US09096698B2
The present disclosure provides a styrenic resin incorporating post-consumer recycle polystyrene (PCR PS), and systems and methods for making the same. For example, a styrenic resin produced in accordance with present embodiments between approximately 1 weight percent and 9 weight percent PCR PS, has a melt flow rate (MFR) of less than approximately 2.0 g/10 min per ASTM D-1238-10, and an Mz+1 molecular weight of at least 700,000. The styrenic resin is produced by a free-radical polymerization process performed on a feed having PCR PS dissolved in monovinylarene monomer. The feed is produced in such a way so as to continuously remove contaminants commonly associated with PCR PS.
US09096691B2
Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents and a plurality of alkyl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in optical films, such as optical films having certain Nz values, −A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology.
US09096690B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrophilic cellulose derivative fine particle having a small particle size, a dispersion liquid thereof and a dispersion body thereof; and provide a diagnostic reagent composed of the hydrophilic particle, which is excellent in storage stability and does not require excess components, such as an emulsifier or surfactant. The cellulose derivative fine particle of the present invention is a cellulose derivative fine particle comprising a cellulose derivative with a part of hydroxyl groups of cellulose being substituted with a substituent, wherein the average particle diameter is from 9 to 1,000 nm; and the diagnostic reagent of the present invention is a diagnostic reagent obtained by loading a substance differentially interacting with a test object substance on the above-described cellulose derivative fine particle.
US09096689B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating angiogenesis. In particular, the present invention relates to Pigment Epithelial-derived Factor (PEDF) fragments for use in modulating angiogenesis and treating angiogenesis mediated disease.
US09096688B2
The present invention relates to a method of producing a collagen membrane that has particular mechanical properties. In particular, the present invention relates to a method A of producing a collagen membrane comprising the steps of (i) isolating a collagen-containing tissue and incubating same in an ethanol solution; (ii) incubating the collagen-containing tissue from step (i) in a first solution comprising an inorganic salt and an anionic surfactant in order to denature non-collagenous proteins contained therein; (iii) incubating the collagen-containing tissue produced in step (ii) in a second solution comprising an inorganic acid until the collagen in said material is denatured; and (iv) incubating the collagen-containing tissue produced in step (iii) in a third solution comprising an inorganic acid with simultaneous mechanical stimulation for sufficient time to enable the collagen bundles in said collagen-containing tissue to align; wherein the mechanical stimulation comprises applying tension cyclically to the collagen-containing tissue.
US09096678B2
The present invention provides rice brown planthopper resistance gene Bph14. It has a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1 and its cDNA sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO:2. The Bph14 gene in the present invention belongs to the CC-NBS-LRR gene family, its coded protein is related to plant disease resistance. Bph14 gene has the function of resisting brown planthopper. By introducing Bph14 gene into ordinary rice variety through genetic transformation and cross breeding, the brown planthopper resistance of rice can be increased, so that the harm caused by brown planthopper can be alleviated and the aim of increasing and stabilizing production can be achieved.
US09096671B2
The invention relates to novel molecules that can modulate one of the mechanisms leading to the massive deposition of cholesterol in the cardiomyocytes and/or in the smooth muscle cells of the vascular wall, during acute myocardial infarction or other clinical situations involving ischaemia. The invention also shows that the blockage of LRP1 by means of certain agents, including a recombinant expression vector, an RNAi, an antibody, a siRNA etc., prevents the overaccumulation of esterified cholesterol in the cardiomyocytes and/or in the smooth muscle cells of the vascular wall exposed to ischaemia. The invention also relates to the use of said molecules in the treatment and/or prevention of the changes in the metabolism of calcium and cardiac remodeling associated with ischaemia.
US09096668B2
The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of IL-6, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
US09096665B2
The invention provides antibodies that bind to a plurality of β-chemokines, particularly monocyte chemotactic proteins MCP-1, MCP-2 and MCP-3. The invention also provides cells producing the antibodies, and methods of making and using the same.
US09096659B2
The invention provides compositions and fusion proteins comprising a flagellin adjuvant and a Pseudomonas aeruginosa antigen. The invention further provides pharmaceutical formulations and methods for inducing an immune response against P. aeruginosa (e.g., to prevent and/or treat P. aeruginosa infection).
US09096655B2
A process for substantially reducing levels of circulating chromatin fragments (CCFs) from a medium using binding agents such as antibodies or antibodies complexed with haemocompatible natural polymer substrates like as alginates, chitosan and pullulan to form complexed antibody-substrate nano-particulates (CNP) to bind and/or inactivate CCFs is disclosed. The amount of antibody bound to the polymer varies from 30% to 100% of activated sites in the polymer. Elevated levels of CCFs can be substantially reduced following administration of tissue damaging agents that generate apoptotic chromatin fragments by the concomitant administration of CNPs or concomitant administration of H4 antibody alone. A method of treatment is disclosed wherein therapeutic dose of CNPs, or H4 antibody alone, are administered systematically, or orally, in a delivery system to curb pathological conditions that are associated with increased burden of circulating chromatin fragments.
US09096644B2
A substituted Norovirus capsid protein monomer, having only the P-domain, includes a foreign antigen inserted into one or more of three surface loops present on each P-domain monomer by molecular cloning. The antigen-P-domain monomer can assemble spontaneously into an octahedral, antigen-Norovirus P-particle, composed of 24 copies of the monomer. Each substituted P-domain monomer can contain one to three copies of the foreign antigen, for a total of 24-72 antigen copies on each antigen-P-particle. The antigen-P-particle is useful in methods for diagnosing, immunizing and treating individuals infected with a foreign virus and as a carrier for development of vaccines against many infectious and non-infectious diseases. The substituted monomer can be readily produced in E. coli and yeast, are highly stable and tolerate a wide range of physio-chemical conditions. The P-particle-VP8 chimeras may also serve as a dual vaccine, for example, against both rotavirus and norovirus.
US09096639B2
The invention relates to 17-hydroxy-13-methyl-17-pentafluoroethyl-11-acyloxyalkylenephenyldodecahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one derivatives of the formula I with progesterone-antagonizing action and to processes for preparation thereof, to use thereof for treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of disorders, especially of fibroids of the uterus (myomas, uterine leiomyomas), endometriosis, heavy menstrual bleeds, meningiomas, hormone-dependent breast cancers and complaints associated with the menopause, or for fertility control and emergency contraception.
US09096636B2
Oligomer compositions comprising first and second oligomers are provided wherein at least a portion of the first oligomer is capable of hybridizing with at least a portion of the second oligomer, at least a portion of the first oligomer is complementary to and capble of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid, and at least one of the first or second oligomers includes at least one nucleotide comprising a chimeric organic composition. Oligomer/protein compositions are also provided comprising an oligomer complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid and at least one protein comprising at least a portion of an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), wherein at least one nucleotide comprising a chimeric organic composition.
US09096633B2
Stable needle shaped crystals of natamycin having a mean length of between 0.1 and 20 μm.
US09096629B2
The invention provides a method of forming an iron hydroxypyrone compound comprising reacting a hydroxypyrone with a non-carboxylate iron salt in an aqueous solution, and precipitating the iron hydroxypyrone compound from the aqueous solution having a pH of greater than 7.
US09096622B2
A method of preparing an aminoalkylalkoxysilane, the method comprising reacting a haloalkylalkoxysilane with ammonia in a high pressure reactor for an amount of time sufficient to consume from 20 to 99.99% (w/w) of the haloalkylalkoxysilane and form an aminoalkylalkoxysilane; venting ammonia from the reactor to give a mixture comprising the aminoalkylalkoxysilane, unreacted haloalkylalkoxysilane, and an ammonium halide; and treating the mixture with a primary amine to form an N-substituted aminoalkylalkoxysilane.
US09096620B2
A mercaptoalkylsilatrane derivative having protecting group and a method of manufacturing the same. The mercaptoalkylsilatrane derivative includes: mercaptoalkylsilatrane compound having a mercapto group; a protecting group bonding to sulfur of the mercapto group, wherein the protecting group is used to avoid the chemical reaction of the mercapto group with reactive chemical species, e.g., oxygen, ketone, and aldehyde, etc. Besides, the manufacturing method thereof includes the steps of: providing silane compound having the mercapto group; bonding the protecting group to the mercapto group of the silane compound; performing the chemical reaction of triethanolamine with the silane compound having the protecting group for manufacturing the mercaptoalkylsilatrane derivative having the protecting group.
US09096609B2
The present invention relates to novel macrocylic compounds and compositions containing said compounds acting as kinase inhibitors, in particular as inhibitors of LRRK2 (Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2). Moreover, the present invention provides processes for the preparation of the disclosed compounds, as well as methods of using them, for instance as a medicine or diagnostic agent, in particular for the treatment and/or diagnosis of diseases characterized by LRRK2 kinase activity such as neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
US09096600B2
The present invention provides N-(1-(substituted-phenyl)ethyl)-9H-purin-6-amines derivatives that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Ks including, for example, inflammatory disorders, immune-based disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09096596B2
The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula (I) The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I). Methods of making and using the compounds of Formula (I) are also within the scope of the invention.
US09096587B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical formulations containing such compounds and to their use in therapy: Such compounds find particular use in the treatment and/or prevention of conditions or diseases which are affected by over-activation of signaling in the Wnt pathway and increased presence of nuclear β-catenin. For example, these may be used in preventing and/or retarding proliferation of tumor cells and metastasis, for example carcinomas such as colon carcinomas.
US09096573B2
Provided are quinazolinone compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, stereoisomers, and prodrugs thereof: wherein R7, R8, and R9 are as defined herein. Methods of use, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds are also disclosed herein.
US09096571B2
Provided are picolinamide and pyrimidine-4-carboxamide compounds, a method for preparing the same, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and a medical use using the compound as an agent for preventing, regulating, and treating diseases related to regulation of glucocorticoids by using selective inhibitory activity of the compound for an 11β-HSD1 enzyme. The picolinamide and pyrimidine-4-carboxamide compounds of the present invention are selective inhibitors of human-derived 11β-HSD1 enzymes, and are useful in an agent for preventing, regulating, and treating diseases related to glucocorticoid regulation in which human-derived 11β-HSD1 enzymes are involved, for example, metabolic syndromes such as, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes later complications, latent autoimmune diabetes adult (LADA), insulin tolerance syndromes, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting glucose (IFG), damaged glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, etc.
US09096568B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing aryl- and heteroarylacetic acids and derivatives thereof by reaction of aryl or heteroaryl halides with malonic diesters in the presence of a palladium catalyst, of one or more bases and optionally of a phase transfer catalyst. This process enables the preparation of a multitude of functionalized aryl- and heteroarylacetic acids and derivatives thereof, especially also the preparation of arylacetic acids with sterically demanding substituents.
US09096562B2
A method for producing ethylene oxide comprising: providing one or more feed components, wherein the one or more feed components contains at least ethylene obtained by dehydrating ethanol; contacting the one or more feed components with a desulfurization catalyst comprising a high surface area support and an amount of silver, wherein at least 20% of the silver is present as oxidized silver; and contacting the one or more feed components with a silver-containing epoxidation catalyst disposed inside an ethylene oxide reactor to form a reaction gas comprising ethylene oxide.
US09096557B2
A thiadiazole of formula (I):
US09096556B2
The present invention relates to amorphous ritonavir co-precipitated on copovidone, process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising it.
US09096553B2
Compounds represented by structural formulas described herein, such as Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are useful in treating conditions such as metal overload, oxidative stress, and neoplastic and preneoplastic conditions.
US09096552B2
The invention relates to a process for the purification of a melamine condensation product, comprising the steps of a) making a diluted slurry of a reaction product mixture comprising the melamine condensation product in a solution of a base in water with a pH of at least 9, b) keeping the diluted slurry for a period of at least 1 hour, c) concentrating the diluted slurry, thereby obtaining a concentrated slurry and an eluent, and d) washing the concentrated slurry by diluting the concentrated slurry with aqueous liquid and repeating step c, wherein the washing is performed by counterflow washing wherein eluents of downstream concentration steps are used to wash the slurry in upstream concentration steps.
US09096549B2
Provided herein are HDAC3 inhibitors, as well as methods of treatment comprising administering these compounds to a subject in need thereof.
US09096546B2
The aryl- and heteroaryl-substituted tetrahydrobenzo-1,4-diazepine derivative compounds of the present invention are represented by formulae 1(A-D) having the following structure: where the substituents X and R1-R8 are as defined herein.
US09096537B1
The invention relates to the compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III and formula IV or its pharmaceutical acceptable polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III or formula IV and methods for the treatment of mucositis may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, oral solution, buccal mucosal layer tablet, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of mucositis and oral mucosal inflammatory or oral infectious diseases.
US09096534B2
A pyridazinone compound represented by the formula (I) has excellent effect on weed control and is useful as an active ingredient of herbicides.
US09096533B2
A pyridazinone compound represented by the formula (I) has excellent effect on weed control and is useful as an active ingredient of herbicides.
US09096529B2
Disclosed is a metal complex compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting diode device including the same. In Chemical Formula 1, M, R1 to R8, A1 to A6, and y are the same as defined in the detailed description.
US09096528B2
The present invention provides a bactericide containing a 2-aminonicotinic acid ester derivative as an active ingredient.The active ingredient is represented by the following formula [I]: (wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R1 and R2 may be combined together to form an alkylene chain, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group or a C1-C4 alkyl group, R5 and R6 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a C1-C4 alkoxy group, a C1-C4 alkylthio group, a C1-C4 alkylsulfinyl group, a C1-C4 alkylsulfonyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a C1-C4 haloalkyl group, a C1-C4 haloalkoxy group or a C1-C4 haloalkylthio group, A and B independently represent a methine (CH) group or a nitrogen atom).
US09096519B2
The present invention is directed to methods for oxidizing internal olefins to ketones. In various embodiments, each method comprising contacting an organic substrate, having an initial internal olefin, with a mixture of (a) a biscationic palladium salt; and (b) an oxidizing agent; dissolved or dispersed in a solvent system to form a reaction mixture, said solvent system comprising at least one C2-6 carbon nitrile and optionally at least one secondary alkyl amide, said method conducted under conditions sufficient to convert at least 50 mol % of the initial internal olefin to a ketone, said ketone positioned on a carbon of the initial internal olefin. The transformation occurs at room temperature and shows wide substrate scope. Applications to the oxidation of seed oil derivatives and a bioactive natural product are described.
US09096516B2
A method for producing N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone by crystallization including: controlling a water content in a feed N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone solution at an inlet of a crystallizer so as to be not lower than 0.7% by weight and not higher than 10% by weight based on the total weight of the N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone solution; and supplying the feed N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone solution to a crystallization process.
US09096513B2
A process for inhibiting unwanted free-radical polymerization of acrylic acid present in a liquid phase P whose acrylic acid content is at least 10% by weight and which, based on the weight of the acrylic acid present therein, additionally comprises at least 100 ppm by weight of propionic acid and at least 100 ppm by weight of glyoxal, in which at least one chemical compound of the element copper is added to the liquid phase P, and the resulting liquid phases P to which a chemical compound of the element copper has been added.
US09096482B2
A reverse disproportionation reaction of two hydrocarbon feeds allows production of a reaction mixture containing products with intermediate carbon numbers. The amount of at least one of the products with intermediate carbon numbers is equal to or greater than the amount formed from disproportionation of the hydrocarbon alone. A reverse disproportionation reaction mixture is also described.
US09096463B2
A glass substrate chemically strengthened, includes a primary surface that has a compressive stress layer formed in an uppermost surface layer thereof. The compressive stress layer is configured to enhance strength of the glass substrate due to a compressive stress generated in the compressive stress layer. The compressive layer consists of a layer of a potassium ion concentration equal to or less than 5000 parts per million (ppm).
US09096441B2
Disclosed is a composition for forming a zinc oxide thin film, which contains an organic zinc compound as a starting material, is not ignitable, and can be easily handled. The composition for forming a zinc oxide thin film is capable of forming a transparent zinc oxide thin film which is not doped or doped with a group 3B element by being heated at 300° C. or less. Also disclosed is a method for obtaining a transparent zinc oxide thin film, which is not doped or doped with a group 3B element, using the composition. Specifically, the composition for forming a zinc oxide thin film contains a product which is obtained by partially hydrolyzing an organic zinc compound by adding water to the organic zinc compound or a solution of the organic zinc compound and a group 3B element compound. In cases when a group 3B element compound is contained, the molar ratio of the group 3B element compound to the organic zinc compound is within the range of 0.005-0.3. The composition is applied to a substrate surface and then heated, thereby forming a zinc oxide thin film which is doped with the group 3B element.
US09096438B2
The present invention relates to a nano-diamond dispersion solution and a method of preparing the same. The method of preparing a nano-diamond dispersion solution comprises the following steps: providing a nano-diamond aggregation; mixing the nano-diamond aggregation with a metal hydroxide solution and stirring the mixture such that the nano-diamond aggregation is separated, to obtain a mixture solution; stabilizing the mixture solution such that the mixture solution is separated into a supernatant and precipitates; and extracting the supernatant and precipitates.
US09096436B2
Disclosed is a method for producing ionomer-coated, catalyst-supporting carbon nanotubes, the method comprising: a step of preparing catalyst-supporting carbon nanotubes on at least one surface of a substrate; a step of preparing a first ionomer solution; an ionomer coating step of bringing the catalyst-supporting carbon nanotubes into contact with the first ionomer solution and coating the catalyst-supporting carbon nanotubes with the ionomer; and a drying step of drying the ionomer-coated, catalyst-supporting carbon nanotubes, wherein the method comprises an ionomer removal step in which, when the ionomer that is unevenly attached in a thickness direction of a layer comprising the ionomer-coated, catalyst-supporting carbon nanotubes, the ionomer that is relatively largely found in and attached to the tip end of the carbon nanotubes rather than other parts thereof, is removed after the ionomer coating step and before the drying step.
US09096433B2
A tank for storing hydrogen through absorption into a material, the tank having a longitudinal axis and including an outer enclosure and an inner structure having a longitudinal axis, including a plurality of stages and a heat exchange system within the inner structure, each stage including a lower bottom, an upper bottom, longitudinal partition walls, and transverse partition walls. The partition walls form with the lower and upper bottoms compartments for receiving the hydrogen storage material. The upper bottom and/or the upper bottom and the transverse partition walls or longitudinal partition walls are made as a single piece.
US09096422B2
Switchable micromachined transducer arrays are described where a MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) switch, or relay, is monolithically integrated with a transducer element. In embodiments, the MEMS switch is implemented in the same substrate as the transducer array to implement one or more logic, addressing, or transducer control function. In embodiments, each transducer element of an array is a piezoelectric element coupled to at least one MEMS switch to provide element-level addressing within the array. In certain embodiments the same piezoelectric material employed in the transducer is utilized in the MEMS switch.
US09096419B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for an electromechanical systems (EMS) device with one or more protrusions connected to a surface of the EMS device. In one aspect, the EMS device includes a substrate, a stationary electrode over the substrate, and a movable electrode over the stationary electrode. The movable electrode is configured to move to three or more positions across a gap by electrostatic actuation between the movable electrode and the stationary electrode. When the protrusions contact any surface of the EMS device at one of the positions across the gap, the protrusions change the stiffness of the EMS device. At least one of the surfaces in contact with the one or more protrusions is non-rigid. In some implementations, the protrusions have a height greater than about 20 nm.
US09096413B2
A crane comprising a laterally projecting crane jib on which a hoisting device is arranged and which is connected to at least one carrier body, which, together with the crane jib, can travel along an upper guide rail and a lower guide rail by way of traveling gears, wherein in each case the upper and the lower guide rails, and correspondingly, the traveling gears, are arranged spaced vertically from one another. In order to provide a crane comprising a laterally projecting crane jib, in particular a bracket crane or a traveling crane, the manufacture, transport and installation of which are optimized, according to the invention the at least one carrier body is designed as one component and connecting surfaces are arranged on said carrier body, to which a respective traveling gear and the crane jib can be detachably fastened.
US09096407B2
A sheet processing apparatus configured to form a recessed portion at a portion at which a staple is driven into a sheet bundle from a sheet forming a surface of a side into which at least the staple is driven such that a sheet bundle to be discharged next on a sheet bundle stacking unit is stacked on a sheet bundle previously stacked on the sheet bundle stacking unit without catching on a staple of the previously stacked sheet bundle, and an image forming apparatus including the sheet processing apparatus.
US09096403B2
A sheet stacking apparatus including: a discharge unit configured to discharge a sheet through a discharge port; a stack unit configured to stack the discharged sheet thereon; and a plurality of blowing units configured to supply air to a discharge side of the discharge unit while the sheet is discharged, wherein the blowing units are disposed, below the discharge port, aligned with a direction perpendicular to a sheet discharge direction.
US09096399B2
A sheet feeding device having: a blowing device configured to blow air toward the stack of sheets placed in a predetermined stacking direction, thereby floating at least a top sheet from the stack; a suction/transportation mechanism that includes a suction belt provided above the mounting portion and configured to attract the top sheet floated by the blowing device to transport the attracted sheet in a predetermined transportation direction; and an image pickup device configured to capture images of the top sheet and the next sheet therebelow, and disposed so as to see through an area where a side of the top sheet and the suction belt, when viewed in a plan view in the stacking direction, are close to each other during the floating of the top sheet, to such an extent that the side of the top sheet essentially does not hang downward.
US09096396B2
An elbow for a solid particle conveyance system includes an elbow body having an inlet duct and an outlet duct with an interior space defined between the inlet and outlet ducts. An aeration insert is mounted to the elbow body for aerating solid particles passing through the interior space of the elbow body. The aeration insert is mounted to the elbow body to provide aeration from an elevation between that of the inlet duct and the outlet duct to facilitate downward movement of solid particles from the inlet duct across the aeration insert, and out through the outlet duct.
US09096387B2
A positioning mechanism, used for positioning a material being transported, includes a loading assembly and a positioning assembly. The loading assembly includes a fixing member and a loading member movably fixed to the fixing member for loading the material. The positioning assembly includes a first engaging member mounted on the loading member, and a second engaging member engaged with the first engaging member. The second engaging member includes a mounting plate and a locking rod mounted on the mounting plate. The mounting plate is located beside a predetermined position. The first engaging member defines a connecting portion. The second engaging member includes a locking rod. The locking rod forms a latching end, and the latching end is tapered outwardly along the axis of the locking rod. The latching end engages with the connecting portion to position the loading member to the predetermined position.
US09096383B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to improved conveying systems, and in particular to providing locomotion preferably using a surface mounted drive mechanism for driving a drive chain are provided. Generally, the conveying system of the present invention is designed to adapt to most manufacturing needs, for example, from furniture manufacturing and finishing to marine and automotive engines. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a conveying system, comprising: at least one load carrying unit having a tow pin assembly, the tow pin assembly further comprising a tow pin configured to link to and delink from a conveyor tow chain, and the tow pin configured to engage and disengage from the conveyor tow chain; a conveyor track configured to house the conveyor tow chain; and a drive assembly configured to receive the tow chain and to provide locomotion to the conveyor tow chain, and further comprising at least one tensioner for tensioning the conveyor tow chain.
US09096381B2
Disclosed herein is an endless belt having a meandering prevention guide, wherein the meandering prevention guide is heat-treated, and thermoplastic double-sided adhesive tape exhibiting adhesivity using heat is applied to the meandering prevention guide.
US09096380B2
A conveyor belt includes a first link having a first protrusion with a first mating surface that is curved. The first protrusion is disposed proximate a first rod receiving aperture of the first link. The belt also includes a second link having a second protrusion with a second mating surface that is curved. The second protrusion is disposed proximate a second rod receiving aperture of the second link. The first mating surface receives and abuts the second mating surface. The second link is restrained against movement in less than three orthogonal directions relative to the first link due to abutment of the first and second mating surfaces. The first and second rod receiving apertures are aligned when the first and second mating surfaces abut. Additionally, the belt includes a connecting rod extending through the first and second rod receiving apertures.
US09096379B2
Low-noise rollers in modular plastic conveyor belts. Energy-absorbing elements formed on belt rollers or in roller support structure is used to absorb the energy of impacts between rollers and the support structure. The energy-absorbing elements include resilient roller sections sandwiched between rigid sections, spring-like bent tabs on the end faces of rollers, hinged bumpers or flexible fingers between the end faces of the rollers and the roller support structure, and flexible structure protruding from the module into circumferential grooves in the outer cylindrical surface or circular grooves formed in the end faces of the rollers.
US09096378B2
A connecting device for connecting an attachment to a side member of a trough pan of an extracting device is provided. The connecting device includes first fittings on a side member and counter fittings on the attachment, which are detachably connectable to the first fittings. At least one retaining piece prevents detachment of fitting and counter fitting. The first fitting tapers upward in a trapeze-shaped manner and the counter fitting tapers upward in a trapeze-shaped manner, so that by a vertical movement, the first fitting and the counter fitting are able to be fitted into each other or to be detached from each other, and the first fitting and counter fitting are provided with locking strips and/or grooves which interlock in a locking state.
US09096369B2
A food and condiment kit comprising a container with a top, a bottom, and an interior. A tray coupled to the top of the container includes at least one opening to receive a cup with a first end facing the bottom of the container. A ring with an interior edge and a plurality of clasps disposed around the interior edge is coupled to the first end of the cup. A cutting mechanism coupled to the ring protrudes towards the first end of the cup. A lining covers the open end of the cup sealing the contents of the cup from the contents of the container until the cup is rotated around the cutting mechanism to cut the lining and thereby release the contents therein.
US09096358B2
A lid for a beverage cup includes an annular mounting portion to removably, sealingly, engage the open lip of a round beverage cup; a raised annular ridge inset from the mounting portion extending from a first end to a second end; a central portion spanning the annulus and including an aroma aperture at the center; a dispensing portion spanning between the annular ridge first end and second end including a front flat portion, a sloped dispensing aperture surface, and a dispensing aperture disposed on the sloped surface, the dispensing aperture comprising a triangle with rounded corners having a base proximate and parallel to the intersection edge and an apex proximate the upper edge; and, the raised annular ridge and dispensing portion defining a continuous containment surrounding the central portion.
US09096344B1
A dispenser is for removal of containers, e.g., beverage and non-beverage containers, held in a matrix configuration within a carton. A dispenser opening is defined in the carton's top panel with the dispenser opening being oriented on a single longitudinal axis oriented normal to the top panel. The dispenser opening is sized to allow egress of each container in the container matrix. Retaining flaps are included with the dispenser to inhibit unintended egress of the containers. A push hole may be provided in the carton opposite from the dispenser to allow access by a user to push the container out of the dispenser.
US09096341B2
A cup made of paper material and having a fillable interior including a tubular wall that is at least partially conical, and a bottom wall that is joined to the tubular wall at the bottom end of its interior in a substantially liquid-tight manner. The tubular wall is produced from a plane blank, the end regions of which are joined together in an overlap region. The tubular wall delimits the interior and includes at least one deforming entity extending in the peripheral direction, wherein the peripheral deforming entity is not formed in the overlap region.
US09096335B2
The subject invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an open matrix network carrying a pharmaceutically active ingredient, wherein the open matrix network comprises levan.
US09096334B2
An apparatus and a method for capping and sealing a vial with a cap assembly including a deformable annular seal, e.g., a ferrule, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a base for holding the vial, a pressure applying platen, plural sealing rollers and associated electronic circuitry and motors. The platen is arranged to be moved relative to the base, whereupon it engages and applies a force to the cap assembly. The load cell measures the force applied and provides a signal indicative thereof to the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry determines when a desired amount of force has been applied to control the operation of the rollers, whereupon the rollers apply a force to the annular seal to permanently crimp the annular seal on the vial.
US09096327B2
According to one embodiment, a system for assessing health of an aircraft includes a receiver, a flight spectrum analyzer, and a health assessment analyzer. The receiver receives, from an aircraft, a plurality of measurements associated with two or more flight parameters. The plurality of measurements includes measurements spanning at least one period of time. The flight spectrum analyzer determines, based on a comparison of the plurality of measurements to a plurality of flight spectrum definitions, an amount of time the aircraft spent in each flight spectrum of a plurality of flight spectrums during the at least one period of time. The health assessment analyzer assesses a change in health of the aircraft over the at least one period of time based on the determination of the amount of time the aircraft spent in each flight spectrum and a plurality of spectrum health profiles.
US09096324B2
An apparatus comprising an elongated structure, a first plate, and a second plate. The elongated structure has a channel. The elongated structure is configured to be associated with a primary structure on a first side of the primary structure. The first plate is configured to be connected to the primary structure at a joint and cover a portion of the elongated structure. The first plate is connected to the primary structure on the first side of the primary structure. The second plate is configured to be connected to the primary structure on a second side of the primary structure.
US09096319B2
A computing unit allocates boarding paths, available for boarding a transport unit, in particular an aircraft, to passengers of the transport unit. An associated method allocates boarding paths, available for boarding the transport unit to passengers of the transport unit. A computer program carries out the method, and a directing system directs passengers of the transport unit along boarding paths available for boarding the transport unit. The computing unit is configured to form two or more changeable seat groups from a plurality of seats provided in the transport unit and to allocate the boarding paths, available for boarding the transport unit, to the two or more seat groups formed.
US09096315B2
An apparatus for recovering kinetic energy released during and aircraft landing after ground contact, for ground and/or flight operation, comprising at least one energy converter for conversion of the kinetic energy into another energy form, where the energy converter is located in the area of the nose landing gear and/or in the area of the main landing gear of the aircraft. At least one energy storage system is provided for receiving and releasing at least a part of the converted kinetic energy. The apparatus has a high degree of multiple utilization and enables, for example, maneuvering of a landed aircraft on the taxiway independently of the engines, where the aircraft is substantially moved with the braking energy recovered during the landing process. Since the main engines are no longer required for maneuvering, there is a considerable potential for saving energy and the use of motor-operated tow vehicles is eliminated.
US09096314B2
An electric and hybrid Vertical-Take Off and Landing (“VTOL”) aircraft is disclosed comprising a plurality of small Electric Ducted Fans (“EDFs”) of various sizes and orientations. The thrust of each fixed EDF is individually controlled by modulation of motor power by one or more onboard microcomputers connected to a plurality of onboard laser distance measuring sensors, at least three onboard three-axis accelerometers and at least one GPS thereby allowing extremely precise and safe VTOL operation. The aircraft may be employed to allow robotic and passenger vehicles to transition extremely quickly between normal linear flight and VTOL and to operate in extreme and gusty conditions.
US09096313B2
An actuator configured to rapidly vary the throat geometry of a microjet nozzle. Varying the throat geometry rapidly changes the characteristics of the microjet produced by the microjet nozzle. The inventive device is capable of producing pulsed flow. In some embodiments it is also capable of producing rapidly variable flow in order to provide active control.
US09096308B2
A wingtip fin of an aircraft comprising an upstanding fin body, the fin body having an inboard face and an outboard face and a recess defined there within, a display screen assembly in the recess in the fin body, the display screen assembly comprising a translucent face, substantially flush with and forming at least part of the inboard face or the outboard face of the fin body, and a display screen arranged in the recess such that images displayed on the display screen are visible through the translucent face.
US09096307B2
A process and a device for automatically optimizing on the ground the aerodynamic configuration of an aircraft.The device (1) includes means (7, 8, 10) for determining and applying to the spoilers (6) a command providing the aircraft with an optimum aerodynamic configuration.
US09096304B2
A method of attaching first and second aerofoil sections to each other is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: positioning one aerofoil section in an initial assembly orientation with respect to the other aerofoil section so that hinge elements on each aerofoil section are in alignment with each other, inserting a hinge shaft through said aligned hinge elements to initially couple the aerofoil sections together whilst the aerofoil sections are in their initial assembly orientation; and rotating one aerofoil section relative to the other aerofoil section about a compound angle defined by the hinge shaft into a second orientation in which the aerofoil sections are in their final, assembled orientation relative to each other. An aerofoil assembly is also disclosed.
US09096294B1
The present invention is particularly efficacious when practiced as a system for transferring payloads between sideways-adjacent vessels at sea. As typically embodied, an inventive inter-locational transfer system includes: a trolley; a set of parallel cable-rails upon and along which the trolley is rollable; a pair of pulling cables, respectively connected to the two sideways-adjacent ships, for exerting pulling forces on the trolley in opposite directions along the cable-rails; at least four hoisting cables, separately and distantly attached at the bottom of the trolley and at peripheral points of the payload, for suspending a rectangular payload (e.g., ISO container with contents) from the trolley; a first computer control capability; for controlling the impelling and restraining of the trolley by the respective pulling cables; and, a second computer control capability, for controlling the lengthening and shortening of the respective hoisting cables in a coordinated manner to reduce or minimize payload pendulation.
US09096290B2
A storage device for holding a drain plug for a boat is disclosed. The storage device provides a place to store the drain plug when it is removed from a drain hole for the boat. The storage device includes a reminder system using an emergency stop lanyard (ESL) present on nearly all powerboats. The storage device holds both the ESL and the drain plug. The storage device is designed so that the ESL cannot be removed without first removing the drain plug. Thus, an operator cannot start a boat's engine without first removing the drain plug from the storage device to gain access to the ESL, allowing the ESL to be refitted onto an operating system for the boat's engine. The act of handling the drain plug reminds the operator to re-install the drain plug into the drain hole.
US09096288B2
A dual hydraulic controller apparatus comprises a housing, a first master cylinder disposed at the housing, and a second master cylinder disposed at the housing and coupled to the first master cylinder. The first master cylinder includes a first hydraulic chamber and a first piston disposed in the first hydraulic chamber for reciprocal movement therein. The second master cylinder includes a second hydraulic chamber and a second piston disposed in the second hydraulic chamber for reciprocal movement therein. A first operating member is coupled to the first piston for reciprocating the first piston, and a second operating member is coupled to the second piston for reciprocating the second piston.
US09096278B2
An active air flap device for vehicles includes a first flap installed in the front end of a vehicle and is configured such that the first flap is rotated by power of an actuator so as to be opened or closed, a second flap installed at a location around the first flap and configured such that the second flap is rotated so as to be opened or closed, and a link module connected to the first flap at a first end thereof and connected to the second flap at a second end thereof, and configured such that the link module is moved upward and downward, with a regulation unit provided in a central portion of the link module so that the regulation unit can connect or disconnect a link of the first flap to or from a link of the second flap.
US09096271B2
An axle support of a vehicle, in particular a passenger motor vehicle, consists of an upper shell and a lower shell, each of which is formed from a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic material. When the upper shell and the lower shell are assembled together, they form a hollow body. In this case, the upper shell and the lower shell are screwed together by way of metal insert parts, which are laminated at least in sections into the shell parts. A core part, in particular formed from a plastic foam, for transferring the shear stresses over a wide area can be glued into the cavity between the upper shell and the lower shell at least in the region of the opposing metal insert parts. Furthermore, at least one of the insert parts can be designed simultaneously for connecting an add on part.
US09096270B2
A pillar structure for a vehicle includes: a glass to form a vehicle compartment; a pillar to support a roof panel; and a pillar outer cover disposed at an outer side of the pillar. A flow passage is provided between the pillar and the pillar outer cover. The flow passage includes an inlet port, an air-water separator, an air outlet port, and a discharge port. The air outlet port is disposed at a position with a pressure lower than a pressure in a vicinity of the inlet port during running of the vehicle.
US09096269B2
A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
US09096260B1
A structure is achieved in which two portions in the axial direction of a cable 38 for electric equipment by an energy-absorbing member 35 on an inner column 9a side and a cable support bracket 52 on an outer column 10a side, such that the cable 38 can be suppressed from becoming a resistance to forward displacement of a steering wheel during a secondary collision. The energy-absorbing member 35 has a support plate section 46, part of which displaces in the downward direction during a secondary collision. Part of the middle section of two portions of the cable 38 in the axial direction is supported by the support plate section 46. During a secondary collision, the middle section of the cable 38 displaces and is bent in the downward direction as the support plate section 46 deforms. As a result, the cable 38 is suppressed from tightening in the axial direction during a secondary collision.
US09096254B2
A steering control apparatus of a vehicle includes a steering unit having an input shaft, a turning unit having an output shaft, a clutch for connecting or disconnecting between the input shaft and the output shaft, and a control unit for controlling the turning unit based on an output from the steering unit. The control unit controls the rotation of the output shaft such that when the input shaft rotates, the clutch is caused to run idle. The clutch may be configured such that the clutch runs idle when the rotating speed of the output shaft is greater than or equal to the rotating speed of the input shaft and such that the clutch is connected when the rotating speed of the output shaft is less than that of the input shaft.
US09096235B2
Disclosed is a transportation system with integrated infrastructure. In one embodiment, this infrastructure takes the form of a hollow elevated load bearing guideway structure designed to support the weight of traveling vehicles. The structure supports a backbone beam, or rail, that has multiple functions. These functions may include vehicle control, security, and energy delivery. The structure is bimodal meaning vehicles can have wheels like cars or steel rimmed wheels like a train or any combination thereof.
US09096233B2
A visual confirmation evaluating apparatus generates unobstructed state information indicating that a driver in a vehicle at an intersection is in a position capable of visually confirming roads on the right and left. This unobstructed state information is used to evaluate a safety check made by the driver, in order to improve the accuracy of the evaluation. In addition, the visual confirmation evaluating apparatus generates viewing direction information indicating a direction in which the driver of the vehicle should look at the intersection, and an appropriateness of a line of sight of the driver is evaluated using the viewing direction information.
US09096232B2
There is provided a vehicle condition estimating device which enables the estimations of the longitudinal position of a vehicle centroid, loads exerted on front and rear wheel axles and cornering powers even during the running of a vehicle without detecting directly the loads exerted on front and rear wheel axles. The inventive device is characterized by estimating a centroid position in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle based on a vehicle weight value, a stability factor value, a relation between a front wheel axle load and a front wheel cornering power and a relation between a rear wheel axle load and a rear wheel cornering power.
US09096225B2
A control method and system for limiting a maximum speed of an engine and a motor of a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine clutch configured to control power transmission between the engine and the motor. The control method includes determining whether speed of the engine exceeds a predetermined maximum engine speed, determining whether speed of the motor exceeds a predetermined maximum motor speed, limiting the speed of the engine based on a predetermined engine torque profile when the speed of the engine exceeds the predetermined maximum engine speed, and limiting the speed of the motor based on a predetermined motor torque profile when the speed of the engine exceeds the predetermined maximum engine speed.
US09096222B2
A system and method for learning a transferring torque for a hybrid vehicle includes: an engine and a motor connected through a clutch; a Hybrid Starter Generator (HSG) that is connected to the engine and is used to start the engine; and a controller for transferring a charging power by the motor to the HSG in a case where the charging power by the motor is greater than or equal to a chargeable power of the battery when the transferring torque is learned through the clutch.
US09096209B2
The present invention relates to a control system and a method for a hybrid vehicle which may optimally control the operating point of a vehicle. A control method for a hybrid vehicle includes detecting driving requests and a state of charge (SOC) of a battery when the vehicle is driving in HEV mode, determining a motor operating point and an engine operating point when the battery is in low SOC state, and compensating the motor operating point and the engine operating point by applying a climbing degree of the vehicle and the atmospheric pressure.
US09096205B2
A brake system for motor vehicles of “brake-by-wire” type without a brake booster, having a hydraulic activation device which can be activated by means of a brake pedal and to which wheel brakes are connected, and a simulation device which can be activated hydraulically and has at least one elastic element which gives the driver of a vehicle a pleasant pedal sensation is intended to have a functional capacity which can be checked during the normal braking function and to give the driver a pedal sensation which is familiar from a conventional hydraulic brake system. For this purpose, the activation device is connected via a hydraulic connection to the simulation device, wherein the hydraulic connection is connected via an electrically controllable check valve to a pressure medium reservoir which is at atmospheric pressure.
US09096201B2
A yaw-rate forecasting system for a vehicle. The system includes a yaw rate sensor and an electronic control unit. The yaw rate sensor is configured to detect a yaw rate of the vehicle and to generate a signal indicative of the detected yaw rate. The electronic control unit is coupled to the yaw rate sensor, and is configured to receive the signal indicative of the yaw rate of the vehicle from the yaw rate sensor, forecast a future yaw rate, determine a stability of the vehicle using the forecasted yaw rate, and to generate a signal to control actuation of a vehicle brake.
US09096199B2
Instructions are provided to a vehicle braking mechanism for autonomous operation of the braking mechanism. At least one first parameter is retrieved for governing control of the braking mechanism. The first parameter is applied to operation of the braking mechanism. Data is collected relating to operation of the vehicle. At least one second parameter is determined for governing control of the braking mechanism.
US09096196B2
The invention is based on a wiper blade (12) with an elongate, spring-elastic carrying element (36) which is pre-curved in a concave fashion with respect to a vehicle window (22) and has two spring rails (52, 66) which run parallel to one another in a plane, and having a wiper strip (24) which is held with a web (34) of its head strip (30) between the spring rails (52, 66) via the carrier element (36), said spring rails (52, 66) being inserted in longitudinal grooves (32) on both sides of the web (34), wherein the wiper strip (24) is secured in the longitudinal direction (20) relative to the carrier element (36) at least close to one of the ends of said wiper strip (24). It is proposed that the spring rails (52, 66) have, at the longitudinal sides facing one another in their end regions, clips (60, 74) with cutters (62, 76) which, in the mounted state, cut into adjoining walls of the longitudinal grooves (32).
US09096192B2
The present invention provides an airbag that is capable of stabilizing a flow of a gas introduced into a lower air chamber to thereby stabilize an expansion behavior, the air bag being capable of stably constraining an occupant. Along a bulkhead configured to partition an airbag main body portion into an upper air chamber and the lower air chamber, a patch is mounted into the lower air chamber so that a rear end part is opposed to a distributing portion. The patch is expanded by means of a gas introduced into the lower air chamber in an expanded state of an inflating portion of the airbag main body portion to thereby form a cover portion along an interior face of the lower air chamber and a redundant portion configured to slacken with respect to the interior face of the lower air chamber.
US09096187B2
A frame molding configured to be assembled on a corner portion of a window opening formed at an intersecting portion between a door panel and a door frame of a door for a vehicle, the frame molding includes a body member including a first molding portion formed to be extended along a first portion provided at the corner portion and a second molding portion formed to be extended along a second portion provided at the corner portion, the first portion being positioned in a vicinity of the door panel and the second portion being positioned in a vicinity of the door frame, and a support member formed along the first portion and configured to be fixed to the door panel, the support member on which the first molding portion is assembled and which includes a positioning portion determining a position of the body member relative to the door panel.
US09096184B2
Plastic panels for motor vehicles and methods for making plastic panels are provided herein. In one example, a plastic panel for a motor vehicle comprises a first molded microcellular polymeric substrate and a second polymeric substrate. The first molded microcellular polymeric substrate has a first outer skin, a second outer skin, a microcellular structured core that is disposed between the first and second outer skins, and a wall that extends between the first and second outer skins to define a support structure in the microcellular structured core. The second polymeric substrate comprises a weld feature that is aligned with the support structure and that is coupled to the second outer skin of the first molded microcellular polymeric substrate.
US09096181B2
An electro-optic system is provided that includes a front element having first and second surfaces, a rear element including third and fourth surfaces, wherein the front and rear elements are sealably bonded together in a spaced-apart relationship to define a chamber, and an electro-optic medium contained in the chamber, and the electro-optic medium is adapted to be in at least a high transmittance state and a low transmittance state. The electro-optic system further includes a display device in optical communication with the electro-optic element, the display device including at least one light source and is configured to emit at least a first primary and a second primary, the first and second primaries each having a first hue (hab) when viewed through the electro-optic element in approximately the high transmittance state and a second hue (hab′) when viewed through the electro-optic element in approximately the low transmittance state, wherein a change in the first and second hues (Δhab) for both first and second primaries is less than approximately 31 degrees.
US09096156B2
A vehicle seat has a scissor-type stand vibratable and adjustable in height, with a pneumatic spring and cranks intersecting at a scissor shaft, and a control device for level control and height adjustment of the stand. The control device has a driver, a switching element coupled with the driver, and a valve device controlled by the switching element, for controlling the pneumatic spring. The driver and the valve device are kinematically assigned to different parts of the stand, such parts being movable relative to one another. The switching element is spaced from the shaft and rotatably supported on the first crank. The valve device is connected with the first crank, and the driver is configured as a Bowden cable, the core of which is coupled with the switching element, and the jacket of which is fixedly connected with the second crank.
US09096151B2
A riding lawn care vehicle may include a frame, a seat base and an adjustable seat. Wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle may be attachable to the frame. The seat base may also be coupled to the frame. The adjustable seat may be coupled to the seat base of the riding lawn care vehicle to enable selectable repositioning of at least a portion of the adjustable seat at variable distances from the seat base.
US09096148B2
A fastening arrangement for fastening a flexible element to a rigid element is provided. The fastening arrangement comprising a first closure element and a second closure element, which each consist of a plug part, a housing part and a catch. Each closure element is closed in that the plug part is put together with the housing part in a closing direction until snapping into place in a closed position, so that the plug part and the housing part are held at each other against the closing direction. Each housing part is formed such that by means of a relative movement of the housing part relative to the plug part in an opening direction, which differs from the closing direction, the plug part is pushed out of the catch and the closure element hence can be opened.
US09096146B2
A seat for a vehicle is configured such that an occupant can be seated in either a lower position or in an upper position. The seat includes a base member for accommodating an occupant in the lower position and a seat back, positioned to extend generally upwards from the region of the base member. The seat back is configured to accommodate an occupant's back. A selectively deployable perch member is also provided. In a first condition, the perch member is configured as an extension of the seat back for when the occupant is seated in the lower position. In a second condition, the perch member is configured as an additional base member for supporting an occupant in the upper position.
US09096136B2
System for facilitating the electrical recharging of a vehicle, characterized in that it includes a sealed module. The sealed module is characterized in that it includes a processor that controls the connection and disconnection with an internal communication network of the vehicle. It is also characterized in that any alteration in the electrical charge of the battery of the electric vehicle is captured by the sealed module.
US09096132B2
A control system includes an electric motor, an electric storage device, an accelerator grip, a brake lever, a controller, and an adjustment lever. The controller supplies electric power from the electric storage device to the electric motor in response to an acceleration command input by the accelerator grip and causes the electric motor to drive the rear wheel. The controller adjusts the electric power generated by rotational power applied by the rear wheel in response to an acceleration/deceleration command from the adjustment lever. The acceleration/deceleration adjustment lever is provided separately from the brake lever and the accelerator grip. The brake lever is able to activate a brake mechanism for mechanically braking the rear wheel to decelerate a vehicle.
US09096128B2
Systems and methods directed to creating a sensory experience in a vehicle are described herein. Data may be received from one or more sources. Device data may be generated based at least in part on the received data. One or more output components associated with the vehicle may be identified. The device data may be transmitted to one or more output components for output to a user of the vehicle.
US09096119B2
The invention relates to a vehicle drive system, comprising an electromechanical converter, in particular an electric variable transmission. The converter is provided with a primary shaft having a rotor mounted thereon, a secondary shaft having an interrotor mounted thereon and a stator, fixedly mounted to a housing of the electromechanical converter. Viewed from the primary shaft in radial direction, the rotor, the interrotor and the stator are arranged concentrically relative to each other. Further, the primary shaft is arranged for being driven by an output shaft of an engine and the secondary shaft is arranged for driving an input shaft of a transmission unit.
US09096115B2
An energy transfer system includes a power transfer mechanism, a first system, and a second system. The first system includes a first pump-motor operatively connecting the first system to the power transfer mechanism and a regenerative system operatively connected to the first pump-motor. The second system is operatively connected to the power transfer mechanism. Power is transferred between systems by the power transfer mechanism. A method of energy transfer is also provided.
US09096110B1
Disclosed herein is a system of steering and suspension linkages for a beam-type solid axle arrangement, the steering system designed to operate in conjunction with the suspension system without bumpsteer throughout suspension travel. Accurate steering throughout suspension travel is satisfied with mechanical linkages that include a unique flexible joint-mounted bellcrank. The suspension system comprises two pairs of links, each pair occupying opposite sides of a solid axle, this opposed configuration offering the axle centering capability of without the packaging constraints of a triangulated 4-link suspension system, thereby facilitating its installation on production-based front solid axle vehicles.
US09096095B2
An apparatus (1) for transporting an article (2). The apparatus (1) includes a frame (3) and an article support (4) operatively coupled to the frame (3). The article support (4) is movable relative to the frame (3) such that the apparatus (1) provides a first configuration for retaining the article (2) and a second configuration for receiving or unloading the article (2). The apparatus (1) includes a plurality of wheels (9) for movement over a substrate surface, and, a stabilizing means (6) to engage the substrate surface and stabilize the frame (3) when the apparatus (1) is in the extended position. In use, the apparatus (1) may be used to support a wheel, tire or other vehicular component (2) during installation, for example, in a confined space such as a mine.
US09096093B2
A stylus pen cap has at least one camera disposed at least partially therein. The pen cap can further include a light source (such as an infrared light source) that directs light outwardly of the pen cap to the stylus. The pen cap can further include an electrical connector that operably couples to the camera(s) and conveys captured-image data to an outboard device of choice. The pen cap can include a pocket clip that comprises the electronic connector. The pocket clip can include a flexible joint (such as but not limited to a universal joint) to thereby permit the camera(s) to be oriented and aimed as desired even while electrically connected to an outboard device.
US09096081B2
An image recording device includes a support member, a recording head, a conveyor unit, a surface modifying apparatus and a movement mechanism. The conveyor unit intermittently conveys a recording medium toward a support member along a conveyance path, and intermittently passes the recording medium through a processing position disposed on an upstream side of the supporting member with respect to the conveyance path. The surface modifying apparatus, during a passage time in which the recording medium passes through the processing position, executes surface modification processing on the recording medium passing through the processing position, and emits heat along with execution of the surface modification process. The movement mechanism places the recording medium passing through the processing position near the surface modifying apparatus during the processing time, and separates the recording medium and the surface modifying apparatus when the passage time ends.
US09096071B2
A method for detecting a dot of functional material on a medium at a predetermined location, the dot having a predetermined color, is based on lightness, chroma and hue components of colors present in an area of the predetermined location on a scanned image of the printed medium. A color image reproduction apparatus is disclosed for carrying out the method for detecting a dot of functional material.
US09096068B2
A container for holding a volume of fluid includes a housing defining an interior for retaining the volume of fluid, a vent system disposed at an upper portion of the interior adjacent to a fluid chamber to vent air to atmosphere. The vent system includes an air chamber in fluid communication with the fluid chamber through an air inlet and disposed within the interior. The air chamber includes a bottom surface angling from the air inlet towards a distal end of the air chamber.
US09096067B2
Disclosed is a priming system for inkjet printheads that includes at least one inkjet printhead. Each inkjet printhead includes one or more single color inkjet chips. Further, the priming system includes at least one ink supply unit. Each ink supply unit is fluidly coupled to a corresponding single color inkjet chip for supplying ink to the corresponding single color inkjet chip. Furthermore, the priming system includes a pumping member that includes at least one pumping head. A pumping head is fluidly coupled to the corresponding single color inkjet chip to receive the ink from the corresponding single color inkjet chip, and to a corresponding ink supply unit to pump the ink back into the corresponding ink supply unit.
US09096065B2
To provide an ink jet printing apparatus which can reduce waste ink as much as possible and shorten the amount of time spend on the following wiping process, and a recovery operation method therefor, whereby a first process and a second process are carried out, the first process for discharging ink that does not contribute to the printing from the print head while supplying ink from the ink reservoir portion to the print head by way of the first ink passage connected to one end of the print head, and the second process for discharging ink that does not contribute to the printing from the print head while supplying ink from the ink reservoir portion to the print head by way of the second ink passage connected to the other end of the print head.
US09096064B2
In an ink jet printing apparatus prints an image by employing a print head capable of ejecting ink from ejection ports, a suction unit draws ink from the ejection ports into an interior of the cap by applying a suction force to the interior of a cap that is covering the ejection ports. An atmosphere communication unit exposes to the atmosphere the interior of the cap that is covering the ejection ports, and a pressure increase unit increases a pressure in an internal of the print head. A control unit permits the suction unit to apply the suction force to the interior of the cap, and permits the pressure increase unit to increase the pressure in the internal of the print head before the atmosphere communication unit exposes the interior of the cap to the atmosphere in a state where the ejection ports is covered with the cap.
US09096062B2
A method for forming an ink jet printhead can include interposing a coverlay between a press plate of a press and an ink jet printhead aperture plate assembly, such that the coverlay physically contacts an anti-wetting coating on a surface of the aperture plate assembly. With the coverlay contacting the anti-wetting coating, a force is applied to the aperture plate assembly using the press. The coverlay is separated from the aperture plate assembly, wherein the coverlay includes a layer having an elastic modulus of at least 0.5 GPa.
US09096053B2
A method includes creating a stream of uniquely-addressed mail pieces on a web offset press by printing on sections of a web, separating the sections of the web, and printing unique address information on each section of the press-printed material. The unique address is printed by a variable printer according to a mail file of intended recipients. The stream of uniquely-addressed mail pieces is conveyed in a shingled formation. An on-press conversion of the stream of uniquely-addressed mail pieces into a plurality of batches of stacked mail pieces is performed, each batch containing only mail pieces belonging to a common mail delivery group. The on-press conversion includes controlling via the controller the creation of batch separation points among the mail pieces according to the mail file, conveying the stream of mail pieces in the shingled formation into a stacking device, and stacking the mail pieces with the stacking device.
US09096052B2
Printers, methods, and apparatus to form an image on a substrate are disclosed. An example apparatus to form an image on a print substrate includes an applicator to apply a first material, an ink developer to apply a plurality of ink particles, and a transfer cylinder to transfer the ink particles and the first material to a print substrate to form an image and a coating.
US09096048B2
Integrated device of peeling and mounting board assembly on backlight unit of liquid crystal display
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device which can peel a protective film from a board assembly and mount the board assembly on a backlight unit. The method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device, comprising steps of: providing an integrated peeling and mounting device having an index rotary unit having a shaft for rotating heads facing in different directions, an alignment calibration unit and a mounting unit; rotating the index rotary unit; calibrating an aligned state of a board assembly and a backlight unit by operating the alignment calibration unit; mounting the board assembly attached to a first head of the index rotary unit on the backlight unit by operating the mounting unit; and peeling a film from the board assembly attached to a second head of the index rotary unit, wherein the steps of peeling the film and mounting the board assembly on the backlight unit are simultaneously performed.
US09096043B2
Methods of forming a collapsible mandrel are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes forming a layup on a substrate by providing a first layer of rubber, positioning a reinforcement strip on the first layer of rubber, providing first and second release films in spaced apart from each other adjacent the reinforcement strip to expose a portion of the reinforcement strip, providing a second layer of rubber overlying the exposed portion of the reinforcement strip, and laminating the first and second layers of rubber to the reinforcement strip. The release films to prevent the first and second layers of rubber from adhering to each other and the reinforcement strip such that non-adhered ends of the first and second layers of rubber and the reinforcement strip define flaps. The method includes placing the layup in a cavity of a mold forming part of a tool assembly, consolidating the layup when the layup is in the cavity of the mold, and curing the layup to form the collapsible mandrel.
US09096035B2
The corrosion resistance of formed and shaped sheet magnesium alloy articles may be improved by applying to the article a substantially crack- and pore-free ductile metal layer on at least selected surfaces and cut or sheared edges. An exemplary ductile metal may be aluminum or its alloys. Two methods of applying such a ductile metal layer are described. One method is suitable for extended areas of the magnesium alloy surface, and is applied prior to stamping the article while a second method, suitable for cut or sheared edges, is intended for application after the article is fully formed. The incorporation of both embodiments into conventional sheet metal stamping processes to form the corrosion resistant formed magnesium article is described.
US09096032B2
A wafer processing laminate is provided comprising a support (3), a temporary adhesive layer (2), and a wafer (1). The temporary adhesive layer (2) has a trilayer structure consisting of a first temporary bond layer (A) of thermoplastic siloxane bond-free polymer, a second temporary bond layer (B) of thermoplastic siloxane polymer, and a third temporary bond layer (C) of thermosetting modified siloxane polymer. In a peripheral region, the second layer (B) is removed so that the first layer (A) is in close contact with the third layer (C).
US09096029B2
An electronic device case having an antenna pattern embedded therein includes: a radiator having an antenna pattern portion transmitting and receiving a signal and a connection terminal portion allowing the signal to be transmitted to and received from a circuit board of an electronic device; a connection portion partially forming the radiator and connecting the antenna pattern portion and the connection terminal portion to be arranged in different planes; a radiator frame manufactured by injection molding on the radiator so that the antenna pattern portion of the radiator is provided on one side of the radiator frame and the connection terminal portion is provided on the other side thereof; and a case frame covering the one side of the radiator frame on which the antenna pattern portion is provided so that the antenna pattern portion is embedded between the case frame and the radiator frame.
US09096021B2
A forming tool with a predefined mold portion is provided in a method for producing a reinforced fiber composite component for aviation and aerospace. A forming/support element is molded by means of the mold portion of the forming tool. A semi-finished fiber product is then deposited at least in portions on the shaped forming/support element. The deposited semi-finished fiber product is deformed by means of the forming/support element to form at least one reinforcing portion. The forming/support element is then removed from the forming tool together with the reinforcing section formed on this element, followed by defined positioning of the reinforcing section thus formed with respect to an associated fiber composite component portion by supporting with the forming/support element. The reinforcing portion is cured to form the reinforced fiber composite component. A forming device is provided with a predefined mold portion which holds a forming/support element such that it can be removed.
US09096010B2
A thermoplastic injection molding system and method of use is described for molding parts from heated plastics and other organic resins. The machine uses heat sources located along the barrel to heat the source material while an auger screw transports the source material in the barrel. This transport step does not shear the source material, nor does it use friction to produce the heat necessary to melt the source material. The material becomes substantially liquid or melted during the heating process, and the melted material is forced, by the auger screw, into a chamber whereupon a plunger, situated concentrically with the auger screw, injects the material from the chamber into a mold. Sensors located along the barrel and in the chamber ensure consistency between mold cycles. The controller dynamically adjusts the injection molding process to achieve more consistent and reliable molded parts.
US09096009B2
Various systems and methods for forming a polymer part with utilizing heating fluid are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention a method for forming polymer includes heating the mold apparatus with a first heat energy source comprising heating fluid to a first mold temperature, and then heating the mold apparatus with a second energy source which is different than the first energy source. The second energy source heats the mold surface to a second mold temperature greater than the first mold temperature to form the part to achieve a desired surface finish of the polymer part.
US09096006B2
Segmented mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire of given diameter, having shells and segments collaborating to withstand the internal pressure and remain in the closed position without assistance from additional components, having at its lateral edges a projection extending radially inwards, equipped with a lip extending axially towards the inside of the mold, having a frustoconical surface inclined at an angle α wherein extensions of the line of each frustoconical surface intersect on the radially internal side of the segment, each shell having a projection extending radially outwards and a lip having a frustoconical surface inclined by the same angle α, and containing force-limiting element having a stop and a housing positioned respectively in the radial extension of each of the projections and each having a bearing surface, to come into contact with one another when internal pressure in the mold exceeds a given threshold.
US09095978B2
A system including a memory having instructions causing a processor to perform operations, for planning a grasping-device approach to an object by a grasping device, a pre-grasp device position, and a pre-grasp device pose. The operations comprise obtaining input data including grasping-device data, object data, and environmental-constraint data, determining, based on the grasping-device data, a grasp volume model, determining a test approach vector, and determining, using the vector, the constraint data, and the model, whether approach vector modification is needed. The operations also include modifying, if modification is needed, the test approach, yielding a resulting approach vector, and determining, if modification is not needed, that the test approach is the resulting approach vector. And the operations include determining a virtual floor indicating a position below which the grasping device cannot move, and determining, based on the resulting vector, virtual floor, model, and object data, the device approach, position, and pose.
US09095973B2
One bicycle service kit includes: a main body; at least one slot formed at an upper end of the main body; and at least one cable positioned in the slot, the cable including a head portion held within an interior of the main body, the head portion having a dimension larger than a width of the slot, the cable including a free end configured to be attached to a bicycle tool. Another kit includes: a circular main body defining an open interior; a shelf formed in the open interior of the main body, the shelf defining a plurality of slots; at least one cable positioned in at least one of the slots, the cable including a free end configured to be attached to a bicycle tool; and a front cover coupled to close the open interior of the main body.
US09095968B2
The invention relates to a tool for a breaking hammer, a breaking hammer, and the use of a breaking hammer. The breaking hammer includes a percussion device, the percussion piston of which providing impacts to the tool for breaking rock. An impact surface of the tool has a curved form surface that has a radius of curvature and a center axis on the longitudinal axis of the tool. The direction of the centre axis is transverse to the plane through the longitudinal axis of the boom of a work machine.
US09095958B2
A vise assembly has a pair of moveable jaws mounted on guideways for movement toward and away from each other. The moveable jaws are driven by a vise screw on the vise body through head members of a pair of jaw nuts. The head members fit into cavities on the underside of the moveable jaws and have projections on first ends that have surfaces engaging mating recessed surfaces formed on one end of the cavities. Adjustable plungers are mounted on the head members and are extendable outwardly from a second end of the head members to engage and drive against surfaces of the cavities in a second direction. The adjustable plungers are adjustable in length so they can be retracted into mounting bores in the head members so the moveable jaws can be mounted on and removed from the head members, and extended so driving surfaces of projections on the head members and of the plungers are both in engagement with surfaces of the cavities.
US09095954B2
An apparatus for machining an elongated workpiece with a tool a support column having a generally planar and vertical front wall and a pair of generally planar, parallel, and vertical side walls projecting rearward from respective outer edges of the front wall. A workpiece holder on the front wall can hold the workpiece forward of the front wall in a vertical orientation. A vertical guide secured to one of the side walls carries a vertical slide shiftable along the vertical guide. A front horizontal guide on the vertical slide forward of the front wall from the guide carries tool holder shiftable in the front horizontal guide on the vertical slide forward of the front wall and is adapted to hold the tool.
US09095951B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to connecting Electronic Lapping Guides (ELG) to a lapping controller such that the number of wire bonds from the controller to a row of read heads is minimized. When lapping the air bearing surface of the read heads, the electrical resistances of the ELGs are monitored to adjust the lapping process and set the stripe height for read sensors in the read heads. Once the resistance corresponds to the desired stripe height, the lapping process is stopped. To measure the resistance, each ELG may be electrically coupled to the same substrate—i.e., share the same common ground. The lapping controller applies a voltage potential across the ELGs using a wire bonded to a pad in the respective read head and one or more connections to the grounded substrate. This configuration avoids having to bond two wires onto each read head.
US09095949B2
A sharpening device for cutting blades includes a support shell, at least two rollers rotatably mounted to the shell for rotating about respective substantially parallel first rotation axes and offset along a first substantially radial center-to-center direction, the rollers having respective contiguous grinding peripheral surfaces delimiting a working zone designed to receive a blade to be sharpened, the grinding surfaces being elastically yieldable to conform to the profile of the blade.
US09095948B2
Use of a thermoplastic material for blocking an optical substrate (100) in a machining position, wherein the thermoplastic material is formulated from a composition comprising a shellac and a plasticizer where the shellac and the plasticizer are chosen so as to have the softening point of the thermoplastic material greater than or equal to 60° C. and smaller than or equal to 85° C.
US09095938B2
A new arrangement of a display and optical element and method for manufacturing the same are provided. In the context of a method, a method is provided that includes providing first and second layers, wherein an extended portion of the first layer extends at least partially beyond a first edge of the second layer. The method further includes positioning an optical element in alignment with a translucent portion of the extended portion of the first layer. The method may also include modifying one or more portions of the extended portion of the first layer to be translucent.
US09095933B2
The solder composition comprises particles of a thermodynamically metastable alloy. One of the elements of the alloy will form an intermetallic compound with a metal surface. The solder composition is particularly suitable for use in bumping of semiconductor devices.
US09095931B2
A laser processed hole is formed in a workpiece. The workpiece has a first member formed of a first material bonded to a second member formed of a second material. The laser processed hole extends through the first member to the second member. The wavelength of plasma light generated by applying a pulsed laser beam to the first member and the second member is detected. Application of the laser beam is continued at a first power until the plasma light intensity generated from only the first member is decreased to reach a predetermined value. The laser beam is applied at a second power which is lower than the first power so as to not generate cracks in the first member when the plasma light intensity has reached the predetermined value. Application of the plasma laser beam stops when plasma light generated from the second member is detected.
US09095929B2
A system and method of hybrid welding a dual fillet weld. The system includes a laser system that leads a first torch and preheats at least one workpiece. The system also includes a first welding power supply that supplies a first welding waveform to a first wire via the first torch. The first welding waveform creates a first arc between the first wire and the at least one workpiece. The system further includes a second welding power supply that supplies a second welding waveform to a second wire via a second torch. The second welding waveform creates a second arc between the second wire and the at least one workpiece. A controller in the system is operatively coupled to the first power supply, the second power supply and the laser system. The controller synchronizes the first welding waveform and the second welding waveform such that welding current pulses of the second welding waveform at the second torch are not in phase with welding current pulses of the first welding waveform at the first torch. The system is set up such that the first arc and the second arc are across from each other on opposite sides of a weld.
US09095921B2
A system and method is provided for monitoring and displaying real time information regarding the inductance of the welding circuit, such that a user can monitor the performance of a power supply to determine if the system inductance is adversely affecting the operation of the power supply.
US09095918B2
A method of making a cutter structure comprising super-hard material defining a rake face topology is provided. The method includes providing a pre-sinter assembly comprising a substrate body having a formation surface defining a topology complementary to the rake face topology, and an aggregation comprising a plurality of super-hard grains, the aggregation disposed adjacent the formation surface of the substrate body, the substrate body comprising a source of catalyst or binder material capable of promoting the sintering of the super-hard grains at a pressure and temperature at which the super-hard material is thermodynamically stable; subjecting the pre-sinter assembly to the pressure and temperature to provide a sintered polycrystalline super-hard structure joined to the formation surface of the substrate body at a first major boundary of the super-hard structure and having a second major boundary surface opposite the formation surface; removing the substrate body to expose the first major boundary of the super-hard structure defining the rake face topology. Cutter inserts and machine tools are also provided.
US09095908B2
A curtain assembly comprises a rotatable drive element wherein at least one helical guide structure is formed on, or into, the outer surface of the drive element. A drive attachment element having a structure that communicates with the helical guide structure to move the drive attachment element axially along the drive element when the drive element is rotated. Specific embodiments incorporate either a manual or motor-driven rotation assembly for rotating the drive element. Further specific embodiments involve a helical guide structure that comprises a helical groove and a structure that comprises a tooth that engages with the helical groove.
US09095905B2
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a control finger using metal powder injection molding. In particular, a metal power and a binder are mixed to obtain a base material for injection molding. Then a molded body is formed by injecting the base material into a mold in a shape of the control finger, using a nozzle. The molded body is then degreased and sintered to form a sintered body from the degreased body. Post-processing is then performed on the sintered body.
US09095900B2
The invention relates to a generative production method for producing a component by selectively melting and/or sintering a powder several times consecutively by introducing an amount of heat by means of beam energy, such that the powder particles melt and/or sinter in layers, wherein the powder particles (1) are made of a first material (2) and the powder particles are surrounded by a second material (3) partially or over the entire surface thereof, wherein the second material has a lower melting point than the first material and/or lowers the melting point of the first material when mixed with the first material. The invention further relates to a corresponding powder and to a prototype produced from said powder.
US09095899B2
A process for the preparation of particles with controlled dimensions comprising the steps of: (i) providing a laminar substrate having a patterned surface comprising a micro-relief repeat pattern comprising one or more discrete cells, each cell consisting of a floor portion and walls having a height (HW); (ii) depositing organic or inorganic material onto the patterned surface and into the cells to provide a thickness (T) of the deposited material wherein T≦HW (iii) stripping the deposited organic or inorganic material from the surface of the substrate; and (iv) collecting the particles formed from said organic or inorganic material; and a composition obtainable from said process comprising a plurality of particles (P), wherein the number (n) of particles in said composition is at least 10, wherein said particles (P) are platelets exhibiting a planar geometry which is circular or which is made up of a number (x) of planar (y)-sided polygon(s), wherein x is from 1 to 20 and y is at least 3 wherein if x is greater than 1 then said planar (y)-sided polygons are fused along one or more sides thereof, wherein the width (WP) of the platelets (P) at their widest point is no more than about 250 μm and the thickness of the platelets (P) is in the range of 10 nm to 50 nm.
US09095890B2
A metallic glass fastening screw that is not susceptible to loosening, and is capable of implementing fastening with high strength and reliability. In processing a screw thread and a screw groove of a screw, amorphous bulk metallic glass is form-rolled at glass transition temperature or less of the bulk metallic glass serving as a member to be processed. The bulk metallic glass has a plastic strain property introduced by plastic working such as form rolling, to improve ductility. A relationship of d>0.022×D is set so that a depth from a bottom of the screw groove in the region where the plastic strain is introduced is d and an outside diameter of the screw is D, to relax stress concentration of tensile stress generated in a region at the bottom of the screw groove due to tension (axial force) applied to the screw in fastening.
US09095889B2
Thermoelectric-enhanced air and liquid cooling of an electronic system is facilitated by providing a cooling apparatus which includes a liquid-cooled structure in thermal communication with an electronic component(s), and liquid-to-liquid and air-to-liquid heat exchangers coupled in series fluid communication via a coolant loop, which includes first and second loop portions coupled in parallel. The liquid-cooled structure is supplied coolant via the first loop portion, and a thermoelectric array is disposed with the first and second loop portions in thermal contact with first and second sides of the array. The thermoelectric array operates to transfer heat from coolant passing through the first loop portion to coolant passing through the second loop portion, and cools coolant passing through the first loop portion before the coolant passes through the liquid-cooled structure. Coolant passing through the first and second loop portions passes through the series-coupled heat exchangers, one of which functions as heat sink.
US09095887B2
A compact roller hemming device which can perform a hemming process with respect to various works. The roller hemming device for hemming a work includes rotary shafts rotating on axes thereof, and first lower dies and second lower dies on which the corresponding work is placed. The first lower dies and the second lower dies are arranged on outer circumferential parts of the rotary shafts at predetermined intervals. The rotary shafts rotate so that one each of the first lower dies and the second lower dies is selected depending on a type of the work to be hemmed.
US09095884B2
A method and apparatus for removing and recovering oil from wellbore cuttings is provided. Oil-contaminated solids are transported through two or more solvent baths on vibrating conveyors and contacted with solvent flowing countercurrent to the direction of transport of the oil-contaminated solids through the baths such that oil contaminant is separated from the solids.
US09095880B2
An oscillator includes a piezoelectric vibrator (10), a vibrating member (20) which is larger than the piezoelectric vibrator (10) when seen in a plan view and restrains one surface of the piezoelectric vibrator (10), a vibrating member (25) which is larger than the piezoelectric vibrator (10) when seen in a plan view and restrains the other surface of the piezoelectric vibrator (10), an elastic member (30) which supports an edge of the surface of the vibrating member (20), which restrains the piezoelectric vibrator (10), and supports an edge of the surface of the vibrating member (25), which restrains the piezoelectric vibrator (10), and a supporting member (35) which is located around the elastic member (30) and supports the elastic member (30).
US09095878B2
One aspect of the present invention is a coating system for use in a wet on wet coating application process. The coating system includes a first coating composition, a second coating composition, and a boundary layer. The first coating composition includes a first bulk polymer resin and a first reactive component selected from the group consisting of a part A and a part B reactive component. The second coating composition includes a second bulk polymer resin and a second reactive component comprised of the other reactive component of the part A and the part B reactive component group. The boundary is formed upon applying a first layer of the first coating composition to a second layer of the second coating composition. The boundary layer includes the reaction product of the part A and the part B reactive component and is situated between the first layer and the second layer.
US09095877B2
A masking tape for use in applications where a coating material is applied to a surface for defining a sharp edge of the portion of the surface that is coated. A masking tape may include a reinforcing strip releasably attached to the non-adhesive side of conventional masking tape comprising a substrate with an adhesive layer on one side. The reinforcing strip extends longitudinally along the length of the substrate with one edge substantially aligned with, and preferably flush with, one longitudinal edge of the substrate and acts as a separate means to cut through a coating or film more efficiently than the masking tape alone, while subsequently leaving the masking tape in place until the preferred time of removal.
US09095869B2
The invention relates to method including operating a plasma atomic layer deposition reactor configured to deposit material in a reaction chamber on at least one substrate by sequential self-saturating surface reactions, and allowing gas from an inactive gas source to flow into a widening radical in-feed part opening towards the reaction chamber substantially during a whole deposition cycle. The invention also relates to a corresponding apparatus.
US09095868B2
A glue dispenser comprises a container accommodating glue, a glue dispensing head and a glue dispensing ring. The glue dispensing head is connected with the container, the glue dispensing head is substantially cylindrical and includes a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, the top surface is arranged inside the container, the bottom surface is exposed outside the container, the glue dispensing head has a plurality of through holes extending from the top surface towards the bottom surface to ensure the steady extrusion of glue in small quantities from multiple small outlets arranged in a circle.
US09095866B2
An apparatus for applying mortar is provided. The apparatus includes a support sled and a mixer positioned on the support sled. The mixer combines a received dry powder mortar and a liquid, and a pump positioned on the support sled and adapted to pump the mixed mortar and liquid. The apparatus further includes a spray head positioned on the support sled and adapted to receive the pumped mortar and liquid mixture and spray the mixture.
US09095865B2
A mobile coating system for coating an electrical insulator. The system includes an elongate shipping container that is transportable to a worksite, and a plurality of stations located within the shipping container. The stations include a loading station for loading an insulator to be coated, a coating station that includes a robotically controlled applicator for applying an elastomeric coating to the insulator, a curing station located after the coating station for curing the elastomeric coating, and an unloading station for unloading the coated insulator. The system also includes an endless loop conveyor for conveying the insulator through the plurality of stations. The endless loop conveyor has an elongated circular path.
US09095862B2
A shower assembly and system. The assembly may include a shower device including a device housing defining an inlet communicating with an inlet chamber, an outlet and a waterway communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet, the device housing further defining a receptacle having a closed end and an open end, the inlet chamber being behind the closed end, the waterway extending along the receptacle from the closed end toward the open end; and a second device supportable in the receptacle. The outlet may define an outlet plane, and the second device may include a speaker with a speaker housing providing a speaker outlet, the speaker outlet being one of aligned with and positioned forwardly of the outlet plane when the speaker is supported in the receptacle. The assembly may further include a magnetic connecting structure operable to releasably connect the speaker and the shower device.
US09095859B2
A sprinkler head includes a sprinkler body having an inlet bore at one end, and a coupling element at an opposite end adapted to connect the sprinkler body to a water deflector plate. A multi-nozzle shuttle supports at least two nozzles and is attached to the sprinkler body axially between the inlet bore and the coupling element for swinging pivotal movement between two nozzle-installed positions. The multi-nozzle shuttle may also be provided with a shut-off surface portion for shutting off flow through the sprinkler body when the multi-nozzle shuttle is moved to a shut-off position. The shuttle may be moved manually or by a power actuator.
US09095857B2
The present invention is to provide a paint spray-gun even-pressure diverting housing structure formed by an inter housing and an outer housing, and the assembly is slotted into the paint spray-gun head cavity wherein the centers of both housings are respectively installed with holes for paint spray-gun nozzle cross-assembled into a set. The inner housing and the outer housing are installed using with two independent guiding gas channels for sending spraying paint airflow and atomization airflow, and the gaps of each guiding gas channel are cross-positioned in conduction. As the inner housing and outer housing are combined the channels of the two housing maintain the crossing relationship, thereby the spitted airflow and the atomization airflow spitted present circulating stream in the two guiding gas channels in both housings delay the time staying in the nozzle cavity, further to achieve even-exiting air effect and improve painting quality.
US09095851B2
A fluid control apparatus including a detecting unit including a light source for irradiating light toward a microfluidic device, and a photodetector for detecting light reflected from the microfluidic device, a transporting unit for moving the detecting unit; and a determining unit for controlling a transporting operation by the transporting unit, where determining a state of a fluid at a particular position relative to the microfluidic device is based on light reflected from the microfluidic device, and method of using same.
US09095847B2
There is disclosed a tape cassette having a reeled-up carrier tape that carries at least one type of functional elements, namely test elements and/or puncturing elements, that are arranged at a distance from each other in a tape direction. The distances in the tape direction from a functional element to the next functional element of the same type change periodically in space at a period P. Moreover, there is disclosed a method for manufacture of a tape cassette of this type.
US09095844B2
Disclosed herein is a catalyst for aqueous-phase reforming of biomass-derived polyols, which comprises platinum and copper as active metals and a mixture of magnesia and alumina as a support. The catalyst contains a small amount of platinum and, at the same time, has high hydrogen selectivity and low methane selectivity.
US09095838B2
An improved air purification adsorbent is disclosed. The air purification adsorbent comprises titanium dioxide (TiO2) impregnated with zinc chloride (ZnCl2). The adsorbent may be used in air purification systems for removing ammonia from air streams. The nanocrystalline (amorphous) structure of the adsorbent results in a higher density of surface defects, higher surface area, and higher reactivity which, when combined with the synergistic effect of ZnCl2 and the nanocrystalline TiO2, provides a significantly longer breakthrough time of ammonia as compared with breakthrough time from unimpregnated nanocrystalline TiO2, the commercial (crystalline) TiO2 impregnated with ZnCl2, pure ZnCL2, and other commercially available adsorbents of ammonia. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09095833B2
The invention provides an improved instrument for automation of solid phase extraction chemistries typically used in biotechnology labs. The instrument includes a mechanism for transferring samples dissolved in a liquid from initial containers to reaction columns that are used to perform solid phase extractions. Samples, reaction columns and collection containers are in microtiter plate format or tubes that are on 18 millimeter centers. The transfer system is automatically cleaned after use in preparation for the next use. A dispense manifold is used to dispense various reagents into the reaction columns. Pressure differential is used to move reagents through reaction columns. A sliding cover is used to divert the reagent exiting reaction columns to waste or allowing collection of sample as it exits outlets of reaction columns. Samples are automatically collected in microtiter plates or in individual tubes or vials.
US09095829B2
An apparatus includes a tuyere chamber, a plasma torch configured to produce a superheated gas and to direct the superheated gas into the tuyere chamber in an axial direction, and a shroud gas inlet assembly configured to direct a shroud gas into the tuyere chamber wherein one part of the shroud gas is injected coaxially with the super heated gas and a second part of the shroud gas is injected as a swirl shielding the tuyere walls.
US09095824B2
A porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin, having two major surfaces, including a dense layer which governs filtration performance on one major surface side and a sparse layer which contributes to reinforcement on the other opposite major surface side, and having an asymmetrical gradient network texture including pore sizes which increase continuously from the one major surface to the other opposite major surface, wherein the dense layer includes a 7 μm-thick portion contiguous to the one major surface showing a porosity A1 of at least 50%, and the one major surface shows a pore size of at most 0.30 μm. The vinylidene-fluoride-resin porous membrane is useful as a porous membrane for separation and particularly exhibits good water-permeation-rate retentivity even in continuous filtration of cloudy water.
US09095819B2
A composition for preparation of a hollow fiber porous membrane including 40-60 wt. % a polymer matrix, 20-30 wt. % an organic mixed solution, and 20-40 wt. % a water-soluble substance. The polymer matrix is a polymer capable of dissolving in an organic solvent and melt processing. The organic mixed solution is a mixture comprising 60-90 wt. % a first liquid soluble to the polymer matrix and 10-40 wt. % a second liquid insoluble to the polymer matrix. The water-soluble substance is a water-soluble polymer, a low molecular weight water-soluble particle, or a mixture thereof. A method for producing the hollow fiber porous membrane using the composition including a) preparing the organic mixed solution, b) mixing the components of the composition, c) applying melt spinning, d) drawing, and e) washing. The hollow fiber membrane has high strength, large flux, and low cost.
US09095816B2
The invention relates to a catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas of diesel engines, and to a process for reducing the level of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of diesel engines. The catalyst consists of a support body of length L and of a catalytically active coating which in turn may be formed from one or more material zones. The material zones comprise selectively catalytically reductive (SCR-active) mixed oxide consisting of cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, rare earth sesquioxide and niobium oxide and optionally tungsten oxide. In addition, the material zones comprise at least one compound selected from the group consisting of barium oxide, barium hydroxide, barium carbonate, strontium oxide, strontium hydroxide, strontium carbonate, praseodymium oxide, lanthanum oxide, magnesium oxide, mixed magnesium/aluminum oxide, alkali metal oxide, alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal carbonate and mixtures thereof. Noble metal may optionally also be present in the catalyst.
US09095813B2
A carbon dioxide capture facility is disclosed comprising packing formed as a slab, and at least one liquid source. The slab has opposed dominant faces, the opposed dominant faces being at least partially wind penetrable to allow wind to flow through the packing. The at least one liquid source is oriented to direct carbon dioxide absorbent liquid into the packing to flow through the slab. The slab is disposed in a wind flow that has a non-zero incident angle with one of the opposed dominant faces. A method of carbon dioxide capture is also disclosed. Carbon dioxide absorbing liquid is applied into packing in a series of pulses. A gas containing carbon dioxide is flowed through the packing to at least partially absorb the carbon dioxide from the gas into the carbon dioxide absorbing liquid.
US09095809B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving separation of gas phase streams using an adsorbent, such as 8-member ring zeolite adsorbents or DDR type zeolite adsorbents. Suitable gas phase streams can include at least one hydrocarbon, such as methane or a hydrocarbon containing at least one saturated carbon-carbon bond, and at least one additional component, such as CO2 or N2. The selectivity of the adsorbent is improved by selectivating the adsorbent with one or more barrier compounds. The presence of the barrier compounds is believed to alter the relative ability of potential adsorbates to enter into and/or move within the pores of the adsorbent.
US09095804B2
The invention relates to a lamellar separator for separating liquid droplets from a liquid-charged fluid, having at least two essentially vertically oriented lamellar profiles, which are spaced apart from one another, and which form a flow channel between them for conducting through the liquid-charged fluid and on the wall surfaces of which the liquid droplets are separated, and having a catch basin situated below the lamellar profiles for receiving the liquid separated from the liquid-charged fluid, the catch basin having at least one partition wall, which divides the catch basin into multiple areas.
US09095801B2
An apparatus automatically carries out an integrity test on a filter device having a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a venting port. The apparatus includes a filter integrity testing device having a pressure sensor and/or a flowmeter. An inlet connector is connectable to the fluid inlet, is connected via a wetting liquid supply valve to a wetting liquid supply, and is connected via a drainage valve to a first drain. An outlet connector is connectable to the fluid outlet and via an outlet valve to the first or a second drain. A venting port connector is connectable to the venting port and via a measurement valve to the pressure sensor and/or flowmeter. The venting port connector also is connected via a venting valve to a venting pipe, and via a measurement gas valve to a measurement gas source. The valves are controlled by the filter integrity testing device.
US09095798B2
The centrifugation vessel includes an outer wall containing an interior space. A dam defines a barrier which divides the interior space into at least two regions including a catch basin defining a higher gee region and a reservoir defining a lower gee region. These regions are joined together over the dam. The dam includes a face which is preferably tapered to enable optimization of speed of separation of a sample placed within the vessel. The vessel is usable in a biological sample processing method by having the higher gee region of the vessel configured to have an elongate form and the volume optimized for collection of a higher density fraction of the sample. Supply and withdrawal tubes extend into the regions for reliable extraction and separate collection of differing density fractions after separation by centrifugation. A medium density fluid is used within the vessel to further isolate constituents of differing densities.
US09095797B2
A filtering unit (10) comprising a casing (20) provided with at least one inlet (32), one outlet (33) and one support body (42) provided with abutment surfaces (44) adapted to removably support a filtering cartridge (50) contained within the casing (20) and adapted to divide the internal volume of the casing (20) into two chambers (21,22) respectively connected with the inlet (32) and the outlet (33) so as to filter the fluid flowing from the inlet (32) towards the outlet (33), the filtering cartridge (50) comprising at least one coupling element (55) configured to be snap-coupled to the support body (42) following a first axial translation for mutual approaching between the filtering cartridge (50) and the support body (42), whose distinctive characteristic lies in the fact that it comprises cam means (57,58) operating between the coupling element (55) and the support body (42) so as to radially bend the coupling element (55) in a release position for disengaging the coupling element (55) from the support element (42) following a further limited mutual axial translation between the filtering cartridge (50) and the support body (42), moving in the same direction with respect to the first approaching translation, the cam means (57,58) being configured so as to keep the coupling element (55) in release position following a slight mutual rotation between the filtering cartridge (50) and the support body (42).
US09095787B2
The present application relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions comprising anti-foams and methods of making and using such compositions. Such compositions encompass consumer products, cleaning and/or treatment compositions, fabric care compositions, or liquid laundry detergents that provide the desired suds profile via the addition of an antifoamer, yet are stable.
US09095777B2
Direction obtaining means (72) obtains pressing-force information relating to pressing forces applied respectively to the plurality of depression units. In a case where a first depression unit and a second depression unit are pressed, the direction obtaining means (72) obtains a direction between a first basic direction and a second basic direction based on pressing forces applied respectively to the first depression unit and the second depression unit. The direction obtained by the direction obtaining means (72) in a case where the first depression unit and the second depression unit are pressed changes based on the pressing forces applied respectively to the first depression unit and the second depression unit. Processing executing means (74) executes processing based on the direction obtained by the direction obtaining means (72).
US09095769B1
A stable board book has multiple stiff pages bound together and a stand connected to an end panel for holding the pages vertical when the book is put on a surface and each page is opened. The stand is attached by a hinge to the top cover of the book and by a hinge to the end panel. The end panel is attached by a hinge to the ventral edge of the bottom page of the book. The length of the stand is at least ½ of the length of the cover so that when the pages are opened and leaned against the stand, they will be stable and not fall back down.
US09095767B2
A rink divider raising and lowering system is configured to raise and lower a rink divider utilizing a plurality supports secured to existing trusses that supports a roof of an ice rink. The rink divider system includes a plurality of cables have a first end attached to the rink divider and a second end that engages a hoisting mechanism. Each of the plurality of supports has a pulley attached thereto wherein one of the plurality of cables engages the one of the pulleys such that the rink divider can be moved in a substantially vertical plane from a raised position to a lowered position utilizing the hoisting mechanism.
US09095766B1
A skateboard can transform into a handheld case that obstructs the view of the wheel and truck assemblies. Once transformed, the wheel assemblies are located in an interior of the case. The skateboard has a multi-part platform, more than one wheel assembly and a handle for use in the transformed configuration.
US09095761B2
Techniques are described to furnish location-based functionality to golf-related electronic devices. In one or more embodiments, the distances associated with features of a hole of a golf course such as sand traps, water hazards and other hazards, trees, tree lines, waste areas, out of bounds areas, man-made hazards, and so on may be selectively labeled based on the relative positions of the device, the features, and a point within the hole of the golf course such as the pin or other point within the green.
US09095757B2
An apparatus includes a first plastic pipe comprising a first end and a second end. A padding surrounds a portion of the first plastic pipe extending from the first end towards the second end. The padding comprises a material for mitigating injuries during striking. A cover encases the padding. A pipe receiver is joined proximate to the second end for grounding motion of the plastic pipe to a structure. The pipe receiver comprises a bracket operable for joining to the structure, and a collar disposed between the bracket and the pipe for mitigating movement of the pipe within the bracket. A concentrically oriented second plastic pipe and third plastic pipe is disposed within the first plastic pipe proximate the second end for mitigating stress on the first plastic pipe proximate the pipe receiver, wherein a strike to the padding flexes the plastic pipe and the plastic pipe springs back.
US09095748B2
Multi-piece golf balls having a solid core of at least one layer and cover of at least one layer are provided. At least one of the core layers comprises a thermoplastic ionomer composition, preferably a highly neutralized ethylene acid copolymer. And, at least one of the core layers comprises a thermoplastic polyamide composition. The ionomer composition is preferably used to form the inner core and the polyamide composition is preferably used to form the outer core layer. More preferably, the ionomer composition has a flex modulus of 80,000 psi or less and the polyamide composition has a flex modulus of 90,000 psi or greater. The resulting ball has high resiliency and rebounding properties.
US09095747B2
The invention provides a golf ball composition containing an ionomer resin composition of: (A) one or more ionomer selected from the group consisting of an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer and/or an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester random copolymer, and a metal ion neutralization product of an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid random copolymer and/or a metal ion neutralization product of an olefin-unsaturated carboxylic acid-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester random copolymer; (B) a polyethylene; and (C) an organic peroxide.
US09095738B2
The present disclosure concerns an exercise device, and more particularly a combination balance and stability training and resistance training exercise device, comprising a platform and a balance element. The exercise device can also comprise one or more resilient, elongate resistance training elements for resistance training. The exercise device can be provided with a stabilizing device. When removed from the stabilizing device, the exercise device can be used in a manner similar to a conventional balance board. When mounted on the stabilizing device, the exercise device is supported in a stable orientation for performing exercises requiring a stable and balanced support surface.
US09095737B2
Compositions and methods based on the use of fluoroalkene containing from 3 to 4 carbon atoms and at least one carbon-carbon double bond, such as HFO-1214, HFO-HFO-1233, or HFO-1354, having properties highly beneficial in foaming and blowing agent applications, articles and methods.
US09095736B2
A fire sprinkler system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a pipe having a first pipe portion and a second pipe portion. The first pipe portion includes a wall having a first wall thickness, and the second pipe portion includes a wall having a second wall thickness that is greater than the first wall thickness. The fire sprinkler system further includes structure coupled to the pipe and defining a sealed chamber between the structure and at least the first pipe portion, and a sensor for sensing a pressure in the sealed chamber. Example corrosion monitoring devices and methods for monitoring corrosion in pipe systems, including fire sprinkler systems, are also disclosed.
US09095728B2
A one-piece electrical contact ring for use in a lead receptacle of an implantable medical device includes (i) a tubular body defining a cavity extending through the body and (ii) a plurality of resiliently deflectable elements extending from the tubular body into the cavity. The deflectable elements have a lead contacting portion configured to contact the lead when received by the cavity. The lead contacting portions of the deflectable elements in a relaxed state are located in a plane that intersects the tubular body and are configured to deflect along the plane towards the tubular body as the lead is inserted in the contact ring. The contact ring may further include a plurality of stops, each configured to (i) engage a stop portion of the elements when the elements are sufficiently outwardly deflected and (ii) inhibit further outward deflection of the elements when the stops engage the stop portions.
US09095727B2
An implantable medical device (IMD) comprises a transmitting/receiving (T/R) device for transmitting medical data sensed from a patient to, and for receiving control signals from, a medical expert (a human medical professional and/or a computerized expert system) at a remote location; an electronic medical treatment device for treating the patient in response to control signals applied thereto; and a sensor circuit, having a sensor circuit output, for producing sensor circuit output signal(s) representing medical data sensed from the patient. The IMD also includes a logic device (processor) which analyzes the sensor circuit output signal(s) to detect a medical abnormality and, upon detecting an abnormality, either sends a notification signal representing a medical state of said patient to the medical expert at the remote location or sends a local treatment device control signal to the medical treatment device, or does both. The medical expert can transmit an external treatment control signal to the IMD to effect patient treatment, if treatment is warranted. To ensure that the medical expert is authorized to provide such treatment, data which identify one or more authorized medical experts is stored in an IMD memory and compared with identification data transmitted from the putative authorized medical expert along with the external treatment control signal. Only if the identification data received from the putative authorized medical expert matches the pre-stored identification data of an originally authorized medical expert does the IMD effect treatment.
US09095724B2
An implantable neuromodulation device includes a plurality of electrical terminals configured for being respectively coupled to a plurality of electrodes; analog output circuitry configured for delivering electrical modulation energy to the electrical terminals in accordance with programming data from a first external control device; a low-speed telemetry system configured for receiving the programming data; a high-speed telemetry system configured for receiving non-programming data from a second external control device; and memory configured for storing the programming data and the non-programming data. The low-speed telemetry system has a data transfer rate in the range of 2-800 kbits/sec, and the high-speed telemetry system has a data transfer rate in the range of 1-50 Mbits/sec. The high-speed telemetry system may have a greater telemetry range than the low-speed telemetry system.
US09095719B2
Exemplary methods are described for providing responsive vascular control with or without cardiac pacing. An implantable device with responsive vascular and cardiac controllers interprets physiological conditions and responds with an appropriate degree of vascular therapy applied as electrical pulses to a sympathetic nerve. In one implementation, an implantable device is programmed to deliver the vascular therapy in response to low blood pressure or orthostatic hypotension. The device may stimulate the greater splanchnic nerve, to effect therapeutic vasoconstriction. The vascular therapy is dynamically adjusted as the condition improves. In one implementation to benefit impaired physical mobility, vascular therapy comprises vasoconstriction and is timed to coincide with a recurring segment of the cardiac cycle. The vasoconstriction assists circulation and venous return in the lower limbs of inactive and bedridden individuals. In various implementations, cardiac pacing therapy that is synergistic with the vascular therapy may be added to augment treatment.
US09095718B2
A medical device and associated method for controlling a cardiac pacing therapy sense a first cardiac signal including events corresponding to cardiac electrical events and a second cardiac signal including events corresponding to cardiac hemodynamic events. A processor is enabled to measure a cardiac conduction time interval using the first cardiac signal and control a signal generator to deliver a pacing therapy. A pacing control parameter is adjusted to a plurality of settings during the pacing therapy delivery. A hemodynamic parameter value is measured from the second cardiac signal during application of each of the control parameter settings. The processor identifies an optimal setting from the plurality of settings and solves for a patient-specific equation defining the pacing control parameter as a function of the cardiac conduction time interval.
US09095715B2
A medical device system and associated method for guiding ablation therapy sense cardiac signals using implantable electrodes and detect spontaneous cardiac events from the sensed cardiac signals. Pacing pulses are delivered in response to detecting a spontaneous cardiac event and a return cycle length is measured. The spontaneous cardiac event is clustered with a previously detected cardiac event in response to the measured return cycle length. Data corresponding to the clustered cardiac events is displayed to guide an ablation therapy.
US09095708B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods to transition a hearing prosthesis between different stimulation strategies. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided and includes operating a hearing prosthesis in accordance with a first parameter, receiving an instruction to operate the hearing prosthesis in accordance with a second parameter, and in response to the receiving, transitioning to operate the hearing prosthesis in accordance with the second parameter by operating the hearing prosthesis in accordance with at least one intermediate parameter. In accordance with another embodiment, the method includes transitioning to operate the hearing prosthesis in accordance with a third operation strategy characterized by alternating between periods of (i) operating in accordance with the first operation strategy, and (ii) operating in accordance with the second operation strategy, and increasing an amount of time in which the hearing prosthesis is operating in accordance with the second operation strategy.
US09095702B2
Defibrillator lead designs and methods for manufacturing a lead having attachment between a fibrosis-limiting material covering, a shocking coil electrode, and an implantable lead body are disclosed herein. An electrode coil fitting is disposed within the shocking coil electrode. In an option, the fibrosis limiting material extends past the ends of the electrode coil, and is wrapped between the coil electrode and the electrode coil member.
US09095690B2
A cannula (1) for dispensing fluid products, particularly for vaginal and rectal applications, comprises: a tubular body (2) for containing a fluid product (P), having a first extremity (2a), at which a dispenser opening (3) is formed, and a second open extremity (2b), opposed to the first extremity (2a). A cover cap (4) is fitted onto the tubular body (2) to close the dispenser opening (3).A closing body (5) associated with the tubular body (2) closes the second extremity (2b). The closing body comprises a first element (6) and a second element (7) made in a single body piece and joined along tearable connection means (8, 9, 10). The second element (7) removable by tearing off the first element (6) to act as a anti-tampering seal. The first element (6) is a cylinder partially insertable through the second extremity (2b) to function as a sliding piston inside the tubular body (2) once the second element (7) has been torn off. The cover cap is converted to a push rod for moving the piston by removing longitudinal sections of the cover cap, and then folding over the remaining sections to reduce the cross-section of the push rod.
US09095683B2
An insertion device for use in assisting with the placement of a medical device within the body of a patient is disclosed. For example, the insertion device can be employed to assist with the placement of an introducer, which provides a conduit for insertion of a catheter into the body. In one embodiment, the insertion device comprises a needle that is removably disposed within a bore defined by the medical device, and a needle retraction assembly. The needle retraction assembly can position the needle in any one of a first position wherein a distal tip of the needle is disposed a predetermined distance distal to a distal end of the medical device, a second position wherein the needle distal tip is disposed distal but proximate to the distal end of the medical device, and a third position wherein the needle distal tip is retracted within the medical device bore.
US09095682B2
A plunger-type control handle for controlling the deflection of a distal tip of a catheter. The control handle includes a spool driven by a gear, the spool being connected to the proximal end of at least one pull wire. For bi-directional deflection, a second proximal end of a pull wire is connected to the spool such that when one of the proximal ends is collected by the spool, the other of the proximal ends is released in an equal amount. The gear is operatively coupled to the plunger and engages a gear rack disposed on the control handle housing, such that when there is relative movement between the housing and the plunger, the gear and spool are rotated. In one embodiment, a switching mechanism is provided that reverses the rotation direction of the gear and spool, thereby providing full stroke resolution of the plunger in each of the bi-directional directions.
US09095681B2
A catheter system including a housing and a first drive mechanism supported by the housing configured to impart movement to a first catheter device is provided. The first drive mechanism is moveable between an engaged position in which the first drive mechanism engages the first catheter device and a disengaged position in which the first drive mechanism does not engage the first catheter device. The catheter system includes a second drive mechanism supported by the housing configured to impart movement to a second catheter device. The second drive mechanism is moveable between an engaged position in which the second drive mechanism engages the second catheter device and a disengaged position in which the second drive mechanism does not engage the second catheter device. The catheter system includes a manual control configured to allow a user to manually move the first drive mechanism and the second drive mechanism between the engaged and disengaged positions. The first drive mechanism and the second drive mechanism are also configured to be moved between the engaged and disengaged positions by an electronic actuator responsive to a user's activation of a control. The first drive mechanism and the second drive mechanism are configured to be moved between the respective engaged and disengaged positions synchronized with each other.
US09095673B2
A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a sealing portion (210) including a nose tip engagement portion (212) adapted to form a seal with the patient's nose tip, an upper lip engagement portion (213) adapted to form a seal with the patient's upper lip and/or base of the patient's nares, and nostril engagement flaps (214) adapted to form a seal with the patient's nares. The nose tip engagement portion (212), the upper lip engagement portion (213), and the nostril engagement flaps (214) are all structured to extend or curve outwardly from a supporting wall defining an air path.
US09095669B2
A system includes an insufflator provided with a gas inlet, a valve that regulates the flow to be supplied, an adjustable heater for the gas to be supplied, a sensor that detects the temperature of the heated gas, an outlet for supplying the gas, and a mechanism for propelling the gas toward the supply outlet. A disposable supply duct can be coupled to the gas outlet for the insufflator in order to convey the heated gas into the patient and a return duct for the gas is connected to a distal area of the supply duct and to an inlet of the heater, wherein the gas supply duct and the gas return duct form a continuous recirculation circuit for heated gas.
US09095667B2
The invention relates to a syringe cap (1) for a medical syringe (28), having two cap parts (2, 3) displaceable toward each other, wherein a motion of the cap parts (2, 3) toward each other takes place when the syringe cap (1) is first removed from the syringe (28). In order to disclose a syringe cap for a medical syringe, wherein a first use can be advantageously determined and handling is simple, according to the invention an indicator element is displaced into a display setting and the display element (6) can be removed from the syringe (28) together with the cap parts (2, 3) of the syringe cap (1).
US09095656B2
A medium- and high-pressure pulsed jet generator (1) for injecting controlled volumes of at least one medical liquid (7) includes a high-pressure chamber (2) and at least one connector (24) for at least one flexible pouch containing the medical liquid. The flexible pouch/es (6) is/are connected, via a connection tube, to a hydraulic sequencer (28) which is mounted in the high-pressure chamber, is exposed to the pressure inside the chamber (2), sequences the liquid discharged from the flexible pouch into a pulsed jet (11), is composed of a hydraulic connection (20) that is designed as or includes a deformable flexible sleeve (29) hydraulically communicating with the pouch/es (6) at the inlet and with a hand-held intervention element (40) or a catheter at the outlet, and includes hydraulic stops (31, 32) that are disposed on both sides of the flexible deformable sleeve (29) and are operated using a control element (33).
US09095655B2
This invention relates to a device for peritoneal dialysis with a means for the regular discharge and reuptake of dialysate, which comprises a conduit with a catheter, wherein a measurement bag is present, in which dialysate can be introduced, wherein first means are provided, with which the static pressure in the conduit between catheter and measurement bag can be determined, and second means are provided, by means of which the dialysate volume flow can be introduced into the measurement bag for a certain period. In accordance with the invention, third means are present, by means of which the volume of the dialysate introduced into the measurement bag can be determined, and furthermore fourth means are present, by which the catheter resistance substantially can be calculated from the values determined by the first to third means.
US09095650B2
A precision syringe (10) can comprise an annular fluid pathway (16) and annular plunger (12) sealing received within the annular fluid pathway. Various precision pumps (50, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700) are configured for discrete displacement of precise volumes of fluid. The precision pumps can operate by reciprocating movement to expand and contract a cavity (204, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704, 804, 904, 1040, 1104, 1204, 1304, 1404, 1504, 1604, 1704). Fluid can be introduced by movement along an axis or rotation about an axis of one or members forming, in whole or in part, the cavity. Associated methods are also disclosed.
US09095648B2
Devices, systems, and methods for myocardial infarct border zone reinforcement. In at least one embodiment of a suction/infusion catheter for facilitating myocardial infarct border zone reinforcement, the catheter includes one or more apertures defined along a portion of the catheter at or near a distal end of the catheter, a first configuration when the suction/infusion catheter is at least partially extended from a delivery catheter, and a second configuration when the at least one suction/infusion catheter is positioned within the delivery catheter, the second configuration different from the first configuration, wherein the suction/infusion catheter, when introduced into a pericardial space surrounding a heart at or near a myocardial infarct border zone, is operable to inject a glue-like substance through a lumen of the suction/infusion catheter and out from the one or more apertures to deliver the glue-like substance into the pericardial space at or near the myocardial infarct border zone.
US09095642B2
An implant for releasing an active substance into a vessel through which a body medium flows. The implant release an active substance into a vessel through which a body medium flows downstream from the location of the implant. A base of a biodegradable material is a carrier of the active substance to be released. The body medium flows past the implant and the active substance is release. The implant is configured so that the active substance does not contact a vessel wall at the location of implant.
US09095639B2
The invention is directed to carbon nanostructure composite systems which may be useful for various applications, including as dry adhesives, electronics and display technologies, or in a wide variety of other areas where organized nanostructures may be formed and integrated into a flexible substrate. The present invention provides systems and methods wherein organized nanotube structures or other nanostructures are embedded within polymers or other flexible materials to provide a flexible skin-like material, with the properties and characteristics of the nanotubes or other nanostructures exploited for use in various applications. In one aspect, the invention is directed to a carbon nanotube/polymer composite material having a plurality of carbon nanotubes formed into a predetermined architecture, with each of the plurality of nanotubes having a desired width and length. The architecture of the plurality of nanotubes defines at least one orientation for a plurality of nanotubes, and also defines the approximate spacing between nanotubes and/or groups of nanotubes. The carbon nanotube architecture is at least partially embedded with a polymer matrix in a manner that the architecture is stabilized in the predetermined architecture. The polymer matrix may also be formed to have a desired predetermined thickness.
US09095628B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions and uses of conjugates of prodrug forms of 2-pyrrolinodoxorubicin (P2PDox) with antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof (ADCs), with targetable construct peptides or with other targeting molecules that are capable of delivering the P2PDox to a targeted cell, tissue or pathogen. Once delivered to the target cell, the ADC or peptide conjugate is internalized, a highly toxic 2-pyrrolinodoxorubicin (2-PDox) is released intracellularly. The P2PDox-peptide or ADC conjugates are of use to treat a wide variety of diseases, such as cancer, autoimmune disease or infectious disease.
US09095625B2
There is provided a method of preparing nanoparticles and novel nanoparticles. The nanoparticle preparation comprises the generation of a mixture comprising a plurality of metal-containing compounds and a copolymer of a polyethylene glycol and an amine-containing polyamino acid such as polylysine where a metal core and polymer shell nanoparticle is formed. The novel nanoparticles have a metallic core and a graft copolymer shell of polyethylene glycol and an amine-containing polyamino acid where the shell least partially surrounds the metallic core and is non-ionically bound to the metallic core via metal-amine bonds.
US09095621B2
The invention provides oligomer-bis-chromonyl compound conjugates. The conjugates of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over previously administered compounds.
US09095616B2
A caged platinum nanocluster complex is disclosed. The complex comprises (a) an amine-terminated dendrimer; and (b) a platinum nanocluster comprising platinum oxides, the platinum nanocluster being confined inside of the amine-terminated dendrimer. The complex exhibits cytotoxicity to cancer cells. A double-caged platinum nanocluster complex is also disclosed, which comprises polyethylene glycol (PEG) coated on the surface of a dendrimer caged platinum nanocluster complex. The double-caged caged platinum nanocluster complex comprises pH-sensitive bonds on the surface thereof. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using the same.
US09095599B2
This application discloses novel phosphoramidate and phosphonoamidate prodrugs of nucleosides, nucleotides, C-nucleosides, C-nucleotides, phosphonates, and other alcohol-containing drugs; use of these prodrugs for treatment of infectious diseases and cancers, in particular, liver infections and cancers; and methods of preparing these novel phosphoramidate and phosphonoamidate prodrugs.
US09095597B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for treating kidney and muscle dysfunction that involves use of therapeutic amounts of N-acetyl mannosamine.
US09095587B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the effective treatment of impaired nerve signal conduction. Compositions including selective AT2 receptor antagonists as active agents and methods of use in relation to improving nerve signal conduction or reversing impaired nerve signal conduction are described.
US09095586B2
Compositions, apparatus, systems, kits, and methods for obfuscating the nucleic acid and/or protein content of an environment.
US09095584B2
The present invention provides methods to determine whether a patient with a lysosomal storage disorder win benefit from treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone. The present invention exemplifies an in vitro method for determining α-galactosidase A responsiveness to a pharmacological chaperone such as 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin in a cell line expressing a mutant from of α-galactosidase A. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing Fabry disease in patients suspected of having Fabry disease.
US09095583B2
The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or condition.
US09095579B2
Method and composition for protection and treatment against influenza viral infection by modulating the activity of at least one essential host signaling pathways, including the Hedgehog (Hh), the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP), the Notch (N) signaling pathways or combinations thereof, which activity is altered by the viral protein NS1. The method and composition comprise use of a compound that modulates at least one of these essential host signaling pathways for preventing or controlling symptoms associated with influenza viral infection. The method or composition can also be used either alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents for treating or protecting against influenza infection, and associated syndromes.
US09095575B2
Derivatives of 1-(substituted sulfonyl)-2-aminoimidazoline as antitumor and antiproliferative agents
The invention provides novel, water-soluble 2-aminoimidazoline derivatives having general Formula (I) as well as some precursors of Formula (I), which are very potent inducers of G2/M cell cycle arrest. In treated tumor cells, compounds of Formula (I) give gene expression profile distinct from known antimitotic agents. The invention also provides methods for preparing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds for the treatment of cancer or other mammalian diseases characterized by undesirably high levels of cell proliferation. The compounds of the invention are also expected to have utility as research tools.
US09095564B2
The present invention relates to a von Willebrand Factor for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a bleeding event associated with a thrombopathy induced by substances inhibiting thrombocytes. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of treating and/or preventing a disorder related to a bleeding event associated with a thrombopathy induced by substances inhibiting thrombocytes comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of a von-Willebrand-Factor (vWF) to a patient in need thereof. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising vWF and a composition comprising FVIII for simultaneous, separate or sequential use for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a bleeding event associated with a thrombopathy induced by substances inhibiting thrombocytes.
US09095563B2
A topical formulation comprising a Cannabis derived botanical drug product, wherein the concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, or both in the topical formulation is greater than 2 milligrams per kilogram.
US09095548B2
Disclosed are compositions for the treatment of pain comprising a first compound and a second compound, the first compound is an opioid antagonist that treats pain by blocking Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and the second compound is acetyl-para-aminophenol (APAP) that enhances the pain treatment effect of the first compound. Examples of opioid antagonist include naltrexone and naloxone, synergistic pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use in the treatment, prevention, and reversal of neuropathic and nociceptive pain.
US09095540B2
The present invention concerns methods and compositions for treating or preventing a bacterial infection, particularly infection by a Staphylococcus bacterium. The invention provides methods and compositions for stimulating an immune response against the bacteria. In certain embodiments, the methods and compositions involve a non-toxigenic Protein A (SpA) variant. In some embodiments, the methods and compositions involve SdrD, ClfA, and/or FnbpB polypeptides.
US09095523B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating diseases and disorders by administering a composition containing the neurotoxic component of a Clostridium botulinum toxin complex, wherein the composition is devoid of any other protein of the Clostridium botulinum toxin complex and wherein the composition is administered at short intervals and/or in high doses.
US09095517B2
Described herein are dental compositions, articles of manufacture including such dental compositions, and methods of using such dental compositions. In some embodiments, the dental compositions include a combination of ascorbic acid with at least one of a hexametaphosphate and a beta glucans. In some instances, the dental compositions are included within an edible article, a chew, or an edible chew. Administration of the dental compositions to the oral cavity of a subject may reduce the gingival, plaque, and/or calculus scores of the subject over a defined time period.
US09095512B2
Spherical base granules comprising a hardly water-soluble drug and suited for film coating thereon are produced by layering spherical core particles with a drug-containing layering liquid comprising both micronized microcrystalline cellulose and an emulsifier therein and therefore having improved suspension stability.
US09095508B2
Example embodiments relate to a composite material exhibiting a low or even negligible volumetric shrinkage upon curing, or even a small expansion (e.g. up to 0.5%), in particular composite materials in the form of dental filling materials. Example embodiments also relate to a method of controlling volumetric shrinkage of a composite material upon curing, and to a method of reconstructing a tooth. Example embodiments also relate to ultrasonic curing of dental filling materials. Example embodiments further relate to a population of zirconia particles and methods for preparing such zirconia particles (e.g. zirconia in the tetragonal phase or zirconia in the cubic phase). The martensitic transformation of the filler ingredients is, e.g., triggered by application of ultrasound or by a chemical trigger.
US09095507B2
An edible wafer containing nutritional supplement formulations suitable for specific enhancement of cell and mitochondrial function comprises enriched formulations of phospholipids or phospholipid chemical precursors containing inulin and specifically identified concentrations of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidic acid and phosphatidylcholine, and mitochondrial and cell membrane phospholipid molecules as well as other desirable constituents. These edible wafer lipid combinations can be used to treat mitochondrial disorders associated with medical pathologies, chronic illnesses and syndromes, or to maintain lipid balance for normal mitochondrial function, and can be administered in many different forms.
US09095503B2
Various embodiments provide methods and systems for the biphasic iontophoretic transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents. An embodiment of a method for such delivery comprises positioning at least one electrode assembly in electrical communication with a patient's skin. The assembly includes a solution comprising a therapeutic agent which passively diffuses into the skin. A dose of agent is delivered from the assembly into the skin during a first period using a first current having a characteristic e.g., polarity and magnitude, to repel the agent out of the assembly. During a second period, a second current having a characteristic to attract the agent is used to retain the agent in the assembly such that delivery of agent into skin is minimized. A dose of agent may be delivered on demand by an input from the patient. Embodiments may be used for delivery of agents which cause adverse effects from unwanted passive diffusion.
US09095501B2
A soother comprising a teat and a shield is constructed by co-molding the teat and the shield and over-molding the teat material on the shield material. As a result a secure bond is formed and a simple and easily cleanable soother is provided.
US09095496B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing particles of indomethacin using dry milling processes as well as compositions comprising indomethacin, medicaments produced using indomethacin in particulate form and/or compositions, and to methods of treatment of an animal, including man, using a therapeutically effective amount of indomethacin administered by way of said medicaments.
US09095490B2
The present invention relates to a massage device, and provides a palm massager comprising a plurality of air bags corresponding to each part of the palm, an air pump, a plurality of electromagnetic valves for controlling the air charging and air discharging of the plurality of air bags, a main control module and a plurality of load driving modules. The palm massager according to this invention includes a plurality of air bags corresponding to each part of the palm, an air pump, a plurality of electromagnetic valves for controlling the air charging and air discharging of the plurality of air bags and a main control module, by controlling the air charging and air discharging of the air bags by means of the plurality of electromagnetic valves controlled by the main control module, the massage on each part of the palm can be carried out, and the massage on each part of the palm with various strength and at different time can be achieved, thus the massage in this way confirms to the massage principle of the traditional Chinese medicine, and may promote the blood circulation of the palm better.
US09095485B2
An infant incubator including: an infant chamber isolated from external air; a conditioning bath communicating with the infant chamber; an air-conditioning equipment circulating air in the infant chamber through the conditioning bath; a fan provided at the air-conditioning equipment and moving air in the conditioning bath; a heater provided at the air-conditioning equipment and heating the air in the conditioning bath; a humidifier provided at the air-conditioning equipment, removably installed on a constructional member of the conditioning bath, and supplying water-vapor to the air in the conditioning bath; and a channel member for supplying water-vapor removably installed on a water-vapor introduction port penetrating the constructional member of the conditioning bath, and connecting the humidifier and the conditioning bath, in this infant incubator, the channel member for supplying water-vapor closes the water-vapor introduction port when the humidifier is removed, and opens the water-vapor introduction port when the humidifier is installed.
US09095484B1
A wheelchair leg guard that has a leg rest portion, a foot rest portion that extends from the leg rest portion, and a foot rest strap that extends from a first end to a second end. The first end of the foot rest strap is attached or coupled to the foot rest portion proximate a first end of the foot rest portion and the second end the foot rest strap is attached or coupled to the foot rest portion proximate a second end of the foot rest portion. A portion of the foot rest strap is releasably secured to a portion of the foot rest portion via interaction of a securing element attached or coupled to the foot rest portion and the foot rest strap. Side guards extend between and are attached or coupled to both the foot rest portion and the leg rest portion.
US09095470B2
A low-profile reduced pressure treatment apparatus and system are provided. The apparatus includes a moldable conduit holder, a conduit through the conduit holder, and a flexible base. The conduit holder has first and second bulkhead surfaces, a convex top surface, and a bottom surface adapted to conform to a tissue contact region adjacent to a tissue site. An end of the conduit is substantially flush with the first bulkhead surface and a longitudinal axis of the conduit is substantially perpendicular to the first and second bulkhead surfaces. The base is connected on a first side to the bottom surface of the conduit holder, and extends beyond the first bulkhead surface to form an overlay zone adjacent the first bulkhead surface. An adhesive is disposed on a second side of the flexible base to secure the flexible base to the tissue contact region.
US09095438B1
In one instance, the disclosure is a moldable, biocompatible, bioactive, and resorbable hip implant made to be implanted after femoral head ostectomy. The hip implant can be configured so that a portion of the implant can fit into the femoral canal after the femoral head is excised, and another portion can fit into the joint space. The hip implant can be configured to have a honeycomb structure capable of receiving and retaining materials such as antibiotics, stem cells, and platelet rich plasma for treatment after femoral head ostectomy. The resorbable material comprising the hip implant can degrade or dissolve over time and be resorbed by the body while scar tissue forms a pseudoarthrosis in place of the resorbed hip implant.
US09095433B2
A heart valve stent having a section with a heart valve implant and several proximally disposed tissue anchors, also comprising a plurality of anchoring threats, each with a proximate end fastened to the stent or valve and a distal end attached to tissue within a heart chamber to provide tension between the heart chamber tissue and the stent.
US09095431B2
An invasive cardiac valve comprises a tubular stent (1) and a valve (2). One end of the tubular stent (1) is of a frusto-conical structure, the other end is wide open, and the diameter of the open end is greater than the diameter of the frusto-conical end. The valve (2) is attached to the frusto-conical end of the tubular stent (1); and a delivery and retrieval hole (4) of the cardiac valve is provided at the top of the open end of the tubular stent (1). Because the diameter of the open end is greater than the diameter of the frusto-conical end, the cardiac valve can be effectively fixed in a position of aortic annulus to prevent the cardiac valve displacement caused by the impact of the blood flow. Because the valve (2) is attached to the frusto-conical end of the tubular stent (1), the valve (2) can totally avoid the left and right coronary ostia and does not affect the haemodynamics of the coronary artery. Because a delivery and retrieval hole (4) of the cardiac valve is provided at the top of the open end of the tubular stent (1), the cardiac valve can be retrieved and reset at any time by handle control if it is found to be placed in an improper position during the release process.
US09095424B2
A modular IOL system including intraocular primary and secondary components, which, when combined, form an intraocular optical correction device, wherein the secondary component is placed on the primary component within the perimeter of the capsulorhexis, thus avoiding the need to touch or otherwise manipulate the capsular bag. The secondary component may be manipulated, removed, and/or exchanged for a different secondary component for correction or modification of the optical result, on an intra-operative or post-operative basis, without the need to remove the primary component and without the need to manipulate the capsular bag. The primary component may have haptics extending therefrom for centration in the capsular bag, and the secondary component may exclude haptics, relying instead on attachment to the primary lens for stability. Such attachment may reside radially inside the perimeter of the capsulorhexis and radially outside the field of view to avoid interference with light transmission.
US09095417B2
Systems, devices and methods for treating a targeted body tissue (e.g., bone, soft tissue, muscle, ligaments, etc.) by stimulating the body tissue with an electric current are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first orthosis member that includes a first electrode. The first orthosis member is configured to be disposed about a first portion of a limb of a user of the apparatus such that the first electrode is in contact with the first portion of the limb. The apparatus includes a second orthosis member that includes a second electrode. The second orthosis member is configured to be disposed about a second portion of the limb such that the second electrode is in contact with the second portion of the limb. A connector is configured to couple the second orthosis member to the first orthosis member and the connector has a selectively adjustable length.
US09095416B2
A gastrointestinal implant device includes a flexible, floppy sleeve, open at both ends, that extends into the duodenum. The device further includes a collapsible anchor coupled to the proximal portion of the sleeve. The device further includes a drawstring that is threaded through a proximal end of the anchor, and barbs that extend from the exterior surface of the anchor. The collapsible anchor can be a wave anchor. The drawstring can be used to collapse at least a proximal portion of the implant device. This is useful in removing or repositioning the implant device.
US09095410B2
Vitrectomy probes and system related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes vitrectomy probes having an adjustable cutting port size. In some instances, the cutting port size may be adjusted by altering a position of a stroke limiter via a pancake motor. Various example features are described for adjusting the size of the cutting port.
US09095409B2
Vitrectomy probes and system related thereto are disclosed herein. The disclosure describes various example vitrectomy probes having an adjustable cutting port size. Various example features are described for adjusting the size of the cutting port. Further, the disclosure provides examples for adjusting the size of the cutter port while the vitrectomy probe is in operation.
US09095398B2
Secondary component for connection to a dental implant having an internal bore, said secondary component having a head part and a base part, the head part including a coronal portion which in use protrudes from the dental implant, and, apical of the coronal portion, an attachment portion, the base part including implant connection means for connection to an implant and fastening means, wherein the attachment portion and fastening means can be directly coupled together in a rotatable manner in order to axially join the head and base parts together, while still enabling the base part to be rotated relative to the head part such that the implant connection means can engage the implant and secure the secondary component to this, the head part further including a through passage extending from the coronal portion to the attachment portion and the base part including drive means which, when the head and base parts are coupled together, is in communication with this passage.
US09095396B2
A dental implant can include a shaft defining a longitudinal axis and having an apical end, a coronal end, and an exterior surface. A portion of the exterior surface can include a porous material. The dental implant can include at least one thread, including a non-porous material, having an interior surface and a bone-engaging surface. The interior surface can engage and wind around the exterior surface of the shaft and the bone-engaging surface can extend outwardly from the exterior surface of the shaft. The shaft can include one or more channels configured to communicate a flowable material, stored within the shaft, to the exterior surface. Each channel can include an opening at the exterior surface to release the flowable material. At least one channel can extend between a cavity of the shaft and the exterior surface and can optionally be angled toward the apical end.
US09095395B2
The present invention relates to a surgical K-wire for guiding a bone screw comprising a longitudinal channel, which said K-wire comprises a proximal and a distal end, wherein a closure element for closing-off the distal end outlet opening of the longitudinal channel of the bone screw is arranged or formed at the distal end.Furthermore, an improved surgical screw system is proposed comprising a bone screw and such a surgical K-wire.
US09095390B2
A bone screw for attaching a bone plate to bone includes a shank defining a lumen extending at least partially therethrough from a proximal end thereof, a head defining a lumen therethrough, and a rod member. The rod member is configured for insertion through the lumen of the head and into the lumen of the shank. The rod member is fixedly engageable with the shank and moveably coupled to the head such that both the rod member and the shank are moveable with respect to the head.
US09095389B2
A bone fixation apparatus comprises an extramedullary component, an intramedullary component, and a fastener configured and dimensioned to interconnect the extramedullary component and the intramedullary component. The fastener has a head portion and a shank portion. The head portion is configured and dimensioned to be received in the extramedullary component. The shank portion is configured and dimensioned to be received in the intramedullary component. The fastener has a first longitudinal axis extending through both the head portion and the shank portion. The extramedullary component has a second longitudinal axis. The extramedullary component also includes an elongated surface defining an opening through which the shank portion of the fastener passes when the shank portion is received in the intramedullary component. The opening has a V shape. The V shape is oriented transverse to the first longitudinal axis and to the second longitudinal axis.
US09095387B2
A bone stabilizing plate includes two plate portions, each affixable to bones of a patient, the plate portions telescoping together with mating rails and grooves. A limiter associated with one of the plate portions sliding engages one a catch associated with the other of the plate portions, when the plate portions are telescoped together, and resists stops telescoping when the plate portions are telescoped a predetermined distance apart. Once the limiter and catch are engaged, the plate portions enable imposition of a minimum compressive force between bones connected to the plates. The limiter is resiliently positioned to deflect into a relief formed in its respective plate portion. A groove positioned proximate the catch enables free telescoping motion limited by the engagement of the catch and limiter, whereby the minimum compressive force between bones is maintained, and Wolfe's Law may apply.
US09095386B2
A spinal rod guide and/or guide assembly is provided for mounting a spinal rod onto a spinal rod holder/connector of a vertebral bone screw. The spinal rod guide is configured to extend between an opening in a patient's body and the spinal rod holder of the vertebral bone screw assembly, to receive a spinal rod therein, and thereafter accurately guide the spinal rod into the spinal rod holder. The spinal rod guide is defined by a first elongated arc portion and a second elongated arc portion to define a guide tube for the introduction and placement of additional spinal rod components onto the spinal rod connector, particularly, but not necessarily, for securing the spinal rod into the spinal rod connector. The elongated arc portions are mountable or initially attached onto a top of a spinal rod holder of a spinal rod bone screw assembly. The elongated arc portions (tube) define first and second longitudinal slots extending from a top of the elongated arc portions to a bottom of the elongated arc portions. The two longitudinal slots are situated such as to be diametrically opposite one another. Each longitudinal slot aligns with a spinal rod slot of the spinal rod holder to thereby allow easy placement of the spinal rod into the spinal rod holder. Thereafter, the defined elongated tube provides direct communication and alignment with the top of the spinal rod holder in order to receive a spinal rod connector drive screw for securing the spinal rod into the spinal rod holder.
US09095385B2
An instrument for inserting a spinal implant into an intervertebral space is disclosed. The instrument includes an elongated body having inner and outer shafts configured to longitudinally translate with respect to each other, a holding tip which is configured to articulate with respect to the elongated body in response to the longitudinal translation of the inner and outer shafts, and a driveshaft assembly configured to cooperate with the articulation of the holding tip and secure a spinal implant to the instrument. A spinal implant and a system for inserting a spinal implant into an intervertebral space including an insertion instrument and a spinal implant are also disclosed.
US09095383B2
An allograft interspinous spacer for implantation into an interspinous space located between spinous process of adjacent vertebrae. The spacer preferably includes a body, a core and a plurality of deployable retainers. The body may be operatively associated with the plurality of deployable retainers. In use, after the body has been inserted into the interspinous space, the plurality of retainers is deployed so that they prevent migration of the spacer. The core is preferably sized and configured to be inserted and/or moved into operatively engagement with the body to deploy the plurality of retainers.
US09095382B2
A facet joint replacement system includes an inferior implant with an inferior articular surface, and a superior implant with a superior articular surface. The implants may be coupled together by a detachable coupler which can align and rigidly hold the inferior and superior articular surfaces in a preferred alignment relative to one another. A portion of the coupler may be deformable to allow detachment of the coupler from at least one of the implants. In one method of implantation, the superior and inferior implants may be aligned and coupled together with the coupler, and then secured to fixation members anchored in adjacent vertebrae. Alternatively, a first implant may be secured to a fixation member anchored in a first vertebra, and a second implant coupled to the coupler, aligned with the first implant and then secured to a fixation member anchored in a second vertebra.
US09095381B2
An improved anterior cervical plating system and methods of cervical fusion using such a system are provided. The cervical plating system includes an interlocking mechanism that integrated into each of the plates such that any two plates may cooperatively engage through the interlocking mechanism such that a new cervical plate can be interconnected with a pre-existing plate during revision surgery without removal of the pre-existing plate.
US09095373B2
A scrub brush for cleaning arms, hands, and fingernails includes a reservoir for applying an antiseptic or cleaning composition and first and second groups of bristles having different relative flexibilities. The reservoir can be an absorbent open-foam material capable of absorbing and holding a liquid cleaning composition. The first bristles are designed to gently cleanse skin surfaces without scratching, gouging, scraping or otherwise damaging skin. The second bristles are more rigid than the first bristles to more aggressively scrub dirt, microbes or other foreign debris from gaps underneath fingernails. A finger alignment guide adjacent to the stiffer bristles maintains proper alignment between fingernails and the stiffer bristles so that the bristles enter gaps underneath the fingernails when the fingers are moved in a back and forth motion.
US09095371B2
The devices and methods generally relate to treatment of occluded body lumens. In particular, the present devices and method relate to removal of the occluding material from the blood vessels as well as other body lumens.
US09095369B1
A cautery assembly may include aninsulation ring and a monopolar cautery wire. A cautery assembly may include a monopolar cautery wire and an electrical conductor.
US09095362B2
Surgical assemblies and related methods are disclosed that provide for the transmission of high levels of actuation torque to a rotary mechanism of an end effector supported by an independently rotatable main shaft without causing undesirable rotation of the main shaft. An input drive shaft is coupled with both the rotary mechanism and the main shaft via a transmission and a rotational coupling so that the main shaft is passively subjected to a counteracting torque opposite in direction to the actuation torque transmitted to the rotary mechanism so as to inhibit rotational driving of the main shaft by the transmitted actuation torque.
US09095349B2
A method and system for determining a likelihood of barotrauma occurring in tissue during formation of a lesion therein is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU is configured to acquire at least one value of at least one component of a complex impedance between an electrode and the tissue. The ECU is configured to calculate an index responsive to the at least one value of the at least one complex impedance component. The index is indicative of a likelihood of barotrauma occurring in the tissue. The method comprises acquiring at least one value of at least one component of a complex impedance between an electrode and the tissue. The method comprises calculating an index responsive to the at least one value of the at least one complex impedance component. The calculated index is indicative of a likelihood of barotrauma occurring in the tissue.
US09095344B2
An occlusion device delivery system and methods are provided in which an expandable coiled implant can be delivered using the delivery system. The system can comprise a catheter having a lumen extending between distal and proximal portions. The distal portion can have proximal and distal apertures extending through a wall of the catheter. The expandable coiled implant, which can be wound about the distal portion, can have a proximal section that extends within the proximal aperture and a distal section that can extend radially within the distal aperture. Further, the system can comprise an elongate member that extends through the lumen and engages and radially restrains the at least one of the proximal and distal sections within its respective aperture while engaged with the member.
US09095342B2
Embolic implants and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The implants may be used for occluding blood flow at endovascular sites. One use is in intracranial aneurysm emolization/occlusion and another in parent vessel occlusion (PVO) or sacrifice. Various features provide for improved use (e.g., regarding delivery, recapture, visualization and/or occlusion) and manufacturability.
US09095341B2
A medical device including artificial contractile structures generally devised to be used in the medical field. Such structures may be advantageously used to assist the functioning of an organ. The medical device includes an artificial contractile structure having at least two contractile elements (100) adapted to contract an organ, in such way that each of the contractile elements (100) can be in a resting or in an activated position, independently of the position of each other, the activated position being defined with the contractile element (100) constricting the organ and the resting position being defined with the contractile element (100) not constricting the organ, and at least one actuator designed to activate the contractile structure. Each contractile element (100) is connected to an adjacent contractile element (100), while remaining flexible one with respect to the other.
US09095340B2
A surgical stapler comprises an anvil assembly, an anvil shaft, a driver, an actuating arm, a safety switch, and a safety feature. The anvil assembly couples with the anvil shaft. The driver drives a plurality of staples into tissue. The actuating arm is in communication with the surgical stapler and is configured to actuate the driver to drive the plurality of staples into tissue. The safety switch is moveable between a locked and an unlocked position. The safety switch prevents operation of the actuating arm when the safety switch is in the locked position. The safety switch enables operation of the actuating arm when the safety switch is in the unlocked position. The safety feature may prevent operation of the driver even when the safety switch is in the unlocked position or prevent operation of the safety switch.
US09095335B2
An apparatus, system and method for joining a first length of suture with a second length of suture are provided. The apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical body have a first end and a second end, a first cavity formed in the first end for receiving an end of the first length of suture, and a second cavity formed in the second end for receiving an end of the second length of suture, wherein the ends of the first and second lengths of sutures are welded within respective first and second cavities. The first and second lengths of suture may include the same or different diameters. The first and second cavities may be separated by a divider, or instead, may be continuous. The end of the first length of suture may abut the end of the second length of suture within the cylindrical body.
US09095334B2
A surgical instrument for applying sutures to tissue includes a needle deployment mechanism and a catch mechanism. In some embodiments, the needle deployment mechanism employs a linear path. Alternatively, it can employ a curved needle. The surgical instrument may include a rotatable head, a bend, and/or a malleable elongated body member formable into various shapes.
US09095332B2
A method for attaching an elongated object to bone, the method comprising: forming a hole in the bone; positioning a loop of the elongated object in the hole; advancing a surgical wire into the bone so that the surgical wire is directed toward a location within the interior of the loop; and severing the surgical wire intermediate its length so as to create a distal portion and a remainder portion and, if the distal portion of the surgical wire does not extend through the loop, further advancing the distal portion of the surgical wire so that it extends through the loop.
US09095322B2
A speculum is provided herein which includes first and second arms, connected by a hinge, each having a channel formed thereon adapted to the shape of an eyelid. First and second elements are respectively located on the first and second arms configured to cooperatively retain the first and second arms in select rotational positions. A slot is defined in the second arm to partially separate first and second portions of the second arm with the first portion being displaceable away from the second portion. The second element is located on the first portion. Advantageously, with this arrangement, the first portion acts as a spring-loaded hinge which applies not only biasing force to the second element for retention, but also permits the second element to be separable from the first element. The subject invention provides a mechanical feature beyond the inherent memory of the material for operation of the speculum.
US09095320B2
A method for cryo-induced renal neuromodulation includes applying cryoenergy to neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or to vascular structures that contact, feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In one embodiment, cryoenergy is applied via a distal energy-delivering section of a flexible catheter. The distal section may include a plurality of microtubes for transporting a cryogen to the distal tip. The energy-delivering section contacts and extracts heat from the wall of the renal artery. In one embodiment, the distal energy-delivering section is radially expandable. The renal nerve is cooled to a degree such that nerve function is disrupted.
US09095314B2
A failure detection and warning system for monitoring a medical device wherein the system structured to passively or actively detect faults occurring in the medical device being monitored, and wherein the fault includes an unprogrammed and/or undesired shut off of the medical device being monitored or an unprogrammed and/or undesired shut-off of the output of the medical device being monitored by the system.
US09095313B2
Apparatus and methods are provided including, while an endoluminal data-acquisition device is being moved through a lumen of a subject, acquiring a plurality of endoluminal data points of the lumen using the endoluminal data-acquisition device. At at least one location it is determined that an event occurred, the event causing the endoluminal data-acquisition device not to acquire a single endoluminal data point at the location. The endoluminal data points are displayed in a stack, in which the endoluminal data points are positioned at locations corresponding to relative locations within the lumen at which the endoluminal data points were acquired, and in which the event is accounted for. Other applications are also described.
US09095311B2
The band is provided with a first band member and a second band member attached to an instrument main body, and a linking member. Each of the band members is provided with an expanding section that expands along a band extension direction, the expanding section having pliability, and having first slits having a pair of slits lying along the width direction and a slit lying along the band extension direction, and a pair of second slits lying along the width direction to communicate with the outside of the expanding section. A linking member is provided with a fixed member; a sliding member capable of sliding along the band extension direction of the first band member and provided with a linking section (projecting rod) for linking with the second band member; and an urging member for urging the sliding member in the opposite direction from the band extension direction.
US09095306B2
A method and system for acquiring, processing, storing, and displaying x-ray mammograms Mp tomosynthesis images Tr representative of breast slices, and x-ray tomosynthesis projection images Tp taken at different angles to a breast, where the Tr images are reconstructed from Tp images.
US09095303B2
A method, comprising detecting an epileptic event in a neural network, wherein the event occurs in a first node; identifying a second node; and applying a therapy to the second node or any connection. A method, comprising determining a first body index indicative of epileptic activity; monitoring a second body index; detecting an indication of activity spread, based upon at least the second body index; and taking a responsive action, such as delivering therapy, modifying therapy, logging the indication, or warning. A method, comprising detecting an epileptic event in a first node of a neural network; applying a first therapy to a first neural structure for treating the event; and applying a second therapy to a second neural structure of the patient based on an event spread proclivity to a third neural structure. A non-transitive, computer-readable storage device for storing data that when executed by a processor, perform a method.
US09095298B2
A laryngoscope includes a laryngoscope blade; a laryngoscope handle coupled to the laryngoscope blade; an electronic display; and an adjustable display mechanism that adjustably couples the electronic display to the laryngoscope handle. The adjustable display mechanism provides relative rotation of the electronic display relative to the laryngoscope handle about a first axis and a separate second axis different than the first axis.
US09095295B2
A device is disclosed which comprises a display adapted to display a sequence of rapidly alternating images, and a keypad electrically coupled to the display, for entering a perceived sequence by a user. The device is configured to compare a perceived sequence input by the user to the displayed sequence, and to measure the speed of visual perception of the user. Also disclosed are methods of visually, non-invasively assessing an individual's speed of visual perception (visual window of integration), or detecting any changes that have occurred in the individual's speed of visual perception.
US09095292B2
Arrangements for the detection of the presence and/or concentration of an analyte in a sample of bodily fluid include diffuse transmission, diffuse reflection and edge or waveguide illumination arrangements. A vertical flow assay arrangement and/or technique is also disclosed, and includes a detection component that can be in the form of an array of optical detection elements. A number of assay pad constructions are described which may include at least one or more of the following components: a prefilter component, a reflective component, a membrane component, a reagent component, a mesh component, and a component to prevent lateral spreading.
US09095287B2
A system and related method for acquiring high quality images of the iris of an unconstrained subject comprising a camera; a controllable focusing component; a focus controller component that controls the lens to focus at successively different points within a focus range, such focus control performed without any input from measurement of whether the image is in focus or out of focus, be it based from measurements of the image or other distance metrics to the subject; and a sharpness detection component that rejects the most out-of-focus images based on measurement of focus on the image is disclosed.
US09095273B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for automating the acquisition and analysis of contrast enhancement images. Model-free discrimination methods are provided in which discrimination between well-perfused pixels (e.g. normal tissue) and perfusion-deficient pixels (e.g. ablation lesions) is automated based on histogram shape. For example, in selected embodiments, discrimination is made based on pixels corresponding to abnormal perfusion (e.g. ablation lesions) and normal perfusion (e.g. normal tissue) form distinctive lobes separated by a minimum formed due to the presence of border pixels. Segmentation of cumulative dynamic contrast enhancement maps by thresholds identified on such histograms is employed to separate abnormally-perfused tissue from the normally-perfused tissue without any user interactions, freeing the user from the necessity to analyze and interpret original dynamic contrast enhancement images or maps derived from them. The histogram properties can also be used for automatic termination of the image acquisition and analysis processes.
US09095266B1
A signal processing method and system combines multi-scale decomposition, such as wavelet, pre-processing together with a compression technique, such as an auto-associative artificial neural network, operating in the multi-scale decomposition domain for signal denoising and extraction. All compressions are performed in the decomposed domain. A reverse decomposition such as an inverse discrete wavelet transform is performed on the combined outputs from all the compression modules to recover a clean signal back in the time domain. A low-cost, non-drug, non-invasive, on-demand therapy braincap system and method are pharmaceutically non-intrusive to the body for the purpose of disease diagnosis, treatment therapy, and direct mind control of external devices and systems. It is based on recognizing abnormal brainwave signatures and intervenes at the earliest moment, using magnetic and/or electric stimulations to reset the brainwaves back to normality. The feedback system is self-regulatory and the treatment stops when the brainwaves return to normal.
US09095252B2
A real-time tracking of surgical tools relative to a pre-operative surgical plan and intra-operative images involves an image-based registration and tool tracking registration. The image-based registration implements an integration of a plurality of images of an anatomical region of a body including a pre-operative scan image (31) (e.g., a 3D CT/MRI image), an intra-operative fluoroscopic image (42) (e.g., an 2D X-ray image) and an intra- operative endoscopic image (23) (e.g., an 2D arthroscopic image). The tool tracking registration implements a representation within the pre-operative scan image (31) and/or the intra-operative fluoroscopic image (42) of a tracking of one or more surgical tools within the intra-operative endoscopic image (23).
US09095239B2
A pop-up drain plug insert comprising: a base formed for secure placement within a drain bowl in a sink which includes a bottom having a solid center and a plurality of apertures, a side emanating upwardly from the perimeter of the bottom, a flange emanating outwardly from the side, a gasket operatively associated with the side and the flange and a wall emanating upwardly near the center of the bottom to form a cup, the wall being substantially parallel to the side; a stopper formed for secure placement within the base which includes a top, a stem having a spring mechanism which permits the extension and retraction of the stem emanating downwardly from the top, a gasket surrounding the stem and being operatively associated with the top, wherein the stem being operatively associated with the cup in order to raise and lower the stopper from the base in order to permit or restrict the flow of liquids through the base.
US09095234B2
A foldable, rectangular mat having two sides, a front end, and a rear end is provided with seams, panels, hook and loop fasteners, snap fasteners, and through holes. The mat is configured to fold into a bag for carrying effects or thereafter unfold into a flattened one for allowing person(s) to sit or lie on.
US09095226B1
A crib bumper assembly protects an infant from injury by bars spaced on the side of a crib. The assembly includes an elongated member having a first side and a second side. A plurality of flexible panels is coupled to the first side of the elongated member. Each flexible panel has a perimeter edge coupled to the elongated member wherein each flexible panel forms a chamber extending from the first side of the elongated member. A plurality of attachment members is coupled in spaced arrangement to the second side of the elongated member. Thus, the elongated member is configured for being coupled to spaced bars in a side of a crib.
US09095218B1
A bottom plate structure of a chair has a bottom plate, a back rack and a seat frame. The bottom plate has an elastic support device, a slanting device and an adjusting device. The elastic support device has at least one resilient sheet mounted in the bottom plate, an adjusting component mounted in the bottom plate, and a supporting base connected to the adjusting component. The slanting device has a pivoting component connected to the back rack, a transmission seat mounted in the bottom plate, and two fastening members connected to the bottom plate. The pivoting component has two pivoting arms. The transmission seat has a pulling component connected to the transmission seat. The adjusting device is mounted between the bottom plate and the seat frame, and has a back pivoting component and a front adjusting component mounted on the seat frame and the bottom plate.
US09095213B2
A movable rail body is fastened to a movable body and has a first space. Movable rail bearings are disposed in the first space at diagonally facing corners of the movable rail body. A stationary rail body is fastened to a stationary support and has a second space. Stationary rail bearings are disposed in the second space at diagonally facing corners of the stationary rail body. A slider has an upper end in rolling contact with the movable rail bearings, and a lower end in rolling contact with the stationary rail bearings. An angle between a center line parallel to the movable body and a connection line connecting centers of the movable rail bearings ranges from 40 degrees to 50 degrees. An angle between the center line and a connection line connecting centers of the stationary rail bearings ranges from 130 degrees to 140 degrees.
US09095210B1
An apparatus for supporting a plurality of objects includes a frame and a drum rotatably attached to the frame so that the drum is rotatable about a horizontal axis. The drum has two ends. The drum includes a plurality of bays, each bay configured to receive one or more objects through an opening in an end of the drum, each bay comprising at least one support element positioned to prevent the one or more objects received within the respective bay from falling out of the respective bay as the drum rotates about the horizontal axis. A method of using a cart for supporting a plurality of objects includes inserting a first object into a first compartment at a first position; rotating the drum about a horizontal axis to move a second compartment to the first position; and inserting a second object into the second compartment.
US09095205B2
An orthodontic toothbrush comprising a handle, an attached head, and a plurality of bristles. The bristles define at least one well having the shorter length bristles at the center or bottom of the well and relatively longer length bristles bordering the wells. The wells are preferably spaced at the average distance between orthodontic braces. A plurality of bristles off the longitudinal plane of the toothbrush head are angled or slanted toward the toothbrush head median longitudinal plane, while another plurality of bristles are perpendicular to the toothbrush head plane. The well accommodates an orthodontic bracket or brace wherein the shortest bristles in the well clean the archwire and face of the orthodontic bracket and the relatively longer bristles clean under the wings of the bracket, the sides and rear of brackets and the teeth.
US09095204B2
An approach is provided a leisure equipment with a hanging assembly that comprises a processing module and a hanging module. The processing module comprises a slide rail and a slider. The slider is moved along the slide rail, connects to the hanging module to drive the hanging module moving, swing or swaying along the slide rail, and is able to self rotation. The leisure equipment is able to be used adaptively indoor or outdoor to comfort peoples' mind and body, and feel the natural rhyme simultaneously. For handicapped people which it provides assistants of exercise or movement of a specific portion of body which is useful to loosen up muscles and release the mind.
US09095202B1
A method of concealing a fixed blade knife inconspicuously behind a trouser belt utilizes a rotating sheath connected by a strap to the tongue of the belt buckle. The sheath is concealed behind the belt by pushing it upward into alignment with the strap and is deployed by pushing it downward out of alignment with the strap. The knife is curved so as to conform to the contours of the wearer's waist.
US09095199B2
A multi-color cosmetic packaging tin with a base, a bottom cover, a middle sleeve, a screw sleeve, a core post and an upper cover. The core post is a cylinder formed of a plurality of hollow bodies. The base is sleeved in the bottom cover and the screw sleeve is sleeved in the middle sleeve. A breach on the screw sleeve is matched with a button on the middle sleeve and the middle sleeve includes a screw sleeve sleeved on the base. The core post is sleeved in the base and a plurality of slide blocks are formed in respective longitudinal slots in the base. The upper cover is disposed on the middle sleeve and grooves in the upper cover are clamped with upper clamping rings of the middle sleeve.
US09095195B2
Provided is a contact lens case of a novel structure that will effectively supplement the sterilization effect which was insufficient in the past with non-heating type disinfectant methods such as the MPS method and hydrogen peroxide method, making it possible to realize an effective sterilization process on soft contact lenses. In a storage solution with a sterilizing action, a slanted loading member is provided, wherein a convex spherical lens loading surface is formed from an antimicrobial material and a contact lens is held in a slanted state such that a geometric center of the contact lens loaded on the lens loading surface is located at a position separated from a top of the lens loading surface.
US09095191B2
A stock fit assembly fixture is provided for aligning and holding into place various portions of a shoe, such as an upper portion, an outsole, and a midsole, while the shoe portions are being assembled. The upper portion of a shoe may be secured to a shoe last, which in turn, may be secured to a top portion of the stock fit assembly fixture. The top portion may be movable such that the upper portion of the shoe can be moved toward the outsole and midsole portions, thus allowing for a securement of the upper portion to the outsole and midsole portions. The movement of the top portion may be by way of a compression mechanism allowing the top portion to be forced to be moved toward a bottom portion of the stock fit assembly fixture.
US09095187B2
An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a knitted component and, in some configurations, a skin layer secured to the knitted component. The knitted component may have a plurality of protruding areas that extend outward and away from a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer. The protruding areas may include one or both of (a) a first tubular structure and an inlaid strand extending through the first tubular structure and (b) a second tubular structure and yarn sections extending across the second tubular structure.
US09095184B2
A step-counting shoe comprises a power generation device, a pedometer device, and a display device. When the step-counting shoe is applied with a force, the power generation device produces electrical energy by electromagnetic induction or piezoelectric effect without external power supply, so as to generate power for the pedometer device and the display device automatically during the user walking. Additionally, the present invention provides a variety of types of power generation devices, so a suitable power generation device can be adopted depending on the power demand, thickness of step-counting shoe, and/or costs.
US09095182B1
A strap cover as a tubular sleeve formed of a laminated bilayer material having an elastomeric inner layer and a non-abrasive outer layer. The laminated bilayer material is affixed along opposite edges to form the laminated bilayer material into a tubular sleeve having a longitudinal seam formed by the affixed opposite edges.
US09095180B1
A set of generally frustoconical panel segments dimensioned for a nested receipt within each other provides a support structure that is generally shaped as a tapered tie knot onto which variously colored and textured fabric pieces may be mounted to achieve distinctly appearing simulated necktie assemblies. A captured pin retains the segments and the cloth pieces together in a looped configuration that is easily adjusted to fit the user's neck.
US09095179B2
Protective gear such as a helmet includes multiple layers including an outer ball bearing layer and/or one or more energy and impact transformer layers. The ball bearing layer exposes multiple ball bearings on the outer surface of the protective gear to deflect and diminish shear forces and other rotational forces imparted onto the outer surface. In many examples, the ball bearings on the outer surface prevent the transfer of shear and rotational forces from the surface of a helmet onto a skull. The energy and impact transformer layers may also include various structures and materials used to dissipate mechanical energy applied to an outer layer or outer shell layer.
US09095178B1
A smart surfing suit includes an elastic garment which is impermeable to water, a reservoir to provide drinking fluid to a surfer via a flexible tube, protective pads, interior pockets, and exterior sealable pockets. The reservoir has internal vertical channels connected at the bottom by a horizontal channel. In an embodiment, light reflectors are attached to the garment to help identify the surfer in a rescue operation. In various embodiments, the suit covers the hands and legs of the surfer and is made of different colored materials.
US09095175B2
A personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed. An electronic flameless vapor inhaler unit that may simulate a cigarette has a cavity that receives a cartridge in the distal end of the inhaler unit. The cartridge brings a substance to be vaporized in contact with a wick. When the unit is activated, and the user provides suction, the substance to be vaporized is drawn out of the cartridge, through the wick, and is atomized by the wick into a cavity containing a heating element. The heating element vaporizes the atomized substance. The vapors then continue to be pulled by the user through a mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover where they may be inhaled.
US09095171B2
The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.
US09095168B2
The present invention relates to an acidified milk beverage powder and method for producing such an acidified milk beverage powder. More specifically, the present invention provides a powdered composition which can be added to water with minimal mixing to produce an acidified fruit beverage containing milk and having a smooth texture. Said powder comprising: i) 20-40 wt % fruit juice powder; ii) 50-70 wt % granular sugar; iii) 1-2 wt % organic acid granules; iv) 4-10 wt % milk powder; and v) 3-4 wt % carboxymethylcellulose powder composed of particles, wherein said particles have a diameter of 0.5 mm or less, preferably of 0.1 mm or less. The present invention also provides a process for producing said powder for the preparation of an acidified milk beverage, comprising steps of: dry blending granular sugar with carboxymethylcellulose powder, and mixing a milk powder, a fruit juice powder and granular organic acid into the blend.
US09095167B2
A supercooling system includes a cooling apparatus and a supercooling apparatus. The cooling apparatus includes a storing unit storing an object, a cooling unit, and a main control unit controlling the cooling unit to maintain the temperature in the storing unit at a temperature below the maximum ice crystal formation zone of the liquid. The supercooling apparatus includes an independent storage room having a storing space, a temperature sensing unit sensing the temperature of the independent storage room, a temperature control unit mounted in the independent storage room and controlling the internal temperature and a sub-control unit controlling the temperature control unit based on the sensed temperature from the temperature sensing unit to store the liquid in a supercooled state.
US09095166B2
The inventors provide the use of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof to prevent or inhibit spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism. Also provided is a method of preventing or inhibiting spoilage of a foodstuff by a microorganism comprising administering to a foodstuff in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising an antimicrobial polypeptide comprising Blad or an active variant thereof.
US09095163B2
The present invention provides the packed soy sauce-containing liquid seasoning, containing the following (A), (B), (C), and (D): (A) sodium 2.7 to 5.1% by mass (B) potassium 0.8 to 4% by mass (C) proline0.28 to 1% by mass (D) isoleucine 0.2 to 1% by mass.
US09095152B2
This invention generally relates to a method for efficiently disinfecting, sterilizing, and packaging produce so that it is Ready-To-Eat by a consumer. The claimed method removes dirt, soil, pathogens, and renders produce with a longer shelf life. The claimed method is a multi-step sanitizing process that is designed to not cause bruising or other physical harm to produce. Ultimately, this method yields produce disinfected, packaged, and ready-for-sale on the market shelf.
US09095142B2
A lignin derivative including one or more polycations is provided and an article including such a lignin derivative is also provided. Methods of inhibiting microbial growth with an article including such a lignin derivative are further provided.
US09095139B2
In a herbicidal composition containing a sulfonylurea compound of the formula (I): a carboxymethylcellulose salt, a ligninsulfonic acid salt, a surfactant and water, growth of particle of the sulfonylurea compound suspended in the herbicidal composition scarcely occurs after the storage.
US09095134B2
The antimicrobial composition of the present invention comprises a cationic active ingredient, a quaternized sugar-derived surfactant, and an optional foam boosting surfactant. The present antimicrobial compositions are free of the antimicrobial agent triclosan (i.e., 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′hydroxy-diphenylether), have a high cidal activity in a short amount of time, provide stable copious foam and exhibit enhanced tissue (e.g. skin) compatibility as defined by an in vitro whole toxicology assessment method.
US09095132B2
An animal trap device includes a base, circular cover plate, elastic element and elastic lasso; at least two posts are configured on one face of the base, and each post includes a stop; a circular cover plate includes a top portion, a surrounding portion and a flange, where the surrounding portion surrounds the circumference of the top portion, and the flange is projected outward from the surrounding portion and positioned below the stops; the elastic element is configured between the base and the circular cover plate, and adapted to provide the circular cover plate with a upward elastic force; the elastic lasso is wound around the surrounding portion, and positioned above the stops. Whereby, the elastic lasso will be blocked by the stops, not moved downward, and not reduce until leaving the surrounding portion when the circular cover plate is exerted with a force to move downward.
US09095121B1
A cage for confining small animals in which Zeolite can be used to capture and contain offensive odors contained in the urine and feces of these animals. The cage comprises a top cage and a bottom container, wherein the bottom container has a top made from a fine mesh screen capable of holding the bedding and offing of the small animals. Under this screen, a pad containing a Zeolite in a drawer formed within the bottom container so that the Zeolite can be kept out of the area containing the small animal but may act to remove the aforementioned odors.
US09095119B2
In a method for supplying animals kept in restricted compartments (1 to 1.4) with feed by at least one dispensing unit (4) which is arranged movably along the restricted compartments, is connected to a control center (5) and has at least one dispensing element (9.1, 9.2), compartments (1.1) having group animals and compartments (1.2) for individual animals are intended to be jointly supplied with feed by a control center (5).
US09095118B1
A method of making animal litter from a tree nuts, such as from a walnut composition of shells, pelica and membrane, by grinding or crushing the walnut composition, removing all or almost all of the shells from the walnut composition by vibration and aspiration to form muller, adding any desired additives to the muller (e.g. fragrances, fillers and extenders, clumping agent such as guar bean, mold inhibitor agent such as calcium propionate, etc.), and pelletizing the muller by heating and compressing the muller through small apertures and cutting the muller exiting the apertures at desired lengths. The heating and compression of the muller results in pellets that have odor absorbing characteristics that outperform commercial animal litters.
US09095111B1
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 1104200. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 1104200, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 1104200 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 1104200.
US09095108B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BN1110075 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BN1110075 and its progeny, and methods of making BN1110075.
US09095097B2
A modular planting system for roof applications includes a plurality of green roof planter modules each comprising a planter including a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space, and a biodegradable insert including a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space, wherein the insert is adapted to retain a plant matter in the interior space of the insert, the plurality of sidewalls of the insert extend above the plurality of sidewalls of the planter, and wherein the plurality of sidewalls of the insert are adapted to retain a plant matter that extends above the plurality of sidewalls of the planter.
US09095092B2
An attachment for laterally shifting a working implement is provided. The attachment can have a primary frame having a first side and a second side, the primary frame can be connectable to the vehicle so that the primary frame extends substantially perpendicular to the vehicle. A secondary frame can have a first side and a second side and be moveably connected to the primary frame so that the secondary frame can move laterally relative to the vehicle. An extension frame can have a first side and a second side and be moveably connected to the secondary frame so that the extension frame can move laterally relative to the vehicle. A working implement, such as a mower, can be operably connectable to the extension frame so that the working implement can be shifted laterally relative to the vehicle using the attachment.
US09095091B1
A stalk reducer bar and an assembly that supports, transports, and rotatably drives a stalk reducer bar in typical environments in which an area of vegetation is to be trimmed are provided. The stalk reducer bar reduces the size of cut stalk segments such as grass stalk segments generated during a lawn mowing operation and includes a carrier body. The carrier body includes a further working portion having a plurality of projections. Angular movement of the carrier body in the cutting plane operates to bring the first blade section into stalk cutting engagement with stalks extending from the surface supporting organic matter thereon and operates to bring the plurality of projections of the further working portion into shredding engagement with cut stalks.
US09101086B2
Access Panels for electronic devices are disclosed herein. An example electronic device disclosed herein includes a housing having an opening to access a card holder and an access panel coupled to the housing to cover the opening. The access panel slides and rotates relative to the housing when the access panel moves between an open position to allow access to the opening and a closed position to cover the opening. A first biasing element has a first end attached to the access panel and a second end attached to the housing and biases the access panel laterally relative to the housing. A second biasing element is coupled to the access panel to cause the access panel to rotate in a first rotational direction relative to the housing.
US09101075B2
There is provided a substrate with built-in component, including a metal core layer having a cavity for storing a component; a wiring layer that is laminated on the core layer and has a plurality of vias for an interlayer connection, the vias being formed at regions opposing to the cavity; and an electronic component including a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the plurality of vias, and a component body that is stored in the cavity and has a support surface for supporting the plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals being disposed eccentrically from a center of the support surface to a first direction, and the component body being disposed eccentrically from a center of the cavity to a second direction opposite to the first direction.
US09101072B2
A method of embedding a magnetic component in a substrate is disclosed. Holes are formed in a substrate by mechanically drilling. Each of the holes includes a top opening, a bottom and sidewall, wherein an area of the top opening is larger than that of the bottom. The sidewall extends from the top opening vertically downwards to a predetermined depth, and then is slanted inwardly to the bottom to form a sloped sidewall at the bottom of the hole. A predetermined region is defined along a portion of an edge of the top opening, and a portion of the substrate material under the predetermined region is removed by routing to form a component accommodation trench with a portion of the sloped sidewall at the bottom. Then, a magnetic component is placed into the component accommodation trench.
US09101065B2
According to one embodiment, a ceramic circuit board includes a ceramic substrate, a copper circuit plate and a brazing material protrudent part. The copper circuit plate is bonded to at least one surface of the ceramic substrate through a brazing material layer including Ag, Cu, and Ti. The brazing material protrudent part includes a Ti phase and a TiN phase by 3% by mass or more in total, which is different from the total amount of a Ti phase and a TiN phase in the brazing material layer that is interposed between the ceramic substrate and the copper circuit plate. The number of voids each having an area of 200 μm2 or less in the brazing material protrudent part is one or less (including zero).
US09101046B2
An apparatus for transmitting electrical signals is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and a twisted pair of conductors located on the substrate. The twisted pair of conductors has a first layer comprising conductive material, a second layer comprising nonconductive material, and a third player comprising conductive material. The first layer has a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of gaps. The second layer is positioned in said gaps and electrically insulates a portion of the segments positioned within the gaps. The third layer is positioned over the second layer. The third layer is configured to electrically connects an end of one segment to an end of another segment. The twisted pair of conductors formed by the three dimensional structure comprises two electrically isolated conductors twisted about each other.
US09101045B2
A shield structure for an electronic apparatus includes a frame member and a shield box. The frame member is a conductive frame to which the wiring substrate is attached and covering a back surface of the wiring substrate. The shield box is formed on a front surface of the wiring substrate having an electronic component mounted thereon, to cover an area of a portion of the front surface. The wiring substrate includes a plurality of connecting portions formed thereon that ground the front surface and the back surface to the frame member. On a side on which the wiring substrate protrudes from the shield box, the shield box includes a shield wall member forming a wall surface substantially perpendicular to the wiring substrate. The shield wall member is grounded to at least one location of the connecting portions of the wiring substrate in the vicinity of the wall surface.
US09101043B2
A microplasma source and a sterilization system including the same are disclosed. The microplasma source includes: a microplasma-generating unit including: a gas transmission chamber having a first inlet and a first outlet wherein the first inlet is used to import a first gas; a protection and heat dissipation chamber of which a side is connected to the inner wall of the first outlet; a dielectric inner tube having a second inlet and a second outlet and penetrating through the protection and heat dissipation chamber, wherein the second inlet is communicated to the gas transmission chamber; an electrode arranged outside at the second outlet and located in the protection and heat dissipation chamber; and a hollow metal tube disposed in the gas transmission chamber and the dielectric inner tube and having a third inlet and a third outlet, wherein the third inlet is used to import a second gas.
US09101041B2
A plasma torch head, a plasma torch shaft and a plasma torch for providing a quick and simple possibility of changing the plasma torch head are described.
US09101038B2
A semiconductor wafer processing apparatus for processing semiconductor wafers comprises a semiconductor wafer processing chamber in which a semiconductor wafer is processed, a process gas source in fluid communication with the processing chamber adapted to supply process gas into the processing chamber, a vacuum source adapted to exhaust process gas and byproducts of the processing from the processing chamber, and an electrostatic chuck assembly. The electrostatic chuck assembly comprises a support surface in a layer of ceramic material on which the semiconductor wafer is supported during processing of the wafer in the chamber, at least one electrostatic clamping electrode embedded in the layer of ceramic material, the at least one electrostatic clamping electrode operable to apply an electrostatic clamping force to the wafer on the support surface when an electrostatic clamping voltage is applied to the clamping electrode, and at least one declamping electrode embedded in the layer of ceramic material above the at least one electrostatic clamping electrode operable to provide a path for draining any residual charge between the wafer and the support surface when the electrostatic clamping voltage is no longer applied to the clamping electrode.
US09101035B2
A luminescent element includes a luminescent substrate; and a metal layer with a metal microstructure formed on a surface of the luminescent substrate; wherein the luminescent substrate has a luminescent material with a chemical composition: Y2O3:Eu. A preparation method of a luminescent element and a luminescence method are also provided. The luminescent element has good luminescence homogeneity, high luminescence efficiency, good luminescence stability and simple structure, and can be used in luminescent device with ultrahigh brightness.
US09101032B2
Disclosed are an LED emitting device and driving method thereof. The LED emitting device controls an LED drive switch connected to a first end of an LED string to control an output current supplied to the LED string. The LED emitting device generates feedback information on the output voltage or the output current supplied to the LED string, and uses the output current to sense an open lamp state of the LED string. The LED emitting device uses a voltage at a first end of the LED drive switch to sense a change of the LED string to a normal state from the open lamp state.
US09101030B2
LED lighting devices/systems having air quality detection functions and methods for detecting air quality using the LED lighting devices/systems are provided. Exemplary LED lighting device includes an air quality detection unit configured to detect air quality parameter; a controller unit connected to the air quality detection unit to process data corresponding to the air quality parameter; an LED light source assembly controlled by the controller unit and configured to provide lighting; and an LED driver and power supply unit connected to drive the LED light source assembly, and to supply power to the entire LED lighting device. Exemplary LED lighting system includes at least two nodes each including an LED lighting device. By combining an air quality detection unit with an LED lighting device that are widely distributed and installed, the disclosed LED lighting devices/systems thus provide real-time and convenient air quality monitoring.
US09101015B2
A power converter that controls a collector current of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) by controlling the base current to the BJT after having determined the gain of the BJT. A gain detection block determines a gain of the BJT during a first mode. A current calculation block generates a current setting for the base current based on the gain of the BJT determined by the gain detection block during a second mode distinct from the first mode. In some embodiments, the power converter may be included in a LED lamp system.
US09101014B2
The present invention is suitable for an LED controlling field, and provides an LED controlling circuit with high power factor and an LED lighting device. In the present invention, by using an LED current controlling circuit with high power factor comprising a plurality of output current controlling modules, a resistor Re and a reference voltage generating module, the LED groups is driven accordingly in a piecewise manner to be on and a current flows through the LED groups according to the input voltage of the LED strip, without sampling the input voltage of the LED strip by a sampling circuit and without increasing the number of high cost component, which increase the utilization of the LED, the power factor of the whole LED controlling circuit and the efficiency of the system, thereby solving the problem of low power factor and low efficiency system existing in the prior art.
US09101013B2
To allow an electronic ballast (3) of a fluorescent tube lamp or a similar lamp to be replaced by a light emitting diode circuit (2) without removing the electronic ballast (3), a driver (1) is provided with a first circuit (10) for detuning a resonant tank of the electronic ballast (3). The first circuit (10) comprises a serial connection of a capacitor (11) and a bidirectional switch (12). The serial connection is coupled to the electronic ballast (3) for receiving an alternating current signal. The driver (1) is provided with a second circuit (20) for providing a direct current signal to the light emitting diode circuit (2). The second circuit (20) comprises a rectifier with inputs coupled to the serial connection and with outputs coupled to the light emitting diode circuit (2). Further, the driver (1) is provided with a third circuit (30) for providing a control signal to the first circuit (10) for controlling an amount of power supplied to the light emitting diode circuit (2).
US09101006B2
Disclosed is a light emitting device. More specifically, disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device display and a method for manufacturing the same. The organic electroluminescent device display includes a substrate, an organic electroluminescent device disposed on the substrate, a sealing cap for sealing the organic electroluminescent device, and a getter disposed inside the sealing cap, the getter comprising a graphene layer.
US09101000B2
A dimmable LED illumination system includes a power converting circuit and a lamp. The power converting circuit is electrically connected to a power source to convert electric power of the power source into a voltage signal. The lamp includes a DC/DC converter and a LED module, wherein the DC/DC converter is electrically connected to the power converting circuit to convert the voltage signal into a corresponding current signal. The LED module is electrically connected to the DC/DC converter to be driven by the current signal to emit light. By adjusting a voltage provided by the power converting circuit, a current provided by the DC/DC converter could be adjusted as well, which changes a luminance of the LED module.
US09100999B2
A system for controlling a lamp comprises a central controller having a waveform converter capable of modulating a control signal at more than one frequency over a two wire power cable. The control signal is capable of modifying a property of the lamp. The central controller also has a load current sensor capable of identifying the configuration of the lamp. The system further comprises a lighting control unit coupled to the lamp. The lighting control unit is powered via the two wire power cable and is capable of demodulating the control signal.
US09100992B2
An assembly suitable for controlling the temperature of a workpiece operatively engaged thereby is provided. The assembly generally comprises a housing characterized by first and second housing members sealingly united at their peripheries, and a heater cartridge enclosed within the housing and compressively retained interior of the sealingly united peripheries of the housing members. The heater cartridge comprises a heat conducting casing characterized by first and second heat conducting casing members and a composite heating element compressively retained between the heat conducting casing members. The first and second heat conducting casing members are selectively united interior of their peripheries so as to delimit heat conduits for the heater cartridge.
US09100988B2
A first Mobile Repeater System (MRS), configured to serve as an access point associated with a Basic Service Set (BSS), broadcasts a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID). Other Mobile Repeater Systems (MRSs) join the BSS to create a local ad hoc trunked site in which each of the MRSs are communicatively coupled via at least one WLAN communication link. These MRSs include the first MRS and a second MRS. The first MRS can be configured to provide a control channel for communication with a first subscriber unit, and the second MRSs can be configured to provide a first trunked traffic channel for communication with the first subscriber unit.
US09100981B2
A method of transmitting data packets over a plurality of dynamically allocated resource blocks in at least one or a combination of a time, code or frequency domain on a shared channel of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of selecting a number of resource block candidates for potential transmission of data packets destined for a receiver and transmitting the data packet to the receiver using at least one allocated resource block from the selected resource block candidates. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of decoding data packets, a transmitter, receiver and communication system.
US09100980B2
Provided is a method for scheduling a communication link, wherein the communication link is adapted for connecting two network elements, wherein a first carrier and a second carrier are assigned to the communication link, wherein each carrier includes frames divided into timeslots, and a predefined number of timeslots is allocated for downlink communication and a predefined number of timeslots is allocated for uplink communication. The method includes scheduling the communication link for offsetting the start of the frames of the first carrier in respect to the start of the frames of the second carrier. Also provided are a network element adapted for carrying out the method and a system including the network element.
US09100979B2
Devices and methods are provided for managing hidden node interference. A communications session between a client node and an access node is affected by interference generated by a hidden relay node. The victim client node and the aggravator relay node are identified by the access node. The access node generates a set of scheduling instructions, which are then provided to the client node. The client node then uses the scheduling instructions to avoid further interference.
US09100976B2
A system and method for distributed scheduling of transmissions between device-to-device (D2D) communications is disclosed. The distributed scheduling method employs a distributed scheduling structure in which device identifiers rather than connection identifiers are used to enable scheduling of a D2D data transfer between devices in a wireless neighborhood. The novel distributed scheduling structure is scalable to a larger number of D2D devices than is feasible with a connection identifier-based tone matrix.
US09100969B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for transmitting IDC information on a physical uplink channel are provided. A described technique includes identifying, at a user equipment (UE), in-device coexistence (IDC) interference, and transmitting, to a base station, an IDC indicator or selected IDC solution identifying the IDC interference on a physical layer uplink channel.
US09100965B2
A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a size of free space provided in each of a plurality of data transmission units of a first layer; an allocation unit that allocates to data of a second layer a contiguous sequence of free space from among the free space whose size is acquired by the acquisition unit, the contiguous sequence of free space being equal in size to the data of the second layer and provided in one data transmission unit of the first layer; and a multiplexing unit that multiplexes a plurality of pieces of data of the second layer into the plurality of data transmission units of the first layer according to the allocation of the free space by the allocation unit.
US09100961B2
Methods in a first user equipment are provided for handling reference signals in a communications network. The user equipment is configured to receive a signal from a base station. The signal comprises a first slot and a second slot. The first slot comprises a first reference signal and the second slot comprises a second reference signal. The user equipment receives, from the base station, information that the first reference signal should be assigned to the second slot and that the second reference signal should be assigned to the first slot. The user equipment assigns the first reference signal to the second slot and the second reference signal to the first slot. The first user equipment processes the first reference signal assigned to the second slot and the second reference signal assigned to the first slot.
US09100959B2
The invention relates generally to mobile communication networks. More particularly, the invention relates to interference management and carrier selection for transmitting data. There is provided a solution for improved selection of a cell-specific base carrier, the solution utilizing a timing framework for the carrier selection. The solution includes determining a maximum allowed time duration, and performing within the determined maximum allowed time duration: obtaining information related to one or more selected carriers from at least one neighboring base station, selecting the at least one cell-specific base carrier for data transmission on the basis of the obtained information, and informing the at least one neighboring base station of the selected cell specific base carrier.
US09100957B2
A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a user equipment configured for multi-carrier operation from a first downlink control information set to a second downlink control information set while carrier aggregation is being used, including receiving a physical downlink control channel with downlink control information formats containing a carrier indicator field.
US09100953B2
A component in a telecommunications system is provided. The component includes one or more processors configured to promote semi-persistent scheduling of a resource and to send a release message. The release message informing the user equipment to cease attempting to process data from the downlink portion. Also provided is user equipment comprising one or more processors configured to promote providing an indication that a request for an uplink resource is related to a voice over Internet Protocol call.
US09100950B2
A method for transferring data among devices in a body area network (BAN). The method comprises dividing an access time to a wireless medium of the BAN into at least a contention-based period and a contention-free reservation period; allowing devices to transfer data during the contention-based period using a local prioritized contention access (LPCA) mechanism; and allowing only devices having reserved time slots to transfer data during the contention-free reservation period.
US09100949B2
Mechanisms to interlace multiple legacy frames to enhance radio resource utilization are described. Also described are mechanisms to modify a low-latency frame structure to appear as legacy frames. In one aspect, partially blanked-out legacy frames are interlaced with time offsets so that they complement each other to leave no idle system time. To a legacy user equipment, the interlaced frame appears as normal legacy frames used by multiple legacy cells. In another aspect, the low-latency frame is modified to appear as an interlaced frame. Again to the legacy user equipment, the low-latency frame appears as legacy frames from multiple legacy cells. To the low-latency user equipment, the modified low-latency frame still appear as normal low-latency frame. In this manner, radio resources of the legacy base stations are optimally utilized. Also, low-latency base stations are enabled to provide serves to the legacy user equipments without wasting radio resources.
US09100946B2
A user equipment (UE) used in a multi-user (MU)-multiple input multiple output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is disclosed. The UE includes a receiving unit to receive from a base station an indication of an estimate of or an upper-bound on the total number of MU-MIMO user equipments (|S|) that are scheduled on a sub-band by the base station, wherein the sub-band includes one or more resource units, a calculation unit to calculate channel quality based on the indication of the estimate of or the upper-bound on the total number of MU-MIMO user equipments, and a transmission unit to transmit to the base station an indication of the channel quality. Other methods and apparatuses also are disclosed.
US09100945B2
Provided is a communication node apparatus that can attempt optimal utilization of a communication resource of a communication interface mounted on each node apparatus. A communication node apparatus (transmission node apparatus 101) includes a plurality communication interfaces (transmission interfaces 201-1 and 201-2 and reception interfaces 202-1 and 202-2), enables communication that uses a plurality of communication paths with an opposing apparatus, and includes a means (reception interface aggregate calculation unit 204) for changing an aggregation of reception interfaces addressable as destinations for data to be transferred to the opposing apparatus via each of the plurality of transmission interfaces so as to maximize the communication performance using the plurality of communication paths simultaneously in response to a change in communication performance of each of the transmission interface and the reception interface.
US09100944B2
The various aspects provide for wirelessly connecting mobile devices and wearable devices, which may enhance battery life and user experience. The embodiments may determine whether the mobile device is streaming audio data to a wirelessly connected peripheral audio device. Requests from the mobile device to wirelessly connect to the wearable device may be deferred while the mobile device is streaming audio data to the peripheral audio device using the same communication protocol as the wireless connection to be made between the mobile device and the wearable device. The mobile device may determine when streaming of audio data to the peripheral audio device has stopped. The mobile device may send a request to wirelessly connect to the wearable device when the mobile device is not streaming audio data to the peripheral audio device using the same communication protocol.
US09100941B2
A method is disclosed that includes determining a preamble, at least a portion of which is unique to one or more user equipment for a device-to-device communication of one or more subframes on a band, and performing the device-to-device communication of the one or more subframes comprising the preamble on the band. The band could be, e.g., a lightly-licensed band, a licensed-exempt or unlicensed band, a secondary usage of a band of the licensed band, a band in TV white space, or a licensed band. Apparatus and computer program products are also disclosed.
US09100932B2
Disclosed are a broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, a broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and a broadcast signal transceiving method in the broadcast signal transmitting and receiving apparatuses. The broadcast signal transmitting method comprises the steps of: compressing headers of data packets which are included in an Internet protocol (IP) stream identified by access information, wherein the compressed data packets include a first packet containing both static information and dynamic information in the header thereof, and a second packet containing dynamic information in the header thereof; splitting the static information from the header of the first packet and diverting the remaining part thereof into the second packet; outputting an IP stream, which includes the second packet, via a data physical layer pipe (PLP); outputting, via a common PLP, a common stream, which includes the static information of the header of the first packet split in the previous step, compression information and IP-PLP mapping information for linking the IP stream and the data PLP; generating a signal frame on the basis of the data from the data PLP and the data of the common PLP; and transmitting a broadcast signal which includes the signal frame.
US09100928B2
Wireless base station device for handling wireless communication, e.g. DECT, between a plurality of associated wireless terminals and an IP network. The base station device has a radio transceiver, a network interface, and a processor with communication application and a communication session management software. The communication session management is arranged to control a communication session with an associated wireless terminal (upper layer management), while wireless communication with said associated wireless terminal involved with said communication session (lower layer) is handled by another base station device. Thus, the base station can manage separate operation of its upper and lower layer, thereby enabling e.g. hand-over of a session to and from other base stations. This allows self contained single casing base station devices to operate in a network without the need for at central server, and still such network is easy to extend by adding base stations.
US09100926B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to determine a base station location. A disclosed example method includes identifying first signals comprising a same first signal identifier, identifying second signals comprising a same second signal identifier; identifying a first location associated with one of the first signals having a highest signal quality value and a second location associated with one of the second signals having a highest signal quality value; and determining that the first signals and the second signals are transmitted from a first base station if a distance between the first location and the second location satisfies a threshold.
US09100924B2
Optimal transmit power control is performed on each of a periodic SRS and an aperiodic SRS. In a radio communication system in which a mobile station apparatus 1 transmits a first reference signal or a second reference signal to a base station apparatus 3, the base station apparatus 3 notifies the mobile station apparatus 1 of a first parameter used for setting of a transmit power for transmission of the first reference signal, and a second parameter used for setting of a transmit power for transmission of the second reference signal, and the mobile station apparatus 1 sets the transmit power for transmission of the first reference signal using the first parameter, while setting the transmit power for transmission of the second reference signal using the second parameter.
US09100917B1
A system-on-chip including a host interface module configured to interface the system-on-chip to a host processor of a wireless device and to communicate with the host processor of the wireless device via a bus. The bus uses an application programming interface of the system-on-chip. The host processor uses the application programming interface to configure a power save mode of the system-on-chip. A power management module operated the system-on-chip in the power save mode without performing a handshake with the host processor via the bus in response to the host processor stopping communication with the system-on-chip. The handshake includes (i) sending a request to enter the power save mode to the host processor via the bus and (ii) receiving an acknowledgement of the request from the host processor via the bus.
US09100913B2
Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system
The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for optimizing the power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system comprises: a determination step of determining whether there is a need for changing a configuration for a discontinuous reception operation of the terminal; and a transmission step of transmitting, to a base station, a request message for a change in the discontinuous reception operation, if it is determined that the change is needed.
US09100902B2
A mobile station comprises a radio communication unit (22) for communicating with a radio communication network for finding carriers on which transmissions are being made in active transmission intervals of a transmission cycle following a discontinuous transmission scheme. The radio communication unit is configured to select a carrier based on probability settings provided for each carrier of the scheme, scan the selected carrier during a time range that is a fraction of the transmission cycle, confirm the presence of the carrier if transmissions are detected and otherwise to adjust the probability settings of the carriers based on the timing of the scanning and the position of the carrier active transmission interval in the transmission sequence and repeat the selection of carrier based on probability settings and adjusting of probability settings until the presence of a carrier has been confirmed.
US09100895B2
A method directed to receiving, by a network device, client density data of a first access node in a plurality of access nodes in a network. Also, the network device receives client density data of a second access node in the plurality of access nodes. The network device determines whether the client density data of the first access node overlaps with the client density data of the second access node. In response to the received client density data of the first access node overlapping with the received client density data of the second access node, the network device identifies the first access node and the second access node as members of a virtual radio frequency (RF) neighborhood, wherein the virtual RF neighborhood comprises a subset of a RF neighborhood. Each member of the virtual RF neighborhood is capable of receiving beacons from other members of the virtual RF neighborhood.
US09100882B2
Embodiments may relate to a method and system for performing a handover from a serving base station to a target base station. A signal for detecting a base station searching signal (BS-SS) may be transmitted from the base station to a user equipment. The target base station may receive a request for the signal for detecting the BS-SS and the signal for detecting the BS-SS may be transmitted from the serving base station to the target base station. The user equipment that had broadcasted the BS-SS to the plurality of base stations is identified, based on the receipt signal of the BS-SS. A handover may be performed from the serving base station to the target base station based on confirmation of the serving base station.
US09100879B2
The present invention provides a method involving at least one mobile node and a heterogeneous network comprising a plurality of access nodes. The method includes transferring event context information associated with a mobile node from a first access node to a second access node.
US09100877B2
A communication device may be provided. The communication device may include: a protocol stack of a communication protocol layer, the protocol stack including: a receiver configured to receive from a layer higher than the communication protocol layer an input signal; a transmitter configured to transmit to another communication device data based on the received input signal and configured to transmit to the higher layer information indicating a transmission state of the data.
US09100876B2
There is provided a wireless communication system which can synchronize a mobile station with a destination base station in response to the mobile station determining to switch base stations. Each base station generates synchronization information to synchronize the mobile station with the base station from a reverse pilot signal received from the mobile station, generates reverse propagation quality information from the reverse pilot signal, and generates and transmits a control signal including the synchronization information and the reverse propagation quality information. A mobile station generates and transmits a reverse pilot signal, receives a signal including the control signal from each of the base stations.
US09100871B2
A multi-mode congestion control is employed in a transport network interconnecting a radio access node and a control node of a communication network. The transport network employs a window-based state providing a window-based congestion control mode for a data flow. This mode involves notifying an application level transport protocol implemented in a sending source of the communication network of any detected congestion event. If a congestion event in the transport network is detected a switch to a rate-based state is performed. The rate-based state provides a rate-based congestion control mode involving transmitting a rate-reducing message from the radio access node to the control node to trigger a reduction in the bitrate of the data flow in response to the detected congestion event.
US09100858B2
A mobile communication method in which a radio terminal connects to a network so as to perform a communication, comprises: a step in which the radio terminal detects an occurrence of a connection failure with the network in a connected state; and a step of sending a radio link failure (RLF) report regarding the detected connection failure, from the radio terminal to the network. In the step of sending the RLF report, the radio terminal sends time information, which is contained in the RLF report, for identifying a time of occurrence of the connection failure, to the network.
US09100843B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system timing is estimated, derived from timing of one or more cells, a timing offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the timing offsets. In addition, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a carrier frequency is estimated, derived from a frequency of one or more cells, a frequency offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the frequency offsets.
US09100831B2
A method performed by a network device may include receiving a mobile directory number (MDN) that has been identified as a mobile spam originator and generating a query for attributes of a mobile device registered with the MDN. The method also includes receiving a query response that include attributes of the mobile device and determining to block the mobile device from access to a network associated with the network device. The method further includes providing, by the network device and to a blacklist system, one or more of the device attributes.
US09100825B2
An approach for enabling multi-factor biometric authentication of a user based on different data capture modalities of a mobile device is described. A biometric enabler receives a request for authentication of a user via a network at a mobile device of the user. The biometric authentication further initiates a capture of media associated with the user at the mobile device based on the request, wherein the capture is based on a capture condition. The biometric enabler also determines, in response to the request, whether the media is associated with different types of biometric information of the user as maintained in association with a resource that requires authentication of the user.
US09100822B2
Source data stored on a source device may be shared with other devices. Sharing the source data may include facilitating communication associated with the source data, based on a communication protocol, between a first device and another device. Receiving a first token associated with the source data may be facilitated. The first token may be encoded to generate a visual tag. An image of the visual tag may be provided to enable a second device to capture the image, retrieve the first token after decoding the visual tag, and use the first token to access the source data utilizing a communication protocol.
US09100821B2
An anti-eavesdropping communication system and method are adapted to be applied in a mobile phone. The mobile phone defines a normal call mode and an anti-eavesdropping call mode. When a user of the mobile phone has a phone conversation using an earphone in the anti-eavesdropping call mode, the system plays a preset audio file which is a recording of the voice of the user saying unimportant things. From the position of a bystander, the recording of the voice of the user interferes with the clarity of what the user is actually saying, and prevents people beside the user overhearing or eavesdropping on the actual conversation which is taking place.
US09100819B2
A method of provisioning a mobile device is disclosed. The method comprises installing a first package on the mobile device, wherein the first package is configured to provision the mobile device with a first network. The method comprises installing a second package on the mobile device, wherein the second package is configured to provision the mobile device with a second network. The method comprises receiving one or more signals by the mobile device. The method comprises identifying at least a first network or at least a second network based on the one or more signals. The method comprises provisioning the mobile device with either the first network or the second network based on the identification of at least a first network or at least a second network, wherein provisioning comprises requesting provisioning data associated with at least a first network or at least a second network from a server.
US09100818B2
An apparatus and a method for allocating a Device-to-Device (D2D) IDentity (ID) of a user terminal in an ad-hoc network are provided. The method includes determining that a first D2D ID allocated to the user terminal is duplicated with a second D2D ID allocated to at least one other terminal located within a predefined range from the user terminal, determining whether the user terminal is in communication, when the first D2D ID is duplicated with the second D2D ID, and changing the first D2D ID into a third D2D ID with reference to a D2D ID pool so that the first D2D ID is not duplicated with the second D2D ID, when the user terminal is not in communication.
US09100786B2
Accurate position capability can be quickly provided using a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). When associated with a WLAN, a wireless device can quickly determine its relative and/or coordinate position based on information provided by an access point in the WLAN. Before a wireless device disassociates with the access point, the WLAN can periodically provide time, location, and decoded GPS data to the wireless device. In this manner, the wireless device can significantly reduce the time to acquire the necessary GPS satellite data (i.e. on the order of seconds instead of minutes) to determine its coordinate position.
US09100774B2
A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.
US09100758B2
A sound pressure assessment system determines sounds to be presented by referring to a database retaining data of sounds, each of which is a pure tone. The system presents the determined sound as a first sound, and in a predetermined time after presenting the first sound, presents as a second sound a sound at least having the same frequency and the same sound pressure level as those of the first sound to the user. The system extracts an amount of change from an N1 component in response to the first sound to that in response to the second sound. The N1 components are negative components of an user's event-related potential based on points of presenting the first and second sounds as respective starting points. The system determines whether the sound pressure level of the presented sound is excessive to the user, based on the amount of change.
US09100743B2
A power delivery method and system for powering a headset. A power signal is combined with an audio signal to form a composite signal that is communicated over a shared channel to the headset. The power signal is generated by modulating a carrier signal with a modulation signal. The modulation signal is derived from the amplitude of the audio signal so that the peak levels of the composite signal do not exceed the maximum allowable output of an audio I/O circuit driving the headset.
US09100742B2
The invention includes a handheld device for receiving audio input in the form of speech. The handheld device is specifically optimized for digitally recording speech input for the purpose of speech recognition. The handheld device includes an ergonomically positioned pointing device to enable dictation and navigation through a document using only one hand. The handheld device may optionally include a memory device, a fingerprint security device, and a barcode scanner.
US09100740B2
An innovative magnetic design for speakers is disclosed. The innovative magnetic design of the present invention comprises an upper magnetic portion, a lower magnetic portion, at least one magnetic piece and two or more magnets. Either the upper magnetic portion or the lower magnetic portion has the form of a plate. A magnet is disposed between the upper magnetic portion and the magnetic piece, and another magnet is disposed between the lower magnetic portion and the magnetic piece. When an AC current flows through the voice coil, a magnetic force induced by the current would move the voice coil and diaphragm longitudinally, thereby generating audible sounds. In addition, we only have to increase the length of magnets 4 to increase their volume so as to increase the magnetic force and hence offset the decrease in the magnetic force due to a thinner configuration.
US09100727B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a secondary computing device, a request for enhanced content for a media program, the request comprising information indicative of a communication channel through which the media program is being displayed on a primary computing device; receiving broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for a plurality of communication channels; extracting, from the broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for the plurality of communication channels, broadcast information indicative of enhanced content for the communication channel through which the media program is being displayed on the primary computing device; obtaining, based on the extracted broadcast information, a link to enhanced content for the media program; and sending, to the secondary computing device, the link to enhanced content for the media program.
US09100722B2
A user is given the ability to control the display of content items such as advertisements, by for example skipping over content items that are not of interest. Metadata tags associated with non-skipped viewings of content are stored and tracked. Subsequently, candidate content items are scored according to their metadata tags, giving higher scores to candidate content items associated with higher occurrences of non-skipped viewings. The higher-scoring candidate content items can then be favored over other candidate content items. Thus, based on the choices the user makes with respect to skipping or not skipping particular content items, inferences are made as to the user's level of interest in various subjects, and subsequent content items are delivered in a personalized manner to the user.
US09100716B2
Systems and methods according to exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for augmenting the capabilities of a client device. The client device can be augmented by a device which has additional processing and memory capability to perform additional functions such as, for example, the translation of desired media into a format usable by the client device.
US09100713B2
Systems and methods are provided for customizing the display of interactive television overlays. A condition related to the display of an overlay on top of video for a television channel may be defined for each of a plurality of television channels. A default set of information types for an interactive television overlay (e.g., a FLIP overlay, a BROWSE overlay, etc.) may be defined for the plurality of television channels. When the overlay is displayed on top of video for a given television channel of the plurality of television channels, the overlay may include information of the default set of information types. One or more television channels of the plurality of television channels may be identified as channels for which the default set of information types does not apply (e.g., channels for which the overlay is not displayed or for which a custom set of information types is defined).
US09100709B1
In response to receiving a watch now command to playback selected content, a content source selector resource identifies one or more sources (e.g., digital video recorder, video on demand, linear television channel, etc.) from which selected content is available. To select amongst multiple possible resources from which to retrieve the selected content, the content source selector resource traverses a decision tree on behalf of the user to select a source from which to retrieve selected content. In certain instances, such as when content is currently not available or the subscriber wishes to watch the content later, a subscriber can select a watch later command to indicate a desire to record content for later viewing. In this latter instance, the decision tree also can be used to select a source from which to retrieve and store selected content for later viewing.
US09100707B2
System(s), method(s), and device(s) providing converged wireline and wireless services in part by employing a set-top box (STB) with machine-to-machine (M2M) communication are presented. The STB, associated with an access point, such as a femtocell, can be used to send/receive messages, including video, to/from user equipment (UE) via a core network. A monitoring system includes a sensor component that is triggered under specified conditions, and the STB records events in response to the trigger, where a recorded event can be sent as a message to the UE. The STB or associated remote control can indicate a received message to a user, who can view the message on the STB, remote control, or associated television. A meter component is associated with the STB via the femtocell or other desired connection. The STB can receive and store utility meter readings for validation or dispute by the user.
US09100702B2
Techniques for making content available to a DVR are described. Content encoded in any encoding format may be automatically transcoded, on a computer, into an encoding format that a DVR is configured to decode. The transcoded content is automatically sent over a LAN from the computer to the DVR. The DVR receives the transcoded content, stores the transcoded content, and indicates, through a user interface, that the content is available for viewing. A transcoding agent executing on the computer may automatically and periodically transcode, into an encoding format that the DVR is configured to decode, content that is contained in one folder, and move the transcoded content from that folder into another folder. The computer may send, to the DVR, instructions which cause the DVR to request transcoded content that is in the latter folder. The computer sends transcoded content to the DVR in response to such a request.
US09100688B2
In at least one embodiment, a reception apparatus includes a discrimination data receiver configured to receive discrimination data that is transmitted from outside the reception apparatus and that has been associated with display information to be displayed; and an output controller configured to control output of the display information to two or more display screens according to the discrimination data.
US09100686B2
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.
US09100684B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit for processing content data by encrypting or decrypting the data has one or more inputs to received content and metadata. A metadata store comprises two portions, a first portion for storing metadata itself and a second portion for storing an address of locations of bitfields of metadata. This arrangement allows for efficient storage of the metadata but requires certain rules to ensure that bitfields of metadata cannot be stored and used with anything other than the content with which the metadata is associated.
US09100660B2
An encoder receives a first image of a first spatial resolution and a second image of a second spatial resolution, wherein both the first image and the second image represent the same scene and the second spatial resolution is higher than the first spatial resolution. A filter is selected to up-sample the first image to a third image with a spatial resolution same as the second spatial resolution. The filtering coefficients for the up-sampling filter are computed by minimizing an error measurement (e.g., MSE) between pixel values of the second image and the third image. The computed set of filtering coefficients is signaled to a receiver (e.g., as metadata). A decoder receives the first image (or its approximation) and the metadata, and may up-sample the first image using the same filter and optimally selected filtering coefficients as those derived by the encoder.
US09100659B2
There are provided method and apparatus for use in a multi-view video coding system. The apparatus includes an encoder for encoding at least two views corresponding to multi-view video content into a resultant bitstream, wherein the resultant bitstream is encoded to include view specific information. The view specific information indicates a decoding interdependency between at least some of the at least two views.
US09100658B2
Methods and arrangements in video encoding and decoding entities. The methods and arrangements involve determining (804) the frequency of occurrence of a plurality of reference pictures associated with an obtained (802) set of blocks, which are neighbors of a block B. The methods and arrangements further involve selecting (806) a reference picture or combination of reference pictures having the highest determined frequency of occurrence to be a prediction, Cpred, of the reference picture or combination of reference pictures, C, to be used when encoding/decoding the block, B. The methods and arrangements further involve providing/obtaining (610,612, 808) an indication specifying whether the prediction, Cpred, corresponds to C, and when the prediction, Cpred, is indicated to correspond to C, the encoded block, Be, is decoded (812) based on the prediction Cpred.
US09100657B1
Techniques for efficient coding of digital media data are presented. A resource controller component dynamically allocates computing resources between an estimator component and a coder component. The estimator component generates an initial motion estimation of a raw video frame of a sequence of raw video frames based on a previous raw video frame. The coder component encodes the previous raw video frame to generate a reconstructed video frame in parallel with the generation of the initial motion estimation. When the previous raw video frame is reconstructed, the coder component dynamically determines whether and/or how to refine the motion estimation to encode the raw video frame based on a predefined encoding criterion. In making that determination, the coder component selects and uses a mode(s) of motion estimation refinement from a plurality of available motion estimation refinement modes to encode the raw video frame.
US09100653B2
A method of transferring sets of video line data and macroblock data, includes the steps of determining a macroblock period and a video line period longer than the macroblock period, dividing each set of video line data to be transferred within the video line period into two or more portions according to the difference between the determined macroblock period and video line period, aligning a burst transfer of each of the portions of the divided set of video line data and each set of macroblock data to the macroblock period, and initiating the burst transfer of the sets of video line data and macroblock data at macroblock period intervals.
US09100648B2
The present invention relates to a method for decoding a video signal, comprising: obtaining adaptive transform size flag information for a 1st coding unit, the adaptive transform size flag information indicating whether a coding unit is partitioned in to coding units each of which has a half size in horizontal and vertical directions; obtaining adaptive transform size flag information for each 2nd coding unit, if the adaptive transform size flag information of a 1st coding unit is true, the 2nd coding unit indicating a sub-block included in the 1st coding unit; determining a size of a transform unit based on the adaptive transform size flag information; wherein the adaptive transform size flag information is obtained based on a size of a current transform unit, a minimum transform size, and a maximum transform size.
US09100647B1
High-frequency noise is generated that approximates the appearance of traditional “film grain” for a digital video signal. By adding a relatively small amount of film grain noise, the video can be made to look more natural and more pleasing to the human viewer. The digital film grain generator can generate film grain in real-time. The generated film grain is preferably free from spatial or temporal patterns. Level adaptivity adjusts the amount of variation permitted for each pixel within a programmable range.
US09100643B2
The multi-person stereo display system permits several independent viewers to see different stereo images on a single projection surface. This is accomplished through the innovative use of video multiplexing, software, control electronics, and special viewing glasses. The system is particularly useful in situations where the viewers see computer generated images from their own independent perspectives.
US09100641B2
A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, a central aperture located along an optical axis for projecting an entire image of a target object, at least one defocusing aperture located off of the optical axis, a sensor operable for capturing electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an object through the lens and the central aperture and the at least one defocusing aperture, and a processor communicatively connected with the sensor for processing the sensor information and producing a 3-D image of the object. Different optical filters can be used for the central aperture and the defocusing apertures respectively, whereby a background image produced by the central aperture can be easily distinguished from defocused images produced by the defocusing apertures.
US09100632B2
A method and an electronic device for providing a video call analysis service are provided. The method includes receiving video call data, detecting an emotional change of a call party using the received video call data, and, when the emotional change is detected, storing the video call data at a time point at which the emotional change is detected.
US09100612B2
A system includes a consumer electronic device adapted to render a media content and a hand-held, portable device having a touch screen display, a transmitter, a receiver, and a processing unit. The processing unit of the hand-held, portable device uses data related to the media content received via the receiver to cause command icons related to rendering of the media content to be defined and displayed in the touch screen display and to cause the transmitter to transmit one or more commands for controlling a functional operation related to rendering of the media content by the consumer electronic device in response to a user interaction with one or more of the command icons caused to displayed in the touch screen display.
US09100605B2
A sensor includes an array of pixels, and a global shutter configured to expose the array of pixels. Each pixel includes storage elements configured to independently store successive frames within a predetermined time period. Each storage element is configured to be independently read out.
US09100600B2
An image sensor includes a line driver, which further includes a transfer pulse generating circuit. The transfer pulse generating circuit is configured to determine an integration status of a first group of pixels, and to selectively apply the anti-blooming shutter to the first group of pixels based on the determined integration status of the first group of pixels.
US09100592B2
A gloss effect image pattern is created on a recording medium by electronically creating a first electronic pattern ink, the first electronic pattern ink including a first color and including holes, the holes representing areas in the first electronic pattern ink wherein the first color is absent; electronically creating a second electronic pattern ink using the first color and including filled holes, the filled holes of the second electronic pattern ink representing areas in the second electronic pattern ink filled with a second color, the second color being different than the first color; electronically creating an electronic image region; electronically painting, using the first electronic pattern ink, a background of the electronic image region; electronically painting, using the second electronic pattern ink, a foreground of the electronic image region; and rendering, using marking materials, the electronic image region on the recording medium.
US09100591B2
Several embodiments of display systems that use narrowband emitters are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a display system comprises, for at least one primary color, a plurality of narrowband emitters distributed around the primary color point. The plurality of narrowband emitters provides a more regular power vs. spectral distribution in a desired band of frequencies.
US09100584B1
The present disclosure illustrates a camera array correction method. The method comprises steps of calculating the gain values between the images captured by cameras with the pre-measured characteristic of each of the cameras. By such correction method, the different cameras in the camera array can capture images of the same brightness values and color values simultaneously. In addition, the huge computation requirement due to the increasing of the cameras can be reduced effectively.
US09100575B2
A video stabilization method includes: measuring an inter-frame camera motion based on a difference angle of a relative camera view direction in comparison with a reference camera view direction in each frame of a frame sequence of a video; generating a camera motion path of the frame sequence by using the inter-frame camera motion and determining a camera view direction adjustment angle based on a user's view direction by using the camera motion path; and compensating for the camera view direction by using the camera view direction adjustment angle in each frame.
US09100571B2
An apparatus and a method of photographing an image are provided. The photographing apparatus includes a photographing unit which photographs an image, an input unit which receives a user command, and a controller which, if a user command to turn on the photographing apparatus is input through the input unit, determines whether the photographing apparatus is set to an auto continuous shooting mode, and, if it is determined that the photographing apparatus is set to the auto continuous shooting mode, controls the photographing unit to perform auto continuous shooting after power is supplied to the photographing unit. Accordingly, the photographing apparatus performs continuous shooting more rapidly.
US09100569B2
A focusing method having depth-of-field adaptability and aperture adaptability is provided. The method is applied to an image capture unit. A plurality of first images are captured in an image capture window according to a plurality of objects for obtaining a plurality of distances between the plurality objects and the image capture unit. Thereby, a focus distance of the image capture unit is given. Then, according to a maximum value and a minimum vale of the plurality of distances, the first aperture is adjusted to a second aperture, so that the image capture unit can acquire a complete depth of field by means of the second aperture and the focus distance. Accordingly, the preferred focus distance and depth of field satisfying the requirements for theme or special depth of field can be acquired. In addition, image capturing can be performed for a shorter exposure time.
US09100568B2
A focus detecting device that addresses unstableness in frame rate by performing optimal focus detection depending on a frame rate setting, an AF frame selection setting, and a shooting speed priority/focus priority setting is provided.A focus adjusting device includes means for storing an object signal in an AF sensor; focus detecting means for detecting a defocus amount from the object signal; and focus adjusting means for adjusting the focus of an image taking lens based on the defocus amount. The focus adjusting device also includes a readout time adjusting means for adjusting processing of waiting for a predetermined time since the AF sensor starts storing until the object signal is read out.
US09100564B2
The invention relates to a digital video camera comprising an image sensor that generates an image data raw stream, and comprising a memory for storing image data generated in response to the image data raw stream, and comprising a data output unit. In this case, it is provided that the data output unit is designed for outputting image data generated in response to the image data raw stream to the memory and for simultaneously outputting image data and for simultaneously outputting image data from the stored data from the camera to users.
US09100563B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus, method and computer-readable medium that photographs an object through at least one aperture of each of pixel of a display panel. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit in back of the display panel and photographs the object through the at least one aperture of each of the pixels of the display panel to enable a location of the camera unit to be the same as a location of a display unit, measures a distance to the object using a blur effect occurring when photographing through the at least one aperture of the display panel, and restores an image where the blur effect is included.
US09100557B2
Various approaches to imaging involve selecting directional and spatial resolution. According to an example embodiment, images are computed using an imaging arrangement to facilitate selective directional and spatial aspects of the detection and processing of light data. Light passed through a main lens is directed to photosensors via a plurality of microlenses. The separation between the microlenses and photosensors is set to facilitate directional and/or spatial resolution in recorded light data, and facilitating refocusing power and/or image resolution in images computed from the recorded light data. In one implementation, the separation is varied between zero and one focal length of the microlenses to respectively facilitate spatial and directional resolution (with increasing directional resolution, hence refocusing power, as the separation approaches one focal length).
US09100554B2
The invention relates to a method for displaying an image (27, 28, 29) on a display unit (3) in a vehicle (1). A vehicle image (1′) of at least one region of the vehicle (1) is provided, and sensor data are acquired, which contain information about an environment of the vehicle (1). An image (27, 28, 29) is displayed, which is formed from the vehicle image (1′) and the sensor data, the image (27, 28, 29) containing a blank region (14′, 16′, 18′, 19′, 22′ to 25′) assigned to the environment, for which no sensor data are provided. In the image (27, 28, 29), the vehicle image (1′) protrudes into the blank region (14′, 16′, 18′, 19′, 22′ to 25′).
US09100550B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated comments from each of a plurality of computing devices, detect a correlation in the one or more user-generated comments collected from the plurality of computing devices, and establish a social network between the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation. The one or more user-generated comments can be temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09100548B2
In one embodiment, a method for electronic enablement of features at a communication device that includes receiving a feature token, validating the feature token, and changing the enablement state of one or more features at the communication device in accordance with a valid feature token.
US09100546B2
System and method to provide an immersive virtual world conference environment, the method including: establishing a live virtual world conference, by use of a virtual world server; recording, in a memory coupled to the virtual world server, events related to live participants in the live virtual world conference, wherein the live participants are communicatively coupled to the virtual world server; receiving a request from a first virtual user to experience the virtual world conference at a predetermined virtual time that is different than a present real time; retrieving from the memory events related to live participants that occurred no later than the predetermined virtual time; restoring a conference state based upon the retrieved events; and providing an interaction responsive to the conference state and the first virtual user, in order to produce the immersive virtual world conference state.
US09100542B2
A transmission management system, when content data is communicated among plural transmission terminals via a communication network, selects a relay apparatus which relays the content data. The system determines whether first attributes of the respective plural transmission terminals are the same; determines whether second attributes of the respective plural transmission terminals are the same; and selects a first relay apparatus in a case where the first attributes are determined to be the same, selects a second relay apparatus in a case where the first attributes are not determined to be the same but the second attributes are determined to be the same, and selects a third relay apparatus in a case where the first attributes are not determined to be the same and the second attributes are not determined to be the same.
US09100541B2
An operation method of an electronic device that is operable with a dummy device is provided. The method includes operating the dummy device through a physical coupling to the electronic device, establishing, by the electronic device, a wireless connection with the dummy device if a call is received by the electronic device, and operating the electronic device with the dummy device through the wireless connection.
US09100538B2
Systems and techniques for transferring electronic data between users of a communications system by receiving, at an instant messaging host, a video file from a sender and intended for a recipient; authenticating the video file; and sending the video file to the intended recipient.
US09100531B1
A deinterlacing apparatus includes a buffer to receive a plurality of consecutive fields of an interlaced video and a field combination module coupled to the buffer to deinterlace the interlaced video in accordance with cadence of the interlaced video. The deinterlacing apparatus also includes a cadence detection module to detect the cadence by (1) causing each of the fields to be combined with its preceding field into a frame and with its subsequent field into another frame to obtain a plurality of combined frames, (2) determining a comb factor of each of the combined frames to obtain a sequence of comb factors of the combined frames, and (3) determining if the sequence of comb factors of the combined frames follows a pre-determined repeating pattern. A cadence detection method is also described.
US09100528B2
The present invention is directed to an information processing apparatus operable in any of a plurality of power states including a first power state and a second power state in which power consumption is lower than power consumption in the first power state. The information processing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a shift instruction to shift to the second power state, and a control unit configured to shift the information processing apparatus to the second power state in a case where the reception unit receives the shift instruction while an application that does not support the second power state is not running, and not to shift the information processing apparatus to the second power state in a case where the reception unit receives the instruction while an application that does not support the second power state is running.
US09100511B2
An image reading device includes an information storage unit that stores, in an associated manner, error information on errors occurred due to a previous scan operation and operator information on an operator who produced errors, and an error analyzing unit that determines whether an error occurred due to a scan operation of a specific operator is an operator-dependent error, based on the error information and the operator information stored in the information storage unit.
US09100508B2
Described is a system and method for receiving in a first network operated by a first network provider, a service request from a client for a service application provided by the first service provider, the client accessing the first network via a second network operated by a second network provider, wherein the service request includes a level of service that is to be provided to the service application. The level of service is communicated to the second network provider and, subsequent to receiving the service request, the level of service is purchased from the second network provider to guarantee the client the level of service when accessing the second network.
US09100501B2
A method of authenticating a caller and authorizing a callee in a user-device environment may include receiving, by a gateway, a logon request comprising information associated with a caller and determining whether the caller is a subscriber based on at least a portion of the received caller information. If the caller is a subscriber, an other gateway may receive information associated with a callee who belongs to a contact list associated with the caller. The other gateway may determine whether the callee is authorized based on at least the callee information and the caller information, and if the callee is authorized, a call between the caller and the callee may be connected.
US09100497B2
A method, system and apparatus for managing persona-based notifications at a communication device are provided. A port is dynamically assigned to an application on the basis of a persona at a communication device, the application enabled to receive notifications from a given provider. The port is registered with a server to receive the notification. The port is opened to receive notifications associated with the persona for the application from the server.
US09100495B2
A computer system comprising a Web site and/or a cloud array of computers wherein the system is configured to have a connection to a smartphone or other mobile computer device and the system is configured to use the device to control a configuration of computer-controlled footwear structural elements located in footwear soles of a device user, and sensors located in footwear soles of the device user and a sensor including a gyroscope and/or an accelerometer in the device. The system is further configured to control the configuration of footwear structural elements and sensors by using the device and the connection to: transmit data to the system for storage and/or shared or independent processing and/or analysis: process data received from the sensors located in footwear soles of the device user and the sensor in the device; and use the processed data to alter a configuration of the footwear structural elements.
US09100491B2
A mobile communication terminal interacts with a digital hearing aid and a wireless hearing aid uses the mobile communication terminal. When a user having the mobile communication terminal interworking with the digital hearing aid operates the hearing aid, an amplification function suitable for auditory characteristics of the user is performed. That is, when auditory information of the user is sent to the terminal, the terminal adjusts an amplification gain to prevent the acoustic shock by measuring an environmental signal. The terminal computes an environment profile by analyzing the measured environmental signal and auditory information of the user sent from the hearing aid and automatically adjusts a non-linear amplification level according to a user environment by sending the environment profile to the hearing aid.
US09100490B2
A communications device having a user configurable speakerphone feature is provided. A user may be provided with a plurality of selectable settings for configuring the operation of a microphone or the processing of speech. For example, a user may select settings to filter ambient noise for a cleaner sound or increase a microphone's sensitivity in a conference call environment. In one embodiment, the user may select a setting that changes a microphone level or microphone operating range. When the microphone detects speech, the speech may be processed in accordance with user selected processing settings. For example, a user may select settings to specify a gain control, a frequency response, or an activity threshold. Thus, a user may configure a speakerphone to improve sound quality on the receiving end.
US09100481B2
A service level controlling system for a contact center is provided. The service level controlling system includes a monitoring module for monitoring predetermined operation statistics, such as call traffic, in the contact center. The service level controlling system further includes a publishing module for publishing pre-configured solutions to each of agents in the contact center based upon at least one of the monitored predetermined operation statistics falling outside a predetermined range. The service level controlling system further includes a controlling module for automatically bringing the at least one of the monitored predetermined operation statistics within the predetermined range based upon execution of the pre-configured solutions selected by the agents.
US09100470B2
A clamshell or slide type of handheld wireless communication device can include a biasing component to raise or lower a keyboard relative to a first housing of the device. The biasing component can raise the keyboard when the communication device is opened and can lower the keyboard when the communication device is closed. When the keyboard is raised, the keyboard can be flush with or above the first housing or sides of the first housing of the communication device. When the keyboard is lowered, the keyboard can be below the first housing of the communication device.
US09100468B2
A method and system of controlling state for devices operable to support signaling or sessions between endpoints, such as the type used to support phone, video, messaging, and other calls. The state control may include transitioning the device between in-service and out-of-service states as a function of current, past or future operating demands on the devices.
US09100465B2
In one embodiment, a system provides for end-user control over the automatic recognition of communication situations by detection of unique telecommunication event characteristics and the consequential responses to those situations by invocation of related programmatic responses. The system allows an end user to specify various patterns of telecommunication event characteristics that describe various situational aspects of incoming communications, such as the timing and originator of voice calls, the content of, timing of, and author of chat messages, etc., as well as appropriate sets of programmatic response actions to be performed in response to those communications, such as initiating conference calls, sending chat messages, routing calls to other users, etc. The system monitors incoming communications, matches characteristic patterns to recognize the situations, and then invokes the matching response actions, thereby automating many functions of the communication system that previously would have had to be performed manually.
US09100463B2
A method of servicing content requests in a CDN may include receiving a request for content from a first client device, identifying content associated with the content request, identifying a second client device that stores the content, identifying a CDN storage location that also stores the content, determining whether the second client device is authorized to source the content to the first client device, and selecting a source for the content. The source for the content may be selected from the storage location associated with the CDN and the second client device. The source for the content may be selected based on one or more CDN policies. The method may also include initiating a transfer of the at least a portion of the content from the second client device to the first client device if the second client device is selected as the source for the content.
US09100453B2
A social network (SNET) is divided into one or more circles employing separate security secrets, e.g. keys, for communication between members. A device can be a member of more than one circle, and store different keys for each of those circles in separate, restricted portions of memory. When a member leaves a circle, new keys can be generated and distributed to the remaining members. Before and after joining a circle, a level of trust associated with the device or human member can be determined based on third party trust verification and a trust history. A requirement for multiple current circle members to vouch for the prospective member can be imposed as a condition of membership. Each circle can be assigned different trust and access levels, and authorization to receive information can be checked before transmitting information between circles.
US09100438B2
Example methods and apparatus are disclosed for maintaining a shared identity profile. An example method includes receiving, at a first online service provider, a plurality of profile information items from a user and storing, by the first online service provider, the profile information items in an identity profile associated with the user. In the example method, at least one of the profile information items includes user identifying information that is capable of verification. The example method also includes verifying, by the first online service provider, the user identifying information and storing, by the first online service provider, as part of the identity profile, a verification status corresponding with the verifying. The example method further includes receiving, at the first online service provider, a request, from a second online service provider, for one or more of the profile information items including the user identifying information and providing, from the first online service provider to the second online service provider, the requested profile information items and the verification status.
US09100436B2
A tracking system comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor is provided. The storage medium of the tracking system includes instructions for receiving a request for content from a device using a first shortened content address, the first shortened content address including a shortened content address base and a first link identifier. The storage medium further includes instructions for determining a content address identifier associated with the first shortened content address and instructions for searching the device for a cookie associated with the content address identifier, the cookie including a cookie link identifier. The storage medium also includes instructions for providing the content to the device using the first shortened content address when the cookie is found on the device and the cookie link identifier is the first link identifier and instructions for providing the content to the device using a second shortened content address when the cookie is found on the device and the cookie link identifier is not the first link identifier, the second shortened content address including the shortened content address base and the cookie link identifier. The storage medium further includes instructions for generating a new link identifier when the cookie is not found on the device and instructions for providing the content to the device using a third shortened content address when the cookie is not found on the device, the third shortened content address including the shortened content address base and the new link identifier.
US09100426B1
A computer-implemented method for warning mobile device users about potentially malicious NFC tags may include (1) obtaining, by a mobile device, NFC-tag information that identifies (i) a geo-location of at least one NFC tag and (ii) a result of at least one malware analysis performed on the NFC tag, (2) determining that the NFC tag includes potentially malicious content based at least in part on the result of the malware analysis performed on the NFC tag, (3) determining that the mobile device is located in proximity of the NFC tag based at least in part on the geo-location of the NFC tag, and then (4) providing an alert that warns a user of the mobile device against scanning the NFC tag due at least in part to the potentially malicious content included in the NFC tag. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09100405B2
An electronic device configured for electronic communications utilizing virtual dispersive networking includes: a network interface for communicating over a network; an application loaded onto the electronic device programmed to communicate over a network; and virtual dispersive networking software configured to create, for such application, a virtual machine comprising a virtual interface for the network interface of the electronic device; select a network protocol out of a plurality of available network protocols based on current communication requirements of the application; and cause network communications of the application to occur via the virtual network interface of the electronic device using the determined network protocol.
US09100404B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media of providing applications style functionality to a user of a mobile radio terminal are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the systems, methods, and computer readable media include the steps of receiving a data stream transmission having a plurality of states, wherein each state is associated with output instructions and storage instructions, and wherein the plurality of states is configured such that moving through the states creates the appearance of executing an application on the mobile radio terminal; decoding the data stream transmission and caching each of the plurality of states with the associated output instructions according to the associated storage instructions; rendering a first state; responsive to an event on the mobile radio terminal, moving from the first state to a second state by applying the output instructions associated with the second state; and communicating a change of state to a server.
US09100401B2
A shared application store for a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system is disclosed. A method of the disclosure includes receiving, by a processing device of an application store, an indication of a selection of an application provided by the application store, the application configured for deployment on a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system, issuing a command to create a copy of a repository associated with the selected application, wherein the command to create the copy further comprises tracking changes made to the copy and flowing the tracked changes to the repository from which the copy originates, and sending a copy of the repository in response to the command to create the copy, wherein the copy of the repository is deployed on the PaaS system for a user that selected the application.
US09100396B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for managing a system's entitlement to digital assets when the system's components are replaced. A unique system identifier, comprising the unique identifiers of predetermined system components, is associated with digital assets data to generate digital assets entitlement data, which in turn entitles the system to process the digital assets data. The digital assets entitlement is perpetuated when a first unique system component identifier is replaced with a second unique system component identifier.
US09100382B2
A configuration device is disclosed for configuring a network device in a communication network. The configuration device initiates pairing operations with the network device via a short-range communication connection. The configuration device determines whether the network device is in a registered state or an unregistered state. If the configuration device determines that the network device is in the unregistered state, the configuration device establishes a secure short-range communication channel between the configuration device and the network device. The configuration device transmits a network key to the network device via the secure short-range communication channel for configuring the network device to communicatively connect to the communication network. If the configuration device determines that the network device is in the registered state, the configuration device determines whether to unregister the network device.
US09100377B2
A system and method for routing and delivering pre-fetched assets/media, such as a digital image, is provided. The present invention is directed to a system that allows for two digital images to be pre-fetched or otherwise transferred concurrently from two separate source devices to virtually expand the bandwidth and increase the efficiency of the transfer. The system also allows image enhancements to be made in a distributed manner either by a source or destination device, or by both. The invention further provides a method of efficiently delivering multiple versions of a single image to a destination device. An asset ranking system is also provided that takes into consideration the frequency at which the digital image is accessed and the number of source devices that that the digital image is stored within.
US09100376B2
The present invention concerns a method for downloading content using a combination of push and pull modes. In a communication system comprising a first terminal, at least a second terminal, and a content server, the invention concerns a method for downloading content comprising, at the level of the first terminal, the steps of downloading content either in a pull mode from the content server or at least the second terminal or in a push mode from the content server; and seamlessly switching between the modes for continuing downloading of the content.
US09100373B2
Systems and methods for temporary obfuscation during collaborative communications are provided. A method for obfuscation during collaborative communications, comprises entering a message including content into a first messaging device, marking the content as sensitive, sending the message including the content via a network to a second messaging device, and obfuscating the marked content and displaying any remaining portions of the message on the second messaging device.
US09100372B2
A server that holds context-free grammar and is connectable to a client that holds an automaton. The server compares an edge pair with an encrypted string value such that the encrypted string value is hidden from the client. The edge pair represents a string for an encrypted value in which a nonfinal character is made to correspond to a state before and the state after held by the client and an encrypted string value represents a string for an encrypted value in which each of a plurality of nonfinal characters contained in a substituted symbol string for a production rule for the context-free grammar is given correspondence with an assigned state before and state after. The encrypted value in which in which the encrypted string value matches the edge pair has been encrypted is sent to the client along with the state before and state after that has been assigned.
US09100370B2
An encrypted session is established between a client device and a target server device when the client device initiates network connections through a proxy device. The client device initiates an encrypted session with the proxy device. Once the encrypted session is established, the client device communicates the address of the target server device to the proxy device. Then, the proxy device sends an encrypted session renegotiation message to the client device. The client device responds to the encrypted session renegotiation message by transmitting an encrypted session handshake message to the proxy device. The proxy device forwards the encrypted session handshake message to the target server device, and continues to forward handshake messages between the client device and the target server device, enabling the client device and the target server device to establish an encrypted session.
US09100366B2
A policy is established comprising a condition having a multiphase attribute of a multiphase transaction. Phase specific policies are established for each phase in which the multiphase attribute may become known. The multiphase transaction is evaluated according to the phase specific policies at each phase of the multiphase transaction in which the multiphase attribute may become known until a policy decision of the policy is determined.
US09100364B2
Methods, computer program products and apparatus for processing data packets are described. Methods include receiving the data packet, examining the data packet, determining a single flow record associated with the packet and extracting flow instructions for two or more devices from the single flow record.
US09100357B2
A method can include receiving, by a notification module operable by a computing device, an instruction to generate a contextual notification and notification information associated with the instruction. The method also cam include generating, by the notification module and in response to receiving the instruction, a notification object. In some examples, the method can include assigning, by the notification module and based on the notification information, the notification object to at least one notification class from a plurality of notification classes. The example method can also include generating, by the computing device and based at least in part on the at least one notification class to which the notification object is assigned, the contextual notification by populating the notification object with the notification information; and outputting the contextual notification in a manner based at least in part on the at least one notification class.
US09100356B2
A system and method providing for appending of a note or instruction to the contents of an email such that the note or instructions is only appended to emails of selected recipients of a group of recipients, with only the email going to the other recipients of the group of recipients is provided.
US09100355B2
A server receives a message from a sender and adds a link to the message, and then transmits the message with the link to a recipient. The server receives from the recipient a manually initiated response and generates an indication of receiving the response from the recipient and transmits the indication to the sender. The sender may also authenticate the message, and may record proof of the delivery and content of the reply to the sender and the recipient.
US09100339B1
Network health monitoring and network failure detection prediction using opportunistic scheduling and measurement is contemplated. The health monitoring may be facilitated with opportunistic scheduling and measurement of pilot power in various bands to detect harmonics induced by equipment suffering from non-linearity or other distortions.
US09100336B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for managing a switch chip port. The method is applied in a distributed communications system and includes: detecting whether each of multiple service boards is in position; when it is detected that a service board is not in position, controlling disabling of a port corresponding to the detected not-in-position service board on a first switch chip of the main control board; and/or sending an in-position message including information about the not-in-position service board to the switch board, so that the switch board controls, according to the information about the not-in-position service board, disabling of a port corresponding to the not-in-position service board on a second switch chip of the switch board. Energy saving of a switch chip port can be efficiently implemented by adopting the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, thereby efficiently reducing power consumption of the system.
US09100321B2
An appropriate quality of service policy is automatically selected as a function of network and business conditions. A current loading condition of an internet protocol network of devices operating, a current condition of radio frequency communications between wireless devices, and a current business condition that indicates a cost or availability of a resource used in device operation remotely controlled via data packet communications, are each determined under current network control and routing rules. If the resource cost or availability exceeds a specified market condition constraint, a special resource control rule is automatically selected to preempt a current network or routing rule to cause one or more of the internet protocol devices to reduce an amount of the resource used or distributed by the first internet protocol device while operating within the current determined internet protocol network loading and radio frequency communications conditions.
US09100319B2
Methods and systems for improving accuracy, speed, and efficiency of context-aware pattern matching are provided. According to one embodiment, a packet stream is received and pre-matched by an acceleration device with one or more conditions to identify packets meeting the one or more conditions. The acceleration device then correlates at least one identified packet based on the one or more conditions to generate matching tokens of the packet that meet the one or more conditions and sends, to one or more processors of the acceleration device, the matching tokens along with identifiers of the one or more conditions so that the processors can process the matching tokens and the identifiers of the one or more conditions based on one or more of context aware string matching, regular expression matching, and packet field value matching to extract packets that match context of the one or more conditions.
US09100307B2
Systems and methods for communicating ultrasound data are provided. One method includes monitoring over time estimates of bandwidth of a channel communicatively coupling an imaging location with another location remote from the imaging location and communicating the estimates to a system at the imaging location. The method also includes identifying at least one of a region-of-interest (ROI) mask or one or more transmission parameters for the channel and adjusting at least one of the ROI mask or the one or more transmission parameters based on the monitored estimates of the bandwidth for communicating the medical images.
US09100306B2
A system, and computer program product for managing cloud services are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first set of management functions is instantiated external to a microkernel of a management system for managing a set of cloud services. The management system further includes a second set of management functions executing within the kernel of the management system. A subset of the first set of management functions is associated with a cloud service in the set of cloud services. A management task for the cloud service is handled using the subset of the first set of management functions. A usage information corresponding to the use of the subset of the first set of management functions for handling the management task for the cloud service is reported.
US09100300B2
An approach for mitigating network connection problems when a first computing device is unable to connect to a remote resource is described. A second computing device receives a request for diagnostic testing over a second network from the first computing device. The second computing device performs diagnostic tests on a data path to a desired remote resource. The second computing device sends over the second network, results from the diagnostic tests regarding the data path connectivity to the first device that is unable to connect to desired remote resource. The results are analyzed to determine the location of network connectivity failure.
US09100297B2
A provisioning server can be configured to include an inventory module. The inventory module can be configured to automatically detect new target machines that are connected to the provisioning environment. Once detected, the inventory module can be configured to determine identification information for the detected target machines. The identification information can include information that uniquely identifies the detected machines and information describing the detected machines. The inventory module can be configured to enter the identification information in an inventory of machines in the provisioning environment. Once registered, the provisioning server can perform provisioning processes on the detected machines.
US09100292B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and upgrade management computing device for managing upgrade in a telecommunication network comprising identifying one or more telecommunication network elements which are currently active. A type, a subnet and one or more network topologies is identified for each of the identified active one or more telecommunication network elements. The identified active one or more telecommunication network elements is upgraded with one or more available upgrades based on the identified type, the subnet and the one or more network topologies. During the upgrading, the identified active one or more telecommunication network elements is monitored for occurrence of one or more errors. One or more reports are generated based on the monitoring.
US09100288B1
Improving a content player is disclosed. A monitoring module is configured to obtain status information associated with a content player. The monitoring module is loaded. Status information associated with the content player is obtained. A report of at least a portion of the obtained status information is made to a monitoring service.
US09100285B1
Dynamic control channel establishment for an access network is described in which a centralized controller provides seamless end-to-end service from a core-facing edge of a network to access nodes. For example, a method includes receiving, by the centralized controller, a discover message originating from a network node, which includes an intermediate node list that specifies a plurality of network nodes the discover message traversed from the network node to an edge node, determining, based on the plurality of nodes specified by the discover message, a path from the edge node to the network node, allocating each of a plurality of Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) labels to a respective outgoing interface of each of the plurality of network nodes, and outputting one or more control messages for configuring the network node, wherein the control messages are encapsulated within a label stack comprising the allocated plurality of labels.
US09100284B2
The present invention is directed to a method and system for installing and programming a network interface module within a security system. A security programming system may be implemented from a computing device connected over a network with the network interface module. The computing device may communicate with a server storing components of the security programming system. The security programming system may include user interface components located on the server and accessible through a browser of the computing device to enable selection of a network interface module participating in the security system and selection of a security system application program. The system may additionally include one or more programming applications located on the server for programming the selected network interface module to operate within the security system, wherein the programming application is selectable from the user browser of the computing device.
US09100283B2
A method and system for managing a large number of servers and their server components distributed throughout a heterogeneous computing environment is provided. In one embodiment, an authenticated user, such as a IT system administrator, can securely and simultaneously control and configure multiple servers, supporting different operating systems, through a “virtual server.” A virtual server is an abstract model representing a collection of actual target servers. To represent multiple physical servers as one virtual server, abstract system calls that extend execution of operating-system-specific system calls to multiple servers, regardless of their supported operating systems, are used. A virtual server is implemented by a virtual server client and a collection of virtual server agents associated with a collection of actual servers.
US09100278B2
Techniques are provided for deriving speed estimates by performing a convolution of the output of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) stage from different time windows in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation scheme. Such techniques enable speed estimation to be performed in the frequency domain, requiring little or no modification to existing OFDM systems.
US09100275B2
A method includes receiving, at a first wireless device from a second wireless device, a signal (SIG) unit including a first field. The method also includes determining whether the first field has a particular value that is indicative of a zero-length payload and decoding the SIG unit based at least in part on the determination.
US09100259B2
GI removers b102-nR remove a GI from received signals. FFT units b103-nR apply a time-to-frequency transform to the signals obtained in the GI removers b102-nR. Demapping units b104-nR separate from the obtained frequency-domain signals the received signals of resource elements in which data, a first pilot symbol, and a second pilot symbol were respectively transmitted. Path extractors b105-nR use the first pilot symbol to extract effective paths for estimation. Channel estimators b106-nR compute first CFR estimation values using the second pilot symbol, compute CIR estimation values by using path location information extracted by the path extractors and the first CFR estimation values, and then convert the CIR estimation values into second CFR estimation values.
US09100244B2
A computer receives, from a target device via a communication apparatus that is capable of accessing the target device, an issuance request for issuing key information unique to the target device. The computer generates the key information upon reception of the issuance request. The computer stores an address allocated to the communication apparatus and the key information in association with each other. The computer transmits the key information to the target device via the communication apparatus. The computer receives, from the communication apparatus, the key information and a registration request for registering a relay apparatus for relaying communication between the computer and the target device. The computer registers the communication apparatus as the relay apparatus when the address allocated to the communication apparatus and the address stored in association with the received key information match each other.
US09100238B2
Disclosed is an information providing apparatus, wherein information desired by users is provided with a high-precision selection, and at low processing cost. The information providing apparatus comprises: a data storing means for storing therein utilization log data that includes a plurality of sets of a plurality of context values inputted from a user terminal upon accessing a piece of content, and one or more information selection criterion values for the piece of content; a totalizing means for totalizing frequencies of accesses to pieces of content, from the utilization log data, for each of the combinations of the values that each of the contexts can take and the values that each of the information selection criteria can take; a context-influence calculating means for calculating a coefficient of association between each of the information selection criteria and each of the contexts, from the result of the totalization conducted by the totalizing means, and outputting the result to an information providing means; and the information providing means for selecting n [h] pieces (n [h] is one or more, and h is 1 to (the aforementioned m)) of contexts in priority from those having higher association with each of m pieces (m is one or more) of information selection criteria, on the basis of the coefficient of association, and selecting, on the basis of values of the n [h] pieces of contexts (current values) inputted from one of the user terminals (a current terminal), a piece of content to be outputted to the current terminal.
US09100233B2
In an embodiment, a receiver comprises: a linear equalizer for receiving an input signal and outputting a partly equalized signal; a VGA (variable-gain amplifier) for receiving the partly equalized signal and outputting an amplitude-adjusted signal in accordance with a gain control signal; a non-uniform ADC (analog-to-digital converter) for receiving the amplitude-adjusted signal and outputting a digitized signal; and a DSP (digital signal processing) circuit for receiving the digitized signal and outputting a bit stream by performing a signal detection and establishing the gain control signal by performing an amplitude comparison. The non-uniform ADC has a lower precision when the amplitude-adjusted signal lies in a region where the signal detection is of a higher confidence, and has a higher precision when the amplitude-adjusted signal lies in a region where the signal detection is of a lower confidence. In an embodiment, the DSP circuit includes a decision feedback equalizer.
US09100227B2
Channel time and frequency correlations are determined from OFDM symbols and subframes using appropriately scaled sums of the products of the received pilot symbols at predetermined intervals n in time and/or frequency of resource elements within the resource blocks of the subframes. The correlation estimates may optionally be improved using pilot symbols for a plurality of antennas and for a plurality of pilot signal ports, and across a plurality of subframes. The calculated channel time and frequency correlations may be employed to improve estimates of channel characteristics for purposes such as selection of a transmission mode between a base station and a user equipment on the channel or for the purpose of channel equalization and data demodulation.
US09100225B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique for communicating supported modulation coding schemes (MCS). In some aspects, the information indicating which MCS are supported for a first communication type is used in part to determine which MCS are supported for a second communication type.
US09100222B2
As individuals increasingly employ their wireless devices to engage in different types of activities they face a growing threat from, possibly among other things, identity theft, financial fraud, information misuse, etc. and the serious consequences or repercussions of same. Leveraging the ubiquitous nature of wireless devices and the popularity of (Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, etc.) messaging, an infrastructure that enhances the security of the different types of activities within which a wireless device user may participate through dynamically configurable levels of authentication. The infrastructure may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.
US09100214B1
In general, techniques are described for performing customer bandwidth profiling in computer networks. A network device intermediately positioned in a service provider network between a customer network and a centralized network device that provides a hierarchical arrangement of virtual local area networks (VLANs) located in the service provider network may perform the techniques. The network device determines a service profile based on authentication messages and associates the service profile with the hierarchical arrangement of VLANs used for delivering the traffic to and from the customer network and the service provider network. The service profile defines constraints on delivery of the traffic associated with the one or more services. The network device then applies the service profile to the traffic received via the associated hierarchical arrangement of VLANs to enforce the constraints on the delivery of the traffic received via the associated hierarchical arrangement of VLANs.
US09100212B2
A transactional memory (TM) receives a lookup command across a bus from a processor. The command includes a base address, a starting bit position, and a mask size. In response to the lookup command, the TM pulls an input value (IV). The TM uses the starting bit position and the mask size to select a portion of the IV. A first sub-portion of the portion of the IV and the base address are summed to generate a memory address. The memory address is used to read a word containing multiple result values (RVs) from memory. One RV from the word is selected using a multiplexing circuit and a second sub-portion of the portion of the IV. If the selected RV is a final value, then lookup operation is complete and the TM sends the RV to the processor, otherwise the TM performs another lookup operation based upon the selected RV.
US09100199B2
A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmission parameter channel signaling information and fast information channel signaling information from a data group in the received mobile service data, an acquirer for acquiring a program table describing virtual channel information and a service of an ensemble by using the extracted fast information channel signaling information, the ensemble being a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, a detector for detecting a descriptor defining Internet access information corresponding to the mobile service data by using the acquired program table, and a controller for controlling such that the Internet access information of the detected descriptor and the mobile service data are displayed.
US09100190B1
A graphical user interface can be provided for creating a digital certificate profile for a digital certificate. In one embodiment, the graphical user interface presents a plurality of certificate profile attributes that are selectable by a user. In one embodiment, a certificate profile preview representing an example certificate to be generated from the digital certificate profile using a subset of the selected certificate profile attributes is generated and a graphical representation of the generated certificate profile preview is provided in the graphical user interface.
US09100176B2
A system and method for providing a service over a repeatered link that couples a service provider transceiver to a remote modem, the method includes: computing, for each frequency bin out of multiple frequency bins of a spectrum, a level of far-end cross-talk (FEXT) interference that is generated to a network-side receiver of a frequency division multiplexing (FDM) discrete multi tone (DMT) repeater by a service provider transmitter that provides an FDM DMT service that is supported by the FDM DMT repeater; computing, for each frequency bins out of the multiple frequency bins, a highest allowable transmit power level of a customer-side transmitter of the FDM DMT repeater that generates to the network-side receiver of the FDM DMT repeater a cross-talk interference that does not exceed a level of FEXT interference that is generated to the network-side receiver of the FDM DMT repeater by the service provider transmitter.
US09100172B2
The present invention provides a trusted application download management, authentication, and execution method and system. A trusted application download management server according to the present invention includes a service loader, which accesses a device equipped with a trusted platform and establishes a data communication channel, and a service controller which controls the delegation of a download authority for a trusted application and allows the trusted application to be downloaded to the device when a trusted application download is requested by the device, thus totally managing the download of the trusted applications and allowing the trusted application to be securely downloaded.
US09100170B2
A file packing and unpacking method, the method including: encrypting a target file using an encryption/decryption algorithm to obtain an encrypted target file, dividing the encryption/decryption algorithm into a first part encryption/decryption algorithm and a second part encryption/decryption algorithm; obtaining a packed target file according to the first part encryption/decryption algorithm and the encrypted target file; and informing an unpacking apparatus of the packed target file and the second part encryption/decryption algorithm.
US09100166B2
A sequence generator implemented on a receiver is synchronized with a sequence generator at a transmitter. The receiver receives k n-state symbols, with k>1 and n>1 wherein each of the k n-state symbols is associated with a generating state of the sequence generator at the transmitter. A processor in the receiver evaluates an n-state expression that generates an n-state symbol that is associated with a synchronized state of the receiver. Coefficients related to the n-state expression are stored on a memory and are retrieved by the processor. The synchronized state in one embodiment is part of a code hop. The sequence generator in the receiver may be part of a descrambler, of a communication device, of a data storage device and/or of an opening mechanism.
US09100161B2
A method is described for data transmission by user equipments adapted to transmit data using resource blocks allocated by a radio network. The radio network is adapted to allocate resource blocks to a dedicated one of the user equipments or to a plurality of the user equipments. The method comprises the step of allocating at least one of the resource blocks that is not allocated to any dedicated user equipment to a first plurality of the user equipments. The allocation is signaled to the user equipments. A first user equipment of said first plurality obtains data for transmission. At least a first part of the data is transmitted by the first user equipment using said at least one resource block. Devices embodying the invention and methods of operating the devices are also described.
US09100158B2
A method and device for transmitting acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) by User Equipment (UE) for which a plurality of serving cells has been configured in a wireless communication system operating in Time Division Duplex (TDD). The method includes: configuring a plurality of serving cells; receiving a codeword through at least one of the plurality of configured serving cells; and transmitting ACK/NACK information indicative of reception acknowledgement for the codeword. Here, if the UE receives the codeword through only a first serving cell of the plurality of configured serving cells, the UE transmits the ACK/NACK information according to a first transmission scheme, and the first transmission scheme is a scheme for sending ACK/NACK when the UE receives only one configured serving cell.
US09100157B2
A likelihood weighting circuit includes a weighting part assigning a weight to a first soft-decision likelihood for a subcarrier in a received signal based on a power value of the received signal or a modulation error ratio of the subcarrier, a first variance calculator calculating a variance of the power value, a second variance calculator calculating a variance of the modulation error ratio, a likelihood measurement part measuring a distribution of a second soft-decision likelihood obtained by assigning the weight to the first soft-decision likelihood, a controller computing a first relaxing level of the power value and a second relaxing level of the modulation error ratio based on the respective variances, and a value of the second soft-decision likelihood, a first normalization processor normalizing the power value based on the first relaxing level, and a second normalization processor normalizing the modulation error ratio based on the second relaxing level.
US09100144B2
The present disclosure relates to a method in which a base station transmits signals to a relay node in a multiuser multi-antenna (MIMO) wireless communication system. More particularly, the method includes: allocating one or more antenna ports to one or more relay nodes, respectively; mapping each of a plurality of downlink grant signals for the one or more relay nodes to a preset resource domain from among resource domains corresponding to one of the allocated antenna ports; mapping uplink grant signals or data signals for the one or more relay nodes to the resource domains corresponding to the allocated antenna ports; and transmitting the mapped signals to the one or more relay nodes.
US09100143B1
A multi-mode parameter adaptation module can comprise different modes for generating parameters to minimize an error between an output of an adaptive processor and an ideal output of the adaptive processor. A mode control module can monitor a performance signal p indicative of an operating condition a receiver of which the adaptive processor is a part. Upon detecting a change condition form the performance signal p, the mode control module can change the operating mode of the parameter adaptation module to suit the current operating condition.
US09100140B2
This invention relates to spreading code producing apparatus, which comprises: two phase shifters for spreading code which receive bits for determining spreading codes and phase information and producing spreading codes; and multiplexers which receive two spreading codes produced said two phase shifters for spreading code, receive bits through separate way which defines outputting order of the received two spreading codes and produce spreading codes with same length as said received two spreading codes. Therefore, many information using few spreading codes can be transmitted so that data transmission rate can be raised. Furthermore, communication service with high speed can be performed among communication devices using human body communication etc.
US09100136B2
Systems and methods for mitigating known interference at a receiving device are provided. A signal from a transmission source is received by a receiving device that is affected by an interference source. At least one of a first pilot signal associated with the transmission source and a second pilot signal associated with the interfering source is determined. The first pilot signal includes information broadcast from the transmission source and the second pilot signal includes information broadcast from the interference source. Interference caused by the interference source is mitigated from the received signal using at least one of the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal.
US09100131B2
A photon source capable of emitting, for example, a single photon or a single pair of photons on demand. The photon source may include an excitation region where a single instance of a quantum system is excited using excitation energy. A Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP) technique can be used for exciting the quantum system to a desired energy level. The photon source may include a photon emission region physically displaced from the excitation region. A transport device can be used for controllably moving an excited quantum system from the excitation region to the photon emission region. The photon emission region may include a resonant cavity tuned to the de-excitation frequency of the quantum system for inducing de-excitation of the quantum system and emission of a photon. The photon emission resonant cavity may be switchably coupled to an output port by a tunable resonant cavity coupling device.
US09100129B2
A coherent optical receiver includes a local oscillator (LO) laser configured to provide an LO signal. The LO laser includes a hybrid external cavity and an active gain medium within the hybrid external cavity, where the LO laser is defined between a first optical reflector on a chip including the active gain medium and a second optical reflector not on the chip.
US09100127B2
A method and system for encoding and determining labels in a Dual Polarization (DP) Quaternary Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) signal is provided. A label frame, signature sequence, and data payload are combined using a complementary constant-weight code encoding (CCWC) encoder, the output of which is deinterleaved and differentially precoded to generate a polarized tributary of a DP-QPSK signal. This encoding can be duplicated for a second tributary of the DP-QPSK signal. The label can be determined using one or more polarizers and corresponding low-speed photodetectors, each applied to a copy of the DP-QPSK signal. The strongest output of the photodetectors is then used to determine the label. Alternatively, the DP-QPSK signal can be viewed as having XI, XQ, PH, and PV tributaries. These tributaries can then be translated into XI, XQ, YI, and YQ tributaries are encoded into a standard DP-QPSK signal.
US09100124B2
An LED light fixture includes one or more optical transceivers that have a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and one or more photodetectors attached thereto, and a processor in communication with the light emitting diodes and the one or more photodetectors. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication or data transfer signal.
US09100122B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to analyze and predict the interference susceptibility of receiver designs. In some implementations, the systems and methods may be used during a receiver design phase to predict how well a receiver design will perform in the presence of certain types of signals in a deployment region of a receiver. The systems and methods may allow potential shortcomings in a receiver design affecting interference susceptibility to be identified and remedied before any actual receiver hardware is constructed, thereby reducing costs typically associated with complex hardware redesign efforts.
US09100120B1
Typically paths are provisioned in a network with a margin which allows for component variations and failures in the network and so on. By providing more information about the requirements of the link in a path request, it is possible to more efficiently calculate a route for the path through the network. The efficiency gain allows greater network utilization which in turn saves costs for the network service provider.
US09100117B2
An apparatus serves as a node in a network on which plural working paths and plural protection paths for bypassing the plural working paths are set, where the plural protection paths share bandwidths allocated thereto. The apparatus includes a data plane unit functioning as an interface that transmits and receives data with a node in the network. The apparatus predicts a first working path having a highest probability that a failure is likely to occur, among the plural working paths, based on transmission qualities of the plural working paths. The apparatus beforehand sets, to the data plane unit, a setting value for a first protection path corresponding to the first working path, and validates the setting value set to the data plane unit, based on a request for activating the first protection path, when the first working path is switched to the first protection path.
US09100109B2
An apparatus for wirelessly transmitting information includes a transmitting/receiving unit and an antenna unit. An electrical signal path is between the transmitting/receiving unit and the antenna unit. A front-end module contains at least one duplexer and is electrically connected into the signal path between the transmitting/receiving unit and the antenna unit. A detector unit is used for detecting signals proportional to radio-frequency signals propagating in the signal path. The detector unit is electrically coupled to the signal path between the transmitting/receiving unit and the front-end module.
US09100103B2
A master unit and a plurality of slave units perform a multi-hop communication. The plurality of slave units include hybrid slave units are configured to select at least one of wireless communication and power line carrier communication. One hybrid slave unit includes a function of reporting, to the other hybrid slave unit in which a hop number in the power line carrier communication between the one hybrid slave unit and the other hybrid slave unit is one, the minimum route cost when the wireless communication is used for a channel on an upper side. The one hybrid slave unit includes a function of adopting the power line carrier communication when a route cost reported by the other hybrid slave unit is smaller than the minimum route cost of the one hybrid slave unit, and otherwise adopting the wireless communication.
US09100099B2
An apparatus and method cancel transmitter leakage. The method includes generating a leakage cancelation signal by processing a downconverted signal for cancelation of a leakage signal caused by a transmitter and upconverting the downconverted signal to a radio frequency of the transmitter. The method also includes canceling at least some of the leakage signal in a received signal using the leakage cancelation signal.
