US08740603B2
The invention relates to a forming and cooling device for a flowable, melted food mass 1, more particularly processed cheese, comprising two parallel, oppositely rotating cooling belts 2, 3, which are each guided over an upper 4 and a lower 5 deflection roller and are separated from each other in order to form a continuous strip 6 of the food mass, wherein the cooling belts 2, 3 are each acted upon by a cooling fluid 7 on the side facing away from the strip, characterized in that a tubular supply channel 8 is formed at the upper region of each cooling belt 2, 3 and is equipped with a plurality of outlet conduits 9 arranged side by side, the central recess of which is cylindrically formed and by way of which a laminar, non-turbulent cooling-liquid stream 10 can be placed upon the cooling belt 2, 3.
US08740602B2
A thickness control system for a high speed tortilla sheeting machine can adjust a pinch point gap between a pair of sheeting rollers to maintain a generally uniform thickness of the produced “masa” (i.e., corn dough) sheet. The sheeting machine can include a pinch point gap adjustment device which guides at least one of the rollers through an arcuate path to thereby adjust a magnitude of the pinch point gap. The controller can direct one or more actuators to change the position of the roller along the archive path to thereby change the distance between the two sheeting rollers as desired to produce a masa sheet at the desired preset thickness.
US08740598B2
A hot-runner system having a manifold and a nozzle, wherein the manifold or nozzle or both may be multi-material apparatuses of unitary construction. The nozzle may be thermally graded for temperature transmission between a heating sleeve and the melt. The nozzle may also include a melt flow channel apparatus that alters the flow of the melt before entering the mold. The nozzle and manifold may have a unitary construction that reduces fitting problems between the two apparatuses.
US08740594B2
A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll, an orbiting scroll, a crankshaft rotationally supported on a frame to drive the orbiting scroll, a seal member between an orbiting scroll back surface and the frame, a back pressure chamber of discharge pressure at an inner peripheral side of the seal member, another back pressure chamber of low pressure at an outer peripheral side so that the orbiting scroll is pressed against the fixed scroll with the pressures of these back pressure chambers, and a guide ring supporting an end surface of the seal member at a side opposite to the orbiting scroll and including a guide portion guiding an inner peripheral surface of the seal member so that the seal member is brought into close contact with the orbiting scroll back surface by a wave spring through the guide ring.
US08740593B2
Vane pump mechanical losses are reduced by removing vane friction losses and replacing them with lower magnitude journal bearing fluid film viscous drag losses. A freely rotating cam ring is supported by a journal bearing. A relatively low sliding velocity is imposed between the cam ring and the vanes. This permits the use of less expensive and less brittle materials in the pump by allowing the pump to operate at much higher speeds without concern for exceeding vane tip velocity limits.
US08740587B2
An apparatus and method for differential pumping of a mass spectrometer or other ion-optical device provides a transverse pressure drop introduced across a face of a primary rotor of a turbomolecular pump by placement of one or more partitions in close proximity to the face of the primary rotor. Thus, two or more regions of space within the vacuum chamber having respective different pressures is achieved with a single pump.
US08740586B2
A heat exchanger to serve ESP equipment installed on the seabed located in either a caisson or skid. A hot oil line connects the base of the ESP motor with the externally located heat exchanger, allowing hot motor oil to be circulated through coils externally exposed to seawater. The heat from the oil is rejected to the seawater and the cooled oil is reintroduced to the motor via a cold oil line that communicates with the seal section. The heat exchanger arrangement reduces the temperature of an ESP motor, thus allowing the motor to operate longer and more reliably.
US08740582B2
For refrigeration units, maintenance machines are required that can receive and compress the refrigerant from the refrigeration unit. Furthermore, a vacuum pump is required, which is connected to the emptied lines and pumps out humidity and air. The maintenance machine according to the invention includes a motor that drives a compressor via a freewheel in one rotational direction. The same motor drives a vacuum pump via a second freewheel in the other rotational direction. The maintenance machine, which can perform two different functions, includes only one single motor. The machine is lightweight, so that it can be carried by the maintenance personnel. Furthermore, it is small and can be produced in a cost-effective manner.
US08740572B2
A wear- and oxidation-resistant turbine blade and a method for producing the blade are provided. At least portions of the surface of the main blade section are provided with at least one first protective coating comprised of oxidation-resistant material, the first, oxidation-resistant coating is a metallic coating, which is optionally covered by a ceramic thermal barrier coating. The metallic first protective coating is arranged at least at the inner and outer crown edge of the blade tip, but not at the radially outer blade tip. The radially outer blade tip of the turbine blade is comprised of a second, single- or multi-layer wear- and oxidation-resistant protective coating, which is built up by laser metal forming and is comprised of abrasive and binder materials. The second protective coating on the blade tip overlaps along the outer and/or inner crown edge at least partially with the first, metallic protective coating arranged there.
US08740569B2
The impeller for a centrifugal pump includes a carrier disk and possibly a shroud. The blades of the impeller are identical, but are arranged in pairs such that impellers of different hydraulic characteristics are formed with blades of the same shape.
US08740567B2
A rotor blade for a turbine engine includes an airfoil section which extends from a platform section opposite a root section, the airfoil section defines a cavity which extends from an airfoil tip section toward a root section.
US08740563B2
A method of assembling a sealing assembly for use in a turbomachine includes providing a rotatable element that includes an end portion with a plurality of grooves partially extending circumferentially about a portion of an outer surface of the end portion of the rotatable element. The method also includes providing a stationary portion that includes an upper section and a lower section. The method further includes inserting at least a portion of the end portion of the rotatable element into the lower section. The method also includes coupling the upper section to the lower section, thereby defining a rotor shaft cavity. The end portion of the rotatable element at least partially extends through the rotor shaft cavity, thereby defining a clearance between the end portion of the rotatable element and the stationary portion.
US08740556B2
A structural and aerodynamic module including two blades each extending along a longitudinal axis, in which each blade includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a radially inner edge, and a radially outer edge, is provided. The module also includes a radially inner platform mechanically connecting the radially inner edges of the two blades, and a radially outer platform mechanically connecting the radially outer edges of the two blades such that the two blades and the radially outer and inner platforms delimit a flow stream. The two blades and the platforms are made from a composite material and the two blades are fixed on the radially outer and inner platforms using screw-nut assemblies.
US08740550B2
There is provided an exhaust section of a gas turbine and a gas turbine that can cool a strut and the periphery of a bearing without decreasing the efficiency of the gas turbine. A structure of an exhaust section of a gas turbine has: a casing in which a gas path part is formed; a bearing part that rotatably supports moving blades of a turbine section; a strut that extends inwardly from the casing and supports the bearing part; an opening formed in the casing; and a cooling flow channel that extends from the opening toward the bearing part along the strut to guide air at a lower temperature than an exhaust gas flowing in the gas path part to the gas path part and opens into the gas path part at a position downstream of a last-stage moving blade of the turbine section.
US08740542B2
In a method for introducing loading auxiliary structures with a transport device into a shelf compartment with storage spaces arranged one behind the other, a loading auxiliary structure is conveyed by the transport device into the shelf compartment to the front storage space in the direction of introduction, after which a further loading structure is moved by the transport device into the shelf compartment to the front storage space and in this way the preceding loading auxiliary structure is moved to the storage space that is behind and the additional loading auxiliary structure is moved into the front storage space. The transport device includes a removing unit with a stop device adjustable at its front end in the introduction direction into the movement path of the loading auxiliary structure and a drive member on a side facing the loading auxiliary structure.
US08740537B2
A device for transporting a substrate (5) into a working area (2, 3, 22) which can be temporarily separated in a vacuum-tight manner, and a corresponding method. A transport element (4) transports a substrate (5) in the plane (XY) to a defined working area (2, 3, 22) of a chamber (1). The transport element (4) has a deflectable sealing frame (6) which can be moved in a Z-direction perpendicular with respect to the XY-plane. The sealing frame (6) has two opposing sealing surfaces (10, 11) in the Z-direction. By pressing a closure element (16, 21, 24) against a first sealing surface (10, 11) and thus pressing the second sealing surface (11, 10) against a chamber wall (32, 31), the space of the working area (2, 3, 22) of the chamber (1) can be sealed.
US08740533B2
A fixing member comprises a threaded end, one end face of which contains a recess capable of housing a tip, complementary in shape, said recess comprising a peripheral edge in the form of a multilobed continuous curved line. The cross-section of each lobe L is defined by a continuous series of three arcs of a circle, i.e. a first convex arc of a circle with a first radius (R1), on either side of which a second concave arc of a circle with a second radius (R2) are positioned. Each lobe is connected to the adjacent lobe via a third convex arc of a circle with a third radius (R3, R3u) larger than the first radius (R1). The invention also relates to a male element with a raised shape complementing that of the recess, in addition to a handling tool and a testing gauge comprising such a male element.
US08740528B2
A locator/fastener has a first outer member with a precision-machined external body portion, a retention head protruding from a first end, and a multi-diameter throughbore. A fastener, which may take the form of a cap screw, floats in the throughbore of the locator with the threaded portion protruding from a second end of the locator. A receiver has an internal precision-machined surface which contacts the precision-machined body portion of the locator and a threaded bore which receives the protruding fastener. By separating the locating and fastening functions, a quick connect disconnect device is created which does not bind or gall. A hangar system allows a sub-base plate to be attached to a base using the locator-fastener disclosed herein.
US08740527B2
A self-drilling wall anchor device comprises a threaded member having a first threaded section and a second threaded section that provide different diameters, and an outer sleeve having a through hole that provides connective first area, second area, and third area. A second area diameter of the second area is larger than a first diameter of the first threaded section but smaller than a second diameter of the second threaded section. A third area diameter of the third area is larger than the second area diameter of the second area. When the first threaded section and the second threaded section cooperate with the outer sleeve for drilling, the second threaded section blocks the second area and the third area. Arms of the outer sleeve warp and curl out of a gypsum object, not into the gypsum object. The present invention reaches a favorable gripping effect and a preferable anti-retracting performance.
US08740525B2
A cargo restraint system for securing cargo within a truck bed having fixed anchors includes a plurality of adjustable-length straps attachable to the truck bed, and a cargo net attached to the straps and slidable along at least a portion thereof. Hooks are fixed to the straps for attaching the straps to the truck bed anchors, and each strap includes a cam buckle for selectively adjusting the length of the strap.
US08740521B2
The present invention relates to a chamfer device for machining a weld bead surface, which specifically carries out a chamfering process on the welding bead surfaces of objects to be processed (such as metal sheet materials and pipes). In the present invention, immediately after a chamfering-amount-adjustment unit has been rotated and released, a position-setting pin is inserted into a securing recess in the chamfering-amount-adjustment unit, while the chamfering amount is adjusted in precise units and simultaneously locked at a predetermined chamfering amount which is automatically maintained, and the adjustment of the chamfering amount is achieved in a straightforward fashion with just one touch. When the chamfering-amount-adjustment unit is operated, a mobile cutter shaft moves vertically and as it does so the chamfering amount is adjusted in such a way that the chamfering amount can be immediately and rapidly adjusted while continuously operating without regard to any cutter rotation action.
US08740518B2
An insert according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a side surface which is connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, and includes a first side surface, and a cutting edge which is located an intersection of the upper surface and the side surface, and comprises a first cutting edge corresponding to the first side surface. The first cutting edge has a projected shape projected toward the upper surface in a side view, and has a recessed shape recessed inward in a top view. A cutting tool according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the insert and a holder configured to attach the insert thereto so that at least a part of the first cutting edge has a negative axial rake angle. A method of manufacturing a machined product according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method of manufacturing the machined product by using the cutting tool.
US08740517B2
A tool bit (1) ready for use consists of a sintered material. It has a longitudinal axis (3). At least one swarf chamber (4) spaced from the longitudinal axis (3) land extending along the longitudinal axis (3) is formed in the tool bit (1). The tool bit (1) has at least one cutting edge (8, 10), which is formed in the tool bit (1) by grinding the already sintered tool bit (1), adjoining the swarf chamber (4). According to the invention the swarf chamber (4) is ground only partly and is otherwise unground.
US08740512B2
A tool bit providing a combined drill bit and milling bit is disclosed herein. The tool bit in one embodiment includes a working section having a longitudinally extending central axis, an O-flute extending along the working section, and a tooth formed at a tip portion of the working section, the tooth offset from the central axis.
US08740511B2
A tool holder has a main body having a holder head extending away from a holder shank in a forward direction, a clamping member non-threadingly retained in the holder head, and a locking member operatively engaging a single abutment surface of the clamping member. The holder head has an insert receiving pocket at a forward end thereof with a pocket support surface substantially facing in an upward direction, and the clamping member is located entirely rearward of the pocket support surface with the abutment surface facing generally upwardly. The tool holder is configured to direct a clamping force towards, and clamp a cutting insert against, the pocket support surface.
US08740509B2
Cutting insert for a cutting tool for machining by chip removal, in particular for high feed milling
The present invention relates to a cutting insert for a cutting tool for the chip-removing high feed milling machining of workpieces, the cutting tool having a holder with a seat for receiving the cutting insert, the cutting insert having at least one cutting edge lying in a covering surface. To achieve a higher feed speed and greater cutting depth, particularly during high feed milling, there is provision, according to the invention, whereby the cutting edge has in portions three different radii of curvature, a first portion having the smallest radius, a middle second portion adjoining it having the largest radius, and a third portion adjoining the latter having a medium radius lying between the smallest and the largest radius, and whereby a peripheral line, running through all the cutting edges, of the covering surface is exclusively convexly curved. The invention relates, furthermore, to a correspondingly configured holder and to a cutting tool.
US08740508B2
A milling tool includes a toolholder having an insert-receiving pocket, a cutting insert having a hole provided therein, the cutting insert being disposed in the pocket and a clamping screw having a male key grip at a first end and zero or more key grips at a second end. The clamping screw extends through the hole in the cutting insert into a threaded hole in the toolholder so that threads on the clamping screw mate with threads in the threaded hole. The male key grip is remote from the cutting insert. The second end of the clamping screw includes an enlarged head including a clamping surface that abuts a clamping surface in the hole of the cutting insert. A clamping screw suitable for a milling tool is also provided.
US08740507B2
The invention relates to a milling tool, particularly a face-milling cutter, with a rotationally symmetrical tool base body which can be driven in rotation and in which at least one pocket-like recess is made on the periphery, with a cutting body which is inserted in the recess, which projects radially and/or axially on the tool base body and which is held by at least one clamping element, on the outer periphery of the milling tool at least one chip guide chamber being made with chip deflecting surfaces for controlled chip removal away from the workpiece surface to be machined. According to the invention, the chip guide chamber is assigned at least one chip guide web which separates the chip guide chamber from the surface of the workpiece.
US08740487B2
A printer assembly (10) adapted for use with a print head comprising a platen (14) operable to move in a first plane; and a vacuum source in fluid communication with the platen (14) to provide a vacuum communication path to draw air through the platen (14) such that a sheet of media arranged on the platen (14) is biased towards it, characterised by a movable aperture (52) in the vacuum communication path between the vacuum source and the platen (14), the movable aperture (52) being arranged to move with the platen (14).
US08740484B2
An image-forming device includes a conveying part, an image-forming part, first through third sensors, and a control part. The conveying part is configured and arranged to convey a continuous recording material. The image-forming part is configured and arranged to form an image on the recording material conveyed by the conveying part. The first through third sensors are configured and arranged to detect positions of an edge surface of the recording material conveyed by the conveying part. The control part is configured to calculate first through third shifting amounts based on the positions of the edge surface of the recording material simultaneously detected by the first through third sensors, respectively. The first shifting amount is generated by movement of the recording material, the second shifting amount is generated by rotation of the recording material, and the third shifting amount is generated by fluctuations in the edge surface of the recording material.
US08740479B2
An optical connector to which an optical fiber cord including an optical fiber ribbon and a sheath is to be attached includes: a ferrule member a fusion splice protection sleeve, housing and a fixing member. The ferrule member holds a plurality of embedded fibers which are to be fusion-spliced respectively to a plurality of optical fibers constituting the optical fiber ribbon. The fusion splice protection sleeve protects a fusion-spliced portion. The housing houses the ferrule member and the fusion splice protection sleeve. The housing has, at the rear end, a recess for receiving a bifurcated portion of the sheath. The fixing member fixes the sheath to the housings and by holding it.
US08740478B2
An optical module includes a housing, an actuator and a fiber clamp having at least one spring member. The actuator and housing are moveable in a sliding manner relative to one another such that the actuator can assume a first actuator position or a second actuator position relative to the housing. The spring member has a first portion in sliding contact with a ramped surface of the actuator and a second portion movable between a first clamp position and a second clamp position in response to sliding movement of the actuator between the first actuator position and second actuator position, respectively. Movement of the second portion of the spring member to the second clamp position reduces a dimension of a fiber passage in the module to frictionally engage an optical fiber in the fiber passage.
US08740477B2
A hybrid connector is disclosed. The hybrid connector comprises a cable, a plug and a connector housing. The cable has an optical waveguide and conductive wires disposed therein. The plug is connected to the cable. The connector housing is configured to mount on the plug. The connector housing is provided with a connector-side locking portion, an optical connection portion and an electrical connection portion.
US08740473B2
An optical connector includes: an engaging member having a pair of elastic pieces that can be engaged with locking portions on both sides of a receiving-side optical connector; and a movable tubular housing externally fitted to the engaging member, wherein the pair of elastic pieces approaches each other by an engagement with the locking portions on both sides of the receiving-side optical connector, and thereby, the housing becomes movable forward with respect to the portion of the engaging member that engages with the locking portions, and wherein an engagement state between the elastic pieces and the locking portions on both sides of the receiving-side optical connector is maintained as the pair of elastic pieces abuts an inside of the housing thereby regulating a movement in a direction of being separated from each other when the housing has moved forward with respect to the engaging member.
US08740465B2
The improved bearing system includes a pair of axially split and generally cylindrical cartridges having respective bearing units configured to be mountable to a common axial shaft. An annular channel is generally formed from one of the cartridges for selectively receiving a preload ring. An annular groove is formed from a portion of the other cartridge and sized to slidably receive the preload ring. A preload element is disposed within the annular groove and axially compressed between a preload surface of the annular groove and the preload ring. The preload element maintains a simultaneous axial preload thrust on the bearing cartridges and respective bearing units in inwardly opposite axial directions.
US08740464B2
The bearing assembly concept includes a floating seal arrangement. In one form, a bearing assembly comprises a first bearing member and a second bearing member that is oriented adjacent to the first bearing member. A plurality of bearings is positioned between the first bearing member and the second bearing member. A shield is engaged with the first bearing member, and a floating seal is slidably engaged with the shield and the second bearing member. The shield captures the floating seal adjacent to the second bearing member.
US08740462B2
A seal assembly is disclosed for use between a housing and a rotatable shaft protruding exteriorly from the housing, with the shat being journalled for rotation in an eccentric cartridge which in turn is rotatably adjustable. The seal assembly comprises a circular flinger mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith. The flinger has radially outwardly projecting flanges defining an axial space therebetween. A seal carrier surrounds the flinger and has axially spaced first and second inner rims projecting radially inwardly into the space between the flanges of the flinger. Ring seals are carried by the seal carriers. The inner rims are resiliently urged to maintain the ring seals in contact with the flinger flanges.
US08740460B2
Provided is a seal plate (40) for a movement guide device that can be produced easily from optimal materials according to a usage environment of the movement guide device and can be produced simply at low cost. The seal plate (40) is mounted on a mobile block (2) that moves along a track rail (1) and closes a gap between the mobile block (2) and the track rail (1). The seal plate (40) includes a base material of a woven and knitted fabric or nonwoven fabric, and a binder component (40b) which is dispersed in the base material and partially binds together fibers (40a) which form the woven and knitted fabric or nonwoven fabric, and has a plurality of voids formed therein.
US08740446B2
A light guide plate positioning design in backlight module includes a base, a light guide plate, a first positioning unit, and a second positioning unit. The base has a sidewall extending along a second direction. The first positioning unit is disposed on the sidewall for contacting the light guide plate to resist a displacement of the light guide plate in a first direction, and further to position the light guide plate relatively to the sidewall in the first direction. The second positioning unit is disposed on the base for contacting the light guide plate to resist a displacement of the light guide plate in the second direction, and further to position the light guide plate in the second direction in a position along the side wall. The resistance of the first positioning unit to the displacement of the light guide plate is greater than that of the second positioning unit.
US08740444B2
Methods for manufacturing a light source circuit board having one or more light emitting components that include providing at least one circuit component on a light source circuit board, wherein the at least one circuit component has an electrical circuit constant that specifies one or more performance parameters for the light source. The methods also include measuring the electrical circuit constant of the at least one circuit component. The methods also include identifying one or more performance parameters for the light source based on the measured electrical constant.
US08740439B2
The present invention introduces a new class of thin doubly collimating light distributing engines for use in a variety of general lighting applications. Output illumination from these slim-profile illumination systems whether square, rectangular or circular in physical aperture shape is directional, square, rectangular or circular in beam cross-section, and spatially uniform and sharply cutoff outside the system's adjustable far-field angular cone. Some embodiments provided include thin light distributing engines which provide input light collimated in one meridian and a light distributing element that maintains input collimation while collimating output light in the un-collimated orthogonal meridian, in such a manner that the system's far-field output light is collimated in both its orthogonal output meridians. The present invention can also include optical films that process the engine's doubly collimated output illumination so as to increase its angular extent one or both output meridians without changing beam shape or uniformity.
US08740428B2
An indirect illumination device for a vehicle may include an internal panel forming a diffusion portion in a surface thereof, a light guide plate faced with the diffusion portion, a light source provided in a side portion of the light guide plate to which the light guide plate may be not faced with the diffusion portion, to irradiate light to an inside of the light guide plate, and an external panel provided with guide ribs protruding from a surface of the external panel, wherein the guide ribs support a lateral side of the internal panel and the light guide plate.
US08740424B2
A light for an aircraft comprises a holder for carrying a plurality of light emitting diodes arranged along a curvilinear line and a first optical unit comprising an elliptic reflective partial surface defining a plurality of focal points forming a first curvilinear focal line extending along the light emitting sites of the light emitting diodes, and a plurality of second focal points. The light further includes a second optical unit comprising a single further focal point or a plurality of further focal points forming a further curvilinear focal line. The plurality of the second focal points of the first optical unit coincide and are identical to the single further focal point of the second optical unit or are located along the further curvilinear focal line of the second optical unit.
US08740414B2
A lamp includes a dichroic filter, a light emitting diode, and a lampshade. The light emitting diode emits light towards the dichroic filter. One portion of the light within a predetermined frequency range passes through the dichroic filter. The other portion of the light is refracted by the dichroic filter. The lampshade is used for shading the light. Therefore, the lampshade shows two colors of light.
US08740410B2
This is directed to a troffer-style light fixture using a LED light to cross-light internal surfaces of the troffer. In particular, this is directed to a troffer-style fixture having several receptacles for receiving LED modules. The modules can be inserted in the fixture such that some light emitted by the LED modules is directed towards an opposite surface of the fixture, causing light from opposite LED modules to mix as light is emitted from the fixture (e.g., cross lighting the fixture environment. The resulting light transmitted and reflected by the troffer can have softer qualities than direct light emitted by a LED module, and enhance the aesthetic appeal of light provided by the fixture. In some embodiments, one or more optical treatments can be applied to internal surfaces of the fixture to enhance the light output by the fixture.
US08740408B2
A light emitting diode (LED) module is provided. The LED module includes a substrate on which an LED is mounted; a heat radiation unit configured to include an insertion hole for passage of a power supply cable that supplies power to the substrate; a lens plate configured to include a lens corresponding to the LED and to cover the substrate; a rubber seal configured to be disposed between the heat radiation unit and the lens plate; and a waterproof structure configured to be inserted in the insertion hole and to include a through hole to receive the power supply cable, wherein the substrate is received in an inner space constructed as the lens plate, the rubber seal, and the heat radiation unit are connected, and the inner space has a waterproof structure.
US08740407B2
A variety of lighting apparatuses are described that utilize reflection as a basis for lighting a desired area.
US08740402B2
An LED downlight mounted onto a construction wall panel comprises a light source module and a heat sink holder. The light source module includes a light projection portion, a base to hold the light projection portion and a first coupling portion connected to the base. The heat sink holder includes a second coupling portion fastened to the first coupling portion and a first cooling portion formed on the outer surface of the heat sink holder and extended along the extension direction of the construction wall panel. The base and first cooling portion have respectively a first clamp surface corresponding to a decorative surface of the construction wall panel and a second clamp surface corresponding to a mask surface of the construction wall panel. The first and second clamp surfaces are respectively in contact with the decorative surface and mask surface to clamp the construction wall panel.
US08740393B2
A guiding device and a projector comprising the same are provided. The projector comprises a blower and a bulb. The blower is used for cooling the bulb. The guiding device is disposed between the blower and the bulb, and comprises a body and a flapper. The body of the guiding device is formed with a first outlet and a second outlet. The first outlet and the second outlet are adapted to guide the blower to form a first airflow and a second airflow, respectively. The flapper is disposed in the second outlet and moves along a direction of gravity to partially cover the second outlet to force the second airflow to flow towards a portion of the bulb away from the direction of gravity.
US08740385B2
Methods and systems for tracking a position and torsional orientation of a patient's eye. In one embodiment, the present invention provides methods and software for registering a first image of an eye with a second image of an eye. In another embodiment, the present invention provides methods and software for tracking a torsional movement of the eye. In a particular usage, the present invention tracks the torsional cyclorotation and translational movement of a patient's eye so as to improve the delivery of a laser energy to the patient's cornea.
US08740368B2
The present invention provides an ink composition for inkjet recording, containing colloidal silica, urea, a coloring material, and water.
US08740362B2
An ink tank includes a light-emitting portion and a light-guiding portion for guiding light emitted from the light-emitting portion, wherein the light-guiding portion includes an output portion configured to output the guided light to project individual information about the ink tank and a display portion formed on a side surface different from the output portion and configured to display information about a status of the ink tank by outputting the guided light.
US08740357B1
An ink jet printhead including a substrate such as an ink reservoir or an interposer and a printing device. The printing device can be attached to the substrate with a first adhesive and with a second adhesive that is different than the first adhesive. The second adhesive can be applied to the printing device and to the substrate after attaching the printing device to the substrate with the first adhesive. The second adhesive can seal a gap from an ink channel in the substrate to a location between the printing device and the substrate.
US08740344B2
In an ink-jet recording apparatus, when a controller receives an image recording command for a sheet placed on a manual feed tray in a state in which a cap is in a first posture in which the cap covers a nozzle face, the controller is configured to rotate the motor in a first direction by a first rotation amount smaller than a complete switch rotation amount required for the image recording. And, the controller is configured to rotate the motor in a second direction by a second rotation amount equal to or less than the first rotation amount. Then, the controller is configured to rotate the motor in the first direction by a difference rotation amount between the complete switch rotation amount and the first rotation amount.
US08740339B2
A defective recording element detecting apparatus includes: an image signal acquiring device which acquires read image signals obtained by reading, a linear test pattern recorded by an image recording apparatus having: a recording head and a medium conveying device which causes relative movement between a recording medium and the recording head in a signal decomposing device which sequentially assigns reading pixel numbers 0 to n to the acquired read image signals, divides the reading pixel numbers by an analysis pitch unit PS to obtain remainders, and decomposes the read image signals into an image signal of each of the obtained remainders; a fluctuation signal calculating device which calculates a fluctuation signal of each of the remainders; and an identifying device which identifies a defective recording element among the plurality of recording elements based on the fluctuation signal of each of the remainders.
US08740336B2
An ink jet printing apparatus and an ink jet printing method, whereby high-permeation ink and low-permeation ink are employed to prevent a reduction in optical density is provided. The ink jet printing apparatus controls ejection of ink from print heads, so that only low-permeation ink is ejected onto the edge area of a print medium that is adjacent to a non-printing area, and this time, high-permeation ink is not employed. Further, the ink jet printing apparatus controls ejection of ink from the print heads, so that both low-permeation ink and high-permeation ink are employed for the non-edge area that is adjacent to the edge area, and to perform printing, the low-permeation ink is ejected onto the non-edge area prior to the high-permeation ink.
US08740326B2
A recording medium lift detection apparatus for detecting a lift of a recording medium that is conveyed on a predetermined conveyance surface along a predetermined conveyance path, includes: a light projection/receiving, a light projection parallel flat plate, a light projection turning device, a control device and a recording medium lift detection control device.
US08740324B2
In a stand-by state, when an instruction unit issues the printing instruction, a control unit is switched in a maintenance state, in the maintenance state, the control unit closes an air valve and operates a first pump, and when a sensor detects that the ink of a second tank is reduced by discharging the ink from a nozzle by the pressure of a second tank, the control unit opens the air valve to be switched in a printing state, and when a predetermined time elapses after an operation of the first pump before the sensor detects the reduction of the ink of the second tank, the control unit excludes the solidified ink from the nozzle, and in the printing state, the control unit is switched in the stand-by state when the ink is discharged from the nozzle of the head based on a printing instruction.
US08740316B2
For a motor vehicle, a compressed air preparation device includes a pressure line configured to conduct compressed air, a drying device disposed in the pressure line, a governor valve coupled to the drying device, and an electrically actuatable solenoid valve, the governor valve being (i) pilot controllable by the solenoid valve at a high pressure level to allow the compressed air to be fed through the pressure line when the solenoid valve is actuated and (ii) configured to control regeneration of the drying device in response to a low pressure level from the solenoid valve when an electrical supply to the solenoid valve fails.
US08740313B2
A cutting tool holding device includes a base, a cutting tool holder and a fastening member. The base includes an abutting portion and a transverse dovetail groove, wherein the abutting portion is defined between a first wall with a mounting surface and a second wall, and the transverse dovetail groove is formed on the mounting surface. The cutting tool holder has a transverse dovetail portion, wherein the cutting tool holder is abutted against the abutting portion, and the transverse dovetail portion is detachably engaged into the transverse dovetail groove on the mounting surface of the second wall. The fastening member is for fastening the cutting tool holder to the base.
US08740299B1
A multipurpose table and methods of configuring the same is disclosed. The multipurpose table includes a base, or optionally a surface, a pair of tabletop supports, a tabletop assembly, and a plurality of seats. The seats can be arranged outwardly from the tabletop assembly to provide a “table mode” of operation or arranged inwardly toward the tabletop assembly to provide a “bar mode” of operation. Further, some seats can be arranged outwardly from the tabletop assembly while at the same time other seats are arranged inwardly toward the tabletop assembly. Further, the tabletop assembly includes a pair of drop leaves that can be opened or closed at the user's discretion.
US08740295B2
An apparatus adjusts a parting line of a panoramic sunroof comprising a moving glass and a rail. The apparatus includes a fixing bracket, a moving bracket, and a slide structure. The fixing bracket is disposed on a side surface of a rear end of the moving glass to be tiltable and movable in a straight line. The moving bracket is disposed on a curved path of the rail to be movable along a curved trajectory. The slide structure is connected between the fixing bracket and the moving bracket to enable curved movement by allowing the moving bracket to spread from the fixing bracket when the fixing bracket moves in a straight line.
US08740294B2
The invention proposes a roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle, comprising a roller blind web by means of which a transparent portion of the motor vehicle can be at least partially shaded, and comprising at least one winding device for winding up the roller blind web. The roller blind web is formed from a knitted spacer fabric which comprises a support layer formed from a knitted fabric and a decorative layer formed from a knitted fabric and connected to the support layer via connecting threads which maintain a spacing.
US08740287B2
Disclosed is a passenger protection device (12) for a vehicle, which protects a passenger (Mn) sitting on a seat (11) when an external force (Fs) is applied to a side surface (16a) of a vehicle body (16). The passenger protection device has a side support (14). The side support is provided on the side portion of a seat back (46), and supports the upper body (Bu) of the passenger. The side support has a deformable portion (47). The deformable portion allows the side support to be deformed by an external force having a predetermined value or more.
US08740281B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle having a panel or door, which can be brought from a closed position into an open position against the force of gravity using at least one energy storage element and means coupled therewith for influencing the torsional moment provided on the panel or door by the at least one energy storage element, wherein the panel or door is rotatably supported about an axis of rotation, and wherein the torsional moment can be influenced by the means for influencing depending on the opening position of the panel or door.
US08740277B1
The truck bed with extensible rails includes a front set of rails, a pair of side sets of rails, and a rear set of rails which selectively vertically translate from within the walls and tailgate defining a truck bed, such as those typically found in pickup trucks. The front set of rails and the pair of side sets of rails desirably vertically translate separately from the rear set of rails, and each set of rails can be selectively raised and lowered, under hydraulic power or the like, through actuation of a cabin-mounted control panel. The cabin-mounted control panel allows the vehicle operator to easily control the selective raising and lowering of the sets of rails through actuation of a hydraulic pump which is powered by the vehicle battery.
US08740272B2
Described is a multi-handled tool that is ergonomically designed to maximize the efficiency of the tool by the use of a handle, optionally rotating, affixed to the shaft of the tool. The rotating handle may be rotated and locked into any desired position so the user can adjust the tool to create maximum efficiency. In addition, a footstep is optionally provided above the tool that allows for a greater digging force. A combination of the first, top handle with the ergonomically spaced handle placement that is completely adjustable combined with the footstep above the head of the tool provides for a tool that is much more efficient than the standard tools used today.
US08740271B1
An ergonomic handle is used in conjunction with a ductile material, e.g., straps, for securing, lifting and carrying objects. The handle comprises four legs perpendicular to each other and joined at a center routing bowl. The center bowl includes an angled tab arm over its top. Each flat surfaced leg with side rails provides a channel for the strap material. Each leg includes a locking tab fixed to one side of the leg. Integral gripping teeth are on one face of the locking tab and mate with similar integral gripping teeth on the channel surface of each leg. The strap is placed on a leg surface, secured with the locking tab, then wrapped around the object to the second leg and secured. At the center bowl, the strap is re-directed to a third leg, secured, then wrapped around the object for securing on the fourth leg.
US08740261B2
A fitting assembly for use in a fluid transfer assembly includes a fluid conduit having a first fitting with first and second ends and a bore extending between the first and second ends for receiving the fluid conduit. The first end of the first fitting is configured to sealingly dispose a ferrule assembly within a second fitting in an engaged position. The fitting assembly further includes a third fitting having first and second ends and a bore extending between the first and second ends for receiving the fluid conduit. The first end of the third fitting is configured to sealingly dispose a collet assembly within the first fitting in an engaged position.
US08740258B2
A pipe having a cylindrical inner wall, a rig end, the rig end having an inner wall having an inside diameter and a remote end. The remote end further comprises a first hemispheric extension that extends from the remote end to at least an outer diameter. A second hemispheric extension connects a surface at an outer cylindrical surface to a pipe exterior wall, wherein the first hemispheric extension and second hemispheric extension form a partial sphere through which, a cavity defined by the inner wall extends.
US08740257B2
A fluid connector including pluggable elements, for example in the form of connector pins or connector sockets that are supported so as to be movable in a direction transverse to a joining direction. Resilient element may be disposed for pre-specifying a rest position of the corresponding pluggable elements.
US08740251B2
An equipment service apparatus, which is suited for use in servicing ground support equipment (GSE) or aircraft ground equipment (AGE), includes a plurality of features for use in servicing and maintaining the GSE/AGE where the GSE/AGE is in use servicing an aircraft so that the GSE/AGE is not itself required to be transported to a remote location for servicing and/or maintenance. The apparatus may be constructed as a towable cart. The apparatus may include a fuel tank, a pump system configured to add fuel to or remove fuel from the fuel tank, and a fuel valve assembly operable to control fuel flow into and out of the fuel tank. The apparatus may also include a container storage portion configured to retain a plurality of removable fluid storage containers, at least one power source, and a power control system operable to control power from the at least one power source to operate at least some features of the equipment service apparatus.
US08740249B1
A combine header transport trailer for transporting a combine header. The trailer includes mechanical jacks for raising and lowering the header bar thereon and for moving the header bar inwardly and outwardly with respect to the trailer.
US08740241B2
In one embodiment, a safety trailer has semi-tractor hitches at both ends and a safety wall that is fixed to one side of the trailer. That side, however, can be changed to the right or left side of the road, depending on the end to which the truck attaches. A caboose can be attached at the end of the trailer opposite the tractor to provide additional lighting and impact protection. Optionally, the trailer can be equipped with overhead protection, lighting, ventilation, onboard hydraulics, compressors, generators and other equipment, as well as related fuel, water, storage and restroom facilities and other amenities.
US08740240B1
A user-operated mobility apparatus includes a base unit having a drive assembly and wheels mounted thereto for enabling selective movement of the base unit along a surface. A plurality of support members extend from the base unit, define an interior area therebetween that is configured to receive a user, and each includes a plurality of spaced-apart engagement features for releasably engaging at least one accessory at various different positions along the support member. A user support assembly is mounted adjacent the free ends of the support members and includes a support cord extending into the interior area. The support cord is configured for releasably engaging a user to support the user within interior area.
US08740235B2
A tricycle may be operable between a first mode of operation steerable by a tricycle rider, and a second mode of operation steerable by an individual pushing the tricycle. In both such first and second modes, the frame of the tricycle is configured to rotatably support the rear wheels and configured to support the head tube at a distance from the rear wheels such that a distance between the head tube and rear wheels need not necessarily be changed even when the front wheel axis location is changed from one mode to another.
US08740231B2
A light-alloy vehicle suspension member integrally made from a light alloy, including a sectional shape formed by an upper wall, a front wall, and a rear wall so as to have an open bottom, the upper wall being substantially horizontal, the front wall and the rear wall being erected in a substantially vertical manner on a front edge and a rear edge of the upper wall respectively, wherein: one end of a torque rod is connected to a center portion, in a vehicle width direction, of the upper wall, another end of the torque rod is connected to an engine; a vertical position of the upper wall substantially corresponds to a vertical center position between the front wall and the rear wall, and substantially corresponds to a height position of the torque rod.
US08740228B2
A dolly includes a deck having a support surface and a plurality of casters below the deck. The deck includes a plurality of caster-receiving pockets formed in an upper surface of the deck. The caster-receiving pockets are aligned with the casters, such that the casters of an identical dolly could be received in the caster-receiving pockets. The caster-receiving pockets are oriented at an acute angle relative to the end edges and side edges of the dolly. When stacked, the dollies are more consistently aligned and the stack is vertical.
US08740227B2
The present invention discloses a self-locking mechanism for use in a drill chuck, comprising: clutch tooth sleeves, fixedly connected with the chuck body of the drill chuck and forming teeth; an oval deformation ring, having a substantially circular first shape and a substantially oval second shape, wherein the oval deformation ring has teeth on the side wall, with the teeth engaging with the teeth of the clutch tooth sleeve when the oval deformation ring is in the second shape; and a control sleeve, for controlling the conversion of the oval deformation sleeve between the first shape and the second shape. The present invention also discloses a force increasing self-locking drill chuck with said self-locking mechanism. The self-locking mechanism according to the present invention can be used in drill chucks of multiple structures, and provides a brand-new thought for the designs of the self-locking mechanisms of drill chucks.
US08740217B2
The play of roulette-type game is made more enticing by offering for a single bet a range of payouts from very modest with a high frequency to very great with low frequency. This is achieved without changing the underlying roulette-type game. In a twelve-position roulette, six balls can be used to provide over a 30% chance of getting a match, while the very low probability of getting 3 or more matches provides for generous payouts. Bets can also be placed on patterns of positions of balls.
US08740216B2
Disclosed is a document conveying apparatus including: a reading unit which read image information on a surface of a document; a driving-side discharge unit which conveys the document in a first direction in contact with the first surface, and discharges at least a part of the document; a driven-side discharge unit which receives transmission of a rotative force from the driving-side discharge unit, when being in contact with the driving-side discharge unit; a specific-direction conveying unit which conveys the document in an opposite direction to the first direction; a pressing force applying unit which applies a force in a third direction to the driven-side discharge unit so as to be in contact with the driving-side discharge unit; and a movement control unit which moves the driven-side discharge unit in an opposite direction to the third direction, when the document is in contact with the driven-side discharge unit.
US08740214B2
A sheet guiding rib protrudes below a sheet suction surface of a plurality of suction conveyer belts, the sheet guiding rib being provided at a position on a downstream side in a sheet conveying direction of a sheet suction region, in which a sheet can be sucked, of the sheet suction surface of the plurality of suction conveyer belts, and between the plurality of suction conveyer belts. At a time of conveying a topmost sheet sucked and deflected downward at a part of pressing a sheet surface detecting flag, a deflection amount of the topmost sheet is reduced by bringing the deflected part of the topmost sheet into abutment against the sheet guiding rib.
US08740210B2
A cutting board is elevated by way of a pair of leg stands, configured as longitudinal arc-shaped rod handles secured into the cutting board. Inverted, the handles receive and support various sizes of serving dishes and cooking pans in an inclined configuration and thereby functions as a device for separating liquids from foods, such as water and liquefied fats.
US08740207B2
A portable workbench includes a pair of first support structures, a pair of second support structures, a first top member coupled to the first support structures, a second top member and a clamping mechanism. Each second support structure is pivotally coupled to an associated one of the first support structures. The clamping mechanism is coupled to the second support structures and is configured to selectively translate the second top member relative to the second support structures.
US08740197B2
An outer tube (11) of a vibration-damping device (10) is split into a first outer tube member (21) at a first end along the direction of an axis (O), and a second outer tube member (22) at a second end. The second end of the first outer tube member (21) in the direction of the axis (O), and the first end of the second outer tube member (22) in the direction of the axis (O) overlap each other in a radial direction of the outer tube (11) with the second rubber elastic body therebetween (23). Through this configuration, the generation of a noise from the vibration-damping device can be suppressed.
US08740192B2
The invention provides an easy to assemble railing assembly used for residential and commercial purposes. The railing assembly includes a plurality of locking components, a plurality of upright members and a plurality of locking pins. A locking component includes a plurality of wedge shaped locking slots. An upright member is configured to receive the locking component therewithin. The locking pin of the plurality of locking pins has each end connected to one or more wedge shaped locking slots of the plurality of wedge shaped locking slots.
US08740191B2
A laboratory jack having a scissors-type jack assembly connected to upper and lower platforms includes guide members and thrust bearings or rollers, which provide improved stability across a longer stroke than previous laboratory jacks. One laboratory jack includes upper and lower tiers of scissor assemblies comprised of scissor arms and guide rods disposed between the ends of each of the upper and lower scissor assemblies. The guide rods are carried by cross-brace members that are connected to and extend between opposing portions of the scissor assemblies, and the guide rods slide through a through bore in at least one of the cross-brace members. The scissor assemblies include rollers at the interface between laterally shifting ends of the scissor arms and an adjacent platform.
US08740188B1
A lifting and supporting device includes elongated supports. One support has a handle attached thereto. A base section has rectilinear support arms attached thereto. The arms are arranged in parallel transverse to a longitudinal length of the base section. The base section is secured to the lower end portions of the supports. Side panels are secured to the upper end portions of the supports. A moveable section is disposed medially of the side panels. A pulley mechanism lifts the movable section in a vertical direction between raised and lowered positions. The pulley mechanism is partially disposed within the cavity and is anchored to the moveable section and the side panels. The pulley mechanism includes at least five pulleys for to decrease the applied force for lifting a cabinet on the movable section. A pressure plate is used to maintain the movable section in a static position during non-operating conditions.
US08740184B2
The invention relates to a magnet valve having a valve body, in which at least one inlet conduit and/or at least one outlet conduit of the magnet valve is provided in at least some regions in the valve body. The inlet conduit and/or outlet conduit are in fluidic communication with a valve seat of the magnet valve. According to the invention, the valve body is provided with a receptacle region, in which an insert part embodying the valve seat is disposed. The invention also relates to a driver assistance system having such a magnet valve.
US08740181B2
The invention relates to a positioning system which is suitable for micrometric regulating valves. The invention comprises a micro-regulating valve which is connected to the shaft of a servomotor by a flexible coupler and which is fixed to the same using a support. The aforementioned motor is, in turn, coupled to a potentiometer which transmits the position of the shaft of the motor and, consequently, of the rod of the valve to a control system which compares a signal received from an external control system with the position of the value, the position of the valve being corrected with a movement of the motor. In this way, a quick and precise positioning system can operate at high pressures and with very low flow rates.
US08740180B2
A conventional rotary valve in which is provided with a locking mechanism for fixing the degree of aperture so as to prevent misoperation and reduce accidents caused thereby, and even a previously installed valve can be converted to a valve having a locking mechanism, simply by replacing the handle alone. In a rotary valve wherein a valve element that is engaged with a stem is turned by turning the stem, which is connected to a handle, so as to open and close the valve, and having a top flange that is provided on a neck of a valve body that supports the stem, a notch is formed at the peripheral edge of the top flange, and a locking member, having a protrusion that can be latched in the notch in the top flange by way of a torsion spring, is pivotably supported at the center of the handle or on a grip portion thereof.
US08740161B2
A holder for sustaining a handheld electronic device is provided. The holder includes a sucker and a positioning device. The sucker has a central and peripheral portion. The positioning device, which is disposed on a side of the sucker, comprises a housing, a ball, a clamping assembly and a rod. The housing is disposed on the sucker and has a receiving space for the ball and the clamping assembly. The rod has a first end connecting to the central portion of the sucker and a second end extending towards the receiving space. When the rod is led to position the sucker onto an object, the clamping assembly is adapted to restrict the ball simultaneously.
US08740159B2
A lid holder for use with a slow cooker. The lid holder has a tray supported on a strap from the rim of the slow cooker. The tray has inner and outer walls between which a lid from the cooker may be interposed. The lid is supported in the tray above a well for drips on fins between the inner and outer walls.
US08740156B1
A locomotive blue light reverser key has a handle portion and a shaft portion that is connected to the handle portion. The handle portion includes a Light Emitting Diode (LED), a switch, a battery that powers the LED, and a blue tinted lens. The shaft portion is insertable into a reverser of a locomotive. During a blue signal procedure when the train is not permitted to move, a train operator uses the blue light reverser key to indicate the blue signal procedure is in effect. The train operator activates the LED on the handle portion and inserts the blue light reverser key into the reverser. The shaft portion does not engage any locking mechanism within the reverser, and the reverser key prevents the locomotive from moving forward or backward. The blue light emitted from the blue light reverser key also notifies other train operators of the blue signal procedure.
US08740152B1
Methods for attaching a window to an airframe, methods of maintaining structural integrity of an airframe while attaching a window to the airframe, and portions of an aircraft are set forth herein. One method for attaching a window to an airframe comprises the steps of: applying to a bonding surface of a nutplate an adhesive; inserting through an airframe hole a fixture attached to a nut of the nutplate, and applying tension to the fixture to hold the adhesive-coated bonding surface of the nutplate adjacent an interior surface of the airframe; allowing the adhesive to cure; removing the fixture from the nut of the nutplate; and installing a bolt through a hole of a retainer, through the hole in the airframe, and into the nutplate; the retainer being in contact with and securing the window to the airframe. The adhesive is selected such that very specific conditions are met.
US08740151B1
A fuselage section may include a structural member and a frame member having a stub frame extending over the structural member. The stub frame may have a web. The fuselage section may include an intercostal extending from a terminal end of the stub frame and having an end flange. The fuselage section may additionally include an adjustable splice fitting having a web, a lower flange, and an end flange being mountable in faying contact with respective ones of the stub frame web, the structural member, and the intercostal end flange.
US08740146B2
The invention relates to a cover panel for a landing gear for an aircraft with at least one pivotal closable flap 6, 7. According to the invention the at least one flap 6, 7 is attached for swivel movement to the fuselage cell 2 of the aircraft by means of at least one multi-articulated joint 8, 9, 13 wherein the multi-articulated joint 8, 9, 13 is constructed with a number of individual joints seated on a shaft 17, similar to a piano hinge, and a mechanical play increases preferably uniformly starting from a middle individual joint 14 towards the outer individual joints 15, 16. As a result of the mechanical play which increases within the multi-articulated joint 8, 9, 13 from the middle individual joint 14 to the two outer individual joints 15, 16 in the direction of the x-axis or aircraft longitudinal axis, a substantial mechanical isolation of the cover panel from any possible fuselage cell movements is provided. The flap 7 has at least in the area of one side edge an anti-lift security mechanism 26 in order to prevent aerodynamically conditioned flapping and lifting movements of the flap 7 in the direction of the aircraft vertical axis or z-axis.
US08740140B2
A multifunction electromechanical device for an aircraft undercarriage. The device comprises a first shaft (10) mounted to rotate on the aircraft about an axis of rotation (R) that is substantially parallel to a hinge axis (X) of the undercarriage relative to the aircraft and a telescopic second shaft (20) mounted to rotate on the undercarriage extending downwards to the proximity of the wheels carried thereby. The device also includes a transmission (19) for transmitting rotary motion from the first shaft to the second shaft and a transmission (21) for transmitting rotary motion from the second shaft to at least one wheel carried by the undercarriage. With this configuration, if the wheel is not fitted with a brake, there is a specific brake (30) for braking one of the shafts relative to the undercarriage, and a motor (11, 15) for causing the first shaft to rotate.
US08740137B2
A nacelle for a turban engine includes an air intake structure and a central structure. The central structure has a casing intended to surround a fan and an external structure. The air intake structure has at least one internal panel attached to the central structure via the casing and therewith forming a fixed structure and at least one longitudinal external panel attached removably to the fixed structure and incorporating an air intake lip. The external panel is moveable between an operating position and a maintenance position in which the external panel is separated from the external structure of the central section and the air intake lip is separated from the internal panel of the air intake structure.
US08740135B2
An aircraft auxiliary power unit assembly includes an aircraft skin that provides a cavity. It is secured to a structure in an assembled condition and it provides an opening. An auxiliary power unit is arranged within the cavity and is secured to the structure. The aircraft skin substantially covers the auxiliary power unit in the assembled condition. An inlet duct that is removable is secured within the opening and is selectively connected to the auxiliary power unit between the installed and service positions. The installed and service positions are with the aircraft skin in the assembled condition.
US08740134B2
An unmanned aircraft system includes a manned aircraft and an unmanned aircraft. The manned aircraft includes a manned aircraft main wing, a manned aircraft fuselage, a manned aircraft landing system, and a manned aircraft joining mechanism provided at a bottom portion of the manned aircraft fuselage. The unmanned aircraft includes an unmanned aircraft main wing, an unmanned aircraft fuselage, an unmanned aircraft landing system, and an unmanned aircraft joining mechanism provided at a roof portion of the unmanned aircraft fuselage. The manned aircraft joining mechanism and the unmanned aircraft joining mechanism are detachably joined. The unmanned aircraft system can take off or land in a state that the unmanned aircraft and the manned aircraft are joined.
US08740133B2
An aircraft including at least one engine having counter-rotating rotors, the engine or at least one of the engines having imbalances associated with at least one ellipse. The aircraft includes at least one vibration damper attached in an arrangement such that, at a given engine speed and for at least one given common direction of a large axis of the ellipse or at least one of the ellipses, a speed related to the two ends of the damper is higher than for any other arrangement of the damper.
US08740124B2
An earphone cable winder for winding at least one cable of an earphone includes a first housing, a second housing coupled to the housing, at least one rotatable assembly rotatably arranged within a space defined by the first housing and the second housing, and a switch assembly connected to one of the first housing and the second housing. The first housing defines at least one first channel. The second housing defines at least one second slot communicating with the at least one first channel to store the at least one cable of the earphone. The rotatable assembly is configured to wind at least one cable of the earphone therearound. The latching arm is slidable between a first position where the at least one latching arm restricts the at least one cable from moving, and a second position where the at least one latching arm releases the at least one cable.
US08740119B2
A pill crushing apparatus for use with first and second nestable cups includes a first stage of operation wherein a first cup holder is moved linearly toward a second cup mounting surface holding a second cup and a second stage of operation wherein the first cup holder rotates relative to the rotationally fixed second cup. During the first stage of operation, the pills first may begin to crush against the linear load being applied thereto, and thereafter grind into a fine powder due to the rotational force of the first cup against the second cup.
US08740100B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for reducing the usage of a ventilation system. For example, one or more of the exemplary systems comprise a thermostatic controller that has at least two settings for the delay occurring between turning the ventilation system off and then turning the system back on. One setting being for a first interval and at least a second setting for a second interval that is longer than the first interval. A processor is in communication with the thermostatic controller and is configured to evaluate one or more parameters including at least the temperature outside the structure conditioned by the ventilation system. The processor is further configured to determine whether to adopt the first interval or the second interval based upon the values of the parameters.
US08740092B2
There is provided an IC tag, including a substrate made of a dielectric material, an antenna pattern disposed on a surface of the substrate, a communication circuit chip connected to one end and other end of the antenna pattern on the substrate surface, which performs transmission processing and/or reception processing of a radio signal, and external circuit connection parts connected to the antenna pattern in a vicinity of the one end and the other end thereof on the surface or a rear surface of the substrate, in which a conductive part having a predetermined area opposes to other conductive part having a predetermined area on an opposed surface at an opposite side of the substrate, and the conductive part on the opposed surface at the opposite side is formed as a pad to be connected to an external circuit.
US08740091B2
A care label consists of a strip-shaped fabric band into which an antenna structure is sewn during the production of the fabric band. A small detection plate is fixed to the fabric band next to the fold line in the region of the antenna structure. To form the care label, the fabric band is folded along the fold line such that the antenna structures of the folded sections are superimposed after the folding process. The small detection plate comprises a chip with a coupling loop and together with the antenna structure forms a textile transponder.
US08740088B2
The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout its life cycle.
US08740086B2
Infrared light, which is non-readily visible, illuminates at least part of a field of view containing indicia to be electro-optically read. Visible light illuminates another field of view containing the same indicia. The indicia is read by image capture by the illumination light from one of the illuminated fields of view. The use of IR light minimizes an adverse reaction due to only using bright visible light. The use of visible light enables thermally printed indicia, which is not readily readable by IR light, to be read.
US08740085B2
A system in one embodiment is operative to attempt to decode decodable indicia. The system can include an imaging assembly and a display. The display can be operative to display image data output utilizing the imaging assembly.
US08740072B1
A card reader, comprising: a frame having a slot for insertion of a chip card that has a plurality of card contacts, wherein the slot has open sides that allow the chip card to move laterally during the insertion; a plurality of reader contacts coupled to the frame and positioned in the slot in a position to be contacted by the card contacts when the chip card is inserted in the slot, and circuitry configured to communicate with the chip card through the plurality of card contact, wherein there are more reader contacts than card contacts and the circuitry is configured to determine which subset of the reader contacts engages the card contacts and to communicate with the chip card through the subset of reader contacts.
US08740061B2
A web manufacturing process includes recording, onto an excess trim region of a web that is a subject of the web manufacturing process, information relating to a processing stage of the web manufacturing process.
US08740059B2
A system and method for analyzing vast amounts of drug product information at granular levels is provided. This analysis enables determining a relationship which is associated with at least one of a cost effectiveness of purchasing a drug product from different suppliers, a determination of a lowest cost per unit of the drug product, a manufacturer market share for the drug product, and a strategy for submitting a contract bid for the drug product.
US08740058B2
A modular integrated software and hardware suite can accept data exported from a voter registration database corresponding to requests for mail ballots, sort the data as necessary for ballot preparation, create a road map for ballot mailing preparation, provide for mail presorting, scan returned ballot envelopes using a ballot envelope scanner, and accept data from the scanner. The scanner uses a passive feed system, a separator brush, and a variable speed straight paper path to minimize jamming through the ballot envelope scanner. The scanner can work with a workstation application to interpret a barcode, store an image of the ballot envelope signature in association with a specific voter, print an endorsement on each verified ballot envelope, and store the endorsement with the signature image. The scanner can divert ballot envelopes with unrecognizable or unmatched barcodes to a separate tray for manual processing.
US08740052B2
A membrane closure for a container is provided. The membrane closure includes an integral tab for removing the membrane closure from the container. The closure includes a lower layer, an adhesive layer, and an upper layer. The lower layer is sealed to the body of a container. The upper layer includes a score pattern that defines a tab area and a fixed area. The adhesive layer includes a first adhesive for releasably attaching the tab area to the lower layer and a second adhesive for permanently bonding the fixed area to the lower layer. The membrane closure is removable from the container by pulling on the tab area.
US08740047B2
A method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus including a first and a second components, includes: forming a first solder bump on one of the first component and the second component; forming a second solder bump on the other one of the first component and the second component; bringing the first solder bump into contact with the second solder bump at a temperature higher than the liquidus temperature of any of the first and the second solder bumps such that the first and the second solder bumps are fused together to form a solder joint of an alloy having a lower liquidus temperature than any of the first and the second solder bumps; and solidifying the solder joint between the first and the second component.
US08740046B2
A soldering system includes a track, a laying device, a boiler, a shelter, a transmission roller, a position sensor, a thermal radiation heating device, and a driving device. At least one hole is formed on the shelter, and a shape and a dimension of at least one hole on the shelter corresponds to a shape and a dimension of a DIP component. The transmission roller rotates the shelter according to a transmission speed of the track. The position sensor detects a position of a circuit board relative to the boiler. The thermal radiation heating device heats an area on a second surface of the circuit board different from a first surface adjacent to the DIP component through the at least one hole on the shelter continuously, so as to increase a temperature of the second surface when the first surface of the circuit board is passing through the boiler.
US08740036B2
A handle assembly for use with a surgical instrument having an operative distal end portion is disclosed. The handle assembly includes a housing, a drive element, an actuator, a spring arm, and a biasing element. At least a partial actuation of the actuator distally translates the drive element from a proximal position where a portion of the drive element is in contact with the spring arm to a distal position where the drive element is not in contact with the spring arm.
US08740035B2
A surgical device is described herein that can be used to fire different types and sizes of disposable loading units. In a preferred embodiment, the device applies parallel rows of surgical fasteners to body tissue and concomitantly forms an incision between the rows of staples during an endoscopic or laparoscopic surgical procedure. The device can be utilized with disposable loading units configured to apply linear rows of staples measuring from about 15 mm in length to about 60 mm in length and can be used to fire disposable loading units containing surgical clips and individual staples.
US08740032B2
An electric stapler (10) is disclosed as including a stapling head (12) with a driver (28), an intermediate magazine (14) for carrying staples each with two legs, a base part (16) carrying two anvils (44), cams (24), and eccentrically mounted wheels (52), in which the stapling head (12), intermediate magazine (14) and base part (16) are movable relative to one another, the eccentrically mounted wheels (52) are rotatable to move the stapling head (12) and intermediate magazine (14) relative to each other and relative to the base part (16) whereby the driver (28) of the stapling head (12) drives a staple away from the magazine (14), and the cams (24) are rotatable to move a movement transmission assembly (30) to move the anvils (44) to bend the legs of the staple.
US08740015B2
A dispenser incorporates, or can receive, a containment portion holding a quantity of dispensable material (e.g., a pesticide). The dispenser has an indicator and a sensor, which can sense a level of light in an environment immediately surrounding the dispenser. The dispenser is formed such that when it is in use it can be set to dispense the dispensable material in response to the sensor sensing a predetermined level of light. The dispenser is formed such that once it is activated to dispense the dispensable material it cannot be deactivated until the dispensable material has been dispensed in accordance with settings of the dispenser, and when the dispensable material has been dispensed in accordance with the settings the indicator indicates that this has occurred.
US08740011B2
A vacuum processing apparatus that includes a vacuum vessel; an opening disposed in a wall of the vacuum vessel, through which a sample to be processed is taken in and out; a valve body disposed outside the wall for airtightly sealing the opening; and a drive unit driving the valve body to carry out a sealing or opening operation. The drive unit includes a first member coupled to an actuator that moves along a substantially linear first direction as a result of operation of the actuator, and a second member coupled to the first member that moves along a substantially linear second direction that intersects with the first direction. The valve body, coupled to the second member, seals the opening as a result of movement of the second member.
US08740010B1
An insulated cooler with an integral padlock system comprises a hinged lid and a padlock receiving loop located on the lid. A second, corresponding receiving loop is disposed on the cooler. When closed, a user can apply a padlock to the first and second receiving loop simultaneously to lock the lid in a closed position to enable a user to leave the cooler unattended while full of food or beverages in a public location and prevent unauthorized persons and animals from getting into the cooler.
US08739994B1
Base for a container, the base being made of polymeric material, including a support surface having an outer perimeter defining a first dimension along a major axis and a second dimension along a minor axis disposed approximately 90° from the major axis. An inner wall is coupled to the support surface opposite the outer perimeter. A dome projects upwardly from the inner wall and has an initial depth with respect to the support surface. The dome includes a major radius of curvature along the major axis and a minor radius of curvature along the minor axis. The dome is deflectable in response to a differential pressure across the base of at least 3.2 PSI without permanent deformation of the base.
US08739988B2
A crane includes first and second column segments. At least a first, third and fifth connector are located on the first segment, respectively mating with at least a second, fourth and sixth connector on the second segment. Each of the connectors includes at least a first extension having a through-hole positioned in the extension such that the through-holes of mating connectors are aligned when the column segments are aligned. A first pin fits tightly through the through-hole of the first extension on the first connector and the through-hole of the first extension on the second connector to hold the first and second connectors together. A second pin fits loosely through the through-hole of the first extension on the third connector and the through-hole of the first extension on the fourth connector to hold the second and fourth connectors together. The connectors also include a compressive load bearing surface.
US08739987B2
Method and device for attaching and removing an additional device to the main boom of a mobile crane
A method and a device for attaching and removing an additional device having individual elements to and from a main boom of a mobile crane using no auxiliary crane is provided. In the method, a partial piece of the additional device having partial pieces is raised into an inclined position while being rotated about an upper pivot point, and a head of the main boom is bolted to a lower end of the inclined end of the partial piece of the additional device facing the mobile crane so as to be able to rotate. Using a hoist cable, all partial pieces are raised in alignment with respect to each other and the main boom, and are bolted to each other in this position and to the main boom. A displacement device for carrying out the method is also provided.
US08739986B2
A retail cart for use in storing and stocking merchandise and, more particularly, to a mobile polymeric retail cart which is easily assembled and disassembled without the need for tools having opposing forces in its construction lending rigidity to the overall structure and a plurality of slideably received shelving units.
US08739982B2
A customizable storage rack replaceably mounted either on a top or on a bottom of a shelf, stores handguns, and positions the handguns at customizable distances from each other. The customizable storage rack includes a body, mandrels, and attaching apparatus. The body is replaceably mounted either on the top or on the bottom of the shelf. The mandrels are replaceably attached to the body, store the handguns, and position the handguns at customizable distances from each other. The attaching apparatus is operatively connected to the body, and replaceably mounts the body either on the top or on the bottom of the shelf.
US08739980B2
A pusher hook with limited stroke is provided. The pusher hook includes a first and a second hook. A pusher mechanism is mounted on one of the first and second hooks and operable to bias merchandise carried by one of the first and second hooks. A slidable stop is also provided to limit the forward-most travel of a pusher body of the pusher mechanism along the one of the first and second hooks.
US08739979B2
A bicycle support that when attached to a vertical surface can support a wheel of a bicycle upright and support the bicycle upright with the wheels of the bicycle resting on a horizontal surface. The bicycle support has opposed projections having support parts between which the tire and rim of a bicycle can be received and supported, retaining parts to help retain the tire of the bicycle between the support parts, and guide parts for guiding a tire between the retaining parts and to a position between the support parts. The distance between the support parts is adjustable to support bike wheels with different width tires, and the projections are positioned at an angle with respect to the surface to which the bicycle support is attached that allows the entire bicycle engaged with the bicycle support to be positioned closely adjacent the surface to which the bicycle support is attached.
US08739972B1
The insulated beverage holder with integrated alcohol beverage counter includes an insulated beverage holder that is outfitted with a beverage counting mechanism. The beverage counting mechanism is able to count the number of times a beverage is consumed by counting the number of times a beverage container is replaced thereby informing the end user of the number of alcohol drinks consumed. A perimeter surface of the insulated beverage holder is adorned with a diagram that correlates the number of drinks to the applicable weight of the end user in order to calculate the approximate blood alcohol percentage. The beverage counting mechanism includes a switch in wired communication with a processing member. The processing member counts the number of times a signal is transmitted from the switch, and is further wired to a powering member, reset button, and a display.
US08739969B2
The invention relates to a folding box made from a one-piece cardboard blank (28) comprising an integrally formed hinged lid (7) that overlaps an upper end area of a rectangular-cuboid-shaped body (1) on three sides, is connected to a rear wall (5) of the body (1) through a fold line (6), and lies flush on a front wall (4) and two side walls (3) in the closed state, and having a front panel (9) and two side panels (10) that form a collar (11) that protrudes into the hinged lid (7), wherein the front panel (9) is arranged parallel to and at a distance from the front wall (4) and divides the body (1) into a main compartment (12) and a front compartment (13).
US08739965B2
Wing pulleys that engage a conveyor belt during conveying operations are described. The wing pulley includes a central reinforcing disk that strengthens and stabilizes the pulley.
US08739964B2
Carrier puck for a conveyer system, comprising a non-circular lower body, an upper body and an intermediate circular portion connecting the lower body with the upper body, where the rear section of the lower body comprises a concave shape.
US08739961B2
The path changing rotational conveyor for lightweight articles includes a rotor with receiving configurations distributed along its periphery to be coupled with the lightweight articles and a perimetric wall with a plurality of suction openings in correspondence with the receiving configurations; and a stationary negative pressure chamber defining a laterally open channel facing the perimetric wall of the rotor along a predetermined circumferential arc. The negative pressure chamber is partly delimited by the perimetric wall of the rotor and, when the rotor rotates, the suction openings are communicated directly with the negative pressure chamber along the predetermined circumferential arc. The rotor is connected to a rotation device and the chamber is communicated with a suction source.
US08739960B2
A device and a method for deflecting and aligning goods, which are transported in at least two approximately parallel longitudinal rows, in a first conveying direction to a transfer and alignment unit, from where they are transported further in a second conveying direction perpendicular to the first conveying direction. The transfer and alignment unit is coupled with a stop that is movable in or against the first conveying direction. The stop, in the process of transferring the front transversal row of articles or piece goods to the transfer and alignment unit, is brought into a position that is aligned with the flush front or back side of the first transversal row of articles or piece goods or profiled according to the orientation of the front or back side of the first transversal row of articles or piece goods.
US08739957B2
An acceleration and deceleration device includes: a chain 19 that is endlessly guided along a predetermined first track; a U-shaped member 40 of which a terminal end portion is attached to the chain 19 so as to be swingable and a part from an intermediate portion to a front end portion is formed as two parallel members and which has a long and narrow U-shaped groove between the parallel members; and a subject moving body 102 that has a driving shaft sliding inside the U-shaped groove of the U-shaped member 40, wherein the driving shaft of the subject moving body 102 is rotatable with respect to the U-shaped member 40 within a predetermined range in the U-shaped groove of the U-shaped member 40 and the driving shaft of the subject moving body is slidable with respect to the U-shaped member in the U-shaped groove of the U-shaped member 40.
US08739956B2
Embodiments herein provide a support structure for a radial conveyor. The support structure may include first and second wheel assemblies that may be selectively rotated between a travel position and an operating position. The support structure may include a drive assembly having a motor. The drive assembly may selectively engage and/or disengage the motor with one or more of the wheels of the first and/or second wheel assemblies. In some embodiments, the drive assembly may include a pinion coupled to the motor, and an actuating arm to selectively engage and/or disengage the pinion with a ring gear coupled to a first wheel of the first wheel assembly.
US08739953B2
An actuating assembly for connecting a driving axle in the driveline of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The actuating assembly comprises a pump for generating a hydraulic pressure; a pressure accumulator which can be filled by the pump with a hydraulic fluid for generating a pre-pressure; a first hydraulic actuating unit for actuating a first coupling; a second hydraulic actuating unit for actuating a second coupling; wherein at least one of the two first or second hydraulic actuating units can be loaded by the pressure accumulator with hydraulic pressure and, after the pressure accumulator has been at least partially emptied, can be additionally loaded by the pump, wherein the associated first or second coupling can be actuated in the closing sense. Furthermore, a drive assembly having an inventive actuating assembly is also disclosed.
US08739952B2
An electromagnetic friction disk clutch for use in vehicles is described, which permits a significant saving in energy over known clutches. For this purpose, the clutch according to the invention is embodied in such a way that an electromagnet is loaded with a raised strength of current only to change over between the clutch states of the engaged state and the disengaged state. While the clutch remains in these states up to the next shifting process, the supply of current to the solenoid can be greatly reduced or even switched off.
US08739930B2
A gearbox for a motor vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to an input shaft, an output shaft and a plurality of wheel sets for coupling input and output shaft with different transmission ratios and a gear pump, which is arranged to for delivering from a reservoir of the gearbox. The gear pump is an outer gear pump and one of two gears of the gear pump meshing with one another belongs to one of the wheel sets.
US08739924B2
An apparatus and method is disclosed for an improved acoustic panel comprising a sound absorbing member defined by a first and second face surface and a plurality of peripheral edges. A sound blocking member is defined by a first and second face surface and a plurality of peripheral edge. The first face surface of the sound blocking member is secured relative to the second face surface of the sound absorbing member for blocking the transmission of sound therethrough. In another embodiment, the first face surface of the sound blocking member is spaced relative to the second face surface of the sound absorbing member for decoupling the sound blocking member from the sound absorbing member.
US08739922B2
A one-piece sleeve which envelops a chamber with a baffle in a firearm suppressor body is disclosed. The one-piece sleeve has an elongate opening, or slot, extending longitudinally along all, or part of, the length of the sleeve. This way, because of the slot, the sleeve has increased flexibility and may be easily slightly opened up, and more easily removed from the elongate suppressor body for cleaning.
US08739919B2
The invention provides a motor including: a cylindrical motor case having a bottom that supports an outer circumferential surface of a stator core by an inner circumferential surface thereof; and a bracket that supports an output shaft side bearing and closes an opening of the motor case; wherein the stator core is press-fitted into the motor case from the opening such that a part of the stator core is exposed from the motor case, and a part of the stator core that is not press-fitted to the motor case forms a sliding fitting wall capable of providing a sliding fitting connection with the bracket.
US08739917B2
An off-road vehicle comprising a pair of articulatable chassis members each swivelably connected at or near one end thereof by a generally upright trailing yoke therebetween, each chassis member including means for mounting respective forward, middle and rearward wheel means thereon, the center of the yoke including means for swivelably receiving the trailing end of a rockable cradle for supporting a driver of the vehicle, the cradle being rockable about an axis generally transverse to the wheel axes, the leading end of the cradle forming a leading yoke connected to respectively opposite ends of a pair of pivotable struts, the other end of each strut being pivotally connected to a respective leading part of one of the pair of chassis members, the arrangement being such that independent vertical movement of the or each wheel means is generally isolated from the cradle and hence the driver of the vehicle.
US08739906B2
A hybrid-type construction machine includes a controller configured to control a revolution speed of an engine; a hydraulic pump configured to be driven by the engine; a motor generator configured to assist the engine; and a hydraulic circuit configured to supply an operating oil discharged from the hydraulic pump to a hydraulic load, wherein when the controller determines that the hydraulic circuit is in an excessive output state, the controller controls the revolution speed of the engine so as to be lower than an ordinary revolution speed of the engine while controlling the motor generator to generate electricity.
US08739905B1
A drive apparatus driven by a prime mover that has a prime mover output shaft is disclosed. The drive apparatus has a housing and a power take off. The power take off is driven by the prime mover output shaft and selectively drives a power take off output shaft. The drive apparatus further has a variable speed transmission disposed within the housing. The variable speed transmission drives a transmission output shaft, which in turn drives a first clutch mechanism and a second clutch mechanism. A first drive axle is engaged to and selectively driven by the first clutch mechanism and a second drive axle is engaged to and selectively driven by the second clutch mechanism.
US08739903B2
A rotary drill bit is provided comprising a bit body, which includes a connecting portion for connection to a conveyance and a drilling portion. The drilling portion includes a plurality of cutting elements each having at least one cutting surface, the drilling portion being operable in at least two different drilling orientations, and the drilling surface being rotatable in one of two opposing directions, being a first direction and an opposing second direction.
US08739899B2
The present disclosure is related to an apparatus for taking a sample in a wellbore during drilling operations. The apparatus may include a drill bit configured to form a core and at least one retractable cutter internal to the drill bit for taking the sample from the core. The apparatus may also include equipment for analyzing the sample, extracting fluid from the sample, testing fluid from the sample, encapsulating the sample, and/or tagging the sample. The present disclosure is also related to a method for taking a core sample without interrupting drilling operations. The method includes taking a core sample using a drill bit configured to take a core sample using internal cutters. The method may also include analyzing the sample, extracting fluid from the sample, analyzing fluid from the sample, encapsulating the sample, and/or tagging the sample.
US08739890B2
A release system comprises a torsional lock sleeve disposed about a mandrel, and a collet prop engaged with the mandrel. The torsional lock sleeve and the mandrel are configured to substantially prevent rotational movement of the torsional lock sleeve about the mandrel, and the torsional lock sleeve is configured to shift between a first position and a second position with respect to the mandrel. When the torsional lock sleeve is in the first position, the collet prop is retained in engagement with a collet and the collet prop is retained in a torsionally locked engagement with the torsional lock sleeve. The collet prop is configured to longitudinally translate in response to a rotational movement when the torsional lock sleeve is disposed in the second position. A shifting assembly is configured to engage the torsional lock sleeve and shift the torsional lock sleeve from the first position to the second position.
US08739876B2
Methods of using nanohybrid-stabilized emulsions in a well are provided that include the steps of: (a) forming an emulsion comprising: (i) a nanohybrid; (ii) water or an aqueous solution; and (iii) a water-immiscible liquid; (b) introducing a well fluid comprising the emulsion into a well; and (c) after the step of introducing, modifying the nanohybrid to break the emulsion in the well. The methods can be used in various applications, such as in drilling, completion, or intervention operations.
US08739874B2
Systems and methods for treating a subsurface formation are described herein. Some embodiments generally relate to systems, methods, and/or processes for treating fluid produced from the subsurface formation. Some methods include providing heat to a first section of the hydrocarbon containing formation from a plurality of heaters located in the formation; allowing the heat to transfer from the heaters to heat a portion of the first section to mobilize formation fluid; and producing formation fluid from the formation.
US08739873B2
A method of cementing a wellbore, comprising delivering a diversion and movable isolation tool into the wellbore and thereby at least partially isolating a first wellbore volume from a second wellbore volume, the second wellbore volume being uphole relative to the first wellbore volume, passing fluid through the diversion and movable isolation tool into the first wellbore volume, substantially discontinuing the passing of fluid through the diversion and movable isolation tool into the first wellbore volume, passing fluid through the diversion and movable isolation tool into the second wellbore volume. A diversion and movable isolation tool for a wellbore, comprising a body comprising selectively actuated radial flow ports, and a fluid isolation assembly, comprising one or more segments, each segment comprising a central ring and at least one tab extending from the central ring.
US08739866B2
A method for extracting bitumen and/or extra-heavy oil from an underground deposit is provided. The energy for producing the steam and for the electric heating is generated in situ, for which purpose part of the extracted bitumen and/or extra-heavy oil is burned in an industrial turbine with a downstream generator coupled to the turbine. The industrial turbine may be a gas turbine or a steam turbine. In particular the industrial turbine with downstream generator is assigned a waste heat recovery steam generator which serves for generating the steam and accordingly takes the form of a boiler. Through intermediate storage of the bitumen and/or ultra-heavy oil produced it is possible to implement a self-contained closed circuit which operates autonomously, independently of any external energy supply, using approx. 20% of the extracted bitumen and/or extra-heavy oil for the purposes of extraction.
US08739854B2
A movable assembly having a counterbalance gear tensioner includes a covering, a rotatable storage roll with a hollow interior that carries the covering, and a counterbalance assembly that is received in the hollow interior to assist in movement of the covering. A gear tensioner is also received in the hollow interior, rotates with the rotatable storage roll, and is coupled to the counterbalance assembly to adjust a tension force of the counterbalance assembly.
US08739851B2
A device (2) having at least one connecting element (24, 26) for fastening a component (4) to, respectively for detaching it from a component carrier (6) using adhesive bonds; a mechanical peeling device (8) being provided for breaking the adhesive bonds. Also a method for fastening a component (4) to, respectively for detaching it from a component carrier (6).
US08739841B2
The present invention is directed to a vent tube apparatus, system and methods incorporating a traceable material such as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for use in conjunction with a filling machine during container filling operations for a quicker and more accurate detection of the location of the vent tube after it has become detached from a filling machine during filling operations, and to increase the safety of the filling operation and reduce costs and time when a malfunction occurs.
US08739827B2
Conventional single-lever plumbing fixtures include a so-called cartridge in which the cold and hot water streams fed to said plumbing fixture are discharged into sanitary equipment or are blocked and are mixed with each other.
US08739825B2
A device for the protection against the rupture of pipes carrying a fluid includes two or more flow channels and a closing element which interrupts the flow of fluid if a predetermined permissible volume flow is exceeded. At least one of the flow channels can be closed by a test closure in order to increase the flow speed in the remaining flow channels and for test purposes to bring about a movement of the closing element into the closing position. In this way, devices for the protection against the rupture of pipes integrated into complex systems carrying a fluid can be tested in situ to verify their proper functioning.
US08739822B2
An oil tank has return oil from a hydraulic circuit diffused onto a surface of oil stored in a tank body, and thereby the return oil is prevented from going deep in the oil, so that a hydraulic pump is prevented from sucking oil containing air bubbles. The oil tank includes: an intake port provided in the vicinity of a bottom of the tank body and connected to the hydraulic pump of a hydraulic circuit; and an return oil inlet connected to a return pipe of the hydraulic circuit through which the return oil enters the tank body. In the tank body, a container adapted to hold the return oil is provided. The container is configured so that the return oil inlet opens in the vicinity of the bottom of the container.
US08739811B2
A direct metering fuel supply system includes a fuel pump, a burn flow fuel line, a servo flow fuel line, and a servo regulator. The fuel pump is adapted receive pump commands representative of a commanded fuel flow rate and is configured, in response to the pump commands, to discharge fuel at the commanded fuel flow rate. The burn flow fuel line is in fluid communication with the pump to receive a first portion of the fuel discharged therefrom. The servo flow fuel line is in fluid communication with the pump to receive a second portion of the fuel discharged therefrom. The servo regulator is mounted on the servo flow fuel line and configured to maintain fuel flow rate in the servo flow fuel line at a substantially constant fuel flow rate regardless of fuel flow rate in the burn flow fuel line.
US08739810B2
In a hydrant assembly, the combination comprising an outer tubular member having a first flow port.; an inner tubular member having a closure thereon to close the port in relatively axially advanced position of the closure, and to open the port in relatively axially retracted position of the closure that allows fluid flow through the port to an outlet, control means to control relative movement of the inner and outer members. A second port may be located sidewardly of the outer tubular member to pass fluid in relatively retracted position of the closure to relieve fluid pressure in space formed between the inner and outer members, the inner member being elongated and extending lengthwise in the outer tubular member. The outer tubular member may consist of plastic material. Travel of the closure acts to allow expansion of fluid as it freezes, to relieve pressure build-up within the assembly.
US08739803B2
In one configuration of the present invention, a hair extension device for providing a user with the appearance of having longer, fuller hair is disclosed. The device may have a hair cluster having a hair flap which in turn comprises one or more hair wefts. The hair wefts may contain a number of hair strands connected together by seams which composes the band. The device may contain a filament which may be sandwiched between one or more flaps. The hair wefts may be sewn together with thread using a zigzag stitch for example. The hair extension device may be reversible and it may comprise lace and a tension band.
US08739799B2
This invention pertains to a non-contact electronic device for the enhancement of dreaming. By enhancement it is meant increasing the frequency, the length, the lucidity, and the color of dreaming. For example, one person who dreams in grey shades now dreams in color when using the device. The device will also allow better recall of the dreams. Dream enhancement is generally a pleasant process and promotes a pleasant feeling in the morning after use. The device is a passive electronic device, that is, it is not actively powered. The user places the device a few feet away during sleep. The device uses a piezo-crystal and an iron core. It is believed that ambient fluctuations in the piezo-crystal's voltage produce an influence field that is broadcasted through the iron core to the user a few feet away.
US08739793B2
Various embodiments of a patient interface device, such as a mask (10, 46), nasal pillow (42), or nasal cannula (54, 76, 76′, 78, 82, 90 96), that includes an adhesive layer (40) provided on a surface thereof that is structured to temporarily bond to the skin of a user of the patient interface device. The adhesive layer may include a bonding agent, such as a polymer gel, having a residual extraction force of between about 50 grams and about 200 grams.
US08739791B2
A re-configurable pressure regulator for breathing apparatus having a valve housing with a connector at a first and a second end. A pressurized source of breathable gas is connected to either end and a removable blanking plug is connected to the other end of the housing. A double acting valve within the housing selectively opens a first or second opening in the housing, depending on which end the source of breathable gas is connected, which opening forms the inlet and outlet from the housing.
US08739784B2
An inhaler for delivery of a powder-form inhalation formulation from a blister strip with a plurality of blister pockets is proposed. A flexible guiding element receives the used blisters strip.
US08739775B2
Adherence to flux or resultant measurable parameter limits, ranges, or patterns can be achieved by directing heliostat mounted mirrors to focus on aiming points designated on the surface of a solar receiver. Different heliostats can be directed to different aiming points, and a heliostat can be directed to different aiming points at different times. The cumulative flux distribution resulting from directing a plurality of heliostats to any aiming point on a receiver surface can be predicted by using statistical methods to calculate the expected beam projection for each individual heliostat or alternatively for a group of heliostats. Control of the heliostats in a solar power system can include designating aiming points on a receiver from time to time and assigning heliostats to aiming points from time to time in accordance with an optimization goal.
US08739773B2
A lubricious glass-coated metal cooking article capable of withstanding repeated heating and cooling between room temperature and at least 500° F. without chipping or cracking the glass coating, wherein the glass coating includes about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of a homogeneously distributed dry refractory lubricant material having a particle size less than about 200 μm. The lubricant material is selected from the group consisting of carbon; graphite; boron nitride; cubic boron nitride; molybdenum (FV) sulfide; molybdenum sulfide; molybdenum (IV) selenide; molybdenum selenide, tungsten (IV) sulfide; tungsten disulfide; tungsten sulfide; silicon nitride (Si3N4); TiN; TiC; TiCN; TiO2; TiAlN; CrN; SiC; diamond-like carbon; tungsten carbide (WC); zirconium oxide (ZrO2); zirconium oxide and 0.1 to 40 weight % aluminum oxide; alumina-zirconia; antimony; antimony oxide; antimony trioxide; and mixtures thereof.
US08739764B2
A common-rail-type fuel injection control device where an error in the correction of a fuel injection amount when an exhaust brake is used is eliminated enabling a more reliable correction of a fuel injection amount.A minute injection is performed plural times in a non-injection state. A difference between a reference energizing time, which becomes the reference for a fuel injection valve, and an actual energizing time based on a frequency component corresponding to a variation in an engine speed which is generated in the minute injection is learned. A correction control corrects an energizing time and timing. The correction control is corrected corresponding to a presence or non-presence of an operation of an exhaust brake and a magnitude of a supercharging pressure, and an amount of variation in an engine speed calculated based on a rotational variation frequency component.
US08739760B2
A control system of an internal combustion engine provided with a first fuel injection valve that injects fuel into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, a second fuel injection valve that injects fuel into an intake port of the internal combustion engine, an EGR passage that introduces an EGR gas from an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine to an intake passage thereof, an EGR valve that is arranged in the EGR passage, and an obtaining unit that obtains an amount of intake air in the internal combustion engine. When the EGR valve is open, a determination is made as to whether the amount of intake air is in an increasing tendency or in a decreasing tendency with respect to a change in the cylinder injection ratio, and a value of the amount of intake air thus obtained is corrected based on the determination.
US08739736B2
A portable fish anesthetizing system is also described having a tank cover, an electrode pair with the electrode pair configurable attached to the tank cover; a control system for creating a potential difference, the control system electrically connected to the electrode pair, so that when the tank cover is placed on a laboratory tank and the control system is activated, current flows from the control system through the electrodes.
US08739729B2
Provided are a substrate treating unit, and substrate treating apparatus and method using the same. Two nozzle arms are provided, and photoresist liquid nozzles and an organic solvent nozzle are installed in each of the nozzle arms. A temperature of a photoresist liquid flowing into the photoresist liquid nozzles and a temperature of an organic solvent flowing into the organic solvent nozzle are maintained by a temperature control fluid supplied through the same passage. Also, a waiting port in which a nozzle arm used in a process temporarily waits is provided. The organic solvent is provided to a photoresist liquid nozzle that is not used in a process and is not provided to a photoresist liquid nozzle used in the process.
US08739727B2
The medical device of the invention comprises a surface comprising at least one outermost portion and a plurality of depressions. The depressions occupy at least about 80% of the surface area of the surface. The depressions contain a coating material that preferably comprises a biologically active material and/or polymer, and the outermost portion is substantially free of any coating material. The invention is also directed to a method for manufacturing a medical device. The method comprises applying a coating material to the surface of the medical device by using at least one roller.
US08739718B2
A boat hull having a door and a method of making the door, which can swing to an open position and closed position. The door can be used for entering or exiting the boat. The door can remain closed with a door lock assembly and door strike. An outer door frame and gussets provide support for the hull and door.
US08739712B2
A punch data generating device is disclosed that generates punch data for execution with an embroiderable sewing machine including a needle bar allowing attachment of a punch needle for forming a plurality of small holes on a sheet of workpiece by piercing the workpiece in dot-by-dot strokes of the punch needle, a transfer mechanism that transfers the workpiece in two predetermined directions in coordination with an up and down movement of the punch needle to execute a holing operation for forming the small holes on the workpiece. The punch data generating device includes a cut data generator that generates cut data constituting the punch data, the cut data being configured to instruct consecutive formation of the small holes at least along an outline of a pattern section of the workpiece in which a predetermined pattern is drawn to allow cutting of the outline.
US08739711B2
A micro-optic security device that employs one or more planar arrangements of stitched icons and that projects at any given viewing angle one or more synthetically magnified images, is provided. The synthetically magnified image(s) constitutes either a single or multipart image(s) that optionally changes to a different image(s) as the security device is tilted, or as the viewing angle changes.
US08739705B2
An autorack railroad car has an underframe that, in contrast to the prior art, has a straight-through center sill that is shallower, and of diminished geometry-based sectional properties generally, in the middle portion between the trucks than at the end portions at either the draft sills at the draft gear or at the truck centers. The bottom flange of the center sill is carried at a constant height from end to end, and is free of kinks in elevation. In the mid-span portion of the car, from truck center to truck center, the center sill is shallower in section than the side sills. The bottom flange of the center sill is carried at a height that corresponds to, or is higher than, the height of the lower flanges of the side sills, such that the cross-bearer arms are shallow, and the bottom flanges of the cross-bearer arms are substantially level.
US08739702B2
A printing plate loading apparatus (10) configured to load plates into a printing plate imaging device (120) includes a plate pallet loading system (100) for loading plates from originally packed plate pallet into the printing plate imaging device. Additionally a plate cassette unit (110, 310) connected to the plate pallet loading system, which is configured to receive a single cassette (112) from the plate cassette unit and to load plates from the single cassette directly into the printing plate imaging device.
US08739689B2
In described embodiments, a hot liquid extraction system includes a vessel, a controllable steam and water source external from the vessel which heats the liquid of the corresponding vessel, a filter assembly disposed within the vessel operable to filter and remove a solid from the brewed beverage, and a valve to dispense the filtered beverage from the base of the brew vessel. Some embodiments include one or more valves operable to regulate water flow and steam into the brewing vessel, and a filter operable to separate a brewed liquid from a flavor base and to remove a spent flavor base from the system. Some embodiments include processor control of the system, allowing for operation tailored to individual user requirements that might be downloaded to the processor through various wired and non-wired interfaces.
US08739687B1
A device for brewing coffee. The device includes a microprocessor, a user actuated controller for interfacing with the microprocessor, a tank for retaining water and a heating element for selectively heating the water. The device further includes a brewing basket for receipt of water from the tank, and a cone valve located in a dispersing end of the brewing basket. The microprocessor dictates a measured quantity of water to be delivered to the brewing basket in conjunction with a measured amount of ground coffee for brewing. In a preferred embodiment, a multichannel valve is employed together with a suitable pump for controlling fluid flow as dictated by the microprocessor.
US08739686B2
A capsule-based beverage production machine that comprises a module designed for producing a beverage on the basis of ingredients which are contained in a capsule. The module comprises: means for retaining the capsule in a fixed position, and means for perforation of the capsule, wherein the perforation means are controlled to perforate the capsule after the capsule is retained in the fixed position by the retaining means.
US08739685B2
An apparatus for producing tofu coagulant includes a liquid food oil pumping pathway, a liquid food oil tank, a mineral salt solution pumping pathway, a mineral salt solution tank, a plurality of metering pumps, and an emulsion dispersion machine for stirring the liquid food oil with the mineral salt solution to an emulsification phase. The liquid food oil pumping pathway is connected with the mineral salt solution pumping pathway, the mineral salt solution is added in a predetermined ratio for producing the tofu coagulant, and the water phase and the oil phase are stirred and mixed to W/O type (water in oil type) emulsion (without emulsifier).
US08739680B2
A spool for a servovalve. The spool includes a first end land and a second end land. The spool includes an intermediate land having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The intermediate land is positioned between the first end land and the second end land in a spaced-apart, axially aligned relationship such that a first annular space is defined between the first end land and the first side of the intermediate land and a second annular space is defined between the second end land and the second side of the intermediate land. The intermediate land further includes at least one fluid passageway formed in and extending through the intermediate land from the first side to the second side to establish fluid communication between the first annular space and the second annular space to provide a fluid pressure feedback between the first and second annular spaces.
US08739679B2
Apparatus and methods for eliminating back drive in a push pull type control system, are provided. An exemplary apparatus includes a control rod including a pair of spaced apart piston displacement members each configured to carry a check valve. The apparatus also includes a pair of opposite-face check valves each configured to seal against respective opposing face of a piston head to form a hydraulic lock, preventing back drive in the control system.
US08739678B2
The triggered stroke actuator comprises a cylinder (12) housing a movable assembly constituted by a piston (13), a rod (16) projecting from one end of the cylinder (12), and a slidable element (17) that is movable inside the cylinder (12). The actuator also includes means for propelling the piston (13) in response to a trigger command, and a return braking arrangement. The return braking arrangement is constituted by at least one ball (18) housed in an annular cavity (19) defined by the inside surface of the cylinder (12) and by the slidable element (17), a return spring (22) connecting the slidable element (17) to the piston (13), and a link element (23) connecting the ball (18) to the piston (13). The ball (18) is positioned by the link element (23) in a first segment (20) of the annular cavity (19) when the return spring (22) is relaxed, and in a second segment (21) of decreasing radial extent when the return spring (22) is compressed. Thus, the braking arrangement is released when the force applied to the piston (13) drops below a threshold value.
US08739677B1
A boresight verification device (BVD) comprised of a circular housing with a rear portion of smaller diameter and a front portion of larger diameter. The front portion securely holds a level. The circular housing also contains a plurality of spring plungers which grip the inside of a muzzle when BVD is inserted into a muzzle for use. A tooling ball provides a stable reference point.
US08739674B1
A muzzle brake cover for providing blast diversion for firearms which include an extension for attachment on an end of a muzzle brake or flash suppressor. The extension can have a cylindrical inner surface of an inner diameter larger than that of the extension outer diameter of the muzzle brake or flash suppressor, concentric rings extending around the cylindrical inner surface, a threaded portion, a smooth portion disposed between the concentric rings and the threaded portion for fitting over portions of the muzzle brake, and a collar comprising a plurality of tightening surfaces for allowing quick tightening of the muzzle brake cover.
US08739668B2
A sheet metal blanking die has a lower and an upper part and guide columns for maintaining the parts aligned. The upper part presents a plurality of punches which project downwards from it, when the die is closed by a press. Recesses are present on the flat lower portion to receive the respective punches at the moment of blanking. For one punch a rapid replacement device can be provided, including a chamber within which a loader can move presenting two cavities of vertical axis to receive relative punches. By moving the loader a punch can be selected for transfer from a rest position to an operative blanking position.
US08739655B2
A propulsion system includes two electric motors, a gearbox with at least three forward gears and a control unit to control the electric motors and the engagement of the gears. The gearbox includes two primary shafts, one associated to with the odd gears and the other with the even gears and are permanently connected each to a respective electric motor. The control unit controls the two electric motors and the engagement of the gears of the gearbox to provide at least a first operating mode in which the first gear and the second gear are engaged at the same time and a second operating mode in which the second gear and the third gear are engaged at the same time. In each of these operating modes the torque being transmitted by both the electric motors.
US08739651B2
A handlebar assembly for a two-wheeled vehicle, in particular a bicycle having a first end and having a second end and having a mounting portion positioned between the ends, wherein the handlebar assembly forms at least one through hole or passage area for air flowing through between said first end and the second end, and a bicycle having such a handlebar assembly.
US08739650B2
A control lever device for a work vehicle. The control lever device comprises a plurality of control levers to be movable along paths arranged in parallel with each other, a vertical limit member including lever openings formed therein for the plurality of control levers and extending to allow the movement of the control levers, dust-proof members movable along the back surface of the vertical limit member following the movement of the control levers to close the lever openings, lateral limit members for limiting displacement of the dust-proof members in a lateral direction relative to the moving direction of the control levers, and a base defining a movable surface for the dust-proof members. The vertical limit member and the lateral limit members are formed as a single cover to cover the dust-proof members.
US08739648B2
A bicycle control device is basically provided with a base member, a shift control unit and an operating lever. The base member includes a handlebar mounting structure defining a handlebar receiving area with a central handlebar mounting axis. The shift control unit is mounted to the base member. The operating lever is pivotally mounted relative to the base member to pivot from a rest position towards the handlebar receiving area about a non-shift operating pivot axis that is angled relative to the handlebar receiving area such that the operating lever moves along a non-shift operating path that avoid interference with a handlebar in a lateral direction with respect to the handlebar receiving area.
US08739647B2
The present invention provides a gear absolute position sensor assembly (GAPS) that senses the current absolute, position of the shift lever of a manual transmission. The sensor assembly provides data to an associated electronic controller such as an engine control module (ECM) regarding the current position of the shift lever, such as an engaged gear. The sensor assembly preferably comprises two Hall effect or other type of magnetic field (proximity) sensors in combination with an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which is supplied with data from the sensors, decodes the output of the sensors and provides an output identifying a specific engaged gear or neutral for use by vehicle or engine management electronics. The sensors are mounted proximate the shift linkage at a location where they can sense both rotation and translation.
US08739634B2
An apparatus and method for predicting freeze-thaw durability of a cementitious composition specimen including cycling the specimen below and above the freezing point of water contained in the specimen and identifying the contraction and/or expansion of the specimen during the cycling.
US08739626B2
A micromachined inertial sensor with a single proof-mass for measuring 6-degree-of-motions. The single proof-mass includes a frame, an x-axis proof mass section attached to the frame by a first flexure, and a y-axis proof mass section attached to the frame by a second flexure. The single proof-mass is formed in a micromachined structural layer and is adapted to measure angular rates about three axes with a single drive motion and linear accelerations about the three axes.
US08739617B2
A system and method for testing and maintaining a power assembly of a locomotive diesel engine. In one embodiment of the invention, the testing apparatus comprises: a first test position for securing a strongback of a power assembly; a second test position for securing a cylinder head of the power assembly; and a third test position for securing a cylinder liner. In another embodiment of the invention, the testing method comprises: securing a power assembly to a first test position; removing a cylinder head from the power assembly; securing the cylinder head to a second test position; removing a cylinder liner from the strongback assembly; placing the cylinder liner into the third test position; cleaning the cylinder liner; testing the cylinder head for possible leakage; and re-assembling the power assembly cylinder head passes the leakage tests.
US08739615B2
A catalyst determining device includes an oxidation catalyst disposed in an outlet passage in an engine, the oxidation catalyst including an adsorption substance for adsorbing and desorbing an exhaust component in exhaust and a catalytic substance capable of oxidizing the exhaust component, a calculating unit for calculating a difference in oxygen concentration between upstream and downstream of the oxidation catalyst, and a determination unit for determining the deterioration of the oxidation catalyst through comparison of a plurality of the differences in oxygen concentration obtained at different temperatures of the oxidation catalyst by the calculating unit.
US08739614B2
When a deterioration determination apparatus determines a degree of deterioration in characteristics of an airflow meter, a driving condition of an engine is maintained at a specified condition in which intake air flow rate is greater than a specified value. A measurement error of the airflow meter is computed based on an intake air flow rate measured with the airflow meter. The degree of deterioration due to stain is determined based on the measurement error.
US08739611B2
A component for use in a gas turbine engine comprises an indicator operable to provide a visual indication when strain over a threshold value has been experienced by the component by transitioning from a rest state to an indication state on occurrence of strain above the threshold value. Also disclosed is a method of detecting foreign object damage in a component of a gas turbine engine, comprising: identifying at least one of a component or a region of a component that is subject to increased strain during a foreign object impact; and mounting an indicator on the identified component or region of a component, the indicator providing a visual indication when increased strain has been experienced.
US08739606B2
A gas tightness testing member disposed in an electronic device includes a first end, a second end, and a fluid channel penetrating from the first end to the second end. The second end of the gas tightness testing member is combined with the electronic device, and the first end is connected to a gas tightness testing device for performing a gas tightness test.
US08739594B2
A plier tool for crimping electrical connectors to wires includes two plier handles that are pivotally connected together by a pivotal coupling that allows for rotation of the handles, towards and away from one another. The two plier handles each have gripping portions that are graspable by a user to rotate the plier handles about the axis of rotation. A crimping die is located on each plier handle, at an end opposite of the gripping portion thereof, and rotation of the plier handles causes the crimping dies to be moved towards and away from one another between engaging and non-engaging positions. The crimping die, together, define an opening that is configured to receive an electrical connector in a manner that positions the electrical connector in an endwise direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
US08739593B2
A device for configuring foil for use in cooking food comprising: a base portion; a first plurality of rotatable elements operatively associated with the base portion; a support mounted on the base portion; and a second plurality of rotatable elements operatively associated with the support; the support operating to pivot relative to the base portion so as to allow entry of foil between the first and second plurality of rotatable elements in a first position and engagement of the first and second plurality of rotatable elements in a second position; whereby in the second position the first and second plurality of rotatable elements impart a configuration to the foil.
US08739589B2
For surface strengthening of blisk blades, a blade area of the blisk is completely inserted into a water bath (13), and a multitude of high-pressure water jets are injected into the water bath which are directed bilaterally and essentially vertically—and opposite to each other—to both blade sides. Cavitation bubbles imploding near the blade surface that are generated in the water bath on the periphery of the high-pressure water jets to produce micro jets upon imploding, exerting an effect on the blade surface, creating plastically formed depressions without sharp edges. An apparatus for performing the method includes a container (3), a jetting unit (6) having parallel spaced apart water-jet tubes (4) with nozzle openings connected to a high-pressure water conduit (5) to produce the high-pressure water jets.
US08739588B2
A pin tumbler cylinder lock includes a shell, a plug, and at least first and second tumbler pins and first and second driver pins. At least the first driver pin extends into a corresponding plug channel when the plug is in a locked condition, such that rotation of the plug with respect to the shell is blocked. The lock is configured such that at least the first driver pin is separated from the first tumbler pin by a gap when the plug is in the locked condition. When the first and second tumbler pins are raised without the proper key and the gap between the first tumbler pin and the first driver pin is eliminated, the second tumbler pin extends across the shear line and into the corresponding shell channel.
US08739586B2
The invention relates to an electrical linear actuator for a lock, which comprises a motor, a rotating shaft connected with the motor, a spring sleeved on the rotating shaft and a pin arranged on the rotating shaft and also comprises a slider, wherein the slider is provided with a frame capable of receiving the shaft and the spring; grooves for limiting the rotating shaft are formed on a wall; the spring comprises a first winding, end coils and second windings; the first winding is arranged in the middle part of the spring and takes the shape of a cylindrical spiral; the end coils are respectively arranged at both ends of the spring and coaxial with the first winding; the second windings are arranged between the first winding and the end coils, and circumscribed circles of the second windings are convex relative to the first winding; and third windings coaxial with the first winding can be arranged between the second windings and the end coils.
US08739584B2
A door lock retainer may include a door-latch-mechanism frame, a retainer, and a door-lock cylinder. The door-latch-mechanism frame may support a linkage and include a landing surface. The retainer may include an aperture and a first surface engaging the landing surface and restricting deflection of the linkage. The door-lock cylinder may be received in the aperture and supported by the retainer.
US08739582B2
A locking arrangement for the latching of a door to a counterpart has an upper part and a lower part. The upper part has at least one base section, a first side section which is angled with respect to the base section, a cover section which is angled with respect to the first side section, and a securing section which is angled with respect to the cover section and has a securing opening. The lower part has at least one base section and a securing section which is angled with respect to the base section of the lower part and has a securing opening. A holding means for the holding of a hoop lock is provided at the upper part or at the lower part. The upper part and the lower part can be positioned in a position of use relative to one another such that the securing opening of the upper part and the securing opening of the lower part are arranged in alignment to be able to secure the two securing sections to one another by means of a lock hoop. The cover section of the upper part has a key opening for a front-side introduction of a key.
US08739564B2
A method for controlling a fan in a vehicle includes comparing the current temperature of at least a first device and a second device to multiple temperature ranges for each of said devices and determining on the basis of said comparisons whether fan speed should be changed, increasing fan speed to a maximum fan speed if at least one of the comparisons indicates that the maximum fan speed is desired, increasing fan speed to a reference fan speed if at least one of the comparisons indicates that an increase in fan speed less than the maximum fan speed is desired, and decreasing fan speed to a reference fan speed if the comparisons indicate that a decrease in fan speed is desired.
US08739561B2
A turbo compressor includes an impeller fixed to one end portion of a rotation shaft by a predetermined fastening member, and a regulating portion which is used to regulate rotation of the rotation shaft during fastening of the fastening member and is provided in the other end portion of the rotation shaft. The regulating portion is formed as a recessed portion recessed from an end surface of the other end portion of the rotation shaft.
US08739554B2
The present invention discloses a thermal block unit for thermal treatment of samples comprising temperature regulating units, temperature sensors for measuring temperature at different locations of the thermal block unit, a converter for converting signals from the temperature sensors into digital signals and a thermal block interface for communicating with an instrument.
US08739552B2
The present invention relates, on the one hand, to a nacelle (1) for a double flow turboreactor (2) comprising a front air intake section (5), a median section (6) intended for surrounding a fan (3) of the turboreactor and a rear section (7), said rear section having an internal structure (7b) intended for serving as a housing to a rear portion of the turboreactor, characterized in that the internal structure possesses attachment means suitable for enabling the nacelle to be fastened to a pylon (12) intended to be connected to a fixed structure (13) of an aeroplane on at least one portion of said internal structure, and on the other hand, to a propellant assembly and to an aircraft provided with such a nacelle.
US08739550B2
The present invention provides a combustor for an aerospace gas turbine engine comprising two stages wherein each stage defines an inlet and an exit. The second stage inlet is in fluid communication with the first stage exit such that a first flowpath is defined and it passes substantially through the second stage. A plurality of flow channel tubes is positioned within the second stage and each flow channel tube passes sealingly through a header plate positioned upstream of the second stage inlet thereby defining a second flowpath that also passes substantially through the second stage. The first flowpath exit and the second flowpath exit are positioned adjacent and proximate to one another to provide for the generation of microflames or microflame jets exiting the second stage from between and around the flow channel tube exits. The first stage of the combustor provides a gasifier and a reformer. The present invention also may comprise an igniter for further combustion of the reacted products or an external heat source for start-up. The second stage also may comprise a microflame combustor.
US08739549B2
Systems and methods for injection of feedstock are included. In one embodiment, a system includes a solid fuel injector. The solid fuel injector includes a solid fuel passage, a first gas passage, and a second gas passage. The solid fuel passage is configured to inject a solid fuel through a fuel outlet in a fuel direction. The first gas passage is configured to inject a first gas through a first gas outlet in a first gas direction. The second gas passage is configured to inject a second gas through a second gas outlet in a second gas direction. The first gas direction is oriented at a first angle relative to the fuel direction. The second gas direction is oriented at a second angle relative to the fuel direction, and the first and second angles are different from one another.
US08739545B2
A burner for a gas turbine engine is provided. The burner includes a radial swirler for creating a swirling fuel/air mix, a combustion chamber where combustion of the swirling fuel/air mix occurs, and a pre-chamber located between the radial swirler and the combustion chamber. The radial swirler includes a plurality of vanes arranged in a circle, generally radially inwardly extending flow slots are defined between adjacent vanes in the circle, each flow slot includes a radially outer inlet end, a radially inner outlet end, first and second generally radially inwardly extending sides provided by adjacent vanes, and a base and top. A flow slot includes a first gas fuel injection hole in its base and a flow slot includes a second gas fuel injection hole in its first side wherein the amounts of gas fuel injected via the first and second gas fuel injection holes are independently variable.
US08739536B2
The invention relates to a method of regulating the temperature of a heat regenerator (ST1, ST2) used in an installation (10) for storing energy by adiabatic compression of air. The regenerator is subjected to successive operating cycles, each cycle comprising a compression stage followed by an expansion stage. Between two successive cycles, the method consists in cooling a bottom compartment (26a) of the layer of refractory material (26) of the regenerator that is situated in the proximity of the bottom distribution box (24) in order to bring the air leaving the heat regenerator to a temperature that is compatible with the range of temperatures required during the compression stages. The invention also provides such a heat regenerator.
US08739535B2
A system and method improves cold start performance of an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) plant. The system includes one or more pumps configured to pump condensed fluid from points of natural accumulation of the condensed fluid within an ORC loop back into a corresponding low pressure liquid storage vessel shortly after shutting down the ORC plant to ensure the start-up routine works properly for the next ORC plant start event. One or more of the pumps can also be configured to pump fluid away from the ORC expansion machine(s) at any time prior to starting the ORC if the fluid is in a liquid phase.
US08739530B2
An engine system is provided. The system comprises an engine, first and second compressors supplying air to the engine, a first compressor recirculation valve adjustable to two restriction levels, and a second compressor recirculation valve adjustable to three or more restriction levels. In this way, the first and second compressor recirculation valves may be controlled to avoid compressor surge while providing a sufficient amount of boost to meet power demands.
US08739528B2
A hybrid exhaust turbine turbocharger includes which a silencer-connected to an intake system of an internal combustion engine and supported by a casing via a compressor unit is provided upstream of the compressor unit, and in which a shell housing having a recess, accommodating a generator, therein is provided in a midsection of the silencer, an oil reservoir that holds a lubricant having lubricated a bearing disposed within the generator and dripped from the generator is formed at a bottom section of the shell housing, and the lubricant accumulated in the oil reservoir is returned by gravity to an oil tank disposed downstream via a lubricant discharge tube that communicates with the oil reservoir.
US08739521B2
In a cogeneration apparatus, a heat exchanger includes an exhaust gas passageway for passage therethrough of exhaust gas, a heat medium passageway for passage therethrough of a heat medium that gives heat energy to a water heater etc., and a water passageway for taking heat from the exhaust gas and giving the heat to the heat medium. Cooling water for a water-cooled engine is given to the water passageway. The cogeneration apparatus requires reduced numbers of the heat exchanger and pipes, and hence a reduced number of necessary component parts, so that the cogeneration apparatus can be reduced in cost.
US08739518B2
Methods and systems for controlling operation of exhaust of an engine including a particulate filter are described. One example method includes generating compressed air during engine operation, and storing the compressed air. The method further includes, during or after engine shutdown, pushing the compressed air through the particulate filter using a pressure of the compressed air.
US08739513B2
An exhaust mixer for a gas turbine engine includes an annular wall having upstream end adapted to be fastened to an engine case and a downstream end forming a plurality of inner and outer mixer lobes. A support member interconnects at least a number of the inner lobes, and includes a circumferentially extending stiffener ring located radially inwardly from the inner lobes and a series of circumferentially spaced apart mixer struts radially extending from the inner lobes to the stiffener ring. The mixer struts have a radial length at least equal to a width of a main gas path defined between the inner lobes and the exhaust cone such that the mixer struts extend entirely through the main gas path. The stiffener ring being fixed solely to the mixer struts such as to float with respect to the exhaust cone and permit relative movement therebetween.
US08739504B2
A packaging method comprises dispensing a material continuously from a roll, forming a plurality of packages from the material, filling each package with contents and sealing each package once filled. A hanging aperture is created for each package, prior to it being formed into the package, the material having been folded or creased in the area in which the aperture is to be created.
US08739500B2
A bag neck sealer includes a base. The base includes an installation wheel, a rotary wheel, a press plate, a movable blade unit and a fixed blade unit. The fixed blade unit has a seat. The seat includes a fixed blade and a protective piece thereon. The protective piece is connected with an elastic member to be against one side of the fixed blade opposite to the seat to shield the edge of the fixed blade. Therefore, when the user operates the bag neck sealer, the user's fingers can be protected from the fixed blade through the protective piece, preventing the fingers from being hurt so as to enhance the safety of the bag neck sealer.
US08739498B2
An insulated fire door includes a door shell having spaced first and second exterior panels and a gypsum panel between the first and second exterior panels. The insulated fire door includes a plurality of spacers bonded across an interior side of each of the first and second exterior panels. The spacers maintain the gypsum panel in a spaced position from the interior sides of the first and second exterior panels as the door bows during a fire on one side of the door, until the gypsum disintegrates. Each of the spacers may have a flat portion contacting the gypsum panel, a leg extending from the flat portion spacing the gypsum from the interior sides of the first and second exterior panels, and a flange extending from the leg bonding the spacer to the first and second exterior panels.
US08739497B2
A roofing apparatus including an enclosure for containing roofing materials is provided. The enclosure is defined by a front panel, a rear panel assembly positioned at a predetermined distance from the front panel, side panels positioned at opposing ends of the front panel, and a base panel having a tail area. The front panel, the rear panel assembly, and the side panels extend upwardly from the base panel. The tail area extends beyond the rear panel assembly for receiving runoff. The rear panel assembly directs the runoff from the tail area of the base panel into the enclosure. The front panel includes orifices for releasing the runoff to a downslope roofing apparatus or for draining the runoff from the roof. The roofing apparatus precludes slippage of the roofing materials contained within the enclosure, and uplift of the roofing materials from the enclosure due to environmental conditions.
US08739495B1
A fire resistant and water resistant expansion joint system comprises a compressed lamination of fire retardant infused open celled foam, one coat of an elastomeric waterproofing or water resistant material on the lamination, and another coat of an intumescent material on an opposing surface of the lamination, thereby providing fire resistance in one direction and water resistance in the opposite direction. The intumescent material may be further coated with a similar elastomeric material, thereby providing fire resistance in one direction and water resistance in both directions. In the alternative, the compressed lamination may comprise first and second opposing layers of intumescent material thereon each having a respective layer of elastomeric material to provide both water resistance and fire resistance in both directions.
US08739494B2
A composite building construction system comprising a frame, an expanded wallboard, and a concrete layer. The wallboard comprises an outer portion and inset portion wherein the wallboard is attached to the frame with the outer portion covering an exterior side of the frame and the inset portion is disposed within the frame. The wallboard thus provides exterior and interior insulation for the system. The concrete layer is sprayed on to the outer portion of said wallboard, forming a strong durable composite construction system. One or more rebar supports may be attached to the frame at the exterior side by key bolts and are spaced apart from the wallboard. A wire grid may be attached to the key bolts whereby the grid and the rebar supports provide a support structure for the concrete layer. The frame comprises steel and the wallboard comprises insulative expanded polystyrene.
US08739493B2
An interlocking joint system can be used to build emergency shelters. The system provides emergency structures that can be assembled by anyone but still handle heavy weather. The system also provides an armorable air droppable structure for military. Shelters built with the system require no tools or special training and such shelters typically become stronger as more force is applied to the joints. The shelter design laterally redirects how wind load and weight load affects the structure.
US08739491B2
The invention relates to a thin-walled, cold-formed profile element, in particular a structural profile, for example a drywall construction, facade, plaster, screed, tile or cable carrier profile or a shelf or drain rail. The profile element has an elongated profile body, in particular metallic or consisting of plastic, in which a multiplicity of openings is formed. The profile body comprises at least two separately constructed longitudinal sections, each longitudinal section comprising a serpentine longitudinal edge. The longitudinal sections each comprise an elongated section and a plurality of connecting sections projecting laterally beyond the elongated section, which are bordered by the serpentine longitudinal edge. The connecting sections of the one longitudinal section face the connecting sections of the other longitudinal section and are in each case welded to the latter edge to edge or joined to one another along curved abutting edges. At least in some sections, the openings are bordered by sections of the serpentine longitudinal edges. Formed in the longitudinal sections are reinforcing beads running in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal sections and also reinforcing beads running transversely thereto, the reinforcing beads running transversely being connected to the reinforcing beads running in the longitudinal direction, and the reinforcing beads running transversely extending into the connecting sections. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a profile element.
US08739485B2
A high-strength low profile pullout resistant pintle and anchoring system employing the same is disclosed. The modified veneer tie utilizes ribbon pintles formed from a wire formative construct that is cold-worked with the resultant body having substantially semicircular edges and flat surfaces therebetween. The edges are aligned to receive compressive forces transmitted from the outer wythe. The ribbon pintles hereof, when part of the anchoring system, interengage with receptor portions of a wall anchor and are dimensioned to preclude significant veneer tie movement and to preclude pullout. The insertion portion of the veneer tie is compressed and patterned to ensure a secure hold within the bed joint.
US08739481B2
There is provided a window/door system having a hidden rail structure wherein a rail structure is detachably installed at a substructure, the substructure installed where a window/door is to be installed, thereby making it very easy to replace and to maintain/repair the rail. In addition, the rail is hidden so as not to be visible to the outside when a window/door is opened/closed.That is, the present invention is to provide a window/door system having a hidden rail structure, wherein the rail structure is detachably installed at a substructure positioned where a window/door frame is to be installed, thereby making it very easy to replace and to maintain/repair the rail. Since the window/door system having a hidden rail structure according to the present invention also hides the rail so as not to be visible to the outside when a window/door is opened/closed by a sliding motion and the top of the hidden rail structure is processed so as to be flat, it not only provides a neat appearance but also makes it easy to clean. Furthermore, it has a new structure of improving air tightness against any draft and/or noise by a multileveled shielding structure.
US08739480B1
An emergency storm shelter assembly extends from a wall of a structure to establish, a shelter space resistant to collapse in the event the structure collapses on the assembly. The assembly includes a first panel and a second panel. A pivotable anchor is coupled to a base edge of the first panel such that the first panel is selectively positionable parallel to a wall of the building structure. An upper edge of the second panel is pivotably coupled to a top edge of the first panel. A holding mechanism is coupled to the first panel and the second panel securing the first panel and the second panel in a fully extended static position defining a sheltered space.
US08739479B1
A granular material storage capacity increasing device and system includes a housing including a plurality of roof trusses each including an inner chord. A plurality of panels is attached to the roof structure. Each of the panels extends between and is attached to adjacently positioned ones of the inner chords. Each of the panels is elongated and has a first end, a second end, an upper edge and a lower edge. An upper bend is positioned adjacent to the upper edge and defines an upper flange including the upper edge. A lower bend is positioned adjacent to the lower edge and defines lower flange including the lower edge. A primary bend is positioned between the upper and lower bends. The upper and lower flanges are attached to the inner chord. The primary bend is spaced further from the inner chord than the first and second ends.
US08739473B2
A trellis system is disclosed wherein the trellis comprises a front tube, a back tube, and two end tubes joined together, a plurality of roof panels, each panel having a perimeter, wherein the perimeter of the panel is coupled to at least a back tube surface and a front tube surface; a plurality of cross member assemblies wherein the cross member assemblies assist in creating tension between the front tube and the back tube, and a plurality of fasteners coupling the front tube to the end tubes, the back tube to the end tubes, and the roof panels to at least the front tube and the back tube, wherein the fasteners are not visible when the trellis system is installed. The trellis system also includes accent bands. A plurality of turnbuckles allows for easy leveling of the trellis.
US08739468B2
Provided is a door opening and closing device wherein the device width can be made small and wherein the movement of a retraction arm can be stabilized. In a body case (102) which is slender and extends in one direction, there is provided an arm block (121) for a retraction arm (104) which rotates from the open state to the closed state. On one side of the body case (102), there is provided a first slider (134) which, being interlocked with the rotation of the arm block (121), makes linear movements in one direction. In the body case (102), there is provided an arm shaft (105) which serves as the center of rotation of the arm block (121). A second slider (131) which, being interlocked with the rotation of the arm block (121), makes linear movements in one direction, is provided opposite the first slider (134), in such a way as to have the arm shaft (105) held between the first and second sliders (134, 131). On one side of the body case (102), there is provided a force applying member (128) which applies force on the first slider (134) in one direction. On the opposite side of the body case (102), there is provided a damper which resists the linear movement of the second slider (131).
US08739458B1
A float fishing apparatus and method of use are described primarily for fishing in lakes and ponds. The apparatus includes a cylindrical weight inside an elongated hollow shaft which will readily slide to upright the fishing apparatus from a horizontal position to a vertical position when a successful struck by a fish is made. An LED light casts a broad light pattern on the water when the apparatus is in an upright position to easily identify the state of the fishing apparatus. A rotatable reel with attached fishing line allows the line to be adjusted to a desired length and can then be secured with a reel catch to secure the reel in a non-rotatable position.
US08739456B1
A low wind decoy system for efficiently providing realistic motion to decoys in low and high wind environments. The low wind decoy system generally includes a body, comprised of foam or other similar lightweight materials, adapted to be suspended above a ground surface and oriented into the wind. The body is comprised of a substantially thin structure having at least one curvature formed thereon and the peripheral edge of the body has a series of notches extending within to create an irregular movement in response to air flow passing across to attract various different types of animals and birds. The body is generally suspended via a pole assembly and is configured to irregularly move around the pole assembly. The body is also generally colored with a reflective paint substance to match the animal or bird to be attracted.
US08739450B2
The present invention relates to barrel extensions for firearms that have been converted to fire different, most likely lower, caliber ammunition than the firearms were originally designed to accommodate. The present invention in several embodiments is a barrel extension designed to supplement or replace the barrels and/or barrel extensions of firearms that have a sub-caliber conversion installed. Several embodiments of the present invention are configured to be installed on AR15 family rifles with a .22LR ammunition conversion to allow for accurate shooting of the .22LR ammunition through the barrel extension.
US08739443B2
Disclosed herein is a display device for use on transportation vehicles which can be easily altered or removed by the user. The display device contains a mounting bracket which can be releasably attached to the vehicle and a display which may be permanently or releasably attached to the mounting bracket.
US08739442B2
A picture frame display device is provided that can be detachably secured to the sun visor of an automobile. The front face of the device features at least two windows adapted to display 4″×6″ photographs, artwork, or postcards. These windows are surrounded by a border of synthetic leather. Pictures are inserted into the window by means of an opening along the back of the device which is constructed of a rigid material covered with synthetic leather. A storage pocket is located on a side of the frame, lying between the front and back portions and is large enough to accommodate the storage of pictures not being displayed at the time. Elastic straps attached to the back of the device provide a means for securing the same to a sun visor.
US08739437B2
By controlling the dimensions of a snowplow blade, improved snowplow performance may be achieved. In one embodiment, the snow that is being plowed moves both upward and outward from the mid-section of the snowplow blade toward and beyond each end of the snowplow blade.
US08739423B1
A marking and leveling device for assisting in the hanging of an object such as a portrait on a structure such as a wall. The marking and leveling device generally includes a central portion having a first extension extending in a first direction from a first end of the central portion and a second extension extending in a second, opposite direction from a second end of the central portion. Each of the extension members include a guide member slidably positioned thereon. Each guide member includes a support member for supporting a fastener or marking device used. A leveling assembly which includes a liquid-based leveling member is rotatably secured within the central portion of the present invention. By utilizing the leveling assembly and guide members, an operator of the present invention may accurately level and mark/fasten a structure using a single device.
US08739409B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing products by applying material at least partially in layers to form a structure, in particular by selective laser melting (SLM), said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a base plate, (b) applying a layer of a curable material, (c) selectively curing predetermined zones of the applied layer on the basis of geometrical data of the product, (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until the geometry of a first partial volume of the product has been created in the form of a cured material and (e) removing the uncured material. According to the invention, a reference mark is provided, the unit formed by the base plate and the first volume zones is clamped into a specific position by means of the reference mark and the respective second partial volume of the respective product is cut from the base plate, preferably by machining, in particular CNC milling.
US08739405B2
An evaporator for a looped heat pipe (LHP) system, in which a working fluid circulates to cool heat generating electronic components that generate heat during operation, the evaporator including: a body comprising an inlet through which the working fluid enters and an outlet through which the working fluid is discharged; a sintered wick that is included in the body, wherein the sintered wick is formed by sintering a metal powder, and a plurality of pores are formed in the sintered wick; and an additional layer that is formed on a vaporization surface of the sintered wick where evaporation of the working fluid occurs, wherein a plurality of through holes are formed in the additional layer such that the working fluid changed into a vapor state passes through the additional layer after passing the sintered wick.
US08739398B2
A method for forming an electronic device includes designing a tether having first and second ends; selecting an attachment point on the electronic device; attaching the first end of the tether to the attachment point, the electronic device being encapsulated in a cell; selecting an anchor point; attaching the second end of the tether to the anchor point; determining fracture condition at which the first end of the tether detaches from the attachment point; agitating the cell at the fracture conditions so as to detach the first end of the tether from the attachment point; and separating the electronic device from the cell. Also provided is a method for designing a plurality of electronic devices, wherein each of the electronic devices is encapsulated in a cell of a wafer, die or other holder and wherein the fracture conditions are the same for a group of the electronic devices.
US08739391B2
An air-bearing slider used in a magnetic recording disk drive has a surface that supports a magnetoresistive (MR) read head or sensor and an electrical lapping guide (ELG) adjacent to the MR sensor. The ELG is formed of a different material than the MR sensor so as to have both a high electrical resistivity and a substantially higher etch rate. When the ELG and MR sensor are etched simultaneously to form their respective back edges, the ELG will have a sharp well-defined non-tapered wall at the back edge. The ELG has a film thickness close to but generally thinner than that of the MR sensor, and a sheet resistance to generally match the resistance measurement capability of the lapping tool. The preferred material for the ELG is an alloy comprising silver (Ag) and one or more of Sn, Ge and zinc Zn.
US08739389B2
A compound barb medical device is provided which includes an elongated body having at least one barb formed along the length of the body, the barb defining an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, and a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. Optionally, the barb defines a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis. A method for forming a compound barb on a medical device is also provided.
US08739384B2
A balloon is inflated from a collapsed configuration, then deflated. A polymeric stent is then disposed over the deflated balloon and the stent crimped to the balloon.
US08739381B2
Methods of cutting and installing carpet tiles in, among other applications, mass transit vehicles, particularly including aircraft. In some embodiments, the tile lengths in an installation are the same and the tile widths are customized to a particular section of the aircraft or other vehicle in which they are installed.
US08739379B2
An apparatus is disclosed including a workspace for receiving a stent and a delivery device for the stent; a source for exposing the stent in the workspace to a plasticizing agent, vapor, or moisture, wherein the stent can be reduced in diameter in the workspace while under exposure of the plasticizing agent, vapor or moisture; and a device for reducing the diameter of the stent in the workspace to position the stent on or within the deliver device.
US08739366B2
A hinge has a hinge-integrated stop. The hinge includes a first hinge leaf having a substantially-planar portion with a pivot edge and a top edge. The first hinge leaf includes a first knuckle extending from the pivot edge of the substantially-planar portion near the top edge. The first knuckle of the first leaf includes an inner splined surface. The hinge also includes a second hinge leaf having a substantially-planar portion having a pivot edge. A first knuckle extends from the pivot edge of the substantially-planar portion of the second hinge leaf, where the first knuckle has an inner surface and a first knuckle stop element on the inner surface. A hinge pin has a shaft having a shaft diameter and an upper splined portion having fingers extending beyond the shaft diameter and a hinge pin stop element located on the shaft below the upper splined portion.
US08739361B2
A vacuum cleaning head includes a housing having a suction opening for admitting an air flow to the head, an agitator for agitating a surface to be cleaned, the agitator having an active state and an inactive state, a duct for receiving the air flow from the housing, and a control assembly for controlling the state of the agitator. The control assembly includes a pressure chamber having an interior volume in fluid communication with the duct and which is variable between an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration in response to a pressure difference between the interior volume and ambient air, an actuator for effecting a transition of the agitator from one of the active state and the inactive state to the other of the active state and the inactive state in response to a transition of the pressure chamber to the contracted configuration, and a control mechanism having a first state for preventing the pressure chamber from adopting the contracted configuration, and a second state for allowing the pressure chamber to adopt the contracted configuration. The control mechanism is arranged to change between the first and second states in response to an increase in the interior volume of the pressure chamber, for example in response to an increase in the air pressure within the duct.
US08739355B2
An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arraigned to apply a cleaning fluid onto the surface and to thereafter collect the cleaning fluid up from the surface after it has been used to clean the surface. The robot chassis carries a supply of cleaning fluid and a waste container for storing waste materials collected up from the cleaning surface.
US08739354B2
The present invention relates to a compact user friendly multi tool mobile sewer jetting and in ground utility servicing vehicle with one or more reels mounted on an articulated boom which is pivotably mounted to a service vehicle via a slewing ring gear. A vacuum excavation system with a vacuum hose and vacuum hose reel may also be mounted on the mobile vehicle. The articulated boom having a first end pivotably mounted to a mobile vehicle via a slewing ring gear. The articulated boom may have sufficient strength to support a jetter hose reel mounted near a second end of the boom and the boom may have sufficient move ability to position and stabilize the reel near a man hole or service work area for user friendly use by an operator. Sensors, monitors and controllers are included to gather data related to the operation of the service vehicle.
US08739350B1
The present invention is a dental implant post cleaner, comprising a tubular housing having two open ends with an outer peripheral wall surface incorporating a frictional element and an inner peripheral wall surface with a plurality of interiorly extending bristles, for cleaning a dental implant post when inserted over and repetitiously manually rotated about the dental implant post. Furthermore, the tubular housing contains two oppositely beveled surfaces extending towards the inner peripheral wall surface forming two annular ridges, so that either one of the annular ridges will engage with a gum line about the dental implant post during a cleaning session. Also, a storage compartment in a holder being a handle of a toothbrush comprises a horizontal shaft for retaining the dental implant cleaning device therein when not in use.
US08739341B1
A ramp assembly includes a ramp portion configured for reciprocating motion between a stowed position, a deployed position, and a neutral position. The ramp assembly includes a counterbalance comprising a lug associated with the ramp portion so that movement of the ramp portion toward the deployed position moves the lug along an arcuate path in a first direction, and movement of the ramp portion toward the stowed position moves the lug along the arcuate path in a second direction. A link is coupled to the lug, and a guide is fixedly located relative to the stowed position of the ramp portion. A biasing element is associated with the link such that movement of the ramp portion away from the neutral position moves the biasing element toward the guide.
US08739335B1
The tactical stretcher and convertible first aid table with detachable IV pole includes a small and lightweight stretcher that is manually lifted with two sets of handles located at distal ends of the stretcher. The stretcher includes a plurality of straps to secure and immobilize a patient lying on the top surface of the stretcher. Two pairs of foldable legs rotate downwardly from a bottom surface to convert the stretcher to a first aid table. The foldable legs are limited to 90 degrees range of rotational movement from a horizontal position to a vertical position. An IV holder accessory is optionally provided, and secures itself to one of the handles. The IV holder includes a telescoping construction in order to adjust the elevation of an IV bag with respect to the stretcher.
US08739334B2
An improved medical procedure table has motorized elevation, Trendelenburg tilt, floating tabletop with both longitudinal and lateral travel, multi-caster control, and an iso-roll device for the tabletop. The iso-roll device is connected between a roll plate and a cross plate. The iso-roll device includes a pair of iso-roll guide plates, which are mounted laterally to a bottom of the roll plate. Each iso-roll guide plate has an arcuate guide channel therein having an upwards concave shape. A set of cam followers are positioned in both guide channel and travel therein and also fixedly mounted to a base on the cross plate. A center of radius of the arcuate guide channel is approximately 5 inches above the tabletop. Further, mounted between the iso-roll guide plates and to the roll plate is a support guide plate having an arcuate bottom surface.
US08739333B2
A bedbug-resistant bed comprises a horizontal right-rectangular frame including four open angled rigid members pair-wise joined at their eight termini in four corners; one or more support members extending across the frame near the upper edge of the joined angled members; and a right-rectangular wire mesh infill expanse extending within a perimeter of the frame and affixed along upper inwardly extending expanses of the joined angled members. A bedbug-resistant bed in another embodiment comprises two right-rectangular horizontal frames differentially dimensioned in three orthogonal axes such that one of the two frames is fittable within a three-dimensional enclosure defined by the other of the two frames for stowage of the bed, the two frames configured in deployment in a proximate side by side arrangement, each frame including four open angled rigid members joined at their eight termini to define a perimeter and four corners of the frame, each frame further including one or more solid support members extending across the frame, and each frame further including four legs extending downwardly from the four corners of the frame.
US08739329B2
A bed lifting apparatus comprising a base and a support frame connected by at least one linkage arm, the at least one linkage arm including at least one biasing arrangement arranged to maintain the base and the support frame in a spaced apart relationship, wherein, in use, when a bed is located on the support frame, the bed is maintained in a spaced apart relationship from a floor surface.
US08739328B2
A drain stopper assembly for selectively opening and closing a drain located within a basin, tub or sink, the drain having an opening within said basin, tub or sink for facilitating the selective passage of water there through and past its drain collar and drain body. A stopper is provided being selectively sealable on said drain collar allowing selective passage of water. The stopper is mechanically positioned within the drain body by a scooper end in mechanical communication with a lifting rod being actable from a position exterior to the drain body for selective raising and lowering of the scooper end wherein lowering the scooper end causes the stopper to seat upon the drain collar and raising the scooper causes the stopper to separate from the drain collar.
US08739326B2
Mounting device having a mounting frame with securing rail, and method of mounting a mounting device
The mounting device includes a mounting frame (6) on which there is set a front cladding (2). Through the front cladding (2) there pass securing means (4) anchored to a cross piece (5) of the mounting frame (6), for securing a sanitary element (3). The front cladding (2) comprises at least an upper part (8) and a lower part (9) which are plate-shaped. Between the two parts (8, 9) there is a gap (16) in which there is arranged a securing rail (25) through which the said securing means (4) pass. The two parts (8, 9) can be aligned on the securing rail (4) during mounting.
US08739324B2
A bracket for mounting a curved shower rod on a previously installed straight shower rod. The bracket includes a body having a first member that defines a first bore for receiving an end of the curved shower rod therein, and a second member defining a second bore for receiving a portion of the straight shower rod therein. The first member extends outwardly from the second member at an angle. The second member comprises first and second regions that are movable away from each other to capture a portion of the straight shower rod between them. A securement mechanism locks the first and second regions together to prevent the bracket from disengaging from the straight shower rod. A second mounting bracket is similarly engaged on an opposite end of the straight shower rod and receives a second end of the curved shower rod therein.
US08739323B2
An air injection bathtub includes: a body part having a coupling recess formed depressedly on the bottom surface thereof; a plate part adapted to be fit to the coupling recess of the body part and having a connection groove formed depressedly on one side of the underside surface thereof, at least one air passing grooves formed depressedly on the underside surface thereof in a manner as to communicate with the connection groove and to pass the air supplied from the connection groove therethrough, and at least one air injection through-holes formed on the top surface of the plate part to inject the air passing through the air passing grooves into the body part; and a valve part disposed below the connection groove in a manner as to be open and closed through the air pressure supplied from the outside and to supply air to the connection groove.
US08739316B1
An impact-absorbing insert for use in protective headgear includes an exterior surface defining an interior volume. The exterior surface may be formed by a plurality of layers joined together at seams. The interior volume contains a filler material. An impact-absorbing insert assembly includes a plurality of inserts connected together. Protective headgear adapted to protect a user includes a plurality of impact-absorbing inserts received in pockets.
US08739315B2
A garment including a shell adapted to receive a portion of a body of a wearer therein, the shell having an interior surface, an exterior surface and an aperture is provided. The garment also includes a conductive member having a first end disposed on the interior surface of the shell, a second end disposed on the exterior surface of the shell, and extending through the aperture to connect the first end and the second end where the conductive member enables the wearer to interact with an electronic device having a capacitive-type touch-sensing interface.
US08745761B2
A method of leveling a polymer pen array includes contacting a pen array with a surface and measuring a total force exerted on the surface by the pen array, the pen array being disposed at a first angle with respect to a first axis of the surface and a second angle with respect to a second axis of the surface; tilting one or both of the pen array and the surface to vary the first and second angles of the pen array with respect to the surface; measuring the total force exerted by the tilted pen array on the surface; and repeating the tilting and measuring steps until a global maximum of the total force exerted on the surface by the pen array is measured, thereby determining first and second angles which correspond to a leveled position of the pen array with respect to the surface.
US08745760B2
Devices, methods and instructions encoded on computer readable medium are provided herein for implementation of classification techniques in order to determine if an unknown executable file is malware. In accordance with one example method, an unknown executable file comprising a sequence of operation codes (opcodes) is received. Based on the operation codes of the unknown executable, a subset of executable files in a training set is identified in which each of the files in the subset have the same beginning sequence of operation codes as the unknown executable. After the subset is identified, a feature set extracted from the unknown executable file is compared to one or more feature sets extracted from each of executable files in the identified subset. A determination is made, based on the feature set comparison, whether the unknown executable file is malware.
US08745754B2
A device for secure access to digital media contents, the device comprising an access means for accessing digital media contents from a data source and a reader for authenticating a user, the authentication being performed by checking some authentication data. An internal communication path between the access means and the reader is not directly accessible from outside the device.
US08745749B2
A system (and a method) are disclosed for generating a virtual secure digital (SD) card. One embodiment detects an SD card and reads a media key block and media identification for the SD card. The system stores the media key block and the media identification. The system creates a file system for secure data on a storage device for storage of secure data corresponding to a secure data area of the SD card and creates a file system for user data on the storage device for storage of user data corresponding to a user data area of the SD card. In addition, the system uses the virtual secure digital (SD) card. The system determines if the virtual SD card is provisioned and provisions it if not. The system accesses the data stored in the secure area of the provisioned virtual SD card. The system extracts the data from the secured area of the provisioned virtual SD card.
US08745748B2
The embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for enabling a client to request a server to cancel the digital signing of a form file associated with a form. Successful cancellation of the digital signing process results in a return of the form file to its initial state, in which data are not lost, and the form can be resubmitted and/or the application of the digital signature can be retried. Request and response messages, communicated between a protocol client and a protocol server, cause the performance of protocol functions for applying a digital signature to a form file and for cancelling the signature thereof where errors in the signing process are detected. A versioning mechanism enabling the detection of version differences and resulting upgrades to the digital signature control allows for robust communications between a client and a server operating under different product versions.
US08745742B1
A computer-implemented method for processing web content may comprise receiving web content encoded with malicious steganographic code. Before presenting the web content, the method may comprise modifying the web content to create modified content such that information conveyed by the malicious steganographic code is at least partially corrupted in the modified content. Additionally, a functionality of the modified content may be at least substantially similar to a functionality of the web content following modification of the web content to create the modified content. Various other methods, computer-readable media, and systems are also disclosed.
US08745732B2
Systems and methods for calculating threat scores for individuals within an organization or domain are provided. Aspects of the invention relate to computer-implemented methods that form a predictive threat rating for user accounts. In one implementation, a threat score representing a first time period may be calculated. The first threat score may be calculated from a quantification of a plurality of activity violations across a plurality of control groups. Weighting schemes may be applied to certain activities, controls, and/or user accounts. Further embodiments may be configured to consider additional indicators. Further aspects relate to apparatuses configured to execute methods for ranking individual user accounts. Certain embodiments may not block transmissions that violate predefine rules, however, indications of such improper transmission may be considered when constructing a threat rating.
US08745728B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products are described and claimed that provide for automatically and positively determining that an associate accessing a business domain/application using an application-specific associate identifier is the same associate that is accessing another business domain/application using another application-specific associate identifier. Once the positive determination of same associate is made, a federated identifier key is generated and applied to all of the platforms in which the associate can be positively identified, so as to globally identify the associates across multiple enterprise-wide domains/applications. As such, the present invention eliminates the need to manually analyze associate data to determine if an associate interfacing with one domain/application is the same associate interfacing with another domain/application.
US08745723B2
The system and method described herein may provide unified transport and security protocols. In particular, the unified transport and security protocols may include a Secure Frame Layer transport and security protocol that includes stages for initially configuring a requester device and a responder device, identifying the requester device and the responder device to one another, and authenticating message frames communicated between the requester device and the responder device. Additionally, the unified transport and security protocols may further include a Secure Persistent User Datagram Protocol that includes modes for processing message frames received at the requester device and the responder device, recovering the requester device in response to packet loss, retransmitting lost packets sent between the requester device and the responder device, and updating location information for the requester device to restore a communications session between the requester device and the responder device.
US08745716B2
A system for providing an application associated with a portable communication device the ability to communicate via a secure element. The system has a digital identifier and digital token operably associated with the application; a card services module that provides an application programming interface to the secure element; and a secure data table associated with the card services module. The secure data table includes a list of trusted applications each identifiable by paired digital identifier and token. The card services module [includes] compares the identifier and the token with each of the identifier-token pairs in the table until a match indicates the application is trusted. The card services module issues commands to the secure element based on an action requested by a trusted application in conjunction with the presentation of the digital token. A method of providing an application with the ability to communicate via secure element is also disclosed.
US08745714B2
The mock tool can be configured to create a mock execution environment for supporting software development processes. The mock execution environment is isolated from resources of the computing system supporting the mock execution environment and other mock execution environments. Further, the mock execution environment can be created to simulate disabling on any features of the operating system supporting the mock execution environment that could cause problems in the software development process.
US08745712B2
Provided are a computer program product, method and system for dynamically providing algorithm-based password/challenge authentication. A page is generated including selectable conversion operators to enable generation of an algorithm that applies at least one selected conversion operator of the selectable conversion operators on a string to generate a password. A created algorithm created using the at least one selected conversion operator in the page is received. The created algorithm is associated with a username for use in authenticating access by a presenter of the username to a computer service.
US08745710B1
Secret information, such as seeds, codes, and keys, can be automatically renegotiated between at least one sender and at least one recipient. Various mechanisms, such as counters, events, or challenges, can be used to trigger automatic renegotiations through various requests or communications. These changes can cause the current secret information to diverge from older copies of the secret information that might have been obtained by unintended third parties. In some embodiments, a secret can be configured to “decay” over time, or have small changes periodically introduced that can be determined to be valid by an authorized party, but can reduce the effectiveness of prior versions of the secret information.
US08745709B2
A multifactor authentication (MFA) enforcement server provides multifactor authentication services to users and existing services. During registration, the MFA enforcement server changes a user's password on an existing service to a password unknown to the user. During normal usage when the user accesses the existing service through the MFA enforcement server, the MFA enforcement server enforces a multifactor authentication enforcement policy.
US08745706B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing a secure communication are described herein. A client application generates a Distributed Ruby (DRb) request based on a request received from a user. The obtained DRb request is wrapped to obtain an HTTPS request, which includes the DRb request and one or more authentication information. The generated HTTPS request is forwarded to an HTTPS server, which verifies the HTTPS request based on the authentication information. The HTTPS request is then unwrapped to obtain the DRb request, which is executed by a DRb server to obtain a result of execution of the DRb request.
US08745701B2
Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) management profiles, based on the Common Information Model (CIM) protocol, may be utilized to perform access authentication during opaque management data profile operations based on DMTF/CIM Role Based Authorization (RBA) profile and/or Simple Identity Management (SIM) profiles. Instances of CIM_Identity class may be utilized to enable validation of ownership and/or access rights, via instances of CIM_Role class and/or instances of CIM_Privilege class for a plurality of common users and/or applications. Quota related operations may be performed via “QuotaAffectsElement” associations between instances of CIM_Identity class and instances of the CIM_OpaqueManagementDataService class. The “QuotaAffectsElement” association may comprise “AllocationQuota” and/or “AllocatedBytes” properties to enable tracking and/or validating of quota related information within the opaque management data profile.
US08745699B2
To obtain user approval of network transactions at different levels of security, a network site selects a form in which a transaction with be presented to the user from a group of transaction presentation forms including presentation of the transaction in a browser pop-up window on a user network device, in a security software application window on the user network device, and in a security application window on another user network device. The network site also selects a type of approval of the transaction required from the user from a group of transaction approval types including approval requiring no action by the user after presentation of the transaction, the user to actively approve the presented transaction, and the user to sign the presented transaction. The transaction, the selected transaction presentation form, and the selected type of user transaction approval, are transmitted to obtain approval of the transaction by the user.
US08745696B2
There are provided an apparatus and a method for privacy protection in association rule mining among data mining technologies. An apparatus for privacy protection in association rule mining according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a fake transaction inserter that generates fake transactions of a predetermined number each having a predetermined length and inserts the fake transactions between a plurality of transactions comprised in an original data set to generate a first virtual data set; and a distortion transaction generator that generates a second virtual data set by converting data of the transaction of the first virtual data set with a predetermined probability.
US08745695B2
A method and apparatus for providing a passphrase-based security setup for a hybrid network including multiple network interfaces configured for communicating over one or more communication media are provided. The method includes receiving a passphrase from a user at a network interface of the multiple network interfaces. The received passphrase is then used for authenticating the device for one or more network interfaces. The authentication can be performed irrespective of a communication medium used by the network interfaces.
US08745690B2
A context for a service request made by a service consumer can be used to establish a constraint rules set that is applied by a service provider. A context associated with a first service request can be received from a service consumer. An identity of the service consumer can be verified. A constraint value request associated with the service request can be received from a service provider responding to the service request. One or more constraints can be derived from the first context. An identity of a service provider that will fulfill the service request can be verified. The one or more constraints can be provided to the service provider. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.
US08745670B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to receive from a media communication system metadata describing one or more marketable items depicted in a media program supplied by the media communication system, present images of the media program at a media presentation device without highlighting the one or more marketable items, present an icon at least at one of a remote controller managing operations of the media processor or the media presentation device to indicate a presence of the one or more marketable items in one or more of the images presented at the media presentation device, detect a selection of the icon, and highlight the one or more marketable items. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08745666B1
Predicting user-interest in particular media content. Data associated with scheduled program recording timers may be accumulated across accessible subscribing customers of a particular television provider. A ranking parameter may be assigned to particular programs associated with particular ones of the scheduled program recording timers. A list may be presented itemizing particular programs based on assigned ranking values.
US08745665B2
A computing device identifies an active user profile, from multiple user profiles, associated with the device and retrieves from an index of stored DVR content, titles for the stored DVR content that are associated with the user profile. The computing device ranks the titles associated with the user profile and generates a list of the titles based on the ranking. The computing device then provides, via a display device and based on the order of the list of the indicators, recommended titles of DVR content for a user to view.
US08745657B2
Enriching video-based content with additional content is enabled by defining metadata for a video comprising a place holder and matching attribute. When the video is viewed, a matching server is utilized to select an object to be inserted in the place holder according to the matching attribute. The matching server selects the object according to video content, represented by matching attribute, according to user related information, and according to type of place holder. The place holder may be utilized to dynamically insert an interactive object to the video. The inserted object may be seamlessly inserted to the video.
US08745652B2
In one embodiment, a television configuration technique includes determining a location, from a web service, of a television set using an internet protocol address of the television set or a zip code corresponding to a physical location of the television. Electronic programming guide, interactive programming guide or the like data for a plurality of service providers in the determined location are downloaded. The electronic programming guide data, interactive programming guide data, or the like for one or more channels that are unique between the plurality of service providers are checked against transmitting station identifier data or system information protocol data to identify the specific service provider that the television set is connected to. A channel list for the specific service provider is then determined from the electronic programming guide or interactive programming guide corresponding to the specific service provider.
US08745651B2
Auditing systems and methods detect access authorization of a media device for a service during an audit. An exemplary embodiment receives an audit trigger at a media device communicating the service to a media presentation device, determines whether the media device is authorized to communicate the service to the media presentation device, and communicates a security watermark from the media device to the media presentation device. The security watermark is displayed on a display of the media presentation device and indicates authorization to access the service to an auditor performing the audit.
US08745644B2
Provided is a driving circuit for an optical disc drive. The driving circuit includes a digital control processor (DCP) comprising an input port to which a signal for driving a tray is input, and an output port outputting a voltage representing an operating state of the optical disc drive. The driving circuit also includes a tray switch that is connected to the input port, an operation display lamp that is connected in parallel with the tray switch, and an electric connection device for connecting the input port and the output port to each other.
US08745641B1
Methods for automatically detecting an anomaly in an application programming interface (API) having a plurality of invariants is provided. Such an API may conform to a Representational State Transfer (REST) model or style of software architecture. Such methods enable users to build simple test scripts that can be fed into specialized software applications configured to automatically exercise and test the API using the test scripts. Further, such methods allow automatic testing of API functionality regardless of whether or not the expected output value(s) for a given input are specified.
US08745636B2
A method for managing a communication event in an information handling system (IHS) is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving at least one communication event at an interrupt manager, wherein the interrupt manager manages the at least one communication event from an application. The method further includes receiving a selection of an interrupt manager setting in response to at least one communication event and generating at least one event notification based on the interrupt manager setting selected.
US08745619B2
A disclosed computer system having a virtual computer management mechanism realizing a virtual computer includes a user virtual computer that communicates with a device via a virtual computer for a device driver under a control of the virtual computer management mechanism, an input receiving unit that receives a signal of an input operation from the device, a reset level determination unit that determines a reset level based on the received signal of the input operation, a reset target specifying unit that specifies a virtual computer to be a target of a reset process based on the determined reset level, and a reset signal transmission unit that transmits a reset signal to perform the reset process on the specified virtual computer.
US08745617B1
A system and methods for managing applications on a mobile device. One method includes: receiving context data related to the mobile device; assigning a situational utility score to one or more applications available in an application repository by analyzing the context data and tags associated with the one or more applications to determine which applications have situational usefulness; and when a first application has a situational utility score greater than a first threshold value, displaying a prompt on the mobile device to install the first application.
US08745611B2
A system may include computer code for analyzing an upgrade from a first version to a second version of a software program that has been customized without performing the upgrade. The system may provide default state information of default program objects. The default program objects would be included in a default installation of the second version of the software program. The computer code may retrieve current state information of current program objects from an application database. The software program that has been customized may include the current program objects. The system may generate upgrade information based on a comparison between the current state information and the default state information. The upgrade information may identify a subset of the current program objects that would be impacted by the upgrade.
US08745608B2
A scheduler of a reconfigurable array, a method of scheduling commands, and a computing apparatus are provided. To perform a loop operation in a reconfigurable array, a recurrence node, a producer node, and a predecessor node are detected from a data flow graph of the loop operation such that resources are assigned to such nodes so as to increase the loop operating speed. Also, a dedicated path having a fixed delay may be added to the assigned resources.
US08745600B2
A method and system to automatically insert a test script into a web application is provided. A web browser is monitored to detect the navigation in the web application. The test script is automatically inserted into the web application rendered on a web browser after a navigation is detected in the web application.
US08745597B2
System, and computer program product for providing programming support to a debugger are disclosed. The debugger executes at least one debugger programming statement which modifies at least a portion of the computer program during execution of the computer program without recompiling the computer program. The debugger may be instructed to execute the at least one debugger programming statement at a specified position of the computer program. The at least one debugger programming statement may include a delete instruction that instructs the debugger to prevent one or more programming statements at a specified position in the computer program from being executed. The debugger may be instructed to execute the at least one debugger programming statement instead of one or more programming statements at a specified position in the computer program without recompiling the computer program.
US08745594B1
A programming language and computer system adapted to receive and execute f-programs written in a programming language that provides a mechanism to sequence and check the correctness of the execution of a plurality of code segments. The method provides for sequencing the execution of p-segments by a computer processor, where each p-segment is a sequence of one or more executable statements. The p-segments may be part of a manipulation program. An f-program includes a number of f-segments. The manipulation program is configured so that after the completion of execution of each p-segment, control is passed to a specific f-segment associated with the completed p-segment, and at least one variable identifier and value of the variable computed by the completed p-segment is passed to the f-segment so that the f-segment either causes execution to terminate or passes control to one of the p-segments.
US08745587B2
A method for testing computer programs includes the steps of identifying at least one code subsection of a computer program to be tested, ascertaining one or more other code subsections required for executing the identified subsection, determining one or more input arguments required for executing the identified subsection and the other subsections, prompting a developer to provide at least one of the input arguments, and executing the identified subsection using the provided input arguments.
US08745583B2
Methods, systems, and software for managing development components or other enterprise content—whether developed internally or by third parties—are described herein. One method for managing reusable development components includes identifying a first development component of a first type. This first development component is stored in a repository, with the repository including a plurality of other development components with at least a second development component of a second type. The method then includes presenting an interface to a user operable to display information for at least the first and second development components.
US08745582B2
One embodiment includes a method that may be practiced in a computing environment. The method enables design and testing of web pages locally at a local machine. After being designed and tested at the local machine, the web pages will be deployed at a remote server remote from the local machine. The web pages include relative references to resources from the perspective of the remote server. The relative references to resources are intended to be resolved by the remote server. The method includes accessing code at a local machine. The code defines a web page. The code includes relative references to resources. The relative references are expressed from the perspective of a remote server remote from the local machine, such that the relative references are only natively resolvable by the remote server. The method further includes translating the relative references to local references. The local references are resolvable by the local machine such that the local machine can resolve the local references to the resources.
US08745580B2
Described is a technology in a programming (development and/or runtime) environment by which data type mismatches between the output and input of computer program software components (e.g., APIs) are detected, with the output transparently converted such that the converted input may be understood by the inputting component. When components are interconnected in a programming environment, metadata associated with those components is evaluated to determine a type mismatch, e.g., between objects and arrays. If mismatched, an output object is converted to a single-element array for input, or alternatively, an output array is converted to a series of objects, each object sent within a loop for input. The transparent conversion may be performed by the programming environment during runtime, or by inserting conversion code prior to compilation.
US08745578B2
A system for eliminating false-positive reports resulting from static analysis of computer software is provided herein. The system includes the following components executed by a processor: a modeler configured to model a computer code into a model that defines sources, sinks, and flows; a static analyzer configured to apply static analysis to the code or the model, to yield reports indicative of at least one issue relating to one or more of the flows; a preconditions generator configured to generate preconditions for eliminating false-positive issues in the reports, based on the model and user-provided input; and a preconditions checker configured to apply the generated preconditions to the reports for eliminating false-positive issues in the reports.
US08745575B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to administering and automating operations in a component based application and provide a method, system and computer program product for the pattern based administration of operations in a component based computing solution. In one embodiment of the invention, a composite application data processing system enabled for pattern based administration of an operation can include a dependency matrix model, a set of artifacts, each artifact associated with a particular action for a particular computing platform, and a pattern generated operation task control enabled to process an instance of the dependency matrix model through an invocation of selected ones of the artifacts.
US08745568B2
A method for determining relevance values representing a relevance of a combination of an input node of a first number of input nodes with a measurement node of a second number of measurement nodes for a detection of a fault on a chip applies a third number of tests at the first number of input nodes, measures for each test of the third plurality of tests a signal at each of the second number of measurement nodes to obtain for each measurement node of the second number of measurement nodes a third number of measurement values, and determines the relevance values, wherein each relevance value is calculated based on a correlation between the third number of test input choices defined for the input node of the respective combination and the third number of measurement values associated to the measurement node of the respective combination.
US08745567B1
A logical congestion metric analysis engine predicts pre-placement routing congestion of integrated circuit designs. The engine uses a method employing new congestion-predicting metrics derived from structural register transfer level (RTL). The method compares multiple metrics to those stored in a knowledge base to predict routing congestion. The knowledge base contains routing results for multiple designs using the same technology. For each design the knowledge base holds pre-placement metric values and the corresponding post-placement and routing congestion results. A logical congestion debug tool allows users to visualize and fix congestion issues.
US08745566B1
A method for designing a system on a programmable logic device (PLD) is disclosed. Routing resources are selected for a user specified signal on the PLD in response to user specified routing constraints. Routing resources are selected for a non-user specified signal on the PLD without utilizing the user specified routing constraints.
US08745562B2
A design method of on-board wiring for a designed circuit includes determining a severity as a crosstalk prevention index for a pair of wires based on a generated noise level of a damaging side wire and a permissible noise level of a damaged side wire. The pair of wires is then assigned a severity class (SC) based on the severity determined. The SC is a pre-defined value range(s) for severity classification. Based on a preset SC specific permissible value list, one or more by-design permissible values belonging to the SC is generated for a design element of the pair of wires. A layout of the pair of wires on a board is constructed based on the by-design permissible value.
US08745561B1
A system and method are provided for common path pessimism removal or reduction (CPPR) in a timing database provided to guide transformative physical optimization/correction of a circuit design for an IC product to remedy operational timing violations detected in the circuit design. Pessimism is reduced through generation of a common path pessimism removal (CPPR) tree structure of branching nodes, and operational timing characteristics of each node. The CPPR tree structure is used to avoid exponential phases propagating in an exploratory manner through the system design, as well as the resultant memory footprint thereof. Additionally, back-tracing node-by-node through the circuit design for each and every launch and capture flip flop pair end point through each possible path thereof is avoided.
US08745554B2
The present disclosure provides an integrated circuit design method in many different embodiments. An exemplary IC design method comprises providing an IC design layout of a circuit in a first technology node; migrating the IC design layout of the circuit to a second technology node; applying an electrical patterning (ePatterning) modification to the migrated IC design layout according to an electrical parameter of the circuit; and thereafter fabricating a mask according to the migrated IC design layout of the circuit in the second technology node.
US08745551B2
Described herein are methods for matching the characteristics of a lithographic projection apparatus to a reference lithographic projection apparatus, where the matching includes optimizing illumination source and projection optics characteristics. The projection optics can be used to shape wavefront in the lithographic projection apparatus. According to the embodiments herein, the methods can be accelerated by using linear fitting algorithm or using Taylor series expansion using partial derivatives of transmission cross coefficients (TCCs).
US08745550B2
The present disclosure describes an OPC method of preparing data for forming a mask. The method includes setting a plurality of dissection points at the main feature and further includes setting a target point at the main feature. The method includes arranging the two dissection points crossing the main feature symmetrically each other. The method includes separating two adjacent dissection points at one side of the main feature by a maximum resolution of the mask writer. The method includes dividing the main feature into a plurality of segments using the dissection points. The method includes performing an OPC convergence simulation to a target point. The method includes correcting the segments belonging to an ambit of the target point and further includes correcting the segment shared by two ambits.
US08745544B2
A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.
US08745537B1
In an embodiment, a method for managing and monitoring a graphical top model includes executing the graphical top model. The graphical top model references multiple instances of at least one graphical model. The method also generates a graphical user interface that displays a component from a graphical model. The displayed component is referenced by at least two of the model instances. The graphical user interface displays a current calling hierarchy indicative of a specific model instance that is associated with the displayed component.
US08745533B2
A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to display a web-page; a memory configured to store a first internet driving program and a second internet driving program for executing the web-page; a wireless communication module configured to access an internet server; a user input unit configured to receive a user input signal; and a controller configured to display an internet program sort option menu on the display unit based on the user input signal from the user input unit during an attempt to display the web-page by accessing the internet server through the wireless communication module through the first internet driving program stored in the memory, to terminate the first internet driving program, and to execute the second internet driving program, by the internet program sort option menu.
US08745525B1
Aspects of this disclosure are directed to presentation of graphical windows on a device. The graphical windows may be generated from one or more applications executing on the device. The device may receive a user gesture to modify a size of a first graphical window. The device may determine one or more attributes of the user gesture. The device may modify the size of the first graphical window based on the determination. The device may then display at least a portion of a second graphical window previously occluded or displaced off-screen by the first graphical window before the size of the first graphical window was modified. The size of the second graphical window may be substantially similar to the modified size of the first graphical window.
US08745524B2
A display method is disclosed. The display method includes the following steps. Capture a facial feature of a user to obtain an image. Process the image to obtain a viewing angle of the user. Scroll page content displayed by a display element according to the viewing angle of the user. A display device is also disclosed.
US08745513B2
Some embodiments provide methods for displaying representative organizations of content. These methods display a plurality of representations, detect a command to implement a first content zoom, select first and second organizations of content associated with first and second representations, evaluate metadata associated with the first and second organizations of content to identify first levels of additional content associated with the first and second organizations of content, where the additional contents are descriptive of the first levels of detail of the first and second organizations, and display third and fourth representations of the first and second organizations of content, respectively, and the first level of the first and second additional contents.
US08745506B2
Embodiments provide navigable and other information to users. In an embodiment, a handheld computing device can be configured to provide a navigable map that includes a number of map list items corresponding to aspects of an underlying data structure. In one embodiment, a process includes displaying a number of linked list items of a navigable list map in a first display portion and displaying a preview of pertinent information associated with an item in a second display portion. Other embodiments are available.
US08745503B2
A system includes a server environment and a management station. The server environment includes hardware servers. At least some of the servers can be characterized by a hierarchy of partitions. The management station provides an administrative interface. The administrative interface provides a display that displays alternate views of a graphical representation of the server environment. Each of the views has graphical partition elements corresponding to at least some of the partitions nested with graphic server elements corresponding to at least some of the hardware servers. At least some of the graphical partition elements include links that, when activated, cause the graphical representation to switch to another of its views in which is highlighted a graphical partition element that was not highlighted in the previous view.
US08745502B2
A system and method for interfacing interactive systems with social networks and media playback devices is described. For example, a system for generating and interacting with media content is described. In one embodiment, the system includes an interactive system that displays media content, wherein the interactive system includes a first computer and sensors for recording a user's interaction with the displayed media content, and a kiosk that allows a user to share the interactive media content with social networks and media playback devices, wherein the interactive media content includes the media content and metadata representing the user's recorded interaction with the media content.
US08745497B2
An interactive presentation environment for eMeetings or the like that provides participants with more control over what they see and hear. One embodiment of the interactive presentation environment comprises a meeting recorder adapted to create a recording of a live meeting and a navigation control for selecting a portion of the recording to view during the live meeting. Some embodiment may further comprise a timeline control containing a first graphical indicator associated with a live position and a second graphical indicator associated with a current position, a bookmark control adapted to mark a portion of the recording for archiving, and a display operatively connected to the meeting recorder and the navigation control.
US08745496B2
The present invention can include electronic devices having variable input/output interfaces that can allow a user to interact with the devices with greater efficiency and in a more ergonomic manner. An electronic device of the present invention can display icons associated with user-programmable parameters of a media file. By interacting with the icons, a user can change the user-programmable parameters during playback of the media file. Changes to the user-programmable parameters can affect playback of the remainder of the media file. An electronic device of the present invention also can automatically re-orient images shown on a display and re-configure user input components based on the orientation of the electronic device.
US08745495B2
A method of controlling a mobile terminal is provided. The method may include displaying an icon on the mobile terminal indicating that at least one access-failed website is currently accessible by the mobile terminal. The at least one access-failed website may be a website that the mobile terminal previously failed to access. In response to selection of the icon displayed on the mobile terminal, a website list may be displayed on the mobile terminal. The website list may include information of the access-failed website that is currently accessible.
US08745487B2
Methods and systems herein receive a selection of at least one variable data printing (VDP) pattern from a first user to compose an initial sample design. The methods receive image, text, and graphics into the initial sample design from the first user and the user tags such image, text and graphics with VDP pattern elements. The processes of receiving the image, text, and graphics and tagging alter the initial sample design into the tagged sample design. Further, the methods and systems can automatically convert the tagged sample design into at least one different format file. The methods and systems can automatically provide the different format file to at least one second user. Additionally, the second user can include data components into the different format file to support the composition of a targeted marketing campaign sample.
US08745486B2
A computer output display system is provided. The system includes a layout component to determine one or more rendering rules that are applicable to a subset of display output controls. A format component communicates the rendering rules via a generic protocol that is employed by the subset of display output controls to render a display.
US08745483B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for visually indicating relationships among cells in a spreadsheet. Each of a first graphical linking element extending between cells in a first branch of a dependency tree of a root cell and a second graphical linking element extending between cells in a second branch of the dependency tree of the root cell is independently displayed and hidden.
US08745480B2
An on-demand hyperlink computer search tool implements a method of providing hyperlinked search results that overlay a computer document. The method includes selecting an object in a computer document, submitting the object to a search engine, receiving results, categorizing the results as clusters and displaying the clusters. The clusters are displayed in layers on the same page as the computer document and over the object. Furthermore, an “additional object” may be selected from the clusters. If the selected “additional object” hyperlinks to a specific website, the website is retrieved. If not, the method repeats the process iteratively until “another additional object” that is selected hyperlinks to a specific website.
US08745479B2
Method for utilizing digital content is provided. The method includes controlling a throughput rate for utilizing the digital content by an accessing system, where the throughput rate is associated with information related to the digital content and is stored as a file. The throughput rate is controlled by a storage system that is operationally coupled to the accessing system.
US08745478B2
A system and method are provided for automatically generating an inspiration board. The system and method involves inputting at least one term into a computer system. Based on the inputted term, at least one image is selected from a database of images stored in the computer system and at least one pattern from a database of patterns stored in the computer system. The inspiration board is assembled by the computer system using the image and the pattern.
US08745471B2
An encoding method and an encoder for creating a low-density parity check convolution code (LDDC-CC), sending a signal sequence after subjecting the code to an error-correction using the low-density parity check convolution code, and creating a low-density parity check code of a time-variant period (3g) by linear operations of first to 3g-th (letter g designates a positive integer) parity check polynomials and input data.
US08745458B2
A data retransmission method for retransmitting a data using a wireless communication, including: receiving data transmitted from a transmitting apparatus; determining whether the received data is correct or not; transmitting data including information indicating that the received data is received correctly to the transmitting apparatus upon being determined the received data is correct, and transmitting data including information indicating that the received data is not received correctly to the transmitting apparatus upon being determined the received data is not correct; measuring an elapsed time from transmission of the data including information indicating that the received data is not received correctly; and monitoring whether to receive data corresponding to the received data from the transmitting apparatus before the elapsed time reaches a predetermined time.
US08745457B2
Methods and structure are provided for routing internal operational signals of a circuit for output via an external interface. The structure includes an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a block of circuitry components operable to generate internal operational signals for performing designated functions during normal operation of the circuit, a control unit, a test signal routing hierarchy, and an external interface. The test signal routing hierarchy is coupled to receive the internal operational signals and controllably selects the internal operational signals for acquisition and applies them to the control unit. The external interface provides communications between the integrated circuit and an external device during normal operation of the integrated circuit. The control unit receives the selected internal operational signals from the test signal routing hierarchy, and applies the selected internal operational signals to the external interface during normal operation of the integrated circuit.
US08745452B2
A resistive memory device and a system and method for testing the resistive memory device are provided. The resistive memory device includes a plurality of bit lines comprising at least one dummy bit line to which a plurality of resistive memory cells are connected, a conducting wire connected to the dummy bit line, a first switching element positioned between the dummy bit line and an external device outside the resistive memory device, and a second switching element positioned between the conducting wire and the external device. Accordingly, the operational reliability of the resistive memory device may be increased.
US08745446B2
An integrated circuit includes a bus; a processing unit configured to execute a user program; and a debugging circuit connected to the bus, the debugging circuit transferring a command in a command register to the processing unit via the bus in response to a command transfer request from the processing unit, wherein, when the processing unit halts the execution of the user program and makes a request for the command transfer request to the debugging circuit, the debugging circuit makes a response for freeing the use right of the bus from the processing unit in a period between the command transfer request and the command transfer operation.
US08745441B2
Techniques for transparently replacing a processor, that receives interrupts in a partitioned computing device, with a replacement processor, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, methods are discussed for directing the interrupts to an unchangeable identifier mapped to the processor's identifier and replacing the processor with the replacement processor. An intermediary, such as an I/O APIC, is used for storing the unchangeable identifier. The mapping may use logical mode delivery, physical mode delivery, or interrupt mapping.
US08745438B2
Techniques are disclosed for reducing impact of a switch failure in a switch fabric. In one embodiment, a server system is provided that includes a midplane, one or more server cards and one or more switch cards. The midplane may include a fabric interconnect for a switch fabric. The one or more server cards may be coupled with the midplane, where each server card is hot-swappable from the midplane. The one or more switch cards may also be coupled with the midplane, where each switch card is also hot-swappable from the midplane. Each switch card includes one or more switch modules, and each switch module is configured to switch network traffic for at least one server card.
US08745425B2
Provided is a computer system in which power consumption of the system can be reduced and which can smoothly supply data for a request from a client and avoid increase in a failure rate. In the computer system, by maintaining a power activation threshold for activating a stopping server blade and load balance threshold for assigning the request to a server blade, a server blade whose power is activated but to which the request from the client is not assigned is previously arranged. Priorities of the server blades are maintained, and are periodically changed or are changed in accordance with operation information such as total operation time and the number of times of activation/stop. Further, by maintaining the power activation threshold and a power stop threshold, possibilities of the unbalance among the activated/stopped server blades and frequent control of the activation/stop only in a part of server blades are avoided.
US08745424B2
An information processing system has a power supply section which detects a predetermined potential applied to a USB terminal and supplying the potential as a source potential, an information detection section which detects the predetermined information supplied to the USB terminal, and a processing section which executes, subsequent to the detection of the predetermined potential, the encoding process or the decoding process in accordance with at least the operating information supplied from the operation key arranged on the body and in accordance with the predetermined information supplied to the USB terminal after detection of the predetermined information. The recording and reproducing operation can be performed with the operating key on the body with power supplied only from the USB terminal.
US08745419B2
A processor includes a device providing a throttling power output signal. The throttling power output signal is used to determine when to logically throttle the power consumed by the processor. At least one core in the processor includes a pipeline having a decode pipe; and a logical power throttling unit coupled to the device to receive the output signal, and coupled to the decode pipe. Following the logical power throttling unit receiving the power throttling output signal satisfying a predetermined criterion, the logical power throttling unit causes the decode pipe to reduce an average number of instructions decoded per processor cycle without physically changing the processor cycle or any processor supply voltages.
US08745414B2
Unsecure system software and secure system software on the same computer system is switched between. A computer system includes one or more processors, which may not have any built-in security features, memory, and firmware. The memory stores secure system software and unsecure system software. In response to receiving a user signal, the firmware switches from the unsecure system software running on the processors to the secure system software running on the processors (and back again). While the unsecure system software is running, the secure system software is protected from tampering by the unsecure system software.
US08745412B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a controller module as well as a universal interface module and a semiconductor memory medium module, which are connected electrically with the controller module respectively. The device also includes a one-time programmable memory, which stores a unique serial number. This one-time programmable memory is provided within the controller module or the semiconductor memory medium module. The number sequence of the unique serial number contained in each of the semiconductor memory device is different from that of another semiconductor memory device. While providing a mobile data storage function, this invention adopts a security technology to prevent from illegal data reading/writing. This increases significantly the difficulty in decrypting the data of a legal user, subsequently improving the security of the stored data of the user greatly. This invention also provides a method for realizing secure data storage with this semiconductor memory device. With the help of the unique serial number in this semiconductor memory device, the user can protect the stored data. This invention can be extensively used in information security fields, including ID authentication, copyright protection, etc.
US08745407B2
A virtual machine or hardware processor for an IC-card portable electronic device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a remote decryption unit, and associated objects for storing an executable program in an encrypted format in the non-volatile memory. The IC-card stores a licence key to encrypt and decrypt the executable program through an IC-card interface. The IC-card interface extracts and encrypts the operands of the plain executable program into encrypted operands so as to not limit performance. The remote decryption unit detects if an instruction contains encrypted operands, and queries a decryption to the IC-card interface. The IC-card interface decrypts the encrypted operands and re-encrypts the just decrypted operands into obscured operands through a dynamic obscuration key.
US08745403B2
Content screening operations are facilitated in devices that receive a content that is subject to screening obligations. When such a content is received at a device, a watermark extraction record is obtained and accessed to fulfill content screening obligations. Upon the receipt of such an extraction record, verification of the received extraction record is carried out based on a verification rate. If the verification is successful for an extraction record with permissive information, the verification rate is decreased, thereby reducing the processing load of the device. If the verification is unsuccessful, the verification rate is increased, which can adversely affect the processing load of the device.
US08745395B2
If a smart card is to be used for a particular purpose, and there is no certificate initialized on the smart card for this purpose, a computerized device enables a user to select one of the certificates already installed in the smart card for the particular purpose. The selected certificate may be imported into the computerized device.
US08745387B2
A system for security management for applications associated with multiple user registries can include an integrated console configured to host a one or more applications or resource objects in corresponding realms. The system also can include one or more roles mapped to different ones of the resource objects and also to different users permitted to access the integrated console. The system yet further can include a user relationship system having associations with multiple different ones of the roles. Finally, the system can include console security management logic programmed to manage authentication for the users using realm of the resource object while not requiring a separate user registry for the integrated console.
US08745386B2
Single-use authentication methods for accessing encrypted data stored on a protected volume of a computer are described, wherein access to the encrypted data involves decrypting a key protector stored on the computer that holds a volume-specific cryptographic key needed to decrypt the protected volume. Such single-use authentication methods rely on the provision of a key protector that can only be used once and/or that requires a new access credential for each use. In certain embodiments, a challenge-response process is also used as part of the authentication method to tie the issuance of a key protector and/or access credential to particular pieces of information that can uniquely identify a user.
US08745382B2
The method for the transmission of media data from a multicast service by a first apparatus to a plurality of second apparatuses is suitable for preventing reception of the media data by an unauthorized second apparatus using a security process. A first apparatus is provided which can be used to provide the media data protected by a security process. A third apparatus is provided which can be used to perform the security process with the first apparatus, performance of the security process between the first apparatus and the third apparatus and, on the basis of this, interchange of at least security data between the first apparatus and the third apparatus in order to provide the media data. A second apparatus is selected which can be used to perform at least one reception process for receiving the media data. A first data transmission link is selected which can be used to couple the first apparatus and the second apparatus at least for the purpose of transmitting the media data. The provided media data is received using the second apparatus via the first data transmission link.
US08745380B2
A method and system for pre-encoding a cached CRL is described.
US08745378B1
A system and method for validating SCEP certificate enrollment that enforces the pairing of a SCEP challenge password and a set of expected certificate request content. A SCEP Validation Service or software residing in another system component whether a certificate request is legitimate by comparing it to registered SCEP challenges and associated expected certificate request content. This system and method addresses a privilege-escalation vulnerability in prior SCEP-based systems that could lead to a practical attack.
US08745373B2
An information handling system including a receiver for inbound data destined for delivery to a network node, an encryption recognition engine operable to identify whether the inbound data received by the receiver is encrypted and an encryption policy application engine operable to apply encryption policy to the inbound data on the basis of encryption properties identified by the encryption recognition engine in the inbound data. The system may further include an encryption engine operable to selectively encrypt the inbound data on the basis of the encryption policy as applied by the encryption policy application engine and a packet delivery engine operable to deliver the inbound data to its destination.
US08745371B2
Devices located on a back end of a web application in a private cloud may establish secure communications to other back end devices or client devices with a secure boot device integrated in the back end device. The secure boot device enables the back end component to cryptographically split data and encrypt data for transmission to other devices through a secure communications link. The secure communications link may improve security on private cloud networks. Further the secure communications link may improve security to allow back end devices to be located remote to other back end devices.
US08745368B2
A notebook computer is disclosed. The notebook computer comprises a display, a power switch, a proximity sensor, a memory, and a control unit. The proximity sensor and the power switch are disposed adjacent to each other for sensing an object approaching the power switch to output a sensing signal. The memory stores a basic input output system (BIOS). The control unit performs at least part of a power on self test (POST) according to the sensing signal and the BIOS before the display shows an image, and controls the display to display the image after the power switch is triggered.
US08745362B2
A processor resource manager assigns a branch history resource to a first execution mode. The branch history resource is utilized for predicting a branch direction of a branch instruction. Next, the resource manager logs a number of branch mispredictions that occur while the processor executes a second execution mode. The resource manager, in turn, reassigns the branch history resource to the second execution mode based upon the number of branch mispredictions.
US08745357B2
A method and a corresponding apparatus provide for remapping for wear leveling of a memory. The method is implemented as logic and includes the steps of receiving a memory operation, the memory operation including a logical memory address; dividing the logical address into a logical block address portion, a logical line address portion, and a logical subline address portion; translating the logical block address portion into a physical block address; selecting a line remap key; applying the line remap key to the logical line address portion to produce a physical line address; producing a physical subline address portion; and combining the physical block, line, and subline address portions to produce a physical address for the memory operation.
US08745350B2
Various embodiments for defragmentation of a storage volume in a computing storage environment by a processor device are provided. A volume table of contents (VTOC) is serialized for a volume scan operation. At least one dummy data set in the storage volume is allocated, to be subsequently filled with actual data pursuant to a degragmentation operation. Input/output (I/O) operations are allowed to occur.
US08745348B1
A method of writing data to a storage device that uses a first data block size, from a host system that uses a second data block size, different from the first data block size, includes receiving a request from the host system to write a host data block to the storage device, reading a storage device data block from a first location on the storage device to a buffer, where the storage device data block corresponds to the host data block, modifying the storage device data block based on the host data block, restricting writing of the modified storage device data block into the first location, and storing the modified storage device data block to a second location, different from the restricted first location. After acknowledging success of the storing, the restricting of writing of the modified storage device data block into the first location may be lifted.
US08745334B2
An improved sectored cache replacement algorithm is implemented via a method and computer program product. The method and computer program product select a cache sector among a plurality of cache sectors for replacement in a computer system. The method may comprise selecting a cache sector to be replaced that is not the most recently used and that has the least amount of modified data. In the case in which there is a tie among cache sectors, the sector to be replaced may be the sector among such cache sectors with the least amount of valid data. In the case in which there is still a tie among cache sectors, the sector to be replaced may be randomly selected among such cache sectors. Unlike conventional sectored cache replacement algorithms, the improved algorithm implemented by the method and computer program product accounts for both hit rate and bus utilization.
US08745327B1
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for controlling prioritization of tiering and spin down features in a data storage system. The method is performed at a data storage array comprising a plurality of physical data storage disks for storing data and includes identifying data that is infrequently accessed. The infrequently accessed data is relocated to a subset of the physical data storage disks designated for storing infrequently accessed data and the spin rate of the subset of the disks is reduced.
US08745325B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using an attribute of a write request to determine where to cache data in a storage system having multiple caches including non-volatile storage cache in a sequential access storage device. Received modified tracks are cached in the non-volatile storage device integrated with the sequential access storage device in response to determining to cache the modified tracks. A write request having modified tracks is received. A determination is made as to whether an attribute of the received write request satisfies a condition. The received modified tracks for the write request are cached in the non-volatile storage device in response to determining that the determined attribute does not satisfy the condition. A destage request is added to a request queue for the received write request having the determined attribute not satisfying the condition.
US08745322B2
A non-volatile memory system of a type having blocks of memory cells erased together and which are programmable from an erased state in units of a large number of pages per block. If the data of only a few pages of a block are to be updated, the updated pages are written into another block provided for this purpose. Updated pages from multiple blocks are programmed into this other block in an order that does not necessarily correspond with their original address offsets. The valid original and updated data are then combined at a later time, when doing so does not impact on the performance of the memory. If the data of a large number of pages of a block are to be updated, however, the updated pages are written into an unused erased block and the unchanged pages are also written to the same unused block. By handling the updating of a few pages differently, memory performance is improved when small updates are being made. The memory controller can dynamically create and operate these other blocks in response to usage by the host of the memory system.
US08745315B2
A memory system includes nonvolatile physical memory, such as flash memory, that exhibits a wear mechanism asymmetrically associated with write operations. A relatively small cache of volatile memory reduces the number of writes, and wear-leveling memory access methods distribute writes evenly over the nonvolatile memory.
US08745313B2
A memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory having blocks, the block being data erasing unit; and a controller configured to execute; an update processing for; writing superseding data in a block, the superseding data being treated as valid data; and invalidating superseded data having the same logical address as the superseding data, the superseded data being treated as invalid data; and a compaction processing for; retrieving blocks having invalid data using a management tablet the management table managing blocks in a linked list format for each number of valid data included in the block; selecting a compaction source block having at least one valid data from the retrieved blocks; copying a plurality of valid data included in the compaction source blocks into a compaction target block; invalidating the plurality of valid data in the compaction source blocks; and releasing the compaction source blocks in which all data are invalidated.
US08745307B2
An approach identifies an amount of high order bits used to store a memory address in a memory address field that is included in a memory. This approach calculates at least one minimum number of low order bits not used to store the address with the calculation being based on the identified amount of high order bits. The approach retrieves a data element from one of the identified minimum number of low order bits of the address field and also retrieves a second data element from one of the one of the identified minimum number of low order bits of the address field.
US08745302B2
A system and method are provided that support a routing using a tree-like or graph topology that supports multiple links per node, where each link is designated as an Up, Down, or Lateral link, or both, within the topology. The system may use a segmented MAC architecture which may have a method of re-purposing MAC IP addresses for inside MACs and outside MACs, and leveraging what would normally be the physical signaling for the MAC to feed into the switch.
US08745298B2
A diabetes management system is provided that supports connectivity of applications residing on a medical device. The diabetes management system includes a medical device that performs a diabetes care function in relation to a patient and a diabetes care management device in data communication with the medical device. The diabetes care management device is comprised generally of a connection management module and at least one application separate from the connection management module. The connection management module is configured to receive an associate request from the medical device and operable to establish a data connection with the medical device in accordance with IEEE standard 11073, such that the applications interacts with the connection management module to communicate via the data connection with the medical device.
US08745295B2
A method for executing a migrated execution context by a storage controller, the method includes: determining, by a management entity, to migrate an execution context from a source computer to the storage controller in response to a fulfillment of a first criterion; and migrating the execution context to the storage controller; wherein the source computer is coupled to the storage controller.
US08745291B2
Inter-processor communication (IPC) apparatus and a method for providing communication between two processors having a shared memory, the IPC apparatus including an arbitrated bus coupling the processors to one another and to the memory, a buffer in the shared memory associated with each processor, and at least one pair of First In First Out hardware units (FIFOs) coupled to each processor, the FIFOs holding pointers to addresses in the buffer associated with that processor, wherein a first of the pair of FIFOs (an empty buffer FIFO) is configured to hold pointers to empty portions of the buffer while the second of the pair of FIFOs (a message FIFO) is configured to hold pointers to portions of the buffer having data therein.
US08745282B2
Methods operable on a storage controller and related structure are provided for responding to inquiry commands from a host for a storage device. A command requesting information about a storage device is received from a host. In response to the command, the storage controller determines that the storage device is not initialized, and begins an initialization process for the storage device. Information received from the storage device during the initialization process is stored for completing a response to the inquiry. A response to the inquiry is transmitted to the host based on the stored information to complete the inquiry without waiting for the storage device to complete the initialization.
US08745281B2
A device includes an interface configured to receive an indication of a second device on a network, and a processor configured to determine if the indication is one of an expected set of indications and generate a permanent node address for assignment to the second device if the indication is one of an expected set of indications. The permanent node address places the second device into an active mode as a permanent node addressed device. The processor is further configured to receive at least one device parameter from the permanent node addressed device, determine if the at least one device parameter matches an expected device parameter for the permanent node addressed device, and generate a second permanent node address for assignment to the device if the at least one device parameter matches the expected device parameter for the permanent node addressed device.
US08745277B2
A command portal enables a host system to send non-standard or “vendor-specific” storage subsystem commands to a storage subsystem using an operating system (OS) device driver that does not support or recognize such non-standard commands. The architecture thereby reduces or eliminates the need to develop custom device drivers that support the storage subsystem's non-standard commands. To execute non-standard commands using the command portal, the host system embeds the non-standard commands in blocks of write data, and writes these data blocks to the storage subsystem using standard write commands supported by standard OS device drivers. The storage subsystem extracts and executes the non-standard commands. The non-standard commands may alternatively be implied by the particular target addresses used. The host system may retrieve execution results of the non-standard commands using standard read commands. The host-side functionality of the command portal may be embodied in an API that is made available to application developers.
US08745276B2
A method for data transfer includes receiving in an input/output (I/O) operation data to be written to a specified virtual address in a host memory. Upon receiving the data, it is detected that a first page that contains the specified virtual address is swapped out of the host memory. Responsively to detecting that the first page is swapped out, the received data are written to a second, free page in the host memory, and the specified virtual address is remapped to the free page.
US08745271B2
A method, device and computer program product for multiple identity recognition includes receiving a first communication from a sender addressed to a recipient using a first identity. A determination may be made as to whether the sender has multiple identities, and in response to determining that the sender has multiple identities, information regarding the identities of the sender is retrieved. The identities of the sender may be associated together so that the recipient may be provided an indication that the sender has at least one identity other than the first identity.
US08745260B2
Systems and methods for providing the progressive download of media content using techniques that preferentially identify and use periods of surplus network capacity to maintain the content delivery. A buffer of a receiving system is maintained and pre-filled with enough content to bridge playback intervals where a network is unable to deliver content as fast as it is played out. Content delivery does not impact other users' applications and use of the network and its resources since content is preferentially sent when surplus network capacity exists in the network. When no surplus network capacity is available, a user requesting content may be given the option to continue the delivery in the background so that the content may be played at a later time. The user may then resume their playback experience once the content has been completely delivered using surplus network capacity as it becomes available.
US08745253B2
A client device obtains an Internet Protocol (IP) address in response to completion of an authentication protocol process. The IP address can be provided in accordance with, for example, the dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP). The authentication protocol can be, for example, that which is defined by the IEEE 802.1x standard. When a client device detects completion of the 802.1x authentication process, it issues a DHCP request to the network.
US08745249B2
The present invention relates generally to intelligence virtualization system and method to support social media cloud service and more particularly to multi agent structure automatically performing intelligent virtualization method for service resource for a user's access and allocation of virtualized resources and more particularly to a intelligence virtualization system and method to support social media cloud service that automates learning process of multi agents for distribution of new social media service resources and service resource management of additional component of social media cloud computing.
US08745247B1
A notification signal, intended to be received by a wireless communication device, is repetitively broadcast by a portable activity-monitoring device that generates user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device. The notification signal conveys information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device.
US08745244B2
A method for implementing Policy and Charging Control (PCC) in a multi-Packet Data Network (PDN) scenario is disclosed. The method includes: a Visited Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (VPCRF) that receives PCC rules and the S9 sub-session information associated with the PCC rules from a Home Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (HPCRF), and sends the PCC rules according to the S9 sub-session information.
US08745240B2
The invention relates to systems and methods of global load balancing in a content delivery network having a plurality of edge servers which may be distributed across multiple geographic locations. According to one aspect of the invention, a global load balancing system includes a first load balancing server for receiving a packet requesting content to be delivered to a client, selecting one of the plurality of edge servers to deliver the requested content to the client, and forwarding the packet across a network connection to a second load balancing server, which forwards the packet to the selected edge server. The selected edge server, in response to receiving the packet, sends across a network connection the requested content with an address for direct delivery to the client, thereby allowing the requested content to be delivered to the client while bypassing a return path through the first load balancing server.
US08745227B2
Techniques for distributed and secure content delivery are provided. Requests for content are routed to a centralized service where the requestors are authenticated for access to the content. The centralized service generates access statements for the requesters. The requestors are redirected to particular distributed content services having access to the desired content. The distributed content services verify the access statements and vend the desired content to the requestors.
US08745223B2
A distributed license management system and method for managing software licenses are provided. The disturbed license management system comprises a repository for storing workstation information, a message interceptor for intercepting a message call coming from a workstation to a server, a workstation identification module for determining if a workstation identifier associated with the message call is defined in the repository, and a device verification module for allowing access to the server if a device identifier of a workstation is associated with the workstation identifier. The method comprises the steps of storing workstation information, intercepting a message call coming from a workstation to a server, determining if a workstation identifier associated with the message call is defined in stored workstation information, and allowing access to the server if a device identifier of the workstation is associated with the workstation identifier.
US08745221B1
A point of presence includes edge servers having IP addresses and storing content, a switch/router that receives and forwards requests for content to the edge servers, a health monitoring server that gathers health information from the edge servers, and a dynamic request rerouting (DRR) server. The DRR server is connected with each of the edge servers. If the DRR server obtains a determination that one of the edge servers is down, it advertises a route including the IP address of the down edge server to the switch/router. The switch/router forwards a request for content, originally addressed to the down server, to the DRR server. The DRR server forwards the request to a working server that stores the content. The working server sends the content to the DRR server, the DRR server forwards the content back to the switch/router, and the switch/router responds to the original request with the content.
US08745220B2
A method comprising obtaining a credential associated with a first device in a device group, the device group having a shared data allocation available to the device group, the shared data allocation establishing an amount of communication over a first wireless network; determining, based on the credential, that the first device is authorized to set or change an aspect of a policy applicable when a second device in the device group is connected to the first wireless network; obtaining, from the first device, a user preference; and provisioning, based on the user preference and the determination that the first device is authorized to set or change the at least an aspect of the policy for the second device, one or more network elements to at least assist in enforcing or applying the policy when the second device is connected to the first wireless network.
US08745215B2
The embodiments facilitate the analysis of application delays, including delays that occur on multiple paths. A trace file of an application's network events is processed to categorize the causes of delays incurred in the propagation and processing of these events. The system identifies the amount of delay that can be eliminated by eliminating each of the components of delay individually, as well as the amount of delay that can be eliminated by eliminating combinations of the delay components. A user interface displays the amount of reduction that can be achieved by eliminating various delays alone or in combination. The interface also allows the user to view the individual delay components contained in combinations of delay components. In this manner, the user is provided a view of each of the delay components that would need to be addressed, either individually or in combination, to improve the overall application delay.
US08745212B2
A method and system for improving access to network content are described. Aspects of the disclosure minimize the delay between a navigation event and a network response by prerendering the next navigation event. For example, the method and system may predict a likely next uniform resource locator during web browsing to preemptively request content from the network before the user selects the corresponding link on a web page. The methods and systems describe a variety of manners for prerendering content and managing and configuring prerendering operations.
US08745202B2
The methods track abnormal events on mobile client devices, such as web application crashes, and use that information to associate the abnormal events with device characteristics. A first method executes on mobile client devices. When a web application starts, the method looks for a crash indicator cookie in persistent memory. If the cookie does not exist, the method creates and stores it. If the cookie already exists, the method collects information about the client device, such as device type, browser type, and operating system, and sends the information to a web server. The web application deletes the cookie when the application terminates normally. A second method executes on a web server. This method receives information from client devices relating to abnormal events for web applications. The information includes device characteristics of each client device. This method stores the information and associates a pattern of abnormal events with device characteristics.
US08745198B2
During monitoring of IP network traffic, network application monitoring metrics are extracted, aggregated into logical group types and subsequently analyzed by identifying group sets of the logical group types, correlating anomalous conditions across the logically grouped and aggregated metrics, and isolating the anomalous conditions to one or more related members of the logical group types. The metrics may include usage metrics, network performance metrics and application performance metrics.
US08745195B1
A number of requests for an alternative network location are identified, where the requests for the alternative network location are generated after failure of one or more previous requests to reach a first, previous network location as a result of a network brownout. It is determined if the number of requests for the alternative network location exceed a threshold value for a period of time, and if so, an alarm is generated.
US08745193B2
A central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (“CCDSVM”) of the present invention can be expanded across network domain such as LAN, WAN, Intranet and Internet. A larger number of computing systems (computing devices) in the CCDSVM can be organized into multiple groups (service pools) within a multi-layered hierarchy. The CCDSVM includes at least a top level control computing device to control and organize a management pool that includes a plurality of middle level control computing devices, where each middle control computing device can control a corresponding service pool of a plurality of computing devices. Therefore, the CCDSVM can provide a plurality of users, each with different credential and privilege, web based accessing the CCDSVM at different levels.
US08745189B2
A method and a power-saving control device for controlling operations of a plurality of computing units are provided. The method includes pre-estimating network service demands for the computing units within a next period. The method further includes: before the next period, calculating a first number and a second number of the computing units which are expected to be respectively in a busy state and a standby state within the next period according to the pre-estimated network service demands. The method further includes controlling the computing units such that the numbers of the computing units which are in the busy state and the standby state within the next period are respectively equal to the first number and the second number.
US08745183B2
An improved system and method is provided for adaptively refreshing a web page. A base version of the web page may be partitioned into a collection of fragments. Then the collection of fragments may be compared with the corresponding fragments of a recent version of the web page to determine a divergence measurement of the difference between the base version and the recent version of the web page. The divergence measurement may be recorded in a change profile representing a change history of the web page that includes a sequence of numeric pairs indicating a time offset and a divergence measurement of the difference between a version of the web page at the time offset and a base version of the web page. The refresh period for the web page may be adjusted by applying an adaptive refresh policy using the divergence measurements recorded in the change profile.
US08745182B2
The present invention is aimed to provide a mechanism whereby a Public Service Identity identifying a service, which runs in an application service, may be created in a network both dynamically by the application server and statically by an O & M system, the means and method for the dynamic creation harmonizing with those for the static creation, and allowing a similar behavior of the network with minimum impact when the service is invoked. Therefore, the present invention provides a new method, a new central entity in the network, and enhanced Home Subscriber Server and application server, all co-operating to carry out the different embodiments for the invention.
US08745177B1
Some embodiments implement systems and methods to monitor CDN performance from the end user's perspective. To achieve full end-to-end monitoring, the systems and methods monitor the performance of Anycast routing for routing an end user to the optimal PoP of the CDN and monitor the performance of different routes that deliver content from the optimally selected PoP back to the end user. Systems and methods are also provided to leverage the monitored performance in order to automatically optimize the performance of the CDN by optimizing or modifying Anycast routing and by performing route grooming as needed to ensure that the optimal route is selected to deliver content to different sets of end users that request content from a particular PoP.
US08745174B2
A method of operating a thin client in a mapping system includes receiving, by the thin client, a map adapter from a map server; loading the map adapter in the thin client, wherein the loaded map adapter comprises a map engine; receiving, by the thin client, map data from the map server; and displaying, by the thin client, the map data in the map engine in the map adapter.
US08745171B1
A warm standby appliance is described herein. The warm standby appliance is coupled to a storage server which is coupled to one or more servers. When a server fails, the storage server transfers a backed up image to the warm standby appliance, so that the warm standby appliance is able to replicate the failed server. While the failed server is inaccessible, the warm standby appliance is able to mimic the functionality of the failed server. When a new server or repaired server is available, the warm standby appliance is no longer needed. To incorporate the new server into the system quickly and easily, the server image of the warm standby appliance is sent to the new server. After transferring the image, the warm standby appliance is cleaned and returns back to a dormant state, waiting to be utilized again.
US08745164B2
A method and system to determine whether a web page has been cached is provided. An example system comprises a cookie generator, a cookie distributor, and a cookie evaluator. The cookie distributor may be configured to provide the code to a client system, in response to a request for web content from the client system. A value of the code to be updated at the client system in response to the client system initiating a request for the web content. The cookie evaluator may be configured to compare a value of the code to the default value. The cached status detector may be configured to use a result of the comparing to determine a cached status of the web content, the cached status to indicate whether the web content has been cached by the client system.
US08745160B2
Optimization constraints are used to select an appropriate content item from an available group of content items which are ordered in a specific manner to facilitate the proper selection of the content item, even if the exact item desired is not present. The server is then able to insert the selected content item into the outgoing content page requested by the client. The optimization constraints can be, but are not limited to, anyone of the following: communication channel performance (bandwidth), client operating system, client processor, client display capabilities, client installed software (video or audio codecs for example), and/or user preferences. A software product and method enable selective delivery of content to client devices of varying performance characteristics, including varying bandwidth, by selective filtering and inclusion of markup language content using tags demarcating optional content. An optimization constraint is used to select one of the items.
US08745153B2
Improved techniques for controlling delivery (e.g., download) of application programs from a remote application repository to different client computing devices are disclosed. Application programs are often built to operate on computing devices that have certain hardware capabilities. Hence, application programs available for download from a remote application repository might not be suitable execution on all client computing devices that are able to access the remote application repository. The improved techniques for controlling delivery can operate to permit the applications to be received by only those client computing devices that have the required hardware capabilities to properly operate the application programs.
US08745152B2
There is provided a system and method for server-side avatar pre-rendering. There is provided a server for providing pre-rendered avatars, the server comprising a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive a request from a client for an avatar distinguished by a unique identifier to be pre-rendered, retrieve avatar render data using the unique identifier, process the avatar render data through an avatar pre-render application to create a pre-rendered avatar in a defined representation, write the pre-rendered avatar into the memory, and send the pre-rendered avatar from the memory to the client in response to the request. The pre-rendered avatar may further be written to a non-volatile storage, providing cached responses to future requests of the pre-rendered avatar. The avatar render data may include vectors or polygons, and the defined representations may include static bitmap images or animated video segments.
US08745149B2
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method are provided in which time data regarding certain aspects of a messaging conversation on a handheld electronic device are made available to a user. Such time data is provided, for instance, in situations where an interruption has occurred during a messaging conversation. Time data can also be provided to a user on demand in certain circumstances.
US08745135B2
In one embodiment, a scheduled collaboration session in a social network is detected, the scheduled collaboration session to occur at a time in the future and at that time provide real-time communication among participants. A plurality of participants expected to attend the scheduled collaboration session are detected. A subject matter of the scheduled collaboration session is detected. One or more key words are derived from the detected subject matter of the scheduled collaboration session. Profiles maintained in the social network for the plurality of participants expected to attend the scheduled collaboration session are updated based on the one or more key words, the updating to include refining an area of expertise indicated in the profiles.
US08745130B2
A system for enhancing group communication includes a computer server for receiving a first digital from a remote client. The server analyzes the first image to determine one or more first image attributes and communicates the image to one or more recipients. Communication information including image attributes, email addresses, and names of the recipients is stored. When a second image is received the server analyzes it to determine its attributes and forms second image communication information relevant to the second image. The second communication information includes data from the first image communication information, its image attributes, and one or more separate second image recipients.
US08745120B2
According to an embodiment, an adder includes first and second wave computing units and a threshold wave computing unit. Each of the first and second wave computing units includes a pair of first input sections, a first wave transmission medium having a continuous film including a magnetic body connected to the first input sections, and a first wave detector outputting a result of computation by spin waves induced in the first wave transmission medium by the signals corresponding to the two bit values. The threshold wave computing unit includes a plurality of third input sections, a third wave transmission medium having a continuous film including a magnetic body connected to the third input sections, and a third wave detector a result of computation by spin waves induced in the third wave transmission medium.
US08745117B2
An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) for use within a flight control system is provided. The ALU comprises a first register configured to receive a first operand, a second register configured to receive a second operand, and an adder coupled to the first register and the second register. The adder is configured to generate a sum of the first operand and the second operand and to generate intermediate sums that are used to determine a product of the first operand and the second operand.
US08745115B2
There is described a pixel sensor converter for an image sensor array. In particular, a pixel sensor converter comprising: a delta-sigma converter comprising a modulator and a decimator. In some examples, the modulator is configured to be in communication with a detector, such as a photo-detector, and is configured to sample an analogue signal received from a detector at a particular sampling rate. The modulator is further configured to provide a bit stream of a particular bit rate. The provided bit stream corresponds to a sampled analogue signal. The decimator is in communication with the modulator, and is configured to receive and modify a bit stream provided from the modulator in order to provide a digital output signal. The provided digital output signal is representative of an analogue signal received at the modulator, but having a reduced bit rate than a corresponding bit stream provided by the modulator.
US08745107B2
A method for protecting an integrated circuit. According to the method, the start-up of all, or part, of the circuit is determined in the presence of a key which is recorded in a non-volatile manner in the circuit, following the production thereof, and depends on at least one first parameter which is present in a non-volatile manner in the circuit after the production thereof.
US08745102B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for distributed storage systems. For example, a device can receive a read request for a first file, where the read request is generated by a host device. The read request is configured to access a file on the host device. The device can access mappings to identify a first mapping. The device can identify a first file on a mobile device based on the first mapping. The device can access the first file, where the accessing uses the first mapping. The device can access the first file by communicating with the mobile device to read the first file. The device can then return the first file.
US08745095B2
The present disclosure provides an advantageous systems and related methods for scalable object storage. One embodiment relates to a system that includes at least a manifest tracking subsystem and a chunk payload subsystem. The manifest tracking subsystem stores version manifests and encodes forward-references from the version manifests to chunks. The chunk payload subsystem stores the chunks and encodes back-references to version manifests that reference the chunk. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US08745079B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for searching a repository of information such as a database using a keyword search and/or an attribute search in near real time. According to one embodiment, a method of searching a repository of information can comprise receiving a set of search criteria for performing the search and selectively performing one or more of an attribute search and a keyword search of the information in the repository based on the received search criteria.
US08745063B2
A hash table controller may include a hash calculator configured to receive a key and to determine, based thereon, a first entry in a first bank of a hash table for a value associated with the key and determine a second entry in a second bank of the hash table for the value. The hash table controller also may include a table operations manager configured to determine that the first entry and the second entry are empty, and to store the value and a duplicate of the value at both the first entry and the second entry, respectively.
US08745060B2
Among other disclosures, a method may include identifying content in an electronic communication, the content including a link. The method may include characterizing content associated with the link and storing the characterization. Upon detecting a match of a characterization, presenting one or more of the communication or portion thereof, the link or content associated with the link.
US08745054B1
A system, a method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium are provided. Co-occurrences of words or terms in a group of text documents are determined. A score for each of the co-occurrences of words or terms is calculated. A graphic view is presented. The graphic view has nodes that include at least one word or term and edges that join at least two nodes and depict a relationship among the at least two nodes. A layout of the graphic view includes a minimum number of crossings of the edges.
US08745049B2
A computer-implemented method for an anonymous personalized recommendation is provided. The method includes receiving select server fingerprints selected from server fingerprints based on predetermined metrics. The server fingerprints correspond to a plurality of public entities and each server fingerprint includes encoded information about a corresponding public entity. The method also includes generating a user fingerprint based on user information associated with a user, the user fingerprint comprising encoded user information. The method further includes comparing the user fingerprint with the select server fingerprints to select a server fingerprint for recommendation, generating a recommendation of a public entity corresponding to the server fingerprint for recommendation, and displaying the recommendation. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US08745048B2
A computer implemented process for generating customized, user-specific programming for delivery over a network, each programming unit comprising one or more media items, such as song tracks, and at least one promotional media item, such as a commercial advertisement. The media items are selected in response to implicit user taste data, and promotional media items or ads are selected where a media item associated with the promotional media item matches at least one media data item identified as responsive to the user taste data. The media items and the promotional media items are selected so as to constrain the promotional program unit to incur a net cost of no more that a selected maximum cost, wherein the net cost is determined as a sum of the licensing costs of the selected media items, reduced by a sum of the expected revenues generated by the selected promotional media items.
US08745045B2
A method for searching a mailbox of a user to identify and present results relevant to the user's requirements. The mailbox comprises a plurality of e-mails. The method comprises receiving an input from the user specifying the user's requirements. The received input is used to identify one or more contexts of a search. The search is then conducted in the mailbox based on the identified context(s) to identify one or more results relevant to the input. The results are e-mails and/or e-mail attachments that match the user's requirements. The identified results are then ranked according to the extent of relevance to the received input. The results are ranked based on a plurality of pre-defined conditions. The results are then presented to the user on a display at the computer according to the ranking.
US08745039B2
A system, method and computer program product for presenting Uniform Resource Locator (URL) search results in response to a user query. The method includes receiving inputs from a plurality of users, each input from a respective user representing a path traversal of web pages identified by that user as having a relevance as determined by that user from a list of search result URLs generated by a search engine in response to a query. The system generates, from the received user inputs, a traversal result comprising a super directed graph, or a sub-directed graph constructed from the super directed graph, of web page nodes representing the URLs interconnected by edges, the super directed graph configured to include those URLs based on a popularity measure of the pages traversed; and the traversal result is displayed to include the URLs for user selection, in response to a subsequent user query.
US08745038B2
Computer-based methods, computer-readable storage media and computer systems are provided for optimizing integration flow plans. An initial integration flow plan, one or more objectives and/or an objective function related to the one or more objectives may be received as input. A computing cost of the initial integration flow plan may be compared with the objective function. Using one or more heuristics, a set of close-to-optimal integration flow plans may be identified from all possible integration flow plans that are functionally equivalent to the initial integration flow plan. A close-to-optimal integration flow plan with a lowest computing cost may be selected from the set as a replacement for the initial integration flow plan.
US08745036B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium that provide automatic and dynamic control of optimizer settings in a large complex system environment are provided. The optimizer may pursue more aggressive query execution plans and switch to a more conservative approach in cases of actual observed inaccuracies.
US08745034B1
A search server system having one or more processors and memory receives a search query including filter criteria and sort criteria from a client. The filter criteria specify a plurality of operands and a logical relationship. The sort criteria specify a predefined sort order. In response to the search query the server identifies a plurality of index portions sorted in the predefined sort order. The server identifies one or more matching entities by comparing identifiers for index entries matching filter(s) of a first operand with identifiers for index entries matching filter(s) of a second operand and sequentially retrieving the identifiers for the matching index entries corresponding to matching entities from the plurality of index portions in the predefined sort order. The server then transmits search results including representations of matching entities to the client.
US08745032B1
A filter receives a request to perform an operation in a database system, and the filter receives a resource estimate relating to the request from an optimizer. The filter determines whether the resource estimate exceeds an available resource of the database system, and if so, the filter rejects the request prior to execution of the request.
US08745030B2
A method for indexing a database of one or more objects having one or more attributes, includes determining which of said one or more attributes should receive concatenation, concatenating those of said one or more attributes that have been determined to receive concatenation, and indexing said database with those of said one or more attributes that have been concatenated.
US08745014B2
A method for storing time series data in a key-value database includes receiving time series data relating to the occurrence of an event. An addressing scheme that defines attributes for inclusion in keys for the event is analyzed. The attributes include time granularity attributes of different sizes. The method generates a key corresponding to the time series data based on the analyzing of the addressing scheme including attributes specified in the addressing scheme that are related to the event and one of the attributes represents one of the plurality of time granularity attributes. The method further issues a command to the key-value database to store a record of the occurrence of the event as a value in the key-value database where stored values in the key-value database corresponding keys may be used to satisfy queries relating to the event over a range of time.
US08745009B2
An information processor may include a command receiving unit that receives an immediate processing command in which a deletion target to be deleted from the database is conditioned, and a registration processing unit that registers information defining the deletion target into a management data unit. In addition, the information processor may include a deletion processing unit that deletes the deletion target from a database, and deregisters the deleted deletion target from the management data unit. The information processor can also include a data manipulation command processing unit, which, in the case where a data manipulation command having a manipulation target that coincides with a table of the deletion target registered in the management data unit is received, processes the data manipulation command in a state where a condition to exclude the deletion target from the manipulation target is added to the data manipulation command.
US08745006B2
This invention provides a computing system in which multiple remote copy destination sites exist and, even if a failure occurs in a copy source volume in a remote copy source site, it becomes possible in at least one remote copy destination site to establish backup in which data must be determined at a certain point in time. The computing system of this invention is characterized by, before the in-storage copy function performing in storage copy in the remote copy source site, setting the pair status of the remote copy destination volume in at least one storage system in multiple remote copy destination storage systems and the remote copy source volume to the mode for terminating remote copy and, after the in-storage copy is completed, changing the above-mentioned pair status to the mode for starting remote copy.
US08745005B1
A networked data storage system includes a primary volume and a pointer-based virtual secondary volume. The secondary volume has B-tree checkpoints of the state of a primary filesystem of the primary volume. Intermediate syncpoints are declared between checkpoint checkpoints. The syncpoints are logical locations on the secondary volume where the B-tree is known to be in a consistent state. The frequency of syncpoints may be set by an administrator in units of blocks, i.e., a syncpoint to be taken every n blocks. Before performing a B-tree split, entire images of the leaves and parent node involved in the split are written to an intent log in a relatively fast transaction that may comprise a single I/O operation to contiguous memory. Movement of data between leaf nodes and changes to the parent nodes as a result of the split operation proceed asynchronously. In the event of a reboot before the split operation is complete, the intent log is used to complete the split transaction from the most recent syncpoint. When a new syncpoint is declared, the intent log and dirty leaves are flushed.
US08745003B1
A system for processing data comprises a deduplicating system, an interface, and a processor. The deduplicating system stores a copy of data stored in a data storage system by storing a set of segments that is able to reconstruct the data stored in the data storage system. The interface receives an indication to revert data stored in the data storage system to a state of data at a snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system. The processor is configured to determine a subset of the data stored in the data storage system that has changed between the data stored in the data storage system and the state of data at the snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system using a first list of fingerprints associated with the data stored on the data storage system and a second list of fingerprints associated with the state of data at the snapshot time stored in the deduplicating system.
US08744998B2
A method begins by receiving at least a portion of a merchant master file. The method continues, for a merchant data file, by determining whether a corresponding merchant profile record exists within a merchant profile database. The method continues, when the corresponding merchant profile record exists in the merchant profile database, by comparing the merchant data file with the corresponding merchant profile record. The method continues, when an inconsistency exists between the corresponding merchant profile record and the merchant data file, by determining status of the merchant data file with respect to the at least a portion of the merchant master file. The method continues, when the status of the merchant data file is a first status level, by generating an inconsistency message that identifies the inconsistency.
US08744991B2
A knowledge tracking and analysis system and method. The method may include: an artifact evaluator that receives various use parameters for each knowledge artifact, operates on the received use parameters, and generates respective parameter scores; and a knowledge index calculator that compiles parameter scores and generates a knowledge index indicative of use of the knowledge entities during the project. The system and method allow analysis and tracking of knowledge artifacts in future projects.
US08744989B1
Method, computer-readable media, and systems for ranking content submissions and scheduling content submissions for additional voting in a distributed online community are disclosed. A statistical confidence interval is calculated for the approval ratio of each content submission based on one or more scaling formulae. A popularity ranking of the content submissions is generated based on the lower bounds of the confidence intervals calculated for the content submissions. Top-ranked content submissions in the popularity ranking are presented to users as the most popular content submissions. A voting priority ranking of the content submissions is generated based on the upper bounds of the confidence intervals calculated for the content submissions. Top-ranked content submissions in the voting priority ranking are selected as featured content submissions for additional voting. The selection of the top-ranked content submissions for additional voting is randomized based on a selected probability distribution.
US08744987B1
One or more machine learning classifiers are trained to classify cases in one or more categories using one or more sets of labeled training data. A first distribution of scores for positive cases in the training set is determined for each category, and a second distribution of scores for negative cases in the training set is determined for each category. A third distribution of scores is generated by each classifier classifying cases in a set of target data is also determined. A proportion of cases in the target set that are positive cases for a category is estimated by fitting the first distribution and the second distribution for the category to the third distribution.
US08744975B2
A system and method is provided including a central application server with a data storage unit including a plurality of client containers corresponding to a plurality of clients. Each client container stores client media content provided by a respective client. The client media content includes at least one of audio files, video files, and audio/video files. A plurality of computing devices is connected to the central application server. Each computing device receives client media content from at least one client container of the plurality of client containers. Each client container of the plurality of client containers is updated independently with client media content from each respective client.
US08744968B1
Systems, methods and computer programs provide for automated initial and final payment for an activity based on determining the location of an activity participant's mobile communication device. The described embodiments provide for the activity participant to automatically pay for the activity based on their presence at the activity location and agreement to participate. As such, the need to check-in and/or pay for the activity at a conventional payment counter is eliminated. Further, the invention provides for an automatic final payment to be made at the conclusion of the activity as opposed to having to pre-pay for the activity prior to conducting the activity. By remitting final payment at the completion of the activity, activity pricing can be accurately determined based on the amount and/or time of the activity in which the activity participant participated.
US08744967B2
A method for authenticating a financial transaction request includes receiving first information where the first information includes first party identifying information, and a unique pseudorandom number of a pseudorandom sequence included with a check from a plurality of checks. A status of activating the plurality of checks is determined using a portion of the first information, a stored activation code, and stored information first party identifying information. The stored first party identifying information is stored with the pseudorandom sequence. The first party is authenticated with the received and stored first party identifying information. The unique pseudorandom number is authenticated with the received first party identifying information, a portion of the stored first party identifying information and the stored sequence. The first information is authenticated if the first party and the unique pseudorandom number included with the first information are authenticated and if the plurality of checks have been activated.
US08744961B2
A method of paying a merchant for a transaction associated with a program. The method including the steps of receiving a request from a merchant for a payment associated with a purchase, generating a payment identifier, generating a payment number having a predetermined limit amount and a predetermined expiration date, associating the payment identifier with the payment number and transmitting the payment number to the merchant for payment of the request.
US08744922B2
A method and system for generating multiple buy/sell transactions during or prior to a completion of a buy/sell transaction of an item. The system comprises a server, a database and client devices. Each client device is associated with a unique user and connected to a communications network. The server connected to the communications network comprises a communications module and a transactions module. The communications module receives offers to buy the item from client devices associated with other purchasers before a first purchaser completes a buy/sell transaction of the item and receives an acceptance of one of the offers to buy from the first purchaser. The transaction module processes the offer accepted by the first purchaser during or prior to a completion of the buy/sell transaction of the item by the first purchaser, thereby facilitating multiple buy/sell transactions of the same item.
US08744913B2
A system and method for placing orders at restaurants utilizing a customer's personal communication device. The system and method provide for efficient ordering and subsequent payment by the customer. The system and method allows customers to register upon entering a restaurant thus allowing the customers to subsequently place one or more orders for food and drinks via a cellular phone, laptop, or other personal communications device.
US08744911B2
A computer-implemented method for displaying advertisements to members of a network comprises identifying one or more communities of members, identifying one or more influencers in the one or more communities, and placing one or more advertisements at the profiles of one or more members in the identified one or more communities.
US08744903B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods that operate to assist in resolving both expected and unexpected events that occur in the course of business operations are disclosed. Activities may include detecting the occurrence of an alert event, determining whether the alert event is an expected event or an unexpected event, presenting a resolution sequence for the expected event, and soliciting a new event resolution path for the unexpected event. Further activities may include determining an alert event is an unexpected event, displaying an alert message associated with the unexpected event, and soliciting recommendations to form a new event resolution path to be presented upon determining a new event has occurred that is similar to the alert event. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08744900B2
Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant's activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.
US08744897B2
A method and system of predicting market information includes the steps of receiving first data, forecasting further data based on the first data, receiving second data and comparing the further data with the second data, and creating an adjustment factor to account for any difference between the further data and the second data.
US08744890B1
A system and method for managing workflow including the ability to manage system-level workflow strategy, manage individual workflow activity, and provide suggestions to optimize individual workflow activity, is provided. The system may provide suggestions to workers based on their schedules and activities that the workers have to perform. Users of the system may configure the criteria used in determining which suggestions to provide to workers. The system may refine the suggestions provided to workers based on feedback received regarding the suggestions previously provided.
US08744888B2
In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, a system and methods are provided for managing resource allocation by generating a finance-investment plan relative to one or more time intervals while maintaining a cash reserve at a predetermined threshold based on information related to financial activities including asset related activities and liability related activities. The systems and methods may include evaluating accounts receivable patterns for each asset to determine cash surplus ranges within the one or more time intervals, evaluating accounts payable patterns for each liability to determine cash flow gaps within the one or more time intervals, maintaining an asset-to-liability ratio during the one or more time intervals, and generating the finance-investment plan while maintaining the cash reserve at the predetermined threshold within the one or more time intervals based on the asset-to-liability ratio and potential cash flow forecasting schemes for each asset and liability.
US08744883B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for the classification or scoring of content items. The method according to one embodiment comprises providing at least one labeled content item as input to an initial classification model, a given labeled item having at least one feature, a given feature being associated with a weight, computing a posterior probability of the initial classification model for the given labeled content item and generating an updated classification model using the initial classification model and the weight associated with the given feature in the given labeled content item. The updated classification model is applied to an unlabeled content item to determine a score for the unlabeled content item.
US08744880B2
A data processing system compiles information about account holders, holdings, and other investment-related information. A hypothetical portfolio is generated to provide for a specified payout stream over a defined period of time, statistically evaluated, and compared by means of scaling to determine the best fit scale of the portfolio to the defined criteria. The composition of this scaled portfolio in comparison with the composition of the available assets defines a series of trades. The composition of the level of payout that can be expected to be supported by the new composition of available assets defines a series of insurance trades. Insurance providers can impose limitations and requirements on the assets managed by limiting or stipulating certain settings that a given account can be allowed to have.
US08744876B2
A bracelet beacon device (10) includes a flexible material strap (16) which encases or is attached to a writable layer (22) carrying human readable patient identification information, a flexible power supply (26), and a flexible circuit layer (24). The flexible circuit layer includes a memory (40) for storing at least patient identification information and a body coupled communication transmitter (42) for transmitting the patient identification information via the patient using a body coupled communication protocol.
US08744869B2
A team communication platform that combines messaging, video, testing, reporting, work flow diagramming, presentations, and performance analysis into a portal system that is made mobile through the use of synchronization services.
US08744867B2
The invention discloses a method by which the health care professional or patient may draw upon historical medical data concerning patients similarly situated in medical condition, to assist him/her in deciding on a clinical intervention procedure to select. This method is specifically tailored to the patient, as data is provided and evaluated from only similarly situated patients, and provides an expectation of potential outcome of the patient should one or the other of the options be selected. The invention further provides a database that may be used in order to provide this comparison based evaluation method. A computer based software system is further disclosed that implements the method. The invention more speiocifically provides a method by which a post-coronary event patient may make an informed decision of which post-coronary revascularization procedure to undergo in the future management of his disease. This method employs the patient's health status date (symptoms, function and quality of life), and provides projections of the patient's expected survival, risk, and 1-year health status outcome from the selection of revascularization procedure, such as Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) or Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).
US08744865B2
A system and method for using product profiling to maximize load capacity of a vehicle. The method comprises defining product profiles and retrieving product information associated with the product profiles. The method further includes performing cubing operations for products associated with the product information. The system includes components to perform the method steps.
US08744862B2
Provided are systems, methods and techniques for processing frame-based data. A frame of data, an indication that a transient occurs within the frame, and a location of the transient within the frame are obtained. Based on the indication of the transient, a block size is set for the frame, thereby effectively defining a plurality of equal-sized blocks within the frame. In addition, different window functions are selected for different ones of the plurality of equal-sized blocks based on the location of the transient, and the frame of data is processed by applying the selected window functions.
US08744861B2
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are described for invoking tapered prompts in a multimodal application implemented with a multimodal browser and a multimodal application operating on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of user interaction with the multimodal application, the modes of user interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes. Embodiments include identifying, by a multimodal browser, a prompt element in a multimodal application; identifying, by the multimodal browser, one or more attributes associated with the prompt element; and playing a speech prompt according to the one or more attributes associated with the prompt element.
US08744858B2
Methods and systems for providing a voice-based digital signature service are disclosed. The method includes a first user sending a document to a second user for signature, and the first user also sending a PIN to the second user and to a voice verification authority. The second user sending, to the voice verification authority, a voice recording comprising the PIN along with consent of the second user to the PIN. The voice verification authority comparing the voice recording with a predefined voice sample of the second user, and the PIN received from the first user with the PIN received from the second user. The voice verification authority then sending a notification to a signing entity based on the comparison. The signing entity signing the PIN of the document with a private key associated with the second user and sends an acknowledgement to the first user and the second user.
US08744855B1
Architectures and techniques are described to determine a reading level of an electronic book. In particular, words, phrases, clauses, and parts of speech of an electronic book may be tagged and used to determine the reading level of the electronic book. In some cases, the reading level of the electronic book is based on a level of complexity of sentences of the electronic book and a level of complexity of words of the electronic book.
US08744850B2
Challenge items for an audible based electronic challenge system are generated using a variety of techniques to identify optimal candidates. The challenge items are intended for use in a computing system that discriminates between humans and text to speech (TTS) system.
US08744846B2
Provided are a noise state determination method and an apparatus and a computer readable recording medium therefor. A noisy speech signal processing method according to the present invention includes calculating a transformed spectrum by transforming an input noisy speech signal to a frequency domain; calculating a smoothed magnitude spectrum by reducing magnitude differences of the transformed spectrum between neighboring frames; calculating a search spectrum which represents an estimated noise component of the smoothed magnitude spectrum; and calculating an identification ratio which represents a ratio of a noise component included in the input noisy speech signal, by using the smoothed magnitude spectrum and the search spectrum. Since a small amount of calculation is required and a large-capacity memory is not required, the present invention may be easily implemented as hardware or software. Also, since an adaptive operation is performed with respect to each frequency sub-band, the accuracy of determining a noise state may be improved.
US08744842B2
A robust method and apparatus to detect voice activity based on the power level of an audio frame. The method may include performing primary active/non-active voice period determination of an input audio frame according to a power level of the audio frame, extracting a noise power prediction value and a signal power prediction value by referring to power levels of current and previous audio frames according to a primary active/non-active voice period determination value, and performing secondary active/non-active voice period determination for the input audio frame by comparing the extracted signal power prediction value with the extracted noise power prediction value.
US08744841B2
An adaptive time/frequency-based encoding mode determination apparatus including a time domain feature extraction unit to generate a time domain feature by analysis of a time domain signal of an input audio signal, a frequency domain feature extraction unit to generate a frequency domain feature corresponding to each frequency band generated by division of a frequency domain corresponding to a frame of the input audio signal into a plurality of frequency domains, by analysis of a frequency domain signal of the input audio signal, and a mode determination unit to determine any one of a time-based encoding mode and a frequency-based encoding mode, with respect to the each frequency band, by use of the time domain feature and the frequency domain feature.
US08744835B2
A method and apparatus for analyzing documents and thereby determining the association between words in a language. The method includes providing a collection of documents, selecting a first word or word string, and a second word or word string occurring in the documents. The method further involves associating first word or word strings and second word or word strings with common word or word strings based on frequency of occurrence of the common word or word strings within the ranges.
US08744831B2
According to one embodiment, a simulation apparatus includes a hardware model execution unit that executes a hardware model, a software model execution unit that executes a software model, a simulation time management unit that sets a first simulation time indicating a total elapsed time of a simulation time of the hardware model, ahead by the simulation time of which the HW model notified, and sets the second simulation time indicating a total elapsed time of a simulation time of the software model, ahead by the simulation time of which the SW model notified, and a scheduler that compares the first simulation time with the second simulation time, causes the SW model or the HW model to be executed based on the comparison result, and causes only the hardware model to be executed instead of execution of an idle loop when the SW model awaits an interrupt from the HW model.
US08744823B2
A method for creating, from a first axisymmetrical surface, a second surface belonging to a sub-system of a complex system, in which the second surface observes at least one constraint, is disclosed. The method includes: modeling the first axisymmetrical surface, while observing the constraints with at least one parameter, the modeling step including a sub-step for discretizing the first axisymmetrical surface in several points, the parameter being a coordinate of one of these points in a reference system associated with at least one portion of this sub-system, and a sub-step for reconstructing the first axisymmetrical surface from the at least one point and from the at least one constraint; modifying the at least one parameter in the reference system for modeling the second surface; and recording the second surface in a memory of the computer.
US08744819B2
A model-based method is described which defines a rigid transformation between two co-ordinate systems that reduces the accuracy requirements on the quality of the data-set (including, but not restricted to, the error in the acquisition process, and the number and spread of the points) measured in one of the two co-ordinate systems by identifying a set of remote correspondences that are used to bind the convergence process. The method can be used in minimal-access orthopaedic surgery to improve the accuracy of limb registration. Specific instances include femoral registration, by estimating the functional center of the hip joint in both co-ordinate systems to be co-registered, and tibial registration, using the ankle center as a distant set of paired correspondences. Accuracy can be measured in a variety of ways, including, but not restricted to, evaluating the mis-alignment between the two co-registered objects.
US08744813B2
A method and system for detecting anomalies in an aeroengine. The method and system define a behavior model of a controller of the aeroengine using a time regression modeling the behavior of the controller as a function of a data set relating to the controller and including measurements of past behaviors and command and state measurements of the controller; continuously recalculate the behavior model for each new data set; and monitor statistical variation of the behavior model to detect a behavior anomaly of the controller representing an operating anomaly of the engine.
US08744805B2
The invention relates to a monitoring system, having an output module for generating a control signal in response to an input signal, a monitoring module for generating the input signal for the output module, an output device for outputting an output signal in response to the control signal, and a feedthrough device for preventing outputting of the output signal. According to the invention, the monitoring module is designed to instruct the feedthrough device to prevent outputting of the output signal when there is a deviation between the control signal and a control signal which is expected on the basis of the input signal.
US08744804B2
Methods, systems and devices are provided for automatically linking a device to an activity tracking device. One method includes obtaining, at the device, a semi-unique identifier from a website. The semi-unique identifier is for an activity tracker that has been paired to a user account of the website. The method includes scanning, by the device, for the semi-unique identifier. The scanning is of advertising messages generated by one or more activity trackers. The method identifies the activity tracker by matching the advertised semi-unique identifier to the semi-unique identifier obtained from the website. The method then includes establishing a link between the activity tracker and the device. The link is established without requiring user initiation to link the activity tracker to the device.
US08744803B2
Methods, systems and devices are provided for capturing activity data associated with activity of a user via a device and transferring the data to a client device at a selected defined transfer rate, based on an update condition. The activity data is captured over time. The activity data is stored in storage of the device. The method sets a data transfer rate between the device and the computing device based upon the detected update condition. The update condition is used to select one of a first transfer rate for transferring activity data captured and stored over a period of time or a second transfer rate for transferring activity data that is displayable in substantial-real time on the computing device. The first transfer rate is set in response to scaling-up a connection interval and the second transfer rate is set in response to scaling-down the connection interval.
US08744798B2
Signal generator and user interface for adding amplitude noise to selected portions of a test signal
A signal generator generates amplitude noise on a selected segment of a test signal. A user interface is used for selecting a segment of the test signal and an associated power level for applying amplitude noise at a selected power level to the test signal segment. A signal processing unit compiles the selected power level of the selected segment with the test signal to generate digital data representative of the test signal with selected segments having amplitude noise. A waveform generator receives the digital data and generating a test signal output having amplitude noise at selected segments of the test signal. The method includes the steps of: selecting a segment of the test signal to add amplitude noise; selecting a power level for the amplitude noise; and applying the amplitude noise at the selected power level to the selected segment of the test signal.
US08744796B2
The present invention discloses an algorithm integrating system and an integrating method thereof. The algorithm integrating system comprises a receiving module, an analyzing module, and a processing module. The receiving module receives at least one test algorithm. The analyzing module is connected to the receiving module and analyzes the at least one test algorithm to obtain at least one basic element from the at least one test algorithm. The processing module is connected to the analyzing module and screen out the at least one non-duplicate basic element based on the at least one basic element. Then, the processing module integrates the at least one non-duplicate basic element and generates a testing module.
US08744795B2
A method for modulating multiple-instruments and multiple-sensors using an electronic device. The electronic device controls an instrument to measure the working parameters of an object, and controls a sensor to detect the working temperature of the object. By comparing the working parameters against a predefined range, and comparing the working temperature against a predefined temperature value, the electronic device determines whether the instrument and the sensor need to be modulated. If any of the working parameters is not within the predefined range or if the working temperature is greater than the predefined temperature value, the electronic device controls the instrument and the sensor to be modulated by using a modulation transfer function and a predetermined direction.
US08744788B2
This invention is an encapsulated Micro-Meter-Manager for Electrical Energy Consumption (1), including: A current ring transformer +Voltage pickup on each wire by spikes which traverse the insulation of the wire as far as its metallic core or by screwed terminals +Miniaturized power supply source +Microprocessor/s +Button cell +Digital memory +Clock +Power Line Communication PLC Modem, which injects the data into the actual wire via the same spikes for the pickup of voltage or terminals +Solid state relay (SSR) for individually managing the actual load: From a ceiling light to a water heater or any industrial machine. Its aim is to provide own intelligence on the loads and to avoid undesired consumptions: controlling the stand-by, carrying out predictive maintenance according to its rated consumptions and managing any possible overloads, under a certain pre-established and reprogrammable logic. With this, an increase in the comfort and the safety of the entire installation is also achieved.
US08744783B2
A system and method is provided for calculating power generated by a body during legged locomotion. The system includes at least one accelerometer to measure acceleration of the body during legged locomotion, at least one force sensor to measure a plurality of propulsive force impulses created by the body during legged locomotion, and a processor configured to calculate the power generated by the body during legged locomotion using output signals from both the at least one accelerometer and the at least one force sensor.
US08744771B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to recognition of navigation and/or guidance related information within an expressed conversational narrative between a provider of the narrative and a receiver thereof. The recognized navigation and/or guidance related information is then converted into navigation data which may be used to present a navigation route and/or guidance information related thereto to the receiver.
US08744768B2
A method and device establishes trajectory planning, predictions and guidance so as to obtain the satisfaction of a time constraint (RTA). This objective is achieved by undertaking a computation of a trajectory up to the point where the flypast time constraint applies, on the basis of a profile of altitude and speeds, and then by computing the profile of speeds and altitudes making it possible, throughout the computed trajectory, to comply with the RTA. The method is also a method for readapting the trajectory and the vertical profile when during a mission, the data outside the aeroplane have caused the time predictions to drift and the constraint is no longer complied with under the initial speeds and trajectory assumptions.
US08744762B2
When a user enters, initializes, or otherwise starts using a navigation function, such as a navigation function on a mobile phone or a stand-alone device, a current location is automatically estimated, prior to or in the absence of a GPS fix, for use as an origin in route determination. The estimation of current location is performed using a database of GPS fixes that are mapped to cell tower identifiers. For example, the database can include one or more fixes associated with each cell tower that the mobile device has used. Thus, when navigation on the device is begun, one or more cell towers to which the device can communicate are identified. If any has a GPS fix in the database, then a location derived from such GPS fix(es) can be used as an origin for navigation functions. Such navigation functions can include estimating a time of arrival at a destination, producing a route to the destination, and checking for traffic updates.
US08744757B2
In a system and method for updating a real-time map, operating environment information of a terminal device, which is basic information for update condition determination, is collected, an update condition of a terminal device, which includes one or more of a state of travel, a travel speed, and a network state, is checked by comparing the collected operating environment information with preset criteria, and map data, which is stored in the terminal device, in a combination of one or more of level, tile, and layer units corresponding to the checked update condition, is partially updated.
US08744754B2
A visitor can receive guidance (e.g., movement directions) through a portable electronic device. The visitor can read an information-containing tag with the electronic device to input location information into the device. With the electronic device, the visitor can then select one or more destinations. The device then provides directions to the visitor for the one or more destinations.
US08744752B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for detecting locations of a vehicle and an obstacle. The apparatus for detecting locations of a vehicle and an obstacle includes at least one distance measurement unit and a data processing unit. The distance measurement unit measures distance data relevant to a vehicle and an obstacle within a measurement area. The data processing unit maps the distance data on a grid layer, detects the location of the vehicle based on the result of the mapping, detects the location of the obstacle based on the detected location of the vehicle, and modifies the detected location of the vehicle using the distance data.
US08744746B2
The present method relates to a method of determining a route for automatically controlling a mobile mining machine. The route is determined computer-aidedly by executing, by a data processing machine configured for generating routes, the following steps of: retrieving an environment model comprising wall location data, receiving from a user at least an input for determining a starting point of the route and an input for determining an end point of the route, determining the route between the starting point and the end point on the basis of the environment model and data concerning properties of the mining machine, wherein the route is determined as route points at least for which position data are calculated, and storing the data determining the route to be used for automatically guiding the mining machine.
US08744742B2
A lateral object that exists on a side of the vehicle is detected. When an estimated later-arriving lateral position reaches a predetermined threshold value under the condition in which the lateral object is detected, a lane change of the vehicle in a direction to a side of the lateral object is suppressed. When detecting that the vehicle moves laterally in a direction opposite to a side of a side vehicle, an avoidance flag is set to Fa=1. Subsequently, when the vehicle starts a lateral movement in a direction to the side of the side vehicle, a return flag is set to Fr=1. When the return flag is set to Fr=1 in this way, a suppression flag is set to F=0 until a setting time elapses, then the suppression of the lateral movement is forbidden.
US08744741B2
A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) apparatus and method are disclosed having a rotatable light source enabled to emit a light ray, the light ray being emitted at a plurality of angular intervals; a reflection device, which can be parabolic in shape, and an analysis device for calculating a position at which one or more features are present based on the angle that the light ray was emitted and the time delay associated with the received reflected light, from a feature, wherein the analysis device takes into account the reflection of the light ray from the reflection device. In this manner, light rays may be reflected from heading in one direction to improve the resolution of the LIDAR in a second direction. Furthermore, where a parabolic reflector is used, positions of features can be calculated directly in a Cartesian coordinate system. Autonomous vehicles can use a LIDAR such as described herein to improve forward looking resolution in collision avoidance systems or terrain selection systems.
US08744736B2
A self-contained vehicular traffic travel time information system for a vehicle in an inter-vehicle ad-hoc network includes an on-board vehicular broadcasting unit for communicating with other vehicles within the inter-vehicle ad hoc network. A positioning device identifies the vehicle's position throughout a course of travel. An on-board vehicle processing unit stores road segments throughout the vehicle path of travel. The on-board vehicle processing unit determines a starting position and an ending position for each respective road segment. A length of time for traveling through each respective road segment is determined. A memory storage device stores the segmented road portions and the time of travel associated with each respective road segment. The on-board vehicular broadcasting unit disseminates the determined travel times of recently traveled road segments via a broadcast message to other vehicles within the inter-vehicle ad hoc network.
US08744722B2
A snowmobile having an electronic oil pump fluidly connected to an oil tank thereof is disclosed. The electronic oil pump is fluidly connected to an engine of the snowmobile for delivering lubricant to the engine. An electronic control unit is electrically connected to the electronic oil pump for controlling actuation of the electronic oil pump. A method of operating an electronic oil pump is also disclosed.
US08744715B2
In a skid detecting apparatus for a vehicle having an engine and a CVT changing an output of the engine in speed to drive front wheels and rear wheels, it is configured to detect rotational speeds of one of the front and rear wheels, sequentially calculate accelerations (wheel accelerations var1, var2) of the one of the wheels based on the detected rotational speeds, calculate a ratio (var1/var2) between two accelerations of the same wheel calculated at different time points among the sequentially-calculated accelerations (S10), compare the ratio between the two accelerations with a predetermined value (S16) and determine that the one of the wheels has skidded or some or all of the wheels including the one have skidded when the calculated ratio between the two accelerations exceeds the predetermined value (S18).
US08744713B2
A method for controlling braking of a vehicle calculates a driver request braking deceleration and a current frictional coefficient of a road surface to obtain a vehicle deceleration corresponding to the coefficient of the road surface. A maximum deceleration at which a wheel lock does not occur upon braking only by a driving wheel is calculated when the driver deceleration is equal to or smaller than the coefficient by comparing the driver deceleration and the vehicle deceleration. A braking force is determined by distributing a regenerative braking force of the driving wheel and a frictional braking force of a driven wheel according to the coefficient when the maximum deceleration is smaller than the driver deceleration by comparing the maximum deceleration and the driver deceleration. A driving motor and a frictional braking device are controlled to generate the determined regenerative braking force and frictional braking force.
US08744710B2
A control device for controlling a front wheel drive force and a rear wheel drive force of a vehicle that includes a transmission comprises: a first controller for controlling a drive force of a main drive wheel and a drive force of an auxiliary drive wheel, the drive force of the main drive wheel being one of the front-wheel drive force and the rear-wheel drive force, and the drive force of the auxiliary drive wheel being another of the front-wheel drive force and the rear-wheel drive force; and a second controller for detecting whether a speed-change ratio of the transmission has changed. In a case that the second controller has detected that the speed-change ratio has changed, the first controller increases the drive force of the auxiliary drive wheel and reduces the drive force of the main drive wheel.
US08744709B2
A vehicle has an engine having a crankshaft, a hydraulically controlled multi-plate clutch operatively connected to the crankshaft, and an output shaft operatively connected to the clutch. The clutch selectively transmits power from the crankshaft to the output shaft. A propulsion element is operatively connected to the output shaft. A hydraulic fluid supply system is fluidly connected to the clutch for supplying pressurized hydraulic fluid to the clutch. A controller is connected to the hydraulic fluid supply system. The controller receives a torque signal indicative of engine torque and controls the hydraulic fluid supply system based at least in part on the torque signal. A clutch control method and system are also disclosed.
US08744703B2
A method, a system, a computer program and a computer program product for determining one or more shift points for a gearbox in a motor vehicle which comprises an engine connected to, in order to drive the gearbox. A shift point is defined by an engine speed at which the gearbox effects a downshift or upshift. The method uses one or more shift points determined on the basis of a change in road gradient.
US08744702B2
A work vehicle control device includes: a rotation speed control unit that controls an engine rotation speed in correspondence to an accelerator pedal operation quantity indicating an operating extent of an accelerator pedal; a speed ratio detection unit that detects a ratio of speed at an input shaft and at an output shaft of a torque converter, which is disposed between the engine and wheels; a decision-making unit that makes a decision that a fuel efficiency deteriorating condition exists if the torque converter speed ratio is less than a predetermined value or if the torque converter speed ratio is equal to or greater than the predetermined value and a target engine rotation speed corresponding to an operation of the accelerator pedal is greater than a preset value; and an informing unit that informs results of the decision made by the decision-making unit.
US08744701B2
The invention concerns a method for controlling a motor vehicle drivetrain which comprises a drive motor, a multi-step, automated change-speed transmission and an automated separating clutch arranged between the drive motor and the transmission, and a shifting device with a selector lever which can be moved at least from a particular position in an upshift direction (“+” direction) for manually initiating an upshift and in a downshift direction (“−”) for manually initiating a downshift, and in which the transmission and the separating clutch can be controlled by a transmission control unit which is connected at least to a speed sensor, a brake pedal actuation sensor and a selector lever actuation sensor, such that when the motor vehicle is rolling with its drivetrain open the closing of the drivetrain is initiated by actuating the selector lever.To improve the functional safety it is provided that when a first movement of the selector lever in a shift direction (“+” direction or “−” direction) is sensed, this is interpreted as a provisional command to close the drivetrain, and if a second movement of the selector lever in the same shift direction (“+” direction or “−” direction) is sensed within a specified confirmation time (ΔtB), this is interpreted as a confirmation of the provisional command to close the drivetrain and, as an implementation command, initiates the closing of the drivetrain.
US08744700B2
A device comprising a processor that detects an autonomously sensed change in a vehicle's operational state from an initial state characterized by a sensed vehicle speed equal to about 0; to an immediately succeeding vehicle state characterized by sensed vehicle speed being greater than about 0 and, verification from a reverse operating mode sensor that longitudinal vehicle speed is in a reverse direction; and presumptively signals the thusly detected change of vehicle operational state as an instance of reverse operation of the associated vehicle.
US08744689B2
To provide a vehicle motion control system capable of defining clear guidelines on more specific control timing associated with accelerating, steering, and braking operations, and conducting motion control based on the defined guidelines. An ideal motion control unit 42 within a central controller 40 uses longitudinal jerk information of a vehicle to control the steering of the vehicle. Information for determining the initiation timing of steering is presented from a human-vehicle interface (HVI) 55 to a driver. In accordance with the information presented from the HVI 55, the driver controls the initiation timing of steering.
US08744686B2
The device calculates a transient yaw rate of the vehicle on the basis of a standard yaw rate of the vehicle using an estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response, and adjusts the estimated value of a time constant coefficient of steering response on the basis of the relationship between a transient yaw rate of the vehicle and an actual yaw rate of the vehicle so that a transient yaw rate of the vehicle approaches an actual yaw rate of the vehicle.
US08744685B2
A lane departure control system is provided which steers a vehicle toward the center of a lane of a road at a first yaw rate by a controlled angle when the vehicle is determined to be about to deviate from the lane. Afterwards, when the vehicle is determined to be traveling toward a virtual line defined near a lane boundary, the system steers the vehicle by a correction angle so as to orient the vehicle parallel to the virtual line at a second yaw rate. The system changes the value of the first yaw rate at a first rate within the controlled angle and also changes the value of the second yaw rate at a second rate within the correction angle. An absolute value of the second rate is set smaller than that of the first rate, thereby minimizing an undesirable physical load on a driver of the vehicle.
US08744676B2
There is provided a discharge ability estimating system for estimating a discharge ability of a battery for supplying electric power to an electric motor which rotates a crankshaft of an engine to start the engine, the system being configured to estimate the discharge ability of a battery based on an angular acceleration state of the crankshaft in a rotation starting period of the crankshaft.
US08744671B2
A system and method for monitoring a vehicle pedal are disclosed. According to the present disclosure, the method comprises determining whether a stimulus has been detected at the vehicle pedal. When the stimulus has been detected, the method comprises receiving sensor data from a sensor system, the sensor data being indicative of a shape of the stimulus, and determining whether the shape of the stimulus corresponds to an unintended object based on the sensor data. When the shape of the stimulus corresponds to an unintended stimulus, the method comprises performing an unintended stimulus operation.
US08744668B2
A system and method for an automotive diagnostic server can provide a portable vehicle diagnostic tool to identify a failed vehicle component. It may also provide a remote information device to serve as a connecting intermediary between devices, and to allow remote control of the devices and to provide information to a user. A remote diagnostic device to analyze data and interpret information to aid the user in making, using, maintaining, and fixing a piece of equipment or product may also be included. Web server functionality may be incorporated into the portable vehicle diagnostic tool to allow dissemination of the diagnostic information resulting from the diagnostic testing, and the web server may be accessed by a web browser of the remote information device.
US08744667B2
A device (D) is dedicated to the diagnosis of operating situations) in at least one communication network (RC) having a bus (BU) with N wire(s). This device (D) comprises i) P connection means (MCI-MC3), with P≧N, bypass-connected at least to the N wires of the bus (BU) so as to access the P voltages présent, ii) conversion means (MV1-MV3) devised so as to convert the P voltages into P first digital signais (SI (p,t)), iii) processing means (MT) devised so as to construct a measurement vector (V(t)) associated with a voltages measurement instant (t) and comprising K éléments chosen from among at least the P first digital signais (SI (p, t)), then to compare at least this measurement vector (V(t)) with at least I pairs, with I≧1, of first (Vt(i,t)) and second (Vr2(i,t) référence vectors comprising K éléments representative of K minimum and maximum values that can be taken by the K éléments of the measurement vector (V(t)), so as to deliver I second signais (S2(i)) each représentative of the result of a comparison, each result being représentative of an operating situation on the bus (BU), and iv) I display means (MAI-MAI) each devised so as to signal an operating situation represented by a second signal (S2(i)) delivered.
