US09965595B2
A method of administering insulin includes receiving blood glucose measurements of a patient at a data processing device from a glucometer. The blood glucose measurements are separated by a time interval. The method also includes receiving patient information at the data processing device and selecting a subcutaneous insulin treatment from a collection of subcutaneous insulin treatments. The selection is based on the blood glucose measurements and the patient information. The selection includes one or more of a subcutaneous standard program, a subcutaneous program without meal boluses, a meal-by-meal subcutaneous program without carbohydrate counting, a meal-by-meal subcutaneous program with carbohydrate counting, and a subcutaneous program for non-diabetic patients. The method also includes executing, using the data processing device, the selected subcutaneous insulin treatment.
US09965593B2
Measurement of circulating ST2 and natriuretic peptide (e.g., NT-proBNP) concentrations is useful for the prognostic evaluation of subjects, in particular for the prediction of adverse clinical outcomes, e.g., mortality, transplantation, and heart failure.
US09965591B2
Systems (10) for the simulation of percutaneous medical procedures are disclosed. The systems can include a simulated vasculature including a first component (24) configured to allow for introduction of a medical device into the system through an introductory port, a second component (14) connected to the first component and shaped to simulate a portion of a human vasculature, and a third component (18) connected to the second component and shaped to simulate a delivery site for the medical procedure. The system can be configured to allow for a medical device to be delivered to the third component by passing through the introductory port of the first component and passing through the second component. The system can be configured to replicate simulated conditions of use for the medical procedure. Methods for simulating a percutaneous medical procedure using a simulated vasculature are also disclosed.
US09965586B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for processing macromolecule sequencing data with substantial noise reduction. In one aspect, a method for reducing noise in a sequential measurement of a macromolecule comprising serial subunits includes cross-correlating multiple measured signals of a physical property of subunits of interest of the macromolecule, the multiple measured signals including the time data associated with the measurement of the signal, to remove or at least reduce signal noise that is not in the same frequency and in phase with the systematic signal contribution of the measured signals.
US09965582B2
A system and method determine a size and a shape for identical geodesic modules that are used to form a structure. The system and method may include analyzing input data regarding a size and a shape of the structure to be formed, and determining the size and the shape for each of the identical geodesic modules based on the size and the shape of the structure to be formed. The structure may include a framework including the identical geodesic modules. Each of the geodesic modules has a size and a shape that are the same as all of the other of the geodesic modules. A forming system and method position a framework and a covering skin of the structure in relation to a mandrel, and drill and rivet the framework to the covering skin with a plurality of operating heads.
US09965580B2
A method and apparatus for ranking combinations of mutants, test cases and random seeds in mutation testing, comprising obtaining, based on a signal of a test case target, logic gates related to the signal of the test case target and mutants on the related logic gates, for a compiled integrated circuit under test; calculating distances between the mutants and the signal of the test case target; performing a circuit simulation on the compiled integrated circuit under test to obtain activation cycle numbers corresponding to combinations of the mutants, test cases and random seeds; obtaining activation cycle number variances corresponding to combinations of the mutants and the test cases; and ranking the combinations of the mutants, the test cases and the random seeds based on the distances, the activation cycle numbers and the activation cycle number variances. The invention can reduce the probability that the mutation simulation selects equivalent mutants.
US09965579B2
A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit, a system for carrying out the method, and a system for verifying an integrated circuit may use a standard cell layout including a first layout region that may violate design rules. The method for designing an integrated circuit may comprise receiving a data file that includes a scaling enhanced circuit layout, and designing a first standard cell layout using design rules and the data file. The designing the first standard cell layout may include designing a first layout region of the first standard cell layout using the data file, and designing a second region of the first standard cell layout using the design rules.
US09965578B2
A method for improving a lithographic process for imaging a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic projection apparatus comprising a patterning device, wherein the patterning device deforms from a first state to a second state, the method comprising: determining a deformation of the patterning device from the first state to the second state; determining a compensatory design layout from the design layout and the deformation; wherein the compensatory design layout is such that when the compensatory design layout is generated on the patterning device in the first state, the deformation of the patterning device deforms the compensatory design layout to the design layout.
US09965576B2
A method includes receiving a register-transfer-level description and a gate-level description for an integrated circuit design. The gate-level description includes one or more spare latches implemented as reconfigurable latch filler cells. The method further includes receiving an engineering change order, and, responsive to the engineering change order, adding the at least one additional latch to the register-transfer-level description and, for at least one of the at least one additional latch, selecting one of the one or more spare latches in the register-transfer-level description to yield a selected spare latch. The method further includes, for the selected spare latch, identifying a selected reconfigurable latch filler cell in the gate-level description and replacing the selected reconfigurable latch filler cell with an operational latch in the gate-level description. The method further includes finalizing the integrated circuit design. A corresponding computer program product and computer systems are also disclosed.
US09965574B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for performing a finite element simulation. Embodiments of the present invention determine accurate contact simulations. A method according to the principles of the present invention begins by obtaining a first finite element model and a first computer aided design (CAD) model that the first finite element model represents. Next, a finite element simulation is performed using at least the first finite element model and the first CAD model. According to an embodiment of the present invention, performing the finite element simulation comprises determining one or more variations between the first finite element model and the first CAD model.
US09965572B1
A system for collaborating on a component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a computing device configured to execute a first multi-user CAx environment including a synchronization module. The synchronization module is configured to selectively cause a display module at a first multi-user CAx environment to display data corresponding to changes to at least one subcomponent feature relating to an assembly model caused by a second multi-user CAx environment during an assembly session when at least one predetermined criterion is met. A method for collaborating on a component design is also disclosed.
US09965571B2
A method of recambering an aerofoil section. A position on one of the surfaces that intersects with a passage shock between adjacent aerofoils is determined and then projected as a shock position onto the camber line. A shock region encompassing the shock position and extending in a chordal direction towards the leading and trailing edges is defined. The camber line is recalculated in an upstream region using semi-inverse design. The camber line is extrapolated across the shock region to match a geometric criterion. The camber line is recalculated in a downstream region using semi-inverse design.
US09965565B2
Generating a 2D barcode includes acquiring private information input by a user and sending the private information to a server through a network. The method includes receiving an information access address returned through the network by the server, and generating a 2D barcode including the information access address. The method further includes acquiring a 2D barcode including an information access address and scanning the 2D barcode to obtain the information access address included in the 2D barcode, the information access address being for accessing private information. The method further includes sending the information access address to a server through a network, and receiving the private information returned through the network by the server, and using the private information as a reading result of the 2D barcode.
US09965564B2
A method of accessing equipment status information in a data center includes detecting, by a mobile computing device, a fiduciary marker within at least one image captured by an image capture device, decoding the equipment identification data from the fiduciary marker, providing the equipment identification data to a data center management system for the data center through a communications network, receiving status information for the piece of equipment from the data center management system through the communication network, and displaying the status information on a display screen of the mobile computing device. The fiduciary marker is configured to contain encoded equipment identification data associated with a piece of equipment.
US09965563B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a process that reduces a sampling size of a total population of on-line social network users based on a comparison of seed information to a population of on-line social network users. The reduced sampling of on-line social network users is compared to a social graph of the on-line social network users, wherein the social graph is obtained from an algorithm applied to the reduced sampling of the on-line social network users. An outlier is determined in the reduced sampling of on-line social network users based on a characterizing of a cluster of social network users. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09965553B2
A method builds a personality of a user agent that is based on verbal and nonverbal communication preferences of a person. The user agent executes a search request from a user and displays results to the search request based on the personality of the user agent opposed to a personality of the user.
US09965552B2
A system and method are disclosed for retrieving audio segments from a spoken document. The spoken document preferably is one having moderate word error rates such as telephone calls or teleconferences. The method comprises converting speech associated with a spoken document into a lattice representation and indexing the lattice representation of speech. These steps are performed typically off-line. Upon receiving a query from a user, the method further comprises searching the indexed lattice representation of speech and returning retrieved audio segments from the spoken document that match the user query.
US09965550B2
A method by a computer includes receiving a search query from a user equipment, where the search query defines a logical combination of terms to be searched within a defined interval of records of a log stream. An estimate is generated for the number of occurrences of the logical combination of terms in the defined interval of records. A message containing the estimate for the number of occurrences of the logical combination of terms in the defined interval of records is communicated toward the user equipment.
US09965547B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide for extraction data from one or more repositories in response to an electronic search order including a text-based input string, a list of jurisdictions, and a list of international classes. Conditional logic of one or more rules is executed to process the search order, and the search order is transformed into one or more queries based on execution of the conditional logic of the one or more rules. A set of data is retrieved from the one or more repositories using the one or more queries to generate search results, where the set of trademarks retrieved can be limited to the list of jurisdictions and the list of international classes identified in the search order. At least a portion of the search results are transmitted to a user computing device to be rendered in a graphical user interface of a display device associated with the user computing device.
US09965533B2
A reverse API system is provided wherein data retrieved from disparate data sources, including legacy information in obsolete formats, are standardized and combined. An interactive text editor software tool allows an administrator to compose or edit standardization schema that include data source formulas which identify the data locations and any needed access protocols and that also include standardization functions which define transformations and other data handling instructions whereby retrieved data is standardized, unified and optionally enhanced by the system prior to delivery to a requestor. Requestors invoke the composed schema stored in a library, which invocation then triggers the retrieval and standardization of the data by the system executing the data source formulas and standardization functions associated with that selected schema.
US09965530B2
A computing device may include a presence-sensitive display, at least one processor, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard including a plurality of keys and a suggestion region; determine, based on a selection of the suggestion region or one or more keys from the plurality of keys, a search query; retrieve one or more search results determined based on the search query; and output, in place of at least a portion of the graphical keyboard, a visual representation of a particular search result of the one or more search results.
US09965527B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and data manager computing device comprises retrieving a time series data of a monitored asset based on one or more tags in response to a request. Further, a heterogeneous data based on the one or more tags is retrieved. Furthermore, a cause of an anomaly period in retrieved time series data of the monitored asset is determined based on the retrieved heterogeneous data. Finally, the determined cause of the anomaly period in the time series data in the monitored asset is provided.
US09965522B2
Disclosed is a technique for providing a linkage between applications, or other digital content, of an application store by assigning values to users of the digital content with respect to a particular user who is submitting a query for particular digital content. The technique involves receiving a query and identifying a subset of digital content based on the query and a word matching technique. For each identified digital content, users who have installed or downloaded the digital content may be determined. A reputation score, corresponding to a user's influence, and a trust score, corresponding to a degree of separation between the user who submitted the query and other users who have installed the digital content, may be computed for each of the users. A list of recommended applications may be generated based on the word matching technique, the reputation score, and the trust score.
US09965514B2
Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for real-time generation of temporal comparative and superlative analytics. For instance, certain example embodiments analyze real-time events to generate building blocks that are assemblable into natural language question templates. These natural language question templates, which may include natural language phrases and templated fields, may be comparative or superlative in nature. User selectable options or parameters may be inserted in place of the templated fields, and complete questions, including user selections and the comparative or superlative, may be translated into a formal query language for execution on the real-time data source. In certain example embodiments, a GUI may enable users to build pre-constructed questions with selectable parameters.
US09965508B1
Some embodiments provide a program that identifies an entity having an entity attribute. The program receives, from each method of several methods, a set of candidate identity attributes that are each for identifying a particular entity having the entity attribute specified in the document. Each method of the several methods generates the corresponding set of candidate identity attributes based on the entity attribute specified in a document. The program calculates a score for each candidate identity attribute in the sets of candidate identity attributes. The program identifies, based on the sets of scores, an identity attribute from the sets of candidate identity attributes that identifies the entity having the entity attribute specified in the document.
US09965504B2
Loading of table metadata into memory of an in-memory database is initiated. The table metadata is persisted across pages in a page chain. Thereafter, a plurality of metadata objects are materialized into memory that each include an object handle pinning an underlying persisted page in the page chain. The objects are populated with data from the underlying persisted pages. Subsequently, for one to many object relationships, a vector of object handles is generated that comprises a plurality of transient handles that each point to a different instance of a respective transient object. Alternatively, for one to one object relationships or many to one object relationships, an object handle to point to a respective linked object is generated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09965493B2
An image processing system may include an imaging device for capturing an image and an image processing apparatus for processing the image. The imaging device may include an imaging unit for capturing the image, a first recording unit for recording information relating to the image, the information being associated with the image, and a first transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the image to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus may include a reception control unit for controlling reception of the image transmitted from the imaging device, a feature extracting unit for extracting a feature of the received image, a second recording unit for recording the feature, extracted from the image, the feature being associated with the image, and a second transmission control unit for controlling transmission of the feature to the imaging device.
US09965489B2
Technology is disclosed for performing a priority synchronization of a computing device to download a selected set of data files to the computing device from a distributed backup system. Data files are downloaded to a computing device by synchronizing the computing device with a server of the distributed backup system. A priority sync downloads a subset of the data files (“priority files”) rather than all of the data files of the user, thereby minimizing the computing resources consumed to download the data files. The priority sync can select the priority files based on various criteria, including an access pattern of the data files, attributes of the data files, or attributes of the computing device. The priority sync can also download the data files not identified as priority files (“non-priority files”). While the priority files are downloaded in their original format, the non-priority files are downloaded in a downgraded format.
US09965471B2
A system and method for capturing a location based experience at an event including a plurality of mobile devices having a camera employed near a point of interest to capture random, crowdsourced images and associated metadata near said point of interest. In a preferred form, the images include depth camera information from prepositioned devices around the point of interest during the event. A network communicates images, depth information, and metadata to build a 3D model of the region, preferably with the location of contributors known. Users connect to this experience platform to view the 3D model from a user selected location and orientation and to participate in experiences with, for example, a social network.
US09965470B1
Technologies are described herein for extracting quotes from customer reviews for a collection of items in order to provide salient comments for a particular item and/or upsell the collection. Individual sentences contained the customer reviews regarding the collection of items are parsed into a collection of sentences. A list of topics is generated from the collection of sentences, and each sentence in is assigned to one or more of the topics. A number of the topics from the list of topics are identified as related to the particular item, and quotes are extracted from the sentences assigned to the identified topics to be displayed as customer reviews of the particular item. Similarly, a number of topics in the list of topics are identified as related to a customer satisfaction with the collection of items, and quotes are extracted from the sentences assigned to the identified topics to be displayed in conjunction with an offer to upsell the collection of items.
US09965462B2
In some embodiments, a user expresses his/her sentiment in a message, blog post, social media post, or other online communication and explicitly identifies that sentiment with a symbol (such as an asterisk). This explicitly identified sentiment is recorded in a database of individual and public opinions.
US09965457B2
A method of determining placement of an input indicator on an electronic fillable form may include identifying, by an electronic device, a confidence map associated with an electronic fillable form. The confidence map may include, for one or more fillable fields of the electronic fillable form, a set of coordinates that define an area associated with each of one or more zones. The method may include receiving, by the electronic device, a selection of a portion of the electronic fillable form associated with one or more selection coordinates of the electronic fillable form, identifying a zone to which the selection coordinates correspond, and causing an input indicator to be displayed in a fill zone associated with the identified zone.
US09965454B2
A computing device receives one or more indications of user input to enter a character string. In response, the computing device determines, based on a corpus that includes punctuated character strings previously entered by a user of the computing device, one or more punctuated versions of the character string. Each of the one or more punctuated versions of the character string includes one or more punctuation marks not present in the character string. The computing device outputs, for display, at least one of the one or more punctuated versions of the character string.
US09965449B2
Systems and methods include instantiating an application on first and second display devices. The application includes objects and an integrated wiki module. The integrated wiki module includes object wiki pages associated with the objects. The first display device is controlled to display a control module when an object is displayed thereon and to display an object wiki page in response to receiving a selection of the control module. The object wiki page includes content associated with the object. Instructions are received to change the content included in the object wiki page. The second display device is controlled to display the control module when the object is displayed on the second display device and to display the object wiki page including the changed content in response to receiving a selection of the control module after receiving the instructions to change the content.
US09965444B2
A vector graphics classification engine and associated method for classifying vector graphics in a fixed format document is described herein and illustrated in the accompanying figures. The vector graphics classification engine defines a pipeline for categorizing vector graphics parsed from the fixed format document as font, text, paragraph, table, and page effects, such as shading, borders, underlines, and strikethroughs. Vector graphics that are not otherwise classified are designated as basic graphics. By sequencing the detection operations in a selected order, misclassification is minimized or eliminated.
US09965435B2
Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include communicating low-speed and high-speed parallel bit streams over a high-speed serial bus. In one aspect, a data transmitting circuit converts a low-speed parallel bit stream into a high-speed parallel bit stream and then serializes the converted high-speed parallel bit stream based on a high-speed reference frequency. In another aspect, a data receiving circuit recovers the low-speed parallel bit stream from the high-speed parallel bit stream if the low-speed parallel bit stream is determined to exist in the high-speed parallel bit stream. By serializing and deserializing the low-speed parallel bit stream based on the high-speed reference frequency, it is possible to communicate the high-speed parallel bit stream and the low-speed parallel bit stream over the high-speed serial bus without requiring additional serializers and deserializers, thus reducing component costs and implementation complexities in both the transmitting circuit and the receiving circuit.
US09965434B2
Proposed is an action machine for processing packet data in a network processor. The action machine comprises: first and second data storage units adapted to store data for processing; and a processing unit adapted to process data from the first and second data storage units. The first storage unit is adapted to be accessed by the processing unit and a unit external to the action machine, and the second storage unit is adapted to only be accessed by the processing unit.
US09965431B2
In certain information handling system environments, physical devices connected to a client are redirected to a server or other information handling system. The time to redirect a universal serial bus (USB) mass storage device may be lengthy given that the same metadata must be read several times. Arrival time of a redirected USB mass storage device may be decreased by collecting the complete metadata at the client and transmitting that complete metadata to the server. The server builds a metadata cache to store the metadata received from the client. Efficiencies are achieved by caching the complete metadata associated with the redirected device at the server instead of making repeated transactions requesting the same metadata from the client.
US09965415B2
Provided are a memory device and a memory bank comprising a split local data bus, and a segmented global data bus coupled to local data bus. Provided also is a method comprising, receiving a signal from a split local data bus, and transmitting the signal to a segmented global data bus coupled to local data bus. Provided also is a computational device that includes the memory device and the memory bank, and optionally one or more of a display, a network interface, and a battery.
US09965410B2
Priority-based data communication over multiple communication buses is disclosed. In this regard, an electronic device is communicatively coupled to a first communication bus and a second communication bus. The electronic device is configured to detect communication signals communicated over the first communication bus and the second communication bus. If the communication signals are detected on both the first communication bus and the second communication bus, the electronic device is further configured to protect data received over the second communication bus from being overwritten by data received over the first communication bus. By configuring the electronic device to support multiple communication buses, it is possible to configure one of the multiple communication buses as a priority communication bus, thus allowing time-critical communications to be carried out over the priority communication bus in a timely manner without preempting ongoing communications on other communication buses.
US09965408B2
Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric input/output interfaces for memory are disclosed. An example apparatus may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be configured to receive first data signals having a first voltage swing and having a first slew rate. The transmitter may be configured to provide second data signals having a second voltage swing and having a second slew rate, wherein the first and second voltage swings are different, and wherein the first and second slew rates are different.
US09965402B2
In some embodiments, a memory initialization detection process includes detecting a read instruction of a program, where the read instruction addresses a particular memory location, and where data corresponding to the particular memory location is cached in a particular cache line of a memory cache. The memory initialization detection process further includes determining, based on metadata stored in the memory cache, that a section of the particular cache line does not store valid data of the program. The memory initialization detection process further includes obtaining validity data from the section of the particular cache line. The memory initialization detection process further includes determining, based on the validity data, whether the read instruction is authorized to proceed.
US09965394B2
A method for selectively compressing data in a data storage system is provided. Data storage system cache memory is arranged into multiple input/output (IO) cache macroblocks, wherein a first set of IO cache macroblocks are configured as compressed IO cache macroblocks storing a plurality of variable sized compressed IO data blocks, and a second set of IO cache macroblocks are configured as non-compressed IO cache macroblocks storing a plurality of fixed sized non-compressed IO data blocks. An IO activity level of IO data blocks stored in IO cache macroblocks is determined. Multiple macroblock groups are created which correspond to a particular IO activity level. IO data blocks are arranged into macroblocks belonging to a macroblock category according to data block IO activity level. Each macroblock group is compressed, wherein compressing includes selecting a compression algorithm based on the macroblock category. The macroblocks are written to corresponding macroblocks in persistent storage.
US09965392B2
Existing multiprocessor computing systems often have insufficient memory coherency and, consequently, are unable to efficiently utilize separate memory systems. Specifically, a CPU cannot effectively write to a block of memory and then have a GPU access that memory unless there is explicit synchronization. In addition, because the GPU is forced to statically split memory locations between itself and the CPU, existing multiprocessor computing systems are unable to efficiently utilize the separate memory systems. Embodiments described herein overcome these deficiencies by receiving a notification within the GPU that the CPU has finished processing data that is stored in coherent memory, and invalidating data in the CPU caches that the GPU has finished processing from the coherent memory. Embodiments described herein also include dynamically partitioning a GPU memory into coherent memory and local memory through use of a probe filter.
US09965391B2
A first threshold number of cache lines may be fetched to populate each of the ways of a first cache set of a higher level cache and each of the ways of a first cache set of a lower level cache. A second threshold number of cache lines may be fetched to map to the first cache set of the higher level cache and a second cache set of the lower level cache. The first threshold number of cache lines may be accessed from the second from the first cache set of the lower level cache.
US09965389B2
Embodiments provide adaptive storage management for optimizing multi-tier data storage. A storage manager may interact with storage decision advisors. The manager may adaptively make storage management decisions (e.g., flush, evict, recall, delete) after considering recommendations from and the credibility of the storage decision advisors. The manager may update the credibility of storage decision advisors based on how their recommendations affected optimization. The manager may adaptively choose when to rebalance or reconfigure the credibility of the storage decision advisors. Storage decision advisors may themselves be adaptive. Storage decision advisors may examine credibility feedback from the storage manager to determine which recommendations were useful and which were not. Storage decision advisors may then change when they will make a recommendation, when they will abstain from making a recommendation, the type of recommendation provided, or other behavior. Optimization may concern performance, cost, power usage, or other factors.
US09965386B2
The invention discloses a method for generating a row transposed architecture based on a two-dimensional FFT processor, comprising the following characteristic: the FFT processor includes an on-chip row transposition memory for storing an image row transposition result. When the size of the row transposition result exceeds the capacity of the on-chip memory, the first 2k data of a row of the two-dimensional array after row transformation is written into the on-chip row transposition memory, the remaining data is written into the off-chip SDRAM, and k is acquired through calculation according to the row transposition result and the capacity of the on-chip row transposition memory. The on-chip memory is divided into two memories A and B used for storing the row transposition partial result and temporarily storing data read from off-chip SDRAM. When data is read from the memory A or B column by column for FFT column transposition, SDRAM is accessed in a row burst manner and data is written into the empty memory A or B alternately, and finally SDRAM is empty through repetitive ping-pong switching between the memories A and B. The row transposed architecture is capable of substantially reducing cross-line accessing frequency of SDRAM and improving two-dimensional FFT execution speed.
US09965379B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium, including obtaining a plurality of different application program interfaces (APIs), one for each of a plurality of different technology stacks, to be used in a test flow of a product constructed of the plurality of different technology stacks; generating a model of a test flow using each of the plurality of different APIs; defining input and output parameters for each of the plurality of different APIs in the model; automatically generating executable instructions to execute the modeled test flow; and storing a record of the executable instructions to execute the modeled test flow.
US09965376B1
Performing a speculative replay of code execution. Embodiments include replaying trace data comprising a trace data stream that represents execution of one or more executable entities, including storing first runtime state of replaying the trace data in a first replay data structure. During replay, a first point of interest in the executable entities is encountered. Based on encountering the first point of interest, replay of the trace data is ceased, and a user interface presents a portion of the first runtime state. While presenting the portion of runtime state, the trace data is speculatively replayed. Speculative replay includes automatically selecting a second point of interest in the executable entities, creating a second replay data structure from the first replay data structure, and replaying the trace data until encountering the second point of interest, including storing second runtime state of replaying the trace data in the second replay data structure.
US09965373B2
In a method of monitoring processing load, every time a computer device executes each of a plurality of processes, for the interrupt of each of which a priority level is specified in advance, the computer device is caused to measure an index representing the processing load of each process, store the latest measurement value for each priority level, and update the maximum value with the latest measurement value when the latest measurement value exceeds the maximum value measured thus far. Further, with the reception from a host controller of a measurement result transmission request requesting transmission of the latest measurement value as a trigger, the computer device transmits the latest measurement value and maximum value at that time to the host controller, and the host controller stores the latest measurement value and maximum value transmitted from the computer device in a storage device.
US09965372B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that enable a portable computing device such as a smartphone or a tablet computer, to capture one or more codes for one or more corresponding components positioned in proximity to the portable computing device, and to convey the one or more codes to a management system. Upon receiving the one or more codes, the management system can be configured to convey, to the portable computing device, an identification and a status of each of the one or more components. The portable computing device can then present the status of the one or more components on a display.
US09965363B2
Improved techniques for disaster recover within storage area networks are disclosed. Embodiments include replicating a LIF of a primary cluster on a secondary cluster. LIF configuration information is extracted from the primary cluster. A peer node from a secondary cluster is located. One or more ports are located on the located peer node that match a connectivity of the LIF from the primary cluster. One or more ports are identified based upon one or more filtering criteria to generate a candidate port list. A port from the candidate port list is selected based at least upon a load of the port. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09965358B2
Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to provide a seamless backup and recovery of applications using metadata. In an example, metadata can be defined to map data associated with an application and provide the relationship of the data to the application. From the metadata, a backup system can create a capsule containing application data, and a payload containing application related data. The capsule can contain not just the application data, but also configuration information, and access parameters. The capsule and payload can be associated together and saved by the backup system. In another example, to recover an application, a capsule and a payload can be retrieved, and using the metadata, the capsule can be unpacked to reinstall the application to the same state it was in when backed up, and the application related data can be restored from the payload.
US09965353B2
A distributed file system, based on a torus network, includes a center node and one or more storage nodes. The center node encodes data when the data is received from a client. The one or more storage nodes receive data blocks or parity blocks from the center node and store the data blocks or parity blocks.
US09965347B1
A manufacturing system for a data storage device including a non-networked manufacturing device configured to write manufacturing data into a data storage device reliability log in a memory of a data storage device, and a networked manufacturing device configured to read the manufacturing data from the data storage device reliability log in the memory of the data storage device.
US09965342B2
A data processing apparatus is provided having a hierarchy of layers comprising at least two data processing layers, each data processing layer configured to receive data and to generate processed data for passing to a next lower layer in said hierarchy, according to a protocol specific to that data processing layer. Each data processing layer is configured intermittently to add synchronization information to its processed data, the synchronization information providing semantic information required to interpret the processed data. Each data processing layer is further configured to output its synchronization information in response to a synchronization request signal received from a lower layer in said hierarchy, and at least one data processing layer is configured, when outputting its synchronization information, to issue its synchronization request signal to a higher layer in the hierarchy.
US09965330B2
The technology disclosed relates to maintaining throughput of a stream processing framework while increasing processing load. In particular, it relates to defining a container over at least one worker node that has a plurality workers, with one worker utilizing a whole core within a worker node, and queuing data from one or more incoming near real-time (NRT) data streams in multiple pipelines that run in the container and have connections to at least one common resource external to the container. It further relates to concurrently executing the pipelines at a number of workers as batches, and limiting simultaneous connections to the common resource to the number of workers by providing a shared connection to a set of batches running on a same worker regardless of the pipelines to which the batches in the set belong.
US09965328B2
One or more processors determine a level of data usage for two or more types of data to be loaded in a database. One or more processors prioritize data of the two or more types for loading. Data of a first data type has a higher priority for loading than data of a second data type when the first data type has a higher level of data usage than the second data type. One or more processors load data of the two or more types in an order based, at least in part, on the level of data usage for the two or more types of data.
US09965325B1
Systems and methods for transaction/file-based management of a plurality of processes associated with various jobs are provided. Through the management of discrete applications, a file distribution manager/scheduler orchestrates automated execution of different types of jobs. The processes executed for the various processes can vary based on job type, or other parameters.
US09965322B2
A distributed processing system includes a plurality of task nodes each configured to have a capability of processing a task using a reconfigurable processor, and having a capability of processing the task using a non-reconfigurable processor if the task is not processed using the reconfigurable processor, and a scheduler node configured to select a task node that is to process the task from the plurality of task nodes.
US09965311B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for migrating a virtual machine from a source hypervisor to a destination hypervisor. An example method of migrating a virtual machine from a source hypervisor to a destination hypervisor includes receiving, by a source hypervisor running a virtual machine, an indication to migrate the virtual machine to a destination hypervisor. A guest runs on the virtual machine and is allocated a plurality of pages in guest memory. The method also includes sending, by the source hypervisor, a request to the guest to apply a pattern to one or more inactive pages of the plurality of pages in response to receiving the indication to migrate the virtual machine. For each page of a plurality of pages traversed by the source hypervisor, the method includes determining whether the traversed page matches the pattern, and transmitting the traversed page to the destination hypervisor if the traversed page does not match the pattern.
US09965297B2
Controlling assistance information comprises determining a user mode based on computer input signals generated by a user. If the user is in a passive mode and assistance information is detected, the assistance information is disabled in response to detecting a hidden signal. The assistance information is then enabled if later a reset signal is detected. If the user is in passive mode and assistance information is not detected, the assistance information is enabled in response to detecting a trigger signal. If the user is in an active mode and assistance information is detected, the assistance information is disabled.
US09965295B2
For creating a custom series of commands, a method is disclosed that includes maintaining a record of executed commands, determining a time to select a subset of executed commands, selecting a subset of the executed commands for execution, and creating a shortcut to execute the selected commands.
US09965292B2
A computer system includes a memory storing an UEFI firmware and a processor. The UEFI firmware supports pre-boot initialization of automatic first-time pairing of Bluetooth devices to the computer system. The processor is operatively coupled to the memory and is used to execute the UEFI firmware, wherein the executing the UEFI firmware performs the steps of: initiating a pre-connection routine to discover a default device information list in the computer system; gathering target device information from the wireless device; filtering default device information list and target device information with a filter condition; determining a result device information if the target device information matches the default device information; and recording the result device information to memory.
US09965286B2
In an approach for selecting and issuing an oldest ready instruction in an issue queue, one or more processors receive one or more instructions in an issue queue. Ready to execute instructions are identified. An age of the instructions is represented in a first age array. One or more subsets of the instructions are generated for subset age arrays that each hold an age of the instructions in a subset. A 1-hot signal is generated that identifies an oldest ready instruction in the first age array and a 1-hot signal is simultaneously generated that identifies an oldest ready instruction in each subset age array. A candidate instruction is selected with each subset signal that is represented in the subset age array of the subset signal, wherein a candidate instruction is an oldest ready instruction in the subset age array. A candidate instruction is selected with the major signal and issued.
US09965282B2
Examples of systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing delta encoding on packed data elements of a source and storing the results in packed data elements of a destination using a single vector packed delta encode instruction are described.
US09965280B2
A processor includes a front end to decode an instruction and pass the instruction to execution units with branch suffix information. The processor further includes execution units to execute the instruction and a retirement unit to retire the instruction. The instruction is to specify an operation to be conditionally executed based upon a branch suffix to identify previous execution. The processor further includes logic to, upon retirement of the instruction, determine the result of a series of branch operations preceding execution of the instruction, compare the result to the branch suffix information, allow execution and retirement of the instruction based on a determination that the result matches the branch suffix information, and generate a fault based on a determination that the result does not match the branch suffix information.
US09965276B2
Methods and apparatuses relating to vector operations with operand base system conversion and re-conversion are described. In one embodiment, a method includes executing a single instruction by receiving a vector element of a first input vector and a vector element of a second input vector expressed in a first base system, converting the vector elements into a second lower base system to form a converted vector element of the first input vector and a converted vector element of the second input vector, performing an operation on the converted vector element of the first input vector and the converted vector element of the second input vector to form a result, accumulating in a register a portion of the result with a portion of a result of a prior operation expressed in the second lower base system, and converting contents of the register into the first base system.
US09965265B2
The present invention relates to a management system for protective films for smart terminals, which is capable of managing a sales status of the protective films by assigning serial numbers to the protective films for the smart terminals and registering the serial numbers. The present invention has the effects of relieving the inconvenience of a seller having to record everything individually, and also maximizing the efficiency of sales management by automatically storing the serial numbers by linking the serial numbers to smart terminal information.
US09965251B2
A processor includes a crossbar array including row wires and column wires wherein bit patterns representative of numerical values are stored in a plurality of columns of the crossbar array in the form of high or low resistance states. An output unit electrically connected to the rows of the crossbar array is configured to sum the numerical values stored in the columns of the crossbar array.
US09965245B2
Embodiments described herein provide for detecting presence of an object in proximity to a playback device and responsively performing one or more operations. In an example implementation, a playback device detects, via a proximity detector of the playback device, presence of an object in proximity to the playback device. In response to detecting the presence of the object, the playback device modifies both (i) playback of media by the playback device; and (ii) intensity of a light.
US09965243B2
Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from one playback device to another playback device. In an example implementation, while a first playback device is part of a first zone, the first playback device identifies that a second playback device has moved to a location that is within a given physical proximity of the first playback device. The first playback device determines that playback is to be expanded from the second playback device, and responsively, joins the a second zone that comprises the second playback device and initiates playback of media in synchrony with the second playback device.
US09965234B1
An information processing apparatus includes: printer driver circuits that drive different image forming devices, respectively; a virtual printer driver circuit that describes a document to be printed in a device-independent format to generate device-independent spool data, and describes a variable for printing the document in a standard print setting storage format to generate standard-format job data; and a distribute circuit that selects a printer driver circuit to generate print data of the document based on the variable described in the standard-format job data out of the printer driver circuits, and supplies the device-independent spool data and the standard-format job data to the selected printer driver circuit.
US09965219B2
A computer-implemented method includes writing, by a producer, data to one or more buffers. The one or more buffers include a plurality of cells and together form a circular buffer, and an input cursor indicates which cell of the plurality of cells the producer writes to. The method further includes reading, by a consumer, data from the one or more buffers, where an output cursor indicates which cell of the plurality of cells the consumer reads from. It is detected that the consumer is overrun by the producer. A throughput of the consumer is compared to a throughput of the producer, responsive to detecting that the consumer is overrun by the producer. The output cursor is synchronized to a new position, by a computer processor, where the new position is selected based on comparing the throughput of the consumer to the throughput of the producer.
US09965208B1
Configurable operating mode memory devices are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a memory device is configurable into one or more operating modes. An array of memory cells can be allocated into one or more partitions where each partition is associated only with a particular mode of operation. In at least one other embodiment, a memory device is configured to store user data in a portion of a memory array and to store data corresponding to a logical function associated with a different operating mode of the memory device in a different portion of the memory array.
US09965203B1
Systems and methods for implementing an enterprise-class converged compute-network-storage appliance
A distributed storage system that dispatches an input/output request is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a storage controller client receives the input/output request, wherein the distributed storage system includes the storage controller client, a plurality of storage controller servers, a plurality of virtual nodes distributed among a plurality of physical nodes, and each of the plurality of physical nodes is hosted on one of the plurality of storage controller servers. The storage controller client further computes a target virtual node for the input/output request, where the target virtual node is one of the plurality of virtual nodes. Using the computed target virtual node, the storage controller client determines a target physical node that corresponds to the target virtual node, where the target physical node is one of the plurality of physical nodes. In addition, the storage controller client dispatches the input/output request to a target storage controller that corresponds to the target physical node, wherein the target storage controller server is one of the plurality of storage controller servers. In addition, the virtual node includes a set of one or more mirrored copies across different fault domains for ensuring resiliency and high availability.
US09965198B2
Systems and methods for internally preconditioning SSDs for various workloads are disclosed. One such method involves (1) receiving preconditioning parameters including an invalidity distribution across ribbons, a transfer size of workloads, and a randomness of workloads, (2) generating workload data including a percentage of random data and a percentage of non-random data, where the percentages are based on the randomness of workloads parameter, (3) determining preselected physical block addresses (PBAs) of a ribbon using the invalidity distribution parameter, (4) writing a portion of the workload data to each of the preselected PBAs of the ribbon using a preselected transfer size until the ribbon is full, where the transfer size is based on the transfer size of workloads parameter, (5) marking all PBAs of the ribbon that were not preselected using the invalidity distribution parameter as being invalid, and (6) repeating (2) to (5) until a preselected end condition is met.
US09965194B2
A data writing method, a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving a first write command and first data corresponding to the first write command, and writing the first data into a third physical erasing unit in first physical erasing units; and if a usage frequency of a fourth physical erasing unit in the first physical erasing units is less than a predetermined value, performing a data arrangement operation corresponding to the first write command to copy second data stored by the fourth physical to at least one of second physical erasing units.
US09965189B2
A method includes, in a tape apparatus system, receiving a request to write a file from a host, and, in response to the request, dividing sequentially received data of the file into two or more segments. Each of the two or more segments have a predetermined size. The method further includes sequentially writing a series of the two or more segments onto one or more tapes, and determining the predetermined size based on a capacity use efficiency of a plurality of other tapes and a time to copy when a spanning file, written by spanning on the one or more tapes, is copied to the plurality of other tapes. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US09965187B2
A memory subsystem package is provided that has processing logic for data reorganization within the memory subsystem package. The processing logic is adapted to reorganize data stored within the memory subsystem package. In some embodiments, the memory subsystem package includes memory units, a memory interconnect, and a data reorganization engine (“DRE”). The data reorganization engine includes a stream interconnect and DRE units including a control processor and a load-store unit. The control processor is adapted to execute instructions to control a data reorganization. The load-store unit is adapted to process data move commands received from the control processor via the stream interconnect for loading data from a load memory address of a memory unit and storing data to a store memory address of a memory unit.
US09965183B2
In an embodiment, a method is provided for processing data in a storage device, and a storage device. The method includes writing data according to a write command received from a processor. The method also includes determining whether a predetermined write restriction time has elapsed. The method also includes discontinuing the data writing upon expiration of the predetermined write restriction time.
US09965180B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control an operation to be performed by the information processing apparatus and a second control unit configured to control an operation of an operation unit equipped with a display device. The first control unit generates first graphic data corresponding to a screen to be displayed by the display device. The second control unit generates second graphic data corresponding to a software key. Further, the information processing apparatus combines the first graphic data with the second graphic data to form composite graphic data and causes the display device to display the composite graphic data.
US09965176B2
A transparent display device is provided. The transparent display device include a display unit is configured to receive a front side touch input and a rear side touch input and display information, and a controller is configured to receive a grip unfolding input for unfolding a two side grip input for touching front and rear sides of the display unit in a predetermined direction, and control the display unit to display a plurality of objects according to the received grip unfolding input.
US09965163B2
A method is provided for modifying an image. The method comprises displaying an image, the image comprising a portion of an object; and determining if an edge of the object is in a location within the portion. The method further comprises detecting movement, in a member direction, of an operating member with respect to the edge. The method still further comprises moving, if the edge is not in the location, the object in an object direction corresponding to the detected movement; and modifying, if the edge is in the location, the image in response to the detected movement, the modified image comprising the edge in the location.
US09965149B2
An item sharing machine is configured to receive share requests in the example form of allocation requests submitted by requesters for an allocable region of a graphical user interface. The allocation requests specify numerical values accorded to the allocable region by the requesters. The item sharing machine determines a distribution of the numerical values and, based on the distribution, generates an allocation plan defined by configuration parameters for the allocable region. The item sharing machine is configured to repeatedly update the allocable region based on the allocation plan by cyclically and selectively linking the allocable region to different computers of different requesters based on the allocation plan. The allocable region accordingly becomes linked to computers of different requesters at different times, and the item sharing machine is configured to cause one or more user devices to present the allocable region linked to such computers at different times.
US09965148B2
A unit manipulation system includes: a master display device having a terminal function for manipulating a unit; and a slave display device that establishes data communication with the master display device, and calls the terminal function of the master display device, to enable manipulation of the unit from a manipulation section through the master display device. The slave display device includes: a call menu display section that displays a call menu for calling the terminal function; and a manipulation screen display section that, when the call menu displayed by the call menu display section is selected, calls the terminal function of the master display device, and causes a display section to display a manipulation screen corresponding to the call menu. The master display device and the slave display device are coordinated with each other to enable the slave display device to perform various manipulations through the master display device.
US09965147B2
Disclosed is a display method, which is used for improving operation efficiency. The method comprises detecting and obtaining a first operation; and responding to the first operation, and displaying a data list in a first display subarea, wherein a first sub data list identifier corresponding to a first sub data list of M sub data lists is displayed in a first location of the first display subarea. Also disclosed is an electronic device used for realizing the method.
US09965142B2
A direct manipulation user interface provides a user with a means to interact with control points associated with smart objects to create and modify complex 3D graphic objects. The direct manipulation user interface includes a precision control mechanism that enables a user to specify precise measurements for a transformation through the user's interaction with a control point. The direct manipulation user interface also includes a history bar that enables a user to scroll back to a previous stage in the design process and to undo a sequence of transformations through the user's interaction with the history bar.
US09965137B2
A transparent display apparatus and an object selection method thereof for selecting objects disposed on one side of the transparent display apparatus opposite to a user on another side of the transparent display apparatus.
US09965133B1
A covert application, including one or more modules can be provided to assist individuals in conducting covert cyber operations. Furthermore, the covert application can operate in a secure operating environment, which provides a reliable and protected computing environment from which a user can conduct cover cyber operations. The covert application can allow a user to create and utilize one or more personas. Personas created by the covert application can appear to originate from any part of the world, and personas can allow a user of the covert application to interact through various Internet services, such as email, instant messaging, online forums, and website browsing.
US09965127B2
A projected capacitive touch panel, including a substrate, a silver-inclusive transparent conductive coating which forms a plurality of row electrodes, a plurality of column electrodes, and a plurality of conductive traces, and a signal processor which sequentially measures a capacitance between each of row electrodes and an adjacent column electrode. The row electrodes, the plurality of column electrodes, and the plurality of traces are on a plane substantially parallel to the substrate. Each of the row electrodes is electrically connected to the signal processor by one of the plurality of conductive traces. The plurality of traces are at least partially substantially parallel to the column electrodes.
US09965126B2
An embodiment of the present application provides a method for producing a panel. The method includes: providing a transparent substrate including an electrode setting area; forming a transparent electrode layer within the electrode setting area, wherein the transparent electrode layer includes a plurality of transparent electrodes, and each of the transparent electrodes includes a transparent metal oxide layer and a reduced metal layer on the transparent metal oxide layer. Embodiments of the present application also provide a panel and a display apparatus.
US09965124B2
A method for patterning a light transmitting electrically conductive member uses a light transmitting laminate material in which an electrically conductive layer including an overcoat layer and silver nanowires embedded therein is formed on a surface of a light transmitting base film and includes a step of treating a surface of the electrically conductive layer which is not covered with a resist layer using an iodine solution to at least partially iodize the silver nanowires and a step of applying a thiosulfate solution to the surface of the electrically conductive layer which is not covered with the resist layer to remove a silver iodide exposed to a surface of the overcoat layer. Since a white cloudy or a whitened silver iodide is removed, the optical transmission characteristics of the non-electrically conductive region can be improved.
US09965115B2
An array substrate and a touch screen are disclosed. The array substrate includes an array formed of a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, which have the same electrode structure. The electrode structure includes a T-shaped electrode trunk and a plurality of electrode branches, which are symmetrically distributed and connected to the electrode trunk, forming two parts, i.e., a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode, symmetrical with respect to the electrode trunk. The sensing electrodes include first sensing electrodes and second sensing electrodes. One first sensing electrode and one second sensing electrode are disposed in two intervals of three sequentially adjacent driving electrodes respectively. Branches of a driving electrode are disposed in gaps between adjacent branches of adjacent sensing electrodes. In the array substrate, the sensing area between driving electrodes and sensing electrodes is increased and the capacitive coupling therebetween is improved.
US09965114B2
A method for position detection is adapted to a sensing device. The sensing device includes a plurality of sensing blocks arranged in a 2D array, with each block having a plurality of sensing points arranged in a 2D array. The method includes conducting a block-scan to determine if a touched block exists, and conducting a point-scan to obtain a touched point if the touched block exists. In order to obtain a touched point, the sensing device applying the method conducts a block-scan within the sensing area and then a point-scan within the touched block instead of point-scanning the whole sensing area. Accordingly, the sensing device could obtain the touched point faster than before.
US09965110B2
The present invention discloses an in-cell touch screen and a driving method thereof. The method comprises: implementing scan to a display circuit in an active area and implementing scan to a touch control circuit in another active area in the meantime. With the aforementioned way, it can be prevented that the display circuit and the touch control circuit in the same active area are functioning at the same time. Accordingly, the mutual interference between the display circuit and the touch control circuit can be diminished to raise the touch control precision; meanwhile, the scans are implemented at the same time to the different circuits in two active areas and the scan time can be reduced.
US09965104B2
Devices and methods are provided that facilitate improved interference avoidance performance. The devices and methods determine a relative ranking for a plurality of transmitter signals based on a first class of interference for each transmitter signal of the plurality of transmitter signals. The devices and methods transmit a first transmitter signal of the plurality of transmitter signals with a sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes. The first transmitter signal is selected based on the relative ranking for the plurality of transmitter signals. The devices and methods shift from transmitting the first transmitter signal to transmitting a second transmitter signal of the plurality of transmitter signals with the sensor electrode is based on an amount of a second class of interference in the first transmitter signal. The second transmitter signal is selected based on the relative ranking for the plurality of transmitter signals.
US09965101B2
An optical touch-sensitive device detects touch events caused by instruments (e.g., pens, styluses) and distinguishes these events from touch events caused by fingers. In some embodiments, different instruments can also be distinguished. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. The optical beams preferably are multiplexed in a manner so that many optical beams can be received by a detector simultaneously. Touch events disturb the optical beams, for example due to frustrated total internal reflection. Information indicating which optical beams have been disturbed is analyzed to detect one or more touch events. The analysis also distinguishes instrument touch events from finger touch events.
US09965097B2
The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a pixel driving circuit, a display panel, a method for driving the display panel, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes a preset unit, a driving unit, a compensation unit, an energy storage unit, and a driving signal output unit.
US09965087B2
A touch array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The touch array substrate includes: a substrate; a touch sensing electrode layer including a plurality of touch sensing electrodes insulated from each other, each of which is electrically connected with one touch sensing electrode line; where, the touch sensing electrode includes a first slot, and a first region, which represents a projection of the first slot onto the substrate in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and is at least partially overlapped with a second region which represents a projection of the touch sensing electrode line onto the substrate in the direction perpendicular to the substrate.
US09965081B2
A device for sensing a touch by measuring a variation in capacitance according to a contact of an object, and measuring a contact position of the object is provided. The device includes a touch screen panel comprising grid electrodes forming a plurality of electrode patterns, the grid electrodes serving as Tx antennas or Rx antennas, a Tx circuit unit connected with the grid electrode to apply an electric signal to the touch screen panel unit, an Rx circuit unit connected with the grid electrodes to sense variations in the capacitance in the plurality of electrode patterns, and a controller configured to control the touch screen panel unit, the Tx circuit unit, and the Rx circuit unit. The Rx circuit unit includes a first operational amplifier, a first feedback capacitor, and a second feedback capacitor. The first feedback capacitor and the second feedback capacitor are connected with the first operational amplifier. Both terminals of the first feedback capacitor and the first operational amplifier are connected through a first switching unit. The first switching unit includes a 1-1 switch and a 1-2 switch, which are controlled to be short-circuited at a first phase of the electric signal. Both terminals of the second feedback capacitor and the first operational amplifier are connected through a second switching unit. The second switching unit includes a 2-1 switch and a 2-2 switch, which are controlled to be short-circuited at a second phase of the electric signal. The controller is further configured to short-circuit the first switching unit and the second switching unit, at different times, to store charges in each of the first feedback capacitor and the second feedback capacitor.
US09965073B2
The present disclosure provides a touch display screen comprising a display panel and a cover substrate arranged on the display panel. A side of the display panel facing the cover substrate comprises pattern regions where touch electrode patterns are arranged and blank regions which are located between the touch electrode patterns. Vanishing patterns are arranged between the display panel and the cover substrate, the vanishing patterns and the touch electrode patterns are made of a same material, and the vanishing patterns at least correspond to the blank regions.
US09965072B1
The invention provides a quick response LCD device and manufacturing method thereof. The LCD device uses field sequential backlight module to realize color display and eliminates color films in conventional LCD panel to achieve high transmittance and color purity; a polymer liquid crystal layer (28) is disposed in LCD panel (2), the polymer liquid crystal layer (28) comprises a polymer network (281) formed by polymerizable monomers and liquid crystal (282) anchored by the polymer network (281) to stay in bend state without electricity and in homeotropic state when electricity applied. The warm-up process of the conventional OCB mode is omitted to achieve quick response.
US09965058B2
A mobile terminal, an electronic device and a method of controlling the same are provided. The electronic device can be controlled easily and intuitively by using the mobile terminal including a touch device.
US09965056B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for receiving an input signal from a touch-sensitive interface via a first electrode associated with a tip of an active stylus. An input signal may be amplified via a control circuit that adjusts the gain of one or more amplifiers to compensate for changes in tip capacitance between the tip of the active stylus and the touch-sensitive interface. Changes in tip capacitance may be indirectly detected and compensated for by comparing the tip capacitance with that of a reference capacitor via a differential amplification circuit that includes one or more differential amplifiers.
US09965054B2
The present disclosure discloses an active pen for a touch display screen, a touch display screen and a touch control input system, to improve human-machine interaction accuracy of operating the touch display screen with the active pen by a user. The active pen for the touch display screen comprises a transparent elastic pen point, an optical receiver and an excitation signal emitting apparatus, wherein the contact area between the transparent elastic pen point and the touch display screen is increased with an increase in an operating force, the optical receiver is configured to receive detection light which comes from the touch display screen and penetrates through the transparent elastic pen point, meanwhile, the excitation signal emitting apparatus is in signal connection with the optical receiver, so as to emit an excitation signal of a corresponding intensity to the touch display screen in accordance with the intensity of the detection light received by the optical receiver.
US09965051B2
Examples are disclosed for tracking a location of an input device. One example provides a display device including a logic machine and a storage machine, the storage machine storing instructions executable by the logic machine to generate, based on position sensor data received from a position sensor of an input device, an estimated location of the input device that is repeatedly updated as further position sensor data is received. The instructions are further executable to determine that the input device is in a home state associated with the display device, determine, with a sensing mechanism of the display device, a home-state location of the input device, reset the estimated location based on the home-state location, such that future updates to the estimated location are based on the reset estimated location, and control the display device based at least on the estimated location of the input device.
US09965040B2
Various systems and methods for using a user gesture to display content on a display are described herein. An apparatus comprises a media module, a gesture module, an angle module, a streaming module, and a network device. The media module displays media content on a display of a computing device; the gesture module detects a gesture control on the computing device; the angle module calculates an angle of the gesture control with respect a reference direction; the streaming module selects a display from a plurality of displays based on the calculated angle; and the network device transmits the media content to the selected display.
US09965037B2
A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a touch panel to detect a touch input, a haptic panel to produce a tactile sensation, a haptic driver to control the haptic panel, and a curvature detector to detect a curvature of the display panel. The haptic driver controls a haptic signal corresponding to an output of the curvature detector.
US09965036B2
This disclosure describes techniques and apparatuses enabling haptic guides for a touch-sensitive display. The techniques enable users to interact with their mobile devices using haptics, including to make touch selections for their devices.
US09965035B2
A device displays a first user interface on a first display, including a plurality of objects and corresponding to a second user interface on a second display. While a first object is displayed as a selected object in the second user interface, the device: detects a first input requesting information about a second object; and in response to detecting the first input, displays information about the second object in the first user interface and maintains display of the first object as the selected object in the second user interface. After displaying the information, the device detects a second input selecting the second object. In response to detecting selection of the second input, the device: displays the second object as the selected object in the first user interface; and provides, to the second display, information that enables the second user interface to display the second object as the selected object.
US09965033B2
Provided are method and apparatus of defining at least a portion of a vicinity area of a portable device as an input area and controlling the portable device based on a user input provided on the input area, and the portable device enabling the method, wherein the portable device includes a sensing unit configured to sense a user input in a vicinity area of the portable device, a recognizer configured to recognize a user gesture corresponding to the user input, and an output unit configured to output a control instruction corresponding to the recognized user gesture to control the portable device.
US09965032B2
An information processing method, an information processing apparatus and a user equipment are provided. A method comprises: acquiring sight line information of at least one user in a space; and determining, at least according to the sight line information, at least one mirror object existing in the space. Accordingly, a mirror object in a space is determined according to sight line information of at least one user, providing a basis for mirror-object-based applications, for example, modeling the mirror object.
US09965031B2
A system and method are provided for object tracking in a scene over time. The method comprises obtaining tracking data from a tracking device, the tracking data comprising information associated with at least one point of interest being tracked; obtaining position data from a scene information provider, the scene being associated with a plurality of targets, the position data corresponding to targets in the scene; applying a probabilistic graphical model to the tracking data and the target data to predict a target of interest associated with an entity being tracked; and performing at least one of: using the target of interest to determine a refined point of interest; and outputting at least one of the refined point of interest and the target of interest.
US09965030B2
Provided are wearable glasses including a display and a method of operating the same. The wearable glasses include: a display configured to display an image; a sensor configured to acquire wear state information representing a state in which a user currently wears the wearable glasses, while the image is being displayed on the display; and a processor configured to determine an inclination of the wearable glasses with respect to the user based on the acquired wear state information, and to adjust, based on the determined inclination, the image that is displayed on the display.
US09965023B2
A method performed by a multi-core processor is described. The method includes, while a core is executing program code, reading a dirty cache line from the core's last level cache and sending the dirty cache line from the core for storage external from the core, where, the dirty cache line has not been evicted from the cache nor requested by another core or processor.
US09965022B2
In one general aspect, a method can include receiving, from a magnetic sensor included in a housing of a computing device, an indication of a change of state of the magnetic sensor, obtaining, subsequent to receiving the indication of the change of state of the magnetic sensor, first data from a first accelerometer included in a lid portion of the computing device, obtaining, subsequent to receiving the indication of the change of state of the magnetic sensor, second data from a second accelerometer included in a base portion of the computing device. The base portion and the lid portion can be connected by a hinge about which the lid portion is configured to rotate relative to the base portion between an open state and a closed state. The method can include determining whether the computing device is being closed based on analyzing the first data and the second data.
US09965016B2
Disclosed herein are system and method embodiments for a power tracking and control architecture. An embodiment operates by compiling a data telegram, wherein the data telegram comprises a plurality of blocks; sending, by a first communication path of the controller, the data telegram to a second tier of the tiered network, wherein at least one power asset of the second tier of the tiered network is configured to update a power profile according to at least one block of the data telegram; and receiving, by a second communication path of the tiered network, an update from the at least one power asset of the second tier of the tiered network.
US09965014B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to generating logs recording events related to wakelocks at application and kernel levels, and then temporally aligning graphs of those events in a visual presentation to enable debugging of wakelocks. An apparatus to debug wakelocks includes a processor component; a capture component to intercept calls associated with application level wakelocks, the intercepted calls received by an application power manager of an operating system from application routines; and a relaying component to cooperate with the application power manager to provide indications of the intercepted calls to a system log generator of the operating system coupled to the application power manager, the system log generator to generate system log data comprising indications of events associated with execution of the operating system by the processor component and the indications of the intercepted calls. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09965012B2
A multi-element device includes a plurality of memory elements, each of which includes a memory array, access circuitry to control access to the memory array, and power control circuitry. The power control circuitry, which includes one or more control registers for storing first and second control values, controls distribution of power to the access circuitry in accordance with the first control value, and controls distribution of power to the memory array in accordance with the second control value. Each memory element also includes sideband circuitry for enabling a host system to set at least the first control value and the second control value in the one or more control registers.
US09965010B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include powering on a management controller for providing out-of-band management to an information handling system using electrical energy provided by an external device via an external port, receiving a management task from the external device via the external port for coupling an external device to the management controller for communication of data between the external device and the management controller, calculating an additional amount of power required to perform the management task, instructing a controller coupled between the management controller and the external port to negotiate for the additional amount of power from the external device, and responsive to the controller successfully negotiating for the additional amount of power, performing the management task.
US09965009B1
The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored.
US09965000B2
Integrated protective mesh techniques are described herein. In one or more implementations, a computing device includes electronic components attached to circuitry for the computing device, such as a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The electronic components are sensitive devices such as audio components and other sensors that rely on exposure to environmental inputs for operation and that may be adversely impacted by external contaminants (water, dust, ferritic material, etc.). To provide for proper operation of the electronic components, a housing for the computing device includes a port for the electronic components that extends from outside of the housing to an interior of the housing to create a pathway through the housing. A protective mesh is assembled as an integrated component of the circuitry (e.g., FPC) and configured to align with the port to protect the electronic components from passage of contaminants through the pathway created by the port.
US09964998B2
A hinge mechanism with multiple preset positions is described. According to various embodiments, the hinge mechanism enables a support component to be adjustably attached to an apparatus, such as a computing device. In at least some embodiments, the hinge mechanism utilizes preset hinge positions that enable the support component to be placed at different preset positions. For instance, the hinge mechanism is configured such that an attached support component tends to “snap” into various preset positions. In at least some embodiments, the hinge mechanism includes an emergency escape position that enables the support component to be rotated beyond normal operating positions without damaging the support component.
US09964996B2
A portable information handling system keyboard retracts from an extended position to a retracted position, the retracted position bring the keys into the portable information handling system housing to provide a compressed closed position of the housing. The keyboard keys are biased to the extended position with a metal dome that interacts with a scissor support structure.
US09964994B2
Methods and a system for a mobile device conduit of a transaction device are provided. A connection from a mobile device to a transaction device is made. Information is gathered from the transaction device and/or supplied to the transaction device from and/or to the mobile device. In an embodiment, the transaction device is used to remote a display of the mobile device to the transaction device.
US09964993B2
An information handling system includes a primary integrated display platform and a secondary integrated display platform attached via a hinge, and including a passive cooling system, a dynamic thermal management system, and a processor. The information handling system further includes an application window locator system for determining a location of a software application display window running on the information handling system on the primary integrated display platform or the secondary integrated display platform.
US09964990B2
An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: in response to user input, disassociate the linking of the orientation of content with respect to the orientation of a display of a portable electronic device to retain the particular orientation of the content with respect to the orientation of the display during the user input.
US09964980B2
An optimal power flow (OPF) problem formulates constraints and operation of an electric power system. A method and system is provided for generating a secure OPF solution that solves the OPF problem. A list of contingencies is created from system data. An OPF solution is computed for the electric power system to optimize an objective function value under the constraints of the electric power system. Voltage stability analysis is performed on the electric power system that operates in states represented by the OPF solution. Then the contingencies are ranked according to load margins of the electric power system. If there is at least an insecure contingency with a non-positive load margin in the list of contingencies, a set of preventive controls are computed and applied to control components in the electric power system. The method is performed iteratively to obtain the secure OPF solution.
US09964976B2
A voltage-regulator device includes an error-amplifier stage configured to receive a first reference voltage and a feedback voltage, an output amplifier stage coupled to the error-amplifier stage and configured to generate an output voltage related to the first reference voltage by an amplification factor, and a feedback stage configured to generate the feedback voltage. A compensation stage is configured to implement a second feedback loop, and cause, in response to a variation of the output voltage, a corresponding variation of a first biasing voltage for the output amplifier stage. The compensation stage includes a coupling-capacitor element coupled between the output amplifier stage and a first internal node, and a driving module coupled between the first internal node, and the output amplifier stage and configured to generate a compensation voltage for driving the output amplifier stage.
US09964974B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a detection voltage generation circuit configured to generate a first detection voltage and a second detection voltage of which voltage levels are varied according to characteristics of a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor in response to a detection enable signal, a code generation circuit configured to generate a detection code in response to the voltage levels of the first and second detection voltages, a reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate a reference voltage in response to the detection code, an internal voltage generation circuit configured to generate an internal voltage in response to the reference voltage, and an internal circuit configured to operate by receiving the internal voltage.
US09964970B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and a method for controlling heat according to a use environment of a wireless communication terminal in the wireless communication terminal. The method includes measuring an internal temperature of the wireless communication terminal when the wireless communication terminal performs communication by using a predetermined channel or band. The method includes acquiring a heat control method matched to a currently-measured internal temperature from a heat control table having temperature ranges of heat generated within the wireless communication terminal, after the wireless communication terminal selects at least one of bands or channels and performs communication by using the selected at least one band or channel, and storing a heat control method in each temperature range. The method includes controlling the heat generated within the wireless communication terminal according to the acquired heat control method.
US09964956B2
An operating environment information generating device is provided which estimates, upon contact of a mobile robot (1) with a surface portion of an external object, a position and posture of the contact surface on the basis of a posture state of the robot (1), and, in the case where the degree of difference between the estimates and a position and posture of the surface portion of the external object indicated by environment information created based on measurement data by an external-object recognition sensor (46, 47) is large, corrects the environment information at the contact location in such a way as to make the position and posture of the contact surface match the estimates.
US09964953B2
An autonomous moving object includes: at least one distance sensor configured to detect distances to first and second positions located in a moving direction of the autonomous moving object on a road surface; and a determination unit configured to calculate a difference between a differential time between a time when the distance value to the first position detected by the at least one distance sensor is greater than a first threshold value and a time when the distance value to the second position is greater than a second threshold value and a moving time in which the autonomous moving object moves between the first and second positions and to determine that the distance sensor is abnormal only when the calculated difference is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
US09964936B2
A machine control system, comprises at least first and second nodes of a wireless network in communication with each other, each node including a three axis accelerometer having a data output coupled to a respective sensor input of the node; and a hydraulic machine having a manifold and a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms coupled to respective outputs of the manifold, the manifold being responsive to electrical actuating signals provided from respective electrical outputs of the first node in response to gesture signals sent from the second node.
US09964935B2
A floor tile for a data center floor a management controller, a first communication port to couple the management controller to a server rack, and a second communication port to couple the management controller to an adjacent floor tile. A method of using a data center floor tile includes receiving, by a management controller of the data center floor tile, first configuration information for a first server rack of a data center, wherein the first configuration information is received via a first communication port of the data center floor tile, and providing, from the management controller, the first configuration information to an adjacent data center floor tile, wherein the first configuration information is provided via a second communication port of the data center floor tile.
US09964934B2
A data acquisition unit for an automation system, with at least one communications interface which is designed for connection to an operating bus and is set up to receive control commands from a field unit and data from operating bus participants with a processing device which is designed for the processing of the received control commands and/or data to give processing results, and with a memory device designed for the storage of processing results.
US09964931B2
A numerical controller includes a machine learning device for performing machine learning of machining condition adjustment of a machine tool. The machine learning device calculates a reward based on acquired machining-state data on a workpiece, and determines an adjustment amount of machining condition based on a result of machine learning and machining-state data, and adjusts machining conditions based on the adjustment amount. Further, the machine learning of machining condition adjustment is performed based on the determined adjustment amount of machining condition, the machining-state data, and the reward.
US09964929B2
A device includes an upper limit input to provide an upper limit value, a lower limit input to provide an upper limit value, a control signal input to receive a control signal from a controller, an output, and circuitry coupled to the upper limit input, the lower limit input, and the control signal input to provide an output signal on the output that is constrained by the upper limit value and the lower limit value and that follows the control signal derivative if possible.
US09964928B2
A first encoding part encodes a reference timing determined by a reference clock by using a delay line. A second encoding part encodes a measurement start timing and a measurement end timing of a measurement period determined by a measurement signal to be measured by also using the delay line. A count part counts the reference clocks included in the measurement period. A fraction calculation part calculates a start fraction number indicating a time difference from the measurement start timing and an immediately-following reference timing and an end fraction number indicating a time difference from the measurement end timing to an immediately-following reference timing, based on the encoding result. The fraction calculation part then calculates a fraction data indicating a difference between the measurement period and a product of the period of the reference timing and the count value of the count part.
US09964927B2
A timer reminder device includes an acquiring portion, a determination portion, and a notification portion. When the determination portion determines that a predetermined display condition for displaying a timer setting information is satisfied, the notification portion permits a display portion to display the timer setting information acquired by the acquiring portion. As the display condition, the determination portion determines whether a user is getting off the vehicle. The notification portion permits the display portion to display the timer setting information for a fixed period when the determination portion determines that the user is getting off the vehicle.
US09964923B1
According to one embodiment, an estimation unit corrects ambient temperatures or ambient humidities measured by an environment measurement unit on the basis of calculating an estimated temperature or humidity from measured temperatures or humidities and temperature correction values or humidity correction values, so as to estimate ambient temperatures or ambient humidities of other photoconductors of which the ambient temperatures or the ambient humidities are not measured. A control unit determines image formation conditions for the image forming units forming images on the photoconductors of which the ambient temperatures or the ambient humidities are not measured, on the basis of the ambient temperatures or the ambient humidities estimated by the estimation unit.
US09964910B2
A drive transmission unit is described that includes a drive source, and a rotatable drive transmitting member to transmit a driving force from the drive source. The drive transmitting member includes a bottom part intersecting an axis of the drive transmitting member, a circular transmitting part extending from the bottom part in an axial direction of the drive transmitting member and including an internal toothed surface on an inner circumferential surface of the transmitting part to mesh with a first member, and a first projecting part and a second projecting part projecting in opposite directions from the bottom part along the axial direction of the drive transmitting member and having different diameters.
US09964904B2
A fixing device includes a fixing member, which includes heat-generating layer, and an induction heater to inductively heat the fixing member. The induction heater includes an excitation coil disposed facing an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member to generate a magnetic flux, a ferromagnetic core assembly containing a ferromagnetic core to form a magnetic path to direct the magnetic flux generated by the excitation coil to the fixing member, and a holder to hold the excitation coil and the ferromagnetic core assembly. The ferromagnetic core is insert-molded in and covered by the holder. The holder has a plurality of spherical marks created by a plurality of stabilizing members each having a spherical tip to stabilize the ferromagnetic core in a mold.
US09964896B2
A development device includes a development container and a second agitation member. The development container includes a second transport chamber and a developer discharge port which is provided at the end portion of the second transport chamber on a downstream side. The second agitation member includes a second transport blade, a damming member which dams a developer, a regulation portion which transports the developer in a direction opposite to the second transport blade and a discharge blade which discharges the developer from the developer discharge portion. A second rotation shaft includes a large shaft diameter portion on which the second transport blade is provided, a small shaft diameter portion on which the regulation portion and the discharge blade are provided and a shaft diameter change portion. The damming member is arranged between the shaft diameter change portion and the end portion of the second transport blade on the downstream side.
US09964894B2
A toner container includes a container main body having a toner replenishment port and a shutter mechanism. The shutter mechanism has a shutter member having a discharge port and a cover member supported by the shutter member so as to extend toward the replenishment port. The shutter member is movable in an opening direction from a closing position where the discharge port is retracted from the replenishment port to an opening position where the discharge port is communicated with the replenishment port and in a closing direction from the opening position to the closing position. The cover member has a tip end portion that extends toward the replenishment port as the shutter member moves in the closing direction, comes into contact with a downstream side edge portion of the replenishment port at the closing position and retracts from the replenishment port as the shutter member moves in the opening direction.
US09964890B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a development roll rubber member that has a uniformly roughened surface on a rubber member surface, that is capable of ensuring a sufficient thickness without contaminating a peripheral portion while maintaining a flexibility in a coating layer and a convex portion without impairing softness of a rubber substrate layer, and that has the coating layer achieving non-tackiness and low friction, and a method of manufacturing the same, and the object is achieved by putting a reactive silicone oil, an isocyanate compound, and a diluent solvent capable of dissolving both the reactive silicone oil and the isocyanate compound into a reaction container, by causing a prepolymerization reaction in which the reactive silicone oil and the isocyanate compound are reacted into a polymerized state in the diluent solvent in the reaction container while dissolution in the solvent is maintained, by subsequently mixing a polyol and an isocyanate compound solution and using silicone rubber particles 101 to prepare an application liquid of a coating layer 13 component, and by applying and curing the application liquid around the development roll 1 for formation.
US09964886B2
Provided is an electrostatic latent image developing toner that, while ensuring low temperature fixability, can ensure image quality stability even during high-speed continuous printing. The toner is an electrostatic latent image developing core-shell type toner containing at least a binder resin. The binder resin includes a crystalline polyester resin, an amorphous polyester resin, and a hybrid amorphous vinyl resin in which a vinyl polymerization segment is chemically bonded to a polymerization segment other than the vinyl polymerization segment, in which a core portion of the toner contains the crystalline polyester resin and the amorphous polyester resin, whereas a shell portion of the toner contains the hybrid amorphous vinyl resin, and the hybrid amorphous vinyl resin has a vinyl polymerization segment content of from 51 to 99% by mass.
US09964884B1
To provide a yellow toner that it provides a sharper color than ever before in small amounts and the hue is greener than ever before, whereby the color range can be increased. Disclosed is a yellow toner containing a binder resin and a yellow colorant, wherein, as the yellow colorant, a compound A represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound B represented by the following formula (2) are contained, and wherein, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, a content of the compound A is from 0.5 to 7.5 parts by mass, and a content of the compound B is from 0.5 to 8.0 parts by mass:
US09964881B2
A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, wherein an onset temperature Te (° C.) of a storage elastic modulus E′ obtained in a powder dynamic viscoelastic measurement on the toner is at least 50° C. and not more than 70° C., and a value at Te (° C.) of a storage elastic modulus G′ obtained in a pellet dynamic viscoelastic measurement on the toner is at least 4.0×107 Pa and not more than 1.0×1010 Pa.
US09964880B1
A phase inversion emulsification process for controlling latex particle size including a) combining a resin, an organic solvent, an optional neutralizing agent, and a first portion of water in a reactor; wherein said reactor is equipped with a jacket, a vacuum, a condenser connected to the reactor by a distillate conduit, and a receiver connected to the condenser by a condensate conduit, to form a water-in-oil dispersion mixture; b) adding a second portion of water to the reactor to convert the water-in-oil dispersion mixture into an oil-in-water dispersion comprising a latex emulsion of latex particles; c) forming a distillate and controlling the distillate temperature by at least one of: adjusting the jacket temperature, adjusting the vacuum level, or a combination thereof; wherein controlling the distillate temperature controls a particle size distribution change of the latex particles during solvent removal; wherein the distillate temperature is from about 30 to about 80° C.; d) performing solvent removal wherein volatile organic compounds are pulled out of the liquid phase in the reactor to a vapor phase and transferred to the condenser via the distillate conduit; e) cooling distillate vapor in the condenser to a liquid phase; and f) collecting the liquid condensate in the receiver.
US09964875B2
Disclosed is a toner for developing an electrostatic latent image, the toner comprising a plurality of toner particles, each toner particle includes: a core particle that contains a binding resin, a coloring agent, and a releasing agent; and an external additive attached to the surface of the core particle, wherein the toner has two endothermic peaks in a heat curve, which is obtained at the time of the secondary temperature rise in differential scanning calorimetry of the toner, and a stepped endothermic curve; and first and second melting temperatures, which are determined to be the locations of vertices of the two endothermic peaks, a glass transition temperature, which is determined to be the midpoint of a linear portion of the stepped endothermic curve, and first and second heat of melting, which are determined to be the areas of the two endothermic peaks, satisfy the condition set forth herein.
US09964871B2
An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a conductive support; a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support; and a protective layer disposed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protective layer is formed of a polymerized and cured product of a radically polymerizable composition containing a radically polymerizable monomer, a perfluoropolyether compound having a radically polymerizable group, and metal oxide fine particles having a radically polymerizable group.
US09964864B2
A silicon wafer edge protection device having: a horizontal motion assembly; vertical motion assembly; speed regulating device, which is in signal connection with the vertical motion assembly and used for regulating vertical motion assembly motion speed; flexible bumper assembly, which is connected to the horizontal motion assembly and vertical motion assembly and used for reducing the amplitude of vibration of the silicon wafer edge protection device when a collision occurs; and control device, which is in signal connection with the speed regulating device and used for sending a control signal to the speed regulating device to control motion of the vertical motion assembly. The silicon wafer edge protection device can prevent a wafer stage from undergoing an instantaneous strong impact and prevent a silicon wafer from being crushed. When a collision occurs, the wafer stage and the silicon wafer can be protected. Production efficiency is also improved.
US09964862B2
An apparatus for bearing a lithography mask with a reticle stage includes a resting support holder for the lithography mask. The resting support holder has bearing points which bear the lithography mask. Optionally, the resting support holder optionally has exactly four bearing points. An associated method adjusts the height of the fourth bearing point until all bearing points bear the same supporting force.
US09964861B2
In an immersion lithography apparatus in which immersion liquid is supplied to a localized space, the space is substantially polygonal in plan substantially parallel to the substrate. In an embodiment, two corners of the space have a radius of curvature no greater than the width of a transition zone between the space configured to contain liquid and a surrounding configured not to contain liquid.
US09964856B2
An illumination optical unit for projection lithography illuminates an object field with illumination light. The illumination optical unit has a collector for collecting the emission of a light source for the illumination light. The collector is arranged such that it transfers the illumination light from the light source into an intermediate focus. The illumination optical unit furthermore has a field facet mirror and a pupil facet mirror, each having a plurality of facets. The field facets are imaged into the object field by a transfer optical unit. The illumination optical unit additionally has an individual-mirror array having individual mirrors tiltable in a manner driven individually. The array is arranged upstream of the field facet mirror and downstream of the intermediate focus in an illumination beam path.
US09964852B1
A source collector apparatus for use in a lithographic apparatus includes a fuel droplet generator configured in use to generate a stream of fuel droplets directed from an outlet of the fuel droplet generator towards a plasma formation location. In order to prevent droplet satellites from interfering with plasma formation, a gas supply is provided that in use provides a flow of gas (e.g., hydrogen) that deflects any droplet satellites out of the fuel droplet stream. Additionally, a detection apparatus may be provided as part of a shroud to determine the point at which coalescence of fuel droplets occurs thereby providing an indication of the likelihood of satellite droplets being present in the fuel droplet stream.
US09964851B2
A method of forming a resist pattern including forming a resist film on a support using a resist composition; subjecting the resist film to exposure; and forming a resist pattern by developing the resist film having undergone the exposure, in which the developing is performed using a developer which contains a basic compound represented by the following formula (1) and tetrabutylammonium hydroxide, and in which the concentration of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide is equal to or greater than 2.5% by mass and less than 2.8% by mass: in which R1 to R4 each independently represent a linear or branched alkyl group, and the total number of carbon atoms contained in each of the alkyl groups represented by R1 to R4 is 4 to 15.
US09964844B2
Screen vibration systems are provided that can vibrate theater screens using acoustical, electromagnetic, or another type of energy while reducing the presence of image artifacts that may otherwise be visible as result of vibrating the screen. In one example of a screen vibration system, the system includes a screen, a permanent magnet mounted to the screen, and a magnetic source positioned with respect to the permanent magnet and uncoupled from the screen. The screen is moveable in response to a changing magnetic field from the magnetic source.
US09964840B1
A multifunctional desk lamp includes a base, a lighting body, and a light support connected to the base and the lighting body. The lighting body has an integral, one-piece structure and includes an illuminator portion for illumination and an image projection portion for projecting images. Through an integral structure design of the image projection portion and the illuminator portion, advantages of compact size and light weight are achieved. In addition to demonstrating a normal function of lighting, an additional function of projecting images is also provided. Through manual rotation of a projection gear, change of projected images can be achieved so as to make the use convenient and easy for users.
US09964837B2
A mounting arrangement for mounting a device in an opening in a structure comprising a socket configured to receive the device, an anchoring element, and a fastening element configured for adjustable engagement with the anchoring element is disclosed. The socket has a plate portion and a body portion to be insertable in the opening, and an abutment flange extending from the body portion and dimensioned to abut a first side of the structure, and an aperture for receiving the fastening element. The anchoring element is insertable through the opening and has abutment portions for abutting a second side of the structure, the anchoring element comprising an opening for receiving and holding the fastening element. The fastening element has a distal end configured to adjustably engage with the opening of the anchoring element, and a proximal end configured to engage with the aperture of the socket and to hold the socket.
US09964835B2
A shake correction method for a camera satisfies 1
US09964828B2
An energy storage device includes a cathodic material in an activated state; and an anodic material in an activated state; wherein: the cathodic material is a viologen covalently attached to, or confined within, a first polymer matrix, the first polymer matrix is configured to prevent or minimize substantial diffusion of the cathodic material in the activated state; and the anodic material is a phenazine, a phenothiazine, a triphenodithiazine, a carbazole, a indolocarbazole, a biscarbazole, or a ferrocene covalently attached to, or confined within, a second polymer matrix, the second polymer matrix is configured to prevent or minimize substantial diffusion of the anodic material in the activated state.
US09964812B2
In a first substrate, a first organic insulating film is arranged in an active area, and includes a first surface and a first concave portion in a peripheral area outside the active area. The first concave portion is located more close to a substrate end side than the first surface. In a second substrate, a shield layer is arranged in the peripheral area facing the first substrate. A second organic insulating film includes a second surface facing the first surface and a second concave portion facing the first concave portion. The second organic insulating film overlaps the shield layer in the peripheral area. A pillar-shaped spacer is arranged between the first surface and the second surface in the peripheral area. A seal material contains the pillar-shaped spacer and is arranged between the first surface and the second surface, and between the first concave portion and the second concave portion.
US09964811B2
The present disclosure provides a curved display panel. The curved display panel includes two substrates each having a first curvature, each of the two substrates including two first side regions with the first curvature and two second side regions; a sealant for bonding the two substrates together, the sealant having a first sealant portion configured to seal the first side regions and a second sealant portion configured to seal the second side regions, wherein a Young's modulus of the first sealant is less than a Young's modulus of the second sealant.
US09964810B2
A display panel includes a pair of substrates a display medium layer held between the pair of substrates and has a display region and a frame region outside the display region and a hole on an inner side of the frame region penetrating the pair of substrates and the display medium layer. The display panel further includes a hole-periphery sealing part disposed between the pair of substrates so as to surround the hole, in which the hole-periphery sealing part includes an angled portion or a protrusion.
US09964803B2
Light sources of a backlight are configured to customize the shape of light emitted from the clusters. The clusters are activated as a unit and modulated as to brightness, but of the customized shape. All clusters can have a similar customized PSF, or the customization of each cluster may be varied in real time. Real time changes of a clusters PSF may be based, for example, an image or a region of the image to be displayed using the clusters.
US09964791B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, its driving method, and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other to form a cell, a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a pixel electrode arranged on the second substrate. A sensing electrode to which an external voltage is to be applied is arranged at a region of the first substrate corresponding to the liquid crystal layer. At a display stage, an electric field is generated between the sensing electrode to which the external voltage is applied and the pixel electrode to which a data voltage is applied, so as to drive liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer to deflect. The sensing electrode is a black matrix and/or color filter made of a conductive material and arranged on the first substrate.
US09964790B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a first common electrode and a dielectric layer. The second substrate includes a second common electrode and a pixel electrode. The dielectric layer includes at least two dielectric sub-layers in a region corresponding to each pixel unit. Dielectric constants of the at least two dielectric sub-layer are different from each other.
US09964782B2
Clip on “flip-up” attachable auxiliary nose protection assembly adapted to clip onto a pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses and including a nose protection piece pivotally movable to a first position covering a persons nose and a second position uncovering a persons nose to protect the wearers nose from sunlight or to allow the wearer to modulate some sunlight exposure. The apparatus has two main parts, including a clip means which attaches to a pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses and a nose protection portion which is pivotally attached to the clip means. Preferably the nose protector and the clip means are manufactured from lightweight durable plastic and moldable metal. When the nose protection apparatus is attached to pair of eyeglasses or sunglasses the nose protection portion may be locked into a functional position or a position which is substantially parallel to the wearers nose and an inoperative position or a position which is substantially perpendicular to the wearers nose.
US09964771B2
The present invention relates to a system for reproducing stereoscopic images comprising a projection screen, a projector, a first optical device, comprising a matrix of converging lenses having a focal distance f1, located in front of the projection screen, at a distance equal to twice the focal distance, a second optical device located in the focal plane of the first optical device and comprising a matrix of converging lenses, having a focal distance f2 equal to half the focal distance f1, located between the first optical device and the projection screen, and a third optical device located between the second optical device and the projection screen, in contact with the second optical device, the third optical device comprising a matrix of discriminating elements.
US09964768B2
A head mounted display device includes a light source that emits a high coherence light beam, a beam expansion/diverging element that expands the light beam emitted by the light source, and a beam converging element that converges the expanded light beam into a viewing zone. The light beam from the beam converging element is incident onto a spatial light modulator (SLM), and the SLM is configured to add a phase pattern and/or an amplitude pattern to the light beam to generate a virtual image that is visible to a user wearing the head mounted display device. The light converging element creates a beam or scanning beam axis that converges towards the eye, which enables a large field of view for a virtual or holographic image to be displayed.
US09964767B2
A display apparatus includes a transparent substrate having first and second sides, an array of LED micro-display panels, and an array of collimating reflectors. The LED micro-display panels are disposed within the transparent substrate between the first and second sides and oriented to emit sub-image portions of a display image towards the first side. The collimating reflectors are disposed within the transparent substrate between the first side and the array of LED micro-display panels. The collimating reflectors are aligned with the LED micro-display panels to reflect the sub-image portions back out the second side of the transparent substrate. The LED micro-display panels are offset from the collimating reflectors to expand the sub-image portions prior to reflection by the collimating reflectors.
US09964762B2
The invention relates to an electric reflective plate device, which includes a rotary shaft, a reflective plate, a shaft set and a motor module. By the composition of above structure, the flip angle of the reflective plate may be adjusted by the motor module, and the previous flip angle may be memorized every time when the reflective plate is opened, so that the reflective plate may be quickly flipped to a desired angle, to thereby conveniently use a head-up display.
US09964760B2
The invention relates to a lens (1), comprising a first lens unit (3), at least one second lens unit (5), and at least one pupil (7) having a pupil radius. The first lens unit (3) and the second lens unit (5) are arranged at a distance from each other along an optical axis (OA) of the objective, such that an intermediate space is present between the first lens unit (3) and the second lens unit (5). The second lens unit (5) is arranged on the image side with respect to the first lens unit (3). The first lens unit (3) is designed in such a way that the first lens unit produces a collimated beam.
US09964752B2
A light-conducting device for an endoscope for conducting observation light from a proximal end of the endoscope to a distal end of the endoscope includes a number of optical fibers. Each optical fiber includes a proximal end with a light inlet surface, which is provided for positioning on a proximal end of an endoscope, and a distal end with a light outlet surface, which is provided for positioning on a distal end of an endoscope. Each of the number of optical fibers including in a proximal region a first cross-section with a first surface area, and in a distal region a second cross-section with a second surface area. The first surface area is larger than the second surface area.
US09964751B2
An immersion liquid for microscopy is provided, comprising (a) an organic compound which contains a saturated polycyclic hydrocarbon residue, (b) an oligomeric or polymeric saturated acyclic hydrocarbon and (c) an alkyl aromatic compound, selected from the group consisting of alkyl naphthalene and alkyl biphenyl.
US09964742B2
An optical system which forms an optical image on an image pickup element, comprising in order from an object side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power, which includes a plurality of lenses, a stop, and a second lens unit which includes a plurality of lenses, wherein the first lens unit includes a first object-side lens which is disposed nearest to an object, and the second lens unit includes a second image-side lens which is disposed nearest to an image, and the first lens unit includes a negative lens, and a positive lens which is disposed on the object side of the negative lens, and the following conditional expressions are satisfied: β≤−1.1 (15) 0.08
US09964741B2
Systems and methods for imaging a target are provided. A system includes a detector and a substantially bitelecentric lens assembly positioned between the detector and the target. A first optical assembly is configured to focus light received from the substantially bitelecentric lens assembly onto the detector. The substantially bitelecentric lens assembly and the first optical assembly are configured to produce a collimated light space between the substantially bitelecentric lens assembly and the first optical assembly. A second optical assembly is positioned within the collimated light space.
US09964739B1
Disclosed is an optical camera lens, including: a first lens having negative refraction power, a second lens having positive refraction power, an aperture, a third lens having positive refraction power, a fourth lens having negative refraction power, a fifth lens having positive refraction power and a sixth lens having negative refraction power; a focal length of the integral optical camera lens is f, a focal length of the first lens is f1, a focal length of the second lens is f2, a focal length of the third lens is f3, a focal length of the fourth lens is f4, a focal length of the fifth lens is f5 and a focal length of the sixth lens is f6, which satisfy following relational expressions: −2.5
US09964734B2
An optical image capturing system, sequentially including a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element from an object side to an image side, is provided. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second through third lens elements have refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. At least one of the image-side surface and the object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens elements can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09964733B2
A holding structure holds a reflecting mirror. The holding structure includes a reflecting mirror bracket holding the reflecting mirror; a protrusion disposed on the reflecting mirror; a protrusion supporting part disposed on the reflecting mirror bracket and supporting the protrusion; and a spacer disposed between the protrusion supporting part and the reflecting mirror bracket.
US09964732B1
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for actuator control. The methods and apparatus may comprise various digital signal processing functions to detect a back EMF (electromotive force) and compute a countermeasure value to reduce ringing. The methods and apparatus for actuator control may apply a drive signal corresponding to the countermeasure value. The magnitude and direction of the drive signal provided at particular times during operation may facilitate a shorter settling time.
US09964730B2
Mount assembly with a monolithic mount formed by a mount ring with a plurality of retaining arms with free ends and an element, which retaining arms are arranged concentrically around the axis of symmetry of the mount ring and extend at least partially in axial direction. Three of the retaining arms contact an end face formed at the element and hold the element axially, while the other retaining arms are bonded to a circumferential surface formed at the element and prevent the element in particular from rotating.
US09964719B1
The present disclosure discloses an assembly. The assembly includes a photonic chip and an electrical chip disposed side by side. The assembly also includes mold compound that encapsulates the photonic chip and the electrical chip. The assembly further includes a redistribution layer (RDL) that extends across the top surface of the photonic chip and the top surface of the electrical chip and connects the photonic chip with the electrical chip. Moreover, the photonic chip includes an exposed optical interface for transmitting optical signals between the photonic chip and an external optical device.
US09964714B2
An optical connector includes a board including an element that performs conversion between an electric signal and light, a first ferrule and a second ferrule that are butted against each other, an optical waveguide that optically connects the first ferrule with the element, and a guide that guides the optical waveguide disposed between the first ferrule and the element.
US09964705B2
A splicer and a method for fusion-splicing optical fibers are provided, in which the disconnection of a fusion spliced portion of optical fibers can be prevented when the windbreak cover is opened upon fusion splicing. A method for fusion-splicing optical fibers includes: holding optical fibers on optical fiber holders which are arranged on a pair of movable stages, respectively and covering the holders with a windbreak cover; and butting the optical fibers each other by bringing the pair of movable stages mutually closer; fusion-splicing the butted optical fibers together; and loosening, before opening the windbreak cover 4, the tension applied to optical fibers between the fiber holding parts and positions at which the windbreak cover contacts with the optical fibers.
US09964704B2
A spot-size converter includes a substrate, a first core provided over the substrate, and second and third cores provided over the substrate and over or under the first core with a cladding layer sandwiched therebetween and extending in parallel to the substrate and the first core.
US09964690B2
A heat dissipating case for a liquid crystal display panel includes: a case provided with a space part therein and provided with a liquid crystal panel mounted to an upper surface of the case; a heat sink chassis mounting hole formed through a lower surface of the case, wherein a heat sink chassis is fitted into the heat sink chassis mounting hole; a base chassis provided on a lower part of the space part, the base chassis being provided with: an LED module attaching member mounted thereto; and the heat sink chassis mounted to a lower surface thereof; and an upper protruding part formed by protruding from an upper surface of the base chassis.
US09964683B2
The present disclosure discloses a light guide plate, a backlight module and a liquid crystal module. The light guide plate includes a plurality of light guide blocks; the light guide blocks are doped with scattering particles. Since the light guide plate includes a plurality of light guide blocks, this can simplify the cutting of the light guide plate and the making of grid points. The light guide blocks are doped with scattering particles, so that most of rays incident upon the light guide blocks are scattered in a preset direction and guided to a middle part and the light-far end of the backlight module to compensate the brightness of the middle part and the light-far end, thus making the brightness of the side light type backlight display uniform.
US09964678B2
Achieve an extinction ratio in the approximate 10−6 class for intensity transmittance in the terahertz band with one element. A wire grid device configured from layering a plurality of film substrates each formed from a rectangular polymer film wherein a narrow rectangular metal thin plate is formed in the approximate center of one face thereof. By having the width of the metal thin plate be approximately 1.0 mm, the length of the metal thin plate be approximately 12.0-30 mm, and the thickness of the film substrate be approximately 0.5-50 μm, it is possible to easily achieve an extinction ratio in the approximate 10−6 class for intensity transmittance in the terahertz band with one element.
US09964672B2
The present invention comprises a system and a method thereof for identifying a specific Interdigitated Electrode pattern arrangement for piezoelectric actuators located around an aperture of a flexible lens body, wherein the Interdigitated Electrode configuration is configurable, when activated, to provide a specific definable bending force distribution, thereby providing a specific definable shaping of the flexible lens body, thereby providing specific definable optical characteristics of the flexible lens body.
US09964668B2
A zoned waveplate has a series of transversely stacked birefringent zones alternating with non-birefringent zones. The birefringent and non-birefringent zones are integrally formed upon an AR-coated face of a single substrate by patterning the AR coated face of the substrate with zero-order sub-wavelength form-birefringent gratings configured to have a target retardance. The layer structure of the AR coating is designed to provide the target birefringence in the patterned zones and the reflection suppression.
US09964667B2
The present invention pertains to an optical film for use as a quarter wave plate (QWP) having a normal wavelength dispersion curve. More specifically, this invention relates to a quarter wave plate based on cellulose ester polymer and fused ring additives.
US09964663B2
An apparatus having: one or more infrared imagers capable of detecting light having wavelengths of 8-10 microns and 20-22 microns and a window transparent to light having wavelengths of 8-10 microns and 20-22 microns.
US09964658B2
Method of autonomous power line detection, avoidance, navigation, and inspection using aerial crafts
Embodiments of the present invention relate to power line detection, and more particularly, to methods and systems for autonomous power line detection, avoidance, navigation, and inspection. They may be implemented using aerial crafts, but do not have to. According to an embodiment, a method for detecting energized power lines in ambient space in the vicinity of an aerial craft is presented. The method includes measuring, with sensors located on the aerial craft, electric and magnetic fields in the space; and with a power line detection controller, detecting an energized power line in the space in the vicinity of the aerial craft using the sensor data; and determining the orientation of the detected energized power line in the space based on the electric and magnetic field measurements. Similar methods and systems are also presented.
US09964649B2
Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.
US09964635B2
Both controlling damage when assembling an ultrasonic probe using a chip formed with a capacitive ultrasonic transducer and securing operational reliability are achieved. In a semiconductor substrate on which the capacitive ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) is formed on a first primary surface, a protective film is formed on the surface of the ultrasonic transducer which is formed on the first primary surface of the semiconductor substrate which is then thinned by polishing a second primary surface opposite to the first primary surface of the semiconductor substrate, an ultrasonic transducer chip is cutout of the semiconductor substrate, a sound absorbing material is provided on the surface opposite to the surface formed with the ultrasonic transducer, and the protective film formed on the surface of the ultrasonic transducer is removed.
US09964613B2
The shimming work assistance unit performs singular value decomposition of a response matrix, which represents the relationship between an error magnetic field distribution and an adjusted magnetic moment placement distribution. From the multiple eigenmodes obtained, the eigenmodes are selected and added one by one in order from the eigenmode with the highest singular value, and the residual magnetic field error, which represents the fluctuation range of the difference between the magnetic field distribution, generated by the placement of the shimming magnetic moments corresponding to said eigenmode, and the error magnetic field distribution, is displayed on a display unit as a function graph of eigenmode order (line graph (1)).
US09964608B2
A magnetic nanoparticle imaging system has driving coils driven at multiple frequencies, the driving coils positioned to provide magnetic fields and field gradients to an imaging zone, and a static bias field magnet positioned to provide a static magnetic field and/or field gradient to the imaging zone. Magnetic sensors are positioned to sense magnetic fields from the imaging zone, and a signal processor processes signals from the sensors to find at least signal magnitude and phase at harmonics and/or intermodulation products of the multiple frequencies. In embodiments, the signal processing apparatus also determines signal magnitudes and phase of at least second and third harmonics of the first frequency, and maps location of nanoparticles in the imaging zone based upon the magnitudes of harmonics and magnitudes of the intermodulation products.
US09964606B2
According to embodiments there is provided a magneto-resistive sensor module. The sensor module may comprise: an integrated circuit; magneto-resistive sensor elements arranged as a bridge circuit monolithically integrated on the integrated circuit; and a stress buffer layer arranged between the integrated circuit and the magneto-resistive sensor element. There is also a provided a method of manufacturing the magneto-resistive sensor module.
US09964605B2
Methods for forming an efficient and effective crossed-fins FinFET device for sensing and measuring magnetic fields and resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include forming first-fins, parallel to and spaced from each other, in a first direction on a substrate; forming second-fins, parallel to and spaced from each other on the substrate, in a same plane as the first fins and in a second direction perpendicular to and crossing the first-fins; forming a dummy gate with a spacer on each side over channel areas of the first and second fins; forming source/drain (S/D) regions at opposite ends of each first and second fin; forming an ILD over the fins and the dummy gate and planarizing to reveal the dummy gate; removing the dummy gate, forming a cavity; and forming a high-k/metal gate in the cavity.
US09964604B2
A light source unit irradiates a gas cell disposed in a measurement region with linearly polarized light in which the direction of travel is a z-axis direction and the vibration direction of an electric field is a y-axis direction. A polarimeter detects optical characteristics of light passing through the gas cell. A magnetic field generator applies an artificial magnetic field, capable of varying an x-axis component, a y-axis component, and a z-axis component, to the measurement region. A calculation control unit generates a plurality of artificial magnetic fields, calculates a magnetization value or a value corresponding to the magnetization value on the basis of the detection results of the polarimeter, and calculates an original magnetic field present in the measurement region, using an artificial magnetic field when the magnetization value or the value corresponding to the magnetization value satisfies a condition for external value.
US09964589B1
A system for detection of a photon emission generate by a device of an integrated circuit, and methods for detecting the same are provided. The system includes a device space configured to include the device. The system further includes an electrical probe proximate the device space and configured to couple to the device. The electrical probe is configured to induce the device to generate the photon emission. The system further includes an optical fiber having a first end proximate the device space and a second end spaced from the first end. The first end is configured to receive the photon emission generated by the device. The optical fiber is configured to transmit the photon emission from the first end to the second end. The system further includes a detector in communication with the second end of the optical fiber and configured to detect the photon emission transmitted by the optical fiber.
US09964585B1
A measurement instrument for measuring electrical characteristics of a device under test (DUT) includes a synchronization signal generator, a coarse phase detection counter and a fine phase detection counter. The synchronization signal generator is connectable with a receiver via a fiber optic cable and a duplexer configured to transmit a synchronization signal from the measurement instrument to the receiver and retransmit the received synchronization signal from the receiver to the measurement instrument. The coarse phase detection counter and the fine phase detection counter are configured to determine one or both of a distance from the receiver to the measurement instrument and a phase shift in the synchronization signal between the receiver and the measurement instrument.
US09964579B2
An object of the present invention is to diagnose a state of a voltage divider while performing a normal measurement to improve reliability. A voltage detection apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first resistor for dividing voltage of a detection unit into a first divided voltage value; and a test pattern insertion circuit unit including a second resistor for dividing the first divided voltage value into a second divided voltage value and a switching device, wherein the test pattern insertion circuit unit is connected to an equipotential connection point to the first divided voltage value, and wherein a state of the first resistor is detected based on the second divided voltage value when the switching device is conductive.
US09964577B2
Provided is a system for testing a wireless terminal. The wireless terminal is configured as a device under test. The system includes: a test antenna; a reflecting surface, configured to totally reflect one or more first wireless signals emitted by the device under test; an absorbing screen, configured to absorb one or more second wireless signals emitted by the device under test, in which the one or more second wireless signals are emitted by the device under test toward a direction of the test antenna without reflection through the reflecting surface; a controller, coupled to the device under test and configured to control the device under test to emit the one or more first and second wireless signals; a power detection device, configured to detect a power of the one or more first wireless signals reflected by the reflecting surface and received by the test antenna.
US09964576B2
A capacitance detection circuit detects changes in the capacitance of a variable capacitor by using the change in capacitance to change the resonant frequency of a variable capacitor oscillator. The resonant frequency of the variable capacitor oscillator is converted from the time domain to the frequency domain, and then selected frequencies values are compared to known frequency domain values to detect the magnitude of the change in capacitance.
US09964574B2
Systems, devices, and methods for a transformer including: a first drive winding (206) wound on a first core; a second drive winding wound on a second core; a sense winding wound across the first and second cores; and a compensation winding wound across the first and second cores; where one or more utility lines are threaded through a middle of the first and second cores, a common mode current in the one or more utility lines causes one or more pulses to appear on the sense winding, a current on the compensation winding is adjusted until the one or more pulses on the sense winding are cancelled out, and the common mode current on the one or more utility lines is the adjusted current on the compensation winding multiplied by a turn ratio between the compensation winding and the sense winding.
US09964568B2
A self-powered power sensor (SPPS) measures electrical parameter measurements at points of interest, such as circuit breakers, machines, and the like. The SPPS which comprises of components that may require corrections, such as the errors induced by, but not limited to, the use of a split core mounted around a current carrier, and hence calibration coefficients are provided based on test, measurements and/or calculations respective of the devices. These coefficients may be stored in a database for retrieval when calibration of measurements received from a measuring device. In one embodiment at least one of the calibration coefficients is stored on SPPS.
US09964554B2
There is described an automation module for the manual introduction and pick up of biological specimens to be directly urgently interfaced with a testing module for laboratory diagnostics, comprising a pair of main lanes and one of secondary lanes on which carrying devices travel for carrying tubes containing said biological specimens. The automation module is provided with separate points for the introduction and the pickup of said tubes into/from said carrying devices, said points being along the secondary lane opposite to that interfaced with said testing module.
US09964548B2
Compositions and methods are provided for efficiently preparing a completely deglycosylated antibody where efficiency is measured in relative amounts of reagents in soluble or lyophilized form, and time and temperature of the reaction. Compositions and methods are also provided for separating substantially all N-linked glycans from a glycosylated antibody and for preserving functionality of the antibody. The methods are compatible with glycan labeling and protease digestion without the need for prior purification steps.
US09964546B1
Methods are described for measuring the amount of C peptide in a sample. More specifically, mass spectrometric methods are described for detecting and quantifying C peptide in a sample utilizing on-line extraction methods coupled with tandem mass spectrometric or high resolution/high accuracy mass spectrometric techniques.
US09964543B2
Medicaments in the form of therapeutic molecules including inflammatory modulators are designed and selected. A target site is on Interleukin 13 (IL-13) in which a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) molecule or polyanionic glycoconjugate or anionic polysaccharide modulates IL-13 activity or function. The target site can include amino acids located in the AB loops and/or helix D of human IL-13 or its homolog or derivative. The IL-13 target site is used to design a medicament for modulating physiological processes. Therapeutic and prophylactic compositions can include the designed medicaments.
US09964539B2
Biomolecules are specifically captured with magnetic particles and the biomolecules are labeled with fluorescence. A magnetic field generator, for attracting the magnetic particles to the support substrate, is provided on the reverse face of the support substrate, and an adhesion layer is provided on the surface of the support substrate to hold the magnetic particles. First, a dispersing solution for the magnetic particles is placed on the surface of the support substrate with the magnetic field in an off state. Next, the magnetic field is turned on, and the magnetic particles in solution are attracted to the support substrate surface. The magnetic particles colliding with the support substrate adhere to the adhesion layer of the support substrate surface, and then the magnetic field is turned off. Thus, aggregations can be broken up while the magnetic particles are held, and a magnetic particle layer on the support substrate can be a single layer.
US09964537B2
A composition of matter for use in an immunoassay devices and method comprising a signal antibody, e.g., FAB fragment, covalently linked to a first nucleotide; and one or more signal elements, e.g., signal enzymes such as ALP or fluorescent dyes, each covalently linked to a second nucleotide, wherein the first nucleotide has one or more repeated sequences, and the second nucleotide is bound to one of the one or more repeated sequences on said first nucleotide, and wherein the ratio of the signal antibody to the signal element is controlled by the number of repeated sequences.
US09964536B2
Methods of identifying a xenohormetic induced phenotype in an organism are provided. Also provided are methods if using organisms having a known xenohormetically induced phenotype in a number of different applications, such as the identification of xenohormetic agents and the generation of chemical entities and foodstuffs under specific conditions of production governed by xenohormetic effects.
US09964535B2
The invention described herein relates to methods of screening for pro-inflammatory genes and anti-inflammatory genes which may be useful for treating an inflammatory disease, disorder, or otherwise abnormal condition, such as an inflammatory lung disease. The identified pro-inflammatory genes and anti-inflammatory genes may be used to produce pharmaceutical compositions for use in treating the inflammatory disease, disorder, or otherwise abnormal condition.
US09964534B2
A method of making a skin composition that includes an effective amount of skin care agent selected to inhibit HMGB1 stimulation of human melanocytes. The method includes determining the level of high-mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1), messenger RNA associated with the expression and/or regulation of HMGB1 (HMGB1 mRNA), and/or micro-RNA associated with the expression and/or regulation of HMGB1 (HMGB1 miRNA) present in the test sample, and identifying the test agent as a skin tone agent when there is no increase in HMGB1 level, a downregulation in transcription of HMGB1 mRNA, and/or an upregulation of HMGB1 miRNA. The method also includes identifying a test agent as a skin tone agent when the test agent inhibits or prevents an increase in melanocyte dendricity and/or body size caused by HMGB1, and incorporating the skin tone agent in a dermatologically acceptable carrier.
US09964533B2
The system for measuring multi-phase fluid flow characteristics is an on-site system for measuring and calculating fluid density of a multi-phase fluid, such as a mixture of oil and water, as well as a water cut thereof. The system for measuring multi-phase fluid flow characteristics includes a conduit having a lower inlet and an upper outlet. The lower inlet is adapted for direct connection to an oil pipeline, an oil well, or the like for receiving the multi-phase fluid flowing therethrough. The conduit defines a pressure monitoring portion having opposing ends. First and second impulse lines connect first and second gauge pressure transmitters and a differential pressure transmitter to the opposing ends to measure total pressure drop and frictional pressure differential to an external controller, which calculates the fluid density and the water cut therefrom The system may also include temperature and volumetric flow rate sensors.
US09964524B2
A method and an apparatus for bolt inspection are presented. The bolt has a cylindrical threaded surface delimited by a pair of end faces that are opposite to each other. An ultrasonic transducer device contacts one of the pair of end faces for performing a scan operation. A guide structure is engaged with the bolt that guides a motion of the ultrasonic transducer device such that only a portion of a transducer contact surface contacts the one of the pair of end faces during the scan operation. The guide structure delimits a radial extent of the motion of the ultrasonic transducer device during the scan operation.
US09964523B2
A system for conducting phased array testing on a vehicle hub includes a guide element having a first end and a second end, a pivot element extending from the second end to couple to the vehicle hub, and a slide element coupled to the guide element. The slide element is movable relative to the guide element between the first end of the guide element and the second end of the guide element. The slide element including an object-receiving aperture to receive a phased array probe element.
US09964518B2
An electroplating solution analyzing apparatus measures a first current that flows between a counter electrode and a working electrode placed in electroplating solution while depositing metal on the working electrode by applying a set first voltage between a reference electrode and the working electrode and then measures a second current that flows between the counter electrode and the working electrode with a cycle set in advance while dissolving the metal deposited on the working electrode into the electroplating solution by applying a second voltage, which changes at a rate set in advance, between the reference electrode and the working electrode. During measurement, the first voltage is changed in a range set to produce a current density within a current density range set in advance. An analysis process then analyzes the state of the electroplating solution based on the values acquired by measurement.
US09964517B2
The invention provides compositions, methods and kits for high speed, high resolution of analytes by capillary electrophoresis starting with uncoated capillaries. The compositions comprise a sieving component, comprising a non-crosslinked acrylamide polymer, and a surface interaction component, comprising at least one uncharged and non-crosslinked water-soluble silica-adsorbing polymer. Methods for employing the novel compositions in capillary electrophoresis are provided. Kits comprising the novel compositions for use in the novel methods are also provided.
US09964512B2
An exhaust gas analyzing system makes it possible to determine appropriate maintenance timing of sampling pumps in the system, including sampling pumps and provided in a main flow path in order to sample exhaust gas sent from an introduction port, analysis parts provided on the upstream side or downstream side of the sampling pumps and in the main flow path, flow meters provided on the upstream side or downstream side of the analysis parts in the main flow path, and pump abnormality determination parts and for determining abnormality of the sampling pumps by comparing pump flow rates obtained by the flow meters to a predetermined abnormal flow rate.
US09964505B2
A system and method for characterizing non-solid substances, the system comprising a housing body having a cavity therein the cavity is configured to contain said substances; a transmit/receive unit configured to generate and transmit Radio Frequency (RF) signals; at least one electromagnetic sensor attached to said housing body and said transmit/receive unit, wherein said sensor is configured to provide RF responses data of said substances; a Radio Frequency Signals Measurement Unit (RFSMU) configured to receive said RF responses and measure said RF responses; and a processor connected to said sensor said processor is configured to process said responses to identify the characteristics of said substances.
US09964502B2
The present invention relates to a thermal conductivity detector, comprising a sensor block having two cavities for the purpose of accommodating gases, wherein one of the cavities is open and the other cavity is sealed and in each of the cavities there is disposed a thermistor and also sealing elements for the purpose of sealing the cavities, which sealing elements comprise electric current feed through elements, which are electrically connected to the respective thermistor disposed in the respective cavity. At least the sealing element in the sealed cavity is a glass to metal feed through element, which is welded to the sensor block to form a gas-tight joint. The present invention further relates to a method for the production of the thermal conductivity detector.
US09964498B2
The disclosure provides a sensor and method for the measurement of fluid properties, such as steam energy and steam quality, and/or multiphase and multicomponent fluids and their flow regime profiles in a single instrument, and in some embodiments can include the mass flow rate. The invention can incorporate an orifice function that permits the measurement of fluid energy and a flow profile across at least a portion of the flow path with an electromagnetic sensing method combined with a standard mass flow rate measurement using an orifice differential pressure measurement system.
US09964497B2
There is provided an inspection apparatus which inspects a substrate supporting portion configured to support a substrate during an exposure performed by an exposure apparatus. The apparatus includes: a irradiation unit configured to irradiate, with an illumination light beam, a surface of the substrate on which a pattern has been formed by an exposure by the exposure device; a detecting unit configured to detect reflected light from a pattern in the irradiated surface; a focusing state computation unit connected to the detection unit and configured to determine a focusing state of the pattern of the substrate, based on a detection result of the reflected light beam detected by the detection unit; and an inspection unit connected to the focusing state computation unit and configured to inspect the substrate supporting portion based on the focusing state determined by the focusing state computation unit.
US09964480B2
The present invention relates to a test film for detecting surface particles in a clean room in order to prevent inferior products by measuring the contamination level of the clean room using the surface particles. The present invention provides a test film for detecting surface particles in a cleanroom, the test film comprising a substrate which has a predetermined thickness and is formed of a transparent synthetic resin material; a first adhesive layer which is formed at one side of the substrate and collects the surface particles; a release film which is adhered to the first adhesive layer and is separated from the first adhesive layer when the surface particles are collected; a second adhesive layer which is formed at the other side of the substrate; and a protective film which is adhered to the second adhesive layer so as to protect the substrate and has gradations indicated thereon. According to the present invention, there is an effect in that it is possible to easily and quickly check whether or not a clean room is contaminated by collecting, on the adhesive layer-applied surface of a substrate to which an adhesive is applied, surface particles adhered to an object to be measured, and then measuring the number, size, distribution, etc. of the surface particles with the naked eye or using instruments such as a light, a magnifier, a microscope, or the like.
US09964479B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring surface tension. More particularly, the present invention relates an apparatus and method for measuring surface tension through an electrical scheme which is simpler and has improved accuracy compared to a conventional optical scheme.
US09964476B2
The present disclosure relates to shear sensor arrays. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a floating element shear stress sensor array on a chip that is calibrated to high shear levels and is calibrated to determine the sensitivity to streamwise pressure gradients.
US09964468B1
In one example embodiment, an analysis application is used to optimize sensor placement by implementing a two-part optimization solution procedure, involving generating a contribution database, and determining an optimized sensor location set using the contribution database. The optimized sensor location set may indicate locations that maximize coverage of dynamic integrity, which is quantified by as a ratio of detectable damage scenarios to all damage scenarios used by the analysis application.
US09964467B2
Estimating residual useful life of a rolling element bearing in an operating gas turbine engine is provided. A processor receives a vibration signal from a vibration sensor. The vibration signal includes a vibratory response of the rolling element bearing. Processor detects a vibratory pattern of the rolling element bearing from the vibration signal and compares the vibratory pattern to a reference vibratory pattern. Processor identifies a failure propagation stage in which the vibratory pattern matches the reference vibratory pattern. Processor correlates the failure propagation stage to the residual useful life remaining in the rolling element bearing and generates an output signal representing the residual useful life remaining in the rolling element bearing.
US09964458B2
The voltage output span and sensitivity from a MEMS pressure sensor are increased and pressure nonlinearity is reduced by thinning a diaphragm and forming the diaphragm to include anchors that are not connected to or joined to diaphragm-stiffening beams or thickened regions of the diaphragm.
US09964457B2
An apparatus includes a force sensor including a housing and a support rotatably coupled to the housing. The housing also includes a handle coupled to the support to rotate with the support. The handle is spaced apart from the housing to define a space between the housing and the handle. The apparatus further includes an angular position sensor disposed in the space between the housing and the handle to sense relative rotation between the housing and the handle.
US09964452B2
A method for measuring the temperature of a permanent magnet disposed on a rotor of an electrical machine, a magnetic property of the permanent magnet dependent on the temperature of the permanent magnet being sensed and the temperature of the permanent magnet being ascertained therefrom, and to an electrical machine, a processing unit, and a computer program for carrying it out.
US09964451B2
Provided is a temperature sensor which does not easily cause a crack in a Ti—Al—N-based thermistor material layer when the film is bent, can be directly deposited on a film or the like without firing, and has a high reliability with a high heat resistance. The temperature sensor includes an insulating film 2, a thin film thermistor portion 3 made of a Ti—Al—N-based thermistor material formed on the insulating film, a pair of pattern electrodes 4 formed on the insulating film with a pair of opposed electrode portions 4a being arranged so as to be opposed to each other on the thin film thermistor portion, wherein the pair of opposed electrode portions covers the entire surface of thin film thermistor portion excluding the region between the opposed electrode portions.
US09964449B2
Spectral interferometric systems and methods to characterize lateral and angular spatial chirp to optimize intensity localization in spatio-temporally focused ultrafast beams are described. Interference between two spatially sheared beams in an interferometer leads to straight fringes if the wavefronts are curved. To produce reference fringes, one arm relative to another is delayed in order to measure fringe rotation in the spatially resolved spectral interferogram. Utilizing Fourier analysis, frequency-resolved divergence is obtained. In another arrangement, one beam relative to the other is spatially flipped, which allows the frequency-dependent beamlet direction (angular spatial chirp) to be measured. Blocking one beam shows the spatial variation of the beamlet position with frequency (i.e., the lateral spatial chirp).
US09964447B2
This patent specification relates to a wall switch that comprises a docking station and a user-removable wall-switch head unit. In some embodiments, the docking station is configured to receive the user-removable wall-switch head unit, and configured to be permanently connected to a wall and coupled to high-power voltage wires. In some embodiments, the user-removable wall-switch head unit is configured to be user-insertable into said docking station and user-removable therefrom such that the user is not exposed to high-voltage connections when inserting or removing. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises inputs and outputs and circuitry for switchably controlling household line current power to a household electrical fixture. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises an occupancy sensor, a temperature sensor, or a processor.
US09964438B2
A system and a method for transporting high luminous intensity light from at least one luminaire to a destination area are disclosed. The system may include a light guide that carries light from the luminaire to a plurality of sensors located on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The PCB may be attachable anywhere the luminaire is located. According to an aspect, the luminaire is a separate entity from the sensor system. While collecting light rays originating from the luminaire and delivering them to the light sensors, the light guide may perform a plurality of operations to modify the characteristics of the collected light rays. The plurality of operations performed by the light guide on the light rays may support the accuracy and longevity of the light sensors on the PCB. Further, the light guide allows the sensor subsystem to be proximal to or distant from the luminaire.
US09964436B1
An image capturing apparatus including a cover plate, a light source, a sensor, and a collimator is provided. The light source and the sensor are located on the same side of the cover plate. The collimator is disposed between the cover plate and the sensor, and the collimator includes collimating elements overlapping with each other. Each collimating element includes a transparent substrate and a light absorbing layer disposed on the transparent substrate. The light absorbing layer includes a plurality of light passing openings. The light passing openings expose sensing areas of the sensor. Spacing between the light passing openings is S. A width of each light passing opening is W, and W
US09964433B2
Acoustic sensor with an acoustic object detector for reducing power consumption in front-end circuit
An acoustic object detector for detecting presence of an acoustic signal is provided. The acoustic object detector includes a number of bandpass filters. Each bandpass filter is configured to convert an input signal into an analog signal within a frequency band. The acoustic object detector also includes a number of spike generating circuits each coupled to the respective bandpass filter. Each spike generating circuit is configured to generate a series of spike signals based upon an adaptive threshold for the analog signal. The acoustic object detection further includes a decision circuit configured to generate a digital signal at a time-frequency point from the series of spike signals.
US09964426B2
A method and device for level measurement according to the propagation time method in which at least one conductor unit (1) is supplied with pulse-like electromagnetic transmission signals and in which electromagnetic response signals are tapped from the conductor unit (1). The method for level determination is improved as compared to the prior art by the conductor unit (1) being supplied with transmission signals with either positive or negative polarity.
US09964412B2
A method of providing traffic information is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of a mobile device, receiving traffic information, and determining, with respect to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, whether traffic information associated with one or more road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location has been received. One or more no-jam events are generated for respective road segments in the personal network for which it is determined that no traffic information has been received.
US09964411B2
Systems and methods related to roadmaps for mobile robotic devices are provided. A computing device can receive a roadmap. The roadmap can include an intersection between first and second edges. The computing device can determine a transition curve between the first and second edges and includes first, second, and third curve segments. The first and second curve segments can connect at a first curve junction point. The second and third curve segments can connect at a second curve junction point. The first and third curve segments each include a segment of an Euler spiral and the second curve segment can be a circular curve segment having a fixed radius. The computing device can update the roadmap by replacing the intersection between the first and second edges with the transition curve. The computing device can provide the updated roadmap.
US09964410B2
A system and method are provided for generating travel sheds which show the area reachable in a given amount of time by different modes of transport. A travel shed may consist of a series of polygons or other geometric shapes showing areas which are reachable from a given address or location within a specified travel time by utilizing a specified mode of transport (e.g. driving, biking, walking, public transportation, etc.). Techniques are disclosed for enabling the rapid calculations of travel times. In one embodiment, the rapid generation of travel times and associated travel sheds may be enabled by performing a number of pre-processing steps (e.g. downsampling, progressive road type removal, etc.) on road graph data. The pre-processing steps reduce the size of the road graph while still preserving enough of the road graph to generate accurate travel sheds. One example use of travel sheds is to enable searching for points of interest (e.g. homes, apartments, hotels, restaurants, schools, parks, etc.) according to specified travel times.
US09964404B2
A method of determining the thickness of an internal wall in a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of utilizing flash thermography to measure a complete thickness of a component between an outer wall and at least one enlarged cooling channel at a location where an outer cooling channel is positioned between the outer wall and the at least one enlarged cooling channel and where at least one member spans the cooling channel, such that the thickness is through the member which spans the outer cooling channel. An outer thickness of the component is measured from the outer wall to an outer wall of the outer cooling channel. A thickness is determined from an inner wall of the outer cooling channel to the at least one enlarged cooling channel by subtracting the measured outer thickness from the complete thickness, and also subtracting a known thickness of the outer cooling channel.
US09964402B2
A three-dimensional (3D) scanner having two cameras and a projector is detachably coupled to a device selected from the group consisting of: an articulated arm coordinate measuring machine, a camera assembly, a six degree-of-freedom (six-DOF) tracker target assembly, and a six-DOF light point target assembly.
US09964385B1
A shock mitigation casing includes a monolithic body made from a solid material. The monolithic body includes a first wall, a second wall spaced apart from the first wall, and axial end walls contiguous with the first wall and the second wall. A chamber is defined between the walls. A powder fills the chamber. The powder is a powdered form of the solid material.
US09964384B2
An electronic tracking system for obtaining geographic or other information about a targeted object from deployed ordnance. Ordnance can be delivered from any suitable weapon or weapons system, including hand-held or artillery guns, manned or unmanned aircraft, etc. The ordnance can be substantially any projectile targeted at a human, animal or other object. Once deployed, the ordnance can provide a variety of information about location, the target, the shooter, or the ordnance itself. Such information can be transmitted at any suitable interval, even time-delayed or upon a condition. Preferably, the system also contains a receiver to receive the transmitted information. Once received, the information can be then provided to users in any appropriate fashion.
US09964383B2
A toy projectile and method of making the toy projectile is provided herein. The toy projectile having: an elongated dart body secured to a tip assembly, the tip assembly comprising: a tip insert secured to a forward end of the elongated dart body and a tip secured to the tip insert, wherein the tip comprises a styrene ethylene butylene styrene copolymer (SEBS rubber) tip.
US09964379B2
What is disclosed is a braking mechanism for holding a bow string at full draw or any partial draw position along the length of a draw stroke, to enable an archery bow user to maintain a full or partial draw for longer durations of time while exerting less strength or energy than without engaging the braking mechanism.
US09964376B2
The current system is a method for easily attaching firearm devices to the end of a firearm. The system is used to improve the relative alignment between firearm devices and the bore of the firearm. The system solves the problem of non-uniformity when attaching devices to a firearm, by providing a uniform mounting surface. The system includes three main parts: a muzzle extender, a device, and a clamping method. The extender includes a threaded female receptor for attaching to the firearm muzzle and a clamping surface to be used with a clamping method to attach the device. The system has multiple embodiments including, built in muzzle devices, different clamping methods, and multiple devices to attach to the system.
US09964375B2
A hammer and a sear for a fire control system includes a safety notch and a spaced apart triggering surface on the hammer and a firing contact surface and a safety contact surface on the sear. The firing contact surface of the sear is precluded from contacting the safety notch of the hammer in both a safety position of the hammer and the sear and a firing position of the hammer and the sear. Further, a normal to the firing contact surface extends through a pivot pin that provides rotation of the sear.
US09964368B2
A guide tube pitch adjustment apparatus for aligning distal ends of lance guide tubes in registry with tube openings in a heat exchanger tube sheet is disclosed. A guide tube pitch clamp assembly carried within and supported from a housing. The pitch clamp assembly has at least two V-blocks fastened to a threaded rod. One V-block is fastened to a portion of the threaded rod having right hand threads, and another V-block is fastened to another portion of the threaded rod having left hand threads. Each of the V-blocks supports a portion of one of the guide tubes, and a cross bar clamp within the housing is oriented to span across the V-blocks and adjustably hold the portions of the guide tubes in a spaced relationship such that spacing between the distal ends of adjacent guide tubes may be adjusted by rotation of the threaded rod.
US09964367B2
A lifetime diagnosis component for anticorrosive coating includes a plate-shaped base member having an aluminum layer on a surface thereof; and a sacrificial anode layer portion formed of zinc on the base member. The surface of the base member has a base-member exposing portion where the aluminum layer is exposed.
US09964352B2
Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for separating a mixed ethane and CO2. A method described includes generating a liquid stream including ethane and CO2. The liquid stream is flashed to form an ethane vapor stream and solid CO2. The solid CO2 is accumulated in an accumulation vessel and the gas is removed from the top of the accumulation vessel.
US09964351B2
The present invention aims to provide cooling equipment which can reduce power consumption. Cooling equipment 1 includes a storage chamber 30 that stores storage goods; latent heat storage materials 101 to 106 disposed inside the storage chamber 30; a compressor 40 that configures a refrigerating cycle for cooling the inside of the storage chamber 30; a temperature sensor 60 that detects a temperature of the latent heat storage materials 101 to 106; and a control unit 100 that controls the compressor 40, based on a state of the latent heat storage materials 101 to 106.
US09964350B2
A refrigerated merchandiser including a case defining a product display area supporting product and an evaporator disposed in an air passageway in fluid communication with the product display area via an outlet to direct a refrigerated airflow into the product display area. The merchandiser also includes a control system in communication with and programmed to control the refrigeration system so that the product display area is maintained within a predetermined temperature range. The control system also varies the temperature of the refrigerated airflow through the outlet above an airflow temperature threshold between about 35 degrees Fahrenheit and 41 degrees Fahrenheit at least once during a predetermined time period to avoid formation of frost on the evaporator while maintaining the product display area within the predetermined temperature range.
US09964343B2
A flow rate of circulating water to a water heat exchanger is determined by multiplying, by a rated water flow rate, a ratio of an absolute value of a difference between a total operation capacity of each of indoor side heat exchangers serving as a heating load and a total operation capacity of each of indoor side heat exchangers serving as a cooling load to a total operation capacity of the water heat exchanger.
US09964340B2
In a Stirling refrigerator, a displacer has an internal space. An expander body houses the displacer so that the displacer can be reciprocated. A temperature sensor is arranged in the internal space of the displacer. A displacer rod, having an internal space, may connect to the displacer. A wiring may provide an electrical connection to the temperature sensor, the wiring arranged through the internal space of the displacer rod to outside of the expander body.
US09964333B2
A furnace has a primary heat exchanger tube, a secondary heat exchanger comprising a plurality of secondary heat exchanger tubes, a hot header configured to provide a fluid flow path between an output of the primary heat exchanger tube to an input of the secondary heat exchanger, and a perforated fluid flow plate disposed at least partially within the hot header.
US09964326B2
An illustrative electronic assembly having an electrical connector therein to ground an electronic component of the electronic assembly to a grounding feature of a printed wiring assembly (PWA) of the electronic assembly. The electronic assembly may include a housing, the PWA, the electronic component and the electrical connector. The electrical connector may be a conductive and resilient extender or connector that may have a first portion connected to the PWA and a second portion extending generally away from the PWA toward the electronic component. The second portion of the electrical connector may be in mechanical and electrical contact with the electronic component.
US09964324B2
A first fan controlling section of a controller circuit is configured to control a first blower fan so as to induce the discharge of the airflow of a cool air through a first air outlet defined in a first enclosure of an indoor unit of the air conditioner. A second fan controlling section is configured to control second blower fans so as to induce the discharge of the airflows of a room air through second air outlets, respectively, defined in a pair of second enclosures disposed on the opposite sides of the first enclosure. An enclosure attitude controlling section is configured to change the respective attitude of the second enclosures relative to the first enclosure.
US09964313B2
A heating control system including an air circulation fan, a heating unit, a memory, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to operate the air circulation fan at a first speed and the heating unit in a first configuration to achieve a first temperature rise where less than all of the burners are active. The microprocessor is further configured to compare the first temperature rise to a first temperature rise threshold and transition the air circulation fan to a second speed to achieve a second temperature rise when the first temperature rise is less than the first temperature rise threshold. The microprocessor is further configured to compare the second temperature rise to a second temperature rise threshold and transition the air circulation fan to a third speed when the second temperature rise is greater than the second temperature rise threshold.
US09964310B2
Apparatuses for burning a burnable fuel source, and methods of operating the same, are disclosed. The apparatuses may include a housing defining a chamber and a tube extending through the housing and disposed at least partially within the chamber of the housing, the tube accommodating a burnable fuel source. A tray may be disposed within the chamber and accommodating at least a portion of the burnable fuel source when received within the tube. A refractory brick may be disposed on at least a portion of the tray, and a plurality of pipes may be disposed within the housing such that, upon actuation of the apparatuses, heat from the burnable fuel source contacts the plurality of pipes. The apparatuses may also include an air outlet in the first housing configured to allow air from within the chamber to exit the chamber.
US09964309B2
A combustor for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The combustor is described as comprising a dome plate coupled to a liner thereof, with at least one heat shield comprised of a ceramic matrix composite coupled at the aft end of the dome plate. Also described is a method for assembling a combustor for a gas turbine engine, including releasing a metal alloy heat shield from a dome plate and providing a ceramic matrix composite heat shield as replacement.
US09964305B1
The campfire starter includes a first compartment that is connected to a flexible conduit that extends there from. The flexible conduit includes an igniter nozzle on a distal end, which dispenses a flame there from, and which is adapted to ignite a campfire. The first compartment is adapted to be handled, and from which the flexible conduit extends in order to position the igniter nozzle immediately adjacent the campfire. The flexible conduit is of an undefined length, and is made of a flexible material that enables curves and bends to be formed and adjusted as needed.
US09964291B1
A holiday light hanging device that is operable to releasably secure a holiday light string and/or a holiday light to a support structure such as but not limited to a roof eave. The holiday light hanging device includes a body wherein the body is formed utilizing a first support member, a second support member and a third support member. The body further includes a receiving member that is contiguously formed with the third support member wherein the receiving member is ring-shaped and is configured to receive a portion of a holiday light string and/or a holiday light. A magnet is further provided wherein the magnet is secured within a housing that is integrally formed into the first support member. A slot and lip are formed on the receiving member so as to facilitate the placement of a portion of a holiday light string in the void.
US09964288B1
Semiconductor lighting and retrofitting methods are provided herein. One method includes providing a roadway light that has a housing, the roadway light having at least a ballast, an high intensity discharge lamp, a reflector, a lens removed there from, the roadway light having a legacy bracket and a legacy mount disposed in a sidewall of the housing that remain, and coupling an assembly to the legacy bracket, the assembly including at least a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) lights mounted to the heat sink, the plurality of LED lights being disposed in a linear arrangement, and a support plate that is joined to the heat sink, the support plate having a mating bracket that couples with the legacy bracket disposed within a housing of the roadway light.
US09964282B2
An illumination device according to an embodiment includes a light emitting element, a light distribution control unit and a light diffuser. The light distribution control unit is arranged at an emission direction side of light of the light emitting element. The light diffuser is arranged at an advancing direction side of the light relative to the light distribution control unit, in which each of a plurality of rows of convex portions having biaxial anisotropy in a plan view extends in a predetermined anisotropic axis direction, in which the plurality of rows is arranged orthogonal to the predetermined anisotropic axis and has grooves of irregular depths between the arranged plurality of rows of the convex portions.
US09964270B2
An optoelectronic semiconductor component and an adaptive headlight are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a carrier having a carrier top side and a carrier underside, a plurality of active zones, which are fitted at the carrier top side and which are designed for emitting radiation, electrical contact locations at the carrier underside, which are designed for electrically connecting the semiconductor component and a drive unit for electrically addressing the semiconductor component and for electrically driving the active zones, wherein the active zones are fitted in a regular grid at the carrier top side, wherein the grid has a grid pitch, wherein geometrical midpoints of radiation main sides of the active zones lie on grid points of the grid, and wherein a distance between the geometrical midpoints of marginal active zones and a closest edge of the carrier is at most 50% of the grid pitch.
US09964265B2
A lighting system is disclosed that includes lighting zones. Each of the lighting zones include LED light fixtures with different sets of LED arrays mounted to modular light boards that emit different output spectra. Each of the zones also includes a layer pack control unit coupled to the LED light fixture to control power to the LED light fixtures and to execute or run lighting protocols. The lighting system preferably includes a user interface device coupled to LED light fixtures in each of the light zones through a system bus and is capable independently control light output from the LED light fixtures in each of the zones.
US09964264B2
A flashlight is operable by a power source. The flashlight includes a body having a first end and a second end. The body is configured to support the power source. The flashlight also includes a first light source positioned adjacent the first end. The first light source is electrically coupled to the power source and fixed relative to the body. The flashlight further includes a second light source coupled to the body. The second light source is movable relative to the first light source about a hinge defining a pivot axis.
US09964255B2
In various embodiments, a television monitor wall mount is provided that allows a television monitor to be mounted flush against a wall, such as directly against the SHEETROCK, drywall or other wall surface material. When attached behind a wall to a wall stud, the television wall mount serves as a bracket to support the weight of the television monitor that is located on the front side of the wall. The weight of the television monitor is supported by bolts which extend through a mounting plate surface behind the wall and through the wall and into the back of the television monitor that is on the front side of the wall. When tightened, these bolts secure the back of the television monitor flush against the first front side of the wall.
US09964252B2
The invention relates to a device for the stable and zero backlash adjustment of a camera-holding device around at least one tilting axis, in particular on a device for multi-channel image capture, wherein the adjustment device (1) comprises two plates joined to one another so as to be tiltable, and wherein the upper plate as camera support plate (2) carries the camera (K) at least indirectly and is connected to the lower plate acting as base plate (3). The device is characterized in that a displaceable ramp slide (5) having two oppositely inclined running ramps (6) is arranged on the base plate (3), in that between the two running ramps (6) there is a joint (4) by which the camera support plate (2) is joined to the base plate (3), in that the camera support plate (2) comprises two guide pins (7) that are spaced apart from one another and are guided on the running ramps (6), and in that the device is designed in such a manner that by displacing the ramp slide (5) the camera support plate (2) assumes, with zero backlash, a defined tilting angle with respect to the base plate (3).
US09964249B2
A subsea direct electrical heating assembly adapted to heat a hydrocarbon conducting steel pipeline (1) arranged subsea. The assembly comprises a direct electrical heating cable (3) extending along and being connected to the steel pipeline (1) and a power transmission cable (7) receiving electric power from a power supply (5) which is arranged onshore or at surface offshore, and which feeds the direct electrical heating cable (3). The subsea direct electrical heating assembly comprises a power conditioning arrangement (100) arranged at a subsea location, in a position between the power transmission cable (7) and the direct electrical heating cable (3). The power transmission cable (7) extends from the offshore or onshore power supply (5) and down to the power conditioning arrangement (100).
US09964232B2
A multifunction cryogenic vacuum valve adapted to evacuate, seal off, and monitor vacuum levels and relieve cryogenic vacuum insulated systems is provided, wherein no thread sealant is necessary for the thermocouple threads.
US09964229B2
A bypass valve (130) that regulates a flow of a fluid in a waste heat recovery system (100) is provided. The bypass valve (130) comprises a valve housing (220), an expander poppet (250) coupled to the valve housing (220) and adapted to prevent the flow of the fluid to an expander (140), and a valve stem (230) with at least a portion disposed in the valve housing (220) wherein the valve stem (230) is adapted to displace the expander poppet (250) to allow the fluid to flow to the expander (140), and regulate the flow of the fluid.
US09964217B2
A proportional valve (100) is provided that includes a movable armature (104) within a body (102), with the armature (104) including a poppet (107) and with the body (102) including one or more inflow ports (135) and an outflow bore (123), a valve seat (120) located on a projecting valve seat structure (119), with the valve seat (120) including a valve orifice (130) in fluid communication with the one or more inflow ports (135) and the outflow bore (123), and a flow flange (116) extending from the poppet (107) and including a flow flange wall (117) that surrounds the valve seat (120), forming a flange inflow channel (129) of a predetermined cross-sectional inflow area between the flow flange wall (117) and the valve seat structure (119), wherein the poppet (107) moves between closed and opened positions without changing the predetermined cross-sectional inflow area provided by the inflow channel (129).
US09964211B2
An end part of a piston on a front edge side is formed so as to have a crowning of a 1.2-order to 2.5-order curve where a length is 10% or more and 80% or less of a length of a cylindrical part and a height is 10% or more and 160% or less of a clearance. An end part of a cylinder block on a front edge side is formed so as to have a crowning of a 1.2-order to 2.5-order curve where a length is 8% or more and 60% or less of the length of a cylindrical part and a height is 12% or more and 125% or less of the clearance.
US09964209B2
Methods that can be used to “limit the maximum shaft/spline rpm (speed) at which axial position changing of a variator mounted on it is performed to a “maximum axial position changing rpm value” for all variator mounted shafts/splines of a CVT, while still allowing a safe driving experience and also allowing the driver to use the full power of the engine when needed.
US09964202B2
A maintenance tool for a planetary gear comprises a force generating device (101) comprising an actuator (102) for fastening to an end of a planet wheel pin of the planetary gear and for directing axial force to the planet wheel pin, and a body structure (104) for mechanically supporting a frame of the force generating device with respect to the planet carrier of the planetary gear so as to allow the actuator to move the planet wheel pin axially with respect to the planet carrier. In many cases, the maintenance tool enables removal of a planet wheel pin and installing, the same or another planet wheel pin at an operating site of the planetary gear. Thus, there is no need to move the planetary gear away from its operating site, e.g. a nacelle of a wind power plant, for maintenance work comprising removal of one or more planet wheel pins.
US09964195B2
A limited-slip driveline apparatus including a first driveline component that is rotatable relative to a second driveline component. The driveline apparatus also includes a clutch. The driveline apparatus further includes an actuation arrangement for actuating the clutch. The actuation arrangement includes a hydraulic pump that pumps hydraulic fluid through a hydraulic circuit when relative rotation exists between the first and second driveline components. The hydraulic pressure generated by the hydraulic pump within the hydraulic circuit is used to actuate the clutch. The actuation arrangement also includes a flow regulating valve for regulating a hydraulic fluid flow rate through the hydraulic circuit. The flow regulating valve is configured to prevent the hydraulic fluid flow rate from exceeding a set maximum flow rate regardless of a magnitude of the hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic circuit.
US09964189B2
This disclosure relates to various embodiments of rotary actuation devices that may be utilized in a variety of applications. In one embodiment, a rotary actuation device is configured to transition between a first position and a second position in response to each of a manual adjustment, an activation of an electrical actuator, and a force generated by a deck device. The rotary actuation device may be at least one deck device configured to exert a force in response to a condition. The force may cause the rotary actuation device to transition between the first position and the second position. The rotary actuation device may further include an electrical actuator configured to generate a motion upon activation. A rotary latch mechanism coupled to the electrical actuator and may cause the rotary actuation device to transition from the first position to the second position.
US09964186B2
A multiple speed transmission includes an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. Each of the plurality of planetary gearsets includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier member with pinion gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US09964184B2
A variable state planetary shifting transmission can include an input shaft, an output shaft; and a planetary system having a sun gear associated with the input shaft, a planetary carrier, and a ring gear associated with a ring housing. The transmission can include an overrunning clutch operably coupled to the planetary carrier. The transmission can include a clutch assembly coupled to the planetary carrier. The transmission is capable of changing the speed ratio between the input shaft and the output shaft by selective engagement of the clutch assembly against the ring gear which can cause either the freeing or locking of the planetary carrier by the overrunning clutch.
US09964182B2
A multi-stage transmission includes a first stage, a second stage, a final drive, and at least two torque transmitting devices. The at least two torque transmitting members selective couple the first stage, the second stage and the final drive with each other to produce a reverse gear or one of a plurality of forward gears.
US09964180B2
A gearing is described as having a pinion and a wheel, the wheel having two toothing regions which are set apart from each other, in particular on one of its end faces, the toothing of the pinion meshing with the toothing regions, the toothing in particular being continuous, i.e., uninterrupted throughout, the pinion axis being perpendicular to and set apart from the wheel axis.
US09964179B2
A chain includes two inner link plates, cylindrical bushings, each of which has opposite ends joined to the inner link plates, pins each inserted into a bushing, solid lubricant provided between the bushings and the pins, and two outer link plates that sandwich the inner link plates from outside. The ends of the pins extend through the outer link plates. The chain further includes projections, which maintain the distances between the outer surfaces of the inner link plates and the inner surfaces of the outer link plates, and absorbent members, which are arranged between the outer surfaces of the inner link plates and the inner surfaces of the outer link plates. The absorbent members confine the solid lubricant and are capable of absorbing liquid.
US09964175B2
An isolator for damping heat and vibrations between a heat shield and heat source is provided. The isolator includes a housing and a washer. The housing surrounds a center opening and extends axially from a first end portion to a second end portion and includes an intermediate portion therebetween. The housing has a serpentine shape. The first end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing clamp a washer therebetween, and the second end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing clamp the heat shield therebetween. The washer includes a plurality of through openings between an outer periphery and the center opening for enhancing vibration dampening and minimizing heat transfer from the heat source to the heat shield. The isolator optionally includes a collar member disposed along the center opening of the washer to facilitate mounting of the isolator to the heat source.
US09964171B2
A damper assembly (20) is disclosed, and it comprises: a first rube (22) defining an inner surface (24) extending along an axis (A) to define a fluid chamber (30) containing a damping fluid (32); a rod (34) extending axially in the first rube (22); a guide (40) annularly disposed about the rod (34) and engaging the first tube (22); a piston (42) and a retainer (46) which are attached to the rod (34) and are slidably disposed in the first tube (22); a first spring (50) engaging and extending axially away from the retainer (46); a valve body (52) which is disposed adjacent to the first spring (50) and has a periphery (54) spaced from the inner surface (24) of the first tube (22) to define an annular channel (60); a second spring (66) extending axially away from the valve body (52); a bumper (68) engaging the second spring (66). The valve body (52) moves into sealing engagement with the retainer (46) in response to the bumper (68) engaging the guide (40). This causes the damping fluid (32) to move exclusively through the valve body (52) providing additional damping force.
US09964169B2
A damper includes an outer cover having a front cover and a rear cover. The covers are joined to form a lubricant oil accommodation chamber for accommodating liquid. A damper device, a limiter mechanism, a first plate including a first collar portion located toward the front of the limiter mechanism, and a second plate including a second collar portion located toward the rear of the limiter mechanism are arranged in the outer cover. The limiter mechanism includes a first limiter plate, which is an input side on the torque transmission path, a second limiter plate, which is an output side on the torque transmission path, and a limiter disc spring, which presses the limiter plates.
US09964162B2
A device, system, and method for controlling transmission torque to provide hill ascent and/or descent assistance to a vehicle includes applying a clutch hold pressure to one or more clutches of a transmission to lock an output shaft of the transmission to resist roll-back of the vehicle. The clutch hold pressure is applied based on one or more of a transmission output speed signal, an engine throttle signal, and a vehicle brake signal.
US09964161B2
A control system for a meshing type engagement mechanism includes a meshing type engagement mechanism and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to allow a fluid chamber to be filled with a fluid by putting a switching valve into a cut-off state after respective dog teeth mesh with each other by a second member reaching a predetermined position determined in advance in response to a fluid pressure of the fluid chamber such that the second member is pressed in the direction in which the second member is separated from a first member by a release force depending on the torque transmitted between a surface of a first tooth and a surface of a second tooth, the fluid pressure of the fluid chamber is increased, and an engagement state between the first member and the second member is maintained by the fluid pressure which is increased.
US09964156B2
A mechanical end-effector changer includes a first connection unit and a second connection unit. The first connection unit has mounted therein multiple movable members and mating elastic members. Subject to the linking relationship between each movable member and the respective elastic member, the first connection unit and the second connection unit can be automatically connected together or detached from each other, facilitating end-effector change.
US09964134B1
An Internet of Thing (IoT) device includes a head portion; an elongated stress sensor coupled to the head portion, the stress sensor coupled to a surface; a processor coupled to the stress sensor; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor.
US09964130B2
The present invention relates to a method for operating a hydraulic system of a self-propelled road paver, in particular, for the supply of hydraulic oil as needed to a closed hydraulic circuit of the road paver, a hydraulic system of a road paver for performing the method and a road paver having such a hydraulic system. The extraction and/or return of the quantity of hydraulic oil occur depending on at least one operating parameter of the road paver.
US09964120B2
A fan shroud for an air cycle machine includes a tubular body extending axially between a first end and a second end of the shroud along a center axis of the fan shroud. A flange extends radially outward from the tubular body of the shroud at the first end of the shroud. At least one mounting hole extends through the flange. A sight hole extends through the flange and is positioned radially inward from the at least one mounting hole relative the center axis.
US09964117B2
The present invention relates to a compressor blade of a gas turbine having an airfoil and a blade root, said blade root and airfoil being made in one piece from a fiber-composite material, as well as a leading edge protector made from a sheet metal material, characterized in that the airfoil is provided with a radial groove extending substantially over the entire length of the airfoil and that the leading edge protector is detachably clamped onto the airfoil and is fixed with a sheet metal flange in the radial groove of the airfoil.
US09964115B2
The invention relates to a fluid pump, in particular to a liquid pump having a rotor with at last one rotor blade for conveying the fluid, the rotor being variable with respect to its diameter between a first, compressed state and a second expanded state. In order to produce a simple compressibility and expandability of the rotor of the pump, it is provided according to the invention that at least one rotor blade is deformable between a first state which it assumes in the compressed state of the rotor and a second state which it assumes in the expanded state of the rotor by means of a fluid counterpressure during a rotation of the rotor during pump operation.
US09964108B2
A variable displacement oil pump is described. The oil pump has a pump body connected to an intake channel and to a delivery channel, a rotor capable of rotating inside the pump body about a rotation axis and provided with a plurality of vanes. The oil pump has an oscillating stator arranged in an eccentric position around the rotor and pivoted inside the pump body at a rotation pin. The oil pump has adjustment means for adjusting the displacement of the oil pump which acts on the oscillating stator to displace it with respect to the rotor and position it in at least one predetermined operative position. The adjustment means has first thrusting means configured to exert a first thrusting action on a first outer surface portion of the oscillating stator arranged on a substantially opposite side with respect to the rotation pin taking as a reference the rotor.
US09964100B2
A compressed gas motor (1) comprising a vibration body (10) made to vibrate by a compressed gas being guided through the compressed gas motor (1), and a plunger (12) supported as in a bearing by a restoring element (14) in spring-like manner, the vibration body (10) and the plunger (12) being positioned and supported such that the vibration body (10) repeatedly hits against the plunger (12) during the vibration and displaces it against the restoring element (14), whereby the motion of the plunger (12) is utilized as the drive of the compressed gas motor (1).
US09964095B2
A method for enabling servicing of a wind turbine rotor includes coupling a support cable to the blade root, the support cable extends from the blade root to a hub of the wind turbine. A lowering step lowers a rotor blade relative to the hub using the support cable so the rotor blade is spaced apart from the hub by an initial vertical distance. An installing step installs a rotor blade sling on the rotor, the rotor blade sling supports the rotor blade. Other steps are used for coupling the rotor blade to the rotor blade sling, lowering the rotor blade such that the rotor blade is spaced apart from the hub by a distance greater than the initial vertical distance, de-coupling the support cable from the blade root, and interposing a rotor servicing fixture between the rotor blade and hub. The rotor servicing fixture is configured to transport a rotor part.
US09964087B2
A method for producing nozzles for injectors of internal combustion engines comprising machining nozzle blanks, each having a cylindrical surface with first and second ends, a flat reference surface at the first end and a nozzle tip projecting from the second end, applying a protective disc onto each flat reference surface, providing a containment tube with a closed first end, sequentially inserting the nozzle blanks into the containment tube and completely filling a space delimited from an outer surface of the nozzle tip of the respective nozzle blank to an inner wall of the containment tube after each insertion, compacting the metal powder, evacuating a second end of the containment tube, hot isostatic pressing the containment tube, cutting the containment tube along cutting sections aligned with the protective discs to form separate sections, and machining the sections to form a metallic coating on each nozzle tip.
US09964086B2
Embodiments may provide a fuel injector including a nozzle body having one or more nozzles, each capable of spraying a fuel from a respective spray position, and movable to change the spray position from a first position to a second position. An injector needle may be configured for axial movement relative to the nozzle body from an engaged position, to prevent flow through the one or more nozzles, to a disengaged position. The movement of the one or more nozzles from the first position to the second position and then back to the first position may substantially correspond with, and/or may be substantially be determined by, the relative axial movement between the injector needle and the nozzle body from the engaged position to the disengaged position and then back to the engaged position.
US09964081B2
A fuel system includes an air residence chamber operative to receive fuel from a fuel tank and allow degassed air to separate from fuel to an upper portion, and a boost pump including a boost pump inlet and a boost pump outlet. The boost pump inlet is in fluid communication with a lower portion of the air residence chamber to pump fluid from the air residence chamber. The system also includes an accumulator in fluid communication with the boost pump outlet. The accumulator includes a reservoir having a reservoir inlet in fluid communication with the boost pump outlet and a reservoir outlet. The accumulator also includes a piston slidably disposed in the reservoir. The piston is operative to push fluid through the reservoir outlet when a pump pressure of the boost pump drops below a predetermined pressure value.
US09964077B2
A heat exchanger for transferring heat between two fluids consists of a shell surrounding at least two tube bundles attached at both ends to a tube header. Each of the tube bundles is constructed from a plurality of individual tubes that are twisted into identical helixes formed about a common helical axis. Because each individual tube is formed in the shape of a helix, rather than as a straight tube, thermal elongation of the individual tubes results in a considerably reduced axial force on the tube attachments and tube header. Use of multiple tube bundles wound with opposite twist direction improves spacing efficiency between tubes.
US09964074B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling an electric pump for furnishing water for injection into a combustion chamber of an engine are provided. The electric pump is connected to an inflow of a main water tank and has a high-pressure output at which the electric pump makes available water at a pressure elevated with respect to a pressure in the main water tank. The high-pressure output of the electric pump is connected to a return line that opens into a driving jet connector of a suction jet pump, a suction jet connector of the suction jet pump being connected to a further water tank, and a high-pressure output of the suction jet pump being connected to the main water tank.
US09964073B1
A nuclear thermal rocket with a superconducting electric motor driven boost pump submerged within a tank of liquid hydrogen, where the boost pump is driven by both an electric motor and a turbine. The boost pump can be submerged in liquid hydrogen so that the electric motor operates as a superconducting motor. Also, a turbopump for a rocket engine can include both a turbine and an electric motor to drive the liquid oxidizer and liquid fuel pumps of the turbopump.
US09964067B2
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head, a cylinder block serving as an upper crankcase half for holding a crankshaft in at least two crankshaft bearings, at least one further shaft mounted in at least two shaft bearings, an oil circuit with oil-conducting lines for supplying oil to at least two bearings, and an exhaust-gas recirculation arrangement. A heat conductor runs between at least one of the bearings and a thermally more highly loaded region of the internal combustion engine which, at least in the warm-up phase of the internal combustion engine, is at a higher temperature than the associated bearing.
US09964066B2
An internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head including an intake port, an exhaust port, a water jacket, an intake valve, an exhaust valve, an intake valve seat, and an exhaust valve seat. The water jacket is positioned between the intake port and the exhaust port. The intake valve includes an intake valve head, and the exhaust valve includes an exhaust valve head. The intake valve contacts an intake valve seat surface of the intake valve seat. The exhaust valve head contacts an exhaust valve seat surface of the exhaust valve seat. The shortest distance between the water jacket and the intake valve seat surface is shorter than the shortest distance between the water jacket and the exhaust valve seat surface.
US09964062B2
A first test injection of a fuel injector is performed with a first test Energizing Time and the actual fuel quantity injected is measured to obtain a first point of a characteristic curve representing a relationship between the injector Energizing Time and the fuel quantity which is actually injected. A ratio between the actual fuel quantity injected and a nominal fuel quantity corresponding to the first test Energizing Time is calculated and used to determine a plurality of corrected Energizing Times for subsequent test injections. The subsequent test injections are performed using the corrected Energizing Times and the actual fuel quantity that has been injected during each one of the subsequent test injections is measured to obtain further points of the characteristic curve. The characteristic curve of the fuel injector is modeled based on the obtained further points and used to control the operation of the fuel injector.
US09964061B2
The engine controlling apparatus includes a selector and a changer. The selector selects one of a plurality of injection modes according to the operating condition of an engine, where injection rates of a plurality of injectors differ among the injection modes. The changer changes a map specifying a reference value of a detection signal detected by a first sensor according to the injection mode.
US09964057B2
Various methods and systems are provided for diagnosing individual engine cylinders based on a turbocharger speed fluctuation of a turbocharger. In one embodiment, a method for an engine includes adjusting engine operation based on an indicated operating parameter of an individual engine cylinder, where the indicated operating parameter is based on at least one turbocharger speed fluctuation of a turbocharger correlated with crankshaft position.
US09964056B2
A method includes controlling an engine speed based on: intake manifold air temperature and/or intake manifold pressure one, or more, of the following data parameters: an engine load as a function of a fuel level, a fuel injecting timing, an intake oxygen concentration, a constituent concentration from the exhaust gas flow, an engine power, and an engine torque. The method also recirculates a portion of the exhaust gas flow to the combustion cylinders of the engine via a recirculation channel, as a function of intake manifold temperature and/or intake manifold pressure at which the engine is operated. An engine system, other methods, and a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a program, to enable a processor-based control unit to control aspects of the engine are also disclosed.
US09964049B2
A method for controlling continuously variable valve timing (CVVT), may include determining whether a CVVT control is started, detecting a position of a cam and a position of a crankshaft when the CVVT control is started, determining whether the cam is positioned at a locking position based on the positions of the cam and crankshaft, determining whether the cam is controlled to be positioned from the locking position to an advancing position or a holding position, when the cam is positioned at the locking position, and when the cam is controlled to be positioned from the locking position to the advancing position or the holding position and when a condition for performing the CVVT control is satisfied, determining whether a cam torque is negative and performing predetermined CVVT control after waiting a predetermined time when the cam torque is negative.
US09964041B2
A case structure interposed between the engine and the nacelle of the aircraft is provided. The case structure includes: a ferrule surrounding the engine and including a plurality of segments; at least one radial arm ensuring connection to the nacelle; and a plurality of attachment devices for securing the plurality of ferrule segments together or with at least one radial arm. The plurality of attachment devices includes an articulation device configured for ensuring coupling of the lifted-rotated-pushed type ensuring after disengagement of the ferrule segment, its pivoting about a pivot axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the engine and then its blocking in a disengagement position.
US09964040B2
A spiral cooling system for cooling an aft turbine casing of a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine casing having a fore end and an aft end, a star bearing support member supporting a bearing housing and including a plurality of struts each mounted to an aft flange at the aft end of the turbine casing. The turbine casing includes an outer casing wall and an inner casing wall at the aft end defining an airflow plenum therebetween that receives cooling air at an input end opposite to the aft flange. The spiral cooling system includes a plurality of fins secured to an inside surface of the outer wall and being spaced from the inner wall that directs the airflow from the input end in a circular manner around the plenum to an output end of the plenum.
US09964036B2
An environmental control system includes a low pressure tap at a location on a first compressor section of a main compressor section. The low pressure tap communicates airflow to a first passage leading to a downstream outlet. A compressor is driven by an electric motor. A combined outlet intermixes airflow from the first passage and from the compressor driven by the electric motor and passes the airflow downstream to be delivered to an aircraft use.
US09964032B2
A connection assembly for securing a fan drive gear system module within a gas turbine engine includes first and second members removably secured to one another by radially extending fasteners.
US09964030B1
A system including a combustion engine is disclosed. The combustion engine includes a first cylinder orientated along a first axis. The combustion engine also includes a first piston, fitted within the first cylinder, to move in reciprocating motion by alternately moving in a first linear direction along the first axis responsive to a first power stroke or a second linear direction along the first axis responsive to a second power stroke. The combustion engine includes a tensile band affixed to a first end and a second end of the first piston. The first piston is to exert a first tensile force on the tensile band in the first linear direction in response to the first power stroke. The first piston is to exert a second tensile force on the tensile band in the second linear direction in response to the second power stroke.
US09964013B2
A method for protecting an exhaust aftertreatment system of an internal combustion engine from deterioration by selectively diverting exhaust gasses from the engine away from a component of the exhaust aftertreatment system includes assessing a status of an operating condition associated with a physical condition of the component of the internal combustion engine. The status of the operating condition is compared with a threshold value that corresponds with deterioration of the physical condition of the component. A valve upstream of the component is moved to a first position to open a bypass fluid path directing exhaust gasses around the component when the status of the operating condition meets the threshold value to reduce deterioration of the component. The valve is moved to a second position to close the bypass fluid path thereby directing exhaust gasses to the component when the status of the operating condition does not meet the threshold.
US09964003B2
The invention pertains to a power plant including a gas turbine, a heat recovery boiler arrangement with at least a boiler inlet, and an outlet side with a first exit connected to a stack and a second exit connected to a flue gas recirculation, which connects the second exit to the compressor inlet of the gas turbine. The heat recovery boiler arrangement includes a first boiler flue gas path from the boiler inlet to the first boiler exit, and a separate second boiler flue gas path from the boiler inlet to the second boiler exit. Additionally, a supplementary firing and a subsequent catalytic NOx converter are arranged in the first boiler flue gas path. Besides the power plant a method to operate such a power plant is an object of the invention.
US09964000B2
A combined heat and power system according the present disclosure includes a Rankine cycle apparatus including an evaporator that heats a working fluid by heat exchange between the working fluid and a heat source medium, an expansion machine that converts expansion power of the working fluid into rotational power, and a condenser that cools the working fluid by heat exchange between the working fluid and a heat medium, and a thermal circuit for using the heat medium heated by the condenser. An expansion volume ratio of the expansion machine is equal to or less than an expansion ratio in a theoretical Rankine cycle determined based on a state of a temperature and a pressure of the working fluid at a discharge port of the expansion machine and a state of a temperature and a pressure of the working fluid at a suction port of the expansion machine.
US09963991B2
A brush seal plate may comprise a flat ring with bristles protruding from an inner diameter of the flat ring. The brush seal plate may have a racetrack slot to allow the flat ring to move in a radial direction relative to a retention pin. The bristles may protrude from the inner diameter of the flat ring at an angle. A slot may be formed through the flat ring, and the slot may be angled. The flat ring may be circumferentially discontinuous. The flat ring may further comprise a retention opening configured to fix the flat ring in place relative to a retention pin.
US09963985B2
A turbomachine includes a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle has an airfoil. The turbomachine includes opposing walls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent nozzles, at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.
US09963980B2
A turbomachine rotor blade, said blade having, at the distal end thereof, a heel comprising: a platform (2) having a first edge (201) on the lower side and a second edge (202) on the upper side, at least one sealing member having a first end portion (301) on the lower side and a second end portion (302) on the upper side, said sealing member having a sealing top that extends radially outwards from said platform (2) between said first and second end portions (301, 302), characterized in that, for at least one sealing member, the heel (105) comprises, on at least at one of the edges (201, 202), a portion forming a bowl (5) extending along the end portion (301, 302) of the sealing member which corresponds to the edge (201, 202), the portion forming the bowl (5) being suitable for receiving a deposit of anti-wear material.
US09963977B2
Components include a low pressure turbine having a plurality of rotor assemblies including a first gamma TiAl intermetallic blade having a maximum operating temperature over 1180° F. (638° C.). At least two of the rotor assemblies include gamma TiAl intermetallic alloy blades. In an embodiment, a method of making a turbine having a plurality of rotor assemblies includes attaching a first gamma TiAl intermetallic alloy blade to an upstream stage of the plurality of rotor assemblies.
US09963975B2
A structure for creating a core for a gas turbine engine component comprises a body with a curved surface defining a turn passage. A plurality of protrusions are formed within a wall surface of the turn passage. A plurality of protrusions are configured to extend transversely relative to the curved surface. A gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.
US09963971B2
A method for producing a metal reinforcement for protecting a leading edge of a compressor blade of composite, including: creating a core that has a shape of an internal cavity of the reinforcement; creating an insert made of an alloy of a hardness greater than that of the reinforcement; shaping sheet metal by stamping with the creation, upstream of the core, a cavity between the metal sheets, which cavity is configured to accept the insert, positioning the sheets around the core with the insert placed in the cavity and securing the assembly together; creating a vacuum and closing the assembly by welding; consolidation by hot isostatic pressing; cutting the assembly to extract the core and separate the reinforcement; creating an external profile of the reinforcement by a final machining operation that reveals a material of the insert.
US09963967B2
A hydrostatic axial piston machine (1) utilizing a bent-axis construction has a drive shaft (4) with a drive flange (3) rotatable around an axis of rotation (Rt) inside a housing (2). A cylinder barrel (7) is located inside the housing (2) and is rotatable around an axis of rotation (RZ). A drive joint (30) is located between the drive shaft (4) and the cylinder barrel (7). The drive joint (30) has at least one drive body (M1; M2; M3; M4) in the form of a slider or a roller body which is supported in the drive shaft (4) and the cylinder barrel (7). A lubrication device (80) is provided for the drive joint (30) and supplies lubricant from a lubricant port (81) located on the housing (2) of the axial piston machine (1) to the drive bodies (M1; M2; M3; M4) for cooling and lubrication of the drive bodies (M1; M2; M3; M4).
US09963966B2
A pin retaining assembly for an advancing ram includes a retention plate and a retainer. The retention plate includes two oppositely facing surfaces and a channel with a notch between the two surfaces. The retainer includes a main body, a pin receiving slot, and at least two flanges. The main body is configured to slide into the notch of the channel and extend through a surface of the retention plate. The pin receiving slot has an open mouth through an end of the main body. A first flange extends from one end of the main body along a surface of retention plate and a second flange extends from another end of the main body along another surface of retention plate. The flanges retain the main body of the retainer in the first notch from moving in a direction defined by a longitudinal axis of the pin receiving slot.
US09963964B2
The present invention is a system and method for measuring borehole conditions, in particular for verification of a final diameter of a borehole. The system includes a drill string with a drill bit and a drilling mud circulation device, an underreamer attached to the drill string above the drill bit, and a tool body attached to the drill string, having a sensor for detecting downhole conditions, such as borehole diameter. The tool body is mounted above the underreamer and has a diameter smaller than the underreamer and drill bit. The sensor can be an ultrasonic transducer with a sensor housing for adjustable distance to particular borehole size. The system may also include a calibrator for sensor data, and an auxiliary tool body with another sensor between the drill bit and the underreamer.
US09963961B2
An exemplary automated system and method are provided for monitoring and controlling the transfer of water to frac water tanks during hydraulic fracturing. In one embodiment, the automated system includes a first manifold, a plurality of controllable valves, a plurality of level indicators, a pump, controller(s), storage device, and display. In one implementation, the controller is configured to control the opening/closing of the plurality of controllable valves based, at least in part, on the water levels of the frac water tanks. The controller(s) may include one or more control modes. In other implementations, the system may include a second manifold (or additional manifolds) and the capability to blend water from two or more sources, such as from an impaired water source, using either a single or multiple-manifold configuration. In other implementations, an assembly is provided, such as a skid or trailer mounted assembly, for use in a mobile automated system.
US09963958B2
An apparatus for hydrocarbon resource recovery from a subterranean formation includes a radio frequency (RF) source, an RF antenna to be positioned within the subterranean formation to deliver RF power to the hydrocarbon resource within the subterranean formation, and an RF transmission line extending between the RF source and the RF antenna. The RF transmission line may include RF transmission line sections coupled together in end-to-end relation. Each section may include an inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, and an outer load-carrying tubular member surrounding the outer conductor. A respective coupling assembly joins ends of adjacent sections together. Each coupling assembly may include an electrical coupler being fixedly connected to first ends of corresponding inner and outer conductors and being slidably connected to opposing second ends of adjacent inner and outer conductors, and a mechanical coupler connecting ends of adjacent load-bearing tubular members together.
US09963956B2
A technique facilitates evaluation of a fluid, such as a fluid produced from a well. The technique utilizes a modular and mobile system for testing flows of fluid which may comprise mixtures of constituents. A modular flow meter system comprises a plurality of modules which each have a multiphase flow meter coupled into a flow circuit. The flow circuits of the plurality of modules are selectively connectable to each other via flow connectors. Additionally, portions of the flow circuits may be selectively opened and closed to enable controlled routing of the fluid being tested through the desired multiphase flow meter or meters.
US09963955B2
Autonomous units and methods for downhole, multi-zone perforation and fracture stimulation for hydrocarbon production. The autonomous unit may be a perforating gun assembly, a bridge plug assembly, or fracturing plug assembly. The autonomous units are dimensioned and arranged to be deployed within a wellbore without an electric wireline. The autonomous units may be fabricated from a friable material so as to self-destruct upon receiving a signal. The autonomous units include a position locator for sensing the presence of objects along the wellbore and generating depth signals in response. The autonomous units also include an on-board controller for processing the depth signals and for activating an actuatable tool at a zone of interest.
US09963952B2
A downhole annular barrier with an axial extension having an outer surface facing an inner surface of an outer structure has a tubular part, an expandable part, and at least one annular sealing element. The annular sealing element is connected with the expandable part and has an axial length along the axial extension of the downhole annular barrier which is less than 50% of a length of the downhole annular barrier along the axial extension of the downhole annular barrier. The annular sealing element has a spring element.
US09963948B2
A technique facilitates on-demand release of desired sections of a well string, e.g. sections of a perforating gun string, via at least one on-demand release tool. The on-demand release tool has an activation mechanism which may be selectively actuated to transition the on-demand release tool from a first loadbearing configuration to a second loadbearing configuration. The on-demand release tool may then be transitioned to a release stage which allows a first section of the on-demand release tool to be separated from a second section of the on-demand release tool by activating a release mechanism. In at least some applications, the on-demand release tool also comprises a ballistic transfer device to enable reliable ballistic transfer between sections of the perforating gun string.
US09963941B2
A method of forming a cutting element for an earth-boring tool includes forming a table of superabrasive material over a substrate in an HTHP environment such that the table of superabrasive material is bonded to the substrate. The table of superabrasive material and the substrate form a cutting element. The method includes removing the cutting element from the HTHP environment, ascertaining predictable residual stresses within the table of superabrasive material, and marking the cutting element with at least one mark. The at least one mark provides indication of a region of the table of superabrasive material having a maximum or minimum residual stress therein. An additional method includes obtaining such a marked cutting element and affixing the cutting element on an earth-boring tool in a preferential orientation as indicated at least partially by the mark.
US09963928B2
Disclosed is a system for constructing a habitable room or the like including at least one door, walls, and door mount to pivot relative to the two walls about an axis in such a manner as to be suitable for occupying at least two positions, namely a “closed” position in which the door is contained in the plane of the first wall, and an “open” position in which the door is not. The system includes a through opening and a setback each presenting a shape substantially complementary to the door and made respectively in the first and second walls, and together having a common zone, with the axis in the zone, and arranged in such a manner that, on pivoting about the axis, the door in its first position it is integrated in the opening, and when it is in its second position, it is contained in the setback.
US09963926B2
A system for monitoring a vehicle used in providing a service is disclosed. The system detects when the service is complete, and upon detecting that the service is complete, the system determines, from one or more sensors of the vehicle, that an object which should have been removed from the vehicle after completion of the transport service, remains in the vehicle. The system then automatically initiates performance of a remedial action.
US09963918B2
A humanized convenient door lock includes a lock housing, a latch, a security hook, an outside handle operation mechanism, an inside handle operation mechanism, a cylinder driving mechanism, and an inside deadlocking rotary knob driving mechanism. The inside handle operation mechanism drives and controls the latch, the security hook, and the inside deadlocking rotary knob driving mechanism. To open the door, it only needs a one-time operation by pressing down a handle, thereby providing ease and convenience. The design is a humanized one, making it particularly suit for the needs of the disabled and the elderly and for urgent door opening.
US09963917B2
Hood stop assemblies and methods of setting a hood of a vehicle to a support frame. The receptacle includes an interior wall that defines a first part of a linear ratchet. The shaft includes a head and a wedge tooth lock that forms a second part of the linear ratchet. The first part of the linear ratchet engages the second part of the linear ratchet in a range of height positions. The methods disclosed relate to setting, adjusting and locking the hood stop.
US09963913B2
A pivoting lever that is designed to hold open by same polarity magnets or hold closed by opposing polarity magnets using a difference in lever arm lengths. The magnet pair closest to the pivot point will repel to hold the lever open. The magnet pair furthest from the pivot point will attract to hold the lever closed, retaining an object. The magnet pair that keeps the lever open has a magnetic force advantage compared to the magnet pair that keeps the lever closed. The magnet pair that keeps the lever closed has a mechanical advantage due to the longer lever arm. An external force is required to either open or close the lever. Once open it will remain open until acted upon by an external force. Once closed it will remain closed until acted upon by an external force.
US09963909B2
An electronic key for a vehicle includes an upper case component of a key case, a lower case component attachable to the upper case component, and a mechanical key that is selected from among a first mechanical key that is used in a state of being totally removed from the key case and a second mechanical key that is used in a protruding state of partially protruding from the key case. The lower case component is selected, so as to correspond to the mechanical key, from among a first lower case component that accommodates the first mechanical key to be removable and a second lower case component that accommodates the second mechanical key to be movable into the protruding state.
US09963903B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for folding and unfolding a shelter frame, e.g., a tent. A plurality of radially arranged connecting bosses is situated on a connecting piece. A pivoting member pivotally attaches to the connecting boss, and a shelter frame rod attaches to the pivoting member. In the folded position, the pivoting members are rotated toward the center of the apparatus. In the unfolded position, the pivoting members are rotated away from the center of the apparatus. The apparatus is rapidly and easily assembled.
US09963902B2
An emergency access system comprising a structure having therein at least two rooms with at least one common wall between them and an exterior wall, at least one bi-directional access opening defined in at least one selected from an exterior wall and common wall, a sheet of material with a bi-directional breakaway panel sized to substantially fill the access opening, the sheet affixed and in-line to at least one wall, the breakaway panel is a double panel, one panel on each side of an internal framed structure allowing entry from either room, and at least one bi-directional breakaway mounting fastener retaining each panel within each opening and, under pressure, breakably releasing the panel whereby an access opening enables a person in an emergency to release the breakaway mounting panel by applying pressure to the panel, thus allowing emergency access.
US09963898B2
The present application discloses an underwater cleaning robot, which includes a chassis provided with a plurality of driving wheels. The chassis includes a primary suction port and a pump assembly. The primary suction port is provided with a channel which passes through the chassis. The chassis is connected to the filtering assembly. The filtering assembly includes a secondary pump port and a secondary suction port. The pump includes a primary pump port which is connected to the pump impeller. The secondary pump port is connected to the primary pump port. The secondary suction port is connected to the primary suction port. When assembling, the secondary suction port on the filtering assembly is in line with the primary suction port, and the secondary pump port is connected to the primary pump port. Finally, the filtering assembly is snapped into the chassis.
US09963896B2
A mobile filter for removing solid contaminants from water such as swimming pools. The mobile filter has a handle maneuvered chassis, a powered propeller housed in a propeller housing, which propeller propels water through a removable bag mesh filter installable on the propeller housing. A submersible battery pack is slidably coupled to the handle, and is readily removable therefrom. An electrical conductor spans and connects the submersible battery pack and the submersible electric motor.
US09963874B2
The present invention relates to a roof truss tie-down apparatus including a pin and bracket engagement which enables a wall frame to accommodate any style of roof truss at any angle, and a method of constructing such a roof frame.
US09963873B2
The present invention is directed to a roll-up, flexible, sound-attenuating wall system. More particularly, this invention relates to a retractable wall system and its components which may be used to divide existing larger spaces into smaller spaces with sound-attenuating barriers. In each unit the flexible, sound-attenuating wall is attached to a receiver tube which, when turned on its axis, deploys or retracts the flexible, sound-attenuating wall. The flexible, sound-attenuating wall is guided by a guide roller to intersect with other flexible, sound-attenuating walls at various angles. The receiver tube and guide roller are attached at either end to independent support brackets. This invention discloses a plurality of interlocking connector systems for connecting a plurality of flexible, sound-attenuating walls at various angles. Further, this invention discloses a winding mechanism disposed in and attached to receiver tube which turns the receiver tube on its longitudinal axis to deploy or retract the flexible, sound-attenuating wall.
US09963862B2
The present disclosure includes a drain strainer with a central longitudinal axis. A rigid base includes a radially outer base periphery, a radially inner base periphery, and upper and lower surfaces therebetween, and extending in a base plane transverse to the axis. A flexible, elastic membrane is coupled to the rigid base, and includes a perforate web extending in a membrane plane transverse to the axis. Also disclosed is a sink including the strainer.
US09963860B2
A sanitary insert unit is provided having a jet regulator which has a housing with a housing inlet and a housing outlet, and a jets splitter in the housing interior. The jet splitter protrudes partially into a diffuser ring, delimiting an annular channel therebetween. The diffuser ring is insertable into an outlet-side housing part of the housing until an annular step on the outer circumference of the diffuser ring bears on an inlet-side mating surface on an outlet-side housing part. A circumferential locking cam on an outer circumference of the diffuser ring is movable into locking engagement with a locking groove provided on an inner circumference of the outlet-side housing part. The locking cam has a run-on bevel which interacts with a mating bevel upstream from the locking groove in an insertion direction that has a greater angle of inclination with respect to a longitudinal axis in comparison with the run-on bevel.
US09963859B2
A sanitary fitting having a housing with at least one mixing unit for mixing a cold water and a hot water into a mixed water, wherein the mixed water can be directed through a first flow path and a second flow path to a spout of the housing, and wherein the first flow path can be at least partially closed by a first valve and the second flow path can be at least partially closed by a second valve, so that an outflow of the mixed water from the spout can be controlled by means of the first valve and the second valve independently from one another.
US09963854B2
A guardrail for a walkway of a machine includes a vertical channel post having an end wall and side walls forming an open channel. The vertical channel post may taper in the side-to-side and fore-aft directions as the post extends bottom to top. The vertical channel post may also transition from a generally rectangular cross-section near the bottom to a more rounded cross-section at the top. Curved top notches at the top of the vertical channel post allow a top rail of the guardrail to rest on top of the post and be attached. Intermediate notches along vertical edges of the side walls receive an intermediate rail of the guardrail. The top notches and the intermediate notches are arranged so that the top rail and the intermediate rail may be vertically aligned and parallel to each other and to the walkway enclosed by the guardrail.
US09963853B2
A lip for an excavating bucket with a front beam and a rear beam extending along the length of the lip and defining at least one recess between them. The front beam includes noses extending forward of the beam for mounting ground engaging tools. Ribs extend between the front beam and the rear beam. The ribs separate recesses extending between the beams.
US09963848B2
A method of containing a spill in an aqueous environment, comprises the steps of: placing a polymeric pipe under the surface level of the aqueous environment in the vicinity of a site of potential spillage; and raising the pipe from under the surface level to a containment level; wherein the pipe forms, when raised, at least a partial boundary around the spill for containing the spill.
US09963847B2
A breakwater (wave attenuation system) includes two horizontal tubes as buoyant members connected to one another, their cross-sections representing vertices of a triangle, whose legs are interconnecting struts. A perforated, submerged, ballast tube forms the third vertex. Wave motion is perpendicular to the length of the float tubes tethered to an anchor at the sea floor. A lead float tube rises in response to an approaching wave, often cutting off the wave crest, while a trailing float tube rises less and later as the wave passes. Asynchronous rising and falling of the leading and trailing, floating, top tubes rocks the breakwater, redirecting and dissipating wave momentum, energy, and water volume by rotating the assembly, thrashing the water.
US09963840B2
Methods, compositions and systems for prolonging the lives of transportation surfaces, including pavement, runways, bridges and parking structures include physically altering the transportation surface and chemically protecting the transportation surfaces. Physical alteration of a transportation surface may include physically altering one or both of a microtexture and a macrotexture of the transportation surface. Chemical protection of a transportation surface may include hardening and/or densifying the transportation surface. The transportation surface may be chemically protected while physically altering the transportation surface or after the transportation surface has been physically altered.
US09963836B1
A method for operating construction machines of a paving train includes receiving at least one design file. The method includes receiving, by the computing device of the first construction machine of the paving train, a plurality of other machine data inputs from the at least one computing device of the at least one other construction machine of the paving train. The method includes receiving, by the computing device of the first construction machine of the paving train, a plurality of first machine data inputs. The method includes updating a paving work state file based upon the plurality of other machine data inputs and the plurality of first machine data inputs. The method includes controlling the first construction machine of the paving train based upon the plurality of other machine data inputs, the plurality of first machine data inputs, the at least one design file, and the paving work state file.
US09963826B2
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a rotatable drum unit that includes an opening section having a plurality of openings on a surface thereof and a cylindrical section having no opening; a material supply unit that is provided to supply a material containing fibers to the drum unit by airflow; and a forming unit that forms a sheet by using the material passing through the openings, in which at least one of the drum unit and the material supply unit has a diffusion section in which airflow is diffused further on a downstream side than on an upstream side in a supply direction of the airflow.
US09963820B2
The invention concerns a cellulose fiber of the genus Lyocell which is treated with a cross-linking agent, with the cross-linking agent inducing a protection from fibrillation on the fiber and exhibiting the following properties: the protection from fibrillation induced by the cross-linking agent changes if the fiber is stored within a pH range from 4.0 to 10.0, in particular under the influence of moisture and/or heat, within the pH range from 4.0 to 10.0, an optimum value exists at which the stability of the protection from fibrillation induced by the cross-linking agent during storage is highest a suitable range exists around the optimum value in which the stability is reduced by 20% at the most, compared to the stability at the optimum value, within the pH range from 4.0 to 10.0, the suitable range is limited by at least one limiting value at which the stability is reduced by 20% compared to the long-term stability at the optimum value and with a further decrease in stability occurring below and above said value, respectively, and the cross-linking agent has the capability to change the pH value. The fiber according to the invention is characterized in that the fiber comprises a buffering substance in the suitable range and exhibits a buffer capacity of at least about 12 mmol/kg fiber, preferably from about 15 to about 70 mmol/kg fiber, in the suitable range.
US09963807B2
A method for ring-spinning with pneumatic guiding and capturing includes steps of: respectively fixing a pneumatic guiding and capturing apparatus in front of each drawing system of a ring frame; twisting the ribbon-like strand outputted through a front roller nip to form a spinning strand, moving the spinning strand into a holder groove of a capturing holder; guiding ribbon-like strand edge fibers to closely contact with a spinning strand main body by negative pressure airflow in the holder groove; before the ribbon-like strand edge fibers enter an in-take opening, cohering the edge fibers with the spinning strand for being partly captured by the spinning strand stem; other un-captured edge fibers become spinning strand hairiness, which is then stretched and tightly wrapped onto the spinning strand stem by a negative pressure; the spinning strand is outputted from the holder groove outlet to get a high qualified spun yarn.
US09963804B2
A polyamide monofilament is characterized in that the abrasion tension thereof when passed through a ceramic guide is 0.3 cN/dtex or less and in that the amount of static electricity generated at the exit of a chromium round bar guide, which is a frictional body, when the polyamide monofilament is passed through the chromium round bar guide, is 300 V or less. This polyamide monofilament and fiber package provide a gauze woven fabric for which tension is low when passing through a thread path guide when warping warp yarn, for which generation of static electricity is suppressed, and which has excellent weaving productivity.
US09963799B2
A foundry mixture for making molds used for molding cast metal parts includes foundry sand, a non-aqueous binder, and a cleaning agent that includes calcium oxide. Residual foundry mixture remaining on the cast part after removal from the mold is removed by electrolytic cleaning of the cast part.
US09963797B2
The method for copper electroplating according to the present invention comprises an aqueous acidic copper plating bath containing a leveler additive which forms copper trenches having a cross-sectional round shape under direct current plating conditions, and at least one reverse current pulse cycle consisting of one forward current pulse and one reverse current pulse wherein the fraction of the reverse charge to the forward charge applied to the substrate in said at least one current pulse cycle ranges between 0.1 to 5%. The method is particularly suitable for simultaneously filling blind micro vias and plating trenches with a rectangular cross-sectional shape.
US09963794B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a hydrogen-containing water generating electrode includes a positive electrode that is a tubular conductor and includes a plurality of openings in a side portion, an insulator that is provided on an outer peripheral portion of the positive electrode and includes a plurality of openings, and a negative electrode that is a tubular conductor provided on an outer peripheral portion of the insulator and includes a plurality of openings in a side portion. The openings of the positive electrode and the openings of the negative electrode are larger than the openings of the insulator.
US09963791B2
The invention relates to a novel reactor design, wherein the pressurized chamber contains both a high-temperature electrolysis (HTE) reactor with elementary electrolysis cell stacking for producing either hydrogen or a synthesis gas (“syngas” for a H2+CO mixture) from water vapor H2O and carbon dioxide CO2, and at least one catalyst arranged at a distance and downstream of the outlet of the electrolyzer for converting the previously produced synthesis gas into the desired combustible gas, by means of heterogeneous catalysis, the synthesis gas having being produced either directly from the electrolysis reactor or indirectly by mixing the hydrogen produced with carbon dioxide CO2 injected into the chamber.
US09963790B2
The present invention provides bio-electrochemical systems having various configurations for the treatment of water, wastewater, gases, and other biodegradable matter. In one aspect, the invention provides bio-electrochemical systems configured for treating wastewater while generating multiple outputs. In another aspect, the invention provides bio-electrochemical systems configured for improving the efficiency of electrodialysis removal systems. In yet another aspect, the invention provides bio-electro-chemical systems configured for use in banks and basins.
US09963785B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: performing a pre-process to a metal film or a GST film by supplying a first processing gas to a substrate, on a surface of which the metal film or the GST film is formed, without supplying a second processing gas; and performing a formation process to the substrate to which the pre-process has been performed such that a film is formed on the metal film or the GST film by executing at least one cycle of alternately (i) supplying the first processing gas, and (ii) supplying the second processing gas that is activated by plasma excitation.
US09963781B2
Carbon nanotubes grown on nanostructured flake substrates are disclosed. The nanostructured flake substrates include a catalyst support layer and at least one catalyst layer. Carbon nanotubes grown on the nanostructured flake substrates can have very high aspect ratios. Further, the carbon nanotubes can be aligned on the nanostructured flake substrates. Through routine optimization, the nanostructured flake substrates may be used to produce single-wall, double-wall, or multi-wall carbon nanotubes of various lengths and diameters. The nanostructured flake substrates produce very high yields of carbon nanotubes per unit weight of substrate. Methods for making the nanostructured flake substrates and for using the nanostructured flake substrates in carbon nanotube synthesis are disclosed.
US09963778B2
Embodiments relate to a sputter chamber comprising both a target surface and an anode surface. The sputter chamber has both an ingress and an egress to allow passage of a gas. The sputter chamber further includes a target substrate. A secondary material flexibly changes the composition of the target substrate in-situ by changing coverage of the target by the secondary material. Gas entering the sputter chamber interacts with the changed composition of the target. The interaction discharges a plasma alloy and the alloy condenses on the anode surface in the sputter chamber. The condensed alloy produces an alloy film.
US09963773B2
This disclosure is directed to an optic having a composited MgO—MgF2 infrared anti-reflective coating that is suitable for use in LWIR, MWIR and SWIR ranges, and is particularly suitable for use in the LWIR range. The coated optic disclosed herein passes the severe abrasion test with a barring force between 2 pounds and 2.5 pounds. The MgO—MgF2 infrared anti-reflective coating has a thickness in the range of 500 nm to 1500 nm and a reflectance value Rx at 12° of less than 2% in the wavelength range of 7.25 nm to 11.75 nm.
US09963771B2
A high-strength galvanized steel sheet comprising a cold-rolled steel sheet, an intermetallic compound formed on the cold-rolled steel sheet, and a galvanizing layer formed on the intermetallic compound, the cold-rolled steel sheet having a specific composition and a microstructure having a martensite area ratio of 7% or more and less than 25% and a ferrite area ratio of 50% or more and which includes a base metal surface portion in which the amount of internal oxides per single side is 0.05 g/m2 or less.
US09963770B2
A cast alloy includes aluminum and from about 5 to about 30 weight percent of at least one material selected from the group consisting of cerium, lanthanum, and mischmetal. The cast alloy has a strengthening Al11X3 intermetallic phase in an amount in the range of from about 5 to about 30 weight percent, wherein X is at least one of cerium, lanthanum, and mischmetal. The Al11X3 intermetallic phase has a microstructure that includes at least one of lath features and rod morphological features. The morphological features have an average thickness of no more than 700 um and an average spacing of no more than 10 um, the microstructure further comprising an eutectic microconstituent that comprises more than about 10 volume percent of the microstructure.
US09963767B2
An automotive member or a feed oil pipe includes: a member made of a ferritic stainless steel containing predetermined components containing 10.5% to 18.0% of Cr in mass %; a metal fitting made of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, the metal fitting being attached to the member; and a gap structure defined between the member and the metal fitting, the gap structure being exposed to a chloride environment, where the metal fitting has an Al-plating weight per unit area of 20 g/m2 or more and 150 g/m2 or less on a surface corresponding to a gap of the gap structure, and surfaces of the metal fitting and the non-aluminized member other than the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 μm to 35 μm.
US09963759B2
Methods treat ash from waste incineration, wherein the methods at least comprise: a) the digestion of the ash by a leaching liquor containing phosphate ions in solution such as to form a first solid phase comprising impurities and a first liquid phase comprising phosphate ions; and b) the separation of said first liquid phase comprising phosphate ions from said first solid phase. Step a) is carried out for a duration of less than one hour or at a temperature of more than 40° C.
US09963758B2
Provided is a hot press-formed (HPF) member with excellent powdering resistance at the time of press forming. The HPF member includes a hot-dip coating layer containing Al on a surface of a base steel sheet. The base steel sheet includes, based on wt %, 0.18-0.25% of C, 0.1-1.0% of Si, 0.9-1.5% of Mn, 0.03% or less of P, 0.01% or less of S, 0.01-0.05% of Al, 0.05-0.5% of Cr, 0.01-0.05% of Ti, 0.001-0.005% of B, 0.009% or less of N, the balance Fe, and the other impurities. The hot-dip coating layer comprises a soft diffusion layer and a hard alloy layer. The alloy layer has a Tau phase in the range of 10-30%, in terms of area percent.
US09963756B2
The present invention provides a method for the fabrication of a martensitic steel sheet with a yield stress greater than 1300 MPa. The method includes the steps of obtaining a semi-finished steel product, the composition of which includes, whereby the contents are expressed in percent by weight: 0.15%≤C≤0.40%, 1.5%≤Mn≤3%, 0.005%≤Si≤2%, 0.005%≤Al≤0.1%, S≤0.05%, P≤0.1%, 0.025%≤Nb≤0.1%, and optionally: 0.01%≤Ti≤0.1%, 0%≤Cr≤4%, 0%≤Mo≤2%, 0.0005%≤B≤0.005%, 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%. The remainder of the composition is iron and the inevitable impurities resulting from processing. The semi-finished product is reheated to a temperature T1 in the range between 1050° C. and 1250° C., then the reheated semi-finished product is subjected to a roughing rolling at a temperature T2 in the range between 1050 and 1150° C., with a cumulative rate of reduction ϵa greater than 100%, to obtain a sheet with a not totally recrystallized austenitic structure with an average grain size less than 40 micrometers and preferably less than 5 micrometers. The sheet is then cooled to prevent a transformation of the austenite at a rate VR1 greater than 2° C./s to a temperature T3 in the range between 970° C. and Ar3+30° C., is then subjected to a finishing hot rolling at the temperature T3 of the cooled sheet, with a cumulative rate off reduction ϵb greater than 50% to obtain a sheet, then the sheet is cooled at a rate VR2 which is greater than the critical martensitic quenching rate. Steel sheets are also provided.
US09963753B2
A cooling plate for a metallurgical furnace comprising a body (12) with a front face (18) and an opposite rear face (20), the body having at least one coolant channel (14) therein; the front face (18) being turned towards the furnace interior and preferably comprises alternating ribs (22) and grooves (24). The cooling plate includes wear detection means comprising: a plurality of closed pressure chambers (26, 28) distributed at different locations in said body, said pressure chambers being positioned at predetermined depths below the front face (18) of said body; and a pressure sensor (30) associated with each pressure chamber (26, 28) in order to detect a deviation from a reference pressure inside said pressure chamber when the latter becomes open due to wear out of said body.
US09963751B2
Provided are compositions and methods for identifying test agents as candidate for use in reducing hepatitis B virus (HBV). The methods involve a) introducing at least one test agent into mammalian cells, the cells having one or more plasmids that encode an HBV genome, wherein the genome includes a segment encoding a mutated HBV core (HBc), wherein the HBc mutation is L60A, I126A, K96A or a combination thereof. The test agent is allowed to be in contact with the mammalian cells for a period of time. Subsequently, amounts of HBV cccDNA in the mammalian cells are determined. The method can be performed in vitro or in vivo. A reduction in cccDNA relative to a control indicates the test agent in the test container is a candidate for reducing HBV in an individual. Cell cultures divided into reaction containers that each contain a distinct test agent are also included.
US09963749B2
The present invention provides for alfalfa events J-101 and J-163 and DNA molecules unique to these events. The invention also provides methods for detecting the presence of these DNA molecules in a plant sample.
US09963743B2
The present disclosure describes the identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in inflammatory diseases and uses thereof, and methods of screening for, diagnosing, identifying susceptibility to or detecting a risk of developing an inflammatory disease comprising detecting the presence or absence of at least one SNP identified in a gene associated with inflammatory disease.
US09963742B2
Disclosed herein are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) characteristic of functional subgroups of KIR3DL1. Also disclosed herein are methods for classifying KIR3DL1 alleles by using a series of oligonucleotide primers and PCR reaction conditions uniquely designed to identify group-specific SNPs from genomic DNA. The compositions and methods disclosed herein are useful in clinical settings and research laboratories, and enable prospective assessment of prognoses of various diseases and selection of most appropriate donors for HCT.
US09963731B2
The present invention provides a method of producing a carotenoid having 50 carbon atoms which comprises culturing, in a medium, a cell transformed with a mutant phytoene desaturase gene and obtaining the carotenoid having 50 carbon atoms from the culture. The mutant phytoene desaturase gene has an introduced mutation to encode a mutant phytoene desaturase having an enhanced activity to desaturate a carotenoid backbone compound of 50 carbon atoms.
US09963730B2
Provided herein are methods for processing biomass materials that are disposed in one or more structures or carriers, e.g., a bag, a shell, a net, a membrane, a mesh or any combination of these. Containing the material in this manner allows it to be readily added or removed at any point and in any sequence during processing.
US09963729B2
A method of diversification of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) or precursors thereof, compounds obtainable by the method, and uses and compositions involving such compounds. The method comprises a) providing at least one compound or a mixture of the compounds selected from the group consisting of: optionally sialylated and/or fucosylated lactose derivatives of general formula 2 and salts thereof; b) adding at least one enzyme comprising a transglycosidase activity to the at least one compound or a mixture of compounds provided according to step a); and c) incubating the mixture obtained according to step b).
US09963725B2
The present invention provides a continuous and cost effective chemo-enzymatic process for fractionation of holocellulose, obtained from agri-waste, into arabinoxylooligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides and cellooligosaccharides, suitable for commercial applications. The process comprises of mixing the holocellulose with an aqueous medium in a controlled condition to obtain an aqueous extract comprising of soluble arabinoxylooligosaccharides and insoluble solid fraction; followed by treatment of the solid fraction with an aqueous alkali solution at controlled condition to obtain soluble xylooligosaccharides and cellulose residue. The cellulose residue is thereafter suspended in aqueous acid solution followed by treatment with an enzyme at controlled condition to obtain soluble cellooligosaccharides. The arabinoxylooligosaccharides, xylooligosaccharides and cellooligosaccharides obtained from the process have a degree of polymerization greater than 4.
US09963718B2
The invention relates to recombinant VSV viruses and viral vectors which produce a glycoprotein GP of the lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) instead of the G protein of the VSV, to virus producing cells which produce LCMV-GP-pseudotyped VSV virions, and to the use of said vectors and cells in the therapy of solid tumors, especially brain tumors.
US09963716B2
The present invention relates inter alia to improvements in the production of chimaeric antibodies in non-human transgenic vertebrates such as mice and rats bearing one or more chimaeric antibody transgenes. In particular, the invention provides for improved non-human vertebrates and cells in which VpreB has been species-matched with the variable region of the chimaeric antibodies. Also, embodiments also provide for species-matching of the entire surrogate light chain for efficient pairing with chimaeric heavy chains during B-cell development in vivo in a non-human transgenic vertebrate setting.
US09963714B1
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R247NRB2XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R247NRB2XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R247NRB2XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R247NRB2XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US09963702B2
The present invention relates to RNAi constructs with improved tissue and cellular uptake characteristics and methods of use of these compounds in dermal and fibrotic applications.
US09963698B2
The present invention relates generally to a method of modifying gene expression and to synthetic genes for modifying endogenous gene expression in a cell, tissue or organ of a transgenic organism, in particular a transgenic animal or plant. More particularly, the present invention utilizes recombinant DNA technology to post-transcriptionally modify or modulate the expression of a target gene in a cell, tissue organ or whole organism, thereby producing novel phenotypes. Novel synthetic genes and genetic constructs which are capable of repressing delaying or otherwise reducing the expression of an endogenous gene or target gene in an organism when introduced thereto are also provided.
US09963688B2
EstATII is an esterase that a halotolerant, thermophilic and resistant to a spectrum of heavy metals including toxic concentration of metals. It was isolated from the lowest convective layer of the Atlantis II Red Sea brine pool. The Atlantis II brine pool is an extreme environment that possesses multiple harsh conditions such as; high temperature, salinity, pH and high concentration of metals, including toxic heavy metals. A fosmid metagenomic library using DNA isolated from the lowest convective layer this pool was used to identify EstATII. Polynucleotides encoding EstATII and similar esterases are disclosed and can be used to make EstATII. EstATII or compositions or apparatuses that contain it may be used in various processes employing lipases/esterases especially when these processes are performed under harsh conditions that inactivate other kinds of lipases or esterases.
US09963686B2
A modified DNA, polymerase belonging to family B that is not inhibited by dUTP is provided.The modified DNA polymerase comprises modifications of at least two amino acids selected from the group consisting of amino acids corresponding to Y7, P36, and V93 in SEQ ID NO: 1, in the amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 10.
US09963681B2
This invention relates to the use of late out-growth endothelial progenitor cells (L-EPCs) as a cellular substrate for the generation of Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). This may be useful in the production of patient-specific tissues for disease modelling, drug and toxicology screening, tissue replacement and delivery of gene therapy.
US09963675B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing a retinal disease or condition; improving a photopic (day light) vision; for improving correcting visual acuity, improving macular function, improving a visual field, or improving scotopic (night) vision by administration of retinal progenitor cells. The subject matter described herein also provides cell populations comprising retinal progenitor cells and methods of isolation thereof.
US09963669B2
The invention concerns a facility for coupling a bioreactor for culturing bio-organisms, in dynamic mode, with at least one device for physicochemically analyzing a fluid from this bioreactor or collecting samples of this fluid, the device being equipped with a pump and an injector, the bioreactor being equipped with means for supplying culture medium and xenobiotic(s). The facility is remarkable in that the bioreactor is connected to a closed perfusion loop provided with a pump, fitted with a sampling loop and in that the facility comprises: a device for injecting a cleaning product into said sampling loop, two six-way valves, the first valve being connected to the closed perfusion loop, to the sampling loop and to a cleaning loop, the second valve being connected to the cleaning loop and an injection loop that connects the injector to at least one of the devices.
US09963655B2
An additive package for an internal combustion engine crankcase lubricating oil composition, which additive package comprises or is made by admixing: (A) 5-99.4 mass % based on the mass of the additive package, of a diluent oil of lubricating viscosity; and (B) the following additives: (B1) 0.1-10 mass % of a polymeric friction modifier, on an active matter basis, based on the mass of the additive package, which polymeric friction modifier is the reaction product of (a) a functionalised polyolefin, (b) a polyether, (c) a polyol, and (d) a monocarboxylic acid chain terminating group (B2) 0.5 to 10 mass % on an active matter basis, based on the mass of the additive package of one or more ashless organic friction modifiers that include a polar terminal group covalently bonded to a monomeric oleophilic hydrocarbon chain.
US09963652B1
A method to generate cyclic hydrocarbons from farnesene to increase both the density and net heat of combustion of the product fuels.
US09963648B2
Processes to prepare branched polyolefins for lubricant applications comprise combining at least one olefin and a coordination-insertion catalyst under conditions such that at least one oligomer product is formed. Low molecular weight by-products are fractionated out and the oligomer product is converted to a saturated hydrocarbon via hydrogenation.
US09963644B2
The invention relates to a method for cleaning hydrocarbon mixtures, in which a contaminated hydrocarbon mixture comprising hydrocarbons having three to eight carbon atoms is at least partly freed of impurities by contacting with a solid sorbent, wherein the hydrocarbon mixture is exclusively in the liquid state during contact with the sorbent. The object of the invention is to specify a process for cleaning liquid C3 to C8 hydrocarbon mixtures, which is based on a readily available but non-carcinogenic sorbent and which achieves better purities compared to traditional molecular sieves. This object is achieved by using, as sorbents, solid materials of the following composition: copper oxide: 10% to 60% by weight (calculated as CuO); zinc oxide: 10% to 60% by weight (calculated as ZnO); aluminum oxide: 10% to 30% by weight (calculated as Al2O3); other substances: 0% to 5% by weight. Materials of this kind are otherwise used as catalysts in methanol synthesis.
US09963639B2
A fixed carbon production device is provided with: a quench chamber for collecting fixed carbon; a dry distillation furnace which is erected and fixed in the quench chamber and into which raw material coal is fed; a dry distillation unit which is polygonal in horizontal cross-section and is partitioned by a separating wall which partitions the inside of the dry distillation furnace in the vertical direction; a dry distillation mini-furnace which is polygonal in horizontal cross-section and which is partitioned by a partition which partitions the inside of the dry distillation unit in the vertical direction; a pipe heating means which is arranged on the separating wall of the dry distillation unit and the partition of the dry distillation mini-furnace and which dry-distills the raw material coal; and a collection path for collecting fixed carbon collected in the quench chamber.
US09963625B2
Composite body comprises nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) together with abrasive particles (AP). The nanofibrillar cellulose forms a 3-dimensional connecting network for the abrasive particles (AP). The abrasive particles have a hardness above 7 on Mohs scale. The composite body is used for grinding, polishing or cutting.
US09963624B2
The present invention is: a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), and a component (C), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:50, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2 (a-1) wherein R1 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of 5 to 40 nm, and the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a sulfur atom in its molecule. This invention provides: a curable composition that produces a cured product that exhibits excellent adhesion, excellent delamination resistance, and excellent heat resistance, and exhibits excellent workability during the application step, a method for producing the same, a cured product obtained by curing the curable composition, a method for using the curable composition as an optical element-securing adhesive or an optical element sealing material, and an optical device.
US09963613B2
The present invention provides a new process of preparation for PUA with superior mechanical performance, such as elongation, and tensile strength. The process is solvent free, smooth, and robust. PU prepolymer prepared according to the present invention has low viscosity, and contains no particulate DMPA.
US09963611B2
A composition for coating a polypropylene-based fabric or polypropylene-based material for use in decreasing the transmission of human pathogens. A device such as a protective face mask made from a polypropylene-based fabric or polypropylene-based material coated with the composition.
US09963609B2
A method is disclosed of producing stable nanosized colloidal suspensions of particles with limited crystallinity loss, products thereof, use of the products and an apparatus for the method. In particular the present invention relates to a wet milling method with small beads wherein the size of the final particles in suspension are stabilized in the nanorange (D50<75 nm) and at the same time the particles substantially maintain the crystallinity.
US09963604B2
According to one embodiment, an inkjet ink includes a non-conductive metal pigment, a resin, and a solvent, and the surface of the non-conductive metal pigment is coated with an alkoxide including an alkoxysilane, and the coating film has a crosslinked structure.
US09963602B2
The present invention relates to an ultraviolet curable white ink composition for inkjet printing comprising a pigment dispersion, a binder solution, a monofunctional monomer and a photoinitiator and, more particularly, to an ultraviolet curable white ink composition for inkjet printing which, at the time of forming a pattern, has a thickness of 30 μm or less and a contrast ratio of 98% or more, a method for preparing a white bezel pattern using the same, and an electronic device comprising the white bezel pattern prepared by the method.
US09963601B2
A photocationically curable ink jet ink includes: a photoacid generator; a pigment; a monofunctional epoxy compound; a bifunctional epoxy compound; a monofunctional oxetane compound; and a bifunctional oxetane compound. In the photocationically curable ink jet ink, a concentration of the monofunctional epoxy compound is 20 wt % to 50 wt %, a concentration of the bifunctional epoxy compound is 20 wt % to 50 wt %, a concentration of the monofunctional oxetane compound is 5 wt % to 20 wt %, and a concentration of the bifunctional oxetane compound is 5 wt % to 20 wt %.
US09963597B2
The present disclosure describes a strategy to create self-healing, slippery self-lubricating polymers. Lubricating liquids with affinities to polymers can be utilized to get absorbed within the polymer and form a lubricant layer (of the lubricating liquid) on the polymer. The lubricant layer can repel a wide range of materials, including simple and complex fluids (water, hydrocarbons, crude oil and bodily fluids), restore liquid-repellency after physical damage, and resist ice, microorganisms and insects adhesion. Some exemplary applications where self-lubricating polymers will be useful include energy-efficient, friction-reduction fluid handling and transportation, medical devices, anti-icing, optical sensing, and as self-cleaning, and anti-fouling materials operating in extreme environments.
US09963591B2
The present invention relates to heat-aging resistant polyamide molding materials based on partially crystalline, partially aromatic polyamides as well as to moldings manufactured therefrom.
US09963587B2
There are provided an epoxy resin composition for encapsulation, which is particularly suitable for use in resin pre-setting type flip-chip mounting of a Cu post chip, and which is capable of suppressing defects due to the generation of voids; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device using a Cu post chip. The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition for semiconductor encapsulation for flip-chip mounting, which contains an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B), a curing accelerator (C), and 3 to 64 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the component (A), of thermally thickening resin particles (D) having a volume-average primary particle diameter of 0.2 to 10 μm; and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device by resin pre-setting type flip-chip mounting of a Cu post chip using the composition.
US09963586B2
Embodiments herein relate to a prepreg comprising a thermosetting resin, and reinforcing fibers in the thermosetting resin, wherein when the prepreg is cured in vacuum bag only conditions, and a method of making the same. The method also applies for autoclave processing. Embodiments also relate to a cured fiber reinforced composite material made by thermally curing the prepreg.
US09963582B2
The present invention relates to a polymeric composition which comprises: a) vinyl aromatic polymers and/or copolymers in an amount ranging from 50% to 99% by weight, calculated with respect to the overall composition, b) a polyolefin or a relative copolymer with an ester in an amount ranging from 1% to 50% by weight, calculated with respect to the overall composition, c) olefinic elastomer grafted with a.-vinyl aromatic polymer in an amount ranging from 0.01% to 40% by weight, calculated with respect to the sum of (a)+(b), d) an expanding agent in an amount ranging from 1% to 10% by weight, calculated with respect to the sum of (a)+(b)+(c).
US09963577B2
Disclosed are a silicone rubber composition and a preparation method thereof. The silicone rubber composition comprises a polydimethylvinylsiloxane, a silica filler, a polymethylvinylsiloxane oil, a hydrogen-modified polyorganosiloxane, a platinum-based catalyst, and a polymethylhydrogensiloxane vulcanizing agent.
US09963570B2
A method of forming aerogels includes mixing a plurality of polymers or aromatic molecules, a solvent, and a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) or graphene including structures to form a mixture, where the polymers or aromatic molecules have at least one crosslinkable structure. A solid gel is formed including a plurality of supramolecular structures from the mixture. The plurality of supramolecular structures include a plurality of the polymers or aromatic molecules secured by π-π bonds to the outer surface of the CNTs or graphene including structures. The solid gel includes a portion of the solvent trapped therein. The plurality of supramolecular structures are crosslinked and then dried to remove the solvent trapped therein to form the aerogel.
US09963563B2
The embodiments of the present disclosure present systems and methods for the reversible solubilization of (aryl ether ketones) (PAEKs). A thioacetalization process is employed to modify the PAEKs into poly (aryl ether thioacetals) which, unlike PAEKs, are substantially soluble in common solvents. This modification allowing selected analysis techniques to be more easily performed on PAEKs, such as gel permeation chromatography. The thioacetalization may be reversed through a deprotection reaction to recover the original PAEK without substantial degradation, allowing for non-destructive characterization of the PAEK. Advantageously, the thioacetalization process is generally applicable to a broad range of PAEKs, unlike presently known methods of solubilizing PAEKs. Solubilization of PAEKs further expands the utility of the PAEKs, opening up additional routes to chemical modification of PAEKs, as well as allowing for the possibility of processing PAEKs from solution.
US09963549B2
The present invention relates to a poly (ester amide) (PEA) having a chemical formula described by structural formula (IV), wherein m+p varies from 0.9-0.1 and q varies from 0.1 to 0.9 m+p+q=1 whereby m or p could be 0 n is about 5 to about 300; (pref. 50-200) R1 is independently selected from the group consisting of (C2-C20) alkylene, (C2-C20) alkenylene, —(R9—CO—O—R10—O—CO—R9)—, —CHR11—O—CO—R12—COOCR11— and combinations thereof; R3 and R4 in a single backbone unit m or p, respectively, are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C1-C6)alkyl, (C2-C6)alkenyl, (C2-C6)alkynyl, (C6-C10)aryl, (C1-C6)alkyl, —(CH2)SH, —(CH2)2S(CH3), —CH2OH, —CH(OH)CH3, —(CH2)4NH3+, —(CH2)3NHC(═NH2+)NH2, —CH2COOH, —(CH2)COOH, —CH2—CO—NH2, —CH2CH2—CO—NH2, —CH2CH2COOH, CH3—CH2—CH(CH3)—, (CH3)2—CH—CH2—, H2N—(CH2)4—, Ph-CH2—, CH═C—CH2—, HO-p-Ph-CH2—, (CH3)2—CH—, Ph-NH—, NH—(CH2)3—C—, NH—CH═N—CH═C—CH2—. R5 is selected from the group consisting of (C2-C20)alkylene, (C2-C20)alkenylene, alkyloxy or oligoethyleneglycol R6 is selected from bicyclic-fragments of 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitols of structural formula (III); R7 is selected from the group consisting of (C6-C10)aryl (C1-C6)alkyl R8 is (CH2)4-; R9 or R10 are independently selected from C2-C12 alkylene or C2-C12 alkenylene. R11 or R12 are independently selected from H, methyl, C2-C12 alkylene or C2-C12 alkenylene whereby a is at least 0.05 and b is at least 0.05 and a+b=1.
US09963548B1
Solvent resistant, transparent films prepared from solutions of aromatic polyamides and multi-functional carboxylic acids in polar aprotic solvents are described herein. Solvent resistance is achieved by heating the films for a short time above 300° C. near the polyamide Tg. The films have CTEs less than 40 ppm/° C. and are optically clear displaying transmittance above 75% between 400 and 750 nm. The films are useful as substrates for flexible electronic devices.
US09963544B2
The present invention provides an active ester resin containing a phosphorus atom capable of providing a cured product having all of flame retardancy, heat resistance, and dielectric characteristics, an epoxy resin composition containing the same as a curing agent, a cured product thereof, a prepreg, a circuit board, and a build-up film. The active ester resin containing a phosphorus atom has Structure (I) in which a structural unit (α) in which a plurality of aromatic nuclei (X) are connected through an alicyclic hydrocarbon group is connected with another structural unit (α) through an arylene dicarbonyloxy group, and, at least one of the aromatic nuclei (X) present in the resin has a structural site (Y) represented by any one of the following Structural Formulas (y1) to (y4) as a substituent on the aromatic nucleus.
US09963540B2
A method of preparing a polymer is provided comprising preparing a Baylis-Hillman adduct by reacting an activated alkene with a carbon electrophile; and polymerizing the Baylis-Hillman adduct. The Baylis-Hillman reaction provides an efficient platform for the synthesis of densely functionalized monomers, from which polymers with multiple functional groups can be readily synthesized. It has been discovered that that Baylis-Hillman adducts are versatile monomers for both controlled radical and step-growth polymerizations.
US09963536B2
Disclosed are a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing resin which has excellent alkali developing properties and makes it possible to exhibit high heat resistance in a cured product obtained therefrom, a production method therefor, a photosensitive composition, a resist material, a coating film, a curable composition and a cured product thereof, and a resist underlayer film.A phenolic hydroxyl group-containing resin, including a compound (A) having a molecular structure represented by the following Structural Formula (1). (In the formula, R1 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, or an aryl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, m is an integer of 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 2 to 15. In the case where m is 2 or more, plural R1's may be the same as or different from each other.)
US09963524B2
The invention provides an ethylene-based polymer comprising the following properties: a) weight fraction (w) of molecular weight above 5*106 g/mol, w>A−B*I2, where A=0.4 wt %, and B is 0.02 wt %/(dg/min), and w
US09963519B2
The invention relates to neodymium-catalyzed polybutadienes (NdBR) comprising >95 wt % of cis-1,4 units and <1 wt % of 1,2-vinyl content, based on the neodymium-catalyzed polybutadiene, wherein the NdBR evinces a molar mass breakdown of not less than 25%.
US09963517B2
Compositions and methods useful for detecting and treating cancers which express the HER4 JM-a isoform are disclosed.
US09963515B2
Antibodies that specifically bind to CD38, as well as constructs comprising such antibodies fused to attenuated interferon alpha-2B proteins are provided. Anti-CD38-attenuated interferon alpha-2b fusion constructs may be used to inhibit proliferation in cancerous cells that express both CD38 and the receptor for IFN-alpha2b, as well as to induce apoptosis in such cells. Inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis in cancerous cells may serve as the basis for the treatment of the underlying cancer.
US09963509B2
The invention is directed to novel antibody binding compounds specific for the human B7H3 and uses of such compounds for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
US09963506B2
The present disclosure relates to a nucleotide sequence comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, and/or sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, vector and host cell line comprising the nucleotide. The present disclosure also relates to an antibody that binds to extracellular region of human CD147, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, and/or a light chain variable region having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and the antibody contains a glycoform lacking both fucose residues and xylose residues, pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody or fragment thereof, the method of producing the antibody or fragment thereof, and use of the pharmaceutical composition in treatment of CD147 expression-related diseases.
US09963505B2
Human anti-human folate receptor beta antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof are described, as well as methods of using such antibodies and fragments to treat inflammatory disorders or cancers expressing cell surface FRβ.
US09963503B2
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to C5a and to use of the antibodies in methods for treating or preventing complement-associated disorders such as, but not limited to, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, age-related macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, severe burn, antiphospho lipid syndrome, asthma, lupus nephritis, Goodpasture's syndrome, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US09963500B2
The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies which have high anti-RSV neutralizing titers. The invention further provides for isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies of the invention and host cells transformed therewith. The invention yet further provides for diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods employing the antibodies and nucleic acids of the invention, particularly as a passive immunotherapy agent in infants and the elderly.
US09963498B2
A fusion peptides with sequences derived from the extracellular domain of syndecan-1 that inhibits VLA-4 and IGF-1R signaling are disclosed. The fusion peptides include an IGF-1R-binding segment having the amino acid sequence LPAGEGPKEGEAVVLPEVEPGLTAREQ (SEQ ID NO:1) and a VLA-4-binding segment having the amino acid sequence sequence DFTFETSGENTA (SEQ ID NO:2).
US09963495B2
Polypeptides comprising a VEGF scaffold modified to bind to PSMA are provided, and bifunctional derivatives thereof that also bind to VEGFR. The polypeptides are useful in cancer imaging, cancer diagnosis, monitoring and treatment.
US09963475B2
Chemical agents, such as disulfonamide derivatives of fluorene, anthracene, xanthene, dibenzosuberone and acridine, and similar heterocyclic ring structures; including, salts thereof that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.
US09963474B2
The invention relates to compounds having Formula (1): A-L-B or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: A is a dicarbonyl sequestering moiety comprising a substituted aryl group or a substituted heteroaryl group; L is an optional linker moiety; and B is a mitochondrial targeting moiety. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and salts, and to the use of such compounds and salts for treating diabetes, preferably hyperglycemic diabetes. A mass spectrometry probe and to a method of labelling a biological molecule 1 for mass spectrometry detection are also described.
US09963463B2
The present invention relates to novel indanyl urea derivatives of formula (I): their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and their isomers, steroisomers, atropisomers, conformers, tautomers, polymorphs, hydrates and solvates. The present invention also encompasses process for preparing novel compounds and pharmaceutical composition of said compounds. The invention further relates to the use of the compounds for the preparation of medicament for use as pharmaceuticals.
US09963459B1
The present disclosure relates to processes for preparing (3S,4R)-3-ethyl-4-(3H-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrrolo[2,3-e]pyrazin-8-yl)-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, solid state forms thereof, and corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment (including treatment of rheumatoid arthritis), kits, methods of synthesis, and products-by-process.
US09963453B2
The invention refers to compounds of general formula (I) wherein the variables take the various meanings, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in medicine, particularly in pain therapy.
US09963448B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of PAD4, compositions thereof, and methods of treating PAD4-related disorders.
US09963445B2
The invention relates to pyrrolone compounds of the formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3 and A are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control plant growth.
US09963438B2
A method is provided for manufacturing high-purity vitamin E compounds by selectively separating vitamin E compounds such as tocotrienols and tocopherols from oil raw materials such as deodorized distillate, and more specifically, a method is provided, applying to a rich fraction of vitamin E compounds, for obtaining high-purity vitamin E compounds by separating and removing only free fatty acids contained as impurities. The method comprises a process in which a solution containing vitamin E compounds and free fatty acids is placed in contact with a weakly basic anion exchanger, and the free fatty acids are preferentially adsorbed.
US09963425B2
A subject-matter of the invention are betaines with a special fatty acid chain distribution, for example based on palm kernel oil, the palm kernel oil comprising an enhanced content of unsaturated C18 fatty acids.
US09963424B2
Here described are compounds of formula I: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from C10 to C18 alkyl, C12 to C18 alkenyl, and oleoyl; R3 and R4 are independently selected from C1 to C6 alkyl and C2 to C6 alkanol; X is selected from —CH2—, —S—, and —O—, or X is absent; Y is selected from —(CH2)n, —S(CH2)n—, —O(CH2)n—, -thiophene-, —SO2(CH2)n—, and ester; n=1-4; a=1-4; b=1-4; c=1-4; and Z− is a counterion. Also described herein are compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including compounds of formula I which are useful for the delivery of therapeutic agents, and methods of using these compositions and formulations.
US09963409B2
The present invention is, in a first embodiment, a process for removing oxygenated contaminants from an ethylene stream comprising: a) providing a dried ethylene stream (A) comprising essentially ethylene, up to 1 w % oxygenates, ethane, CO, CO2, H2, CH4 and C3+ hydrocarbons, b) sending said stream (A) to a stripper (also referred to as a demethanizer) to produce an overhead stream comprising essentially CO, H2 and CH4, a bottom stream comprising essentially ethylene, oxygenates, ethane, CO2 and C3+ hydrocarbons, c) sending said bottom stream of step b) to a deethanizer to produce a bottom stream comprising essentially ethane, oxygenates and C3+ hydrocarbons, an overhead stream consisting essentially of ethylene and CO2, d) sending said overhead of step c) to a fixed bed CO2 adsorption zone to recover an ethylene stream essentially free of CO2. In another embodiment the CO2 adsorption zone can be located at the inlet of the deethanizer. In another embodiment the demethanizer is replaced by two demethanizers. In another embodiment the the deethanizer is replaced by two C2 splitters.
US09963406B2
The invention relates to the conversion of paraffinic hydrocarbon to oligomers of greater molecular weight and/or to aromatic hydrocarbon. The invention also relates to equipment and materials useful in such conversion, and to the use of such conversion for, e.g., natural gas upgrading. Corresponding olefinic hydrocarbon is produced from the paraffinic hydrocarbon in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst containing a catalytically active carbonaceous component. The corresponding olefinic hydrocarbon is then converted by oligomerization and/or dehydrocyclization in the presence of at least one molecular sieve catalyst.
US09963399B2
Aspects of the invention are associated with the discovery of processes for converting methane (CH4), present in a methane-containing feedstock that may be obtained from a variety of sources such as natural gas, to higher hydrocarbons (e.g., C4+ hydrocarbons) such as gasoline, diesel fuel, or jet fuel boiling-range hydrocarbons, which may optionally be separated (e.g., by fractionation) for use as transportation fuels, or otherwise as blending components for such fuels. Particular aspects of the invention are associated with advantages arising from maintaining reaction conditions that improve the yield of C4+ hydrocarbons. Further aspects relate to the advantages gained by integration of the appropriate reactions to carry out the methane conversion, with downstream separation to recover and recycle desirable components of the reaction effluent, thereby improving process economics to the extent needed for commercial viability.
US09963342B1
A method for distinguishing carbon nanotubes comprising: providing a conductive substrate and applying an insulating layer on the conductive substrate; forming a carbon nanotube structure on a surface of the insulating layer, the carbon nanotube structure includes at least one carbon nanotube; placing the carbon nanotube structure under a scanning electron microscope, adjusting the scanning electron microscope with an accelerating voltage ranging from 5˜20 KV, a dwelling time ranging 6˜20 microseconds and a magnification ranging from 10000˜100000 times; taking photos of the carbon nanotube structure with the scanning electron microscope; and, obtaining a photo of the carbon nanotube structure, the photo shows the at least one carbon nanotube and a background.
US09963331B1
The present disclosure provides an example device including a frame. The frame includes a body, a first fork extending from the body, and a second fork extending from the body. The device also includes a first wheel coupled to the first fork of the frame, a second wheel coupled to the second fork of the frame, and a third wheel coupled to the body of the frame. The device also includes at least one steering motor to rotate the first wheel about a first steering axis and the second wheel about a second steering axis. The device also includes a second steering motor to rotate the third wheel about a third steering axis, and a traction motor to rotate the third wheel about a rolling axis. The device also includes a controller configured to operate the at least one steering motor, the second steering motor, and the traction motor to cause the device to navigate within an environment.
US09963330B2
The present invention discloses a truck, comprising a frame, forklifts connected with the frame, driven wheels mounted on the forklifts, a battery unit, an operating handle, a hydraulic pump station system and a top cover permanently connected with the frame; a driving wheel unit intended for driving the truck, wherein the hydraulic pump station system comprises a driving mechanism and a pump body with a case, the top of the pump body is permanently connected with the top cover and the bottom is connected with the driving wheel unit, a handle mounting portion is provided on the pump case and connected with the operating handle, the driving mechanism is located on the side of the handle mounting portion opposite to the pump body and away from the forklifts. The present invention has the advantages of low cost, simple and compact structure and steady operation.
US09963323B2
An elevator balance coefficient detection method includes the following steps: (1) connecting an electrical energy detection device to a power line of an elevator driving motor, and connecting a speed detection device to a mechanical transmission member of an elevator car; (2) measuring and recording in real time the car speed data and driving motor power data when the car and a counterweight move to a same horizontal location; and (3) based on above detection data and basic parameters of the elevator to be tested, and according to transmission relationship between the elevator's operating condition and energy during operation, calculating and obtaining the value of the balance coefficient. A corresponding device includes an elevator data acquiring system and a detection data processing system. The elevator electrical energy detection device is an AC broadband power measuring device. The elevator speed measuring device is a steel rope displacement measuring device employing a photoelectric mouse chip circuit component or a tachometer type speed measuring device. The invention has the advantages of quick measuring and high accuracy of measuring.
US09963321B2
An elevator device automatically setting a current value of an interval between upper and lower cars vertically movable inside a car frame, including: a moving mechanism vertically moving the cars; a memory storing a current interval between the cars; a car interval change quantity detector detecting a change quantity of the interval between the cars; an adjustment mechanism adjusting the interval between the cars based on the stored car interval and the detected change quantity of the interval; an initial car interval detector detecting that the interval between the cars has reached an initial car interval; and a learning mechanism causing the moving mechanism to vertically move the cars until the initial car interval detector detects that the interval between the cars has reached the initial car interval to learn the car interval when the car interval is not stored in the memory, which is then stored in the memory.
US09963311B1
A paper separation mechanism includes a separation roller assembly, a one-way clutch module, a transmission gear assembly connected with and driving the one-way clutch module, a driving motor for driving the transmission gear assembly, and a locking module. The separation roller assembly includes a separation shaft, a separation roller fastened around the separation shaft, and a pickup roller disposed to the separation roller. The one-way clutch module includes a gear shaft, and a one-way clutch mounted around the gear shaft. The locking module includes a swing arm, a hooking portion fastened to a bottom of the swing arm, a blocking portion fastened under the swing arm, and a spring disposed to the bottom of the swing arm. One side of the swing arm is fastened to the gear shaft, the other side of the swing arm is fastened to the separation shaft.
US09963300B2
A collecting device for collecting discrete items that are delivered from a conveyor to a delivery location. The collecting device includes a collecting region with a collecting device, in which collecting region the discrete items are collected, a delay region with a discrete items support, and a feed region having a feed device. The delay region is prior to the collecting region and is the region in which the discrete items delivered from the conveyor are held up. The feed region is prior to the delay region and is the region through which the discrete items are fed from conveyor to the delay region. The delay region has a conveying mechanism that is capable of conveying the held-up discrete item from the delay region into the collecting region by way of a conveying-active movement.
US09963299B2
A single flight screw, a single flight high pressure screw pump and the use of the pump in a compactor for compacting and dewatering debris commonly found in waste water. The bore, screw diameter and the flight spacing are constant and the compression force is mostly axial. The work is done at the very end of the screw.
US09963278B2
A funnel component, and a packaging container using the funnel component are provided. A funnel component includes: a funnel portion having a diameter that is increased from a narrow opening side toward a wide opening side; a discharge portion that connects with an end portion on the narrow opening side; and a side wall portion that surrounds an opening portion, on the wide opening side, of the funnel portion, connects with the funnel portion, and is fitted into the container body. The funnel component is integrally formed by a sheet member including paper and sealant layer. A folded portion is formed, by the sheet member being folded back and welded over entire circumference, at an opening portion of the discharge portion. The packaging container is formed by the funnel component being fitted into a container body having an open end, a bottom portion, and a side wall.
US09963277B2
The utility model relates to a cover, and discloses a cup cover with quick locking function, and a cup, wherein the cup cover includes a cover body and a rotating member arranged on the cover body, the rotating member is provided with a clamping hook, and the rotating member can rotate relative to the cover body, so as to drive the clamping hook to reciprocate between a first position and a second position. A rotatable clamping buckle locking structure is used in the utility model to replace a screw thread locking structure in the related art, which can reduce the time for operating the cup cover, implements quick opening and closing of the cup cover, enables the drinking action of a user more smooth and nature, and helps to improve the user experience.
US09963274B2
A closure (20, 120, 220, 320, 320A, 420) and a method for making a closure (20, 120, 220, 320, 320A, 420) is provided. The closure (20, 120, 220, 320, 320A, 420) is for a container (22) that has an opening to the container interior wherein contents may be stored, and the closure (20, 120, 220, 320, 320A, 420) includes the following: a closure body (30, 130, 230, 430) that is for mounting on the container (22) and that defines an opening through tire closure body (30, 130, 230, 330, 430); a membrane (26, 126, 226, 326, 326A) attached to the closure body (30, 130, 230, 330, 430) and extending across at least a portion of the closure body opening to initially occlude at least a portion of said closure body opening; and a pull ring (36, 136, 236, 336) that is separate from the closure body (30, 130, 230, 330, 430) and that is attached to the membrane (26, 126, 226, 326, 326A) at the closure body opening whereby a user can pull the pull ring (36, 136, 236, 336) to tear at least a portion of the membrane (26, 126, 226, 326, 326A) away from the closure body (30, 130, 230, 330, 430) to provide either access or increased access through the closure body opening.
US09963269B2
A package for multi-instance photosensitive authentication includes a container, and a photochromic material non-removably carried by the container and irreversibly changeable upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The package also includes a UV protector carried over the photochromic material to protect the photochromic material from premature exposure to the UV light, and having multiple portions that are removable to expose multiple portions of the photochromic material to UV light and are irreplaceable once removed.
US09963266B2
The invention relates to a container (1) which comprises a first plurality of strips (11-1 to 11-15) which, in the unfolded state, form the base surface and at least one end wall of the container, and a second plurality of strips (12-1 to 12-9, 12-10 to 12-18) which, in the unfolded state, form at least one side wall of the container, the container in the unfolded state having a height, a length and a width, and wherein the container in the collapsed state can be substantially reduced to the width. Therefore optimal compact dimensioning of the container in the collapsed state is achieved.
US09963264B2
A basket may include a main body and a side frame. The side frame surrounds at the portion of a connecting edge, and a first side and second side clamps with each other by applying a pressure on the side frame, so the first side clamps at an inner portion of the connecting edge and the second side clamps at an outer portion thereof. Thus, the side frame can be quickly connected with the main body without bending the connecting edge to a predetermined angle, which can simplify the assembly process and further reduce the production costs.
US09963256B2
The present invention provides a method of assembling a filter element (8) with a cup-shaped capsule body (2) using a combined weld-head (70) and former (80), comprising the steps of positioning the filter element (8) at or near a mouth of the cup-shaped capsule body (2), moving the combined weld-head (70) and former (80) so as to contact and drive the filter element (8) into the cup-shaped capsule body (2), wherein, the filter element (8) is deformed by a sprung-loaded former (80) of the combined weld-head (70) and former (80) to form a cup-shaped filter element (56), and using a weld-head (70) of the combined weld-head (70) and former (80) to bond the cup-shaped filter element (56) to the cup-shaped capsule body (2). The present invention further provides a method of making a beverage capsule and a beverage capsule produced using this method.
US09963248B2
Apparatus and methods for controlling a spacecraft for a transfer orbit. The spacecraft includes a momentum subsystem that stores angular momentum relative to a center of mass of the spacecraft, and a propulsion subsystem that includes electric thrusters. A controller identifies a target spin axis for the spacecraft, determines gimbal angles for electric thruster(s) that so that thrust forces from the electric thrusters are parallel to the target spin axis, and initiates a burn of the electric thruster(s) at the gimbal angles. The controller controls the momentum subsystem to compensate for a thruster torque produced by the burn of the electric thrusters. The momentum subsystem is able to produce a target angular momentum about the center of mass, where a coupling between the target angular momentum and an angular velocity of the spacecraft creates an offset torque to counteract the thruster torque.
US09963243B1
The disclosure describes systems and methods for detecting an aerial vehicle landing. One method includes performing at least two of a plurality of landing tests to detect the landing of the aerial vehicle. The plurality of landing tests include a static test, a thrust test, and a shock test. Upon a detection of the landing by one of the at least two landing tests performed, the method further includes performing a free-fall test to detect a free fall of the aerial vehicle. The free fall of the aerial vehicle is a change in altitude of the aerial vehicle above an altitude change threshold. Upon a lack of a detection of the free fall by the free-fall test, the method includes setting a landed state for the aerial vehicle. Upon a detection of the free fall by the free-fall test, the method includes setting an in-air state for the aerial vehicle.
US09963236B2
A system for electrically coupling a first structure with a second structure in a vehicle is disclosed, and includes a control module receiving at least one of electrical power and data, a cable, and a reel. The cable has a variable length and is electrically coupled to the control module. The cable transmits at least one of electrical power and data from the first structure to the second structure. The reel is located at the first structure and defines an axis of rotation. The cable is windable around the reel, and the reel is rotatable about the axis of rotation to adjust the variable length of the cable. The variable length of the cable is a portion of the cable that extends between the first structure to the second structure that is not wound around the reel.
US09963231B2
A device for mounting a weapon system to an aircraft includes an adaptor to couple to an internal structure of the aircraft. The device also include a gun mount and a deployment system. The deployment system is coupled to the adaptor to the gun mount and is configured to move the gun mount from a first position internal to the aircraft to a second position at least partially external to the aircraft.
US09963230B2
A drone which can be piloted by a user. The drone has at least one or both of a depending head and an outwardly extending elongate handle. A cleaning sheet may be removably disposed on the head, to clean a target surface, such as a floor or countertop. A duster may be removably disposed on the handle, to clean a target surface, such as an elevated surface or clean personal items.
US09963221B2
Unison ring system includes first unison ring portion, second unison ring portion, and bearing. Second unison ring portion is co-axial with first unison ring portion. First unison ring portion includes first unison ring and first bearing location portion and second unison ring portion includes second unison ring and second bearing location portion. First bearing location portion is co-axial with first unison ring and projects axially from first unison ring, while second bearing location portion is co-axial with second unison ring and projects axially from second unison ring. First bearing location portion includes outwardly opening groove, and second bearing location portion includes inwardly opening groove. First unison ring portion and second unison ring portion positioned with first bearing location portion being concentric with second bearing location portion defining annular cavity there between. Bearing is accommodated in annular cavity, with axial length of annular cavity being greater than axial length of bearing.
US09963216B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a fill port apparatus for filling high altitude balloons, such as those used in communications networks, with lighter than air lift gasses. For instance, the fill port apparatus includes a tubular body portion having a passageway extending between a first end and a second end of the tubular body portion. The fill port apparatus also includes an attachment structure arranged at the first end of the tubular body portion. This structure is configured to attach to a top plate of a balloon envelope. The fill port apparatus also includes a plurality of energy directing structures arranged on an interior surface of the tubular body portion. These energy directing structures extend into the passageway from the interior surface and are each configured to contact at least one other of the plurality of energy directing structures when the tubular body portion is welded to itself.
US09963213B1
A system for mounting an outboard motor propulsion unit to a marine vessel transom is disclosed. The propulsion unit's midsection has an upper end supporting an engine system and a lower end carrying a gear housing. The mounting system includes a support cradle having a head section coupled to a transom bracket, an upper structural support section extending aftward from the head section and along opposite port and starboard sides of the midsection, and a lower structural support section suspended from the upper structural support section and situated on the port and starboard sides of the midsection. A pair of upper mounts couples the upper structural support section to the midsection proximate the engine system. A pair of lower mounts couples the lower structural support section to the midsection proximate the gear housing. At least one of the upper and lower structural support sections comprises an extrusion or a casting.
US09963212B2
A submersible electric thruster operable to propel underwater vehicles, surface vehicles, amphibious vehicles, etc. The submersible electric thruster includes a stator assembly having a base, stator, windings, and bearings and an external rotor assembly having a cylindrical arrangement of permanent magnets with a hub that is secured to a shaft. The stator forms the center of the motor and the permanent magnets spin around the stator. A propeller hub is integrally connected to the rotor assembly with angularly spaced propeller blades extending radially from the propeller hub. An annular nozzle surrounds the propeller and motor, forming an inlet and outlet for water flow. A nose cone is connected to the stator assembly and a tail cone is integrally connected to the nozzle assembly. Supporting arms may extend from the stator assembly to support the nozzle and/or supporting arms may extend from the nozzle to the support the tail cone.
US09963210B1
A self-inflating wetsuit includes two (2) air chambers within the chest area of the wetsuit. A canister of compressed air is attached to the wetsuit and in fluid communication with the air chambers. The wetsuit has an integrated thermometer capable of reading the temperature of the environment inside and outside the wetsuit. The wetsuit has a battery-operated warming feature and an integrated GPS system so that the wetsuit may be accurately located.
US09963208B2
Outboard stabilizing members (110, 210, 310, 410) include a foam core (120, 220, 320, 420) and a bladder (134, 234, 334, 434) configured to be inflated to a design pressure and configured to cover at least a portion of the associated foam core. The bladders are configured to be non-compressive to the foam core. A plurality of joining members (135, 235, 335, 435) connect an inner wall of the bladder with an outer wall of the bladder, such that when the bladder is inflated to the design pressure the outer wall and joining members prevent the inner wall from compressing the foam core. The joining members are preferably inelastic, and may be one-dimensional linear members such as strings or rods, two-dimensional panels, or other webbing.
US09963205B2
A mooring assembly includes: a mooring buoy having a central axis, an upper ring portion providing an upper abutment surface; a mooring structure including a cavity with a wall receiving the mooring buoy; and a buoy locking system near the cavity engaging with the upper ring portion for locking the mooring buoy to the turret mooring structure and including at least two locking devices attached to the mooring structure, each locking device having a locking dog connected to a force member for axial displacement and exerting an upward force on the upper abutment surface. The mooring buoy includes a lower abutment surface. The locking system includes an engagement member below the locking dog, engaging with the lower abutment surface and exerting a downward force. The buoy at positions axially above the upper abutment surface situated at an axial clearance from the cavity wall.
US09963190B1
A quick-release structure includes a shaft having a through hole and a circular magnetic member in the through hole; a circular shaft head having a slot at a front end thereof and two side holes; a stop ring connected with the circular shaft head screwed to the shaft; a drive lever having a lever head and a lever body, two sides of the drive lever having guide grooves respectively, the lever body being inserted into the through hole, the lever head being inserted into the slot and a distal end of the lever body is attracted by the magnetic member; and two engaging members screwed to the side holes and leaning against the guide grooves, the drive lever being movable along the guide grooves, the engaging members functioning as a pivot so that the drive lever can be turned left and right to rotate the shaft.
US09963188B2
A bicycle frame assembly includes a first trimmed panel having a planar configuration defining a first plane and a second trimmed panel having a planar configuration defining a second plane. The first and second trimmed panels have a predetermined shape configuration and are positioned such that the first plane and second plane intersect. The bicycle frame assembly includes trimmed panels that include planar panels that define two, four, or even six planes.
US09963186B2
Allows a convenient, simple and compact folding, without requiring to remove any of the wheels, while occupying a minimal space in its maximum folded position. The folding bicycle (1) of the invention is characterized in that: the bar (11) has two articulation points (F1, F2), where each of said articulation points (F1, F2) has its own axis of rotation (A1, A2); the folding means comprise a pair of hinged attachments (110A, 110B), integrated in the bar (11) and connected to each of the articulation points (F1, F2); and where the pair of hinged attachments (110A, 110B) are separated from each other by a distance (D) in the longitudinal sense of the bar (11), at a position opposite to and facing each other.
US09963180B2
A two-wheeled vehicle which includes a two-wheeled vehicle body, a front wheel and a rear wheel respectively rotatably installed at a front and a rear of the two-wheeled vehicle body, and a steering system steering the front wheel is disclosed. The two-wheeled vehicle includes auxiliary wheels connected to the front wheel on both sides of the two-wheeled vehicle body and steered together with the front wheel by the steering system, lifting devices configured to adjust distances of the auxiliary wheels from the ground, and gap adjusting devices configured to adjust lateral gaps of the auxiliary wheels from the two-wheeled vehicle body. The auxiliary wheels are spaced apart from the ground while traveling straight. And an inclination of the two-wheeled vehicle body while turning is limited as one of the auxiliary wheels comes into contact with the ground.
US09963179B2
A vehicle resin back door installation method includes: a vehicle body-side positioning step of attaching first positioning jigs to a vehicle body, and forming first sloping surfaces; a back door-side positioning step of attaching second positioning jigs to a back door, and forming second sloping surfaces; a temporary placing step of bringing the second sloping surfaces into contact with the first sloping surfaces, at the same time temporarily placing the back door on the vehicle body, and centering the back door in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle body; an attaching step of attaching the back door to the vehicle body; and a detaching step of detaching the first positioning jigs from the vehicle body and detaching the second positioning jigs from the back door.
US09963178B2
A kit for converting a tandem arrangement into a single-wheel arrangement for a towed agricultural machine includes an adapter with an attachment flange and fastener holes formed in this flange for the attachment of the attachment flange to a machine frame of the towed agricultural machine, a supporting axle mount formed on the attachment flange, a single-wheel axle arranged on the attachment flange, and a wheel flange arranged on the single-wheel axle for attaching a wheel rim.
US09963173B2
A vehicle pillar structure comprises a pillar portion, the pillar portion extends in parallel with an outer side end portion in a vehicle transverse direction of a windshield glass and, as viewed from a longitudinal direction of the pillar portion, has a hollow structure. The pillar portion comprises an outer side wall forming a wall portion at a vehicle outer side of the pillar portion, an inner side wall forming a wall portion at a vehicle cabin side of the pillar portion, and a pair of side walls linking the outer side wall and the inner side wall together. At least a portion of the outer side wall is an outer side transparent portion, and at least a portion of the inner side wall is an inner side transparent portion that is disposed so as to face the outer side transparent portion as viewed by a driver.
US09963171B2
An electrically driven vehicle comprises: a body frame arranged in a holding compartment formed in front of a passenger compartment; a suspension member fastened to the body frame in the holding compartment through a rear side fastening structure; and a fuel cell stack supported on the suspension member through a rear side mount at a position in front of the rear side fastening structure. When a serious collision occurs, the fuel cell stack moves rearward and strikes the fastening structure whereby the fastening structure breaks and thereby suspension member separates from the body frame and the fuel cell stack moves downward and heads toward the inside of the shelter space between the holding compartment and a road surface.
US09963170B2
A vehicle front structure includes a front side frame and a first load transmitting member that is joined to a front end and an outer surface in a vehicle-width direction of the front side frame and that tapers from the front of the vehicle toward the rear so as to be formed substantially in the shape of a triangle when viewed in plan view. The first load transmitting member includes a substantially U-shaped portion that is open toward the front side frame. A longitudinal-plate-like second load transmitting member is joined to and along the bottom of the substantially U-shaped portion. A closed cross section is formed by the bottom of the first load transmitting member and the second load transmitting member in a continuous manner in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
US09963168B2
Provided is a vehicle which, when a pair of left and right wheels are displaced with respect to the vehicle body due to the difference in drive force between the wheels, the two wheels are reliably displaced vertically in opposite directions such that neither wheel is disproportionately displaced and such that both wheels are steered during said displacement of both wheels vertically in opposite directions. The pair of left and right front wheels (3) are rotatably supported by a front wheel support member (29). An electric motor (25) applies drive torque to the front wheels (3) individually. A vehicle body frame (7) supports the front wheel support member (29) to allow rotation about a forwardly inclined steering axis (Lf). By allowing rotation of the front wheel support member (29) about the steering axis (Lf), the front wheels (3) are displaced relatively to one another vertically in opposite directions with respect to the vehicle body frame (7) and the front wheels (3) are steered. The front wheel support members (29) rotate due to the difference in torque applied to the front wheels (3) by the electric motor (25).
US09963159B1
A dolly for transporting doors and planks of different types using a spring loaded hinge assembly 20 with two arm holding assemblies 40, each mounted to a hinge leaf 22. The dolly is removably mounted at a predetermined location along the edge of the transported object. The frictional force exerted by the arm holding assemblies against the object keeps the dolly mounted to the latter. A wheel assembly is mounted to the arm holding assemblies.
US09963154B2
A method and system include a vehicle system including a plurality of vehicles. The vehicle system is configured to travel along a route. A plurality of location determination devices are onboard the vehicle system. Each of the plurality of location determination devices is configured to output position data regarding a location of at least one of the plurality of vehicles. A handling unit is in communication with the plurality of location determination devices. The handling unit is configured to receive the position data from the plurality of location determination devices and control separation distances between the plurality of vehicles based on the position data.
US09963151B2
A method to control a hybrid powertrain (2) in a vehicle, the powertrain including a combustion engine (3), an electric machine (4) and a gearbox (6) with an input shaft (10) and output shaft (18), wherein the combustion engine (3) and the electric machine (4) are connected to the input shaft (10). The method includes the steps of controlling the gearbox (6) to a neutral position; controlling the speed of the electric machine (4) to a predetermined speed, corresponding to a target speed for the input shaft (10) according to the next selected gear; engaging a gear in the gearbox (6); controlling the electric machine (4), so that the electric machine (4) accelerates or decelerates depending on a requested driving torque for the vehicle (1); detecting when a control signal for the electric machine (4) corresponds to a predetermined signal value; and controlling the electric machine (4) to the requested driving torque. Also, a hybrid powertrain and a vehicle (1), and a computer program (P) and a computer program product for performing the method are disclosed.
US09963150B2
A propulsion system, control system, and method are provided for optimizing fuel economy, which use model predictive control systems to generate first and second predicted actual axle torques and first and second predicted actual fuel consumption rates based on first and second sets of possible command values, respectively. The sets of possible command values include commanded engine output torques and commanded transmission ratios. First and second costs are determined for the first and second sets of possible command values, respectively, based on a first predetermined weighting value, a second predetermined weighting value, the first and second predicted actual axle torques, respectively, the first and second predicted actual fuel consumption rates, respectively, an axle torque requested, an engine output torque requested, a transmission ratio requested, and a fuel consumption rate requested. One of the first and second sets of possible command values is selected and set based on the lower cost.
US09963143B2
A computer for, e.g., a mass market passenger vehicle operable by a virtual driver in autonomous and/or semi-autonomous mode, is programmed to determine that a current vehicle braking capacity exceeds each of a first braking target and a mitigation threshold at a current vehicle speed. The computer is further programmed to compare the current vehicle speed to an engine breaking threshold and generate a transmission control message providing data to operate a vehicle transmission. Where the current vehicle speed is above the engine braking threshold, the transmission control message provides data to operate the vehicle transmission to inhibit transfer of an input torque through the vehicle transmission. Additionally, where the current vehicle speed is below a wheel lock threshold, the transmission control message further provides data to operate the vehicle transmission to inhibit rotation of an output shaft of the vehicle transmission.
US09963142B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a first MG (motor generator), a second MG, a planetary gear mechanism provided among the engine, the first MG and the second MG, a battery, and an ECU. The ECU executes batteryless travel control when the battery is abnormal. The batteryless travel control includes engine F/B control for controlling a rotation speed of the engine to become a target rotation speed, and power balance control for controlling a requested driving force to be output and allowing a power generated by the first MG to become equal to a power discharged by the second MG. When the rotation speed of the engine is higher than a threshold speed higher by a prescribed value than the target rotation speed while the batteryless travel control is in execution, the ECU decreases the requested driving force.
US09963136B2
Pneumatic control valve of a vehicle air brake system, having at least one first valve system which is arranged in a housing upper part with a first valve piston which can be actuated via an elastomer spring element, and having a second valve system which is arranged in a housing lower part with a coaxially arranged second valve piston which can be actuated by the first valve system and with a second annular plate valve. The elastomer spring element and the first valve piston are configured in one piece as a composite component. In the region of a radial sealing lip of the spring element, the material of the elastomer spring element engages radially and axially in a positively locking manner around a radially outer section of the first valve piston.
US09963134B2
A method for controlling and/or regulating a motor vehicle brake system. The system at least one electric regenerative brake and wheel brakes. A pressure medium is supplied from a first pressure source actuated by the driver. At least one brake circuit has a pressure accumulator, a second pressure source connected to the pressure accumulator, and at least two actuatable valves. When an activation condition is met, the first pressure source is separated from the wheel brakes by closing a first valve in at least one active brake circuit, and pressure medium is conducted from the pressure accumulator into at least one wheel brake. A second valve of an active brake circuit(s), is between the pressure accumulator and the first pressure source, and the first valve of the same brake circuit are opened during the operation of the second pressure source if a ventilation condition is met.
US09963133B2
To provide braking-force control capable of suppressing a wheelie of a two-wheeled vehicle by changing braking-force distribution.In a method for controlling a braking force of a combined brake system for the two-wheeled vehicle, a lean angle of a two-wheeled vehicle 1 is detected or computed, and, in the case where the lean angle exceeds a specified value, braking-force distribution to front and rear brake devices 11f, 11r is changed.
US09963131B2
Two electric brake devices are mounted to respective wheels of a vehicle and each include an electric motor. If fluctuations in braking force occurs in one of the two electric brake devices, a control device calculates operating quantities of the respective electric brake devices based on the deviation between a command value of the sum of the braking forces of the electric brake devices and the sum of the feedback values of the braking forces of the electric brake devices, and causes both electric control devices to perform compensation operations for compensating for the braking force fluctuations while keeping constant the sum of the respective braking forces. This makes it possible to effectively reduce the braking force fluctuations even if the operating amplitudes of the individual electric brake devices are small.
US09963125B2
A trailer brake controller for a motor vehicle may include a control unit configured to be mounted behind a spoke of a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a brake lever coupled to the control unit and extending along the control unit such that, when the control unit is mounted behind the spoke of the steering wheel, the brake lever extends above and/or below the spoke in a direction substantially perpendicular to the spoke. The brake lever may be configured to transmit a force applied to the lever by the driver to the control unit. The control unit may be configured to generate a manual trailer brake control signal based on the force applied to the lever.
