US09245294B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing separate views for items. A network page providing a summary view of at least a portion of a pool of items is encoded in a computing resource for rendering by a client computing device. A window superimposed over at least a portion of the summary view is rendered by the client computing device. The window provides a separate view for examination of one item from the pool of items, and the window facilitates a serial examination of the pool of items.
US09245289B2
A computer-implemented method is described, performed at a server hosting an electronic procurement system. Supplier catalog data is received at the server from a plurality of respective suppliers associated with the electronic procurement system. The supplier catalog data is in a plurality of formats. The supplier catalog data is converted from the respective plurality of formats to respective common format catalog data. The respective common format catalog data is added to a database.
US09245274B2
Selected regions in dynamic content may be identified. Analytics data may be received that may include a region identifier corresponding to a region from which a selectable element was selected from the content. It may be determined that the analytics data corresponds to a current region of a current version of the network content. Analytics data, which may include a region identifier, may be generated in response to a selection of a selectable element of content located within a region of network content.
US09245272B2
In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for a reverse benefits designer, one or more objects available for creating a plan design framework are displayed in a graphical user interface, an indication of an object from the one or more objects selected for placement in a hierarchy of the plan design framework depicted on the graphical user interface is received, and data is stored in a repository for the plan design framework in accordance with the object placement.
US09245265B2
Methods of providing payment for use of a medical device on a per-treatment session basis are disclosed. The methods include downloading treatment credits to the device linked to a customer account and activating the medical device when the number of available treatment credits is greater the one. The number of treatment credits downloaded to the device is based on at least one of a credit limit provided to the customer account and a number of prepaid treatment credits purchased by the customer. In other embodiments, the medical device monitors the number of treatment sessions performed and activates the device only when a customer's account is current.
US09245261B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, and include a method for managing and processing receipt information including identifying a user associated with a transaction; receiving a receipt for the transaction from a merchant system or a payment source used to fund the transaction; logging the receipt in a database associated with the user; providing an acknowledgement to an entity associated with the transaction and providing a notification of the transaction to a device associated with the user.
US09245254B2
Techniques for ability enhancement are described. Some embodiments provide an ability enhancement facilitator system (“AEFS”) configured to enhance voice conferencing among multiple speakers. Some embodiments of the AEFS enhance voice conferencing by recording, translating and presenting voice conference history information based on speaker-related information, wherein the translation is based on language identification using multiple speech recognizers and GPS information. The AEFS receives data that represents utterances of multiple speakers who are engaging in a voice conference with one another. The AEFS then determines speaker-related information, such as by identifying a current speaker, locating an information item (e.g., an email message, document) associated with the speaker, or the like. The AEFS records conference history information (e.g., a transcript) based on the determined speaker-related information. The AEFS then informs a user of the conference history information, such as by presenting a transcript of the voice conference and/or related information items on a display of a conferencing device associated with the user.
US09245248B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an identity of a metric of interest and a future time point. The method further includes retrieving a prediction configuration previously associated with the metric of interest. The prediction configuration comprising a period combination. The period combination comprises a plurality of time periods, each time period comprises one or more segments, and each segment of the one or more segments comprises adapted historical values of the metric of interest incrementally inserted therein. The method also includes, for each time period of the plurality of time periods, identifying, for the future time point, a corresponding segment of the one or more segments, accessing a set of adapted historical values from the corresponding segment, and computing an intermediate predicted value from the set of adapted historical values. Moreover, the method includes calculating a predicted value for the metric of interest based on the computing.
US09245245B2
Techniques for managing a virtual workspace include: generating a virtual workspace viewable by a user on a graphical user interface, the virtual workspace comprising a plurality of workspace modules comprising data contained in a plurality of data objects; identifying an interaction by the user with at least some of the data contained in a particular data object of the plurality of data objects; and providing, through the virtual workspace, at least one suggestion comprising a description of data contained in the plurality of data objects that is semantically related to the data interacted with by the user.
US09245233B2
A method, apparatus and product for automatic detection of anomalies in graphs. The method comprising obtaining training data, the training data comprising a plurality of graphs, each defined by nodes and edges connecting between the nodes, at least some of the nodes are labeled; determining a statistical model of a graph in accordance with the training data, the statistical model takes into account at least one structured and labeled feature of the graph, wherein the structured and labeled feature of the graph is defined based on a connection between a plurality of nodes and based on at least a portion of the labels of the plurality of nodes; obtaining an examined graph; and determining a score of the examined graph indicative of a similarity between the examined graph and the training data, wherein the score is based on a value of the structured and labeled feature in the examined graph.
US09245216B2
An imposing apparatus determines at least one pair of line components included in positioning marks based on the positional relationship between particular line components in a page region, and estimates marking positions for the positioning marks based on the shape of the pair of line components. The imposing apparatus acquires the marking positions as positional information of a page box in association with the page region.
US09245213B2
On the basis of information indicating a recommended print setting that corresponds to a content, a display device is controlled to display, in a distinguishable manner, the recommended print setting that corresponds to a content to be printed and a print setting different from the recommended print setting. Also, according to the print setting designated by the user, an image based on the content is printed by a printing device.
US09245211B2
An image processing apparatus includes a deciding unit configured to decide an attribute of each pixel contained in a bitmap from received print commands for printing a plurality of objects, a determination unit configured to determine whether each pixel of the generated bitmap is an edge pixel or not, and a changing unit configured to change the decided attribute of each pixel based on a result of the determination of whether the pixel is an edge pixel or not. The bitmap may be generated by drawing the plurality of objects.
US09245208B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for generating patient models from multiple imaging contrast sources which may be, for example from magnetic resonance imaging without computed tomography. The method includes: acquiring multiple sets of image data representing a volume of a patient using magnetic resonance imaging, wherein each set of image data is acquired in a different manner so as to create contrast amongst tissue types of the patient; classifying tissue in each voxel in the volume using the multiple sets of image data as input to a classification algorithm; and generating a patient model for the volume from probability distributions of the classes of tissue as derived from the classification algorithm.
US09245186B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for parsing objects in a video are provided herein. A method includes producing a plurality of versions of an image of an object derived from a video input, wherein each version has a different resolution of said image of said object; computing an appearance score at each of a plurality of regions on the lowest resolution version of said plurality of versions of said image for at least one attribute for said object, wherein said appearance score denotes a probability of the at least one attribute appearing in the region; determining a configuration of the at least one attribute in the lowest resolution version based on at least the appearance score in each of the plurality of regions in the lowest resolution version; and displaying said configuration.
US09245185B2
A terminal for generating an augmented reality and a method thereof are provided. The terminal includes a camera property information providing server configured to store camera property information associated with one or more cameras, and the terminal is configured to receive, from the camera property information providing server, camera property information associated with a camera included in the terminal and generate an augmented reality based on the stored camera property information when an augmented reality-based application is driven and thus, may provide an augmented reality in which a virtual object is accurately matched to an image.
US09245183B2
A method and system for mapping the conditions of locations is provided. The method includes retrieving image data associated with a plurality of locations within a specified geographical area. The image data is compared to a plurality of stored image data that includes baseline measurement values associated with an expected condition level of baseline locations within a baseline geographical area. Condition score values associated with the plurality of locations are calculated. The condition score values indicate real time condition values associated with the plurality of locations. An overall condition score value associated with the specified geographical area is generated. A map indicating the overall condition score value is generated.
US09245178B2
An obtaining unit of a biological information obtaining apparatus obtains biological information for authentication, and an extracting unit extracts first feature information from biological information for authentication. A generating unit of a biological information collating apparatus generates encrypted position correction information, and encrypted position correction information is transmitted to the biological information obtaining apparatus. A correcting unit decrypts encrypted position correction information to obtain position correction information, and by correcting first feature information, performs alignment between first feature information and second feature information extracted from biological information for registration. A transforming unit transforms corrected first feature information, and transmits transformed first feature information to the biological information collating apparatus. A collating unit collates transformed first feature information and transformed second feature information stored in a storing unit, and transmits a collation result to biological information obtaining apparatus.
US09245175B1
A system and method are provided for integrating user-worn display components and communication technologies into image capture and individual verification security systems. User-worn input/output (I/O) devices are employed to streamline the security screening procedures that continue to require human interaction for visual identification of participating individuals entering secure areas, particularly in large numbers. Individual access credentials and/or permissions are verified for individuals initially upon entry within the facility, and discernible physical feature recognition information, including facial recognition information, to be associated with the access verification for the individuals is collected. The user-worn I/O devices are used by security and screening personnel to observe discernible physical features of individuals presenting themselves at one or more internal security or limited access checkpoints and to initiate comparison analysis of the observed discernible physical features with stored discernible physical feature recognition information to expedite clearance and/or verification procedures.
US09245164B2
A biometric authentication device uses IR-VCSELs as light sources for performing a better biometric authentication by providing clearer images. A light guide module is introduced to minimize the size of the device. Moreover, the biometric authentication device uses a single image sensing module to gather the vein image and the fingerprint image into the same detection signal which is then analyzed and compared with the pre-stored vein feature data and fingerprint feature data. Therefore, the biometric authentication device can achieve an approach in lowering hardware costs, simplifying circuit designs and providing an outstanding performance.
US09245151B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving at a computing device that is in a locked state, one or more user inputs to unlock the device and to execute at least one command that is different from a command for unlocking the device. The method further includes executing in response to the user inputs to unlock the device an unlocking operation by the device to convert the device from a locked state to an unlocked state. The method further includes executing the at least one command in response to receiving the user inputs to execute the at least one command. The at least one command executes so that results of executing the at least one command are first displayed on the device to a user automatically after the device changes from the locked state to the unlocked state.
US09245145B2
Methods and systems are provided for regulating access to a database by a server. One exemplary method involves the server receiving one or more requests for an activity with respect to the database and determining an attempted usage for the activity over a monitoring period by a source of the requests. When the attempted usage exceeds an allowed usage of the activity for the monitoring period, the server provides a human verification test to the source and thereafter initiates the activity with respect to the database in response to receiving a satisfactory human verification response to the human verification test from the source.
US09245143B2
Techniques for providing security policy for device data are described. In implementations, data on a device is stored in an encrypted form. To protect the encrypted data from being decrypted by an unauthorized entity, techniques enable a decryption key to be occluded if an attempt to gain unauthorized access to device data is detected. In implementations, a decryption key can be occluded in a variety of ways, such as by deleting the decryption key, overwriting the encryption key in memory, encrypting the encryption key, and so on. Embodiments enable an occluded decryption key to be recovered via a recovery experience. For example, a recovery experience can include an authentication procedure that requests a recovery password. If a correct recovery password is provided, the occluded decryption key can be provided.
US09245142B2
A computer-readable, non-transitory medium recording an access control data editing support program for causing a computer to implement a procedure. The procedure includes changing log information containing a record having an authorization result of first access authorization determined based on access control data and a content utilized for determining the first access authorization every time an access agent accesses an access target, and changing the access control data based on the changed log information, and determining second access authorization by applying the changed access control data to the content utilized for determining the first access authorization indicated by the log information and generating determination result information containing an authorization result of the second access authorization and a content utilized for determining the second access authorization.
US09245136B2
A domain name registering entity (such as a domain registry, registrar, or reseller) or an independent proxy registration service may offer a domain name hijack protection to their actual or potential customers. When a domain name transfer request or notice is received, the domain name registering entity or the proxy registration service may ignore or decline it. Customers may be given an ability to turn the domain name hijack protection service on and off, as well as an ability to adjust a variety of settings associated with the service.
US09245127B2
Segmented media content rights management is described. A media device can receive segments of protected media content from media content streams that each include a different version of the protected media content. A media content file can be generated to include the segments of the protected media content that are sequenced to render the protected media content for viewing. A file header object can be instantiated in a file header of the media content file, where the file header object includes DRM-associated features, such as one or more DRM licenses, properties, and/or attributes that correspond to the media content file to provision all of the segments of the protected media content together.
US09245124B2
Selecting one or more applications from the plurality of similar or near redundant applications to activate. A method includes retrieving information about current characteristics of one or more applications. The method further includes retrieving information about a current computing operational landscape. Based on the information about current characteristics of one or more applications and the information about a current computing operational landscape, the method further includes creating a ranking of applications. The rankings are made available to a system with a plurality of applications with similar or near redundant functionality. At the system, one or more of the applications in the plurality of applications are selected to activate based on the ranking of applications.
US09245123B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying malicious files may include (1) identifying different instances of a file that is subject to a security evaluation, (2) identifying, within a field for each of the different instances, an attribute of the different instance that associates the different instance with a respective application, (3) determining that the respective applications to which the different instances of the file are associated are distinct applications and are known to be safe, (4) adjusting a security policy for the file, by increasing an estimation that the file is malicious, based on the determination that the respective applications are distinct applications and are known to be safe, and (5) classifying, in a software security system, the file as malicious based on the adjusted security policy that increased the estimation that the file is malicious. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09245109B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting a tampered application are provided. The method of detecting a tampered application includes acquiring a package of an application, extracting and installing a first execution code from the acquired package of the application, extracting a second execution code from the package of the application when an execution command of the application is received after the first execution code is installed, and performing a preset operation when the second execution code differs from the first execution code.
US09245107B2
Devices, systems, and methods for determining a strength of a created credential are provided. The device includes one or more processors configured to decompose a created credential into credential components, parse the credential components using a limited dictionary, determine a probability of the credential components using a limited ruleset, and calculate a score of the created credential based on the determined probability. The device also includes a memory, the memory storing the limited dictionary and the limited ruleset, and a network interface component coupled to a network, the network interface component configured to transmit the created credential to a remote server over the network for a secondary credential strength determination if the calculated score is above a threshold.
US09245096B2
An approach for managing licenses for software installations on virtual machine (VM) instances in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment) is provided. Specifically, in one example, data (e.g., real-time and/or historical) pertaining to usage of a set of software installations on a set of (VM) instances in the networked computing environment is collected. When a request is received (e.g., from a requester) for a license for a particular software installation of the set of software installations, it is determined whether the license is available. If not, it is then determined whether the license is obtainable based on the collected data and a current configuration of the networked computing environment. Then, responsive to the license being obtainable, the requested license may be allocated.
US09245095B2
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving an event notification from a virtual machine manager operable to control the execution of one or more virtual machines, the event notification corresponding to a first virtual machine and indicating an event type associated with the first virtual machine. The method also includes updating an inventory indicating a number of active instances of one or more applications based on the event notification. The method further includes determining compliance or non-compliance with one or more license policies based on the inventory, each license policy corresponding to at least one of the one or more applications.
US09245094B2
A system, apparatus, and method are provided for entitlement security and control. A method of embodiments of the invention includes granting an entitlement permission upon satisfaction of entitlement rules by an entitlement request.
US09245091B2
Physically-constrained modeling of a heart is provided. Patient-specific data may be used to estimate heart anatomy locations. A model is applied to the data for estimation. For increased accuracy of estimation, the biomechanics of the heart, such as the valve, may be used to constrain the estimation. By applying a dynamic system between estimated anatomy locations of different times, the locations may be deformed or refined. The modeled heart and/or valve may be used to estimate hemodynamics. The resulting velocities or other motion information may be used to emulate ultrasound Doppler imaging for comparing with acquired ultrasound Doppler data. The comparison may validate the modeling.
US09245089B1
A broadband liner design optimization includes utilizing in-duct attenuation predictions with a statistical fan source model to obtain optimum impedance spectra over a number of flow conditions for one or more liner locations in a bypass duct. The predicted optimum impedance information is then used with acoustic liner modeling tools to design liners having impedance spectra that most closely match the predicted optimum values. Design selection is based on an acceptance criterion that provides the ability to apply increasing weighting to specific frequencies and/or operating conditions. One or more broadband design approaches are utilized to produce a broadband liner that targets a full range of frequencies and operating conditions.
US09245081B2
At least nine linear-shaped conductive structures (LCS's) are positioned in accordance with a first pitch. Five of the at least nine LCS's collectively form three transistors of a first transistor type and three transistors of a second transistor type. Transistors of the first transistor type are collectively separated from transistors of the second transistor type by an inner region. Two transistors of the first transistor type and two transistors of the second transistor type are cross-coupled transistors. Each of four LCS's corresponding to the cross-coupled transistors has a respective electrical connection area located within the inner region. The two LCS's corresponding to the two transistors of the first transistor type of the cross-coupled transistors have electrical connections areas that are not aligned with each other. The four LCS's corresponding to the cross-coupled transistors include at least two different inner extension distances beyond their respective electrical connection areas.
US09245075B2
Systems and techniques are described for performing circuit synthesis. Some embodiments create a lookup table based on information contained in a cell library. The lookup table is then used during circuit synthesis. Specifically, some embodiments optimize cells in a reverse-levelized cell ordering. For a given cell, a table lookup is performed to obtain a set of optimal cell configurations, and the cell is replaced with a cell configuration selected from the set of optimal cell configurations. Some embodiments concurrently optimize cells for timing, area, and power leakage based on the timing criticality of the cells.
US09245073B2
In some embodiments, in a method, a layout of a circuit is received. A netlist with indicated pattern density (PD)-dependent mismatch elements associated with different PDs, respectively, is generated using the layout. A simulation on the netlist is performed such that when the PD-dependent mismatch elements are modeled in the simulation, corresponding model parameters of the PD-dependent mismatch elements are generated using variation distributions with different spreads.
US09245071B2
A method for timing analysis of a circuit design includes, for each group of one or more instances of a cell of a cell library in the circuit design, determining timing related data for the group according to circuit context of the group in the design. The context includes at least one of a path depth, an output load, and an input slew rate. The determined timing related data are applied to analyze the circuit design.
US09245066B2
A system for enforcing energy regulations is described. The system helps building departments maximize energy savings from the energy regulation enforcement process. The system is configured to optimize enforcement given a fixed level of enforcement resources within a building department. Optimization is achieved through the use of building science and sampling systems to structure building-by-building specialized inspection lists, which are delivered to building inspectors. Information collected during the inspection process is used to determine amounts of money that can be saved via complying or not complying with specific provisions of the energy regulations.
US09245064B2
Systems, methods, and design software allow for easy and efficient rendering, displaying, navigation, and/or sharing of computer generated designs and models. One or more implementations allow a user to share the geometry and the graphical attributes of a three-dimensional model without sharing the source file or the proprietary details of the source file. In particular, the one or more implementations provide the ability to capture the geometry and the graphical attributes of a three-dimensional model, and share then captured geometry with others. Furthermore, one or more implementations can allow for sharing of the geometry and graphical attributes of a three-dimensional model without requiring the viewer to have the software used to create the three-dimensional model.
US09245051B2
An approach is provided for conducting a search based on an extraction of a search term from available sensor data. The approach involves determining sensor data associated with at least one device, the sensor data determined from among a plurality of available data modes. The approach also involved processing and/or facilitating a processing of the sensor data to cause, at least in part, an extraction of one or more search terms for at least one query. The approach further involves determining one or more results of the at least one query based, at least in part, on context information associated with the at least one device, user profile information associated with the at least one device, or a combination thereof.
US09245044B2
Various arrangements for creating and using generic universal resource indicators are presented. To create a generic universal resource indicator, one or more parameters of a universal resource indicator may be identified. An interface that permits a parameter of the one or more parameters to be selected and mapped to a variable may be presented. A selection of the parameter for mapping may be received. An indication of the variable to map to the parameter of the selection may also be received. The generic universal resource indicator having a generic parameter corresponding to the parameter of the selection may be created.
US09245042B2
A method and apparatus uses various location information to store and search contents in a portable terminal. The method of storing and searching contents includes obtaining location-based information including at least one of region information and a Point Of Interest (POI) corresponding to current location information when storing the contents. The contents and the location-based information are stored by mapping the contents and the location-based information. At least one of the POI and the region information determined by a user is set when searching the contents. And the contents corresponding to the information determined by the user are searched.
US09245034B2
A method for recommending content items to a user is provided. It includes: (i) receiving one of at least an acceptance input and a rejection input from a user in relation to content presented to the user; (ii) in response to an acceptance input, rendering the presented content, or in response to a rejection input, selecting fresh content for presentation; and, (iii) repeating steps (i) and (ii) until a acceptance input is received. Content is selected in dependence on a associated probability associated with that content. The probability is increased in response to an acceptance input, the increase being determined in part on a measure of a predicted reduction in user satisfaction that would be associated with an additional rejection input.
US09245023B2
Described are a reputation analysis device, reputation analysis method, and reputation analysis-use program capable of suitably analyzing temporal changes in reputation for an object indicated by a keyword. The disclosed reputation analysis device is provided with a voluntary activity description extraction means for extracting descriptions representing voluntary activity related to an object indicated by a keyword that has been input from within a plurality of documents; and a reputation chronological data estimation means for counting the number of occurrences of voluntary activity at each time point wherein the voluntary activity expressed by a description representing the voluntary activity related to the object has been performed, and estimating reputation chronological data for chronologically representing evaluations for the object by the agents of the voluntary activity.
US09245021B2
A computer implemented method is provided for tracking user activity across different communication networks; the method comprises receiving by a receiving device accessible on a first network, such as the internet, a request from a requesting network device, for an address on a second network, such as a telephone network or an SMS network; receiving by the receiving device from the requesting network device a combination of one or more attributes indicative of a source, such as an ad campaign, web location or keyword, that can lead a user to send a request for information over the first network; selecting a pool of addresses an addresses that is accessible on the second network; producing an association in a database between the selected address and the received attribute; and sending the selected address to the requesting network device over the first network.
US09245016B2
An apparatus comprises a module which stores document information to which content that includes link character strings linked to other items on an item basis is caused to correspond, a first display control module which displays content on an arbitrary item stored as first content according to a user operation, a second display control module which lists the link character strings included in the displayed first content and displays them together with the first content, a selection module which selects, according to a user operation, a link character string displayed, and a third display control module which displays content on an item stored in such a manner that the item is linked to the selected link character string.
US09245011B2
A data model versioning method may read a first version tag associated with a document database. The method compares the first version tag to a second version tag associated with a current document template of an application, the second version tag indicating a document format used by the current document template for documents created by the application. When the first version tag does not match the second version tag, the method performs a version migration operation to update a document format of documents in the document database.
US09245007B2
Techniques for detecting one or more documents that are duplicate or near-duplicate of a first document are provided. The techniques include obtaining a first document, obtaining one or more additional documents, retrieving a set of one or more document signatures for each document, and detecting one or more documents that are duplicate or near-duplicate of the first document by detecting each of the one or more additional documents that have at least a minimum number of signatures in common with the first document, wherein detecting each of the one or more additional documents that have at least a minimum number of signatures in common with the first document comprises dynamically using at least one of a user-configurable similarity definition and a user-configurable similarity threshold value.
US09245004B1
A search system monitors the input of a search query by a user. Before the user finishes entering the search query, the search system identifies and sends a portion of the query as a partial query to the search engine. Based on the partial query, the search engine creates a set of predicted queries. This process may take into account prior queries submitted by a community of users, and may take into account a user profile. The predicted queries are to be sent back to the user for possible selection. The search system may also cache search results corresponding to one or more of the predicted queries in anticipation of the user selecting one of the predicted queries. The search engine may also return at least a portion of the search results corresponding to one or more of the predicted queries.
US09245002B2
A reporting system is described herein that allows a report author to declare data reporting structures that specify to a reporting application how to dynamically categorize data with changing or potentially unknown characteristics. The reporting system may extend RDL and the data grouping provided by Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services by adding new elements to the XML-based RDL schema. The reporting system allows the report author to specify for the system to fill gaps in the data, so that the report has a similar layout even as data changes from period to period. The reporting system also allows the report author to specify whether data that does not fit any predefined group bucket is displayed in a report. Thus, the reporting system allows unsophisticated database users to define reports that group data consistently regardless of missing values or other changes in the underlying data.
US09244999B2
A database query by using a user-defined function (UDF) is provided. A computer-implemented method for performing the database query by using the UDF includes detecting whether a command for invoking the UDF to transmit a parameter value has been received. Based on detecting that the command for invoking the UDF to transmit the parameter value has been received: a first interface of the UDF is started; the parameter value is received through the first interface; and the received parameter value is transmitted to an external data source. The method further includes returning to detecting whether the command for invoking the UDF to transmit the parameter value has been received.
US09244989B2
A system and method adapted to facilitate efficient sorting and displaying of data in a table. An example method includes displaying a table with a first portion of data and a second portion of data; simultaneously applying a first sort rule to the first portion of data (primary database object(s)) and a second sort rule to the second portion of data (secondary database object(s)) in response to user selection of a sort option; and illustrating sorted data via the table, wherein the first sort rule is adapted to cause the first portion of data to appear in one or more predetermined locations in the table relative to the second portion of data. The second portion of data is sorted according to the second sort rule. In a more specific embodiment, primary database objects are sorted via the first sort rule and are not subject to the second sort rule. The first sort rule includes a specification that primary database objects be displayed at a predetermined location in the table, such as in an uppermost position in the table or in an upper most position in a purpose group section of the table.
US09244988B2
A system and method provide for an application for matching metadata from a transaction in an online transaction processing subsystem of an enterprise system to query metadata in an online analytical processing subsystem. A business object type is identified from a transaction in the online transaction subsystem using an object repository key and a corresponding data object attribute is determined from a mapping table. A new query of metadata from the online analytical processing subsystem is run, using the value of the data object attribute as a filter. This may allow for the generation of dynamic related report results for the transaction.
US09244987B2
A method and system for archiving data is provided. The method includes an extraction stage, a load stage, and a production merge stage. In the extraction stage, incoming files from a source system are extracted, where each incoming file has data records. Upon determining that the incoming files are of different data record types, the incoming files are split by record type. The files are also parsed. In a load stage, all files from a load ready directory are placed together in a single batch with a common RUNID for each data record type. In a production merge stage, all files made available from the load stage are processed. The processed files are loaded into a data warehouse. Each stage operates independently of any other stage. Each stage is also iterative and circular.
US09244985B1
Techniques include: receiving a search query; identifying content responsive to the search query; identifying one or more members of a social networking service that have an association with identified content; and outputting, to a computing device, data corresponding to the one or more members, where data corresponding to the one or more members is for generating display areas, and where the display areas are for obtaining information about corresponding members and for display along with search results.
US09244980B1
Data of a columnar database is organized into extents. Each extent occupies contiguous storage on the disk. An extent stores database blocks of a column of a database table. The database system adds new database blocks of a column to the extents assigned to that column. When a request for adding a block to a table is received, the extent for the table and column combination is obtained and the block added to the extent. Prefetching strategies are used to retrieve database blocks in advance of an actual request. The rate of prefetching is determined per column. The rate of prefetching is adjusted based on the number of faults encountered for the column. Database blocks no longer needed in memory are pushed out. When a scan process is reading blocks, as soon as the block has been processed it is scheduled to be pushed out.
US09244971B1
Techniques are described for retrieving data stored in datastores with different or heterogeneous data storage formats. A data report request is received, specifying data attributes, conditions, and ordering information for data to be retrieved from one or more datastores. The request may be in a syntax tree format that is abstracted away from any particular data storage technology or native query language, enabling data retrieval requests from users who lack a particular knowledge of query languages and the underlying storage format of the datastores. The request is analyzed, and a query plan is determined based on storage metadata indicating data attributes stored in various datastores, and based on data retrieval latency information for the datastores. Each query of the query plan is generated in a native query language supported by the targeted datastore. The query plan is executed to generate the requested data report.
US09244969B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for mounting virtual machine disks. In some embodiments, this includes accessing, by a client, a first repository of virtual machine disks, selecting a virtual machine disk from the first repository, using a file level referral to redirect the client to a second repository, receiving the selected virtual machine disk from the second repository.
US09244962B2
Storage management for database access, in which selected data blocks are associated with particular business operations, and in which those data blocks are disposed in response to an assessment of which of those business operations are more important, more urgent, or have a greater need to be reliable. This has the effect that overall transaction performance is improved without significantly increasing infrastructure cost. Noting the relative importance of those particular business transactions and the relative probability that those data blocks will be needed by those particular business transactions, and assuring that data blocks associated with relatively important business transactions are moved to relatively superior storage in advance of requests for access.
US09244954B2
In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for customizing standard formula fields, at least a portion of a formula is received for a standard database field of a standard database entity in a multi-tenant database and the standard database entity is used by a plurality of tenants, a date range is stored for maintaining at least the portion of the formula, information on one or more variables of the formula is received, a value is calculated for the standard database field with at least the portion of the formula and information on the one or more variables of the formula and one or more database entities depend on the value for the standard database field, and the value is stored for the standard database field.
US09244950B2
Generation of synthetic database data includes annotated query subplans for a multiple table query workload that includes a desired cardinality for nodes (v) in the subplans. The subplans may be merged and represented by a direct acyclic graph (DAG). The maximum entropy joint probability distribution for each attribute (x) for each node (v) is determined as: p ( x ) = exp ( ∑ v w v f v ( x ) Z ) for each node ν, where wv is a weight of node v, fv is a conjunct of predicates in a subplan rooted at node v, and Z is a normalization factor. This distribution is determined such that the desired cardinality, and selectivities for each node v determined from the desired cardinality, are satisfied. The data for a plurality of tables are generated by sampling the maximum entropy joint probability distribution for a domain of attributes (x) of a plurality of tables. Data may be efficiently generated for multiple table queries and for DAGs.
US09244947B2
The embodiments of the invention relate to method for image-based retrieval of an image or text, comprising capturing a digital image; matching the digital image against digitally-stored documents; and retrieving one or more of the digitally-stored documents that match the digital image. Other embodiments relate to a device for image-based retrieval and rendering, comprising an image capturing device for capturing digital image; a device for processing the digital image to match it against digitally-stored documents; a device for retrieving a digitally-stored document that matches the digital image; and a device for rendering the selected retrieved image.
US09244943B2
A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.
US09244940B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to allowing users to create their own image navigation experiences. As an example, a set of panoramic images may be identified using manual and/or automated methods. One or more suggested potential paths connecting ones of the panoramic images may be determined. This information may be displayed to a user with an interface that allows the user to create and change relationships between the panoramic images. For example, users may activate the suggested paths and create connections between the panoramic images of the set. Users may also draw their own connecting paths between panoramic images. The panoramic images and the connections between them may be used to provide a navigation experience.
US09244929B2
A method for indexing an electronic file is presented. In the method, a first value based upon a time value is generated. An index for the electronic file is generated, with the index including the first value and a second value. The electronic file is associated with the index. In another embodiment, an electronic system includes a memory configured to store an electronic file, and control logic located within an electronic device of the electronic system and coupled with the memory. The control logic is configured to generate a first value comprising a timestamp, and to produce an index associated with the electronic file, wherein the index comprises the first value and a second value.
US09244902B2
An apparatus and method providing a localization framework capable of localizing dynamic text is disclosed herein. The localization framework is configured to automatically identify and prioritize certain text contained within an application code base to be translated. Such text is pre-processed prior to translation to facilitate accurate and complete translation in a target language.
US09244889B2
Mechanisms are provided for generating a shape tag cloud display. A user input is received that specifies an arbitrarily hand-drawn shape tag. A set of shape tag equivalence classes is updated based on the received user input to assign the arbitrarily hand-drawn shape tag to a shape tag equivalence class having similar previously entered arbitrarily hand-drawn shape tags. Rankings of the shape tags relative to one another are generated. The shape tag cloud display is generated based on the rankings. A representation of each shape tag within the shape tag cloud display has display characteristics based on the rankings. The shape tag cloud display is then output.
US09244877B2
A SATA-compatible storage controller that can be configured to allow computers assigned to multiple different computer domains connected by at least one switch fabric to share resources of a common set of storage devices. The storage controller includes a plurality of virtual storage controllers, each providing an interface to a respective computer domain connected to the switch fabric, a virtualization mechanism configured to implement link layer virtualization for the common set of storage devices, and a split serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) protocol stack, the processing of which is partitioned between the respective virtual storage controllers and the virtualization mechanism.
US09244876B2
A control circuit (comprising, for example, a part of a charging hub for a portable electronic communications device) that is not configured to support USB On-The-Go-compatible Host Negotiation Protocol is operably coupled to a USB-ID connector and is configured to transmit an identifier via that USB-ID connector to prompt a USB device in function mode to serve as a USB host. A locally-available power supply can then serve to provide power to that USB device notwithstanding the latter's role as the host.
US09244851B2
A technique for cache coherency is provided. A cache controller selects a first set from multiple sets in a congruence class based on a cache miss for a first transaction, and places a lock on the entire congruence class in which the lock prevents other transactions from accessing the congruence class. The cache controller designates in a cache directory the first set with a marked bit indicating that the first transaction is working on the first set, and the marked bit for the first set prevents the other transactions from accessing the first set within the congruence class. The cache controller removes the lock on the congruence class based on the marked bit being designated for the first set, and resets the marked bit for the first set to an unmarked bit based on the first transaction completing work on the first set in the congruence class.
US09244846B2
A data processing system implements a weak consistency memory model for a distributed shared memory system. The data processing system concurrently executes, on a plurality of processor cores, one or more transactional memory instructions within a memory transaction and one or more non-transactional memory instructions. The one or more non-transactional memory instructions include a non-transactional store instruction. The data processing system commits the memory transaction to the distributed shared memory system only in response to enforcement of causality of the non-transactional store instruction with respect to the memory transaction.
US09244844B2
A technique for enabling hardware transactional memory (HTM) to work more efficiently with readers that can tolerate stale data. In an embodiment, a pre-transaction load request is received from one of the readers, the pre-transaction load request signifying that the reader can tolerate pre-transaction data. A determination is made whether the pre-transaction load request comprises data that has been designated for update by a concurrent HTM transaction. If so, a cache line containing the data is marked as pre-transaction data. The concurrent HTM transaction proceeds without aborting notwithstanding the pre-transaction load request.
US09244843B1
A network traffic management apparatus includes a first memory including a flow cache table including a plurality of entries. The network traffic management apparatus further includes configurable hardware logic coupled to the first memory and a processor, the configurable hardware logic including a valid split table including a plurality of entries, wherein each of the plurality of entries includes a validity bit. The configurable hardware logic is configured to implement periodically determining whether the validity bit of each of the valid split table entries is set. Additionally, the configurable hardware logic is further configured to implement retrieving one of the plurality of flow cache table entries corresponding to an index value associated with one of the valid split table entries, when it is determined that the validity bit of the one of the valid split table entries is set.
US09244838B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for grouping of database object access counts per processing module in a parallel processing system. Each processing module manages an intermediate cache allocated thereto that stores database object access counts local to the respective processing module. The processing modules are configured in a hierarchical configuration. The intermediate caches managed by the processing modules at the lowest level of the configuration are forwarded to a parent processing module and merged with the intermediate cache allocated to the parent processing module. A root processing module merges the intermediate caches received from one or more parent processing modules with the root processing module's intermediate cache to generate a final cache. An objects access count data structure is then generated by the root processing module.
US09244831B2
A system and method for tuning a solid state disk memory includes computing a metric representing a usage trend of a solid state disk memory. Whether one or more parameters need to be adjusted to provide a change in performance is determined. The parameter is adjusted in accordance with the metric to impact the performance of running workloads. These steps are repeated after an elapsed time interval.
US09244829B2
A method for deallocation of a memory region involving transmitting, by a host channel adapter (HCA), a first invalidation command for invalidating at least one key associated with the memory region, transmitting, by the HCA, a second invalidation command for invalidating a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) entry for the memory region, invalidate the at least one key associated with the memory region, determining whether all memory access requests to the memory region have been processed by the HCA, stalling processing of the second invalidation command when outstanding memory access requests to the memory region are present, and processing the outstanding memory access requests for the memory region by the HCA before executing the second invalidation command invalidating the TLB entry for the memory region.
US09244824B2
A memory sub-system includes a main memory, a storage device, a control unit, and a common interface unit. The control unit is configured to control the main memory and the storage device. The common interface unit is operatively coupled to the control unit, and is configured to access the main memory and the storage device through the control unit in response to a request received from a host.
US09244822B2
A target device, such as a storage controller, may host an interface that manages objects, such as storage objects (e.g., logical unit numbers (LUNs), volumes, etc.), maintained by the storage controller. Accordingly, an object on the storage controller may be modeled as an object model, such as an object oriented library, based upon modeling information mined from the storage controller. The object model may be automatically generated, such as by discovering the interface to the object using available information in a command line interface (CLI) and/or an XML file (e.g., an XML help file). In this way, the object model may use hosted/exported interfaces to manage the object.
US09244820B2
According to an aspect of the present principles, a method is provided for generating resource description framework benchmarks. The method includes deriving a resultant benchmark dataset with a user specified size and a user specified coherence from and with respect to an input dataset of a given size and a given coherence by determining which triples of subject-property-object to add to the input dataset or remove from the input dataset to derive the resultant benchmark dataset.
US09244819B2
A method for modeling a test space is provided. The method comprises defining a coverage model including one or more attributes, wherein respective values for the attributes are assigned, one or more definitions of value properties for said attributes with assigned values, and one or more requirements that limit combination of attribute values that are legal for the model, wherein at least one of said requirements is defined using at least one value property.
US09244818B1
This disclosure describes systems and associated processes that enable an application provider to tailor the testing of an application provided by a developer based on a developer trust level or confidence level. Based, at least in part, on the developer trust level, the application provider can automatically determine tests to run on the application. Advantageously, in certain embodiments, tailoring testing based at least in part on the developer trust level enables the application provider to reduce the amount of resources expended on testing while maintaining customer confidence and satisfaction.
US09244811B1
A system for network software debugging comprises a processor, an input interface, and an output interface. The processor is configured to determine a set of available components of a selected component type, and determine a set of backup processes running on the component. The input interface is configured to receive a selection of a backup process of the set of backup processes. The output interface is configured to provide an indication of a change of verbosity level.
US09244809B1
An approach for validating code for an extract, transform and load (ETL) tool is provided. Naming, coding, and performance standards for the code is received. The code is exported to a job definition file and parsed. Violations of the standards are determined by determining the parsed code does not match the standards. A report identifying the violations is generated. Based on a review of the report and a rework of the code to comply with the standards, the reworked code is exported to another job definition file and parsed, the parsed reworked code is determined to not include the violations of the standards, and a second report is generated that indicates that the reworked code does not include the violations. An approval of the reworked code is received based on the second report.
US09244803B2
Provided is a failure predictive system, including a collection unit that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a job to be implemented, a calculating unit that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on information with respect to the implemented job and information with respect to the job to be implemented which are collected by the collection unit, and an output unit that outputs information based on the probability when the probability calculated by the calculating unit is over a threshold value.
US09244795B2
A hardware verification system includes, in part, a multitude of programmable devices and a system clock. The hardware verification system receives a circuit design and generates a variable period clock from the system clock by analyzing propagation delays in different signal paths of the circuit design. The variable period clock has a first period that occurs in each N cycles of the system clock and a second period that occurs in each M cycles of the system clock, in which M>N. The variable period clock is applied to at least one of the programmable devices to verify the circuit design.
US09244791B2
An example of the invention includes a process and apparatus combining test modalities that collates data, processes it into a standard format, evaluates trends and interrogates via an expert system can increase efficiency and yield greater confidence in testing of parts in a variety of supply chain segments. An exemplary process and test system can collect a variety of test data as pre-processed raw data from a plurality of modalities as an evaluation database. The evaluation database post-processes said raw data via data analysis output to an expert system and decision engine as exemplary rule sets. The decision engine generating a probability that a microelectronic device is unauthorized, does not meet specification(s), is defective or counterfeit.
US09244783B2
In one general aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The process can include defining a plurality of subsets from a representation of a circuit, and rank-ordering each subset from the plurality of subsets. The process can also include selecting at least one of the subsets for triplication based on the rank-ordering and a triplication condition.
US09244777B2
A method for scheduling a backup of digital data includes determining whether a backup has previously been performed within a predetermined period. It is then determined whether a connection to a backup server is available. It is then decided whether to initiate a backup of digital data within a present time slot based at least in part on a randomly generated value when it is determined that a backup has not previously been performed within the predetermined period and it is determined that a connection to the backup server is available. The digital data is backed up to the backup server when it is decided that the data backup is to be initiated.
US09244774B2
A storage device failure recovery system includes a storage IHS and a user IHS coupled together over a network. The user IHS includes a storage system having a storage device, and a storage repair function that periodically provides a storage device image over the network to the storage IHS using data from the storage device. The storage repair function detects a failure of the storage device and streams an operating system on the user IHS using the storage device image stored on the storage IHS. While streaming the operating system on the user IHS using the storage device image stored on the storage IHS, the storage repair function analyzes the failure of the storage device, determines a storage system failure recovery procedure, and performs the storage system failure recovery procedure to restore the storage system while a user remains productive on the user IHS via the streamed operating system.
US09244764B2
A data storage device includes a memory having a three-dimensional (3D) memory configuration. A method includes encoding first data to be stored at a first physical page. The first physical page is disposed within the memory at a first distance from a substrate of the memory, and the first data is encoded using a first encoding technique. The method further includes encoding second data to be stored at a second physical page. The second physical page is disposed within the memory at a second distance from the substrate that is greater than the first distance. The second data is encoded using a second encoding technique that is different than the first encoding technique.
US09244760B2
A control device inputs reliability information on the same data block a plurality of times into a reliability storage memory. A reliability generating device generates a reliability information by performing computation processing based on a stochastic computation by using reliability information generated in the previous cycle that has been saved in the reliability storage memory and reliability information generated in the present cycle, and saves the reliability information generated in the reliability storage memory when the decoding is performed by using reliability information on the data block the same as that in the previous cycle. A column processing computation device computes a column processing output value by using the reliability information generated and saved in the reliability storage memory and a row processing output value.
US09244758B2
Systems and methods are provided for repairing system files. For example, a list of system files including file information of one or more first repairable system files are updated in real time; file information of a target file sent from a terminal is received; whether the target file is in need of repair is detected based on at least information associated with the list of system files; in response to the target file being in need of repair, a first repair strategy for the target file is determined based on at least information associated with a predetermined database of repair strategies and a file type of the target file; and the target file is repaired based on at least information associated with the first repair strategy.
US09244753B2
A system and method for an approach of detecting faults in a redundant bus system based upon four timers.
US09244748B2
A user profile and one or more activity profiles selectively operable when the user profile is active are stored in one or more data structures accessible by an operating system of a data processing system. The one or more activity profiles each specify an application set for a respective user activity supported by the data processing system. In response to receiving a user input selecting an activity profile among the one or more activity profiles while the data processing system is executing under the user profile, the operating system automatically starts each application in the application set specified by the activity profile and customizes a user experience by applying, to one or more applications in the application set, context information recorded during previous execution under the activity profile. During execution under the activity profile, context information for the activity profile in the one or more data structures is recorded.
US09244745B2
A plurality of server computers connected to computer network processes tasks that are unequally distributed among the server computers. A server sends a task-available message over the computer network to the remaining server computers to request assistance. The received task-available message is processed by some of the servers while others of the servers do not process the message because they are too busy. The servers that process the message respond by requesting a task from the message sending server.
US09244742B2
A system and method for providing quality of service (QoS) for clients running on host computers to access a common resource uses a resource pool module and a local scheduler in at least one of the host computers. The resource pool module operates to compute an entitlement of each client for the common resource based on a current capacity for the common resource and demands of the clients for the common resource. In addition, the resource pool module operates to assign a portion of the computed current capacity for the common resource to a particular host computer using the computed entitlement of each client running on the particular host computer. The local scheduler operates to allocate the portion of the computed current capacity among the clients running on the particular host computer.
US09244738B2
In some embodiments of this disclosure, a computer-implemented method includes requesting, by a first thread on a computer system, conditional exclusive access to a first resource for updating the first resource to perform a first task. An indication is received that the requested exclusive access to the first resource is currently unavailable. Unconditional shared access to the first resource is requested after receiving the indication that the requested exclusive access is unavailable. The shared access to the first resource is received. The first resource is used, by a computer processor, through the shared access to perform the first task in lieu of the requested exclusive access.
US09244728B2
Terminals and switching methods are provided. The terminal includes: a first component (11) connected to a second component (13) via a connection unit (12), the second component (13) being connected to the connection unit (12), and the first (11) and second (13) components being in a first relative position relationship when the connection unit (12) is in the first connection state, or in a second relative position relationship when the connection unit (12) is in the second connection state; a detection unit (14) configured to detect a relative position relationship between the first (11) and second (13) components, and generate a first detection result upon detection of the first relative position relationship, or a second detection result upon detection of the second relative position relationship; and a switching unit (15) connected to the detection unit (14) and configured to switch the terminal to a first operation state based on the first detection result, or to a second operation state based on the second detection result. The terminal includes a first operating system and a second operating system. The first operation state is an operation state in which the first operating system is primarily used, and the second operation state is an operation state in which the second operating system is primarily used.
US09244716B2
Methods, devices, and systems for creating a virtual machine are provided. In particular, a mechanism is provided which allows the automated creation of a virtual machine based on attributes of an existing physical machine. This allows for an efficient and user-friendly way of transitioning a physical machine or set of machines to a virtual machine architecture.
US09244714B2
A computer system includes servers having virtual machines arranged therein; a noise source in each among the servers, the noise source emitting sound when the server is operated; and a controller that controls arrangement of the virtual machines in the servers. The controller solves an integer programming problem having an objective function representing a noise contribution described as any one among a function of virtual machine arrangement and a function of a job assignment count and indicating an extent of contribution of the sound emitted from the noise source to a noise volume at an evaluation point, by executing software for solving the integer programming problem on a processor, and based on a solution to the integer programming problem, causes the processor to arrange the virtual machines in the servers via an interface for the servers.
US09244710B2
Replacing a source hypervisor by a target hypervisor in a system having a first level hypervisor managing multiple logical partitions to share a set of resources of a server. The source hypervisor enabling at least one source virtual machine to share resources that are assigned to a source logical partition of the multiple logical partitions where the source hypervisor runs, the target hypervisor enabling at least one target virtual machine to share resources that are assigned to a target logical partition of the multiple logical partitions where the target hypervisor runs, wherein memory segments of a physical memory of the server are assigned to the at least one source virtual machine.
US09244697B2
According to some embodiments, a business service provider may define a stable user interface anchor entity associated with a business object data structure. A reference field may be associated with the stable user interface anchor, the reference field representing a path to a persistent node of the business object data structure. An end user adaptation to a user interface may then be applied in connection with the business object data structure, the adaptation referencing the stable user interface anchor entity.
US09244696B2
An in-car information system includes a portable information terminal and an in-car device. The information terminal includes a storage unit in which applications are stored and a control unit that executes an application manager. The application manager has a launch function that enables execution of the application stored in the storage unit in the foreground and a communication function that enables execution of communication processing in the background to allow the information terminal and the in-car device to exchange information.
US09244694B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for executing a command within a transport mechanism based on a get and set architecture. An attribute identification of the command is extracted and a get protocol data unit (PDU) is sent from a host device to a imaging device based on the attribute identification in order to obtain attribute values from an image source within the imaging device. Additionally, a response PDU is sent from the imaging device to the host device to complete the execution of the command.
US09244690B2
A system and method are presented by which data on a graphics processing unit (GPU) can be output to one or more buffers with independent output frequencies. In one embodiment, a GPU includes a shader processor configured to respectively emit a plurality of data sets into a plurality of streams in parallel. Each data is emitted into at least a portion of its respective stream. Also included is a first number of counters configured to respectively track the emitted data sets.
US09244688B2
Embodiments relate to using a branch target buffer preload table. An aspect includes receiving a search request to locate branch prediction information associated with a branch instruction. Searching is performed for an entry corresponding to the search request in a branch target buffer and a branch target buffer preload table in parallel. Based on locating a matching entry in the branch target buffer preload table corresponding to the search request and failing to locate the matching entry in the branch target buffer, a victim entry is selected to overwrite in the branch target buffer. Branch prediction information of the matching entry is received from the branch target buffer preload table at the branch target buffer. The victim entry in the branch target buffer is overwritten with the branch prediction information of the matching entry.
US09244682B2
Idle detection techniques are disclosed. A set of idle conditions that includes one or more conditions not comprising or triggered by an absence of user input is monitored. The device is determined to be idle based at least in part on results of the monitoring. The device may be determined not to be idle even in the absence of recent user input.
US09244681B2
Various aspects of the present invention relate to automated shutdown of a tiered system. In one embodiment, at a host, an instruction is received to execute a command that instructs at least one system at a site and in communication with the host via one or more fiber channels to each execute a script, the script being for automatically shutting down components of the at least one system in an order defined by the script. The command is issued to the at least one system at the site via the one or more fiber channels.
US09244679B1
A computer-implemented method for automatically identifying changes in deliverable files may include (1) identifying, within first and second versions of a program file, at least one post-file-header section that is located after a file header of the program file, (2) locating, within the post-file-header section of the first version of the program file, a first set of characters that correspond to at least one data field that is known to potentially change between builds of the program file even when source code of the program file has not changed, (3) locating, within the post-file-header section of the second version of the program file, a second set of characters that correspond to the data field, and (4) masking both the first and second sets of characters from a comparison between the first and second versions of the file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09244668B1
A computer-implemented method for synchronizing mobile computing platforms may include (1) identifying a set of applications installed on a mobile computing platform, (2) detecting a request from an additional mobile computing platform to synchronize the additional mobile computing platform and the mobile computing platform with respect to the set of applications, and then (3) synchronizing the additional mobile computing platform and the mobile computing platform with respect to the set of applications by (a) querying an application-matching engine to determine an equivalent set of applications that corresponds to the set of applications on the additional mobile computing platform and then (b) directing the additional mobile computing platform to download the equivalent set of applications. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09244667B2
A system obtains first code that includes one or more lines of code, the lines of code including first information associated with one or more data types or one or more routine types. The system removes the first information from the lines of code; and generates one or more instructions that, when executed, enable the system to obtain the first information or second information. The second information is associated with at least one data type that is different than the one or more data types or at least one routine type that is different than the one or more routine types. The system modifies the lines of code based on the one or more instructions; generates second code based on the first code and the modified lines of code; and outputs the second code.
US09244666B2
A mechanism is provided to globally inline a callee with high cost-effectiveness on the basis only of profile information in a call graph, without looking through all call-graph edges. The mechanism provides a technique for inlining. An inline cost-effectiveness ratio for the callee reachable from a caller to be compiled is calculated. Calculating the inline cost-effectiveness ration includes using a ratio of a frequency of calls to the callee to a total of call frequencies as effectiveness and using a ratio of a code size of the callee to a total size of inlinable code as cost. A determination is made as to whether to inline the callee by comparing the inline cost-effectiveness ratio with a predetermined threshold. The callee is inlined into a source code in response to determining that the callee method is to be inlined.
US09244656B2
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products providing an integrated development environment for client/server environments. One computer-implemented method includes reading a derived business application data model (BADM) associated with a business application into an integrated development environment (IDE), defining a client application data model (CADM) for a client application, defining at least one data mapping rule (DMR) to map at least data translations between the BADM and the CADM, developing the client application based upon at least the CADM, developing at least one web service based upon the BADM, CADM, and the at least one DMR, generating the client application and the at least one web service, and deploying the client application, the at least one web service, and the at least one DMR.
US09244653B2
A floating point value can represent a number or something that is not a number (NaN). A floating point value that is a NaN having data field that stores information, such as a propagation count that indicates the number of times a NaN value has been propagated through instructions. A NaN evaluation instruction can determine whether one or more operands is a NaN operand of a particular type, and if so can generate a result that is a NaN of a different type. An exception can be generated based upon the NaN of the different type being provided as a resultant.
US09244647B2
A display apparatus includes: an interface unit which connects a device; a device control unit which, when a communication device is connected to the interface unit, executes communication via the communication device; and a display unit which displays an image based on image data received via the communication device; wherein the device control unit acquires communication information about the communication using the communication device when detachment of the communication device from the interface unit is detected, and detects that a storage device capable of storing data is connected to the interface unit, and stores the communication information into the storage device.
US09244645B2
This printer is a printer having a wireless communication function, and includes an antenna (321f) in a front surface (110f) of a casing (110), which is a surface having a space requiring portion where space is required in a vicinity of the casing (110). The space requiring portion is a sheet delivery slot (120f) and a sheet receiving portion cover (130f) for replacing sheets.
US09244640B2
This image processing apparatus displays a web page received from a web server, and when a setting related to scan processing is performed via the displayed web page, causes a transition to a state in which execution of scan processing can be instructed using a predetermined hardware key, and when an execution of scan processing being instructed using the predetermined hardware key, executes scan processing based on the setting performed via the web page.
US09244634B2
A print settings screen for instructing creation of form data is displayed as a screen provided by a printer driver. Further, when a form data creation instruction has been received, a screen showing a message indicating that an instruction to complete an operation is required on a print screen provided by an application is displayed in order to execute the instructed creation of form data. Stored, as a form file, is form data created by a creation instruction given on the print settings screen, after the instruction to complete the operation was given on the print screen provided by the application.
US09244632B1
Described are techniques for booting a data storage system. A first set of configuration and state information is read from first storage devices of a first RAID group using special processing code and a RAID library. A first set of system objects (of a system object topology) are instantiated using the first set of information. The first set of system objects represent storage entities containing a second set of configuration and state information. Using an I/O runtime stack based on the system object topology, the second set of information is read from second storage devices of a second RAID group using the same RAID library having calls made from method(s) of a RAID group object representing the second RAID group. A second set of client objects, instantiated using the second set of information, represent storage entities including client data stored on third storage devices of a third RAID group.
US09244629B2
Methods, systems and computer readable storage mediums for more efficient and flexible scheduling of tasks on an asymmetric processing system having at least one host processor and one or more slave processors, are disclosed. An example embodiment includes, determining a data access requirement of a task, comparing the data access requirement to respective local memories of the one or more slave processors selecting a slave processor from the one or more slave processors based upon the comparing, and running the task on the selected slave processor.
US09244618B1
Described are techniques for storing data on disk drives. Each disk drive platter of each of the disk drives is partitioned into two separate regions whereby a pivot point denoting a radial distance from the center of each disk drive platter is a boundary partitioning each disk drive platter into the two separate regions. A data portion is classified in accordance with an expected activity level of the data portion. Storage is allocated for the data portion in one of the two separate regions of one of the disk drive platters of one of the disk drives in accordance with the expected activity level of the data portion and a defined allocation flow.
US09244617B2
An apparatus and method for a memory controller for managing scheduling requests in a solid state memory device. The memory includes a set of units wherein a unit within the set of units is erasable as a whole by a unit reclaiming process resulting in a free unit available for writing data to. The memory controller further includes a first queue for queuing user requests for reading and/or writing data from/to the memory, and a second queue for queuing unit reclaiming requests for executing the unit reclaiming process. A scheduler is provided for selecting user requests from the first queue and unit reclaiming requests from the second queue for execution according to a defined ratio. The defined ratio is a variable ratio, is dependent on the current number of free units, and permits the memory controller to select requests from both the first queue and the second queue.
US09244615B2
Controlling data storage input/output requests is described, for example, to apply a policy to an end-to-end flow of data input/output requests between at least one computing entity and at least one store. In various examples a plurality of queues are configured at one or more stages of the end-to-end flow and controlled to adhere to a policy. In examples, each stage has a control interface enabling it to receive and execute control instructions from a controller which may be centralized or distributed. For example, the control instructions comprise queuing rules and/or queue configurations. In various examples queues and queuing rules are dynamically created and revised according to feedback about any of: flow behavior, changes in policy, changes in infrastructure or other factors. In examples, high level identifiers of the flow endpoints are resolved, on a per stage basis, to low level identifiers suitable for use by the stage.
US09244608B2
A method for gesture identification includes determining a first gesture is performed on a surface sensing region. The first gesture includes at least one input object. The method further includes determining a first action corresponding to the first gesture, and issuing, based on performing the first gesture, a first report reporting the first gesture and the first action. The method further includes determining, within a first predefined length of time subsequent to performing the first gesture, a presence of the at least one input object in an above surface sensing region, determining a second action corresponding to the first gesture and the at least one input object being in the above surface sensing region within the predefined length of time, and issuing a second report reporting the second action.
US09244603B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing a drag and drop discovery mode in electronic touch sensitive devices. In response to a user dragging and dropping a content icon into a search box, the content discovery mode may perform a search for content similar to that deposited into the search box. The search box may increase in size or change appearance while receiving the content icon. The results of such a search may be displayed to the user with a content discovery animation that shows similar content icons emerging from the search box and populating the device screen. The animation may be accompanied by sound effects. The newly discovered content may be randomly scattered over a portion of the screen, or they may be bundled into groups based on similar characteristics, and each group may be accompanied by a header notifying the user of the characteristics of the group.
US09244584B2
A portable electronic device displays concurrently a first predefined scrollable area and a second predefined scrollable area distinct from the first predefined scrollable area. The first predefined scrollable area includes a plurality of graphical objects and is configured to scroll in a first direction. Each of the plurality of graphical objects represents a respective set of content items. The second predefined scrollable area includes a list of content items and is configured to scroll in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction. The device detects a gesture that corresponds to selection of a first graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects in the first predefined scrollable area; and, in response to detecting the gesture, plays respective portions of one or more content items in the set of content items that correspond to the selected first graphical object.
US09244576B1
Apparatuses and methods of touch discrimination are described. One method receives data from an occupant classification system and sets a touch detection threshold of a touch-sensing device based on the received data. The method may be used to discriminate between an adult touch and a child touch and to selectively allow access to control functionality to adults and not to children.
US09244569B2
A capacitive sensing analog front end for a touchscreen system having an improved signal-to-noise ratio includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter having an input for coupling to an external sampling capacitor, a summer having a first input coupled to an output of the capacitance-to-voltage converter, a low pass filter having an input coupled to an output of the summer and an output for providing an output signal; and a sample-and-hold circuit having an input coupled to the output of the low pass filter and an output coupled to a second input of the summer. The signal-to-noise ratio of the touchscreen system is improved by extracting the DC shift of a touch signal during a monitoring period and then subtracting the DC shift before integrating the touch signal.
US09244564B2
The present invention provides a technique for making it easy to operate an operator interface displayed on a touch panel display. A tilt detector detects the position of the apparatus. The touch panel display displays an image of the operator interface and senses touch by a touching object, where a predetermined process is performed in response to a touch action on the operator interface. A controller moves a display position of the image of the operator interface on the touch panel display in a direction in which an information processing apparatus tilts, according to changes in the apparatus posture detected by the tilt detector.
US09244562B1
A force-sensitive touch sensor detects location and force of touches applied to the sensor. Movement of an object touching the force-sensitive touch sensor correlates to movement of a pointer on a display device. Varying levels of force applied to the force-sensitive touch sensor are interpreted as different commands. Objects displayed on the display device can be manipulated by a combination of gestures across a surface of the force-sensitive touch sensor and changes in force applied to the force-sensitive touch sensor.
US09244553B2
A disclosed digital display is mounted within a vehicle steering wheel and displays a selectively touch actuateable tell tales. The digital display is actuateable responsive to touching a specific designated location on the display corresponding to an actuated telltale. A controller is operable for actuating the digital display to change the display to communicate information relating to the actuated telltale.
US09244551B2
An apparatus, touch controller, and system for adaptive touch scanning is described herein. The apparatus includes logic to calculate a distance traveled between two consecutive touch samples, and logic to compare the distance traveled with a target distance to find an actual error. The apparatus also includes logic to update the scan rate based on the actual error.
US09244544B2
A process is disclosed for displaying an image on a display screen and recognizing a user's input by the user's finger touch on a touch screen, the process including: a first step of displaying an original image; a second step of forming a screen pad, such that a reference image, which is a reduced duplicate of the original image, is displayed on the screen pad within the display screen, such that the reference image is overlaid with the original image, in a translucent mode that renders the original image visible through the reference image, or an opaque mode where the original image is not visible. The reference image is obtained by reducing the original image with or without image simplification. A third step, in response to the user touching the screen pad, detects finger position on the screen pad, and recognizes the user's input based on the detected finger position.
US09244537B2
A remote control system and method is provided for remote-controlling a target apparatus using a mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal senses a movement of the mobile communication terminal to measure current position information, acceleration information and angular velocity information of the mobile communication terminal according to the movement, and generates pointer motion information for a pointer of the target apparatus using a distance from the target apparatus and the measured information. The target apparatus receives the generated pointer motion information from the mobile communication terminal, and shifts the pointer being three-dimensionally displayed, according to the received pointer motion information.
US09244536B2
One aspect of the invention involves a method that includes: in a first area of the touch screen, displaying a current character string being input by a user with the keyboard; in a second area of the touch screen, displaying the current character string or a portion thereof and a suggested replacement for the current character string; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user activates a delimiter key on the keyboard; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user performs a first gesture on the suggested replacement displayed in the second area; and keeping the current character string in the first area if the user performs a second gesture on the current character string or the portion thereof displayed in the second area.
US09244520B2
Examples are disclosed for managing power and performance of multi-socket processors. In some examples, a utilization rate of a first processor circuitry in a first processor socket may be determined. An active memory ratio of a cache for the first processor circuitry may be compared to a threshold ratio or a data traffic rate between the first processor circuitry and a second processor circuitry in a second processor socket may be compared to a threshold rate. According to some examples, a first power state of the first processor circuitry may be changed based on the determined utilization rate. The first power state may also be changed based on the comparison of the active memory ratio to the threshold ratio or the comparison of the data traffic rate to the threshold rate.
US09244516B2
Embodiments described herein involve mechanisms to wake-up a media playback device that is interconnected with other media playback devices to form a networked media system from a standby mode using a network message. In one embodiment, a media playback device receives a first wake-up packet associated with a MAC address; and in response, exits a standby mode and enters an active mode, and broadcasts a second wake-up packet associated with the MAC address. In another embodiment, a media playback device receives a first wake-up packet associated with a MAC address; and in response, determines whether the first MAC address is included in a list of MAC addresses maintained by the first media playback device; and when the first MAC address is included in the list of MAC addresses, exits a standby mode and enters an active mode, and broadcasts a second wake-up packet associated with the MAC address.
US09244513B2
The invention provides a method, system, and program product for reducing use of one or more computer resources. In one embodiment, the invention includes monitoring a user's interaction with a virtual universe, determining whether the user's interaction with the virtual universe is consistent with the user's attention being diverted from the virtual universe, determining whether a computer resource allocated to the user should be reduced, and in the case that the computer resource should be reduced, reducing the computer resource.
US09244506B2
A method of controlling a power plant connected at a point of connection to an electricity grid is provided. The power plant includes a power production facility connected to a power storage facility. The method includes determining a reactive power grid demand and/or voltage grid demand of the electricity grid, obtaining operating data for the power plant facilities, computing reactive power and/or voltage references for the power plant facilities on the basis of the grid demands and the operating data, and operating the power plant facilities on the basis of the references such that a net reactive power and/or a net voltage at the point of connection fulfills a grid demand. A plant controller for controlling a power plant is also provided. A power plant including power production facilities connected to power storage facilities, and the plant controller using the method is also provided.
US09244499B2
In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving data from one or more motion sensors of a mobile device and calculating, after the period of time, a statistical measurement of the motion sensor data. The method also includes comparing the calculated statistical measurement to one or more threshold values, and, based on the comparing, determining a dynamic state of the mobile device. The method also includes, based on the determined dynamic state, determining an orientation of the mobile device.
US09244492B2
Docking stations that may interface with various types of accessories. One example may physically and electrically support a connection to a portable computing device in either one or two orientations. One or more receptacles or dedicated or tethered cables may provide connections to one or more accessories. Examples may be able to authenticate and identify themselves to portable computing devices such that the devices know how to configure data outputs provided to the docking stations. An audio channel that converts digital audio signals and provides an analog audio signal at an audio jack may be included. Multiplexing circuitry that allows reversible connectors to be used may also be included.
US09244490B2
A mobile terminal including a case; a touch key mounted in a predetermined portion of the case and configured to generate touch type input data; a light source arranged on a back side of the touch key and configured to emit light; and a light diffusion unit configured to diffuse the light emitted from the light source and provide a backlight to the touch key. Further, the light diffusion unit includes a light guide part configured to guide the light emitted by the light source; an air gap arranged on the light guide part and configured to diffuse the light provided from the light guide part; and a diffuser arranged on the air gap and configured to diffuse the light provided from the air gap towards the touch key.
US09244488B2
Display device includes: a first terminal part configured by arranging a plurality of connectors on a substrate; and a second terminal part configured by arranging a plurality of connectors on the substrate. The first terminal part includes a first support tool. The first support tool is provided with openings through which connection cables can be attached respectively to the connectors, and also provided with a first and a second mounting piece to be mounted on a mounting part. The second terminal part includes a second support tool. The second support tool is provided with openings through which connection cables can be attached respectively to the connectors, and also provided with a first mounting piece to be mounted on the mounting part on which the first mounting piece of the first support tool is mounted, and with a second mounting piece to be mounted on another mounting part.
US09244483B1
Systems and methods for a split phase accumulator having a plurality of sub phase accumulators are provided, Each sub phase accumulator receives a portion of a frequency control word. The first sub phase accumulator includes a first register and the remaining sub phase accumulators include a register and an overflow register. At each discrete point in time, the first sub phase accumulator is configured to be responsive to the first portion of the frequency control word at that discrete point in time and to the first sub phase accumulator value at the immediately previous discrete point in time, and each of the remaining sub phase accumulators is configured to be responsive to a value of its corresponding portion of the frequency control word at that discrete point in time and to the same second sub phase accumulator value at the immediately previous discrete point in time.
US09244473B2
Voltage regulators in a current share arrangement may provide a total current to a common load, and may be simultaneously turned on to ramp up member currents. Each voltage regulator may provide a respective member current in the current share configuration. A target current value may be determined from a cycle-averaged current value of the member currents and a voltage error value of the voltage regulator, and each member current may be ramped to the target current value instead of the cycle-averaged current value when the voltage regulators are turned on, resulting in more stable and balanced current ramping. A predictive multi-phase digital controller may therefore operate according to a target current determined based on a measured or inferred inductor current and an error voltage. Pulse-width, pulse position and pulse frequency (adding or skipping pulses) may be calculated according to the operation of the predictive multi-phase digital controller.
US09244461B2
An electronic controller defining an autonomous mobile device includes a self-location estimation unit to estimate a self-location based on a local map that is created according to distance/angle information relative to an object in the vicinity and the travel distance of an omni wheel, an environmental map creation unit to create an environmental map of a mobile area based on the self-location and the local map during the guided travel with using a joystick, a registration switch to register the self-location of the autonomous mobile device as the position coordinate of the setting point when the autonomous mobile device reaches a predetermined setting point during the guided travel, a storage unit to store the environmental map and the setting point, a route planning unit to plan the travel route by using the setting point on the environmental map stored in the storage unit, and a travel control unit to control the autonomous mobile device to autonomously travel along the travel route.
US09244459B2
Methods and apparatus for assessing threats to a vehicle to facilitate a reflexive response. Threat timeline parameters for a detected threat to the vehicle including a threat mode and a time progression of the threat in the threat mode is determined based, at least in part, on a plurality of information sources. One or more candidate solutions for facilitating the reflexive response to the threat are determined based, at least in part, on the threat mode and the time progression and one or more of the candidate solutions are presented to an operator of the vehicle to enable the operator to mediate the threat.
US09244455B2
A method of accessing an element in a process control environment using a portable communicator includes defining a plurality of control areas within the process control environment, determining a position of a user operating a portable communicator with respect to one or more of the control areas, establishing an identity of the user, and selectively allowing the user to access an element within the process control environment via the portable communicator depending on the determined position of the user with respect to the one or more control areas and on the identity of the user.
US09244451B2
A common process control graphical user interface plant operators, plant maintenance personnel, and management is disclosed which provides a real-time interface to both the process and the plant. The common interface is modular in design and is capable of supporting various specializations for each user type. Operator consoles are dedicated to each section of the plant and include additional functions such as maintenance, configuration, simulation and supervisory information. The unified for common graphical interface replaces control room displays filled with single case analog controllers, meters, and digital indicators. The common interface addresses the functions that previously were provided by the panel motor start/stop buttons and status indications, chart recorders, annunciator panels and subsystem interfaces. From a console, operators manage alarms, adjust the process by entering new setpoints or other parameters, “zoom in” on particular portions of the process for details, and utilize other specialized applications to work with their batch, advanced control, or business applications. The interface will run in both dedicated and non-dedicated modes, will run as a rich client or as part of a browser style interface utilizing web services and will run on workstations, laptops, tablet PC's, handhelds, and smart phones.
US09244439B1
A wrist watch having an area of user selectable color preferably includes a watch body, watch face, heated surface, power source, and control. The watch body may be circular, square or rectangular in shape. The watch face is preferably covered by a watch crystal and the face color may be changed via thermochromatics or a color plate. A heated surface activates a color change in the thermochromatic watch face and a power source supplies a voltage to power the heating surface. A control allows manual control of the color change and may be located anywhere on the watch body.
US09244428B2
A photosensitive cartridge detachably attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an attachment region provided to detachably attach a developing cartridge having a developing member for developing a latent image formed on the photosensitive member, and a grip member configured to be gripped at a time when the photosensitive cartridge is attached to and detached from the main body of the image forming apparatus, the grip member being movable between a first position at which the grip member enters the attachment region in a case where the developing cartridge is not attached to the photosensitive cartridge, and a second position at which the grip member retracts from the attachment region in a case where the developing cartridge is attached to the photosensitive cartridge.
US09244426B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member forming a toner image, a belt member transferring the toner image, a cam transiting the belt member and the image bearing member between a contact state and a spaced state, and an operating lever for moving the belt member and the image bearing member between the contact state and the spaced state. In addition, a first member has a first engaging portion that moves in interrelation with movement of the cam and transmits a driving force of moving the operating lever to the cam, and a second member has a second engaging portion which engages with the first engaging portion and slidably movable to the first engaging portion. A third member regulates movement of the cam by abutting the second member when the operating lever is moved.
US09244417B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, an image forming unit, an intermediate transfer member, a secondary transfer member, an image detector, a computing device, and a conveyor device. The computing device calculates a traveling speed of the intermediate transfer member based on detection information provided by the image detector. The conveyor device continuously transports to a secondary transfer portion a plurality of recording media one by one at a predetermined interval between successive recording media. The image forming unit forms a test image at a space between successive recording-medium contact regions of the intermediate transfer member at which the recording medium contacts the intermediate transfer member. A travel distance of the intermediate transfer member from the detection position on the intermediate transfer member to the secondary transfer portion in a traveling direction thereof is shorter than the space between the successive recording-medium contact regions.
US09244415B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an image forming unit for forming a patch image on the image carrier, a light emitting unit, a plurality of light receiving units adjacently arranged so as to receive light reflected from the patch image when light is irradiated by the light emitting unit onto the patch image which moves with movement of the image carrier and each including one or more light receiving elements, and an output unit for outputting an output signal that depends on a difference between a received light quantity of a first light receiving unit and a received light quantity of a second light receiving unit that are respectively odd-numbered and even-numbered in the arrangement order of the light receiving units.
US09244414B2
Provided is an information processing device, including an opening and closing detection unit that detects opening and closing of an opening and closing door which exposes a paper transporting passage for transporting paper, a paper jam detection unit that detects a paper jam in the paper transporting passage, a time measurement unit that measures a time when the paper jam is detected and opening of the opening and closing door is detected, and a control unit that controls the paper jam to be continued when a time measured by the time measurement unit is shorter than a predetermined time in case of detecting closing of the opening and closing door.
US09244411B2
A fixing device includes a rotatable, endless belt, a stationary heater, a stationary pad, a rotatable pressure member, and a heat conductive member. The rotatable, endless belt is looped into a generally cylindrical configuration. The stationary heater is disposed inside the loop of the belt to radiate heat to the belt. The stationary pad is disposed inside the loop of the belt. The rotatable pressure member is disposed parallel to the stationary pad with the belt interposed between the pressure member and the stationary pad. The pressure member presses against the stationary pad via the belt to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium passes. The heat conductive member is interposed between the belt and the heater to transfer heat radiated from the heater by conduction therethrough to the belt.
US09244402B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a recording material accommodating portion configured to accommodate a recording material; an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on the recording material fed from the recording material accommodating portion; a fixing portion configured to heat-fix the toner image formed on the recording material by the image forming portion; a storing portion configured to store information corresponding to the type of the recording material accommodated in the recording material accommodating portion; a detecting portion configured to detect that a predetermined operation is performed by an operator before the image forming apparatus receives an image formation instruction; and an executing portion configured to execute a start-up process, when the detecting portion detects the predetermined operation performed by the operator, over a time depending on the information stored in the storing portion.
US09244399B2
An image-forming apparatus is provided which enables more productive image formation. When an option unit implements a change from a second operation mode that exhibits high power consumption to a first operation mode that exhibits low power consumption while images are being consecutively formed on a plurality of recording materials, an upper limit on power that can be supplied to a fixing section is set higher than that in the second operation mode, and intervals, at which recording materials are consecutively fed, are set narrower than those in the second operation mode.
US09244396B1
In accordance with one embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a transfer device configured to transfer an image onto a conveyed recording medium (sheet); a fixer configured to heat, press and convey the sheet to fix the transferred image on the sheet; a sensor configured to detect the bending amount of the sheet between the transfer device and the fixer; and a control section configured to control at least one of the transfer device and the fixer so that the recording medium between the transfer device and the fixer is conveyed in a bent state and the bending amount of the sheet is reduced if the bending amount of the sheet exceeds a preset one according to the detection result of the sensor.
US09244385B2
Image forming apparatus that switches positions of developing rollers in a predetermined fixed order
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive drums and a plurality of developing rollers for developing latent images formed on the photosensitive drums, respectively. A switching unit switches positions of the plurality of developing rollers relative to the photosensitive drums, respectively, between developing positions for developing the latent images and spaced positions retracted from the developing positions. The developing rollers are capable of taking (i) a full spaced state in which all of the developing rollers are in the spaced positions, (ii) a partly developing state in which a portion of the developing rollers are in the developing positions, while the other is in the spaced position, and (iii) a full developing state in which all of the developing rollers are in the developing positions. The switching unit switches the positions of the developing rollers among the three states in a predetermined fixed order.
US09244378B2
A developing roller configured to carry developer and extending in an axial direction includes: a first rotation shaft; a second rotation shaft; a rubber body portion; a first cylindrical rubber portion; and a second cylindrical rubber portion. The body portion has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in the axial direction. The first cylindrical rubber portion is disposed on the first side. The first rotation shaft is configured to be fitted with the first cylindrical rubber portion. The second cylindrical rubber portion is disposed on the second side. The second rotation shaft is configured to be fitted with the second cylindrical rubber portion. The rubber body portion is configured to be deformable more than the first cylindrical rubber portion and the second cylindrical rubber portion.
US09244374B2
The image forming apparatus includes a process unit, a latent image writer, a power source, and a controller. The process unit is detachably attachable relative to the image forming apparatus and includes, as a single integrated unit, a latent image bearing member to bear a latent image on a surface thereof, a charging device to charge the surface of the latent image bearing member, and a development device to develop the latent image with toner. The controller causes the power source to output a charging bias at a predetermined target level supplied to the charging device. The process unit includes a first storage device to store correction information for calculating the predetermined target level of the charging bias in accordance with a combination of the latent image bearing member and the charging device. The controller corrects the predetermined target level based on the correction information in the first storage device.
US09244371B2
A magnetic toner contains magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin, a release agent, and a magnetic body and inorganic fine particles present on the surface of the magnetic toner particles, wherein the inorganic fine particles present on the surface of the magnetic toner particles contain metal oxide fine particles, as described in the specification. The coverage ratio of the magnetic toner particles' surface by the inorganic fine particles and the coverage ratio by the inorganic fine particles fixed to the magnetic toner particles' surface reside in a prescribed relationship, the binder resin contains a polyester resin, the release agent contains an ester compound, and an endothermic peak for the magnetic toner has a prescribed value.
US09244362B2
A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes an optical assembly having a final optical element, from which exposure light is projected through immersion liquid filling an optical path of the exposure light under the final optical element, a containment member surrounding a tip portion of the optical assembly, and a movable stage to hold a substrate and having an upper surface around the held substrate. An apparatus frame supports the optical assembly and the containment member, and an optical mount isolator, which has an actuator, isolates the optical assembly from vibrations of the apparatus frame. A first inlet of the containment member faces at least one of the substrate and the stage and collects fluid from a gap between the containment member and the at least one of the substrate and the stage. A gas supply outlet of the containment member supplies gas to the gap.
US09244355B2
New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprise one or more materials having a water contact angle that can be changed by treatment with base and/or one or more materials that comprise fluorinated photoacid-labile groups and/or one or more materials that comprise acidic groups spaced from a polymer backbone. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing.
US09244350B2
A positive resist composition is provided comprising a polymer comprising recurring units having a carboxyl or phenolic hydroxyl group substituted with an acid labile group and recurring units of hydroxyanthraquinone or hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1,4-anthracenedione methacrylate, and having a Mw of 1,000-500,000. The resist composition has a satisfactory effect of suppressing acid diffusion and a high resolution, and forms a pattern of good profile and minimal edge roughness after exposure.
US09244346B2
A negative-type photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a pattern having favorable adhesiveness at a low light exposure; a pattern forming method using the resin composition; a cured film, an insulating film, a color filter formed using resin composition; and a display device provided with the cured film, insulating film, or color filter. The resin composition contains a compound represented by the following formula (1). In the formula, R1 and R2 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom or an organic group, but at least one indicates an organic group. R1 and R2 may be bonded to form a ring structure and may contain a hetero atom bond. R3 indicates a single bond or an organic group. R4 to R9 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom, an organic group, etc., but R6 and R7 are never hydroxyl groups. R10 indicates a hydrogen atom or an organic group.
US09244345B1
Photo-acid generating vinyl polymerizable monomers (PAG monomers) were prepared comprising sulfonate ester groups of N-hydroxide imides. The photo-acid generating portion of the PAG monomer is linked to a polymerizable portion of the monomer by an amide linking group. Photo-acid generating polymers (PAG polymers) of the PAG monomers show high sensitivity to extreme ultraviolet radiation (13.5 nm) and much less sensitivity to far ultraviolet wavelengths (193 nm, 248 nm). The PAG polymers also exhibit thermal and chemical amplification properties useful for forming high resolution positive tone or negative tone lithographic resist patterns.
US09244344B2
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a resin (P) having a repeating unit (a) represented by following General Formula (I), a compound (B) generating organic acid by irradiation of actinic ray or radiation, and 1% by mass or more of a resin (C) which has at least one of a fluorine atom and a silicon atom and is different from the resin (P) with regard to total solids of the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, wherein, in General Formula (I), R0 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and each of R1, R2, and R3 independently represents a straight chain or branched alkyl group.
US09244340B2
A method for operating a sensor system that includes a rotation rate sensor and an electronic component includes generating, by the rotation rate sensor, a sensor signal as a function of a rotation rate measured about a rotational axis, comparing the sensor signal to at least one first threshold value, and, for controlling the electronic component, outputting an interrupt signal to the electronic component as a function of the comparison of the sensor signal and the at least one first threshold value.
US09244334B2
Described herein are various embodiments of contacts that include different portions angled with respect to one another and methods of manufacturing devices that include such contacts. In some embodiments, a module may include a first portion of a contact that is disposed within a housing and a second portion that is disposed outside of the housing, with the second portion angled with respect to the first portion. Manufacturing such devices may include depositing a conductive material to electrically connect the contact to a contact pad of a substrate. In some embodiments, a deposition process for depositing the conductive material may have a minimum dimension, which defines a minimum dimension of a conductive material once deposited. In some such embodiments, a distance between a terminal end of the contact pin and the contact pad may be greater than the minimum dimension of the deposition process.
US09244330B2
Embodiments of the invention provide apparatuses and methods for phase correlated seeding of parametric mixer and for generating coherent frequency combs. The parametric mixer may use two phase-correlated optical waves with different carrier frequencies to generate new optical waves centered at frequencies differing from the input waves, while retaining the input wave coherent properties. In the case when parametric mixer is used to generate frequency combs with small frequency pitch, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves can be achieved by electro-optical modulator and a single master laser. In the case when frequency comb possessing a frequency pitch that is larger than frequency modulation that can be affected by electro-optic modulator, the phase correlation of the input (seed) waves is achieved by combined use of an electro-optical modulator and injection locking to a single or multiple slave lasers.
US09244327B2
Mach-Zehnder optical modulators and IQ modulators based on a series push-pull travelling wave electrode are provided. The modulator includes a conductive backplane providing an electrical signal path. One or more voltage control taps are electrically connected to the conductive backplane within an area underneath the travelling wave electrode and provide an equalizing DC control voltage to the conductive backplane. In other variants, a plurality of conductive backplane segments are provided, and at least one voltage control tap is electrically connected to each conductive backplane segment within an area underneath the travelling wave electrode and provides a DC control voltage to the corresponding conductive backplane segment.
US09244325B2
A display sheet has a display layer, a first electrode on one side of the display layer, a second electrode on another side of the display layer, and an electrode protection layer between the display layer and the first electrode. The display layer has a partition structure dividing the display layer into a plurality of regions and a liquid dispersion filling the individual regions. The electrode protection layer and the partition structure are integrally formed and both mainly composed of an electroconductive polymer.
US09244322B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including an interlayer insulation film covering a first wiring line, a second wiring line and a third wiring line on the interlayer insulation film, and a first electrode which is located between the second wiring line and the third wiring line on the interlayer insulation film, is spaced apart from the second wiring line and the third wiring line, a second substrate including a second electrode which is opposed to each of the second wiring line and the third wiring line, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US09244319B2
To provide a plural-viewpoint display device having an image separating optical element such as a lenticular lens or a parallax barrier, which is capable of arranging thin film transistors and wirings while achieving substantially trapezoid apertures and high numerical aperture, and to provide a driving method thereof, a terminal device, and a display panel. A neighboring pixel pair arranged with a gate line interposed therebetween is connected to the gate line placed between the pixels, each of the pixels configuring the neighboring pixel pair is connected to the data line different from each other, and each of the neighboring pixel pairs neighboring to each other in an extending direction of the gate lines is connected to the gate line different from each other.
US09244300B2
The present invention discloses an engaged type liquid crystal module. By engaging a first groove disposed in the middle of an outer surface of a backlight module with a first flange of a front frame structure, it can assemble a liquid crystal module, and can save a volume occupied by screw members. The engaged type liquid crystal module according to the present invention can simplify the frame design of the liquid crystal module, and match with a corresponding outer housing of display device to process an assembly operation without screw members, so that it is further advantageous for a development trend that liquid crystal display is designed toward narrow frame.
US09244298B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal (LC) panel; front and rear frames sandwiching therebetween the LC panel; a latch structure engaging together the LC panel and one of the front and rear frames. The latch structure includes a convex portion formed on one of the LC panel and the one of the front and rear panels and a concave portion formed on the other of the LC panel and the one of the front and rear frames to receive therein the convex portion, whereby the latch structure allows and restricts movement of the LC panel with respect to the one of the front and rear frames in a first direction normal to the LC panel and in a second direction parallel to the LC panel, respectively.
US09244294B2
A thermochromatic element includes a sealed enclosure, an insulation layer and a first heating element. The sealed enclosure includes an upper semitransparent sheet and a lower sheet opposite to the upper semitransparent sheet, and defines a chamber between the upper semitransparent sheet and the lower sheet. The first transparent heating element is the semitransparent upper sheet. The first transparent heating element includes a carbon nanotube film including a number of carbon nanotube linear units and a number of carbon nanotube groups. Each carbon nanotube linear unit includes a number of first carbon nanotubes substantially oriented along a first direction, and are spaced from each other and substantially extending along the first direction. The carbon nanotube groups are combined with the carbon nanotube linear units by van der Waals force. The carbon nanotube groups between adjacent carbon nanotube linear units are spaced from each other in the first direction.
US09244279B1
A lens including a first portion having a recess of a defined shape, a second portion having a shaped feature shaped such that the recess accommodates the shaped feature when the first portion is adhered to the second portion, a reflective thin film applied to a surface of the shaped feature. A pair of glasses-type augmented reality display incorporates said lenses.
US09244276B2
A head-up display device projects a display light on a windshield of a vehicle to form a virtual image thereon. The device includes a casing, an indicator which is attached to the casing to emit the display light into the casing, a light guide path through which the display light emitted from the indicator is guided, and a wiring board which is provided with a driving circuit for driving the indicator. The casing includes a guide rail formed along an irradiation direction of the display light from the indicator to support both lateral portions of the wiring board on the guide rail, and the wiring board is attached in a containing space of the casing formed between the light guide path and an inner surface of the casing by guiding and sliding the wiring board along the irradiation direction of the display light with the guide rail.
US09244267B2
An electrowetting display device includes first and second barrier layers which cover first and second electrodes. The electrowetting display device includes a first base substrate which faces a second base substrate, the first electrode on the first base substrate, the first barrier layer which covers the first electrode, the second electrode on the second base substrate, the second barrier layer which covers the second electrode, a barrier wall between the first base substrate and the second base substrate, and an electrowetting layer between the first base substrate and the second base substrate. The barrier wall defines a pixel area corresponding to the first electrode, and the electrowetting layer is in the pixel area. The electrowetting layer includes a polar fluid and a non-polar fluid which are separated from each other.
US09244259B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first positive lens unit not moving for zooming; a second negative lens unit moving during zooming; a third positive lens unit moving during zooming; a fourth positive lens unit moving during zooming; and a fifth positive lens unit not moving for zooming. Each of the lens units includes positive and negative lenses, and satisfies 10<νp−νn<54, −1<β2w<−0.05, −5<β2t<−1, and −1<β34z2<−0.3, where νp is average Abbe constant of the positive lens of the fourth unit, νn an average Abbe constant of the negative lens of the fourth unit, β2w a magnification of the second unit at wide angle end, β2t a magnification of the second unit at telephoto end, and β34z2 a magnification of a combined lens unit including the third and fourth unit at a zoom position where the magnification of the second unit is −1.
US09244254B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; and a third lens having positive refractive power, arranged in the order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens and the third lens have object-side surfaces and image plane-side surfaces, curvature radii of which are both positive. When the first lens has refractive power P1, the second lens has refractive power P2, the third lens has refractive power P3, the first lens has a focal length f1, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: 5.0<(P1+P3)/P2<8.5 6
US09244250B2
An optical apparatus includes a focus lens that constitutes an image-pickup optical system configured to form an optical image of an object, a driver configured to drive the focus lens in an optical axis direction of the image-pickup optical system in focusing, and a controller configured to store a position of the focus lens in a memory which is set in accordance with an operation of a setter, and to control the driver in accordance with a manipulation of a manipulator so as to move the focus lens to the position stored in the memory, wherein the controller controls the driver so that a driving speed at which the focus lens is moved to the position stored in the memory when a mode of taking the object is a still image-pickup mode is higher than that in a motion image-pickup mode.
US09244248B2
Provided is an advanced grid structure manufactured by a lamination step of laminating a first tape prepreg group, a second tape prepreg group, and a third tape prepreg group repeatedly in the stated order on a forming die, in which grooves (2, 3, 4) in a lattice shape are formed in three directions, so as to provide crossing regions (7, 8, 9) in which two tape prepreg groups overlap each other, and a heating forming step of forming a laminate by heating under pressure. In the lamination step, the first tape prepreg group, the second tape prepreg group, and the third tape prepreg group are respectively laminated as one layer in crossing regions (7, 8, 9) so that a tape width is maintained, and laminated in non-crossing regions (2a, 3a, 4a) in a state of being folded as two layers in a width direction thereof.
US09244245B2
Auto-centering is for an optical element mounted in a cavity of the barrel. A first surface of the optical element engages a seat provided in the cavity. A retaining ring is threaded on the barrel, through complementary barrel and ring threads. The retaining ring engages a peripheral region of a second surface of the optical element, thereby securing the optical element between the seat and the retaining ring. The profile of the barrel threads and the spatial profile of the peripheral region of the second surface are selected in view of an auto-centering condition whereby any decentering of the retaining ring and a corresponding tilt of the retaining ring have counterbalancing effects on the centering of the optical element. Optical assemblies and a mounting method are used with the optical element.
US09244238B2
Optical fiber cables (180) are installed at an enclosure defining at least one cable port (109) by loading a seal block assembly (120, 140, 220, 340) onto each optical fiber cable (180); installing and/or connecting a fixation assembly (160, 460) onto each optical fiber cable (180); and latching the seal block assembly (120, 140, 220, 340) to the enclosure. The cable (180) is secured by the fixation assembly (160, 460). The fixation assembly (160, 460) retains one or more types of strength members (182, 183) of the optical fiber cable (180). The seal block assembly (120, 140, 220, 340) snaps and/or clips into a locked position relative to the enclosure. A filler rod (502) can be used to fill an unused port in the seal block assembly (120, 140, 220, 340). An attachment device (504) can be used to connect to the filler rod (502) for adding a new tube (510) to the seal block assembly.
US09244234B2
An optical receptacle includes a first optical surface which receives incidence of light, a reflecting surface which reflects light along a substrate, a light separating section which separates light from the reflecting surface into monitor light and signal light, a second optical surface which emits the monitor light toward a light receiving element, and a third optical surface which emits the signal light. The light separating section includes a plurality of separating units each including a vertical splitting transmissive surface, an inclining splitting reflecting surface and a parallel splitting stepped surface. In the light separating section, 4 to 6 separating units are disposed within a region where light reflected at the reflecting surface is incident. A height of a boundary between the splitting transmissive surface and the splitting stepped surface with respect to a virtual plane including the splitting reflecting surface is 13 to 21 μm.
US09244223B2
An approach is provided for forming a light coupling in a waveguide layer. The approach involves forming a waveguide layer overlaying an upper surface of a substrate. The approach also involves placing a chip package portion within the waveguide layer in a selected position. The approach further involves forming a molding compound layer overlaying the waveguide layer and the chip package portion. The approach additionally involves curing the molding compound layer to form a cured package. The approach also involves releasing the cured package from the substrate and inverting the cured package. The approach further involves forming a ridge waveguide structure in the waveguide layer by removing a portion of the lower surface of the cured package.
US09244221B1
A coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber; and a primary coating encapsulating the optical fiber, the primary coating having an in-situ modulus of about 0.12 MPa or less at a thickness of about 32.5 μm, a Young's modulus as a cured film of about 0.7 MPa or less, and a Tg of about −22° C. or below, wherein the primary coating is the cured reaction product of a primary curable composition having a gel-time ratio relative to C1 of less than about 2.
US09244220B2
Disclosed is a reduced-diameter optical fiber that employs a novel coating system. When combined with a bend-insensitive glass fiber, the novel coating system according to the present invention yields an optical fiber having exceptionally low losses. The coating system features (i) a softer primary coating with excellent low-temperature characteristics to protect against microbending in any environment and in the toughest physical situations and, optionally, (ii) a colored secondary coating possessing enhanced color strength and vividness. The secondary coating provides improved ribbon characteristics for structures that are robust, yet easily entered (i.e., separated and stripped). The optional dual coating is specifically balanced for superior heat stripping in fiber ribbons, with virtually no residue left behind on the glass. This facilitates fast splicing and terminations. The improved coating system provides optical fibers that offer significant advantages for deployment in most, if not all, fiber-to-the-premises (FTTx) systems.
US09244215B2
An electronic device may be provided with a display. Backlight structures may be used to provide backlight for the display. The backlight structures may include a light guide plate. A rectangular ring-shaped chassis may have a rectangular opening that receives the light guide plate. One or more edges of the chassis may be provided with an array of notches that receive light-emitting diodes or other light sources. The light sources may launch light into edge portions of the light guide plate. The chassis may include a first plastic structure such as a light reflecting structure formed from a material such as white plastic. The first plastic structure may surround two or more peripheral edges of the light guide plate. The chassis may also include a second plastic structure such as a light blocking structure formed from a material such as black plastic that helps prevent light leakage.
US09244205B2
A hard-coated antiglare film that has superior antiglare properties, allow high definition to be provided even in the case of a low haze value, can prevent white blur in an oblique direction from occurring and, and can improve the depth of black in black display, as well as a polarizing plate, and the like. The hard-coated antiglare film includes a transparent plastic film substrate and a hard-coating antiglare layer containing fine particles, which is on at least one surface of the transparent plastic film substrate. The hard-coated antiglare film has a total haze value Ht in the range of 10% to 35%. The total haze value Ht and an internal haze value Hin satisfy a relationship of 0.5≦Hin/Ht≦0.9. The surface of the hard-coating antiglare layer has an uneven shape and an arithmetic average surface roughness Ra in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 μm.
US09244204B2
The present invention is to provide an image source unit for improving use efficiency of the image light and also provide an image display unit comprising the image source unit.The image source unit 4 comprising: an image light source 5; and an optical sheet 10 laminated on the image light source, the optical sheet comprising: a base material layer 11; and an optical functional layer 12 formed on the image light source side surface of the base material layer, the optical functional layer comprising: light-transmissive portions 13 arranged parallel along the sheet face; and light-absorbing portion(s) 14 arranged between the light-transmissive portions, the image light source side face of the light-transmissive portion having protrusions 17 each having a curved or polygonal line so that the protrusions project towards the image light source side in cross section in the sheet-thickness direction.
US09244200B2
The invention is related to a hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens having a layered structural configuration: a lower water content silicone hydrogel core (or bulk material) completely covered with a layer of a higher water content hydrogel totally or substantially free of silicone. A hydrated silicone hydrogel contact lens of the invention possesses high oxygen permeability for maintaining the corneal health and a soft, water-rich, lubricious surface for wearing comfort.
US09244198B2
The present invention relates to an azo compound represented by the following formula (1), [wherein, A represents a phenyl group which may have a substituent, R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 5, an alkoxy group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 5, a sulfo group, or an alkoxy group having a sulfo group and a carbon atom number of 1 to 5, and X represents an amino group which may have a substituent, a benzoylamino group which may have a substituent, a phenylamino group which may have a substituent, a phenylazo group which may have a substituent, or a naphthotriazole group which may have a substituent] or/and a salt thereof and to a polarizing film and a polarizing plate which contain it.
US09244193B2
Polymerizable resin compositions and microstructures comprising the reaction product of such polymerizable resin compositions are described. The microstructures comprise the reaction product of a polymerizable resin composition comprising an organic portion having a refractive index of at least 1.56 wherein the polymerizable resin composition comprises a fluorene-containing monomer.
US09244182B2
A method of assessing a hydrocarbon source rock candidate uses seismic data for a region of the Earth. The data are analyzed to determine the presence, thickness and lateral extent of candidate source rock based on the knowledge of the seismic behavior of hydrocarbon source rocks. An estimate is provided of the organic content of the candidate source rock from acoustic impedance. An estimate of the hydrocarbon generation potential of the candidate source rock is then provided from the thickness and lateral extent of the candidate source rock and from the estimate of the organic content.
US09244180B2
Large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors with sub-nanosecond time resolution based on microchannel plates are provided. The large-area, flat-panel photo-detectors enable the economic construction of sampling calorimeters with, for example, enhanced capability to measure local energy deposition, depth-of-interaction, time-of-flight, and/or directionality of showers. In certain embodiments, sub-nanosecond timing resolution supplies correlated position and time measurements over large areas. The use of thin flat-panel viewing radiators on both sides of a radiation-creating medium allows simultaneous measurement of Cherenkov and scintillation radiation in each layer of the calorimeter. The detectors may be used in a variety of applications including, for example, medical imaging, security, and particle and nuclear physics.
US09244178B2
Method of determination of an irradiation dose deposited in a scintillator (5) by ionising radiation, comprising the steps of: irradiating the scintillator (5) during a predetermined time; detecting a moment of excitation of the scintillator (5) with a first photodetector (11); then detecting a moment of reception of a scintillation photon with a second photodetector (14), functioning in single photon counting mode; identifying each sequence consisting of the detection of a moment of excitation by the first photodetector (11), and the detection of a moment of reception by the second photodetector (14) with a coincidence event; counting the number of coincidence events; obtaining the irradiation dose deposited during the irradiation time as a function of the number of coincidence events counted and of a predetermined proportionality factor.
US09244176B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided that may be implemented in various electronic devices to possibly reduce a first-time-to-fix and/or otherwise increase the performance or efficiency of a device by employing a position/velocity estimation process using at least one estimated time relationship parameter.
US09244173B1
A mobile computer may determine it is located in a vehicle or a conveyance based on a measured distance and satellite related positioning information.
US09244169B2
Acoustic absorption or attenuation of ultrasound is measured. To estimate acoustic absorption or attenuation, the displacement of tissue caused by stress at different frequencies is measured. The absorption or attenuation is calculated from the displacements. The incorporation of different frequencies provides another variable for solving for attenuation or absorption despite unknown tissue stiffness.
US09244168B2
A sonar system using frequency bursts. A sonar system for use with a vessel may include a sonar module having a transmitting element configured to generate a transmit signal, where the transmit signal comprises one or more bursts, and where at least one burst comprises a first portion having a first frequency and a second portion having a second frequency different than the first frequency. The sonar system may also include a transducer array in communication with the sonar module, where the transducer array is configured to (i) receive the transmit signal from the transmitting element, (ii) produce one or more sonar beams based on the first frequency and the second frequency, and (iii) receive one or more sonar return signals from an underwater environment.
US09244164B2
A method for unambiguous determination of a range to and/or of a relative velocity of an object with respect to a motor vehicle is disclosed. An unambiguity area (RUn) for the range and/or an unambiguity area (VUn) for the relative velocity may be determined by means of a frequency-modulation continuous-wave radar in the motor vehicle, with a predetermined sequence of frequency-modulated signal pulses being transmitted by the frequency-modulation continuous-wave radar in a measurement cycle. Mutually different unambiguity areas (RUn) for the range and/or mutually different unambiguity areas (VUn) for the relative velocity are defined for at least two successive measurement cycles, and the range and/or the relative velocity are/is determined on the basis of, in each case, at least one measured value for the range and/or for the relative velocity from each measurement cycle.
US09244162B2
The invention relates to a method for ranging a radio frequency tag, comprising measuring the modulated backscattering response of the tag at a plurality of frequencies using reader and determining the dispersive properties of the tag from the amplitude of the measured backscattering response. Further, the method comprises determining a position parameter of the tag from the measured modulated backscattering response and the determined dispersive properties of the tag.
US09244159B1
A method and target detector for detecting targets. A number of bright pixels are identified in an image. Each of the number of bright pixels belongs to a line detected in the image in which the line represents a candidate for a target. A number of feature vectors are identified for the number of bright pixels in the image. Each of the number of feature vectors is classified as one of a target vector representing the target and a clutter vector representing clutter.
US09244156B1
A system and method for detecting unknown signals that may be radar pulses is presented. The method includes conjugate multiplying a first signal with a second signal to produce a first multiplied signal and conjugate multiplying the second signal with a third signal to produce a second multiplied signal. The first and second signals are orthogonal and the second and third signals are orthogonal. The radar pulse is contained in all three signals but each signal has noise components. The first multiplied signal is integrated to produce a first integrated signal and the second multiplied signal is integrated to produce a second integrated signal. The first and second integrated signals are summed to produce a summed signal. A location of a peak power of the summed signal is then detected. A TOA of the of the radar pulse is then detected based on the location of the peak power.
US09244153B2
Aspects of the present invention provide an RFID system for safely controlling an auto guided vehicle, an automated robot or other moving object (“AGV”). The system may include a plurality of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tags, and each may store a unique identification in a first memory location, a position in a second memory location and/or an instruction in a third memory location. An AGV having an RFID transceiver or antenna and a computer with a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a predetermined table may read one or more of the memory locations. The table comprises a plurality of data elements with certain data elements associated with particular RFID tags. The AGV safely determines its location upon matching the one or more memory locations read with one or more data elements, or triggers a fault upon failing to match. The AGV may also predict the next RFID tag.
US09244148B1
A system detects the location of an uncooperative emitter by measuring the power level in an RF signal using a grid of linear antennas. The linear antennas are arranged in an x,y axis with intersections strategically placed in areas of interest. A detector detects the power level in each of the leaky signal cables. A processor in communication with the detector identifies the cable intersection having the greatest power level and associates that intersection as the location of the uncooperative emitter.
US09244142B2
A receiving device for magnetic resonance (MR) image signals of a body is operated in an MR system such that for at least one coil element of the receiving device, a space domain, in which a spatial sensitivity of the coil element satisfies a predetermined criterion, is determined. A center frequency and a bandwidth of the MR image signal radiated by the body in the space domain are determined for the space domain. A receive path disposed downstream of the coil element is parameterized for operation at the determined center frequency and with the determined bandwidth.
US09244140B1
A magnetic resonance imaging configuration, apparatus and method to straighten and otherwise homogenize the field lines in the imaging portion, creating improved image quality. Through use of calibrated corrective coils, magnetic field lines can be manipulated to improve uniformity and image quality. Additionally, when the apparatus is composed of non-ferromagnetic materials, field strengths can be increased to overcome limitations of Iron-based systems such as by use of superconductivity. A patient positioning apparatus allows multi-positioning of a patient within the calibrated and more uniform magnetic field lines.
US09244138B2
A magnetic resonance antenna arrangement includes at least one first antenna group including individually-controllable first antenna conductor loops and a second antenna group adjacent to the first antenna group. The second antenna group includes individually-controllable, longitudinal second antenna elements. The first antenna conductor loops essentially extend in a first extending surface and are disposed in the first extending surface in a first direction in a row behind one another. The longitudinal second antenna elements extend with the longitudinal axes transverse to the first direction disposed in parallel next to one another in a second extending surface that runs essentially in parallel to the first extending surface. Each of the second antenna elements are coupled at first and second end areas to a conductive element to form a second conductor loop with the conductive element. The second antenna elements are disposed to overlap an adjacent first antenna loop in each case.
US09244137B2
An optical pumping magnetometer is provided that is capable of improving the response of the magnetometer with respect to a magnetic field that varies with a period shorter than the transverse relaxation time of electron spin of an alkali metal atom.
US09244128B2
A deep-discharge protection method for protecting a battery of a parking motor vehicle is shown. In this case, a state of charge of the battery is regularly monitored by a battery control unit and is transmitted to an evaluation unit. When a predefined state of charge of the battery is reached, a message is transmitted from a communication unit to a stored address by mobile radio and/or information acquired using a sensor system is used by the evaluation unit to determine whether a situation of the motor vehicle is suitable for autonomous recharging of the battery.
US09244127B2
The present invention allows a technician a quick reference diagnostics of an automotive individual electrical circuit by replacement of the OEM relay with a diagnostics relay incorporating a series of LED bulbs designed to illuminate individually upon completion of each internal switching function. Adjacent to an LED is a voltage portal which allows measurement of voltage during each function stage of relay switching.
US09244108B2
A device for detecting the insulation resistance of a high-voltage battery system of a motor vehicle that includes a high-voltage battery and a high-voltage component which is operatively connected to terminals of the high-voltage battery via converters. The device includes a reference resistor operatively connected to the terminals of the high-voltage battery via switches, with a voltage measurement device configured to detect the voltage present between each respective terminal and a reference potential of the vehicle; a voltage measurement device configured to measure the voltage between the terminals; and a coupling circuit configured to monitor the high-voltage component when the contactors are open.
US09244080B2
The invention provides a method for multiple cytokine detection from single cells for the purpose of generating immunological profiles of diseases.
US09244076B2
The present invention provides a fluorescent label that can be used for carrying out a biological substance detection method for specifically detecting a biological substance from a pathological specimen, by which method, when immunostaining using a fluorescent label and staining for morphological observation using a staining agent for morphological observation are simultaneously performed, the results of fluorescence observation and immunostaining can be assessed properly even if the fluorescent label and/or the staining agent is/are deteriorated by irradiation with an excitation light. The fluorescent label is a fluorescent dye-containing nanoparticle in which the parent material is a cross-linked polymer and the fluorescent dye is an aromatic ring-based dye molecule. The cross-linked polymer is suitably a melamine resin or a styrene resin. The aromatic ring-based dye molecule is suitably a perylene and more suitably a perylene diimide. The dye molecule can have a polar group such as sulfonic acid group or its acid halide.
US09244068B2
A device and method for filtering blood is disclosed herein. The device can filter blood and attach analytes within the blood to magnetic particles. The analytes can then be strongly bound to an analyzing device by a magnetic force. The analytes can then be counted by the analyzing device and the result can be displayed.
US09244039B2
A method for wetting a nanopore device includes filling a first cavity of the nanopore device with a first buffer solution having a first potential hydrogen (pH) value, filling a second cavity of the nanopore device with a second buffer solution having a second pH value, wherein the nanopore device includes a transistor portion having a first surface, an opposing second surface, and an orifice communicative with the first surface and the second surface, the first surface partially defining the first cavity, the second surface partially defining the second cavity, applying a voltage in the nanopore device, and measuring a current in the nanopore device, the current having a current path partially defined by the first cavity, the second cavity, and the orifice.
US09244038B2
A method for wetting a nanopore device includes filling a first cavity of the nanopore device with a first buffer solution having a first potential hydrogen (pH) value, filling a second cavity of the nanopore device with a second buffer solution having a second pH value, applying a voltage in the nanopore device, and measuring a current in the nanopore device, the current having a current path partially defined by the first cavity, the second cavity, and an orifice communicative with the first cavity and the second cavity.
US09244009B2
There is disclosed a distributed optical fiber sensor arranged to deliver probe light pulses of different wavelengths into corresponding different sensing optical fibers, and to determine one or more parameters as functions of position along each of the sensing fibers from detected backscattered light of each corresponding wavelength. In another arrangement, the different wavelengths are directed in different corresponding directions around a loop of sensing optical fiber.
US09244000B2
A test strip with an incorporated optical waveguide and deflectors punched through the optical waveguide allows light to exit through a layer of the test strip and be detected by a photo detector. Using light and a photodetector, these uniquely coded strips are identified. The waveguide can be constructed by sandwiching two layers of the test strip around a light transmissible layer. This configuration allows light to be transmitted through the test strip and out the other end, as well as allowing some light to escape the deflector. This light is detected by a photodetector mounted in the analyte test meter. The deflectors may be placed in patterns such that detection of this light indicates certain characteristics of the strip, such as non-counterfeit, regional identification, type of analyte tested, and coding information.
US09243991B2
A process and a device for testing a hollow fiber membrane filter comprises two compartments separated by a porous membrane. A specific amount of testing liquid is provided via a line from a testing liquid reservoir.
US09243986B2
A method of evaluating the absorbency of an absorbent article comprises the steps of: (i) providing an absorbent article comprising a topsheet and having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end; (ii) disposing the absorbent article in a flat configuration in a plane defined by the longitudinal axis and the transverse axis of the absorbent article; (iii) twisting the longitudinal ends in opposite directions in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; (iv) twisting the longitudinal ends in directions opposite that of step (iii); (v) applying artificial bodily fluid to the topsheet of said absorbent article during steps (iii) and/or (iv); and (vi) repeating steps (iii) and (iv) after the artificial bodily fluid is applied to the topsheet.
US09243983B2
An emission test system may include at least one controller configured to determine, directly or indirectly, a quantity of diluted exhaust sample in a container at the completion of an emissions test, and to cause additional diluent gas to be added to the container based on the determined quantity.
US09243964B2
A device (1) converts a force or a pressure into an electrical signal and has a first deformation element (10), in particular a first membrane (12), to apply the force or the pressure to the device (1) and a second deformation element (20), in particular a second membrane (22), to convert the deflection of the force or the pressure into an electrical signal. The first deformation element (10) has a first force transmitter (14), and the second deformation element (20) has a second force transmitter (24) for transmitting the force from the first deformation element (10) to the second deformation element (20). The first force transmitter (14) is rigidly connected at its end distant from the first deformation element (10) to the end of the second force transmitter (24) distant from the second deformation element (20). Both compressive forces and tensile force can be transmitted from the first deformation element (10) to the second deformation element (20) by the first and second force transmitters (14, 24). A method produces that device.
US09243960B2
A method for detecting infrared radiation by using an array of bolometers. The following steps are used to read a bolometer of the array of bolometers: biasing the bolometer at a predetermined voltage in order to make current flow through the bolometer; subtracting a common-mode current from the current that flows through the bolometers; and producing a voltage by integrating the difference between the current that flows through the bolometers and the common-mode current.
US09243959B2
An infrared detector capable of detecting an infrared spectrum having a wide bandwidth using a broadband light absorber. The infrared detector including a substrate, a light absorber disposed apart from the substrate at a distance, and a pair of thermal legs configured to support the light absorber such that the light absorber is spaced apart from the substrate by the distance. The light absorber includes at least one thermistor layer having a resistance value that varies according to temperature and at least two resonator layers disposed on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the at least one thermistor layer.
US09243958B2
A device for measuring the temperature of molten metal irrespective of the nature of the metal, particularly, an immersion/contact type temperature sensing device involving optical fiber which can be universally used for different materials and would be adapted for safe and repetitive immersion in molten metal for measurement of molten metal temperatures and the like. The proposed immersion/contact type temperature sensing device involves combination two-color and multi-color pyrometric detection technique is capable of cost effective and discrete-time temperature measurement of molten metal. The advancement is thus directed to serve as a ready and fast accurate measurement of molten metal temperature and the like.
US09243957B2
Method of characterizing a light beam having the steps of: a) disposing the input ends of N >3 optical fibers on the path of the light beam, in such a way that a respective portion of the beam is coupled and propagates in each optical fiber and is emitted from its output end so as to form a respective secondary beam; b) introducing an angular spectral dispersion into the secondary beams by means of at least one dispersive element; c) propagating the dispersed secondary beams in such a way that they overlap to form an interferogram; d) acquiring an image of the interferogram; and e) extracting from the image of the interferogram an item of information relating to the spatial variation of the phase of the light beam at a plurality of wavelengths. Device for the implementation of such a method.
US09243944B2
A pit liner includes an upper section, a lower section, at least one pin wherein each pin is connected to one of the upper section and the lower section, and at least one notch defined in at least one of the upper section and the lower section the lower section and the upper section sized to adjust with respect to each other.
US09243942B2
A mounting insert is provided for in situ placement of the tomographic arrays and associated processing electronics. The processing electronics convert sensed flow condition data into serial digital data to minimize both the number of external feedthroughs and also the bandwidth required for transmission. The processing electronics also sends the full measured waveforms from each of the transceivers in the tomographic arrays.
US09243940B2
A vortex flowmeter may utilize a ring-shaped bluff body as the vortex generator or shedder. The ring shape and size of the vortex ring generator may be optimized to produce linear and stable toroidal vortex outputs that may outperform the conventional shedder bar. In comparison to the conventional vortex shedder bar, the ring may have a slimmer configuration and a higher K-factor, and hence, a higher resolution.
US09243930B2
Systems and methods for providing vehicle-centric collision avoidance are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first flight trajectory for a first aircraft, determining a second flight trajectory for a second aircraft, predicting a distance between the first aircraft and the second aircraft at a predicted closest point of approach based on the first and second flight trajectories, comparing the distance to a separation perimeter layer, the separation perimeter layer configured to provide a minimum separation distance from the first aircraft to the second aircraft, and altering the first flight trajectory when the distance breaches the separation perimeter layer.
US09243926B2
An electronic map may be output based on map data including information related to a current configuration of each of a plurality of map objects and historical attributes of at least a portion of the plurality of map objects. The historical attribute associated with a map object may include information related to a historical configuration of the respective map object in the past. A time selection input may be received at a user interface. The map data may be processed to identify a map object having a current configuration different from a historical configuration at a time in the past which is determined based on the time selection input. An optical output device may be controlled to output a graphical representation of the identified map object that is dependent on both the current configuration and the historical configuration of the identified map object.
US09243923B2
A mining machine management system includes: a position information detection unit detecting position information related to a position of a mining machine; and a determination unit determining a second route corresponding to a plurality of pieces of the position information is identical to a first route based on at least whether a position of each node corresponds with the position information, the node being a piece of information related to a position of the first route that is a route taken by the mining machine departing a predetermined first position, passing a second position at which a load is loaded, and moving to a third position at which the load is removed.
US09243910B1
A present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for generating a route image presentable on a display unit is disclosed, where a route may be presented to draw a viewer's attention to one or more objects located along or below the route. An image generator (“IG”) may be configured to receive navigation data; receive object data; construct one or more raised ground track profiles as a function of the first elevations and one or more object clearance distances; identify, if any, one or more penetrated segments of one or more raised ground track profiles; and generate an image data set representative of an image of a divisible route configured to present a plurality of route section highlighters comprised of one or more first route section highlighters corresponding to non-penetrated segment(s) and at least one second or subsequent route section highlighters corresponding to first or subsequent penetrated segment(s), respectively.
US09243909B2
A module includes a sensor device, a mounting substrate that has a plurality of mounting faces, a portion between the mounting faces adjacent to each other being foldable, a supporting member having fixing faces, wherein the sensor device is mounted on at least one of the mounting faces, each of the mounting faces is disposed along each of the fixing faces, and the sensor device is disposed on the supporting member side.
US09243902B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for tracking an orientation of a first object. The system includes a light emitting device located relative to a second object at a fixed predetermined position; a sensor having a photodetector array that is configured to receive incident light emitted from the light emitting device, the photodetector array being mounted on the first object; and a processor coupled to the photodetector array, the processor configured to determine the orientation of the first object relative to the second object based on an angle of incident light detected by the photodetector array from the light emitting device.
US09243901B2
Fringe projection autofocus systems are provided with variable pitch diffraction gratings or multiple diffraction gratings so that a reference beam and a measurement beam propagate along a common path. Alternatively, an input beam can be directed to a diffraction grating so that the selected diffraction orders propagate along a common path. In some examples, distinct spectral bands are used for reference and measurement beams.
US09243898B2
A position measurement system for determining 2D displacement or position of a mobile element with respect to a reference frame, including: a point light; an optical mask having transparent and opaque areas defining a repetitive pattern on at least one side of its surfaces; an imager, fixed to a mobile element, including integrated electronic circuits allowing detection, computing and analyzing of a shadow projected by the optical mask. The position measurement system includes an optical diffuser plate between the light source and the mask. The imager, mask and diffuser plate form an assembly so as to produce a light spot created by the scattering of the incident light beam emitted by the light source on the diffuser plate. The mask positioned between the diffuser plate and imager, produces a shadow on the imager, allowing to compute and provide 2D position of the mobile element relative to the fixed reference frame.
US09243891B2
An apparatus is used for determining at least one parameter relating to an elongate member disposed within a vessel. The apparatus includes at least one measurement unit having a light emitting component and a corresponding light receiving component. The light receiving component is positioned apart from the light emitting component such that the elongate member is positionable between the light emitting component and the light receiving component. Additionally, the light emitting component is adapted to emit light towards the light receiving component, and the light receiving component is adapted to generate a signal corresponding to the light received from the light emitting component. A method for determining at least one parameter relating to the elongate member disposed within the vessel is also provided.
US09243890B2
A system may include computing equipment and a handheld video overlay accessory. A video overlay accessory may include one or more light sources, an image sensor, and processing circuitry. The video overlay accessory may include an image projector that projects images onto external objects. The video overlay accessory may include a partially transparent beam splitter and a display that projects display content onto the partially transparent beam splitter. A user that views a scene through the partially transparent beam splitter may view the display content apparently overlaid onto the scene. Light sources in the video overlay accessory may be laser diodes or other light-emitting diodes that project tracking spots such as infrared tracking spots on to external objects. The image sensor may be used to capture images of the tracking spots. The processing circuitry may determine distance and position information based on the captured images.
US09243888B2
A method for imaging a sample. The method includes, during a single acquisition event, receiving depth-encoded electromagnetic (EM) fields from points on a sample that includes a first depth-encoded EM field for a first point and a second depth-encoded EM field for a second point, and redirecting the first depth-encoded EM field along a first predetermined direction to a first location on a dispersing re-imager and the second depthencoded EM field along a second pre-determined direction to a second location on the dispersing re-imager. The method further includes spectrally dispersing the first depthencoded EM field to obtain a first spectrum, re-imaging the first spectrum onto a first location on a detector, spectrally dispersing the second depth-encoded EM field to obtain a second spectrum, re-imaging the second spectrum onto a second location on the detector, and detecting the first re-imaged spectrum and the second re-imaged spectrum.
US09243886B1
One or more non-zero diffraction orders are selected, and these selected one or more zero or non-zero diffraction orders are selected for eliminating or obtaining corresponding zero or non-zero diffraction order terms or interference term from measurements from a periodic target using an optical metrology tool. The periodic target has a pitch, and the measurements contain a zero diffraction order and one or more non-zero diffraction order terms. Using the optical metrology tool, an incident beam is directed to positions on the target, and the measurements are obtained from the target in response to the incident beam. The measurements are processed to eliminate or obtain each zero or non-zero diffraction order term or interference term associated with each selected zero or non-zero diffraction order, resulting in a processed metrology signal. The positions are shifted from each other so as to cause the zero or non-zero diffraction order term or interference term corresponding to each selected zero or non-zero diffraction order to be eliminated or obtained.
US09243879B2
A method of blasting rock at an underground blast site in which boreholes (11a, b, c) are drilled in a rock mass (10) from a drive defining face (12), each borehole is loaded with at least one charge of explosive material (13a-c, 14a-c, 15a-c), at least one detonator is placed in operative association with each charge, and a sequence of at least two initiation events is conducted to blast the rock mass, in each of which only some of the charges are initiated, by sending firing signals to only the detonators associated with said charges and in which each initiation event is a discrete user-controlled initiation event. In one of the at least two initiation events a stranded portion of the rock mass such as a pillar is created that has already been drilled and charged, and the stranded portion of the rock mass is blasted in a subsequent one or more of the at least two initiation events without personnel accessing said stranded portion. First explosive charges (13a, b, c and 15a, b, c) may be blasted in the one initiation event, leaving a pillar of stranded ore with the preloaded borehole (11b) extending through it. The detonators may be wireless.
US09243877B2
An ignition circuit (200) includes: an igniter (210) having first (211) and second (212) terminals; a first diode (225) electrically connected in series with the igniter at the first terminal; a second diode (230) electrically connected in series with the igniter at the second terminal. The first and second diodes each have an anode terminal (226, 231) and a cathode terminal (227, 232), wherein like terminals of the first and second diodes are electrically connected to the igniter, thereby defining proximal terminals and distal terminals. A capacitor (235) is electrically connected across the distal terminals and connectable in parallel with a series-connected energy source (215) and switch (220). The energy source and a switch are electrically connectable across the distal terminals via test lead wires. Current flow through the igniter sufficient to ignite the igniter is prevented until an ignition voltage is applied to the distal terminals that is equal to or greater than the reverse breakdown voltage of the first diode or the second diode.
US09243874B1
Disclosed is an apparatus for neutralizing explosive devices that includes an electrical power supply that provides an electrical potential sufficient to neutralize an explosive device, a cathode emitter and an anode emitter, and a vehicle that moves the cathode and anode emitters along the earth in close proximity to the earth, wherein the cathode and anode emitters are arranged parallel and spaced apart from each other. A method for using the apparatus is also disclosed.
US09243873B2
The present invention in one aspect relates to a low-cost, nano-graphene based broadband optical limiter with limiting properties superior to current standards, carbon fullerenes (C60) solutions and carbon black suspensions. The broadband optical limiter includes a plurality of graphene nano-sheets, and a base material in which the plurality of graphene nano-sheets is distributed. The base material can be liquid or gel matrix.
US09243869B1
An assembly for changing the posture of a weapon coupled to a sensor system comprises a weapon mount configured to support a weapon. The assembly further comprises a movement mechanism coupled between the weapon mount and the sensor system. The movement mechanism is movable between a first configuration in which a boresight or barrel of the weapon is aligned with a first axis of a line of sight of the sensor system and a second configuration in which the barrel of the weapon is disposed along a second axis rotated with respect to the first axis such that the weapon is no longer pointed in the same direction as the sensor.
US09243867B2
In general, disclosed is a multi-use and gun-protective apparatus for secure and hands-free carrying of a long gun in close proximity (in time, distance, and procedure) to a gunman carrier's gun firing position. Basically, in one embodiment, the apparatus is a reversible, open-ended, and chest-mounted bi-fold pouch configured to fold around at least part of the receiver portions (the portions of the rifle that contains the operating parts, e.g., bolt carrying group, trigger group, or magazine port) of a long gun). In operation, a long gun may be provided to the pouch so that the gun is transversely oriented with respect to torso of the gun carrier whereby the barrel of the long gun extends out of one end of the pouch while the stock of the long gun extends out of the other end of the pouch. When gun firing or deployment is necessary, the gun is located on the chest of carrier so that the barrel or stock of the gun may be gripped while the pouch is concurrently unfolded to result in the carried gun falling from the pouch into the carrier's gun firing position.
US09243855B2
A cooling structure for cooling a heat generating element allows cooling fluid to circulate around the heat generating element or a base material with the heat generating element disposed thereon. The cooling structure is provided with a vortex-flow generating portion which extends in a direction intersecting a circulation direction of the cooling fluid, and which generates a vortex flow depending on the flow rate of cooling fluid.
US09243854B2
A heat dissipation bracket for a battery pack assembly, comprises: a plurality of battery support brackets with an open end in a lower portion thereof; and a baffle mated with the open end, wherein the open end and the upper end of the battery support bracket and the two sides of the baffle are provided with corresponding horizontal protruding edges; the open end of one of the plurality of battery support brackets is provided with the baffle, while the rest of the battery support brackets are vertically stacked and disposed on the upper end of the battery support brackets; the battery support bracket, the baffle, and the stacked battery support brackets are connected through bolts in the corresponding horizontal protruding edges; a plurality of battery positioning slots are formed by the battery support brackets and the inner wall of the baffle; a plurality of raised bars are formed on the outer wall of the baffle along the longitudinal axial direction of the battery positioning slots, and a heat exchange channel is formed between the raised bars on the outer wall and the battery positioning slots on the inner wall.
US09243848B2
A water heating system includes a burner assembly for providing a source of thermal energy to a heat exchanger. A water inlet conduit is coupled to the heat exchanger assembly for supplying fresh water to be heated, and a water exit conduit is coupled to the heat exchanger assembly for delivering the heated water to a point of use. A bypass conduit connects the water exit conduit to the water inlet conduit, and a pump disposed in the bypass conduit circulates at least a portion of the heated water from the water exit conduit to the water inlet conduit. A feed-forward sensor positioned in the water inlet conduit between the heat exchanger assembly and the bypass conduit monitors a parameter of the water entering the heat exchanger assembly, and a processor controls the operation of the of the burner assembly in response to the feed-forward sensor.
US09243840B1
A storage assembly is provided for the storage and easy access of goods within a refrigerator cabinet. The refrigerator cabinet includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. The storage assembly comprises a drawer, a swivel mechanism, and at least one bin. The drawer is supported by the side walls of the cabinet and is configured to extend outwardly relative to the back wall of the cabinet. The swivel mechanism is attached to the drawer and comprises a support member that is rotatable relative to the drawer. The at least one bin slidably supported by the support member.
US09243834B2
Provided is a refrigerator, which includes a main body, a door, an evaporator, a defrosting heater, a defrosting sensor, and a control part. The main body includes a food storage space and an evaporation compartment. The door selectively closes the food storage space. The evaporator is disposed in the evaporation compartment. The defrosting heater is disposed at a side of the evaporator to remove frost from an outer surface of the evaporation compartment or the evaporator. The defrosting sensor is disposed at a side of the evaporation compartment or the evaporator to sense a frost formation amount. The control part receives a sensed value transmitted from the defrosting sensor, and controls an operation of the defrosting heater according to the sensed value. A sensing period of the defrosting sensor is varied according to a frost formation amount sensed by the defrosting sensor.
US09243825B2
Cooling apparatus is provided which comprises a mechanical refrigerator and a heat pipe. The mechanical refrigerator has a first cooled stage and a second cooled stage, the second cooled stage being adapted to be coupled thermally with target apparatus to be cooled. The heat pipe has a first part coupled thermally to the first stage of the mechanical refrigerator and a second part coupled thermally to a cooled member which may comprise the second stage of the mechanical refrigerator. The heat pipe is adapted to contain a condensable gaseous coolant when in use. An example coolant is Krypton. The apparatus is operated in a first cooling mode in which the temperature of the cooled member causes the coolant within the second part of the heat pipe to be gaseous and the temperature of the first stage causes the coolant in the first part to condense, whereby the cooled member is cooled by the movement of the condensed liquid from the first part to the second part of the heat pipe. When the cooled member is the second stage of the mechanical refrigerator, the heat pipe provides heat between the higher and lower temperature cooled stages during cooling. An associated method of operating such apparatus is also described.
US09243823B2
A cooling system for transferring heat from a heat load to an environment has a volatile working fluid. The cooling system includes first and second cooling cycles that are thermally connected to the first cooling cycle. The first cooling cycle is not a vapor compression cycle and includes a pump, an air-to-fluid heat exchanger, and a fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. The second cooling cycle can include a chilled water system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment. Alternatively, the second cooling cycle can include a vapor compression system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment.
US09243822B2
A cooling system for transferring heat from a heat load to an environment has a volatile working fluid. The cooling system includes first and second cooling cycles that are thermally connected to the first cooling cycle. The first cooling cycle is not a vapor compression cycle and includes a pump, an air-to-fluid heat exchanger, and a fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. The second cooling cycle can include a chilled water system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment. Alternatively, the second cooling cycle can include a vapor compression system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment.
US09243816B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to a solar power unit comprising a frame, configured to be integrated into a building structure, for supporting a solar panel, the solar panel for generating a power signal, and a front cover for securing the solar panel to the frame.
US09243810B2
A desiccant air conditioning system treats an air stream entering a building space. The system includes a conditioner having multiple structures arranged in a substantially vertical orientation, each having at least one surface across which a liquid desiccant can flow. The air stream flows through or between the structures such that the liquid desiccant dehumidifies the air stream in a warm weather operation mode and humidifies the air stream in a cold weather operation mode. Each structure further includes a desiccant collector at a lower end of the at least one surface for collecting liquid desiccant that has flowed across the at least one surface of the structure. A regenerator receives liquid desiccant from the desiccant collectors in the conditioner and causes the liquid desiccant to desorb water in the warm weather operation mode and to absorb water in the cold weather operation mode.
US09243809B2
A cooling system (20) includes a media exchanger (50), a cooling section (22), and a cooling circuit (120) for circulating a cooling fluid (130) between the media exchanger (50) and the cooling section (22). The media exchanger (50) receives outside air (38) and the cooling section (22) receives return air (32) from and interior space (34). When the cooling fluid (130) circulates into the cooling section (22) via the cooling circuit (120), the temperature of the return air (32) is reduced through indirect heat transfer between the cooling fluid (130) and the return air (32) to produce conditioned air (84). The conditioned air (84) is provided as supply air (46) into the interior space (34). When the cooling fluid circulates into the media exchanger via the cooling circuit, the temperature of the cooling fluid is reduced through direct heat transfer between the cooling fluid and the outside air.
US09243795B2
Disclosed are a modular lighting apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The modular lighting apparatus may be configured such that a volume of a heat radiating module may easily be changed to satisfy standards established by a variety of products groups. An optical module is configured to be interchangeable to provide different form factors that conform to different standards. The modular configuration and associated method of manufacturing the modular lighting apparatus provides enhanced assembly efficiency as well as reduced manufacturing costs.
US09243785B2
A wall mount light assembly having a mounting base and a light housing. The mounting base has a base wall, and a plurality of walls extending outwardly therefrom that terminate at a distal end. The foregoing cooperatively defining a front opening perimeter. The base wall and the front opening perimeter are oblique to each other. The light housing comprises a lens portion and a mating perimeter. The lens portion and the mating perimeter are oblique to each other. The mating perimeter of the light housing and the front opening perimeter are configured to matingly engage in at least two different orientations. In each of the orientations, the position of the base wall relative to the lens portion is different, so as to direct a light emanating through the lens portion in a different direction.
US09243782B2
Reflector designs for a large area panel light source create induced draft cooling means adjacent to the panel light source. The panel light source has a wavelength conversion element on a solid state light source for emitting light of a first and second wavelength to form a broader emission spectrum of light from the panel light source.
US09243771B2
An LED light source module for an LED motor vehicle headlight is disclosed. The module comprises at least one LED light source composed of at least one light-emitting diode, which couples light into an associated primary lens wherein the in-coupled light at least partially exits a light exit area of the primary lens. The module also comprises a secondary lens, which images the light exiting the exit area—when the headlight is installed in a vehicle—as a light pattern onto a region located in front of the vehicle. A diaphragm assembly is provided between the light exit area and the secondary lens. The diaphragm assembly comprising at least one optically effective diaphragm edge, which is arranged and/or extends such that undesired distortions occurring in an upper and/or lower region of the light pattern are at least partially suppressed in the light pattern.
US09243766B2
A lighting device for a motor vehicle headlamp is described. The device includes a reflector for focusing light emitted by a light source. At the rear end of the reflector is an opening to receive at least a part of the light source, and a reflector neck that surrounds the opening and to which the light source is fastened in a defined position relative to a reflective surface of the reflector. A plurality of locking members are formed on the reflector which in the course of a rotary movement of the light source about the optical axis of the reflector or about an axis parallel thereto when the light source has been at least partly inserted in the reflector neck, engage in corresponding perforations formed in the fight source.
US09243761B2
An optical assembly that installs red, green, blue laser diodes (LDs) within a single package is disclosed. The LDs are mounted on a base via respective sub-mounts. Light emitted from the LDs is collimated by collimating lenses and multiplexed by two wavelength filters so as to align optical axes of the light. The multiplexed light has an axis substantially leveled with the axes of the red, green, and blue light measured from the top of the base.
US09243760B2
The present invention relates to an optical light mixer providing a homogenized and uniform light beam where the optical light mixer is formed of a solid transparent material and light enters the optical light mixer through an entrance surface and is reflected through said body to an exit surface where said light exits said optical light mixer. The optical light mixer comprises a first part formed as a pyramid frustum where the top surface of the pyramid frustum forms the entrance surface and a second part formed as a cone frustum and where the bottom surface the cone frustum forms the exit surface. The present invention relates also to an illumination device comprising a number of light sources and such optical light mixer.
US09243759B2
An LED-based lighting unit for retrofitting a fluorescent light fixture in a transit vehicle has a concave frame or structure conforming to the shape of the fluorescent lighting fixture cavity, connector pins on either end of the frame for secure attachment to sockets of the fluorescent fixture, a plurality of LED modules for illuminating an area of a transit vehicle, a power adapter for receiving and converting an input power supply signal, and a diffusive lens cover. The frame may have rear fins or other features for facilitating dissipation of heat generated by the LEDs. A controller adjusts the intensity of the LEDs based on a reading from a temperature sensor and on a manual brightness setting. The change in light output may be accomplished by reducing a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated (PWM) waveform supplying the LEDs.
US09243751B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to compressed gas storage units, which in certain applications may be employed in conjunction with energy storage systems. Some embodiments may comprise one or more blow-molded polymer shells, formed for example from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). Embodiments of compressed gas storage units may be composite in nature, for example comprising carbon fiber filament(s) wound with a resin over a liner. A compressed gas storage unit may further include a heat exchanger element comprising a heat pipe or apparatus configured to introduce liquid directly into the storage unit for heat exchange with the compressed gas present therein.
US09243749B2
A lubricant injector is provided including a body having a passageway, an inlet, an outlet, and an aperture for lubricant to flow from a measuring chamber into the passageway. A piston is slidable along the passageway. When the piston is in a retracted position, a discharge chamber is present in the passageway between the piston and the outlet. A biasing spring is disposed in the passageway for urging the piston towards the retracted position. The injector has a rest mode, wherein no pressurized lubricant is supplied to the inlet, and the piston is retracted. The injector has a pressurized mode wherein the piston is under pressure and is moved to its extended position to urge lubricant out the outlet. In the rest mode, the spring urges the piston towards its retracted position to create the discharge chamber and to open the aperture between the measuring chamber and the discharge chamber.
US09243746B2
A hook for hanging an object using cantilever force is disclosed, and the hook includes a main body and a hook body. The hook body extends from the main body and includes a hook portion and a free end portion. The hook portion has an inner curved surface facing and close to the main body, and the free end portion is connected to the hook portion and has a blocking segment. A largest distance between the inner curved surface and the main body is configured to accommodate an object to be hung on the hook body, and the hook body is horizontally configured with respect to the ground when the main body is attached to a fixture.
US09243745B1
A magnetic slat device is disclosed herein. The magnetic slat device includes an elongate slat body, the elongate slat body having a generally curved cross-section with a first generally concave surface and a second generally convex surface, the elongate slat body further including a first longitudinal edge portion and a second longitudinal edge portion disposed opposite to the first longitudinal edge portion; and a plurality of magnets coupled to the elongate slat body, each of the plurality of magnets being spaced apart from one another along a length of the elongate slat body, and each of the plurality of magnets being disposed between the first and second longitudinal edge portions of the elongate slat body. Each of the plurality of magnets is configured to exert a magnetic force on a magnetic object. A slat kit comprising a plurality of magnetic slat devices is also disclosed herein.
US09243735B2
A flow limiter comprises a line segment with an air inlet and an air outlet and at least one resistance element. The resistance element is positioned within the line segment and impresses a predetermined flow resistance on an air flow that extends from the air inlet to the air outlet. Preferably, the resistance element extends at least in part in an axial direction of the line segment. Such a flow limiter is used to adjust an air volume flow and comprises particularly low generation of intrinsic noise.
US09243734B2
A connector system for connecting an exhaust extraction system to the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine. The connector system comprises a first flange, which can be connected to the exhaust pipe of the engine. A second flange is connected to a conduit through which exhaust fumes are evacuated. The first and second flanges can have mating tapered surfaces, to facilitate alignment of the second flange relative to the first flange. The second flange preferably comprises magnets for providing a secure connection between the first flange and the second flange, while enabling quick release of the connection. The magnets are preferably arranged in an asymmetric configuration.
US09243733B2
Embodiments of a valve device that reduces noise and vibration that may occur during low flow conditions in fluid couplings (e.g., valves and flow regulators). These embodiments utilize a plug and seat arrangement with geometry to prevent pressure differentials that cause the plug element to open and close in a cyclic pattern. In one embodiment, the valve device includes a seat element with an aperture and a plug element with a boss that extends into the aperture when the plug element contacts the seat element. The boss has an outer surface that forms a gap, which defines an annular area proximate the point of contact between the seat element and the plug element that is sized to reduce Venturi flow effects that cause the cyclic pattern to occur.
US09243732B2
A manual spray head can be connected with a flexible hose line by means of a coupling that has a ball-and-socket joint inserted between the manual spray head and the hose line. This arrangement not only increases the mobility and flexibility between the manual spray head and the flexible hose line, but also permits twisting of the manual spray head relative to the hose line without fear of unscrewing the screw-type connection or similar coupling provided between the manual spray head and the hose line.
US09243728B2
A single piece of pipe connectable to a similar adjacent pipe and including a female end that is reinforced with a band. The pipe includes in one embodiment a male end having external threads, a female end having an enlarged exterior diameter, a first section at the female end having an interior diameter to receive a male end of the similar adjacent pipe, a second section at the female end having internal threads to mate with the external threads of the male end of the similar adjacent pipe. The first section is positioned to funnel the male end of the similar adjacent pipe to the second section, and the second section is positioned between an intermediate section and the first section. At least one reinforcement band is positioned circumferentially around at least a portion of the female end. The pipe is disconnectable from the similar adjacent pipe and reusable.
US09243711B2
A tubular connection has first and second tubular members having aligned bores with a common axis and having first and second seal surfaces, respectively. A metal seal has a first end portion that sealingly engages the first seal surface and a second end portion that sealingly engages the second seal surface. The metal seal has a sidewall with at least two folds. One of the folds defines an axial interior gap. The other of the folds defines an axial exterior gap. An exterior spacer member is positioned in the exterior gap to limit closer of the exterior gap in response to a greater pressure on the interior of the seal than on the exterior. An interior spacer member is positioned in the interior gap to limit closure of the interior gap in response to a greater pressure on the exterior of the seal than on the interior.
US09243709B2
A pre-finished piston part is disclosed that may be used to form a piston assembly. A pre-finished piston may include a lower part defining a piston axis, the lower part having a skirt and forming a lower surface of a cooling gallery. The lower part may include a radially inner bowl surface defining a lower part radially inner mating surface. The pre-finished piston assembly may further include an upper part having a radially outer bowl surface meeting the radially inner bowl surface at a radially inner joint. The upper part may include a radially inner wall defining a radially inner upper part mating surface. The radially inner wall may define a radially inwardly facing surface that defines a non-parallel angle with the radially inner bowl surface where the radially inner bowl surface meets the radially innermost edge of the radially inner mating surface.
US09243702B2
A blade for a torque converter, including: a body with first and second blade side surfaces and a blade edge surface connecting the first and second blade side surfaces; and a tab extending from the blade edge surface and arranged for insertion through an opening in a core ring for the torque converter. The tab includes: a distal end furthest from the blade edge surface; first and second tab edge surfaces in communication with the distal end; and first and second indentations in the first and second tab edge surfaces, respectively, between the distal end and the blade edge surface. The core ring forms at least respective portions of respective inner circumferences for a turbine and pump for the torque converter. After insertion through the opening, the tab is arranged to be bent along a line connecting the indentations so that a portion of the tab engages the core ring.
US09243698B2
A gear drive system includes a securing panel, a first slave gear, a drive gear, and an adjusting structure. The securing panel includes a panel body, a rack, and a rotating shaft. An upper part of the first slave gear is adjacent to the rack and aligned with the rack. The drive gear engages the first slave gear. The adjusting structure includes an elastic element, a slave element pivotally mounted to the panel body, and a third slave gear. The third slave gear defines a rotating hole. The rotating shaft is received in the rotating hole. The second slave gear is movable related to the panel body to enable the rotating shaft to be located in different positions of the rotating hole. The third slave gear is driven to move and rotate. The slave element is driven to rotate to press the elastic element.
US09243697B2
A nut and lead screw assembly is disclosed. The nut includes a plurality of flexible fingers for adjusting the engagement of a threaded or unthreaded portion of the nut with corresponding threads of a lead screw. The engagement between the nut and the lead screw is adjusted by installing at least one radial compression member into a circumferential groove formed in the outer surface of the flexible fingers.
US09243696B2
A distal side link hub is connected with a proximal end side link hub through three sets of link mechanisms for alteration in posture. At least two sets of the link mechanisms include an actuator for arbitrarily changing the posture of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end side link hub by rotating a proximal side end link member and a reduction gear unit for reducing the speed of and transmitting the operation amount of the actuator to the proximal side end link member. The reduction gear unit includes a geared speed reducing section having a small gear rotated by the actuator and a large gear provided in the proximal side end link member. The radius of pitch circle of the large gear is chosen to be equal to or greater than the arm length of the proximal side end link member.
US09243693B2
A speed variator comprises a bell-shaped body (5) forming a frustoconical rolling surface (6) able to rotate about its own axis of symmetry (Y), a wheel (7) able to rotate about a second axis (W) and engaged by rolling with the rolling surface (6) to allow the transmission of a driving torque between the wheel (7) and the bell-shaped body (5), and an actuator (9) acting between the wheel (7) and the bell-shaped body (5) for moving the wheel (5) and the bell-shaped body (7) towards and/or away from each other in such a way as to make the wheel (7) engage with different portions of the rolling surface (6). The rolling surface (6) and the second axis (W) converge in a point (P).
US09243691B2
The present invention is to install a transmission belt between two noncircular synchronous transmission pulleys, thereby providing a non-sliding synchronous transmission feature between the belt and the pulleys, when the noncircular active pulley is driven to synchronously link the noncircular passive pulley to rotate through the transmission belt, a noncircular synchronous transmission pulley set having periodically varying speed ratio and circumference compensating function is formed, through the two pulleys being formed with certain noncircular wheel shapes, during the synchronous transmission, the circumferences of the two wheel shapes can be mutually compensated.
US09243689B2
A transmission device for an automatic document feeder includes a driving gear set driven by a driving motor, a first swing arm equipped with a first driving roller set, a second swing arm equipped with a second driving roller set, and a one-way gear set driven by the driving gear set to keep transmitting rollers rotating in the same direction. The first swing arm is driven by the driving gear set and swingable between a first position and a second position to mesh the first driving roller set with a pickup device or an output device. The second swing arm is driven by the driving gear set and swingable between a third position and a fourth position to mesh the second driving roller set with the pickup device or the output device. When the first swing arm swings toward the first position, the second arm swings toward the fourth position, and when the first swing arm swings toward the second position, the second swing arm swings to the third position.
US09243687B2
A power transmitting apparatus for a vehicle achieves seven forward speeds with a minimal number of input gears disposed on input shafts, since the second speed gear and the fourth speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the second input gear and the third speed gear and the seventh speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the third input gear, and distortion of step ratios at the high-speed region may be prevented.
US09243685B2
The invention relates to a noise reduction device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a device that is suitable for use with a drive chain, for reducing noise and vibration resulting from the chain contacting its surrounding environment (rattle noise). The present invention has particular but not exclusive application in reducing noise in chains installed as part of powered door assemblies. In one form, the invention provides a noise reduction device suitable for use with a chain comprising a plurality of connected links, the device adapted for attachment to a link, such that when attached, the member is fixed to and movable with the link and presents one or more surfaces to an environment surrounding the chain, the or each surface provided with damping means to reduce noise associated with the chain contacting the surrounding environment.
US09243683B2
A toothed belt is provided that has excellent environment resistance, high load resistance, high stiffness, and achieves high accuracy, light weight, compactness and low noise.A toothed belt is provided with a belt body including a plurality of core wires juxtaposed in the width direction of a rubber portion, a plurality of tooth rubber portions formed on one surface of the belt body, and a tooth cloth covering the surface of the tooth rubber portions. The rubber portion contains dioctyl sebacate and trimellitic acid ester in a mass part ratio of 1:19 to 1:1, the mass percentage of the dioctyl sebacate to the whole quantity of the rubber portion is less than 4 mass %, and the mass percentage of the total quantity of the dioctyl sebacate and the trimellitic acid ester to the whole quantity of the rubber portion is in a range from 4 mass % to 8 mass %.
US09243680B2
A fluid-filled type active vibration damping device including: a pressure-receiving chamber; an equilibrium chamber; an orifice passage permitting fluid flow between the two chambers; an oscillation member oscillated by an electromagnetic actuator; an intermediate chamber; and a pressure transmission passage through which pressure fluctuations produced in the intermediate chamber is applied to the pressure-receiving chamber. The intermediate chamber is provided independently of the equilibrium chamber. The pressure transmission passage comprises a filter orifice tuned to higher frequency than the orifice passage. A movable plate is provided for limiting an amount of fluid flow through the filter orifice. A leak hole is formed for continuously interconnecting the intermediate chamber and the pressure-receiving chamber, and a liquid column resonance frequency of the leak hole is set to not more than half of that of the filter orifice.
US09243679B2
The present invention is an anti-vibration device (1) that includes: a first mounting component (2) that is cylindrically-shaped and joined to one of a vibration generating portion and a vibration receiving portion; a second mounting component (3) that is joined to the other one of the vibration generating portion and the vibration receiving portion; a first elastic body (4) that elastically joins the first mounting component (2) and the second mounting component (3) together; a fluid chamber (5) that is provided inside the first mounting component (2) and inside which a fluid is sealed; a first partitioning wall (10) that divides the fluid chamber (5) in an axial direction so as to define a main fluid chamber (8), a portion of wall surfaces of which is the first elastic body, and an auxiliary fluid chamber; a second partitioning wall (12) that divides the main fluid chamber (8) in a circumferential direction so as to define a plurality of divided main fluid chambers (11); and a plurality of restricting passages (35) that enable the plurality of divided main fluid chambers (11A, 11B) and the auxiliary fluid chamber (9) to communicate with each other, wherein at least a portion of the first partitioning wall (10) is formed by a second elastic body (26) that is elastically deformable, the second partitioning wall (12) is joined to both the second mounting component (3) and the second elastic body (26), and the second elastic body (26) has differences in rigidity in a radial direction.
US09243664B2
A toroidal roller bearing, which comprises an outer ring, an inner ring and a plurality of roller elements interposed between the outer and inner rings, wherein the toroidal roller bearing allows for angular and axial displacement between the outer ring and the inner ring. The bearing includes a cage for holding the roller elements, wherein the cage provides an axial guiding feature for axially guiding the roller elements against at least one of the outer ring, inner ring and a separate element located outside the toroidal roller bearing.
US09243660B2
A main bearing for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine has first and second half bearings forming an axial groove on an inner circumferential surface of a butting portion. Each half bearing has a main cylinder portion including a central portion, and crush relief portions each extending toward the central portion from an end surface of the half bearing with a center angle of 3° to 15°. A plurality of crush relief grooves are formed in each crush relief portion in the circumferential direction to communicate with the axial groove. An oil groove is formed in the circumferential direction on an inner circumferential surface of the first half bearing. The second half bearing has a transition region having an inward protruding curved surface a wall thickness of which becomes thinner toward the crush relief portion from the main cylinder portion.
US09243656B2
A signaling device for emitting an acoustic and/or visual signal includes a base housing body and an upper housing part. The upper housing part is connected to the base housing body and forms a receiving space, in which at least one electrical component assembly is disposed. The connection means includes one or more locking pins, which can be disposed in a retaining manner on the upper housing part. The locking pins include a shaft, which can be inserted into a respective assigned opening in the base housing body, and on which at least one catch is disposed. The locking pins can be locked in the base housing body with the catch via a rotation about a partial angle of a full circle.
US09243642B2
A cooling system for use in a portable communication device includes a detection module, a cooling module and a central control module. The detection module detects whether the portable communication device is in a communication state and generates an acknowledgement signal. The cooling module includes a fan and a driving unit. The central control module is electrically coupled to the detection module and the driving unit, detects an operational temperature of said device, and generates a detected temperature value corresponding to the detected operational temperature. The central control module controls the fan to operate in a silent mode or a cooling mode. The central control module controls the fan to operate in the silent mode if the central control module receives the acknowledgement signal when the detected temperature value is smaller than a temperature threshold value, else the central control module controls the fan to operate in the cooling mode.
US09243640B2
A system in some embodiments includes a machine block comprising features configured to support moving machine components within a lubricating fluid, wherein the machine block includes an integral valve block configured to route the lubricating fluid through a first filter without a second filter and configured to route the lubricating fluid through the second filter without the first filter. Further embodiments include a method that includes switching circulation of a lubricant between a first filter and a second filter in response to an angular position of a valve disposed in a valve block integral to a machine block having moving components lubricated by the lubricant.
US09243635B2
A compressor includes a compression mechanism and a resin layer including a stack of three or more layers formed on a whole area or a portion of at least one surface of at least one part of the compression mechanism. A hardness of a layer most distant from a base in the resin layer is smaller than a hardness of a layer closest to the base in the resin layer. A difference in hardness between two adjacent layers in the resin layer is smaller than a difference in hardness between the layer most distant from the base and the layer closest to the base.
US09243628B2
Detecting a failure mode of a fluid flow controller configured to control fluid flow between first and second chambers of a downhole positive displacement pump and a flow line, wherein the positive displacement pump comprises a piston moving in an axial reciprocating motion, and subsequently adjusting operation of the downhole positive displacement pump based on the detected failure mode such that the downhole positive displacement pump piston operates differently in different axial directions.
US09243626B2
An adhesive dispensing system includes a pump and at least one sensor positioned to sense movements of a component of the pump and produce signals based on the sensed movements. The dispensing system also includes a controller operating the pump and communicating with the at least one sensor to collect information regarding operational cycles of the pump based on the signals. As a result, one or more diagnostic processes are enabled at the controller during operation of the adhesive dispensing system. These diagnostic processes may include a leak rate test for the dispensing system, an overspeed detection test for the pump, and expected life cycle monitoring of the pump or other components.
US09243613B2
A method for controlling a wind turbine is proposed. The wind turbine is in a wind farm and connected to a point of common coupling that is connected to a utility grid. At least one quantity indicative of a short circuit ratio of the utility grid is measured. A control parameter of a control system controlling the wind turbine and the wind farm is adjusted. based on the measured value of the quantity.
US09243612B2
A generator with a vertically reciprocating piston, including: a cylindrical head defining an inner space and having mounted on an inner surface thereof: a solenoid defining an internal space, an upper rack, and a lower rack; a piston including: an upper part extending out of the head, and a lower part moveable within the inner space of the head, the piston adapted to move in a vertical, reciprocal movement under a force of fluid impacting airfoil blades coupled to the upper part of the piston, wherein at least two of the airfoil blades are each coupled to the piston. The lower part of the piston includes a series of magnets, and the vertically reciprocating motion of the piston causes the series of magnets to move in the vertically reciprocating motion within the internal space defined by the solenoid, so as to generate energy.
US09243606B2
A device for converting wave-motion power having a float, which, in use, is vertically movable in response to the wave-motion; the motion being transmitted to an input shaft which rotates with reciprocating rotary motion and is connected to an output shaft by way of a transmission unit. The transmission unit transfers torque from the input shaft to the output shaft along two torque paths and has two freewheels that are arranged respectively along the two paths, and are configured so as to make the rotation of the output shaft unidirectional, independently of the rotation direction of the input shaft.
US09243604B2
An in-pipe hydraulic turbine system includes a pipeline for fluid transport, the pipeline having an inlet and an outlet, and a turbine disposed within the pipeline, between the inlet and the outlet. The turbine is actuated by fluid moving through the pipeline and leaves usable fluid pressure downstream of the turbine.
US09243600B2
A method and system for improving automatic engine stopping and starting is presented. In one example, the method adjusts conditions for engine stopping in response to operating conditions that are evaluated according to one or more cost functions. The method may improve vehicle fuel economy and limit driver annoyances.
US09243599B2
Provided is an engine starting device enabling the meshing engagement of a pinion gear and a ring gear to be quickly and quietly achieved in an automatic idle-stop system while an engine is rotating by inertia. The engine starting device includes: a ring gear connected to a crankshaft of an engine; a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear moving portion for moving the pinion gear so as to achieve meshing engagement with the ring gear; and starter control portion for executing any one of a plurality of control modes.
US09243595B2
Systems and methods for a multi-path purging ejector are disclosed. In one example approach, a dual path purge system for an engine comprises an ejector including a restriction, first and second inlets, and an outlet, at least one break-point at the restriction or inlets, and a shut-off valve coupled to the outlet.
US09243594B2
A system for a vehicle is provided herein. The system includes a fuel vapor canister comprising a shell, a compression plate within the shell and an end cap. The end cap includes a double sided spring interface and a double sided shell sealing surface having double sided identical grooves, only one of which is sealed to the shell. The system further includes a spring coupled to the compression plate and only one spring interface.
US09243593B2
A device for ventilating a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine in particular of a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes an activated carbon filter and at least one valve which is controllable by a control unit. To prevent leakage of hydrocarbons into the environment without enlargement of the activated carbon filter the control unit controls the valve in dependence on a load factor of the activated carbon filter and/or in dependence on an operating cycle duration of the internal combustion engine.
US09243592B2
A method for a fuel system coupled to an engine comprising: under vacuum conditions, opening the fuel vapor canister purge valve, and generating pressure pulsations in a conduit coupled to the fuel vapor canister purge valve by opening and closing a fuel vapor canister vent valve one or more times while maintaining the fuel vapor canister purge valve open. In this way, contaminants and/or debris that may prevent the canister purge valve from closing completely may be dislodged and evacuated to the intake manifold.
US09243590B2
A method determines a correction amount of an EGR valve opening degree. A basic correction amount map is generated indicating a correlation between rotating speed, load factor, and the correction amount, while the opening degree is maintained at a reference opening degree and the EGR rate is maintained at a target EGR rate, based on correction amounts obtained for mutually different individual combinations of the rotating speed and the load factor. Estimated values of the correction amounts not contained in the basic map are acquired by estimating the distribution of the amounts not in the basic map based on a distribution trend. An extended correction amount map is generated indicating a correlation between the estimated values of the rotating speed, the load factor, and the correction amount while the opening degree is maintained at a reference opening degree and the EGR rate is maintained at a target rate.
US09243589B2
Disclosed is a turbocharged internal combustion piston engine system that includes a waste-heat recovery system. The waste-heat recovery system involves injecting heated water into the cylinders during combustion to increase engine power and efficiency and to reduce emissions. The engine can be a spark or compression ignition type of engine, and can utilize fuels including but not limited to diesel, natural gas, gasoline, and ethanol. The engine also includes a turbocharger that utilizes a turbine in the exhaust gas flow to provide power to a compressor in the intake air flow to pressurize the intake air and provide additional charge flow to the engine to increase engine output.
US09243579B2
A method for operating an auto-ignition internal combustion engine that is operable in a single substance mode in which the internal combustion engine is supplied with self-igniting liquid fuel, and a dual substance mode in which the internal combustion engine is supplied with the liquid fuel as an ignition agent and gaseous or liquid alternative fuel, includes operating the internal combustion engine in the dual-substance mode at an increased exhaust gas recirculation rate relative to the single-substance mode, and throttling an air supply in an intake system of the internal combustion engine such that a lambda value in an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is in a range greater than 1 up to 1.3.
US09243568B2
A housing for a fresh gas supply device for an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger, includes a fresh gas connecting section which connects a charge air inlet and an air outlet. The housing has a main housing part and a housing cover, which can be removed from and secured to the main housing part. A corresponding fresh gas supply device includes the housing.
US09243564B2
A fuel delivery system for use with a flow of heavy fuel oil for a gas turbine engine may include one or more fuel lines in communication with the gas turbine engine and a magnesium mixing system positioned upstream of the one or more fuel lines. The magnesium mixing system may include a flow of magnesium and a flow of a carrier fluid, a carrier mixing chamber to mix the flow of magnesium and the flow of the carrier fluid to form a mixed carrier flow, and a heavy fuel oil mixing chamber to mix the flow of heavy fuel oil and the mixed carrier flow.
US09243561B2
A combustor head arrangement including a heatshield including an aperture therethrough. A meter panel having a cold side and a hot side, an aperture and a slot. At least one of the meter panel and the heatshield has a retaining feature on the cold side; one of the meter panel and the heatshield has an anti-rotation feature. The arrangement includes a burner seal sized to fit through the aperture in the meter panel from the hot side towards the cold side. The burner seal has a tang configured to pass through the slot when the burner seal is in a first orientation and to be retained by the retaining feature and the anti-rotation feature when the burner seal is rotated to a second orientation. Also a method of assembling the combustor head.
US09243550B2
Systems and methods for controlling compressor inlet flow in a turbocharger of an engine are described. In one example, a method for controlling a compressor inlet flow of an engine turbocharger system includes: directing air from a high pressure source to an inlet upstream of a compressor wheel via a conduit coupled to the inlet and the high pressure source, where the conduit is obliquely coupled to the inlet.
US09243532B2
The invention relates to a pumping device (20) for supplying an exhaust gas aftertreament system (10) of an internal combustion engine with a reductant (14), in particular with a urea-water solution, in order to reduce nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust gas flow of the internal combustion engine, comprising a motor (32) for driving two pumps (22, 24). According to the invention, the first pump (22) is connected to the motor (32) by means of a first coupling, and the second pump (24) is connected to the motor by means of a second coupling. In a preferred embodiment, the couplings are designed as freewheel couplings (26, 28) acting in opposite directions, so that a switch between a “pumping state” and a “suck-back state” can be made by simply reversing the direction of rotation of the motor (32).
US09243531B2
A burner for exhaust gas purification devices, comprising a base section, a first pipe section, and a second pipe section. The first pipe section has abase end section, a tip section, a combustion chamber, and a discharge port from which combusted gas is discharged. The base end section and the tip section are fixed to the base section. The second pipe section has a base end section and a tip section, and said base end and tip sections are fixed to the base section. The first pipe section also comprises an expansion/contraction section capable of expanding and contracting in a direction parallel to the central axis. The first pipe section and the second pipe section mutually overlap in the radial direction so as to form a multilayer tube structure.
US09243527B2
A vehicle system comprises an internal combustion engine including a PCV system fluidly coupled to a gaseous fuel source via a flow control valve. The gaseous fuel source may be fluidly coupled to an air inflow line of the PCV system, and the flow control valve may be configured to control a flow of gaseous fuel into the PCV system.
US09243524B2
For an upshift of a transmission, a model predictive control (MPC) module sets target intake and exhaust valve timings for changes in a torque request that occur during the upshift. A phaser actuator module controls intake valve phasing of an engine based on the target intake valve timing and controls exhaust valve phasing based on the target exhaust valve timing.
US09243523B2
A valve timing control device includes a lock mechanism having a hole portion formed in one of the driving-side/driven-side rotational members, a sleeve in the hole portion, a lock member in the sleeve and capable of projecting and retracting with respect to the other of the driving-side/driven-side members, and a lock hole formed in the other of the driving-side/driven-side members such that the lock member can be fitted to the lock hole when the lock member projects. The lock mechanism constrains a relative rotational phase of the driven-side rotational member with respect to the driving-side rotational member at a predetermined phase when the lock member is fitted to the lock hole. A first chamfered surface is formed in the circumferential direction at an inner-circumferential corner of an end of the sleeve on the side opposite to the side facing the lock hole.
US09243521B2
A tappet having a contiguous body, an outer wall and transverse web. The outer wall defines a cylindrically-shaped outer surface and a recess. The recess is disposed within cylindrical surface of the body. An alignment member is press-fit between two staked ends of the recess, which engage opposite sides of the alignment member. The alignment member extends outwardly from the cylindrically-shaped surface. A roller is mounted to the contiguous body at the cam contacting end of the tappet.
US09243506B2
A transition nozzle for use with a turbine assembly is provided. The transition nozzle includes a liner defining a combustion chamber therein, a wrapper circumscribing the liner such that a cooling duct is defined between the wrapper and the liner, a cooling fluid inlet configured to supply a cooling fluid to the cooling duct, and a plurality of ribs coupled between the liner and the wrapper such that a plurality of cooling channels are defined in the cooling duct.
US09243501B2
A blade for a gas turbine engine includes a shank interconnecting a root and a platform, and an airfoil extending radially from the shank. The shank includes a pocket with the platform overhanging the pocket. A rail extends axially along a lateral edge of the platform and extends radially inward from the platform in a direction opposite the airfoil. A gusset extends from an underside of the platform facing the pocket and in a circumferential direction between the rail and the shank.
US09243499B2
A gas turbine rotor for a gas turbine is provided. The gas turbine rotor includes a compressor rotor shaft, a turbine rotor shaft and a coupling device frictionally connecting the two rotor shafts, wherein the coupling device is designed in such a way that the friction connection also exists when the two rotor shafts are displaced relative to one another. In this case, the turbine rotor shaft is lengthened at the end facing the compressor rotor shaft in such a way that the turbine rotor shaft overlaps with the compressor rotor shaft in the axial direction and the coupling device connects this lengthened end of the turbine shaft to the compressor rotor shaft in the radial direction.
US09243495B2
A tool for use in initiating a hydraulic fracture in a bore hole comprises an elongate cylindrical bore hole packer structure (11) having an inner longitudinal passage (12), a mid-portion (13) provided with ports (14) extending outwardly from passage (12) to the exterior periphery of the packer structure (11) and expandable circumferential well portions (15A) surrounding the inner longitudinal passage (12) to each side of the mid-portion (13). In use of the tool the circumferential wall portions (15A) can be expanded by injection of hydraulic fracturing fluid into passage 12) and exit of the injected fluid through the ports (14) to produce a pressure difference between the inside of the packer structure and the outside of the packer structure as the fluid passes through the ports (14) such that the hydraulic fluid exiting the packer structure can initiate a fracture. The packer structure (11) is disposed between a pair of tool end pieces (16) one of which provides a fluid inlet for injection of hydraulic fluid into one end of passage (12) and the other of which closes the other end of passage (12) against outflow of hydraulic fluid therefrom.
US09243489B2
A system and method for steering a relief well to intersect a previously drilled wellbore. In one embodiment, a system includes a drill string disposed in the relief well and a surface processing system. The drill string includes a plurality of sections of wired drill pipe connected end-to-end, and a bottom hole assembly disposed at a downhole end of the drill string. The bottom hole assembly includes a drill bit, a steering tool configured to direct the drill bit towards a target, and an acoustic sensing tool. The acoustic sensing tool includes a plurality of acoustic sensors configured to detect acoustic signals emanating from fluid flow in a target wellbore. The surface processing system is coupled to the uphole end of the drill string, and is configured to determine a direction to the target wellbore based on the acoustic signals detected by the acoustic sensors.
US09243483B2
Methods for heating a material within a wellbore using nano-particles such as carbon nano-tubes. The material may be a flowable material such as cement, drilling mud, an acidizing fluid, or other material. Generally the methods comprise placing the flowable material in proximity to a radial wall of a wellbore. The methods also include running an energy generator into the wellbore. In one aspect, energizing the nano-particles in the filter cake causes the nano-particles to be activated, and increases a temperature within the flowable material to a temperature that is greater than an initial circulation temperature of the flowable material. Activating the energy generator may also assist in curing the flowable material in situ.
US09243479B2
A lateral is gravel packed without a junction in place in a single trip into the wellbore. A disconnect is provided between the isolation packer in the lateral and a main bore packer. The inner string assembly in the gravel packing completion releases a disconnect with a shift tool and then releases the main bore packer so that the inner string assembly takes out the main bore packer and the upper portion of the disconnect when pulling out of the hole. A junction is then placed into the main and lateral legs with a packer having a seal bore into which the production string is sealingly stabbed to produce out of the main bore and/or the just completed lateral.
US09243473B2
A packer that is usable with a well includes a tubular inner core and a swellable body that is mounted to the core and is adapted to swell in the presence of a triggering agent to form an annular seal in the well. The swellable body longitudinally extends between first and second ends of the body and includes a first region that is located between the first and second ends of the swellable body to swell at a first rate and at least a second region that is located closer to one of the first and second ends than the first region to swell at a second rate less than the first rate.
US09243472B1
A wellbore plug isolation system and method for positioning plugs to isolate fracture zones in a horizontal, vertical, or deviated wellbore is disclosed. The system/method includes a wellbore casing laterally drilled into a hydrocarbon formation, a wellbore setting tool (WST) that sets a large inner diameter (ID) restriction sleeve member (RSM), and a restriction plug element (RPE). The WST is positioned along with the RSM at a desired wellbore location. After the WST sets and seals the RSM, a conforming seating surface (CSS) is formed in the RSM. The CSS is shaped to engage/receive RPE deployed into the wellbore casing. The engaged/seated RPE isolates heel ward and toe ward fluid communication of the RSM to create a fracture zone. The RPE's are removed or left behind prior to initiating well production without the need for a milling procedure. A large ID RSM diminishes flow constriction during oil production.
US09243470B2
A downhole system and related method, which may be used in an injection well for permitting removal, repair and or replacement of equipment installed in the well without unloading the formation in which the well is placed. The system generally includes an annulus sealing device, such as a packer, at least one valve, such as a flapper valve, a latching assembly and a rigid elongate member. The rigid elongate member may be connected to the latching assembly and serves the valve to open and close, or be permitted to open and close. The latching assembly serves to disconnect, and subsequently reconnect, equipment from the annular sealing device. Such release is accompanied by closure of the at least one valve and reconnection by opening of the at least one valve. The latching assembly has seals to prevent fluid from flowing around the latching assembly when the valve is open.
US09243464B2
A fluid flow control apparatus includes a biasing member applying a biasing force to a closure member, and a sealing member receiving the closure member. A dampener operatively connected to the closure member resists a force applied to the closure member. A fluid seal is formed when the biasing member presses the closure member against the sealing member. The closure member and sealing member may cooperate to control fluid flow along a fluid conduit formed in a wellbore tubular. The apparatus may include an actuator that controls the force applied to the closure member. The actuator may adjust the biasing force, and/or the dampening force. Also, a controller control the actuator may be responsive to a signal generated at a surface location, a downhole location, and/or a signal generated by a sensor.
US09243463B2
A coiled tubing injector apparatus for inserting and/or removing coiled tubing from a well head comprising a first injector column and a second injector column forming a central pathway within a frame. The first and second injector columns each comprise an inner and outer band, the outer band containing a plurality of rolling elements for engaging the coiled tubing and the inner band creating drive force to energize the outer band. The inner band further comprises a wear plate designed to sustain the majority of wear for less costly maintenance and repair of injection heads.
US09243458B2
Processes for pre-sharpening cutting structures comprising particles of superabrasive material such as diamond grit, dispersed in a metal matrix material such as cemented tungsten carbide. Matrix material may be removed from a surface of a cutting structure to a desired depth to expose superabrasive particles within the matrix material adjacent the surface, and to increase exposure of partially exposed superabrasive particles at the surface. Electrodischarge machining (EDM), laser machining, electrolytic etching and chemical etching may also be employed. Pre-sharpened cutting structures are also disclosed.
US09243457B2
An underreamer for increasing a diameter of a wellbore. The underreamer includes a body having an axial bore extending at least partially therethrough. A sleeve is arranged and designed to move a first axial distance within the body. A cutter block is movably coupled to the body. The cutter block is arranged and designed to move at least the first axial distance with respect to the body to contact the sleeve in response to hydraulic pressure in the bore. The cutter block moves from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter as the cutter block moves the first axial distance.
US09243452B2
Cutting elements for earth-boring tools include one or more recesses and/or one or more protrusions in a cutting face of a volume of superabrasive material. The superabrasive material may be disposed on a substrate. The cutting face may be non-planar. The recesses and/or protrusions may include one or more linear segments. The recesses and/or protrusions may comprise discrete features that are laterally isolated from one another. The recesses and/or protrusions may have a helical configuration. The volume of superabrasive material may comprise a plurality of thin layers, at least two of which may differ in at least one characteristic. Methods of forming cutting elements include the formation of such recesses and/or protrusions in and/or on a cutting face of a volume of superabrasive material. Earth-boring tools include such cutting elements, and methods of forming earth-boring tools include attaching such a cutting element to a tool body.
US09243445B2
A protective window shutter is designed to cover and uncover a door mounted “peek through” metal framed window. The shutter is made up of two shutter sections, rotatable in relation to each other. The first shutter section is secured adjacent to the window's metal frame and the second shutter section is rotatable from a first position in which the two sections are folded on each other, to a second position in which the second section is extended out from the first section, over the window. The shutter sections are maintained in the closed position by the attraction of metal strike plates on the first shutter section and corresponding magnets encased within the second shutter. The second section is maintained over the window by the attraction of the magnets to the window's metal framing. The shutter sections are made of high strength, lightweight PVC or like material.
US09243441B2
A system for activating a vehicle function includes a vehicle and at least one remote controller. The least one remote controller is configured to receive, prior to a user approaching their vehicle, a request from the user to have a vehicle function activated when the user approaches their vehicle, and to periodically transmit request signals indicating the request. The vehicle defines a first communication range with the at least one remote controller for communication of the request signals. The vehicle is vehicle configured to receive at least one of the request signals upon the at least one remote controller's entry into the first communication range, and generate an instruction to activate the vehicle function in accordance with the request.
US09243434B2
The hinge structure of a console box including a brake shaft and a braking device, arranged in a place displaced in the axial direction of a hinge shaft and disposed on one side of the hinge shaft. When opening and closing a lid, the drive shaft and the hinge shaft rotate in conjunction with the rotation of the lid, while a friction plate between the brake shaft and a braking plate is pressed against the rotating end face and the stationary brake plate, which is secured to a storage box, and a predetermined friction force can be produced continuously. Due to the friction force, the lid can be rotated under the influence of a moderate extent of rotational resistance when opening and closing the lid, and the position of the lid can be kept in the place where the lid stopped rotating within a rotatable range of the lid.
US09243427B2
A container is disclosed that has a housing and a lid. The lid has a planar portion and a latch that is freely movable parallel to the planar portion of the lid. The latch has a retention feature and a first reference surface that is perpendicular to the planar portion of the lid. There is a latch mechanism coupled to the housing that has an engagement element configured to engage the retention feature of the latch and a first alignment feature having a first alignment surface. The first alignment feature is configured to laterally displace the latch in a first direction such that the first reference surface aligns with the first alignment surface when the lid is brought together with the housing with the fastener laterally displaced away from the engagement element in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction.
US09243426B2
A key assembly is disclosed. The key assembly may have a blade, and a head configured to receive the blade. The key assembly may also have a locking feature separate from the blade and the head. The locking feature may be received by the head and configured to inhibit removal of the blade from the head via interference. The locking feature may deform during connection to the blade.
US09243425B2
A safety barrier system is a visual barrier having a rigid and detachable top and bottom rail. The barrier is of light weight construction, its main components being made of aluminum and nylon. It consists of a top and bottom T-shaped aluminum rail, the rails being joined by nylon straps of various widths that are suspended between the rails, the widths and spacing of the straps depending on the particular configuration, of which there may be a number of variations. At each rail end, both top and bottom rails, there is a loop of nylon strap. The straps are used to fix the barrier to the T-top bollards or star pickets. The top rail ends can include secondary straps for binding the ends of the top rail to the ends of a bottom rail when a section of the safety barrier is rolled up for storage or transport.
US09243420B2
A tent for photography includes a ladder assembly and an affiliated tent. The ladder assembly includes two front support legs and two rear support legs. Tops of the front and rear support legs are hinged together. At least one footboard is disposed on the front support legs or between the front and rear support legs. The affiliated tent includes a support rod and a tent cloth. The support rod is composed of rod members connected with each other. Two ends of the support rod after bending form two support legs of the tent. One side of the tent cloth is fixed on the support rod, and the other side is fixed on the ladder assembly. By the tent, a photographer can climb up or lie on the ground during field photographing. The tent provides a place for shading and sheltering from the rain to facilitate outdoor photography work.
US09243418B2
The invention relates to a tower (1) comprising a lower tubular tower section (2) made of concrete, an upper tubular tower section (3) made of steel and an adapter piece (7) for connecting the two tower sections (2, 3). The adapter piece (7) consists of an annular concrete element (8) and a steel element (9), the steel element (9) containing at least one annular flange (9a) that covers preferably entirely a surface of the concrete element (8), said surface being at the top in the installed state. The steel element (9) is directly cast together with the concrete element (8), wherein the annular flange (9a) is completely underpoured, essentially without air inclusions. In a method for producing a tower (1) comprising an adapter piece (7), a steel element (9) having an annular flange (9a) is placed head down into an annular formwork in order to produce said adapter piece (7). A concrete material is then introduced into the formwork in order to produce an annular concrete element (8) of the adapter piece (7), whereby the concrete material is directly applied onto the subsequent bottom side of the flange (9a).
US09243417B2
A personal safety system with a security entrance (4), a holding room (5) connected to security entrance (4), an air curtain device (2) at an entrance door (3) of the security entrance (4), allows a persons to reach the holding room in a short time. To accomplish the object a circulating air system (13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26) is provided for the interior space enclosed by the security entrance (4) and for the holding room (5). The circulating air system (13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 26) includes at least one air delivery unit (18) and a toxic gas filter (19), an air flushing device (28, 30, 31) with air storage units (29) for the holding room (5) and a gas supply duct (27) in the holding room (5) for respirator products.
US09243414B2
The swimming pool cleaner of the invention is a suction device comprising a rectangular housing, at least four wheels enabling the device to be manually rolled along the swimming pool bottom with the long sides perpendicular to the direction of motion, and two cylindrical rotary brushes adjacent and parallel to opposing long sides of the housing and driven by rotation of the device wheels. Tree leaves and other debris are effectively captured due to a downward sweeping action produced by rotation of the cylindrical rotary brush on the leading edge as the cleaning device, connected to a suction means, is rolled back and forth over the swimming pool bottom by an operator pulling and pushing on a pole attached to the top of the housing. The performance of the device is enhanced via fenders that wrap around the tops of the rotary brushes, and inclusion of various housing bottom features.
US09243409B2
Time-release algae-resistant roofing granules have a base particle including an algaecide and an outer coating layer including another algaecide. The at least two algaecides are released over different predetermined periods. The outer layer protects the base particle from exposure to the environment for a predetermined period, then fails catastrophically so that the interior algaecide can be released.
US09243408B2
A roofing element for mounting on a sloped roof includes a formed panel. In one embodiment the length is at least as great as the width, the width being cross-wise relative, the length running down the slope. The formed panel has a relief pattern that has a grain direction aligned with the length. The width may be less than one arm's length. The relief element simulates a wooden shake or a slate tile. The sheet metal panel has top, bottom, and first and second side edge margins, The top edge margin has a bulge at one end, and a matingly sized double cuff at the other end. The next adjacent side has a relieved upper end flange that has a transition from a flat flange to a narrower upstanding curved wall defining the lower edge of an accommodation permitting the double cuff of one panel to seat in the mating accommodation of the next adjacent panel. When installed, the accommodation and the double cuff are overlain by the bottom edge margin flange of the next up-slope tile.
US09243400B2
A clip for facilitating installation of foam insulation boards in a building structure. The clip comprises a body, a spacer and a foot for holding the insulation board, and a connection region for attachment of the clip to a building structural member. The clip is designed to ensure proper ventilation and greatly easy the proper installation of rigid foam insulation.
US09243386B2
Non-limiting, illustrative systems and methods for collecting rain water are disclosed. Given by way of non-limiting example, a down spout interface bladder is removably attachable to an end section of a down spout. A rain water holding device is hydraulically couplable to the down spout interface bladder.
US09243384B2
Provided is a hybrid construction machine preventing an electrical storage device from overcharge, including a hydraulic actuator, a hydraulic pump, a generator-motor which performs electric generator and motor actions, an engine, an electric actuator which generates regenerative electric power, an electrical storage device which performs a charge-and-discharge action with the generator-motor and the electric actuator, a charge-rate detector which detects a charge rate C1 of the electrical storage device, and a control section which controls an operation of the generator-motor and a charge-and-discharge action of the electrical storage device. The control section, when the charge rate C1 exceeds a set value Cs, performs overcharge-prevention control of making assist power by the electric motor action of the generator-motor be greater than that when C1≦Cs, the set value Cs predetermined as a charge rate at which receiving the regenerative electric power can overcharge the electrical storage device.
US09243378B2
A device for treating soil has a soil contact head having at least one discharge orifice therein, and a handle to which the soil contact head is attached. A discharge valve is with the at least one discharge orifice, and a controller is provided for controlling operation of the discharge valve. An actuation trigger is included for initiating an injection event, with the controller being responsive to the actuation trigger to operate the discharge valve in response to the actuation trigger initiating an injection event. The controller controls the duration during which the discharge valve is open during an injection event in response to a single actuation of the actuation trigger. A source of pressurized fluid is flowably connected to the discharge valve, wherein the discharge valve is operable to discharge pressurized fluid through the at least one discharge orifice during an injection event.
US09243375B2
A terminal post for a barrier includes an upright portion having an aperture positioned, so that in use: the aperture is located in a region of the upright portion above a ground engaging portion of the upright portion; and wherein located on one side of the aperture is a transverse reinforcing member which includes a slot for receiving a cable. At least one groove, or pair of notches is provided located beneath the aperture, and form(s) a predetermined fail line, along which the post will deform, upon receiving a substantially inline impact, which causes the transverse member to move to release the cable, and wherein the aperture is dimensioned to allow the terminal end of the cable formally retained by the slot to pass therethrough.
US09243363B2
Ironing system comprising an iron, a machine body provided with steam generating means, a tube for sending steam from the machine body to the iron and an electrical cable for supplying the iron; said steam tube and said electrical cable coming from the iron comprise a first connector suitable to be connected, according to a first operating mode of the system, to a second connector connected to a portion of steam tube inside the machine body and to conductors of said electrical cable inside the machine body; in said first and second connectors there are provided electrical contact elements suitable to cooperate with one another and to enable contact of said electrical conductors with said electrical cable and valve means suitable to enable connection of said portion of tube with said tube to enable the passage of steam from the machine body to the iron; said first connector is connectable, according to a further operating mode of the system, directly with an electrical supply cable connectable to the electricity distribution system thus excluding the machine body.
US09243359B2
The present invention is directed to multiple-layer composites suitable for use as floor-coverings in the form of cut tiles or broadloom sheets, providing a durable and highly stable structure that can lay flat and remain flat with variations in temperature and humidity and provide a durable and yet soft textile face. The composite comprises a laterally-compressible fabric face bonded with an adhesive layer to a highly conformable stress-absorbing cushioning layer. The face fabric comprises closely packed looped yarns reciprocating between the top and the bottom of the fabric, protruding into the adhesive layer and emerging from the adhesive layer to the surface forming micro-spring structures. The weight, properties, density and level of penetration of adhesive are controlled to maintain lateral compressibility for the entire composite and avoid warping.
US09243356B2
A turf reinforcement fabric and a method for producing such a fabric by weaving a plurality of filaments in a predetermined pattern to form a three-dimensional structure formed to have a loft thickness without requiring the application of heat to heat shrink the fibers, and/or formed with one or more fibers of increased thickness at peaks and valleys of the woven structure, and/or incorporating flame retardant and/or UV stabilizing fiber additives.
US09243354B2
Dimensionally stable open woven fabrics formed from a plurality of high tenacity warp elongate bodies interwoven and bonded with a plurality of transversely disposed, high tenacity weft elongate bodies, composite articles formed therefrom, and to a continuous process for forming the composite articles.
US09243352B2
A spinning nozzle for an air-jet spinning machine has a base body with an internal turbulence chamber, an inlet opening for the fiber sliver which enters the turbulence chamber and a fiber guide channel for guiding the fiber sliver entering the inlet opening. A thread-forming element extends at least partially into the turbulence chamber and has an inlet mouth as well as an adjoining take-off channel for the thread in the transport direction. Air nozzles are directed into the turbulence chamber. The spinning nozzle has an extension piece that is releasably fixed to the base body in the region of the inlet opening, wherein the fiber guide channel adjoining the inlet opening is formed at least partially by a channel section of the extension piece.
US09243345B2
A method of manufacturing a silicon wafer provides a silicon wafer which can reduce the precipitation of oxygen to prevent a wafer deformation from being generated and can prevent a slip extension due to boat scratches and transfer scratches serving as a reason for a decrease in wafer strength, even when the wafer is provided to a rapid temperature-rising-and-falling thermal treatment process.
US09243343B2
The present invention provides a vitreous silica crucible which can restrain deterioration of crystallinity of a silicon ingot in multi-pulling. Provided is a vitreous silica crucible for pulling a silicon single crystal, the crucible has a wall having, from an inner surface toward an outer surface of the crucible, a synthetic vitreous silica layer, a natural vitreous silica layer, an impurity-containing vitreous silica layer and a natural vitreous silica layer.
US09243338B2
The invention provides a method for synthesizing platinum nanoparticles incorporated on silica. The method includes immobilizing dithiocarbamate functional group on a surface of the silica to form dithiocarbamate-silica. The method includes treating the dithiocarbamate-silica with platinic acid to form Platinum (II) [Pt (II)] dithiocarbamate complex on the silica and thereafter, reducing the Pt (II) dithiocarbamate complex.
US09243333B2
This invention relates to galvanic aluminum alloy powder-pigments coated with semi-conducting corrosion inhibiting compositions and to the process for preparing said coated powder-pigments for coating metal substrates to inhibit corrosion. The coated aluminum alloy powder-pigments are electrically active and prevent corrosion of metals which are more cathodic (electropositive) than the coated aluminum alloy pigments.
US09243324B2
Methods for forming non-oxygen containing silicon-based films, that contain >50 atomic % of silicon, are provided herein. In one aspect, the silicon-based films have a composition SixCyNz wherein x is about 51 to 100, y is 0 to 49, and z is 0 to 50 atomic weight (wt.) percent (%) as measured by XPS. In one embodiment, the non-oxygen silicon-based films were deposited using at least one organosilicon precursor having at least two SiH3 groups with at least one C2-3 linkage between silicon atoms such as 1,4-disilabutane.
US09243316B2
In accordance with a representative embodiment, a method of fabricating a piezoelectric material comprising a first component and a second component comprises: providing a substrate; flowing hydrogen over the substrate; flowing the first component to form the piezoelectric material over a target; and sputtering the piezoelectric material from the target on the substrate. In accordance with another representative embodiment, a method of fabricating a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator comprises: forming a first electrode over a substrate; forming a seed layer over the substrate; and depositing a piezoelectric material having a compression-negative (CN) polarity. The depositing of the piezoelectric material comprises: flowing a first component of the piezoelectric material to form the piezoelectric material over a target comprising a second component of the piezoelectric material; and sputtering the piezoelectric material from the target to the substrate.
US09243314B2
A high-Si content austenitic stainless steel, which exhibits stable acid resistance and excellent corrosion resistance in high-temperature and concentrated nitric acid, has a chemical composition comprising: C: at most 0.04%; Si: 2.5-7.0%; Mn: at most 10%; P at most 0.03%; S: at most 0.03%; N: at most 0.035%; sol. Al: at most 0.03%; Cr: 7-20%; Ni: 10-22%; optionally, one or more types selected from Nb, Ti, Ta and Zr: 0.05-0.7% in total; and the remainder being Fe and impurities, wherein a total amount of B1 type inclusions measured by a method according to JIS G0555 (2003) Annex 1 “Microscopic Testing for the Non-Metallic Inclusions on the Point Counting Principle” is not more than 0.03% by area %.
US09243313B2
The metallurgical composition includes a main particulate metallic material, for example iron or nickel, and at least one alloy element for hardening the main metallic material, which form a structural matrix; a particulate solid lubricant, such as graphite, hexagonal boron nitride or mixture thereof; and a particulate alloy element which is capable of forming, during the sintering of the composition conformed by compaction or by injection molding, a liquid phase, agglomerating the solid lubricant in discrete particles. The composition may include an alloy component to stabilize the alpha-iron matrix phase, during the sintering, in order to prevent the graphite solid lubricant from being solubilized in the iron. The invention further refers to a self-lubricating sintered product, obtained from the composition, and to the process for obtaining said product.
US09243307B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for removing and recovering copper by treating an acidic waste liquid containing copper ions such as an etching waste liquid resulting from etching a copper printed board in an etching solution of cupric chloride and a waste liquid after renewing a plating bath liquid in producing electrolytic copper foil. In particular, a copper recovering method of recovering copper from a copper-containing acidic waste liquid includes adding a liquid mixture of a copper-containing acidic waste liquid and an oxidizing agent to an alkaline agent solution while a pH of the alkaline agent solution to which the liquid mixture has been added is being controlled so as never to decrease to seven or lower, and by obtaining a solid material whose main component is copper oxide.
US09243305B2
A method for producing a bearing ring of a rolling bearing includes the steps of: preparing a formed body constituted of hypereutectoid steel; forming an annular heated region heated to a temperature of at least an A1 point on the formed body by relatively rotating an induction heating member arranged to face part of an annular region for becoming a rolling contact surface of the bearing ring in the formed body to induction-heat the formed body along the circumferential direction of the annular region; and simultaneously cooling the whole of the heated region to a temperature of not more than an Ms point.
US09243300B2
A method of reducing the acid concentration within gastric fluid, suppressing a tendency towards a strongly acidic pH within the gastric fluid, and inhibiting the production of gastrin involves the step of administering live or killed lactic acid bacterium (such as Lactobacillus johnsonii No. 1088) to a living subject. The invention also relates to a method of alleviating the side effects caused by continuous administration of a proton pump inhibitor by administering live or killed lactic acid bacterium to a living subject.
US09243298B2
The current invention relates to a diagnostic kit for a bacterial species and/or fungal and/or yeast species comprising at least one oligonucleotide probe capable of binding to at least a portion of the LepA and/or Guf1 genes or its corresponding mRNA.
US09243297B2
Described herein is a set of oligonucleotide probes. Also included are methods of using the oligonucleotide probes in profiling the microbiota of the GI tract of a subject and methods of diagnosing or monitoring a disease or condition in a subject or predicting or assessing the risk of a subject developing a disease or condition. Kits comprising the oligonucleotide probe set described herein are also provided.
US09243293B2
The present invention relates to a method of identifying a predisposition for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a subject comprising assessing in a sample obtained from said subject the expression level of one or more genes selected from the FK506 binding protein 5 (FKBP5) gene, the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT5B) gene and the nuclear factor I/A (NFIA) gene, wherein a decrease in the expression level of said one or more genes as compared to the expression level of the corresponding gene(s) of a control is indicative of a predisposition for developing PTSD. Further, the invention relates to a method of identifying a compound capable of preventing or treating PTSD or capable of serving as a lead compound for developing a compound capable of preventing or treating PTSD and also to a method of selecting a therapy to prevent or treat PTSD.
US09243291B1
Described herein are compounds useful for the treatment and investigation of diseases, methods for the prediction of in vivo toxicity of compounds useful for the treatment and investigation of diseases, and methods of discovering and identifying compounds useful for the treatment and investigation of diseases that have reduced in vivo toxicity.
US09243286B2
This invention relates to oligonucleotides comprising a molecular switch which may exist in an “open” or “closed” position. The molecular switch portion of the probe is particularly sensitive to the identity of sequences complementary to the molecular switch. Oligonucleotides containing a molecular switch are applicable to all kinds of hybridization processes. Due to the sensitivity of the switch domain of the oligonucleotide, probes containing a molecular switch are particularly useful in the identification of single point mismatches. More specifically, a portion, but not all, of the oligonucleotide becomes unbound from a mismatched target. The invention further relates to methods of using said oligonucleotides for research reagents, and clinical diagnostics. An exemplary oligonucleotide comprises a first hybridizable domain, a second bridging block domain, and a third binding domain.
US09243284B2
Nucleotide triphosphate probes containing a molecular and/or atomic tag on a γ and/or β phosphate group and/or a base moiety having a detectable property are disclosed, and kits and method for using the tagged nucleotides in sequencing reactions and various assay. Also, phosphate and polyphosphate molecular fidelity altering agents are disclosed.
US09243283B2
Methods for authenticating and/or detecting tampering of an item of interest using a nucleic acid tag. A nucleic acid tag comprising a nucleotide-support platform attached to a nucleic acid molecule is created or obtained and then sealed within or on the item of interest. The surface of the item of interest is sampled for the presence of the seeded tag after the item of interest has been moved from one location to another or has been stored for a period of time, during which tampering can occur and/or authentication may necessary. The presence of the tag can indicate that tampering has occurred, or that the item of interest is authentic.
US09243280B2
The present application relates to methods, compositions and systems for the specific, controllable degradation of targeted proteins. Typically, the target proteins have a function which has not yet been elucidated. The disclosure enables one to study the effect of degrading a targeted protein, which in turn, will lead to a characterization of its function. In one embodiment, the invention pertains to a composition comprising a construct wherein the construct includes a peptide including a degradation tag. The degradation tag includes a ClpX binding sequence appended to a protein, wherein the sequence is YALAA.
US09243274B2
This invention pertains to methods for producing homogeneous recombinant proteins that contain polymer initiators at defined sites. The unnatural amino acid, 4-(2′-bromoisobutyramido)phenylalanine of formula 1, was designed and synthesized as a molecule comprising a functional group further comprising an initiator for an atom-transfer radical polymerization (‘ATRP”) that additionally would provide a stable linkage between the protein and growing polymer. We evolved a Methanococcus jannaschii (Mj) tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase/tRNACUA pair to genetically encode this unnatural amino acid in response to an amber codon. To demonstrate the utility of this functional amino acid, we produced Green Fluorescent Protein with the unnatural amino acid initiator of formula 1 site-specifically incorporated on its surface (GFP-1). Purified GFP-1 was then used as an initiator under standard ATRP conditions with oligo(ethylene oxide)monomethyl ether methacrylate, efficiently producing a polymer-GFP bioconjugate wherein the polymer is connected at a specifically selected site on GFP.
US09243265B2
Provided are a recombinant Ralstonia eutropha capable of producing polylactate or a hydroxyalkanoate-lactate copolymer, and a method of preparing polylactate or a hydroxyalkanoate-lactate copolymer using the same. The recombinant Ralstonia eutropha, which is prepared by introducing a gene of an enzyme converting lactate into lactyl-CoA and a gene of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase using lactyl-CoA as a substrate thereto, may be cultured, thereby efficiently preparing a lactate polymer and a lactate copolymer.
US09243264B2
This invention relates to a method for producing hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of hydrogen and methanogen/s, the methanogen/s is/are provided in an aqueous growth substrate and the aqueous growth substrate is pressurized to a pressure of from 5 to 1000 bar with a pressurizing fluid containing or comprising carbon dioxide. In an embodiment of the invention, a cathode is provided to generate hydrogen and also to control the pH of the aqueous growth substrate. The invention also relates to an apparatus for carrying out the method.
US09243245B2
The invention provides means and methods for alleviating one or more symptom(s) of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and/or Becker Muscular Dystrophy. Therapies using compounds for providing patients with functional muscle proteins are combined with at least one adjunct compound for reducing inflammation, preferably for reducing muscle tissue inflammation, and/or at least one adjunct compound for improving muscle fiber function, integrity and/or survival.
US09243238B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for computationally designing enzymes. These techniques can be used to design variations of naturally occurring enzymes, as well as new enzymes having no natural counterparts. The techniques are based on first identifying functional reactive sites required to promote the desired reaction. Then, hashing algorithms are used to identify potential protein backbone structures (i.e., scaffolds) capable of supporting the required functional sites. These techniques were used to design 32 different protein sequences that exhibited aldol reaction catalytic function, 31 of which are defined in the Sequence Listing. Details of these 31 different synthetic aldolases are provided, including descriptions of how such synthetic aldolases can be differentiated from naturally occurring aldolases.
US09243236B2
A thermostable glycosidase enzymes derived from various Thermococcus, Staphylothermus and Pyrococcus organizms is disclosed. The enzymes are produced from native or recombinant host cells and can be utilized in the food processing industry, pharmaceutical industry and in the textile industry, detergent industry and in the baking industry.
US09243232B2
The present disclosure provides peptides and constructs that inhibit mitochondrial fission, and compositions comprising the peptides or constructs. The present disclosure provides methods of reducing abnormal mitochondrial fission in a cell. Also provided are methods for designing and validating mitochondrial fission inhibitor constructs and peptides, including but not limited to, evaluating the effects of the constructs and peptides on dynamin- 1-related protein (Drp1) GTPase activity, binding of Drp1 to mitochondrial fission 1 protein (Fis1), reduction of mitochondrial damage, reduction in cell death, inhibition of mitochondrial fragmentation in a cell under pathological conditions, and reduced loss of neurites in primary dopaminergic neurons in a Parkinsonism cell culture.
US09243228B2
The invention relates to a process for obtention of myofibroblasts. According to this process: (a) a sample of cells essentially comprising fibroblasts is prepared; and (b) this sample of cells is cultured in a serum-free culture medium. The main purpose addressed by the invention is to obtain a population of myofibroblasts, the characteristics whereof facilitate any study of these cells, and in particular as pure as possible a population of myofibroblasts.Some examples of application of the invention are: identification of biomarkers of myofibroblasts, identification of therapeutic targets, identification and validation of anticancer compounds, and an in vitro model for the screening of pharmaceutical or cosmetic compounds.
US09243225B2
Provided is a method including providing a population of cells including a target type of differentiated cells having a pre-identified cytoskeletal profile and at least one cell selected from undifferentiated cells, differentiating cells and differentiated cells being different from the target type of differentiated cells; and incubating the population of cells with a cytotoxic agent, in an amount and for a time period effective to form a modified population of cells including predominantly or consisting essentially of the target type of differentiated cells. The pre-identified cytoskeletal profile can include the presence of class III β-tubulin on neuronal cells and the population of cells includes neural cells and neuronal cells.
US09243220B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a chamber for a bioreactor, the chamber having a fluid inlet aperture and a fluid outlet aperture disposed at respective different locations of a wall of the chamber, with respect to a normal upright orientation of the chamber the chamber being provided with an upper wall portion defining an upper boundary of the chamber. The upper wall portion has an internal surface having a first portion that is vertically displaced with respect to a second portion. The internal surface of the upper wall portion is arranged to promote expulsion of trapped gas bubbles through the outlet aperture, the first and second portions of the upper wall portion each comprising a sloped portion.
US09243219B2
A system and method of growing and harvesting algae provided whereby the system encompasses incubation tanks, internal lighting, chilled air diffusers, and an inline incubation tank for continuous batch processing. A centrifuge separates algae from growth media, and the media is processed through a series of reclamation steps so that cleaned water is reused for fresh media.
US09243217B2
A method for cleaning the glass surface of solar panels which employs the use of highly efficient sequestering agents and allows to replace deionized water with municipal or fresh water of up to a very high water hardness, without having a loss in the long term power output of the solar panels.
US09243212B2
The invention relates to detergent formulations for textiles, comprising rhamnolipids, where the content of di-rhamnolipids predominates, and to the use of certain rhamnolipid mixture compositions and of the aforementioned detergent formulations for increasing the rate of foam formation and/or for foam stabilization, and to the use of rhamnolipids for preventing the greying of a textile.
US09243211B2
Separate collection and conversion method and plant for the reuse of used oils and greases for energy purposes, which method provides one or more of the following steps: —producing and separating the waste from other substances or compounds, —collecting the waste—gathering/storing the waste in at least a collection and/or regeneration facility, —regenerating or treating the waste, —reusing the collected or regenerated or treated waste, an oil or a grease or a mixture containing at least a natural and/or synthetic ester-based oil and/or grease being considered as waste, which oil or grease or which mixture is the by-product or waste of industrial processes.
US09243206B2
A micro-spike algae harvesting and biofuel extraction system and method therefor whereby an algal solution is dispersed from a selected height onto an inclined micro-spike board which forms a substrate for supporting an array of upwardly-extending miniature spikes, wherein the miniature spikes puncture algae cells suspended in the solution to release biofuel contained therein.
US09243205B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator oil composition for use with carbon dioxide refrigerant, characterized in that the composition dissolves in an amount of at least 0.1% by mass in a supercritical carbon dioxide at a temperature of 100° C. under a pressure of 15 Mpa.The invention provides a refrigerator oil composition for carbon dioxide refrigerant which composition is employed in a refrigerating system operated in a supercritical state of carbon dioxide refrigerant and, particularly, such a composition which can enhance heat-exchange efficiency during passage of supercritical carbon dioxide through a heat exchanger as well as which has excellent durability and lubrication performance.
US09243198B2
The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms as hosts, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into n-alkanes, and in particular the use of such organisms for the commercial production of n-alkanes and related molecules.
US09243172B2
The present disclosure provides a method of providing an adhesive composition comprising the steps of combining crosslinkable composition including: a) a (meth)acryloyl monomer mixture with the b) photocrosslinking agent mixture, and irradiating with UVC radiation to polymerize and crosslink the composition.
US09243157B2
A method of printing a security code on an article includes applying droplets of an ink composition with an ink jet printer to a surface of an article to print an encrypted code. The ink composition includes an organic solvent, a binder resin, and a luminescent dye.
US09243156B2
Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2).
US09243155B2
An ink jet ink contains a polyurethane polymer and a self-dispersing pigment. The polyurethane polymer has units derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyol having no acid group, and a diol having an acid group. The molar ratio of the percentage of the urethane bond in the polyurethane polymer to the percentage of the urea bond in the polyurethane polymer is 85.0/15.0 or more and 100.0/0 or less. The ink jet ink may be capable of producing an image having high optical density, scratch resistance, and highlighter resistance, and which has excellent ink ejection stability and can reduce image deflection caused by face wetting.
US09243152B2
The present invention relates to stable, zero or low VOC epoxy-containing polysiloxane oligomer compositions that provide for a high degree of chemical resistance to compositions containing organic resins, while at the same time, maintaining or improving the flexibility of these organic resin-containing compositions, to processes for preparing epoxy-containing polysiloxane oligomer compositions, and to uses in coatings, sealants, adhesives, and composites containing the same.
US09243146B2
The invention provides devices and methods for end and side derivatization of carbon nanotubes. Also facile methods to attach moieties and nanoparticles on the side walls and both ends are described. The invention provides hybide materials for analytical, and optoelectronic purposes as well as materials applications. Materials have improved properties in the areas of tensile, electrical and thermal conductivity.
US09243144B2
A consumer care composition or a food composition comprising a mesoporous microparticulate material wherein at least some of the pores of the material are loaded with at least one ingredient and the loaded mesoporous microparticulate material is encapsulated by a capping layer is described.
US09243143B2
Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition may provide a cured product having excellent processability and workability, no whitening and surface stickiness, and an excellent adhesive property. Since the curable composition has excellent thermal resistance, gas barrier-ability, and crack resistance, even when a semiconductor device to which the composition is applied is used at a high temperature for a long time, performance of the device may be stably maintained. Specifically the curable composition is a blend of three different polyorganosiloxanes having aliphatic unsaturated groups and specific Ar/Si ratios and a polyorganosiloxane having SiH groups.
US09243138B2
Propylene random copolymer composition containing (A) 60-80 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and from 0.1 to 2 wt % of units derived from ethylene; and (B) 20-40 wt % of a copolymer of propylene and from 7 to 15 wt % of units derived from ethylene. The composition has a total ethylene content of from 3 to 4.5 wt % and a melt flow rate value according to ISO 1133 (230° C., 2.16 kg) of from 10 to 120 g/100 min. Cast films, sheets, or injection molded or injection stretch blow molded articles made from the above composition are also disclosed.
US09243133B2
Elastomer composition having a self-sealing property which can be used in particular as puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, based on at least (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer): a blend of at least two solid elastomers, a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer elastomer, referred to as “elastomer A”, and a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene elastomer, referred to as “elastomer B”, the elastomer A:elastomer B ratio by weight being within a range from 10:90 to 90:10; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler. Inflatable article, such as a tire, provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising a composition according to the invention; the puncture-resistant layer is advantageously used in combination with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber or TPS elastomer, in order to form, in the inflatable article, an airtight and puncture-resistant laminate.
US09243127B2
Provided is a method of producing a nucleator masterbatch, by which a nucleator masterbatch capable of improving the transparency and the physical properties of an olefin resin can be produced. This method is a method of producing a masterbatch in which a nucleator is blended in an olefin polymer, the method being characterized by comprising the step of polymerizing an olefin monomer with incorporation of a nucleator component, which is dissolved in an organoaluminum compound or in an organoaluminum compound and an organic solvent, before or during polymerization of the olefin monomer such that the nucleator component is blended in an amount of 0.05 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the olefin polymer obtained by the polymerization of the olefin monomer.
US09243126B2
An organosilicone emulsion composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane having a viscosity of at least 500 Pa·s at 25° C., (B) 1-50 parts by weight of a polyether-containing organosiloxysilicate, (C) 1-50 parts by weight of a nonionic surfactant, and (D) 10-1,000 parts by weight of water is stable.
US09243122B2
The present invention concerns a calcium carbonate containing material having increased bulk density at equal or improved flowability, and a method of producing such a material. The inventive process comprises the step of contacting a calcium carbonate containing mineral powder with a solution or emulsion or dispersion of a binder.
US09243121B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing high solids aqueous suspensions of mineral materials comprising the steps of providing at least one mineral material, preparing an aqueous suspension comprising the at least one mineral material, grinding the resulting aqueous suspension, centrifuging the ground aqueous suspension, and concentrating the centrifuged product of step d) by flash cooling; the high solids aqueous suspension of mineral materials obtained by this process, as well as the use thereof.
US09243111B2
Water-soluble electrically conductive polymers and a composition comprising such polymers are provided. Also, an electrically conductive layer or film formed from the composition, and articles comprising the electrically conductive layer or film are provided. The electrically conductive polymers according to the present disclosure have one or more hydrophilic side chains. Hydrophilic side chains are covalently bonded to the conductive polymers, which allow the polymer to be stable at high temperature. Thus, the stability of electrical conductivity is prolonged. Depending on the concentration of hydrophilic side chains, the conductivity may be changed. The hydrophilic side chains provide a successful way to fabricate a ductile film exhibiting tunable conductivity. Furthermore, high levels of surface-resistance uniformity can be achieved in the field of coating technology that uses eco-friendly water-based solvents to uniformly and quickly coat the conductive polymer on to plastic film surfaces.
US09243110B2
A polymer containing a repeating unit structure having a triazine ring such as, for example, that which is represented by formula (25): can exhibit alone high heat resistance, high transparency, high refractive index, high solubility and low volume shrinkage; and can be used as a component in a film-forming composition as appropriate.
US09243109B2
This invention relates to a biaxially stretched product comprising a copolyamide comprising monomeric units of: aliphatic non-cyclic diamines X and aliphatic non-cyclic dicarboxylic acids Y or aliphatic non-cyclic α,ω-amino acids Z, and diamines M and diacids N in an amount between 0.1 to 2 wt % based on the total amount of copolyamide, and in which M and N are cyclic, and wherein the product has been stretched at a temperature of between the glass transition temperature (Tg) and the melting temperature (Tm). A method of preparation is claimed, as well as a multilayer film comprising the biaxially stretched product.
US09243102B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane contact lens prepared from a mixture comprising: (a) at least one polyethylene glycol; (b) at least one di-isocyanate; and (c) at least one diol of formula (I): wherein n is an integer from 1 to 25; wherein the polyethylene glycol, di-isocyanate and diol are reacted under substantially anhydrous conditions. Further aspects of the invention relate to a process for preparing a contact lens. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a polyurethane xerogel in the form of a molded article, said process comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a reaction mixture comprising at least one polyethylene glycol, at least one di-isocyanate and at least one diol of formula I as described above; (ii) reacting the reaction mixture formed in step (i) under substantially anhydrous conditions to form a polyurethane xerogel; (iii) injection molding the polyurethane xerogel to form a molded article, (iv) hydrating the xerogel molded article to form a contact lens.
US09243097B2
Amphiphilic macromolecules having structural units to adjust molecular weight and molecular weight distribution and charging property effects, high stereo-hindrance structural units, and amphiphilic structural units, are suitable for fields such as oil field well drilling, well cementation fracturing, oil gathering and transfer, sewage treatment, sludge treatment and papermaking, etc., and can be used as an oil-displacing agent for enhanced oil production, a heavy oil viscosity reducer, a fracturing fluid, a clay stabilizing agent, a sewage treatment agent, a papermaking retention and drainage aid or a reinforcing agent, etc.
US09243094B2
A copolymer that includes for 100 mol %: a) more than 70 mol % and up to 99.9 mol % of hydrophobic monomer units (A) from stearyl methacrylate; and b) 0.1 mol % to 30 mol % of monomer units (B) from at least one monomer of a compound of formula (I) where R1 is a linear or branched alkyl radical comprising 12 to 22 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical, and n is an integer greater than or equal to 0 and lower than or equal to 30, wherein it is understood that said compound of formula (I) is not stearyl methacrylate. The invention also relates to a method for preparing and using same as a modifier of the rheology of the oil phase of a topical cosmetic, dermopharmaceutical, or pharmaceutical composition.
US09243093B2
Provided are a modifier for polyolefin resin which imparts excellent wettability for water, etc. to a polyolefin resin substrate without decreasing the resin property of the polyolefin resin substrate composed of polyolefin resin, and a polyolefin resin composition containing the modifier and a polyolefin resin. The present invention relates to a modifier for polyolefin resin (K) containing a copolymer (X) having a polyolefin (A) and an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid (anhydride) (B) as a constitutional unit and having an acid value of 50 to 250 mg KOH/g.
US09243091B2
The present invention relates to a chromium catalyzed ethylene copolymer powder exhibiting a superior fragmentation coefficient.
US09243088B2
An adduct of (a) at least one divinylarene dioxide, and (b) at least one end-functionalized polymer. For example, the adduct may be beneficially used as a toughening agent for toughening thermoset resins such as epoxy resins.
US09243080B2
The present invention aims to provide a method of producing a PTFE aqueous dispersion which contains PTFE particles having a small particle size and which is excellent in dispersion stability by multistage polymerization without using a long-chain fluorosurfactant. The method includes the steps of: (1) polymerizing a fluoromonomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of a fluorosurfactant and a polymerization initiator to provide an aqueous dispersion containing particles of at least one fluoropolymer selected from the group consisting of PTFE and melt-processible fluororesins excluding polytetrafluoroethylene; and (2) polymerizing TFE alone or TFE and a modifying monomer in an aqueous medium in the presence of the fluoropolymer particles and a polymerization initiator to provide an aqueous dispersion containing PTFE particles. The fluoropolymer particles have an equivalent weight (EW) of 6,000 or more and a volume average particle size of not smaller than 0.1 nm but smaller than 20 nm.
US09243076B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a soluble inclusion complex comprising one or several active substances which are hardly soluble in an aqueous medium and are included in one or several host molecules, using the following successive stages: (a) bringing one or several active substances into contact with one or several host molecules; (b) initiating a molecular diffusion stage by bringing a dense pressurized fluid into contact with the mixture obtained in (a) in a static mode in the presence of one or several diffusing agents; (c) recovering the active substance-host molecule molecular complex formed; (d) adding and mixing an interaction agent with the active substance-host molecule molecular complex; (e) recovering the soluble inclusion compound thus formed. The invention also relates to the soluble inclusion compound obtained by the method, particularly a piroxicam-cyclodextrin-arginine compound.
US09243072B2
This invention provides cellulose ester interpolymers, and methods of oxidizing cellulose interpolymers and cellulose ester interpolymers. The invention also provides routes to access carboxylated cellulose ester derivatives with high acid numbers wherein the carboxyl group is attached directly to the cellulose backbone by a carbon-carbon bond. Through functionalization of an intermediate aldehyde, the corresponding cationic or zwitterionic cellulose ester derivatives can also be accessed. The interpolymers of the present invention have a number of end-use applications, for example, as binder resins in various types of coating compositions and as drug delivery agents.
US09243067B2
The present invention relates to humanized antibodies that specifically bind to CXCR5 and can, for example, inhibit CXCR5 function. The invention also includes uses of the antibodies to treat or prevent CXCR5 related diseases or disorders.
US09243066B2
The present invention relates generally to a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of osteoarthritis (OA) and/or pain. In accordance with the present invention, an antagonist of c-Fms is effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis and/or pain. An antagonist of M-CSF includes, but is not limited to, an antibody that is specific for M-CSF, IL-34 or c-Fms.
US09243064B2
The present invention provides novel antibody vaccine conjugates and methods of using the same to induce a cytotoxic T cell (CTL) response. In a particular, embodiment, the vaccine conjugate includes a human chorionic gonadotropin beta subunit (βhCG) antigen linked to an anti-mannose receptor (MR) antibody.
US09243059B2
The present invention encompasses humanized antibodies that specifically bind N2 peptide, methods for the preparation thereof and methods for the use thereof.
US09243056B2
A process is provided for the preparation of an immunoglobulin composition from a plasma fraction having immunoglobulins, and antibody preparations prepared utilizing the process.
US09243050B2
The invention relates to the therapeutic use of stabilized oligoribonucleotides as immune modulatory agents for immune therapy applications. Specifically, the invention provides RNA based oligoribonucleotides with improved nuclease and RNase stability and that have immune modulatory activity through TLR7 and/or TLR8.
US09243048B2
The genes the expression of which is reduced or disappeared in immortal cells including cancer cells are isolated, their DNA sequences are determined, the genes are expressed to produce cell proliferation inhibitory proteins, and the genes and the proteins are utilized as agents for diagnosis or treatment, including the genetic diagnosis of or the gene therapy of diseases such as cancer.
US09243043B2
The present invention relates to a method for increasing the efficiency of targeted integration of a polynucleotide to a pre-determined site into the genome of a filamentous fungal cell with a preference for NHR, wherein said polynucleotide has a region of homology with said pre-determined site, comprising steering an integration pathway towards HR. The present invention also relates to a mutant filamentous fungus originating from a parent cell, said mutant having an HR pathway with elevated efficiency and/or an NHR pathway with a lowered efficiency and/or a NHR/HR ratio with decreased efficiency as compared to said HR and/or NHR efficiency and/or NHR/HR ratio of said parent cell under the same conditions.
US09243037B2
Described herein are antimicrobial peptides for use in pharmaceutical antibiotic compositions and methods of use thereof. These antimicrobial peptides are Gramicidin A (gA) peptide analogs that, in addition to having potent anti-microbial activity, have greatly increased solubility and significantly reduced toxicity in comparison to the wild-type Gramicidin A peptide.
US09243036B2
Isolated synthetic peptides are disclosed that have anti-microbial activity against E. coli and P. aeruginosa. These isolated peptides can be used as anti-viral agents. The use of these peptides to treat infections with E. coli and P. aeruginosa and viruses are disclosed. The disclosed peptides are also of use for treating a biofilm, such as a biofilm on a medical device.
US09243026B2
Oligonucleotides having a nucleotide sequence complementary to nucleotide numbers such as 2571-2607, 2578-2592, 2571-2592, 2573-2592, 2578-2596, 2578-2601 or 2575-2592 of the dystrophin cDNA (Gene Bank accession No. NM_004006.1) and therapeutic agents for muscular dystrophy comprising such oligonucleotides.
US09243023B2
This invention provides a method for purifying synthetic oligonucleotides comprising capping, polymerizing and separating any failure sequences produced during oligonucleotide synthesis. The invention also provides a method for purifying synthetic oligonucleotides comprising reacting a full length oligonucleotide with a compound to attach a polymerizable functional group to an end of the full length oligonucleotide, polymerizing the full length oligonucleotides and removing the failure sequences, and recovering the full length oligonucleotides. The invention also provides novel capping agents having a polymerizable functional group, and kits comprising at least one composition of the present invention.
US09243020B2
The invention provides compounds with enhanced permeability for selectively inhibiting glycosidases, prodrugs of the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds or prodrugs of the compounds. The invention also provides methods of treating diseases and disorders related to deficiency or overexpression of O-GlcNAcase, accumulation or deficiency of O-GlcNAc.
US09243018B2
Preparation and use of synthetic monosaccharides, disaccharides, trisaccharides, tetrasaccharides and pentasaccharides useful for the preparation of synthetic heparinoids.
US09243017B2
The present invention relates to methods for rapid crystallization of amino acids, drug molecules, proteins and DNA/peptides. One method for rapid crystallization of functional group-containing molecules selected from the group consisting of amino acids, drug molecules, proteins and DNA/peptides includes (A) providing at least one metal or metal oxide in particulate or thin film form to provide (a) selective nucleation sites for crystallization of the functional group-containing molecules due to interactions of their functional groups and metal surfaces or engineered metal surfaces and (b) a microwave-transparent medium to create a thermal gradient between the metal surfaces or engineered metal surfaces and a warmer solution containing functional group-containing molecules to be crystallized, and (B) conducting microwave heating to cause the functional group-containing molecules to be crystallized.
US09243001B2
The present invention relates to azole compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
US09242988B2
Compounds of Formula (I) are disclosed, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R18 are defined herein. The compounds encompassed by Formula (I) include compounds which are HCV NS5B inhibitors and other compounds which can be metabolized in vivo to HCV NS5B inhibitors. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of infection by HCV and the prophylaxis, treatment, or delay in the onset of disease caused by HCV. The compounds and their salts can be employed as ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions, optionally in combination with other antivirals, immunomodulators, antibiotics or vaccines.
US09242987B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X1 to X5, Y, Z1 to Z3, and R have the meaning as cited in the description and the claims. Said compounds are useful as JAK inhibitors for the treatment or prophylaxis of immunological, inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic disorders, and immunologically-mediated diseases. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions including said compounds, the preparation of such compounds as well as the use as medicaments.
US09242985B2
The invention relates to compounds that can be used, in particular, as structural mimetics of proline-rich peptides and are correspondingly able to bond with proline-rich-motif binding domains (PRM domains) of proteins. The invention further relates to the use of these compounds as pharmaceutically active agents, as well as the use of the pharmaceutically active agents for the treatment of bacterial, neurodegenerative and tumor diseases.
US09242981B2
Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of Formula (I): (Formula (I)) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. All substitutents are as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of Formula (I).
US09242980B2
The compound N-(4-{[4-amino-2-butyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl]oxy}butyl)octadecanamide is a useful drug compound for enhancing immune response and can be used, for example, as a vaccine adjuvant and a cancer treatment.
US09242968B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted pyridine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
US09242967B2
Disclosed are azaindazole compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is O and Y is N; or X is S and Y is CH; Z is CR2 or N; Q is a heteroaryl; and R1 is defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one CYP17 assoC1ated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
US09242966B2
A compound of formula (I) wherein A, R1, R3, and R24 are described herein. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of potassium channel function and in the treatment and prevention of arrhythmia, IKur-associated disorders, and other disorders mediated by ion channel function.
US09242958B2
The new pyridazine derivatives have unexpected drug properties as inhibitors of protein kinases especially against c-Met and are useful in treating disorders related to abnormal protein kinase activities such as cancer.
US09242956B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a compound of fonnula (I), comprising the reaction, in the presence of a catalytic system comprising a single rare earth oxide or a mixture of rare earth oxides, of an alkyl carbonate or an alkylene carbonate with a polyol of fonnula (II), wherein p is a whole number between 2 and 10.
US09242937B2
The present invention relates to disubstituted pyridine derivatives and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the use of these derivatives as pharmaceutically active agents, especially for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of infectious diseases, including opportunistic diseases, immunological diseases, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cell proliferative diseases, inflammation, erectile dysfunction and stroke, and pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one of said disubstituted pyridine derivatives and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of said disubstituted pyridine derivatives as inhibitors for a protein kinase.
US09242934B2
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of oxindoles and ortho-substituted anilines and their use as intermediates for syntheses. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (4): where a mixture of an aniline (compound of formula Q) is reacted with a thioether (compound of formula W): in the presence of a chlorinating agent and an organic solvent at a reaction temperature in the range above −65° C. In a subsequent process, this compound is further reacted in the presence of an acid catalyst to give the indole of formula (7) or the oxindole of formula (8):
US09242933B2
The present invention relates to heterocyclic compounds which are positive modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor. The present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for preparing a pharmaceutical composition and to a method of treating a medical disorder, selected from neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction.
US09242929B2
This invention relates to novel compounds which are inhibitors of acyl coenzymeA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to their use in therapy for the prevention or treatment of diseases related to DGAT-1 dysfunction or where modulation of DGAT-1 activity may have therapeutic benefit including but not limited to obesity, obesity related disorders, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, chylomicronemia, dyslipidemia, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, hepatitis C virus infection and acne or other skin disorders.
US09242923B2
Described herein are compositions (e.g., a pharmaceutical composition) and compounds of formula I, and their use in the treatment and/or prevention of diseases and disorders.
US09242917B2
The present invention relates to different forms of a HCV inhibitory compound.
US09242911B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method that enables the easy and efficient (high yield, high selectivity, low cost) preparation of a fluorine-containing olefin substituted with an organic group or groups from a fluorine-containing olefin.[Solution]The method for preparing a fluorine-containing olefin substituted with an organic group or groups, the method comprising a step of reacting a fluorine-containing olefin with an organic boron compound in the presence of an organic transition metal catalyst containing at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, and cobalt.
US09242906B2
An insensitive melt-cast explosive composition incorporating on the one hand a meltable part formed of at least one meltable explosive and, on the other hand, a solid part incorporating oxynitrotriazole (ONTA) and cyclonite (RDX). This composition is characterised in that the cyclonite is a cyclonite of reduced sensitivity, the particle size of the insensitive cyclonite being of between 315 micrometers and 800 micrometers, whereas the particle size of the ONTA is of between 200 micrometers and 400 micrometers, the ONTA further having an apparent density greater than or equal to 0.95 g/cm3. The invention is applied to the loading of projectiles by casting.
US09242891B2
Disclosed are sanitary wares such as toilet bowls or wash bowls that have a glaze layer which can conceal the body of the sanitary wares satisfactorily without the need to use any opacifier and which is less likely to be contaminated. The sanitary ware includes: a sanitary ware body; and a glaze layer having a single-layer structure as a sole glaze layer on the sanitary ware body, the glaze layer comprising a phase-separated glass as the major part and the glaze layer having a surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.07 μm. Thus, the body of the sanitary ware can be concealed satisfactorily, and, in a preferred embodiment, a good white color can be imparted to the sanitary ware.
US09242890B2
Provided is a glass composition suitable for a glass substrate for a flat panel display such as a liquid crystal display. This glass composition has high thermal stability, and is substantially free of BaO but has a low devitrification temperature. It is suitable for the production of a glass substrate by a downdraw process. This glass composition contains, in terms of mass %: 54 to 62% of SiO2; 4 to 11% of B2O3; 15 to 20% of Al2O3; 2 to 5% of MgO; 0 to 7% of CaO; 0 to 13.5% of SrO; 0 to 1% of K2O; 0 to 1% of SnO2; and 0 to 0.2% of Fe2O3, and is substantially free of BaO. In this glass composition, the total content of alkaline earth metal oxides (MgO+CaO +SrO) is 10 to 18.5 mass %. The devitrification temperature of the glass composition is 1200° C. or lower.
US09242889B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a formed article comprising forming an upper surface of a glass material that has been positioned on a forming surface of a mold to obtain the formed article by heating the glass material to a temperature permitting deformation to bring a lower surface of the glass material into tight contact with the forming surface. Glass having upper and lower surfaces being spherical in shape is employed as the glass material, a mold having a forming surface being a free-form surface other than a spherical surface is employed as the mold, the upper surface of the glass material is formed into a roughly offset surface relative to the forming surface of the mold. The present invention permits the manufacturing of formed articles of desired shape with high precision by hot sag molding method. The present invention also permits the easy and simple determination of the surface shapes of molds and glass materials employed in hot sag molding method.
US09242886B2
Delivery apparatus include an electrical circuit configured to heat a linear conduit and an elbow conduit. A first electrode can be mounted to an upstream portion of the linear conduit, a second electrode can be mounted downstream of the upstream portion, and a third electrode can be mounted to a curved segment of the elbow conduit within a footprint extension of a first passage of the linear conduit. In further examples, a delivery apparatus includes an electrical circuit with a first electrode mounted to an upstream portion of a linear conduit, a second electrode mounted to a downstream portion of the linear conduit, and a third electrode mounted to an elbow conduit. In still further examples, methods of heating molten glass include application of an electrical current such that neither a current flux through a linear conduit nor a current flux through an elbow conduit exceeds 8 amps/mm2.
US09242882B2
A method and a system for selecting and retaining solids with superior settling characteristics, the method comprising feeding wastewater to an input of a processor that carries out a treatment process on the wastewater, outputting processed wastewater at an output of the processor, feeding the processed wastewater to an input of a gravimetric selector that selects solids with superior settling characteristics, and outputting a recycle stream at a first output of the gravimetric selector back to the processor.
US09242876B2
Various aspects of the present invention pertain to porous membranes that comprise: (1) a plurality of pores with pore sizes of more than about 0.1 μm in diameter; and (2) a plurality of hydrophilic molecules. Additional aspects of the present invention pertain to methods of separating organic compounds from a liquid sample by: (1) providing the porous membrane; and (2) flowing the liquid sample through the porous membrane in order to retain organic compounds on the porous membrane. Further aspects of the present invention pertain to systems for separating organic compounds from a liquid sample. Such systems comprises: (1) the porous membrane; and (2) a flowing unit that enables the liquid sample to flow through the porous membrane. Additional aspects of the present invention pertain to methods of making the above-described porous membranes by: (1) coating a surface of a porous membrane containing 0.1 μm pores with a ceramic material; and (2) associating the coated surface of the porous membrane with hydrophilic molecules.
US09242875B2
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a calcium removal method capable of reducing operation cost. A solution L2 containing potassium or/and sodium, and calcium is passed through an ion-exchange resin 35 to separate the solution into a solution containing potassium or/and the sodium, and a solution containing calcium. Operation cost can remarkably be decreased since potassium carbonate is not required to remove calcium as before. Timing for changing a calcium-containing water L3 and a salt water L4 discharged from the ion-exchange resin can be performed based on at least one measurement result selected from the group consisting of: a calcium or chlorine concentration; electrical conductivity; and pH of a fluid which is discharged from said ion-exchange resin. The solution may be a filtrate L1 that is obtained by washing a chlorine bypass dust D generated in a cement burning process, or a leachate W of a final disposal site 50.
US09242869B2
A mixed metal compound for pharmaceutical use is free from aluminum and has a phosphate binding capacity of at least 30%, by weight of the total weight of phosphate present, over a pH range of from 2-8. The compound is especially useful for treatment of hyperphosphataemia. The metals are preferably iron (III) and at least one of calcium, magnesium, lanthanum and cerium. A metal sulphate for pharmaceutical use is selected from at least one of calcium, lanthanum and cerium sulphate compounds and has a phosphate binding capacity of at least 30% by weight of the total phosphate present, over a pH range from 2-8.
US09242866B2
An activated carbon manufacturing system can efficiently heat a wood material or carbide to promote a drying process, a carbonization process and an activation process in manufacturing activated carbon, and can reduce the environmental load involved in the manufacture of activated carbon. Specifically, a drying process of a wood material is achieved by heating the wood material with saturated steam at an appropriate temperature, and an initial carbonization process of the wood material is achieved by heating the wood material with superheated steam. Therefore, the wood material can be heated with high heat transfer efficiency, so that the heat loss can be reduced, and neither a drying device nor a first carbonizing device produces a gas containing a harmful constituent in the heating processes, so that the adverse effect on the environment can be reduced.
US09242865B2
Production of bulk quantities of graphene for commercial ventures has proven difficult due to scalability issues in certain instances. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of graphene can address at least some of these issues. Methods for production of graphene by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition can include: providing a metal substrate and a carbonaceous electrode, at least a portion of the metal substrate being located proximate to the carbonaceous electrode with a gap defined therebetween; applying a potential between the metal substrate and the carbonaceous electrode; exciting a plasma-forming gas in the gap between the metal substrate and the carbonaceous electrode in the presence of the applied potential, thereby forming a plasma; ablating a reactive carbon species from the carbonaceous electrode in the presence of the plasma; and growing graphene on the metal substrate from the reactive carbon species.
US09242862B2
A compound [I] such as ammonium N-(chlorosulfonyl)-N-(fluorosulfonyl)imide is reacted with hydrogen fluoride to obtain a compound [II] such as ammonium N,N-di(fluorosulfonyl)imide. The obtained compound [II] is reacted with an alkali metal compound or the like to obtain a compound [IV] such as an N,N-di(fluorosulfonyl)imide alkali metal salt.
US09242853B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of gettering that provides for a high efficiency gettering process by depositing a gettering material on a roughened substrate surface, and an associated apparatus. In some embodiments, the method is performed by providing a substrate into a processing chamber having residual gases. One or more cavities are formed in the substrate at locations between bonding areas on a top surface of the substrate. Respective cavities have roughened interior surfaces that vary in a plurality of directions. A getter layer is deposited into the one or more cavities. The roughened interior surfaces of the one or more cavities enable the substrate to more effectively absorb the residual gases, thereby increasing the efficiency of the gettering process.
US09242844B2
A funnel for a water tank is for adapting to a water injection portion. The water injection portion is communicated with the water tank. The funnel includes a container body and a valve assembly. The container body has an inner wall, an abutting portion, an internal space, and an injection opening and an output opening which are communicated with the internal space. The valve assembly is abuttable against the abutting portion. The valve assembly includes an actuating member communicated with the output opening and a valve body which is coupled with the actuating member. When the actuating member is located in a first position, the container body is uncommunicated with the interior of the water tank. When the actuating member is away from the first position, the container body is communicated with the water tank to allow liquid flow into the water tank.
US09242841B1
A main body portion has a major section and a minor section integrally molded of an elastomeric material. The major section has a central aperture with an interior surface in a frusto-conical configuration. The minor section extends laterally from the major section.
US09242829B2
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a lowering control unit, a determination unit, a notification unit, and a control unit. The lowering control unit lowers a discharge tray based on an amount of sheets discharged to the tray. The determination unit can determine that lowering of the discharge tray has been disabled before the discharge tray reaches a lower end position. The notification unit notifies removal of an object present below the discharge tray when it is determined that the lowering of the discharge tray has been disabled. The control unit executes control so as to raise the discharge tray in response to the determination that the lowering of the discharge tray has been disabled.
US09242826B2
This method for producing wet wipes includes the following steps: a step for vertically folding non-woven cloth sheets; a step for impregnating the sheets with a chemical; a step for stacking the sheets; a step for cutting the sheets at predetermined lengths; a step for pulling the cut sheets away from a transporting conveyer provided with a suction mechanism by means of a pusher, and stacking the cut sheets; a step for pressing a bundle comprising the sheets; and a step for packaging the bundle. The pusher is disposed between the transporting conveyers. The blades of the pusher have a plurality of tooth sections. The pusher drops the sheets suctioned to the transporting conveyer downwards by means of moving vertically downwards.
US09242821B2
A transport device includes an abutting member that abuts a leading end of a transport object and transport members that are disposed upstream of the abutting member in a transport direction and transport the transport object to the abutting member. The transport object is a first or second transport object. One of the transport members or the transport members transport the first transport object and cause the leading end of the first transport object to abut the abutting member. When transporting the transport object to a position where the leading end of the transport object abuts the abutting member, a transport force required to transport the second transport object is larger than that required to transport the first transport object. A larger number of transport members are used to transport the second transport object than the number of the transport members used to transport the first transport object.
US09242816B2
There is provided a feed apparatus including a support unit, a feed roller, a swingable arm to support the feed roller, a guide unit, a movable member movable to a retracted position and a protruding position at which the movable member can abut against the sheet supported by the support unit, a driving source, driving transmission units; and a contact-separating mechanism to move the feed roller to a separated position and an abutment position at which the feed roller abuts against the sheet supported by the support unit. In a state in which the movable member is the protruding position and the feed roller is the separated position, a time required to start feeding of the sheet by the feed roller moved from the separated position to the abutment position is longer than a time required to shift the movable member from the protruding position to the retracted position.
US09242815B2
A medium supply device includes a feeding unit that feeds a medium among one or more media placed on a placing table, a separating unit that is arranged to come into pressure-contact with the feeding unit, a blocking portion that is movable and blocks a space formed between the feeding unit and the separating unit in an upstream side of a nip region in a conveying direction of the medium, and a curve-forming portion that presses the medium against the feeding unit side to form a curve in a width direction of the medium.
US09242811B2
A sheet cassette includes a cassette main body which forms a sheet accommodating region; an edge guide which is slidable to a position corresponding to a size of a medium; a guide groove which extends along a sliding direction of the edge guide and guides the edge guide in the sliding direction, and into which a portion of the edge guide is inserted; and a widening allowance groove which is provided with a predetermined distance from the guide groove, and allows widening of the guide groove when a portion of the edge guide is inserted into the guide groove.
US09242810B2
Self-service parcel terminal for storing parcels of different sizes high up in the terminal comprises means for loading postal parcels, loading parcels of varying sizes to the door, measuring and weighing parcels, inserting parcels, storing and delivering parcels. The self-service parcel terminal is also suitable for using as a vending machine, mailbox, storage locker, for delivering goods from e-stores, etc. Gripping mechanism and lift system are used for moving parcels in the terminal, which allows to move parcels in groups or as single items between the shelves and the slot for inserting/delivering parcels.
US09242809B2
A method of transferring air cargo loading units (12) between a publicly accessible operational zone (A) and a security-sensitive apron zone (B), including a stationary transfer and security checking system (10) which comprises a first transfer device (22), a second transfer device (24), and a cargo lock (14) in between, the cargo lock (14) including a lock chamber (16) which is connected to the first transfer device (22) via a cargo entrance gate (18) and to the second transfer device (24) via a cargo exit gate (20), includes the following method steps: a) the air cargo loading units (12) are delivered by a road or rail transport means (28) via the publicly accessible operational zone (A); b) the cargo entrance gate (18) is opened with the cargo exit gate (20) in the closed condition; c) the air cargo loading units (12) are transported into the lock chamber (16) by means of the first transfer device (22); d) the lock chamber (16) is separated from the publicly accessible operational zone (A) by closing the cargo entrance gate (18); e) a security check of the air cargo loading units (12) is performed in the closed lock chamber (16); f) the lock chamber (16) is connected to the security-sensitive apron zone (B) by opening the cargo exit gate (20); g) the air cargo loading units (12) are loaded onto air cargo apron transport units (34) by means of the second transfer device (24). The present invention further relates to a transfer and security checking system (10) for carrying out this method.
US09242807B2
The vortex pneumatic conveyance apparatus of the present application creates a vortex from blown and/or pressurized air rotating along the inner wall of an outlet tube to convey particles through a vacuum created within the center of the outlet tube at a relatively high flow rate and pressure. Without the blown and/or pressurized air molecules taking up space and colliding with the particles in the center of the outlet tube and because of the strong suction created by the vortex of air rotating along the inner wall of the outlet tube, the efficiency of the vortex pneumatic conveyance apparatus of this application is improved relative to well-known pneumatic conveyors in which air merely pushes the particles within an outlet tube.
US09242798B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for determining stowability based on item-size categories are described. Embodiments may select a storage module for a stow operation based on accessing stowability information. Stowability information, in various embodiments may include stowability information for each storage module in a materials handling system. Stowability information may indicate a capacity to hold additional items in a storage module. The capacity may be determined according an item-size category descriptor, describing the quantity of items in each category of a storage module, and a storage module capacity module characterizing item descriptors of fully-stowed storage modules. In some embodiments the storage module capacity model is a function fitted to data points representing the values of item-size descriptors of fully-stowed storage modules. Embodiments may update the stowability information for a storage module in response to the removal of an item from the storage module.
US09242797B2
In one embodiment, a media mobility unit includes a media cartridge holding portion configured to simultaneously store multiple media cartridges, a sensing mechanism for sensing at least an approximate location of the holding portion in relation to other objects, a drive mechanism for moving the holding portion from a source media library to a destination media library, and a power source electrically coupled to at least one of the sensing mechanism and the drive mechanism for providing current to the at least one of the drive mechanism and the sensing mechanism. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more media cartridges from a source media library, storing the one or more media cartridges in a holding portion of a media mobility unit, sensing at least an approximate location of the media mobility unit, and transporting the one or more media cartridges to a destination media library.
US09242794B2
A storage apparatus has an rack of storage bins, a pick head drive unit to drive a pick head to an access location for a selected bin, and a platform drive unit to drive a platform forming part of the pick head into and out of the rack to pick or load packages at a selected bin of the rack. The platform has a cam formation which, in the course of entry of the platform into the rack acting to lift a desired package until the platform reaches a clearance position at which the cam formation clears the package. Subsequent withdrawal of the platform from the rack acts to drag the desired package from the selected bin.
US09242792B2
A grain storage pit includes an open-top chamber configured to be substantially flush-mounted in a surface and a grain-receiving grate that covers at least a portion of the open-top chamber so that grain may be poured into the open-top chamber through the grate from a truck positioned over the pit. The grate has a convex-shaped upper surface so that a cover placed over the grate more effectively sheds water. The grain storage pit may also include one or more unloading ports for facilitating removal of grain from the pit. At least one of the unloading ports may be adjustably mounted to an opening in the chamber.
US09242782B2
A packaging system for roast and ground coffee is disclosed. The packaging system can comprise a container, an overcap, and a visual indicator. The visual indicator can indicate a pressure difference between the inside of the packaging system and the outside of the packaging system by moving from a concave outwardly position to a concave inwardly position. The visual indicator can comprise a bubble.
US09242773B1
A dispensing capsule including a cap body having an outer race, an ingredient storage chamber, an upper sealing member, and a lower sealing member; a hollow plunger slidingly disposed within the chamber; an actuating cover disposed at a top portion of the cap body including a flexible actuator and an internal punch. The internal punch is disposed on an underside of the flexible actuator. The flexible actuator is configured to deform downward causing the internal punch to puncture the upper sealing member and engage the hollow plunger, causing a distal end of the hollow plunger to puncture the lower sealing member, therefore dispensing an ingredient stored in the ingredient storage chamber.
US09242766B2
An improved bag clamp comprises a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The first jaw member has an opening in a clamping surface thereof and there is a blade reciprocatingly movable along the second jaw member. A hinge couples the first jaw member and the second jaw member. The clamp is moveable between an open configuration in which the first jaw member and second jaw member are angularly spaced and a closed configuration in which the blade is received by the opening in the first jaw member and the blade is moveable along the second jaw member.
US09242762B2
Provided is a bottle including a bottom part having a bottom wall part. The bottom wall part includes a grounding part located at the outer circumferential edge thereof, a standing peripheral wall part connecting to the grounding part from a radial inner side of the bottle and extending upward, an annular movable wall part projecting from an upper end of the standing peripheral wall part toward the radial inner side of the bottle, and a depression peripheral wall part extending upward from an inner end of the movable wall part in a radial direction of the bottle. The movable wall part is disposed to freely pivot around a connection part connected with the standing peripheral wall part so as to move the depression peripheral wall part in an upward direction, and the depression peripheral wall part is formed to have multiple stages.
US09242743B2
A launch vehicle payload that includes at least two spacecraft is disclosed. The launch vehicle includes a single payload adapter. Each spacecraft has a launch vehicle adapter structure providing a respectively coplanar structural interface directly with the single launch vehicle payload adapter. The spacecraft share a launch vehicle payload fairing volume substantially side-by-side and are detachably coupled together such that a positive clearance is provided between adjacent, non-abutting structural body surfaces of each spacecraft.
US09242736B2
A parachute canopy release comprising a harness strap and a parachute riser. The parachute riser has a terminal end connected to a riser ring. The harness strap has a connector assembly comprising a ring assembly and a latch assembly. The ring assembly has a middle ring and a small ring secured to the harness strap at middle and small ring securing straps, respectively. The latch assembly has a base and a latch slide engaging the base. The middle ring is inserted through an inner diameter of the riser ring, the small ring is inserted through an inner diameter of the middle ring, and the latch slide is manipulated such that the small ring is retained intermediate said base and an interior surface of said latch slide when said parachute riser is releasably connected to said harness strap.
US09242735B1
A method is provided that includes a number of operations performed in real-time during flight of the aircraft. That is, the method may include monitoring a continuous electrical signal output by a sensor on a surface of the aircraft, where a magnitude of the electrical signal may be related to an amount of ice buildup. The method may include calculating a liquid water content (LWC) value as a function of a rate of change of the electrical signal, and iteratively calculating a total water exposure (TWE) value as a function of the LWC value. The TWE value may represent a total water exposure of the aircraft from a time of an initial event, and may be calculated as a running total over a plurality of iterations. And the method may include performing a remedial or alert action in an instance in which the TWE value reaches a TWE threshold.
US09242731B2
A housing-free hatrack for a passenger cabin of an aircraft includes a hatrack body, at least one fixing brace and a support which is arranged between the hatrack body and one end of the fixing brace in such a way that the hatrack body is pivotable about a pivot axis. The other end of the fixing brace may be connected to a frame of an aircraft structure of the aircraft. This hatrack dispenses with the double-walled construction of conventional hatracks and the hatrack is therefore directly fixed to the structure of the aircraft.
US09242728B2
Methods and systems for a full-scale vertical takeoff and landing manned or unmanned electric aircraft, having an all-electric, non-hydrocarbon-powered lift and propulsion system, an integrated avionics system for navigation and guidance, and simple joystick and throttle controls to provide the operator with ‘drive by wire’ style direction control. The vehicle employs counter-rotating sets of propellers and lift is provided by multiple pairs of small electric motors driving directly-connected, counter-rotating sets of propellers. Automatic computer monitoring by one or a plurality of programmed redundant digital motor management computer or autopilot controls each motor-controller and motor to produce pitch, bank and elevation, while simultaneously restricting the flight regime that the pilot can command. Sensed multi-axis information and parameter values about vehicle state are used to provide stable vehicle control and to detect when stable vehicle operating limits are about to be exceeded.
US09242722B2
The invention relates to a joystick (200) for controlling an aircraft, including a frame (201), a lever (202) mounted so as to be rotatably movable relative to the frame, and a mechanical linking assembly (203) for connecting the lever to the frame, the mechanical linking assembly (203) including: a first linking piece (213, 223) movably mounted relative to the frame (201) about a first rotation axis (X), a second linking piece (233, 243) movably mounted relative to the frame (201) about a second rotation axis (Y), the second rotation axis forming a non-zero angle with the first rotation axis, a third intermediate piece (255, 265) mounted so as to the rotatably movable relative to the first linking piece (213, 223) about a third rotation axis (Y′), a fourth intermediate piece (275, 285) mounted so as to be rotatably movable relative to the second linking piece (233, 243) about a fourth rotation axis (X′), the fourth rotation axis forming a non-zero angle with the third rotation axis, in which the linking pieces (213, 223; 233, 243) or the intermediate pieces (255, 265; 275, 285) are rotatably movable in relation to one another about a fifth rotation axis (Z′) forming a non-zero angle with the first rotation axis (X) and the second rotation axis (Y) or with the third rotation axis (Y′) and the fourth rotation axis (X′), respectively, so as to enable a variation of the angle formed between the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis or of the angle formed between the third rotation axis and the fourth rotation axis, respectively.
US09242721B2
An aircraft propulsion system has a propulsive rotor assembly rotatable about an axis of rotation and comprising a plurality of blades and a rotationally fixed vane assembly located adjacent to the propulsive rotor assembly and arranged circumferentially around the axis of rotation. As airflow enters the propulsive rotor assembly, a portion of the airflow passes over the vane assembly which is configured to direct the airflow away from the rotor blades so as to reduce the relative velocity of the redirected airflow over the rotor blades. This results in a reduced tendency of the airflow through the propulsive rotor assembly to become choked.
