US08801565B2
A transmission is has an input member, an output member, a first planetary gear set assembly, a second planetary gear set assembly, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The second planetary gear set assembly is a stacked planetary gear set having a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth member and the first planetary gear set assembly has a first, a second, a third and a fourth member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes.
US08801562B2
The present disclosure provides an automatic transmission having an input adapted to couple to a torque-generating mechanism and an output coupled to the input. The transmission also includes a first rotating torque-transferring mechanism disposed along a first torque path and coupled to the input. A second rotating torque-transferring mechanism is disposed along a second torque path and is coupled to the input independent of the first torque-transferring mechanism. The transmission includes a plurality of stationary torque-transferring mechanisms, each of which is disposed between the input and output. The transmission includes a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, and a fourth planetary gearset, where each gearset includes a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier assembly. Moreover, the ring gear of the third planetary gearset is coupled to the carrier assembly of the second planetary gearset and the carrier assembly of the fourth planetary gearset.
US08801558B2
A drive mechanism has a transmission module which has a first input which is connected to an electromotor/generator, and a second input which is connected to a combustion engine. The transmission module has a planetary gear set having three rotational members of which a first rotational member is connected to the input, a second rotational member is connected to an output, and a third rotational member is connected to a brake. A clutch is positioned between the combustion engine and the third rotational member and a further clutch is positioned between the combustion engine and the first rotational member.
US08801555B2
Although a radial outside portion of a metal ring contact surface of a neck section of a metal element which is contactably opposed to a side edge of a metal ring of a metal ring assembly has high frequencies of contacting with a side edge of the metal ring, it is possible to suppress abrasion of the side edge of the metal ring and to improve durability of the metal ring by setting a surface hardness of the radial outside portion lower than a surface hardness of the metal ring. In addition, by setting a surface hardness of the metal ring contact surface at its portion of the radial outside lower than the surface hardness of the metal ring contact surface at other portions thereof where the frequencies of contacting with the side edge of the metal ring becomes low, in comparison with a case of setting the surface hardness of the whole metal ring contact surface low, it is possible to increase strength of the metal element and to improve the durability of the metal element.
US08801544B2
A golf ball includes an inner core layer formed from a thermoset rubber composition. The inner core layer has a first outer surface Shore D hardness and an outer diameter of about 0.8 to 1.40 inches. A thermoplastic outer core layer is formed around the inner core layer, has a second outer surface Shore D hardness, and is formed from a copolymer of ethylene and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, a magnesium salt of oleic acid, and sufficient cation source to fully-neutralize the acid groups of the copolymer. The golf ball includes an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer. The first outer surface Shore D hardness is greater than the second outer surface Shore D hardness and the outer core layer has a thickness of about 0.01 inches to 0.05 inches.
US08801542B2
A golf club comprises a club shaft and a golf club head attached to the tip end of the club shaft, wherein the length of the golf club is from 45 to 47 inches, the volume V of the golf club head is from 440 to 470 cu·cm, the moment of inertia M of the golf club head around the center line of the club shaft is 5500 to 6500 g sq·cm, and the ratio M/V of the moment of inertia M (g sq·cm) to the volume V (cu·cm) is from 11.0 to 13.5.
US08801539B2
A method of applying decorative layers to a steel golf club shaft is disclosed. The method may be performed on any type of steel shaft and comprises buffing the steel shaft, applying a primer or sealer coat, curing the sealer coat, buffing the sealer coat, applying a decal or decorative layer, applying clear coat over the shaft and decal, and curing the clear coat layer. Some embodiments comprise applying a layer of base coat color before applying a decal. Disclosed methods can, for example, improve adhesion between chrome-plated steel golf club shafts and paint, for golf club branding with increased resistance to wear.
US08801537B1
An adjustable golf club including a shaft and hosel assembly allows for dependent and independent adjustment of a golf club's face angle, loft angle, and lie angle. The adjustable shaft and hosel assembly comprises a shaft sleeve, a hosel portion, and at least one tubular adjustment piece having non-parallel upper and lower surfaces, wherein the shaft sleeve, hosel, and tubular adjustment piece each include markings that combine to form a code that correlates to a unique angular setting and is readable by an electronic device. The adjustable golf club may also comprise an audible feedback system including an indexing ring that interacts with indexing features in the tubular adjustment piece.
US08801532B2
A golf swing measurement device is placed in front of a golfer when the golfer swings a golf club to hit a golf ball. The golf swing measurement device includes a sidewall portion extending substantially in parallel to a swing path of the club head; a first sensor coil and a second sensor coil disposed along the sidewall portion for detecting a club head with a permanent magnet on a distal thereof passing therethrough; a calculation unit for calculating a swing time from a start moment of a backswing to a moment of an impact, a head speed upon the impact, and a total flying distance; a display unit for displaying the swing time, the head speed, and the total flying distance; a memory unit for storing measurement data including the swing time, head speed, and the total flying distance; and a transmission unit for sending the measurement data.
US08801525B2
A telescopic shaft comprises an inner shaft, an outer shaft, which defines a tube and surrounds a part of the inner shaft and which is movable in the axial direction in relation to the inner shaft, two ball tracks arranged in the inner shaft, and balls arranged in the ball tracks. Each one of the ball tracks comprises an outer ball track portion, which is partially open so that the balls are arranged to roll between the outer ball track portion and the inside of the outer shaft. The telescopic shaft comprises at least one movable ball track member and a spring member which is arranged to press the movable ball track member and the balls arranged in the ball track member against the inside of the outer shaft in order to pretension the telescopic shaft.
US08801510B2
An inflatable ventilation curtain includes a curtain portion and an inflatable portion provided around a perimeter of the curtain portion. The inflatable portion includes an inner layer and an outer layer attached together, wherein the inner layer is provided immediately adjacent to the perimeter of the curtain portion and wherein the outer layer is provided around at least a part of an outer perimeter of the inner layer, thereby providing two distinct inflatable areas.
US08801501B2
A self sharpening razor system includes a razor having a handle and a safety housing with a blade extendably received within the safety housing. An integrated sharpening system incorporates an armature receiving the razor and movable between a first position for attachment and extraction of the razor and a second position for sharpening of the blade. A sharpening mandrel is provided with sharpening surfaces for sharpening first and second sides of the blade. The sharpening mandrel is rotatable from to engage the first sharpening surface and second sharpening surface. The sharpening mandrel is laterally oscillated for sharpening of the blade. In alternative embodiments, sharpening is accomplished with reciprocating honing plates with available stropping wheels or integrated honing and stropping wheels with exposure adjustability and sharpness adjustability via honing time variance. A controller is provided for positioning of the armature and sharpening mandrel.
US08801500B2
A method for the simultaneous material-removing processing of both sides of at least three semiconductor wafers includes providing a double-side processing apparatus including two rotating ring-shaped working disks and a rolling apparatus. The carriers are arranged in the double-side processing apparatus and the openings are disposed in the carriers so as to satisfy the inequality: R/e·sin(π/N*)−r/e−1≦1.2 where N* denotes a ratio of the round angle and an angle at which adjacent carriers are inserted into the rolling apparatus with the greatest distance with respect to one another, r denotes a radius of each opening for receiving a respective semiconductor wafer, e denotes a radius of a pitch circle around a midpoint of the carrier on which the opening is arranged, and R denotes a radius of the pitch circle on which the carriers move between the working disks by means of the rolling apparatus.
US08801499B2
A blasting apparatus capable of increasing suction power to collect an abrasive without exerting any influence on processing of a work surface with the abrasive. The apparatus includes a blasting nozzle (2) blasting an abrasive (100) on a surface (200a) of work (200), a cover (10) including a surface (10a) for airflow alignment parallel to the work surface and a blast hole (10b) through which the abrasive from the nozzle passes, a nozzle case (9) including the cover and surrounding the nozzle, and a collecting case (11) covering an outer surface of the nozzle case and including a collecting passage (11c) disposed around the nozzle case, from the passage, the abrasive being collected by suction, wherein the apparatus collects the abrasive that is blasted from the nozzle and strikes the work surface from the passage through a clearance (13) provided between the airflow-alignment surface and the work surface.
US08801497B2
An abrasive article having an array of abrasive members with an elastomeric support that permits each abrasive member to move independently in at least pitch and roll. Each abrasive member maintains a fluid bearing (air is the typical fluid) with the substrate. The abrasive members are capable of selectively engaging with nanometer-scale and/or micrometer-scale height variations and micrometer-scale and/or millimeter-scale wavelengths of waviness, on the surfaces of substrates. The spacing and pitch of the abrasive members can be adjusted to follow the topography of the substrate to remove a generally uniform layer of material; to engage with the peaks on the substrate to remove target wavelengths of waviness; and/or to remove debris and contamination from the surface of the substrate.
US08801495B1
The bra with breast pumping apparatus integrated therein includes a breast-shaped cup that a breast milk pump adjacent a nipple of an end user. The bra is adapted to be worn while simultaneously pumping breast milk from the nipple of the end user, and which transfers said breast milk into a fill bag that is held in place against the breast-shaped cup via a pocket. Once the fill bag is filled, the end user can remove the fill bag from the bra without requiring removal of the bra altogether. A powering member is integrated elsewhere on said bra, and provides the power necessary to run the breast milk pump.
US08801489B2
A toy vehicle transformable between first and second forms includes an undercarriage, a top member having first and second surfaces serving as upper surfaces of the vehicle in the first and second forms, respectively, a front member rotatably connected to the front end portion of the top member, where the front member has first and second surfaces serving as front surfaces of the vehicle in the first and second forms, respectively, and a connector that connects the rear end portion of the top member to the undercarriage and that includes a separation rotation shaft for supporting the top member for rotation in a direction in which the top member moves away from the undercarriage and a turnover rotation shaft for supporting the top member for rotation in a direction in which the top member is turned over.
US08801483B2
A water paddle comprising a first shaft having a blade end and a free end and a second shaft having a blade end and a free end, a first cog collar located on an exterior surface of first shaft and having a first set of teeth extending radially from a mating end of first cog collar and accessible to the user's fingers, a second cog collar located on an exterior surface of second shaft and having a second set of teeth extending radially from a mating end of second cog collar and accessible to the user's fingers, second set of teeth mateable with first set of teeth to prevent rotational movement between shafts, a ferrule extending from the free end of second shaft, a clip lip member located on an interior surface of the ferrule, and a spring tab mechanism located within an interior surface of first shaft and includes a body having corresponding resilient arms each having a displaceable tab supported thereon engageable with a set of push button holes located on first shaft.
US08801470B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector and an assembling method thereof. The electrical connector includes a first insulating housing, a step-shaped second insulating housing, a plurality of first contacts, a plurality of second contacts, and a plurality of third contacts. The first and third contacts are exposed over the second insulating housing and face the same direction. The second contacts are exposed over the second insulating housing and face an opposite direction. The exposed first, second, and third contacts are capable of being soldered to a transmission cable.
US08801469B2
An electrical connector for mounting to a print circuit board includes an insulative housing, a metal shell shielding around the housing and a plurality of terminals received in the housing. Each terminal having a body section and a contact section extending from the body section, the housing includes a first housing and a second housing, the body section being received in the second housing and the contact section extending from the second housing to the first housing. The first housing has a first dielectric constant and the second housing has a second dielectric constant higher than the first dielectric constant so as to prevent the characteristic impedance change.
US08801463B2
An electrical connector (100) includes an inner insulative member (1), a number of contacts (2) mounted to the inner insulative member, an outer housing (3) mounted to the insulative member, and a shielding member (4). Each of the contacts includes a mounting end (23) for being mounted to an inner portion of a device. The outer housing defines a pair of mounting holes (331), and a pair of injection holes (351) respectively in fluid communication with the mounting holes. The shielding member includes a pair of mounting legs (421) inserted through respective mounting holes for being mounted to the inner portion of the device. A gap is formed between each of the mounting legs and a corresponding mounting hole. Glues seal the injection holes to prevent fluid flow from the hollow portion into the inner portion of the device.
US08801459B2
The invention relates to a coaxial connector (1), comprising a first and a second connector part (2, 3) and an adapter (4) arranged therebetween. The first and the second connector part (2, 3) include a first inner conductor (5) and a first outer conductor (8), including a first internal cylindrical contact surface (24) and a second internal cylindrical contact surface (25), respectively. In a socket area (17) of the first inner conductor (5), a first mechanical operative-connection means interacts with a second mechanical operative-connection means (11) in the installed state in order to establish a mechanical connection (13) that is effective in the axial direction (z). The first inner conductor (5) protrudes beyond the level of the mechanical operative-connection means (10, 11) so the internal cylindrical contact surface (24) is able to compensate a large axial offset (dz) of the connector parts (2, 3) relative to the adapter (4).
US08801458B2
An electrical cord can include a cord segment with an electrical connector. The connector can connect to a spool member of an electrical cord reel to form an electrical connection between the electrical cord and the electrical cord reel. The spool can have a recess that engages and/or mates with the connector. When the connector is in the recess, at least a portion of the connector can be flush with a cylinder surface of the spool. The connector can be secured in the recess with one or more fasteners (e.g., screws). The connector and recess can have members that act as the primary load bearing members when spooling and unspooling the electrical cord to inhibit the application of loads on the electrical connection during rotation of the spool member.
US08801456B2
A connector includes a housing to be inserted into a receiving chamber of an initiator, a plurality of terminal receiving chambers which are opened to a distal end face of the housing in parallel with each other in a row, and terminals respectively provided with pin inserting parts into which pins in the receiving chamber are inserted, and respectively received in the terminal receiving chambers. Each of the pin inserting parts has an elastic contact piece which is elastically contacted with the pin which has been inserted into the pin inserting part thereby to hold the pin in the pin inserting part. The terminals are received in the terminal receiving chambers so that the elastic contact pieces push the pins in a direction which is the same as a direction to which the terminal receiving chambers are arranged.
US08801444B2
A bus bar, which is used with batteries wherein the positive terminal and the negative terminal are each formed from a different metal, and which has excellent mechanical strength and can suppress electrical resistance while preventing galvanic corrosion. The bus bar is bonded in one piece by metallically bonding: a cathode connector that is formed from the same metal as the positive terminal of a battery cell, and that can connect to the positive terminal; and an anode connector that is formed from the same metal as the negative terminal of the battery cell, and that can connect to the negative terminal.
US08801439B2
The Present Disclosure is a module socket for mounting a module on a mounting member, in which the module socket has a first connector including a flat housing, a first conductive pattern arranged on the mating side surface of the housing, and a male terminal protruding from a surface of the first conductive pattern, and a flat second connector formed from plate-shaped metal and including a female terminal elastically interposing the male terminal, and in which either the first conductor or the second conductor is attached to the module and the other is attached to the mounting member.
US08801438B2
Disclosed herein are anatomic models that comprise components that simulate human or non-human animal components. The models may be used for development, experimentation, or training in the field of orthopedic surgical devices, and/or implant devices. The models may also be used for training of students in the medical field for procedures performed in practice, such as for example drawing blood from a patient, or placing a central line in a carotid artery of a patient. In exemplary embodiments, the models comprise structures such as cartilage, tendons, ligaments, organs, luminal structures, and muscles that are made of hydrogel materials.
US08801436B2
A method and accompanying apparatus that allows high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide for tooth whitening by use of an aerosol spray. The aerosol spray may be delivered through a mouthpiece that will direct the spray onto the teeth while inhibiting any escape of the spray to the lips and outside the moth. Also, in combination with antiplaque formulations, enhanced tooth whitening is effected.
US08801421B2
A method for forming tablets using a roll press type apparatus for forming powdery material. The apparatus comprises two rolls for compressing tablets, wherein the rolls have a cylindrical shape and are arranged in the same direction, and can rotate toward their inner sides. When only one of the rolls has the plurality of cavities for forming tablets that are disposed on its outer surface, the speeds of their outer surfaces are controlled so that the speed of the roll that has the plurality of cavities on its outer surface is slower than that of the roll that has no cavity. Further, when both rolls have the plurality of cavities forming tablets that are disposed on their outer surfaces, the speeds of their outer surfaces are controlled so that the speeds of the rolls differ. Consequently, tablets that have a high dimensional accuracy and no burrs formed around them can be produced.
US08801418B2
Methods and apparatuses for making three-dimensional objects from multiple solidifiable materials is shown and described. Multiple solidifiable material container assemblies are provided for holding different solidifiable materials. Relative movement between the solidifiable material container assemblies and a build platform allows the solidifiable materials to be switched as an object is built. Several exemplary cleaning stations are provided for removing residual solidifiable materials from the surface of the three-dimensional object as it is built to better ensure smooth transitions between materials on the finished object.
US08801415B2
An automated extrusion construction system may include an extrusion nozzle configured to extrude construction material in a substantially horizontal direction against an elongated and substantially vertical surface. An extrusion nozzle may have a height adjustment mechanism configured to adjust the height of an outlet in response to level deviations in the surface on which the construction material is extruded by the extrusion nozzle. An automated extrusion construction system may include a slicing mechanism configured to controllably slice through the extruded layer.
US08801410B2
A coupling shaft assembly includes a coupling shaft with a first radial shoulder and a second radial shoulder, the first radial shoulder and the second radial shoulder each include at least one slot to provide a lubricant flow path.
US08801401B2
An electrically powered pump includes a housing having a plurality of coils disposed in a circumferential direction of the housing, and an outer rotor rotatably disposed on an inner circumferential side of the housing and having a plurality of permanent magnets. The pump further includes an inner rotor disposed on an inner circumferential side of the outer rotor so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis eccentric relative to a central axis of the outer rotor. The inner rotor has a plurality of slots extending in a radial direction of the inner rotor, and a plurality of connection plates each having an outer radial end portion pivotably supported on an inner circumferential portion of the outer rotor and an inner radial end portion slidably received in the respective slots. The connection plates divide a space formed between the outer and inner rotors into a plurality of chambers.
US08801391B2
An apparatus for controlling an electric oil pump that can determine the occurrence of idling even in a region in which determination based on a load of the electric oil pump becomes difficult.The apparatus for controlling an electric oil pump according to one embodiment of the invention sets a target number of revolutions for determination tNset higher than a required number of revolutions tNreq corresponding to an operation request of the electric oil pump, and executes control of an electric motor so that the number of revolutions N of the electric oil pump approaches the target number of revolutions for determination tNset. A load (phase current Ii) of the electric oil pump is detected while executing the control of the electric motor, and the occurrence of idling in the electric oil pump is determined based on a detected pump load (Inrm, IidI).
US08801385B2
A vibration-damping device for a turbomachine blade including a blade root configured to be inserted into a pocket of a carrier disk of a bladed wheel, the device configured to be positioned between the blade root and a retaining wall of the pocket. The device includes at least one shim including an assembly of layers of rigid materials and of viscoelastic materials, and including two portions, each forming a lateral branch which can be inserted along one of the two retaining walls, the two lateral branches being connected to one another, so as to constitute a single part, by a third portion forming a shim bottom of rigid material. At least one layer of viscoelastic material is positioned between two layers of rigid materials.
US08801383B2
A propeller assembly includes a hub and a blade installed in the hub. A bearing arrangement retains the blade in the hub and includes an outer bearing race at the hub including a first outer race radius and a second outer race radius different from the first outer race radius, connected by an outer relief. The bearing arrangement further includes an inner bearing race at the blade including a first inner race radius and a second inner race radius different from the first inner race radius, connected by an inner relief. A plurality of bearing balls are installed between the inner race and outer race thereby retaining the blade at the hub.
US08801370B2
A impingement cooling system for heavy duty turbines that includes a manifold affixed to a casing of the heavy-duty turbine, wherein the manifold includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface of the manifold and a blower that provides air flow across the plurality of impingement holes of the manifold to cool the casing of the heavy-duty turbine to control the clearance between a tip of a turbine blade and a shroud of the heavy-duty turbine.
US08801361B2
A machine includes a rotor supported to rotate about a rotational axis and an actuator arranged to act on the rotor and control a position of the rotor about the rotational axis. A bladed turbomachine wheel is coupled to the rotor and has blade tips that pass closely to an adjacent, non-rotating surface. A sensor is adjacent to the turbomachine wheel and arranged to sense the blade tips and output a position signal representative of the position of blade tips relative to the sensor. A controller is coupled to the sensor and the actuator and is adapted to receive the position signal from the sensor and generate and send a control signal to the actuator to control the position of the rotor based on the position signal from the sensor.
US08801357B2
A lift system removes a display unit or components thereof from a tiled display wall in a way that minimizes the risk of damaging the removed display unit and other display units in the tiled display wall. A lifting structure is configured to selectively lift one or more display units away from the desired display unit when the lifting structure is raised by a vertical motion actuator. The lifting structure is further configured to be free to rotate slightly about a vertical axis when lifting the display units, so that the lifted display units are not constrained to purely vertical translation when lifted away from the desired display unit.
US08801354B2
A boom assembly includes a first boom member and a second boom member slidable relative to the first member in a first direction. A stop member that at least partially defines a receptacle is attached to the first member. A closure member is attachable to the first member in a fixed position and movable away from the fixed position. A planar wearpad is insertable into the receptacle in the first direction when the closure member is moved away from the fixed position and the second member is positioned on the first member. The stop and closure members inhibit lateral movement of the wearpad in a direction parallel to the plane of the wearpad, and allow movement of the wearpad in a direction transverse to the plane, when the wearpad is positioned in the receptacle. The second member inhibits movement of the wearpad in the direction transverse to the plane.
US08801350B2
A locking and unlocking nut structure contains a body including a through hole, a diameter of the through hole being larger than that of a screw rod (tube), the body also including a semi-circular recess with a starting segment and a stopping segment, the body further including a slot and an diameter-decreased screw section; a slidable block retained in the semi-circular recess and moving between the starting segment and the stopping segment, the slidable block including first threads, while the slidable block is fixed on the starting segment, a distance from the first threads of the slidable block to an inner wall of the through hole is larger than an outer diameter of the screw rod (tube); while the slidable block is fixed on the stopping segment, a distance from the first threads to the diameter-decreased screw section is equal to the outer diameter of the screw rod (tube).
US08801349B2
A clamp for securing a module to a rail. The clamp has a bolt having a head and a thread. The clamp includes an insert thread having a threaded aperture for receiving the thread of the bolt. The clamp having a body including an aperture to receive the bolt and wherein a first side of the body abuts the head of the bolt. The body includes a saw-toothed edge on a second side of the body opposing the first side of the body. The clamp includes a nut having a nut aperture for receiving the insert thread and the insert thread facilitating an electrical connection between the bolt and the nut. The nut having a first nut flange and a second nut flange extending toward the head of the bolt and wherein tightening of the bolt causes the nut and the body to approach one another causing the saw-toothed edge to pierce the module and the first nut flange and the second nut flange to engage and pierce notches of the rail.
US08801345B2
A tool main spindle, whose cutting angle can be changed, is translated by an X-axis moving mechanism portion on an X-axis provided in a plane perpendicular to an axis of a work; and is translated on a Y-axis by a Y-axis moving mechanism portion. Cutting of the work is performed by setting the cutting angle of the tool main spindle to an angle of the cutting tool at which the work has large dynamic rigidity, and causing an axis of a cutting tool to cross the work axis, and cutting the work with the cutting tool toward the axis of the work by cooperatively operating the X-axis moving mechanism portion and the Y-axis moving mechanism portion.
US08801344B2
The invention proposes a drill bit (1) leaving at least one main cutting edge (3, 3′) and at least one center cutting edge (15, 15′), wherein the drill bit (1) comprises a longitudinal axis (13), and wherein the at least one main cutting edge (3, 3′) and the at least one center cutting edge (15, 15′) are each assigned a rake face (7, 7′, 11, 11′). The drill bit (1) is characterized in that the rake face (11, 11′) assigned to the at least one center cutting edge (15, 15′) has at least two part faces (19, 19′; 21, 21′) which—as seen as perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (13) of the drill bit (1)—form an obtuse angle with one another, so that the at least one center cutting edge (15, 15′) comprises at least two part cutting edges (23, 23′; 25, 25′).
US08801338B2
This invention is directed to a mine roof support set including a plurality of nested containers. Each container in the set has a progressively smaller cross-sectional dimension to allow the containers to be nested one within the other. The plurality of containers can be nested during transportation of the mine roof support set to a mine site. The containers can be separated at the mine site and filled with a load-bearing material. The containers filled with the load-bearing material are placed with their longitudinal axis between a mine roof and a mine floor.
US08801332B2
An underwater energy storage system includes a tank for storing a compressed gas that is adapted to be stored underwater. The tank includes at least one water opening through which water from surrounding environment can flow into and out of the tank, and at least one gas opening through which the compressed gas is received. The underwater energy storage system further includes at least one duct communicating between the at least one opening for gas flow and a source of compressed gas and a compartment constructed over a roof of the tank, wherein said compartment is adapted for receiving weights at a sinking site of the tank.
US08801324B2
A device which can slide up and down on a chain or cable, can be loosened to attach to the chain or cable, but does not have any parts that come free when the part is loosened.
US08801318B2
A joint for use in a suspension system including an elongated suspension member is disclosed. The bearing assembly comprises an outer race, an inner race, a shaft, a collar, and a seal. The outer race is configured to be coupled to the elongated suspension member. The inner race is coupled to the outer race and is moveable relative to the outer race. The shaft is coupled to the inner race. The collar is coupled to the shaft and limits the movement of at least one of the inner race and the shaft relative to the outer race. The seal member is configured to form a seal between one of the shaft and the first collar and one of the outer race and a portion of the elongated suspension member.
US08801317B2
A ring binder mechanism includes a housing, a ring support, and rings for holding loose-leaf pages. Each ring includes a first ring member and a second ring member that are moveable between a closed position and an opened position. An actuator is mounted on the housing for moving the ring members from the closed position to the opened position. A travel bar has at least one locking element and is moveable between a locked position wherein the ring members are locked in the closed position and an unlocked position wherein the ring members are capable of being moved to the opened position. An intermediate connector operably connects the travel bar to the actuator. A portion of the intermediate connector is captured by and moveable with a wide section of a mounting groove in the travel bar so the intermediate connector can move relative to the travel bar.
US08801316B1
A water jet toothbrush assembly injects water into a user's mouth to remove plaque and debris. The assembly includes an elongated member having a head and a handle. The head has a plurality of apertures positioned therein. A conduit extends through an interior space of the elongated member. A first end of the conduit is in fluid communication with a hose when the hose is coupled to the handle. A second end of the conduit is positioned proximate the apertures wherein the conduit is configured for delivering water to the apertures. A channel extends through an interior space of a cleaning attachment. A first end of the channel is in fluid communication with the hose when the hose is coupled to the cleaning attachment. A second end of the channel is aligned with a hole of the cleaning attachment wherein the channel is configured for delivering water to the hole.
US08801315B2
An airless applicator may deliver high/low viscosity liquids or semi-liquids, and contains a valve controlling flow between a product reservoir and an intermediate pooling area, while a narrow opening between the intermediate pooling area and a product dispensing chamber controls flow therebetween. This arrangement prevents backflow to the product reservoir, precluding an influx of contamination therein. Product delivery is by specially adapted applicator heads. In one embodiment, a plurality of prongs, and openings into the product dispensing chamber, permit application of mascara onto eyelashes. Alternating prong heights increases effectiveness in applying mascara onto all sides of a user's lashes. Other applicator heads are configured for lip product applications such as for lipstick, and for eye products such as eyeliner and eye shadow. An air-tight sealing cap having a spring biased inner cap member may prevent moisture from escaping from the product dispensing chamber and prevent entry of contaminants therein.
US08801311B1
A writing implement organizing device mechanically links multiple writing instruments to a central hub and includes a plurality of cords having an end attached to each writing instrument. Each cord is formed of an elastic material with an end attached a desired writing instrument.
US08801301B2
An optical fiber cable connector includes a ferrule subassembly, in which a ferrule is mounted into a receptacle including a barrel section having a flange at its base. The ferrule subassembly is loaded into an enclosure having a plug housing at its lead end. The plug housing is configured to provide a connection between an endface of a multicore fiber mounted into the ferrule and a corresponding surface in a mating socket. A collar is rotatably mounted onto the barrel section of the ferrule subassembly such that it butts up against the flange. The collar has an opening that fits around the barrel section, and an outer perimeter that fits into a receiving cavity with the plug housing. The ferrule, receptacle, receptacle barrel section, mounted multicore fiber, enclosure, and plug housing have a common longitudinal axis. As a result, the ferrule, receptacle, receptacle barrel section, and mounted multicore fiber are continuously rotatable with respect to the enclosure and plug housing, thereby enabling a precise rotational alignment of the multicore fiber within the enclosure.
US08801300B2
A fiber optic cable fixture 1 has a joint member 3, a swaging member 4, and a fastening member 5. The joint member 3 has a cylindrical shape in which a through hole 10 is formed and includes a joint section 11 joined to another member, a male screw 12, and a cylindrical section 13 that is smaller in diameter than the male screw 12 and that is covered with a jacket 7 and tension fibers. The swaging member 4 is fitted to the cylindrical section 13 while covered with the jacket 7. A female screw 16 is formed at one end of an inner peripheral surface of the fastening member 5. A tapered surface 17 is formed on another end of the inner peripheral surface of the fastening member 5.
US08801287B2
The invention relates to a protective device (10) for a drainage valve (27) fitted to bags or “bags in boxes” intended for the transport and handling of liquid or quasi-liquid substances, said device (10) being formed by a sheet (1) of flexible material folded in on itself, two parallel side edges of said sheet being fixed to one another over at least a part of their length so as to form an approximately rectangular envelope which is open on one of its sides, called the insertion side, into which a reinforcing panel (30) located on the side of the bag and provided with the drainage valve (27) is inserted, said panel (30) having a thickness e1 and being provided with a hole (T) for said drainage valve (27) to pass through. The envelope has at least one opening (4) on its front and/or rear side for the drainage valve (27) to pass through, and at least one closed compartment (5A, 5B, 5C) containing flexible material, said compartment causing an overthickness e2 at the surface of the envelope, such that the sum of e1 and e2 is approximately equal to or greater than the height H of the drainage valve (27).
US08801284B2
A fluid dispenser comprising: a flexible pouch (1) that comprises two flexible sheets (11, 12) that define between them a fluid reservoir (10) and an opening (14); and a stopper-and-dispenser member (2) that is mounted in stationary, permanent, and leaktight manner in the opening (14) of the pouch (1), the stopper member (2) including a body (3) that defines a dispenser orifice (34) and two sealing zones (31c, 31d), respectively for the two flexible sheets (11, 12) of the pouch (1); the dispenser being characterized in that the stopper-and-dispenser member (2) further includes a closure lid (4) for closing the dispenser orifice (34), the lid (4) being hinged (43) on the body (3) in such a manner as to pivot between a closed position and an open position.
US08801283B2
A circuit body includes a flexible insulation sheet with an electric circuit pattern having wiring patterns and a temperature sensor arranged in the electric circuit pattern. The electric circuit pattern has a temperature-sensor connecting portion and a heat-concentrating pattern formed integrally with the temperature-sensor connecting portion so as to have a larger width than that of the wiring pattern. The temperature sensor is touched through the heat-concentrating pattern to an object to be measured. The wiring patterns and the heat-concentrating pattern are formed integrally on a primary surface of the insulation sheet by printing. An additional heat-concentrating pattern is further formed on a secondary surface of the insulation sheet at a position corresponding to the temperature-sensor connecting portion. The heat-concentrating patterns are bent integrally with the insulation sheet and touched to the object to be measured.
US08801280B2
A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy.
US08801279B2
A semiconductor device, memory device, system, and method of using a stacked structure for stably transmitting signals among a plurality of semiconductor layers is disclosed. The device includes at least a first semiconductor chip including a first temperature sensor circuit configured to output first temperature information related to the first semiconductor chip, and at least one through substrate via.
US08801278B2
A sensor including a tube having a small-diameter portion loosely inserted into a tube insertion hole of an annular mounting fixture and a large-diameter portion having a diameter larger than an inside diameter of the tube insertion hole. A flow path is formed, so that when the large-diameter portion of the tube is locked on the rear end of the tube insertion hole, a rear end of a gap, defined between an inner circumferential surface of the tube insertion hole and an outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter portion of the tube, remains open. Further, the inner circumferential surface of the tube insertion hole and the outer circumferential surface of the small-diameter tubular portion of the tube are brazed together with a brazing filler which flows into the gap.
US08801273B2
Methods and systems accurately determine an analyte concentration in a fluid sample. In an example embodiment, a receiving port receives a test sensor. The test sensor includes a fluid-receiving area for receiving a fluid sample. The fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the fluid sample. The test sensor has a test-sensor temperature and the reagent has a reagent temperature. A measurement system measures the reaction between the reagent and the analyte. A temperature-measuring system measures the test sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the receiving port. A concentration of the analyte in the fluid sample is determined according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test sensor temperature. A diagnostic system determines an accuracy of the temperature-measuring system. The calculation of the analyte concentration may be adjusted according to the accuracy of temperature-measuring system.
US08801272B2
A zero-heat-flux DTT measurement device is constituted of a flexible substrate supporting an electrical circuit including a heater trace defining a heater, thermal sensors, and a thermal sensor calibration circuit.
US08801267B2
A static mixer for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine with which at least two different fluid streams are mixed almost homogeneously after a short mixing distance, and with which back-flow effects and pressure losses are avoided, to the greatest possible extent. Due to the placement of flow guide devices, the inclined front sections of which are disposed alternately facing in different directions, and by the configuration and placement of the fluid passage spaces, which are delimited by guide elements, intensive and homogeneous mixing of two different fluid streams is achieved, while avoiding turbulent flows and pressure losses. Mixing of the fluid streams is supported by guide vanes that are disposed on the flow guide elements in the front region of the central center element, and on a frame that delimits the inclined sections of the flow guide elements.
US08801264B2
A back frame and a backlight system of a flat panel display device are disclosed. The back frame includes at least two assembling pieces joined to form the back frame and a bracing piece fixed to the assembling pieces. The assembling pieces are mountable to at least two different positions of the bracing piece in a lengthwise direction of the bracing piece. By making the mounting position of a bracing piece to an assembling piece adjustable in a lengthwise direction of the bracing piece, a single bracing piece may meet different needs for mounting so as to reduce the manufacturing cost of the flat panel display device.
US08801246B2
Disclosed is a vehicle lamp, including a reflector reflecting light of a light guide, wherein the reflector includes a first reflection surface and a second reflection surface forming an inner circumferential surface, together with at least a part of a light emitting surface of the light guide and the inner circumferential surface is converged in a direction opposite to an irradiation direction to form a convergent point. By this configuration, it is possible to reduce manufacturing costs and manufacturing man hour of the vehicle lamp while increasing aesthetic appearance of the vehicle.
US08801241B2
The present invention is directed to a high intensity light module for warning aircraft of obstructions. In one embodiment, the high intensity light module for warning aircraft of obstructions includes a first plate, at least one reflector coupled to the first plate along a length of the first plate, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) coupled to the first plate, wherein the at least one reflector redirects light emitted by the plurality of LEDs substantially along a single side of the high intensity light module, a lens coupled around a perimeter of the first plate and a second plate coupled to the lens around a perimeter of the second plate and coupled to the first plate via one or more standoffs.
US08801230B2
A luminaire for illuminating a target area (34) by retroreflection from a reflector (30), comprising a light-emitting diode module (12) having at least one light-emitting diode; (14) and a cooling device (10) for the light-emitting diode module (12), the cooling device including as coolant a liquid (26) that is transparent to the light of the light-emitting diode module and a transparent coolant container (20) for accommodating the coolant; (26) wherein the coolant container (20) comprises a first (22) and a second transparent wall (24) between which the coolant (26) is located and which extend substantially perpendicularly to the optical axis (36) of the reflector (30) and have a surface such that in an assembled state in which the light-emitting diode module (12) and the cooling device (10) are connected to the reflector (30), at least 90% of the radiation of the light-emitting diode module (12) which is reflected from the reflector (30) and which reaches the target area (34) passes through the coolant container (20).
US08801225B2
The present invention discloses an illumination device comprising a base, a yoke connected to and rotatable relative to the base and a head connected to and rotatable relative to the yoke. The head comprises at least one light source generating light a light beam and wherein the light sources are arranged in a bucket shaped outer shell. The present invention relates also to a method of manufacturing such moving head light fixture. Further the present invention relates to a moving head light fixture where the head comprises a number of light sources generating a light beam; means for receiving user input from a user; and means for providing visual feedback to the user.
US08801221B2
A lens structure, a light source device, and a light source module are provided. The light source device includes a light emitting device and a lens structure. The light emitting device is capable of emitting a light beam. The lens structure includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and four total internal reflection surfaces connected to the second surface. Some of the total internal reflection surfaces connect to the first surface. The first surface has a recess. The light emitting device is disposed at the recess. The second surface is a free-form surface. The light beam is capable of entering the lens structure through the first surface, and leaving the lens structure through the second surface.
US08801209B2
A backlight assembly and a display device having the same are provided. The backlight assembly includes a first substrate, point light sources disposed upon the first substrate and an optical member covering the point light sources to guide light emitted from the point light sources, wherein the first substrate has recessed portions, and the point light sources are positioned within the recessed portions.
US08801198B2
The light source device includes: a first support that supports one of a light source and a collimator lens condensing; a second support that supports the other of the light source and the collimator lens; and a fixing member that fixes the first support to the second support. The first support includes a first protruding portion that protrudes from the first support toward the second support, the first protruding portion having a through hole therethrough. The second support includes a second protruding portion that protrudes from the second support toward the first support, the second protruding portion having: a receiving portion that receives the first protruding portion; and a receiving hole. A rod portion of a locking member is inserted into the through hole and the receiving hole, and a head portion of a locking member is sealed with a sealant.
US08801196B2
A multi-screen display apparatus is a multi-screen display apparatus in which screens of a master apparatus and slave apparatuses are arranged. Each of the master apparatus and the slave apparatuses includes a light source for three primary colors formed of a semiconductor light emitting element, and a memory circuit for storing a brightness corresponding to a control current that is specific to each of the primary colors of the light source. The master apparatus determines a common target brightness based on the brightness outputtable by the master apparatus itself and the brightnesses outputtable by other apparatuses. Each of the master apparatus and the slave apparatuses reads, as a target control current, the control current corresponding to the target brightness from the memory circuit, and supplies the target control current to the light source.
US08801190B2
A mirror is at least partially transparent on a first side and at least partially reflective on a second side. The mirror is positioned at an angle in front of a display such that visible light emitted from the display is reflected from the second side. Further, the a plurality of invisible light emitters are positioned in front of the second side that transmits the invisible light through the mirror from the second side to the first side.
US08801189B2
There is provided a laser projector, including: a laser source section for emitting laser beams; a spatial light modulator which modulates the laser beams to generate image light; a projector lens from which the image light is emitted; a beam shaper which shapes the laser beams into a shape of the spatial light modulator; and a pupil uniformizer which makes a light intensity distribution uniform at an exit pupil of the projector lens, wherein the pupil uniformizer is situated between the laser source section and the beam shaper.
US08801174B2
In some embodiments, a first device may be provided. The first device may comprise a lens housing adapted to support a first lens and a second lens, a first temple movably coupled to the lens housing, a second temple movably coupled to the lens housing, an electronics module disposed at least partially within the first temple, and a first electrical conductor coupled to the first temple. A first conductive path may be provided from the first temple to the lens housing at least in part by the first electrical conductor. The first electrical conductor may be configured to couple the electronics module to the first temple.
US08801167B2
An inkjet recording apparatus including an ink; and an ink discharging head configured to discharge the ink, wherein the ink discharging head is provided with a nozzle having a silicone-containing water-repellent film on a surface thereof on which the ink contacts, wherein the ink contains a colorant; water; and a water soluble organic solvent, wherein the colorant contains a carbon black partially coated with a resin, and wherein the ink meets the following expressions (1) and (2): 1.0×104
US08801165B2
The present invention provides an inkjet ink comprising at least 30% by weight of organic solvent based on the total weight of the ink, a radiation curable material, a photoinitiator and optionally a colorant. The invention also provides an apparatus for printing the ink wherein the apparatus comprises at least one printhead, a means for evaporating solvent from the printed ink and a source of actinic radiation. Furthermore, the invention provides a method of inkjet printing comprising i) inkjet printing the inkjet ink as defined above on to a substrate; ii) evaporating at least a portion of the solvent from the printed ink; and iii) exposing the printed ink to actinic radiation to cure the radiation curable material.
US08801161B2
A liquid cartridge includes a liquid reservoir, a liquid flow path that selectively places the reservoir in fluid communication with an exterior of the cartridge, a sensor that outputs a signal relative to a position of an object in the liquid flow path, a storage that stores data therein, and a plurality of terminals. The plurality of terminals includes a sensor terminal connected to the sensor, a power terminal connected to at least one of the sensor and the storage, and that receives power, and a data terminal connected to the storage. A distance between a first portion of the power terminal and at least a portion of the data terminal is greater than a distance between a second portion of the power terminal and at least a portion of the sensor terminal.
US08801159B2
An ink-jet recording apparatus may include a recording head comprising an ejection surface, a first wall configured to oppose the ejection surface, and a second wall configured to enclose surroundings of the ejection surface. The ink-jet recording apparatus may include a first wall moving unit which is configured to move the first wall between a first position and a second position. The ink-jet recording apparatus may include a second wall moving unit which is configured to move the second wall between a third position and a fourth position. An attitude of the first wall positioned at the second position and an attitude of the first wall at the first position are different. The first wall positioned at the first position and the second wall positioned at the third position form a closed space which covers the ejection port.
US08801150B2
A piezoelectric device, including the following on a substrate in the order listed below: a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film which contains a Pb containing perovskite oxide represented by a general expression (P) below, and an upper electrode, in which the piezoelectric film has a layer of pyrochlore oxide on the surface facing the lower electrode, and the average layer thickness of the pyrochlore oxide layer is not greater than 20 nm. AaBbO3 (P) where, A: at least one type of A-site element containing Pb as a major component, B: at least one type of B-site element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Sc, Co, Cu, In, Sn, Ga, Zn, Cd, Fe, and Ni, and O: an oxygen element.
US08801147B2
According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a substrate, a nozzle plate, and an actuator incorporated in the nozzle plate. The nozzle plate includes a nozzle provided to communicate with an ink pressure chamber, and a vibrating plate exposed to the ink pressure chamber. The actuator displaces the vibrating plate in the thickness direction to pressurize ink in the ink pressure chamber via the vibrating plate and eject the ink from the nozzle. The ink pressure chamber has a first dimension in the thickness direction of the substrate and a second dimension in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the substrate. The first dimension is larger than the second dimension.
US08801143B2
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head for discharging an ink droplet onto a recording medium in a print operation; a maintenance operation unit performing a primary maintenance operation on the recording head after a predetermined time following completion of the print operation; a standing time calculation unit calculating a standing time between a completion time of a secondary maintenance operation performed in the predetermined time and an end time of the predetermined time; an intensity comparing unit comparing an intensity of the primary maintenance operation and an intensity of the secondary maintenance operation; and a selection unit selecting a type of the primary maintenance operation based on the standing time when the intensity of the secondary maintenance operation is greater than the intensity of the primary maintenance operation.
US08801140B2
A method for calibrating in situ a plurality of printheads in an imaging device has been developed. Firing signals operate a plurality of printheads to form ink test patterns on an image receiving member. Reflectance measurements of light reflected from the test patterns and optical density measurements for a portion of the patterns formed by only one printhead in the plurality of printheads are used to adjust the firing signals and enable the printheads to print within a predetermined range about an average reflectance value and a predetermined optical density.
US08801132B2
(Problem to be Solved)To appropriately restrain occurrence of striped variation and to appropriately enhance image quality of a printed result.(Solution)An inkjet printer in which multi-gradation printing is performed in an inkjet method includes an ejection control section for controlling ejection of ink droplets by supplying an ejection control signal to a nozzle for controlling ejection of the ink droplets from the nozzle of an inkjet head. The inkjet head forms lines of ink dots juxtaposed in a line direction so that the lines are juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to the line direction. In a case that a nozzle which forms a line is the abnormal nozzle, an ejection control signal corresponding to an ink dot size which is different from a case of the normal nozzle is supplied as the ejection control signal corresponding to a part of the dots juxtaposed in the line, thereby an average value in the line of ejection errors is brought close to zero.
US08801125B2
A printing device includes a discharge head, an irradiation unit and a controller. The discharge head is configured and arranged to discharge droplets of a liquid curable by active rays onto a substrate while the discharge head and the substrate move relative to each other. The irradiation unit is configured and arranged to radiate the active rays to the droplets on the substrate. The irradiation unit is provided behind the discharge head with respect to a direction of a relative movement. The controller is configured to turn off the irradiation unit when a predetermined time has elapsed since start of lighting of the irradiation unit.
US08801121B2
A chest of drawers includes a frame (2) comprising two uprights (3) facing each other, each upright having a front edge (3c); at least one drawer (6) associated with the uprights and having a front portion (6f); the drawer is also sliding with respect to the uprights between a closed configuration in which it is housed between the uprights and a pull-out configuration in which it projects with respect to the front edge of the uprights; at least one guide (9) connected to an inside surface (3a) of one of the uprights and comprising a sliding device (10) rotatably fastened to the upright and associated with the drawer to make it movable along the guide; the sliding device is located on said upright near the front edge; the drawer has a housing at the front portion to accommodate the sliding device when the drawer is in the closed configuration.
US08801113B2
A brake apparatus including a housing, a piston body disposed within each of a pair of closed-ended bores formed in the housing, a first elastic member that biases the piston body toward a closed end of the respective bores, a fluid passage opened to the closed end of the respective bores, a pressure regulating valve disposed in the fluid passage, and a rotary gear pump disposed in a region between the pressure regulating valve disposed in the fluid passage opened to the closed end of one of the bores and the pressure regulating valve disposed in the fluid passage opened to the closed end of the other of the bores. The fluid passages are formed to be offset from respective central axes of the piston bodies in such a direction that the fluid passages are spaced apart from each other.
US08801111B2
A vehicle air braking system having a source of fluid under pressure (1), an air dryer (A) downstream of the source (1), and an air consumer circuit (2) downstream of the air dryer (A), the system being operable to suspend the source (1) on demand to permit backflow of air under pressure from the air consumer circuit (2) through the air dryer (A) to a drain valve (B), the system including a regeneration valve (D), and a command valve (C) having an inlet connected to the air consumer circuit (2), and a supply outlet operably connected to the drain valve (B), wherein the regeneration valve (D) is operable to permit regeneration backflow in response to connection of the inlet and supply outlets of the command valve (C).
US08801107B2
A vehicle wheel includes a wheel rim on which is provided a plurality of plate-like covering elements, which are mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, for temporarily closing off associated apertures in the wheel rim, wherein each covering element can be displaced along the pivot axis under centrifugal force counter to the force of a restoring element and is connected to the wheel rim by means of a coupling element, which imparts positive guidance during a displacement movement, in such a way that the covering element can be pivoted between a radially inner open position and a radially outer closed position, wherein a pivot axis rod arranged on the outer side of the wheel rim is connected to the covering element via a hydraulic or pneumatic vibration damper.
US08801104B2
A seat portion of a vehicle seat has a padding, which is covered with permeable upholstery defining a user supporting surface and has a plurality of chambers extending crosswise to the supporting surface; the chambers are open at their ends and, in use, vary in volume in response to oscillating movement of the user; the chambers are grouped in at least four groups, which are located, respectively, in front right, front left, rear right, and rear left position; the chambers of each group are isolated in fluidtight manner by the chambers of the other groups and communicate with a respective opening, which connects the lower end of the chambers to the outside; the opening of each group is associated with a respective valve, which operates independently from the valves of the other groups and is opened/closed automatically in response to compression and decompression of the air in the chambers.
US08801103B2
An extendible and retractable head rest system for a motor vehicle seat has a head rest coupled to a linkage and an actuator coupled to the linkage. The linkage includes an offset drive link that upon the actuator being actuated to extend the head rest system to an operative position, the linkage moves the head rest up and forward and upon the actuator being actuated to retract the head rest system to an inoperative position, the linkage moves the head rest back and down. In an aspect, the linkage kneels when the head rest reaches an upper position to move the head rest to a forward position.
US08801100B2
A wheelchair having an adjustable seat includes a seat frame including first and second side support members. The side support members are extendable between a first position defining a first length and a second position defining a second length greater than the first length. A seat member is coupled at a first side thereof to the first side support member and at a second side thereof to the second side support member. The seat member extends between the first and second side support members to define a seat area having an initial depth corresponding to the first length of the side support members and a width corresponding to a distance between the side support members. The seat member includes an auxiliary portion for extending the seat member to an extended depth corresponding to the second length of the side support members.
US08801087B2
A cowl cross assembly includes a cowl cross bar positioned in the front region of a vehicle body, and a cowl cross half-panel joined to one end of the cowl cross bar. A part of the cowl cross bar made of a steel material is cut, and the cowl cross half-panel made of a plastic material is mounted to the cowl cross bar, thereby reducing the weight and the cost and reinforcing the strength to support the air conditioning equipment. In addition, the cowl cross bar can be easily joined to the cowl cross half-panel to improve the workability.
US08801086B2
A cabin system to be mounted on a vehicle body includes a driver's seat, an air conditioner body for indoor air conditioning disposed downwardly of the driver's seat, a plurality of support pillars constituting a cabin framework, a ceiling portion, and a main duct having a hollow tubular construction, the main duct forming therein an air passageway for the indoor air conditioning. The main duct includes, at a lower portion thereof, a duct connecting opening to be connected to the air conditioner body and also includes, at a lateral portion thereof, a support pillar engaging face. The main duct is attached through the support pillar engaging face to one of the support pillars along an indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar. The support pillar engaging face of the main duct and the indoor side peripheral face of the one support pillar have profiles complementary with each other.
US08801082B2
A vehicle body front part structure according to a first aspect of the present invention includes: a center frame which extends along a vertical direction of a vehicle, a top end flange part that bends toward a rear being formed on a top end of the center frame; and a dashboard lower which has a first vertical wall, a bent part that is bent toward the rear being formed on a top edge of the first vertical wall. The top end flange part and the bent part are joined overlapping each other, and a closed cross-section structure part is formed between the center frame and the bent part.
US08801077B2
A gap fairing for a tractor-trailer. A fairing body is attached to a chassis of the tractor, independently of the cab thereof and within a gap between a cab of the tractor and the trailer. The fairing body has side portions, extending rearwardly from a front portion, adjacent the cab of the tractor, toward the trailer and top portion. A clear panel can be located in at least the side portion of the fairing body located at the passenger side to enable the driver to view the trailer through the rear window of the tractor and the clear panel. A separation space between the front of the fairing body and the cab can be sealed by a sealing element that is at least in part one of resilient and flexible so as to allow relative motion between the fairing body and the cab.
US08801071B2
A fastening device is provided for the releasable fastening of a panel element to the front wall structure of a motor vehicle body, with a brace, which on one end can be fastened with a fastening structure of the panel element and on the other end can be fastened with a fastening structure of the front wall structure. The brace is releasable and positively fastened to at least one of the fastening structures with at least one end section.
US08801062B2
A safety clamping device for clamping onto a first rope portion and retaining a second rope portion. The clamping device comprises a clamping portion and a retaining portion. The clamping portion clamps onto the first rope portion, and comprises first and second clamping members in use hingedly coupled to one another such that the clamping portion is movable between an open configuration suitable for receiving the first rope portion and a clamping configuration suitable for clamping onto the first rope portion. The retaining portion retains the second rope portion relative to the position of the first rope portion, and is coupled to the clamping portion.
US08801057B2
A bumper structure of a cleaning robot which detects whether or not an obstacle contacts a bumper and a position of the obstacle, allows the bumper to be simply process and reduces the number of components of the cleaning robot to lower the production costs of the cleaning robot. The bumper structure includes a main body, a bumper installed on the front surface of the main body, a resistance film provided between the main body and the bumper and fixed to the main body, and a metal film provided between the main body and the bumper and fixed to the bumper such that the shape of the metal film is deformed together with the bumper and the metal film comes into contact with the resistance film when at least one obstacle contacts the bumper, so as to measure resistance values.
US08801052B2
A latch assembly includes a striker plate and a latch plate. The striker plate is pivotal to a locked position securing the latch assembly to a striker bar and to an unlocked position wherein the striker bar can be inserted and removed therefrom. The latch plate is pivotal on a pivot pin to a latched position holding the striker plate in its locked position and to an unlatched position wherein the striker plate can be pivoted into and out of its locked position. A latch pin projects from the latch plate. A lever is pivotally mounted on the pivot pin. The lever is engagable with the latch pin to move the latch member from the latched position to the unlatched position. The lever is longer than a length of the latch plate. A spring is coupled to the lever and biased to urge the lever away from the latch pin. A link coupled to the lever is operable to move the lever towards the latch pin. The latch plate is pivotal independently of the lever when the striker plate is pivoting to its locked position.
US08801047B2
The instant invention describes an improved inlet/outlet fluid conduit assembly having an inlet and outlet conduit for providing transportation of a fluid from a fluid supply source, i.e. a water spigot, to a fluid dispensing source, such as a hose. The inlet/outlet fluid conduit assembly uses a minimal number of interconnecting parts, thereby reducing the need for continued maintenance. When maintenance is required, the improved inlet/outlet fluid conduit assembly is quickly and easily disassembled to provide quick replacement of worn parts. In addition, the improved inlet/outlet fluid conduit assembly is constructed in such a manner that wear and tear of the outlet conduit resulting from long-term use is minimized.
US08801042B1
An improved learning aid in the form of a book, the book includes a front cover, a back cover, and a plurality of pages intermediate the front cover and the back cover. The plurality of pages, front cover, and back cover are conventionally bound together along one longitudinal side by a binding means. The back cover includes an outer side disposed with a plurality of sections. Each of the sections printed text framed by a text identification and sequence indicator, wherein the printed text is a complete reproduction of the text printed on a particular numbered page of the plurality of pages of the book.
US08801041B2
A fluid storage container and method is disclosed. The fluid storage container comprises a base frame that supports a tank, a tank for storing fluid, a working surface area walkway built into an end of the tank, a ladder connected near the front of the walkway to the frame, a plurality of handrails on the walkway that can be positioned depending on the required function of the tank, a plurality of strut panels that serve as floorboards on the walkway, a bridge that extends from the left and right sides of the tank to connect to other like tanks, a safety chain that connects between adjacently parked containers, and a dual manifold assembly. A method for configuring the tank's walkways as continuous walkways when parked adjacent to each other is disclosed. A dual manifold system and method for operating the manifolds is also disclosed.
US08801039B2
A fuel pump mounting structure of a saddle-ride-type vehicle that can enhance the degree of freedom in the shape of a fuel tank with the construction where a fuel pump is arranged in the inside of the saddle-type fuel tank that straddles a main frame. A first opening portion is formed in a tank bottom plate of a fuel tank, and a mounting arm which closes the first opening portion by one end thereof and supports the fuel pump by the other end thereof is arranged in the inside of the fuel tank, the mounting arm extends along a vehicle widthwise direction toward a gap SA formed between a straddling bottom portion of the fuel tank that straddles a main frame and a tank side wall of the fuel tank, and supports the fuel pump in the inside of the gap SA.
US08801034B2
A gas generator includes, a housing, an ignition device chamber, a combustion chamber, a filter facing a top plate of the housing, and a retainer supporting the filter and having first and second retainers. The first retainer includes a filter support abutting a lower surface of the filter, an annular wall positioned at outer circumference of the filter support, a plate portion extending outward from the annular wall, and a tubular wall extending axially from the plate portion, and the second retainer includes a support surface supporting the outer circumferential surface, and a support bottom extending inward from the support surface. The support bottom is positioned between the plate portion and the lower surface and that an inner circumferential edge of the support bottom abuts the annular wall surface. At least a part of the lower surface and the outer circumferential surface is supported by the first and second retainers.
US08801032B2
An active bolster for a vehicle is provided, wherein the bolster comprises an expansible hollow interior that is inflatable and is self-supporting in both an inflated and in an uninflated position. The bolster has an inflator module for inflating the expansible hollow interior. The bolster has an inner wall for projecting inwardly into the vehicle and away from the side of the vehicle on inflation of the expansible hollow interior. The bolster may have a relatively non-expansible component located between a first expansible chamber and a second expansible chamber. The bolster may comprise an outer wall having an attachment portion for attaching the outer wall to a portion of the side of the vehicle.
US08801027B2
The present invention relates to a multi-element flexor unit (1) for a ski binding (2), in particular a cross country or touring ski binding. The flexor unit (1) comprises: a flexor element (10) which is attached, attachable or integrally formed with a base element (30) for interaction and attachment with the ski binding (2) in a removeable manner. Further the base element (30) is provided with part of a snap-fit connector (31) for attaching the multi-element flexor unit (1) to the ski binding (2). Also disclosed is a ski binding (2) for housing the multi-element flexor unit (1).
US08801015B2
A vehicle includes a pair of front wheels; a pair of rear wheels; a cabin frame portion; a first support frame portion extending forward from the cabin frame portion; a second support frame portion extending rearward from the cabin frame portion; a first suspension system supported by the first support frame portion and suspending the front wheels; and a second suspension system supported by the second support frame portion and suspending the rear wheels. Each of the first suspension system and the second suspension system includes a damping unit. Each damping unit includes a pair of dampers generating damping forces via oil viscosity resistance; an adjuster that adjusts the damping forces generated by the dampers; and a pair of oil paths which connect the dampers with the adjuster.
US08801010B2
A scooter configurable into a stowed and an unstowed position includes an elongated deck support pivotally coupled at opposed ends to a steering assembly and to an elongated deck. In some embodiments, the scooter includes a cargo stand pivotally coupled to the elongated deck and configurable into a stowed and an unstowed position. The cargo stand is further configured for removably securing a cargo when in the unstowed position. In certain embodiments, the scooter includes a brake element pivotally coupled the elongated deck and spring biased away from a rear wheel of the scooter. Application of a force to the brake element hinders a rotation of the rear wheel by moving at least a portion of the brake element towards the rear wheel and removal of the force moves the brake element away from the rear wheel.
US08801005B1
A paper roll cart for storing, holding for usage, and transporting a variably-sized roll of paper includes a wheeled base, a paper roll support that is rotationally mounted to the wheeled base, a paper roll securing mechanism coupled to the wheeled base for releasably anchoring the paper roll to the cart, and a cart movement control system attached to the wheeled base for assisting in the movement of the paper cart from one location to another location.
US08800992B1
A mathematics game kit having five answer dice with six faces each labeled with a different number between 1 and 30, twenty function dice with six faces each labeled with a number between 1 and 25, a base with a grid divided into 25 cells in five columns and five rows wherein each cell is adapted to accept a die and the outermost column is the answer column, and a lid removably attached to the base, the lid allows the dice to be shaken in the base and randomly fall into cells. A partition is disposed in the lid to separate the answer dice and the cells in the answer column from the function dice and the remaining twenty cells.
US08800990B2
An automatic document feeder includes an upstream conveyance roller pair disposed upstream of an image reader including an upstream driving roller and an upstream driven roller; a downstream conveyance roller pair including a downstream driving roller and a downstream driven roller; an upstream auxiliary roller pair including upstream auxiliary rollers disposed coaxially on a shaft of the upstream driving roller and of the upstream driven roller, respectively, each formed of an elastic member and having a diameter greater than that of the adjacent upstream driving roller and of the adjacent upstream driven roller, respectively; and a downstream auxiliary roller pair including downstream auxiliary rollers each disposed coaxially on a shaft of the downstream driving roller and of the downstream driven roller, formed of a low-hardness elastic member and having a diameter greater than that of the adjacent downstream driving roller and of the adjacent downstream driven roller.
US08800989B2
A paper conveying device includes: a conveyance path, along which paper is conveyed; paper jam removal zones provided side by side along the conveyance path; paper detection sensors respectively provided in the paper jam removal zones for detecting the presence or absence of paper; a paper jam detecting section for detecting paper jam based on output signals from the paper detection sensors; a signal storing section for storing previous signal statuses just before current signal statuses of the output signals of the paper detection sensors; a display section for displaying one of the paper jam removal zones; and a display controlling section for identifying the one of the paper jam removal zones based on the current signal statuses and the previous signal statuses of the paper detection sensors when paper jam is detected, and displaying the identified paper jam removal zone on the display section.
US08800986B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus which includes an body, a feeding tray, a pickup roller, a roller supporting mechanism which supports the pickup roller, a pressing plate which elevates a sheet at the time of sheet feeding, an ascending mechanism which makes the pressing plate ascent, a drive source which is provided to the body, a drive gear, a one-way clutch mechanism which transmits the driving force to the ascending mechanism, a coupling member which moves in conjunction with a vertical movement of the pickup roller, and a transmission-state switching mechanism which is engaged with the coupling member, and which allows or inhibits the transmission of the driving force from the drive gear to the one-way clutch mechanism, in accordance with the movement of the coupling member.
US08800983B2
An operating table column has a column part a head part, and a plurality of actuating drives that each comprise a first element and a second element that can be linearly adjusted relative to this first element and that acts upon the head part. The first element of a first actuating drive is connected to the column part, while the head part is pivotably connected to the second element of the first actuating drive. The first element of a second actuating drive is pivotably connected to the column part, whereby, the head part is pivotably connected to the second element of the second actuating drive. The first element of a third actuating drive is connected at a distance from the head part to the second element of the first actuating drive and the second element of the third actuating drive is connected to the head part via respective universal joints.
US08800974B2
The present invention is directed to an air spring sleeve comprising: an outer layer, at least one reinforcing layer, and an inner layer that form the sleeve; the outer layer and the inner layer are formed of an elastomeric composition, with the proviso that the elastomeric composition does not comprise epichlorohydrin; and the at least one reinforcing layer comprises a plurality of reinforcing elements disposed between a layer of the elastomeric composition, wherein the elastomeric composition of the at least one reinforcing layer is identical to the elastomeric composition of the outer layer and the inner layer.
US08800962B2
A valve assembly is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve housing and a harbor provided at a lower portion of the valve housing. The valve housing has an internal bore for receiving a valve control cartridge, and the harbor has a first recess suitable for receiving a water supply tube, and a second recess suitable for receiving a second water tube, wherein the harbor also has a slot. The valve assembly further includes the water supply tube mounted in the first recess, the second water tube mounted in the second recess, and a retainer clip positioned in the slot with that clip simultaneously engaging both tubes. The retainer clip comprises a first leg and a second leg connected by a waist to define there between a retaining area, and at least the first leg has formed thereon a notch adjacent a heel of the leg.
US08800961B2
A fluid control electromagnetic valve includes a fixed core, a movable valving element, a resin body, a valve seat member, a first sealing member, and a second sealing member. The valve seat member is formed from a material having a smaller linear expansion coefficient than the resin body. The first sealing member is accommodated in the resin body in an elastic compression state to seal a fluid passage and is positioned around the fixed core. The second sealing member is accommodated in the resin body in an elastic compression state to seal the fluid passage. The valve seat member is clamped between the second sealing member and the first sealing member in an axial direction. Elastic restoring force applied by the second sealing member to the valve seat member is larger than elastic restoring force applied by the first sealing member to the valve seat member.
US08800957B2
A liquid dispensing valve (12) including a liquid inlet (90) for receiving the liquid and a liquid outlet (92) for discharging the liquid. A valve member (44) is mounted for movement relative to the liquid outlet (92) between open and closed positions. A liquid passage (96) communicates between the liquid inlet (90) and the liquid outlet (92). An air inlet (114) is provided for receiving air from a source of pressurized air. An air passageway (120 and/or 128) is coupled with the air inlet (114). A pneumatic actuator (40, 110, 112) communicates with the air passageway (120 and/or 128) for moving the valve member (44) at least to the open position. An electrically operated air supply device (70) interacts with the air passageway (120 and/or 128) so as to control the flow of pressurized air to the pneumatic actuator (40, 110, 112).
US08800944B2
A telescoping assembly for use with a CPU holder including a mounting track with mounting holes for securing the mounting track to the underside of a generally horizontal surface such as a desk; runners disposed in the mounting track; a telescoping track, adapted for insertion into the mounting track and to engage with the runners therein; a pivoting member, adapted for engagement with the telescoping track and to engage with a CPU holder, the pivoting member comprising a track engagement member and a CPU holder engagement member being joined for 360° rotation about a vertical axis therethrough; and wherein the telescoping track is adapted for translation along the mounting track from a retracted position to an extended position, and when the telescoping track is in the extended position a CPU retained in the CPU holder is positioned past the edge of the generally horizontal surface.
US08800940B2
A cable clamp includes a single metal plate shaped along an outer periphery of three cables that are triangularly arranged when viewed in cross-section, a mounting flange portion formed with both end portions of the metal plate overlapped each other, and a cable support member inserted between at least two of the three cables so as to support the at least two cables between itself and the metal plate. The cable support member is inserted between two horizontally arranged cables in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction as well as perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the two horizontally arranged cables. The cable support member has a tapered shape on an end side in an insertion direction thereof for facilitating an insertion thereof into a gap between the two horizontally arranged cables.
US08800939B2
A mount to accommodate an oblong medical instrument for computer-assisted surgery, has a clamp bracket with a variable cross section for clamped fixing of the instrument, and a localization device rotatable relative to the clamp bracket for detection of the spatial position of the instrument.
US08800935B2
A spacecraft payload element is rotated by a mechanism about virtual pivot point (VPP) substantially distant from the mechanism. The mechanism couples the payload element to a spacecraft main body structure, and has a four-bar linkage configured to rotate the payload element about a virtual pivot point (VPP). The VPP may be proximate to the focus or center of gravity (cg) of the payload element. Rotation of the payload element about the VPP may be controlled by linear or rotary actuators which drive the four-bar linkage. The four-bar linkage may be configured to provide a mechanical advantage to the actuator.
US08800930B1
Embodiments described herein provide a system and method for persistent high-accuracy payload delivery utilizing a two-phase procedure during the terminal descent phase of aerial payload delivery. In the first phase a small parafoil provides aerial delivery of a payload to within a close proximity of an intended touchdown point, e.g., a target. In the second phase a target designator acquires the target and a trajectory to the target is determined. A harpoon launcher deploys a harpoon connected to the payload by an attachment line, such as a rope. A reel mechanism reels up the attachment line causing the payload to be moved to the target thus providing high accuracy touchdown payload delivery.
US08800929B2
Under-wing pylon for an aircraft which has on the upper side a pin (2) for attaching to the fuselage or to the wings of the aircraft itself, and a connector (3) for connecting the pylon to the aircraft. The pylon has a monolithic framework made with stratified unidirectional and/or woven carbon fibres, impregnated with epoxy resin.
US08800925B2
A holder assembly for a line installation in an opening of a support structure of an aircraft, includes at least one holder element to mount a line that is guided through the opening, with the line featuring a clamping section, arranged radially on the outside, to be attached to the opening as well as at least one central receiving section to fix the line, wherein the receiving section of a first holder element encompasses the line hook-like, and the receiving section of at least a second, oppositely positioned holder element also encompasses the line hook-like such that both hook-like receiving sections encompass the line.
US08800911B2
A lightning strike protection material may include a fiber reinforced composite aircraft component including carbon fibers in a resin matrix. The carbon fibers may have a length greater than at least about 6 mm and include carbon nanotubes grown on the fibers, and the nanotubes may be substantially uniformly distributed on the fibers and have a length between about 1 and 100 microns. The nanotubes may decrease a surface resistance of the resin matrix.
US08800906B2
Provided herein are methods for treating pain and for reducing the excitability of nociceptors, comprising administering a TGF-β antagonist. In some embodiments, a TGF-β antagonist is a monoclonal TGF-β neutralizing antibody or a fusion product comprising a monoclonal TGF-β neutralizing antibody, a soluble receptor, an antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs), a ribozymes, a small inhibitory RNA (siRNA), Smad 6, Smad7, or a small molecule that blocks TGF-β signaling.
US08800904B2
An inertia cone crusher, including an outer crushing shell and an inner crushing shell forming between them a crushing chamber, the inner crushing shell being supported on a crushing head which is attached on a crushing shaft which is rotatable in a sleeve, an unbalance weight being attached to the sleeve, a vertical drive shaft being connected to the sleeve for rotating the sleeve, the drive shaft being supported by a drive shaft bearing, and a first counterbalance weight and a second counterbalance weight, the first counterbalance weight being attached to the drive shaft in a position located below the drive shaft bearing, the second counterbalance weight being attached to the drive shaft in a position located above the drive shaft bearing.
US08800899B2
A grinding machine for use in grinding materials, the grinding machine includes a grinder assembly for receiving material. At least one removable hopper is removably positionable on the grinding assembly for dispensing material to the grinder assembly. The removable hopper is positionable on the grinder assembly in a generally non-vertical direction. A passage defined in the hopper is cooperatively positionable in communication with the grinding assembly for allowing movement of material from the hopper to the grinder assembly. A device carried on the hopper is positionable in an open position when the hopper is on the grinder assembly and is positionable in a closed position when the hopper is removed from the grinder assembly.
US08800887B2
A system for agricultural spraying including a solution reservoir and primary pump for delivering fluid to a plurality of laterally spaced nozzles interconnected by supply conduits. A chemical reservoir and chemical injection pump are interconnected to the output of the primary pump through a mixer. Controllers for the primary pump and chemical injection pump are coordinated to run the pumps a predetermined time to fill each of the supply conduits from the chemical injection pump and primary pump so as to automatically prime the injection system.
US08800885B2
A rail seat includes a concrete rail tie; a pair of rail clip support shoulders cast in place in said rail tie each said shoulder having a rail face between its external sides; a pair of shoulder insulators each shaped to lie against the rail face of the rail shoulder; a pair of rail clips each having a base section adapted to seat within the rail clip support shoulder and a toe section adapted to seat on the rail base. The clip and toe insulator assembly is loaded on the shoulder in a vertical direction so that parts of the toe insulator seat within pockets in the shoulder that enable the clip and insulator assembly to move laterally towards the rail but not away from it and the clip base is aligned with the shoulder slot ready to enter it when the clip is moved laterally to the parked position which applies a small downward force to the clip toes and at this stage lie outside the limits of the rail base and finally the clip can be moved laterally into the installed position where the toe insulators sit on top of the rail base and securely hold it down.
US08800872B2
Multi-mode computing systems for point of sale transactions are disclosed. According to an aspect, a computing system includes a first housing and a processing device disposed in the first housing. A user interface and a first input/output interface is integrated with the first housing and in communication with the processing device. The first input/output interface is configured to receive power for delivery to the processing device. A second housing is configured to carry the first housing. An attachment mechanism is configured to selectively attach together the first housing and the second housing for carry of the first housing. A second input/output interface is configured to be communicatively coupled to the first input/output interface when the first housing and the second housing are attached. A power source is connected to the second input/output interface for delivery of power to the processing device via the first input/output interface.
US08800867B2
In order to control the status and the operation of a dispensing machine assembly comprising one or more modules or sub-assemblies, at least one of modules or sub-modules is provided with an electronic tag and the machine is provided with a tag controller device for interacting with said tag by reading, writing and transmitting information data comprising initialization data on or through said tag and operating said dispensing machine according to the information gathered from said tag or tags.
US08800864B2
A banking system is controlled responsive to data included on data bearing records. The system includes a deposit accepting machine for accepting deposit items, such as deposit bags, currency, and checks. The deposit accepting machine includes a card reader operable to read financial account data from cards of depositors. The machine includes a RFID reader that wirelessly reads data from RFID tags on deposited items, including account number and deposit amount data. A computer credits the account for the read deposit amount. The machine, which can also dispense cash, further includes an NFC reader that can wirelessly receive cash loading data from an NFC component on a cash handler's cash transport bag. The cash loading data can include an amount of cash loaded into the machine. The machine can wirelessly transmit to the bag, dispense data that includes the amount of cash dispensed since the last cash loading.
US08800858B2
Systems and methods are described for using topographic and/or contrast spot scanning to facilitate various types of functionality in context of a data storage library. A robotic mechanism includes a hand assembly that has one or more integrated spot scanners. The hand assembly is configured to travel in at least two directions and to rotate, thereby locating and/or pointing the spot scanner in desired locations throughout the data storage library. By sweeping the spot scanner across a scan window, contrast and/or topographic data can be acquired and decoded to generate a profile of a region. The profile can be interpreted to facilitate functions, such as calibration of robot location with respect to media cartridges, targeting, proximity detection, empty cell detection, etc.
US08800857B1
A system and method for tracking and crediting points and rewards in connection with a loyalty program account via aggregating usage of electronic tags is disclosed. Loyalty program members may be offered different rewards based on their participation in the loyalty program. The tags are embedded in objects which may provide visual distinctions between members at different participation levels. In addition to loyalty program rewards, loyalty program members who reach certain threshold participation levels may also be provided with “soft rewards” such as free valet parking, free car washes, free shopping assistance, private check-out, free package delivery and access to a private lounge.
US08800851B1
A plurality of circular components each having an interior and exterior surface with a circular periphery at a common radius. Each component is fabricated of a flexible sheet material. Three non-contiguous segments are on each component designating reception areas. Three non-contiguous segments are circumferentially intermediate the reception areas designating coupling areas. An adhesive is on each of the three coupling areas of each component. A majority of the coupling areas is in joining contact with reception areas of adjacent components. A minority of the coupling areas is initially out of contact with reception areas to create a chamber with an opening. A minority of the coupling areas is adapted to be adhesively coupled with a minority of the reception area to thereby create a three dimensional container system with six adhesively coupled areas for each component.
US08800850B2
An article-transport container comprises a floor having a respective left-side and right-side closures foldably joined thereto. A front end closure is foldably joined to the floor and to the respective right-side and left-side closures. A rear end closure is foldably joined to the floor and to the respective right-side and left-side closures. Four quad-layer corners are defined by a first quad-layer corner, a second quad-layer corner, a third quad-layer corner, and a fourth quad-layer corner which cooperate with the respective right-side and left-side closures to define an interior region adapted to receive articles therein. The first quad-layer corner includes respective outer and inner layers and respective first and second medial layers that are sandwiched between the respective outer and inner layers to enhance stacking strength of the container while minimizing scarps produced during construction of the container.
US08800847B2
A method for controlling friction stir welding is provided. The method may include initiating friction stir welding and determining the position of a friction stir welding tool and at least one part being welded. The method may also include adjusting the position of the friction stir welding tool while friction stir welding based at least in part on the positions of the tool and at least one of the parts. The position of the parts may be determined downstream of the friction stir welding tool in order to prospectively account for the position of the parts. Accordingly, the position of the friction stir welding tool may be dynamically adjusted during friction stir welding to account for part movement. Related systems and computer code are provided.
US08800846B2
The described embodiment relates generally to the field of ultrasonic bonding. More specifically, an apparatus for bonding a number of wires directly to a metal substrate in a single operation without the use of any kind of adhesive or solder is disclosed. The apparatus is an ultrasonic bonder. The ultrasonic bonder has a horn with a cavity specifically sized for the number of wires to be bonded. The ultrasonic bonder is driven at a frequency that corresponds to a resonant frequency of the wires to be bonded.
US08800844B2
A hole in a metal workpiece is filled by friction plug welding. The weld between the workpiece and the plug is reinforced by a weld land in the workpiece that surrounds one end of the plug. The weld land is formed by extruding a portion of the plug into a cavity in an anvil used in the welding process.
US08800842B2
A non-surgical gastric bander device and process is described. The non-surgical gastric bander device includes a staple device, an elongated articulated shaft, an operations handle and a cable connecting the operations handle to the staple device. The staple device includes a housing having an interior housing channel for receiving a slidable tube. The slidable tube includes at least one suction port, a constriction band surrounding the exterior surface of the slidable tube and a plurality of staples removably positioned adjacent the exterior surface of the slidable tube and held in place by the constriction band. The gastric bander device further includes an elongated, articulated shaft connecting the staple device to an operations handle.
US08800836B2
A tool for driving a fastener pin into a substrate to secure a fastener body to the substrate for fixing insulation or other cladding, the tool being of the type comprising a fastener guide and a driving piston driven along the fastener guide by gas pressure to engage and drive the pin, the fastener guide being displaceable axially inwardly relative to the body of the tool in order to cock the tool for firing of the driving piston, wherein the tool comprises means for enabling the tool to push the fastener body through insulation or other cladding into engagement with the underlying substrate without putting the tool into a condition in which firing can occur, the tool being thereafter able to be put into a condition to permit firing to take place.
US08800827B2
A box and/or form for a wig or hair piece are provided. The form may include a torus-shaped member and a mandrel. In use, the wig or hair piece may be wrapped about or otherwise secured to the mandrel and the mandrel may be placed within a lumen of the torus-shaped member. A curved or curled portion of the strands of hair of the wig or hair piece may extend over a curved surface of the torus-shaped member. The wig form and attached wig or hair piece may be covered with a hairnet and may be placed in a box for sale to a consumer or for storage by the consumer after sale. Embodiments allow the display before sale and convenient storage of wigs and hair pieces by the consumer while preserving the curl of the hair.
US08800826B2
A normally-closed pour spout is operable to pour fluid from a container to a receptacle. The normally-closed pour spout includes a fluid conduit and a valve. The fluid conduit has proximal and distal ends, with the proximal end being fluidly connectable to the container and the distal end being configured for fluid association with the receptacle. The fluid conduit forms a passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and fluidly communicate with the container and the receptacle. The valve is operably assembled with the fluid conduit so that the valve controls fluid flow through the passageway.
US08800824B2
A sequential delivery valve provides sequential delivery of gas propellant and liquid product from a container to a dispensing head for ejecting an atomized spray from the dispensing head. When the dispensing head is depressed, a pusher in the valve passes from a closed position wherein no liquid and no gas is allowed to travel through the valve to a partially open position where only gas is allowed to travel through the valve and eventually to a fully open position wherein both gas and liquid are allowed to travel through the valve into the dispensing head. When the dispensing head is released, the pusher passes from the fully open position back to a partially open position allowing only gas to travel through the valve and eventually to the closed position wherein no gas and no liquid are allowed to travel through the valve into the dispensing head.
US08800815B1
The present disclosure relates to a container for flowable material configured to be installed in a counter below an access hole. The container includes a first deformable portion and a second deformable portion. The first deformable portion defines a first cavity and has a sealable first cavity inlet. The second deformable portion defines a second cavity and is in flow communication with the first cavity. The first deformable portion is configured to deform to fit into the access hole when substantially no flowable material is therein and the second deformable portion configured to deform to fit through the access hole when substantially no flowable material is therein. The disclosure also includes a method of installing a container of flowable material in a counter below an access hole.
US08800811B2
A product dispensing system is provided. The product dispensing system includes an enclosure and a plurality of removable merchandise retainers positioned within the enclosure. The enclosure defines a secured retail storage area and an unsecured retail storage area. The product dispensing system also includes a customer accessible selector for selecting an item of retail merchandise carried by one of the merchandise retainers. Upon selection, depression of an actuator of the selector will bias the item of retail merchandise from the secured retail storage area to the unsecured retail storage area.
US08800809B2
A canister including a body portion containing an end wall and a cylindrical wall extending from the end wall to an upper cylindrical edge portion thereof, and a cap, securable to the body portion, containing a circular top wall with an inner surface and an outer surface and a cylindrical outer wall secured to the top wall containing an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein one or more support elements are secured to the inner surface of the top wall, thereby forming two ends of the support element and also thereby forming a gap between the inner portion of the cylindrical outer wall of the cap and each end of the support element, whereby at least a portion of the upper cylindrical edge portion of cylindrical wall of the body portion is secured within the cap.
US08800801B2
The invention presents a compartmented lid for conveying at least two liquids simultaneously, the compartmented lid comprising a lid, the lid further comprising a rim, a substantially flat top crowning the rim, the top further comprising an exterior surface, an interior surface, and at least one portal with an aperture; and a compartment comprising an inner wall, the compartment further comprising a basin operably attached to the interior surface of the top of the lid and at least one channel located on the inner wall of the compartment. An opening formed by the channel for dispensing a liquid or other product stored within the confines of the basin is formed when a cover is secured to the upper portion.
US08800797B2
Provided herein is a blast resistant cargo container sufficiently lightweight to be practical for aircraft transport. The container includes a frame assembly and a plurality of panels. Innovative panel connections between side panels and a unique door latching system improve the weakest links of the container. The plurality of panels includes a top panel, a bottom panel, a plurality of side panels and a flexible door. The side panels and the flexible door are formed of at least one explosion resistant sheet of a flexible, high tensile strength material. Edges of the sheets are wrapped around and secured to a rod. An edge capturing rail is wrapped around the sheets over each rod. The latching mechanism involves retaining a locking rail extending from the door panel in a groove of a doorpost or door sill with a detent bar.
US08800792B2
A mechanical coupling, particularly in a draftgear in rail vehicles, includes a central plate (5) turnably mounted in a coupler head and having a link (7) pivoted in the same, and including a hooking mechanism for detachable hooking up of the central plate and the link in the non coupled position of the coupling, and a releasing device (10) for the automatic detachment of the hooking mechanism upon coupling. The hooking mechanism includes a hooking rod (12) pivotally connected with the central plate, which rod, by a lug (16), clutches a collar (11) arranged in the coupler head and, upon activation of the releasing device, detaches from the collar. A leaf spring (13) is arranged in the coupler head in order to, in abutment against the hooking rod, force the same, under the bias from the spring, to be pressed against the collar in the hooked up and disengaged positions.
US08800785B2
A merchandise display device includes a rear cross-bar, first and second side arms, a locking pin, and a front cross-bar that is interoperable with the locking pin to secure merchandise on the display device and to secure the display device to a vertical support member. The locking pin is carried by a side arm and movable between an extended position and a retracted position. When occupying the extended position, the locking pin is adapted to engage the vertical support member to secure the merchandise display device thereto. The front cross-bar is mounted to the first and second side arms and is movable between a locked position, engaging the locking pin to prevent the locking pin from being moved out of the extended position, and an unlocked position, spaced away from the locking pin to allow movement of the locking pin out of the extended position toward the retracted position.
US08800772B2
A method of using individually attached, disposable thread pieces from thread frames in conjunction with an epilation device, including providing a first thread frame holding a plurality of individually attached thread pieces of a variable length and thickness; providing a second thread frame holding a plurality of individually attached thread pieces of a variable length and thickness, wherein the thread pieces of the first frame are of a longer length than the thread pieces of the second frame; detaching at least one thread piece from the first thread frame and at least one thread piece from the second thread frame; and securing each thread piece from the first and second thread frames onto an epilation or threader device. An apparatus of a plurality of individually attached, disposable thread pieces secured by a first thread frame and a second thread frame in a straightened orientation for use with an epilation device.
US08800767B2
A burglarproof tool fitting holder device is formed with a side latch to tightly fasten a tool fitting for the effects of hanging show and protection against burglars. The device includes a tool fitting holder body and a burglarproof fixture unit. When the tool fitting holder body combines with the tool fitting in one, the fixing pedestal combines with the fixing cover plate of fixture unit in one via the two sides of the tool fitting to fasten the tool fitting. Further, ribs added in the inner fringes of the fixing cover plate and fixing pedestal is exactly wedged into the groove on the side of tool fitting to secure the tool fitting between the fixing cover plate and the fixing pedestal for effective protection against burglars.
US08800762B2
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for protecting a mobile device. In one embodiment, a protection device for a mobile device is disclosed which induces a combination of a flexible inner sleeve and a rigid shell. The flexible inner sleeve conforms to, and encapsulates, the mobile device. The rigid shell receives and engages the inner sleeve. The flexible inner sleeve and the rigid shell can be used separately with the mobile device or can encase the mobile device as an integrated protective unit.
US08800760B2
A package includes a stack of checkbook blanks, a box in a flat, shipping state placed on the stack; and a wrapper surrounding the stack checkbook blanks, and the box in the flat, shipping state. The wrapper positioned around the stack, and the box can be a film or a paper envelope. The box can be formed from a one piece box blank or can be a two piece box having a top portion and a bottom portion.
US08800756B2
A wearliner assembly having an internally mounted wearliner for a bulk material conveying system. The wearliner assembly includes an external camming mechanism to adjust the height of the wearliner.
US08800747B2
There is described an apparatus for loading test tubes (1) in conveying devices (6) included in an automatic conveyor (7) for test tubes, comprising a recruiting device (2) for test tubes adapted to feed test tubes to a positioning device (4) for test tubes having a lane (15, 16) consisting of two spaced, parallel walls (17) on the edges of which respective motorized belts (18) slide, the distance between said walls (17) forming the lane (15) being adjustable and such that a test tube makes a 90° rotation when horizontally falling from the recruiting device (2), thus remaining vertically hanging and resting on the belts (18) by the projecting part of the cap with respect to the lateral body of the test tube. The belts (18) convey the test tube to a loading area (8) where the test tubes are handled by a test tube handling device (5) to a working point (9) included in the conveyor (7) adapted to automatically convey test tubes from and to modules for preparing and analyzing biological material.
US08800744B2
The invention relates to a handrail (1), used in particular for escalators or moving walkways, comprising a plurality of grip elements (10) or grip segments (10) arranged next to one another. The grip elements or grip segments (10) consist of a base body (11) that has an outer shell (12) or cover layer (12) and several inner chambers (15) delimited by the outer shell (12) or cover layer (12). The base body (11) has many or several reinforcing ribs (16 to 20 and 16′ to 20′, 35 and 35′ and 36 and 54). The outer shell or cover layer (12) is continuous in a grip region (13). The reinforcing ribs (16 to 20 and 16′ to 20′, 35 and 35′ and 36 and 54) divide the interior (15) into separate, independent chambers (21-24, 37-38, 55). This provides excellent thermal insulation and excellent soundproofing or noise insulation.
US08800738B2
A wireless power feeder 116 feeds power from a feeding coil L2 in the ground to a receiving coil L3 incorporated in an EV by wireless using a magnetic field resonance phenomenon between the feeding coil L2 and receiving coil L3. A plurality of feeding coils L2a to L2d are buried in the ground. Receivers 112a to 112d are buried in corresponding respectively with the feeding coils L2a to L2d. The plurality of receivers 112 each receive a position signal transmitted from a transmitter 110 of the EV. A feeding coil circuit 120 supplies AC power to the feeding coil L2 corresponding to the receiver 112 that has received the position signal to allow the feeding coil L2 to feed power to the receiving coil L3 by wireless.
US08800736B2
Particular embodiments relate generally to vibration isolation systems and tuned mass dampers. In one embodiment, a vibration isolation system may include a supporting base, an isolated mass, at least one air mount, a control valve, a compressed air supply, and a supervisory controller. The air mount is positioned between the isolated mass and the supporting base. The control valve is pneumatically coupled to the air mount, the compressed air supply and the atmosphere, and is operable to adjust a flow of air to and from the air mount. The supervisory controller receives a mass relative height signal, a mass relative velocity signal, and a mass relative acceleration feedback signal corresponding to a relative acceleration of the isolated mass or a pressure of the air mount. The supervisory controller may control the control valve such that a mounting height, a damping and a stiffness level of the air mount are a function of the mass relative height signal, the mass relative velocity signal, the mass relative acceleration feedback signal, or combinations thereof.
US08800730B2
A shock absorber for a bicycle or another, at least partly muscle-powered, vehicle has a damper device with a damper housing in which a first and a second damper chamber are separated from one another via at least one damper piston. A piston rod connected with the damper piston extends from the damper piston through the second damper chamber out of the damper housing. The first damper chamber is in communication with the second damper chamber via a flow duct that leads through the piston rod out of the damper housing toward at least one throttling device. The flow duct, at the throttling device, has a damping duct provided with a field-sensitive rheological fluid which, by way of a field generating device disposed at the throttling device, can be exposed to a field of a predetermined strength to influence the pass-through flow of the field-sensitive rheological fluid through the throttling device.
US08800729B2
During either of the extension and compression strokes, hydraulic liquid flows from a cylinder upper chamber into a reservoir through an annular passage and a damping force control mechanism, and a damping force is generated by the damping force control mechanism. The check valve is provided with a sub-check valve in parallel thereto, which opens in a very low piston speed region to allow the hydraulic liquid to flow through an orifice passage. These check valves are opened successively as the piston speed increases, thereby generating a sufficiently small damping force in the very low piston speed region during the compression stroke of the piston rod, and obtaining a moderate damping force when the piston speed increases.
US08800727B2
A wet disc brake system is described which includes a housing assembly and brake callipers. The housing assembly is provided with openings for seating cylinders of respective brake callipers. The callipers are coupled to a structural component of a vehicle to which the system is fitted and in particular a flange of an axle housing. This enables reactive forces created during a braking operation to be transmitted via the callipers to the flange and axle housing rather than being carried by housing assembly. As the housing assembly does not bear any substantive load, it may be made of a relatively light weight construction or material.
US08800721B2
An elevator installation includes an elevator cage carrier movable in a travel space provided for travel of the elevator cage carrier. Moreover, a first elevator cage and a second elevator cage are adjustably arranged at the elevator cage carrier and a drive unit arranged at the elevator cage carrier. In addition, an adjusting device with a first traction means and a second traction means guided in opposite directions around a drive roller, drivable by the drive unit, is provided. In that case the spacing between the first elevator cage and the second elevator cage is adjustable by movement of the elevator cages in opposite directions. An adaptation to different story spacings is thereby possible.
US08800708B2
A device for preventing a vehicle from being started includes a breath gas analyzer (5), which is arranged within the vehicle and is designed to detect the breath alcohol content of an operator. A repeated test can be performed, without compromising the operator, with a control unit (1), which is connected to the breath gas analyzer (5), a motion sensor (4) and an ignition system (3) of the vehicle, to request a breath alcohol test at presettable times tW in such a way that the breath alcohol test is performed with the vehicle stopped. The control unit (1) is also designed to preset, beginning from the time tW, a time interval as a latency period tL within which the vehicle must be stopped.
US08800707B1
A modular system that provides multiple support surfaces for a large heavy object and enables movement of that object with no friction (e.g., on a cushion of air). Each module has an object support surface and a bearing that enables the modules and the heavy object being supported thereby to be moved across a floor with no friction. Each module restrains a portion of the object on top within a frame that opens to allow the supported portion of the object to move off the support surface of the module and onto a stationary object support structure (e.g., a milling machine bed), using a cushion of air at an elevated height from the floor equal to that of the top surface of each module. The modules can be used independently or locked together to move a very large and heavy object or can be used to build a type of bridge which the air bearings underneath the object can cross.
US08800705B2
A roll-out cab for off-road equipment includes an operator cab and a slide assembly. The slide assembly includes a slide base, a cab carriage and an actuation device. The slide base preferably includes a base plate, a pair of base rails and at least two base rollers. The cab carriage preferably includes a carriage plate, a pair of carriage rails, at least two carriage rollers and a plurality of isolation mounts. The pair of carriage rails are positioned to receive the at least two base rollers. The pair of base rails are positioned to receive the at least two carriage rollers. One end of the actuation device is retained by the base plate and the other end is retained by the carriage plate. The operator cab is attached to isolation mounts. The base plate is secured to a piece of off-road equipment.
US08800701B1
An internal combustion engine, an electricity production unit, batteries and an electric motor combine to provide for an extremely high mileage vehicle which has an extremely long driving range between the vehicle requiring re-fueling. Because the vehicle utilizes petroleum based fuel to power the internal combustion engine the vehicle can be fueled at any location which commercially provides petroleum fuels to the public. The electricity production unit electricity output while being powered by a very low horsepower internal combustion engine. Amplification of amperage and/or voltage of the electricity produced by the electricity production unit preferably occurs by passing the electricity through batteries prior to being utilized by the electric motor to propel the vehicle. Assemblies of the present invention may be easily installed at a very reasonable cost in existing vehicles.
US08800697B2
A one-wheeled vehicle includes electric motors, a self-balancing system, and steering mechanism, wherein the electric motors and self-balancing system are disposed within the wheel of the one-wheeled vehicle. Side stirrup legs, which have foot pegs suitable for placement of a rider's feet while riding, are pivoted with respect to the wheel forks, such that the side stirrup legs may be rotated backwards and act as a kickstand for the one-wheeled vehicle. The side stirrup legs may be weighted with, for example, one or more batteries may be attached to the side stirrup legs to provide a weight distribution such that the one-wheeled vehicle does not fall forward when parked. A computational resource such as a microcontroller, or microprocessor-based controller, receives input signals indicative of operation of the twist throttle and brake, and responsive thereto produces signals to adjust the tilt angle relative to the acceleration and thereby reduce the need for a rider to lean forward or backwards.
US08800696B2
A vehicle equipped with a double wishbones and double tandem members suspension system to suspend the vehicle, the double tandem members being operatively interconnected together and adapted to receive idling wheels adapted to support and guide an endless belt thereon to provide significant suspension travel and prevents an endless belt disengagement from the idling wheels. A suspension system and a kit thereof are also provided.
US08800694B1
An automatic torque compensating drive system for a hydrostatic transmission, having a torque compensating control mechanism adjusting the swash plate of the hydraulic motor, the swash plate being spring biased to a low-torque, high-speed position and rotatable through a range of positions to a high-torque, low-speed position in response to increasing hydraulic system pressure. When used with a pair of transmissions, a linkage may join the control mechanisms of each transmission to synchronize their torque adjustments.
US08800688B2
In aspects, the disclosure provides a drilling motor that includes a lubricating unit that selectively supplies a lubricant to the drilling fluid before the drilling fluid passes through the drilling motor so as to lubricate the stator and/or the rotor to reduce friction between the stator and the rotor and to reduce wear of the motor.
US08800673B2
An attic fire protection system is provided. The system comprises a fluid supply manifold for supplying a fluid, positioned at an effective height below and parallel to the underside of a roof having a non-zero pitch angle. The system contains a plurality of fittings each having at least one exit port for directing the flow of the fluid, the fittings being spaced within at most a maximum effective distance apart from each other and being connected to receive fluid from the supply manifold, wherein the exit ports are structured to supply the fluid in a direction parallel to the underside of the roof. Most broadly, however, the fittings are structured or arranged to supply the fluid in a direction forming an oblique angle with the horizontal and the vertical, which may or may be exactly the same as the pitch angle of the roof. The system also includes a plurality of horizontal sidewall sprinklers each connected to a respective exit port of one or another of the fittings.
US08800671B2
Produced natural gas containing carbon dioxide is dehydrated and chilled to liquefy the carbon dioxide and then fractionated to produce a waste stream of liquid carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Natural gas liquids may be first separated and removed before fractionation. After fractionation, the waste stream is pressurized and transmitted to a remote injection well for injection either for disposal of the waste stream and preferably to urge hydrocarbons toward the producing well. A hydrocarbon stream proceeds from fractionation to a methanol absorber system which removes carbon dioxide gas. The hydrocarbon stream is thereafter separated into at least hydrocarbon gas, nitrogen and helium. Some of the nitrogen is reintroduced into a fractionation tower to enhance the recovery of hydrocarbons. A methanol recovery system is provided to recover and reuse the methanol. The hydrocarbons are sold as natural gas and the helium is recovered and sold. Excess nitrogen is vented.
US08800659B2
A compact and transportable installation, which is designed to be used in fracturing operations on gas or oil fields, is provided. The installation successively includes a polymer storage area, a vertical polymer transfer hopper, a supply overflow pipe, a polymer dosing system fed by the pipe, a polymer slicing unit (PSU) type polymer dispersion device, a tank for storage and degassing of polymer in solution, and a volumetric pump to inject and dose the solution of polymer obtained at a suction of a high pressure pump enabling the fracturing operations.
US08800658B2
An aqueous slurry composition for use in industries such as petroleum and pipeline industries that includes: a particulate, an aqueous carrier fluid, a chemical compound that renders the particulate surface hydrophobic, and a small amount of an oil. The slurry is produced by rendering the surface of the particulate hydrophobic during or before the making of the slurry. The addition of the oil greatly enhances the aggregation potential of the hydrophobically modified particulates once placed in the well bore.
US08800649B2
The annular space around a tubular string has a shape memory material that is in a low profile configuration for run in. After the desired position is obtained and the annulus has cement delivered to fill the annular space, the shape memory device is triggered to revert to an original shape that spans the annulus to seal the tubular and the wellbore sides of the annular space against gas migration through the cement. The structures can have varying run in shapes and can also have original shapes that when the material is triggered will act to displace cement to enhance its compaction on the tubular or the wellbore wall. Combinations of shape memory alloys and polymers are also contemplated to enhance the seal against gas migration.
US08800642B2
A heat exchanger includes tubes layered in a layering direction, a side plate arranged most outside of the tubes in the layering direction, and a core plate extending in the layering direction. The side plate has an end portion in a longitudinal direction, and the core plate has a wall portion extending in the longitudinal direction. The end portion of the side plate has a brazing section brazed to an outer face of the wall portion of the core plate, and the end portion of the side plate has a through hole located in the brazing section.
US08800639B2
An exemplary heat dissipation apparatus includes a number of fins and a heat pipe. Each fin defines a through hole therein. A collar extends from each fin at an edge of the through hole. The collar inclines toward a center of the through hole. An inner diameter of the collar gradually decreases along a direction away form the fin. A diameter of the heat pipe is larger than a minimum inner diameter of the collar when the collar in a natural state. When the heat pipe extends through the through hole of the fin, the collar is pushed by the heat pipe to expand outwardly, so that the heat pipe intimately contacts an inner face of the collar.
US08800633B2
In a shade system with a bracket supporting a shade storage roll, an anti-reversible power spring apparatus includes at least one biasing system connected with the storage roll wherein the biasing system includes a biasing member with a first end and a second end wherein the first end moves with the storage roll as the storage roll rotates and wherein the second end is held stationary with reference to the storage roll when the storage roll rotates in one direction but not when the storage roll rotates in a second direction. A support for the at least one biasing system is provided wherein the support includes a protrusion that holds the second end against movement when the storage roll is rotated in the one direction but which allows passage of the second end past the protrusion when the storage roll is rotated in the second direction.
US08800627B2
A transfer medium manufacturing method for manufacturing a transfer medium in which a foil forming recording material containing metallic particles capable of being transferred onto a target has been applied to a base material includes: applying the foil forming recording material to the base material; and smoothing the surface of the foil forming recording material applied to the base material in the applying, the foil forming recording material being in a partially-melted state.
US08800621B2
The present invention has its object to provide a rubber composition excellent in low-exothermic property, breaking strength, and crack growth resistance, and a pneumatic tire including at least one of a base tread, a cushion, a carcass and a tie gum that are prepared using the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition including: a rubber component which contains (a) 10 to 30% by mass of at least one of a butadiene rubber modified by a compound represented by the formula (1): and a tin-modified polybutadiene rubber resulting from polymerization with a lithium initiator (b) 10 to 40% by mass of a modified styrene-butadiene rubber having a bound-styrene content of 21% by mass or less; and (c) 20 to 80% by mass of a diene rubber other than (a) and (b), and (d) 7 to 50 parts by mass of silica per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US08800619B2
The present invention provides a tire in which generation of partial wear and groove cracks are suppressed. Specifically, the present invention provides a tire having in a tread surface thereof plural circumferential grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction, characterized in that: each of respective circumferential grooves disposed on the outermost side in the tire widthwise direction is designed to have a section in the tire widthwise direction, in which an angle formed by a groove wall on the outer side in the tire widthwise direction, with respect to a straight line tangent to a tread contour at the opening edge on the outer side in the tire widthwise direction of said groove, is larger than an angle formed by a groove wall on the tire equatorial side in the tire widthwise direction, with respect to a straight line tangent to a tread contour at the opening edge on the tire equatorial side in the tire widthwise direction of said groove; and each of said angles is in the range of 90° to 100° (inclusive of 90° and exclusive of 100°).
US08800618B2
A component Fin toward an axial inner direction of the tire which is an opposite direction from an axial outer direction of the tire is applied to a force acting on a kicking end 16B of a land portion 16. With this, abrasion of the kicking end of the land portion can be moderated, and a biased abrasion resistance can be enhanced. A groove wall 20 of a lug groove 14 is provided with a step portion 22, a tread side groove width WA in a tread side of the step portion is widened toward an axial outer side of the tire, and a width WS of the step portion 22 is increased toward the axial outer side of the tire, thereby suppressing the lift from the road surface 26 at the tread-in end 16A of the land portion 16.
US08800617B2
There is provided a pneumatic tire to improve on-ice braking performance. A pneumatic tire comprises plural blocks on a tread surface of the tire defined by plural circumferential grooves extending in a tread circumferential direction and plural lateral grooves extending in a tread width direction and provided with plural sipes extending in the tread width direction, wherein each of the blocks is divided into plural block pieces including at least a set of a first block piece and a second block piece which are arranged next to each other, the first block piece has a width in the tread circumferential direction gradually decreasing from end portions toward a central portion of the block in the tread width direction, the second block piece has a width in the tread circumferential direction gradually increasing from end portions toward a central portion of the block in the tread width direction, the width of the first block piece in the tread circumferential direction gradually decreases toward the tread surface, and the width of the second block piece in the tread circumferential direction gradually increases toward the tread surface.
US08800602B2
A leaking block valve isolation tool for insertion through a vent duct and blocking valve of a gas flow duct. The isolation tool includes an outer tube having proximal and distal ends, the outer tube having a diameter sized to extend through the vent duct and blocking valve. An inner tube having proximal and distal ends is arranged coaxially with and movable within the outer tube. An inflatable balloon is attached to the distal end of the inner tube, wherein the isolation tool outer tube is insertable through the vent duct to an opening in the gas flow duct. The inner tube is slidably insertable through the outer tube until the balloon is situated within a bore formed through the gas flow duct and is inflatable therein to block any gas leak through the gas flow duct.
US08800600B2
A combined hydraulic integrated control valve block system includes pilot control valve group, control valve subassembly, combination of valve blocks which are connected with external part for installing the pilot control valve group and the control valve subassembly. The pilot control valve group includes multiple pilot control valves and the standard installation surface for the pilot valve is formed on the valve block. The control valve subassembly includes multiple two-way cartridge valve control subassemblies. The valve block is formed with one or two external installation surfaces, the inner side of which has P, T, A and B main channels and multiple pilot control channels.
US08800595B2
A high pressure regulator for compressed gas weapons, and in particular for paintball markers, is situated inside a cylindrical regulator housing which is connected to a source of compressed gas. The cylindrical regulator housing comprises an inlet channel which is connected to a supply of high-pressure gas. A first regulator (H) comprises a first piston movably disposed within the regulator housing for regulating pressure in a first expansion chamber. A second regulator (D) comprises a second piston movably disposed within the regulator housing for regulating pressure in a second expansion chamber. The first piston and the second piston are arranged coaxially within the regulator housing. The high pressure regulator is suitable to be mounted in the foregrip of a paintball marker and reduce an inlet pressure of about 850 psi to a first pressure of about 250 psi and a second pressure of about 100 psi.
US08800588B2
A method and apparatus to periodically inspect and control piston movability are provided that can include using a contactless sensor system through a gas outlet port of a pressure relief device. By moving a stop, relative movement of the piston can be compared to the fixed body reflecting a movability or a blocking of the release piston. Inductive/magnetic or optical borescope sensors can detect piston movement through the gas outlet, for example. The activation function where the piston must move when activated can therefore be tested and maintained.
US08800585B2
A high speed valve has a valve body having a flow passage therethrough, and a poppet disposed within the valve body. The poppet is movable between a first position in which the poppet blocks the flow passage and a second position, and the poppet has a piston connected to a stem at a proximal end of the stem. The valve also has a rotating lever release mechanism adjacent a distal end of the stem.
US08800580B2
A pole, in particular a Nordic walking pole, is described, having a pole body (1) at the lower end of which a buffer (2) with a tip (19) is provided, wherein the tip (19) and/or a lowermost portion (28, 36) of an inner sleeve (3) secured to the pole body (1) are arranged passing through a central opening (18) of the buffer (2), wherein the buffer (2) is mounted such that it can be moved and secured in an axial direction in this central opening (18), and wherein the buffer (2) can be secured in at least two axially different positions in relation to the pole body (1) via a form-fit connection. This pole is preferably characterized in that the buffer (2) comprises an outer sleeve (25) engaging around and mounted axially movably on the inner sleeve (3), on the outside of which outer sleeve (25) a latching lever (4) is articulated, wherein the latching lever (4), at its lower end (6) directed towards the rolling surface (13), is articulated on the outer sleeve (25), and, at its upper end (7) in the secured position of the buffer (2), engages around the pole body (1) and/or the inner sleeve (3) at least partially with a form fit and can be released by being pivoted away from the outer sleeve (25).
US08800577B2
An umbrella has a central shaft, a crown, a runner, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of stretchers. The crown is a polygon each side of which includes a pivot pin mounted in a perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the upper end of a respective one of the ribs to the crown. The runner is a polygon and has a pivot pin mounted to each side in perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the lower end of a respective one of the stretchers to the runner. When the umbrella is closed, each of the ribs and the stretchers is collapsed in a tangential angle to set at one side of the central shaft and the runner and is not interfered with by the central shaft and the runner.
US08800575B2
A remotely operated device for inspecting and/or cleaning a subsea flexible pipe joint comprises a support assembly. In addition, the device comprises a tool positioning assembly coupled to the support assembly. The tool positioning assembly includes a rotating member disposed about a central axis. The tool positioning assembly is rotatable relative to the support assembly about the central axis. Further, the device comprises a cleaning assembly including a cleaning device adapted to clean the flexible pipe joint. The cleaning device is axially moveable relative to the rotating member. Still further, the device comprises a clamping assembly coupled to the support assembly. The clamping assembly has an open position disengaged with the section of the flexible pipe joint and a closed position engaging the section of the flexible pipe joint.
US08800573B2
An article for personal hygiene is described, having a partly hollow holder part (2), a toothbrush part (6) and a fastening means (5) for a razor head (7). The toothbrush part (6) is arranged to be folded into the holder part (2), as the toothbrush part (6) has a first end with a hinge mechanism (13, 14), in such a way that the toothbrush part (6) is pivotally fastened to the holder part (2). In the partly hollow holder part (2) it is arranged a wall (22), constituting a physical separation between a first room (20) and a second room (21). The end of the toothbrush part (6) having a toothbrush head (23) is arranged to be folded into the first room (20). The wall (22) constitutes at the same time a fastening for a filling device (25), known per se. More air and drain holes (24, 35, 36, 34a, 34b) are preferably arranged on the article.
US08800568B1
An arcuate base section with upper and lower surfaces separated by a thickness has an arcuate exterior periphery with a central front point and laterally spaced rear points, an arcuate interior periphery generally concentric with the exterior periphery, a width and a depth. Two lateral support sections and a central support section are in an arcuate configuration and have inner and outer surfaces separated by a thickness. The support sections have free upper edges and lower edge separated by a height. The lateral support sections are perpendicular to and integrally formed with the base section at the exterior periphery adjacent to the rear points. The central support section is perpendicular to and integrally formed with the base section at the interior periphery adjacent to the central front point. The system is fabricated in one piece of a material with limited flexibility and elasticity.
US08800566B2
Airway devices and securing devices are disclosed. Methods of making and using airway devices and securing devices are also disclosed.
US08800553B2
A respirator or anesthesia apparatus for the artificial respiration of a patient is provided with a gas delivery device, at least one gas line for forming a breathing air line system, at least one device for measuring a volume flow of a gas according to the differential pressure method with a flow channel, a first pressure-measuring point and a second pressure-measuring point. The second pressure-measuring point is arranged in the direction of flow of the gas to be measured after the first pressure-measuring point at the flow channel. Furthermore, the flow channel is split into at least two separate partial flow channels in the direction of flow of the gas to be measured between the first pressure-measuring point and the second pressure-measuring point.
US08800543B2
A gas burner for a cooking appliance includes a frustoconically-shaped crown having a plurality of gas ports defined therein, a cover positioned above the crown, and a shell secured to the cover and positioned on the crown. The shell defines a hollow chamber positioned between the crown and the cover.
US08800540B1
An improved crossbow is provided having an active finger guard that is integrated into the barrel or stock on each side of the stock which runs parallel to the track or area that the arrow sits in for a length of at least where the string is at rest to where the string is held or secured in the ready or firing position. The guard extends outward from the stock in a direction for a length that is perpendicular to the stock or axis/plane of the track or barrel covering the fingers from easily moving up into the path of the string. The guard includes a shield on each side that pivots down or out of the way as not to interfere in any way with the cocking or drawing phase of the crossbow be it done by hand or with the assistance of what is known and understood to be a cocking aid. Each shield is spring urged upward so as to always be deployed in a protective position.
US08800535B2
In an actuation method for a piezoactuator in an injector, an injection is triggered by controlling the piezoactuator to open and close the injection valve. An injection charge and discharge pulse each cause a change in length of the piezoactuator, which excites an oscillation system. After an idle time interval without injection, the steps for triggering an injection are repeated. At times t1 and t2 during the idle time interval tL, a damping charge current pulse and a damping discharge current pulse are applied, wherein the change in length which is generated by the damping charge and discharge current pulses are too small to activate the injection valve and to trigger an injection. The times t1 and t2 are selected such that excitation of the oscillation system by the pulses takes place in anti-phase with respect to the oscillation which is excited by the injection charge and discharge current pulse.
US08800532B2
A method of controlling knocking in an internal combustion engine equipped with a device for controlling the opening of inlet valves; the control method includes the phases of: determining the occurrence of an excessive knocking in the cylinder of the internal combustion engine; and decreasing the mass of air sucked into the cylinder in which an excessive knocking has occurred by acting on the control device controlling the inlet valves of the cylinder.
US08800529B2
A dual fuel injection valve with concentric needles comprises an inner needle and an outer needle surrounding the inner needle, both needles being located inside the injection valve body. The valve is provided with a first set and a second set of orifices for separately injecting two different fuels directly into the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The outer needle is fixed against rotation with respect to the injection valve body such that an interlace angle between the centerlines of the first series of orifices and second series of orifices is set at different predetermined angles to reduce methane emissions.
US08800526B2
A piston assembly for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston assembly includes a piston crown including an upper surface defining a bowl region, a side portion and a lower surface, a piston skirt depending from the side portion of the piston crown, a sensor, at least partially coated by a visualization material, disposed within the piston crown at a location proximate to the bowl region, and a sensor data telemetry system coupled to the sensor. Methods for manufacturing a piston assembly for an internal combustion engine are also provided.
US08800508B2
A loop scavenged two-stroke internal combustion engine which can effectively restrain blow-by of fresh gas with a relatively simple configuration is provided. A horizontal scavenging angle θb in at least one spot of a scavenging passage 31L located at one side of the pair of or a plurality of pairs of left and right scavenging passages is made to differ from a horizontal scavenging angle θa of a scavenging passage 31R located at the other side, and a main flow of a scavenging flow which is blown out from the scavenging passage 31L located at the one side and a main flow of a scavenging flow which is blown out from the scavenging passage 31R which is located at the other side intersect each other or collide with each other in plane view in a region displaced in a lateral direction from a center line C of an opening of an exhaust port 34.
US08800499B2
A miniature sludge lance for a steam generator in a pressurized water nuclear reactor is provided. The sludge lance is structured to enter the steam generator via an inspection opening and has a body sufficiently thin to fit between adjacent tubes. The sludge lance rail has at least two types of nozzle assemblies that may be attached thereto. One nozzle assembly rotates and another nozzle assembly translates in a vertical direction. A drive assembly, a mounting assembly, an oscillation assembly, and flow straighteners are also provided.
US08800495B2
Cat litter is formed from ground corncob granules, a clumping agent such as guar gum, and an odor control agent such as soyaethyl morpholinium ethosulfate. A water solution of the odor control agent is sprayed onto corncob granules. Thereafter, the clumping agent is slowly mixed in (without forming clumps), and excess water is evaporated off. The odor control agent is applied in a substantially uniform and adherent manner, without materially comprising absorbency or causing significant premature clumping.
US08800490B2
A nutrient dispensing apparatus for birds having a hanger and two interchangeable dispensers supported by the hanger. Each dispenser includes a bottle for holding liquid or solid nutrients, and at least one basin into which the liquid or solid nutrients, water and bird feed, for example, are made available to the birds. The user can change the configuration of the dispensers as desired to provide just liquid nutrients, just solid nutrients or both. The flow rates for dispensing of the nutrients are different for each nutrient alternative.
US08800489B2
The present invention is a game feeder that employs a confined auger to convey game feed from a hopper to a desired feed location. In this invention, the auger's flightings protect unreleased stored feed from the reach of animals.
US08800480B2
A laser cladding device for applying a coating to a part comprising a laser which can generate laser light, which is adapted to heat the coating and the part, a main body defining a laser light channel adapted to transmit the laser light to the part, a coating channel adapted to transmit the coating to the part, and a vacuum channel and a nozzle having an exit. The nozzle comprises a delivery port at one end of the laser light channel, a coating port at one end of the coating channel, and a vacuum port at one end of the vacuum channel, wherein the vacuum port is positioned generally adjacent the delivery port In operation the vacuum port draws a vacuum, pulling the coating towards the part.
US08800478B2
A film formation system and a film formation method are disclosed. The film formation method includes the following steps performed in the film formation system that includes a container containing liquid, a liquid draining device for draining the liquid, a ring-shaped component installed in the container, and a carrying component installed in the liquid in the container for carrying at least a substrate: enabling the carrying component in the liquid and enabling the ring-shaped component to float on the liquid; when a film layer that is composed of nano-spheres is formed on the liquid, locating the film layer in a ring of the ring-shaped component; and removing the liquid, allowing the film layer to move downward in accordance with the ring-shaped component and be formed on the substrate, thereby preventing the nano-spheres from contacting an inner wall of the container and bursting, through the installation of the ring-shaped component.
US08800472B2
A precise critical temperature indicator is applied to small products requiring refrigeration or freezing to control the operation of a temperature sensor built into an integrated structure of a single body. A method for manufacturing said precise critical temperature indicator, wherein a plurality of development medium members and a plurality of development material members are opposed to each other, and blocking members are interposed therebetween to support the development medium members and the development material members separately from each other, the development medium members are provided with paths for moving development materials, or paths for movement of development materials can be shortened to adjust speed, and an indication unit is arranged to indicate the state of the development materials at an end or central portion of the development medium when the development materials are exposed to a critical temperature for a predetermined time period.
US08800460B2
This ship 10 is a ship for transporting cargos such as containers, and it is possible to efficiently perform the cargo handling operation for cargos. A lower hold 16 is provided below a deck 15 in a hull 14. The deck 15 is provided with protruding portions 17 and 18 protruding in the right and left side directions of the hull, and a plurality of frameworks 21 each including vertical pillars 22 and 23 fixed to the respective protruding portions 17 and 18 and a horizontal beam 24 through which the vertical pillars 17 and 18 are connected to each other are provided for the deck 15. Openable partition covers 25 are provided between frameworks adjacent to each other, and an upper hold 26 is formed on the deck 15 by the partition covers 25 and the deck 15. The cargo handling operation for the lower hold 16 is performed by an inboard crane 33 provided in the lower hold 16, and at the same time, the cargo handling operation for the upper hold 26 is performed by a quay crane 37.
US08800443B1
The present invention relates to a machine for marking articles that includes a marking head applying a marking force on an article along to a first axis; a positioning system positioning the article facing the marking head and generally along a perpendicular second axis; and a support system supporting the article during marking by the marking head. The positioning system comprises at least one carriage-turret for supporting the article. When the article is positioned facing the marking head by the at least one carriage-turret, this carriage-turret has a degree of freedom along a direction parallel to the first axis. The support system and/or the at least one carriage-turret includes backlash means along a direction parallel to a perpendicular third axis, to compensate for the shape defects of the article during application of the marking force.
US08800436B2
A heating device of a food material that can heat a food material while preventing oxidation reaction and the like of the food material as much as possible is provided. A food material 8 is held under a reductive atmosphere where air is eliminated by filling superheated steam in a heating chamber 10 at a pressure exceeding an atmospheric pressure. Thus, because the food material 8 is heated under the reductive atmosphere where air is eliminated by filling the superheated steam, not under a conventional atmosphere where oxygen and nitrogen exist. Therefore, a Maillard reaction and an oxidation reaction can be suppressed, and a thermochemical reaction which could not be caused in the conventional heating method is caused in the food material 8. Thereby, it can be expected that the heated food material 8 acquires a characteristic which did not exist in the past, with less degradation.
US08800409B1
Disclosed is low aspect ratio screw finder for receipt and optimal alignment of a screw. The screw finder may be used in conjunction with a complete screw bit assembly including a screw insertion assembly and a driver. The screw finder includes a screw guide, a screw guide sleeve, and a retraction mechanism. The screw guide is coupled to the screw guide sleeve for movement relative to the screw guide sleeve and provides a surface to abut against the screw to maintain the screw in an optimal orientation for movement from the tube into a bottom portion of the screw insertion assembly. The retraction mechanism retracts the screw guide towards the screw guide sleeve to allow the screw to enter the bottom portion of the screw insertion assembly and to allow the driver to extend through the bottom portion of the screw insertion assembly to engage the head of the screw.
US08800406B2
In a transmission series different versions of lubricant supply pumps have a uniformly designed and dimensioned coupling pin between lubricant supply pump and transmission drive shaft or take-off shaft. In addition different versions of lubricant supply pumps have a uniformly designed and dimensioned mechanical interface on their drive shaft-side housing end face side. This mechanical interface includes a centering shoulder radially surrounding the coupling pin and a circle of holes concentric to the centering shoulder provided with threaded holes for attachment screws on the drive shaft-side end face side of the lubricant supply pump.
US08800398B2
A ratcheting-type, rotor controlled, continuously variable transmission machine wherein the circumferential length of a cross-sectional profile of a body of the rotor is substantially constant, and the maximum positive swivel angle of the body is substantially equal in magnitude to the maximum negative swivel angle of the body.
US08800397B2
Temperatures of a base, a support member, and a support member are measured, and amounts of linear expansion of the base, the support member, and the support member due to temperature differences from a reference temperature are computed. An amount of linear expansion of a ball screw with respect to the support member is measured. An amount of linear expansion of a lead of the ball screw is computed based on the sum of the aforementioned amounts of linear expansion, and an amount of rotation of the ball screw is adjusted from an amount of rotation of the ball screw at the reference temperature, to an amount of rotation of the ball screw, which corresponds to the amount of linear expansion of the lead at a predetermined temperature.
US08800393B2
An apparatus and method for selectively capturing substantially separate phases from a multiphase fluid mixture flowing through a flowline. The apparatus is preferably substantially aerofoil shaped, and includes sample ports which are positioned on the apparatus in such an orientation that takes advantage of the low density and high density flow around the aerofoil shape, as well as the pressure distribution around the aerofoil shape.
US08800392B2
A deformation testing device includes a base holding a workpiece and a testing machine arranged on the base. The testing machine includes a distance-measurement device and a force-applying device. The distance-measurement device includes a distance meter metering a moving distance of an elastic portion of the workpiece and includes a measurement probe. The force-applying device includes a force meter and a transmission member. The force meter slidably is mounted on the base and includes a force-applying post. The transmission member includes a first post and a second post secured to the first post. The first post is aligned with the force-applying post transmits a force from the force-applying post to the elastic portion. The measurement probe abuts against the second post. The force meter applies and measures a force acted upon the elastic portion through the force-applying post and the first post.
US08800385B2
A detection unit includes a sensor that detects the presence of force and a force component separation mechanism that separates the magnitude and the direction of the force and a control unit that controls the detection action of the force component separation mechanism based on the detection result of the sensor.
US08800382B2
An overload detecting assembly comprising a lateral probe (18) which cooperates with a first load bearing member (10) as it moves towards a second load bearing member (11) and in turn deflects an indicator member (20) which may take a permanent set when a yield point is exceeded. Ready inspection of the indicator member reveals whether or not it has been bent. The indicator member may comprise a cantilevered beam (24) formed in a sleeve (20) coaxial with the load bearing members (10, 11). Alternatively, an extension (25) of the probe (18) may deflect laterally at a midpoint under overload conditions. Alternatively, the probe (18) may form an impression in an indicator member (30) under overload conditions.
US08800378B2
The invention is for a method and apparatus for a pressure measuring cell for measuring a metered pressure, with a base body having at least one base body electrode and with a membrane body connected to the base body to form a sensor chamber, which has at least one membrane electrode and can be subjected to the pressure of a medium that is below the measurement pressure, wherein both the wall of the sensor chamber that is formed by the base body and the wall of the sensor chamber that is formed by the membrane body is covered with a protective layer; according to the invention, the protective layer is fashioned as a glass layer.
US08800375B2
Methods and systems used to perform sweep-free stimulated Brillouin scattering-based fiber optical sensing are described. In one aspect, a method includes interrogating different parts of a Brillouin gain spectrum using multiple optical tones in an optical fiber. The interrogating includes sending at least two pump tones into the optical fiber from one end of the optical fiber, such that a frequency spacing between the pump tones is larger than a width of the Brillouin gain spectrum. The interrogating also includes sending at least two probe tones into the optical fiber from another end of the optical fiber, such that a frequency spacing between the probe tones is different from the frequency spacing between the pump tones. The method further includes generating a sensing output based on the interrogating.
US08800369B2
A microelectromechanical gyroscope that includes a first mass oscillatable according to a first axis; an inertial sensor, including a second mass, drawn along by the first mass and constrained so as to oscillate according to a second axis, in response to a rotation of the gyroscope; a driving device coupled to the first mass so as to form a feedback control loop and configured to maintain the first mass in oscillation at a resonance frequency; and an open-loop reading device coupled to the inertial sensor for detecting displacements of the second mass according to the second axis. The driving device includes a read signal generator for supplying to the inertial sensor at least one read signal having the form of a square-wave signal of amplitude that sinusoidally varies with the resonance frequency.
US08800355B2
When change of fuel pressure sensed with a fuel pressure sensor is small, it is temporarily determined that the fuel pressure sensor is abnormal. After the abnormality is temporarily determined, transfer quantity from a high-pressure fuel supply pump is increased and pressure reduction is performed by driving a pressure reducing valve, thereby increasing the change of the fuel pressure of a common rail. When the change of the fuel pressure sensed with the fuel pressure sensor is small thereafter, it is formally determined that the fuel pressure sensor is abnormal. Thus, a pressure accumulation fuel injection device can appropriately perform abnormality detection of the fuel pressure sensor, irrespective of existence/nonexistence of fuel leak from an injector.
US08800351B2
An apparatus for treating a medical liquid includes a treatment machine having a coupling surface and a flexible mat arranged on the coupling surface, with a cassette made of a hard part having liquid-conducting passages therein which are covered by a flexible film that is couplable to the coupling surface of the treatment machine via the flexible mat. The apparatus includes an element for monitoring a fault-free coupling to the cassette at the coupling surface by determining a difference of the pressure between the cassette and the flexible mat and the pressure between the flexible mat and the coupling surface. A method for checking the leak tightness of the fault-free coupling employs the apparatus.
US08800348B2
A testing system for testing a prosthetic valve. The system includes a housing having a main channel defines a circuitous flow path for a fluid. The solid housing also includes a chamber which in turn includes a piston having an opening at the bottom end. The piston moves in a reciprocating motion within the chamber. Further, a holding mechanism, for holding a prosthetic valve, is positioned within the main channel at either or both sides of the chamber, or within the opening in the piston. A user of the device may selectively control a flow path of the fluid between 1). having the fluid flow through the prosthetic valve installed in the piston, and 2). having no fluid passing though the piston.
US08800347B2
A tool for calibrating a non-contact tonometer (NCT) comprises a body having a mating feature configured for removably mounting the body on the nosepiece or on the measurement head of the NCT, a pressure sensor carried by the body and arranged to receive an air pulse discharged by the NCT to provide a pressure signal in response to the air pulse, and a radiation emitter carried by the body, wherein the radiation emitter provides a pseudo-applanation event when the pressure signal reaches a predetermined level that is detectable by the NCT as though an actual corneal applanation had taken place. In one embodiment, the mating feature includes a mounting orifice for receiving a portion of the nosepiece. In another embodiment, the mating feature includes a pair of mounting pins sized for receipt by a corresponding pair of mounting holes in the measurement head of the NCT.
US08800336B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for forming a product having an asymmetric cross-section using a ring rolling process. The method of forming a product having an asymmetric cross-section uses a ring rolling process that uses a ring rolling apparatus, the ring rolling apparatus comprising: a main roll pressing a circumferential outer surface of a blank, a pressure roll pressing a circumferential inner surface of the blank, and a pair of axial rolls pressing upper and lower surfaces of the blank, wherein a protrusion provided on the pressure roll comes into contact with a depressed portion formed on the circumferential inner surface of the blank, and as a width of the blank varies, the pressure roll moves in a vertical direction.
US08800334B2
A rolling mill of rotating expander type for tubular bodies, comprising: working rollers (1, 2) arranged inclined with respect to the rolling axis; a tip (3) fitted on a beam (4), so that the tubular body is pushed in rotation between the rollers and the tip, and subjected to deformation in order to increase the perimeter; a tip-stabilizing system placed behind said tip, about the beam, and integrated in the rolling mill.
US08800332B2
A protective device comprising a covering element associated slidingly with a plate which can be fixed to the door or leaf and can be positioned selectively so as to close an opening for access to the lock which is provided in the plate. Two pins associated transversely with the plate block temporarily sliding of the covering element. The pins interact with the arms of a rotor, associated rotatably, within a cavity provided in the plate. Pivots protrude from the rotor and cooperate selectively with at least three cams, freely associated rotatably proximate to a surface of the cavity. The cams have an axis at the vertices of a polygon and interact with a magnet-based combination element adapted to modify the angular position of the cams to allow or prevent the rotation of the rotor and temporary mutual release of the pins and the covering element.
US08800326B2
A drum type washing machine is provided. The washing machine may include a tub, a drum, a motor rotating the drum, bearing housings housing bearings to support a rotation shaft, a suspension connected to the bearing housings and a cabinet to mitigate vibration, a bracket coupled to the bearing housings, and a gasket installed between the bracket and the tub. Such an arrangement may allow volumes of the tub and the drum may be increased without increasing the volume of the cabinet.
US08800325B2
A washing machine having a structure which stably supports a hose or a wire used in the washing machine to prevent sagging or movement of the hose or the wire. The washing machine includes a main body, a spin basket disposed within the main body, an upper cover connected to the upper portion of the main body, a detergent box connected to the bottom surface of the upper cover to supply detergent to the inside of the spin basket, a water supply valve connected to the rear end of the upper cover, a water supply hose connecting the water supply valve to the detergent box, and a support bracket connected to the bottom surface of the upper cover to support the water supply hose so as to prevent sagging of the water supply hose.
US08800324B2
A method for producing a glass fiber, through longitudinally drawing a preform in a drawing kiln, wherein cooling the glass fiber is performed in at least three time periods, wherein the glass fiber is exposed to a first time based cooling rate above a crystallization temperature range, to a second time based cooling rate that is greater than the first time based cooling rate within the crystallization temperature range, and to a third time based cooling rate which is smaller than the second time based cooling rate below the crystallization temperature range.
US08800318B2
A hybrid absorber is disclosed for a closed absorption cycle apparatus. The hybrid absorber is comprised of a non-adiabatic section plus an adiabatic spray section in that order, with absorbent solution and vapor supplied sequentially to them. The spray section preferably also includes a non-adiabatic spray cooler. Coolant is supplied to the non-adiabatic absorber and the cooler either in parallel or in series, countercurrently to the absorbent.
US08800308B2
Methods and systems are provided for air conditioning, capturing combustion contaminants, desalination, and other processes using liquid desiccants.
US08800307B2
A method for operating a refrigeration system for a container for refrigerating chilled cargo includes providing a refrigeration system including a compressor and an evaporator fan associated with an evaporator. The method also includes determining the temperature of supply air and the temperature of return air. The method further includes determining one of a requirement for heating and a requirement for cooling based on the temperature of the return air and the temperature of the supply air. The method additionally includes activating the evaporator fan when a requirement for heating is determined and increasing the speed of the evaporator fan when increased heating is determined. The method also includes activating the compressor and the evaporator fan when a requirement for cooling is determined and increasing the power supplied to the compressor and maintaining the evaporator fan at a first speed when increased cooling is determined.
US08800306B2
A refrigerant recovery machine includes two opposed and off-set pistons. The pistons are received in cylinders that are able to move depending on the alignment of the pistons.
US08800299B2
A jet engine nacelle includes an air intake section, a middle section, and an aft section. The aft section is formed from two half-shells rotatably mounted such that they can each be deployed between a working position and a maintenance position under the action of a jack and a telescopic connecting rod each respectively having a first end fastened on the jet engine and a second end fastened in the corresponding half-shell. In particular, the nacelle includes at least one damping member arranged between each telescopic connecting rod and the corresponding half-shell, and the damping member is designed so as to be in a prestressed state when the corresponding half-shell is in the working position and can reduce vibration in the half-shell.
US08800295B2
A regulator device (10) for reducing the risk of surging in a turbine engine (3) that includes a gas generator (4), an air extractor (8), and a mechanical power take-off device (100). An engine computer (11) includes storage (16) that stores a plurality of acceleration regulation relationships, each acceleration regulation relationship corresponding to air extraction in a first range, and to mechanical power take-off in a second range. The regulator device (10) including a first measurement device (20) for measuring current air extraction, and a second measurement device (30) for measuring current mechanical power take-off, with the engine computer (11) controlling acceleration of the turbine engine (3) by implementing the acceleration regulation relationship corresponding to the current air extraction and to the current mechanical power take-off.
US08800292B2
A heat shield element arrangement including a heat shield element for a heat shield arranged on a supporting structure is provided. On each of the two opposing sides running parallel to the installation grooves the heat shield element includes a continuous screw head opening which penetrates the cold side and the hot side of the heat shield element substantially vertically and through which the screw head of the respective screw is arranged to be accessible to the supporting structure, and a spring element may be arranged under the respective screw, which spring element may be extended along the hot side of the heat shield element and the parallel installation groove of the supporting structure. An outer end of the spring element is embodied as a clamping retaining hook which is provided for the purpose of engaging in the laterally recessed retaining groove of the heat shield element.
US08800291B2
A diffuser which straightens the flow of air issuing from a centrifugal compressor in a turbine engine is provided. The diffuser having a cylindrical shape and including a first part having the form of two substantially parallel discs extending substantially radially relative to the axis of symmetry of the diffuser, a second bent part, and a third part intended to open out into a downstream cavity, positioned downstream of the diffuser and fed with air issuing from the compressor. The first part is traversed by a plurality of channels distributed evenly over its circumference and opening out on its downstream face so as to bring the air contained in the downstream cavity into communication with a bleed cavity situated upstream of the diffuser.
US08800287B2
The invention is directed to an ORC (Organic Rankine Cycle) system at least partially co-generative for the production of electric energy and the heating of a fluid. The system includes at least two regenerative exchangers positioned in series on the route of the work fluid between the exit of an electric expander-generator group and the entrance of a condenser of the ORC system, and a heat exchanger-user connected by means of an offtake line to at least one of said regenerative exchangers to receive from them a part of the capacity of work fluid and crossed by the user fluid to be heated by means of a thermal exchange with said capacity of work fluid. A part of the capacity of the work fluid on exiting from the user exchanger is returned to the same regenerative exchanger.
US08800254B2
A wide cut harvesting platform includes a rotary cutter bar having right- and left-hand outer and inner cutting units having respective inner and outer cutting discs at its opposite ends rotating in appropriate opposite directions for conveying cut crop from outer ends of the cutter bar to a central crop discharge path leading to a crop conditioning arrangement extending across the path. A first embodiment includes horizontal, right- and left-hand converging augers mounted so as to diverge forwardly above inner and outer cutting discs at the opposite ends of the cutter bar from locations at opposite sides of the discharge path and forward of the conditioner arrangement. A second embodiment includes first and second forwardly diverging augers like the first embodiment but being shorter and respectively terminating outwardly adjacent right- and left-hand converging drums respectively mounted to, and for rotating together with the right- and left-hand outer cutting discs.
US08800248B2
[Problem] To realize a predetermined “aseptic level of the containers” without introducing a container sterilizing machine and to reduce the burden for adjusting the temperature of the preform.[Means for Solution] A metal mold for molding, wherein a space width (t2) of at least the body portion in the space width for forming a thickness of from the body portion to the bottom portion of the preform is set to lie in a range of 1.18 to 2.11 times as great as a space width (t1) for forming a thickness of an upper end portion of the mouth portion of the preform. At the time of the compression molding, the preform is taken out in the state of a high temperature from a compression-molding machine 31 and is fed to a bottle-producing unit C while maintaining the state of a high temperature. Further, the inner surfaces of a clean box I in which the units are placed and the outer surfaces of the units are sterilized, and the interior of the clean box I maintains a positive-pressure state with the filtered clean air. The bottle-producing unit C and a filling/sealing unit D are neighboring and directly coupled to each other in the same clean box, and are partitioned by a WBZ 54.
US08800243B2
A method of modifying a modular work station including removing at least one lower panel element from one of a plurality of modular wall sections and removing an air collection unit from one of a plurality of modular walls. Installing the air collection unit where the lower panel element was removed. The air collection unit is configured to match the profile of the lower panel element such that the air collection unit could be installed in any of the plurality of modular wall sections in place of the lower panel elements. The modular wall section height is also adjustable and includes a ceiling assembly.
US08800239B2
A three-dimensional jacket-plate connector connects at least two members. Each member comprises wide-flanged steel I-beam section. The jacket-plate connector comprises first and second three-dimensional jacket plates.
US08800237B2
The invention relates to a freestanding wall section and a method of constructing a wall. The invention provides a wall section for use in building a wall comprising: a wall portion having a front face portion and a rear face portion; a connecting portion connecting said front face portion to said rear face portion and defining a cavity therebetween; in which the connecting portion has an aperture for receiving concrete mix and which in use allows the concrete mix to fill said cavity. The invention also provides a method of building a wall using such wall sections.
US08800216B2
The present invention provides a system or kit of connectors and panels which can be readily assembled to form a structure with the use of a minimal number of tools. Panels are precut so that measurements and cutting of the panel component materials is eliminated. Connectors are provided for attachment to the panels which allow the panels to be assembled to the floor and roof panels without the need for fasteners. The roof and floor structures are formed from interlocking plastic panels. The roof and floor panels include a structure that cooperates with the connectors secured to the wall panels to allow for the construction of a plurality of structures using like constructed connectors. Wall panels may be chosen from a variety of materials which allow a consumer to construct a building such as a storage shed that best suits his/her needs.
US08800212B2
Wall mounting assemblies and methods are disclosed. The assembly includes a bracket that has two frame members coupled at a hinge. Each frame member has a hook for engaging a recess or slot on a panel. The assembly further includes a panel that has edges that are configured to engage the edges of adjacent panels, without the need for tilting the panel to engage. Each panel has two slots for receiving the bracket. Bending the two frame members on the bracket causes the bracket's hooks to lock into the slots on the panel.
US08800209B2
Pneumatic door system of fluid lines, valves, switches, and sensors integrated into hinge mechanisms, door frame, and door connected to a fluid pressurization system to inflate and deflate one or more fluid seals attached to outer perimeter of door adjacent to inner perimeter of door frame to close gap between outer perimeter of door and inner perimeter of door frame to provide radio frequency shielding against, for example, high-altitude electromagnetic pulse. Air seal creates a substantially impermeable barrier against radio frequency transmission, as well as air infiltration, when fully inflated. Separate fluid channels in each component interconnect to act as one fluid circuit or network when door is closed. Pneumatic door system can be fluidly connected to a conventional fluid pressurization system in communication with a programmable logic controller to respond to user input or automatic commands with system overrides to react to system air pressure and air flow conditions.
US08800204B2
A mine door system comprising at least one mine door leaf hinged at one side thereof to a door frame defining an entry. The system includes an articulated door-moving mechanism that articulates between a first configuration in which the mechanism applies a relatively small door-moving force to the door leaf to move the door leaf at a first speed and a second configuration in which the mechanism applies a larger door-moving force to the door leaf to move the door leaf at a second speed less than the first speed. A related method is also disclosed.
US08800203B2
A planting container body (1) has a bottom wall (3) and side walls (4) forming a planting space (2) and also has a water-holding section for holding planting water supplied to the planting space (2). The water-holding section has a water discharge opening (12) for overflow. In a horizontal position (A) in which the planting space (2) opens upward, the bottom wall (3) and the side walls (4) form a horizontal water-holding section for holding planting water. In a vertical position in which the planting space (2) opens sideways, a vertical water-holding section for holding planting water is formed by the bottom wall (3), side walls (4), and a dam section (8) formed facing the bottom wall (3) on the side wall (4) that is the bottom surface. A water discharge start section of the water discharge opening (12) is located at a position a predetermined distance away from the bottom wall (3) and a predetermined distance away from a side wall (4).
US08800201B2
The present invention provides a bait station and method for securing it using a receptacle for holding a weight to weight a bait enclosure and by stakes formed as a unitary part of the enclosure for securing the enclosure.
US08800195B2
In one example, an accessory mount for a gun, such as a machine gun, can include a base configured for attachment of the accessory mount to the gun, a holding mechanism for fixing the position of the base in relation to the gun, and an elongated accessory mounting arm coupled to the base and extending forwardly therefrom, the arm comprising a beam having a vertical web with at least one flange disposed at an upper and/or a lower end thereof.
US08800192B2
The present invention provides for a firearm having a receiver defining a bore with the receiver extending along a longitudinal axis. The receiver defines an ejection port transverse to the longitudinal axis with the bore defining an inner surface. The firearm further includes a bolt carrier disposed in the bore and moveable relative to the receiver along the longitudinal axis between a firing position and a rearward position. The firearm also includes a shield longitudinally affixed to the bolt carrier and movable with the bolt carrier as a unit between the firing and rearward positions along the longitudinal axis with the shield blocking the ejection port when in the firing position and the shield sliding along the inner surface away from the ejection port when moving to the rearward position in conjunction with the bolt carrier.
US08800191B2
A firearm barrel cleaning brush includes a body, a first swab portion affixed to the body, a bristle brush portion affixed to the body, and a second swab portion affixed to the body. The bristle brush portion is proximate to the first swab portion, and is positioned closer to an end of the body than the first swab portion. The second swab portion is proximate to the bristle brush portion, and is positioned closer to the end of the body than the bristle brush portion. In one embodiment, the cleaning brush is secured to a flexible cleaning rod having a pull-through handle having a base, a swivel, and a handle portion attached to the base by the swivel. The handle portion has a closed position adapted for passage through the firearm barrel, and an open position adapted for pulling the cleaning rod and barrel cleaning brush through the firearm barrel.
US08800186B2
A shaking inflatable figure has a body, an inflating unit and a vibrating unit. The body has an inflatable air chamber. The inflating unit and the vibrating unit are mounted inside the body. The inflating unit pumps air into the air chamber. The vibrating unit has a driving motor. A weight is connected to a spindle of the driving motor at an eccentric direction to the spindle of the driving motor. The vibrating unit is mounted on a partition diaphragm inside the body. Vibrations arising from the shift of center of gravity of the eccentric weight are transmitted to the body through the partition diaphragm so that the body is also vibrated to increase animated visual effect and entertaining pleasure to viewers.
US08800184B1
A mouth guard system for displaying a message using interchangeable tiles resembling teeth features an upper mouth guard. A plurality of tile channels, tile openings, and tile insertion apertures is located in the upper mouth guard. The system features a lower mouth guard. A plurality of tile channels, tile openings, and tile insertion apertures is located in the upper mouth guard. Each tile opening features a shape resembling a tooth. The system features a plurality of tiles designed to snuggly slide into the tile channel via the tile insertion aperture. The tile is visible via the tile opening. A tile cutout of a symbol, a character, or a picture is located throughout a cross-section of the tile from a tile front surface to a tile rear surface. A back wall of the tile channel is visible through the tile cutout. Each tile features rounded edges and rounded corners.
US08800182B2
Disclosed is a plastic film with concealed tearable strip, which includes a film body; at least one first tearable strip having two sides respectively forming first and second joint sections; and at least one second tearable strip having two sides respectively forming a third joint section and an internal tear line. The first and second tearable strips each have one side connected to the film body. The first joint section has two sides each forming a tear line. The third joint section has one side forming at least one tear line. The third joint section and the internal tear line have inside faces respectively coupled to the first and second joint sections, whereby the first and second tearable strips are respectively located at outside and inside of the film body and the second tearable strip is concealed at the inside of the film body.
US08800181B2
A luggage tag system includes a main portion comprising an elongated portion for forming a loop to attach the luggage tag system to a piece of luggage; a removable portion detachable from the main portion; a unique serial number provided on both the main portion and the removable portion; an area of the removable portion comprising a printed coupon or prize indicator; and an adhesive panel covering the area to prevent the area from being seen until the adhesive panel is removed. Any portion of the adhesive panel that is separated from the removable portion of the tag system loses its ability to adhere to the removable portion so that premature removal of the adhesive panel, in whole or in part, is detectable.
US08800178B2
A coupling system for coupling a wear element to an adapter for excavators and similar machinery and the components thereof. The coupling system is formed by a wear element, preferably a tooth though possibly a bucket protection element, a tooth bar or adaptor element and a securing system for securing the two elements, formed mainly by a pin. In addition, the securing system can include a retaining element with resilient properties, associated with the pin.
US08800171B1
A footwear insole system for use with an article of footwear including a base insole component and an upper insole component. The base insole includes a chassis and first and a second shock absorbing inserts. The upper insole includes a spacer panel, first and a second gel insert members, and a fabric sheet layer. The insole system may be permanently secured to an article of footwear or the insole system may be replaceable or interchangeable for installation and removal to and from an article of footwear by a user.
US08800166B2
A fluid-filled chamber may include an upper barrier portion, a lower barrier portion, and a tensile member. An upper tensile layer of the tensile member may be secured to the upper barrier portion, and a lower tensile layer of the tensile member may be secured to the lower barrier portion. The upper barrier portion and the lower barrier portion may have first areas and second areas. The first areas may be indentations extending into the chamber, and the second areas may be protrusions extending outward from the chamber. At least a portion of the first areas may be unbonded with the upper barrier portion and the lower barrier portion. Accordingly, one or more properties of the chamber, such as a flexibility, stiffness, rigidity, tensile response, compressibility, or force attenuation property, may be altered.
US08800155B2
A method and apparatus are provided for reducing hysteresis in displacement sensors by reducing the resistance to motion between components in the sensing units that move relative to each other.
US08800144B2
A piston includes a crown portion generally defining an axis and having a skirt connecting portion. The skirt connecting portion is defined, at least in part, by a first crown mating portion, a second crown mating portion positioned radially from the first crown mating portion, and a crown chamber surface extending between the first crown mating portion and the second crown mating portion. The piston also includes a skirt having a crown connecting portion. The crown connecting portion is defined, at least in part, by a first skirt mating portion, a second skirt mating portion, and a skirt chamber surface extending between the first skirt mating portion and the second skirt mating portion. The first crown mating portion is selectively coupled to the first skirt mating portion. The second crown mating portion may be selectively coupled to the second skirt mating portion to define a piston chamber.
US08800143B2
A method of manufacturing a multi-layer printed wiring board including forming a core substrate, forming a first interlayer insulation layer over the core substrate, forming a first filled via in the first interlayer insulation layer, the first filled via having a bottom portion having a first diameter, forming a second interlayer insulation layer over the first interlayer insulation layer, and forming a second filled via in the second interlayer insulation layer, the second filled via having a bottom portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.
US08800137B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board, including: mounting a strip substrate on a fixing member; separating the strip substrate into unit substrates by performing a singulation process; attaching solder balls onto the unit substrates using a jig; and fixing the solder balls on the unit substrates by performing a reflow process. The method of manufacturing a printed circuit board is advantageous in that the solder balls can be accurately formed at the predetermined positions of the strip substrate because they are attached to the unit substrates after the warpage of the strip substrate was reduced by a singulation process.
US08800136B2
Insulated electrically conductive fibers or microwires of sizes on the order of 1 mil (25 microns) diameter, so as to be suitable for processing into yarns or multi-microwire bundles, for example, for incorporation into conformable fabric products or for use as wearable electronic circuitry are made by coprocessing a core of a lower-melting-point metal within a sheath of a higher-melting-point polymer.
US08800135B2
A cutting guide for trimming the center conductor of a stinger. The cutting guide may include a housing that is adapted to receive the stinger conductor and provide a reference plane for trimming the conductor to a desired length. The housing may include a receiving end for receiving a predetermined portion of the stinger and an exit end through which an excess portion of the conductor protrudes beyond the desired cutting plane. The housing may include a socket having a receiving space for receiving the threads of the conductor and a barrel having a bore through which the stinger extends. Alternative embodiments include a length-adjustable housing and a housing with multiple bore lengths.
US08800133B2
Gas turbine engine systems involving rotor bayonet coverplates and tools for installing such coverplates are provided. In this regard, a representative turbine assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a turbine disk operative to mount a set of turbine blades; and a coverplate having an annular main body portion and a spaced annular arrangement of tabs extending radially inwardly from the main body portion with open-ended gaps being located between the tabs, the tabs being operative to secure an inner diameter of the coverplate to the turbine disk.
US08800128B2
A workpiece clamping jig configured to clamp a workpiece is provided with a baseplate, a fixed abutting member, and a movable abutting member. The baseplate has a pocket, which forms an air intake passage on the reverse side of a workpiece mounting surface, and a suction through-hole internally connecting the workpiece mounting surface and the pocket. The fixed abutting member is disposed on the baseplate and has a fixed abutting surface corresponding to the shape of the workpiece, and the movable abutting member has an abutting surface movable relative to the workpiece caused to abut against the fixed abutting surface of the fixed abutting member.
US08800127B2
In this manufacturing method, when a plurality of planetary shaft main bodies are arranged at even intervals around a sun shaft main body, a state in which a sun threaded section is engaged with each of planetary threaded sections is referred to as a regular assembled state, and an assembly formed by a combination of the sun shaft main body and the planetary shaft main body in the regular assembled state is referred to as a first assembly. The first assembly is assembled in a state in which the relationship of the planetary shaft main body and the sun shaft main body is in correspondence with the relationship of the planetary shaft main body and the sun shaft main body in the regular assembled state.
US08800123B2
A device and a method for producing interweaving knots in a multifilament thread are described. The thread is guided in a circumferential guiding groove of a rotating annular nozzle in contact with the groove base of the guiding ring. An inlet thread guide and an outlet thread guide are arranged such that the contact wrap angle of the thread in the guiding groove of the annular nozzle is greater than the opening angle of the chamber opening on the stator. Thus, the thread is guided with contact before the pressure impulse is generated and the annular nozzle is preferably driven with a circumferential speed that is lower than the speed of the thread in order to influence the thread tension.
US08800120B2
A retention fastener includes a body panel and first and second leg members connected to the body panel by first leg member portions. Both leg members co-extend away from a body panel first panel face and have a second portion directed back toward the body panel. The first and second leg members include at least one retention feature connected to the second leg member portion, including: a single tooth wing having a smooth curved surface extending to a single wing retention tooth, and a multiple tooth wing positioned beside the single tooth wing. The multiple tooth wing has individual teeth on a curved surface sequentially increasing in height with respect to the curved surface. The multiple tooth wing is oriented in a superimposed position with respect to the single tooth wing so the individual teeth extend outwardly with respect to the smooth curved surface of the single tooth wing.
US08800109B1
There is disclosed an anti-sag hinge (10) which includes a mounting flange assembly (12) pivotally coupled to a strap assembly (15). The strap assembly includes a strap (31) extending from a cylinder portion (32). The strap includes elongated mounting holes (69), an adjustment screw boss (70) having a passageway (71), and a moveable adjustment bracket (77) having an adjustment screw mounting flange (78) with a threaded screw hole (79) therein in which is threadably mounted an adjustment screw (80). The adjustment screw has a head (81), a bearing flange (82), a neck (83), and a threaded shaft (84). A removable spacer (86) has a U-shaped gripping portion (87) which is snap fitted onto a portion of the threaded shaft between the bearing flange and the adjustment bracket screw flange. The adjustment bracket includes four mounting holes (88) extending therethrough and generally in alignment with strap elongated mounting holes.
US08800108B2
A dust collector comprises a tank having an intake opening; a head unit mounted on the tank; a motor provided on the head unit and having a rotor, a stator and an output shaft; a fan provided on the head unit and rotating under power from the motor, for sucking air or liquids into the tank from the intake opening; and a filter housed in the tank, that separates dust from the air or liquid sucked into the tank. The rotor has a coil disc having multiple roughly annular coils arranged in a circumferential direction centered on the output shaft in the direction of the axial line of the output shaft. The stator has a magnetic flux generation mechanism that generates magnetic flux that passes through the coil disc in the direction of the axial line of the output shaft.
US08800103B2
An upright type cleaner in which a mounting structure of a suction device is improved is described. The cleaner includes a base provided with a suction port, a main body connected to the base, and a suction device including a flexible hose extended from the base or the main body, a pipe connected to the flexible hose, and a tool connected to the pipe. The suction device may be fixedly attached to the main body when the tool is mounted on the suction device.
US08800101B2
Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a self testing method thereof. The robot cleaner performs a self test when being initially operated or when required by a user. This may prevent malfunctions or breakdowns of the robot cleaner. Furthermore, the robot cleaner senses states of components and sensors mounted therein, and performs a self test based on characteristics, output values, etc. of the components and the sensors. This may prevent accidents or errors which may occur as the robot cleaner operates.
US08800100B2
A scoop and gatherer set for picking up small items and debris, such as for use by a child to scoop-up small toys. The scoop comprises a trapezoidal bottom, two triangular side walls, and a rectangular back wall. The back wall also comprises a rectangular hole of sufficient size to insert a user's palm to grasp and lift the scoop without extensive rotation of a user's wrist. The gatherer is of a slightly concave trapezoidal shape comprising a ledge on the top edge inner surface to assist in grasping it. The gatherer bottom edge may further comprise short bristles for brushing items into the scoop, or a smooth fabric to prevent scratching of the floor surface. The set may further comprise a means to quickly attach and detach the gatherer to the scoop for storage as one unit.
US08800080B2
An adjustable bed system includes a first frame having four actuators coupled thereto and disposed between the head and foot ends thereof. The actuators define a generally-rectangular configuration wherein first and third actuators are diagonally-opposed and wherein second and fourth actuators are diagonally-opposed. A second frame coupled to the first frame includes a first section secured to the first frame, a second section pivotably coupled to the first section towards the head end of the first frame, and a third section pivotably coupled to the first section towards the foot end of the first frame. The first and third actuators arc coupled to the second and third sections, respectively, for articulating the second and third sections, respectively. First and second leg assemblies are coupled to the second and fourth actuators, respectively, for selectively raising and lowering the first frame.
US08800079B1
Bed cover holders having first sections that slide under and between a mattress and a box spring and second sections including upturned ends that are slidably secured to the first sections permitting the holder to telescope between extended and retracted positions are described. The upturned ends of the holders are positioned flush against the end of the mattress when retracted. The holders can be extended to form a shelf where bedding including pillows can be placed when the bed is in use. In at least one variation, the first and second sections comprise nesting tubular structures to facilitate the telescoping arrangement.
US08800074B2
An adjustable toilet seat lift adapted to selectively raise and lower a toilet to meet the needs and desires of the user. The lift includes an actuator which adjusts a top plate relative to a bottom plate, and is powered by an external power source, or, in the alternative, manually activated.
US08800070B2
A flush toilet is configured to permit user control of a flush cycle time and corresponding water usage. The toilet includes a bowl and a tank in fluid communication with the bowl. A flush handle assembly may be carried by the tank and may have a flush handle and a lever arm coupled thereto. In addition, there may be a flapper valve in the tank, and a rigid, adjustable-length, flapper control rod coupled between the lever arm and the flapper valve. Operation of the flush handle in a first direction may open the flapper valve, and operation of the flush handle in a second direction may close the flapper valve. This permits user control of the flush cycle time and corresponding water usage.
US08800069B2
A transfer seat to be used in conjunction with a toilet improves access to sanitary facilities by the disabled. The transfer seat may be used as one element of a modular system for improving bathroom fixtures designed for use by the handicapped. This modular system includes a transfer seat to be used in conjunction with a toilet; a hand rail assembly designed for use with the transfer seat; and a shower distribution system designed for use with the hand rail assembly. The components of this modular system may be used separately or together.
US08800067B2
Eyewear, such as a goggle, is provided that can include an anterior module (such as a lens support) and an interchangeable posterior module (such as a faceplate). The anterior module can be adapted to support at least one lens in a wearer's field of view. The posterior module can be adapted to fit against a contour of the wearer's face and can be selectively interchangeable with the anterior module to modify at least one physical characteristic of the eyewear. In some embodiments, the anterior and posterior modules can be coupled by a suspension assembly in order to allow articulation of the posterior module relative to the anterior module for evenly distributing forces against the wearer's face. Further, the anterior module can be rigid for maintaining the lens in an optically-desirable orientation. Furthermore, the goggle can comprise an interchangeable lens mechanism to facilitate interchanging of lenses in the goggle.
US08806660B2
Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to secure licensing for an information handling system are provided. In accordance with additional embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include: (i) booting an information handling system to an operating system stored on a memory of a secure licensing device coupled to a port of the information handling system; (ii) establishing a secure wireless network connection between the secure licensing device and a licensing server; (iii) retrieving information regarding one or more hardware components of the information handling system; (iv) retrieving a license key for a software program associated with information handling system from the licensing server; (v) generating a unique marker binding the license key to the one or more hardware components; and (vi) storing the unique marker on the information handling system.
US08806653B2
In connection with authenticating a client of a network, information is acquired that characterizes the client in a manner that enables a determination about authenticating the client of the network, the information being acquired other than in the form of a digital message that is passed on behalf of the client to the network; an authentication decision is made based on the information.Information is encrypted in a manner that is based on a physical property of an intended recipient of the information, and delivering the encrypted information to the recipient.A source of a beacon is physically associated with a person, times of receipt of the beacon at multiple stations are measured, and the location of the person is determined based on the times of receipt.A set of stations is established that are configured to acquire information that characterizes each of multiple clients in a manner that enables a determination about authenticating each of the clients with respect to a corresponding network, the information being acquired other than in the form of digital messages that are passed on behalf of the clients to the corresponding networks. The information is provided to operators of the networks to enable them to make authentication decisions based on the information.
US08806646B1
Behavioral analysis of a mobile webpage is performed to determine whether the webpage is malicious. During analysis, the webpage is visited by an emulated mobile device to cause behaviors to occur which may be malicious. The behaviors occurring after accessing the webpage are stored. The behaviors are classified as hard or soft signals. A probability of the webpage being malicious is determined through combining soft signals, and the webpage is classified as malicious or non-malicious. Users of the webpage, the developer of the webpage, or a distributor of the webpage are notified of the webpage classification to enable responsive action.
US08806643B2
Trojanized apps for mobile environments are identified. Multiple apps for a specific mobile environment are obtained from one or more external sources. Code and digital signers are extracted from the apps and stored. For each given specific one of the obtained apps, the code of the specific app is compared to the code of other obtained apps, to determine whether the specific app 1) contains at least a predetermined threshold amount of code in common with one of the other apps, and 2) contains additional code not contained therein. If so, the digital signer of the specific app is compared to the digital signer of the other app. If it is also the case that the digital signer of the specific app is not the same as the digital signer of the other app, the specific app is identified as being trojanized.
US08806632B2
This invention is a system, method, and apparatus for detecting compromise of IP devices that make up an IP-based network. One embodiment is a method for detecting and alerting on the following conditions: (1) Denial of Service Attack; (2) Unauthorized Usage Attack (for an IP camera, unauthorized person seeing a camera image); and (3) Spoofing Attack (for an IP camera, unauthorized person seeing substitute images). A survey of services running on the IP device, historical benchmark data, and traceroute information may be used to detect a possible Denial of Service Attack. A detailed log analysis and a passive DNS compromise system may be used to detect a possible unauthorized usage. Finally, a fingerprint (a hash of device configuration data) may be used as a private key to detect a possible spoofing attack. The present invention may be used to help mitigate intrusions and vulnerabilities in IP networks.
US08806629B1
A system and method for specification of a policy to trigger automatic signature generation, refinement, and confidence characterization is provided. The system monitors incoming payloads and identifies untrusted payloads based on specified characteristics of the process including process name, triggering action, prior actions and/or state and/or conditions. Signatures are automatically generated for untrusted payloads and stored. Additionally, the system enables denial-of-service (DoS) protection based on the number of signature-generation attempts that allows the server process to continue providing service on unaffected interfaces.
US08806626B2
A DNS security system collects and uses aggregated DNS information originating from a plurality of client computers to detect anomalous DNS name resolutions. A server DNS security component receives multiple transmissions of DNS information from a plurality of client computers, each transmission of DNS information concerning a specific instance of a resolution of a specific DNS name. The server component aggregates the DNS information from the multiple client computers. The server component compares DNS information received from a specific client computer concerning a specific DNS name to aggregated DNS information received from multiple client computers concerning the same DNS name to identify anomalous DNS name resolutions. Where an anomaly concerning received DNS information is identified, a warning can be transmitted to the specific client computer from which the anomalous DNS information was received.
US08806624B2
A scanning system, method and computer program product are provided. In use, portions of data are scanned. Further, access to a scanned portion of the data is allowed during scanning of another portion of the data.
US08806622B2
A method of determining whether a page is a fraudulent page comprising the steps of: extracting a plurality of tokens from the page, (403) for each token, calculating a token probability being the probability of the token being in a fraudulent page (404), using the calculated token probabilities, calculating a page probability being the probability of the page being a fraudulent page (405), wherein the token probability of a token being in a fraudulent page is calculated based on a number of fraudulent pages and a number of non-fraudulent pages which contain the token from a training corpus of fraudulent pages and non-fraudulent pages.
US08806620B2
A method and device for managing security events includes establishing a security event manager on a mobile computing device. The security event manager may be embodied as software and/or hardware components. The security event manager receives security event data from a plurality of security event sources of the mobile computing device and correlates the security event data based on a security policy to determine whether a security event has occurred. The security event manager responds to the security event based on the security policy.
US08806619B2
A system and method determines whether software includes malicious code. A validation machine is instrumented with tools and monitors that capture the static and dynamic behavior of software. Software under examination is executed on the validation machine, and the tools and monitors are used to log data representative of the behavior of the software to detect vulnerable or malicious code. If possible, one or more operations are automatically performed on the software to enhance the security of the software by neutralizing the vulnerable or malicious code. Activities that cannot be neutralized automatically are flagged for human inspection. The software executed on the validation machine may be source code or non-source code, with different operations being disclosed and described in each case.
US08806614B2
In a case where a plurality of users are made correspondent to one IC card, user changeover is performed without a logout process. When the IC card is passed over a card reader while a user is logging in, it is judged whether or not the passed card is the IC card used in a login process of the user who is logging in. If NO, a logout process of the user who is logging in is performed, and a user login process using the newly passed IC card is performed. On the other hand, if YES, it is further judged whether or not the plurality of users are made correspondent to the passed IC card. If YES, selection of the user who intends to newly log in is accepted.
US08806609B2
Techniques are disclosed for improving security in virtual private network. In one embodiment, key information is generated for a virtual private network (VPN) connection between a first device and a second device. A plurality of shares is then generated based on the key information. A first set of one or more shares is stored on a dongle that is paired to the first device. A second set of one or more shares is stored on the first device. In response to a request to resume the VPN connection, the first set of shares is retrieved from the dongle. The key information is reconstructed based on the first set of shares and the second set of shares. The reconstructed key information may then be used to resume the VPN connection.
US08806603B2
Methods and systems for operating a Smart Device 102 with a secure communication system. A SPARC Security Device (SSD) 104 is in communication with one or more Smart Devices 102. SSD 104 receives a request for a transaction from a Smart Device 102 executing an application obtained from an Application Controlling Institution (ACI) 101, and is asked to verify the validity of the transaction. A one-time identifier (SSD ID, which replaces the user's account number) is generated by the SPARC Security Device 104. The one-time identifier comprises a unique SSD 104 unit identifier and a one-time transaction number. In a Loyalty Application, an ACIRD 81 stores on behalf of participating entities an accounting of at least one of inducements, rebates, loyalty points, and rewards earned by or attributable to users of the SD's 102, and communicates with the SD's 102 and with the associated ACI(s) 101 and SSD(s) 104.
US08806600B2
A system for verifying a request for access to data is provided, the system comprising a first module and a second module. The first module is arranged to generate a password, and the second module is arranged to receive a password associated with a request for data (received at step), validate the received password, and enable access to the requested data. The system is such that the first and second modules share a secret that has been uniquely assigned thereto, the shared secret being for use in generation and validation of a said password. Furthermore, the first module is communicatively disconnected from the second module.
US08806592B2
To provide a user signature on a network transaction, a security server receives transaction information representing a transaction between a network user and a network site, such as a website, directly from the network site. The security server calculates a one-time-password based on the received transaction information and a secret shared by the security server and the network site, but not by the user. The security server transmits the calculated one-time-password for application as the user's signature on the transaction. The one-time-password is independently calculable by the network site based on the shared secret.
US08806589B2
An aspect of the present invention facilitates flexible credential collection in an authentication server employing diverse authentication schemes. In an embodiment, an access manager in the authentication server determines that an authentication scheme is to be used for allowing access to a resource requested by a user. A custom module (implementing the authentication scheme) in the authentication server then sends to the access manager commands indicating corresponding sets of credentials to be collected. The access manager, in response to receiving each command, collects the corresponding credentials from the user and checks whether the collected credentials authenticates the user. The custom module sends each command after the checking of the previously collected credentials. Accordingly, a developer of the custom module is enabled to request for and to perform the authentication of the user based on different sets of credentials.
US08806585B2
A service request is received and associated with a subscriber id. Profile information is accessed for the source of the service request. A copy of the profile information is stored in a network element employed by the source of the service request to access the network.
US08806582B2
A method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token assigned to a user involving the steps of: authenticating the user to the ID token, authenticating a first computer system to the ID token, and, assuming successful authentication of the user and the first computer system to the ID token, read access by the first computer system to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token for transmission of the at least one attribute to a second computer system, and generating of a time indication for the at least one attribute by the first computer system.
US08806578B2
Data driven role based security is provided. At login, the system queries for a data context in connection with access to computing objects of a computing system. When a request for access to computing objects is received by the computing system, one or more control expressions specified for the computing object being accessed are evaluated. The evaluation of the control expressions may reference the user context or the data context previously established, and returns a set of effective permissions. Access to the computing object is then granted if the set of permissions includes an appropriate permission for the request for access.
US08806546B2
An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a program listing of interest. The interactive television application may allow the user to set a reminder for the selected program at the scheduled broadcast time. This application may also allow the user to set a reminder for the selected program at a later time at which the program is not scheduled to be broadcast. The user may be provided with a reminder at this later time. In response, the user may direct the network-based or local personal video recorder to play back the program or may defer the reminder again. The interactive television application may collect information on program usage and popularity to determine how long to retain certain programming.
US08806543B1
A method and apparatus for displaying in-flight passenger information. In-flight passenger information for flight of an aircraft is identified during operation of the aircraft. A timeline and the in-flight passenger information in association with the timeline are displayed on a display system during the operation of the aircraft.
US08806530B1
A dual channel communication system for detecting customer presence is provided. The system comprises a fixed component configured to receive a media content over a first channel, at least one mobile component configured to receive a targeted content based on a media related to the media content over a second channel, and a service provider that sends the media content and the targeted content. The fixed component detects the mobile component presence within proximity range using a short range wireless connection.
US08806529B2
A server resource provides notification to subscribers in a respective network environment that the content is available for retrieval at a particular bit rate (e.g., a promotional bit rate) or particular level of quality (e.g., promotional level of quality) amongst multiple levels of quality for a limited duration of time. For example, an especially high level of quality (or bit rate) of the content may be available only for the limited duration of time. After making the especially high level of quality of content available for retrieval during a promotional period, the content may be subsequently available for retrieval only at lower levels of quality. Accordingly, one or more configurations as discussed herein include changing the ability to access content encoded at different levels of quality over time.
US08806525B2
A method to optimize reception of entitlement management messages in a subscriber unit that is part of a Pay-TV system. The subscriber units are set up to a default reception channel for receiving default entitlement management messages such as the ones addressed to all or a group of subscriber units controlled by the management system. When one or a plurality of operating parameters of a specific subscriber unit needs to be modified, the security module sends an information signal to the subscriber unit which switches to a specific reception channel. In this case only specific entitlement management messages, also called positive addressing entitlement management messages, are received for performing the operating parameters modification of the concerned subscriber units. Once the modification is executed, the subscriber unit switches back to the default reception channel to be ready for receiving default entitlement management messages again.
US08806521B2
A communications system for an aircraft includes an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system and at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger. The aircraft IFE system includes an IFE video entertainment source, IFE passenger seat displays, an IFE wireless transceiver, and an IFE controller. The TEE controller selectively displays video from the IFE entertainment source on the IFE passenger seat displays, and generates a respective registration token image on each IFE passenger seat display. The PED includes a PED optical sensor, a PED memory for storing an in-flight coupon to be redeemed by the passenger while in-flight, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller. The PED controller communicates with the IFE wireless transceiver via the PED wireless transceiver based upon the PED optical sensor sensing the registration token image so that the PED controller is registered with the IFE controller. After registration, the PED controller provides the stored in-flight coupon to the IFE controller for redemption.
US08806520B2
A method and system for micro-cloud computing is described. An application serving node, which is a specifically configured piece of customer premises equipment such as a set-top box, is the server for a micro-cloud network. Various user devices that form part of the micro-cloud network, such as television sets and smart phones, communicate with the application serving node. The application serving node is configured with software that allows various heterogeneous types of data to be obtained and streamed to the user devices in multiple ways. The application serving node performs much of the processing necessary for such content streaming itself and thus represents an edge-based network architecture.
US08806518B2
Performance analysis for combining remote audience responses is described. In one example, a performance is presented to a plurality of viewer devices through a remote network connection. An audience response received from each of the plurality of viewer devices through the remote network connection during the presentation of the performance. The received audience responses are combined into a single media stream and the combined media stream is sent to each of the plurality of viewer devices during the performance.
US08806506B2
A computer-implemented system and method for processing messages using a common interface platform supporting multiple pluggable data formats in a service-oriented pipeline architecture is disclosed. The method in an example embodiment includes deserializing or serializing a request/response message using a pluggable serializer/deserializer mechanism and a corresponding pluggable data format parser. An example embodiment uses a common model for serialization/deserialization regardless of the data format, resulting in a consistent and efficient mechanism.
US08806502B2
In a portable computing device having a node-based resource architecture, resource requests are batched or otherwise transactionized to help minimize inter-processing entity messaging or other messaging or provide other benefits. In a resource graph defining the architecture, each node or resource of the graph represents an encapsulation of functionality of one or more resources controlled by a processor or other processing entity, each edge represents a client request, and adjacent nodes of the graph represent resource dependencies. A single transaction of resource requests may be provided against two or more of the resources.
US08806501B2
Resources of a partitionable computer system are partitioned into at least first and second partitions, in accordance with a first or second mode of operation of the partitionable computer system. The system is run in the first or second mode, partitioned in accordance with the partitioning step. Periodically, it is determined whether the computer system should be switched from one mode to the other mode. If so, the computer system is run in the other mode, partitioned in accordance with the other mode. The first and second modes of operation are defined in accordance with historical observations of the partitionable computer system. The periodic determination is carried out based on predictions in accordance with the historical observations.
US08806496B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for determining a scaling factor between a frequency of a first processor and a frequency of a second processor after a guest software is migrated from first processor to the second processor, and executing the guest software on the second processor using a virtual counter based on a physical counter of the second processor and the scaling factor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08806495B2
Described is a technology by which alternative use for transactional memory is provided, namely implementing atomic work items that are run asynchronously from their creation in a thread. Described are mechanisms by which threads control the work items that they have created. Atomic work items are scheduled on worker threads managed by the language's runtime system. Atomic work items can use retry to express condition synchronization, providing a general mechanism for controlling when and in what order they are executed. Work items may be grouped, with coordination managed among the grouped work items. Also described by way of example is a highly-parallel implementation of a Chaff satisfiability solver, comprising an example of an important group of applications, including theorem provers and constraint optimization systems.
US08806494B2
Determining execution rights for a process. A user selects a process for execution. A driver intercepts the execution and communicates with a service or its remote agent. Configuration data is accessed to determine an execution role specifying whether the process should be denied execution or should execute with particular rights to access or modify system resources. The execution role is provided to the driver, and the driver allows or denies execution of the process in accordance with the provided execution role.
US08806493B2
A system and method for providing hardware virtualization and resource management in a virtual machine environment. An application server environment is extended to provide an interface from the higher layers in the application server environment to the system's actual processing power, such that the allocation of processing can be made in a machine-independent way. A layer of software can be placed between the virtual machine and the hardware that improves the efficiency of the virtualized Java execution system. The system comprises two main components: a first, lower-level, execution environment that replaces the usual operating system; and a second, higher-level, resource broker that is responsible for handing out new virtual machines to the above layers, and for monitoring the current resource usage of the running virtual machines.
US08806480B2
Migration mechanisms are disclosed herein that smartly transfer data among virtual machines, minimizing the down time of migration of such machines but maximizing the consistent state of data stored thereon. Specifically, data can be classified into three types: low volatility data (such as hard disk data), high volatility data (such a random access memory data), and immutable data (such as read only data). This data can be migrated from a source virtual machine to a target virtual machine by sending the immutable data along with the low volatility data first—before the source virtual machine has stopped itself for the migration process. Then, after the source virtual machine has stopped, high volatility data and (again) low volatility data can be sent from the source to the target. In this latter case, only differences between the low volatility data may be sent (or alternatively, new low volatility data may be sent).
US08806470B2
A system and method for performing software maintenance of a programmable logic controller are provided. The system includes a programming tool and a controller. The programming tool is operable to update an execution environment of the controller and includes a controller type determination unit for reading a controller type of the controller and version information of an operating system thereof, an update information determination unit for reading update information corresponding to the controller type and the version information, an update area determination unit for determining a part of the execution environment to be updated based on the update information, and an updating unit for updating the determined part of the execution environment.
US08806467B2
A field device management apparatus may include a plurality of COM in-process servers, each of which acquires and manages device data related to a corresponding one of field devices, and a launch-program COM in-process server that stores a launch-program, the launch-program activating an instance in each of the plurality of COM in-process servers, the launch-program preventing four different functions from being executed directly by an OS in the plurality of COM in-process servers. The plurality of COM in-process servers may be initialized on the Microsoft Windows operating system to generate COM objects in different memory spaces.
US08806441B2
Techniques for static code analysis are provided. The techniques include routing a code analysis request to a set of one or more static code analysis tools based on a context of the request, merging one or more tool-specific outputs of the code analysis, wherein merging the one or more tool-specific outputs comprises using one or more tool-specific mappings to one or more static code analysis abstractions and one or more source linkages of one or more static code analysis defects, performing a deep analysis on a set of one or more defect categories, and combining results of the merging with the deep analysis to filter out one or more false-positives and to add one or more new true positives to create an optimal set of defects.
US08806439B1
A system having a processor receiving a copy of a program and modifying the copy to create a modified program and a memory including a memory stack, the modified program being stored in the memory stack, wherein a first image of the memory stack storing the modified program is different from a second image of the memory stack storing the copy of the program.
US08806434B2
In a method for configuring an integrated development environment for programming a type of computer application, a computer receives a selection of a target application runtime program supporting one or more types of computer applications. The computer sends a request for information and receives information on the one or more types of computer applications supported by the target application runtime program. The computer determines, based on the received information, the one or more types of computer applications supported by the target application runtime program. The computer requests and receives a selection of the type of computer application. The computer configures an integrated development environment for programming the type of computer application selected.
US08806430B1
Exemplary embodiments provide computer-implemented methods, computer-readable media, and systems for changing the identifier associated with an entity, such as a variable or function, in a portion of code. During editing, a reference may be maintained that identifies the location of each instance of the entity in the code. When the identifier associated with one instance of the entity is changed, the change in the identifier may be propagated throughout the code to change each instance of the identifier in the code. The identifier may be changed without interrupting the workflow of the user and without the need to change to a separate refactoring mode. In some embodiments, a syntactical analysis may be performed and some or all instances of the identifier may be changed based on one or more rules.
US08806426B2
A data partitioning interface provides procedure headings to create data partitions for processing data elements in parallel, and for obtaining data elements to process, without specifying the organizational structure of a data partitioning. A data partitioning implementation associated with the data partitioning interface provides operations to implement the interface procedures, and may also provide dynamic partitioning to facilitate load balancing.
US08806425B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating infrastructure code. In the context of a method, an ontology representative of a semantic data model is received. The method then processes the ontology in accordance with configuration information that defines the portion of the ontology to process, mapping information that defines a relationship between type information in the semantic data model and data types in the infrastructure code and one or more rules from the semantic data model relating to a conversion between different versions of semantic data model. In response to the processing, the method also automatically generates the infrastructure code in each of a plurality of computer languages.
US08806418B1
A method can include generating a first set of sample values for input variables in accordance with a prescribed set of probability distributions, running a set of simulations on an electronic component based upon the first set of sample values, multiplying the standard deviations of the original distributions by a scaling factor λ, generating a second set of sample values for the input variables based on the probability distributions thus generated, and running a set of simulations on the electronic component based on this second set of sample values. The method can also include the generation of Q-Q plots based on the data from the first and second set of simulations and data from a truly normal distribution or the distribution obeyed by the independently varying input parameters; and the use of these plots for assessment of the robustness and functionality of the electronic component.
US08806417B1
A target integrated circuit layout having a plurality of design rules having minimum rules and standard rules used in the target integrated circuit layout is provided. First and second design rule checks are performed, where respective first and second sets of violations of the plurality of design rules and each design rule associated with the first and second sets of violations are recorded. An analysis is performed on the first and second sets of violations, each design rule associated with the first and second sets of violations, and a frequency of usage of each of the plurality of design rules, and a rule usage rate is determined having a number of minimum rules used overall and a number of overall violations of the design rules. An interactive rule database is formed having statistics associated with the rule usage rate for subsequent implementation in an integrated circuit.
US08806415B1
A method of modeling an integrated circuit chip includes generating a model of a bond pad using a design tool running on a computer device. The method also includes connecting a first inductor, a first resistor, and a first set of parallel-resistor-inductor elements in series between a first node and a second node in the model. The method further includes connecting a second inductor, a second resistor, and a second set of parallel-resistor-inductor elements in series between the second node and a third node in the model. The first node corresponds to a first signal port of the bond pad. The second node corresponds to a second signal port of the bond pad.
US08806414B2
A system comprises an electronic design automation (EDA) tool, for generating a schematic design of an integrated circuit (IC), generating a layout from the schematic design, editing the layout, and verifying the schematic design and layout. At least one non-transitory, computer readable storage medium, is provided for storing data representing the schematic design and the layout, the layout having a network of routing paths connecting at least two active layer devices of the IC design. An RC tool is provided for computing estimated parasitic capacitances of the routing paths of the network before verifying the schematic design and layout, and for inserting a capacitor corresponding to the estimated parasitic capacitance into the data representing the schematic design of the IC. A first device level simulation tool for simulating performance of the network based on the at least two active layer devices and the estimated parasitic capacitances.
US08806408B2
Various embodiments of methods of designing an integrated circuit (IC). One embodiment of one such method includes: (1) generating a functional design for the IC, (2) determining performance objectives for the IC, (3) determining an optimization target voltage for the IC, (4) determining whether the IC needs voltage scaling to achieve the performance objectives at the optimization target voltage and, if so, whether the IC is to employ static voltage scaling or adaptive voltage scaling, (5) using the optimization target voltage to implement a layout from the functional IC design that meets the performance objectives and (6) performing a timing signoff of the layout at the optimization target voltage.
US08806407B2
Systems and techniques for multiple-instantiated-module (MIM)-aware pin assignment are described. An aggregate cost function can be determined, wherein the aggregate cost function is aggregated across all instances of an MIM for placing a pin at a particular location on the boundary of the MIM. The aggregate cost function can then be used by a pin assignment engine to place the pin in the MIM. A pin assignment engine can place one pin at a time, or place multiple pins at a time by trying to optimize the aggregate cost over multiple pins. Some embodiments can propagate pin-alignment constraints through one or more instances of one or more MIMs in the circuit design layout, and then perform pin assignment while observing the pin-alignment constraints. In some embodiments, pin assignment can be performed on MIMs in decreasing order of the number of pin-alignment constraints that are imposed on the MIMs.
US08806404B2
A system and method for reducing power consumption in a reconfigurable integrated circuit. Some embodiments provide placement and routing programs that reduce the number of bits to be reconfigured. Some embodiments provide placement and routing programs that increase the number of groups of circuits that do not need reconfiguration at some times. Some embodiments include circuits that selectively block reconfiguration.
US08806390B2
An integrated circuit verification system provides an indication of conflicts between an OPC suggested correction and a manufacturing rule. The indication specifies which edge segments are in conflict so that a user may remove the conflict to achieve a better OPC result. In another embodiment of the invention, edge segments are assigned a priority such that the correction of a lower priority edge does not hinder a desired OPC correction of a higher priority edge.
US08806383B2
A method and apparatus for performing an action while a portable computing device is in a locked state is disclosed. An unlock image is displayed in a first region of a touch-sensitive display. Responsive to detecting contact with the touch-sensitive display at the first region, an action image is displayed in a second region of the touch-sensitive display. While the unlock image remains stationary at the first region, movement of the contact with the touch-sensitive display is detected and a direction of movement of the contact is determined. Responsive to determining the direction of movement of the contact is towards the action image, the action image is visually modified to distinguish it from the unlock image. Responsive to the contact with the touch-sensitive display reaching the second region, an action associated with the action image is performed.
US08806377B2
A method and system for providing a graphical user interface with contextual views. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a graphical user interface that allows the changing contents of a global menu in the graphical display based upon the selected nodes that belong to a hierarchical chart. Only those actions applicable (contextual) to the selected nodes will be determined and displayed in the menu. Accordingly, the contents of the selectable options are updated based upon the selected nodes. When more than one node is selected, the displayed selectable actions are an intersection of the actions permitted for each selected node. In a specific embodiment, a comparison menu is provided to allow the user to be able to compare unique corresponding properties of selected nodes.
US08806376B2
Disclosed are a mobile communication device and a method of controlling the same in which an image of a web page is stored as a thumbnail image when the web page is added to a list of favorites. When the list of favorites is requested from the mobile communication device, a plurality of thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of web pages added to the list of favorites are displayed.
US08806375B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a display portion that is capable of: displaying in an icon display area, icons that correspond to function buttons for calling out setting screens for setting functions installed on the image processing apparatus, being organized in groups by function attribute; and displaying in a function button display area, function buttons that correspond to some of the icons, which exist at a position that a user points to; a position identification portion that identifies the position that a user points to in the icon display area; and a display controller that makes the display portion display: the icons in the icon display area; the function buttons that correspond to the icons existing at the position identified by the position identification portion, in the function button display area; and state information indicating the current state of at least one of the functions and/or attribute information indicating the current attribute of at least one of the functions, on/near a function button of the function and/or on/near an icon corresponding to this function button.
US08806374B2
An exemplary file manipulation method determines whether the user manipulation on the file or file folder is a moving manipulation. The method then reads a directory structure of each drive from a storage unit when detecting that the user manipulation on the file or file folder is the moving manipulation, determines a maximum folder depth of the directory structure of the one or more drives, and further controls to display a user interface showing the directory structure with the maximum folder depth. Next, the method detects the user manipulation in the user interface, and determines a position where the icon is dragged to is a target position when detecting that the user manipulation is dragging the icon to the position in the ring portion of the sector. The method then moves the manipulated file or file folder to a target drive or file folder corresponding to the target position.
US08806364B2
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying a data list including at least one data item in a display window of a touch screen on the terminal, displaying at least one icon corresponding to a first application that is executed by the terminal, displaying a graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to the first application on the display window of the touch screen as the icon is touched and dragged on the touch screen, and controlling at least one of a position and a size of the displayed data list such that a region where the GUI is displayed and a region where the data list is displayed are not overlapped with each other when the GUI is displayed as the icon is touched and dragged on the touch screen.
US08806361B1
A visualization can include a set of swim lanes, each swim lane representing information about an event type. An event type can be specified, e.g., as those events having certain keywords and/or having specified value(s) for specified field(s). The swim lane can plot when (within a time range) events of the associated event type occurred. Specifically, each such event can be assigned to a bucket having a bucket time matching the event time. A swim lane can extend along a timeline axis in the visualization, and the buckets can be positioned at a point along the axis that represents the bucket time. Thus, the visualization may indicate whether events were clustered at a point in time. Because the visualization can include a plurality of swim lanes, the visualization can further indicate how timing of events of a first type compare to timing of events of a second type.
US08806352B2
A system and methodology for collaborating. The system is comprised of a plurality of computing appliances, each of the computing appliances having an input apparatus providing for a respective user input of and storage of annotations input relative to and while viewing a display presentation of a specific image and each of the computing appliances having a display apparatus providing a display presentation of a specific image to be viewed by an associated respective user of the plurality of users. Logic controls communication and utilization of selected annotations in providing a display presentation. At least two of the plurality of computing appliances have input apparatus each providing annotation data responsive to the associated respective user input of annotations using the input apparatus. Memory provides associative storage of the annotation data as mapped relative to the associated respective user of the respective computing appliance providing the respective user input. For at least two of said plurality of computing appliances, the input apparatus provides for input of the annotations while the display presentation of the respective said display apparatus provides the specific image presented for viewing by the respective user while the annotations are being made by that said respective user.
US08806349B2
A server apparatus of the present invention extracts the second client apparatus cooperable with the first client apparatus and transmits an instruction to the second client apparatus to launch a user interface, based on a user interface request from the first client apparatus, and transmits an instruction to the second client apparatus to display the user interface, based on a cooperation request from the first client apparatus, and thereby the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus cooperate with each other to allow an operation of the server apparatus in a short time after a cooperation request for causing the first client apparatus operated by a user and the second client apparatus different from the first client apparatus to cooperate with each other.
US08806347B2
A client device having at least one user configurable setting is detected by a user interface device. The user interface device and the client device are in electronic communication with each other. Setting signals identifying user configurable settings of the client device are received at the user interface device. A user interface, based on the setting signals, is formulated at the user interface device. Configuration of the user interface is controlled by the user interface device rather than the client device. User input may be received at the user interface device in view of the user interface. In response to receipt of this input, a control signal is transmitted to the client device to alter at least one user configurable setting of the client device. The user interface device may thus be utilized to view and alter configuration settings for one or more client devices.
US08806346B2
A distributed system and methods for web-based multimedia content (MMC) including a global media hub (GMH) server computer (500) and a multiplicity of remote media asset node (MAN) server computers (510, 520, 530, 540, 550) and client terminals (515, 525, 535, 536, 537, 545, 555) for network-based coupling to the MAN for editing the MMC; the GMH includes a processing component, memory for storage of all metadata, and includes software operable thereon for orchestrating the processes that act on the MMC and metadata, and further includes a configurable workflow editor module having a messaging events function for notifying the user of the occurrence of user-predetermined at least one trigger event(s) within workflows through the system.
US08806344B1
A system for displaying files over a local area network or over the Internet. The method includes the steps of defining headings for either non-comparative information or comparative information within any company or government entity or within any vertical market, listing either hierarchical information or the products or services of vendors in a vertical market, including vendors that do not have a Web presence, and providing a means of soliciting products or services or other information not listed. The step of displaying files eliminates the wait for the latency period of successive server round trips after the first server round trip, saving user functional engagement time. The method allows the user to disconnect the user computer from the Internet once all database information files are downloaded, and, since any subsequent information files viewed are resident in the user computer, the current method is faster than existing methods.
US08806341B2
A method and apparatus for navigating a media program is disclosed. Viewing data for segments of the media program are monitored and used to compile statistics that are presented to the user in a histogram, so that popular portions of the media program can be identified and navigated to. One embodiment includes a searchable transcript of the media program that is synchronized with the histogram.
US08806326B1
A method and apparatus for user selectable content linking in internet applications. The usability of downloaded content may be modified for specific users by allowing a user to select the content in which and how their content data is linked. Particular text may be selected, and when content is downloaded from an origin service including the particular text, the text may be automatically linked to a service or database. The service or database is independent of the origin service and may be provided by a third party.
US08806325B2
Methods and apparatuses that identify one of a plurality of modes from a web page associated with a document received at a browser are described. An identified mode may correspond to a user interface configuration. A portion of content may be extracted from the document for a presentation configured by the user interface configuration. A presentation of the extracted content may be displayed on a display screen while excluding a reset of the document without displaying the web page.
US08806323B2
Certain examples provide a computer-implemented method. The method includes displaying, at an initial position, a first entry of a plurality of entries of a table. The method includes displaying a first indicator to indicate that the first entry has been assigned from a set of unlocked entries to a set of locked entries, and that the first entry is assigned to a first lock position. The method includes sorting the plurality of entries to determine a first sort order including a first sort position of the first entry that is different from the first lock position. The method includes displaying the set of unlocked entries according to the first sort order and displaying the first entry at the first lock position.
US08806322B2
A system and machine-implemented method for populating an electronic form is provided. A command for pasting a string of unstructured data into one of several fields of a structured address form is detected. The string of unstructured data is geocoded to obtain a geolocation. The geolocation is reverse-geocoded to obtain structured address data. Each of the several fields of the structured address form is populated with a corresponding field from the structured address data.
US08806317B2
The invention relates to a method for encoding digital data, in particular of data processed in a microprocessor unit. In the method according to the invention for a respective data word (A, B, C) of a series of data words to be encoded subsequently a parity code (P(A), P(B), P(C)) is computed on the basis of the data of the respective data word (A, B, C). Further the respective data word (A, B, C) is altered with the aid of the data word (A, B, C) preceding it in the series, wherein the altered data word (Aa, Ba, Ca) and the parity code (P(A), P(B), P(C)) represent the encoded data word (Ac, Bc, Cc) and the encoded data word (Ac, Bc, Cc) can be decoded with the aid of the data word (A, B, C) preceding it in the series.
US08806310B2
Provided are systems and methods for rate matching and de-rate matching on digital signal processors. For example, there is a system for rate matching and de-rate matching, where the system includes a memory configured to contain a plurality of blocks of data, and a digital signal processor configured to pre-compute permutation parameters common to the plurality of blocks, wherein the plurality of blocks are subject to a set of given puncturing parameters. The digital signal processor is configured to process each block in the plurality of blocks by computing a block signature from pre-computed puncturing thresholds, matching the block signature to one of a set of pre-computed zone signatures, deriving a zone index corresponding to the one matched pre-computed zone signature, and applying pre-computed permutation and puncturing transformations corresponding to the zone index to the block.
US08806304B2
A system is configured to receive a word on which to perform forward error correction; identify least reliable positions that correspond to encoded bits, within the word, associated with a lowest level of reliability; generate candidate words based on different combinations of inverted encoded bits; identify a pair of candidate words that includes a candidate word and another candidate word, the candidate word includes an inverted most reliable bit of the encoded bits within the candidate word; identify a quantity of errors within the candidate word; determine whether the quantity of errors corresponds to an odd value; invert a parity bit associated with the candidate word when the quantity of errors corresponds to the odd value; select the other candidate word when the parity bit is inverted; and perform forward error correction, on the word, using the other candidate word based on selection of the other candidate word.
US08806300B2
The storage system includes a plurality of flash memory devices, each of the flash memory devices including a flash memory controller and flash memory chips, which are configured as a RAID group and a storage controller, coupled to the plurality of flash memory devices, configured to receive data from a computer and send the data to a first flash memory device of the plurality of flash memory devices. The flash memory controller of the flash memory device is configured to receive the data from the storage controller and execute a parity operation using the data.
US08806299B2
A storage drive includes a non-volatile semiconductor memory, and interface, a compression module, a sector module, and a control module. The interface is configured to receive first data sectors transmitted from a host to the storage drive. The compression module is configured to compress the first data sectors to generate second data sectors. Lengths of the second data sectors vary. The first sector module is configured to generate third data sectors by adding nuisance data to (i) the second data sectors, or (ii) an encrypted version of the second data sectors, wherein lengths of the third data sectors do not vary. The control module is configured to store the third data sectors in the non-volatile semiconductor memory.
US08806298B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to improving the reliability, availability, and serviceability of a memory device. In some embodiments, a memory device includes a memory core having a first portion to store data bits and a second portion to store error correction code (ECC) bits corresponding to the data bits. The memory device may also include error correction logic on the same die as the memory core. In some embodiments, the error correction logic enables the memory device to compute ECC bits and to compare the stored ECC bits with the computed ECC bits.
US08806296B1
Techniques for optimizing data storage are disclosed herein. In particular, methods and systems for implementing redundancy encoding schemes with data storage systems are described. The redundancy encoding schemes may be scheduled according to system and data characteristics. The schemes may span multiple tiers or layers of a storage system. The schemes may be generated, for example, in accordance with a transaction rate requirement, a data durability requirement or in the context of the age of the stored data. The schemes may be designed to rectify entropy-related effects upon data storage. The schemes may include one or more erasure codes or erasure coding schemes. Additionally, methods and systems for improving and/or accounting for failure correlation of various components of the storage system, including that of storage devices such as hard disk drives, are described.
US08806273B2
In a mechanism for supporting detection of a failure event, history information of a system including log information of the system including plural components and/or failure information output from each component upon occurrence of a failure in the system is collected. A detection rule for detecting an event included in a component related to the failure that has occurred is generated, and a symptom with additional information added to the generated detection rule is applied to detect the event that has caused the failure. System configuration information as configuration information of the system is acquired, and from the acquired system configuration information, partial configuration information as system configuration information related to the component that sent out the event the selection of which has been accepted is extracted. The extracted partial configuration information is added to the symptom to update the symptom.
US08806269B2
A method, system, and computer program product for maintaining reliability in a computer system. In an example embodiment, the method includes managing workloads on a first processor with a first processor architecture by an agent process executing on a second processor with a second processor architecture. The method proceeds by activating redundant computation on the second processor by the agent process. The method continues by performing a same computation from a workload of the workloads at least twice. Finally, the method includes comparing results of the same computation. In this embodiment the first processor is coupled the second processor by a network, and the first processor architecture and second processor architecture are different architectures.
US08806260B2
A method and a device for generating a clock signal determine a number of pulses to be discarded from each predetermined cycle of a reference clock signal in order to obtain, on average, a target frequency. A masking pattern is created for discarding the number of pulses to be discarded from each predetermined cycle of the reference clock signal. The clock signal, which includes the target frequency, is generated by discarding the number of pulses from the reference clock signal using the masking pattern.
US08806242B2
A power distribution system within a vehicle operates to provide power over Ethernet to a plurality of network node modules coupled to a vehicular communication network of the vehicle.
US08806234B2
A motherboard includes a motherboard power supply connector and a time delay circuit. The motherboard power supply connector connects a power supply unit. The motherboard power supply connector has a power supply on pin and a power good pin. The power good pin is configured for receiving a power good signal from the power supply unit. The time delay circuit has an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminal is configured for receiving a power supply on signal. The output terminal is connected to the power supply on pin and is configured for sending the power supply on signal to the power supply on pin after a time delay determined by the time delay circuit.
US08806233B2
A device, computer system, and method are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a memory buffer driver circuit that can drive signals on a memory channel at a given voltage level. The voltage at the voltage level is supplied to the memory buffer driver circuit from a rail of a power delivery network. The voltage level exhibits a repeatable fluctuation cycle at a resonant frequency of the power delivery network. The device also includes an on-die termination logic circuit that asserts a first termination resistance on the memory channel after the memory channel enters an idle state but before the voltage level reaches a peak of the repeatable fluctuation cycle. The on-die termination logic circuit then deasserts the first termination resistance on the memory channel at a later point in time.
US08806229B1
An integrated circuit device may include a plurality of external connections, any one of the connections providing both a power voltage path for the integrated circuit (IC) as well as an information signal path for the IC. At least one switch may be coupled to provide a power supply voltage to one of the external connections.
US08806228B2
Systems, methods and media for allocating processing functions between a primary processor and a secondary processor are disclosed. In one embodiment, a primary processor performs routine processing duties, including execution of application program code, while the secondary processor is in a sleep state. When the load on the primary processor is deemed to be excessive, the secondary processor is awakened from a sleep state and assigned to perform processing functions that would otherwise need to be performed by the primary processor. If temperatures in the system rise above a threshold, the secondary processor is returned to the sleep state.
US08806222B2
To provide for cryptographic separation, embodiments of the invention employ containment mechanisms provided by trusted operating systems to ensure that plaintext data which must be encrypted in accordance with a security policy (or, in reverse, ciphertext data which is to be decrypted) is processed by a suitable encryption routine before being sent onwards for transmission, storage, or the like. Such containment mechanisms usually include mandatory system access control rules which specify to which system resources the output of a system resource (such as an application) may be supplied. By specifying a suitable set of such rules, mandatory encryption can be enforced at the operating system kernel level.
US08806221B2
A method and an apparatus for establishing an operating environment by certifying a code image received from a host over a communication link are described. The code image may be digitally signed through a central authority server. Certification of the code image may be determined by a fingerprint embedded within a secure storage area such as a ROM (read only memory) of the portable device based on a public key certification process. A certified code image may be assigned a hash signature to be stored in a storage of the portable device. An operating environment of the portable device may be established after executing the certified code.
US08806214B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive, at a trusted third party (TTP), a signed disguised message as a disguised receiver signature from a receiver that has signed a disguised message using a blind signature process to transform the disguised message into the signed disguised message. Additional activities may include sending, from the TTP, an undisguised version of the disguised message to the receiver, and the receiver signature to a sender of the undisguised version, after determining that the receiver signature is valid. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US08806205B2
Multi-factor authentication is enabled across a plurality of communication devices. A user performs authentication by using a first authentication factor on a first of the communication devices, and by using a second authentication factor on a second of the communication devices. A collaboration credential is shared among the devices to enable the devices to collaborate with each other. Both of the authentication factors are bound together. A multi-factor identification token is issued to each device, to support multi-factor authentication for the user across the devices.
US08806202B2
The convenience of a wireless network is tempered by the concern that a rogue device can listen in on the wireless communications. Determining the position of the home device and other devices within range allows the user of the home device to choose the specific wireless devices with which to communicate. The distance to the other devices within wireless communications range is helpful and allows the user to sort between safe and unsafe or rogue devices. Distance can be determined by a variety of methods including use of trusted references, signal strength, and error rate. Once the safe device is selected, the system will then establish a communications path with that device.
US08806191B2
An e-mail firewall applies policies to e-mail messages between a first site and second sites in accordance with administrator selectable policies. The firewall includes a simple mail transfer protocol relay for causing the e-mail messages to be transmitted between the first site and selected ones of the second sites. Policy managers enforce-administrator selectable policies relative to one or more of encryption and decryption, signature, source/destination, content and viruses.
US08806185B2
The present invention is directed to the automatic configuration of portal composite applications. A method for automatic configuration of a portal composite application including a portal composite application infrastructure, wherein configuration parameters are managed within a composite application interface of the portal, which interface defines a runtime behavior of instances of the composite application within a predetermined range of variability, and wherein each parameter defines a respective point of variability, includes: storing a collection of parameter values for each of the points of variability; defining a functional component cooperating with the composite application and having read access to the collection of parameter values; invoking the functional component after or at instantiation time of the composite application, yielding a configuration parameter value; including the configuration parameter value into a control for an instance of the composite application; and automatically configuring the instance of the composite application with the included configuration parameter value.
US08806172B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes switching between a first address space and a second address space, determining if the second address space exists in a list of address spaces; and maintaining entries of the first address space in a translation buffer after the switching. In such manner, overhead associated with such a context switch may be reduced.
US08806170B2
For a storage apparatus where flash memory disks and hard disks coexist, high-density mounting of flash memory modules is achieved. The storage apparatus includes flash memories and a storage controller. A second storage apparatus including magnetic disks is connected to the storage apparatus. The storage controller can form a storage area using a flash memory or a magnetic disk to create a logical volume. When an input/output request is issued from a host computer, if a storage area is formed with a flash memory, the storage controller directly accesses the flash memory to handle the request. When the storage apparatus defines a storage area formed with a flash memory, the storage apparatus defines the storage area by adding up the capacity of a storage area to be provided for the host computer and a substitute area capacity determined in consideration of restrictions on the number deletions of the flash memory.
US08806153B2
A cache within a computer system receives a partial write request and identifies a cache hit of a cache line. The cache line corresponds to the partial write request and includes existing data. In turn, the cache receives partial write data and merges the partial write data with the existing data into the cache line. In one embodiment, the existing data is “modified” or “dirty.” In another embodiment, the existing data is “shared.” In this embodiment, the cache changes the state of the cache line to indicate the storing of the partial write data into the cache line.
US08806151B2
Multipage preparation commands for non-volatile memory systems are disclosed. The multipage preparation commands supply data that can be used to prepare a non-volatile memory device for forthcoming multipage program operations. A host controller can use the commands ahead of a multipage program operation to optimize usage of a multipage program command. The non-volatile memory device can use the commands to configure the non-volatile memory in preparation for a subsequent operation, such as changing a command order or using the most optimized command set for the subsequent operation.
US08806149B2
A logic verifying apparatus includes a second processor corresponding to a first processor to be verified; and one or more second controllers corresponding to first controllers to be verified, the number of which is less than that of the first controllers, control a second access to a memory, the access being made by the second processor, the second processor and the second controllers serving as elements in the verification model. The second processor includes a storing unit that stores information that assigns one or more of the second controllers that is to be used as the verification model; and a converting unit that converts a first address into a second address, the first address indicating an entity that the second processor is to access through the one second controller assigned by the information stored in the storing unit such that the second processor access to the memory.
US08806146B2
In a method to accelerate address translation into a physical address, a computer maps a virtual memory area with a large page, the virtual memory area including multiple virtual pages satisfying a predetermined condition and being handled in units of pages, the large page having a larger area than each of the virtual pages, and under a condition in which one of the virtual pages mapped with and included in the large page has a memory protection attribute different from a memory protection attribute of the other virtual page, sets physical memory protection information for protecting a physical page corresponding to the one virtual page having the different memory protection attribute.
US08806136B2
A Not and Flash (Nandflash) controller and a data transmission method with the Nandflash controller are provided. The Nandflash controller includes a parameter configuration device, configured to receive an operation command from outside, wherein the operation command indicates a current transmission type, number of times needed for transmitting data, size of which is same as that of a buffer in the Nandflash, and command parameters used by each execution; a transmission controlling device, configured to transmit data of a precoded size to/from the Nandflash during each data transmission according to the current transmission type and the command parameters used by this execution the number of times indicated by the operation command. The controller and method advantageously avoid configuring a command for the next operation each time the data of the precoded size is transmitted, save time and clock resources, and greatly improves transmission efficiency.
US08806128B2
System and method for an information security device with a compact flash (CF) interface are disclosed. The information security device determines an object being operated according to an instruction sent by a host using a card reading apparatus, and performs a flash memory operation or an information security operation. The determining by the information security device of the object being operated by the host includes the control chip of the information security device determining whether the object being operated by the host with the card reading apparatus is a real section or a virtual section inside the device, wherein the real section refers to the section in the flash module of the information security device, and the virtual section is predefined in the information security chip in the information security device.
US08806123B1
A data storage system having a plurality of disk drive sections, each one of the disk drive sections having a plurality of disk drives. Each one of a plurality of secondary SAS expanders is coupled to a corresponding one of the disk drive sections. Each one of the secondary SAS expanders has: (1) a plurality of first ports each one being connected to a corresponding one of the disk drives in the corresponding one of the plurality of disk drive sections coupled thereto; and (2) a second port. A main SAS expander has: (1) a first port; and (2) N second ports, each one of the N second ports of the main expander being connected to the second port of a corresponding one of the plurality of N secondary expanders. A storage processor is coupled to the second port of the main SAS expander.
US08806122B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for caching data in a storage system having multiple caches. A sequential access storage device includes a sequential access storage medium and a non-volatile storage device integrated in the sequential access storage device, received modified tracks are cached in the non-volatile storage device, wherein the non-volatile storage device is a faster access device than the sequential access storage medium. A spatial index indicates the modified tracks in the non-volatile storage device in an ordering based on their physical location in the sequential access storage medium. The modified tracks are destaged from the non-volatile storage device by comparing a current position of a write head to physical locations of the modified tracks on the sequential access storage medium indicated in the spatial index to select a modified track to destage from the non-volatile storage device to the storage device.
US08806120B2
A decoding device includes an interface unit, a readout unit that reads out a file and recording medium management information from an external recording medium, a decoding unit that analyzes a read out file, a storage unit that stores file analysis information and recording medium management information, a determination unit that determines whether or not the recording medium management information pieces are the same when the external recording medium is connected to the interface unit, and a matching confirmation unit that, when the recording medium management information pieces are determined as being the same, determines whether or not the file contents match. When the determination results in a mismatch, the decoding unit generates new file analysis information and performs file decoding using the generated file analysis information, and when the determination results in a match, the decoding unit performs file decoding using the file analysis information in the storage unit.
US08806113B2
A method includes writing a first portion of received user data to a first page of a block of a memory according to a writing schedule and writing a subsequent portion of the received user data to another page of the block according to the writing schedule. The method includes storing first metadata corresponding to writing the first portion in the memory. The method further includes associating the first metadata with the subsequent portion.
US08806101B2
A method and apparatus for metaphysical address space for holding lossy metadata is herein described. An explicit or implicit metadata access operation referencing data address of a data item is encountered. Hardware modifies the data address to a metadata address including a metaphysical extension. The metaphysical extension overlays one or more metaphysical address space(s) on the data address space. A portion of the metadata address including the metaphysical extension is utilized to search a tag array of the cache memory holding the data item. As a result, metadata access operations only hit metadata entries of the cache based on the metadata address extension. However, as the metadata is held within the cache, the metadata potentially competes with data for space within the cache.
US08806100B1
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that reduce the power consumed by transactions initiated by a number of USB host controllers. Peripheral devices on a number of USB networks are accessed in a coordinated manner in order to reduce power dissipated by a CPU and other circuits when reading data needed by the host controllers. The resulting memory reads are temporally clustered. This allows the CPU to process a greater number of requests each time it leaves a low-power state. As a result, the CPU may possibly remain in a sleep state for a longer period of time, thus saving power. This is accomplished at the host controller level by synchronizing the time frames used by each host controller in a system. The synchronizing signal may be one or more bits of a frame count provided by one host controller to a number of other frame controllers.
US08806085B2
An input/output module for use in an industrial control system and connectable to a programmable logic controller (PLC), the input/output module having an interface configured for an electrical connection to the PLC, a plurality of pins configured for connection to one of a plurality of peripherals, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) disposed in the I/O module and electrically coupled to a system controller, the ASIC having a plurality of connection paths, each path being configured for a function, and a switch block configured to reassign a signal from a first connection path of the plurality of connection paths to a second connection path of the plurality of connection paths.
US08806084B2
A technique for user notification involves modifying a title associated with a process to include information about an event that calls for user notification. A method according to the technique may include running a process, processing an event, generating a string of characters that includes information associated with the event, and displaying the string of characters as a title associated with the process. A system constructed according to the technique may include a client, a title array, an event processing engine, and a title provisioning engine.
US08806083B2
An identification address of a sensor interface device is configured in response to the order of connection of first (DXP1) and second (DXN1) package pins to electrodes of a sensor (Q0). A sensor signal processing circuit (23) has first and second inputs coupled through the first and second pins to the sensor for converting a parameter sensed by the sensor to a different representation. A current is forced through the first pin to produce either a high or low voltage on the first pin depending on the order of connection of the first and second pins to the electrodes of the sensor. A voltage on the first pin is compared with a reference voltage to produce a comparison signal which is mapped to produce the identification address.
US08806062B1
Various methods and systems for using adaptive data compression in a backup system are disclosed. One method involves detecting whether to compress a unit of storage that is to be backed up. The detecting involves attempting to compress a portion of the unit of storage. If the attempt to compress the portion of the unit of storage meets a specified compression performance threshold, i.e., if the unit of storage is compressible, the unit of storage is compressed. Otherwise the unit of storage is not compressed.
US08806042B2
Message routing between a mobile communication network and wireless devices is enabled by establishing a communication session between a mobile router and the mobile communication network which includes the mobile router being assigned an IP address. A wireless device is authenticated to the mobile communication network through the mobile router so that the wireless device is uniquely identifiable to the mobile communication network. A new packet data network (PDN) connection is established between the wireless device and the mobile communication network over the communication session established with the mobile communication network based on an IP address uniquely assigned to the wireless device by the mobile communication network.
US08806036B1
A network device that rewrites web content may include logic to support the operation of rewriter filters that augment the network device's built-in rewriter. The rewriter filters may be used to correct deficiencies in the built-in rewriter without requiring a new built-in rewriter to be installed.
US08806035B2
An exemplary method for transferring control during multiple digital content access sessions comprises initiating a first session for a first client, initiating a second session for a second client, receiving a request from the second client to obtain control over the first session, and enabling the second client to obtain control by synchronizing the first and second sessions and removing control capabilities from the first session.
US08806031B1
A system and method for the automated configuration of network resources is described. In one embodiment, a network management device can manage virtual network entities, such as virtual network switch fabrics, by provisioning physical network resources for and deallocating physical network resources from virtual network entities. The network management device can determine available physical network resources by broadcasting request signals to physical network resources and listening for advertisement response signals from available physical network resources.
US08806025B2
Described is an aggregation device comprising a plurality of virtual network interface cards (vNICs) and an input/output (I/O) processing complex. The vNICs are in communication with a plurality of processing devices. Each processing device has at least one virtual machine (VM). The I/O processing complex is between the vNICs and at least one physical NIC. The I/O processing complex includes at least one proxy NIC and a virtual switch. The virtual switch exchanges data with a processing device of the plurality of processing devices via a communication path established by a vNIC of the plurality of vNICs between the at least one VM and at least one proxy NIC.
US08806023B2
A wireless device that automatically forms a connection to a remote device in accordance with a peer-to-peer protocol. The remote device may be designated as an auto-connect device for the wireless device such that, when the wireless device determines that it is in the vicinity of the auto-connect device, it can re-form a connection to the remote device based on stored information for re-establishing connections among a persistent group of devices, but without any express user input. When a user requests that the wireless device perform a function that involves interaction with an auto-connect device, that function may be performed with the delay associated with forming a connection. Any of multiple techniques may be employed for identifying devices designated as auto-connect devices and for determining when the wireless device and a remote, auto-connect devices are in close proximity.
US08806009B2
A system and method for dynamic configuration of the security modules for optimization of execution of security tasks are provided. The system includes: a mechanism for identifying the clients connected to the network; a client data collection unit that determines hardware/software configurations of each detected client; a security module selection and installation unit that selects required modules for each client; a statistics collection unit that collects the security tasks execution statistics from user modules and from client modules; and a configuration unit that configures the client and server modules based on the collected statistics in order to optimize execution of the security tasks.
US08806006B2
An example system disclosed herein comprises a web browser monitor to extract textual information from a captured image comprising at least a portion of content displayed by a web browser implemented by a monitored device, and determine color scheme information for a region of the captured image comprising at least a portion of the content displayed by the web browser. The example system also comprises a central processing facility to process the extracted textual information received from the web browser monitor, and compare the color scheme information received from the web browser monitor to reference color schemes associated with reference web pages to determine web sites accessed using the web browser.
US08806005B2
In computing environments having multiple computers, where such computers may comprise virtual machines, events are logged in association with corresponding activity identifiers. When a data packet associated with an activity is transferred to a destination machine, the activity identifier corresponding to the activity is transferred along with the data packet and used by the destination machine when logging its events. This allows events from the two machines to be correlated according to the activities to which they pertain.
US08805998B2
A method of matching sources to loads includes receiving load activity data and source activity data corresponding to samples of activity over a time period at a plurality of loads and a plurality of sources, respectively. The method of matching sources to loads further includes scoring similarity between the load activity and the source activity based on the load activity data and the source activity data, and matching loads to sources based on the scoring.
US08805995B1
A method of capturing data relating to a threat in a server processing system is described. Event history data that comprises a sequential chain of one or more events performed by a client processing system is received. Performance of the one or more events in the chain leads to a trigger event. The trigger event that occurred in the client processing system is also received. The server processing system receives the event history data in response to the client processing system detecting the trigger event. The events in the chain are analyzed in a reverse order to determine a starting point for the chain of events. The event history data is compared against past event history data received from a plurality of client processing systems in order to determine if the event history data and the past event history data comprise a series of common events. An entity associated with the series of common events is identified.
US08805990B2
When a load balancer detects that a virtual address is associated with a single destination address, the load balancer sets a flag to distinguish the virtual address from virtual addresses that are associated with a plurality of destination addresses. The load balancer instructs the router to bypass the load balancer for network packets that are addressed to the virtual address, and refrains from storing subsequent flow state for the virtual address. When the virtual address is to be scaled up with an additional destination address, the load balancer sets a flag to distinguish the virtual address from virtual addresses that are associated with a single destination addresses. The load balancer instructs the router to route network packets that are addressed to the virtual address through the load balancer, instead of bypassing the load balancer, and starts storing flow state for the virtual address.
US08805984B2
A client computing system identifies a start of a multi-operational transaction pertaining to access of data stored in caches being managed by nodes residing in Java Virtual Machines in an in-memory data grid. The client computing system stores transaction context data indicating the start of the multi-operational transaction and identifies an application request to perform an operation pertaining to the multi-operational transaction. The application request is from an application that resides outside of the Java Virtual Machines of the nodes. The client computing system determines the transaction context of the operation based on the transaction context data and sends an operation request over a network to a managing node in the in-memory data grid to manage the multi-operational transaction. The operation request includes header data based on the transaction context data.
US08805976B2
A reservation processing is executed according to the configuration request to VPN and network device to inform a user's terminal of scheduled period. In a network system including plural network devices for transmitting a packet and a management server, plural logical networks (VPNs) are formed on the plural network devices. The management server receives a configuration request including configuration data for VPN and configuration desired time from a user's terminal to generate the configuration data for the network device from the configuration data for the VPN. The management server refers to a configuration reservation table to confirm whether free time is available in the same period about all target network devices. If free time is available, the management server makes configuration reservation and configures the target network device in the reserved time. The management server notifies the user's terminal of the reserved time.
US08805957B2
A system having a distributed web site is described. The web site is distributed between a client, a server and a web server. The client stores a set of predefined applications that correspond to a part of the web site. The applications are formatted according to a first markup language. From the set of predefined applications, the client can generate queries. The server receives the queries and generates new, related queries. The new queries correspond to a second query protocol. The second query protocol is used by the web server. The web server generates responses to the new queries and sends these responses to the server. The responses are formatted according to a second markup language. These responses correspond to the second portion of the web site. The server then converts the responses into new responses that the client can use.
US08805956B1
A data access policy is configured and stored on a computing device, including a list of secure gateway IP addresses and optionally secure geographic regions. A time parameter defines how long a digital file will remain not in use before deletion and a degree parameter defines how fast the file will be deleted. Once a digital file is downloaded to the computing device the device is checked periodically to determine whether or not it is in a secure location. If not in a secure location then a data deletion process is initiated which begins by checking whether or not the digital file is currently being used on the computing device. If the file is being used, then no deletion is performed. If the file is not in use (or has not been used after a certain amount of time) then the file is deleted. The file may be deleted gradually.
US08805950B1
A method and system for improving data access times for a client system located remote from a central server. One example system includes the client system, the central server, and a client web cache located in close geographical proximity to the client system. The central server receives data requests from the client system and retrieves the data from the appropriate data source. The central server also sends the requested data and scripts to the local client web cache for instructing the client web cache to store the cache data. Alternatively, client web cache may have received a prior one-time instruction to cache predetermined types of data. The client web cache receives the data from the central server and based on the scripts or the one-time instruction, and caches the cache data, as instructed. The cache data may then be accessed by the client system.
US08805939B2
A system and method for aggregating and consolidating game notifications is described. In one aspect, game related notifications of different types, from different game sessions, from different games, and from different gaming platforms are aggregated and further consolidated, according to a set of consolidation rules, into a single consolidated environment. The consolidated environment may be projected to and managed from a variety of different gaming devices including mobile devices, gaming and media consoles, and personal computers.
US08805937B2
A system and method for electronic mail analysis and processing is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of electronic mail messages. The method also includes for each of the plurality of electronic mail messages, determining one or more characteristics associated with the respective electronic mail message. Further, the method includes assigning a numerical value to each of the plurality of electronic mail messages based on the determined characteristics and based on the assigned numerical values, selecting one or more of the plurality of electronic mail messages to transmit to a user. The method further includes generating a message based on the selected one or more of the plurality of electronic mail messages and transmitting the generated message to the user.
US08805925B2
Any of various comparisons of computer folders from different points in time is performed. Such comparisons provide the ability to discover missing documents or documents with modification dates that have changed when there would otherwise have been no need to change them and thus allows discovery of missing documents to discover fraud or to search for evidence after a fraud is suspected. In another embodiment, deltas in accounting system vendor invoice accounts are compared at different points in time, potentially exposing the practice of moving fraudulent vendor transactions into a large group of legitimate transactions for a legitimate vendor. Per period transaction totals for specific periods for legitimate vendors are compared over historical time for suspicious activity. A comparison of reports from the two different periods, using exact data and software from those separate periods (instead of reporting from “current’” data), may raise a red flag otherwise missed.
US08805913B2
A method for evaluating a function of a finite field of characteristic p into itself, for an element x of the field, uses an evaluation, for the element x, of a polynomial formed by a plurality of monomials. The evaluation of the polynomial includes the following steps: determining monomials the degree of which is an integer power of the characteristic p by successive raisings of the element x to the power p; and determining monomials the degree of which is different from an integer power of the characteristic p on the basis of the determined monomials, the degree of which is an integer power of the characteristic p, and by at least one multiplication. An evaluating device is also provided.
US08805910B2
Method and apparatus for processing continuous-time models (CTM) in a digital processing architecture is disclosed. The discrete state-space technique maps the CTM into the discrete-time model (DTM) and stores the states of the system in a sample time independent discrete state space set of matrices. The resulting state-space matrices can be processed in software or directly in hardware. The method disclosed is particularly suited to be used in automatic synthesis algorithms where a digital circuit is generated from an algorithm described in a high level language or model representation such as, for example, data flow or bond graph into a hardware description language (HDL), and the HDL model can be synthesized using system specific tools to generate an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or an FPGA configuration.
US08805909B2
A method for converting a signal, including the steps of: providing a first representation of the signal in a first domain; converting the first representation of the signal into a second representation of the signal in a second domain, by applying a transform involving a Haar transform and a Hadamard transform, such that a basis of the second domain is maximally incoherent to a Haar basis. The signal is converted to a domain whose basis is maximally incoherent to a Haar basis. Yet, it is not required to convert the input vector representing the signal to a Haar basis first. This allows reducing the number of steps which increases conversion efficiency. Accordingly, obtaining the structure of the signal requires fewer samples.
US08805903B2
A processor includes a shift device for extending the width of a rotator without increasing propagation delays. An extended-width result is obtained by combining a rotation result with a shift result in accordance with a mask that is selected in response to at least a portion of the value of the degree to which a data word is to be shifted.
US08805898B2
A computer implemented method for functional integration of metadata for a plurality of databases, includes: creating a single set of classes and instances for the classes for metadata of at least one relational data schema and at least one non-relational data schema for the plurality of databases; defining semantic relationships between the instances based on the structural information in the relational data schema and the non-relational data schema for the plurality of databases; associating the semantic relationships with a property class; creating a single set of triples for the semantic relationships between the instances; storing the single set of triples in a file; and using the set of triples stored in the file to navigate between the plurality of databases to formulate a response to a query.
US08805897B2
A method and system for storage is provided that in one embodiment includes a store process that continually appends data to the end of a data file and without deleting the data file. Additions, changes and deletions to data are managed by adding new data to the file and changing appropriate pointers in the data file to reflect the new data. Various application programming interfaces are also provided so that the store process can operate transparently to higher level applications. Various plug-ins are also provided so that the store process can utilize different types, configurations and numbers of storage devices.
US08805896B2
A system and method for use with garbage collected systems and languages, for enabling an allocated heap memory to be updated (e.g., increased or decreased) at runtime, subject to sufficient availability of physical memory. In accordance with an embodiment, a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is associated with a management console, which allows a systems administrator to monitor current heap utilization at runtime. The heap is visualized as a contiguous chunk of memory with one or more extension points, e.g., by use of a trailing pointer to a null list. If later, at runtime, the heap size needs to be incremented then the trailing pointer can be set to a new chunk of memory with a size of (new value−old value), so that the cumulative new size is made equal to a new value specified on the console.
US08805888B2
A method for maintaining group membership records includes 1) maintaining a record of group memberships for a membership hierarchy, the membership record identifying a direct relationship between a first object and a second object in the membership hierarchy, 2) receiving a membership update indicating that, as of a first point in time, a direct relationship between the second object and a third object changed, 3) updating the record of group memberships to reflect the change in the relationship between the second object and the third object, 4) deducing, based on the membership update and the record of group memberships, a change in an indirect relationship between the first object and the third object as of the first point in time, and 5) providing a view of object relationships within the membership hierarchy as the object relationships exist at the first point in time and a historical record of object relationships.
US08805886B1
A log manager may store a validation indicator with each data block of a log entry. The log manager may create a header block for each log entry that may include a validation indicator or tag. Such a validation indicator may be stored within the metadata for each data block. The validation indicator may additionally be stored in the metadata for the header block and it may be stored in header block itself. When recovering such a log, according to some embodiments, the validation indicators for each data block are checked against the validation indicator in the header block.
US08805872B1
A system may receive a search query. The system may further provide a list of first documents relating to the search query in a first area of a user interface and provide additional information that has been retrieved from one or more of the first documents in a second area of the user interface.
US08805866B2
In one embodiment, a method obtains metadata associated with a media program. The method receives user entered metadata from a first user for an object in a frame of the media program and compares the user entered metadata from the first user with user entered metadata from second users for the object. Then, the method verifies that the user entered metadata from the first user and the second users should be associated as augmenting metadata for the object in the media program based on the comparison. Upon verifying, the method performs: determining metadata storage including metadata for one or more other objects in the media program and storing the user entered metadata for the object in the media program in the metadata storage for the media program as the augmenting metadata.
US08805851B2
An information processing method is disclosed which includes the steps of: (a) calculating levels of similarity between a standard form vector as a comparison basis vector and each of a plurality of item characteristic vectors of the standard form which are characteristic of a plurality of items, the standard form vector being made up of N components individually representative of N attributes of each of the plurality of items, N being an integer of at least 1, step (a) further determining as the items to be recommended to a user a plurality of items corresponding to the item characteristic vectors of which the level of similarity satisfies a first condition; (b) determining one of the N attributes of the plurality of recommended items determined in step (a) as a common recommendation reason common to the plurality of recommended items when the determined attribute satisfies a second condition; and (c) controlling presentation to the user of either the plurality of recommended items determined in step (a) or information about the recommended items, together with the common recommendation reason determined in step (b).
US08805842B2
Methods and systems for presenting document search results to a user. A user enters search terms to be matched with indicators mentioned in documents from a specific corpus of documents. The search results, which are the documents with indicators or content that match the search terms, are provided to the user using a user interface. Each document in the search results are represented by a marker on a map in the user interface. Other indicators which appear with the searched for indicators in the documents are also mapped to the user interface. Documents with similar indicators in their content are clustered together in the map and the markers which represent them are color coded to differentiate them from markers belonging to other clusters.
US08805830B2
A web page has a player for playing media objects, a sequencer which displays a playlist that defines an order in which media objects are played by the player, and a media access area for containing a plurality of graphical icons. Each graphical icon representing a media object, and the graphical icons can be manipulated by a user to modify the play list. For example, the media icons may be dragged to the sequencer to add them to the sequencer.
US08805828B1
A system is configured to identify prior search history associated with a user, where the prior search history includes information regarding searches initiated by the user and information regarding search results provided based on the searches. The system is further configured to filter the prior search history to select one of the search results, generate an information item for the search result, and provide the information item to a client, associated with the user, for presentation on a display associated with the client.
US08805827B2
Systems and methods of identifying media content, such as video content, that employ fingerprint matching at the level of video frames. The presently disclosed systems and methods of identifying media content can extract one or more fingerprints from a plurality of video frames included in query video content, and, for each of the plurality of video frames from the query video content, perform frame-level fingerprint matching of the extracted fingerprints against fingerprints extracted from video frames included in a plurality of reference video content. Using the results of such frame-level fingerprint matching, the presently disclosed systems and methods of identifying media content can identify the query content in relation to an overall sequence of video frames from at least one of the plurality of reference content, and/or in relation to respective video frames included in a sequence of video frames from the reference content.
US08805825B1
A combined configuration rules-attribute configuration system uses an integrated configuration model to efficiently identify and attribute prioritize valid configuration answers. Submitting an attribute-based configuration query to the combined configuration rules-attribute configuration system allows the query to be answered in a single step. The combined configuration rules and attribute data guide product configuration processing and minimize configuration processing by, for example, calculating only the valid configuration answers that are candidates for the preferred valid answer(s). Thus, the combined configuration rules-attribute configuration system can minimize the number of valid configuration answers to be considered for presentation to a client system or other user of the combined configuration rules-attribute configuration system.
US08805824B2
A document management apparatus comprises: a base folder setting unit configured to set a base folder used as a base point of search processing from folders which are allocated above a folder of interest; a search unit configured to detect, from folders allocated below the base folder, a folder having a path from the base folder, which path is similar to a path from the base folder to the folder of interest, as a similar folder similar to the folder of interest; and a search result display unit configured to display a link to the similar folder detected by the search unit on a display window.
US08805823B2
A content processing system may include any of a number of content processing techniques such as condensed content management, multi-content compilation management, associated content compilation management, recommended content management, and content cluster management.
US08805819B1
Methods for processing streaming data records are provided that include facilities for defining and naming multiple input and output data streams using relational processing definitions and abstractions similar to those found in relational database management systems (RDBMS) and embodied as a set of communicating stream processing nodes. The result is a Distributed Data Stream Management System (DDSMS) which is also a kind of Relational Data Stream Management System (RDSMS). The former comprises a set of Relational Data Stream Management System (RDSMS) nodes, whereas the latter might contain only a single RDSMS node.
US08805805B1
A method of determining and optimizing the location of a new insurance agency is disclosed to increase market penetration of underrepresented markets. The method comprises the use of a scoring algorithm to rank various geographic regions or related zip codes. The scoring algorithm may be implemented by a location modeling system based on variables selected by a user. In addition, the various ranked geographic regions or related zip codes may be analyzed for proximity to natural or man made perils.
US08805803B2
Systems, methods, and programs embodied in a computer readable medium are provided for index extraction. Stored in a database are ground truth documents that are organized according to a plurality of classifications, each classification having a group of predefined indices. A document to be indexed is classified by drawing an association between the document and one of the classifications. An attempt is made to extract from the document at least a subset of the group of predefined indices associated with the one of the classifications. Upon a failure to extract the subset of the group of predefined indices, attempts are made to find and correct at least one text recognition error in the document based upon a salient dictionary associated with the one of the classifications.
US08805802B2
A database dynamic partial uncompression mechanism determines when to dynamically uncompress one or more compressed portions of a database table that also includes uncompressed portions. A query may include an express term that specifies whether or not to skip compressed portions. In addition, a query may include associated information that specifies whether or not to skip compressed portions, and one or more thresholds that may be used to determine if the system is too busy to perform uncompression. A display mechanism may also determine whether or not to display compressed portions. The uncompression may occur at the database server or at a client. The database dynamic partial uncompression mechanism thus performs dynamic uncompression in a way that preferably uncompresses one or more compressed portions of a partially compressed database table only when the compressed portions satisfy a query and/or need to be displayed.
US08805801B2
The invention discloses a method for compressing a .net file, characterized by at least one of the following steps of obtaining and compressing reference type in a .net tile; obtaining and compressing definition method in a .net file; obtaining and compressing method body of the definition method in a .net file; obtaining and compressing Namespace in a .net file; obtaining and compressing definition type in a .net file. By compressing the .net file, the invention efficiently reduces the storage space occupied by the .net file, and makes it stored in a small-sized medium, such as a smart card.
US08805800B2
This patent application relates to granular and workload driven database index defragmentation techniques. These techniques allow for defragmenting individual index ranges, performing benefit analysis to estimate the impact of defragmenting indexes or index ranges, and leveraging such benefit analysis to provide automated workload-driven recommendations of index(es) or index range(s) to defragment.
US08805792B2
A system and method for data storage by shredding and deshredding of the data allows for various combinations of processing of the data to provide various resultant storage of the data. Data storage and retrieval functions include various combinations of data redundancy generation, data compression and decompression, data encryption and decryption, and data integrity by signature generation and verification. Data shredding is performed by shredders and data deshredding is performed by deshredders that have some implementations that allocate processing internally in the shredder and deshredder either in parallel to multiple processors or sequentially to a single processor. Other implementations use multiple processing through multi-level shredders and deshredders. Redundancy generation includes implementations using non-systematic encoding, systematic encoding, or a hybrid combination. Shredder based tag generators and deshredder based tag readers are used in some implementations to allow the deshredders to adapt to various versions of the shredders.
US08805788B2
Some embodiments provide a system that provides a virtual disk in a computer system. During operation, the system stores data for the virtual disk in a virtual disk file on the computer system. Next, the system loads a differential location data structure corresponding to a snapshot of the virtual disk into memory on the computer system and processes input/output (I/O) operations to the virtual disk using the differential location data structure and the virtual disk file. Finally, the system periodically generates a new snapshot of the virtual disk by transactionally committing changes made to the differential location data structure by the I/O operations to the virtual disk file.
US08805786B1
Example embodiments of the present invention provide methods for replicating a production site snapshot to a replication site. A first example embodiment creates a snapshot of the production volume at the production site and creates a bookmark in a do metadata stream. The bookmark may be sent to the replication site and, when processed from the do metadata stream at the replication site, cause the replication site to create a snapshot of the replication volume according to the bookmark. A second example embodiment replicates to a replication site snapshot by generating a list of differences between the production site snapshot and the replication site snapshot and performs replication according to the differences. The differences may include differences between the production site volume and the production site snapshot, differences between the production site volume and the replication site volume and differences between the replication site volume and the replication site snapshot.
US08805784B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for partitioning online databases. Online database operations, such as, for example, SPLIT, MERGE, and DROP, are used to alter the arrangement of partitions in a federated database. A SPLIT operation splits rows at one partition across a plurality of other partitions. A MERGE operation merges rows at a plurality of partitions in to one partition. A DROP operation shifts responsibility for rows of data from one partition to another partition and then drops the rows from the one partition.
US08805778B2
Techniques to cross-synchronize data are described. An apparatus may comprise a cross-synchronization component to synchronize multiple data items for different application programs between multiple client devices synchronized using multiple synchronization circuits. The cross-synchronization component may determine whether changes to the multiple data items made at a first client device are propagated to a second client device using consistency information maintained by a consistency group item for a consistency group including the data items. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08805773B2
Authority over an artificial intelligence (AI) asset can be controlled among two or more processing devices running a common program over a network using a technique in which authority can be transferred. A first processing device can exercise authority over the AI asset by executing code that controls one or more actions of the AI asset according to a decision tree. The decision tree can determine whether to engage the program asset based on criteria other than a distance between the AI asset and the program asset. The first processing device can broadcast a state of the AI asset to one or more other devices running the program. If the decision tree determines that the AI asset should engage a program asset over which another processing device has authority the first processing device can relinquish authority over the AI asset and transfer authority to the other device.
US08805772B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for providing contextual feedback of rules proximity based on co-occurrence history in a business rules management system (BRMS). In an embodiment of the invention, a method for providing contextual feedback of rules proximity based on co-occurrence history can include selecting a rule for editing in a rules editor executing in memory of a computer, identifying different rules also having been applied to an input in common with the selected rule and displaying the identified different rules in the rules editor in connection with the selected rule.
US08805769B2
A computer implemented method for knowledge validation includes identifying a fact for validation. A semantic model representing the fact for validation can be created. A context associated with the fact can be identified, and an automaton can be created based at least in part on the identified context. The fact can be validated using the automaton.
US08805766B2
In one embodiment, a query is received at a knowledge base system via a communications link and a new rule is generated in response to an indication that a rule library of the knowledge base system does not include a rule associated with the query. A synthetic document descriptor is received and a value associated with the synthetic document descriptor is stored at an action identifier of the new rule. The new rule is then stored at the rule library. The new rule has a condition identifier field and an action identifier field, and the condition identifier field of the new rule has a value associated with the query. The synthetic document descriptor includes a first reference to a portion of a first document and a second reference to a portion of a second document.
US08805765B2
Data-driven rules are eliminated from an application, and replaced with goal-driven rules that formally and completely characterize high-level business concepts, while enabling the resulting goal-driven rules to be executed eagerly using a forward chaining rule engine in a way that preserves the data-driven behavior of the original rules. A computer-implemented method for executing business rules provides a unified rule that encapsulates a goal-oriented rule with triggering information selected from dependencies of the goal-oriented rule. The unified rule may be eagerly executed in response to changes in data specified by the dependencies, or lazily executed in response to a request for the value computed by the rule.
US08805760B2
Systems and methods that provide a historian integrated as part of an industrial unit and/or product manufactured by the industrial process. A historian integrated as part of the industrial unit itself, can increase data resolution and supply immediate and real time data regarding the industrial unit's operation—while mitigating short comings of conventional PC historians. Moreover, a locator component can detect embedded historians that are distributed on the back plane of an industrial network, and integrated as part thereof.
US08805757B2
Disclosed herein is an evaluation predicting device including: an estimating section configured to define a plurality of first latent vectors, a plurality of second latent vectors, evaluation values, a plurality of first feature vectors, a plurality of second feature vectors, a first projection matrix, and a second projection matrix, express the first latent vectors and the second latent vectors, and perform Bayesian estimation with the first feature vectors, the second feature vectors, and a known the evaluation value as learning data, and calculate a posterior distribution of a parameter group including the first latent vectors, the second latent vectors, the first projection matrix, and the second projection matrix; and a predicting section configured to calculate a distribution of an unknown the evaluation value on a basis of the posterior distribution of the parameter group.
US08805754B2
A spam detection system is disclosed. The system includes a classifier training component that receives a first set of training pages labeled as normal pages and a second set of training pages labeled as spam pages. The training component trains a web page classifier based on both the first set of training pages and the second set of training pages. A spam detector then receives unlabeled web pages uses the web page classifier to classify the unlabeled web pages as spam pages or normal pages.
US08805753B2
A method and apparatus for electronically matching an electronic offer to structured data for a product offering is disclosed. The structure data is reviewed and a dictionary of terms for each attribute from the structure data is created. Attributes in unstructured text may be determined. Each pair of the attributes (name and value) from the unstructured data and the structured data are obtained, the attribute pairs of the structured data and the unstructured data and compared and a similarity level is calculated for the matching the attribute pairs. The structured data pair that has the highest similarity score to the unstructured data pair is selected and returned.
US08805752B2
According to an embodiment, a learning device includes a selecting unit, a learning unit, and an evaluating unit. The selecting unit performs a plurality of selection processes of selecting a plurality of groups including one or more learning samples from a learning sample storage unit, where respective learning samples are classified into any one of a plurality of categories. The learning unit learns a classification metric and obtains a set of a classification metric. The evaluating unit acquires two or more evaluation samples of different categories from an evaluation sample storage unit where respective evaluation samples are classified into any one of a plurality of categories; evaluates the classification metric included in the set of the classification metric using the two or more acquired evaluation samples; acquires a plurality of classification metric corresponding to the evaluation results from the set of the classification metric; and thereby generates an evaluation metric including the plurality of classification metric.
US08805746B2
A smart card transaction allows a consumer to load value onto a smart card and to make purchases using a smart card with a mobile telephone handset over the telecommunications network. For loading, the system includes: a mobile telephone handset including a card reader; a gateway computer; a funds issuer computer; and an authentication computer. The mobile telephone handset receives a request from a user to load a value onto the smart card. The handset generates a funds request message which includes the value and sends the funds request message to a funds issuer computer. The funds issuer computer debits an account associated with the user. Next, the handset generates a load request message with a cryptographic signature and sends the load request message to an authentication computer which authenticates the smart card. The handset receives a response message which includes a cryptographic signature and an approval to load. Finally, the handset validates the second cryptographic signature and loads the value onto the smart card. For payment, the system includes a merchant server and a payment server. First, the handset sends an order request message to the merchant server computer, and in return receives a purchase instruction message. The handset processes the purchase instruction message locally, and then sends a draw request message to a payment server computer. The payment server computer sends a debit message which includes a cryptographic signature and an approval to debit the smart card. Finally, the handset validates the cryptographic signature and debits the smart card.
US08805741B2
The present subject matter relates to a device for digital rights management. The device includes a classification module that assigns a classification tag to a document. The classification tag is selected from a predefined classification scheme. Further, the device includes an access control module that checks a lock status of the document at a predefined time interval. The predefined time interval depends on the classification tag of the document. Further, the access control module locks the document based on the lock status.
US08805734B2
In an automated leads-and-bids matching system, bid profiles are defined to describe desires of lead buyers. Received leads are matched to active ones of the bid profiles whose specifications the leads substantially match. Lead segmentation data is captured on-the-fly for example by inducing potential consumers to navigate their way through tree-organized web sites that categorize the consumers according to their geographic location, income/revenue range, class of products desired and/or other attributes. Live voice or other telecommunication connections to the pre-classified consumers are coupled to corresponding, pre-classified telecommunication nodes of a call processing system. The call processing system deduces the segmentation data of the consumers from the identities of the pre-classified nodes through which their connections pass. The deduced segmentation data is passed to an automated matching system or auctioning subsystem that finds the highest bids for each given lead.
US08805721B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for the directed insertion of assets in Content On Demand content across a plurality of computing devices. One system includes a database operable to maintain campaign data of the assets and an asset insertion decision system operable to instantiate on a plurality of computing devices and to periodically access the database to provide the campaign data to the instantiations of the asset insertion decision system on the computing devices. For example, the asset insertion decision system may establish a recording period in which each instantiation of the asset insertion decision system is operable to direct insertion of a portion of the assets in Content On Demand content selections upon request and to record the asset insertions between accesses to the database. The asset insertion decision system is also operable to process the asset insertions recorded by the instantiations to synchronize the campaign database.
US08805718B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for collecting and processing auto insurance claim-related data. Initial data is collected from a customer or a third party appraiser via a user interface. The initial data is used to retrieve relevant compliance guideline and policy information, which is used to modify and/or populate fields in the user interface. Collected and/or retrieved information is then stored and/or used to adjust an insurance claim workflow process.
US08805716B2
An information handling system comprises a processor connected to a display and a storage device. The information handling system includes a connection via a network interface to a network that is adapted to receive data representing monitored business process data. Monitored business process data is received from the execution and operation of a customized executable system integration software application. The customized executable system integration software application represents one or more end-to-end integrated business processes of an enterprise or other user. The integrated business processes may operate at the network location of the enterprise or user or may be hosted at another network or in a cloud environment. The storage device is adapted to store the data representing the monitored business process data. The monitored business process data is aggregated from records for summary display via a hierarchical dashboard user interface.
US08805714B2
A processor aggregates communications data received from one or more data sources via a communications network. The processor associates the aggregated communications data with supplemental data. The associated communications data is correlated based on temporal data, a tag, a query, and/or a command. A graphical user interface (GUI) is formatted based on the correlated communications data. The formatted GUI is provided to a display device.
US08805711B2
A reservation management system includes at least one processing node that includes a memory and a processor. The at least one processing node further includes a set of reservation processing and transaction modules that manage and process reservation requests and inquiries. At least one general purpose database is communicatively coupled to the at least one processing node. The at least one general purpose database includes a set of pre-allocated tables of fixed length records. At least one persistent storage device is communicatively coupled to the at least one processing node. The general purpose database persistently stores the set of pre-allocated tables of fixed length records on the at least one persistent storage device.
US08805709B2
Systems and methods for providing dividends to customers are disclosed. The system includes a database for storing data and a business logic processor for determining a dividend to provide to a customer. The stored data includes eligibility criteria for membership in one of a plurality of group dividend plans, data about customers assigned to the plans, and premium payments associated with the customers. The business logic processor receives eligibility data related to a customer's eligibility for assignment to a group dividend plan. The business logic processor uses the received data to identify a dividend group plan that a customer is eligible to join and assigns the customer to the identified plan. Finally, the business logic processor calculates a dividend to provide to the customer based on the assigned plan.
US08805699B1
An online reputation assessment of an individual is performed. A reputation score is determined based on the performed online reputation assessment. The reputation score is provided as output. In some cases, the reputation score is provided to an entity that is not the individual, for example, based on the receipt of an authorization from the individual to disclose the score to the entity.
US08805694B2
A method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding audio signals using adaptive sinusoidal coding are provided. The audio signal encoding method includes the steps of dividing a synthesized audio signal into a plurality of sub-bands, calculating the energy of each sub-band, selecting a predetermined number of sub-bands having a relatively large amount of energy from the sub-bands, and performing sinusoidal coding with regard to the selected sub-bands. Application of sinusoidal coding based on consideration of the amount of energy of each sub-band of the synthesized signal improves the quality of the synthesized signal more efficiently.
US08805693B2
Methods and devices to enable efficient beat-matched, DJ-style crossfading are provided. For example, such a method may involve determining beat locations of a first audio stream and a second audio stream and crossfading the first audio stream and the second audio stream such that the beat locations of the first audio stream are substantially aligned with the beat locations of the second audio stream. The beat locations of the first audio stream or the second audio stream may be determined based at least in part on an analysis of frequency data unpacked from one or more compressed audio files.
US08805691B2
A system allows a user to obtain information about television programming and to make selections of programming using conversational speech. The system includes a speech recognizer that recognizes spoken requests for television programming information. A speech synthesizer generates spoken responses to the spoken requests for television programming information. A user may use a voice user interface as well as a graphical user interface to interact with the system to facilitate the selection of programming choices.
US08805683B1
An audio recognition service recognizes an audio sample across multiple content types. At least a partial set of results generated by the service are returned to a client while the audio sample is still being recorded and/or transmitted. The client additionally displays the results in real-time or near real-time to the user. The audio sample can be sent over a first HTTP connection and the results can be returned over a second HTTP connection. The audio recognition service further processes check-in selections received from the client for content items indicated by the results. Responsive to receiving the check-in selections, the service determines whether a user is eligible for a reward. If the user is eligible, the service provides the reward.
US08805682B2
A system for encoding an audio signal includes an audio console configured to receive a voice audio signal contained within a first audio spectrum, encode the voice audio signal with a background audio signal contained within a second audio spectrum wider than the first audio spectrum, encode the voice audio signal with a monitoring code and output a combined signal including the voice audio signal encoded with the background audio signal and the monitoring code. The combined signal is contained within an audio spectrum including the first audio spectrum and the second audio spectrum.
US08805681B2
A method and apparatus to search a codebook including pulses that model a predetermined component of a speech signal. The method includes the operations of selecting a predetermined number of paths corresponding to a predetermined number of pulse locations that are most consistent with the predetermined component, from among paths corresponding to pulse locations of a predetermined pulse location set allocated to at least one branch that connects one state of a predetermined Trellis structure to another state, performing the path selecting operation on each of states other than the one state, and selecting a path corresponding to pulse locations that are most consistent with the predetermined component, from among paths including the selected paths, wherein each path corresponds to a union of plural tracks of an Algebraic codebook. Accordingly, the number of calculations required during a codebook search is reduced.
US08805676B2
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for machine translation of a source document in an input language to a target document in an output language, comprising generating translation options corresponding to at least portions of each sentence in the input language; and selecting a translation option for the sentence based on statistics associated with the translation options.
US08805672B2
Techniques for client side translation cache prediction are provided. The techniques include obtaining meta data associated with a request, applying a cache prediction model to the meta data to automatically predict one or more translations associated with the request, and storing the one or more translations in a client translation cache.
US08805671B1
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for translating digital content from a source language to a target language. A message is displayed to a user. The message contains digital content to be translated from the source language to the target language, as well as the context of the digital content in the source language and/or a reference to a context in which the digital content occurs. A proposed translation of the digital content into the target language is received from the user. The proposed translation is submitted to a translation server.
US08805665B2
For each input variable value set, an indicator value associated with dispersion of actually measured output variable values is calculated from data including, for each input variable value set, the actually measured output variable values. Then, a processing to cause a simulator to compute a calculated output variable value for each combination of a candidate input parameter value sets and one input variable value set, and a processing to calculate, for each candidate input parameter value set, an entire error obtained by taking into consideration, with respect to all input variable value sets, partial errors obtained respectively by evaluating, by the indicator value for a corresponding input variable value set, difference between the calculated and actually measured output variable values for the corresponding input variable value set are repeated to identify the candidate input parameter value set making the entire error minimum.
US08805663B2
The present invention discloses a method for solving the Navier-Stokes equation of blood dynamics as a Non-Newtonian fluid in the left ventricle. The method seeks to provide a model of the model of myocardial motion as an elastic membrane. This invention provides a new method to study the blood flow inside a biological membrane, estimated using quadratic equations.
US08805661B2
A quantitative calculation method for oil (gas) saturation of fractured reservoir during petroleum exploitation is provided. The method comprises: obtaining the fracture porosity and calculating resistivity index at different depth of fractured reservoir with known full diameter core data and imaging logging data; establishing the percolation network model of matrix and fracture combination with known pore structure feature; calibrating the numerical simulation results obtained from percolation network model based on the data of core experiment and sealed coring analysis results, then obtaining the relationship between the resistivity index (I) and water saturation (Sw) at different fracture porosity; calculating the oil (gas) saturation of fractured reservoir through selecting an interpolation function. The oil (gas) saturation calculated with said method is 0.67, however 0.49 with common method in some fractured reservoir. The accuracy is improved by more than 0.18 in the studied fractured reservoir.
US08805657B2
A method for characterizing a musical recording as a set of scalar descriptors, each of which is based on human perception. A group of people listens to a large number of musical recordings and assigns to each one many scalar values, each value describing a characteristic of the music as judged by the human listeners. Typical scalar values include energy level, happiness, danceability, melodicness, tempo, and anger. Each of the pieces of music judged by the listeners is then computationally processed to extract a large number of parameters which characterize the electronic signal within the recording. Algorithms are empirically generated which correlate the extracted parameters with the judgments based on human perception to build a model for each of the scalars of human perception. These models can then be applied to other music which has not been judged by the group of listeners to give to each piece of music a set of scalar values based on human perception. The set of scalar values can be used to find other pieces that sound similar to humans or vary in a dimension of one of the scalars.
US08805642B2
A positioning apparatus includes: a position measuring section to measure a present position of the positioning apparatus to obtain measured position data; a movement measuring section to measure a moving direction and a moving distance; a position calculating section to calculate the present position to obtain calculated position data by accumulating, with respect to reference position, moving data corresponds to the moving direction and the moving distance measured by the movement measuring section; a selecting section to compare accuracy of the measured position data with an accuracy index of the calculated position data to select more accurate position data; and a reference position setting section to set the measured position data as the reference position when the measured position data is selected by the selecting section; wherein the accuracy index of the calculated position data is set such that the accuracy falls correspondence with increasing distance from the reference position.
US08805632B2
A system for synchronizing components of a downhole system includes: a source assembly including a source clock; an electromagnetic source associated with the source assembly and configured to emit an electromagnetic signal into an earth formation at a transmission time; a receiver assembly including a receiver clock; an electromagnetic receiver associated with the receiver clock and configured to detect the electromagnetic signal; and a processor configured to identify a receipt time of the electromagnetic signal based on the receiver clock and adjust the receiver clock by comparing the transmission time to the receipt time.
US08805630B2
A method for use in semiconductor fabrication is provided that includes providing manufacturing data of a semiconductor process, providing a plurality of functional transformations, optimizing each of the functional transformations based on the manufacturing data, selecting one of the functional transformations that has a least deviation with respect to the manufacturing data, predicting performance of the semiconductor process using the selected transformation function, and controlling a fabrication tool based on the predicted performance.
US08805619B2
Methods and systems are described for quantitatively determining a score for a patient having a disorder, e.g., a stroke, in a tissue, such as the brain, by analyzing both the extent and location of damage to the tissue caused by the disorder.
US08805612B2
The invention relates to a method for calculation of the local magnification and/or the local distortion of a spectacle lens in at least one predetermined or predeterminable viewing direction, with the spectacle lens being designed to correct a refraction deficit of an eye, and having at least one object-side surface and one second eye-side surface, comprising the following steps: Calculation for the predetermined or predeterminable viewing direction of the profile of a main beam which originates from a predetermined or predeterminable infinitesimally small object and, after refraction by the spectacle lens, passes through the rotation point of the eye, through the entrance pupil of the eye or through the principal plane of the eye; determination of the main curvatures and directions of a local wavefront associated with the main beam on refraction by the spectacle lens; calculation of the local magnification and/or the local distortion of the spectacle lens from the determined main curvatures and directions of the local wavefront, the data relating to the profile of the main beam, and the data relating to the spectacle lens.
US08805601B2
An object path prediction method, apparatus, and program and an automatic operation system that can secure safety even in situations that can actually occur are provided. For this purpose, a computer having a storage unit that stores the position of an object and the internal state including the speed of the object reads the position and internal state of the object from the storage unit, generates trajectories in a space-time consisting of time and space from changes of the positions that can be taken by the object with the passage of time based on the read position and internal state of the object, and predicts probabilistically paths of the object by using the generated trajectories.
US08805590B2
Computing devices have fan speeds governing airflows through the computing devices. The rack has a maximum airflow associated with a cooling component for the rack. The computing devices transmit their current airflows. A sum of the current airflows is determined. Where the sum is greater than the maximum airflow, the fan speeds of one or more selected computing devices are decreased. The fan speeds of lower priority computing devices may be reduced before the fan speeds higher priority computing devices are reduced. Fan speed reduction may be achieved in a centralized manner, by employing a centralized management component, or in a decentralized manner, without employing a centralized management component.
US08805570B2
A workpiece measuring device, a collision preventing device, and a machine tool acquires 3D data of the shape of a workpiece used to prevent a collision between the workpiece and part of the machine tool. A measuring section measures the distance to the workpiece through scanning in a non-contact manner; and a shape recognition section generates a 3D mesh structure. The coordinates of a measurement point on the workpiece based on distance information about the measured distance to the workpiece, and that generates a measurement geometry map such that, when the ratio of the number of times the calculated measurement point is included in one unit of the 3D mesh structure to the number of times a position of the workpiece corresponding to the one unit is scanned is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, the one unit is regarded as part of the workpiece are included.
US08805569B2
A controller restraining overcorrections which occur upon manual intervention in operation of an equipment controller. The controller includes a driving device which drives equipment to perform mechanical work, a computation element which computes a target value related to an action of the equipment, an automatic controller which outputs an automatic control signal for the driving device based on the target value so that the equipment becomes stable. The controller also includes a manual intervention control unit which outputs a manual correction signal for the driving device in response to a manual intervention. A manual correction unit makes a determination as to whether there is an overcorrection based on the automatic control signal and the manual correction signal, and outputs to the driving device a product obtained by multiplying the manual correction signal output from the manual intervention unit by a prescribed gain regulation value.
US08805565B2
Provided are a cutting information determination method that can use a simpler process to improve yield, and a strip-shaped polarizing sheet manufacturing method using such a method, an optical display unit manufacturing method using such a method, a strip-shaped polarizing sheet, and a polarizing sheet material. A cutting position in the width direction A2, in which a polarizing sheet material MP is to be cut along its longitudinal direction A1, is determined based on the numbers of defects counted with respect to plural points in the width direction A2 of the polarizing sheet material MP. This makes it possible to determine the cutting position in such a way that a region with many defects does not fall within the cut width, so that a higher-yield cutting position can be determined. The cutting position can also be determined using a simple process in which defects are counted with respect to plural points in the width direction A2.
US08805564B2
A method and a system control just in time item production via kanban cards. The items are transformed according to a flow shop containing a raw material buffer followed by a sequence of production pairs containing one workstation and an assigned buffer. A local buffer threshold parameter is provided and denotes the desired safety stock of the items of the specific type in the buffer. A global demand threshold parameter is provided and denotes the quantity of items of the specific item type required along the downstream process to satisfy the estimated demand. Whenever a kanban card is associated to an item of a specific type switches status, it is assigned one of four priority levels indicating the priority level of the production request. At each production pair, an item is produced of a type whose priority level is the highest according to a given priority model.
US08805562B2
A level difference or a uncut portion is prevented from being left between adjoining worked regions without forming any useless worked region. A lathe sectional shape forming unit (222) produces a sheet model of a lathe sectional shape in an X-Z plane on the basis of the solid model of a lathe shape formed by a lathe shape forming unit (220). A first/second step working sectional shape forming unit (227) produces sheet models of the worked sectional shapes of the first step and the second step on the basis of the sheet model of the lathe sectional shape, a step dividing position and an overlap amount. A first step disused shape deleting unit (229) and a second step disused shape deleting unit (230) delete the shape needing no work, from the sheet models of the worked sectional shapes of the first step and the second step.
US08805555B2
A method and system for configuring a PID controller. The method includes the steps of: providing initial values of a coefficient candidate group for a PID controller, where the coefficient candidate group includes coefficient candidates; providing an evaluation functional, where an unfalsified evaluation function is calculated from the evaluation functional; measuring an input and an output of a plant; selecting the coefficient candidates from the coefficient candidate group; calculating the evaluation functional using measured input and measured output for each of the coefficient candidates of the PID controller; removing a selected coefficient candidate if the evaluation functional is falsified as a result of a calculation of the evaluation functional; selecting new coefficient candidates as an update expression from remaining coefficient groups that have not been falsified; and repeating the steps of calculating and removing for each of the new coefficient candidates of an updated coefficient candidate group.
US08805549B2
The invention relates to an interface device (100) for an electronic sensor system (200) comprising a plurality of sensors (210, 220) and a processing unit (230) for controlling the sensors (210, 220) and/or analyzing sensor data obtained by the sensors (210, 220), where the sensors (210, 220) can be connected to the processing unit (230) via the interface device (100).According to the invention, the interface device (100) is able to accommodate simultaneously at least two sensor interface units (110, 120) for connecting to the sensors (210, 220), where each sensor interface unit (110, 120) can be selected from a plurality of sensor interface units, which differ at least by a different number of sensor channels.
US08805544B2
A system for lead implantation includes a lead having a paddle-style electrode extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the paddle-style electrode, having a back surface; an active surface; a plurality of electrode contacts disposed on the active surface; and a longitudinal lumen extending into the paddle-style electrode and defining an opening at the proximal end of the paddle-style electrode. The lead also has at least one lead body extending from the paddle-style electrode. The at least one lead body includes conductors that are electrically coupled to the electrode contracts. The system also includes an insertion tool having a distal portion for insertion into the longitudinal lumen of the paddle-style electrode. At least the distal portion of the insertion tool or the longitudinal lumen (or both) includes a low friction material forming a surface with a coefficient of friction of 0.1 or less.
US08805543B2
The present disclosure describes various embodiments of an insertion tool that affords steerability of the paddle-style electrode during implantation without causing damage to the insulation and/or the contacts of the paddle-style electrode. One embodiment is described as having a “pin fork” configuration; another a “shovel” configuration; and yet another has tabs or a lumen on the paddle-style electrode for facilitating the insertion of a stylet. The various embodiments for the insertion tool allow for adjustments of the paddle-style electrode in both the medial/lateral and inferior/superior directions allowing the surgeon to steer the paddle-style electrode to the desired stimulation site within the epidural space of the spinal column.
US08805540B2
An MRI compatible cable construct is provided. The cable is adapted to be used with a medical device in direct electrical contact with a patient. Each cable or cable set includes a plurality of filter components. The filter component comprises at least two filter components. One filter component may be a resonant filter at a distal end that resolves the issue of insufficient attenuation by effectively blocking the RF induced current on the cable from exiting the cable at the distal. The second filter component may comprise one or more non-resonant filter(s) or inductors positioned along the length of the cable that resolve(s) the issue of excessive heating of the resonant LC filter by significantly attenuating the current induced on the cable before it reaches the resonant LC filter.
US08805537B1
Described herein is a device configured to be implanted into a live human or animal. The device includes an electrically non-conductive frame; one or more electrical components disposed in the electrically non-conductive frame; and a self-supporting film. The self-supporting film forms a hermetical seal with the electrically non-conductive frame. The self-supporting film and the frame enclose the electrical components. The device is configured to be implanted into a live human or animal. Also described herein is a method of making a device configured to be implanted into a live human or animal. The method includes providing an electrically non-conductive frame comprising one or more feedthroughs, openings and a cavity; disposing electrical components within the cavity; optionally filling the cavity with a material to embed the electrical components in the material; and sealing the openings by applying a self-supporting film to the one or more openings.
