US09067794B1
Disclosed are methods for forming carbon-based fillers as may be utilized in forming highly thermal conductive nanocomposite materials. Formation methods include treatment of an expanded graphite with an alcohol/water mixture followed by further exfoliation of the graphite to form extremely thin carbon nanosheets that are on the order of between about 2 and about 10 nanometers in thickness. Disclosed carbon nanosheets can be functionalized and/or can be incorporated in nanocomposites with extremely high thermal conductivities. Disclosed methods and materials can prove highly valuable in many technological applications including, for instance, in formation of heat management materials for protective clothing and as may be useful in space exploration or in others that require efficient yet light-weight and flexible thermal management solutions.
US09067789B2
A gas pipe integrated block includes a plurality of internal pipe paths. The plurality of internal pipe paths are connected to a nitrogen-free ozone generator in which a photocatalytic material for generating ozone is applied to a discharge surface, a controller (an MFC, a gas filter, and an APC), a raw material gas supply port, and an ozone gas output port. Thereby, a raw material gas input pipe path extending from the raw material gas supply port through the APC to the nitrogen-free ozone gas generator, and an ozone gas output pipe path extending from the nitrogen-free ozone generator through the gas filter and the MFC to the ozone gas output port, are formed in an integrated unit.
US09067786B2
The invention relates to a reactor for catalytic reformation of hydrocarbons with steam at elevated pressure, said reactor comprising a reaction space and a fire space, said reaction space comprised of a multitude of vertical tubes arranged in rows and suitable for being filled with a catalyst, and having facilities for feeding hydrocarbons and steam to be reformed to the reaction space, and furthermore comprising facilities for discharge of reformed synthesis gas from the reaction space, and furthermore comprising a multitude of firing facilities in the upper area of the firing space, said firing facilities being able to generate mainly downwardly directed flames that are suitable to heat the aforementioned reaction tubes, with the tube feeding air to the burner being equipped with a facility for adjusting and setting the air flow, and there being a secondary air feeder mounted additionally to this tube and branching-off from it and configured in various layouts and having an independently controllable facility for adjusting and setting the air flow and also feeding air to the firing device so that a more favorable ratio of fuel gas versus air results at the burners so as to be able to achieve a waste gas poor in nitric oxides.
US09067778B2
A manufacturing method for hybrid integrated components having a very high degree of miniaturization is provided, which hybrid integrated components each have at least two MEMS elements each having at least one assigned ASIC element. Two MEMS/ASIC wafer stacks are initially created independently of one another in that two ASIC substrates are processed independently of one another; a semiconductor substrate is mounted on the processed surface of each of the two ASIC substrates, and a micromechanical structure is subsequently created in each of the two semiconductor substrates. The two MEMS/ASIC wafer stacks are mounted on top of each other, MEMS on MEMS. Only subsequently are the components separated.
US09067772B2
A lifting and/or tilting device is provided for a grass cutting machine, such as a ride-on mower. The device includes a fixed chassis element designed to rest on the ground. A movable chassis element is capable of accommodating at least one wheel of the machine and is movable about an axle supported by the fixed chassis element, between a stowed position, in which the movable chassis element extends essentially in the plane formed by the fixed chassis element, and at least one raised position in which the movable chassis element is separated from the fixed chassis element. The device has a cylinder with a body that is attached permanently to the fixed chassis element and a shaft that is movable relative to the body, attached permanently to the movable chassis element, and mounted in such manner that in the raised position it extends essentially outside of the zone delimited by the fixed and movable chassis elements.
US09067771B2
A modular face plate for mounting swing frame roll clamp to a rotator reduces the cost of the face plate and simplifies hydraulic connections to the clamping rams.
US09067764B2
A swing damper (1) for dampening swinging motion of working element, comprising an upper part (2), that is connected to a suspension, and a lower part (3), that is connected to a rotator, wherein the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) are pivotally connected to each other, wherein between the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) are arranged discs (7, 8, 9,10, 11), which can swing around central axis (6), wherein at least one of said discs (7, 8) is secured against rotation relative to the upper part (2) and at least one of said discs (9, 10, 11) is secured against rotation relative to the lower part (3), whereby the upper part (2) and the lower part (1) are pivotally connected to each other through a whole center pin (14), and whereby the swing damper (1) comprises tensioning elements (20, 21, 22) operating to press the discs (7, 8, 9,10, 11) together during the swing dampening operation, wherein the tensioning elements (20, 21, 22) are arranged at least in one or more discs (7, 8, 10, 11).
US09067760B2
A method for communication between an elevator system and a remote control center includes establishing a communication connection in a communication network. A first signal of the elevator system is received by a communication device of the elevator system through a signal network, and a second signal is transmitted by the communication device in the communication network to a computing apparatus of the remote control center. The communication connection is permanently maintained.
US09067757B2
A method is described for threading a tendon into a duct from an opening at an intermediate point along the length of the duct. Opposite ends of the tendon are threaded from a reel into the two halves of the duct. The tendon is wound on to the reel such that both ends of the tendon can be unwound into the duct simultaneously. A reel and a method for winding the tendon on to the reel are also claimed. The method and reel are particularly suitable for threading coated steel tendons into PT ducts in tall structures such as containment vessels.
US09067748B2
A document feeder includes a reverse transporting mechanism that forms a substantially U-shaped document transporting pathway for carrying a document from a feeding tray located at a lower side to a discharging tray located at an upper side through a reading position, a pulling device, a separating-transporting device and a openable pathway cover. The pulling device and the separating-transporting device are arranged at substantially the same horizontal level within the height that is occupied by the reverse transporting mechanism. The pathway cover is capable of opening and closing to cover on the pulling device, the separating-transporting device and the reverse transporting mechanism.
US09067739B2
The invention relates to a transport system comprising a circumferentially closed transport section (2) that has a plurality of section parts, wherein the section parts comprise linear section parts (3) and curved section parts (4), wherein at least one of the curved section parts (4) has a U-shaped curve section (40) that defines a 180° deflection, at least one runner (7) that can be moved along the transport section (2) in order to transport objects, and a lock device (5) that is arranged between the U-shaped curve section (40) and adjacent section parts.
US09067738B1
A guard bracket including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion is for attaching to an existing attachment point hardware of an exposed return roller of a conveyor belt system to facilitate installation of the guard bracket on the conveyor belt system. The second portion extends from the first portion, and is for preventing accumulation of debris between the guard bracket and the exposed return roller of the conveyor belt system. The third portion extends from the second portion, and in combination with the second portion, are for capturing an end of the exposed return roller of the conveyor belt system when the end of the exposed return roller of the conveyor belt system becomes disengaged and free-falling, even when the exposed return roller of the conveyor belt system is still spinning.
US09067736B2
A system for spacing conveyed articles is generally provided. The system advantageously includes an apparatus for conveying articles characterized by a driven loop element and a plurality of article selectors, each article selector adapted for select reversible engagement with the driven loop element. A queuing station, characterized by an ingress and egress portions wherein article selectors are retained for select dispensing, is likewise provided and includes a first actuator to facilitate disengagement of article selectors from the driven loop element, and a second actuator to facilitate engagement of article selectors with the driven loop element. An assembly for selectively dispensing article selectors from the queuing station is further provided.
US09067732B2
A foot operation container includes a garbage bin having a bin lid, a foot-operable pedal mounted to the garbage bin, a pedal guide arrangement mounted to the garbage bin for enabling downward and upward movement of the foot-operable pedal, and a driving arrangement connected to the bin lid and the bin lid, wherein when the foot-operable pedal is pressed by a foot of a user, the foot-operable pedal moves downward under a guidance of the pedal guide arrangement to drive the pulling thread to lift up the bin lid. A pedal cushion arrangement is also provided to provide a cushion effect to avoid the production noise when the foot-operable pedal is released from the foot of the user.
US09067726B2
Structures, methods, and systems associated with a stackable and collapsible container are provided. One structure includes a stackable and collapsible container having at least four non-collapsible, load bearing vertical support members attached to vertical walls of the container and capable of supporting the weight of other containers. A top surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. A bottom surface is included having a number of sections which include a pivotal connection to one another and which are collapsible about the pivotal connection to an interior of the container. The top and the bottom surfaces of the container can be fixedly positioned in a number of collapsed states.
US09067725B1
A collapsible planter cover comprising a flexible sleeve and a planter support, the sleeve having an open top, a bottom, and a side wall, the sleeve having a coiled spring disposed around and within the side wall of the sleeve, wherein the coiled spring is configured to allow the sleeve to expand and contract vertically; and wherein the planter support is configured to be disposed within the sleeve at the bottom of the sleeve. A bottom of the support includes one or more feet sized to elevate the cover from a floor surface. In some embodiments, the sleeve and the support are substantially cylindrical in shape and the cover is adapted to receive a potted plant or planter to provide a covering therefore.
US09067723B2
A container for storing food is provided with a receptacle including a bellows, a top opening, and external threads around the opening; and a lid including a skirt including internal threads secured to the external threads, a top bossed hole communicating with the bellows, and a top frame having an n-shaped section, the frame including an inner slot; an inlet valve in the bossed hole; a trigger assembly including a spring loaded piston in the frame, and a trigger formed with the piston; a sealing ring secured to an end of the piston distal the trigger; a cylinder for receipt of the sealing ring and a portion of the piston, an inlet port fitted on the bossed hole, and an outlet valve at an end distal the sealing ring; and a cover including a peripheral opening for receipt of the trigger.
US09067719B2
An edible gelatinized material that fills a container is enabled to be extruded being crushed into grains each having a proper size such that a patient, a child, or an elderly person who has difficulty in swallowing a medicine, etc., using ordinary drinking water, etc., for administration of the medicine, etc., is enabled to easily execute the administration, by facilitating the swallowing of the medicine, etc., without causing such a person any difficulty, feeling of a foreign substance, etc.As a solution for the above, according to the present invention, a container A1 provided with an extruding unit 20 to externally extrude an edible gelatinized material internally filling and accommodated is characterized in that crushing units 20e and 20e are provided in the vicinity of the extruding unit 20, that crush the edible gelatinized material extruded from the extruding unit 20 associated with the extruding operation of the extruding unit 20 into grains each having a size that enables easy swallowing of the grain.
US09067717B2
A bundle spacing device having a first pair of opposing surfaces spaced apart from each other a first distance and a second pair of opposing surfaces spaced apart from each other a second distance, different than the first distance, and generally perpendicular to the first pair of opposing surfaces. The bundle spacing device is configured such that bundles can be coupled to the bundle spacing device in a first position or a second position. The bundle spacing device can also have a first passage extending along a first axis, a second passage extending along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, and a third passage extending along a third axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the second axis.
US09067714B2
A device (1) is proposed which consists of a pouring nozzle (2) with a cylindrical circumferential wall (20) and with an internal thread (21) and a terminal flange (22), into which an adapter (3) can be screwed. The adapter (3) has an inlet end (30) with an external thread (32) and an outlet end (31) with a conical tube attachment (35). At least one combined perforating and cutting tooth (34) is formed integrally on its lower edge in the screwing-on direction. In order to achieve as high a sealing force as possible between the tubular bag (4) and the adapter (3), a special seal is proposed. To this end, the cylindrical circumferential wall (20) above the terminal flange (22) is guided into a double-walled region. The outer region forms an obliquely outwardly directed conical supporting-wall region (24) and the inner double-walled region (23) is formed by a likewise slightly conically designed but inwardly directed sealing skirt (25). Liquid which possibly tends to penetrate into the thread region while the sealing film is cut open is thus held back.
US09067701B2
A decorating machine applies artwork to a product having a central axis and a frustoconical surface around its central axis. The decorating machine includes a film with artwork, a moveable deck, and a roller. The moveable deck includes a rotating mount on which the product is rotatably mounted. The product undergoes a pendulum-like movement on the deck while the product rotates relative to the moveable deck. The roller has a frustoconical shape that generally corresponds to the frustoconical surface of the product. The film is located between the roller and the product. The roller provides heat and pressure to the film such that the artwork attaches to the frustoconical surface of the product.
US09067699B2
The invention relates to a method for removing a sterile product from a sterile package which contains the sterile product and to an apparatus (1) for actuating the method. The method comprises clamping a part of a sterile package (5) located between the sterile product (6) and a first flap (7), and cutting the sterile package (5) at a region (9) interposed between the clamped surfaces (3, 4) and the flap (7). Once the facing surfaces (3, 4) are disengaged, an opening (10) is identified in the sterile package (5), through which the sterile product (6) can be expelled. The surfaces (3, 4) are then disengaged from the clamping action, and the sterile product (6) expelled from the sterile package (5) through the opening (10) by exerting a pushing action on an external surface of the sterile package (5).
US09067697B2
An apparatus and method for metering tobacco in portions suitable for packaging. The apparatus includes a feeding element for the tobacco and a device for forming and discharging at least one tobacco portion suitable for packaging. The device comprises a wiping element for wiping tobacco into a portioning chamber. The portioning chamber is variable in volume for compressing the tobacco and releasing the compressed tobacco portion. The portioning chamber is also displaceable relative to the wiping element for displacing from a filling position into a dispensing position and vice versa. An element for discharging the compressed tobacco portion is disposed in the area of the dispensing position.
US09067683B2
A support structure for an air supply arrangement for air conditioning aircraft passenger cabins. The air supply arrangement comprises an centrally controlled cabin ventilation system and an individually adjustable cabin ventilation system. The support structure includes: a first section for receiving and/or integrating cabin ventilation system components, a second section for receiving and/or integrating passenger emergency oxygen supply components and a third section comprising a plurality of receiving devices. Each receiving device receives and releasably secures an active module for individually adjustable cabin ventilation. The third section has at least the number of receiving devices required for at least one receiving device to be associated with each seating row for a maximum number of seating rows arrangeable in the cabin A supply system includes at least one such support structure and one of the active modules. A method is provided for configuring a corresponding supply system.
US09067676B1
A convertible helicopter ring member includes a ring member and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism orients the ring member substantially in-plane with a tail rotor of a helicopter during a first mode of helicopter operation and orients the ring member substantially off-plane with the tail rotor of the helicopter during a second mode of helicopter operation that is different from the first mode.
US09067673B2
A method for obtaining the inertial properties of a movable rotating around a hinge line in an aircraft control surface. The method includes the steps of removing the mechanical connections of the actuators from the movable, leaving the movable free to rotate around its hinge line, further balancing the movable and calculating in a first approach its coarse static moment. The method includes refining the coarse static moment and obtaining simultaneously a frictional moment of the movable; incorporating an elastic element on the control surface and configuring a second order mechanical system; inducing forced oscillations on the movable at a certain frequency, this frequency being increased until it is sensibly close to the resonance frequency of the movable to produce a wave response; calculating, from the wave response, the moment of inertia of the movable.
US09067670B2
A door frame is provided at an opening made in a fuselage of an aircraft that is delimited by a skin. The frame includes an upper longitudinal stiffener and a lower longitudinal stiffener and two vertical substructures, each arranged on one side of the opening, connected by the upper and lower longitudinal stiffeners. The frame also comprises at least one stop provided at the level of the opening that uptakes radial forces exerted by the door. Each vertical substructure comprises at least three walls made of composite material that are connected to one another to form a box substructure having a closed and hollow cross-section in a sectional plane perpendicular to an axis of the length of the vertical substructure.
US09067666B1
A balloon apparatus is provided having (1) a cage structure that includes (a) a plurality of vertical tendons, where each of the vertical tendons includes a first end and second end, where the first ends of the vertical tendons are all connected to one another and where the second ends of the vertical tendons are all connected to one another and (b) one or more horizontal tendons, where each horizontal tendon is attached to each of the vertical tendons at a corresponding level of the cage structure and (2) a balloon envelope, where the balloon envelop is arranged inside the cage structure and inflatable within the cage structure.
US09067664B2
A marine vessel is disclosed having a control system for automatically controlling thrusters for steering the marine vessel for the purpose of aiding an angler who has hooked a fish. The control system will automatically control the thrusters based on the positions of the propulsion unit control levers if the control levers are split. The control system may also control the thrusters if the propulsion unit control levers have moved past a predetermined threshold. The predetermined threshold can be set by the operator of the marine vessel.
US09067662B2
By obtaining an atmospheric pressure learning value by applying filtering to an estimated atmospheric pressure found from an estimated atmospheric pressure map in an atmospheric pressure learning region matched in advance, and by constantly updating this atmospheric pressure learning value, stable and highly reliable atmospheric pressure estimation can be achieved. Also, a pre-set parameter value or the last atmospheric pressure learning value is used as the initial atmospheric pressure value and an unstable intake pressure value at the engine start in a battery-less state is not used. Hence, it becomes possible to provide an estimated atmospheric pressure with which high drivability is achievable by fully exploiting the engine performance as soon as the engine is started.
US09067659B2
Actuations systems in which pulley systems may be used as redundant (back-up) mechanisms are described. The systems provide mechanical advantage, especially useful when manual input is required to deploy a back-up mechanism. A pulley may be integrated into a clevis, a cable routed about the pulley, and one end of the cable made stationary, causing the pulley to counterbalance approximately twice the input force provided.
US09067658B2
An inflatable swim vest is constructed with a first layer and a second layer having respective outer edges variously secured together by a temporary closure to define a compartment therebetween. An inflatable bladder arrangement includes an inflatable bladder stored and housed in a deflated condition in separate areas of the compartment. The inflatable bladder arrangement further includes an inflator mechanism operatively connected to a charged gas canister and to the inflatable bladder. The fixtures securing the outer edges of the first and second layers include a temporary closure configured for temporarily affixing the outer edges together and to be easily separable such that upon actuation of the inflator mechanism, gas is delivered to the inflatable bladder. This results in an inflated condition of the bladder, and produces a force that will open the temporary closure and enable expansion of the bladder out of the compartment of the vest.
US09067656B2
The present invention relates to an inflatable floatable unit (1) for life-saving equipment comprising at least a first inflatable flotation tube layer (2) having an upper (3) and a lower (4) side with a distance between the upper side and the lower side (3, 4), a second inflatable flotation tube layer (5) having an upper (6) and a lower side (7) with a distance between the upper and lower sides (6, 7), the first and second flotation tube layers (2, 5) being adapted to be arranged substantially above each other so that the upper side of the first tube layer is opposite the lower side of the second tube layer, the inflatable tube layers extending circumferentially for providing a substantially ring-shaped area, and a bottom element (8) adapted to provide a bottom to the substantially ring-shaped area.
US09067650B2
A multifunctional floating apparatus, which is able to float on water, includes a floating device, a handrail, a driving device, a controlling device, and a battery set. The floating device has an exterior edge and an interior edge, wherein the exterior edge is longer than the interior edge, and the floating device has an inner side at the interior edge. The handrail is connected to the inner side of the floating device, wherein the handrail has at least a holding portion for a user to hold the handrail. The driving device is provided on the floating device to drive the floating device to sail on water. The controlling device is electrically connected to the driving device to control the controlling device. The battery set is disposed to the floating device to supply the driving device with electric power.
US09067641B2
A front derailleur comprises a base member structured to be attached to a bicycle frame member, a chain guide operatively connected to the base member, and an actuation mechanism coupled to the base member and to the chain guide for moving the chain guide relative to the base member between a first position corresponding to a location for positioning a chain on a first sprocket and a second position corresponding to a location for positioning the chain on a second sprocket. The actuation mechanism is configured so that an actuation ratio of the derailleur when the chain guide is located in the first position is greater than or equal to 1.5 times the actuation ratio when the chain guide is located in the second position.
US09067628B2
A method, apparatus, and system for adhering a vacuum to a surface is provided. A seal is positioned relative to a surface. The seal is associated with a structure and is in communication with a channel within the structure. The seal is rotated relative to the structure such that the seal at least partially conforms to the surface. Air is drawn into the channel within the structure through the seal such that the seal adheres to the surface.
US09067619B2
A steering wheel includes a heating element which heats an entire rim to a uniform temperature. The heating element is coated as an electrically conductive paste on a surface of the rim, and is formed such that an electrical resistance increases away from an inner diameter portion of the rim toward an outer diameter portion of the rim.
US09067605B2
An autorack rail road car has an underframe having a main deck, and a rack mounted to the underframe. The rack supports one or more decks above the main deck, and also supports, or defines, an enclosure that protects the automobiles carried as lading. One way to prolong the life of the rack is to delay corrosion. Corrosion may start in locations that are difficult to clean, or that have not been cleaned prior to painting. Autorack upper decks may use longitudinally extending stringers. A stringer of closed section may be less prone to facilitating early corrosion, and may be less prone to drip rust-filled water on automobiles carried as lading. In some embodiments the stringer may be placed at a slope discontinuity in the lading deck, and may overlap that slope discontinuity.
US09067595B2
A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine includes automatically stopping the engine in response to vehicle power demand dropping below currently available electrical power while trailering, and automatically starting the engine when vehicle power demand is at a first offset below currently available electrical power. A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, an electric machine, a trailer hitch, and a controller configured to, in response to the vehicle trailering, command the engine to start at a torque offset below an unladen vehicle engine torque pull up schedule, where the torque offset is based on vehicle loading. A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having a trailer hitch includes detecting the trailer hitch being in use, commanding an engine to stop, and commanding the engine to start in response to a torque to accelerate being within a predetermined offset below an unladen vehicle torque pull up schedule.
US09067591B2
A hybrid-electric vehicle carries batteries for storing reserve electrical power. The batteries have a state of charge which is monitored by a control system. The state of charge indicates the amount of reserve electrical power available and, under some conditions, the rate at which reserve electrical power can be sourced as electric current. The vehicle further includes an internal combustion engine which can, depending upon vehicle configuration, be used to propel the vehicle, to drive an electrical machine to source electric current for storage, or to drive the electrical machine to source electric current to power a traction motor(s). The control system provides, in response to operator requests for propulsion and in response to the state of charge of the batteries, for allocating available power between propulsion and battery charging.
US09067583B2
An ECU that integrally controls a vehicle travel control system includes an initial travel plan producing section which produces an initial travel plan including a decelerating interval in which an engine of a vehicle is stopped to decelerate the vehicle, a travel plan reconfiguring section which reconfigures the initial travel plan produced by the initial travel plan reconfiguring section, and a travel control section which controls travel of the vehicle based on a travel plan. When a non-stop state of the engine occurs while the vehicle is traveling, the travel plan reconfiguring section reconfigures the initial travel plan so that target deceleration in the decelerating interval in the initial travel plan is reset to new target deceleration that is larger deceleration.
US09067581B2
An automatic transmission capable of causing first and second clutches and a connection/disconnection device to properly operate during stoppage of a vehicle, thereby enabling preventing vibration and improving marketability as well as obtaining excellent vehicle startability. When a shift position is switched to a forward travel position, first and second connection operations are executed for connecting transmission of a motive power of a prime mover, from first and second gear mechanisms to drive wheels, respectively, while changing the speed thereof. If the shift position is switched to the forward travel position and no request for a standing start of the vehicle is determined to be made by a driver, engagement of first and second gear clutches for connecting/disconnecting between the prime mover and the gear mechanisms is permitted when both the first and second connection operations have been completed.
US09067576B2
A hydraulic circuit for a motor vehicle supports operation of a power steering gear and a power assisted park brake unit incorporating a spring actuated hydraulic release (SAHR) chamber. The hydraulic circuit includes a pump with the power steering gear being connected to receive hydraulic fluid under pressure from the pump. Hydraulic fluid from the pump is delivered to first and second valves, the first or release control valve being connected to the SAHR chamber and the second or recirculation valve being coupled to return hydraulic fluid to a pump inlet.
US09067575B2
A vehicle and a brake system for a vehicle include at least one hydraulic pump, wherein the at least one hydraulic pump is connected to an input fluid conduit and an output fluid conduit. A flow resistance unit is provided in the output fluid conduit of the at least one hydraulic pump for being selectively coupled into the output fluid conduit when brake torque is requested.
US09067574B2
A hydraulic modulator including a motor having a motor housing, a stator, a rotor, and a motor shaft. A power transmitting mechanism is provided for transmitting the power of the motor to the outside thereof. A master cylinder includes a piston linearly movable by the power transmitted by the power transmitting mechanism. The master cylinder is arranged so as to overlap the motor housing in such a manner that the axis of the master cylinder is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the motor shaft. The master cylinder is arranged on one side of the motor housing in the range corresponding to the axial length of the motor shaft. The length of the hydraulic modulator along the motor shaft falls within the axial length of the motor shaft, so that the hydraulic modulator can be reduced in size.
US09067572B2
A brake arrangement of a railway vehicle includes an electrical brake device having an electronic brake controller and having an electro-pneumatic regulator with a pressure sensor. An emergency brake device has a pressure reducer in series with a valve device. A shuttle valve device is also present at a pneumatic output of the electrical pneumatic braking device and a pneumatic output of the emergency brake system and is connected at the inputs thereof. The output of the valve device is connected to a control valve device connected upstream of a brake cylinder. The brake arrangement can be a direct braking arrangement and can be converted in a simple manner to an indirect braking arrangement. The valve device is an electromagnetic emergency stop valve working according to the principle of de-energizing to close, and the pressure sensor of the electro-pneumatic regulator is connected to the output of the shuttle valve device.
US09067562B2
A curtain airbag housed in an upper part of a side surface portion in a vehicle interior and inflating and deploying along the side surface portion. The curtain airbag includes an end chamber at a front end portion of the curtain airbag that inflates when receiving an inflation and deployment gas. A strap is attached, at a leading end portion thereof, to a first attachment point P on a front pillar 114 of the vehicle and passes through an exterior side of the end chamber, and moreover attached, at a rear end portion thereof, to a seam portion 144 that defines the end chamber. The first attachment portion is set to include a second plane L2 that is vertically below, but parallel to a first plane L1 passing through an A1 break point that is a center of an impact expected area E overlapped with the end chamber.
US09067559B2
Embodiments of the present invention may include a vehicular seat having a seat pad, a seat cover, an airbag module, and webbing. The seat cover covers the seat pad. The airbag module is provided inside the seat pad, and has a bag body. The webbing is arranged so as to regulate a direction in which the bag body expands, and has a first portion provided integrally with the seat pad.
US09067550B2
In one embodiment, a rail extension comprises: an energy absorber comprising a polymer body, and vehicle attachment tabs extending from one end of the energy absorber and configured to attach to a vehicle rail, and an attachment tab extending from another end of the energy absorber and configured to attach to a bumper beam. The energy absorber can comprise cells formed by cell walls extending a length of the energy absorber and forming cavities therethrough; and open channels formed on each side of the energy absorber, wherein the channels are defined by walls of adjacent cells. A vehicle can comprise: a bumper beam; a vehicle rail; and the rail extensions.
US09067546B2
An interlock system and method are provided for protecting high voltage electrical couplings. The interlock system may control access to the electrical couplings based on the voltage of the electrical couplings. The interlock system may also selectively energize and de-energize the electrical couplings based on the position of a lid.
US09067542B2
An interior rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a transflective reflective element. The transflective reflective element has an electrochromic active region, and a plurality of user input elements is disposed outside of the electrochromic active region and below the electrochromic active region. Each of the individual user input elements is a touch or proximity sensor. A plurality of display elements is disposed behind the transflective reflective element at the electrochromic active region, and each display element is selectively activated by activation of a respective user input element. Each of the individual display elements and its associated respective one of the individual user input elements are located local to one another such that a cognitive relationship between actuation by a user of a respective user input element and activation of its associated display element is established.
US09067540B2
Provided is a storage box comprising an outer panel and an inner panel which are easily and firmly combined with each other without employing vibrational welding or screws. The outer panel and the inner panel are integrally combined by claw engagement portions. The claw engagement portions comprise at least one positioning claw engagement portion for determining relative positions of the outer panel and the inner panel, and at least one undetectable claw engagement portion for restricting the outer panel and the inner panel from moving in directions to be separated from each other.
US09067538B2
Provided is a drive assist display apparatus which displays a main view 20 showing an image of a wide backward area of the vehicle, and a sub view 21-3 showing a view point conversion image of a vicinity of the vehicle 1 as if looked down from a virtual viewpoint, the sub view 21-3 having a down side region where a thickness of the view point conversion image of the bumper 13 from the taken image is moderately represented and left and right side regions except the region of the bumper 13 where a taken image of an area around the vehicle is substantially shown, the sub view 21-3 formed as provided with a cutout section having a width corresponding to a width of the vehicle in accordance with a reduction scale of the view point conversion image, and the cutout section having sides rounded in form.
US09067533B2
A control device of a vehicle lamp includes: a receiving section which receives an acceleration value usable to derive a tilt angle of a vehicle to a horizontal plane, wherein the tilt angle of the vehicle to the horizontal plane is represented as a total angle; and a control section which controls an optical axis adjustment of the vehicle lamp. The control section derives from the total angle a first and a second provisional vehicle posture angles based on a first and a second calculation method, respectively, corrects the first or second provisional vehicle posture angle so that a difference between the first and the second provisional vehicle posture angles becomes small, sets the corrected provisional vehicle posture angle to the vehicle posture angle, and outputs a control signal for instructing the optical axis adjustment of the vehicle lamp according to the vehicle posture angle.
US09067524B2
A storage bin for bulk landscaping material includes a bin body having a bottom wall, a pair of parallel spaced side walls, and a rear end wall closing the rear end of the bin body, thereby to define a chamber that is open at its front end. A rectangular ramp wall is hingedly connected with the bottom wall at the front end of the bin body for displacement between a vertical position partially closing the chamber front end, and a downwardly inclined ramp position in engagement with the ground, whereby an unloading vehicle may be driven up the ramp to engage the bulk material. At least one first horizontal connecting bar is mounted at the forward end of the storage bin, whereby the bin may be transported to a site by a tilt flat bed transporting vehicle, and deposited in a controlled manner rear-end-first from the flat bed.
US09067523B2
A container according the present application includes a container auto-lock system. The container auto-lock system is integrated into the outboard apertures of the lower castings of a domestic sized container. The container auto-lock system includes a locking mechanism which is configured to recess when the container is lowered onto a surface lacking an acceptable receiving aperture. The locking mechanism is also configured to automatically lock when placed on top of a domestic sized container. The container auto-lock system is configured to be compatible with international sized container by allowing the inboard apertures on each lower casting to be available for attaching the domestic container on top of an international container with a conventional locking device.
US09067500B2
Wheels may be equipped with a stator and rotor to induce current to generate electricity as the wheels rotate or to slow down the wheels in response to the application of a brake of the vehicle. Air may be sucked through the wheels through mesh screens to create air flow that passes through ductwork to reach a turbine generator, which generates electricity in response to blade rotation from air flow. A roof mounted solar energy conversion system may generate electricity. A vehicle power supply boosts its energy from all the electricity generated.
US09067492B2
A power take-off unit (“PTO”) may include a damper to reduce noise while the PTO is operating at low torque or at low RPM. The damper may also be located in the transmission before the PTO driver gear. A method may be used to systematically measure the frequency and/or amplitude of the vibrations that cause noise and to adjust the damping constant of a damper to reduce the noise.
US09067484B2
An electric vehicle may include a first drive axle to drive a first wheel of the electric vehicle, a first electric motor mounted directly on the first drive axle, a power supply such as a battery to power the first electric motor, and a controller to control the electric motor. The electric vehicle may include a second drive axle to drive a second wheel and a second electric motor mounted on the second drive axle. The electric motor may be only mounted on the first drive axle. The battery may be formed from an array of batteries.
US09067475B1
A method and a system of heating a cabin of a hybrid electric vehicle are provided and minimize the operation of a heater and an engine by reducing the demand temperature of coolant taking into account of power of the heater and improve fuel economy accordingly. The method of heating a cabin of a hybrid electric vehicle adjusts temperature of air supplied into the cabin of the vehicle using a heater disposed adjacent to the cabin of the vehicle and coolant supplied from an engine.
US09067467B2
A removal tool (10) for a tire removing machine (1), for taking off a tire (7) from a respective wheel rim (6), comprises an elongate body (12) having a first end (12a) which is connectable to a supporting arm (3) and a second, hook-shaped end (12b) for grasping a bead (14) of the tire (7); the second end (12b) of the tool (10) has a fingernail shaped member (13) which is movable from a first operating configuration, where it projects in cantilever fashion from the body (12) to define the hooked shape, to a second operating configuration, where it is tucked in a lateral zone of the body (12), to give the tool (10) a hookless shape, and vice versa.
US09067461B2
A gas pressure control valve having a valve body with a gas inlet and a gas outlet is described. An inner cap is provided bounding in part a chamber within the valve body in communication with the gas inlet. The valve body contains a spring loaded piston comprising a piston head and a piston rod. The piston rod includes a conduit providing communication between the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap and a chamber adjacent the piston head and the gas outlet. The piston is operable to move between a closed configuration in which the piston rod prevents communication between the gas inlet and the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap and an open configuration in which the piston rod permits communication between the gas inlet and the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap. The piston head is in a sealing engagement with the valve body via a first seal and the piston rod is in a sealing engagement with the inner cap via a second seal contained within the chamber bounded in part by the inner cap, the second seal being held in a fixed position within the chamber.
US09067454B2
The present invention relates to a cover which comprises a front cover portion (1), a back cover portion (2), and an elastic strap band (3) being attached to the back cover portion (2), wherein the elastic strap band (3) is configured to be wrapped around the front cover portion (1) for keeping the cover (6) closed, the elastic strap band (3) is stretched at a predetermined stretching factor, when being wrapped around the front cover portion (1) for keeping the cover (6) closed, and the elastic strap band (3) is configured to be further stretched for releasing the front cover portion (1) so that the cover (6) can be opened. According to the invention, an image (4) is disposed on the elastic strap band (3) so as to be stretched with the elastic strap band (3), wherein the image (4) has a predetermined shape, when the elastic strap band (3) is stretched at the predetermined stretching factor and/or a movable member (7) is attached to the elastic strap band (3), wherein the movable member (7) is configured to be movable along the elastic strap band (3).
US09067453B2
The disclosed book production system and method allow a book block and flexible book cover for that book block to be printed in the same print job immediately prior to binding. Specifically, a user-selection indicates that a book print job contains both the book block and the cover. Raster image processing is performed to produce raster images based on all page descriptions in the print job. The raster images are sorted by size to identify first raster images for the book block pages and to identify at least one second raster image, which is more than twice as large as any of the first raster images, for the cover. The pages for the book block and the cover can be printed on first print media sheets and on a second larger print media sheet, respectively. Then, the cover can be bound to the book block by an in-line bookbinder.
US09067451B2
A security film including, in order, a transparent biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate support (1), a subbing layer (2, 2′) and a laser markable layer (3, 3′) comprising a laser additive and one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, polycarbonate and styrene acrylonitrile.
US09067449B2
Provided is an image recording method, including an intermediate image formation step of forming an intermediate image by applying ink onto a first intermediate transfer member; a first transfer step of transferring, onto a second intermediate transfer member, the intermediate image that is formed on the first intermediate transfer member; and a second transfer step of transferring, onto a recording medium, the intermediate image that is transferred onto the second intermediate transfer member, in which the following relationship is satisfied: Fa
US09067448B2
A coating composition for pre-treating a substrate prior to inkjet printing thereon, and an inkjet receiving medium including a substrate and having a topmost layer coated thereon, where the coating composition has a solids content which includes at least 30 wt % of one or more aqueous soluble salts of multivalent metal cations, and particles had primarily of polymer having a Rockwell Hardness of less than R90 and having a mode equivalent spherical diameter of at least about 2 micrometers. When coated, the composition provides at least 0.01 g/m2 of particles included primarily of polymer having a Rockwell Hardness of less than R90 and which have an equivalent spherical diameter of i) at least about 2 micrometers and ii) at least 0.1 micrometer greater than the minimum coated thickness of the topmost layer.
US09067437B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a first head, a second head on a downstream side in the transport direction from the first head, a first irradiation section between the first head and the second head, a second irradiation section arranged on the downstream side in the transport direction, a first mist recovery section that is arranged between the first head and the first irradiation section, a second mist recovery section that is arranged between the second head and the second irradiation section, and an air flow adjustment member that is arranged between the second mist recovery section and the second irradiation section, adjusts an amount of air which is absorbed into the second mist recovery section, and decreases the air which is absorbed from the downstream side in the transport direction than the second mist recovery section in the air which is absorbed into the second mist recovery section.
US09067430B2
A recording apparatus includes a processing unit configured to convert acquired image information into dot data, and an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium based on the image information converted into dot data by the processing unit, wherein the processing unit enlarges an image of the acquired image information to a size protruding into margins formed at both side ends of the recording medium, then converts the image information into dot data, and then, based on side end position information of the recording medium detected by the detection unit, processes the image information converted into dot data so that image formation is not performed on portions of the enlarged image protruding into the margins.
US09067427B2
A liquid discharge head includes nozzles that discharge liquid droplets, individual channels in communication with the nozzles, a liquid introducing part in communication with the individual channels, a common liquid chamber that supplies liquid to the individual channels, and a filter part arranged between the common liquid chamber and the liquid introducing part. The filter part has filter holes for filtering the liquid over a range of the individual channels in a nozzle array direction. The filter part has at least one reinforcement rib arranged in the nozzle array direction. The reinforcement rib is partially arranged over the range of the individual channels in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction. Filter regions divided by the reinforcement rib are arranged to be in communication via a communication region where the reinforcement rib is not arranged, and the filter holes are arranged at the communication region.
US09067420B2
Among other things, an apparatus for use in fluid jetting is described. The apparatus includes a printhead including a flow path and a nozzle in communication with the flow path that has a first end and a second end. The apparatus also includes a first container fluidically coupled to the first end of the flow path, a second container fluidically coupled to the second end of the flow path, and a controller. The first container has a first controllable internal pressure and the second container has a second controllable internal pressure. The controller controls the first internal pressure and the second internal pressure to have a fluid flow between the first container and the second container through the flow path in the printhead according to a first mode and a second mode.
US09067419B2
There is provided a recording apparatus including a recording head that can eject an ink onto a sheet, a transport unit that transports the sheet to the recording head, a housing that contains the recording head and the transport unit, a case that is arranged on an outer surface of the housing so that the bottom portion thereof is positioned higher than a bottom surface of the housing, and that serves as a holder which holds an ink container containing an ink, and a supply unit that supplies the ink from the ink container to the recording head.
US09067399B2
A system for forming an image on a flexographic media includes a digital front end that provides a screened image; locating transition points from data regions to non-data regions in said screened image; determining a distance between pixels in adjacent data and non-data regions; if the distance is greater than a predetermined distance modify said screened image to remove a shoulder of pixels at the transition point; and an imaging device the screen modified image on the flexographic media.
US09067388B2
A co-extruded microlayered polymer barrier film is provided. The barrier film can be applied to paperboard to form a container having reduced oxygen gas permeability. Co-extrusion of the barrier film allows for the simultaneous fabrication of tens or hundreds of alternating microlayers of two different polymers that combine to form a film having reduced oxygen gas permeability compared to macro layer thickness films of the same two polymers.
US09067386B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass excellent in a sound-insulating property, which is preferably usable for a head up display and the like wherein a driver can look at the front view and an instrument display simultaneously without requiring to look down, and to provide a laminated glass.The present invention is directed to interlayer film for a laminated glass, which comprises at least a pair of protection layers and a sound-insulating layer sandwiched between the pair of the protection layers, and which has a wedge shape as a cross-sectional shape, a wedge angle θ of 0.1 to 0.7 mrad, the maximum thickness of 2000 μm or thinner, and the minimum thickness of 400 μm or thicker, the minimum thickness of the sound-insulating layer being 20 μm or thicker.
US09067384B2
The present invention is directed to biodegradable microporous materials and multi-layer articles containing them. The biodegradable microporous materials comprise: (a) a polyolefin matrix, (b) finely divided, particulate filler distributed throughout the matrix, (c) at least 35 percent by volume of a network of interconnecting pores communicating throughout the microporous material, and (d) a biodegradation promoting material distributed throughout the matrix. Also provided are multilayer articles prepared from the above-described microporous materials.
US09067379B2
A stiffened multi-layer assembly composed of an inner layer and an outer layer mutually aligned by elastic averaging at the peripheral interface therebetween which provides both a precise alignment and a torsionally stiffened structural configuration when the first and second layers are mutually mated and snapped together to form the stiffened multi-layer assembly.
US09067378B2
An inflatable-cushion inflation and sealing device is disclosed. The device includes an inflation assembly configured for inflating with a fluid a cushion cavity disposed between first and second layers of film. The inflation assembly includes a fluid conduit configured for longitudinal reception between first and second overlapping portions of an inflation channel adjacent to and in fluid communication with the cushion cavity. The device further includes a cutting element disposed proximate the fluid conduit and configured and 10 oriented to cut open inflation channel by a cutting motion that includes rotation thereof. Also, the device includes a sealing assembly configured to seal the overlapping portions to each other and to form a longitudinal seal configured to seal the fluid in the cushion cavity.
US09067377B2
The invention relates to a filling shoe (9) for filling a molding cavity (10) of a pressing mold with a powder, comprising a casing (14) with at least one filling cavity (13) having at least one side wall, wherein at least one filling opening (18), via which the powder can be introduced into the filling cavity (13), is designed on the casing (14). At least one stripping element (21) connected to a drive unit (23) is arranged in the filling cavity (13), wherein the at least one stripping element (21) is rotatable.
US09067372B2
The invention provides a method of making ophthalmic lenses with an enhanced quality and enhanced yield achieved by reducing mold separation force and lens-mold adhesion. The method comprises the steps of generating an atmospheric plasma flow from a working gas and controlling the continuity of the atmospheric plasma flow with a power generator, and, introducing the atmospheric plasma flow to a molding surface of a mold for making an ophthalmic lens (preferably contact lens, more preferably a silicone hydrogel contact lens) and increasing the surface hydrophobicity of the molding surface of the mold and thereby to reduce a mold separation force after molding a lens formulation in the mold.
US09067370B2
Layers of unidirectional (UD) fiber prepreg are formed into a pre-plied, multi-directional, continuous fiber laminate that is used as a molding compound to form three dimensional structures. Cut-outs from the laminate are slotted and folded along fold lines to provide near-net-shaped preforms that may be compression molded to form fiber-reinforced composite structures having complex shapes.
US09067362B2
A suture and a suture retainer are positioned relative to body tissue. Ultrasonic vibratory energy is utilized to heat the suture retainer and effect a bonding of portions of the suture retainer to each other and/or to the suture. Portions of the body tissue may be pressed into linear apposition with each other and held in place by cooperation between the suture and the suture retainer. The suture retainer may include one or more portions between which the suture extends. The suture retainer may include sections which have surface areas which are bonded together. If desired, the suture may be wrapped around one of the sections of the suture retainer. The suture retainer may be formed with a recess in which the suture is received. If desired, the suture retainer may be omitted and the sections of the suture bonded to each other.
US09067361B2
A process for producing at least one three-dimensional object by solidifying a solidifyable material, comprising the steps of: providing an object carrier capable of carrying the object to be produced; providing a material capable of solidifying when subjected to energy supply; bringing a solidifyable material carrier/provider in a position to carry/provide solidifyable material at least in a building region where solidifyable material is to be solidified; supplying, to the building region, energy capable of solidifying the solidifyable material; and sensing, measuring and/or controlling a condition selected from the group consisting of pressure and/or strain. Alternatively or in combination, contact pressure, fluid pressure and/or material flowability can be sensed and/or adjusted.
US09067358B2
A molding apparatus for glass molded product includes a mold, a press shaft and a release device. The release device includes a release member, a push bar, and a release action mechanism. The release member has a lower end surface to face an outer peripheral portion of a molding surface of the lower die of the mold. The push bar adjusts a downward pressure given to the release member. The release action mechanism is provided to hold an upper portion of the push bar movably along a shaft direction of the press shaft. The release action mechanism moves the push bar and the release member downward along the shaft direction to release a glass material and the upper die of the mold when the upper die and the lower die are separated after the glass material has been pressed between the upper die and the lower die.
US09067348B2
A method for manufacturing segmented blow molds for plastic containers, where blow mold preforms are manufactured by flame-spraying at least one metal-containing and/or ceramic-containing layer on a negative model of at least one segment of the blow mold to be manufactured, and the at least one layer is then detached from the negative model, thereby providing a particularly simple and repeatable manufacturing of blow molds.
US09067347B2
For the purpose of manufacturing a package, an entirety is provided by means of injection molding, the entirety including a plastic tray (10) having an open side and a ring-shaped plastic cover rim (20) which is located at the open side of the tray (10), at a circumferential rim of the tray (10), and which surrounds that circumferential rim. The cover rim (20) is connected to the tray (10) by means of a relatively thin plastic film, wherein the cover rim (20) and the tray (10) are detached from each other by forcing a limited mutual movement of the cover rim (20) and the tray (10). Furthermore, a piece of cover foil (40) is provided and connected to at least the cover rim (20). Preferably, the cover rim (20) and the tray (10) are adapted to be capable of getting into engagement with each other by means of a snap connection after they do no longer form an integral entirety with each other.
US09067345B2
A mold to produce fiber composite components is described where a fiber ply with matrix material (matrix material/resin) is saturated. The mold consists of a lower mold and an upper mold which is placed on top of the lower mold with intermediate fiber ply. The lower mold and upper mold have a contour matching each other and for the desired fiber composite component. The upper mold and the lower mold are made of a flexible material.
US09067337B2
An image forming apparatus having a stapler includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a power source configured to supply electric power to the image forming unit and the stapler, and a control unit configured to control the operation of the stapler. In the image forming apparatus, a time period for prohibiting the operation of the stapler is set such that a total of a power consumption of the image forming unit and a power consumption of the stapler is equal to or less than an electric power the power source can supply so as to perform the operation of the stapler and the operation of the image forming unit partially in parallel with each other.
US09067333B2
A guidewire device comprising a micro-fabricated elongated outer member having an outer surface and an interior surface forming a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end and a plurality of fenestrations made through said outer surface and said interior surface into a least a portion of said lumen; an outer elastomer laminate layer in contact with at least a portion of said outer surface and filling at least a portion of said plurality of fenestrations; and an inner member disposed within a substantial portion of said lumen, and embodiments thereof.
US09067324B2
A gripping device comprises: a gripping unit for gripping a work; a controller for controlling the gripping operation of the gripping unit; and contact sections attached to the gripping unit contacting the work, the contact sections being adapted to deform following the shape of the work, and to maintain the deformation. The gripping operation of the gripping unit presses the contact sections against the work to cause the contact sections to follow the outside of the work, and grips the work with the shape of the contact sections maintained. After predetermined number of times of gripping operation, the controller changes the positions of the contact points of the contact sections with the work when the work is gripped. As a result, different works having different shapes can be stably gripped and the lifetime of the contact sections can be extended to be longer than that of conventional products. The change, by the controller, in the positions of the points on the work with which the contact sections are in contact when the work is gripped is performed by shifting the contact sections in a plane vertical to the gripping direction.
US09067316B2
A robot system according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a robot and a work bench. The robot has a plurality of joints including a first joint that is provided so as to be rotatable relative to an installation surface. On the work bench, a fixing part, by which a work member used in operations of the robot is fixed, is provided on a plate surface of a top plate with a rotation axis of the first joint serving as a normal line thereof, along a circular arc having a center at an intersection between the plate surface and the rotation axis.
US09067310B2
The invention relates to a sealing arrangement in a rotating control valve of a pressure fluid-operated percussion device, to which percussion device a tool is mountable movable in its longitudinal direction, the percussion device containing a work chamber and a transmission piston mounted movable to compress the tool suddenly to generate a stress pulse to the tool, inlet and outlet channels for conducting pressure fluid to the percussion device and away from it, and a control valve having a rotating switch member with channels to connect inlet and outlet channels through the channels of the switch member to alternately conduct the pressure fluid through the channels to the work chamber and, correspondingly, away from the work chamber, and in the inlet channel of the pressure fluid at the switch member side end thereof at least one sealing sleeve for the purpose of sealing the inlet channel to the switch member. In the arrangement, the sealing sleeve is mounted obliquely to the surface of the switch member and the switch member side surface of the sealing sleeve is essentially in the shape of the switch member surface.
US09067307B2
A hexa-lobed headed bit having a hexa-lobed shaped head having a first length, a first width and grooves and protrusions, the grooves and protrusions extending along substantially the entire length of the head, the bit further including a shaft having a second length and a second width, the second width being greater that the first width, the shaft being connected to the head via a shoulder which may be sloped to gradually widen the first width to the second width and having grooves and protrusions extending along the shoulder, the shoulder grooves and protrusions substantially continuing from the grooves and protrusions extending along substantially the entirety of the length of the head.
US09067306B1
A cam activated clamp enables a user with joint pain in hands and wrists to firmly hold an object in place for twisting. The cam activated clamp includes a base frame attached to a counter gripper which is immediately adjacent to a main gripper. The main gripper can travel along a central axis toward the counter gripper unless a locking plate holds the main gripper in a fixed position on the base frame. The user can rotationally activate a cam in order to unlock the main gripper. This allows the user with the joint pain in the hands and wrists to insert the object between the main gripper and the counter gripper and then slide the main gripper proximate the counter gripper and lock the main gripper in place by rotating a cam distant a locking plate which holds the object in place for twisting.
US09067304B2
Methods for forming cutting elements, methods for forming polycrystalline compacts, and related polycrystalline compacts are disclosed. Grains of a hard material are subjected to a high-pressure, high-temperature process to form a polycrystalline compact. Inclusion of at least one relatively quick spike in system pressure or temperature during an otherwise plateaued temperature or pressure stage accommodates formation of inter-granular bonds between the grains. The brevity of the peak stage may avoid undesirable grain growth. Embodiments of the methods may also include at least one of oscillating at least one system condition (e.g., pressure, temperature) and subjecting the grains to ultrasonic or mechanical vibrations. A resulting polycrystalline compact may include a high density of inter-granularly bonded hard material with a minimized amount of catalyst material, and may provide improved thermal stability, wear resistance, toughness, and behavior during use of a cutting element incorporating the polycrystalline compact.
US09067298B2
Polishing pads with grooved foundation layers and polishing surface layers are described. In an example, a polishing pad for polishing a substrate includes a foundation layer having a pattern of grooves disposed therein. A continuous polishing surface layer is attached to the pattern of grooves of the foundation layer. In another example, a polishing pad for polishing a substrate includes a foundation layer with a surface having a pattern of protrusions disposed thereon. Each protrusion has a top surface and sidewalls. A non-continuous polishing surface layer is attached to the foundation layer and includes discrete portions. Each discrete portion is attached to the top surface of a corresponding one of the protrusions of the foundation layer. Methods of fabricating polishing pads with a polishing surface layer bonded to a grooved foundation layer are also described.
US09067294B2
An example coating removal apparatus for a component includes a table having a first platform disposed along an axis. The platform is arranged to receive at least one fixture for holding a corresponding component. The coating removal apparatus also includes a removal device having a web. The table is slidably moveable in an axial direction and configured to move the fixture a pre-determined distance such that at least one portion of the component contacts the web to remove a coating of the component.
US09067293B2
A clamping device for clamping an accessory to a power tool includes a first flange, a spindle member, and a cam member. The first flange is coupled to a drive system of the power tool and is configured to receive the accessory. The spindle member defines a longitudinal axis and includes a second flange provided on an end of the spindle member and a follower member provided on an opposite end of the spindle member. The cam member includes a cam surface configured to interact with the follower surface, the cam member is rotatable about the longitudinal axis to a clamped position and to an unclamped position. In the unclamped position the accessory is removable from the first flange, and in the clamped position the accessory is clamped between the first flange and the second flange.
US09067286B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a piston ring (30, 130, 230) for a piston (10) of an internal combustion engine, comprising a ring back (31), an upper ring flank (32), a lower ring flank (33), and a running surface (42), and the method comprising the following method steps: (a) preparing a ring blank (30′) with a ring back (31′), an upper ring flank (32′), a lower ring flank (33′), and an outer lateral face (34′), (b) shaping an asymmetrical convex contour (35) along the outer lateral face (34′) and shaping a radially outward-extending protrusion (36) in the outer lateral surface (34′) in the region of the lower ring flank (33′), (c) coating the outer lateral surface (34′) with a coating material, (d) removing the protrusion (36), thereby exposing the material of the ring blank (30′) in the shape of a circumferential surface (41) which blends into the coating (39), and forming an oil scraper edge (40) between the circumferential surface (41) and the lower ring flank (33′), and (e) post and/or final processing of the coated ring blank (30′) to obtain a finished piston ring (30, 130, 230).
US09067281B2
The laser cutting system for cutting a workpiece with a laser beam along a cutting line at a variable cutting speed includes a movable machining head for placing the laser beam on the respective workpiece, a user interface for specifying the respective cutting line and for specifying a minimum path accuracy of the laser beam, and a control device for controlling a movement of the machining head along the cutting line relative to the respective workpiece and for controlling a plurality of process variables of a cutting process. A second subset of the process variables comprises exclusively one or more process variables which have no influence on the power of the laser beam available for cutting. At least one process variable of the second subset can be controlled by way of the control device as a function of at least one variable control parameter.
US09067280B2
An apparatus for etching multiple surfaces of a hydroformed powder coated luminaire reflector is described. The system includes a laser, one or more high speed scan heads, a laser marking station and a conveyance device. The system positions a reflector into optical alignment with the scan heads to allow permanent etching of the surface thereof.
US09067279B1
The apparatus for joint sealing using tube expansion and friction welding includes a friction welding apparatus including a clamping assembly and a tube expansion apparatus. A tube having a beveled edge is inserted into an aperture in a tube sheet. The tube expansion apparatus expands the end of the tube with the beveled edge to swage the tube to the sheet. A tube sleeve having an edge beveled at an angle complementary to the beveled edge of the tube is clamped to the spindle of the friction welding apparatus. The tube sleeve is abutted to the beveled edge of the tube with the application of pressure and the spindle is rotated or oscillated to friction weld the tube sleeve to the tube and the tube sheet, forming a sealed joint. The process may be repeated to form a heat exchanger tube assembly having sealed joints.
US09067275B2
A welding device has a beam source to generate electromagnetic beams for absorption in an object to be welded at a welding location, and at least one sensor situated to detect electromagnetic process beams generated during welding at the welding location. The sensor is to generate a sensor signal as a function of the detected process beams. The welding device also has a processing unit, which is connected to the sensor and the beam source, the processing unit being configured to control at least one parameter of the beam generation of the beam source as a function of the sensor signal. The welding device is to delimit by a window a beam bundle of the emitted process beams in a plane transverse to the beam propagation direction; in the plane, the window has a longitudinal dimension greater than a transversal dimension of the window perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension.
US09067266B2
A bit retention device includes a shaft having a sidewall defining a hexagonal cavity extending from a first end thereof and a ball groove extending through the sidewall and communicating with the hexagonal cavity. A ball is disposed in the ball groove and a ball spring engages the ball and biases the ball toward the first end. An actuator sleeve surrounding the shaft includes an internal ramp engaging the ball. A spring biased plunger assembly is disposed in the bore for biasing a bit received in the bore in a direction toward the insertion end.
US09067263B2
This invention relates generally to novel methods and novel devices for the continuous manufacture of nanoparticles, microparticles and nanoparticle/liquid solution(s) (e.g., colloids). The nanoparticles (and/or micron-sized particles) comprise a variety of possible compositions, sizes and shapes. The particles (e.g., nanoparticles) are caused to be present (e.g., created and/or the liquid is predisposed to their presence (e.g., conditioned)) in a liquid (e.g., water) by, for example, preferably utilizing at least one adjustable plasma (e.g., created by at least one AC and/or DC power source), which plasma communicates with at least a portion of a surface of the liquid. At least one subsequent and/or substantially simultaneous adjustable electrochemical processing technique is also preferred. Multiple adjustable plasmas and/or adjustable electrochemical processing techniques are preferred. Processing enhancers can be utilized alone or with a plasma. Semicontinuous and batch processes can also be utilized. The continuous processes cause at least one liquid to flow into, through and out of at least one trough member, such liquid being processed, conditioned and/or effected in said trough member(s). Results include constituents formed in the liquid including ions, micron-sized particles and/or nanoparticles (e.g., metallic-based nanoparticles) of novel size, shape, composition, concentration, zeta potential and certain other novel properties present in a liquid.
US09067250B2
A portable tube coiler and method for coiling. The portable tube coiler includes a spool assembly having a rotation axis and including a spool configured to rotate about the rotation axis (819), a tube receiver configured to rotate with the spool, a motor coupled to the spool assembly (810), and configured to rotate the spool, an anchor fixed to the motor and configured to provide a counter-rotation force to the motor, a power supply interface configured to transmit power to the motor, and a trigger configured to initiate rotation of the spool.
US09067244B2
A building material product and a method of making building material products, having increased resistance to granule rub off and staining. The building material product comprises a substrate having embedded granules and an acrylic latex coating positioned on the granules, where the polymer of the acrylic latex coating has the repeating structural unit [CH2—C(R1)(R2)], where R1 is hydrogen or C1-C8 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, cyano or —COOR; and R is a linear or branched hydrocarbon containing 1-22 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R1 and R2 are both not hydrogen. The method includes applying this acrylic latex water based composition to a granule embedded substrate.
US09067240B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a near-infrared reflective body in which a near-infrared reflective film is manufactured that has excellent manufacturing cost performance, is capable of being employed over a large area, and has excellent application stability and resistance to refractive index unevenness in the surface. A method for manufacturing a near-infrared reflective film in which a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer are alternately laminated on a support, wherein the difference in the refractive index of adjacent high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers is at least 0.3, and the near-infrared reflective film is formed using a coating liquid for a high refractive index layer and a coating liquid for a low refractive index layer, if the viscosity of the high refractive index layers and low refractive index layers at 15° C. is η15 and at 45° C. is η45, the viscosity ratio (η15/η45) in each case is at least 2.0.
US09067238B2
A method of treating a laser-activated thermoplastic substrate having a metal compound dispersed therein is described. The substrate is contacted with an aqueous composition comprising: (i) a thiol functional organic compound; (ii) an ethoxylated alcohol surfactant; and (iii) xanthan gum. By use of the treatment composition, when the substrate is subsequently laser-activated and plated by electroless plating, extraneous plating of the substrate is substantially eliminated.
US09067231B2
A planetary gear retrieval system for pulling a sled at a constant velocity along an interior of a pipe, and a sled for applying a coating material to the interior of the large-diameter pipe. The planetary gear retrieval system is connected to the sled via a chain, and has a network of gears controlled by a first variable speed microcontroller. A spinner on a linear oscillating plate provided on the sled is controlled by a second variable speed microcontroller. The first and second microcontrollers are programmable to be synchronized with one another so as to pull the sled at a desired constant rate and achieve a desired number of passes of the spinner along a given length of pipe while the sled is pulled at the desired rate.
US09067228B2
A fluid ejection apparatus includes a substrate having a plurality of fluid passages for fluid flow and a plurality of nozzles fluidically connected to the fluid passages, a plurality of actuators positioned on top of the substrate to cause fluid in the plurality of fluid passages to be ejected from the plurality of nozzles, and a protective layer formed over at least a portion of the plurality of actuators, the protective layer having an intrinsic permeability to moisture less than 2.5×10−3 g/m·day.
US09067222B2
In a spray forming element for a shower head having a housing, a plurality of axial-flow spray outlet elements, a housing base which has passage openings for the spray outlet elements, each of the spray outlet elements being pivotably mounted in the housing base, and which additionally has a gear mechanism for moving the spray outlet elements, in order to transmit a force to the spray outlet elements, a single gear element having a gate is provided, by means of which the spray outlet elements are positively guided and, during a movement of the gear element, the movement of all the spray outlet elements is carried out simultaneously.
US09067216B2
An apparatus to remove ions, the apparatus including an inlet to let water in the apparatus; an outlet to let water out of the apparatus; a capacitor; and a spacer to separate a first and a second electrode of the capacitor and to allow water to flow in between the electrodes. The apparatus further including a power converter configured to convert a supply voltage of a power source to a charging voltage to charge the capacitor. The power converter is constructed and arranged to recover energy from the capacitor by converting the voltage on the capacitor to supply voltage of the power source.
US09067215B2
An apparatus is configured to classify gravel and recover gold. The apparatus includes a bucket attached to a higher pressure water feed and a lower pressure water line. A make-up water supply is connected to the higher pressure water feed. A classifier assembly is attached to the bucket and configured to filter larger material from smaller material. The smaller material includes gold particles and gravel. A gold concentrator plate is connected to the bucket and configured to segregate the gold particles from the gravel. Water enters the higher pressure water feed and travels through the make-up water supply running across the gold concentrator plate and causing gold particles to be caught in the gold concentrator plate. Water additionally travels through the lower pressure water line with the gravel transporting the gravel away from the bucket.
US09067211B2
The present invention relates to an abrasive roll assembly, a conveyor assembly and a milling machine having the same. The abrasive roll assembly comprises an abrasive roll element configured for milling food grains.
US09067210B2
A process for simplified production of a reference milling for determining the milling quality of wheat, includes: a first crushing of a wheat sample; a first sieving of the crushed product into three distinct levels of particle size; a second crushing of oversize particles resulting from the first crushing; a second sieving of the oversize particles thus crushed; a mixing of coarse semolina resulting from the sievings; a third crushing of the mixture of the coarse semolina; a third sieving of the mixture of the coarse semolina thus crushed into two distinct levels of particle size; a mixing of fine semolina resulting from each of the three sievings; a fourth crushing of the mixture of fine semolina; a fourth sieving of the mixture of the fine semolina thus crushed into a single level of particle size; a mixing of the flours resulting from sievings, the mixture constituting the desired milling.
US09067209B2
A delivery apparatus for selectively delivering one or more liquid reagents into a reaction or test chamber (2), especially of an assay apparatus, the apparatus comprising: one or more respective storage chambers (5,6) for containing the one or more liquid reagents and arranged generally above the reaction or test chamber (2); and a plunger element (4) arranged and operable for insertion into the mouth of a selected storage chamber so as to displace a selected reagent from therewithin into the reaction or test chamber (2) generally therebelow by gravitational liquid overflow from the mouth of the chamber. The apparatus may conveniently be provided as a discrete delivery unit, with the storage chambers (5,6) pretilled with the selected reagents.
US09067201B2
A method for generating hydrogen is disclosed. The method includes substantially submersing nanowires having metallic nanoparticles into water, exposing the water submerged nanowires to light, and collecting hydrogen gas produced by photolysis from the exposure to light.
US09067199B2
The present invention is the use of a catalyst to convert an alcohol into light olefins in a dehydration process wherein said catalyst comprises a phosphorus modified zeolite and is made by a method comprising the following steps in this order, a) the essential portion of the phosphorus is introduced into a zeolite comprising at least one ten members ring in the structure, b) the phosphorus modified zeolite of step a) is mixed with at least a component selected among one or more binders, salts of alkali-earth metals, salts of rare-earth metals, clays and shaping additives, b)* making a catalyst body from mixture b), c) an optional drying step or an optional drying step followed by a washing step, d) a calcination step, d*) an optional washing step followed by drying, e) optionally a small portion of phosphorus is introduced in the course of step b) or b)* or at end of step b) or b)*.
US09067187B2
The present invention relates to a process for gas-phase oxidation, in which a gaseous stream comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed through two or more catalyst zones. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a catalyst system for gas-phase reaction using a preliminary zone.
US09067180B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a hollow fibre membrane having a supporting layer and a separating layer, said process comprising: (a) extruding a spinning composition comprising a first polymer and a solvent for the first polymer through an inner annular orifice of a hollow-fibre die; (b) co-extruding a composition comprising an organic nucleophilic reagent and a mixtures of a solvent and a non-solvent for the first polymer, wherein the composition is either extruded through a central annular orifice of the hollow-fibre die or through an outer annular orifice of a hollow-fibre die; and (c) passing the hollow-fibre through a coagulation bath. The hollow fibre membrane according to the present invention can be used in gas separation processes, vapour separation processes and liquid filtration processes.
US09067162B2
An agricultural product treatment system. A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a truncated conical section which has a small diameter at one end in fluid communication with a conduit array conveying particulate matter from the DT. An open large diameter end of the structure is axially coextensive and coaxial with an expanded diameter conduit portion.
US09067158B2
A filter unit for removing particles from an air or gas flow, comprising a filter body having a front side, a rear side, and an edge side between the front side and the rear side, and an edge strip arranged on the edge side, which edge strip extends at least the height of the edge side and at least the length of the edge side, wherein the edge strip comprises a foamed thermoplastic material, which is molded to the edge side of the filter body such that the edge strip thereby is formed and fastened directly to the edge side of the filter body, and such that the edge is embedded in the edge strip.
US09067157B2
A vehicle, including: one or more fuel filters through which fuel that is supplied from one or more fuel tanks to an engine is to pass; and an operating seat in which a worker is to perform operation for activating the vehicle and a working implement that is installed on the vehicle, wherein the one or more fuel tanks are arranged at a position which is placed below a floor-face the operating seat has, the engine is arranged at a position which is placed in front of the operating seat with respect to a forward movement direction of a vehicle main body, and the one or more fuel filters are arranged at a position which is placed at a right side or a left side of the one or more fuel tanks with respect to the forward movement direction of the vehicle main body.
US09067150B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods supporting multiple networked users in a shared venue using short messaging service communication is described. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a game server, a display system in data communication with the game server, the display system including a shared screen, and a plurality of communication devices in data communication with the game server, each communication device including a text messaging transceiver to convey options and selections between the communication device and the game server, each communication device including functionality to use text messaging to interact with a game controlled by the game server, at least a portion of the game being displayable on the shared screen.
US09067147B1
A toy construct assembly system is designed for use with standardized toy construction building elements having standardized multiple male and female coupling elements. The system includes several small toy constructs, each having building elements and additional build parts that assemble to create the small toy construct in at least two distinct builds and then dissemble into its constituent parts. Each build of the small toy construct includes a small figure assembled from the building elements to which a plurality of the additional build parts are detachably coupled to create an assembled small toy construct. In addition, a combiner assembly set includes combiner assemblies that detachably couple with building elements of the small toy construct to create a large toy construct. The large toy construct is assembled from the plurality of small toy constructs and the combiner assembly set.
US09067130B2
A method is provided of awarding the value of winning tickets dispensed by a vending machine to patrons who purchased the winning tickets. The tickets are preprinted with game content and are associated with a deal of tickets that includes at least some predetermined winning tickets. For each winning ticket, the patron selects a ticket redemption option provided by the vending machine to either immediately redeem the value of the winning ticket at the vending machine, or defer immediate redemption. Electronic records are provided in a database for each winning ticket that include an indication of whether the winning ticket was redeemed. The deferral option allows the patron to redeem the value of the winning ticket at a cashier, wherein the electronic records are used by the cashier to assist in the redemption process. The dispensed winning ticket is redeemed in accordance with the first option or the second option without needing to be re-inserted into the vending machine.
US09067128B2
Balanced six-sided dice are provided. In this regard, a representative die includes a cubical body provided with a corresponding set of five indicia on each face, wherein four of the five indicia of each set form a square pattern with a fifth of the indicia being positioned at a center of the corresponding face.
US09067127B2
A glow-in-the-dark toy kit includes a light emitting device configured to be controlled by a first player. The light emitting device is configured to emit a wavelength of light around 405 nanometers from a light emitting diode powered by a power source. A light receiving device is associated with the light emitting device and configured to be worn by a second player. The light receiving device includes a phosphorescence layer reactive to the 405 nanometer wavelength of light. The devices are used in a dark environment allowing the 405 nanometer wavelength of light to react with the phosphorescence layer and display an imaginary or real impact when the first player uses the light emitting device to illuminate the light receiving device worn by the second player.
US09067120B2
A tennis score device includes a body and multiple ball blocks. One end of the long axis of the body is pivotally connected with a supporting rod, so that the body can rotate with respect to the supporting rod. Both sides of the body are formed with an accommodating recess, respectively. Each of the ball blocks has a connecting base and a ball base connected to the corresponding connecting base. Each of the ball blocks are mounted in sequence in the accommodating recesses on both sides of the body via the connecting base. For each of the ball blocks, the side of the ball base opposite to the connecting base has at least one concave ball area for holding a ball.
US09067117B1
The invention features a golf swing improvement device meant to improve a golf player's game. The device includes a first and second member connected with each other by way of a hinge portion. Extrusions extending from an outer wall of the first member protect the device from being hit by a player's dub during play, practice or while putting. The device also contemplates a configuration to enable use of golf alignment devices and/or sticks.
US09067116B1
A golf swing training apparatus and method for improving golf swing tempo and rhythm uses a lighted strip that sequentially illuminates the backswing and foreswing patterns of a desired golf swing tempo. A control unit operatively connected to the light strip is programmed to control and vary the speed and tempo of the lighting sequence of the strip as desired.
US09067106B1
An apparatus for retrieving an object: more than two claws mounted to a plunger that is movably housed within a cup, the claws extending through a lid of the cup. With the plunger at the bottom of the cup, each claw is retracted into the lid; with the plunger at the top of the cup, each claw extends beyond the lid to a ball-grasping position. At least one claw is bent and resilient. On pressing the tips of the claws against an object, the at least one claw bends apart from the other claws to admit the object between the claws, and on passing beyond a diameter of the object, the tip of the at least one claw springs back toward the other claws to capture the object between the claws.
US09067101B1
An oblong orbital exercising machine includes a main frame, an upright mounted on the main frame, a base frame mounted on the main frame, a support plate mounted on the base frame, two swinging members pivotally connected with the base frame, two primary rollers each connected with the respective swinging member and each placed on the support plate, a cycle movement mechanism mounted on the main frame, a belt wheel mounted on the upright, a belt mounted between the belt wheel and the cycle movement mechanism, two cranks mounted on the belt wheel, two driving levers each pivotally connected with the respective crank and the respective primary roller, two pedals each pivotally connected with the respective driving lever, two handles each mounted on the upright, and two driven levers each pivotally connected with the respective handle and the respective pedal.
US09067093B2
A hybrid diving board is disclosed. The hybrid diving board may include a primary diving board having a flat skid-resistant top surface and a bottom surface extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the board first end is configured for attachment to a diving stand and the board second end is a free end. A flex spring and/or a torsional control spring may also be provided that has a first end and a second end wherein the spring is adjacent to a surface of the diving board. The flex spring first end may be configured for attachment to the diving stand or to the diving board at a location proximate the board first end. The hybrid diving board may have a spring constant and/or average modulus of elasticity that is higher than a corresponding spring constant or modulus of elasticity of the primary diving board.
US09067086B2
A wearable training mask providing varied inhalation resistance settings and including a depth defining and air impermeable body having an exterior surface and an interior surface exhibiting a perimeter extending seal such that the body is adapted to overlay a wearer's mouth and nose. A plurality of air admittance valve subassemblies are provided and incorporated into locations along the body. Each of the valve subassemblies exhibit multiple resistance settings for affecting a degree of air flow into the mask in response to inhalation by the wearer. Straps extending from said body have inter-engaging ends affixing about the wearers head.
US09067085B2
The present disclosure provides a way to enhance the photoconductivity and/or the SPF of a semiconductor. By dispersing the semiconductor with a compound having multiple phenyl groups in a polar carrier oil, the semiconductor exhibits greatly improved photoconductivity and/or SPF over dispersions comprising the semiconductor alone.
US09067051B2
The invention relates to a valve device for controlling a flow of a fluid through a fluid channel, having a tube (2) made of a flexible material, in which a section of a fluid channel is formed, a valve component (1) assigned to the tube (2), a cantilevered arm (8), which is designed to be reversibly displaceable on the valve component (1) against a restoring force supplied at least partially by the cantilevered arm (8) itself, a squeeze element (10), which is arranged on a distal end of the cantilevered arm (8) for support of the cantilevered arm (8) on the valve component (1) and is configured to control a flow of a fluid through the fluid channel by pressing against an outside surface of the tube (2), optionally up to the closing of the fluid channel, and an actuator (11) which is configured to displace the squeeze element (10) in various control directions against the restoring force on the cantilevered arm (8), so that the pressure of the squeeze element (10) on the outside surface of the tube (2) and thereby the flow through the fluid channel can be regulated. In addition, the invention also relates to a system having at least one valve device and a pressure-applying device as well as a multi-way valve device having multiple valve devices.
US09067037B2
A wire adjuster for adjusting a position of an element within a limb of a breathing circuit. The wire adjuster comprises an interior wall engaging portion configured for engaging a surrounding interior wall of said limb and an element receiving portion coupled with the interior wall engaging portion, wherein the element receiving portion is configured for releasably securing the element as the wire adjuster is movably engaging with the surrounding interior wall, such that the wire adjuster can be used to selectively locate an element within the limb of the breathing circuit.
US09067026B2
A vascular access graft (1) comprises an elongate conduit (2) having proximal and distal ends (3, 4). At least a portion of the elongate conduit (2) has a self-sealing property such that the portion remains impermeable after puncturing by a dialysis needle. The vascular access graft (1) also comprises a helical fin (6) projecting inwardly from the inner surface (5) of the elongate conduit (2) and extending parallel to the axis of the elongate conduit (2).
US09067025B2
A safety insert for an extra-corporeal circuit includes a first half-shell and a second half-shell forming a shell defining an inner duct, at least part of the second half-shell being made with a translucent material; a first connector to be connected to the extra-corporeal circuit, and a second connector to be connected to a transducer; and a first hydrophobic semi-permeable membrane having a first area A1 and a second hydrophobic semi-permeable membrane having a second area A2, with the two membranes being arranged in series along the inner duct. In a front view, the extent of an overlapping area A12 of the membranes is between 0% and 50% of the smaller of the two areas A1, A2. An extra-corporeal circuit includes the safety insert.
US09067021B2
The present invention relates to a needleless injector. The needleless injector includes a piston shaft with a plurality of holders on an outer surface in a circumferential direction; a cylinder assembly which slidably receives and supports the piston shaft in the forward and backward directions; and a plurality of balls which are received in the cylinder assembly and disposed around the piston shaft, the plurality of balls being movable in a radial direction and inserted into the plurality of holders when the piston shaft is moved in the backward direction. The injector also includes a trigger button slidably coupled to a rear end of the cylinder assembly to form a trigger end interrupting the movement of the balls inserted into the holders in the radial direction, the trigger button releasing the interruption of the trigger end when the piston shaft is slid in the forward direction.
US09067017B2
There is provided a flow system of a dialysis device including a dialysate conduit which is capable of being in fluid communication with the peritoneal cavity of a patient's body and of being in fluid communication with a flow path, the flow path allowing dialysate to flow from a patient's body to a sorbent capable of removing contaminants within the dialysate in an outflow mode and in an inflow mode returning the dialysate substantially free of contaminants to the patient's body. The device also includes a pump for moving the dialysate along the flow path in both the outflow mode and inflow mode and a plurality of valves disposed along the flow path. There is also provided a portable dialysis device.
US09067004B2
A portable assembly for processing red blood cells RBCs including a disposable blood collection set including a blood bag, an anaerobic storage bag and an oxygen and/or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device disposed between the blood collection bag and anaerobic storage bag. The portable assembly further provides for a gas circulation device in fluid communication with the oxygen or oxygen and carbon dioxide depletion device. The gas circulation device includes a pressure source that is able circulate flushing gas through the depletion device as RBCs pass from the blood collection bag, through the depletion device and into the anaerobic storage bag.
US09067002B2
An aliphatic polyester polymer for stent coating is described.
US09067001B2
The present application teaches a coating having a biologically compatible compound conjugated to, or blended with, a polymer, wherein the polymer includes at least one olefin-derived unit and at least one unit derived from a vinyl alcohol, an allyl alcohol, or derivatives thereof.
US09066996B1
Methods to selectively control the bio-degradation rates of biologically compatible microstructures and methods to control the bio-degradation rates of three-dimensional biological scaffolds, such as ordered open-cellular polymer structures used as biological growth templates are disclosed. Medical uses and application of these materials are disclosed.
US09066992B2
The present invention is directed to polymeric compositions comprising a biodegradable copolymer that possesses shape-memory properties and implantable devices (e.g., drug-delivery stents) formed of materials (e.g., a coating) containing such compositions. The polymeric compositions can also contain at least one non-fouling moiety, at least additional biocompatible polymer, at least one biobeneficial material, at least one bioactive agent, or a combination thereof. The polymeric compositions are formulated to possess good mechanical, physical and biological properties. Moreover, implantable devices formed of materials comprising such compositions can be delivered to the treatment site in a conveniently compressed size and then can expand to dimensions appropriate for their medical functions.
US09066987B2
A solution in which an ultraviolet radiation source is mounted on a flexible substrate is provided. The flexible substrate is capable of having a deformation curvature of at least 0.1 inverse meters. The flexible substrate may be incorporated within an existing enclosure or included in the enclosure. The flexible substrate can be utilized as part of a solution for disinfecting one or more items located within the enclosure. In this case, while the items are within the enclosure, ultraviolet radiation is generated and directed at the items. Wiring for the ultraviolet radiation source can be embedded within the flexible substrate and the flexible substrate can have at least one of: a wave-guiding structure, an ultraviolet absorbing surface, or an ultraviolet reflective surface. A control system can be utilized to manage generation of the ultraviolet radiation within the enclosure.
US09066984B2
Endogenous Sp35 is a negative regulator for neuronal survival, axon regeneration, oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination (Negative Regulator). Molecules that block endogenous Sp35 function, such anti-Sp35 antibodies can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neuron and oligodendrocyte dysfunction. The present invention provides antibodies specific for Sp35, and methods of using such antibodies as antagonists of endogenous Sp35 function. The invention further provides specific hybridoma and phage library-derived monoclonal antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, and vectors and host cells comprising these antibodies. The invention further provides methods of promoting oligodendrocyte survival and myelination in a vertebrate, comprising administering to a vertebrate in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-Sp35 antibody.
US09066980B2
The present invention relates to shelf-stable liquid formulations of palonosetron for reducing chemotherapy and radiotherapy induced emesis with palonosetron. The formulations are particularly useful in the preparation of intravenous and oral liquid medicaments.
US09066978B2
Disclosed are synthetic nanocarrier compositions with coupled adjuvant compositions as well as related methods.
US09066977B2
Disclosed are use of a benzophenone derivative represented by general formula (I) or a salt thereof and one or more immunosuppressing agents in combination, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the benzophenone derivative or a salt thereof and one or more immunosuppressing agents. The use and the composition are useful for treatment or prevention of autoimmune diseases and the like. (In the formula, R1 represents an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, a substituted phenyl group or the like; Z represents an alkylene group or the like; R2 represents a carboxyl group, which may be protected by an alkyl group, or the like; R3 represents an optionally protected hydroxyl group or the like; R4 represents an optionally substituted cycloalkyloxy group or the like; and R5 represents a hydrogen atom or the like.)
US09066961B2
The medicament for the prevention or the relief of poisoning by large clostridial cytotoxins (LCTs), in particular Clostridium difficile toxins A and B (TcdA and TcdB), is characterized by containing as active ingredient at least one effector, namely an inhibitor or activator of the autocatalytic protease activity of LCTs (large clostridial cytotoxins).
US09066957B2
This invention provides a dry powder inhaler comprising: a dry powder medicament comprising fluticasone propionate, salmeterol xinafoate and a lactose carrier; wherein, the delivered dose of salmeterol per actuation is less than 50 μg; and wherein the dose provides a baseline-adjusted FEV1 in a patient of more than 150 mL within 30 minutes of receiving the dose. A method of treating a patient includes administering to a patient a dry powder medicament having fluticasone propionate, salmeterol xinafoate and a lactose carrier; wherein, the delivered dose of salmeterol per actuation is less than 50 μg; and wherein the dose provides a baseline-adjusted FEV1 in a patient of more than 150 mL within 30 minutes of receiving the dose.
US09066942B2
The disclosed invention is drawn to pharmaceutical tablets that provide delivery of active agents having at least three oxygen-containing groups, as well as a second active ingredient. Non-limiting examples of three oxygen-containing group active agents include guaifenesin, codeine, hydrocodone, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. In one embodiment, a pharmaceutical tablet for oral administration once every 12 hours is provided. The tablet includes a first active agent that is a tri-oxy active agent, a second active agent, and a release rate controlling non-ionic oxyl-containing hydrophilic polymer. The total oxyl content of the hydrophilic polymer in the tablet is about 4×10−4 moles to about 2.0×10−3 moles.
US09066937B2
Epidermal lipoxygenase obtained from axolotl is utilized in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions. The compositions have use in wound healing, bone healing or conditioning of injured tissue, e.g. in wound dressings.
US09066925B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, for stimulating liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, massive liver resection and toxic injury, or following liver transplantation, including small-for-size liver transplantation, by inhibiting activation of complement.
US09066919B2
This application provides methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer. The application provides compositions including hyaluronic acid and a chemotherapeutic agent such as irinotecan that are useful in the treatment of cancer.
US09066912B2
The present invention includes methods for the inhibition of post-operative adhesion formation between tissue surfaces in a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure, which methods involve administering Tranilast, or an analog thereof, directly to tissue surfaces in the body cavity in amounts and under conditions effective to inhibit formation of adhesions, and to delivery vehicles and compositions suitable for use for local, non-systemic administration of a drug to the body and directly to tissue within a body cavity having been subjected to a surgical procedure.
US09066910B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided for obtaining an extract from a cannabis plant for medical uses. In one embodiment, a method for obtaining an extract from a cannabis plant for medical uses is provided. The method comprises (a) providing cannabis flower trimmings with trichome material, (b) providing clean, cold water to at least cover cannabis the cannabis flower trimmings, (c) agitating the mixture of cannabis flower trimmings and water (d) soaking the cannabis flower trimming in cold water for at least one minute, (e) removing cannabis flower trimmings from the water, (f) removing the trichome material from the water and (g) drying the trichome material to contain no more than 10% total water weight.
US09066908B2
The invention provides use of a TSG-6 polypeptide, or a polynucleotide encoding an TSG-6 polypeptide, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a bone disease or condition associated with bone resorption by osteoclasts.
US09066905B2
The invention provides heteropolymer compositions and peptide compositions, and methods of making and using therapeutic compositions comprising amino acid heteropolymers for treatment of a subject for an autoimmune or an inflammatory disease, the heteropolymer compositions made by solid state synthesis. The invention also provides kits for assaying binding of a composition to a water-soluble MHC protein.
US09066900B2
Mutant Listeria bacteria that modulate interferon-B production are provided. The subject bacteria are characterized by having a mutation in a gene chosen from a TetR gene, a LadR gene, a VirR gene, a MarR gene a MdrL gene, a MdrT gene and a MdrM gene. The subject bacteria find use in a variety of applications, where representative applications of interest include, but are not limited to: (a) use of the subject bacteria as adjuvants; (b) use of the subject bacteria as delivery vectors for introducing macromolecules into a cell; (c) use of the subject bacteria as vaccines for eliciting or boosting a cellular immune response; etc.
US09066899B2
The invention relates to use of an antigen derived from the circumsporozoite protein (CS) protein of Plasmodium falciparum which is expressed at the pre-erythrocytic stage of malarial infection in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant, in the manufacture of a medicament for vaccinating infants against malaria.
US09066897B2
A method and vaccine for modulating the immune system of animals with diseases other than caused by P. insidiosum, comprising administering to the animal immune modulating effective amount of the P. insidiosum, Strain MTPI-04. The vaccine uses an immune response that effectively treats and manages a variety of human and animal diseases.
US09066889B2
A non-fluoride containing toothpaste enriched with at least one dietary supplement. The non-fluoride containing toothpaste comprising a dentally acceptable oral vehicle containing a sufficient amount of thickening agent to impart a pasty consistency; and at least one dietary supplement wherein a serving size portion of the non-fluoride containing toothpaste contains more than about 2 percent of the reference daily intake (RDI) of the dietary supplement.
US09066880B2
This invention relates to cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations comprising (i) a diastereomer or a mixture of two or more diastereomers of the compound of formula (I) or (ii) a salt of a diastereomer or of a mixture of two or more diastereomers of the compound of formula (I) or (iii) a mixture of two or more salts of a diastereomer or of a mixture of two or more diastereomers of the compound of formula (I), a diastereomer, salt or a mixture as defined above as a drug for topical application and/or for the treatment of lipoatrophy; the non-therapeutic use of a diastereomer, salt or a mixture as defined above for the prevention, treatment or reduction of skin aging, especially skin wrinkles; the use of a diastereomer, salt or a mixture as defined above for the production of an orally administered non-pharmaceutical preparation.
US09066872B2
Disclosed is the use of UV absorbers selected from (a1) diphenylacrylates; (a2) hydroxyphenyl triazines of formula (1), in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another, are C1-C18alkyl; (a3) benzotriazole derivatives of formula (2), wherein R4 is a random statistical mixture of at least three isomeric branched secondary alkyl groups each having 8 to 30 carbon atoms and having the formula (2a); E1 is a straight-chain C1-C14alkyl; E2 is a straight-chain C4-C15alkyl; wherein the total number of carbon atoms in E1 plus E2 is from 7 to 29; and R5 is C1-C5alkyl; and (a4) di-alkyl naphthalate; for stabilizing cosmetic compositions comprising (b) symmetrical triazine derivatives of formula (3), wherein A is a radical of formula (3a); or (3b) R6 and R10 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C18alkyl; or C6-C12aryl; R7, R8 and R9 independently from each other are hydrogen; or a radical of formula (3c), wherein, in formula (3a), at least one of the radicals R7, R8 and R9 are a radical of formula (3c); R11, R12, R13 and R14 independently from each other are hydrogen; hydroxy; halogen; C1-C18alkyl; C1-C18alkoxy; C6-C12aryl; biphenylyl; C6-C12aryloxy; C1-C18alkylthio; carboxy; —COOM; C1-C18-alkylcarboxyl; aminocarbonyl; mono- or di-C1-C18alkylamino; C1-C10acylamino; or —COOH; M is an alkali metal ion; x is 1 or 2; and y is a number from 2 to 10; and a UV-absorber selected from (c1) cinnamic acid derivatives; and (C2) dibenzoylmethane derivatives.
US09066871B2
Sodium hypochlorite-based compositions that are non-toxic and have antimicrobial and cleansing properties may include from about 0.025% to about 10% by weight of sodium hypochlorite. For example, the compositions may include less than 1% by weight of sodium hypochlorite (e.g., less than 0.5% by weight of sodium hypochlorite). The compositions may further include sodium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, cocamide MEA, disodium EDTA, and deionized water. Such compositions may be applied externally to a mammalian body through rinse-off or leave-on applications. Compositions also may be incorporated as a component of other products, such as deodorants, towelettes, or powders.
US09066865B2
The present invention provides compositions containing (i) a pharmaceutically active agent selected from a group consisting of an arylcycloalkyamine or a derivative, analogue or pharmaceutically active salt thereof, and (ii) a biocompatible polymer or a combination of biocompatible polymers. The compositions or medicaments containing these compositions may be used for the prevention and/or treatment of inner ear diseases, e.g. tinnitus.
US09066857B2
The invention relates to an edible product containing a decontaminant. Particularly, the invention relates to an edible product, for instance, a food-like product, containing an effective amount of activated charcoal to mitigate, substantially reduce or cause the cessation of at least one adverse effect associated with the ingestion of a toxic substance. The invention also relates to methods for manufacturing such a decontaminant edible product and uses thereof.
US09066856B2
The present invention relates to stable, preservative- and antioxidant-free liquid formulations of phenylephrine and ketorolac for injection.
US09066854B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment of premature ejaculation are provided wherein a composition comprising a topical anesthetic, a shear-thinning polymeric thickener, a lipophilic component that is selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic C1 to C8 alcohol, an aliphatic C8 to C30 ester, a liquid polyol and a mixture thereof, water and a buffer system that provides a buffered pH value for the composition in the range of about 3 to about 7.4 is administered to the penile meatus.
US09066853B2
Effective treatments of pain for extended periods of time are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of clonidine in a fiber at or near a target site, one can relieve pain caused by diverse sources, including but not limited to spinal disc herniation (i.e. sciatica), spondilothesis, stenosis, discogenic back pain and joint pain, as well as pain that is incidental to surgery. When appropriate fiber formulations are provided within biodegradable polymers, this pain relief can be continued for at least three days.
US09066849B2
The invention provides a pillbox comprising a plurality of pill receiving compartments detachably connected with one another in side-by-side relation to form a unitary structure, each of the compartments being constructed to store pills to be taken at a single predetermined time and have an opening which is covered by a cover and through which 5 the compartment is accessible; wherein the unitary structure is configured such that the plurality of compartments are arranged sequentially according to a medication schedule created according to a prescription, with the compartment storing the pills to be taken first as an outermost one, and that only the opening of the outermost compartment is permitted to be uncovered all the time, and wherein the outermost compartment is removed from the 10 unitary structure after the pills contained therein are taken. The invention also provides a medication management system and a mediation dispensing system based on the pillbox.
US09066840B2
A portable stretcher apparatus includes a pack having a first portion and a second portion removably coupled to said first portion with a fastener, said pack defining an internal compartment when said first portion is coupled to said second portion. The pack may be made of a suitable material such as canvas, vinyl or plastic. The pack may have straps, handles, grips or the like. The pack may contain a variety of first aid products and medicine for animals. The pack may also contain a stretcher that is collapsible and situated within storage compartment defined by the pack.
US09066832B2
In an incontinence article in pant form, a crotch section is connected to stomach and back sections in respective overlapping regions of the crotch section and the stomach section and the crotch section and the back section, by means of multiple adhesive strips extending spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction of the incontinence article, wherein the adhesive strips occupy essentially the entire respective overlapping region, and wherein a width at least those ones of the adhesive strips transverse to their extend that are located inwardly of other ones of the adhesive strips that are located at a border side of the respective overlapping region, is 1 mm to at most 5 mm, and wherein a width of the adhesive-free strips transverse to their extent is at least 1 mm to at most 15 mm.
US09066830B2
An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body includes: a sheet supplying mechanism for supplying a sheet from a sheet roll; a crusher for crushing the sheet into a fibrous matter by scraping a reeling-out tip end of the reeled out sheet; and a fiber stacking device for forming the absorbent body in a predetermined shape by laminating the fibrous matter to be sent out from the crusher. When switching a supply of the sheet to the crusher from one to another sheet supplying mechanism, at least two sheet supplying mechanisms supply the sheet to the crusher over a predetermined period including a period in which the one sheet supplying mechanism decreases a sheet reeling-out speed, in correspondence with the period in which the one sheet supplying mechanism decreases the sheet reeling-out speed, the other sheet supplying mechanism increases a sheet reeling-out speed.
US09066829B2
An ear warmer comprises a frame and a fabric member. The frame has an ear portion and a band portion. The ear portion of the frame includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side of the ear portion defines an interior portion of an opening. The second side of the ear portion defines an exterior portion of the opening. The fabric member includes at least its own ear portion coupled to the ear portion of the frame. The ear portion of the fabric member covers the interior portion of the opening in substantially its entirety and covers less than an entirety of the exterior portion of the opening.
US09066827B2
An expandable slide and lock stent is provided that comprises a plurality of radial elements interconnected to form a tubular member. Each radial element can comprise a helical backbone and at least one elongate member extending from the helical backbone in a circumferential direction. Each backbone can have at least one slot that can be configured to receive an elongate member of an adjacent radial element.
US09066821B2
A suspension liner sleeve adapted to provide an interface between a residual limb and a prosthetic socket, and having outer and inner surfaces. The liner sleeve includes an elongate, generally conical body portion formed from at least one material segment defining the liner outer surface. The at least one material segment being at least radially elastically extensible from a relaxed non-extended condition and including proximal and distal end areas. The liner sleeve includes a layer of polymeric material disposed on the at least one material segment and defining the liner sleeve inner surface, and a plurality of resilient seal elements protruding radially from the liner sleeve outer surface. The plurality of seal elements extend around at least one peripheral portion of the liner body portion. A pair of opposed annular recesses may be adjacently located above and below each of the at least one seal element.
US09066820B2
The liner or sleeve is for use around a joint, for example, as a skin interface between a limb and a prosthetic or orthotic device. The liner or sleeve includes an elastomeric material defining a tubular member to be positioned around a joint. A tendon is attached along a portion of the tubular member to urge the elastomeric material at such portion of the tubular member to contract. The tendon may be integrally molded within the portion of the tubular member. The tendon may be formed of an elastomeric material having a higher durometer hardness relative to the durometer hardness of the tubular member elastomeric material. With the present approach, it is possible to maintain the use of a two part mold while providing a liner or sleeve with enhanced flexion adjacent to a joint area.
US09066819B2
A lower limb prosthesis system and a method of controlling the prosthesis system to replace a missing lower extremity of an individual and perform a gait cycle are disclosed. The prosthesis system has a controller, one or more sensors, a prosthetic foot, and a movable ankle joint member coupled to the prosthetic foot. The movable ankle joint member comprises a hydraulic damping system that provides the ankle joint member damping resistance. The controller varies the damping resistance by providing volumetric flow control to the hydraulic damping system based on sensor data. In one embodiment, the hydraulic damping system comprises a hydraulic piston cylinder assembly, hydraulic fluid, and a valve to regulate the fluid. In one embodiment, the controller alters the damping resistance by modulating the valve to vary the hydraulic fluid flow within the hydraulic piston cylinder assembly of the movable ankle joint member based on sensor data.
US09066800B2
A dual valve prosthesis having first and second prosthetic valve components with a linkage that connects the first and second prosthetic valve components together is disclosed. Each of the first and second prosthetic valve components includes a stent structure with a prosthetic valve secured therein. In a disclosed method, the first and second prosthetic valve components include prosthetic mitral and aortic valves, respectively, and the dual heart valve prosthesis is configured to replace both the native mitral and aortic valves of the heart in a single transcatheter heart valve implantation procedure. The linkage between the first and second prosthetic valve components is configured to secure the anterior mitral valve leaflet against a wall of the left ventricle when the dual valve prosthesis is implanted within the heart.
US09066798B2
A prosthetic valve device, a method for making a valve device, and a method for implanting a valve device into a recipient are provided. The valve device includes at least one flexible member formed at least partially from a woven layer. The woven layer includes a first material and a second material being at least partially woven together. The at least one flexible member is movable between a first position that permits fluid flow in a first direction and a second position that substantially prevents fluid flow in a second direction. The valve has a first, unexpanded configuration and a second, expanded configuration.
US09066787B1
A laterally applied orthosis has a dynamic flexible stiffener that is configured to extend across a joint and to impede joint movement caused by muscle contractions by resisting flexing but allowing some movement in the joint. The stiffener is elastic so that it rebounds to its original form under its inherent bias after flexing due to movement of the joint. The stiffener is housed within a brace having a plurality of adjustable straps extending from the brace. The straps can be fastened to one another or the brace itself to form a substantially tubular structure for securing the brace to a limb. At least one of the plurality of straps is semi-rigid and malleable.
US09066778B2
A massage device is provided with a pouch containing a liquid medium and a massage prong for imparting massage pressure on the person's body during a massage. The pouch is configured for application to the body such that it covers an area on the body substantially larger than the massage prong. The massage prong operates and applies a force to the body through the wall of the pouch. The massage prong is permitted to move within at least a portion of the area without substantial movement of the pouch relative to the body. A lubricating layer sealed present massager can provide a relaxing and therapeutic heated or cooled massage over a large area of the body while reducing pinching and friction between the skin and the massage prong.
US09066776B2
A porous material for insertion cleaning of instruments is provided, such porous material including an at least partially open-cell foam body and a surface configured to enable an instrument having contaminants to be inserted into the body. The body may be configured to substantially grip the instrument to remove a substantial portion of the contaminants from the instrument.
US09066773B2
A dental rotary drive cutting tool, which can limit breaking location to the shank side, and increase life span until breakage, is provided. A peeso reamer (10) as the dental rotary drive cutting tool according to the present invention includes a cutting portion (11) formed on the tip side, a shank (12) formed in a base, and a neck part (13) formed between the cutting portion (11) and the shank (12), wherein the neck part (13) includes a tapered portion (13a), which is wider on the tip side and narrower on the base side, and a straight portion (13b), which has a constant thickness with the same diameter as that of the end of the tapered portion on the base side. While it breaks at the narrowest portion of the tapered portion, this portion is a straight portion, and thus increase in life span is possible.
US09066772B2
An intra-oral scanning device includes a light source and an optical system, and communicates with a display system. The device captures images of an object of interest, e.g., patient teeth or associated anatomy, by projecting the light source as a first series of frames, and a second series of frames. The first series of frames projects first pattern data, and the second series of frames projects second data. The second series of frames are interleaved between frames in the first series of frames. The frames in the first series are partially-illuminated and are used to capture data for a 3D model. The frames in the second series are preferably fully-illuminated and are used to generate a live preview of the object. By displaying the live preview frames in juxtaposition to the 3D model, the operator is provided with visual feedback of the object.
US09066768B2
A method for joining of biological elements is disclosed. A plate is placed over a first segment and a second segment. The plate is attached to the first segment and the second segment. A dowel channel is drilled thru a dowel hole of the plate. A dowel is inserted into the dowel channel, wherein the dowel crosses a joining plane of the first segment and the second segment. A locking screw is placed on a top side of the dowel to lock the dowel in place.
US09066767B2
A bone fixation implant is provided that includes a bone fixation plate and a plurality of fasteners. The bone fixation plate corresponds generally to stress lines imparted onto the mandible during anatomical function of the mandible. Thus, the bone fixation plate includes a primary leg and an auxiliary leg extending obliquely out from the primary leg.
US09066766B2
According to one example embodiment, a bone fixation plate may include a metaphysis portion, a central column portion, and a lateral column portion. The metaphysis portion is configured to conform to a metaphysis of a volar side of a radius bone. The central column portion is configured to conform to a central column of a diaphysis of the volar side of the radius bone. The lateral column portion is configured to conform to a lateral column of the diaphysis of the volar side of the radius bone.
US09066756B2
A telescopically adjustable strut for use with orthopedic external fixators has a first end and a second end and includes a universal-hinged connector provided at each of the first and second ends for connecting the strut to orthopedic external fixator base members. The universal-hinged connector is configured and adapted for pivoting the strut relative to the base members and to lock the universal-hinged connector at a desired angle.
US09066754B2
A trocar and cannula assembly with improved conical valve that incorporates a plurality of ribs to restrict and/or otherwise influence valve movement, and a plurality of improved convolutes and bumps to enhance performance characteristics.
US09066753B2
An instrument set is provided that has a tapered configuration that facilitates the insertion of the instrument set into a patient.
US09066743B1
A holding device for a surgical instrument that includes a central instrument holding plate with a channel for removably receiving the neck of a weighted speculum, patient attachment straps extending from the holding plate and configured to surround a patient's thighs as a means for securing the holding plate to a patient's vaginal area, and instrument fasteners attached to the holding plate for releasably holding the weighted speculum when the weighted speculum is in use. The instrument fasteners are cooperating flexible arms that are configured to releasably hold the speculum within the channel of the holding plate. The channel sized and shaped so that it does not interfere with the functioning of the weighted speculum.
US09066740B2
A robotic instrument system having an elongate sheath instrument and an elongate catheter instrument positioned within a working lumen of the sheath instrument is controlled by selectively operating an instrument driver coupled to the catheter instrument to place a control element extending through the catheter instrument in tension, and thereby articulate at least a distal end portion the catheter instrument, while automatically compensating for a torsional force exerted on the sheath instrument in a first direction due to articulation of the distal end portion of the catheter, by urging the sheath instrument to twist in a second direction opposite of the first direction.
US09066735B2
An electrosurgical system includes at least a first unit and a second unit, the second unit being detachably connectible to the first unit and including an electrode assembly. The first unit includes a power supply, an RF oscillator circuit for generating a radio frequency output, and an output stage adapted to supply an RE output to the electrode assembly. The second unit includes an identification circuit presenting, in an alternating manner, a parameter with a first finite non-zero value for a first time period, and a parameter with a second finite value for a second time period. The first unit includes a sensing circuit and a controller adapted to detect a characteristic of the identification circuit and provide an output signal, the controller connected to the sensing circuit and receiving the output signal, adjusts the RF output so as to suit the particular electrode assembly.
US09066730B2
An attachment for a surgical instrument including a drive input hub for connection to a power source; a drive output hub for connection to a surgical instrument; and a body connecting the drive input hub to the drive output hub, the body including a mechanism for transferring drive from the input hub to the output hub, and wherein the body, the drive input hub and the drive output hub are at least in part not coaxial. A method for surgically preparing a bone using the attachment is also provided.
US09066724B2
A device for morcellating tissue within a body cavity of a patient comprises a stationary tube (8) having a distal end portion, and a bipolar electrosurgical electrode assembly (13) located at the distal end of the tube. The electrosurgical electrode assembly (13) comprises first and second electrodes (14, 16) separated by an insulation member (15). When an electrosurgical cutting voltage is applied to the electrode assembly (13), and relative movement is initiated between the tube (8) and the tissue, a slug of severed tissue is formed within the tube such that it can be removed from the body cavity of the patient. The bipolar electrosurgical assembly (13) has a first circumferential region (A) and a second circumferential region (B), the first circumferential region (A) being longer than the second circumferential region (B). In the first circumferential region (A), the first electrode (14) is disposed further forwardly as compared with the second electrode (16); and, in the second circumferential region (B), the second electrode (16) is disposed at least as far forwardly as compared with the first electrode (14).
US09066712B2
A system for treating tissue in a patient includes a body having a cooling fluid supply path and a tissue piercing probe in fluid communication with the cooling fluid supply path. The probe extends distally from the body and is insertable into the tissue through the patient's skin. A cooling fluid source is fluidly coupled with the probe such that when cooling is initiated, cooling fluid flows in the probe thereby cooling the probe and any adjacent tissue. A heater element is in thermal engagement with the cooling fluid source and a power source provides power to the heater element thereby heating the cooling fluid. The power source has sufficient power to heat the cooling fluid to at least a desired temperature but has insufficient power to heat the cooling fluid above a critical temperature which results in rupture of the cooling fluid source.
US09066710B2
A device for transcatheter gathering of tissue of a heart valve leaflet may include an elongated tube, a capture tool moveable in the tube between a retracted position and an extended position, a tissue support located within a distal portion of the tube, and a clamping member pivotable in the tube between an open position spaced from the tissue support and a closed position adjacent the tissue support. The clamping member may have a flattened clamping portion and a C-shaped portion that defines a pocket therein. An open side of the C-shaped portion may face the tissue support. The capture tool and the clamping member may be operable to gather and clamp tissue between the tissue support and the clamping member, such that the clamped tissue has a gathered configuration. The device may also include a releasable clip adapted to hold the clamped tissue in the gathered configuration.
US09066707B2
An apparatus comprises: an imaging system (10) configured to acquire emission data from a cyclically varying element; a monitoring instrument (20, 22) configured to measure the cyclical varying of the cyclically varying element; and an electronic device (40) configured to locate an image feature corresponding to the cyclically varying element in the acquired emission data based on correlation of time variation of the emission data with the cyclical varying of the cyclically varying element measured by the monitoring instrument. The located image feature may be verified by: thresholding a projection image generated from the emission data to generate a mask image; identifying in the mask image one of (i) a hollow circular feature, (ii) a hollow oval feature, (iii) a circular cavity feature, and (iv) an oval cavity feature; and verifying the located image feature based on whether the identifying operation is successful.
US09066691B2
According to embodiments, systems and methods for generating reference signals are provided. A signal may be transformed using a continuous wavelet transform. Regions of interest may be selected from a transform or the resulting scalogram that may be used to generate a reference signal to use in filtering the signal or other signals. Cross-correlation techniques may be used to cancel noise components or isolate non-noise components from the signal. A physiological parameter may then be determined from the filtered signal or isolated components in the signal.
US09066690B2
Disclosed is a needle assembly for viewing flashback during a blood collection procedure. The needle assembly including a housing having a base portion defining a cavity and an extension extending distally from the base portion, the extension being of a transparent material and defining a lumen therethrough, a first cannula supported within the extension and extending distally from the extension, the first cannula having a piercing tip configured to enter a vessel, and a second cannula supported within the cavity of the base portion, wherein the second cannula is fluidly communicated with the first cannula via the lumen formed in the extension.
US09066689B2
The invention relates to a lancet wheel comprising multiple annularly positioned lancets (3), which have a lancet body (3b) that is made of metal and ends in a lancet tip (3a), and a carrier (5), to which the lancets (3) are connected via radially running webs (6), which allow raising of the lancets (3) into the usage position. According to the invention, it is provided that the lancets (3) are radially aligned, and the webs (6) have a plastic body, which predefine an intended bending point, around which the webs (6) are bent to raise the lancets (3). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a lancet wheel.
US09066685B2
Methods and devices are disclosed that, in various embodiments and permutations and combinations of inventions, diagnose and treat Multiple Sclerosis or associated symptoms. In one series of embodiments, the invention consists of methods and devices for identifying patients whose Multiple Sclerosis or associated symptoms are caused or exacerbated, at least in part, by blockages of one or more of the patient's internal jugular veins (IJV) or azygous veins (AZV). In some instances, stenoses or other flow limiting structures or lesions in the patient's affected veins are identified. Further, in some instances the nature of such lesions and whether there is a significant disruption of blood pressure, or both, is ascertained. In some embodiments, methods and devices for applying one or more therapies to the blockages in the patient's IJV or AZV veins are provided.
US09066680B1
This disclosure describes, among other features, systems and methods for using multiple physiological parameter inputs to determine multiparameter confidence in respiratory rate measurements. For example, a patient monitoring system can programmatically determine multiparameter confidence in respiratory rate measurements obtained from an acoustic sensor based at least partly on inputs obtained from other non-acoustic sensors or monitors. The patient monitoring system can output a multiparameter confidence indication reflective of the programmatically-determined multiparameter confidence. The multiparameter confidence indication can assist a clinician in determining whether or how to treat a patient based on the patient's respiratory rate.
US09066673B2
Example systems, apparatus, circuits, and so on described herein concern intervention-independent scan plane control for an MRI system. A tracking device capable of being manipulated independently of an interventional device in use to treat a patient transmits position signals describing an orientation of the tracking device to an MRI system. The MRI system determines a desired scan plan that will correspond to the orientation of the tracking device and performs a diagnostic scan on the desired scan plan.
US09066670B2
A sensor unit for use in measurements on a subject is presented. The sensor unit includes a near field electromagnetic sensor and a flexible signal transmission structure, which are integral with one another by means of at least one common continuous surface. The flexible signal transmission structure is constructed from a first layer including signal connection lines associated with sensor cells near field electromagnetic sensor and a second electrically conductive layer electrically coupled to the electrically conductive material of the sensor.
US09066666B2
A patient monitor capable of measuring microcirculation at a tissue site includes a light source, a beam splitter, a photodetector and a patient monitor. Light emitted from the light source is split into a reference arm and a sample arm. The light in the sample arm is directed at a tissue site, such as an eyelid. The reflected light from the tissue site is interfered with the light from the reference arm. The photodetector measures the interference of the light from both the sample arm and the reference arm. The patient monitor uses the measurements from the photodetector to calculate the oxygen saturation at the tissue site and monitor the microcirculation at the tissue site.
US09066658B2
In a surgical system, a system controller executes a video signature identification and image control routine to maintain quality of a video image taken by a video camera located at a surgical site and provided on a video display. The system includes a video camera/light source handpiece for insertion into a patient body. A tool is inserted separately into the surgical site. Fluid input into the surgical site is provided by a liquid pump or by an insufflator. Video signals are analyzed and fluid input/output, fluid pressure, and/or tool operation is automatically controlled to maintain image quality of the surgical site without manual adjustments.
US09066650B2
A medical control system comprises: first and second controllers; a touch panel operation unit which receives an operation to the controllers; a switching unit which selectively switches a connection state between first and second states. The operation unit has a touch signal transmission unit which transmits a signal to the first controller when and the operation unit is touched in the first state. The first controller has a first operation command transmission unit which transmits to a peripheral equipment an command in which an operation content of the peripheral equipment is specified by the signal, a first connection state detection unit which detects a change of connection state from the first state to the second state by the switching unit during a period the operation unit is being touched, a first control unit which stops a transmission of the command in accordance with a detection result of the detection unit.
US09066639B2
A method and a dispenser dispense a sheet of paper through a bottom outlet gap from a stock. A sensor activates, upon detection of a person, an electric drive which delivers a portion of paper from the outlet gap so that the sheet of paper can be torn off by hand. When the delivered sheet of paper is torn off, a switch is actuated. Actuation of the switch puts the dispenser in an operational readiness for delivery of another portion of paper.
US09066634B2
An air jet includes a body portion defining a hollow main body portion having an interior opening, and a connection portion having an air passageway in communication with the interior opening. The connection portion includes at least one connection port for attachment to a hose carrying pressurized air, and a flange portion defining a recessed mount surface inside a peripheral lip surrounding a recess, with a plurality of open regions defined in the peripheral lip. A nozzle member is fitted into the interior opening and has a nozzle orifice and nozzle tip protruding into the recess, the nozzle opening configured to allow pressurized air to pass from the connection port through the central opening and through the nozzle orifice into the tub hole and the tub.
US09066633B1
A hygienic washing system for use with a washroom fixture having a hose and nozzle assembly. The a hose and nozzle assembly includes a hose comprising flexible-plastic tube having; a proximal end; and a distal end; a nozzle comprising rigid-plastic having a first end and a second end comprising a hooked-end; a controller for controlling flow of water through the hose and nozzle assembly; and attachers comprising at least one suction cup. The controller comprises adjustable wheeled buttons comprising a volume-control button, a temperature-control button, and an on/off actuation button. The on/off actuation button is manipulatable between an on condition and an off condition, the on condition permitting the flow of the water, the off condition not permitting the flow of the water. The device is useful for hygienically cleaning individuals after latrine use.
US09066627B2
Embodiments of the invention include instant food systems and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for preparing a hot instant food product. The method can include adding a heated liquid to a container, adding a substantially dry food product mixture to the container, wherein the volume of the dry food product mixture is equal to at least 20% of the volume of heated liquid, placing a mixing head into the container, and rotating the mixing head for a period of less than sixty seconds in order to form a fully hydrated frothed food product. In an embodiment, an instant food preparation machine is included. In an embodiment, a mixing head is included. In an embodiment, an instant food preparation kit is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US09066617B2
A locking artificial tree trunk including a first generally cylindrical, hollow trunk portion including an upper end, the upper end defining a notch, and a second generally cylindrical trunk portion including a body portion, a lower end having an insertable portion, and an upper end. The locking artificial tree trunk also includes a coupling mechanism having a body portion and an upper portion having a tab, and defining a channel for receiving the insertable portion of the lower end of the second trunk portion. The body portion is inserted substantially into the upper end of the first trunk portion with the tab of the upper portion aligned with the notch, thereby preventing rotation of the coupling mechanism within the upper end of the first trunk portion.
US09066611B1
A jewelry organizer includes a generally rectangular-shaped body surrounded with a cover and a plurality of securing members attached to the cover at a top surface of the generally rectangular-shaped body. The plurality of securing members are uniformly spaced apart along an entire length of the top surface of the generally rectangular-shaped body.
US09066606B1
A collapsible high chair with locking legs including a collapsible frame, a flexible seat, a tray, and a storage bag. The chair in an extended position is intended to be used for a child while eating. The chair collapses to fit within the storage bag for transportation and storage. The collapsible frame includes four locking mechanisms to lock the legs in place in the extended position. A restraint harness, including a shoulder restraint portion and a leg restraint portion, has a buckle to restrain the child and prevent falls. The tray removably connects by a hook and loop fastener strap on both sides to the frame to provide an eating surface. The tray includes a cup holder. The tray folds in half when removed from the frame for storage.
US09066602B2
This disclosure concerns a wireless communication system adapted to produce a closed-loop feedback scheme between a handheld remote control and an adjustable bed controller. The adjustable bed controller is adapted to, in response to a receipt of a motion command from the handheld remote control via the closed-loop feedback scheme, adjust, with feedback, a portion of an adjustable bed. The feedback is based on a comparison of sensor feedback and a predetermined position stored in a memory of the adjustable bed controller. The handheld remote control can receive, through the closed-loop feedback scheme, a returned confirmation reflecting the state of the position of the bed segment in response to the control signal.
US09066594B1
The present disclosure includes a loose-cushion seat with improved lower-back support. At least one connector is applied to a loose-cushion seating unit that joins a portion of the peripheral surface of the seat cushion to a portion of the rear surface of the back cushion. The connector is removably attached to at least one of the seat cushion and the back cushion so the cushions can be detached from one another. The connector joins the cushions in such a manner that at least a portion the back cushion is pulled down to remain in close proximity with the top surface of the seat cushion when the seat cushion is depressed under the weight of a user, thereby providing improved lower-back support to the user.
US09066593B2
The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable chairs. In one embodiment, the portable chair has a sling and a chair frame which includes a first pair of bars and a second pair of bars. Each bar of the first pair of bars includes a joint configured to contact a ground surface. In another embodiment, the chair frame includes a front of bars, a back pair of bars, a pair of joints and a center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, the chair frame includes a front support assembly. In other embodiments, the chair frame includes a pair of lower bars.
US09066588B1
A selection of inter-changeable box-shaped modular units is comprised of a plurality of combination shelving assemblies and box-shaped shelving assemblies. A cabinet has an upper plate and a parallel lower plate, a left side plate and a right side plate, and an intermediate plate providing a right and a left central opening. The right central opening engages a selection of a user's choice of inter-changeable box-shaped modular units comprised of shelving assemblies and box-shaped shelving assemblies. The left central opening provides housing including housing for an associated mattress. The cabinet is movable between horizontal and vertical orientations. In the horizontal orientation the repositionable support panels of the cabinet provide support for a mattress. In the vertical orientation the cabinet includes a desk and a computer work station.
US09066586B2
A modular enclosure that can be used as a stand-alone unit or can be ganged together in a multiple unit configuration. The enclosure system consisting of a base frame and front door with open sides which can accommodate various side covers or attachments all using the same common mounting. The common mounting used to attach the various covers or attachments provides a unique design for attaching and sealing the side covers or attachments while providing a water-tight and dust tight seal between the interior of the enclosure and the exterior of the enclosure. A variety of attachments are available which give the mosular enclosure flexibility to be configured in a wide variety of ways.
US09066581B2
An oral care implement includes a releasable sensory material that invokes a sensory response when in contact with tissues or surfaces of a mouth of a user. In one embodiment, an element is provided that is visually indicative of the sensory response. The oral care implement may also include a soft tissue cleaner provided with the sensory material.
US09066579B2
A process for producing toothbrushes covered with bristles in an anchor-free manner, in which a tuft of bristles with cylindrical bristles and/or pointed bristles is introduced into a receiving recess of a mold of a bristle-providing machine and, by means of a profiled pin guided in the receiving recess, force is applied to the end facing the pin of the bristles of the tuft of bristles for the alignment thereof, so that the bristles of the tuft of bristles are aligned by means of an end face of the profiled pin and, as a result, form the topography that complements the topography of the end face of the profiled pin, wherein the profiled pin has on the end face that acts on the bristles a discontinuous surface, which forms multiple levels. This achieves a bristle area configuration that has multiple areas of use. A correspondingly produced toothbrush is also described.
US09066567B2
A spectacle case that optimizes portability, ease of folding, adequate spectacle protection, lens cleaning ability, & usability as a fashion accessory that can clip anywhere on your clothing, while also minimizing manufacturing labor & costs.
US09066566B2
A transparent shell structure for luggage and the like includes an outer shell, a decorative plate, a lining, and a plurality of corner protectors. The outer shell has an inner space with a frame. One side of the decorative plate is a patterned surface. Each of the four corners of the decorative plate has a notch, so that the four sides thereof are bent inside the inner space. The decorative plate is restricted within the outer shell. The lining is attached to the decorative plate and disposed in the inner space of the outer shell with the decorative plate, connecting to the frame by the sides. The corner protectors are connected to the four corners of the outer shell.
US09066562B2
A jewelry article with two member arms are connected at one end by a pivotable joint at the opposite end the arms are provided with posts that carry an insert between the two arms by extending into the recess of a bore-through of the insert where they are securely connected by magnets. A corresponding thread at the post and in the insert provides additional security for the placement of the insert. A leaf spring further provided in the hinge connection of the two member jewelry item to further ensure the secure closing of the jewelry item.
US09066556B2
A framework-chamber arrangement for an article of footwear, and an article of footwear having a sole structure including a framework-chamber arrangement, is provided that can cooperate to provide various advantageous features, such as multiple-stage cushioning and specialized attenuation of and reaction to ground contact forces. The framework-chamber arrangement can include a fluid-filled chamber forming laterally extending arms and a framework having corresponding recesses formed therein and receiving a lower portion of the chamber. The fluid-filled chamber can be retained within the framework without a bond being formed between lower regions of the chamber arms and the framework. Peripheral portions of some of the chamber arms can be spaced apart from adjacent portions of corresponding channels while in a relaxed state.
US09066546B2
A yoga garment wrap, one each for the hand and the foot, each including opposite, external-surface-contact, and external-surface-non-contact side structures extending between open front and rear ends, and elastomeric, inter-digit, motion-and-escape-restraining straps, or a single strap, spanning the wrap's open front end, and interconnecting, the wrap's two side structures. The contact side structure includes an outer high-frictioning expanse, and a surface-to-surface loosely adjacent, inner moisture-wicking liner. Non-internally welted, or otherwise internally projecting seam structure units the lateral edges of the wrap's side structures.
US09066545B2
Disclosed is a piece of garment, e.g. in the form of a glove, comprising an outer layer that encloses at least one interior space which is provided with an opening for accommodating a body part such as a hand and is subdivided into at least two adjoining chambers. Each chamber encompasses at least one chamber opening that is arranged in the opening of the interior space and selectively accommodates the body part such as a hand. The material of each chamber can be constructed with at least one layer of protective material which can be provided with an insulating material, a functional layer material, a cut-resistant material, a heat-resistant and/or a flame-proof material, for example. The inventive design allows the user of the glove to selectively put his/her hand into one of the chambers that are provided, according to the desired protective effect, while the unused chamber lies in the interior space in a compressed manner.
US09066535B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety AR0912509 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety AR0912509 and its progeny, and methods of making AR0912509.
US09066532B2
The animal feed of the present invention is a soft extruded nugget with a chewy, moist interior. These nuggets have a high moisture content and preservatives. The animal feed also has a long shelf life given the high moisture content. The animal feed of this invention is provided to young animals after weaning from a liquid diet.
US09066523B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for directing steam distribution in a steam cooker. In one exemplary embodiment, steam is directed through a steam cooker by a plenum that is in fluid communication with a steam chamber. As steam is generated within the steam chamber, the steam fills the chamber where it is directed to the plenum. In one exemplary embodiment, the plenum is formed to extend vertically along an interior wall of the steam cooker. In one exemplary embodiment, the plenum is defined between an interior wall of the steam cooker and a steam distributor that has a plurality of openings formed therein. The openings in the steam distributor allow for steam rising within the plenum to exit into the cooking chamber by passing through the openings. A pressure switch may be utilized to turn off the steam generator in the steam cooker.
US09066519B2
The present invention relates to benzoxazinones of the general formula (I) wherein the variables are defined according to the description, processes and intermediates for preparing the benzoxazinones of the formula (I), compositions comprising them and their use as herbicides, i.e. for controlling harmful plants, and also a method for controlling unwanted vegetation which comprises allowing a herbicidal effective amount of at least one benzoxazinones of the formula (I) to act on plants, their seed and/or their habitat.
US09066518B2
The present application relates to the use of heterocyclic compounds, some of which are known, for controlling animal pests including arthropods and in particular insects, furthermore to novel heterocyclic compounds and to processes for their preparation.
US09066513B2
A method for preparing a glyphosate herbicidal aqueous concentrate to improve the handling of the concentrate, the method comprising forming a mixture of at least two nitrogen bases, and reacting the mixture of the at least two bases with glyphosate acid to provide an aqueous mixture of glyphosate salts wherein the concentration of glyphosate (based on glyphosate acid equivalent) is at least 200-gae/L.
US09066507B2
An apparatus wearable on a torso of a user to support a fishing rod is disclosed. A primary panel is defined by an external side, an internal side, and a central section. The internal side has a contour substantially conforming to an abdominal side of the torso, while the central section is interposed between a left peripheral section and a right peripheral section, and further defined by a tapered top end apex, through which a center axis spanning a length of the central section extends. Partial spherical sockets are in a spaced relationship aligned in a single column along the center axis. The socket is receptive to a corresponding partial spherical joint member in a rotating engagement, and the joint member is coupled to the article. A harness member secures the primary panel to the torso and redirect horizontal forces against the primary panel to a vertical direction.
US09066504B2
Disclosed herein are devices for transferring mechanical force from an electric motor to a fishing reel. Also disclosed are method of using devices to transferring mechanical force to a fishing reel. In an exemplary embodiment, the device includes a body that has at least one groove and at least one slot that are configured for removably engaging a crank arm of a fishing reel. The fishing reel crank arm includes a first end attached to a crank knob arm assembly for attaching the crank arm to the reel. The crank arm also has a second end that includes a crank handle shaft projecting from said second end. The body includes, at the first side, a groove defined therein for receiving the crank arm and a slot defined along an edge of the body for removably engaging the crank handle shaft.
US09066503B2
A filtering device, allowing to provide an effective filtering without either requiring particular efforts to the user or imposing him or her to operate in excessively hard positions, comprises a filtering element comprised between a first and a second supporting surface, the distance between the supporting surfaces being adjustable, so as to compress the filtering element by moving the supporting surfaces the nearer the other, and actuating device apt to modify the distance of the supporting surfaces. The actuating device is selectively connectable to a surface of the supporting surfaces in a such way that the actuating device can alternatively move unrelated to motion of the surfaces so as to be placed in an operative configuration or move integral to the surface so as to modify the distance between the surfaces in order to compress the filtering element.
US09066501B2
A swiftlet breeding facility, for use in creating and harvesting edible bird's nests. The facility includes sub-systems for injecting live insect and worm prey, and water, into an aerial enclosure to provide a feeding system imitative of a natural swiftlet feeding environment.
US09066477B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the watermelon line designated TML-EJ09112. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of watermelon line TML-EJ09112, and to methods for producing a watermelon plant produced by crossing a plant of watermelon line TML-EJ09112 with itself or with another watermelon plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of watermelon line TML-EJ09112, including the fruits and gametes of such plants.
US09066476B2
Irrigation systems, irrigation components and related methods are provided. In one example, an irrigation system includes at least one irrigation span configured for fluid communication with a water source, where the irrigation span includes a pipe and at least one sprinkler nozzle in fluid communication with the pipe. One or more drive units are associated with irrigation span or spans for selectively displacing the span or spans. A separator is in fluid communication with the pipe. The separator includes a housing defining an inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet. A screen divides an interior space of the housing into a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first outlet is associated with the first zone and the second outlet is associated with the second zone. A valve is in fluid communication with the first outlet and a dispersing structure is in fluid communication with the second outlet.
US09066475B1
An irrigation alignment apparatus is described that couples a main section assembly to an extension section assembly. In an implementation, the irrigation alignment apparatus includes a ball connector configured to couple to the main section assembly and a socket for receiving the ball connector, which is configured to at least partially pivot about the ball connector. The socket is coupled to the extension section assembly. The irrigation alignment apparatus also includes a socket pulley coupled to the socket about a centroid of the ball connector and is configured to at least partially pivot the socket about the ball connector. The socket pulley is configured to connect to a linking member that is coupled to a camshaft via a camshaft pulley. The camshaft is configured to indicate a positional alignment of the extension section assembly.
US09066469B2
A riding lawn mower includes: a delivery passage for delivering cut grass from a housing to a receptacle; and a shutter mechanism provided on a lower portion of the delivery passage for switching the mower between a bagging mode in which cut grass is delivered from the housing to the receptacle and a mulching mode in which cut grass is discharged downward of the housing. The shutter mechanism includes a horizontal pivot shaft disposed on the lower portion of the delivery passage, and a shutter plate pivotable about the pivot shaft between a fully closed position where the shutter plate closes the delivery passage to place the mower in the mulching mode and a fully opened position where the shutter plate is laid down toward a discharge side of the delivery passage to place the mower in the bagging mode.
US09066468B2
A pivotable operator support platform is provided for a standing lawn mower. The pivotable operator support platform is part of a platform assembly. A deck lift foot lever is actuable by the foot of an operator on the support platform to raise the cutting deck of the lawn mower. The deck lift foot lever is pivotable with the operator support platform, and about the same pivot axis, between an operating position and a stored position. A latching assembly automatically deflects as the operator support platform is moved into the stored position, and is biased to engage a latch pin to retain the operator support platform in the stored position.
US09066465B2
A soil compaction reduction system and method determine a path through the field for a mobile machine or control a soil compaction characteristic of the mobile machine based upon a varying soil compaction characteristic of the mobile machine as the mobile machine traverses the field and based upon a soil compaction constraint.
US09072208B2
A multi-layer wiring board comprises: a plurality of multi-layer wiring units each having a plurality of printed wiring boards stacked therein via an adhesive layer, the printed wiring board having a wiring layer formed on an insulating base therein and having flexibility, and the wiring layers being connected to each other via a via that penetrates in a stacking direction; and a cable unit connecting between the plurality of multi-layer wiring units and having flexibility, the cable unit configured having a lower insulating base, the wiring layer formed on the lower insulating base and an upper insulating base disposed above the lower insulating base via the adhesive layer, the lower insulating base and the wiring layer correspond to one-layer of the printed wiring board, and the lower and upper insulating bases and the wiring layer being led out from the multi-layer wiring units.
US09072207B2
A suspension board with circuit includes a metal supporting board, a conductive layer laminated on the metal supporting board, and a via layer interposed between the metal supporting board and the conductive layer. The conductive layer includes a conductive pattern, and a reference portion serving as a positioning reference for placing the suspension board with circuit on a load beam.
US09072202B2
In one embodiment, a filter cleaning system and method pertain to, during a filter cleaning operation, reversing a flow direction of an inlet fan associated with a filter of the electrical device, the inlet fan being adapted to force air into a housing of the electrical device during normal operation of the electrical device, and reversing a flow direction of an outlet fan adapted to draw air out from the electrical device housing during normal operation of the electrical device so as to increase pressure within the electrical device housing during the filter cleaning operation, wherein the combined action of the reversed inlet fan and the reversed outlet fan purges particulate matter from the filter.
US09072199B2
A thermal transfer component, a thermal transfer apparatus and a method for cooling a heat generating component located upon a substrate each include a thermally conductive frame having an aperture formed completely through the thermally conductive frame within which aperture is located a thermally conductive plug. The thermally conductive plug aligns with and contacts the heat generating component when the thermally conductive frame and the substrate are mutually aligned and assembled. A spring may further compress the thermally conductive plug against the heat generating component when the thermally conductive frame and the substrate are mutually aligned and assembled. The thermally conductive plug comprises an isotropic thermal transfer material and the thermally conductive frame comprises an anisotropic thermal conductive material to provide for enhanced thermal transfer from the heat generating component to a chassis.
US09072196B2
A cooling management system including component racks, a cooling system, pressure measurement devices, and a computing system within a structure. Each component rack includes an exothermic apparatus. The structure includes warm air aisle spaces and cold air aisle spaces located between the component racks. The cooling system feeds cold air into each cold air aisle space. The cold air flows through the component racks resulting in displacement of warm air from each exothermic apparatus. The warm air flows into the warm air aisle spaces and is directed back to the cooling system. The pressure measurement devices measure differential pressure values between the cold air aisle spaces and the warm air aisle spaces. The computing system monitors the differential pressure values, perform calculations associated with the differential pressure values, and control a fan speed of at least one fan within the cooling system based on the calculations.
US09072180B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a receiver component, a transmission line including a positive signal transmission line and a negative signal transmission line, a transmitter component, and a capacitance unit. The transmitter component transmits a different signal to the receiver component via the transmission line. The capacitance unit is spaced from the receiver component a predetermined distance S, therein, the predetermined distance S is calculated by a formula S=Vx (n*UI−(C1+C2)×Zo/2)/2, and V is a speed of the transmission line. C1 is an equivalent capacitance value of the receiver component, C2 is a capacitance value of the capacitance unit, Zo is a resistance value of the transmission line, UI is a half of one cycle of the differential signal, and n is a value less than or equal to 1.5 and greater than or equal to 0.5.
US09072168B2
An electromagnetic interference blocking device is provided for blocking electromagnetic interference between transmission lines formed on a surface of a circuit board. The electromagnetic interference blocking device includes a body configured to be inserted into a slot formed in the surface of the circuit board between the transmission lines, the body including a bottom portion having a comb shape insertable within the slot.
US09072158B2
An electromagnetic-radiation power-supply mechanism includes a microwave power introduction port provided on the side of the coaxial waveguide, a power line being connected to the microwave power introduction port; and a power supply antenna for radiating the electromagnetic wave power into the waveguide, the power supply antenna being connected to the power line. The power supply antenna includes an antenna body having a first pole connected to the power line and a second pole connected to an inner conductor of the waveguide; and a ring-shaped reflection portion extending from opposite sides of the antenna body.
US09072144B2
A control device adapted to control a first light-emitting diode and a second light-emitting diode, includes a first logic operation unit receiving a first enable signal and a second enable signal to generate a first logic signal, a second logic operation unit receiving the first and second enable signals to generate a second logic signal, a first adjustment unit generating a first adjustment signal according to the first logic signal, a second adjustment unit generating a second adjustment signal according to the second logic signal, a first control unit outputting a first control signal to the first light-emitting diode according to the first enable signal and the first adjustment signal, and a second control unit outputting a second control signal to the second light-emitting diode according to the second enable signal and the second adjustment signal. The first logic signal and the second logic signal are complementary.
US09072142B2
Method and apparatus for a LED lighting unit (200), including an inverter circuit (210) electrically coupled to a LED module (220) having a pair of antiparallel LED groupings. The inverter circuit (210) provides for color and/or dimming control of the LED module (220). A method of adjusting color and/or dimming of a LED module includes the step of cycling between a plurality of states during each of a plurality of time periods.
US09072141B2
A driving circuit for a light emitting diode lighting apparatus includes a driving data memory device in which central portion driving data for driving the light emitting diodes are separated into many sections within one cycle of the driving power; a drive controller for reading the central driving data, charging driving data, and outer driving data stored in the driving data memory device; a first D/A converter for converting digital central driving data and outer driving data output from the drive controller to analog signals, and a second D/A converter for converting charging driving data to an analog signal; a static current driving device having static current driving devices respectively connected to tabs of light emitting diodes according to an output signal of the first D/A converter; and a charging static current driving device for charging the charging capacitor according to the output signal from the second D/A converter.
US09072140B2
An LED module includes: a first LED array which includes a plurality of first LEDs connected in series and through which a first branch current flows; a second LED array which includes a plurality of second LEDs 121 connected in series and through which a second branch current flows; and a transistor which is connected to the second LED array in series, and adjusts a second branch current according to a differential voltage between a first total forward voltage and a second total forward voltage. The first total forward voltage is a sum of forward voltages and includes the same number of the forward voltages as the number of the first LEDs. The second total forward voltage is a sum of forward voltages and includes the same number of the forward voltages as the number of the second LEDs.
US09072129B2
The present invention discloses an LCD backlight module, which includes a backlight source and a backlight source control device, the backlight source control device comprising: a first switch; a boost module; a control module, utilized to control the first switch, so that the backlight source is switched on off under the control of the control module, and utilized to control the boost module, so that the boost module keeps outputting the voltage after the backlight source is turned off by the first switch.
US09072125B2
An apparatus may include a controller to provide compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a transformer driven at its primary winding by a dimmer, wherein the controller is configured to: determine from a transformer secondary signal whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer; and select a compatibility mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation based on the determination of whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer. A method for providing compatibility between a load and a secondary winding of a transformer driven at its primary winding by a dimmer may include determining from a transformer secondary signal whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer and selecting a compatibility mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation based on the determination of whether the transformer comprises a magnetic transformer or an electronic transformer.
US09072123B2
Areal shapeable heating element (2) covered by electro-insulation foil (3), with metal heat-conductive layer (4) placed above whereof, is placed on the seating part of the bench (1). The set is covered from the top and side of the bench (1) by carpet decorative layer (5).
US09072116B2
The computational complexity of MCS adaptation for linear and non-linear MU-MIMO can be reduced by avoiding QR decomposition during subsequent stages of MCS adaptation. For instance, QR decomposition can be avoided in later stages of MCS adaptation by computing an instant upper right triangular matrix (R1) directly from an earlier upper right triangular matrix (R) and an earlier unitary matrix (U), which were obtained during a previous stage of MCS adaptation. As such, the instant upper right triangular matrix (R1) is obtained without performing QR decomposition on an instant Hermitian matrix (H1H), thereby allowing MCS adaptation to be performed for the new user group with less complexity. Additionally, computational complexity of MCS adaptation for linear MU-MIMO can be further reduced by avoiding matrix inversion during subsequent stages of MCS adaptation.
US09072115B2
A medium access control-high speed (MAC-hs) comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) device configured to receive data blocks over a wideband-code division multiple access (W-CDMA) high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH). The H-ARQ device generates an acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) for each said data block received. Each received data block having a transmission sequence number. The H-ARQ device receives a new transmission instead of a pending retransmission at any time. At least one reordering device has an input configured to receive an output of the H-ARQ device and the at least one reordering device configured to reorder the received data blocks based on each received data block's transmission sequence number (TSN). Received data blocks are immediately forwarded for processing for higher layers when the received data blocks are received in sequence.
US09072109B2
A method is provided for detecting collisions and arbitrating channel access in a multicarrier wireless network. The method includes: transmitting a collision probe over a data channel using a first antenna of a first communication device, where the collision probe is derived from a binary codeword comprised of k bits and each bit of the binary codeword is transmitted using a different subcarrier frequency of the data channel; listening for a signal on the data channel using a second antenna of the first communication device and concurrently with the transmission of the collision probe; comparing a collision probe received on the data channel from another communication device with the collision probe transmitted on the data channel by the first communication device; detecting a collision on the data channel based on the comparison step; and arbitrating access to the data channel upon detecting a collision on the data channel.
US09072108B2
A method for controlling inter-cell interference (ICI) in a mobile communication system by transmitting uplink control information from a base station in a home cell to a terminal of a neighboring cell based on ICI amount information measured at the base station. The ICI control method includes receiving an uplink signal at a base station and extracting inter-cell interference amount information from the uplink signal, generating uplink control information based on the extracted inter-cell interference amount information, and transmitting the uplink control information to a terminal in a neighboring cell. The terminal schedules an uplink resource including selecting frequency bands for an uplink signal by referring to the uplink control information.
US09072105B2
Provided are an interference-control method and femto base station whereby inter-cell interference between a femtocell and a macrocell is decreased without a loss in throughput or coverage of the femto base station. A nearby-macro-terminal detection unit (306) in the femto base station (103) detects whether there are any macro terminals (102) within communication range of the femto base station (103) that are not registered with the femto base station (103). If a macro terminal (102) is detected, an interference-control unit (307) controls interference by either decreasing the total transmission power of the femto base station (103) or allocating, to femto terminals (104) registered with the femto base station (103), frequencies that differ from the frequency used by the macro base station (101).
US09072104B2
There is a problem that when a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell available to subscribers is installed in a macro cell area, communication cannot be performed due to the interference between a macro cell and the CSG cell in an area thereof. The CSG cell that is provided in the CSG cell area and transmits a downlink synchronization signal using a radio frame assigns control signals to a first subframe and a second subframe among a plurality of subframes constituting the radio frame, and the macro cell that is provided in the macro cell area and transmits a downlink synchronization signal using the radio frame assigns control signals to a third subframe and a fourth subframe, which are shifted from the first subframe and the second subframe by a predetermined number of subframes, respectively, among the plurality of subframes constituting the radio wave, the CSG cell and the macro cell being configured to perform transmission in synchronization with each other.
US09072100B2
In one embodiment, a communication device in a frequency hopping communication network determines an intention to forward a first packet in a particular timeslot of a frequency hopping sequence. As such, the device scans in receive mode for an initial portion of the particular timeslot on a particular frequency known to neighbors of the communication device for reaching the communication device. In response to determining that the communication device is receiving a second packet during the initial portion, the device remains in receive mode to receive a remainder of the second packet. Conversely, in response to not receiving the second packet during the initial portion, the device proceeds to transmit the first packet during a remainder of the particular timeslot.
US09072099B2
A method and a user equipment (“UE”), for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (“HSDPA”) de-activation, the method determining whether a number of serving HSDPA cell changes of the UE exceeds a threshold within a predetermined time period; and; sending a transition indication from the UE to a network node to deactivate HSDPA if the threshold is exceeded for within the predetermined time period. Also, a method and a network node, for High Speed Downlink Packet Access de-activation, the method determining whether a number of serving HSDPA cell changes of a user equipment communicating with the network node exceeds a threshold within a predetermined time period; and; deactivating HSDPA for the UE if the threshold is exceeded within the predetermined time period.
US09072098B2
A technique for resource allocation in a wireless network (for example, an access point type wireless network), which supports concurrent communication on a band of channels, is provided. The technique includes accepting connectivity information for the network that supports concurrent communication on the band of channels. A conflict graph is generated from the connectivity information. The generated conflict graph models concurrent communication on the band of channels. A linear programming approach, which incorporates information form the conflict graph and rate requirements for nodes of the network, can be utilized to maximize throughput of the network.
US09072090B2
An approach is provided for managing a wireless network access point beacon. The approach involves determining to one or more of (1) cause, at least in part, a beacon pointer associated with a beacon of a wireless network access point to be transmitted and (2) cause, at least in part, a beacon schedule associated with the beacon of the wireless network access point to be adjusted based, at least in part, on a derivation of one or more other beacon schedules associated with one or more other beacons of one or more other wireless network access points. The determination to cause the adjustment of the beacon schedule is based, at least in part, on a received indication of a potential conflict between the beacon and the one or more other beacons.
US09072079B2
The present invention discloses a method for controlling a channel access, an access point and a user equipment. The method comprises: determining a next device for accessing a channel according to a predefined rule; when the next device for accessing the channel is a traditionally active status device, scheduling the traditional active status device to occupy the channel once the channel is free; when the next device for accessing the channel is a newly active status device, determining a next traditionally active device for accessing the channel according to the predefined rule, and scheduling all newly active status devices and the next traditionally active status device to contend for accessing the channel once the channel is free.
US09072078B2
A method for establishing peer-to-peer (P2P) transmission in a mobile communication system includes a first mobile station requesting the mobile communication system for a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and transmitting a message to a second mobile station to indicate the second mobile station to trigger the P2P transmission when the first mobile station starts to establish the P2P transmission with the second mobile station, the second mobile station requesting the mobile communication system for a second IP address according to the message, the first and second mobile stations updating receiving statuses of the first and second IP addresses to a server device, and the server device outputting information of the second IP address to the first mobile station after the first and second mobile stations obtain the first and second IP addresses, to allow the first mobile station to establish the P2P transmission with the second mobile station accordingly.
US09072077B2
Techniques for performing fractional system selection by a wireless device are described. The wireless device may have at least one application that is active and a plurality of radios that are available for use. The wireless device may perform fractional system selection and map different portions of an application to different radios. In one design, the wireless device may determine a mapping of different fractions of the application to different radios based on the requirements of the application, capabilities of the radios, interference between the radios, etc. The wireless device may map a first fraction of the application to a first radio and may map a second fraction of the application to a second radio. The wireless device may exchange (e.g., send or receive) data for the first fraction of the application via the first radio and may exchange data for the second fraction of the application via the second radio.
US09072076B2
A method is provided in a base station for handling a request from a first user equipment for accessing a service in a radio communications network. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first time interval of an incoming signal comprises a first signal sent from the first user equipment and a second signal sent from the second user equipment, interpreting the first signal as being a possible service access request message preamble, and sending an acknowledgement, that the preamble is detected, to the first user equipment. The method comprises the further steps of delaying the first time interval of the incoming signal, identifying the second signal in the first time interval of the incoming signal during the delay, washing the identified second signal away from the first time interval of the incoming signal during the delay, and deciding whether the possible preamble is a real preamble or not, by analyzing the washed incoming signal.
US09072065B2
Methods and systems for providing joint power control (PC) and scheduling in a wireless network are provided. In one example, a method includes generating a near-optimal power pattern for PC and scheduling in accordance with long term channel statistics. The near-optimal PC solution may be generated by first generating a set of possible power patterns in accordance with likely scheduling scenarios, then statistically narrowing the set of possible power patterns to identify the most commonly used power patterns, and finally selecting one of the most commonly used power patterns as the near-optimal power pattern. In another example, a table of optimal PC solutions are provided for performing distributed PC and scheduling in an adaptive and/or dynamic manner.
US09072062B2
A method for controlling uplink power of an LTE system, a base station, and a mobile terminal are disclosed according to the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining uplink transmit power of each carrier; sending first notification signaling to a base station if a difference between the obtained uplink transmit power of each carrier exceeds a specific threshold; and sending second notification signaling to the base station if a sum of the obtained uplink transmit power of each carrier exceeds a preset threshold. Thresholds are determined according to network conditions, and uplink power of a carrier is adjusted in a balanced way, a bit error rate is reduced and a case that a low-performance carrier is forced to be interrupted is prevented.
US09072054B2
A downlink power control method and apparatus for improving downlink power efficiency gain in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system is provided. The downlink power control method includes transmitting a downlink data channel at a normal subframe according to first downlink power information for the normal subframe, and transmitting the downlink data channel at an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) according to second downlink power information for the ABS, wherein the first downlink power information for the normal subframe and the second downlink power information for the ABS differ from each other. The downlink power control method and apparatus is capable of regulating inter-cell interference variation between contiguous symbols at a predetermined level in a subframe at a terminal of a neighbor cell and making it possible to schedule the UE receiving the low power data channel using the power ratio of the feedbacks from the UE.
US09072049B2
A method for receiver state estimation includes communicating, from a first communications device to a second communications device, a first plurality of wake-up frames; receiving, at the first communications device from the second communications device, an indication of a received wake-up frame of the communicated first plurality of wake-up frames; determining, by the first communications device, a time at which the second communications device is in a ready state based on the received indication; subsequently communicating, from the first communications device to the second communications device, a second plurality of wake-up frames. The first plurality is greater than the second plurality, the reduction in number from the first plurality to the second plurality being based on the determined time at which the second communications device is in a ready state.
US09072047B1
Various embodiments provide improved mesh networks with properties that address various shortcomings of current mesh network implementations. At least some embodiments are directed to improving operations of mesh networks in connection with battery powered devices and address concerns associated with latency issues due to power save nodes as well as load balancing. Yet other embodiments address route cache timeouts, reduce route discovery overhead, perform proactive route maintenance based on a node's battery, and provide a straightforward battery-aware process based sleep protocol.
US09072033B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing multiple operations associated with a peer-to-peer network in parallel by using two or more independent transceivers. When performing a device discovery protocol, one transceiver may operate in a listen state and another transceiver may operate in a search state, so that an exchange of discovery messages may occur with a peer, regardless of whether the peer is in the listen state or the search state. In another aspect, one transceiver may be used to perform a device discovery protocol, allowing the other transceiver to maintain a communications link without interruption.
US09072025B2
A method of measurement reporting for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of including a first indicator associated with a first cell in a measurement report and sending the measurement report to a network entity of the wireless communication system. The first indicator informs the network entity about accessibility information of the first cell corresponding to the mobile device.
US09072024B2
A wireless communication system includes a first relay station that includes a first storage and performs wireless communication with a first base station coupled to an exchange by a wire, and a mobile device that performs wireless communication with the first relay station. The first relay station receives first data with a first sequence number from the first base station, and stores the first data with a second sequence number into the first storage, the first relay station selects a first node as a handover destination, and when the first node is a second base station coupled to the exchange by a wire, the first relay station receives second data with a third sequence number from the first base station, and transmits the first data with the second sequence number and the second data with a fourth sequence number continuous to the second sequence number to the second base station.
US09072023B2
User data is transmitted between a mobile station (10) and a first base station (25), the user data being combined into data units, in particular packet data units, before being transmitted. For transmission of data units, transmission-specific information describing an instantaneous state of the transmission is stored in the mobile station (10) as well as in a first network unit (50) at a higher level than the first base station (25). With the relocation of the mobile station (10) from the first base station (25) to a second base station (30) having a second higher-level network unit (55), the transmission-specific information stored in the first higher-level network unit (50) is transmitted to the second higher-level network unit (55) to continue the transmission after the relocation essentially directly from its latest state.
US09072011B2
A communication system, a network handover processing method and a network handover processing apparatus are disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a target evolution NodeB (T-eNB), identity information sent from a user equipment (UE), the identity information being allocated to the UE by a source evolution NodeB (S-eNB); and sending, by the T-eNB, parameters to the UE if identity information, matching the received identity information sent from the UE, is available in the T-eNB, wherein the parameters are allocated to the UE. The apparatus includes a receiving module and a sending module.
US09072001B2
Provided is a method which is performed by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the following steps: receiving from a serving cell a first measurement setting which is applied to normal operation; receiving from an interfering cell a second measurement setting when a high interference situation occurs; deciding whether the high interference situation has occurred; and performing the measurement based on the first measurement setting and the second measurement setting when the high interference occurrence is detected.
US09071990B2
A method includes receiving, at a wireless device, a frame via a sub-1 gigahertz (GHz) wireless network. The frame includes a signal (SIG) unit including a length field and an aggregation field. The length field may be interpreted as a number of bytes or as a number of symbols based on a value of the aggregation field and based on whether the frame is associated with a 1 megahertz (MHz) bandwidth mode, based on whether the frame includes either a short format preamble or a long format preamble, or based on whether the frame is determined to be a single user (SU) frame or a multi user (MU) frame.
US09071984B1
Systems and methods of monitoring communications in a communication network are provided. A rate of overhead messages received from a wireless device is monitored and compared to a predetermined threshold. When the rate of the overhead messages received exceeds the predetermined threshold, a type of application operating on the wireless device is identified. A congestion control mechanism mode is determined when the rate of overhead messages received exceeds the predetermined threshold. A variable of a data flow mechanism is modified based on the type of application operating on the wireless device and the congestion mechanism mode.
US09071979B2
When switching a setting of a communication mode for a transmitting signal to a different communication apparatus from a non-spatial multiplexing mode to a spatial multiplexing mode on the basis of a first communication quality, a switching unit stores the first communication quality as a switchover reference value and then, when the first communication quality in a case of switching the setting of the communication mode for the transmitting signal to the different communication apparatus from the spatial multiplexing mode to the non-spatial multiplexing mode on the basis of a second communication quality is larger than the switchover reference value by a value which is equal to or more than a predetermined value, halts the switchover of the setting, to the spatial multiplexing mode, of the communication mode for the transmitting signal to the different communication apparatus until a predetermined requirement is satisfied.
US09071973B2
A method, apparatus and computer program for allocating resources in a communication system. An access node sends a request for shared resources to one or more neighboring access nodes which have a strong interference bond with the access node. The neighboring access nodes send a response identifying the nature of their use of the shared resources. The access node then determines a new allocation of the shared resources based on the responses. This new allocation is then signalled to the neighboring access nodes.
US09071970B2
A terminal device including an operation unit configured to receive an operation instruction performed by an external object; an operation disabling controller which performs control such that when the terminal device is in a disabled state, the operation instruction performed on the operation unit is ignored or the disabled state is cancelled; an operation detector which outputs, when a touch operation by the external object is detected, content of the touch operation as the operation instruction; an operation speed determination unit which determines whether a movement speed of the touch operation is higher than a predetermined threshold; and an operation controller which instructs the operation disabling controller to cancel the disabled state and control execution of a predetermined function when it is determined that the touch operation is an operation instruction to cancel the disabled state and in accordance with the movement speed of the touch operation.
US09071959B2
A system and method provides seamless switchover of a user device (UE) between a mobile data network and a wireless network while providing policy and charging control (PCC) of the data session in the mobile data network. A mobile core network component is made ASF aware to process user data traffic related to an auto switching function (ASF) server from a UE client located on the UE using a special access point name (APN). The mobile core network component then uses a dedicated deep packet inspection (ASF DPI) for all data transfers to the special APN. The core network component is then able to process the UE data traffic seamlessly as the traffic is toggled between the ASF tunnel the WiFi tunnel. By monitoring the data traffic on the ASF tunnel, the core component (GGSN/PGW) is able to provide PCC for the data session.
US09071949B2
A network component comprising a communications portion and a processor portion is disclosed. The communications portion may be configured to detect a signal indicative of a call associated with a mobile device. The processor portion may be configured to detect at least one record cue in the signal. The processor portion may be also be configured to respectively capture at least one portion of the call upon the at least one record cue being detected. The processor portion may also be configured to respectively associate at least one identifier with the at least one captured portion of the call. The identifier may respectively identify the at least one captured portion of the call.
US09071940B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are for estimating crowd size at a location. An exemplary method includes determining, at a crowd size analyzer, a number of wireless service users at the location, and estimating, at the crowd size analyzer, a total number of people at the location based upon the number of wireless service users determined to be at the location.
US09071939B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for context determination. A method may include determining a location identifier. The location identifier may be indicative of a location of an apparatus. The method may further include determining a location cluster based at least in part on the location identifier. The method may additionally include determining a first probability for each of one or more contexts based at least in part on the determined location cluster. The method may also include determining a context of the apparatus based at least in part on the determined first probability. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
US09071938B2
Methods are disclosed for controlling mobile computing devices such as laptops, PDAs and cellular telephones, based on their location. A mobile computing device may include a software-rendered map of defined geographic regions, location handlers for defining behavior of a mobile device in a given geographic region, and a location handling engine for determining when a new geographic zone has been entered and exited, and for executing and terminating location handlers accordingly.
US09071937B2
Techniques of delivering location data are described. A location server can receive, from a mobile device, a request for location data for determining a location of the mobile device at a venue. The request can include an estimated location of the mobile device. The location server can provide to the mobile device coarse location data for each venue that is located within a threshold distance to the estimated location of the mobile device. The coarse location data can include a list of coarse tiles at each venue, and parameters of a probability distribution function for determining in which tile of the venue the mobile device is located based on signals detected by the mobile device. The location server can the provide location fingerprint data associated with the tile and neighboring tiles to the mobile device. The mobile can use the location fingerprint data to determine a more detailed location.
US09071932B2
Communication by location method that geoplaces asynchronous message threads to a specific first geographic location geo-fence within which they are visible, and a second sub geo-fence for replies. The message threads have a first viewing distance parameter, a second reply parameter, and other parameters such as optional user set password prefixes. Users with mobile devices such as GPS equipped smart phones may set their devices to discover non-password protected message threads that are within a specified radius of the actual device itself, or a device virtual map location, and may use passwords to find password protected message threads. Generally only users with a real geographic proximity to the thread within the specified reply distance may reply to the thread. The method will generally be implemented by software residing on mobile devices and host servers, and may additionally use data from map servers to place the treads in a map context.
US09071925B2
Systems and methods for communication data between an application server and at least one machine-to-machine (M2M) device via an internet network and a network are provided. An example system includes a network element configured to schedule delivery of the data between the application server and at least one M2M device based on network information. The network element is located on a boundary between the network and the intern et network to which the application server communicates with the at least one M2M device.
US09071918B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods to provide improved connections for components of hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include an apparatus including a receiver case configured to house a hearing assistance device receiver, the receiver case including a spherical receiver spout having an opening. The apparatus also includes a receptacle housing having a spherical socket adapted to mate with the spherical receiver spout to form a ball and socket connection. An insert within the spherical socket is configured to establish a retained interference fit with the opening of the receiver spout when the connection is formed so as to create an acoustic seal therebetween.
US09071916B2
A telephone handset (1), e.g. a mobile phone, is equipped with an add-on module (41). Thereby, the module (41) comprises a microphone unit (9a) which is operated instead of the microphone unit intrinsically provided in the handset (1). Further, the module (41) comprises a short-range wireless transmission unit (23a) which is operated instead of a speaker unit (7) which is intrinsically provided in the handset (1). The short-range wireless communication unit (23a) establishes communication with a respective short-range wireless communication unit (19a) in a hearing device (10) as soon as a distance between the telephone handset (1) and the hearing device (10) drops below a predetermined threshold value as detected by a distance detection unit (21).
US09071915B2
A method for testing a hearing device (1, 4) comprising at least one microphone unit (2) and a receiver unit (3) is disclosed. The method comprising the steps of positioning the hearing device (1) at a predefined position in relation to an accessory device (4) comprising a microphone (5) and a loudspeaker (6), generating a first sound signal (7) by the loudspeaker (6), recording the first sound signal (7) by the microphone unit (2), generating a second sound signal (8) by the receiver unit (3), the second sound signal (8) being at least partly dependent on the recorded first sound signal (7), recording the second sound signal (8) by the microphone (5), evaluating the recorded second sound signal (8), and at least triggering further action based on results of evaluating the recorded second sound signal (8) in case the results do not conform to predefined expectation. Furthermore, an arrangement for testing a hearing device (1, 4) is also disclosed.
US09071911B2
A system of controlling media devices configured for outputting signals to a surrounding area. The system including a control strategy for controlling operation of the media devices to execute operations according to a common schedule and a communications strategy for use in communicating the control strategy between the media devices in such a manner as to facilitate distribution of the control strategy to the media devices desired to operate according to the common timeline.
US09071910B2
An implantable microphone device is provided. The device comprises a hermetically sealed housing (3) having an internal cavity (2). The internal cavity (2) has a microphone assembly arranged to receive sound waves originating from external the housing (3). The device further comprises a pressure sensor arrangement, arranged to detect and determine the differential pressure between the internal cavity (2) and the exterior of the housing (3). The determined differential pressure is used to determine a suitable transfer function to be applied to the output of the microphone assembly to produce a signal representative of the received sound waves.
US09071908B2
The present invention relates to a loudspeaker including a first driver, which is configured to produce a first frequency band and a corresponding first acoustic axis, a second driver, which is configured to produce a second frequency band, which is different from the first frequency band but may overlap in a crossover region, and which second frequency band has a second acoustic axis, and an enclosure enclosing said drivers and comprising a three dimensional wave guide positioned on a front surface of the enclosure and around the first driver. In accordance with the invention the three dimensional waveguide comprises an acoustically selectively transparent portion which is acoustically essentially reflecting to sound waves of the first frequency band propagating in a direction angled to the first acoustic axis, the waveguide portion is essentially transparent to sound waves of the second frequency band propagating in the direction of the second acoustic axis through the waveguide portion, and in that the second driver is positioned inside the enclosure behind the acoustically selectively transparent portion.
US09071906B2
The present disclosure relates to an audio player and speaker system, and particularly, to a wireless audio player and speaker system. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a semi-permanent, wireless boombox-style audio player, for playing audio from an external audio source.
US09071901B2
A wireless communication system comprises a first wireless communication device for a first team member, and a second wireless communication device for a second team member. The first wireless communication device comprises a microphone and a transmitter for transmitting an oral message via a first wireless communication protocol. The second wireless communication device comprises a main transceiver, a headset, and a support for mounting the main transceiver to the second team member remotely from the headset. The main transceiver receives the oral message from the first wireless communication device via the first communication protocol and retransmits the oral message via a second wireless communication protocol to the headset for generating audio corresponding to the oral message. The second wireless communication protocol operates at a lower power than the first wireless communication protocol, and the first communication protocol operates over a longer range than second wireless communication protocol.
US09071897B1
A stereo loudspeaker system with a right channel and a left channel respectively feeding R and L signals to four speakers (including a right main speaker, a right sub-speaker, a left main speaker and a left sub-speaker) includes a transformer that, depending on the frequency, magnetically couples or isolates the two channels at the right and left sub-speakers. At low frequencies, the transformer isolates the right channel from the left one so that the R signal goes primarily only to the two right speakers, and the L signal goes primarily only to the two left ones. At high frequencies, both the right and left main speakers still receive their respective R and L signals; however, the transformer's magnet coupling conveys a differential R-L signal to the right sub-speaker and a differential L-R signal to the left sub-speaker, thereby producing an expanded acoustic image and realistic ambient field.
US09071895B2
Architecture for exploiting satellite microphones and employing other techniques of conference room camera/microphone systems to significantly improve the true positive rate (reduce false positives) in sound source localization (SSL). Techniques for realizing the improvement include using an LED emitter to determine the precise location of the satellite microphones on a table, using the base SSL and external sounds to determine the approximate location of the satellite microphone on the table, using the satellite microphone phase to improve the SSL performance, using the satellite microphone amplitude to improve the active speaker detector (ASD) performance, and using the satellite microphones to estimate camera zoom.
US09071893B2
A multi-array type ultrasonic probe apparatus includes n tiles which transmit and receive an ultrasonic beam; and a substrate having n guide portions on which the n tiles are mounted, respectively, to be aligned in a multi-array. The multi-array ultrasonic probe apparatus may align tiles in identical directions and at identical levels to control a direction and a time for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam to be transmitted and received at the tiles, thereby providing a stable ultrasonic beam.
US09071888B2
A telemetry system for use in a combustion turbine engine (10) having a compressor (12), a combustor and a turbine (16) that includes a sensor (306) in connection with a turbine blade (301) or vane (22). A telemetry transmitter circuit (312) may be affixed to the turbine blade with an electrical connecting material (307) for routing electronic data signals from the sensor (306) to the telemetry transmitter circuit, the electronic data signals indicative of a condition of the turbine blade. A resonant energy transfer system for powering the telemetry transmitter circuit may include a rotating data antenna (314) affixed to the turbine blade or on a same substrate as that of the circuit. A stationary data antenna (320) may be affixed to a stationary component such as a stator (323) proximate and in spaced relation to the rotating data antenna for receiving electronic data signals from the rotating data antenna.
US09071881B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums storing at least one program for identifying an end of a television program is described. In some implementations, a method comprises: periodically obtaining subtitles for a plurality of television programs during respective predetermined time intervals that include respective times when respective television programs in the plurality of television programs are scheduled to end; identifying sequences of strings from the subtitles for the plurality of television programs in accordance with predefined criteria associated with the plurality of television programs; and updating an aggregation of subtitles indicating that a television program in the plurality of television program has ended, with the identified sequences of strings. In some implementations, the method is implemented at a computing device having at least one processor and memory storing at least one program for execution by the at least one processor.
US09071879B2
A system for providing interactive program guide features and other features and information related to a specific user interest or programming category in niche hubs is provided. For example, a movie lovers niche hub may provide programming features such as television program listings for movies, video-on-demand listings for movies, pay-per-view listings for movies, web site links related to movies, movie-related merchandise, movie news groups, movie chat groups, movie e-mail clubs, movie contests, movie trivia questions, movie actor interviews, movie reviews, movie channel package ordering, etc.
US09071871B2
A method of associating metadata with digital content items is provided. The method includes determining portions of a digital content item containing content meriting associating of preexisting or dynamically-determined metadata information, associating such preexisting or dynamically-determined metadata with selected portions of the digital content item via application of tags to the selected portions, and controlling, during a dynamically unfolding time interval definable via timestamps, subsequent consumption of the digital content item based on the intermittent presence of tags.
US09071864B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for correcting synchronization errors, which involve correcting synchronization errors occurring between video signals and audio signals when multiple videos are combined. The apparatus and method of the present invention involve: storing synchronization errors between an initial video signal and an initial audio signal of each video to be combined when combining different pieces of video content; and combining multiple pieces of video content such that the initial synchronization error which is set to synchronize existing video signals with existing audio signals can be maintained when combining multiple pieces of video content. The apparatus and method of the present invention enable the drawbacks of conventional techniques, i.e. that video signals and audio signals are uniformly combined, errors are corrected, and thus the video signals and the audio signals are unsynchronized which results in unnatural video, to be overcome.
US09071859B2
Methods and apparatus for selecting and delivering advertising or promotional content based on, e.g., the attributes of a desired demographic. In one embodiment, the invention enhances advertising or promotional penetration into a particular demographic of a network subscriber pool by correlating the advertising/promotion (and even the contextual program content) with specific users or groups of users within the pool. This approach decouples the advertising or promotion from any given program or lineup, and gives the network operator flexibility in deciding where, when, and how often to insert advertisements or promotions in order to achieve the desired result. Dynamic network architectures such as broadcast switched architectures can also be leveraged to further enhance flexibility and targeting precision. In effect, the network advertising or promotion model is made results-driven (versus program-centric). Subscriber privacy is also optionally maintained, thus ensuring that stored data is not traceable to a specific user.
US09071857B2
A method for recommending videos is presented. The method includes generating a cross-usage matrix based upon a data of video sessions for a plurality of videos, generating a temporal matrix based upon release dates of the plurality of videos, generating a cross-temporal matrix based upon the cross-usage matrix and the temporal matrix, computing a global video rank corresponding to each of the plurality of videos based upon the cross-temporal matrix, generating a similarity score corresponding to each pair of videos in the plurality of videos based upon meta-data of the plurality of videos, and generating a local video rank corresponding to each of the plurality of videos relative to another video in the plurality of videos based upon the generated cross-usage matrix, the computed global video rank and the generated similarity score.
US09071853B2
In embodiments of broadcast content to HTTP client conversion, a client converter (118) receives video content (108) as an input (204) of broadcast content data streams from a content distribution system (102). The client converter can join a content data stream of the broadcast input, and convert the content data stream to unicast HTTP data, such as video content segments (124) that are buffered for communication to a client device (120) or to a media player (138) of a client device (134). An HTTP server (122) of the client converter can then communicate the unicast HTTP data to the client device or to the media player for playback of the video content.
US09071851B2
During a video coding process, a prediction block is generated for a CU. The CU has two or more prediction units. A computing device determines, based on sizes of one or more of the prediction units, whether to perform a smoothing operation on samples in a transition zone of the prediction block. The transition zone is located at a boundary between samples of the prediction block associated with different prediction units. If the computing device makes the determination to perform the smoothing operation, the smoothing operation is performed to smooth samples of the prediction block in the transition zone.
US09071848B2
Sub-band video coding architecture for packet based transmission. Video processing includes converting of a frame or picture of a video signal into a number of respective sub-bands or sub-frames (e.g., such that each respective one is a respective subsampled version of an original frame or picture) and subsequent assembly thereof into a reconstructed frame or picture. The reconstructed frame or picture then undergoes video encoding to generate an output bitstream that may subsequently undergo appropriate processing (e.g., packetization, continuous time signal generation, etc.) to generate a signal for transmission via one or more communication the links. Characteristics associated with each respective sub-band or sub-frame may be similar (e.g., similar characteristics) or different (e.g., two or more sub-bands or sub-frames have different characteristics, such as different respective number of pixels, aspect ratios, etc.). Respective sub-frames may undergo video encoding and transmission.
US09071843B2
Systems, methods and computer readable media are disclosed for a vectorized tile differencing algorithm for a remote desktop protocol (RDP). A server executes a CBC-variant vectorized hash algorithm that is used to produce a big key that identifies the tile, and keeps track of these big keys. Where a serial version of the algorithm operates on a single portion of the image at once—such as 32 bits—the vectorized algorithm operates on a plurality of these portions simultaneously. Where the server identifies that a tile has already been sent to a client via RDP because it has a second big key that matches the big key, it sends the big key to the client—which caches received tiles—and the client uses it to access the proper tile for display. Where the server identifies that a tile has not already been sent to the client, it sends the client the tile.
US09071832B2
Provided is an image processing device including a congruence degree detecting unit which detects a degree of congruence of each of multiple scenes with respect to an input image made of a two-dimensional image, a depth image generating unit which generates, with respect to the input image, depth images each obtained by a technique corresponding to each of the scenes, a blending unit which blends the depth images, which are generated by the depth image generating unit and each generated by a technique corresponding to each of the scenes, at a blending ratio based on the degree of congruence of each of the scenes, to generate a blended depth image, and a three-dimensional image generating unit which generates a three-dimensional image, which can be viewed three-dimensionally, made of a left-eye image and a right-eye image generated by shifting each pixel of the input image using the blended depth image.
US09071830B2
An information processing apparatus includes a depth-information detecting section, a comparison/detection section, and a control unit. The depth-information detecting section is provided for detecting a peak position of an object in a depth direction, at which the object is displayed at the front in an additional information display area. The comparison/detection section is provided for making a comparison between depth information of the additional information and the peak value of the stereoscopic video data to detect a positional relationship between the stereoscopic data and the display position of the additional information in the depth direction. The control unit is provided for controlling the stereoscopic video data and the display position of the additional information in response to the positional relationship between the stereoscopic video data and the display position of the additional information.
US09071825B2
Tiling or blockiness detection based on spectral power signature uses one-dimensional vectors at block edges to find a spectral signature created by the tiling or blockiness in an image. A baseband component of the image, such as luminance, is edge enhanced, and then the pixel values along each horizontal line are summed to form a one-dimensional column vector of summed edge values for the image. The power of the column vector and the power of selected frequency components within the column vector are determined. The powers are then combined and converted to dimensionless tiling or blockiness values relative to each of the selected frequencies.
US09071818B2
A video compression system and method to isolate and capture video data for video compression, thereby eliminating the need for motion vectors and blocks. When data is captured from a video input device, such as a video camera, the data is captured and isolated into clusters of difference image data. The clusters are then scanned, filled, marked, split and blended in in order to compress the video data.
US09071809B2
A mobile personsize display system and method of use; in general, a platform, a support frame, a module display frame, an LED panel display formed of a plurality of LED display modules having a plurality of pixels, four or more casters, a battery powered supply, a media player (electrically communicating with the plurality of display modules for controlling the display of an image(s) on the LED panel display, and a removable content storage device and; thus, functions as a rugged person size mobile, light weight, battery powered display to inform customers and passers-by about product and service offerings via a rugged person size mobile light weight battery powered display.
US09071803B2
The image processing apparatus includes an estimator configured to estimate an amount of a color blur of each of multiple color components included in a color image, and a processor configured to perform a color blur reduction process to reduce, from the color image, the color blur of each color component by using the estimated amount of the color blur thereof. The apparatus further includes a decider configured to acquire a hue formed by the color blurs of the color components and to decide, depending on the hue, an order of the color components on which the color blur reduction processes are performed.
US09071802B2
A display apparatus includes a display unit; a storage unit which stores user setting information which is set based on an input from a user; and a controller which checks whether the user setting information is stored in the storage unit and displays the stored user setting information on the display unit before the display apparatus is turned off, when a power-off signal of the display apparatus is received from the user.
US09071801B2
An image forming apparatus that enables to output a transmission result report without confusing a user even if a part of printing mechanisms or a printing function is broken. A report output unit generates a transmission result report showing a result of transmission of image data and causes the printing unit to output the transmission result report. A setting unit sets whether to add a part of the transmitted image data to the transmission result report as an additional image. A control unit creates and outputs the transmission result report without adding the additional image even if the setting unit sets to add the additional image, when the transmitted image data is the color image and when the printing unit cannot print a color image and can print a monochrome image.
US09071798B2
An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream that corresponds to a first channel in a predetermined sequence of channels. In response to the first request, the device displays the first video stream. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display a second video stream that corresponds to a second channel in the predetermined sequence of channels and is separated from the first channel by one or more intervening channels. In response to receiving the second request, the device displays at least a portion of the first video stream concurrently with recently received content of one or more of the intervening channels and displays recently received content of one or more of the intervening channels concurrently with at least a portion of the second video stream.
US09071794B2
An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a scanner to scan an image formed on a sheet, a first image obtainer to read and obtain a first image being a processible image formed in a first area, the first area being allocated on the sheet, a second image obtainer to read and obtain a second image formed in a second area, the second area being allocated on the sheet separately from the first area, a judging unit to judge as to whether the second image obtained by the second image obtainer is qualifies a predetermined authentication criteria and is identical to a predetermined identifying image, and a function controller to activate a predetermined function of the image processing device, which processes the processible image obtained by the first image obtainer, when the judging unit judges that the second image is identical to the predetermined identifying image.
US09071787B2
In general, in an aspect, the invention provides a multimedia entertainment system including a communication link, a video source coupled to the communication link and configured to produce a video signal and provide the video signal to the communication link, a video display coupled to the communication link and configured to receive the video signal from the video source via the communication link, and to provide dynamic display characteristic information indicative of a display capability of the video display to the video source via the communication link, wherein the video source is configured to receive the dynamic display characteristic information and to produce the video signal as a function of the dynamic display characteristic information, and wherein the video display is configured to display a video image in accordance with the video signal provided by the video source.
US09071783B2
There is provided a solid-state imaging device including an imaging unit including a plurality of image sensors, and an analog to digital (AD) conversion unit including a plurality of AD converters arranged in a row direction, each AD converter performing AD conversion of an electrical signal output by the image sensor. Each of the AD converters includes a comparator having a differential pair at an input stage, the differential pair including a first transistor and a second transistor, the first and second transistors are each divided into an equal number of a plurality of division transistors, and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of division transistors constituting the comparator in a predetermined column and an arrangement pattern of the plurality of division transistors constituting the comparator in an adjacent column adjacent to the predetermined column are different from each other.
US09071779B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of pixels provided in a plurality of columns, a plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units each provided for a corresponding one of the plurality of columns, and a correction unit. Each of the plurality of analog-to-digital conversion units is configured to convert a signal of a corresponding one of the plurality of pixels into a digital signal at a resolution corresponding to a magnitude of the signal. The correction unit is configured to correct a difference in the resolution.
US09071774B2
A control device includes a first acquisition unit that acquires a first notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes first identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, a second acquisition unit that acquires a second notification reservation request which requests a notification reservation of an event and includes second identification information for identifying a notification destination of the event, and a first controller that performs a control such that information regarding the notification reservation of the event requested by the second notification reservation request is stored in a memory according to a difference between the first identification information and the second identification information.
US09071773B2
A projection apparatus includes a communication unit, an obtaining unit, a projection unit, a generator, and a controller. The communication unit communicates with an other projection apparatus. The obtaining unit obtains image data and the projection unit projects an image based on the image data obtained by the obtaining unit. The generator generates an on-screen-display (OSD) image. The controller controls the projection unit to project a projection image by superimposing the OSD image onto an image, based on the image data obtained by the obtaining unit, in a stack projection mode in which a projection image of the projection unit and a projection image of the other projection apparatus are projected to be superimposed with each other, and to transmit, to the other projection apparatus, information concerning a position at which the OSD image is superimposed.
US09071771B1
Techniques are described for reducing safety-relevant emission of a laser projection system. A multi-facet optical element is positioned in the path of a raster-scanning laser beam. Each facet of the optical element is angled to redirect a projected pixel to a different pixel position. Collectively, the facets are configured to convert the projected raster scan into a non-raster scan in which physically proximate pixels are illuminated temporally non-proximate times.
US09071770B2
A lightweight, compact image projection module, especially for mounting in a housing having a light-transmissive window, is operative for sweeping a composite laser beam as a pattern of linear scan lines on a planar projection surface and for causing selected pixels arranged along each linear scan line to be illuminated to produce an image of high quality and in color.
US09071768B2
The present invention a method of transmitting video information over a communication link made of several transmission paths between wireless transmitting and receiving stations. The method comprises, in the wireless transmitting station, obtaining an uncompressed video frame made of an array of pixel blocks, a pixel in the pixel blocks being represented by base pixel information and enhancement pixel information; generating at least one set of complementary pixel blocks from a given pixel block of the obtained uncompressed video frame, by applying different operations to said given pixel block for dropping different enhancement pixel information from that pixel block, so that the complementary pixel blocks comprise different enhancement pixel information and each comprises the base pixel information; and for each set, transmitting the complementary pixel blocks over respective different transmission paths to the wireless receiving station. This provides robustness of video transmission while keeping a high quality of video rendering.
US09071763B1
Methods and systems are provided for capturing an image having uniform illumination over a range of distances. The system may include a light source, a light sensing array, and an electronic circuit. The method may involve selecting a range of distances from the system, causing the light source to generate a light pulse with a modulated decay, and using the light sensing array to sense an integrated intensity of a reflected light pulse during an exposure time. The reflected light pulse may be provided by the generated light pulse reflecting from an object located at an object distance within the range of distances. The exposure time may be controlled based on the range of distances and the modulated decay such that the integrated intensity of the reflected light pulse is substantially independent of the object distance.
US09071760B2
Provided is an image pickup apparatus including: an image pickup unit configured to pick up an object image imaged by a lens unit; and a display unit configured to display an image output from the image pickup unit, the display unit detecting a first close condition and a second close condition of a photographer. The display unit displays a first display object indicating a focal point adjustment area on a display image of the object image in response to detection of the first close condition, and displays a second display object indicating a focusing command area on the display image of the object image corresponding to a range of detection of the second close condition.
US09071758B2
The present disclosure relates to an image capture apparatus and a control method for the same, with which a moving picture captured for a specific length of time before or after the capture of a still picture can be recorded during still picture capture. The image capture apparatus has a first image stabilization mode and a second image stabilization mode in which a shake component not corrected in the first image stabilization mode can be corrected, and has an image stabilization function that performs image stabilization on the basis of shake of the image capture apparatus. The image stabilization function performs image stabilization without using the second image stabilization mode when the moving picture is buffered, which allows stable image stabilization to be utilized during the capture of a recorded moving picture.
US09071751B2
An image processor includes a synthesis processing unit adapted to generate a panoramic image by clipping images from a plurality of captured images and connecting the clipped images together and a processing unit adapted to correct image distortions of a subject in the panoramic image due to varying distances to the subject by modifying the panoramic image on the basis of distance information obtained by measuring the distances to a plurality of positions of the subject.
US09071740B1
What is described herein is a system which includes an arm where the arm includes a cutout which is a same shape as at least some part of a video camera and which is configured to hold the video camera. The system further includes a base which is configured to be placed on a surface. The system further includes a joint which is configured to be connected to the arm and the base.
US09071729B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing user communication. First an invitation input may be received from a first user. The invitation input may comprise a recommendation to a second user to take an action regarding content to be delivered over a content delivery system. Then, the invitation input may be transmitted to the second user. Next, an acceptance input may be received from the second user. The acceptance input may comprise an acceptance to the invitation input. The acceptance input may then be transmitted to the first user in response to receiving the acceptance input.
US09071722B2
This solid-state image sensor includes a photosensitive cell array including first through fourth photosensitive cells 2a to 2d and a light dispersing element array that is arranged to face the photosensitive cell array and that includes first and second types of light dispersing elements 1a, 1b. If light that would be directly incident on each photosensitive cell, were it not for the light dispersing element array, is called that photosensitive cell's entering light, the light dispersing element array is configured so that the first type of light dispersing element 1a makes a part of light rays with the first color component, which is included in the entering light of each of the first and second photosensitive cells 2a, 2b, incident on the first photosensitive cell 2a and that the second type of light dispersing element 1b makes a part of light rays with the second color component, which is included in the entering light of each of the third and fourth photosensitive cells 2c, 2d, incident on the fourth photosensitive cell 2d.
US09071720B2
According to one embodiment, an image reading apparatus includes an illumination unit to irradiate a sheet that is conveyed by a conveyance unit with visible light and infrared light, an imaging unit to receive visible light and infrared light reflected from the sheet and to capture a visible image and an infrared image, and a background member including an infrared light low reflective part that is positioned within an imaging range of the imaging unit so as to overlap at least a side edge portion of the sheet and that diffusely reflects visible light and reflects infrared light at a lower reflectance than the sheet.
US09071719B2
An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit that is capable of storing a look-up table having association information for associating at least one first image with at least one second image that is an image whose load on a brain has been adjusted, an image accepting unit that accepts at least one image, a mapping unit that acquires a whole or part of one or more second images associated with a whole or part of the at least one image accepted by the image accepting unit, using association information from among the one or more pieces of association information, and an image output unit that outputs at least one output image, which is the whole of the at least one second image acquired by the mapping unit or a group of part of the at least one second image acquired by the mapping unit.
US09071706B2
An image reading device allows an image transmission destination terminal to be designated from a console. The communication unit of the image reading device receives verification data from terminals via a network. The storage unit stores each of the received verification data in association with the terminal which had transmitted the verification data. The user inputs authentication data to the console after setting the document in place. When the authentication data is input, a list of terminals associated with the verification data matching the authentication data is displayed. The user may select from the displayed list, via the console, the transmission destination terminal to which the image is to be transmitted. When the user selects the transmission destination terminal, the reading control unit reads out an image and transmits the image to the selected terminal. The number of terminals displayed as candidates for the image transmission destination can be limited.
US09071705B2
A charging system (26) for a telecommunications service comprises an interface (48) and a tariff controller (50). The interface (48) is configured to receive tariff information (6-4) regarding a telecommunications service for a geographical area (64). The tariff controller (50) is configured to utilize the tariff information in conjunction with charging for use of the telecommunications service by a customer in the geographical area (64) only after confirmation has been received (6-11) that notification regarding the tariff information has been received by a node (60) of a radio access network (32) which serves the geographical area (64). As such, the tariff controller (50) provides notification-synchronized charging implementation.
US09071699B2
A method of receiving a call by recognizing a posture of a user in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes identifying whether a call reception event occurs, detecting a motion in which the user brings the portable terminal to an ear by using a posture detecting sensor, when the call reception event occurs, and connecting the call upon detecting the motion.
US09071693B2
Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide active call concierge services wherein a network tracks users' behaviors with respect to, for example, supplementary services. When a user invokes a supplementary service toward a called party, the network captures this data. The network informs an agent on the user's device that it should prompt the user to reuse the same supplementary service the next time that the user dials the same called party. If the user inputs an acceptance of this suggestion, the user's device automatically appends or adds the service code associated with the repeated supplementary service to the outgoing call setup signal.
US09071688B2
A Web-based hosted system through which business entities create and manage communications campaigns. The system carries out a communications campaign on behalf of a client. A campaign is a series of calls to a contact list using one or more sub-campaigns. A sub-campaign associates a list of contacts, a script, and a timeframe. An agent typically is a contact center operator. A skill group is a set of agents that are trained to handle a given script. Call pacing enhancements are implemented to allow simultaneous progress on multiple sub-campaigns under a skill group. The techniques enable control over the pacing of individual sub-campaigns when multiple sub-campaigns are running under a single skill group. The service also provides a framework by which a set of “pluggable” pacing models are provisioned and managed, preferably on a per-model basis.
US09071683B1
A network traffic monitoring system detects an identity associated with a telephone call that enters a network and queries a first identity source list that includes entries representative of illegitimate identities and a second identity source list that includes entries representative of legitimate identities to determine whether the detected identity associated with the telephone call matches an entry included in the first identity source list or an entry included in the second identity source list. If the detected identity matches the entry included in the first identity source list, the network traffic monitoring system automatically determines that the detected identity is fake. If the detected identity matches the entry included in the second identity source list, the network traffic monitoring system analyzes one or more attributes of the telephone call other than the detected identity to determine whether the detected identity is fake.
US09071680B2
An information communication apparatus having a display section, includes: a sensor section used for communication between an information communication terminal and another apparatus; a terminal information storing section configured to store information about a position of the sensor section in the information communication terminal and information about a position and a size of the display section in the information communication terminal; and a control section configured to calculate a relative positional relationship of the sensor section and the display section, based on the information stored in the terminal information storing section, generate an indicator that allows the position of the sensor section to be specified, and display the indicator on the display section.
US09071677B2
The present disclosure includes descriptions of various aspects of unified communication (UC) systems, including UC management and analysis systems and related tools and techniques. Described systems, tools, and techniques are adapted for enhanced UC data capture, analysis, and reporting; enhanced UC monitoring services; and a user survey service that can be used for conducting user surveys related to UC services. Embodiments disclosed herein include computer systems and methods that can be used for analyzing service level objectives for call quality, classifying calls into distinct categories, and real-time user notification of call quality and reliability issues.
US09071674B2
A protective cover assembly for a portable electronic device that includes a cushion enclosure that has a main body portion and a pouch pivotably connected to the main body portion, and front and back shells that cooperate to form a hard shell housing that at least partially encloses the main body portion of the cushion enclosure. The pouch extends outside the hard shell housing and is pivotable between a docking position and a non-docking position.
US09071673B2
A portable communication device having a flexible display unit to form a predetermined curvature or be unfolded includes a first housing, second and third housings rotatably coupled to both ends of the first housing, first and second hinge modules provided between the first, second, and third housings to enable the second and third housings to rotate. The flexible display unit is provided on the first, second, and third housings to form a curvature or be unfolded on the first, second, and third housings through rotation together with the second and third housings, first and second curvature space portions formed between the first, second, and third housings allow formation of the curvature of the flexible display unit.
US09071659B2
Systems and method for sharing a file presented during a meeting are described. In some aspects, an operating system of a first client computing device of a presenter in an online meeting is monitored during the online meeting. The first client computing device of the presenter is engaged in screen sharing with a second client computing device of at least one other participant in the online meeting. That one or more files accessible via the operating system are being presented in the online meeting is determined based on the monitoring. The one or more files are provided to a set of users in response to determining that the one or more files are being presented in the online meeting.
US09071657B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a method and system for implementing an Internet of Things service. In the present invention: a service generation module generates a description script and a flow script according to a required service, sends the description script and the flow script to an application generation module and a control module, respectively; the application generation module generates an application according to the description script and sends the same to an access module; the access module receives an input of an Internet of Things terminal, processes the input of the Internet of Things terminal using the application, and sends the processed data to a control module; the control module runs the flow script and invokes an execution module to execute an operation according to the data sent by an access module; and the execution module executes an operation according to the invocation of the control module.
US09071655B2
Access to content may be enabled by receiving an instruction indicating a client request to access content, accessing a list of content sources capable of rendering the content for which access is requested by the client, determining a performance metric for at least two of the content sources, and selecting among the content sources based on the performance metric to identify a content source to be accessed by the client.
US09071648B2
A network routes update messages containing updates to properties of live objects from input sources to clients having the objects. When the clients receive live objects, the clients identify the object IDs associated with the objects and register the object IDs with the routing network. The routing network is adapted to selectively send update messages to nodes in the network and the nodes forward the messages to the clients. One implementation uses a hierarchy of registries to indicate which nodes and clients receive which update messages. Another implementation assigns update messages to one or more of N categories and nodes to one or more of M types, and the gateways maintain mapping between categories and types. To ensure that clients receive all of the update messages for which they register, the clients connect to client proxies that in turn connect to at least one node of each type.
US09071645B2
Techniques for credential auditing are provided. Histories for credentials are evaluated against a principal credential policy for a user and an enterprise credential policy for an enterprise as a whole. An audit trail is produced within a report for the histories. The report indicates whether compliance with the principal and enterprise credential policies occurred and if not at least one reason is provided as to why compliance was not met within the histories.
US09071640B2
The invention consists in a method of selecting an application from a plurality of applications installed in a security module, which method is adapted to dialogue with a communicating device and includes a preliminary configuration step (E0) including a step of determining at least one group of applications with which a group identifier is associated, a step of determining one application per group, and a step of storing configuration information representing the association of a particular application and the identifier of the corresponding group, step (E1) of receiving a selection instruction containing a group identifier sent by the communicating device, and a step (E2) of selecting the application associated with the received group identifier as a function of the stored configuration information. The invention also consists in a security module and a terminal.
US09071631B2
A distributed node service management system utilizes multiple existing processor nodes of a distributed computing system, in support of the primary data processing functions of the distributed computing system. The distributed node service management system coordinates and manages service functions on behalf of processor nodes of the distributed computing system. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
US09071629B2
Methods are provided for forwarding Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames over a TRILL network by a FCoE device interconnection apparatus (FIA). A FCoE frame is received from a FCoE device at the FIA. The frame includes at least destination Ethernet MAC address and source Ethernet MAC address fields. The destination Ethernet MAC address of the incoming frame is replaced with the MAC address of the remote FCoE device as determined by the Fiber Channel destination address identifier in the received frame. The source Ethernet MAC address of the incoming frame is replaced. The frame is encapsulated in a TRILL header. The frame is forwarded to an egress FCoE device interconnection apparatus (FIA). The frame is then decapsulated into a FCoE frame, which is forwarded to an attached FCoE device with the original destination and source Ethernet MAC addresses.
US09071628B2
A central controller associated with a performance interacts with portable interactive devices such as smartphones in a venue to provide a shared user experience. The controller may be linked to portable interactive devices by a Wi-Fi link in the venue. Additionally, the controller may need to interface with the outside world via the Internet to add information to the experience. In order to prevent excessive bandwidth demands on the Internet connection, a URL filter is coupled to block all requests for connection to the Internet except those required for running the interactive system or device and transferring information. The filter permits access to a limited number of specific URLs for selected social networks, e.g., Facebook®. Permitted data is throttled to a low data rate so that it is acquired over time. It is unnecessary to gather the data in real time. Consequently, bandwidth requirements are minimized.
US09071622B2
A technique is described for improving throughput in a processing system, such as a network storage server. The technique provides multiple levels (e.g., a hierarchy) of parallelism of process execution within a single mutual exclusion domain, in a manner which allows certain operations on metadata to be parallelized as well as certain operations on user data. The specific parallelization scheme used in any given embodiment is based at least partly on the underlying metadata structures used by the processing system. Consequently, a high degree of parallelization possible, which improves the throughput of the processing system.
US09071621B2
A method and a system of managing information security for a mobile device in a restricted area based on location information regarding the mobile device are provided. The method includes receiving, by the mobile device, a request for the execution of an application program in a restricted area from a server managing the restricted area, executing, by the mobile device, the application program requested for execution when the program was set to be executable according to a security policy set to the restricted area, encrypting, by the mobile device, a file, created according to the execution of the application program, based on location information regarding the mobile device, and storing the encrypted file.
US09071613B2
A method of selectively allocating a plurality of deployment units among a plurality of clouds. The method can include identifying a first context of a first deployment unit of a workload and identifying a second context of a second deployment unit of the workload. Based on the first context, a first of the plurality of clouds that satisfies at least one requirement indicated by the first context can be identified and the first deployment unit can be automatically allocated to the first cloud. Based on the second context, a second of the plurality of clouds that satisfies at least one requirement indicated by the second context can be identified, wherein the first cloud does not satisfy the requirement indicated by the second context, and the second deployment unit can be automatically allocated to the second cloud.
US09071610B2
A method, user equipment and application server for adding media stream of multimedia session. A UE1 establishes a multimedia session with a UE2, receives a media stream adding request directed at the multimedia session of the UE 1; the media stream adding request includes an identity of a UE3 and the media type of the media flow requested to be added; the UE3 is controlled to establish a media stream of the media type with the UE2. Therefore, adding the media stream on the UE3 is realized, and the user may realize the multimedia session with the peer end through multiple UEs, thereby avoiding the inconvenience that the media stream can only be added to the two parties in the session and living up to the users' diversified requirements on the multimedia services.
US09071596B2
A network-based application can establish a secure network connection to a switch. A unique identifier (UID) is generated for the network-based application, and a secure authentication request is generated from the network-based application. The UID for the network-based application is embedded in the secure authentication request. The secure authentication request is communicated to the switch. A response to the secure authentication request is received from the switch. One or more operations are performed that utilize the UID to establish a secure communication channel between the network-based application and the switch.
US09071595B2
A method for checking a validity of a certificate (600) containing a key associated to a network device (601) in a network, comprises receiving at the network an encrypted content (611) and a validity index (630) associated to the content. The validity of the certificate is evaluated from a time index (606) contained within the certificate, the time index having a value corresponding to a time of issue of the certificate, and from the validity index associated to the encrypted content.
US09071589B1
An encryption key management system is provided for storage area network devices. A create key request is received at a storage area network switch. The key is created at the storage area network switch and the created key request is transmitted to a key management center. The key object is stored in the key management center and includes a unique identifier, an encrypted key, a wrapper unique identifier, and a key entity. The encrypted key can later be decrypted to generate a decrypted key. The encrypted key is decrypted using keying material accessed using the wrapper unique identifier that identifies another key object.
US09071585B2
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to offload technology. In aspects, a source offload provider may transfer bulk data to a destination offload provider even if the offload providers are different and independent from each other and have no prior knowledge of each other. In preparation for transferring bulk data, trust may be extended to the offload providers. After authentication, the offload providers may transfer all or a portion of the bulk data over a secure channel without the data traversing the initiator of the transfer.
US09071583B2
Systems and methods for provisioned configuration of wireless devices to allow access to restricted wireless networks are provided. Using an open wireless or wired network, a user of a wireless device may be authenticated. A configuration application, which includes the parameters and policies of the provisioned configuration, is generated, transferred to, and executed on the wireless device. Following configuration by the application, the wireless device is allowed to access the restricted wireless network within the parameters and policies of the provisioned configuration.
US09071581B2
A security command protocol provides secure authenticated access to an auxiliary security memory within a SCSI storage device. The auxiliary security memory acts as an authenticated separate secure storage area that stores sensitive data separately from the user data area of the SCSI storage device. The security command protocol is used to access the auxiliary security memory. The security command protocol allows a trusted execution environment to transport sensitive data to and from storage in the auxiliary security memory. The regular execution environment does not have access to the security command protocol or the auxiliary security memory. The security command protocol and auxiliary security memory eliminate the need for additional secure storage components in devices that provide the security features of firmware TPM.
US09071580B2
A method and system for securing data of a mobile communications device. The method includes: determining that first application data is data associated with a first server; encrypting the first application data with an encryption key stored in the mobile communications device; storing the encrypted first application data on a memory; receiving a request to access the first application data from an application or a service implemented from the mobile communications device; determining that the application or service is authorized to access the first application data; and in response to said determining, decrypting the first application data with the encryption key.
US09071572B2
An apparatus for addressing resources including a first interface to communicate with end-points, the end-points having resources; a second interface for communicating with web applications; a component for creating an universal resource locator (URL) for a resource, the URL including the IP address, port and path of the resource; a component for creating an abstract universal resource identifier (URI) for the resource, a component configured to receive over the second interface and resolve a look-up URI for the resource, the look-up URI having the address of the apparatus, domain and end-point parameters and metadata related to the resource; and a component configured to link the URL and the abstract URI together and the look-up URI with one or more URLs or abstract URIs.
US09071569B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for content metadata and authorization exchange between content providers and service providers. In use, content metadata from each of a plurality of content providers is stored in a central repository for use in identifying to each of a plurality of service providers content of the content providers that is accessible to the service provider. Furthermore, communications between the content providers and the service providers associated with authorizations for content access are proxied via a central proxy.
US09071566B2
A server having one or more processors and memory receives a search query from a client. The server identifies a conversation relevant to the search query, where the conversation has two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier. Identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query. The server returns to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation.
US09071558B1
Methods and systems for routing frames are provided. A system includes an initiator operationally coupled to a first switch that is coupled to a second switch. The first switch includes a plurality of ports for sending and receiving frames and includes a routing table that identifies a port identifier steering table based on an area field of a frame header of a frame received by the first switch. The first switch also includes a plurality of port identifier tables, where each port identifier table is associated with a unique area field and identifies a same port of the first switch for a plurality of area fields. The second switch stores an area steering table with port identification information associated with an area field of a frame header of a frame received by the second switch and a same port of the second switch is assigned to multiple area fields.
US09071553B2
An automated tool for migrating a website hosting service from a first website hosting architecture to a second website hosting architecture, the first architecture comprising a server architecture that serves the services necessary for a client's web sites from a dedicated machine and the second web hosting architecture comprising a server architecture that serves a plurality of unrelated clients from a plurality of shared servers.
US09071548B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for effecting movement of virtual switch interfaces between virtual switches connected to different physical ports of a device under test are disclosed. One method includes operating a virtual switch interface behind a first edge relay on a protocol emulator to send packets to a first physical port of a device under test. The method further includes determining whether sufficient resources exist on a second physical port of the device under test to support the virtual switch interface. The method further includes, in response to determining that sufficient resources exist on the second physical port of the device under test to support the virtual switch interface, moving the virtual switch interface to a second edge relay on the protocol emulator connected to the second physical port of the device under test.
US09071546B2
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting a packet from a router located in a communication path between a source and a receiver, the load balancing packet having one or more values used to select a group designated router from a list of candidate group designated routers for multicast traffic streams, selecting the router as said group designated router for one or more of the multicast traffic streams, and forwarding traffic for the one or more multicast traffic streams to the receiver. The candidate group designated routers are last hop routers for transmitting the multicast traffic streams to a common link connected to the receiver. An apparatus is also disclosed.
US09071543B2
Systems and methods for utilizing transaction boundary detection methods in queuing and retransmission decisions relating to network traffic are described. By detecting transaction boundaries and sizes, a client, server, or intermediary device may prioritize based on transaction sizes in queuing decisions, giving precedence to smaller transactions which may represent interactive and/or latency-sensitive traffic. Further, after detecting a transaction boundary, a device may retransmit one or more additional packets prompting acknowledgements, in order to ensure timely notification if the last packet of the transaction has been dropped. Systems and methods for potentially improving network latency, including retransmitting a dropped packet twice or more in order to avoid incurring additional delays due to a retransmitted packet being lost are also described.
US09071535B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for detecting anomalies within nodes of a data center are provided. A self-learning system is employed to proactively and automatically detect the anomalies using one or more locally hosted agents for pulling information that describes states of a plurality of nodes (e.g., computing devices of a cloud-computing infrastructure), respectively, and using at least one early-warning mechanism for implementing a comparison technique. The comparison technique involves individually comparing the state information of the plurality of the nodes against one another and, based upon the comparison, grouping one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes into clusters that exhibit substantially similar state information. Upon identifying the clusters that include low number of nodes grouped therein, with respect to a remainder of the clusters of nodes, the members of the identified clusters are designated as anomalous machines.
US09071512B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for distributing Diameter network management information are disclosed. According to one method, a first Diameter node obtains Diameter network management subscription information. The first Diameter node obtains Diameter network management information. The first Diameter node determines, using the Diameter network management subscription information, whether at least one second Diameter node is subscribed to receive the obtained Diameter network management information. In response to determining that the at least one second Diameter node is subscribed to receive the obtained network management information, the first Diameter node sends the obtained Diameter network management information to the at least one second Diameter node.
US09071511B2
A system allowing for path monitoring and notification in a system of switching elements and processing elements is provided. An exemplary technique uses a monitoring and notification module configured to generate and output monitoring messages across multiple paths defined by the plurality of switching elements and the plurality of processing elements, detect a fault in the system based on the monitoring messages, and generate and output multiple alert messages across the multiple paths to initiate recovery from the fault As such, a single element (or group of elements) does not become isolated from the rest of the elements in the system.
US09071508B2
A distributed fabric system comprises a plurality of independent network elements interconnected by inter-switch links and assigned to a same group. Each network element includes a switching chip, a processor, and memory storing program code that is executed by the processor. The program code of each network element includes a device configuration (DC) stacking module and a switch discovery protocol (SDP) module. The SDP module of each network element, when executed, discovers each other network element in the group and elects one of the network elements as a master network element. The SDP module of the master network element, when executed, sends messages to the DC-stacking module of the master network element. Each sent message identifies one of the network elements in the group. The DC stacking module of the master network element, when executed, maintains a record of all network elements that are currently members in the group.
US09071499B2
Emulating a NIC for packet transmission on hardware RSS unaware NICs in a multi-core system enables each of a plurality of slave packet engines to emulate a NIC for packet transmissions locally even though the actual NIC transmissions from the queue are handled by a master packet engine only. Each slave packet engine treats a local software-implemented transmission queue as a device queue and uses the local queue to keep track of status of data from the packet engine in the device output queue, handled by the master packet engine on behalf of the slave packet engines. As the master packet engine transmits the data from the queue and the status of the queue changes, the master packet engine and the slave packet engines may use pointers to keep track of which data packets are transmitted, which data packets are drained and which data packets are still in the queue.
US09071490B2
A data transmitting apparatus generates a plurality of pilot signals to be used for channel estimation by a data receiving apparatus, performs symbol mapping of a plurality of input data signals and a plurality of pilot signal into a plurality of data symbols and a plurality of pilot symbols, converts input symbols in the frequency domain including the plurality of data symbols and the plurality of pilot symbols into a real signal in the time domain, and performs angle modulation of the real signal. The data transmitting apparatus controls the amplitude of the sine component of the angle-modulated real signal by a gain that varies with a control signal and then transmits the real signal.
US09071483B1
An embodiment of a method, system, and medium provide for determining information about a communications call. The method includes receiving call data associated with establishing a communications path to communicate at least a portion of data using a voice-over-packet technology, and formatting at least a portion of said call data such that a source identifier and a destination identifier are viewable in a common area along with two or more of the following call-identifier information; physical-termination information and possible release codes. The format can be filterable.
US09071477B2
A method and associated processing module for an interconnection system, providing a pre-tap tuning directing and a post-tap tuning directing. The interconnection system includes a transmitter filter and a receiver equalizer; the transmitter filter performs filtering according to a pre-tap and a post-tap, and the receiver equalizer performs equalization according to an equalizer tap. The pre-tap tuning directing includes: forming an indicative pattern with a plurality of data samples and a transition sample from an equalized signal, comparing if the indicative pattern matches predetermined pattern(s), and accordingly directing whether the pre-tap is incremented/decremented. The post-tap tuning directing selects whether the post-tap is incremented/decremented according to a positive/negative sign of the equalizer tap.
US09071474B1
Receiving devices and methods for suppressing interference from a data signal received at a receiving device are provided. The receiving device has m receive antennas, and a training signal set transmitted from a first transmitting device is received at the receiving device. The training signal set includes data for each transmit antenna of n transmit antennas included on the first transmitting device and includes information sufficient to determine a channel estimate corresponding to a communication channel between the first transmitting device and the receiving device. The channel estimate is determined based on the training signal set, where the channel estimate includes an m-by-n description of the communication channel. The data signal received at the receiving device is filtered based on the channel estimate to suppress the interference in the data signal. The data signal is transmitted from a second transmitting device that is different from the first transmitting device.
US09071465B1
Method and system for message service via network connections, for example, in the context of a mobile communication network. A request is received by a message server located in a cluster of one or more message servers to send a message to a specified recipient. A bind request mechanism accesses an available bind from a bind pool managed in accordance with, at least in part, an operational parameter of a routing entity. Using the available bind, the message server sends the message, through a routing entity interface via a network, to the routing entity which subsequently forwards the message to the specified recipient.
US09071459B2
A system and method is provided for two-tiered load balancing on a hosted voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) private branch exchange (PBX). The system includes a plurality of client devices, at least one device load balancer, and at least one call load balancer. The device load balancer identifies a device group to which each client device belongs; and a cluster of computing resources for processing calls for the device group. The cluster is assigned to the device group based on prescribed conditions. In response to a communications request, call load balancers in communication with the device load balancers dynamically determine if predefined conditions are currently being met within an identified cluster of computing resources. If the predefined conditions are currently being met, then the communications request for a primary client device associated with the request is established via one of a plurality of server nodes within the cluster of computing resources.
US09071449B2
Mobile network services are performed at the edge of a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A first service mechanism in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. A second service mechanism in the core network receives data monitored during attach and Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context activation, and establishes sessions with components in the mobile data network that support charging and policy control for sessions broken out by the first service mechanism.
US09071447B2
A method for generating data encryption coding with variable clocking according to one embodiment includes storing a secret code in a first register; storing a locally-generated random number in a second register; storing a second random number generated at a remote device in the second register; extracting bits from the first register; extracting bits from the second register; setting a state of a clock generator in response to one or more bits from each register, the clock generator generating a clock signal controlling operation of the first register, the clock signal varying depending on the state of the clock generator.
US09071446B2
One of the various aspects of the invention is related to suggesting various techniques for improving the tamper-resistibility of hardware. The tamper-resistant hardware may be advantageously used in a transaction system that provides the off-line transaction protocol. Amongst these techniques for improving the tamper-resistibility are trusted bootstrapping by means of secure software entity modules, a new use of hardware providing a Physical Unclonable Function, and the use of a configuration fingerprint of a FPGA used within the tamper-resistant hardware.
US09071444B2
An electronic content storage and exchange system includes an interface configured to send and receive messages; a database and a controller. The database includes a plurality of records, each record representing a respective virtual storage media and including at least: a respective unique identifier assigned to the virtual storage media; a respective Private key and certificate assigned to the virtual storage media; a current content value, and a log of content transfers. The controller executes transfer-in and transfer-out processes in respect of each of the virtual storage media. The transfer-in process includes steps of: receiving a content transfer message including at least a message content to be transferred and the respective identifier assigned to a recipient virtual storage media; accessing the record representing the recipient virtual storage media; and storing the message content in the current content of the recipient virtual storage media. The transfer-out process includes steps of: receiving a content transfer request message including at least at least a message content to be transferred and the respective identifier assigned to a sending virtual storage media; accessing the record representing the sending virtual storage media; removing the message content from the current content; generating a content transfer message including the message content; and returning the content transfer message.
US09071437B2
Third-party applications for platforms are linked to identified individuals that guarantee the security of the applications. The linkage is achieved by acquiring one or more biometric records of the individual guarantor, storing those records as a signature in a database, assigning a unique identifier to the signature, and embedding that unique identifier in the executable file of the application. The signature of the guarantor can be compared to other stored signatures of other guarantors to check for individuals posing under multiple aliases. The signature of a guarantor linked to a malicious application can be flagged so that a subsequent application guaranteed by the same individual can be disapproved.
US09071436B2
Various methods and systems include exemplary implementations for a security-activated operational component involved in creating or producing or duplicating or processing or testing one or more objects. Possible embodiments include but are not limited to verifying an authorization code to control a task or function of a robotic operation system, and responsive to the verification, enabling or disabling one or more operational components of the robotic operation system.
US09071426B2
A symmetric key to be used to secure a communication link between a first device and a second device is generated as follows: a first symmetric key is generated; a second symmetric key is generated; packets communicated between the first device and the second device over communication link are hashed to create a hash result; the first symmetric key, the second symmetric key and the hash result are hashed to generate a third symmetric key to be used to secure the communication link.
US09071418B2
Some media applications use media containers, media files or media streams that contain multiple media components in it and require that each component of media be sent to different destinations tailored for rendering a particular type of media component. Furthermore there may be multiple destinations for a particular media component type. For example an application might use a media file with one video and one stereo audio stream and want to send this to two video rendering devices and four stereo audio devices. This invention describes a system for rendering these media components synchronously on multiple devices by demultiplexing the media into media sub components at one destination, sending the components to all destinations and synchronizing the rendering at each device.
US09071389B2
The present invention relates to a method for communicating in a network, said network comprising a primary station and at least a first secondary station, wherein the first secondary station transmits to the primary station an indication of a first plurality of precoding vectors, wherein the number of first precoding vectors is greater than a preferred rank of transmission from the primary station to the first secondary station.
US09071385B2
A method is provided for selectively, dynamically and adaptively jamming the third-party radio communications that are external to a radio communication network to be protected, which optimizes the effectiveness of the jamming of P predefined areas or positions in a network of transmitters, and which uses closed-loop control to limit fratricidal effects on certain platforms having telecommunication transmitters/receivers to be preserved.
US09071383B2
A system and method for transmitting data, including one or more Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoders configured to encode one or more streams of input data; a signal constellation generation module configured to generate one or more signal constellations; one or more modulators configured to generate one or more signals using hybrid multidimensional coded modulation; a modified orthogonal polynomial generation module configured to generate modified orthogonal polynomials for use as electrical basis functions; and one or more mode-multiplexers and transmitters configured to mode-multiplex and transmit one or more LDPC-coded data streams over a transmission medium.
US09071379B2
An optical branching and insertion device includes an optical splitter that branches an input optical signal, and outputs the branched optical signal from a first output port and a second output port; a wavelength selective switch that allows passage of an optical signal of a predetermined wavelength from among optical signals input to a first input port from the first output port, and outputs the optical signal of the predetermined wavelength and an optical signal inputted from a second input port; and a processor that executes a process to expand a band through which the optical signal of the predetermined wavelength is allowed to pass, the process being executed when a channel allocated to a wavelength of the optical signal inputted from the second input port and a channel allocated to the predetermined wavelength are not adjacent.
US09071377B2
An apparatus comprising an optical line terminal (OLT) configured to transmit a bandwidth map (BWmap) for a plurality of burst signals to be transmitted by a plurality of optical network units (ONUs), wherein the BWmap comprises a plurality of allocations, and wherein each allocation comprises a start time for the allocation, a grant size for the allocation, and a header error correction (HEC) for the allocation.
US09071371B2
A user (102) hears an audio program being broadcast and can record a sample of the audio. The sample is then conveyed to an analyzing means (106) to determine to which broadcast station the user is listening. The analyzing means monitors many broadcast channels. Thus, characteristics of the audio sample and samples taken from the broadcast channels can be compared to find a match. Broadcast information pertaining to the broadcast channel from which the match was found may then be reported back to the user, combined with an advertisement of a promotion, prize notification, discount offers, and other information specific for a certain radio station for example.
US09071365B2
An optical hybrid (100) generates a first optical signal by causing local light to interfere with a received optical signal which is received from an outside with a first phase difference. In addition, the optical hybrid (100) generates a second optical signal by causing the local light to interfere with the received optical signal with a second phase difference shifted by π from the first phase difference. Two photoelectric conversion elements (150) photoelectrically convert the first optical signal and the second optical signal, respectively, and generate a first electrical signal and a second electrical signal. A differential trans-impedance amplifier (200) includes a direct-current component correction unit (210), a trans-impedance circuit (240), and a variable gain amplifier (250). The direct-current component correction unit (210) reduces a difference of the magnitude of a direct-current component of the first electrical signal and the magnitude of a direct-current component of the second electrical signal.
US09071337B2
A transmitter/receiver arrangement comprises a digital arbitrary waveform generator AWG connected to a transmitter. Said waveform generator is configured to generate an arbitrary waveform within a given bandwidth. Said transmitter/receiver arrangement further comprises an antenna arrangement configured to emit a transmitter signal, and to receive an incident signal, a receiver configured to receive a receiver signal, and an analog isolator connected to said antenna arrangement, said transmitter, and said receiver. Said analog isolator is adapted to route said transmitter signal from said transmitter to said antenna arrangement, and said incident signal from said antenna arrangement to said receiver, and to isolate said transmitter signal from said receiver signal. Said receiver is adapted to cancel any residual transmitter signal in said receiver signal by means of at least one digital model of at least said isolator, said antenna arrangement, and said transmitter.
US09071329B2
A customizable and an upgradable remote control is provided which may be customized or upgraded via a Web site or through other remote, and preferably interactive, processes. A database is provided which includes a plurality of functions of a consumer electronic device, such as a TV and/or a DVD player. A user selects among the plurality of functions at least one of the desired functions. In response to the user selection a virtual configuration is created to virtually configure the customizable remote control. The virtual configuration may be downloaded to the customizable remote control.
US09071324B2
Method and system for communicating up to extreme high frequencies using a mesh network of repeaters
A plurality of repeater devices, each of which may enable forwarding extreme high frequency (EHF) communication between EHF-enabled wireless devices, may form a repeater mesh network. One or more routes may be formed within the repeater mesh network to enable forwarding EHF RF signals via the repeater mesh network. Different technique may be utilized, while forming routes within the repeater mesh network, to reduce and/or prevent interference that might be caused by EHF RF signals received and/or transmitted by repeater devices in the routes to other repeater devices in the repeater mesh network. These techniques may comprise frequency shifting, spatial isolation, and/or polarization isolation. Multiple routes may be utilized simultaneously to forward EHF RF communication. The simultaneous use of multiple routes may enable increasing the bandwidth and/or improving reliability of forwarding EHF RF communication within the repeater mesh network.
US09071316B2
The present invention relates to method for detection of symbols, comprising: receiving at least one communication signal y transmitted over a radio channel H, and receiving a priori LLRs of said channel inputs x; computing soft symbol estimates μ and variance D of said channel inputs x based on LLRs of said channel inputs x; filtering and interference cancelling said received signal y by using a first filter and filtered soft symbol estimates μ so as to obtain a filtered and interference cancelled received signal; estimating MSE matrix B of said filtered and interference cancelled received signal; computing an optimal matrix Gopt for a BCJR algorithm based on said MSE estimate B; further filtering said filtered and interference cancelled received signal by using a second filter so as to obtain an input signal r to the BCJR algorithm; and feeding said input signal r into the BCJR algorithm.
US09071315B2
A method of wireless communication includes receiving a first interference signal and a second interference signal. The method further includes determining whether the second interference signal includes a different version of the first interference signal. Additionally, the method includes combining the first interference signal and the second interference signal to estimate an interference cancellation signal when the second interference signal is the different version of the first interference signal.
US09071314B2
A method and apparatus in which a Tap-Weight Computer (TWC) calculates a Tap-Weight Vector (TWV). The TWV is coupled to a register in each of a plurality of adaptive filter modules. Each such adaptive filter module includes several adaptive filters that each include a tapped delay line. The input to the tapped delay line of each such adaptive filter is one of a plurality of potential interfering signals. The TWV controls the weighting of the outputs from the taps off the delay line. The weighted outputs from each tapped delay line are then subtracted from a received signal which potentially includes interference from the potential interfering signals. The TWC is multiplexed to each of the plurality of adaptive filters so that each adaptive filter is loaded with a TWV calculated by the TWC to reduce the amount of interference contributed by a particular potential interfering signal coupled to an input to that particular adaptive filter. In one embodiment, a plurality of such adaptive filter modules share the same TWC.
US09071312B2
A wireless communication apparatus of the present invention comprises a plurality of branches, a tap output combining section, an adaptive blind processing section and a diversity combining section. Each of the plurality of branches comprises a tap processing section generates a tap output signal and a received signal vector on a basis of a received signal and a tap coefficient in a space diversity method. The tap output combining section calculates by linking the tap output signal as a tap output combination signal. The adaptive blind processing section generates the tap coefficient by an adaptive blind processing on a basis of the tap output combination signal and the received signal vector. The diversity combining section performs a diversity combination of the tap output signals. The adaptive blind processing section uses an evaluation condition so that the tap output combination signal be minimal.
US09071310B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for enabling multiple transmission modes based on control information of different formats.
US09071300B2
A signal transceiver with enhanced return loss in a power-off state includes a connector, a band-pass filter, a front-end module and an impedance transformation circuit. The impedance transformation circuit is coupled between the band-pass filter and the front-end module for transforming an input impedance of the signal transceiver, and includes an input terminal coupled to the band-pass filter for receiving a signal; an output terminal coupled to the front-end module for outputting the signal to the front-end module; an impedance transforming unit; and a power source input circuit coupled to the impedance transforming unit for providing a power source; wherein the impedance transforming unit is coupled between the power source input circuit and the input terminal, for transforming the input impedance of the signal transceiver.
US09071297B2
Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and methods for codebook subsampling for enhanced 4TX codebooks in 3GPP LTE wireless networks are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is configured for transmission of channel state information (CSI) feedback including a rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix (W1). The rank indicator (RI) and a precoding matrix (W1) are jointly encoded and codebook subsampling is performed for the enhanced 4Tx codebook for at least one of: PUCCH report type 5 (RI/1st PMI) in PUCCH 1-1 submode 1; PUCCH report type 2c (CQI/1st PMI/2nd PMI) in PUCCH 1-1 submode 2; and PUCCH report type 1a (subband CQI/2nd PMI) in PUCCH 2-1.
US09071291B2
A solution for multiple base station collaborative communication in TDD (Time Division Duplex) and FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) systems is provided. To be specific, a serving base station and coordinating base station transmit detection signals with specific Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) features on one or more communication resources. The mobile station measures the detection signals on the one or more communication resources and generates indication information of the recommended collaborative communication modes based on the measurement results. Preferably the indexes of the time-frequency resources corresponding to the recommended collaborative communication modes are reported to the serving base station. Then the serving base station schedules at least one of the one or more mobile stations according to the indication information reported by the one or more stations and provides MIMO communication manner for the mobile station scheduled. The coverage of the cells is improved, the cell edge user throughput is increased and the inter-cell interference between neighboring base stations is decreased by exploiting the invention. Preferably the amount of uplink feedback information is decreased and the uplink bandwidth is saved.
US09071290B2
A supporting radio base station (100) comprises an IQ sample provider (110) for extracting, in a selected subset of the available frequency band (A) and/or from a selected subset of the available antennas (B), so-called complementary IQ samples based on received radio signals including a radio signal originating from an uplink transmission of at least one UE served by a serving radio base station (200). The supporting radio base station (100) comprises an IQ sample transmitter (120) for transmitting the complementary IQ samples to the serving radio base station (200) to enable the serving radio base station to decode user data of the uplink transmission based on the complementary IQ samples together with own IQ samples provided by the serving radio base station (200). This will provide significant savings of bit rate for the exchange of IQ samples between the radio base stations.
US09071289B2
The present application relates to a transceiver for use in a communications system that uses magnetic field induction to transmit data, the transceiver having an amplifier for driving an antenna, the amplifier forming, with a capacitance and a resistance connected in parallel with the antenna, a parallel resonant circuit. The resistance value of the resistance is adjustable, to permit adjustment of the loaded quality factor of the parallel resonant circuit. The transceiver includes a processing unit configured to determine the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of a signal received by the transceiver, and based on this SNR select a modulation scheme to apply to a data signal to be transmitted by the transceiver. The value of the resistance is adjusted to a level at which the loaded quality factor of the parallel resonant circuit is able to support the bandwidth and data rate required by the selected modulation scheme.
US09071279B2
A receiver is disclosed, wherein a re-ordering means comprises a multiplexer, a finite-state machine, and a plurality of buffers. the finite-state machine is arranged to control the multiplexer to load the buffers from a bus such that the output of the buffers is directly decodable by the decoder. A receiving method is also disclosed, comprising the steps of: determining a transmission mode and a bus configuration; entering an initializing state of branching of a finite-state machine according to said determined transmission mode and bus configuration; performing transitions between state of the said finite-state machine for each received set of soft data provided on a bus; multiplexing said soft data to a plurality of buffers in dependence on the state of said finite-state machine; and writing said multiplexed data into said plurality of buffers.
US09071278B2
The present invention provides a data processing method, the data processing method including receiving a broadcasting signal where mobile service data are multiplexed with main service data, extracting transmission-parameter-channel signaling information and fast-information-channel signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, parsing first program table information describing virtual channel information of an ensemble and a service provided by the ensemble using the fast-information-channel signaling information, the ensemble the ensemble corresponding to a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, obtaining information representing that second program table information, which includes a descriptor describing event information of the mobile service data, is received, from the first program table information, parsing the second program table information, and storing the event information and displaying service guide information including the event information.
US09071272B2
A controlling device has a configurable key. An overlay, such as a sticker, is provided to the configurable key and includes an indicia representative of media content and machine readable data indicative of an identity of the media content represented by the indicia. A memory of the controlling device stores a correspondence between the configurable key and data indicative of a source of the media content. Upon activation of configured, configurable key, the controlling device uses select command codes from a library of command codes and the correspondence between the configurable key and the data indicative of the source of the media content to transmit one or more commands for causing one or more appliances to access the source of the media content.
US09071267B1
A processing system may include multiple selectable processing paths for processing an analog signal in order to reduce noise and increase dynamic range. Techniques are employed to transition between processing paths and calibrate operational parameters of the two paths in order to reduce or eliminate artifacts caused by switching between processing paths.
US09071263B2
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide analog to digital conversion of analog inputs. A plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) can be arranged such that one or more of the ADCs is operating at a sampling rate that is less than others of the plurality of ADCs. For example, a sampling rate interpolator may be used to increase a sampling rate of signals output at the one or more ADCs operating at the lower sampling rate, allowing pipelining of the plurality of ADCs.
US09071262B1
Techniques for calibration of high-speed interleaved analog-to-digital converter (ADC) arrays are presented. A transceiver comprises an ADC component that comprises an array of sub-ADCs that can be interleaved to facilitate high-speed data communications. The ADC component processes signals received from a remote transmitter to facilitate recovering the received data. The transceiver can comprise a calibration component that determines transfer characteristics of the communication channel or medium between the transceiver and the remote transmitter, and the transfer characteristics of the remote transmitter to each of the sub-ADCs of the array, based on the recovered data. The calibration component calibrates sub-ADCs of the array to facilitate correcting sub-ADC path differences, based on the respective transfer characteristics, to facilitate mitigating distortions that would be caused by the path differences, wherein the calibration component can use channel estimation to determine the transfer functions of the sub-ADCs of the array.
US09071255B2
A phase locked loop and an associated alignment method are provided. A disclosed phase locked loop receives a reference signal to provide a feedback signal. The phase locked loop is first opened. When the phase locked loop is open, a frequency range of an oscillating signal from a voltage-controlled oscillator is substantially selected. The feedback signal is provided according to the oscillation signal. After the frequency range is selected, the phase locked loop is kept open and the phases of the reference signal and the feedback signal are substantially aligned. The phase locked loop is then closed after the reference signal and the feedback signal are aligned.
US09071240B2
Provided herein is a voltage level shifter, an apparatus including a voltage level shifter and a method of converting voltages between input and output power domains. In one embodiment, the voltage level shifter includes: (1) an input circuit configured to receive a data signal from an input power domain and a power down signal from a output power domain and (2) a transition circuit coupled to the input circuit and configured to receive the data signal and an inverted signal of the power down signal, wherein the input circuit and the transition circuit are both configured to connect to a supply voltage of the output power domain as a power source.
US09071232B2
An integrated circuit includes a ring oscillator including delay cells having a delay value and configured to generate two or more periodic waves, a first phase controller configured to compare the phase of a first selected periodic wave to the phase of a reference wave and change the delay value of the delay cells from a first delay value to a second delay value based on a first comparison signal corresponding to a phase difference between the first selected periodic wave and the reference wave, and a second phase controller configured to compare the phase of a second selected periodic wave to the phase of the reference wave and restore the delay value of the delay cells from the second delay value to the first delay value based on a second comparison signal corresponding to a phase difference between the second selected periodic wave and the reference wave.
US09071229B1
A miniature wideband balun is realized wherein a miniature rectangular high permeability ferrite binocular core is wound with a single wire on the first of three legs and a twisted pair of wires on the third of three legs. Each winding is configured from 36 gauge wire to include two turns with precise positioning and spacing on the legs, and precise control over the length and position of the non-wound wire portions. The non-wound wire portions have their ends welded to the conductive terminals of a flat insulating substrate which the core is bonded to. Such an approach results in a wideband response of from 10 MHz to at least 6000 MHz with a substantially flat insertion loss and a low return loss. Additionally, a lid is bonded to the top of the core in order to form a package conducive to handling by standard pick and place robotic assembly machinery.
US09071225B2
An electronic circuit includes a plurality of duplexers that are coupled to an antenna terminal and have a pass band different from each other and a plurality of acoustic wave filters that are respectively coupled between the antenna terminal and the plurality of the duplexers, wherein filter characteristics of a first acoustic wave filter of the plurality of the acoustic wave filters are set so as to allow passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a first duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is coupled to the first acoustic wave filter and suppress passage of a signal in both a pass band for transmitting and a pass band for receiving of a second duplexer of the plurality of the duplexers that is different from the first duplexer.
US09071224B2
A filter includes: a plurality of piezoelectric thin film resonators, each having a multilayered film including a lower electrode located on a substrate, a piezoelectric film located on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode located on the piezoelectric film so as to face the lower electrode, wherein at least two piezoelectric thin film resonators have thick film portions, in each of which the multilayered film is thicker in at least a part of an outer peripheral portion than in an inner portion of a resonance region in which the lower electrode and the upper electrode face each other across the piezoelectric film, and lengths of the thick film portions from edges of the resonance regions are different from each other in the at least two piezoelectric thin film resonators.
US09071218B2
Presented is a method of facilitating use of an audio communication device, such as a telephone, in the presence of an electronic device capable of generating sound, such as a television or audio receiver. In the method, a message is received from the audio communication device, wherein the message indicates the audio communication device has received a request for an audio communication, such as a telephone call, from a second audio communication device. In response to receiving the message, an audio volume of the electronic device is reduced.
US09071216B2
A signal processing device includes a first amplifier, a converter, a signal processor, a controller, and a second amplifier. The first amplifier amplifies a level of an externally input analog audio signal with a first gain whose value is variable. The converter converts the analog audio signal amplified by the first amplifier into a digital audio signal. The signal processor that performs tone control signal processing on the digital audio signal. The controller detects a level of the digital audio signal before the signal processing and controls the value of the first gain in accordance with the detected level. The second amplifier detects a level of the digital audio signal after the signal processing and amplifies the digital audio signal after the signal processing with a second gain determined in accordance with the detected level and the first gain whose value has been controlled by the controller.
US09071208B2
A signal amplification circuit includes an input terminal; a first chopper modulation circuit; a first amplifier having an amplification circuit and a chopper demodulation circuit, a capacitance feedback circuit having a second chopper modulation circuit, a first switch constituting a voltage follower circuit with the amplification circuit; a second switch; a second amplifier to convert the differential output signal from the second output terminal into a single-end signal; and a filter to pass at least a predetermined frequency component of the chopping frequency from the single-end signal from the second amplifier to output an output signal of the signal amplification circuit.
US09071205B2
An amplifier with a single-input class-AB output stage comprises an input stage providing a signal to an output stage. The output stage comprises a current-splitting stage having a bias current and providing at least two intermediate output currents, and a drive stage receiving the two intermediate output currents and driving an output signal having a positive side and a negative side.
US09071196B2
A double balanced mixer has a DC detection circuit connected to receive the output of the mixer core. The detected level is applied to adjust the duty cycle of the transistors of the mixer core. In one example, this adjusting level is added to the local oscillator signals that are applied to the core. In another example, the level is applied to adjust the threshold of the transistors of the mixer core. In a further example, the duty cycle of the local oscillator signals is adjusted before it is applied to the mixer core Also provided is an input stage for a double balanced mixer core, which comprises a transistor having a low pass filter as a feedback circuit.
US09071189B2
A motor drive comprises a power sub-assembly and a control sub-assembly removably secured to the power sub-assembly. The power sub-assembly contains all power electronic circuitry and driver circuitry for the power electronics. The control sub-assembly comprises control circuitry for implementing a motor control routine that generates control signals for the power sub-assembly. The control sub-assembly is configured to conform to a USB mass storage device class such that it will appear as an icon on a configuration station when coupled to the configuration station via a USB cable. Thereafter, the drive may be accessed by selecting the icon, and parameter file and data transfer may be performed, such as by drag-and-drop transfer steps.
US09071184B2
A motor driving system is disclosed having a control device 4A for controlling a synchronous motor 1, the control device 4A comprising a sensorless control algorithm device 20 that includes an abnormality determining device 25 for determining abnormality of the algorithm based on a magnetic pole position error estimated value of the motor 1. When the abnormality determining device 25 has determined abnormality of the algorithm, the control device 4A controls a power converter 2 using a magnetic pole position detected value detected by a magnetic pole position detector 30 attached to the motor, in place of using a magnetic pole position estimated value. This motor driving system can guarantee reliability of the sensorless control algorithm device 20 while assuring safety. Safety of electric vehicles is enhanced by installing the motor driving system that has been guaranteed reliable.
US09071175B2
An electric bicycle driving apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a speed change mode operator to output a first speed change mode signal or second speed change mode signal, a controller to receive the first speed change mode signal or second speed change mode signal and output a first control signal corresponding to the first speed change mode signal or a second control signal corresponding to the second speed change mode signal, a motor driver to, when the first speed change mode signal is output, receive the first control signal and output a first motor driving signal to drive a motor in a first speed change mode, and, when the second speed change mode signal is output, receive the second control signal and output a second motor driving signal to drive the motor in a second speed change mode, and a relay to selectively receive a relay switching enable signal.
US09071173B2
A CPU determines that a motor is undergoing a forward rotation when a time difference between a detection timing of a light beam deflected by a rotating polygonal mirror and an output timing of a detection signal from a magnetic detector element falls within a predetermined range, and that the motor is undergoing a reverse rotation when the time difference does not fall within the predetermined range. With this configuration, a detection circuit for detecting voltage induced in three phases is unnecessary, and therefore the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, there is no need to detect voltage induced in each of the three phases. As it suffices to simply detect the time difference, the amount of time required to detect a rotation direction can be reduced.
US09071164B2
A multi-phase converter includes a plurality of phase paths. Each phase path includes at least one dc-link that is independent from every other phase path dc-link such that each output phase voltage is generated from a corresponding dc-link voltage source that can be different from every other phase voltage dc-link voltage source. A total dc-link voltage level is determined for each output phase voltage. A common-mode injection voltage is calculated based on all dc-link voltage levels and all phase reference voltages. Each phase path reference voltage is then adjusted based on the calculated common-mode injection voltage, such that each generated output phase voltage level is adjusted in response to its corresponding adjusted reference voltage.
US09071160B2
A method and controller for power dependant mains under-voltage (“brown-out”) protection is disclosed. Brown-out protection is meant for protection against overheating due to low mains voltage and associated high mains current. The disclosed method and controller allow for lower mains voltages at low load by comparing the mains voltage with a signal indicating the actual power level of the power supply. In converters such as flyback converters, this brown-out protection can be implemented by comparing the actual peak voltage of the mains voltage with a control signal that indicates the power level. In other embodiments, the mains voltage is compared to a preset level by means of a comparator. Provided the voltage passes the preset level prior to opening the control window, the SMPS functions normally. Conversely, brown-out protection is initiated if the voltage does not pass the preset level before the control window opens.
US09071152B2
The present invention provides a switched-mode power converter with regulation demand pulses sent across a galvanic isolation barrier.
US09071148B2
An external circuit is connected to a polarity detection terminal of a switching control IC. An increased value of the voltage of a pulse signal input to the polarity detection terminal at the time of the activation of a power supply changes in response to this external circuit. Accordingly, owing to the external circuit connected to the polarity detection terminal, the validity/invalidity of a standby mode is set. When the standby mode is validated, a blanking frequency changes in response to the voltage of a feedback terminal, and a switching loss in a light load is reduced. Accordingly, a switching control circuit and a switching power supply apparatus are configured that are able to set the validity/invalidity of the standby mode or select the method of the standby mode without using a dedicated terminal.
US09071146B2
A power converter controller includes an input sense circuit to receive an input sense signal representative of an input of a power converter. A zero-crossing detector is coupled to the input sense circuit to be responsive to the input sense signal falling below a first zero-crossing threshold and rising above a second zero-crossing threshold to determine zero-crossing intervals. A timer circuit is coupled to the zero-crossing detector to determine peak intervals and to synchronize an enable signal generated to enable the input sense circuit to sense the input of the power converter during the peak intervals of the input of the power converter. A comparator circuit is coupled to the input sense circuit and the timer circuit to detect if the input of the power converter is greater or less than one or more thresholds during the peak intervals of the input of the power converter.
US09071143B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip which includes a first power supply terminal and into which a circuit block which is operated by a power supply voltage supplied to the first power supply terminal is integrated, a power circuit that includes switching transistors and supplies the power supply voltage to the first power supply terminal, and a DCDC control unit that is formed on the first semiconductor chip and generates a control signal for controlling the turning on and off of the switching transistors in response to an information signal from the circuit block and a voltage information signal corresponding to an output voltage from the power circuit.
US09071122B2
A drive unit, which has a first motor and a second motor, for rotationally and linearly moving a working element with respect to a first housing element In order to permit a design and a mounting and to reduce the required axial installation space and cost, the drive unit has bearing arrangement which, in the case of a linear movement of the working element with respect to the first housing element, permits a primary part and a secondary part of the first motor and/or of the second motor to be arranged in an axially non-displaceable fashion.
US09071120B2
A linear actuator having a linearly extending slider disposed in a body casing, a plurality of magnets fixed to the slider along the axial direction of the slider, and a plurality of coils supported by the body casing so as to surround the slider to which the magnets are fixed, the linear actuator being structured so that a slider shifts in the axial direction relative to the body casing due to interaction between energized coils and magnets, the linear actuator further comprising a plurality of flat springs each supporting one end or the other end of the slider in the axial direction, each flat spring being elastically deformed relative to the axial direction of the slider.
US09071116B2
An apparatus for installing an elongate conductor into stator core slots, including a magazine having a radially outer cylindrical surface with recesses that extend inwardly of the cylindrical surface, and a circular rack having a radially outer periphery provided with rack slots. The magazine has an installation mode in which a stator core coaxially surrounds the magazine, there is concurrent radial alignment between pairs of magazine recesses and stator core slots, and a conductor axial branch is receivable by a stator slot from a respectively paired magazine recess; and a load mode in which the circular rack and the magazine have synchronized rotative movements, corresponding pairs of magazine recesses and rack slots are sequentially aligned, and a conductor axial branch is receivable by a magazine recess from its aligned rack slot. Also, a method for loading an elongate conductor onto a magazine for subsequent installation into stator core slots.
US09071108B2
There is provided a movable iron core linear actuator, which includes a magnetic circuit which causes a moving element to reciprocate. The magnetic circuit includes an iron core constituting the moving element, a stator core including a facing portion which faces the iron core, a pair of permanent magnets disposed in the facing portion along a reciprocating direction and having inverted magnetic poles at their surfaces which face the iron core, and a coil wound around the stator core. Energization to coil causes the moving element to reciprocate. When the coil is energized, the spring force of magnetic spring which changed in accordance with a relative position of the moving element with respect to the stator core is superimposed on the electromagnetic driving force produced by the energization of the coil and is applied to the moving element by the magnetic flux produced by the permanent magnets.
US09071104B2
A method of attaching a magnet to a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine is provided. The method includes arranging a magnet along a surface of the rotor or stator; arranging a pair of retainers, one on each side of the magnet; enclosing the rotor or stator, magnet and retainers in a vacuum bag; and performing vacuum evacuation to consolidate the magnet to the retainers by means of adhesive. A magnet mounting arrangement for a rotor or a stator of an electrical machine and a wind turbine with a generator including a rotor and a stator and such a magnet mounting arrangement are also provided.
US09071100B2
A centrifugal heat dissipation device and a motor using same are disclosed. The centrifugal heat dissipation device includes a main body having a shaft hole, a heat-absorption zone and a heat-transfer zone. The heat-transfer zone has a radially outer side connected to the heat-absorption zone and a radially inner side connected to the shaft hole. The shaft hole axially extends through the main body for receiving a shaft of a motor therein. A centrifugal force generated by the rotating shaft and accordingly, the heat dissipation device enables enhanced vapor-liquid circulation of a working fluid in the heat dissipation device, so that heat generated by the operating motor is absorbed by the centrifugal heat dissipation device and transferred to the shaft for guiding out of the motor, allowing the motor to have largely upgraded heat dissipation performance.
US09071095B2
A high performance power generation apparatus includes a first rotary member and a second rotary member. The first rotary member has a spindle and a rotor fastened to the spindle. The spindle has a first gear coupled thereon. The rotor has a first electromagnetic portion. The second rotary member has an internal gear ring and a second electromagnetic portion. The first gear and internal gear ring are interposed by at least one transmission gear. When the spindle drives the rotor and first gear to spin, the first gear drives the second rotary member to spin in the direction opposite to the first rotary member via the transmission gear so that the induction coil and magnet can interact at greater relative spinning speed to generate a greater amount of electric power output.
US09071088B2
There is provided an axial gap type generator exhibiting improved precision in positioning stator cores. An axial gap type generator comprises a generator case fixed to a crank case of an engine, a rotor yoke housed inside the generator case, and fixed to a crankshaft of the engine, and a first stator core and a second stator core fixed to generator case inner faces, and disposed flanking the rotor yoke in a rotation axis direction. The generator case is configured through direct connection of a first member to which the first stator core is fixed and a second member to which the second stator core is fixed.
US09071082B2
One embodiment provides a charge/discharge determination apparatus for performing a charge/discharge control of a battery based on instructions given from charge/discharge instruction apparatuses, including: a battery information storage unit which stores battery information concerned with the battery; a charge/discharge information storage unit which stores charge/discharge information for charging/discharging the battery; a communication unit which receives a communication message concerned with an access request from each charge/discharge instruction apparatus; and a control unit which controls access from each charge/discharge instruction apparatus based on the battery information, the charge/discharge information and contents of the access request.
US09071079B2
The present disclosure provides a power supply system. The power supply system includes a plurality of power supply devices connected in parallel. Output terminals of the plurality of power supply devices are coupled to a common supply line. Each of the plurality of power supply devices includes a DC-to-DC converter, a transformer, a switching control device, a rectifying device, and a judging device. The judging device receives a feedback voltage, an error signal and a second AC voltage to determine whether the power supply device is normal, wherein the feedback voltage is a voltage division of an output voltage on the common supply line, the error signal is an output of the switching control device, and the second AC voltage is retrieved from a second winding set of the transformer.
US09071078B2
An enclosure or shelter having an interior chamber for housing electronic components and equipment is provided with an HVAC/R system configured with a rechargeable DC power source for power back-up to maintain substantially uninterrupted power in the case of a main power failure. The system includes one or more variable frequency drives (VFD) controlled by a VFD controller and configured to provide three-phase power to one or more three-phase AC motors and single-phase power to one or more single-phase AC motors. The system also includes a power source controller configured to select and power sources based on availability of one or more power sources and other logic.
US09071075B2
A power charging system is provided. The power charging system may have an information processing apparatus having a first communication unit and a power receiving unit, and an external apparatus having a second communication unit and a power transmission unit. The second communication unit may be configured to wirelessly communicate with the first communication unit using a first carrier wave having a first frequency and the power transmission unit may be configured to wirelessly transmit power to the power receiving unit using a second carrier wave having a second frequency, the second frequency being different from the first frequency.
US09071070B2
A charge controller for controlling the charging of a battery provided inside a vehicle using a control signal supplied from an external power source apparatus via a power cable includes a control section for controlling the charging of the battery and an activating section for activating the control section inside the vehicle. The external power source apparatus switches the control signal from a non-oscillation state to an oscillation state when the preparation for power supply is completed. The activating section has an oscillation state judgment section for judging whether the input control signal is in the oscillation state or the non-oscillation state and for outputting an oscillation state judgment signal and an activating signal generation section for generating an activating signal for activating the control section when the oscillation state judgment signal is switched from a state indicating non-oscillation to a state indicating oscillation.
US09071065B2
Disclosed is an electrical power supply apparatus, comprising a switch circuit, an output circuit, single-direction pass circuit and a control circuit. The output circuit is used for outputting a supply of main power source. The standby circuit is used for providing a supply of standby power source. The control circuit is for being capable of controlling the switch circuit according to a state of the external power source, wherein when the external power source is on, the switch circuit is in a cutoff state for allowing a first period or a second period of a power signal of the external power source transferred to the standby circuit through the single-direction pass circuit.
US09071051B2
An overvoltage protection unit includes a power circuit module and a controller module. The power circuit module receives power from a power source on an AC input and includes a rectifier that converts voltage on the AC input into a DC Link output voltage, and an AC input current sensor that senses a current on the AC input. The controller module provides an output to terminate power from the power source based upon the DC Link output voltage and a sensed current from the AC input current sensor.
US09071049B2
A circuit includes multiple battery modules and protection circuits respectively coupled to the battery modules. Each protection circuit includes a controller and a shunt circuit. The controller is coupled to one of the battery modules and detects a fault associated with the battery module. The shunt circuit is coupled to the battery module and the controller, and shunts a current around the battery module if the fault associated with the battery module is detected by the controller.
US09071042B2
The present invention provides a wiring harness having a flexible tube body being an exterior component of a conducting path, and a manufacturing method thereof. The wiring harness has a conducting path assembly including a conducting path and a flexible tube body being an exterior component of the conducting path assembly. The tube body has a water or light hardening fixing member. When the water or light hardening fixing member is hardened, a shape holding portion is formed. The wiring harness is held by the shape holding portion of the tube body with a desired shape.
US09071029B2
A socket includes a tubular frame body into which a base part of an electric lamp bulb is to be inserted, the frame body in which a terminal metal fitting to be electrically connected with the base part is to be provided, the frame body having a side wall formed with two slits and formed with an arm piece between the slits, the arm piece which has a first face to be opposed to the terminal metal fitting and a second face opposite to the first face, the side wall formed with a butting face, when the arm piece is deformed outward of the frame body, a part of the second face of the arm piece is in contact with the butting face.
US09071027B2
A command inverter for at least one bicycle gearshift control device. The inverter has a first interface with an electronic gearshifting control unit that includes a first plurality of electrical terminations; and, a second interface that includes a second plurality of electrical terminations; wherein at least one electrical termination of the first interface is not electrically connected to an electrical termination of the second interface.
US09071024B2
A shield shell (21) covering a connector housing (11) includes a first attachment piece (23) in contact with a first attached surface (71) of an attached portion (70) having a hole (71a) for the connector housing (11), and a second attachment piece (25) projecting from an end portion (24) of the first attachment piece (23) to an opposite side to the first attached surface (71) and being in contact with a second attached surface (72) of the attached portion (70). The second attachment piece (25) is fastened to the second attached surface (72) so that the second attachment piece (25) is in elastic contact with the second attached surface (72) with an elastic restoring force bringing the first attachment piece (23) into pressure contact with the first attached surface (71).
US09071023B2
A device connector includes a first housing (20) accommodating first terminals (30) connected to terminals of a device and a second housing (40) accommodating second terminals (55) connected to ends of wires (50) and connectable to the first housing (20). Connecting portions (31, 56) of the first and second terminals (30, 55) are placed one over the other and bolted as the housings (20, 40) are connected. The first housing (20) has a work hole (34) for bolting the connecting portions (31, 56) of the terminals (30, 55) together. A metal shield shell (60) covers the connected housings (20, 40) and is bolted to a case (10) at three mounting portions (65, 66) and (97) arranged on an outer part of the shield shell (60) to form a triangle having substantially equal sides.
US09071017B2
A lever connector includes a female connector, a male connector and a lever. The female connector includes a frame having a flange portion protruding toward a straight direction perpendicular to a direction in which the female connector and the male connector are to be fitted with each other. The flange portion includes a locking portion with flexibility. The lever includes a locked portion locked with the locking portion in a normal fitted state. The locking portion does not abut on a hole edge of an attachment hole formed on a panel in a state where the locked portion is locked with the locking portion, and abuts on the hole edge of the attachment hole in a state where the locked portion is not locked with the locking portion.
US09071010B2
Tight bend-radius cable structures and methods for making the same are disclosed. Tight bend-radius cable structures can include a cable electrically and physically coupled to a connector. An inner strain-relief member can be coupled to the cable and the connector to provide protection and strain relief for connection between the connector and the cable. The cable can then be manipulated into a final configuration, and an outer strain-relief member can be coupled to the cable and connector to hold the cable in its final configuration.
US09071008B2
A cable connection system for connecting a metal jacketed electrical cable with a primary housing, including a socket electrical connector contained within a primary housing bore, a pin electrical connector connected with the cable, a rigid electrical insulating sleeve extending between the pin electrical connector and the metal jacket, and a primary housing compression fitting for mechanically connecting the cable with the primary housing. The cable connection system may further include a secondary housing mechanically connected with the primary housing and a secondary housing compression fitting for mechanically connecting the cable with the secondary housing. A method for assembling the cable connection system including preparing the cable and the pin electrical connector for use, extending the pin electrical connector through the compression fittings and the housing bores to electrically connect the pin electrical connector and the socket electrical connector, connecting the housings, and tightening the compression fittings.
US09070994B2
There is provided a plug which includes electrodes that transmit direct-current power and an electrode cover that covers the electrodes. The electrode cover includes a lock detection unit that electrically detects that the electrode cover is locked.
US09070993B2
A connector includes a housing having an insertion portion an upper part of which is opened so as to insert a connection end portion of a connection target having a plurality of contact portions, and at least one confirmation groove for viewing a tip end position of the connection end portion of the connection target inserted into the insertion portion from above, an actuator rotatably attached to the housing between an open position where the upper part of the insertion portion is opened and a closed position where the upper part of the insertion portion is covered, and a portion of the actuator which is located right above the confirmation groove of the housing when the actuator is located at the open position is cut out, and a plurality of contacts fixed to the housing.
US09070991B2
A method for insulating wires is disclosed. A portion of the plurality of wires and an insulating material are placed in a tube having an open end. Pressure is applied to the tube. During the application of pressure, the tube, the plurality of wires, and the insulating material are heated to a temperature above a melting point of the insulating material. As a result, the insulating material is melted and driven toward the open end of the tube. Upon removal of the heat, the insulating material solidifies and forms a barrier proximal to the open end of the tube.
US09070975B2
There is disclosed an antenna arrangement comprising an electrically conductive radiating element having first and second ends, an electrically conductive ground plane or ground member, and an input terminal. The radiating element has a plurality of separate feed points at different locations between its first and second ends, and the input terminal is provided with a switch. Each feed point is electrically connected to the switch by way of a separate electrical pathway, the switch being configured to allow the separate feed points to be connected individually or in predetermined combinations to the input terminal by selecting between a plurality of selectable contacts. At least one of the electrical pathways includes a capacitive circuit component connected in series, and at least one other of the electrical pathways includes an inductive circuit component connected in series. The antenna arrangement allows for a high degree of customization and improved matching, and enables good multi-band performance.
US09070973B2
A control vehicle for a road toll system on the basis of vehicle-mounted onboard units which can be polled via DSRC radio communications, with the control vehicle comprising at least one DSRC transceiver with at least two antenna systems, which are distributed with a mutual distance over the longitudinal direction of the control vehicle, for polling a passing on-board unit.
US09070968B2
A wireless electronic device may contain an antenna tuning element for tuning the device's operating frequency range. The antenna tuning element may include radio-frequency switches, continuously/semi-continuously adjustable components such as tunable resistors, inductors, and capacitors, etc. A test system may be used to measure the radio-frequency characteristics associated with the tuning element assembled with an electronic device. The test system may include a test host, a test chamber, a signal generator, power meters, and radio-frequency testers. The electronic device under test (DUT) may be placed in the test chamber. The signal generator may generate radio-frequency test signals for energizing the antenna tuning element. The power meters and radio-frequency testers may be used to measure conducted and radiated signals emitted from the DUT while the DUT is placed in different desired orientations. A phantom object is optionally placed in the vicinity of the DUT to simulate actual user scenario.
US09070965B2
A wireless device having a CRLH antenna structure incorporates a meander line at the feed and adds a three dimensional conductive structure to shift a meander mode resonance frequency.
US09070964B1
Methods and apparatus for a super-element assembly for a phased array radar aperture, the super-element assembly having a first port and a second port to receive a first signal at the first port to generate a main beam, and receive a second signal at the second port to generate an image beam for generating scan volume coverage using the main and image beams.
US09070961B2
Shielding of high-frequency circuits is achieved using a simple and inexpensive configuration not using any lid. A high-frequency circuit mounting substrate (20) is disposed, on an underside surface layer of which are disposed high-frequency circuits (21 and 22) and is formed a first grounding conductor that has same electric potential as grounding conductors of the high-frequency circuits and that surrounds the high-frequency circuits. A mother control substrate (3) is disposed, on which the high-frequency circuit mounting substrate (20) is mounted in such a way that the high-frequency circuits are sandwiched therebetween and on which a second grounding conductor is formed in a region facing the high-frequency circuits. Plural first lands are formed on the first grounding conductor of the high-frequency circuit mounting substrate (20) to surround the high-frequency circuits. Plural second lands are formed that are electrically connected to the second grounding conductor at positions on a surface layer of the mother control substrate (3) which face the first lands. Plural solder balls (30G2) are disposed for connecting the first lands and the second lands. The high-frequency circuits are housed in pseudo shielding cavities surrounded by the solder balls (30G2), the grounding conductors of the high-frequency circuits, and the first and second grounding conductors.
US09070956B2
Disclosed is a battery assembly. The battery assembly includes a battery, a front cover enclosing a front end of the battery, a back cover enclosing a back end of the battery and an antenna assembled with the battery. The battery includes a core, and includes a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface. The antenna includes a first output end and a second output end attached to the side surface of the battery, and a loop extending from the first and second output ends.
US09070947B2
Provided are a pouch type secondary battery capable of preventing corrosion of a metal layer due to exposure of the metal layer to the outside at a distal end of a case thereof, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US09070944B2
Apparatus and methods of forming a battery-active material are described. An apparatus includes a first processing section that raises the temperature of a precursor material to a reaction threshold temperature, a second processing section that converts the precursor material to a battery-active material, and a third processing section that cools the resulting battery-active material. Each of the processing sections may be a continuous flow tubular component. The first and third processing sections may be metal, and the second processing section may be a refractory material for high temperature service. The battery-active material is collected using a solids collector.
US09070943B2
An anode active material, an anode including the anode active material, a lithium battery including the anode, and a method of preparing the anode active material. The anode active material includes: a multilayer metal nanotube including: an inner layer; and an outer layer on the inner layer, wherein the inner layer includes a first metal having an atomic number equal to 13 or higher, and the outer layer includes a second metal different from the first metal.
US09070942B2
Nanocomposite materials comprising a metal oxide bonded to at least one graphene material. The nanocomposite materials exhibit a specific capacity of at least twice that of the metal oxide material without the graphene at a charge/discharge rate greater than about 10 C.
US09070938B2
A terminal lead 1 includes an inner end portion 1a to be arranged inwardly of an exterior casing 9 which accommodates an electrochemistry element 6, an outer end portion 1b to be arranged outwardly of the exterior casing 9, and a plate-shaped metallic substrate 2 as a base material. An insulating resin film 4 is arranged at a portion of the terminal lead 1 corresponding to a seal portion 9x of the exterior casing 9. In this terminal lead 1, a surface coating layer 3 is formed on both surfaces 2p and 2p of the metallic substrate 2 in a thickness direction thereof. A coated amount of both widthwise end portions 3a and 3a of the surface coating layer 3 formed on both surfaces 2p and 2p of the metallic substrate 2 in the thickness direction is less than that a widthwise intermediate portion 3b thereof.
US09070932B2
A self-supporting carbon electrode can include, or consist essentially of, nanostructured carbon, for example, oxygen-functionalized nanostructured carbon.
US09070930B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode having an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer comprising porous inorganic particles and a binder polymer, wherein the porous inorganic particles have pores having such a size that lithium ions (Li+) solvated in an electrolyte solvent can pass therethrough. The method comprises the steps of dispersing inorganic precursors and heat-decomposable compounds in a dispersion medium, misting the inorganic precursor solution, and performing a thermal decomposition and a crystallization processes, to thereby prepare porous inorganic particles, adding and mixing the porous inorganic particles to a polymer solution in which a binder polymer is dissolved, and coating the mixture onto a preliminarily formed electrode and drying the coating layer.
US09070921B2
A method for purging water from a fuel cell stack at fuel cell system shutdown. The method includes determining a stack water generation request to control the rate of drying of membranes in the stack and determining a cathode catalytic heating water generation request. A maximum charge a battery in the fuel cell system can accept is also determined. An ancillary power request for powering components of the fuel cell system during shutdown is determined. The method allocates how much of the water generation request will be fulfilled by operating the fuel cell stack to charge the battery and to provide the power needed for the ancillary power request, and how much of the water generation request will be fulfilled by cathode catalytic heating that produces water and heat in a cathode side of the fuel cell stack.
US09070919B2
The present invention is to provide a positive tab lead capable of being connected with each other with a sufficient connection strength at a low energy cost. It is constituted such that a partial coating layer (13) made of nickel, tin or solder is formed on at least a part of a region of an aluminum plate (11) exposed to an outside of an outer cover. It is preferable to form a chitosan layer (14) containing one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of chitosan and chitosan derivatives on the surface of the tab lead.
