous sample. The method includes (a) extracting an aqueous solution including the N-nitrosamines by mixing an extraction solvent and a dispersive solvent with the aqueous solution, such that the N-nitrosamines, or a portion thereof, re-distribute from the aqueous solution to the extraction solvent, (b) permitting the resulting mixture in (a) to form a two-phase mixture containing an aqueous phase containing the aqueous solution with reduced amounts of the N-nitrosamines and an organic phase including the extraction solvent with the N-nitrosamines extracted from the aqueous solution, (c) injecting the organic phase, or a portion thereof, into an injection port of a gas chromatograph coupled with at least one mass spectrometer, and (d) analyzing the N-nitrosamines by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to detect and quantify the concentration of the N-nitrosamines in the aqueous solution.
US09857346B2
A urea water supply guidance output device for a working vehicle includes: a urea water residual amount detection unit configured to detect a urea water residual amount in a urea water tank; an operation time measurement unit configured to measure an operation time of the working vehicle; a unit urea water consumption amount calculation unit configured to calculate a unit urea water consumption amount for each predetermined unit operation time; a urea water remaining time calculation unit configured to calculate an average urea water consumption amount and to calculate a urea water remaining time indicating a time to generation of urea water supply alarm; and an output processing unit configured to output guidance including the urea water remaining time when the urea water remaining time is a predetermined time or less.
US09857344B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a gas detection sensor, a display panel, and a display device. The gas detection sensor comprises: a gas sensitive part; two detection electrodes electrically connected with each other through the gas sensitive part; and a protective layer enclosing the gas sensitive part and the detection electrodes. When one of the detection electrodes is applied with a detecting signal, the detecting signal is output from the other detection electrode after being modulated by the gas sensitive part, and a voltage signal output by the other detection electrode is related to a nature of the outside air to which the gas sensitive part is exposed, thereby a detection on air quality may be achieved through detecting the voltage signal output from the other detection electrode, such that a simply structured and portable gas detection sensor can be realized.
US09857330B2
A method is provided for diagnosing a reference channel of a broadband lambda probe that is used to determine an oxygen concentration in an exhaust gas, at least one sensor element having a pump cell and a Nernst cell being used; in one measurement mode, a regulated pumping current flowing through the pump cell to determine the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas, and thus an exchange of oxygen ions between a measuring cell and the exhaust gas being achieved, and a lambda value in the measuring cell being regulated to a value of 1; the lambda value in the measuring cell being monitored through the Nernst cell, and the value of the pumping current required for that purpose being dependent on the oxygen concentration and thus on the lambda value of the exhaust gas to be determined.
US09857323B2
A method for measuring the component and calorific value of goal gas. The method includes measuring a volume concentration of H2 (TH2) using a thermal conductivity detector (TCD), measuring a volume concentration of O2 using an electrochemical detector (ECD), measuring volume concentrations of CO, CO2, CH4, and CnHm in the coal gas, revising an interference of CH4 in CnHm, revising a measured volume concentration of H2, and calculating the calorific value of the coal gas.
US09857321B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for determining the combustion value of a fuel. The device (1) comprises a fuel inlet (40) for supplying the fuel to be measured to the device (1). A gas inlet (50) is provided for supplying an oxygen-containing gas to the device (1). The device (1) further comprises a combustion unit connected to the fuel inlet (40) and the gas inlet (50), which combustion unit is provided with a combustion chamber (7) for combusting the fuel to be measured therein. A gas outlet (8) connected to the combustion chamber (7) makes it possible to discharge the combusted gas. The device (1) according to the invention comprises a flow measurement unit (14), preferably of the Coriolis type, disposed between the fuel inlet (40) and the combustion chamber (7).
US09857319B2
The method of an embodiment includes the steps of: obtaining a first rocking curve with respect to a wafer obtained using an X-ray diffraction device; setting an X-ray incident angle range having a higher intensity than a reference level in the first rocking curve, calculating an inter-plane spacing for the set X-ray incident angle, calculating a strain value of the wafer using the calculated inter-plane spacing, and calculating sampled strain values on the basis of the calculated strain value; modeling a thickness according to the degree of damage of the wafer on the basis of the intensities of X-ray diffraction beams corresponding to the sampled strain values; obtaining a second rocking curve on the basis of the set X-ray incident angle range, the calculated inter-plane spacing, the sampled strain values and the modeled thickness; matching the second rocking curve to the first rocking curve by changing at least one of the X-ray incident angle range, the inter-plane spacing, the sampled strain values and the modeled thickness; and calculating the depth of damage of the wafer on the basis of the matching result.
US09857311B2
Inspection devices nondestructively sense component shape and integrity such as through ultrasonic sensors. Inspection devices include a positional determinator to give orientation of devices relative to the tested object. True distances and relative boundaries of the object are determined with testing and orientation data regardless of rigid or known inspection device position. Inspection data can be corrected for refraction knowing distances and object boundaries. Inspection devices can include additional inspection components like cameras and lighting to match visual inspection with nondestructive testing data spatially and temporally. Inspection devices can be used with self- or manual-propulsion in a working environment with the inspection object. Inspection devices use an operator or computer processor, local or remotely-connected power sources, and communications structures to power and operate the devices.
US09857305B2
An optical sensor may have multiple detection channels to detect different characteristics of a fluid. For example, an optical sensor used in industrial cleaning and sanitizing applications may have multiple detection channels to detect when a system is both clean and properly sanitized. In one example, an optical sensor includes an optical emitter that directs light into a fluid, a first optical detector that detects light transmitted through the fluid, a second optical detector that detects light scattered by the fluid, and a third optical detector that detects fluorescent emissions emitted by the fluid. The optical emitter and optical detectors can be positioned around an optical analysis area. The optical sensor may include filters that control the characteristics of light detected by each of the optical detectors.
US09857283B1
A method for calibrating a dark field microcopy setup is disclosed. The method includes preparing a plurality of particle samples, each with a known concentration and particle size, the plurality having more than one particle size and, optionally, more than one refractive index and more than one diluent. For each sample in the plurality, the sample is measured in the setup and the scattered light intensity and number of particles is measured. From this data, a relationship between the scattered light intensity, particle size and calibrated investigated volume can be determined. The calibrated investigated volume is used to obtain the proper particle size distribution in a given diluent.
US09857281B2
An apparatus and method are provided for determining particle sizes and/or a number of particles in a fluid. The method includes emitting laser beams from a laser source, through a lens optical system having a laser absorption device, which absorbs unscattered laser beams emitted by the laser source. The laser absorption device is encompassed by first, second, and third lenses, wherein the first lens directs scattered laser beams onto the second and/or the third lens, wherein the second lens directs laser beams that impinge on the second lens proceeding from the first lens onto a first photodetector that generates first measurement signals, wherein the third lens directs laser beams that impinge on the third lens proceeding from the first lens onto a second photodetector that generates second measurement signals. An evaluation device is used to evaluate the measurement signals of the two photodetectors to determine the sizes of the particles.
US09857280B2
This disclosure provides a method for measuring coagulation of blood or plasma samples using viscoelastic tests (VET) wherein the measuring is performed in the presence of immobilized endothelial cells.
US09857278B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for characterizing mechanical properties of a sample. The apparatus comprises a structure for supporting the sample and applying a first pressure in a first direction to the sample and an actuator for modulating the first pressure. The apparatus also comprises a pressure applicator containing a liquid and arranged to apply a second pressure to the sample in a second direction that is transversal to the first direction. Further, the apparatus comprises a pore pressure applicator arranged to apply a flow of a fluid through a porous sample such that a pore pressure is applied to the porous sample. In addition, the apparatus comprises a sensor for sensing a change in the sample in response to a change in a pressure experienced by the sample.
US09857267B1
In one embodiment, a CO2 leak detection instrument detects leaks from a site (e.g., a CO2 sequestration facility) using rapid concentration measurements of CO2, O2 and optionally water concentration that are achieved, for example, using laser spectroscopy (e.g. direct absorption laser spectroscopy). Water vapor in the sample gas may not be removed, or only partially removed. The sample gas may be collected using a multiplexed inlet assembly from a plurality of locations. CO2 and O2 concentrations may be corrected based on the water concentration. A resulting dataset of the CO2 and O2 concentrations is analyzed over time intervals to detect any changes in CO2 concentration that are not anti-correlated with O2 concentration, and to identify a potential CO2 leak in response thereto. The analysis may include determining eddy covariance flux measurements of sub-surface potential carbon.
US09857265B2
An improved sensor system is provided that monitors and controls a dendritic fluid system. A dendritic fluid system can include artificial components and/or natural components that carry fluid from a source to a destination through a series of paths. The sensor system can include magnetic field sensors, acoustic sensors, encapsulated sensor systems, pressure regulators, and valve controllers to monitor and control the dendritic fluid system. For example, magnetic field sensors, acoustic sensors, and/or pressure regulators can be used to measure the flow of fluid within a dendritic fluid subsystem and/or to detect potential leaks. The encapsulated sensor systems and/or valve controllers can be used to detect fluid levels in a contained system and control valves to adjust the fluid levels in the contained system to a desired level.
US09857264B2
In leak testing by an accumulation method, it is possible to reliably detect accumulated inspection gas, and the reliability of leak testing is enhanced by reduction in background or impurity gas. At least an openable/closeable part 29 of a capsule 20 is housed inside a chamber 10 of a leak testing apparatus 1. A test workpiece 9 is housed in the capsule 20. Gas inside the chamber 10 is evacuated by a vacuum pump 31. A detector 2 detects inspection gas contained in this gas. The capsule 20 is continuously sealed for an accumulation time Ta, the capsule 20 is thereafter opened, and a leak is evaluated on the basis of detection information after the opening by the detector 2.
US09857261B2
The invention relates to a system for measuring a palmar gripping force, comprising a device (1) for measuring said palmar gripping force, which device comprises: a handle configured to receive a palmar gripping force; a force sensor (3); and an electronic module (6) integrated into the device and comprising at least one microcontroller (61) connected to the sensor (3) and able to process data originating from said sensor (3), characterized in that the force sensor comprises a stress gauge with a minimum precision of 50 g; a controlling system is also provided and comprises means able to do the following: calibrate the sensor using a linear calibration curve; and transmit the sensor measurements to a display unit (8) and/or a storage unit and/or a processing unit, preferably via wired or wireless means.
US09857254B2
A torque-measuring device with an acceleration transducer yields more informative measured results. The acceleration transmitter may be inseparably fastened to a carrier which in turn is inseparably joined to a torsion member. The torsion member and the carrier may be formed in one piece with one another. The torsion member may be a shaft and the carrier may be a flange.
US09857251B2
A load detection apparatus includes a strain element including a first fixation hole into which a fixation member is insertable to be positioned, a second fixation hole into which a connection member is insertable to be positioned, a strain gage, and a fixation support member inserted to be positioned within the first fixation hole, the first fixation hole serving as an elongated bore, the fixation support member including a base portion specified to be greater than the first fixation hole, an intermediate shaft portion protruding from the base portion and fitted to the first fixation hole, and an insertion hole into which the fixation member is inserted to be positioned, the insertion hole being provided in a state where a center position of the insertion hole is displaced relative to a center position of the intermediate shaft portion in a longitudinal direction thereof.
US09857239B2
A method for temperature analysis of a gas stream. The method includes identifying a temperature parameter of an affected waveform signal. The method also includes calculating a change in the temperature parameter by comparing the affected waveform signal with an original waveform signal. The method also includes generating a value from the calculated change which corresponds to the temperature of the gas stream.
US09857238B2
Techniques for determining and using a thermodynamic model that characterizes a thermodynamic response of an enclosure conditioned by an HVAC system are disclosed. To determine a thermodynamic model, temperature information when the HVAC system operates in a first state may first be received. A response interval may then be determined where the response interval indicates an estimated time between when the HVAC system begins operating in the first state and when the temperature within the enclosure begins to change in a direction associated with the first state. Weighting factors corresponding to basis functions may then be determined, where the weighted basis functions characterize the temperature trajectory of the enclosure in response to the HVAC system operating in the first state. The basis functions may include a first basis function that is evaluated from a time that the HVAC system begins operating in the first state until a time when the response interval ends, and a second basis function that is evaluated beginning at the time when the response interval ends.
US09857231B2
A sensor and method of making a sensor for detecting an incident signal is provided. The sensor includes a frame, an antenna and a platform configured to detect the incident signal, and a holding arm connected to the frame, the holding arm configured to structurally support the antenna and the platform, and further configured to operably connect the platform to an electronic device external to the frame. The holding arm includes a conductor having an axial length and a plurality of disturbance elements formed along the axial length of the conductor.
US09857227B1
A flash thermography device for generating an infrared image of a turbine component located inside a turbine. The device includes a flash enclosure having an aperture. A flash source is located in the aperture wherein the flash source generates a light pulse that heats the turbine component. The device also includes an infrared sensor for detecting thermal energy radiated by the turbine component wherein the radiated thermal energy is transmitted through the aperture to the infrared sensor to enable generation of an infrared image of the turbine component. Further, the device includes moveable arm that holds the flash enclosure and infrared sensor wherein the arm is inserted through an opening in the turbine to enable positioning of the flash source and infrared sensor in close proximity to the turbine component.
US09857226B2
An integrated microgrid imaging polarimeter comprises a repeating pattern of wiregrid polarizers in a new 2×4 array that improves image resolution and quality by increasing the spatial bandwidth available for each Stokes image despite that the new repeating pattern is larger than prior art 2×2 arrays. An example embodiment has polarization orientations of the wiregrid polarizers in each 2×4 array, beginning from an arbitrary top left polarizer of each array and continuing clockwise, as: 45 degrees; zero degrees; 315 degrees; 90 degrees; zero degrees; 45 degrees; 90 degrees; and, 315 degrees. The disclosure includes an analysis showing development of the new 2×4 array and supporting its improved performance over prior art 2×2 arrays.
US09857225B2
A system. The system includes a first beam path configured to transmit a first light beam having a first optical wavelength and a second beam path configured to transmit a second light beam having a second optical wavelength distinct from the first optical wavelength. A first beam splitter disposed at an intersection of the first beam path and the second beam path. The first beam splitter is configured to superimpose the first and second light beams to form a third light beam, the third light beam impinging on a first window of a sample cell. The sample cell defines an interior volume and is configured to transfer the third light beam from the first window to a second window along a light path within the interior volume. The light path comprises a plurality of segments. The third light beam undergoes at least one reflection at an end of each segment, wherein the light path passes through a gas sample disposed within the interior volume.
US09857212B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal airflow sensor with high detection accuracy. In achieving the above object, this invention provides a thermal flow sensor including: a flow rate detection element that has a diaphragm formed by processing a semiconductor substrate, a heating resistor provided on the diaphragm, and resistance temperature detectors installed upstream and downstream of the heating resistor; and a support member that adhesively holds the flow rate detection element with a sheet adhesive interposed therebetween. The support member includes a communicating hole of which one end has an opening to a cavity provided on the back side of the diaphragm. The sheet adhesive has a ventilating hole formed in an opening area of the communicating hole in the support member.
US09857211B2
An air flow measuring device is adapted to be attached to a duct. The device includes a first housing, a second housing, and a flow sensor. The first housing defines a bypass flow passage which takes in a part of air flowing in the duct, and includes a hollow part and a recess. The bypass flow passage is formed in the hollow part. The recess is formed on an upper side of the hollow part in a vertical direction of the device, and at the recess, an outer surface of the first housing is recessed inward of the first housing. The second housing is formed through secondary formation with the first housing as a primary formed part. The first housing is held on a lower side of the second housing in the vertical direction. The flow sensor is disposed in the bypass flow passage.
US09857208B2
A measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first controller configured to output a control signal and a second controller configured to perform a first control and then to perform a second control based on the control signal output from the first controller. The control signal designates both an input signal and a calibration signal to be converted into a digital input signal and a digital calibration signal, respectively. The input signal is input from an outside of the measurement device. The calibration signal is previously prepared. The first control is for selecting the input signal and converting the selected input signal into the digital input signal. The second control is for selecting the calibration signal and converting the selected calibration signal into the digital calibration signal and for calculating a measured value using the digital input signal converted by the first control and another digital calibration signal converted by a control performed before the first control.
US09857205B2
An encoder system includes a disc coupled to a hub, the disc including a sensible member. The encoder system also includes a sensor operable to cooperate with the sensible member to sense an operating parameter of the disc, and a base assembly movable relative to the hub. A portion of the sensor is coupled for co-movement with the base assembly and movable between a first position in which the portion of the sensor is a first axial distance from the disc and a second position in which the portion of the sensor is a second axial distance from the disc, the second axial distance falling within a desired operating range.
US09857199B2
A multi-turn angular position sensor includes a fixed magnet non-rotationally coupled to a fixed structure. A shaft is configured to rotate multiple complete rotations from a reference position, where each complete rotation front the reference position in a rotational direction defines a unique rotation zone of the shaft. Rotatable magnets surround the shaft and are disposed between the shaft magnet and the fixed magnet and are configured to rotate a different number of angular degrees than the shaft magnet. One of the rotatable magnets is a zone sensor magnet that rotates no more than one complete rotation from the reference position. A rotational zone sensor supplies a zone sensor output signal that indicates the unique rotation zone of the shaft. A shaft rotation sensor supplies a shaft rotation output signal representative of a number of angular degrees that the shaft rotates within each unique rotation zone.
US09857180B2
A method of displaying a map on a device includes determining position information of a position on the map, displaying a graphical position indicator representing the position on the map, determining address information corresponding to the position on the map, and presenting the address information via a user interface of the device by displaying a street number on the map adjacent to the graphical position indicator.
US09857178B2
A method describes the architecture of a vision-supported navigation system in a terrain using available topographical maps, which is based on already existing methods for detecting prominent terrain features. An offline process used in this case creates a feature database from existing topographical maps, which is subsequently used in an online process for recognizing features that have been seen. In this case, virtual reference images of the expected situation are created using computer graphical methods, which are analyzed using methods for feature extraction, and a feature catalog made up of vision-based feature vectors and the associated 3D coordinates of the localized features is derived from the same. These data are stored in a flight system in the form of a model database, for example, and enable navigation close to a reference trajectory and for a planned lighting situation. High localization characteristics and a correspondingly high navigation accuracy are achieved by means of the possibility of using any desired, not necessarily lighting-invariant, feature extractors.
US09857171B2
The invention relates to a measuring probe for non-destructive measuring of the thickness of thin layers on an object with a measuring head, which comprises at least one sensor element for contact on a measurement surface of an object, and with a support device for receiving the measuring head, which is at least partly surrounded by a housing, wherein at least one further measuring head, which is adjacent to and separated from the first measuring head, is arranged on the support device, which can be controlled independently of the first measuring head.
US09857170B2
A waveguide apparatus includes a planar waveguide and at least one optical diffraction element (DOE) that provides a plurality of optical paths between an exterior and interior of the planar waveguide. A phase profile of the DOE may combine a linear diffraction grating with a circular lens, to shape a wave front and produce beams with desired focus. Waveguide apparatus may be assembled to create multiple focal planes. The DOE may have a low diffraction efficiency, and planar waveguides may be transparent when viewed normally, allowing passage of light from an ambient environment (e.g., real world) useful in AR systems. Light may be returned for temporally sequentially passes through the planar waveguide. The DOE(s) may be fixed or may have dynamically adjustable characteristics. An optical coupler system may couple images to the waveguide apparatus from a projector, for instance a biaxially scanning cantilevered optical fiber tip.
US09857167B2
A current problem with 3D scanners using structured light patterns is choosing a single light pattern to accommodate all possible object/range conditions. Objects far from the 3D scanner often require different patterns than objects that located close to the 3D scanner. In addition, large objects often require different patterns than small objects. To automatically sense and adapt to a wide variety of size/range conditions, the present invention embraces a 3D scanner for dimensioning that has two projectors for projecting two different light patterns. Based on the scanning requirements for a particular object, one of the two projected patterns may be used to obtain information regarding the shape of an object. In one possible embodiment, this shape information is used to obtain the object's dimensions.
US09857163B2
A method of measuring an object having associated geometric data and material data receives the geometric data and material data relating to the object, and controls an x-ray device to scan the object. The x-ray device operates in accordance with a plurality of operating parameters. The method then varies at least one of the operating parameters during the scan as a function of one or both the geometric data and the material data.
US09857155B2
The present specification discloses a new self-aligning rifle bullet. The resulting bullet offers greatly improved rifle accuracy and reduction in aerodynamic drag for better long range shooting. The resulting improvements will help shooters achieve longer ranges, higher scores, smaller group sizes, and higher probabilities of first shot hits.
US09857153B1
A broadhead with dynamic blades that deploy upon impact with an animal includes a body defining an interior area. A pair of trigger blades is rotatably mounted inside the interior area and movable between an initially deployed configuration extending outwardly away from the side wall and a rotated configuration. A pair of dynamic blades is rotatably mounted inside the interior area and movable between a retracted configuration completely inside the interior area and an extended configuration extending outwardly from the body. A ring associated with the body is slidably movable between a flight configuration positioned proximate the front end of the body that prevents the dynamic blades from moving to the deployed configuration and an actuated configuration displaced from the front end that actuates the trigger blades to move the dynamic blades to the extended configuration.
US09857145B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a seeker for a Semi-Active Laser (SAL) guided missile. The seeker has a Short-Wave InfraRed (SWIR) camera and a Pulse Timing Logic (PTL) detector. The PTL detector has a SWIR photo detector axially aligned with a lens stack of the SWIR camera. The SWIR photo detector is configured to detect a sequence of SWIR pulses generated by a SAL target designator and reflected by a designated target. The PTL detector has a pulse timer configured to identify a sequence pattern of the detected sequence of SWIR pulses, and to predict a timing of a next SWIR pulse in the identified sequence pattern so as to synchronize exposure of the SWIR camera to capture a next image of the designated target at the predicted timing of the next SWIR pulse. Such exposure timing can advantageously improve the signal to noise ratio of the next image.
US09857143B2
A laser sighting system can be used in combination with a range finder for determining a distance to a target. An onboard ballistics computer processor in the laser sighting system calculates a trajectory and automatically rotates a pointing laser to the proper angle for causing the trajectory path of a fired projectile to intersect with the position of the target. The laser sighting system can also be used in a standalone mode wherein target distance information is input manually by the user.
US09857141B2
A loader and drive system are provided. The loader is preferably configured to house a quantity of projectiles (such as paintballs) in a chamber and supply the quantity of projectiles from the chamber to an attached pneumatic gun when in operation. The loader preferably includes an outlet configured to supply projectiles from the chamber to the pneumatic gun when the loader is operatively connected to the pneumatic gun. A drive system may be arranged in the loader and include a non-rotating cone arranged above the outlet and having an opening in a side thereof to provide an entrance. A way is arranged configured to direct projectiles into the outlet from the chamber through the entrance. A cover may be connected to the non-rotating cone and have an arm that directs projectiles into the entrance. A driving ring may surround the non-rotating cone and rotate around the non-rotating cone. The driving ring urges projectiles from the chamber into the way and toward the outlet during operation of the loader.
US09857139B2
A bowstring release is described herein. The bowstring release has, in an embodiment, a release body and a hook for holding a bowstring. The bowstring release includes a trigger coupled to the release body, and the trigger has a roller for operation of the release.
US09857138B2
A barrel installation assembly is used for easily installing a barrel onto a receiver of a firearm with proper torque and alignment. The barrel installation assembly includes a barrel nut, barrel nut spacers, and a barrel installation tool. The barrel nut is configured to fasten the barrel to the receiver. The barrel nut spacers are configured to be interposed between the barrel nut and the receiver when the barrel is fastened thereto. The barrel installation tool includes a head portion configured to removably engage with the barrel nut, and a handle portion extending from the head portion.
US09857136B2
A conversion device for converting a firearm designed to fire a cartridge of a certain size and caliber to another size and caliber cartridge is disclosed. In some embodiments, the conversion device is suitable for converting an AR-15 type firearm to be able to fire .22 caliber cartridges. Disclosed embodiments of the conversion device 100 may comprise an appropriately sized chamber insert 1 to fit in the chamber of the firearm, a bolt 2, an extractor 4, extractor plunger 3, extractor spring 5, firing pins 6, firing pin springs 9, a bolt spring rod 10 and block 11, a bolt return spring 12, slide rails 14, lock rings 17, and lock pins 15.
US09857135B1
A firearm system can include a modular mono-block shotgun system and a standardizing sighting system. The modular mono-block shotgun system can have multiple interchangeable barrels of different gauges for assembling a single shotgun. Each barrel can include an inherent low-rail sight longitudinally along its top surface. The standardizing sighting system can be installed upon the low-rail sight of each barrel of the modular mono-block system. The height of each barrel with its corresponding component of the standardizing sighting system can be substantially equal to the height of a largest gauge barrel with its corresponding component. After changing barrels, a need to make adjustments to the shotgun to account for changes in sighting and impact spread can be eliminated.
US09857132B2
A rifle stock has a body defining a magazine well configured to closely and removably receive at least a portion of the magazine, the body including an actuation element proximate the magazine well, the magazine well being a passage defining an insertion axis, and the actuation element having an actuation surface portion angularly offset from the insertion axis, such that the cartridge retention element operably encounters and is moved by the actuation element upon insertion of the magazine. There may be a magazine having a body with an exterior profile sized to be closely and removably received in the magazine well, the body defining a central passage configured to receive a plurality of ammunition cartridges, the passage having an open upper end, a cartridge retention element attached to the body and movable between a first retention position, and a second released position.
US09857131B1
An ammunition indicator system of the present disclosure uses a magazine configured for housing bullet cartridges, the magazine comprising an outward-facing surface and a cavity. The system further has a follower that fits within the cavity and interfaces with the bullet cartridges inside the cavity. The follower further moves in a direction toward an open end of the magazine as bullet cartridges from the cavity are spent. The system further has a channel in the outward-facing surface of the magazine and an ammunition indicator rod configured for slidably coupling to the channel and fixedly coupling to the follower, the ammunition indicator rod indicates an amount of ammunition in the magazine.
US09857130B2
The magazine carrier has flexible yet durable material of construction and slides directly into a rifle magazine and is kept on the magazine during loading into a rifle. The carrier includes novel features for the modern operator including forward facing finger grips and a loop at the bottom to provide magazine drawing and storage options as well as impact protection to the magazine. In addition to providing direct protection to the magazine from contaminants such as dirt and mud, the magazine carrier can also be provided in an alternative embodiment with infrared signature reduction panels to provide the operator with an overall reduced infrared signature.
US09857123B2
An improved refrigeration cycle defrosting system and method is disclosed. The device uses operation of a compressor to supply heat for the defrosting process without relying on deviation of a hot refrigerant gas from the compressor outlet or any other heating device.
US09857115B2
An air-conditioning apparatus is provided to which, even when a heat medium leaks from a heat medium circuit for some reason and air enters the heat medium circuit, the heat medium circuit can be automatically refilled with the heat medium before a pump is heated and damaged. When it is determined that a rotational speed of a pump is higher than an upper rotational speed limit, the controller determines that the heat medium is leaking from the heat medium circuit and performs a heat-medium-introducing and air-purging control process.
US09857109B2
A condenser includes a shell having a vapor refrigerant inlet, a first tube bundle and a liquid refrigerant outlet. A second tube bundle is positioned in a subcooler component. The subcooler component has a center channel and at least two outer channels and conforms to the shell.
US09857103B2
The refrigerator includes a compressor compressing a refrigerant, a condenser condensing the refrigerant compressed in the compressor, and a dryer in which the refrigerant condensed in the condenser is introduced. The dryer removes impurities or moisture of the refrigerant. A flow adjustment part is provided on an outlet-side of the dryer to switch or control a flow direction of the refrigerant. A plurality of evaporators is connected to the flow adjustment part, and the plurality of evaporators includes a first evaporator and a second evaporator. A first refrigerant passage extends from the flow adjustment part to the first evaporator, and a second refrigerant passage extends from the flow adjustment part to the second evaporator. A guide tube extends from the dryer to one side of at least one evaporator of the plurality of evaporators to guide the refrigerant to be cooled.
US09857094B2
An air handler and a fan module for an air handier are provided. The fan module may include a plurality of box frames that form a framework of at least one fan box; a plurality of safety nets coupled to the framework of the at least one fan box formed by the plurality of box frames to form surfaces of the at least one fan box; and at least one box frame connector that interconnects neighboring one of the plurality of box frames to form the framework of the at least one fan box, wherein the at least one box frame connector has a fan box connection end configured to assist connection of the neighboring one of the plurality of fan boxes. As such, manufacturing costs may be reduced due to reduction in a number of components, and assembly time may be remarkably reduced due to a reduced number of assembly operations. This advantageously results in reduced labor cost and enhanced air conditioning efficiency.
US09857088B2
An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit formed by connecting pipes, a compressor including a compression chamber and an injection port through which refrigerant is introduced into the compression chamber, a first heat exchanger, a subcooling heat exchanger that includes a first flow passage and a second flow passage and exchanges heat between refrigerant flowing in the first flow passage and refrigerant flowing in the second flow passage to subcool the refrigerant flowing in the first flow passage, a first expansion device, a second heat exchanger, and an accumulator In addition, a first bypass pipe connects the second flow passage of the subcooling heat exchanger with a segment of the pipes, positioned on a refrigerant inflow side of the accumulator; an expansion device to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing in the first bypass pipe; a second bypass pipe that connects a segment of the pipes with the injection port, the segment being positioned between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger; and an expansion device to adjust a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing in the second bypass pipe.
US09857083B2
A domestic appliance including a built-in oven configured to be positioned in a cut-out defined in a kitchen. The built-in oven includes a housing having a cooking chamber defined therein, a lower frame positioned below the cooking chamber, and a height adjuster coupled the lower frame. The built-in oven has a first vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a first predetermined position and a second vertical height when the height adjuster is positioned in a second predetermined position.
US09857082B2
A method for cooking food items in an oven is disclosed. A history of instant oven temperatures is initially obtained during a cook of a first food item. A salient representation of the oven temperature history is stored in a non-volatile memory. The salient representation includes multiple average oven temperatures, each selected to represent a summary of the instant oven temperatures at various specific time periods throughout the cook of the first food item. During a cook of a second food item that is substantially similar to the first cook item, the current cook settings are dynamically adjusted during the cook of the second food item based on the results of a comparison between the instant oven temperatures and the stored average oven temperatures in order to duplicate the result of the cook of the first item.
US09857071B2
A medicine cabinet with a horizontally oriented internal wire management and electronic component raceway structure where electrical wires from the building or home power supply and electronic components are housed. The uppermost portion of the internal wire management and electronic component raceway structure forms a shelf in the medicine cabinet with a translucent shelf surface. An LED light strip inserted inside the internal wire management and electronic component raceway activated by a motion sensor switch provides illumination in the cabinet through the translucent shelf. Electrical receptacles and USB ports protrude from the front face of the shelf/wire management and electronic component raceway shelf. These receptacles and ports are powered by the electrical wires from the house or building fed into the shelf/wire management and electronic component raceway. Defogger strips are located between the two mirrored faces of the cabinet door. These defogger strips are powered by electrical receptacles located on the bottom of each side of the shelf/wire management and electronic component raceway housing allowing the mirrored cabinet doors to be mounted on either the left or right side of the medicine cabinet.
US09857068B2
An LED illumination system is operable to irradiate plant materials with photosynthetically active radiation. A lighting assembly includes a plurality of different LED types. Each LED lamp has a different spectral power matched to an absorption peak of the plant materials. All of the LED lamps of each different lamp type are driven by a different dedicated power source. Each power source can be independently modulated to vary the collective spectral power output of the LED illumination system. The lighting assembly includes fluid conduits disposed proximate to the LED lamps and a cooling fluid is flowed through the fluid conduits to removed thermal energy from the LED lamps.
US09857062B2
An organic light-emitting diode includes a substrate with a top; an organic layer on the top that generates radiation; first and second electrical contact area at or on the top that electrically contacts the diode; a holding device by which the diode is mechanically supported and electrically contacted; and a cover sheet on a side of the organic layer remote from the substrate that protects the organic layer, wherein at least one opening is in the cover sheet and the opening, in plan view, is surrounded by the cover sheet and the organic layer; the areas are located at an edge of the opening and freely accessible; the device engages through the opening; the first area has a different average distance from the opening than the second area; and the electrical areas are each arranged concentrically around the opening and partially or completely surround the opening in plan view.
US09857058B2
The present invention relates to a beacon light shield or an obstruction light shield. The beacon or obstruction light shield includes a base for receiving the light fixture, a plurality of ribs mounted on the base, and concentrically rings mounted to the ribs. The concentric rings include an inner ring mounted at a first distance away from the center of the base and an outer ring mounted at a second distance away from the center of the base. The beacon or obstruction light shield masks light from the ground at both distances and at locations close to the tower, and does not interfere with the function of the required lighting for the aircraft.
US09857055B2
A lens has a plurality of first, second, and third optical regions. The first, second and third optical regions are arranged in sequential order. Space angle defined between each first, second, and third optical region and an optical axis of the lens are different from each other. Each first, second and third optical region includes a refracting surface and a reflecting surface which are arranged in different planes. The invention also relates to an LED module having the lens described above.
US09857049B2
A LED illumination device includes a carrier structure, a suspension structure, and a light-emitting structure. The carrier structure includes a carrier body and a first heat-conducting body fixedly disposed inside the carrier body. The carrier body has an outer thread structure disposed on an outer perimeter surface. The first heat-conducting body has a bottom contacting surface exposed from a bottom side of the carrier body. The suspension structure includes a first suspension element detachably disposed on a top side of the carrier body. The light-emitting structure includes a circuit substrate and a light-emitting unit. The circuit substrate is detachably disposed on the bottom side of the carrier body to contact the bottom contacting surface of the first heat-conducting body, and the light-emitting unit is disposed on the circuit substrate. Therefore, heat generated by the light-emitting unit is guided to the first heat-conducting body through the circuit substrate.
US09857042B2
A light source module includes a frame having a plurality of mounting surfaces at different levels and side surfaces respectively connected to the plurality of mounting surfaces; a plurality of heat dissipaters respectively disposed on the plurality of mounting surfaces and extending to cover a side surface of the frame; and a light source including a plurality of light emitting devices respectively disposed on the plurality of heat dissipaters and respectively positioned above the plurality of mounting surfaces.
US09857032B2
A LED lighting device is disclosed, which includes a LED lighting source, a printed circuit board, a heat sink and a transparent cover. The LED lighting source is provided on the printed circuit board, and the cover is attached to the heat sink for protecting the LED lighting source and the printed circuit board. The LED lighting device further includes a rivet made of plastics, which is used to fix the printed circuit board to the heat sink.
US09857025B2
A self-propelled working device has a housing and an operating element arranged on the housing. A pivot bearing is arranged on the housing. A lid is pivotably arranged on the housing so as to pivot about a pivot axis of the lid, wherein the lid has a closed state in which the lid covers the operating element and an open state enabling access to the operating element. The lid has a bearing section interacting with the pivot bearing, wherein the bearing section and the pivot bearing define the pivot axis of the lid. A first Hall sensor is arranged in the housing and monitors a pivot position of the lid. A first magnet is arranged on the bearing section of the lid. The first magnet rotates when the lid pivots about the pivot axis and the magnetic field of the first magnet is detected by the first Hall sensor.
US09857013B1
A fluid heating apparatus has a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid path, and comprises a fluid pumping assembly configured to increase the pressure of the fluid on the fluid path, and forms a portion of the fluid path. A heating assembly is configured to heat the fluid between the fluid inlet and outlet, and forms a portion of the fluid path. A heat recovery assembly is configured to recover heat from the exhaust gases, and forms a portion of the fluid path to transfer recovered heat to fluid moving through the fluid path. A collection assembly may be employed to collect condensation from exhaust gases passing through the recovery assembly. A method is also disclosed.
US09857010B2
An embodiment includes a rapid-connect coupler including a coupler body configured to convey a fluid; a coupling head at a first end of and communicating with the coupler body, the coupling head configured to transition between a coupled configuration and a de-coupled configuration. The coupler may further include a stop apparatus configured to allow the coupling head to transition from the de-coupled configuration to the coupled configuration without obstruction, and the stop apparatus may be configured to provide a hard-stop as the coupling head transitions from the coupled configuration to the de-coupled configuration.
US09857007B2
A repair clamp bolt retaining assembly having a band with first and second edges and a gap there between, first and second lug elements extending from the band on opposite sides of the gap, multiple bolts configured to extend transversely from bolt receiving openings in the first lug element to bolt receiving openings in the second lug element, and a bolt retainer on at least one of the multiple bolts on the inner side of the opening in the second lug element and configured such that the bolt retainer does not pass through the openings in the second lug element.
US09857006B2
Embodiments of a retaining ring for a pipe joint assembly comprise a unitary, ring-shaped body having radially inner and outer surfaces and axially inner and outer surfaces, wherein the radially inner surface is provided with a gripping segment comprising one or more fins, with each of the fins extending radially inwardly. Embodiments further include a wing formed therewith, extending radially outwardly from the radial outer surface to the radially outermost surface. In various embodiments, the retaining ring can be split.
US09857004B2
A female component for a tubular hydrocarbon working string subjected to dynamic bending strength includes a tapered female threading cooperating with a male threading to form a rigid mutual connection of tubular elements, a free end and female sealing surface disposed between the free end and the female threading, the female sealing surface to contact in a made up condition with a male sealing surface to form a metal-metal seal, and an annular groove provided between the free end and the female sealing surface, leaving an axial distance greater than zero between the free end and a transition region outwardly of the female sealing surface, and a radial distance greater than zero between the female sealing surface and a chamfer at the free end, the groove including borders formed by the chamfer and a portion of the transition region protecting the female sealing surface prior to makeup.
US09856995B2
A tubular installation system includes a J-lay tower structure for lowering and raising a tubular or an accessory along a firing line; a tubulars supply system; an accessory supply system; and a loader system configured for transporting a tubular and an accessory between the horizontal tubular supply position and the firing line, wherein the loader system comprises: a loader device with a base and a boom which is pivotable with respect to the base between a lowered position for gripping a tubular and an accessory in the horizontal accessory supply position, and a raised position for delivering then to the firing line; a line-up tool, wherein the line-up tool is configured to exchange a tubular and an accessory with the loader device and transport a tubular between the loader device and the firing line.
US09856990B2
A flow meter includes an image sensor, a coupler, a support member and one or more processors. The coupler is adapted to couple to a drip chamber. The support member is operatively coupled to the coupler. The image sensor has a field of view and is operatively coupled to the support member. The image sensor is positioned to view the drip chamber within the field of view. The processor receives data from the image sensor and is configured to: receive a first image from the image sensor, compare the first image to a second image, and generate a difference image based upon the comparison between the first and second images.
US09856981B2
Improved liquid lubricated piston ring gas seals with reduced friction and wear compared to prior art rings are disclosed for use in internal combustion engines, gas pumps, and gas compressors. These improved rings allow independent adjustment of the parameters controlling friction and wear, and eliminate the tradeoff between friction and wear typical of prior art rings.
US09856976B2
A lock-up clutch control device is provided for a vehicle having a torque converter with a lock-up clutch disposed between an engine and a continuously variable transmission such that the occurrence of shocks during lock-up engagement is suppressed. The vehicle lock-up clutch control device is provided with a control unit that controls the lock-up capacity based on an engine torque signal when engaging the lock-up clutch. The control unit uses a predictive engine torque as the engine torque signal for use in the lock-up capacity control. The predictive engine torque is calculated based on an engine torque air response delay and a hydraulic response delay in the lock-up differential pressure and is faster in response than the actual engine torque.
US09856975B2
A hydraulic system for actuating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission which comprises two piston chambers and a piston element that delimits the piston chambers. The piston element can be acted upon in one piston chamber by a pressure to open the shifting element and, in the other piston chamber, by another pressure to close the shifting element. Pressure can be delivered by a valve to two piston chamber and the valve can be actuated by an actuator by a pilot pressure. The valve and the electro-hydraulic actuator are designed and functionally connected to one another such that, in the event of a pressure drop, a total hydraulic force, acting to close the shifting element, is applied to the piston element and, if the current supply to the actuator fails, a total hydraulic force acting, in the opening direction of the shifting element, acts upon the piston element.
US09856967B2
A work machine having a diesel engine driving a plurality of ground movement devices to tow an agricultural implement. A torque estimating system is employed to determine the level of torque in the drive train between the diesel engine and the ground movement devices. The torque estimation device is a sensor determining the axial and radial deflection of an input shaft as a function of the torque transmitted between a pair of adjacent gears in the power train.
US09856966B2
The present disclosure is directed to a drivetrain assembly for a wind turbine. The drivetrain assembly includes a gearbox having a ring gear, an annular torque support, and at least one flexible component configured therebetween. More specifically, the ring gear includes opposing inner and outer circumferential surfaces separated by side circumferential edges. The side circumferential edges include a rotor-side edge and a generator-side edge. The rotor-side edge has a first set of circumferentially-spaced teeth. The torque support has a generator-side surface having a second set of circumferentially-spaced teeth. Thus, the first set of teeth of the ring gear are configured to engage the second set of teeth of the torque support so as to couple the ring gear to the torque support. In addition, the flexible component is configured between the first and second sets of teeth so as to control vibrations in the wind turbine, e.g. transmission of gearbox-generated vibrations. Thus, location of the flexible components allows for improved bedplate stiffness of the wind turbine.
US09856965B2
A metal core for a resin gear and a resin gear composite member are provided. The metal core includes a boss portion into which a shaft is press-fitted, a ring portion to which an outer peripheral resin is joined, and a connecting portion via which the boss portion and the ring portion are coaxially provided. The boss portion is arranged on one side of the connecting portion at an inner circumference of the connecting portion and extends annularly in an axial direction. The ring portion is arranged on the same side of the connecting portion at an outer circumference of the connecting portion and extends annularly in the axial direction. The boss portion, the connecting portion, and the ring portion are formed of an integrally continuous material. The boss portion is thicker than the connecting portion and the ring portion.
US09856958B2
A torsional vibration damper includes a planetary gear set connected to a transmission input shaft, including a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear. A spring cage includes a first spring support member connected to the ring gear having multiple first spring contact members. A second spring support member is connected to the carrier and rotates with respect to the first spring support member. The second spring support member has multiple second spring contact members angularly oriented with respect to the first spring contact members. Multiple springs having opposed ends are positioned between and are compressed by rotation of the first or the second spring support member. The springs compress and extend to absorb vehicle engine vibration pulses. Each end of the springs has one of the multiple first spring contact members and or one of the multiple second spring contact members positioned proximate thereto.
US09856957B2
A linear actuator provided for moving a load includes an actuator housing having a tube and a housing bottom at one end of the tube and a housing head at another end of the tube. The linear actuator further includes a piston guided longitudinally in the actuator housing, and an actuator rod assembled with the piston and configured to protrude out of the actuator housing in a manner which is guided in the housing head. The linear actuator is configured such that reliability of operation is increased and damage of structural parts is largely avoided. The linear actuator achieves these results by virtue of the fact that there is at least one plastically deformable buffer element which can be supported on the housing head and can be deformed in the case of an impact of the piston. The buffer element is configured to convert kinetic energy into deformation work.
US09856955B2
A generator belt drive of an internal combustion engine, having a generator arrangement with a generator (1) having a belt pulley (6) and a belt tensioner (2). The generator arrangement includes the following: —a first tensioning lever (8) with a first tensioning roller (4), —a second tensioning lever (9) with a second tensioning roller, these tensioning rollers being arranged in front of and behind the belt pulley in a circulating direction of the belt (3) and applying a pretensioning force onto the belt, —a spring (7) arranged between the tensioning levers and which moves the tensioning rollers towards each other, thereby generating the pretensioning force, —and a locking arrangement (11), by which the tensioning levers can be locked relative to each other in a position in which the tensioning rollers are moved away from each other, thereby reducing or canceling the pretensioning force. The generator arrangement also includes an additional locking element by which one of the tensioning levers can be locked relative to the generator that either—is a starter generator (1) and the generator belt drive has a decoupler that is arranged on the generator or on a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine and decouples a rotating starter generator mass from the crankshaft with the support of the belt tensioner, —or has no starter mode.
US09856953B1
The present disclosure provides a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle having advantages of improving power transfer performance and fuel efficiency by implementing ten forward speeds and one reverse speed. The planetary gear train includes: first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets; an input shaft; an output shaft; eight shafts connected to the respective rotation elements of the first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets; four clutches and two brakes which are control elements; and a transmission housing H. With this arrangement, rotation power from an engine which is input from the input shaft is shifted by a mutual complementing operation between the first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets, and is then output through the output shaft.
US09856949B2
A planetary gear train for an automatic transmission may include input shaft, output shaft, first to fourth planetary gear sets and seven friction elements disposed to selectively connect the rotation elements with the rotation element and selectively connect the rotation elements with a transmission housing, and wherein the input shaft is/are continuously connected to the second rotation element, the output shaft is/are continuously connected to the eleventh rotation element, the third rotation element is/are continuously connected to the fifth rotation element, the third rotation element is/are continuously connected to the tenth rotation element, the fourth rotation element is/are continuously connected to the ninth rotation element, the sixth rotation element is/are continuously connected to the seventh rotation element, the input shaft is/are selectively connected to the sixth rotation element, wherein three friction elements among seven friction elements is/are operated at each speed stage.
US09856938B2
A workpiece includes a material with a face and a first plurality of barbs and a second plurality of barbs extending integrally from the face. Each barb has a height above the face. The barbs of the first plurality are at least 10% higher than the barbs of the second plurality. The first plurality of barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face and the second plurality of the barbs includes at least 10% of the barbs on the face. The barbs of the second plurality of barbs are bent and pointed.
US09856936B2
An electric brake device includes a brake rotor; a brake pad; an electric motor; a linear motion mechanism configured to convert a rotary motion of the electric motor into a linear motion so as to be transmitted to the brake pad; a controller to control the electric motor; and a brake command device to send a braking force command to the controller. The controller includes an emergency braking detector to detect an emergency braking request; a steady state controller to perform braking in a steady state; and a flux weakening controller to perform flux weakening control. The flux weakening control is performed when the emergency braking detector detects an emergency braking request.
US09856931B2
A hydraulic control system includes a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor, a solenoid valve having an output that controls the positions of a pressure regulator valve and a third, stator shift valve. The solenoid valve is a normally high, variable force solenoid valve which provides a control signal to the second and third valves. The second, pressure regulator valve is a multiple port valve which controls hydraulic fluid flow both to a transmission oil cooler (ATOC) and to an exhaust port, thereby maintaining a desired system pressure. The third, stator shift valve is also a multiple port valve and it controls fluid flow to the stator of the electric pump motor to provide cooling and to a dog clutch of the transmission to disengage it.
US09856927B2
A return stop, including a rotating inner ring and a stationary, fixed outer ring, and a cage arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring with multiple roller pairs each having two rollers. At least one spring element is arranged between the two rollers of each roller pair for spring-loading the rollers at least against the outer ring, and on an outer circumferential surface of the inner ring for each roller of each roller pair, a clamping ramp is formed. The outer circumferential surface of the inner ring has at least one cam that is formed radially on the outside and engages in a groove formed on the cage. The at least one cam is smaller in the circumferential direction than the groove. Through a relative movement of the cage relative to the inner ring, the respective roller of each roller pair contacts both the respective clamping ramp and the outer ring. A transfer case for a motor vehicle with such return stop is also provided.
US09856922B2
A frictional shift element for a motor vehicle transmission includes a first frictional element allocated to a first carrier; and a second frictional element allocated to a second carrier. One of the first frictional element or the second frictional element has an annular frictional surface, and the other of the first frictional element or the second frictional element has a corresponding frictional surface with at least one frictional surface that protrudes along a radial direction in an overlapping area.
US09856907B2
An opening on one end side of a pin-boss oil passage opens to the inner circumferential surface of a pin boss part of an upper link, while an opening on the other end side thereof opens to the outer circumferential surface of the pin boss part of the upper link. A lower-link oil passage has a one-end-side opening structured to open to a pin-boss-facing surface of the lower link facing the outer circumferential surface of the pin boss part of the upper link and its other-end-side opening structured to open to a crankpin bearing surface. The lower-link oil passage is configured to point, at a prescribed crankangle, to a specified end edge of end edges of the other-end-side opening of the pin-boss oil passage, the specified end edge facing one end side of the upper link.
US09856895B2
The present invention comprises generally a friction hinge to hoist a display unit above a base and suspend it in the air to a unique cantilevered viewing position. The universal support has the shape of the base in an “H” or “I” configuration with angled feet to maximize stability when resting on the chest. The “H” shape is designed to fit well around the user's breasts. The base is reversible around the cantilever arm such that the top surface of the base may either face up or down such that the base may rest against an uneven surface with the top surface of the base facing up and may rest against a flat surface with the top surface of the base facing down.
US09856886B2
An assembly can include a first radial compressor wheel that has a rotational axis and that includes a hub surface that includes an annular ridge disposed at a radius measured from the rotational axis; a second radial compressor wheel that includes a hub surface; and an annular baffle disposed at least in part between the hub surfaces where the annular baffle includes an outer surface and an inner edge that defines an opening having a central axis where the outer surface includes a surface portion to one side of the inner edge that faces the hub surface of the first radial compressor wheel, where the surface portion includes an annular channel over a radial width measured from the central axis and where the radial width spans the radius of the annular ridge.
US09856884B2
A gas turbine engine is disclosed having an air injection system useful to supply a relatively pressurized air to a flow path of a compressor. The air injection system includes a port cover operable to open and close a port through which the air can flow to the compressor from a relatively pressurized source. The port cover extends circumferentially around the gas turbine engine and can include a portion that is anchored and an opposite portion coupled to an actuator. Movement of the actuator causes the port cover to open and close the port. Biasing members can be used to urge the port cover into one of an open and closed position against the movement of the actuator.
US09856883B1
A system and related method are disclosed for controlling condensation in a space. The system includes a fan and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition, such as temperature, humidity, or both. For instance, the sensors may sense an air temperature that is used to estimate or predict a surface temperature of an object within the room. The system also includes a controller capable of receiving controlling the fan based on the surface temperature. The system may additionally include a heater and/or a damper for transferring outside air into the space, either of which may be controlled by the controller based on the measurements.
US09856872B2
A method for operating a progressive cavity pump wherein the stator has at least first and second active stator sections that are at different locations on the stator, comprising inserting a first rotor having a first active rotor section that is aligned with the first active stator section, and rotating the first rotor relative to the first active stator section such that the aligned first active rotor and stator sections generate a pumping force. Subsequently, the first rotor is removed and a second rotor is inserted having a second active rotor section that is aligned with the second active stator section, and rotating the second rotor relative to the second active stator section such that the aligned second active rotor and stator sections generate a pumping force.
US09856860B2
A wind turbine is provided, having a wind turbine tower and at least one rotatable blade, and further comprising a system for measuring rotor blade vibration of said wind turbine. The system comprises at least one Doppler radar unit operatively configured to emit and receive radar signals, the radar unit being mounted on the wind turbine tower at a position above the lowest position of the at least one blade, the radar unit being positioned so as to measure reflections of an emitted radar signal from the turbine blade. A processing unit is configured to receive measurement data from the radar unit and to determine, by analysis of Doppler shift in received radar signals relative to transmitted signals due to movement of the blade towards or away from the turbine tower, the velocity of the blade in the direction towards or away from the turbine tower. Using a radar unit to measure blade velocity allows a determination to be made of the vibrations occurring in the blade without needing an internal sensor in the blade. This reduces manufacturing and maintenance costs of the blades since sensors in the blades will not need to be replaced, and sensors positioned on the tower are easier to replace in the field.
US09856859B2
A wind turbine (1) is provided, having a wind turbine tower (2) and at least one rotatable blade (5), and further comprising a system for measuring rotor blade vibration of said wind turbine. The system comprises at least one Doppler radar unit (7) operatively configured to emit and receive radar signals, the radar unit being mounted on the wind turbine tower at a position above the lowest position of the at least one blade, the radar unit being positioned so as to measure reflections of an emitted radar signal from the turbine blade. A processing unit is configured to receive measurement data from the radar unit and to determine, by analysis of Doppler shift in received radar signals relative to transmitted signals due to movement of the blade towards or away from the turbine tower, the velocity of the blade in the direction towards or away from the turbine tower. Using a radar unit to measure blade velocity allows a determination to be made of the vibrations occurring in the blade without needing an internal sensor in the blade. This reduces manufacturing and maintenance costs of the blades since sensors in the blades will not need to be replaced, and sensors positioned on the tower are easier to replace in the field.
US09856855B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to wind turbine generators, and more specifically to the deactivation of wind turbines in a wind turbine park. A wind park controller may be configured to retrieve data indicating fatigue experienced by each wind turbine of the wind turbine park, and deactivate those turbines determined to be the most fatigued, thereby increasing the lifetime of turbines in the wind turbine park.
US09856854B2
Wind turbine consisting of an anchoring to the ground or to a base and a mast, the natural oscillation frequency of which is purposely adjusted to the frequency of appearance of the air vortices or eddies produced after the collision of a laminar and stationary airflow against the surface thereof. The aeroelastic energy thus absorbed is converted into electrical energy due to the use of materials with high electromechanical coupling.
US09856853B2
A multi-stage radial turbine for usage in energy capture from fluid streams with low to moderate relative speed.
US09856850B1
An apparatus, system and method for utilizing a source of liquid to rotate an output shaft and produce rotational torque that operates a machine to produce electricity, operate a pump or accomplish other work. Liquid from the supply of liquid flows into a flow chamber where the liquid is mixed with pressurized gas to form an aerated flow stream that flows upward in the flow chamber to lift the liquid to a position above a liquid-driven rotating mechanism, such as a water turbine or open impeller. The liquid is directed to the rotating mechanism by liquid discharge devices. Liquid passing through the rotating mechanism rotates the output shaft and then flows back into the supply of liquid. A supply of pressurized gas supplies the gas to the flow chamber. Gas discharge vents remove the gas from the aerated flow stream upstream of the liquid discharge devices.
US09856849B2
A laser ignition system has: at least one arrangement for producing a pulsed laser beam; and at least one arrangement for focusing the produced pulsed laser beam onto a focus zone, e.g., in order to ignite a combustible gas mixture in an internal combustion engine or a burner. The laser ignition system is designed to produce a pulsed laser beam having a normed fluence volume greater than 0.1.
US09856844B2
A fuel pump for a direct injection system having: a pumping chamber; a piston, which is mounted in a sliding manner on the inside of the pumping chamber; an intake channel, which originates from a wall of the pumping chamber and has a housing portion; an intake valve, which is inserted into the housing portion of the intake channel; and a locking ring nut with an annular shape, which is threaded and is screwed into the housing portion of the intake channel so as to strike against the intake valve; the housing portion has an annular abutment, which reduces the diameter of the housing portion and against which the intake valve strikes; the locking ring nut is screwed into the housing portion with a tightening force that is sufficient to determine a plastic deformation of the annular abutment against the intake valve.
US09856836B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a fluid flow trim apparatus includes an outer housing defining a cavity having an interior surface and an end wall having an orifice therethrough, a valve body comprising a first valve portion disposed at least partly within the cavity, the first valve portion and the interior surface defining a first fluid flow path, a second valve portion in contact with the interior surface and defining a second fluid flow path. A third valve portion is disposed at least partly within the cavity between the first and second valve portions. The second fluid flow path fluidically connects the third valve portion to a trim cavity. A filter media extends from the first valve portion to the second valve portion and divides a third fluid flow path fluidically connecting the first and seconds fluid flow paths.
US09856831B2
An integrated exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler may include a cooling core having exhaust gas flowing therein, and an integrated housing accommodating the cooling core therein and having a coolant flowing therein, in which the integrated housing includes a coolant introduction port having the coolant introduced from an engine thereinto, a first exhaust port exhausting the coolant to a radiator, and a control valve controlling a flow of the coolant through the first exhaust port, and the cooling core includes U-shaped tubes including a bend so that a surface area is increased.
US09856816B2
When the temperature in a cylinder of an engine is low, the fuel injection amount of fuel that has a low vapor pressure and is less likely to be vaporized is increased, and the fuel injection amount of fuel that has a high vapor pressure and is more likely to be vaporized is reduced, so that the start timing of the engine can be kept constant. When the temperature in the cylinder is high, the fuel injection amount of the fuel that has a low vapor pressure and is more likely to be decomposed is reduced, and the fuel that has a high vapor pressure and is less likely to be burned (decomposed) is increased, so that the start timing of the engine can be kept constant. Thus, the start timing of the engine is kept constant irrespective of the fuel property, and deterioration of the drivability can be curbed.
US09856812B2
A method for recognizing the type of fuel actually used in an internal combustion engine; the recognition method includes the steps of: sensing the intensity of the vibrations generated by the internal combustion engine within a measurement time window; determining the value of at least one synthetic index by processing the intensity of the vibrations generated by the internal combustion engine within the measurement time window; comparing the synthetic index with at least one predetermined comparison quantity; and recognizing the type of fuel actually used as a function of the comparison of the synthetic index to the comparison quantity; and forcedly altering, when detecting the intensity of the vibrations, the engine control with respect to the normal standard engine control, so as to enhance the behavioral differences of the different types of fuel that can be used by the internal combustion engine.
US09856811B2
The internal combustion engine comprises a supercharger, a variable valve timing mechanism able to change a valve overlap amount, a catalyst arranged in an exhaust passage and able to store oxygen, a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor arranged at a downstream side of the catalyst in an exhaust flow direction and able to detect an air-fuel ratio of outflowing exhaust gas flowing out from the catalyst, and a scavenging control device able to control a scavenging amount by controlling the valve overlap amount by the variable valve timing mechanism. The scavenging control device reduces the valve overlap amount when an air-fuel ratio detected by the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor changes from less than a lean judged air-fuel ratio leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio to the lean judged air-fuel ratio or more during scavenging.
US09856802B2
There is provided a controller, for a supercharger-equipped internal combustion engine, that can accurately estimate a supercharging pressure, without providing a pressure sensor for detecting the supercharging pressure. In a controller for a supercharger-equipped internal combustion engine, a correction value for correcting a supercharging pressure estimation value is changed so that an effective opening area estimation value, estimated based on a supercharging pressure estimation value and the like, approaches a preliminarily set effective opening area default value corresponding to a throttle opening degree detection value.
US09856801B2
The invention relates to a control device of a vehicle provided with a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine comprising a catalyst in an exhaust passage. When a state of an ignition switch has been changed from an on-state to an off-state and a rotation of the engine has stopped, the control device causes a fuel injector to inject fuel into a combustion chamber of a particular cylinder in which an intake valve is closed and an exhaust valve is open and causes an ignition device to ignite the fuel.
US09856800B2
An ignition control device having an Electronic Fuel Injection mode and a Capacitive Discharge ignition mode is described. The ignition control device comprises: an output for providing an output voltage, connected or connectable to a load, the load being a fuel injection actuator of an EFI system or an ignition capacitor of a CDI system; and a driver unit connected to the output, for driving the output voltage from a low level to a high level and from the high level to the low level in dependence on an input signal, each transition of the output voltage from the low level to the high level having a low-to-high transition time which is longer for the CDI mode than for the EFI mode.
US09856799B1
Methods and systems are provided for reducing blackening of an oxygen sensor due to voltage excursions into an over-potential region. Before transitioning the sensor from a lower voltage to an upper voltage during variable voltage operation, an operating temperature of the sensor is reduced via adjustments to a sensor heater setting. The reduction in temperature increases the range of temperatures available to the sensor before the over-potential region is entered.
US09856798B2
A control device for an internal combustion engine includes an in-cylinder pressure detector, an output shaft torque calculator, a target torque calculator, an input torque parameter calculator, and a controller. The output shaft torque calculator is to calculate an output shaft torque of an output shaft of the internal combustion engine based on an in-cylinder pressure. The target torque calculator is to calculate a target torque of the output shaft torque. The input torque parameter calculator is to calculate an input torque parameter representing an input torque such that the output shaft torque becomes equal to the target torque using a feedback control algorithm which is based on a controlled object model which models a controlled object that receives the input torque parameter as input and produces the output shaft torque as output. The controller is to control the output shaft torque using the input torque parameter.
US09856796B2
Various embodiments include a system having: at least one computing device configured to tune a set of gas turbines (GTs) by performing actions including: commanding each GT in the set of GTs to a base load level, based upon a measured ambient condition for each GT; commanding each GT in the set of GTs to adjust a respective power output to match a scaled power output value equal to a fraction of a difference between the respective power output and a nominal power output value, and subsequently measuring an actual emissions value for each GT; and adjusting an operating condition of each GT in the set of GTs based upon a difference between the respective measured actual emissions value, a nominal emissions value at the ambient condition and a nominal emissions value at the ambient condition.
US09856795B2
The gas turbine system has: a gas turbine having a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine; a fuel supply mechanism for supplying fuel to the combustor; a composition detection unit for detecting the composition of the fuel; and a controller for controlling the flow rate of the fuel supplied from the fuel supply mechanism to the combustor, on the basis of a function of the exhaust temperature of exhaust gas passing through the turbine and either air pressure of air expelled from the compressor to the combustor or an expansion ratio of the turbine. The controller calculates the specific heat ratio of the combustion gas from the composition of the fuel detected by the composition detection unit, corrects the function on the basis of the calculated specific heat ratio, and controls the flow rate of the fuel on the basis of the corrected function.
US09856792B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a gas turbine, in which an oxygen-reduced gas and fresh air are delivered to a compressor of the gas turbine in a radially staged manner, the fresh air being delivered via an outer sector of the inlet cross section in relation to the axis of rotation of the compressor, and the oxygen-reduced gas being delivered via an inner sector of the inlet cross section in relation to the axis of rotation of the compressor.The invention relates, further, to a gas turbine power plant with a gas turbine having a compressor inlet which is followed by the flow duct of the compressor and which is divided into an inner sector and an outer sector, a feed for an oxygen-reduced gas being connected to the inner sector of the compressor inlet, and a fresh air feed being connected to the outer sector of the compressor inlet.
US09856778B2
A heat exchanger includes first, second, third, and fourth passages. Engine coolant flows through the first passages. Engine oil flows through the second passages. Transmission oil flows through the fourth passages after flows through the third passages. Each first passage and each third passage is disposed in the same layer. Each second passage and each fourth passage is disposed in the same layer. Each first and each third passage are disposed in a different layer from the layer of each second and each fourths flow passage. Each fourth passage is disposed upstream of a first flow direction of the engine coolant in each first passage, and each second passage is disposed downstream of the first flow direction. Each third passage is disposed upstream of a second flow direction of the engine oil in each second passage, and each first passage is disposed downstream of the second flow direction.
US09856772B2
A reductant system for an aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The reductant system includes at least one reductant feed line and a reductant system component such as a dosing module. The feed line is connected to the dosing module with a fluid connector. The fluid connector includes a body made from a first material that has a low heat conductivity and an insert made from a second material that has a greater heat conductivity than that of the first material. The insert extends from the body of the fluid connector into a storage chamber of the dosing module, and conducts heat from heated reductant in the feed line to the reductant stored in the storage chamber.
US09856771B2
An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a urea water injection valve, a catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage downstream of the injection valve, and an electronic control unit. The injection valve is configured to add urea water to exhaust gas. The catalyst is configured to adsorb ammonia generated from the urea water. The electronic control unit is configured to (i) set a target adsorption amount of the ammonia adsorbed on the catalyst, (ii) control the injection valve such that the amount of the urea water added to the exhaust gas becomes an addition amount calculated based on the target adsorption amount, and (iii) execute an initialization processing for decreasing the amount of the ammonia adsorbed on the catalyst to (zero) when an integrated value of the amount of the NOx flowing into the catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined value.
US09856766B2
An exhaust muffler in which the anti-scattering property of a sound deadening element is high and for which shaping is not required and a sound deadening element for use with the exhaust muffler. An exhaust muffler includes an expansion chamber into which exhaust gas of an engine is introduced, and a sound deadening element in which the expansion chamber is inserted. The sound deadening element is configured from a knitted article formed by knitting continuous fibers of glass fiber. The exhaust muffler further includes an inner pipe inserted in a spaced relationship from an inner circumferential wall of the expansion chamber in the expansion chamber and configured to introduce the exhaust gas therethrough. The sound deadening element is disposed between an outer circumferential wall of the inner pipe and the inner circumferential wall of the expansion chamber.
US09856761B2
A valve timing controller includes a first housing; a second housing fixed to the first housing; a driven rotor inside of a driving rotor defined by the first housing and the second housing; a revolving actuator disposed on an extension of an axial direction of the driven rotor; a deceleration mechanism; and an engaging part that is engaged with a lock jig locking a relative rotation between the driving rotor and an input rotor of the deceleration mechanism in advance of assembling the valve timing controller to an internal-combustion engine. The engaging part is located on a radially inner side compared with an insertion part of the revolving actuator inserted in a hole of a cover component of the internal-combustion engine.
US09856760B2
A vane rotor is rotatably placed in an inside of a housing. A lock pin, which is placed in an inside of a receiving hole of the vane rotor, is insertable into a fitting hole formed in a rear plate. A second pressure chamber formed in the fitting hole is communicated with an advancing chamber. An air discharge hole communicates between the second pressure chamber and the atmosphere in a state where the lock pin is inserted into the fitting hole. The air discharge hole blocks communication between the second pressure chamber and the atmosphere in a state where the lock pin is removed from the fitting hole.
US09856753B2
A case for a gas turbine engine incudes a radial flange with a partial scallop along an inner diameter of the radial flange. A case assembly for a gas turbine engine incudes a first case with a first radial flange with a partial scallop along an inner diameter of the first radial flange, the partial scallop adjacent to a first aperture through the first radial flange and a second case with a second radial flange with a second aperture through the second radial flange, the second radial flange mountable to the first radial flange at an interface such that the second aperture is axially aligned with the first aperture and a seal lip that extends from the second case interfaces with said first case at a longitudinal interface.
US09856740B2
An integrally bladed rotor for a gas turbine engine includes a hub, a plurality of blades radially extending from the hub and being integrally formed therewith. The hub having a rim from which the blades project and a pair of axially opposed split hub members extending at least radially inward from the rim. Each of the split hub members has a radially outer flex arm portion extending form the hub and a radially inner moment flange portion. At least one moment inducing element separately formed from the hub is mounted axially between the opposed split hub members and acts on the moment flange portions of the opposed split hub members to generate an inward bending moment on the flex arm portions of the opposed split hub members during rotation of the rotor, thereby deflecting the rim and the blades of the rotor radially inwardly.
US09856733B2
The present invention relates to a method for installation of a rock bolt (124) in a first drill hole by means of a rock bolting rig (100), wherein said rock bolting rig (100) comprises a carrier (101), a boom unit (102) fastened to said carrier (101), and a bolt unit (103) fastened to said boom unit (102) via first joint means (106), wherein said bolt unit (103) comprises a feeder unit (104) including means for displaceable carrying of a drilling machine (105), wherein said bolt unit comprises a first (103A) end and holding means (123, 125) for holding said rock bolt (124). The method comprises: —by means of said first joint means (106) maneuver said first end (103A) of said bolt unit (103) to a first position for loading of a bolt, —when said bolt unit (103) has been maneuvered to said first position for loading of a bolt, providing a rock bolt (124) to said bolt unit (103), for being held by means of said holding means (123, 125), and —when said bolt unit (103) has been loaded with said rock bolt (124), maneuver said bolt unit (103) to a position for installation of said rock bolt (124) and loaded with said rock bolt (124) drilling said first hole and installing said rock bolt (124) in said first hole. The invention also relates to a rock bolting rig.
US09856728B2
A method for pumping fluid at a wellhead. The invented method will improve liquid removal by eliminating the need to transport liquid produced from a well to containment facilities using trucks or large diameter pipelines capable of accommodating periodic surges of a high volume of fluid. The danger that the liquid will freeze in cold weather is also addressed. The invention removes liquid from the well site through a small diameter pipeline as a continuous flow at a constant flow rate.
US09856721B2
A well pump assembly has a motor operatively connected to a well pump that has an intake. The well pump assembly has a capillary tube that extends alongside the tubing and has an outlet at the well pump assembly. A chemical injection pump is connected to an upper end of the capillary tube adjacent a wellhead of the well. A logic system detects well fluid falling back downward in the tubing and out the intake into the well, and in response turns on the chemical injection pump, which pumps a chemical down the capillary tube into the well adjacent or within the well pump assembly. Once upward flow of well fluid in the tubing has been established, the chemical injection pump may be turned off.
US09856720B2
Bidirectional flow control device for attachment to a tubular member including a nozzle insert comprising a first sealable surface, the nozzle insert comprising a nozzle passage, and a second sealable surface for mating with the first sealable surface, and a first biasing member seat; a cover plate positioned adjacent the first end of the nozzle insert, the cover plate comprising a production orifice and a plurality of stimulation orifices in fluid communication with a plurality of stimulation passages, the cover plate further comprising a second biasing member seat and a biasing member positioned between the first biasing member seat and the second biasing member seat, the biasing member to exert a biasing force to place first sealable surface and second sealable surface in sealing engagement when internal tubular pressure is below a set-point value.
US09856716B2
An apparatus is for a drill rig platform configured to be operative with a casing system having a check valve fixedly positioned in a casing joint. The apparatus includes a casing pressure relief assembly fixedly positionable relative to the check valve positioned in the casing system. The casing pressure relief assembly is configured to actuate the check valve in such a way that the check valve actuatably releases internal pressure from the casing system. In this manner, the internal fluid pressure of the pressurized fluid trapped in the casing system is released once the casing pressure relief assembly actuates the check valve.
US09856711B2
A connection assembly for connecting a control line to a component is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a control line coupled to a tubing hanger with a connection assembly. The connection assembly includes a first fitting connected to the control line and to the tubing hanger, with the first fitting sealing against the control line and the tubing hanger, and a main body disposed about the control line and connected to the tubing hanger with the main body sealing against the tubing hanger. The connection assembly also includes a second fitting connected to the control line and to the main body so as to seal against the control line and the main body, an internal cavity, and a test port. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.
US09856710B2
An well assembly having a housing with an inner surface, the assembly including a tubular member inserted in the housing and having an outer surface. The assembly further includes a plurality of protrusions extending from one of the inner or outer surfaces, the protrusions separated by gaps defined between adjacent protrusions. In addition, the well assembly includes a metal to metal seal pressed against and deformed by the protrusions. A plurality of hollow tubes are provided for insertion in the gaps between the protrusions, the tubes being collapsible upon engagement with the metal to metal seal.
US09856708B2
Disclosed herein is a seat assembly for a drill string, the seat assembly having an outer tubular member and a seat disposed therein. The seat has a bore having a central axis. A plurality of cuts extends radially from the bore to an outer perimeter of the seat, the plurality of cuts also extending a distance longitudinally along the length of the central axis. Each of the plurality of cuts is present at an angle oblique to the peripheral circumference of the bore.
US09856699B2
An apparatus for forming a hole in ground (10) includes a mounting plate (60) mounted to a loader (80). A probe (11) is coupled with the mounting plate (60) through a hydraulic motor (120) having an output shaft (122). The probe (11) is driven into the ground along the vertical axis by movement of the mounting plate (60) by the loader (80), and an upper portion of the probe (11) is simultaneously wobbled about two axes that are perpendicular to each other and to the vertical axis while the output shaft (122) is rotating. The probe (11) is then moved out of the ground to leave a hole (100) in the ground. To provide a rolling action against the sides of the hole (100), the upper end of the probe (11) is moved about an annular path around the vertical axis while the probe (11) is rotating.
US09856698B2
A self-propelled, towable coring apparatus includes a base structure having at least one primary wheel. A rotary spindle drives a coring element. A support mechanism supports the rotary spindle and displaces the rotary spindle upwardly and downwardly relative to a ground surface. At least one engine is supported by the base structure and provides power to the at least one primary wheel to propel the apparatus, and to the rotary spindle to drive the coring element. A tow member is connected to the base structure for trailering the apparatus by a towing vehicle.
US09856694B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a water-blocking device that can be easily installed in a short time and can surely prevent water intrusion. The water-blocking device 1 includes a water-blocking plate 2, a first band 3 for fixing the water-blocking plate 2 to the installation surface 10, at least one first band passer 5 mounted near an installation location of the water-blocking plate on the installation surface 10, third band passers 7 mounted on left and right walls, etc., 11, 12 defining an entrance or exit S, and second bands 4 for fixing the water-blocking plate 2 to the walls, etc., 11, 12. The water-blocking plate 2 is provided with at least one second band passer 6 and fourth band passers 8. The first band 3 is wound through the first band passer 5 and the second band passer 6 in such a manner that a pressing force toward the installation surface 10 is exerted onto the water-blocking plate 2. The second bands 4 are wound through third band passers 7 and fourth band passers 8 in such a manner that pressing forces toward the walls, etc., 11, 12, are exerted onto the water-blocking plate 2.
US09856688B2
A bi-directional element drive system includes a motor having a drive shaft, a cable anchor and a cable connector. The cable connector is carried on the drive shaft and has two ends connected to the cable anchor. In addition the drive system includes a support and a driven element. The driven element is displaced between a first position and a second position relative to the support by the motor.
US09856686B2
A hinge device includes a first fixed tubular half-shell having a working chamber defining a longitudinal axis, a second tubular half-shell rotatable about the longitudinal axis, a pivot rotating unitary with the latter which includes a single pass-through actuating member having a helical shape, a plunger member slidable along the longitudinal axis, and a tubular bushing having a pair of guide cam slots. A pin inserted within the pass-through actuating member is provided to allow the mutual engagement of the pivot and the bushing. The first tubular half-shell includes an end portion susceptible to rotatably support the pivot, the second tubular half-shell and the bushing are coaxially coupled to each other, and the bushing and the first tubular half-shell are mutually unitarily coupled.
US09856683B1
A frame for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The frame includes a longitudinal side member, an A-pillar extending upward from the longitudinal side member and defining a front of the cockpit, a B-pillar extending upwardly and rearwardly from the longitudinal side member rearward of the A-pillar and defining a rear of the cockpit, a door positioned between the A-pillar and the B-pillar, and a hinge assembly attached to the B-pillar. The hinge assembly includes an upright hinge pipe that extends vertically through the door to reinforce the door, the upright hinge pipe having a top end and a bottom end, an upper hinge pipe pivotally attached to the top end of upright hinge pipe and fixedly attached to the B-pillar, and a lower pivot connecting the bottom end of the upright hinge pipe to the B-pillar.
US09856682B1
An apparatus and method for efficiently restricting access to a classroom is described. The apparatus is particularly well suited for a school teacher needing to quickly barricade the classroom door and restrict access into the classroom. The apparatus of the present invention is efficiently slid under the door and tightened to the door and jamb to restrain the opening of the door.
US09856681B1
A push lifter includes a body portion; a rod slidably disposed inside the body portion; an urging portion to urge the rod in a direction away from the body portion; and a rotator disposed rotatably about an axial of the rod at the one end of the body portion to lock or unlock the rod. The rod includes a first rib portion, and a second rib portion distanced from the first rib portion in an axial direction of the rod, to rotate the rotator. The rotator includes an inner cam portion so that when the rod is pressed to slide inwardly of the body portion, the first rib portion abuts against the inner cam portion to rotate the rotator, and when the rod is released to project outwardly from the body portion, the second rib portion abuts against the inner cam portion to rotate the rotator.
US09856672B2
Various implementations include a fully collapsible and portable tent. For example, in various implementations, the tent includes a frame assembly that includes two or more frame members and two hubs spaced apart from each other. Ends of the frame members are coupled to the hubs. At least one of the frame members is pivotably coupled to the hubs via pivotable brackets. The pivotably coupled frame member pivot about a first axis extending through each end of the pivotably coupled frame member and the respective pivotable bracket, and the pivotable brackets pivot about a second axis extending through the pivotable bracket and the respective hub, wherein the first axis is spaced apart from the first axis. The pivotable brackets allow the tent to be moved between the collapsed and expanded positions quickly and with minimal effort.
US09856669B2
A pool cleaner having an intake opening at the bottom of the body and two rollers on either side of the intake opening on which the pool cleaner rests and traverse the pool floor. In an embodiment, the rollers define a cleaning path with maximum water flow through the intake opening into the pool cleaner caused by hydraulic forces as a result of at least one pump being turned on. In an embodiment, pool cleaner is unstable when moving on the rollers. In an embodiment, wheels are placed at corners of the pool cleaner and raised above the floor, allowing a rocking motion and easy turns of pool cleaner.
US09856666B2
The present invention consist of an improved and very compact hand held pool debris removal system using a hydrodynamic water circulation device capable of producing significant water flow through a conduit. Such water flow is then used to lift and convey debris from bodies of water such as fountains, ponds and swimming pools. The device operates by creating a high speed water jet curtain using an external source of energy by means of pressurized water, which impinges on an steady body of water transforming the energy provided by the external water source into a strong flow capable of lifting and conveying light and heavy debris from the floor of bodies of water and forcing these debris into a fine mesh filter for retention and later disposal.
US09856664B1
A system includes one or more wall coverings positioned against a wall, and a plurality of supports spaced generally evenly along the wall holding the one or more wall coverings in place. Each support of the plurality of supports includes an elongate, thin metal plate that is bent at an angle slightly greater than ninety degrees to delineate a base portion engaging a floor, and a back support portion engaging the wall and holding at least one of the one or more wall coverings in place. The back support portion includes a bumper secured to a back side of the back support portion proximate an upper end of the back support portion.
US09856656B2
A tongue with edge sections that are used to glue the tongue into a groove of panel. A tongue for connection of a building panel, said tongue is of an elongated shape and made of molded plastic, the tongue including at least two protrusions at a first long edge of the tongue, wherein the protrusions are bendable in a plane parallel to the upper surface of the tongue and extending essentially in the parallel plane and, wherein the tongue has a second long edge, which is essentially straight over substantially the whole length of the tongue and the tongue includes a gluing part configured to be glued into a groove at an edge of the building panel.
US09856654B1
A collapsible stair with foldable ramp can include a first step, and a second step nestable within the first step such that when the collapsible stair is in a closed position the second step is aligned with the first step and when the collapsible stair is in an open position a lateral offset between the second step and the first step is increased. A third step can be nestable within the first step such that when the collapsible stair is in a closed position the third step is aligned with the second step and is in an open position a lateral offset between the third step and the second step is increased. A ramp can be rotatably coupled to the first step to rotate from a stair position to a ramp position, wherein the ramp position comprises the second step and the third step being covered by the ramp.
US09856640B2
A gusset connection that allows greater relative movement between connected structural members and simplifies erection in the field. The gusset connection can be a first gusset portion moveably or fixedly connected to a vertical column and a second gusset connection moveably or fixedly connected to a horizontal beam. A diagonal brace is moveably or fixedly connected to the gusset connection. The first and second gusset portions are not directly connected to each other to allow relative movement between the column, beam, and diagonal brace.
US09856633B1
An anti-freeze faucet contains: a first pipe, a second pipe, a check valve, and a control valve. The first pipe includes a hollow portion, an orifice, an outlet, and an inflow segment having two inlets. The second inserts into the hollow portion and includes a first connection segment, a second connection segment, and an air conduit, wherein the first connection segment has an air hole. The check valve is accommodated in the inflow segment and corresponding to the two inlets. The control valve is housed in the hollow portion and includes a base, a fitting bushing, and a coupling holder, wherein the base has two channels, and between the base and the fitting bushing is defined an accommodation chamber, the coupling holder has a rotation disc with a cold-water vent and a hot-water vent, and the coupling holder has multiple first openings and multiple second openings.
US09856629B1
A lip shroud may include a front, wedge-shaped portion, an intermediate transition portion, and a rear mounting portion opposite the front, wedge-shaped portion. The intermediate transition portion of the lip shroud may be configured with at least one upwardly and rearwardly inclined transition surface that merges into a front edge of the rear mounting portion. The at least one upwardly and rearwardly inclined transition surface may include two opposite side, upwardly inclined surfaces that extend between rearward side edges of the at least one transition surface and substantially an entire length of each of opposite side edges of the rear mounting portion. The two opposite side, upwardly inclined surfaces may include outer side edges configured to form a smooth, upwardly sloped and outwardly convex-shaped profile merging into the opposite side edges of the rear mounting portion.
US09856628B2
A control system controls a construction machine having a work machine including a tilting bucket. The control system includes: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire dimension data; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire external shape data of the bucket; a third acquisition unit configured to acquire target excavation landform data indicating a target excavation landform that is a two-dimensional target shape of an excavation object on a work machine operation plane perpendicular to a bucket axis; a fourth acquisition unit configured to acquire work machine angle data; a fifth acquisition unit configured to acquire tilt angle data indicating a turning angle of the bucket; and a calculation unit configured to obtain two-dimensional bucket data indicating an external shape of the bucket on the work machine operation plane on the basis of the dimension data, the external shape data, the work machine angle data, and the tilt angle data.
US09856613B2
The road milling machine according to the invention comprises a cleaning device which has a cleaning unit arranged in front of the work roller in the working direction. The cleaning unit ensures that the surface of the terrain over which the wheels or running gears travel is clear of material. As a result, an optimum milling result is always achieved. The invention takes effect in particular when using small millers which have at least one rear wheel or running gear which can be moved into an inner working position in relation to a longitudinal side of the machine frame and into an outer working position in relation to a longitudinal side of the machine frame. In this preferred embodiment, the cleaning device comprises a pivot device which is designed in such a way that the cleaning unit can be moved into an inner working position in relation to a longitudinal side of the machine frame and into an outer working position in relation to a longitudinal side of the machine frame. In the inner or outer working position, the cleaning unit is arranged on the same track as the rear wheel or running gear which can be moved into the inner or outer working position. This ensures that the track of the rear wheel or running gear is clear of milled material or other dirt, wherein the cleaning unit does not protrude too far beyond the rear wheel or running gear.
US09856608B1
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing vacuum forming a produce container using a fiber-based slurry. The slurry includes a moisture barrier comprising alkylketene dimer in the range of about 4% by weight, and a cationic liquid starch component in the range of 1%-7% by weight.
US09856605B2
In some variations, a process is provided for producing a pulp product at a biorefinery site, comprising: converting a woody cellulosic material to a first pulp stream; converting a non-woody cellulosic material to a second pulp stream; blending the second pulp stream into the first pulp stream; and recovering or further processing the blended pulp stream as a pulp product. Biorefinery site infrastructure may be shared between the woody and non-woody lines. Also, the process may include process integration of mass and/or energy between the woody and non-woody lines. The process may be a retrofit addition to a pulp plant, or a greenfield biorefinery site. The non-woody line also can generate fermentable sugars, for fermentation to ethanol (or other products). Through allocation of carbon credits from the ethanol to the pulp, the final pulp product life-cycle profile can be improved.
US09856578B2
Highly textured [111] oriented films such as MgO crystalline films are deposited by e-beam evaporation on ordinary soda-lime glass. Semiconductor films such as silicon can be deposited on these MgO films using eutectics at temperatures below the softening point of ordinary glass and having extremely high textured and strong [111] orientation. The invention may be used for efficient and cost effective solar cells, displays, etc.
US09856577B2
The present disclosure generally relates to systems and methods for growing group III-V nitride crystals. In particular the systems and methods include diffusing constituent species of the crystals through a porous body composed of the constituent species, where the species freely nucleate to grow large nitride crystals.
US09856574B2
Provided herein are methods and apparatus for determining leveler concentration in an electroplating solution. The approach allows the concentration of leveler to be detected and measured, even at very low leveler concentrations. According to the various embodiments, the methods involve providing an electrode with a metal surface, exposing the electrode to a pre-acceleration solution with at least one accelerator, allowing the surface of the electrode to become saturated with accelerator, measuring an electrochemical response while plating the electrode in a solution, and determining the concentration of leveler in the solution by comparing the measured electrochemical response to a model relating leveler concentration to known electrochemical responses. According to other embodiments, the apparatus includes an electrode, a measuring apparatus or an electrochemical cell configured to measure an electrochemical response, and a controller designed to carry out the method outlined above.
US09856571B2
The disclosure provides low-molecular-ratio cryolite for aluminum electrolytic industry, which consists of potassium cryolite and sodium cryolite with a mole ratio of 1:1˜1:3, wherein the molecular formula of the potassium cryolite is mKF.AlF3 and the molecular formula of the sodium cryolite is nNaF.AlF3, where m=1˜1.5 and n=1˜1.5. When the low-molecular-ratio cryolite provided by the disclosure is applied to the aluminum electrolytic industry, electrolytic temperature and power consumption can be reduced and electrolytic efficiency is improved.
US09856562B2
There is provided a semiconductor manufacturing device that supplies a source gas to a substrate installed in a reaction furnace and performs film formation processing to the substrate, including: a storage vessel which is disposed in the reaction furnace and which stores a metal raw material as a base of the source gas; an auxiliary vessel which is disposed at an upper side of the storage vessel in the reaction furnace and which is a bottomed vessel having an inlet port for the metal raw material; a connection pipe through which an outlet port for the metal raw material formed on the auxiliary vessel and an inside of the storage vessel are communicated with each other; a sealing plug for sealing the outlet port so as to be opened and closed freely; and heater units that heat an inside of the reaction furnace to a predetermined temperature so as to melt the metal raw material in the auxiliary vessel and the metal raw material in the storage vessel, and to a predetermined temperature required for film formation processing performed to the substrate.
US09856560B2
The method according to the invention includes the steps of: purging an inside of the processing chamber with gas while applying a thermal impact onto the thin film deposited on the inside of the processing chamber by decreasing the temperature in the processing chamber, so as to forcibly generate a crack in the thin film and forcibly peel the adhered material with a weak adhesive force, in a state where the substrate is not present in the processing chamber; removing the thin film deposited on the inside of the processing chamber by supplying a fluorine-based gas to the inside of the processing chamber heated to a first temperature, in the state where the substrate is not present in the processing chamber; and removing an adhered material remaining on the inside of the processing chamber after removing the thin film by supplying a fluorine-based gas to the inside of the processing chamber heated to a second temperature, in the state where the substrate is not present in the processing chamber.
US09856554B2
A process for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch panel is provided. The process includes: The process includes depositing a first transparent layer stack over a substrate with a first silicon-containing dielectric film, a second silicon-containing dielectric film, and a third silicon-containing dielectric film. The first and the third silicon-containing dielectric films have a low refractive index and the second silicon-containing dielectric film has a high refractive index. The process further includes depositing a transparent conductive film in a manner such that the first transparent layer stack and the transparent conductive film are disposed over the substrate in this order. At least one of the first silicon-containing dielectric film, the second silicon-containing dielectric film, the silicon-containing third dielectric film, or the transparent conductive film is deposited by sputtering from a target. Further thereto, a deposition apparatus (300) for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch panel and a transparent body for use in a touch panel are provided.
US09856552B2
Heat treatable aluminum alloy strips and methods for making the same are disclosed. The heat treatable aluminum alloy strips are continuously cast and quenched, with optional rolling occurring before and/or after quenching. After quenching, the heat treatable aluminum alloy strip is neither annealed nor solution heat treated.
US09856541B2
Disclosed are a heat-resistant alloy used in a heat-resistant bolt and the like for fastening high temperature parts of an engine in a vehicle and the like, and a method of manufacturing a heat-resistant bolt using the heat-resistant alloy. Particularly, the austenitic heat-resistant alloy includes, based on a total weight of the heat-resistant alloy, carbon (C) in an amount of about 0.01 to about 0.08 wt %, silicon (Si) in an amount of about 0.01 to about 1.00 wt %, manganese (Mn) in an amount of about 0.01 to about 2.00 wt %, nickel (Ni) in an amount of about 17 to about 22 wt %, titanium (Ti) in an amount of about 2.7 to about 3.2 wt %, chromium (Cr) in an amount of about 11 to 16 wt %, molybdenum (Mo) in an amount of about 0.3 to about 1.0 wt %, vanadium (V) in an amount of about 0.1 to about 0.4 wt %, and a remainder of iron (Fe) and optionally an inevitable impurity.
US09856540B2
The present invention relates to a method for the processing of hides or skins into leather, comprising enzymatic treatment of the hide or skin with carbohydrase in the soaking step. The present invention can achieve optimal fiber opening results in a relatively short period of time and at the same time does not cause loose grain, and meanwhile the pollution or impact on the environment is reduced in a maximum way.
US09856539B2
The present disclosure provides adeno-associated virus (AAV) virions with altered capsid protein, where the AAV virions exhibit greater infectivity of retinal cells, when administered via intravitreal injection, compared to wild-type AAV. The present disclosure further provides methods of delivering a gene product to a retinal cell in an individual, and methods of treating ocular disease.
US09856536B2
Methods and kits for characterizing a subject having a steroid-dependent disease such as prostate cancer are described. A method of treating a steroid-dependent disease in a subject by obtaining a biological sample from the subject, determining if the HSD3B1(1245C) gene or 3βHSD1(367T) protein is expressed in the biological sample, and providing treatment other than or in addition to steroid ablation to the subject if the HSD3B1(1245C) gene or 3βHSD1(367T) protein is expressed is also described.
US09856534B2
Provided herein are methods for selecting use of proteasome inhibitors.
US09856510B2
The present invention relates to a method for in vitro determining generation of a haemostatis factor such as thrombin and/or plasmin in a test sample using a chemiluminescent substrate specific for said blood clotting factor. Upon cleavage of the substrate, a luminescent signal is generated via aminoluceferin with the aid of a luciferase. The invention also relates to a kit for in vitro determining generation of a haemostasis factor in a test sample, and to novel chemiluminescent substrates for the determination of thrombin and plasmin.
US09856507B2
The present invention provides a method for screening for a food ingredient or a food composition that reduces a cancer risk and inhibits cancer development. A substance that reduces a cancer risk is screened by administering a candidate substance and analyzing alteration in gut microbiota or a metabolite produced by an intestinal bacterium. Also, candidate substances are screened by adding each candidate substance to a bacterial culture system and analyzing its effect on a bacterium involved in cancer development.
US09856498B2
The invention relates to processes of producing a fermentation product, comprising liquefying a starch containing material with an alpha-amylase; pre-saccharifying and/or saccharifying and fermenting using a fermentation organism in the presence of a carbohydrate source generating enzyme and a cellulolytic composition The invention also relates to methods of dewatering whole stillage.
US09856489B2
A method for producing a recombinant protein in a plant, in particular a tobacco plant, preferably Nicotiana benthamiana, includes the following steps: a) culturing the plant aeroponically or hydroponically, preferably on mobile floats and under LED lighting; b) vacuum agroinfiltration of the plant obtained in a) by agrobacteria that include a DNA fragment coding for the recombinant protein; c) returning the plants to culturing after step b), under the same conditions as for step a); and d) extracting and purifying the recombinant protein from the aerial portions of the plants produced in step c).
US09856478B2
The present invention features methods for preventing and treating three related diseases, diet-induced obesity, metabolic syndrome, and atherosclerosis, alone or in combination by inhibiting Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 (ACATI) activity or expression in myeloid cells.
US09856461B2
The present invention provides for a polyketide synthase (PKS) capable of synthesizing an α-olefin, such as 1-hexene or butadiene. The present invention also provides for a host cell comprising the PKS and when cultured produces the α-olefin.
US09856454B2
A method for rapid mincing of adipose tissues to isolate live cells in vitro is disclosed to overcome the drawbacks of a lead procedure of isolating live cells by holding a knife to mince adipose tissues, which can only isolate a small number of live cells and obtain low cell viability. The method includes: providing an adipose tissue; mincing the adipose tissue homogeneously by a mincing device; adding a reagent into the minced adipose tissue to perform hydrolysis; performing centrifuge and isolation; and removing a supernatant to obtain a cell pellet. Therefore, the time of mincing adipose tissues can be shortened, and contaminations caused by repeated use of the knife can be avoided. The method can be used for isolating live cells of adipose tissues to improve the number of live cells per unit weight of adipose tissues without reducing the cell viability.
US09856452B2
Described is an isolated somatic stem cell that is 2 to less than 6 micrometer in size and Lgr5+. Methods of preparing and using the cell are also described.
US09856450B2
An assembly includes an adjustable dip tube that can selectively withdraw an isolated component at various heights within a vessel. The adjustable nature of the dip tube can improve the cell recovery rate as compared to conventional cell recovery assemblies. Additionally, the assembly can take advantage of the adjustable nature of the dip tube while maintaining an aseptic interior cavity of the assembly.
US09856449B2
The invention provides systems and methods for generating organic compounds using carbon dioxide as a source of carbon and electrical current as an energy source. In one embodiment, a reaction cell is provided having a cathode electrode and an anode electrode that are connected to a source of electrical power, and which are separated by a permeable membrane. A biological film is provided on the cathode. The biological film comprises a bacterium that can accept electrons and that can convert carbon dioxide to a carbon-bearing compound and water in a cathode half-reaction. At the anode, water is decomposed to free molecular oxygen and solvated protons in an anode half-reaction. The half-reactions are driven by the application of electrical current from an external source. Compounds that have been produced include acetate, butanol, 2-oxobutyrate, propanol, ethanol, and formate.
US09856448B2
Nanoscale probes for forming stable, non-destructive seals with cell membranes. The probes, systems including these probes, and methods of fabricating and using the probes described herein may be used to sense from, stimulate, modify, or otherwise effect individual cells or groups of cells. In particular, described herein are nanoscale cellular probes that may be used to fuse with, and in some variations span, the lipid membrane of a cell to provide stable and long lasting contact to the cell. Thus, the probes described herein may be used as part of a system, method or device that would benefit from stable, non-destructive access to and across a cell membrane. In some variations the nanoscale probe devices or systems described herein may be used as part of a drug screening procedure.
US09856447B2
Methods and apparatus for culturing microorganisms are described, including culturing in mixotrophic culture conditions. A bioreactor array with multiple culture vessels with independently controllable inputs is used to culture similar cultures of microorganisms in which at least one parameter differs from other culture vessels in the bioreactor array.
US09856445B2
Methods and systems for the isomerization and fermentation of xylose and hexose sugars using an immobilized enzyme system capable of sustaining two different pH microenvironments in a single vessel are disclosed. Bilayer particles are dispersed in a mixture comprising an ionic borate source and xylose. The bilayer particles have a first region with a first enzymatic activity comprising xylose isomerase and a pH of 6 or above, and a second region having a second enzymatic activity at an acidic pH.
US09856442B1
The invention is a windshield washer preparation, a method for producing the preparation and a device that produces the preparation. The method uses the dehydration of methanol and distillation of dimethyl ether to produce the preparation and a propellant for pressurized packaging. The washer preparation contains deionized water, methanol, dimethyl ether, dimethyl carbonate and additional compounds selected from the group consisting of dyes, de-foaming agents and surfactants. The disclosed method and device can formulate varying combinations of methanol, deionized water and dimethyl ether using the methanol dehydration reaction prior to the addition of dimethyl carbonate. The preparation can be used in automobile washer reservoirs or directly on the windshield using trigger spray applicators or an aerosol can. The excess dimethyl ether from the method can be used taken from the system and stored for future use.
US09856440B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions containing anionic surfactant and solvent, more specifically, to compositions containing anionic surfactant and a solvent comprising butanediol.
US09856434B2
According to the invention, the compositions and methods provide for the complete removal of synthetic glues or adhesives from a plurality of surfaces through the use of organic solvents and/or amine solvents in combination with surfactants, chelants, acidulants and/or additional bottle wash additives. Beneficially, the compositions and methods are suitable for use at lower temperatures and pH conditions that conventional caustic-based adhesive removal compositions.
US09856419B2
Compositions are generally provided that include an oxyfluoride compound. In one embodiment, the oxyfluoride compound has the formula: NaCa2−xAxGeO4−zF1−yNz where A is Ba, Sr, or a mixture thereof; 0.01≦x≦0.1; 0≦y≦0.2; and 0≦z≦0.1. Methods of forming such compounds are also generally provided.
US09856413B2
The present invention relates to viscoelastic fracturing fluids comprising one or more zwitterionic surfactants having multiple hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. The viscoelastic fracturing fluids can be used to stimulate reservoir and increase oil and gas production.
US09856409B2
A water-based drilling fluid which includes an aqueous fluid and a water-soluble dissipative surfactant composition is described, wherein the dissipative surfactant composition includes at least one fatty acid or ester derivative of a plant or vegetable oil. Also described are methods of using such aqueous-based drilling fluids including the dissipative surfactant composition as described in hydrocarbon recovery operations associated with oil/tar sand, where such fluids act to increase the dispersant qualities of hydrocarbons within the oil/tar sand, and where such fluid exhibit a reduced coefficient of friction.
US09856404B2
A self-heating sealant or adhesive may be formed using multi-compartment microcapsules dispersed within a sealant or adhesive. The multi-compartment microcapsules produce heat when subjected to a stimulus (e.g., a compressive force, a magnetic field, or combinations thereof). In some embodiments, the multi-compartment microcapsules have first and second compartments separated by an isolating structure adapted to rupture in response to the stimulus, wherein the first and second compartments contain reactants that come in contact and react to produce heat when the isolating structure ruptures. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment microcapsules are shell-in-shell microcapsules each having an inner shell contained within an outer shell, wherein the inner shell defines the isolating structure and the outer shell does not allow the heat-generating chemistry to escape the microcapsule upon rupture of the inner shell.
US09856402B2
One or more cuts is provided in a label liner sheet near the area of a cutout within the label, such as the center hole in a CD label, in order to facilitate reliable separation of the cutout from the label and retention of the cutout on the liner sheet as the label is peeled from the liner. The majority of the cut runs generally parallel to the cutout boundary underneath the cutout, and the ends of the cut cross the boundary at two separate boundary crossing points on either side of the portion of the cut running parallel to the boundary. The cut first causes a flap to be created in the liner sheet and partially lifted as the label is beginning to be peeled away. Thereafter, as the peel line passes the flap area, the cutout experiences the full retentive strength of the label's pressure sensitive adhesive primarily at the two boundary crossings, and the cutout is pulled from the label and retained on the liner sheet as the adhesive force overcomes the cohesive force.
US09856400B2
A silicon based coating composition for a wide range of surfaces, which composition is formed from a mixture of constituents comprising appropriate portions of silazane, siloxane, and silane, and optionally organic solvent and additives, and the composition results in a coating having a thickness between 0.1 and 1.5 mil, a hardness of 2-9H and a standard coefficient of friction between about 0.03 to about 0.04.
US09856398B2
A method of controlling deposits on papermaking surfaces or fabrics on paper machines includes applying a deposition control solution to the papermaking surfaces or fabrics to inhibit deposition of organic contaminants therein. The deposition control solution comprises at least one cationic polymer, at least one at least one phthalate/glycol or polyethylene terephthalate/polyoxyethylene terephthalate (PET:POET) or polyalkylene terephthalate/polyoxyethylene terephthalate (PAT:POET) based copolymer, and at least one non-ionic surfactant in combination to provide improved deposition control.
US09856394B2
A coating photoreactive composition comprising a hydrolyzed epoxy-silane and other active ingredients is able to provide an organic dye-tintable abrasion resistant coating without the use of traditional dye-tinting enhancing agents such as polymerizable ethers or polymerizable diethers. The compositions exhibit consistently higher abrasion resistance without significant impact on tintability.
US09856388B2
Disclosed are a titanium dioxide nano ink having such a strong dispersibility as to be applicable by inkjet printing and having adequate viscosity without requiring printing several times, and a titanium dioxide nano particle modified by a surface stabilizer included therein. Inkjet printing of the titanium dioxide nano ink enables printing of a minute electrode. In addition, efficiency of a solar cell may be maximized since occurrence of pattern cracking is minimized.
US09856384B2
Sag control compositions, methods of forming sag control compositions, and methods of forming coating systems that include at least one coating layer including urea crystals of such sag control compositions are provided herein. In an embodiment, a sag control composition includes urea crystals and a non-polymeric organic solvent. The urea crystals include the reaction product of a polyisocyanate and a mono-amine. The sag control composition is a stable mixture with a single phase at a temperature of about 21° C. based upon visual observation for a period of at least 10 minutes after forming the mixture.
US09856383B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to simulated soiling and weathering of materials. In one aspect, a soiling mixture may include an aqueous suspension of various amounts of salt, soot, dust, and humic acid. In another aspect, a method may include weathering a sample of material in a first exposure of the sample to ultraviolet light, water vapor, and elevated temperatures, depositing a soiling mixture on the sample, and weathering the sample in a second exposure of the sample to ultraviolet light, water vapor, and elevated temperatures.
US09856377B1
Asphaltic or bitumen emulsions designed for road construction applications. Construction of full depth pavements with emulsions and the related process disclosed herein is now possible at temperatures below about 160° F. to 180° F. by the unique and unexpected combination of emulsifier(s), surfactant(s) and optional break control agent(s), to form mixtures of emulsion plus break control agent and aggregates. The mixtures of emulsion plus break control agent and aggregates are then spread across the paving area. The spread mixture then breaks, sets and otherwise cures to a complete mass or mat suitable for the intended design application.
US09856372B2
The present invention relates to an in situ method for preparing a bimorphological aqueous dispersion of first polymer particles with protuberating phosphorus acid cores and second polymer particles without protuberating cores. The method provides a more efficient way of making compositions for pigmented coating formulations.
US09856371B2
A thermoplastic resin composition includes (A) a graft rubber copolymer, (B) an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide-based copolymer, and (C) a silicone-modified aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide-based copolymer. The silicone-modified aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide-based copolymer (C) has an average particle size of about 100 μm or less.
US09856361B2
Provided are a surface-modified metal oxide particle dispersion liquid and the like including surface-modified metal oxide particles that are dispersed in a dispersion medium, the surface-modified metal oxide particles being obtained by modifying surfaces of metal oxide particles to have hydrosilyl groups, hydrophobic functional groups, and silanol groups. In the surface-modified metal oxide particle dispersion liquid, a ratio of the hydrosilyl groups to the silanol groups is 5:95 or higher and 50:50 or lower.
US09856358B2
A process for the recycling of wastes from webs or strands made of prepreg wastes comprising a first reactive resin, having the following steps: homogenization of prepreg wastes, dispersion of fillers and/or additives in a second reactive resin, mixing of the second resin, homogenized prepreg wastes and further processing of the mixture of resin, fillers and/or additives and prepreg wastes to produce molded workpieces.
US09856355B2
Methods for preparing polyurethane flexible foam are described, wherein an organic polyisocyanate is reacted with an active hydrogen-containing component such as an organic polyol, in the presence of a urethane catalyst, a blowing agent, optionally a cell opener, and a siloxane-based surfactant composition as a stabilizer for the foam. The siloxane-based surfactant composition comprises a silanol-functionalized organosiloxane having general formula (I), wherein: the R groups are independently a C1-C3 alkyl, phenyl, or —OSi(R)3; provided that at least one R group is a hydroxyl (—OH) bonded directly to any silicon atom and X is an integer from 0-200.
US09856347B2
Provided is a curable composition that is rapidly cured to form a cured product. The cured product resists yellowing, successfully maintains excellent transparency over a long time even in a high-temperature environment, and is advantageously usable as or in a wafer-level lens. The curable composition according to the present invention includes a cycloaliphatic epoxide (A), a siloxane compound (B), and a curing agent (C). The cycloaliphatic epoxide (A) is represented by Formula (1). The siloxane compound (B) contains two or more glycidyl groups per molecule. In the formula, X is selected from a single bond and a linkage group.
US09856346B2
A method of forming a lignin-based biomass epoxy resin is provided, which includes: (a) mixing a lignin, an acid anhydride compound, and a solvent to react for forming a first intermediate product, (b) reacting the first intermediate compound with a first polyol to form a second intermediate compound, and (c) reacting the second intermediate compound with an epoxy compound to form a lignin-based biomass epoxy resin.
US09856340B2
To provide a photocurable fluorinated polymer composition which has a high curing rate, shows little shrinkage before and after photocuring and requires no post treatment such as heat treatment after photocuring and whereby it is possible to obtain a cured resin excellent in heat resistance and weather resistance. According to the photocurable fluorinated polymer composition comprising a fluorinated polymer (A) containing polymerized units derived from a fluoroolefin and polymerized units derived from an unsaturated monomer having an oxetanyl group or a substituted oxetanyl group, and a photoreaction initiator (B), of the present invention, it is possible to provide a photocurable fluorinated polymer composition which has a high curing rate, shows little shrinkage before and after photocuring and requires no post treatment such as heat treatment after photocuring and whereby it is possible to obtain a cured resin excellent in heat resistance and weather resistance.
US09856339B2
Methods for making olefin polymerization catalysts and methods for making polyethylene polymers using the catalysts are provided. The polyethylenes can have a molecular weight distribution (MWD) of about 4.5 to about 14, a slope of strain hardening greater than about 0.75, and a melt flow ratio (MFR) greater than or equal to 8.33+(4.17×MWD).
US09856337B2
The present invention relates to processes for polymerizing unsaturated hydrocarbon monomers. The present invention also relates to a precatalyst having the structure of Formula (I): M{C(SiHAlk2)3}3 (I), and to a catalyst comprising the structure of Formula (II): MC(SiHAlk2)3X2 (II), and methods for preparation thereof.
US09856335B2
In one preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a process for the liquid phase polymerization of isobutylene to manufacture highly reactive PIB oligomers having Mn under 1000, using a catalyst composition comprising a Friedel-Crafts catalyst a complexing agent, a chain transfer agent and a polymerization-retarding agent. A chain transfer agent may be selected from: α-DIB and β-DIB and mixtures thereof. A polymerization-retarding agent may be selected from:
US09856329B2
In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, a composite material is prepared by blending a flame retardant modified cellulosic nanomaterial (FR-CN) filler into a polymer, wherein the FR-CN filler comprises a cellulosic nanomaterial (e.g., cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and/or cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs)) having a surface functionalized to incorporate a phosphorus-containing moiety. In some embodiments, the FR-CN filler is prepared by reacting hydroxyl groups on the surface of the cellulosic nanomaterial and a halogenated phosphorous-containing monomer (e.g., diphenyl phosphoryl chloride). In some embodiments, the surface of the cellulosic nanomaterial is further functionalized to incorporate an orthogonal functionality selected to enhance the compatibility of the FR-CN filler with the polymer by reacting hydroxyl groups on the surface of the cellulosic nanomaterial and a monomer (e.g., epichlorohydrin when the polymer is an epoxy-based polymer).
US09856328B1
Described herein are methods for chemical modification of nitrocellulose to generate lyophobic properties which are useful in propellant compositions. Such methods include the steps of: a) dissolving neat nitrocellulose in an organic solvent; b) adding a silyl based isocyanate and a catalyst to the solution; (d) stirring the solution in a moisture free environment; e) hydrolyzing the solution by exposing said solution to moisture; and (e) adding fluorinated oxysilane. The modified nitrocellulose retains its energetic properties while exhibiting high water and organic solvent phobicity, effectively functioning as a barrier to migration or diffusion of liquid components in propellant compositions.
US09856326B2
The invention relates to inhibitory anti-factor XII/FXIIa antibodies and methods of their use.
US09856324B2
The present invention provides compositions for the production of an antibody or functional fragment thereof directed against disialoganglioside-GD2. The compositions of the invention include polynucleotides encoding a heavy chain and/or a light chain variable domain that binds to GD2. The invention also provides an isolated antibody or functional fragment thereof and methods of treating or preventing a disease, such as cancer or tumor formation, wherein the antibody or functional fragment includes a variable heavy chain domain and a variable light chain domain that has an amino acid sequence provided herein. The invention further provides a conjugate of an antibody or functional fragment thereof conjugated or recombinantly fused to a diagnostic agent, detectable agent or therapeutic agent, and methods of treating, preventing or diagnosing a disease in a subject in need thereof.
US09856323B2
Anti-CD22 antibodies, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one such anti-CD22 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof, including therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US09856320B2
The disclosure provides a method for immunotherapy of a cancer patient, comprises administering to the patient an Ab that inhibits signaling from the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway, or a combination of such Ab and an anti-CTLA-4 Ab. This disclosure also provides a method for immunotherapy of a cancer patient comprising selecting a patient who is a suitable candidate for immunotherapy based on an assessment that the proportion of cells in a test tissue sample from the patient that express PD-L1 on the cell surface exceeds a predetermined threshold level, and administering an anti-PD-1 Ab to the selected subject. The disclosure additionally provides rabbit mAbs that bind specifically to a cell surface-expressed PD-L1 antigen in a FFPE tissue sample, and an automated IHC method for assessing cell surface expression in FFPE tissues using the provided anti-PD-L1 Abs.
US09856313B2
The present invention relates to an epitope peptide (or a variant thereof) which can be used in the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, a recombinant protein comprising the epitope peptide (or a variant thereof) and a carrier protein, and uses of the epitope peptide (or a variant thereof) and the recombinant protein. The present invention also relates to an antibody against the epitope peptide, a cell line for generating the antibody, and uses thereof. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a vaccine or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the recombinant protein or the antibody according to the invention, for preventing one or more symptoms associated with RSV infection.
US09856309B2
The present invention relates to fibronectin based scaffold domain proteins that bind PCSK9. The invention also relates to the use of the innovative proteins in therapeutic applications to treat atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia and other cholesterol related diseases. The invention further relates to cells comprising such proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins or fragments thereof, and to vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the innovative protein.
US09856307B2
The present invention relates to soluble monomeric Anti-Mullerian Hormone Receptor type II (AMHRII) fusion proteins and uses thereof, in particular for detection or quantification of the bioactive cleaved form of Anti-Müillerian Hormone in a sample. In particular, the present invention relates to a soluble monomeric AMHRII fusion protein wherein one AMHRII extracellular domain is fused to a heterologous polypeptide. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method for detecting or quantifying the presence of bioactive cleaved AMH in a sample, said method comprising contacting the sample with a soluble monomeric AMHRII fusion protein of the invention.
US09856305B2
The invention relates to novel designer osteogenic proteins having altered affinity for a cognate receptor, nucleic acids encoding the same, and methods of use therefor. More preferably, the novel designer osteogenic proteins are designer BMPs and have altered affinity for a cognate BMP receptor. The designer BMPs demonstrate altered biological characteristics and provide potential useful novel therapeutics.
US09856301B2
The invention relates to novel therapeutic approaches to cancer treatment that exploits tumor suppressor functions of DKK3b by site-specific delivery of DKK3b. Novel therapeutics and methods for treating tumors and cancers utilizing DKK3b tumor suppressor functions are disclosed.
US09856298B2
The invention relates to modified antibiotic peptides, in particular derivatives of apidaecin and oncocin, preferably having increased stability, reduced immunoreaction, and improved pharmacokinetics. In the invention, the peptide antibiotics are reversibly protected by means of a linker having the polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG). The peptide linker contains a recognition sequence for trypsin-like serum proteases. In the apidaecin derivatives, the linker and the PEG are bonded to a side chain. In the serum, the linker is cut by serum proteases and PEG is separated off. The released peptide still contains remnants of the linker, which are still bonded to the amino group in the side chain. Astonishingly, said remaining remnants of the linker impair the activity of the antimicrobial peptide only a little or not at all.
US09856291B2
A synthetic peptide that targets cancer stem cells is provided. The peptide consists of the amino acid sequence of anyone of SEQ ID NO: 1 to SEQ ID NO: 15. Also provided is a composition comprising said synthetic peptide with a therapeutic agent fused thereto, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent. Further provided is a method of screening a peptide specifically targeting to a cancer stem cell. The method comprises the steps of establishing an oligopeptide library by using a phage expression system, contacting the library with a culture of bulk tumor cells of a cancer cell line, contacting the phages which do not bind to the bulk tumor cells with a culture of cancer stem cells of said cancer cell line, and screening a peptide specifically targeting to a cancer stem cell from the phages which bind to the cancer stem cells.
US09856286B2
The present invention relates generally to the compound: N-((4aS,6aR,6bS,8aR,12aS,14aR,14bS)-11-cyano-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-10,14-dioxo-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,12a,14,14a,14b-octadecahydropicen-4a-yl)-2,2-difluoropropanamide, polymorphic forms thereof, methods for preparation and use thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and kits and articles of manufacture thereof.
US09856277B2
The present invention relates to a method for the purification of lecithin, comprising the steps of (a) mixing lecithin with active carbon to form a dispersion; then (b) mixing an organic solvent into the dispersion; then (c) separating the active carbon and contaminants from the lecithin preferably through gravitational forces. The invention further relates to a lecithin substantially free of contaminants, and a food or feed product comprising said lecithin.
US09856274B2
Provided herein are substituted pyrazolopyridine compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, useful for the treatment of, for example, central nervous system and metabolic diseases and disorder.
US09856270B2
Dolutegravir potassium salt and solid state forms thereof are provided, as well as methods of making and interconverting these forms. The Dolutegravir potassium forms, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, may be used to treat subjects in need of medical treatment, such as for HIV infection.
US09856253B2
The invention provides tricyclic heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pro-drugs, biologically active metabolites, stereoisomers and isomers thereof wherein the variables are defined herein. The compounds of the invention may be useful for treating immunological and oncological conditions.
US09856252B2
Substituted benzimidazole and 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines or formula I: where X and Y respectively are selected from: (i) N and N; and (ii) N and CR4; A2 is selected from: a C5 heteroarylene group, containing 2 or 3 ring heteroatoms, where the bonds to L1 and the core are β to one another; L1 is selected from: (i) A1—O—CH2—A2; (ii) A1—CH2—O—A2; (iii) A1—C(═O)—NH—A2; (iv) A1—CH(OH)—A2; (v) A1—CH2—NH—C(═O)—A2; (vi) A1—S—CH2—A2; (vii) A1—CH2—S—A2; (viii) A1—CH2—A2; and (ix) A1—CH(CH3)—O—A2; A1 is phenyl, optionally substituted by F or CF3; their use as pharmaceuticals, and in particular, in treating cancer and hemoglobinopathies.
US09856247B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, M and X are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US09856245B2
Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating of disorders that are affected by the modulation of the GPR40 receptor. Such compounds are represented by Formula (III) as follows: wherein R1C, R2C, R4C, WC, YC, ZC, and GC, are defined herein.
US09856243B2
Provided are a condensed cyclic compound of Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same
US09856238B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, Ra, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, w and n1 are defined and described herein; compositions thereof; and methods of use thereof. These compounds are useful for treating a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as those described herein.
US09856237B2
Provided is a novel pyrazine derivative represented by the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof which is useful for treating or preventing diseases in which URAT1 is involved, including gout, hyperuricemia, hypertension, renal diseases such as interstitial nephritis and the like, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, and the like.
US09856218B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to PRMT5 inhibitors, including optionally substituted N-alkyl-9H-carbazole analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds; synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders of uncontrolled cellular proliferation and benign hematologic diseases using the compounds and 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.
US09856217B2
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of (1R,5S)-1-(naphthalen-2-yl)-3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane hydrochloride and compositions comprising the same and methods of making and using the same.
US09856212B1
The present disclosure relates to acaricide, specifically to a kind of biphenyl compounds and uses thereof. The general formula I is as follows: wherein: each substituent is defined as that in the description. The compounds of the general formula I show high acaricidal activities and can be used for controlling various harmful mites.
US09856210B2
The present invention provides a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, containing a 1,3-diphenylurea derivative or multikinase inhibitor.
US09856208B2
A method for producing an arene with an aromatic C—N bond ortho to an aromatic C—O bond from a hydroxy arene comprising said aromatic C—O bond is provided. This method comprising the steps a) ortho-oxygenating the hydroxy arene to produce an ortho-quinone, b) condensating the ortho-quinone with a nitrogen nucleophile to generate a compound of Formula (IVa) or (IVb), and c) allowing 1,5-hydrogen atom shift of the compound of Formula (IVa) or (IVb), thereby producing arenes with a C—N bond ortho to a C—O bond of Formula (Va) and (Vb), respectively:
US09856199B2
The present invention relates to a process for reacting isopulegol to menthone in the gas phase and to the use of the reaction products thus prepared as additives in foods, cosmetics, pharmaceutical products, tobacco formulations, household products, and laundry care products.
US09856192B2
A method for preparing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, including: providing a first reactor including a first section, a second section, and a third section, with each section being filled with different catalysts, preheating hexafluoropropylene and hydrogen, and introducing the hexafluoropropylene and the hydrogen to the first reactor to yield a first mixture including: 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane, and hydrogen fluoride; introducing the first mixture to a first distillation column to yield 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane at a top of the first distillation column and 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane and hydrogen fluoride at a bottom of the first distillation column, recycling the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane to a lower part of the first section of the first reactor, and introducing the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane and the hydrogen fluoride to a second reactor to yield a second mixture including: 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, hydrogen fluoride, and 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane; and performing water washing, alkaline washing, drying, and distillation on the second mixture to yield 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
US09856190B2
A separating material superior to conventional separating materials, and a separation method are provided, with which 1,3-butadiene is selectively separated and recovered from a mixed gas including 1,3-butadiene and C4 hydrocarbons other than 1,3-butadiene. A metal complex, which comprises a dicarboxylic acid compound (I) (see (I) below) represented by general formula (I), an ion of a metal such as beryllium, and a bipyridyl compound (II) represented by general formula (II), namely L-Z-L (II) (see (L) below), is characterized by including, as the dicarboxylic acid compound (I), at least two different dicarboxylic acid compounds (I). The metal complex is used as a 1,3-butadiene separating material. Formula (I) L is represented by any of the compounds below. Formula (L).
US09856189B2
Methods and compositions are provided for refining natural oils and for producing high-weight esters, high-weight acids, and/or high-weight derivatives thereof, wherein the compositions are made by cross-metathesizing low-weight unsaturated esters or low-weight unsaturated acids having hydrocarbon chain lengths less than or equal to C24 with an olefin feedstock, thereby forming a metathesized product composition including high-weight esters or high-weight acids having hydrocarbon chain lengths greater than C18, wherein at least a portion of the hydrocarbon chain lengths in the metathesized product are larger than the hydrocarbon chain lengths in the starting feedstock.
US09856182B2
A method of conducting radiofluorination of a substrate, includes: (a) contacting an aqueous solution of [18F] fluoride with a polymer supported phosphazene base for sufficient time for trapping of [18F] fluoride on the polymer supported phosphazene base; and (b) contacting a solution of the substrate with the polymer supported phosphazene base having [18F] fluoride trapped thereon obtained in step (a) for sufficient time for a radiofluorination reaction to take place.
US09856181B1
The present invention is a red-light-emitting composition based upon a potassium periodate oxidizer formulation, which is useful as the illuminant in the US military's M662 40 mm red star parachute projectile, and which composition is composed of readily commercially available ingredients—ingredients that are environmentally friendly. Further, the subject inventive potassium periodate formulation provides significant enhanced illumination and safety versus the current military M662 illuminant which is based upon potassium perchlorate oxidizer formulation.
US09856177B2
Porous ceramic honeycomb articles for use as particulate filters and processes for making the same are described herein. The porous ceramic honeycomb articles include a fired cordierite body. The fired cordierite body has a microcrack parameter (Nb3) of about 0.05 to about 0.25 prior to exposure to a microcracking condition. After exposure to the microcracking condition, the fired cordierite body has a microcrack parameter (Nb3) at least 20% greater than the microcrack parameter prior to exposure to the microcracking condition. The fired cordierite body has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of about 7.0×10−7/° C. to about 15.0×10−7/° C. over from about 25° C. to about 800° C. prior to exposure to the microcracking condition and a coefficient of thermal expansion of about 1.0×10−7/° C. to about 10.0×10−7/° C. over from about 25° C. to about 800° C. after exposure to the microcracking condition. The microcrack parameter may include a thermal cycle or a chemical treatment.
US09856172B2
Compositions including cement and an additive and methods for making compositions and/or concrete mixtures including a cement and an additive are provided.
US09856169B2
Disclosed are lost circulation treatment fluids and methods of sealing lost circulation zones. Embodiments include a lost circulation treatment fluid comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and water.
US09856165B2
A leucite glass-ceramic is prepared from a glass comprising: about 66.8 to about 71.9 mol % of SiO2, about 8.5 to about 10.6 mol % of Al2O3, about 9.5 to about 12.8 mol % of K2O, about 0.5 to about 4.0 mol % of CaO, about 0 to about 3.0 mol % of TiO2, about 1.8 to about 4.0 mol % of Na2O, about 0.1 to about 6.0 mol % of Li2O, about 0 to about 1.0 mol % of MgO, about 0 to about 3.0 mol % of Nb2O5, and about 0 to about 3.0 mol % of B2O3. The leucite glass-ceramic is prepared by subjecting the glass components to a nucleation heat treatment, followed by a growth heat treatment. The leucite glass-ceramic may be used in the fabrication of a Dental restoration using various processes, and may be used in the construction of Dental restorations such as ceramic Dental inlays, crowns, veneers, bridges, veneering materials for zirconium oxide restoration substrates, alumina oxide restoration substrates, or metal restoration substrates.
US09856151B2
A method and system for treating oilfield produced water is disclosed. The method includes passing oilfield produced water through a chain of filters, first filter configured to filter particles of a size larger than 10 μm from the water, a second filter configured to filter remaining particles of a size larger than 2 μm from the water and a third filter configured to filter remaining particles of a size larger than 0.5 μm from the water and automatically cleaning at least one of the filters.
US09856149B2
It discloses a vanadium-titanium compound material with high thermal stability and high activity and a preparation method thereof. The vanadium-titanium compound material is mainly composed of vanadium oxide and titanium oxide, where the content of vanadium oxide is 0.5% to 30% by mass of the vanadium-titanium compound material, and the crystal form of titanium oxide in the vanadium-titanium compound material is one of anatase and TiO2(B) or a mixture thereof.
US09856144B2
A nitrous acid generator includes a treatment vessel having an inner space being capable of holding a liquid; a gas supplier supplying a gas to the inner space such that the gas forms a bubble in the liquid, the gas containing oxygen and nitrogen; a plasma generator including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a power supply for applying a voltage therebetween, the plasma generator generating plasma in the bubble, the plasma producing nitrogen oxide including nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide; a gas-liquid contact member to which the nitrogen oxide and the liquid are introduced from the treatment vessel, the gas-liquid contact member causing the nitrogen oxide to be dissolved in the liquid while the nitrogen oxide and the liquid pass through the gas-liquid contact member; and a cooler cooling the nitrogen oxide and the liquid while the nitrogen oxide and the liquid pass through the gas-liquid contact member.
US09856141B2
A method of producing syngas comprising receiving raw syngas from a gasification unit; introducing the raw syngas and water to a syngas scrubber to produce unshifted syngas; introducing a first portion of unshifted syngas to a first cooling unit to produce cooled unshifted syngas and a first aqueous condensate comprising cyanide in an amount of 5-200 ppmw; recycling the first aqueous condensate to the syngas scrubber; introducing a second portion of unshifted syngas to a water gas shift unit to produce shifted syngas; introducing the shifted syngas to a second cooling unit to produce cooled shifted syngas and a second aqueous condensate comprising cyanide in an amount of less than 2.5 ppmw; contacting the cooled shifted syngas with the cooled unshifted syngas to produce modified syngas; and introducing the second aqueous condensate to a sour water stripper to produce stripped water and an acid gas comprising H2S, CO2, and ammonia.
US09856140B2
A substrate plate is provided for at least one MEMS device to be mounted thereon. The MEMS device has a certain footprint on the substrate plate, and the substrate plate has a pattern of electrically conductive leads to be connected to electric components of the MEMS device. The pattern forms contact pads within the footprint of the MEMS device and includes at least one lead structure that extends on the substrate plate outside of the footprint of the MEMS device and connects a number of the contact pads to an extra contact pad. The lead structure is a shunt bar that interconnects a plurality of contact pads of the MEMS device and is arranged to be removed by means of a dicing cut separating the substrate plate into a plurality of chip-sized units. At least a major part of the extra contact pad is formed within the footprint of one of the MEMS devices.
US09856129B2
Described herein is a fuel authorization program that vehicles enrolled in the fuel authorization program to provide fuel tank sensor data in each fuel authorization request, so that an amount of fuel authorized will be limited to the amount needed to fill the vehicle's fuel tank, reducing a likelihood that fuel will be diverted. In at least some embodiments, the fuel authorization controller at the vehicle automatically uses the fuel tank sensor data and known tank size to include in a fuel authorization request sent to a fuel vendor data defining how much fuel is required to fill the vehicle fuel tanks. In at least some embodiments, the fuel vendor consults data from a source other than the vehicle (such as records maintained by the fuel authorization program) to determine how large the vehicles fuel tanks are, and to calculate how much fuel is required.
US09856125B2
A filling element includes a filling-element housing and a liquid-carrying duct formed therein that ends in an opening for discharging liquid product into a container. A liquid valve controls flow through the duct. During filling, a return-gas tube extends into the container's interior. An actuator uses the gas tube as a valve tappet to open and close the liquid valve. As it moves the gas tube up and down, the actuator simultaneously controls a first control-valve that controls flow between the return-gas tube and a gas-chamber. The gas chamber is configured for conducting away return gas forced out of the container's interior by incoming filling product during filling thereof, for imposing a filling pressure in the container's interior, for flushing said container's interior with a flushing gas, or for evacuating the container's interior.
US09856121B2
A crane characterized in that it comprises a lower vertical boom (10) and an upper horizontal boom (12), mutually connected through a joint element (20), in that the lowest part of the vertical boom is connected through a pedestal (14), the pedestal further comprising a slew ring for rotating of the crane about a vertical axis (16), and a tension rod (22) is arranged between the pedestal and the joint element in a distance from the vertical boom and mainly parallel to this in a normal position of the crane.
US09856118B1
The present invention relates to a lifting hook assembly establishing a lifting hook posture detection carrier, and a crane. A section having two side connecting plates is connected in series between a moving pulley component and a lifting hook component to form a three-section lifting hook assembly. A platform surface perpendicular to a lifting force line of action of the pulley component or a straight line parallel to the lifting force line of action of the pulley component may be established on the connecting plates. The advantageous effect of the present invention is: in addition to bearing a lifting weight, the present invention accurately detects a lifting hook deviation posture via the platform surface or the parallel straight line.
US09856115B2
A system for cleaning and conditioning handrails. A cleaning pad is curved to approximate the shape of a handrail, and is disposed on an arm. The arm may be mounted on a support structure, allowing it to be rolled up to an escalator handrail and left to do the cleaning while the escalator runs. When mounted, the arm may include a spring or piston to keep the arm in a particular position. A second cleaning pad may be included to dry or polish the handrail, the handrail going first through the cleaning pad and second through the drying pad. The arm may be hand-held, allowing a user to reach up or down steps or an incline. The cleaning pad may be mounted such that it rotates about the arm for storage, maintenance or better reach, such as around bends or corners.
US09856112B1
A linear actuator assembly having a flexible tether that runs along a guide track. The flexible tether has a first segment and a second segment, wherein a predetermined tension exists in the flexible tether. A restraining mechanism is coupled to the flexible tether that automatically engages the guide track when the tension in the flexible tether drops below a predetermined threshold. Accordingly, if the flexible tether were to break, the load carried by the linear actuator would lock in place and would not fall under the force of its weight.
US09856107B2
Method for handling erroneous calls in an elevator system, which includes at least one elevator, call-giving devices for registering calls on the floor levels and/or in the elevator car, and also a control system that responds to the aforementioned calls. One or more calls given by a passenger are registered, it is assessed on the basis of at least one criterion whether some call is erroneous, and at least one corrective action is performed for removing a call, or for rectifying the call data of a call, if the call is ascertained to be erroneous on the basis of the aforementioned criterion.
US09856102B2
The rewinding machine includes a first winding cradle, formed between a first winding roller, a second winding roller and a third winding roller and a second winding cradle formed between the first winding roller, the second winding roller and a fourth winding roller. The first winding roller and the second winding roller define a nip through which nip the winding cores, around which the web material is found, pass and the web material is fed towards a roll being formed in the second winding cradle. A severing member is furthermore provided, acting on the web material between a winding core and the nip, to sever the web material thus generating a tail edge of a completed roll and a leading edge of a new roll to be wound.
US09856097B1
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes at least one bracket and at least one vibrator. The at least one bracket is configured to be mounted to a pallet adjacent to a stack of panels disposed on the pallet. The at least one vibrator is attached to the at least one bracket and configured to induce vibration on the stack of panels to disrupt an adhesive bond between adjacent panels in the stack of panels.
US09856095B2
A precision machining/measurement device and a robot that conveys a workpiece to the device are covered by a cover, and a space covered by the cover is partitioned by a partition cover into a space where the precision machining/measurement device is installed and a space where the robot is installed. When a temperature inside the space where the robot is installed falls within a predetermined temperature range, a door provided in the partition cover is opened, and the robot supplies the workpiece to the precision machining/measurement device through the opened door.
US09856092B2
A system, method and an end effector may arrange into a group two articles within a stream of articles moving spaced apart and in a line in a conveying direction on a conveyor. The system, method, and end effector may contact and slow the more downstream of the two articles and then contact the more upstream of the two articles without substantially slowing the more upstream article to form the group. The end effector may include a downstream stop portion for contacting at least one of the articles.
US09856085B1
A concrete accessory for use with a ready mix chute comprises a funnel shaped hopper. The hopper has a wide upper opening of a size corresponding to that of a ready mix chute and tapering to a narrow lower opening. The hopper has a seamless inner surface and a pair of hollow aligned receptacles on opposite sides of the hopper and extending outwardly therefrom proximate the upper opening. An elongate rod has a length greater than the spacing between the aligned hollow receptacles to be received therein. A hanger assembly removably attaches the rod to a ready mix chute, in use, to support the hopper below the chute.
US09856079B2
A retainer mechanism for actively securing a lid (holding and maintaining content) of a container even if the container is overfilled and for passively (and automatically) self-releasing the lid to fully open when and as a result of the container appropriately titled to a particular orientation for unhindered, unobstructed emptying of the container.
US09856078B2
The various embodiments herein provide a smart garbage container with animal deterrence mechanism. The smart garbage container comprises a plurality of shock absorber rings and an animal deterrent. The plurality of shock absorber rings is placed at strategically selected places in the garbage container prone to mishandling. The animal deterrent is attached to a longitudinal body surface of the garbage container. The strategically selected places primarily comprise a junction between a lower container body and a container cap, and a base of the garbage container.
US09856072B1
A mixing and dispensing device comprising an outer casing including a body portion, a handle portion, and a nozzle portion with a nozzle. A mixing manifold disposed in the body portion including a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the nozzle. Canisters within the body portion each including a valve connected to the mixing manifold movable between preventing and providing fluid communication between the canister and the mixing chamber. A trigger disposed within the handle portion and configured to move from a trigger passive to dispensing position causing the valves of each canister to move from a valve passive position to the valve dispensing position. A pull safety including a central cover and a tail tip removably disposed on the outer casing such that the central cover occludes the nozzle and the tail tip prevents movement of the trigger from the trigger passive position to the trigger dispensing position.
US09856070B2
An aerosol spray device comprising a pressurized or pressurizable container and a spray discharge assembly mounted on the container. The spray discharge assembly comprises a valve stem moveable from a first limit position to a second limit position to effect spray discharge from the device, a spray outlet region having an outlet orifice from which fluid from the container is discharged, and a flow conduit for supplying fluid from the container to the spray outlet region. The flow conduit has at least one first inlet for liquid from the container and at least one second inlet at the same distance along the conduit as the first inlet(s) or downstream of the first inlet(s) for propellant gas from a headspace of the container. A valving arrangement is adapted such that movement of the valve stem from its first to second limit position opens the first and the second inlets to cause a bubble laden flow to be created in the flow conduit and movement of the valve stem back to its first limit position closes the first and second inlets.
US09856068B2
An adjustable thermally insulating beverage jacket has two fastener portions disposed at opposite ends of a flexible body portion, which can be attached to each other in order to accommodate a beverage container. The flexible body portion is made of a thermally insulating material to keep beverages cold or warm. A handle insertion portion at one end of the flexible body portion allows use with beverage containers that have handles. A base connected to the bottom edge of the flexible body portion provides a support surface for the bottom of the beverage container.
