US09248625B2
A multilayer film for medical purposes is proposed, with one or two external layers, wherein the external layers contain: a first polyalphaolefin; a first thermoplastic elastomer with a melt viscosity of a melt flow index according to ISO 1133 of from 0.001 to 6 g/10 min at 230° C., 2.16 kg; and a second thermoplastic elastomer with a high melt viscosity not measurable according to ISO 1133 which is higher than the melt viscosity of the first thermoplastic elastomer.
US09248621B2
The invention relates to a device for transferring, depositing and positioning films that are used as cores in coating-core tablets, in matrices of tablet presses, said device comprising at least three modules, a. module 1 (11) comprising at least one storage unit that contains the films, and/or at least one supply unit that supplies the films for transfer by a second module, b. module 2 (12) comprising at least one transfer unit, at least one conveyor belt (17) and at least one intake wheel (22), c. module 3 (13) comprising at least one controllable vacuum head (25) which comprises a removal device that removes the films from the carriers (28) of module 2 (12) using a vacuum and deposits them in the matrices of the tablet press (14).
US09248614B2
The present invention provides methods for lathing at room temperature a silicone hydrogel material, in particular silicone hydrogel material having a high oxygen permeability and made of a polymerizable composition containing a relative large amount of oxyperm component, into contact lenses.
US09248613B2
A method and apparatus are used to pre-consolidate and de-bulk a thermoplastic composite ply stack prior to full consolidation and forming to the final part shape. Pre-consolidation and de-bulking is achieved by heating the ply stack to a temperature below the melting point of the thermoplastic in order to soften the plies, and then compress the ply stack.
US09248611B2
Items may be packaged for shipping or storage using additive manufacturing techniques, also known as three dimensional (3-D) printing. Packages made by such processes may be referred to as 3-D printed packages and may include packing material printed at least partially around the item(s) and/or an outer cover printed about at least a portion of an exterior of the packing material and/or the item(s). A packaging system may include a 3-D printer and a computing device communicatively coupled to the 3-D printer. The computing device may obtain a packaging model describing a package for one or more items. A print module of the computing device may include instructions to print the package at least partially about the item(s) according to the packaging model.
US09248605B2
A liner tube for repairing existing pipes is provided. The liner tube is sufficiently flexible to lie substantially flat under its own weight thereby defining an upper portion and a lower portion. The liner tube includes an inner layer, an outer layer disposed around the inner layer, a first intermediate layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, the first intermediate layer being wrapped around the inner layer to overlap itself and define a first overlap portion in the upper portion, and a second intermediate layer disposed between the first intermediate layer and the outer layer, the second intermediate layer being wrapped around the first intermediate layer to overlap itself and define a second overlap portion in the lower portion. The first and second intermediate layers include a porous material and the inner layer includes material substantially impermeable to liquids.
US09248604B2
An apparatus configured for stripping a release paper from a workpiece, including a base defining a through hole, a pushing mechanism mounted on the base adjacent to the through hole; and a stripping mechanism mounted on the base. The stripping mechanism includes a bracket mounted on the base, a driving member mounted on the base away from the pushing mechanism and abutting the through hole, a pushing member connected to the driving member towards the through hole, and an suction assembly including an suction driving member fixedly-connected to the bracket and an suction member connected to the suction driving member. The driving member enables the pushing member to extend into the through hole for clamping the release paper between the pushing member and the pushing mechanism, and the suction member is capacity of sucking and moving the workpiece.
US09248598B2
A mold having a first part with a carcass with a molding zone added thereto to provide a mechanical interface between the molding zone and the carcass. Inductors of the mold extend along a longitudinal direction in cavities between the mechanical interface and the molding zone. A cooling device of the mold extends at the mechanical interface between the molding zone and the carcass.
US09248597B2
A bubbler base or base body for accepting a bubbler tube that has an externally threaded section at one end of the bubbler tube. The bubbler base of this invention can be used to quickly attach the bubbler base already connected to a bubbler tube, without the need to form an internally threaded bore within a bottom clamp plate which is also referred to as a cooling plate and is conventionally known in the molding tool industry. A conventional bubbler tube can be attached to the bubbler base rather than to the bottom clamp plate or the cooling plate. The bubbler base can have an overall spool shape. An O-ring can be used to seal the bubbler base with respect to the bottom clamp plate or the cooling plate.
US09248586B2
The invention relates to a molding tool for producing a composite material part by coating, by means of a matrix, a flexible preform including a skin, and profiled elements delimiting a plurality of three-dimensional meshes of polyhedral shapes. This molding tool comprises a mold and a countermold made of a material having the same expansion coefficient as the preform. Furthermore, includes, for each three-dimensional mesh, a part for filling the latter, formed from a plurality of wedges (12-27) suitable for being interlocked and delimiting a free central volume (28, 29), and from a blocking part (40) suitable for ensuring a relative blocking of said blocking part and of the wedges (12-27), the wedges and blocking parts being produced from a material having an expansion coefficient suitable for obtaining a predetermined compaction of the preform for the polymerization temperature of the matrix.
US09248584B2
The process comprises delivering a spray solution comprising at least one solute in a solvent to a spray-drying apparatus, using a flash nozzle to atomize the spray solution into droplets within the spray-drying apparatus to remove at least a portion of the solvent from the droplets to form a plurality of particles, and collecting the particles. The spray solution is directed to a heat exchanger, thereby increasing the temperature of the spray solution to a temperature T2, wherein T2 is greater than T1. The flash nozzle comprises a central tube through which the spray solution is delivered and an outer tube through which a sweep gas is delivered. The central tube may have a first outer diameter at an inlet and a second outer diameter at an outlet, wherein the first outer diameter is greater than the second outer diameter.
US09248582B2
The invention relates to a method (1) for fabricating a matt ceramic part (13, 14, 15, 17, 19) comprising the following steps: a) fabricating (2) a ceramic part; b) sand blasting (7) portions of the ceramic part to make them matt; According to the invention, the method includes the following final step: c) lapping (9) the matt portions in order to level out the surface of the matt portions. The invention concerns the field of timepieces.
US09248579B2
Razors cartridges including a guard, a cap, and at least two blades with parallel sharpened edges located between the guard and cap are provided. A first blade defines a blade edge nearest the guard and a second blade defines a blade edge nearest the cap. The first blade has a cutter force less than the cutter force of the second blade.
US09248578B2
Bars 40 include a hair raising bar 45 having a hair raising portion 45g raising body hair 75. A cross section of the hair raising portion 45g has a profile shape including connecting elements 80 which are connected, each connecting element being at least any one of a line segment 81 and an arc line 82.
US09248575B2
A second member having an elongated shape is attached to a first member via a connecting member. The connecting member is rotatable around a first shaft in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the second member with respect to the first member and rotatable around a second shaft intersecting both the longitudinal direction and a direction along the first shaft with respect to the second member. Further, a first drive part that rotationally drives the connecting member around the first shaft is provided in the first member and a second drive part that rotationally drives the connecting member around the second shaft is provided in the second member. In this manner, a robot hand that can rotate the first member and the second member not only around the first shaft but also around the second shaft may be realized with a simpler and smaller structure.
US09248571B2
A method for operating a multi-axis, preferably six-axis, robot with axes that can be driven by drive means is proposed. The axes are possible to be moved separately and their movement is controlled by a control facility. Before the movement of the robot is executed, a control data record is created for controlling the movement of the robot as a function of initial and target information for the robot input by a user. The control facility performs a verification of the control data record in respect of at least one predefined basic condition relating to the operation of the robot stored in a memory. The control data record is adjusted based on the at least one basic condition while retaining the target information as a function of the result of the check.
US09248567B2
A retrieval device for golf clubs and golf balls includes a magnet, a ball retrieval implement, and a helical thread fixed relative to the magnet. The helical thread is screwed onto a proximal end of a grip. The golf club can be used by a golfer to retrieve a laying golf club or ball already on a playing surface without the need for the golfer to bend over or down. The helical thread may include a pointed distal end and a cutting slot or a drill distal end. A body may surround the magnet, where the body includes a base and a top. The top may include an elastomeric material such as rubber. A ball retrieval implement is fixed to the proximal end of the device, such that the device allows a golfer to pick up a ball laying on the ground without the need to bend over or down.
US09248560B2
The tool is provided comprising a first and second arm. The first arm having a first and second die slot on a side and a third die slot on an opposing side. The first arm further having a first gage slot on the side adjacent the second die slot and a second gage slot on the opposing side. The second arm being operably coupled to rotate relative to the first arm. The second arm having a fourth and a fifth die slot on a side arranged opposite the first die slot and the second die slot when the second arm is in a first position, the second arm also having a sixth die slot on an opposing side from the first die, the second arm further having a third gage slot on the side adjacent the fifth die slot and a fourth gage slot on the opposing side.
US09248558B1
A novel, simple, inexpensive and universal device and method for manipulating a magnetic object with at least a portion thereof having one of a substantially prismatic cavity and a substantially prismatic shape, each with side surfaces and an end surface such as a fastener, bolt, nut, plug, screw, and the like is disclosed. One embodiment of the device includes a head assembly having a magnetic field. The head assembly includes a body and a magnetic pole piece. The body serves to support the magnetic pole piece and the magnetic pole piece is configured to contact no more than two side surfaces of the magnetic object. The magnetic pole piece is also constructed and arranged to concentrate and shape the magnetic field into the magnetic object. The head assembly is further configured to be spatially open opposite from the magnetic pole piece so as to receive and contact the magnetic object.
US09248557B2
A one handed operable tool configured for the positioning and fixed installation of fastening elements in space restricted areas and particularly anchoring clips for kitchen sinks. The tool comprises manipulable elements for securely holding a fixture or fastener, and aligning the fixture or fastener with previously installed elements and driving elements in proper orientation for effecting a secure properly positioned connection between a fixture or fastener with the previously installed elements.
US09248551B2
To provide a nonwoven fabric polishing roll that can reduce the occurrence of polishing defects and carry out uniform polishing. A nonwoven fabric polishing roll having a through hole in to which a rotation shaft of a polishing machine is inserted, and the internal surface of the through hole engages with the rotation shaft so that the torque of the rotation shaft is transmitted, the nonwoven fabric polishing roll comprising: a plurality of circular nonwoven fabrics having an aperture in the center thereof that forms the through hole; and a plurality of circular plates having an aperture in the center thereof that forms the through hole, and having an outer diameter that is smaller than the outer diameter of the circular nonwoven fabric, wherein the plurality of circular nonwoven fabric and the plurality of the circular plates are stacked so that one or two or more of the circular nonwoven fabrics are sandwiched on their aperture side by the circular plates, and bonded together with adhesive while compressed in the stacking direction, and the compression deformation ratio of the circular plates with respect to pressure forces from a direction normal to the stacking direction is smaller than that of the circular nonwoven fabric.
US09248550B2
Abrasive articles including a body having a first abrasive layer, a second abrasive layer and one or more reinforcing layers for use with cordless tools have a reduced thickness with respect to conventional counterparts. Techniques for producing and using such abrasive articles are described. In one embodiment, the first abrasive layer and the second abrasive layer comprise abrasive particles in a bond material. In an embodiment, a reinforcing layer is disposed between the first abrasive layer and the second abrasive layer. In a particular embodiment, the body comprises an average thickness of not greater than about 5 mm. In another particular embodiment, the abrasive particles can comprise silicon carbide.
US09248547B2
The purpose of this invention is to reduce the changes in the conditions of the processing for projecting shots, and to downsize the air-type shot-treatment machine 10 and simplify its structure. An air-type shot-treatment machine 10 comprises a table 12 to hold an article to be processed, wherein the table 12 can rotate the article and lift and lower it, a nozzle 16 to project shots toward the article together with compressed air, wherein the nozzle 16 is fixed so that it is oriented toward the article, and is connected to a pressurized tank 46 by means of a connecting device 44 having a wear-resistant hose 40, an adjusting device 18 to adjust the quality of shots projected from the nozzle 16, wherein the adjusting device 18 is disposed at the connecting device 44, a rotating device 20 to rotate the table 12, a moving device 22 to lift and lower the table 12, and a control device 24 to control the adjusting device 18 and the rotating device 20 so that while the table 12 is being rotated, the shots are being projected toward the article to be processed, and, further, to control the moving device 22 so that the table 12 is lifted and lowered.
US09248545B2
A substrate processing apparatus capable of accurately aligning a center of a substrate, such as a wafer, with an axis of a substrate stage and capable of processing the substrate without bending the substrate is disclosed. The substrate processing apparatus includes a first substrate stage having a first substrate-holding surface configured to hold a first region in a lower surface of the substrate, a second substrate stage having a second substrate-holding surface configured to hold a second region in the lower surface of the substrate, a stage elevator configured to move the first substrate-holding surface between an elevated position higher than the second substrate-holding surface and a lowered position lower than the second substrate-holding surface, and an aligner configured to measure an amount of eccentricity of a center of the substrate from the axis of the second substrate stage and align the center of the substrate with the axis of the second substrate stage.
US09248540B2
The invention relates to a polishing device (1) for polishing a metal product (2), in particular a continuously cast slab, billet, or block. The aim of the invention is to achieve a high polishing rate when said metal products are polished. According to the invention, this is achieved in that the polishing device (1) has at least two polishing assemblies (3, 4), each polishing assembly (3, 4) having a mounting (5, 6) for a polishing unit (7, 8). A polishing unit has at least one polishing disk (9, 10) and a driving motor (11, 12) that drives the polishing disk (9, 10). The polishing disks (9, 10)arranged such that the rotational axes (A, B) of said disks run parallel to each other.
US09248538B2
Embodiments relate generally to milling machines and milling techniques, and more particularly, to apparatuses, milling machines and methods to control automatic loading and/or unloading of work pieces in relation to the adverse milling machine environments. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a subset of guide members constituting a staging region, a loader member configured to impart a loading force unto the work piece to transition the work piece from the staging region, and an effector coupled to the loader member. The effector is configured to apply a cleaning force to a path in a first interval of time and is configured further to transfer the loading force from the loader member to the work piece in a second interval of time, and an alignment device configured to align the subset of guide members and the effector to form a portion of the path in a first mode.
US09248537B2
A fastener comprises a housing, a pintle and a locking feature. The housing includes a shaft, a central bore that extends axially at least partially through the housing and a ball lock aperture extending from the bore radially out through the shaft. The pintle is positioned within the bore and includes an actuation end and a rod that extends axially from the actuation end. The rod includes a ball transitioning surface and a ball locking surface. The pintle is moveable axially within the bore between a designated lock position where the ball locking surface of the pintle is aligned in register with each ball lock aperture urging a locking ball through the ball lock aperture, and a designated unlocked position where the ball lock surface of the pintle is moved axially away from each ball lock aperture allowing the locking ball to recess into the housing.
US09248525B2
Locations in a pattern of a part are evaluated to determine if the locations are interior or exterior to a feature of the pattern. The pattern is used to cut the feature from a material by a laser cutting machine. A location in the feature is rendered into an array stored in a memory so that a value stored at an address in the array corresponding to coordinates of the location is either odd or even as determined by a counting process of the rendering. Then, the location is identified as being interior if the value is odd, and as being exterior if the value is even. The rendering can use modified forms of either rasterization or ray casting.
US09248524B2
A laser processing method including a first step of irradiating a surface of a workpiece with a laser beam with a focal point spaced from the surface, and forming a bottomed hole on the workpiece, which is defined with a tubular inner circumferential face opening at the surface and a bottom face; and a second step of irradiating the bottom face with a laser beam while an assist gas is blown into an opening of the bottomed hole but not blown onto an area surrounding the opening, and forming a through hole penetrating through the workpiece. A laser processing system includes a processing head focusing a laser beam emitted from a laser oscillator so as to irradiate a workpiece with the laser beam and blowing an assist gas onto the workpiece; and a control section controlling the first and second steps as an operation of the processing head.
US09248522B2
In a friction stir welding apparatus that can control a penetrating position of a probe with respect to a processing target member to an optimum position at a time of friction stir welding by detecting a wear volume and a tip position of the probe, as a drive mechanism moves down a holder having a coefficient of thermal expansion larger than that of the probe and holding the probe, a detector can freely detect a length of a member including the holder and the probe, and a probe detection mechanism can freely detect a tip length, which is the length of the member of only the probe.
US09248519B2
A gear machining condition setting device receives a feeding amount determining parameter and a cutting speed determining parameter. A storage unit stores a cutting-in amount calculation formula representing a relation between a cutting-in amount and a characteristic value determined based on a feeding amount and the feeding amount determining parameter. The feeding amount of the hob, corresponding to the cutting-in amount, is computed using the cutting-in amount calculation formula. Further, the storage unit stores data of a constant temperature curve representing a relation between the cutting-in amount and the cutting speed where a cutting edge of the hob is set at a predetermined temperature. Using the data, the cutting speed is computed based on the cutting-in amount and the cutting speed determining parameter with reference to the constant temperature curve.
US09248509B2
An electrostatic chuck assembly including a dielectric layer with a top surface to support a workpiece. A cooling channel base disposed below the dielectric layer includes a plurality of inner fluid conduits disposed beneath an inner portion of the top surface, and a plurality of outer fluid conduits disposed beneath an outer portion of the top surface. A chuck assembly includes a thermal break disposed within the cooling channel base between the inner and outer fluid conduits. A chuck assembly includes a fluid distribution plate disposed below the cooling channel base and the base plate to distribute a heat transfer fluid delivered from a common input to each inner or outer fluid conduit. The branches of the inner input manifold may have substantially equal fluid conductance.
US09248497B2
A metal transfer device (1) includes a cast trough body (2) for receiving liquid metal, a heater (4) for heating the trough body, and a filler layer (6) between the trough body and the heater. The filler layer (6) comprises a cast refractory material having a high thermal conductivity.
US09248494B2
The rivet gun has a barrel, a handle, an inflator, a piston assembly and at least one buffer device. The piston assembly has a piston rod and a piston head. The at least one buffer device is mounted in the piston head and has a housing, a valve stem and a buffer spring. The housing has an inserting hole and a side hole communicating with the inserting hole. The inserting hole has a valve opening. The valve stem is movably mounted in the valve opening. A valve part is formed on a lower end of the valve stem to selectively close the valve opening. The buffer spring is mounted around the valve stem. When the piston head moves upward, the buffer spring absorbs some momentum produced by the high pressure gas to mitigate shake caused by the high pressure gas directly hitting the piston head.
US09248491B2
A guided keeper assembly and related method includes a cylindrical base that mounts to a die member using a multi-piece, interlocking flange. The flanges have outer fastener holes and inner arcuate walls that matingly engage a complimentary profile on the outer surface of the base to axially interconnect the same. The flanges also have male and female end connectors which snap lock together around the base in an assembled condition. Mounting screws pass through the fastener holes in the flanges and are anchored in the die member to securely retain the guided keeper assembly in place. A retainer ring is mounted in an associated groove in the base over the heads of the screws to prevent unintentional unfastening of the screws from the die member.
US09248475B2
A foreign matter removal mechanism for removing foreign matter on a power-supplying coil that wirelessly supplies power to a parked vehicle from below, including: a movable unit that is pushed by the vehicle to move horizontally; and a movable cleaning unit that is coupled to the movable unit and moves, in conjunction with a movement of the movable unit, along an upper surface of the power-supplying coil.
US09248474B2
A generation device and the like for generating long-life antibody chips which can be produced and held in stock is a generation device and the like for generating an antibody chip by binding antibody to a cup, including an antibody solution holder that holds antibody solution having antibody, a buffer solution holder that holds buffer solution, and an injector that injects solution into the cup. The injector has an inlet out of which solution is injected. The injector injects the buffer solution held by the buffer solution holder. The injector injects the antibody solution held by the antibody solution holder with the inlet in the buffer solution in the cup.
US09248473B2
A method for manufacturing a component includes a step of providing at least one metallic element. A surface of the at least one metallic element is modified to facilitate a bonding of the at least one metallic element to a polymeric layer. The polymeric layer is then bonded to the at least one metallic element to form the component.
US09248471B2
A device for forming a roll-to-roll pattern includes: a plurality of rollers, that are separated from each other, for transferring a substrate in one direction; a pattern former provided on the substrate between neighboring rollers from among the plurality of rollers, and forming a pattern on the substrate; an absorber facing the pattern former with the substrate therebetween, and absorbing the substrate; a light irradiator neighboring the pattern former and irradiating light to the pattern; and a controller for controlling the roller, the pattern former, the absorber, and the light irradiator so that the pattern may be formed on the substrate and light may be irradiated to the pattern.
US09248467B2
Novel coatings are disclosed prepared by electropolymerization of non-fluorinated conducting pre-grafted hydrophobic electropolymerizable monomers onto a conducting layer of a substrate, where the electropolymerized coating exhibit both unique reversible wettability and electro-optical properties. The coating may also include one or more layers of polymer particles upon which the non-fluorinated conducting pre-grafted hydrophobic electropolymerizable monomers are polymerized imparting a submicron structure to the coating. Methods for making and using the coatings are also disclosed.
US09248464B2
A motion activated water repellant sprinkler device for repelling animals that can be remotely controlled is provided. When the device is in on mode, the user can remotely adjust the sensitivity setting of the motion detector, set a time period for which the sprinkler will continually spray, and turn off the device so that the user can approach the device without being sprayed. The ability to set a particular time period for continuous sprinkler activity allows the motion activated water repellant sprinkler device to be used not only as an animal deterring device but also as a watering device for grass and other plants.
US09248463B2
A pump assembly for removing contents from inside a bottle is described. The pump assembly includes a pump; a tube having a first end attached to the pump for drawing contents therein when the pump is actuated; and an extractor positioned on the tube and configured to remove contents from the bottom of the bottle. Kits having various embodiments of the extractor are also described herein, including the configurations of the various embodiments of the extractor.
US09248462B2
Airless pump dispensers for various fluids are disclosed including an airless pump mounted in a housing, a movable piston mounted for moving within the housing starting at the bottom thereof, a dispenser at the top of the housing for receiving fluid from the airless pump and dispensing it, and a spring disposed at the bottom of the housing in contact with the bottom of the movable piston and having an insufficient driving force to independently move the movable piston within the housing when the housing contains the fluid.
US09248460B2
A mixing chamber formed in a chassis outfitted with separate inlet channels for conveying pressurized liquid phase and gaseous phase and an outlet channel linking the mixing chamber with a spray nozzle via a flow tube. A separate cylindrical packing chamber is formed in the chassis, within which packing chamber a rotor with vanes is set, the vanes of which rotor intermittently close the inlet channels of the two phases formed in separate sectors of said packing chamber as demarcated by the rotor vanes, wherein the gaseous phase inlet channel is closed alternately with at least one liquid phase inlet channel conveying liquid phase into the mixing chamber via open inter-vane channels, wherein also the sector of the packing chamber containing the gaseous phase inlet channel is separated from the mixing chamber by a continuous section of a partition that closes off the rotor's inter-vane channels within this sector.
US09248458B1
A transverse-axis impact sprinkler has a base, pivot joint frame, water inlet pipe, front transverse watering pipe, impact guiding frame, and a pivot angle controlling mechanism. The water introduced by the water inlet pipe will firstly pass through the front transverse watering pipe, and then is sent to the water spout provided on the turning pipe portion of the impact guiding frame, to drive the front transverse watering pipe to rotate synchronously along the swing of the impact guiding frame. The impact sprinkler is of a simplified structure, has a reduced failure rate and enhanced durability and ease of use.
US09248450B2
The invention relates to a droplet actuator device and methods for integrated sample preparation and analysis of a biological sample. A droplet actuator device is provided for conducting droplet operations. The droplet actuator device may include a bottom substrate and a top substrate separated from each other to form a gap therebetween; an arrangement of droplet operations electrodes arranged on one or both of the bottom and/or top substrates for conducting droplet operations thereon; a reagent storage layer comprising one or more compartments bound to the top substrate; and one or more openings arranged to provide a fluidic path from the one or more compartments into the gap, upon breach of a breachable seal separating the one or more compartments and openings.
US09248446B2
A disposable blood separation set and a centrifugal blood processing system comprising a blood processing chamber adapted to be mounted on a rotor of a centrifuge; a frustro-conical cell separation chamber in fluid communication with the processing chamber, the cell separation chamber having an inlet, an outlet and a gravity valve inside the cell separation chamber. The valve is responsive to the gravitational field created by the speed of the rotor. When the rotor spins at high speed, the gravity valve may open the outlet at a location proximal to an axis of rotation of the rotor. When the rotor spins at a lower speed, the gravity valve may open the outlet at a location distal from the axis.
US09248436B2
The present invention relates to a highly active water gas shift catalyst and a process for producing it, and also a process for converting a gas mixture comprising at least carbon monoxide and water into hydrogen and carbon dioxide in a wide temperature range using this catalyst.
US09248427B2
A method for production of a bio-safe polymer sorbent for selective binding of Sr and Cs isotopes from a liquid medium for treatment of liquid radioactive wastes is provided. The sorbent with high specific sorption capacity in compliance with the requirements of bio-compatibility and safety with respect to the diverse biological objects, is produced. Also, a raw mixture used for the production of the sorbent has a small weight and a volume in comparison with the given sorbent. The structure of the sorbent is formed by self-assembly during the hydration of the dry mix of the components.
US09248426B2
An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include a composite metal oxide including a divalent first metal (M1), a trivalent second metal (M2), and an element (A) with an electronegativity of about 2.0 to about 4.0. The composite metal oxide may have an amorphous structure. A method of manufacturing the adsorbent for carbon dioxide and a capture module for carbon dioxide including the adsorbent for carbon dioxide are also disclosed.
US09248424B2
Methods of dissociating and recovering methane from solid hydrate deposits are provided. A method for recovering methane from a methane hydrate includes at least applying electromagnetic radiation to the methane hydrate to dissociate the methane-water bond. Further provided is an apparatus for dissociating methane from a methane hydrate. The apparatus includes at least: an electromagnetic spectrum power source; a probe connected to the electromagnetic spectrum power source; an antenna connected to the distal end of the probe is capable of focusing a radiated beam into a target area of a methane hydrate; and a control system in communication with and capable of controlling the electromagnetic spectrum power source, the probe, and the antenna.
US09248423B2
A device for mixing having a housing with at least one wall and a closed bottom, a lid structured to be removably attached to the housing, and a mixing element mounted on one of the housing and the top, the mixing element having a first end mounted on at least one of the housing and the top and a second end that is coupled to the first end. The housing includes a storage component that is configured to be removably attached to the closed bottom of the housing.
US09248421B2
In one embodiment, the present invention introduces integrated fluid injection and mixing devices to enable pH control in a miniature parallel integrated bioreactor array system. In another embodiment, the environmental conditions of the growth chamber is enabled through fluidic injections in a miniature parallel cell culture system. In still another embodiment, the present invention utilizes gas switches to control oxygen concentration within a miniature parallel integrated bioreactor array.
US09248419B2
The present invention can suppress variations in dispersion and grinding processing, apply stable shearing force to a material to be processed, and also enable efficient dispersion and grinding. The present invention has a supply portion (10A), a processing portion (10B), and a discharge portion (10C). The processing portion (10B) includes a stator (12b), and a rotor (11b). The material to be processed is processed in a gap (Gt) between an outer peripheral surface of the rotor (11b) and an inner peripheral surface of the stator (12b). The inner peripheral surface of the stator (12b) and the outer peripheral surface of the rotor (11b) are circular in a cross section orthogonally intersecting the axis of the rotor (11b) and linear in a cross section bearing the axis. The gap (Gt) is constant in the circumferential direction and the axial direction.
US09248414B2
Porous membranes including a first microporous skin surface having a pore density of at least about 20 pores/50,000 μm2, and a second porous surface, and a bulk between the surfaces, wherein the bulk has a pore density of at least about 120 pores/mm2, as well as methods of using and methods of making the membranes are disclosed.
US09248412B2
A hollow fiber membrane fluid transport device's method of manufacture is disclosed wherein the fibers are comprised of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and the potting materials are comprised of fluoropolymer based materials. The potting method described herein, utilizes a compressed chemically resistant fluorocopolymer and or fluoroterpolymer film, allows for ease of manufacture without destruction of the PTFE hollow fibers, with high packing densities, and without the processing complexity of pre-melting, extruding, or chemical crosslinking of any polymeric adhesives. Furthermore, the PTFE hollow fibers can be treated with a fluoropolymeric solvent solution before the chemically resistant film is applied to enhance the adhesion of the PTFE fiber to the film. PTFE hollow fibers, and its respective fluoro-co and terpolymers as potting films, impart high packing densities, superb chemical resistance and temperature resistance without membrane contamination, or low fiber pull strength, as is sometimes observed with standard potting materials such as polyurethane and epoxy.
US09248409B2
Provided is a hollow-fiber membrane module comprising a submodule inside which raw water is circulated and water treatment is carried out, and a piping unit which is connected to the submodule and through which the raw water and air and treated water flow, such that flow rates can be increased and energy consumption can be minimized through the circulation of a fluid.
US09248408B2
In a hollow fiber element constituting a separation membrane module for separating an organic vapor, at least one end part of a fiber bundle consisting of multiple hollow fiber membranes having a selective permeability is fixed and bound with a tube sheet formed by a cured material, in which an epoxy composition (A) has been cured by using a hardener (B). A glass transition temperature of said cured material is not less than 160° C., a minimum elongation at break thereof is not less than 7.0%, and an elution ratio thereof is less than 5%. For this reason, the hollow fiber element has enough endurance to retain a gas-tightness of an internal space of the hollow fiber membrane and an external space of the hollow fiber membrane even in use under organic vapor with an elevated temperature and high pressure.
US09248406B2
Method for on-line prediction of performance of an RO based desalination plant is disclosed. The method includes: (i) a mathematical model of the RO unit; (ii) on-line estimation of membrane physical parameters of the nonlinear mathematical model representing the RO unit; and (iii) analysis of the estimated membrane transport parameter with respect to time. Based on the analysis of these estimated parameters, plant operators can clean the membranes to restore the performance of the RO desalination plant. The method can be implemented in a computer based control system used for data acquisition and control of an RO based desalination plant. The method can help in maintaining the performance of the RO based desalination plants at a desired level and increase membrane life without affecting quality of permeate water produced.
US09248397B2
In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide separating and capturing apparatus includes an absorption tower to allow a gas containing carbon dioxide to contact with an absorption liquid and discharge a rich liquid, a regeneration tower to cause the absorption liquid to release a gas containing the carbon dioxide and discharge a lean liquid, and first and second regenerative heat exchangers to heat the rich liquid with the lean liquid. The first regenerative heat exchanger heats the rich liquid with the lean liquid from the second regenerative heat exchanger and discharges the rich liquid in a liquid phase, and the second regenerative heat exchanger heats the rich liquid in the liquid phase with the lean liquid from the regeneration tower. The lean liquid from the first regenerative heat exchanger and the rich liquid from the second regenerative heat exchanger are fed to the absorption and regeneration towers, respectively.
US09248395B2
An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include a structure that includes composite metal oxide including a first metal (M1) and a second metal (M2) linked through oxygen (O). The first metal (M1) may be selected from an alkali metal, an alkaline-earth metal, and a combination thereof. The second metal (M2) may have a trivalent oxidation number or greater. The composite metal oxide may include mesopores inside or in the surface thereof. The adsorbent may be included in a capture module for carbon dioxide. A method of reducing emissions may include adsorbing carbon dioxide using the adsorbent for carbon dioxide.
US09248392B2
A system and process for extending turndown in a gas-liquid separator is presented. The system includes a first mist extractor with a first operating range and a second mist extractor with a second operating range. The mist extractors are generally of the same type, with the second operating range being different than the first operating range. A gas stream containing entrained liquid droplets flows through the first mist extractor and then through the second mist extractor. Each mist extractor coalesces and captures the liquid droplets within its own operating range, expanding the overall operating range of the separator. Additional mist extractors may be added to cover any gap between the first and second operating ranges.
US09248390B2
A fluid delivery system includes a fluid reservoir having an inlet screen and a main reservoir filter. The fluid reservoir is adapted to enclose a fluid therewithin and includes a reservoir body forming a reservoir volume that is fluidly connected to an inlet conduit, a supply conduit, and a return conduit. The inlet screen is disposed fluidly along the inlet conduit and adapted to filter a fluid provided to fill the reservoir through the inlet conduit. The main reservoir filter is disposed fluidly along the supply conduit and adapted to filter a fluid drawn from the reservoir volume and provided through the supply conduit to a pump.
US09248383B2
Novel porous materials comprising nanoparticles, use in chromatographic separations, processes for its preparation, and separations devices containing the chromatographic material are described by the instant invention. In particular, the disclosure describes porous inorganic/organic hybrid particles embedded with nanoparticles selected from oxides or nitrides of the following: silicon carbide, aluminum, diamond, cerium, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, zirconium, barium, cerium, cobalt, copper, europium, gadolinium, iron, nickel, samarium, silicon, silver, titanium, zinc, boron, and mixtures thereof.
US09248382B2
The invention relates to a column for carrying out gas/liquid mass-transfer processes, wherein, in the column (27), at least one lock (15) bordered by an upper separating tray (17) and a lower separating tray (19) is received, which lock is designed in such a manner that, during the mass-transfer process, gas (23) flows through the lock (15) and a liquid (25) situated on the upper separating tray (17), when the gas supply is interrupted the liquid (25) flows into the lock (15) onto the lower separating tray (19) and when the gas supply is renewed, the liquid (25) drains downward out of the lock (15). The lower separating tray (19) has a tray (1) that can be mounted so as to be fixed and has at least one opening (3), and a rotatable tray (13) which is connected to a rotatable axle (21) that is conducted through the tray (1) that can be mounted so as to be fixed, in such a manner that the rotatable tray (13) can be turned in relation to the tray (1) that can be mounted so as to be fixed, wherein the rotatable tray (13) of the lower separating tray (19) is designed in such a manner that the at least one opening (3) in the tray (1) that can be mounted so as to be fixed is closed in a first position of the rotatable tray (13) and can be opened by turning the rotatable tray (13).
US09248379B2
A communication analysis system for an online game is described. A communication history among players of the online game is retrieved. Communication tracking metrics are generated based on the communication history of the players of the online game. A retention analysis is performed with the communication tracking metrics to determine retention of players of the online game. A retention recommendation is generated based on the retention analysis.
US09248372B2
Methods and systems for awarding experience points to players of video games are disclosed. A video game such as a vehicle-based combat game may award experience of different classes, which allows control over the pace at which certain players advance through the game. Users may be awarded multiple classes of experience points, where a first class of experience may be restricted for use only in unlocking objects in a tech tree of the vehicle in which the first class of experience was earned vehicle, whereas a second class of experience may used to unlock any vehicle or module, not limited by tech tree. In some aspects, experience and/or vehicles/modules may be exported between video games.
US09248370B2
A targeting system and methods of use provide a player of a first person shooter video game with enhanced weapon targeting. Vertical and horizontal lines extend outwardly from a game reticule. In some embodiments, the vertical and horizontal lines or bands extend across the display screen. The present technology can be applied to display screens mechanically or electronically. In some embodiments an electronic device is situated between the gaming console and the display screen. In other embodiments, a piece of clear, thin-film material is cut to approximate the dimensions of the screen, with the key graphical design elements of the present invention screen printed on the piece of plastic. Static electricity may hold the film in place. In other embodiments, the film may be held in place by pressure sensitive adhesive, brackets, or the like.
US09248364B2
A glove for enhancing an interlocking grip of a club or sports device. The glove may include a palmar portion and a dorsal portion that meet at a distal lateral edge. The glove may include multiple digital segments that entirely cover some of the fingers and may be without a digital segment for a forefinger. In one example, the glove may be coated with a water repellant substance or may be made of weather-resistant or perspirant-resistant materials. In another example, the glove may include ventilation micro-recesses and the digital segments for a pinkie and a ring finger may include ventilation micro-recesses along the proximal phalanx portion to transfer moisture and the digital segment for the middle finger may be free of ventilation micro-recesses along the proximal phalanx portion to reduce moisture from contacting an interlocking pinkie.
US09248361B1
A complete closed-loop system of capture, analysis, and corrective feedback uses small unobtrusive, strategically placed sensors on the ear, hip, knee, wrist, and/or ankle that communicate wirelessly to a base unit. The sensors capture movement during an activity to be analyzed, such as a golf swing, and send data to a base unit, which processes and transmits the data to a smart phone or other suitable portable and wireless communications device. The wireless communications device, in turn, transmits the processed data to a data base in the cloud (centrally based Internet software) where software instantly analyzes the motion represented by the processed data, then provides immediate feedback for improvement to the user.
US09248346B2
Disclosed herein are heterogeneous golf ball compositions comprising discrete particles of crosslinked rubber dispersed within an acid copolymer-based matrix.
US09248332B2
A variable resistance-type exerciser has pivotally interconnected arms with a longer pair of padded handle forming ends and a shorter pair of padded handle forming ends. An elastomeric band is interchangeably fitted to the arms through integral slots in each arm forcing the longer handles apart and the shorter handles together. The elastomeric band can easily be replaced or additional bands added to vary the resistance and resulting weight bearing equivalent load of the device. A pin interconnects the arms forming a device that pivots about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the device and in such a fashion as to allow for pushing and/or pulling motions. The exerciser is used by pushing or pulling the longer ends toward one another and/or by pushing or pulling the shorter ends apart. A multitude of exercises results from applying the above described motions to various upper or lower body muscle groups.
US09248317B2
A device for generating microbubbles in a gas and liquid mixture and injection device, the device comprising: a housing defining a mixing chamber; means for mixing solution contained in the mixing chamber to generate microbubbles in the solution; a needle array removably attached to the housing and in fluid connection with the mixing chamber, the needle array including at least one needle; and a machine readable identifier on the needle array.
US09248312B2
A method and apparatus to automatically control the timing of an image acquisition by an imaging system in developing a correlation model of movement of a target within a patient.
US09248309B2
The present invention provides for eyeglasses used together with contact lenses to deliver light therapy to the wearer. The eyeglass lenses or frames feature an embedded light source in logical and electrical communication with power, sensors, processors, and other components contained within the eyeglasses. The eyeglass lenses or frames project light into complimentary contact lenses which refract, diffract or reflect light into the wearer's eyes.
US09248301B2
A system for communicating information between at least two medical devices implanted within the body of a subject using volume conduction of electrical signals as a means of communication and wherein one of the implanted medical devices is configured to provide electrical stimulation to the tissue is disclosed. The system comprises a first implant device having at least two transmit electrodes configured to transmit electrical stimulation pulses, wherein one of the electrodes may be a common return electrode, an encoding means configured to employ a channel as a transmitter transmission medium for stimulation pulses and encoding the information into the stimulation pulses, a second implant device having at least two receive electrodes configured to receive the transmitted stimulation pulses with encoded information, and a decoding means configured to decode the information encoded into the stimulation pulses. The disclosed system provides reliable and efficient communication between implantable devices.
US09248293B2
Selective high-frequency spinal chord modulation for inhibiting pain with reduced side affects and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In particular embodiments, high-frequency modulation in the range of from about 1.5 KHz to about 50 KHz may be applied to the patient's spinal chord region to address low back pain without creating unwanted sensory and/or motor side affects. In other embodiments, modulation in accordance with similar parameters can be applied to other spinal or peripheral locations to address other indications. In particular embodiments, aspects of the foregoing modulation therapies may be implemented by systems and devices that have simplified functionalities.
US09248281B2
A pacemaker is provided. The pacemaker includes a pulse generator and an electrode line connecting with the pulse generator. The electrode line includes a conductor, an insulation layer and a shielding layer. The insulation layer is located on an outer surface of the conductor. The shielding layer is located on an outer surface of the first insulation layer. The shielding layer is a carbon nanotube structure having a plurality of radioactive particles therein.
US09248279B2
A method of providing stimulation therapy to a patient includes performing first and second calibration processes in first and second patient posture states, respectively. The first and second calibration processes respectively associates a sensation experienced by a patient, in the respective patient posture states, with first and second amounts of an evoked potential, respectively, and also with first and second values of a stimulation parameter to achieve the first and second amounts of evoked potential, respectively. Thereafter, a current patient posture state is detected. If the current patient posture state is detected as the first patient posture state, stimulation therapy is applied to the patient using the first value of the stimulation parameter as an initial value. If the current patient posture state is detected as the second patient posture state, stimulation therapy is applied to the patient using the second value of the stimulation parameter as the initial value.
US09248270B2
MRI/RF compatible leads include at least one conductor, a respective conductor having at least one segment with a multi-layer stacked coil configuration. The lead can be configured so that the lead heats local tissue less than about 10 degrees Celsius (typically about 5 degrees Celsius or less) or does not heat local tissue when a patient is exposed to target RF frequencies at a peak input SAR of at least about 4 W/kg and/or a whole body average SAR of at least about 2 W/kg. Related leads and methods of fabricating leads are also described.
US09248263B2
The invention relates to an angioplasty device for treating stenoses or occlusions that facilitates the diagnosis and visualisation of the stenosis and the treatment control having a duct dedicated to the injection of the contrast product.
US09248258B2
An IV holder for securing an IV needle and Luer fitting assembly. The IV holder includes a frame defining an aperture with a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the aperture further being covered by a transparent window for protecting and securing the IV needle insertion site. The second portion of the aperture is disposed to fit a cylindrical Luer fitting. The holder is adhesively applied to a patient's skin and situated so that the needle insertion site is under the window and the first portion of the aperture while the Luer fitting is disposed within the second portion of the aperture.
US09248251B2
A respiratory mask has an adjustable forehead support member that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. The forehead support member may be adjusted by rotating a forehead pad about an off-center bore or by bending an angular adjustment beam. The mask has a mask cushion with an accordionate membrane having at least two hinged portions. The mask may be constructed with a mask frame, the mask cushion, and the forehead support member molded as one piece.
US09248246B2
A scheduler device may receive machine-to-machine (M2M) transmission information associated with a data transmission between a base station and a category 1 M2M device. The scheduler device may determine other transmission information associated with the base station. The other transmission information may include information associated with another data transmission between the base station and another device which is not a category 1 M2M device. The scheduler device may generate a resource assignment schedule associated with the category 1 M2M device and the other device. The resource assignment schedule may be based on the M2M transmission information and the other transmission information. The resource assignment schedule may identify a set of resources to be allocated to the category 1 M2M device during an increment of time. The scheduler device may provide the resource assignment schedule.
US09248235B2
A core apparatus connectable to at least one sensor and to at least one fluid delivery device which includes a base housing, a connection hub to couple to the at least one sensor and to the at least one fluid delivery device, and a controller disposed within the base housing to communicate with the at least one sensor and to the at least one fluid delivery device, wherein the controller forms a continuous feedback loop with the at least one sensor and the at least one fluid delivery device.
US09248223B2
The present invention relates to an insert adapted to fit on a breast-receiving funnel of a breast pump. The insert comprises a circumferentially extending resiliently deformable wall which defines a teat receiving space and against which a user's teat is locatable, the insert being configured to define a pressure chamber between the resiliently deformable wall and a breast receiving funnel when the insert is fitted on a breast receiving funnel, wherein said wall is configured to deform towards a user's teat located in the teat receiving space in a predetermined manner when a pressure difference is applied between the teat receiving space and the pressure chamber such that a peristaltic action is applied to a user's teat, to aid the expression of milk therefrom.
US09248208B2
A device for sterilizing an ice machine using ozone gas from an electrolytic ozone generator includes a pure water tank (2), a pure water refilling device (1), and the electrolytic ozone generator (3). The pure water tank (2) is connected to a gas-feeding solenoid valve (4) and a gas-discharging solenoid valve (5). The gas-discharging solenoid valve (5) is connected to a reducing carbon tank (6), which is connected to a vent (10). The gas-feeding solenoid valve (4) is connected to a tee pipe (11-4) of the ice machine (11). The tee pipe (11-4) is connected to a water pump (11-2) in an ice-machine water tank (11-1) and an ice-machine evaporator (11-3) through loop piping. A controlling circuit board (7) is connected to power source (8), and further connected to the electrolytic ozone generator (3), the gas-feeding solenoid valve (4), the gas-discharging solenoid valve (5), and a motherboard (11-6).
US09248198B2
Provided herein are peptide inhibitors of the interaction between End Binding Protein 3 (EB3) and Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Type 3 (IP3R3). Also provided are methods and materials for treating lung injury, including acute lung injury, which may include hyperpermeability of lung vessels, vascular leakage, the development of edema, asthma, anaphylaxis, angioedema, systemic vascular permeability syndromes, and nasal congestion.
US09248195B2
An abuse-deterrent pharmaceutical composition has been developed to reduce the likelihood of improper administration of drugs, especially drugs such as opioids. In a preferred embodiment, a drug is modified to increase its lipophilicity. In some embodiments the modified drug is homogeneously dispersed within spherical microparticles composed of a material that is either slowly soluble or not soluble in water. In some embodiments the drug containing microparticles or drug particles are coated with one or more coating layers, where at least one coating is water insoluble and/or organic solvent insoluble. The abuse-deterrent composition retards the release of drug, even if the physical integrity of the formulation is compromised (for example, by chopping with a blade or crushing) and the resulting material is placed in water, snorted, or swallowed. However, when administered as directed, the drug is slowly released from the composition as the composition is passes through the GI tract.
US09248189B2
The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies that bind to glucagon receptor and methods of using same. The anti-glucagon receptor antibodies can be used therapeutically to lower glucose levels in blood, and can be in the prevention and/or treatment of glucose-related disorders, including diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia, or metabolic syndrome.
US09248187B2
The present invention relates to combination therapy using compound of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1-R5 are as defined herein and an additional pharmaceutically active agent. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these combinations, and methods of using these combinations in the treatment of various diseases and disorders.
US09248177B2
Disclosed and claimed is a method of non-invasive immunization in an animal and/or a method of inducing a systemic immune response or systemic therapeutic response to a gene product. The skin of the animal is contacted with a non-replicative vector chosen from the group of bacterium, virus, and fungus, wherein the vector comprises and expresses a nucleic acid molecule encoding the gene product, in an amount effective to induce the response.
US09248176B2
Methods and compositions for the treatment of Brucella induced diseases and disorders are disclosed herein. In preferred embodiments, the invention relates to vaccines. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to formulations capable of releasing said vaccines at a controlled rate of release in vivo. In further embodiments, the invention relates to modified strains of the bacteria Brucella melitensis and Brucella abortus. In still further embodiments, the invention relates to compositions that do not induce clinical symptoms or splenomegaly in a subject receiving said compositions.
US09248174B2
Anaplasma phagocytophilum surface proteins Asp14 and OmpA and homologous genes from Anaplasmatacaea family members are used in compositions suitable for vaccines to treat or prevent infections caused by tick-born bacteria of the Anaplasmatacaea family. Asp14 and/or OmpA proteins or peptide fragments may be used in combination with other Anaplasmatacaea surface proteins to elicit an immune response. Furthermore, antibodies to Asp14 and/or OmpA proteins can be used in diagnostic methods to determine whether an individual has contracted an Anaplasmatacaea infection. Because of the conserved invasin domains in the surface proteins, a wide range of Anaplasmatacaea infections may be diagnosed, treated or prevented using compositions of the invention.
US09248173B2
A compound represented by the formula (1): wherein Xa and Ya are each a single bond and the like, cancer antigen peptide A is an MHC class I-restricted WT1 peptide consisting of 7-30 amino acid residues, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a group represented by the formula (2): wherein Xb and Yb are each a single bond and the like, cancer antigen peptide B has a sequence different from that of the cancer antigen peptide A, and is an MHC class I-restricted WT1 peptide consisting of 7-30 amino acid residues, or cancer antigen peptide C, and cancer antigen peptide C has a sequence different from that of the cancer antigen peptide A, and is an MHC class I-restricted WT1 peptide or an MHC class II-restricted WT1 peptide, consisting of 7-30 amino acid residues containing one cysteine residue, or a salt thereof, and the like.
US09248148B2
There is provided a composition or kit of parts comprising: one or more compounds capable of treating and/or preventing an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract: and an iron hydroxypyrone, for increasing the level of iron in a patient's bloodstream and/or treating and/or preventing anaemia such as iron deficiency anaemia. A composition comprising iron hydroxypyrone is also provided for administration to a subject: having or at risk of having achlorhydria; wherein the gastric pH of the subject is equal to or greater than about 4; or wherein the subject has an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract.
US09248141B2
Methods and compositions for modulating the activities of connexins are provided, including, for example, for use for treatment of cardiovascular, vascular, neurological, for wounds and for other indications. These compounds and methods can be used therapeutically, for example, to reduce the severity of adverse effects associated diseases and disorders where localized disruption in direct cell-cell communication or prevention of hemichannel opening is desirable.
US09248139B2
A process for the production of a formulation of HIV attachment inhibitor piperazine tris salt prodrug compound involves dissolving the prodrug compound in a solvent to form a solution; adding a first quantity of a first anti-solvent to the solution; then dispersing a first quantity of HPMC in the solution; adding a second quantity of the first anti-solvent to the solution; dispersing a second quantity of HPMC in the solution; then adding a second anti-solvent to the solution so as to crystallize the compound with the HPMC and thereby form the formulation, wherein the second anti-solvent is a combination of acetone and isopropyl acetate (IPAC). The formulation is then washed, and dried.
US09248116B2
Substituted 2-[2-(phenyl)ethylamino]alkaneamide derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are useful as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators for preventing, alleviating and curing pathologies wherein the above mechanisms play a pathological role. The compounds may be particularly useful for the prevention, alleviation, and curing of, for example, neurological, cognitive, psychiatric, inflammatory, urogenital and gastrointestinal diseases.
US09248111B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and related disorders. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel combinatorial therapies of Parkinson's disease and related disorders targeting the alpha-synuclein aggregation network. In particular, the invention relates to compounds which, alone or in combination(s), can effectively protect neuronal cells from alpha-synuclein aggregates. The invention also relates to methods of producing a drug or a drug combination for treating Parkinson's disease and to methods of treating Parkinson's disease or a related disorder.
US09248103B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for improving the solubility of a poorly-soluble substance, which is capable of increasing the solubility of substantially all poorly-soluble substances. This is a method comprising coating the surface of a poorly-soluble substance particle with microparticles of a calcium compound such as calcium phosphate or calcium carbonate, and at least one selected from a pH adjuster and a surfactant, by applying mechanical energy thereto.
US09248099B2
The present invention inter alia relates to a method of treating or preventing an arterial insufficiency, wherein an NO donor is administered in an intermitting manner to a subject in an amount effective for the induction of arteriogenesis, and wherein the NO donor is a solid pharmaceutical preparation with the active substance glyceryl trinitrate for oromucosal or oral administration characterized in that it contains between 0.05 and 2 weight % glyceryl trinitrate (GTN), at least one diluent, one carrier material, and at least one substance that reduces the volatility of GTN, whereby this substance is a non-volatile ester stabilizer whose melting point is not higher than 60° C.
US09248092B2
Compositions including a discontinuous oil phase homogeneously dispersed in a continuous water phase, the oil phase containing a sunscreen agent that includes a polymer composition containing a linear, ultraviolet radiation absorbing polyether, the linear, ultraviolet radiation absorbing polyether including a chemically bound UV-chromophore; and an oil-in water emulsifier component including an anionic oil-in-water emulsifier in an amount such that the composition includes about 0.5 percent by weight to about 3 percent by weight of the anionic oil-in-water emulsifier.
US09248088B2
Methods and cosmetic compositions for conditioning the skin, utilizing as active ingredients selected compounds structurally related to astragenols, cycloastragenols, and/or protopanaxatriols, are provided. Such compounds include those of formulas (I), (II) and (III) described herein.
US09248087B2
Hair treatment agents include as care-providing substances selected cationic alkyloligoglucosides in a total quantity from 0.01 to 10.0 wt % that are substituted with linear or branched C6 to C30 alkyl or alkenyl residues, and selected polyglycerol esters in a total quantity from 0.01 to 10.0 wt %, the polyglycerol esters being esters of a fatty acid having 4 to 30 carbon atoms and polyglycerol having 2 to 20 glycerol units.
US09248085B2
An aqueous depilatory composition comprising a thioglycolate salt and a fluoride ion source.
US09248069B2
A casket lid assembly includes lower rails, upper rails, side panels and a top panel. Each lower rail has a lower surface configured to be received on a respective side of a casket base, and has an upper side that includes an angled notch. Each of the upper rails includes a first notch and a second notch. Each of the side panels has a first edge received within the angled notch of a respective lower rail, and an opposite second edge received within the first notch of the respective upper rail. The top panel has a first edge received within the second notch of the first upper rail and an opposite second edge received within the second notch of the second upper rail.
US09248067B2
Provided is a narrow docking mechanism that enables a bed and an apparatus main body to be coupled together with sufficient holding force during docking and that does not hinder access by an examiner to an object. A coupling mechanism on a bed 3 side includes a coupling plate 7 having one end fixed to the bed 3, and a coupling mechanism 50 on the main apparatus side includes a plurality of rollers 12 arranged side by side along the shape of both sides of the coupling plate 7. As the plurality of rollers 12 sandwiches and holds the coupling plate 7 from both sides, the coupling plate 7 can attach to and detach from the bed 3 by coupling the bed to the apparatus main body so as to be inserted between the arranged rollers 12.
US09248064B2
A sheet receiver for a patient repositioning system includes a housing adapted to be supported at a first end of a bed deck and a pulling device located primarily within an internal compartment of the housing. The housing has an access door adapted to open and to close so as to provide access to the internal compartment via an opening, and the housing also has an elongated slot extending along a first end thereof, and spaced from the opening. A connector has an innermost end secured to the pulling device within the internal compartment and an outermost end removably attachable to a sheet located on a mattress supported on the bed deck. The connector spans substantially the length of the slot and may include at least one window near the innermost end, to facilitate cleaning of the internal compartment. The housing includes impeding structure which prevents the inadvertent insertion of the connector and/or the sheet into the internal compartment via the opening.
US09248058B2
The invention relates generally to external urinary catheters for males. More specifically, the invention relates to an external urinary catheter that includes an absorbent material to absorb urinary discharge. The absorbent material can be located in either a distal end of a tubular sheath, or in a receptacle that attached to the distal end of the tubular sheath. The tubular sheath of the external urinary catheter can include a tubular sheath of silicone rubber, wherein the sheath has an inner surface and an outer surface, and a layer of adhesive material directly and non-releasably bonded to the inner surface.
US09248057B2
A method and a device for applying large areas of glue used for a bottom film of an absorbent pad at the four corners of the bottom film of the absorbent pad of a health care article is described. The processes includes (a) gluing and conveying a release paper; (b) cutting the glued release paper; and (c) transferring the glue from the release paper to the absorbent pad.
US09248056B2
A prefastened, refastenable pant and methods and apparatus for preparing the same are provided. The pant comprises a chassis having a leading and trailing edge, and first and second lateral edges, wherein the chassis is folded-over along a transverse fold line orthogonal to the first and second lateral edges of the chassis. A pair of first side panels may be attached to the chassis proximal one of the leading and trailing edge of the chassis, each comprising a first fastening component. A pair of second side panels may be attached to the chassis proximal another of the leading and trailing edge of the chassis, each comprising a second fastening component. Each of the pair of first side panels is detachably secured to the chassis and the first fastening components and second fastening components are refastenably engaged between the first and second lateral edges of the chassis.
US09248052B2
A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to placed over the wound. The bandage further includes a structure to provide a vacuum space. A method for promoting wound healing is further provided. The method includes applying the above-mentioned wound care bandage to the wound and creating a vacuum in the vacuum space to draw blood controllably from the wound into the SIS layer.
US09248051B2
Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. The control of a wound's mechanical environment can be active, passive, dynamic, or static. The devices are configured to be removably secured to a skin surface in proximity to the wound site and shield the wound from endogenous and/or exogenous stress.
US09248050B2
A wound dressing garment is provided. The wound dressing garment includes a wearable garment including a portion having a hole configured to receive a wound dressing therein in combination with the wound dressing. The wound dressing includes a border connecting the wound dressing to the wearable garment where the border extends around the perimeter of the hole to locate the wound dressing therein. The wound dressing may include one or more additional layers including a hydrogel layer. A method for treating wound or preventing bed sores using the wound dressing garment is also provided.
US09248040B2
A tensioning system for medical braces and devices is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The motorized tensioning device includes a torque transmitting system that allows for incremental tightening, incremental loosening, and full loosening of the tensioning member.
US09248039B2
The present invention includes a padded substantially planar upper-body surface, having a first end and is pivotally coupled at a pivot point to a floor-base containing a padded substantially planar lower-body surface, and having a second end and is pivotally coupled at a pivot point to a padded substantially planar pelvic surface. The present invention also includes a method wherein hemorrhoidal pain is relieved when a user, face down, positions its abdominal/pelvic area on the substantially planar pelvic surface, its lower body extremities on the substantially planar lower-body surface, and its upper body extremities and head on the substantially planar upper-body surface.
US09248037B2
An automatic wireless medical device release system may reduce the overall diameter of the medical device delivery system. The medical device delivery system may include a medical device with a looped portion at a distal end of the medical device. A capture wire may be located on a delivery tool that is distal to the medical device. The looped portion of the medical device may be attached to a bend in the capture wire. The bend in the capture wire may be maintained by a sheath covering the delivery tool. Removal of the sheath may automatically remove the bend in the capture wire, which may release the looped portion of the medical device from the capture wire.
US09248035B2
A flared vaginal stent having a body portion and an outwardly flared head portion as well as a method of use thereof is presented. The head portion is comprised of an outwardly flared tip, optionally containing a groove to accommodate the cervix, to flatten out the proximal vagina. Anterior surface of the head portion is flat while opposing posterior surface of the head portion is curved. The stent mimics the shape of the human vagina and displays the front and back surfaces of the vagina to facilitate placement and attachment of a graft to the full length of the anterior and posterior walls of the vagina. The flat surface allows suture placement for on the full length of the vagina for attachment of the graft anteriorly. The curved posterior surface highlights the posterior surface of the vagina to aid suture placement on the posterior (underside) of the vagina.
US09248029B2
An intervertebral implant includes a body and a plate. The body has an upper surface defining an upper plane and a lower surface defining a lower plane. First and second fastener holes of the plate are configured to retain the heads of first and second fasteners. A portion of each of the shanks of the first and second fasteners extends from the first and second fastener holes beyond the upper plane. The shank portions of the first and second fasteners are curved in a direction away from the upper surface. The third fastener hole is configured to retain the head of the third fastener between the upper and lower planes. A portion of the shank of the third fastener extends from the third fastener hole beyond the lower plane. The shank portion of the third fastener is curved in a direction away from the lower surface.
US09248025B2
Embodiments of instrumentation and methods are provided for the insertion of intervertebral disc prosthesis. The instrumentation of the embodiments comprises a guide comprising at least two lateral faces, at least one upper plate, at least one lower plate, at least one retainer, a cage defining an insertion axis for the prosthesis, and an angle adjuster adapted to adjust an angle formed by the insertion axis and an antero-posterior sagittal axis; and at least one separator sized to maintain a gap between the upper vertebra and the lower vertebra. Methods for implanting a prosthesis using the disclosed instrumentation comprise implanting a pin in the median sagittal axis of a vertebrae; measuring the dimensions of the intervertebral space; choosing the prosthesis; choosing the guide; adjusting the angle adjuster; positioning the guide adjacent to the intervertebral space; inserting the prosthesis into the guide; and inserting the prosthesis into the intervertebral space.
US09248007B2
According to an aspect of the invention, in a set of male dental components, such as abutment screws, each male dental component has a threaded portion with different core diameter. Each male dental component is to be connected to a mating female dental component, such as an abutment. The smaller core diameter a threaded portion has, the higher friction is provided when the male dental component is finally tightened to its mating female dental component, even though the same insertion torque is applied to all male dental components.
US09248003B2
A receiver for determining the location of a marker that is excited with an exciting waveform. A sensing array having coils is used to sense magnetic flux from the resonating marker. The coils provide inputs to the receiver. The receiver includes a correlation processor for analyzing the inputs in a coherent manner. Further, the receiver is adapted to tune to the resonant frequency of a marker.
US09248001B2
A computer assisted orthopedic surgery system for ligament graft reconstruction includes a system for obtaining data indicative of a location for ligament graft placement with respect to at least a first bone and a second bone. The system includes a position determining device that is capable of tracking the relative movements of the first and second bones using reference bodies that are attached to the first and second bones and a pointer that has a tip for contacting a surface of at least one of the first and second bones to capture one or more reference points. The system further includes a computer that is configured to determine and track intraoperative positions of the reference bodies and the pointer and to provide isometric and impingement data for a ligament graft placement based on a realistic simulation of a trajectory of a deformable ligament graft.
US09247998B2
Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for medical navigational guidance systems. In one example, intra-operative leg position measurements are provided during hip arthroplasty. An optical sensor couples to a pelvis and a target couples to a femur in alignment with the sensor, which provides positional signals to a processing unit for determining a relative position of the sensor and target. The processing unit uses a baseline measurement of leg position and a map to calculate and display position measurements in real time. The map is defined through a registration range-of-motion procedure where instructions are presented to move the femur in at least two planes to generate signals to calculate the map. Leg position may be leg length, offset or anterior/posterior position. The map is used to present the leg position measurements in an anatomical, rather than a sensor, coordinate frame.
US09247988B2
A bipolar forceps for sealing tissue includes an end effector assembly having opposing first and second jaw members each having a proximal end and a distal end. A first electrically conductive surface having two or more conductive sealing plates and a dielectric layer is operably coupled to the first jaw member. Each sealing plate is connected to a reactive element and positioned along the first electrically conductive surface from the proximal end to the distal end. The reactive element of the sealing plate have different impedances. A second electrically conductive surface having one or more conductive sealing plates is operably coupled to the second jaw member. Each electrically conductive surface on the jaw members connects to a source of electrosurgical energy such that the sealing plates are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a tissue seal.
US09247984B2
Supply units for providing a high-frequency RF voltage and an RF current to electrosurgical instruments so that they can be used for cutting and/or coagulating tissue, while providing regulation of the RF current and the RF voltage and providing a corresponding feedback for the treating physician. A supply unit includes an RF generator unit for generating the RF output voltage, a measuring unit for determining an electrical load while an RF output current is being applied, a signal unit for outputting a haptically perceivable (e.g., tactile) signal and a control unit that is in communicative connection at least with the measuring unit and the signal unit to activate the signal unit as a function of the electrical load.
US09247981B2
A laser device having a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end, the distal end configured to receive a fixation member to be affixed to a target surgical site. The laser device includes a laser source supported by the laser device body and capable of emitting a laser beam to the distal end, wherein the laser source is responsive to at least one input so as to selectively switch between an inactive configuration whereby the laser source does not emit the laser beam, and an active configuration whereby the laser source emits the laser beam.
US09247975B2
The invention relates to a bone screw set for fixing two bone fragments, especially for treating a scaphoid bone fracture or a scaphoid bone pseudoarthrosis, comprising a first bone screw (1) and at least one second bone screw (2). The first bone screw (1) is preferably embodied as a compression screw, and the first and second bone screws (1, 2) comprise interacting engagement means for fixing the second bone screw (2) in a position, in relation to the first bone screw (1), wherein at least part of the second bone screw protrudes from the cross-section of the first bone screw (1).
US09247963B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a bone compression device for fixing first and second bone fragments together. The device includes an elongated fastener threadedly receivable within an anchor and a lock movably positioned within the anchor bore to lock the fastener and anchor against relative rotation. The lock may include an externally threaded locking screw threadedly receivable within the anchor coaxial with the fastener shank. The locking screw can be advanced within the anchor bore to lock the position of the fastener shank portion within the anchor bore. Embodiments of the device may be inserted within first and second bores formed in two bone fragments and tightened to compress the two bone fragments together.
US09247955B2
A surgical access port for accessing a cavity of a patient having an outer frame including first and second frame portions, wherein at least one of the frame portions is movable with respect to the other frame portion. The outer frame has a first length greater than the first width, wherein movement of at least one of the frame portions away from the other frame portion increases the outer frame to a third length greater than the first length. An inner member has a second length and a second width, the second length being substantially transverse to the first length of the outer frame and the second width being substantially transverse to the first width of the outer frame. A flexible member extends between the outer frame and inner member and is movable by movement of at least one of the frame portions.
US09247949B2
The present invention provides minimally invasive devices and methods for accessing the sinuses and their surrounding structures for surgery and other treatments. The anterior ethmoid and maxillary sinuses are accessed and treated under minimal anesthesia with little or no postoperative limitation of activity or adverse symptoms. Direct visual verification of the sinuses and their natural ostia is utilized. Other paranasal sinuses may be treated by this method as well. The sinuses, in particular the maxillary and anterior ethmoid, are accessed via a direct anterior to posterior axis and the natural ostia of those sinuses is directly visualized for placement of a guide-free dilator, in the desired location within the natural ostia. That access to the maxillary ostium is accomplished by the anterior transuncinate “keyhole” approach in which a hole is punched in the uncinate process with the described devices according to the described methods. The properly placed dilator is expanded to allow drainage of the inflamed sinus and then withdrawn. An analogous ethmoid bulla “keyhole” approach and subsequent dilation are used for the anterior ethmoid sinus ostia. Pharmaceutical agents may be placed at desired locations in the sinuses using the same access technique.
US09247943B1
Tools adapted for spinal distraction are provided. More specifically, tools having an elongate shaft connected to a head portion are provided for imparting a force for displacing vertebral bodies. The tools may comprise features, such as textured surfaces or the ability to transmit pressure, for cleaning and preparing a spinal disc space for subsequent tools and procedures. A plurality or set of distraction tools is contemplated where the plurality of tools is made up of tools having various distinctions from one another. Such distinctions may be in the way of length, width, angle, and other geometric features or may comprise differences in materials or additional features.
US09247931B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and process for forming medical devices from an injectable composition. The apparatus includes a supply assembly, a mixing assembly, and at least one source of microwave energy. The supply assembly is configured to maintain and selectively dispense a first precursor functionalized with a first reactive member and a second precursor functionalized with a second reactive member. The mixing assembly is configured to mix the first and second precursors within a mixing cavity defined therein. The microwave energy source is configured and adapted to irradiate the mixed first and second precursors within the mixing cavity.
US09247925B2
Described are embodiments of devices and methods for imaging a body conduit, such as a blood vessel. In particular embodiments, the catheter has a chamber within which is a transducer mounted to a pivot mechanism. A coil provides a pivot force to the transducer. A magnet is attached to the transducer and is receptive of a torque applied by a magnetic field produced by energizing of the coil. A driving mechanism receives an impact from the pivot member and causes the pivot mechanism to rotate about a rotation axis.
US09247919B2
A method and system for dual energy CT image reconstruction are provided. In one aspect, a fast kVp switching x-ray source is used during an imaging scan to produce a low energy x-ray beam for L consecutive projection angles, and then to produce a high energy x-ray beam for H consecutive projection angles, wherein L is substantially less than H. Various methods are provided for estimating the resulting undersampled data in the low energy projection data set and the high energy projection data set. The missing low energy projection data may be estimated from the known high energy projection data using any one of several disclosed structural propagation embodiments.
US09247912B2
A method is disclosed for obtaining a 4D image data record of an object under examination using measured data from a computed tomography system in which projection data are accepted which were acquired by way of the computed tomography system at different imaging time points by way of an helical scan method following the administration of contrast medium to the object under examination). On the basis of the projection data, image data of the object under examination are then reconstructed and linked with the imaging time points to a space/time data record. Then, a parameterized 4D image data model is individualized with adaptation to the space/time data record by varying model parameters. An image processing device and a computed tomography system with an image processing device of this kind are also described.
US09247907B2
A garment includes a fabric portion with an electrode connected to the fabric portion and configured to engage a torso of the wearer. A receptacle is fixedly connected to the fabric portion and includes a receptacle housing, a socket defined by the receptacle housing, and an electrode lead, the electrode lead extending through the receptacle housing and providing an electrical connection between the electrode and the socket. An electronics module is configured to be removably inserted into the socket of the receptacle and contact the electrode lead. The electronics module includes a multi-component injection molded housing including a front face having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is comprised of a relatively soft and resilient polymer material and the second portion is comprised of a relatively hard and rigid polymer material.
US09247904B2
A system and device for measuring sexual function includes an adjustable ring forming an opening to receive a penis, at least one diagnostic sensor positioned on an inner surface of the adjustable ring, wherein the ring automatically couples the diagnostic sensor to the penis throughout a range of ring diameters, and a microcontroller in communication with the at least one diagnostic sensor. The at least one diagnostic sensor measures data during sexual activity and communicates the data to the microcontroller. In fact, in an example, the device is configured to be worn by a user during sexual activity.
US09247897B2
A device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing to automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete respective distance intervals. During the outing, data representing the automatically measured amounts of time may be automatically stored in memory of the device. During the outing, the device may display at least one of an average pace of the user since a most recently completed distance interval, an average speed of the user since the most recently completed distance interval, and a projected time to complete a current distance interval based on monitored performance since the most recently completed distance interval. The device may determine a remaining distance to be traveled to complete a specified goal distance for the outing and a calculated fraction of the specified goal distance for the outing.
US09247894B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for white-matter-enhancement processing, and a method and a program for white-matter-enhancement processing that makes it possible to analyze distinguishing characteristics of the brain of a living body, such as degree of growth and development, left/right brain dominance, areas of strength and weakness, and personality traits. The apparatus for white-matter-enhancement processing of the present invention has a memory part for inputting and storing contrast images of a brain of a living body; a white-matter-enhanced image-creating part for creating white-matter-enhanced images, based on stored contrast images; a display processing part for displaying the white-matter-enhanced images thus created; and a branching analysis part for analyzing distinguishing characteristics of the brain of a living body, based on any one of or a combination of the characteristics of branches in the white-matter-enhanced images that are created: their number, thickness, length, location, intensity, shape and/or size.
US09247890B2
A system or method can facilitate source localization of brain electrical activity. In one example, an expert system can be utilized to evaluate the source localization results and, based on the acceptability of the results, adjust a data preparation phase to provide for acceptable source localization.
US09247889B2
A neural probe is disclosed for optically stimulating or silencing neurons and recording electrical responses to the stimulus. Using patterning techniques, an integral optical waveguide may be fabricated on the probe for transmitting neuron-affecting light from a light source to a probe tip. The probe tip may include one or more electrodes to receive electrical responses from stimulated neurons for recording or further processing. According to various embodiments, the disclosed neural probes may utilize multiple light sources simultaneously, switch between multiple light sources, or utilize a single light source to stimulate or silence multiple neuron locations simultaneously via multiple probe tips or via multiple light-emitting sites located along the length of the probe. Neural probes are thereby provided that have sufficient spatial resolution to accurately target, stimulate, and record the reaction of neurons, or as few as a single neuron, utilizing a slim, compact structure.
US09247882B2
A dental apparatus includes a light irradiation unit for emitting a light to irradiate an oral cavity, an image capturing unit for image-capturing the oral cavity light irradiated by the light irradiation unit, and an output unit for outputting data for highlighting and displaying at least one of a plaque site and a calculus site on an image of the oral cavity based on an image captured result by the image capturing unit.
US09247880B2
A method for real-time fusion of a 2D cardiac ultrasound image with a 2D cardiac fluoroscopic image includes acquiring real time synchronized US and fluoroscopic images, detecting a surface contour of an aortic valve in the 2D cardiac ultrasound (US) image relative to an US probe, detecting a pose of the US probe in the 2D cardiac fluoroscopic image, and using pose parameters of the US probe to transform the surface contour of the aortic valve from the 2D cardiac US image to the 2D cardiac fluoroscopic image.
US09247862B2
This invention discloses a method for manufacturing a disposable endoscopic puncture outfit for laparoscopy operations. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps: 1) preparing a camera shooting module; 2) preparing a puncture needle; 3) preparing a positioning puncture casing pipe; 4) mounting the camera shooting module on the puncture needle; 5) inserting the puncture needle in the positioning puncture casing pipe, and making a transparent cover slightly extend out of the positioning puncture casing pipe. This invention also discloses a puncture outfit made with a method for manufacturing a disposable endoscopic puncture outfit for laparoscopy operations. The manufacturing method provided by this invention has a simple process, is easy to implement, and has high production efficiency. The puncture outfit provided by this invention has a reasonable structure, can be used for visible surgical procedures through the camera shooting module, and can effectively improve the safety of the puncture surgery and reduce the medical negligence. Moreover, the operation becomes simple in a visible state, relies less on the skill of a surgeon, and the accuracy and success rate of the surgery can be increased.
US09247853B2
An upright vacuum cleaning appliance includes a main body having a user operable handle, separating apparatus for separating dirt from a dirt-bearing air flow and a casing housing a fan unit for drawing the air flow through the separating apparatus. A support assembly is connected to the main body for allowing the appliance to be rolled along a surface using the handle. The support assembly includes a pair of domed-shaped wheels which each have a substantially circular rim. The overall size of the appliance is reduced by locating the casing between the wheels, and providing an air duct which extends between the rims of the wheels to convey the air flow from the separating apparatus to the casing.
US09247846B2
A hot beverage brewing apparatus. A pressurized hot liquid delivery system provides liquid under pressure within a range of acceptable brewing temperatures without any mechanical pump. Water is apportioned into sealable tank volumes, one of which is heated to boil the liquid and produce steam under pressure. The pressurized steam displaces the liquid from the tank volumes in proportion and at a temperature that is within the acceptable brewing range. The hot liquid under pressure is directed to a capsule receiving station to infuse a material in a capsule. The capsule dispenses the brewed beverage without contacting the brewing apparatus.
US09247845B2
The present invention relates to a device for infusing a substance to be infused having an infusion chamber for receiving the substance to be infused and for passing a pressurized water flow through the substance to be infused, the infusion chamber having an inlet portion (4) for feeding water into the infusion chamber and an outlet portion (2) for the infused beverage, the injection channel in fluid communication via an injection end with the inlet portion (4) and adapted for connection via an intake end (39) to a pressurized water circuit, characterized in that it comprises adjustable means for varying the water pressure in the injection channel, adapted for generating a water pressure difference between the intake end (39) and the injection end (40) and controlled by control means outside the infusion chamber.
US09247843B1
Method of making and using a non-toxic food grade plastic humidifier and a kit of components. The method includes the steps of: introducing distilled water into an all natural membrane device; placing a dried product in an external sealable container; mounting the humidifier in the container; maintaining the humidifier inside the container until the product is moist enough for the liking of the user; removing the humidifier from the container; air drying the humidifier; and repeating the above steps as desired.
US09247842B2
A food steamer is described hereinafter. The food steamer includes a base unit, a steam basket supported on the base unit, a heating device configured in the base unit for converting water into steam, a water tank configured for supplying water for the heating device, a drip tray configured for collecting water drops from the steam basket, and an electronic controller configured for control the heating device. The heating device includes at least a steam outlet for jetting steam to the steaming basket. The water tank is detachably sited on the base unit and beside the steam basket. This food steamer can reserve much more water, extend the cooking time and shorten the time of steam generation, convenient and safe operation.
US09247831B2
A sleep surface insert system and method for positioning under, for example, an infant on a sleep surface. The sleep surface insert system includes an insert and a blower system. The insert includes a top liner and a bottom liner. The top liner and bottom liner define first and a second hollow spaces therebetween. Further, the top liner includes first and second pores such that the first pores extend through the top liner from the first hollow space and the second pores extend through the top liner from the second hollow space. In addition, the blower system is configured to provide air flow into the first and second hollow spaces defined in the insert such that the air flow is configured to flow into the insert and out of at least one of the first pores and the second pores.
US09247828B2
A chair with a control mechanism with a base structure, a seat bottom structure supported by the base structure, a seat back structure supported by the base structure, a control mechanism supported by the base structure, a power source and means for electrically coupling the power source to the control mechanism and an electrical port, wireless transmitter, or other electrical communicator for producing electrical communication relative to the control mechanism. The power source can be a portable power source that plugs into the connector of the control mechanism. One or more electrical sensors can be retained relative to the seat bottom or seat back structures and memory can be provided for retaining data from the electrical sensor.
US09247825B2
A wrap around bed frame for use in supporting a box spring and mattress. The bed frame has the normal side rails and cross members and also has a foot member that is affixed to the foot ends of the side rails such that the foot member provides support for the foot end of the bedding and prevents sagging and damage from weight being exerted at the foot end of the bedding. The entire bed frame can be assembled with fittings that do not require tools for assembly and thus, the bed frame can be assembled easily by the user by simply sliding or snapping the components together. Protective shields cover the bed frame so as to prevent tearing of the linen, bed spreads or other bed coverings used with the bed frame.
US09247812B2
A work table has a pair of worksurfaces defining a right worksurface disposed adjacent a left worksurface. An elongate upwardly open channel member is positioned in a space between a left lateral side of the right worksurface and a right lateral side of the left worksurface. A lateral privacy panel member is supported in a vertical plane by being received inside the channel member, below upper surfaces of the worksurfaces, and extending vertically upwardly beyond the upper surfaces of the worksurfaces.
US09247810B2
A device for storing utensils, especially tools, comprises at least one storage tray unit (1) for accommodating utensils to be stored, which storage tray unit can be connected to a carrying unit (5) for carrying the storage tray unit (1) and can be removed from the carrying unit (5). The storage tray unit (1) comprises at least one lug (12, 13, 14) which can be inserted into a receiving groove (8) of the carrying unit (5) in order to connect the storage tray unit (1) to the carrying unit (5), the storage tray unit (1) connected to the carrying unit (5) projecting from the carrying unit (5). In order to connect the storage tray unit (1) to the carrying unit (5) in various angular positions, different lugs (12, 13, 14) of the storage tray unit (1) can be inserted into the receiving groove (8) of the carrying unit (5).
US09247808B1
A support shelf operable to be hingedly secured to a wall wherein the support shelf includes a first portion and a second portion that are different in size and the support shelf is movable so as to provide either the first portion or second portion for supporting an object thereon. The support shelf includes a body having a first portion and a second portion perpendicularly joined. The second portion of the body is smaller than that of the first portion of the body. A hinge is secured to the second portion and is operable to move the support shelf intermediate its first position and its second position. A retaining member is secured to the first portion and is operable to secure objects therein when the support shelf is in its first position. A frame member is included that surroundably mounts the first portion when the body is in its first position.
US09247806B2
Lifting column, preferably for height adjustable tables, said lifting column comprising at least two relative to each other telescopically arranged members (2a, 2b, 2c). At least one slider (11) is arranged between the two members (2a, 2b, 2c), said slider being secured to one of the members (2b). The problem is play between the members (2a, 2b, 2c), resulting in an unstable lifting column. For solution of this problem the member (2b) to which the slider (11) is secured, is furnished with a resilient section (17) outlined by a groove (16, 18) against which at least a part of the slider (11) rests. The resilient section (17) can push the slider (11) into firm engagement against the two members (2b, 2c), at which a stable lifting column which is free from play is achieved.
US09247805B1
A spray brush includes at least one fluid-dispensing outlet which is positioned on a manifold and is, through the manifold, in fluid communication with a pump assembly, which is in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir. The manifold is contained in a brush head. A pump trigger is in mechanical cooperation with the manifold, and circumferentially surrounds a portion of a brush handle. Activation of the pump trigger is accomplished by depressing or pulling from any normal hand-held position without the need for additional rotation of the hairbrush.
US09247804B2
A broom and detachable whisk broom are disclosed where a broom head with bristles has a discontinuous perimeter with an opening to receive a detachable whisk broom. The detachable whisk broom has bristles that create a continuous multiplicity of bristles when inserted in the broom head. The opening in the broom head has a linear guide that aligns with a linear guide of the whisk broom. A tab receiver on the broom head receives and positively engages a tab and spring hinge arrangement on the whisk broom to create the appearance and utility of a one piece broom head with the advantages of a quickly detachable whisk broom.
US09247799B1
Embodiments of a product dispenser are taught which utilize an inertial valve to open the dispenser upon acceleration of the dispenser. The product dispenser includes an enclosure defined by at least one sidewall and a valve support plate. At least one inertial valve is located on the valve support plate to dispense material or product through the at least one valve.
US09247797B2
The present invention relates to a permanent rod. The permanent rod includes a tube-shaped rod body. In the rod body, a pair of cut surfaces is provided to form a band-shaped insertion opening over the entire longitudinal section of the rod body, and a plurality of compression grooves each having a concave bottom surface are formed in the outer surface of the rod body over the entire longitudinal section. Also, the permanent rod includes: a compression member body having a compression surface corresponding to each of the grooved bottom surfaces; and a compression member detachably coupled to the rod body so that the compression surface contacts the grooved bottom surface. Therefore, the permanent rod may create various wave styles.
US09247795B2
The present invention relates to a case having a shock absorbing structure for an electronic device which includes a protective shell, a side enclosure frame, and a shock absorbing block. The shock absorbing block is constructed to have a plurality of recesses formed on the side wall of the protective shell such that adjacent recesses are separated by a partition. The recesses are rectangular and the plurality of recesses has a continuous unitary construction along lower part of the four sides of the protective shell. In addition, the side enclosure frame includes an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion, formed on an inner-facing surface of the side enclosure frame. The side wall of the protective shell includes an upper cavity and a lower cavity. The upper protrusion fits within the upper cavity and the lower protrusion fits within the lower cavity.
US09247787B2
A male/female connection system is disclosed. The system is specifically designed as a novel way of attaching straps to cameras. The device includes a male attachment anchor with an overmolded loop, as well as a female housing inclusive of a spring to lock the male and the female together. The anchor connects to a camera at the neck strap loops using a cow hitch knot. The anchor connects to the housing by entering an open end, and being pulled through to an end where it is strapped. A strap connects to the housing by way of a loop being sewn around it.
US09247781B2
A shoe including a sole 1 for absorbing an impact of landing, an upper 2 for wrapping around an instep, and shoelace means 3 for fitting the upper 2 to the instep, the upper 2 including: a main portion 2M covering a medial side surface, a lateral side surface, a toe, the instep and a back surface of a foot; a side edge portion having a plurality of first eyelets H1; a first side panel 51 covering the medial side surface of the foot; and a second side panel 52 covering the lateral side surface of the foot, wherein each side panel includes: a tip portion 53 having a second eyelet H2 which is provided at a tip of the side panel and which the shoelace means passes through and engages with; a bottom portion 54 attached to the main portion and/or the sole; and a middle portion 55 arranged between the tip portion and the bottom portion so as to allow the tip portion to move in the front-back direction of the foot with respect to the bottom portion, wherein with at least one of the side panels, the middle portion 55 can stretch and shrink to increase a length from the tip portion to the bottom portion.
US09247774B2
A one-piece garment employing a drop seat panel configured or modified to permit the wearer to have restroom breaks or attend to other individual needs without being required to partially or fully remove the garment is disclosed. The garment creates a horizontal separation at the back waistband that goes from side seam to side seam; vertical separation of the front of the garment from the back of the garment beginning at the waistband and running down both side seams to the desired length. The garment includes a closures to close the vertical separation of the garment from the waistband down each side seam the length of the opening; and closures to attach the back bottom part of the one piece garment to the top back part of the one piece garment in the region where the separation of the garment runs horizontally between the side seams.
US09247768B2
Stalk separator for the de-stalking of small fruit picked in bunches, in particular for the de-stalking of grapes. The invention includes a conveyor belt and a de-stalking device positioned above this conveyor belt. The de-stalking device includes at least two spaced assemblies positioned opposite each other, each assembly featuring a number of stacked separator arms. The mechanical drives communicate a high frequency oscillating movement to the assemblies of stacked separator arms.
US09247765B2
The invention disclosed in this application relates to novel stable beadlets of lipophilic nutrients comprising an inert core having a coating of stabilizing antioxidants, lipophilic nutrients, or mixtures thereof. The beadlets may be coated with one or more coatings to protect the lipophilic ingredients from the atmosphere, specifically the coatings can be used to protect against moisture and/or oxygen. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the stable beadlets. The beadlets can be used in medicines and dietary supplements intended to facilitate the reduced risk of macular degeneration, cataract, and several forms of cancer.
US09247760B2
The invention relates to a method for extracting molecules of interest from a plant matrix, the method including the following steps: electrically processing the plant matrix by means of pulsed power; diffusing the molecules of interest from the processed plant matrix in a hydroalcoholic solvent and/or a solvent including ethyl acetate; and recovering the molecules of interest that were diffused.
US09247754B1
This is a sturdy, portable, adjustable gambrel device comprising a housing with a hanger or hook containing two laterally spaced bolts or rivets with two arms each rotatably attached at the proximal end to the two bolts or rivets. In one embodiment, both arms have hook members facing out at the distal ends and are each attached to an adjustable bracket to which a bolt is affixed laterally. Both bolts face each other and a handle with a threaded interior is attached to both bolts. The space between the hooks expands or contracts when the handle is rotated. The gambrel, once adjusted, keeps the hooks rigidly apart and in a fixed position for optimal field dressing. When the device is not in use it easily disassembles, folds together and fits in a compact sheath.
US09247753B2
The addition to dough of a combination of two lipolytic enzymes with different substrate specificities produces a synergistic effect on the dough or on a baked product made from the dough, particularly a larger loaf volume of the baked product and/or a better shape retention during baking.
US09247743B2
The present invention provides a composition for controlling harmful arthropods having an excellent controlling harmful arthropods comprising an amide represented by a formula (I); wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of pyrazole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of chlorantraniliprole, cyantraniliprole and a compound represented by a formula (II), shows an excellent controlling efficacy on harmful arthropods.
US09247721B2
The present invention relates to a mutant human alpha-synuclein with increased toxicity compared to wild-type alpha-synuclein, or a homologue thereof, wherein the mutant alpha-synuclein or homologue thereof comprises at least one amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of a substitution at the alanine at position 56 (A56), at the alanine at position 76 (A76), at the methionine at position 127 (M127) and/or at the valine at position 118 (V118), as defined in the claims. Further, the invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding the mutant alpha-synuclein or homologue thereof, or an expression vector comprising said polynucleotide, a cell comprising the polynucleotide or expression vector, as defined in the claims. Also, a non-human animal comprising the cell of the invention is provided, as defined in the claims. Finally, the invention provides methods for identifying a substance that prevents or reduces toxicity of alpha-synuclein, as defined in the claims.
US09247718B2
A feed level sensor for a poultry feeding system is positioned within the drop tube of a control feeder of the feeding system. The sensor comprise a first light emitter/light detector pair to detect when the level of feed in the drop tube falls below a predetermined “empty” level and a second light emitter/light detector pair to detect when feed in the drop tube is at a predetermined “full” level in the drop tube. The sensor emits a “start” signal to activate a drive to deliver feed to the feeders along a feed line when it is detected that feed in the control feeder drop tube falls below the “empty” level and emits a “stop” signal to deactivate the drive when it detects that feed within the drop tube is at the “full” level.
US09247709B2
A system includes a carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage mounted to the carriage track, and a controller. The controller causes the robot carriage to move linearly along the carriage track in conjunction with a rotational movement of the rotary milking platform such that a first linear position of the robot carriage aligns with a first rotational position of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform and a second linear position of the robot carriage aligns with a second rotational position of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform.
US09247701B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1TSK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1TSK with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1TSK through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1TSK or a locus conversion of PH1TSK with another maize variety.
US09253935B2
Processes, systems, devices, and articles of manufacture are provided. Each may include adapting micro-inverters initially configured for frame-mounting to mounting on a frameless solar panel. This securement may include using an adaptive clamp or several adaptive clamps secured to a micro-inverter or its components, and using compressive forces applied directly to the solar panel to secure the adaptive clamp and the components to the solar panel. The clamps can also include compressive spacers and safeties for managing the compressive forces exerted on the solar panels. Friction zones may also be used for managing slipping between the clamp and the solar panel during or after installation. Adjustments to the clamps may be carried out through various means and by changing the physical size of the clamps themselves.
US09253934B2
A circuit device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a circuit board which has one or more wiring layers formed on a base material and has an insulating layer laminated on a surface of the base material opposite to the one or more wiring layers, and a guiding member which is configured to encircle at least a part of an end face of the circuit board so that a space is formed with the end face and to guide movement of a dried body which is supplied to the formed space.
US09253929B2
A cooling host module is operable for providing cooling gas flow in a substantially isolated closed loop for a computing device. The computing device comprises a substantially vertical first face having an inlet portion comprising no more than about a lower third of a height of the first face for inlet gas flow and a substantially vertical second face opposite the first face for outlet gas flow. The cooling host module comprises: a heat exchanger adjacent to the second face of the computing device for cooling outlet gas flow; a gas flow path directing air exiting the heat exchanger beneath the computing unit; a gas moving device for moving gas in the gas flow path; and a vent towards distal end of the gas flow path for providing gas flow to the inlet portion of the first face of the computing device.
US09253924B2
An image display device comprising an image display panel, heat dispersion material positioned proximate to the image display panel, a frame system including a framework positioned proximate to the heat dispersion material opposite the image display panel, and a plurality of electronic components engaging the framework, where the image display device exhibits a support factor of less than about 150 mm-W/m° K. The framework can be adhesively bonded to the heat dispersion material. The framework can include a height and a width wherein the heat dispersion material substantially spans the height and the width. Additionally, a first cross support can span the framework and a plurality of second electronic components can engage the first cross support. Additionally a second cross support can span the framework wherein at least one of the second electronic components engages the second cross support.
US09253909B2
A portable electronic device includes a first module, a second module, a pivoting mechanism and an electronic module. The pivoting mechanism is connected to the first module and the second module so that the second module pivots relative to the first module. The pivoting mechanism includes a pair of first fixing components, a pair of pivoting components and a pair of second fixing components. Each fixing component is fixed on the first module. Each pivoting component includes a first component and a second component, and the first component is fixed on the corresponding first fixing component. Each second fixing component is fixed on the corresponding second component and the second module. The electronic module is connected to the two second components so that the pivoting mechanism drives the electronic module and the second module to pivot simultaneously as the second module pivots relative to the first module.
US09253905B2
A holder for a surface contact card includes a main body, a pivotal shaft, and a cover. The main body has a latching block and defines a receiving groove configured for receiving a surface contact card. The cover includes a hinge portion and a latching tab. The pivotal shaft extends through the hinge portion and rotatably connects to the main body. The cover is pivotally and slidably engaged with the main body for covering the receiving groove, and the latching tab is latched with the block.
US09253901B2
An electronic device includes a main body including a printed circuit board (PCB) and a sliding portion, a seat portion slideably engaging with the sliding portion and a connecting cable including a first connector, a second connector and a cable portion connected between the first connector and the second connector. The seat portion includes a winding post and a through hole extending into the winding post and communicating to the main body. The winding post defines a gap communicating the through hole to periphery of the winding post. The first connector is inserted into the main body to engage with the PCB. The second connector is exposed outside of the seat portion. The cable portion is received in the through hole and the gap and enabled to be wound around the winding post.
US09253899B2
An electronic device including: a protrusion portion that projects towards a bottom face of a groove from the opposite side face of a second hook portion, that is inserted into the groove, and that makes close contact with a sealing material; and a cut-away portion that is formed to a side wall portion positioned further to the casing inside out of a pair of side wall portions forming the groove, the cut-away portion being formed at a position corresponding to a first hook portion.
US09253895B2
An electrical assembly includes a first lead, a second lead, and an electrical component extending from a first end to a second end. A first non-electrically conductive adhesive member mechanically connects the first lead to the first end of the electrical component. A second non-electrically conductive adhesive member mechanically connects the second lead to the second end of the electrical component. A first electrically conductive adhesive member electrically connects the first lead to the first end of the electrical component. A second electrically conductive adhesive member electrically connects the second lead to the second end of the electrical component.
US09253858B2
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling a lighting network. The apparatus for controlling lighting network includes a control device and a plurality of control gears. The control device generates and transfers commands to control lighting. The plurality of control gears receives the commands from the control device and control lighting. The control device assigns a right to use a lighting network to the control gears, and the control gears send information about a change in a lighting state or error details to the control device using the right to use a lighting network.
US09253853B2
A method for controlling a streetlight that is provided to illuminate a portion of the street, the method being performed by a controlling device having a memory accessible by a processor which controls a steering module which steering module is operatively coupled to the streetlight.
US09253850B2
A light system (FIG. 2) is disclosed. The light system includes a plurality of series connected light emitting diodes (240-246). Each of a plurality of switching devices (230-236) has a control terminal and each has a current path coupled in parallel with a respective LED. A plurality of fault detector circuits (220-226) are each coupled in parallel with a respective light emitting diode. Each fault detector circuit has a first comparator (FIG. 7, 704) arranged to compare a voltage across the respective light emitting diode to a respective first reference voltage (708). When a fault is defected, a control signal is applied to the control terminal to turn on a respective switching device of the plurality of switching devices.
US09253835B2
The present invention proposes an LED dimming module (10) comprising two LED strings (1,2), the first LED string (1) comprising at least one color converted blue or UV LED (1a) and the second LED string (2) comprising at least one amber light emitting LED (2a), the LED module further comprising control means (3) connected to the first and second LED string (1,2), said control means (3) being designed to selectively vary a current provided to the first LED string (1) such that a non-linear dimming curve (13b) of the resulting emitted light is obtained, said dimming curve (13b) approaching the planckian curve (9) on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
US09253834B2
A LED driving circuit having a sensing unit is disclosed. The LED driving circuit includes an input unit configured to receive a dimming signal to drive an LED array, a DC-DC converter including a power transistor configured to perform a switching operation, the DC-DC converter being configured to provide an output voltage to the LED array by the switching operation, a PWM signal generating unit configured to provide a PWM signal to adjust power of the LED array to the power transistor, a LED driving unit configured to drive the LED array using the dimming signal, and a sensing unit configured to sense degradation of the power transistor.
US09253833B2
A power stage for light emitting diode (LED)-based light bulbs may include a bipolar junction transistor (BJT). The base of BJT switch may be biased externally and the operation of the BJT may be through a single pin to the emitter of the BJT. A controller integrated circuit (IC) may control the power stage through the main BJT's emitter pin in an emitter-controlled BJT-based power stage. The emitter-controlled BJT-based power stage may replace the conventional buck-boost power stage topology. For example, the controller may activate and deactivate a switch coupling the BJT's emitter to ground. A power supply for the controller IC may be charged from a reverse recovery of charge from the BJT, and the reverse recovery controlled by the controller IC.
US09253829B2
A load control device for controlling the intensity of a light source (e.g., a light-emitting diode light source) reduces visible flickering in the light source when a target intensity of the light source is dynamically changing. The load control device includes a load regulation circuit operable to conduct a load current through the electrical load and to control the amount of power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device also includes a controller for adjusting the average magnitude of the load current to a target current. The controller pulse-width modulates the magnitude of the load current between a first current less than the target current and a second current greater than the target current. When the target current is dynamically changing, the controller is operable to adjust to the average magnitude of the load current towards the sum of the target current and a supplemental signal.
US09253825B2
A melting apparatus for melt-decontaminating radioactive metal waste includes a melting furnace, a high frequency generator, a ladle, a bogie, a cooling unit and a dust collector. In detail, the melting furnace includes a crucible into which the metal waste is input, and an induction coil which is wound around the crucible to melt the metal waste. The induction coil has a hollow hole in which cooling fluid flows. The high frequency generator applies high-frequency current to the induction coil. The ladle supplies molten metal, from which slag has been removed in the crucible, into molds. The bogie is disposed adjacent to the ladle and is provided with the molds, each of which forms an ingot using the molten metal supplied thereinto. The cooling unit cools the cooling fluid and circulates it along the induction coil. The dust collector filters out dust and purifies gas.
US09253817B2
Modular personal networks (MPNs) are disclosed that include multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Devices include security circuitry that prevents them from being used in a different MPN once the user has configured them. Devices not designed for use within an MPN can be included in the network using a bridge device. Devices can be integrated into items of jewelry, such as earrings, rings, pendants, and bracelets. One item of jewelry, such as a bracelet, can support multiple replaceable modules with variable functions. Functions of the MPN can include communications, entertainment, medical monitoring, sports monitoring, personal organization, and games. Multiple users each with his or her own MPN can use them to collaborate in creation of music. An MPN can be used for mobile recognition and logging of wildlife.
US09253809B2
A method of random access in wireless communications that includes transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message, receiving an RRC connection setup message, and transmitting a modified RRC connection setup complete message that does not include at least a portion of a user equipment (UE) capability.
US09253808B2
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating a compressed beacon are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network. includes generating a compressed beacon. The compressed beacon includes a next full beacon time indication (NFBTI). The method further includes transmitting, at an access point, the compressed beacon.
US09253806B2
3D glasses and a method of controlling power and pairing thereof are provided. The method of controlling power and pairing includes: restricting supply of a specific power of 3D glasses; performing, by the 3D glasses, pairing with a display apparatus; and if it is determined that the pairing is performed, lifting the restriction on the supply of the specific power. Therefore, a user may perform pairing between the 3D glasses and the 3D display apparatus easily and prevent power of the 3D glasses from being unnecessarily wasted.
US09253800B2
A mobile communication device including a wireless module and a controller module is provided, and the mobile communication device is coupled to a cellular access station. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from the cellular access station. The controller module determines whether a GAPM has been received from the cellular access station via the wireless module and whether the mobile communication device supports an EACH, and if so, performs Tx operations on the EACH using a random access procedure with a message duration, and otherwise, if not, performs the Tx operations on an ACH using the random access procedure. Particularly, the GAPM includes a maximum message duration and a minimum message duration over the EACH, and the message duration is not greater than the maximum message duration and not less than the minimum message duration over the EACH.
US09253798B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing Random Access Channel (RACH) transmissions from wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) for multiple transmissions. A WTRU may initiate uplink transmission for a random access procedure using a configured time resource such that the uplink resources may be time shared by a plurality of WTRUs. The transmission time may be calculated on an absolute or relative basis. A backoff time may be applied before starting the uplink transmission. The backoff time may be WTRU-specific, WTRU group-specific, specified per access class and may be determined based on a priority basis. A scaling factor may be applied to the backoff time. A contention free allocation method may be used to determine the appropriate resource. The data may be transmitted with and without a preamble. The WTRUs may include machine type communication devices and may be grouped in accordance with a number of factors or characteristics.
US09253790B2
Radio blocs (BRjp) shared in a predetermined frequency band during a periodic radio frame (TRi) between base stations (BS) are allocated to applications in base stations and mobile stations. Each radio block spreading on frequencies (Cj) of said band during a time slot (Mδt) of the radio frame and can be associated with an uplink or a downlink. To meet quality-of-service parameters required by an application, a base station estimates occupation rates of the radio blocks during consecutive radio frames, and allocates to the application at least one radio block having an occupation rate less than a threshold and a periodicity expressed in period of frame and depending on the required quality-of-service parameters. The base station are autonomous for the radio block allocations.
US09253784B2
A base station is provided. The base station includes a transmit path circuitry to transmit an indication of whether a subscriber station is configured with precoding matrix indicator/rank indicator (PMI/RI) reporting. The transmit path circuitry sets a pre-coding granularity to multiple physical resource blocks in the frequency domain to perform a same pre-coding over a bundled resource block if the subscriber station is configured with PMI/RI reporting. The bundled resource block includes multiple consecutive physical resource blocks in the frequency domain. The base station also includes a receive path circuitry to receive feedback from the subscriber station.
US09253778B2
Systems and methods are provided for coexistence management service for licensed and unlicensed spectrum sharing. A coexistence system may include a coexistence manager (CM) that may provide resource allocation services for a coexistence enabler (CE). CMs may negotiate with each other to resolve coexistence issues via directly or indirectly through a coexistence discovery and information server (CDIS). A channel may be exclusively used by a CE network. The networks may mitigate interference by avoiding use of the same channels. A channel may be shared by multiple CE networks. In co-channel sharing, the networks may mitigate interference via power management. Bidding processes may be implemented directly via competing CMs, for example via open or silent token auction. Bidding processes among competing CMs may be managed by a third party entity, for example a CDIS, for example via open or silent token auction.
US09253776B2
In a wireless communication system, a base station application hosted on a base station may be configured to change, or switch, a wireless communication device located in the range of a respective cell between an idle state and a connected state.
US09253774B2
The present invention relates to a method of allocating a transmission band to a terminal in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN). The method includes: determining an allocation period of a transmission band on the basis of characteristic information that a terminal has; transmitting a transmission band request to a WPAN coordinator; and receiving information relating to the transmission band allocation from the WPAN coordinator. The transmission band request includes the allocation period of the transmission band determined by the terminal; and the transmission band allocation is determined based on the transmission band allocation period determined by the terminal.
US09253773B2
A wireless method, apparatus, and system provide simultaneous transacting of voice and data on adjacent timeslots through a combination of channel access rules and sacrificing small audio portions when required. This includes wirelessly operating on at least two timeslots which are adjacent to one another, operating voice on a first timeslot of the at least two timeslots and monitoring a second timeslot of the at least two timeslots for data, and, responsive to a data transmission request and receiving voice on the first timeslot, discarding a portion of the voice in the first timeslot to provide a larger guard time for programming between the first timeslot and the second timeslot and transmitting data in the second timeslot based on the data transmission request.
US09253769B2
A base station and a method therein are provided for supporting pilot channel selection for a mobile station. A base station has disposal of at least two pilot channels in its cell, and determines pilot channel(s) out of the pilot channels suitable to use for the mobile station. If the determined pilot channel(s) is not currently being used by the mobile station, then the base station starts to transmit the determined pilot channel(s) signals to the mobile station and receives a confirmation from the mobile station confirming their use. If the mobile station was using another pilot channel of the pilot channels than the determined pilot channel(s) and if no other mobile station is using the other pilot channel, then the base station terminates transmission of the other pilot channel.
US09253767B2
A scheduling-based downlink MU-MIMO mechanism is proposed in a wireless communication system. An access point transmits a first scheduling message to a plurality of stations. The first scheduling message reserves a first transmission burst for channel sounding. The AP then transmits a sounding signal and in response receives channel state information (CSI) from the plurality of stations. Based on the CSI, the AP performs MU-MIMO encoding and applies transmit beamforming (precoding). The AP transmits a second scheduling message that reserves a second transmission burst for MU-MIMO transmission. The AP then transmits downlink data streams to multiple stations simultaneously. Finally, the AP receives uplink acknowledgements from the stations. In one embodiment, the scheduling-based MU-MIMO is implemented using PSMP scheduling technique. PSMP-based downlink MU-MIMO allows both 802.11n and 802.11ac stations to process multiple spatial streams with reduced complexity, enhanced performance, and significant power saving.
US09253757B2
A mobile station (110) for use in a Radio Access Network, RAN (102), connected to a core network (101) in which there is one or more Public Land Mobile Networks, PLMNs (103, 104, 105). The mobile station (110) is arranged to select one of said PLMNs (103, 104, 105), and is arranged to communicate with its RAN (102) by means of Radio Link Control, RLC, data blocks. The mobile station is arranged to include the identity, ID, of its selected PLMN in an RLC data block, and to inform the RAN (102) of the presence of the ID of the chosen PLMN in the RLC data block by means of including a reserved or pre-defined value in the length indication field of the RLC data block.
US09253754B2
A communication system that relays data messages from or to a plurality of remote endpoints via RF gateways to a data accumulation site over one of a series of communication channels. The communication system monitors the signal-to-noise ratio of communication from each individual endpoint, which can be utility meters and related control or monitoring points, to a gateway. Based upon a quality of service and/or the signal-to-noise ratio of the communication of the endpoints to the gateways, the system assigns a desired communication channel to the endpoint. Each of the desired communication channels have varying data transmission rate and required SNR and each channel is selected based upon the signal-to-noise ratio of the transmissions from the endpoint to the gateways. If the signal-to-noise ratio changes for an endpoint, the system dynamically reassigns a different channel to the meter based upon the updated signal-to-noise ratio.
US09253752B2
An asset tracking system that optimizes the value per ping by tying the ping to a pattern of movements of the asset. The asset tracking device will send a ping to a remote host (i.e., receiver) when pre-determined condition(s) regarding the movement are met, conditions such as the pattern of movement, and number of movements within a time period. In such a manner, the value per ping is optimized, leading to increased battery life and decreased operational cost. To satisfy these conditions, the asset tracking device is equipped with appropriate sensors, actuators, and trigger mechanism(s). The sensors and actuators detect movements and/or confirm or recognize a sequence of movements. When the detected movements and/or sequence of movements match a predetermined, recognized pattern or condition, the trigger mechanism is activated, after which a data ping is sent.
US09253741B2
It is provided a wireless communication system, which secondarily uses the same frequency as a primary system using, the wireless communication system comprising a mobile terminal and a base station. The mobile terminal detects a signal having the frequency; and requests, in a case where a broadcast signal transmitted from the base station is undetectable, the base station to increase a transmission power to a range that a signal does not reach a service area of the primary system, based on a location of a wireless transmitter of the primary system, a location of the base station of the wireless communication system, and a location of the mobile terminal of the wireless communication system. The base station increases the transmission power to the range that the signal does not reach the service area of the primary system in case of receiving the request to increase the transmission power.
US09253731B2
A UE and a method therein for transmission power control of uplink transmissions are provided. The method comprises receiving, through signalling a configuration indicating at least one reference signal, RS, and a reference transmission power level for each indicated RS. The method further comprises measuring received power of the indicated at least one RS, and for each measured received power, determining a pathloss, PL, based on the measured received power and the reference transmission power level for each measured received power. The method further comprises determining an uplink transmission power based on at least one determined PL.
US09253729B1
A method facilitating power conservation in a wireless user equipment includes storing carrier aggregation information in a storage device at a wireless user equipment, monitoring a power level of a battery in the wireless user equipment during operation in a wireless network, and varying a current support capability for a carrier aggregation feature and the carrier aggregation information in relation to the power level of the battery such that less secondary component carriers are supported by the wireless user equipment as the power level of the battery decreases. The wireless user equipment including the storage device and at least one processor configured to monitor the power level of the battery and to vary the current support capability for the carrier aggregation feature and the carrier aggregation information in relation to the power level of the battery. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions associated with the method is also provided.
US09253728B2
In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving, on a mobile device, an indication that an application executing on the mobile device has entered a background state, determining, based on data received from a location system of the mobile device, that the mobile device has remained within a geographic area during a time interval, the geographic area being defined by a radius determined according to an application type of the application, and disabling at least a portion of the location system of the mobile device.
US09253727B1
A method, of operating an end node to wirelessly communicate with a central node, includes: receiving wirelessly a current instance of a beacon signal periodically-transmitted from the central node; measuring a received power, PB-RX, of the beacon signal; reading locally-stored values of PB-TX and G representing a presumed transmitted power of the beacon signal and a performance goal of the end node, respectively; determining, for a given channel, a path loss, PL, based on the PB-RX and the PB-TX; and adaptively setting an energy level, EN-TX, of a forthcoming message to be transmitted from the end node based on PL and G.
US09253724B2
Provided are a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, and a communication method thereof that may decrease power consumption of a terminal by reducing an amount of time used by the terminal to overhear a frame or a packet to be transmitted to another terminal, or an amount of time used to receive a frame or a packet to be transmitted to the terminal.
US09253714B2
A multi-mode communication device having a scan optimizer capable of prioritizing scan frequencies for different radio access technologies (RATs) during a network search. The scan frequency prioritization may be based on various network coverage considerations associated with RAT availability, RAT density within a region, geographic location, historic attachment for the multi-mode device, an operation mode of the multi-mode device, etc. The multimode device can utilize its scan optimizer to generate an optimized scan schedule to be employed for a limited duration during a network search to improve its likelihood of success in detecting and/or attaching to a network associated with a prioritized RAT. A default scan schedule having equal scan frequency prioritization can be employed by the multi-mode device at a time when the limited duration of the optimized scan schedule expires and no networks associated with a prioritized RAT have been acquired.
US09253710B2
A method for controlling delay tolerant access of a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) device based on a backoff mechanism is provided. The method includes receiving, at a terminal, a paging message including an access barring information update indicator from a base station, and receiving a System Information Block (SIB) including updated access barring information, the SIB being received regardless of modification periods. The terminal receives the SIB including the updated access barring information immediately without waiting for the arrival of next modification period, resulting in improvement of access barring efficiency.
US09253706B2
A method includes: respectively initiating a local routing authorization request to a first local routing policy entity and a second local routing policy entity according to service flow information of a first mobile station, so as to enable the first local routing policy entity to perform local routing authorization for the first mobile station and enable the second local routing policy entity to perform local routing authorization for the second mobile station; and when a local routing authorization result of the first mobile station and a local routing authorization result of the second mobile station are both success, transmitting, through local routing, a service flow corresponding to the service flow information of the first mobile station and a service flow corresponding to the service flow information of the second mobile station.
US09253704B1
A system and method to sustain an on-going voice call or other service during a handover, HO, by preventing the handover to a target cell that fails to admit all the mandatory Radio Access Bearers, RABs, as part of supporting one or more Quality of Service Class Identifiers, QCIs, associated with the ongoing service. When the source evolved Node B, eNB, prevents the HO to the best target cell, it may attempt the HO to the next best target cell. If the next best cell fails to admit all the mandatory RABs and if there are no other intra-LTE or inter-LTE cells available for HO, the source eNB may perform an inter-Radio Access Technology, RAT, HO using the Single Radio Voice Call Continuity, SRVCC, procedure. By preventing “partial” handovers, the retainability of an ongoing service is significantly improved. The target cells causing failure of particular RABs can be tracked using new counters.
US09253690B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for controlling cell reselection, which relate to the field of communication terminal technologies. The method includes: when the signal strength of a current serving cell of a terminal is lower than a set value and the duration of which exceeds a first time period, acquiring signal strengths of the current serving cell and a neighboring cell within a second time period; determining signal stability of the current serving cell according to the signal strength of the current serving cell, and determining signal stability of the neighboring cell according to a signal strength of the neighboring cell; and keep the current serving cell when the signal stability of the neighboring cell is not better than the signal stability of the current serving cell. The embodiments of the present application are mainly applied to a cell reselection process.
US09253681B1
A wireless network receives one or more data segments transmitted by a wireless communication device (WCD) in or more transmission time intervals (TTIs), estimates a size of a next data segment to be transmitted by the WCD based at least in part on sizes of the one or more data segments transmitted by the WCD, and allocates a quantity of uplink resources (e.g., a number of physical resource blocks) to the WCD for use in one or more subsequent TTIs (e.g., TTIs used for TTI bundling) based at least in part on the estimated size of the next data segment. The network may refer to an algorithm, such as a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) congestion control algorithm, that specifies how sizes of successive data segments increase over time to predict the size of the next data segment based on the sizes of the one or more data segments.
US09253669B2
A network analysis method performed by a computer, the network analysis method includes receiving packets from a wired network, extracting a plurality of continuous packets transmitted by a communication device, and a plurality of acknowledgement packets transmitted by a wireless communication device in response to the plurality of continuous packets, and determining whether a delay is due to a wireless communication between the wireless communication device and an access point, based on a time interval of the plurality of continuous packets, and a time interval of the plurality of acknowledgment packets.
US09253665B2
It is presented a method for initializing a radio base station. The method comprises the steps, performed in the radio base station, of: obtaining location data for the radio base station; receiving a configuration message over a first communication link, the configuration message matching the location data for the radio base station and the configuration message comprising at least one connectivity parameter; and establishing, based on the at least one connectivity parameter, a connection with a core network over a second communication link, the second communication link being different from the first communication link. This means that the first communication link can be used to obtain connectivity using the configuration message intended for the radio base station with the matching location. A corresponding radio base station, computer program and computer program product are also presented.
US09253661B2
The disclosed embodiments include a system, computer program product, and method for modifying communications of a communications network. For example, in one embodiment, a computer implemented method for modifying communications of a communications network comprises receiving performance information packets that includes network performance information associated with the communications network, and transmitting a command to a specified access point based on the network performance information. In certain embodiments, the command instructs the specified access point to perform at least one of reconfiguring itself based on a particular set of configuration parameters, restarting itself, running diagnostic routines, increasing buffered data, refreshing a routing table, modifying a routing table, terminating a particular process or processes, and terminating all operations.
US09253653B2
An access point is configured based on signals received from one or more access points on a forward link. Such an access point may comprise, for example, a relatively small coverage area access point and/or an access point that is deployed in an ad-hoc manner. In some aspects, an access point may determine its location based on signals received from several neighboring macro access points. In some aspects, the timing of an access point may be synchronized to timing indicated by signals that are received from one or more neighboring access points.
US09253652B1
Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for ad hoc formation of a swarm for information collection and distribution. The swarm may be operable to aggregate information from a plurality of mobile devices in a specific area, wherein the information may be related by subject or category. The swarm may be formed in response to a triggering event, wherein the triggering event may be location based. Once the swarm is formed, it may provide access for users to information which may include photos, videos, audio, location information and environmental information.
US09253650B2
An eNB assigns, to a UE, a pair of a PDSCH resource and a PUSCH resource that overlaps, in frequency band, with the PDSCH resource; and derives antenna weight that should be applied to the PDSCH resource, on the basis of a DMRS transmitted from the UE by using the PUSCH resource. When the assignment of the PUSCH is changed to another UE, the eNB derives the antenna weight, on the basis of a past uplink reference signal transmitted from the UE in a past time zone earlier than the PUSCH resource and in a frequency band overlapping with the frequency band of the PDSCH resource.
US09253647B2
A wireless relay node network includes a plurality of relay devices wherein each relay device is configured to receive a first wireless signal in a first frequency band, and transmit a second wireless signal derived from the first wireless signal using a first set of network use parameters. The plurality of relay devices includes at least a first relay device and a second relay device. The first relay device is configured to select the first set of network use parameters from network resources available for communicating over the wireless relay node network based, at least in part, on a control signal received from the second relay device. The second control signal identifies a second set of network use parameters used by the second relay device.
US09253645B2
A network apparatus for use in a wireless time division duplex (TDD) code division multiple access communication system includes a processor configured to allocate a time slot in a frame for a plurality of cells for transmission of data over a forward access channel (FACH). Each of the plurality of cells is allocated a different time slot in the frame for transmission of the data over the FACH.
US09253633B2
The invention relates to a method for generating a data authentication key for allowing data communication over a wireless channel between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, comprising: associating said mobile devices to each other by means of said key. The invention comprises: allowing a shared physical or mechanical condition to be applied generally simultaneously upon said devices; detecting, in said first mobile device, said condition; defining, in said first mobile device, said authentication key based on the detected condition; and transmitting said key to said second mobile device. The invention also relates to a mobile device configured for generating a data authentication key for allowing data communication over a wireless channel to a further mobile device.
US09253619B2
The method and apparatus of data communications for a transmitter in a millimeter wave network are provided. The method includes: generating a control physical layer (CPHY) preamble; generating a header, wherein the header includes a mode indicator; modulating and encoding a payload according to the mode indicator; generating a packet according to the control physical layer (CPHY) preamble, the header and the payload; and transmitting the packet.
US09253616B1
A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
US09253615B2
Social networks often permit users to create events, and to invite one or more contacts of the user to as guests. However, conventional social networks may not sufficiently facilitate users in planning an event for which one or more event details are to be determined. According to the techniques presented herein, a social network may permit users to create an event plan, and may permit guests to submit event plan suggestions for various event plan details of the event plan. The social network may also assist the guests in selecting among the event plan suggestions, e.g., by accepting and tallying votes by the guests among alternative event plan suggestions, by providing event plan suggestions based on search engine results, and by presenting maps of event plan suggestions involving locations. The social network may also accept RSVPs, and may notify guests once a guest arrives at a location of the event.
US09253611B2
A method of handling a short message re-delivery for a network entity of a wireless communication system includes receiving a request corresponding to a transmission failure of a short message transmitted to a communication device without a Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN); generating a first correlation identification (ID) according to the request; and storing the first correlation ID with a short message service center (SMSC) address corresponding to the short message.
US09253593B2
A method, device and system for transmitting wireless data are disclosed. In the present disclosure, a local mobile terminal not only may exchange information with a base station, but also may exchange information with other mobile terminals by using a short distance transmission system of the mobile terminals, and transmit, by combining Local Area Network (LAN) communication and Wide Area Network (WAN) communication are combined, data simultaneously via an LAN and a WAN. A target mobile terminal may also receive and send data via the LAN and the WAN. The present disclosure can implement multi-channel transmission of wireless data, thus relieving network load greatly and improving the efficiency of data transmission.
US09253591B2
A receiving device system arranged to distribute voice communications includes first and second receiving devices, each having a personal area network (PAN) transceiver, a programming transceiver to receive multimedia content, and a local area network (LAN) transceiver. The second receiving device is configured to accept input data via its PAN transceiver from a communications device, initiate communications with the first receiving device via the LAN, and communicate voice data received via the second PAN transceiver to the first receiving device via the LAN. The voice data is passed to a communications device via the PAN transceiver of the first receiving device. Users associated with each of the two communications devices may carry on a voice conversation via voice data being passed through each of the two receiving devices.
US09253589B2
A first device that includes a processor configured to transmit/receive a trigger message to/from a second device based on wireless short-range communication. The trigger message initiates a registration process within a wireless local area network (WLAN).
US09253583B2
Fitting a sound processing device for an individual is automated using a computer. Fitting and customization is carried out using natural sounds without specialized audiometric equipment or audiological expertise. Software for this purpose is downloaded from an internet portal. The computer plays back acoustic signals, and obtains user input reflecting the user's perceptions of the acoustic signals, from which a hearing map is derived, representing the user's hearing. An algorithm updates the device fitting based on the hearing map. Also provided is pre-sale virtual device fitting, whereby a virtual signal processing path is established in the computer, reflecting a signal processing function of a sound processing device of interest to the user. An algorithm updates parameters of the virtual processing path, based on the hearing map. Audio signals passed through the virtual processing path are played back to the user, giving the user an acoustic indication of future device performance.
US09253572B2
Methods and systems for providing synthetic audio placement are described herein. In different aspects, the methods and systems may include a connection port to receive a plurality of remote audio signals included in a conference call, at least one of the plurality of remote audio connections being a single channel audio signal, a processor configured with the connection port to provide a sound field for placing the plurality of audio signals, the sound field providing synthetic audio placement of each of the plurality of remote audio signals, and a rendering output configured with the processor to project the plurality of remote audio within the sound field to a listener.
US09253568B2
A technique for suppressing non-stationary noise, such as wind noise, in an audio signal is described. In accordance with the technique, a series of frames of the audio signal is analyzed to detect whether the audio signal comprises non-stationary noise. If it is detected that the audio signal comprises non-stationary noise, a number of steps are performed. In accordance with these steps, a determination is made as to whether a frame of the audio signal comprises non-stationary noise or speech and non-stationary noise. If it is determined that the frame comprises non-stationary noise, a first filter is applied to the frame and if it is determined that the frame comprises speech and non-stationary noise, a second filter is applied to the frame.
US09253563B2
Problem: To provide a bone conduction speaker unit which can sufficiently prevent generation of sound leakage at the time of non-calling, and can be easily incorporated in a main body casing of mobile phones, and the like.Solution: A bone conduction speaker unit, being configured by incorporating a bone conduction speaker main body 2 in a housing 1, wherein an elastic plate 21 is fixed on a top face of a plate yoke 17 of the bone conduction speaker main body 2; an elastic base 22 is disposed on a rear face of a yoke 11; and an elastic cover 3 for holding a contact 5 which, upon a pressing force having been applied thereto in use, is abutted against the plate yoke 17 through the elastic plate 21 is loaded on the housing 1 with a gap “a” being held between a bottom face of the contact 5 and a top face of the elastic plate 21.
US09253560B2
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a website configured to collect sound signatures from around the world and beyond. A communication device automatically stores acoustic information received by a microphone of the communication device. The acoustic information is analyzed for a trigger event. The trigger event stores the acoustic information, attaches metadata, creates a Gaussian Mixture Model, and measures sound pressure level. The communication device automatically sends the sound signature to a database when a communication path is opened to communication device. Each sound signature has associated metadata including a time stamp and geocode. Automatically collecting sounds using a communication device adapted for the process enables a database that captures sounds globally on a continuous basis.
US09253559B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for detecting that a component of a mobile device other than a card reader connected to the audio jack is a source of an input signal, including detecting that a card reader is connected to a mobile device via an audio jack of the mobile device. The actions include invoking an application to read captured card information sent from the card reader in response to a swipe of a transaction card. The actions include determining that the mobile device is not processing the captured card information sent from the card reader. The actions include determining that the mobile device is reading an input signal from the microphone source rather than the audio jack when the card reader is connected to the mobile device via the audio jack. The actions include changing the mobile device to processing the captured card information sent from the card reader.
US09253543B2
A video modulator is presented. The modulator includes a video input interface, a video modulation circuit, a video output interface, a communication interface, and control circuitry. The video input interface is configured to receive a video signal to be modulated, the video modulation circuit is configured to modulate the video signal, and the video output interface is configured to transmit the modulated video signal. The communication interface is configured to receive a command via a communication link to control the video modulator. The control circuitry is configured to receive the command from the communication interface and to control at least one of the video input interface, the video modulation circuit, and the video output interface based on the command.
US09253538B2
A display apparatus includes a display unit which displays a content video thereon; a communication unit which communicates with an external server providing a social networking service (SNS); and a controller which receives from the external server feedback information of a part of a playing section of the content video based on feedback information of a plurality of users with respect to the content video, the feedback information being collected through the SNS, and provides feedback information of a user regarding the part of the playing section while the content video is played.
US09253534B1
Systems and methods for reducing latency times associated with sessionizing log events from streaming logs are disclosed herein. In an aspect, event data related to user consumption of media content items can be monitored. Further, respective event data based at least in part on user playback of the media content items can be analyzed. In another aspect, pending and finalized event data can be summarized into a finalized playback record. In yet another aspect, the size of a time window can be adjusted based in part on observed logsaver latency. Further, in an aspect, watch time data can be integrated into a de-spamming pipeline.
US09253523B2
An exemplary method includes a media content recovery system 1) detecting that a DVR device is tuned to a first channel used by a media content provider to distribute a first media content program, 2) dynamically storing, in response to the detecting, first program data representative of the first media content program in a local buffer residing on the DVR device and in a recovery buffer as the first media content program is distributed by the media content provider, and 3) directing the DVR device to use the first program data stored in the local buffer to present the first media content program by way of a display while the DVR device is tuned to the first channel. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09253519B2
The invention relates to a method and system for automatically identifying video content within source video and transmitting the video content to an electronic mail client. The transmitted video content can be streaming video, video files, and/or other medium derived from the source video. An enhanced electronic mail client is also disclosed.
US09253517B2
A networked data projecting system includes a server for storing one or more content items, a projector for projecting a projection content item selected from the content items, and an information processing terminal. The projector includes an IC card terminal, and a projection content identifier storing unit for storing a projection content identifier of the projection content item in the IC card when the IC card is held over the IC card terminal while the projection content item is being projected by the projector. The information processing terminal includes a projection content requesting unit for reading the projection content identifier stored in the IC card and sending the projection content identifier to the server. The server includes a projection content transmitting unit for sending the projection content item corresponding to the projection content identifier to the information processing terminal.
US09253515B2
Different data communication architectures deliver a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, to consumers. The architectures employ channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. In some implementations, the communication architectures distribute data streams to bonded channels that are clocked independently. A system is provided for synchronizing the bonded channels.
US09253507B2
Provided are a method of interpolating an image by determining interpolation filter coefficients, and an apparatus for performing the same. The method includes: differently selecting an interpolation filter, from among interpolation filters for generating at least one sub-pel-unit pixel value located between integer-pel-unit pixels, based on a sub-pel-unit interpolation location and a smoothness; and generating the at least one sub-pel-unit pixel value by interpolating, using the selected interpolation filter, pixel values of the integer-pel-unit pixels.
US09253491B2
The invention provides a method of transcoding a video signal made up of an input bit stream representative of frames of a video, each frame being made up of blocks of pixels, there being a corresponding block of data within the input bit stream for each block of pixels, the method comprising: for the bit stream of a frame of the video signal, identifying the type of frame; and for certain types of frame, disregarding a configurable proportion of the data in respect of plural blocks within the frame, thereby taking into account local motion activity within the frame.
US09253481B2
In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to determine whether a transform coefficient of a video block is a DC transform coefficient, when the transform coefficient is determined to be the DC transform coefficient of the video block, determine a context for coding the transform coefficient based on the transform coefficient being the DC transform coefficient without regard for a size of the video block, and entropy code the transform coefficient using the determined context.
US09253479B2
To display at least one three-dimensional (3D) image in a two-dimensional (2D) image display area, a method and apparatus is provided for distinguishing a 3D image display area, in which the at least one 3D image is displayed, from the 2D image display area, and displaying a 2D image and a 3D image in the 2D image display area and the 3D image display area, respectively, thereby improving display resolution.
US09253477B2
A display apparatus and method for processing an image in a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit, a receiving unit which receives a frame image including a first image and a second image and sync information of the frame image, a determination unit which determines whether the frame image is consistent with a reference pattern using the sync information, and an image processing unit which, if the frame image is inconsistent with the reference pattern, adjusts the frame image based on a level of inconsistency, and a controlling unit which controls the display unit to display the adjusted frame image.
US09253472B2
A macro photographic apparatus for creating focus stacked images of a specimen may include a rigid longitudinal member having a longitudinal axis and including a camera mount thereon. A translation device may be fixed to the member for translating the specimen along the member toward and away from the camera mount. A rotation device may be mounted on the translation device. The rotation device may support the specimen and enable rotation of the specimen around first and second axes that are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the member. At any single position of the translation device along the longitudinal axis of the member, as the specimen is rotated around the first and second axes, the spatial location of the specimen remains substantially the same.
US09253469B2
A 3D caption display method for harmoniously merging and displaying closed caption with 3D image in a 3D display apparatus, and a 3D display apparatus suitable for implementing the method. When the 3D display apparatus receives image signals of first and second images for implementing 3D image in a stereoscopic scheme, the 3D display apparatus receives closed caption data only for a base view determined from the first and second images. Then, the display apparatus determines the position of a closed caption for an extended view based on the closed caption data for the base view and a certain 3D caption information, and formats caption graphic data for the base view and the extended view to output 3D closed caption in a stereoscopic format.
US09253467B2
The present invention relates to correcting errors of multiple stream-based 3D images. The present invention comprises a 3D image synchronizing unit which synchronizes a first image and a second image consisting the 3D image; a 3D image correcting unit which detects an error block in the first image, searches a corresponding block in the second image, and corrects the error block on the basis of the block information of said corresponding block; and a compositing unit which composites the corrected first image and the second image to generate a 3D stereoscopic image. According to the present invention, bit errors occurring when transmitting multiple stream of 3D image can be corrected, providing better quality of 3D images. Also, error correction can be easily performed by using the method of the present invention without complicated calculations.
US09253448B1
This invention provides a system and method to determine orientation/pose of a contact lens residing on the transparent bottom of a fluid-filled, typically opaque-sided cuvette. This allows the system to determine whether the subject contact lens is in a concave up or concave down orientation, and whether the lens is everted. An illuminator is aligned on a longitudinal axis of the cuvette through the contact lens at a position over the cuvette, and a vision system camera is aligned beneath the bottom of the cuvette on the axis. In alternate embodiments the axial locations of the camera and the illuminator can be varied. The camera acquires images of the contact lens. The vision system associated finds the appropriate contact lens edges and characteristics of features. These features allow each of the four poses to be distinguished and categorized for either an acceptable/good or unacceptable/bad pose within the cuvette.
US09253445B2
A terminal, multipoint control unit, system and method for implementing high definition multiple pictures are provided by the present invention. The method comprises the following steps of: a Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) calculating a high definition video code stream format according to video conference control information, and sending a capability set containing the high definition video code stream format to a selected terminal; based on the high definition video code stream format in the capability set, the selected terminal encoding a high definition video image and sending the encoded high definition video code stream to the MCU; according to the video conference control information, the MCU synthesizing the received high definition video code stream image into multiple pictures, and obtaining the high definition multi-picture video code stream image and sending it to the terminals attending the conference.
US09253444B2
A system, method, and device for use in videoconferencing. The method typically includes installing a videoconferencing services switch at an access point to an IP network, and registering a plurality of subscribers for videoconferencing services. Each subscriber typically has a plurality of endpoints. The method further includes receiving subscriber-specific settings to be applied to multiple videoconferencing calls from the plurality of endpoints associated with each subscriber. The method further includes storing the subscriber-specific settings at a location accessible to the switch, and configuring the switch to connect calls from the plurality of endpoints at each subscriber based on the corresponding subscriber-specific settings.
US09253441B2
There is provided a conference system which performs a remote conference by communicating conference data between a transmission terminal and a reception terminal. The transmission terminal receives input of the conference data including audio data, selects a real time mode of sequentially performing transmission of the input audio data and a package mode of performing transmission of the input audio data for each input of a predetermined unit amount, records the input audio data in the predetermined unit amount to generate audio record data when the package mode is selected, and transmits the input audio data to the reception terminal when the real time mode is selected and transmits the audio record data to the reception terminal when the package mode is selected. The reception terminal outputs the received input audio data preferentially over the received audio record data.
US09253437B2
To provide a scheme for deciding a switching method for the video call when an UE#1 in video call with an UE#2 is caused to perform handover from an E-UTRAN to a UTRAN/GERAN. A mobile communication method according to the present invention is summarized by including the steps of: deciding the switching method for the video call, when a video bearer and a voice bearer which configure a path for the video call are set, by an IMS; and maintaining information on the decided switching method and association information with which information on the video bearer is in association with information on the voice bearer, by a mobile communication network and an eNB.
US09253436B2
A video playback device includes a sound-attached video storage unit, a text storage unit, a text list display control unit, a text specification unit and a sound-attached video portion playback control unit. In the sound-attached video storage unit, a sound-attached video is stored. In the text storage unit, texts for sounds of sound-attached video portions of the sound-attached video are stored in such a way as to be correlated with the respective sound-attached video portions. The text list display control unit controls to display the texts as a list. The text specification unit specifies a text in the displayed list as a specific text on the basis of a user operation. The sound-attached video portion playback control unit controls to hide the list and play a sound-attached video portion for the specific text.
US09253432B2
An information processing system includes a recording apparatus and a portable device, wherein the recording apparatus includes a recording control section, a selection section, a creation section, a digest information transfer control section, an operation information reception control section, and an operation information reflection section, and wherein the portable device includes a digest information reception control section, and an operation information transfer control section.
US09253431B2
A projection video display apparatus includes: a converter that converts an input video signal having a first number of pixels and a first frame rate into a conversion video signal having a second number of pixels and a second frame rate, the second number of pixels being smaller than the first number of pixels, and the second frame rate being an n-th multiple (n is an integer of 2 or greater) of the first frame rate; an optical element that displaces an optical axis of the video light beam; an optical element driving unit that drives the optical element at a frequency F being a natural-number multiple of the first frame rate; and a rotating body that rotates at a rotation speed R. The rotation speed R is set so as to become a value within a predetermined range corresponding to the frequency F.
US09253428B2
Digital television (DTV) broadcasting using COFDM modulation is designed to modulate orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexed (OFDM) mid-band carriers with metadata including synchronization signals and transmission-mode signals. DTV signals modulate OFDM carriers occupying portions of the frequency spectrum of the transmission channel that extend in frequency both below and above these mid-band carriers. The OFDM midband carriers are capable of signaling when a new broadcast service is used that differs from the one disclosed. The signaling is provided by modulating the midband carriers with respective elements of signature sequences, each of which signature sequences is composed of Zadoff-Chu sequences and repetitive pseudo-random sequences scrambled by a Zadoff-Chu sequence.
US09253422B2
Since the great number of elements constituting a unit pixel having an amplification function would hinder reduction of pixel size, unit pixel n,m arranged in a matrix form is comprised of a photodiode, a transfer switch for transferring charges stored in the photodiode, a floating diffusion for storing charges transferred by the transfer switch, a reset switch for resetting the floating diffusion, and an amplifying transistor for outputting a signal in accordance with the potential of the floating diffusion to a vertical signal line, and by affording vertical selection pulse φVn to the drain of the reset switch to control a reset potential thereof, pixels are selected in units of rows.
US09253413B2
Disclosed is a WDR pixel array having high sensitivity under the middle intensity of illumination and high intensity of illumination by using the 4T pixel structure representing high sensitivity under the low intensity of illumination. According to the embodiment, the overflow charges generated under the very high intensity of illumination are not discarded or partially stored, but read through the 3T pixel operation, so that the WDR pixel array having high sensitivity under the middle intensity of illumination and high intensity of illumination can be obtained based on the 4T pixel structure without additionally providing a transistor or a photodiode for the high intensity of illumination in the WDR pixel array.
US09253406B2
A live view image generation unit sequentially displays on a display screen a captured image that is sequentially outputted from an image capture unit as a live view image. In a case of photographing and recording being directed, a review image generation unit displays a captured image for recording outputted from the image capture unit as a first review image on a portion of a display screen in a state of displaying the live view image. A photographing result evaluation unit evaluates a photographing result based on a captured image for recording outputted from the image capture unit according to an direction for photographing and recording. The review image generation unit performs display control to make a display form of the first review image different according to the evaluation result by the photographing result evaluation unit.
US09253402B2
A video anti-shaking method and a video anti-shaking device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a first GRMV (global relative motion vector) of a current video frame relative to its previous video frame, and a sequence of second GRMVs of reference video frames relative to their respective previous video frames; calculating a sequence of third GRMVs of the reference video frames relative to the current video frame, respectively, based on the first GRMV and the sequence of second GRMVs; and filtering the sequence of third GRMVs to obtain a motion vector for compensating shaking of the current video frame. Camera shaking and intended motion can be distinguished.
US09253401B2
An imaging device includes an imaging processing unit that includes a solid-state imaging device outputting a pixel signal according to incident subject light and outputs a captured image according to the pixel signal output by the solid-state imaging device, image processing circuits that generate a photography image by performing image processing on a corresponding region within a processed region cut out from the captured image output from the imaging processing unit, and a division position determination unit that detects movement of a photography position at which the solid-state imaging device photographs a subject within a captured region of the solid-state imaging device.
US09253396B2
An imaging sensor using a novel bit line processing circuit, that circuit, and the method of processing the pixel outputs from an image sensor using that processing circuit are disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of pixel sensors, a signal digitizing circuit, and a digitizing controller. Each pixel sensor generates a voltage signal that is a function of a charge on the photodetector in that pixel sensor, and couples that voltage signal to a bit line in response to a first signal. The signal digitizing circuit is connected to the bit line, the digitizing circuit converting the voltage signal to a plurality of output digital values, the output digital values having selectable levels of digitization noise. The digitizing controller generates the level of noise based on the voltage signal. The signal digitizing circuit includes a variable gain amplifier and an ADC having a fixed number of bits.
US09253391B2
Provided is an image capture apparatus that can perform focus detection based on a focus evaluation value indicating contrast of a subject image included in a focus detection area using an image signal output from an image sensor. In accordance with the extent of a blur amount of the subject image, the image capture apparatus determines how to use a method for performing focus detection through a reciprocating motion of a focus lens and a method for performing focus detection by moving the focus lens in a direction toward which the focus evaluation value increases. Focus detection is performed based on the determination.
US09253390B2
It is inconvenient for a user that a UI for inputting a virtual focus position at the time of refocus and a UI for inputting a focus position at the time of image capturing exist separately from and independently of each other. An image processing device comprising a generation unit configured to generate combined image data obtained in a case of capturing an image with a second set value different from a first set value used in capturing an image with an image capturing device by using a plurality of pieces of captured image data obtained by the image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is capable of capturing image data from a plurality of viewpoint positions and includes an operation unit for setting a set value of an image capturing parameter, and wherein the first and second set values are set via the operation unit.
US09253387B2
There is provided a camera module including: a lens; an image pickup device arranged on an optical axis of the lens; and an actuator section configured to reciprocate the image pickup device in an optical axis direction of the lens, wherein the actuator section includes a movable joint section on which the image pickup device is fixed, a parallel link mechanism section having a movable end section attached to the movable joint section and a mounting end section, and a movable element that is configured to perform displacement motion by a displacement amount depending on a level of a voltage to be applied and that is coupled to a coupling region between the movable joint section and the movable end section of the parallel link mechanism section in such a manner that the displacement motion is transmittable.
US09253374B2
An image processing apparatus capable of obtaining a gamma characteristic (non-linear conversion characteristic) giving consideration to a difference between light and dark parts in a subject region is provided along with a method for controlling the same. A value indicating the difference between light and dark parts in the subject region is calculated based on image data. Then, by interpolating multiple basic gamma characteristics using the value indicating the difference between light and dark parts, a gamma characteristic depending on the difference between light and dark parts is generated and applied to the image data.
US09253372B2
Provided are a video display device and a method of controlling the same. The method includes: obtaining an uncompressed audio-visual (AV) content; playing the uncompressed AV content through the display unit; obtaining content information of the uncompressed AV content on the basis of a content section of the uncompressed AV content; obtaining content change time information and enhanced service information on the basis of the content information; and determining a delay time for obtaining the next content information on the basis of the content change time information.
US09253367B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging device that uniformly charges the image carrying member, an exposure device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member, a development device that applies a development bias voltage to form a visible image in which toner is adhered to the electrostatic latent image, a control portion that controls an exposure amount in the exposure device and the development bias voltage and a storage portion that stores an exposure condition and a development condition. The resolution of image data can be switched to at least two types, a standard resolution and a high resolution higher than the standard resolution, and when the resolution of the image data is set at the high resolution, the control portion controls the exposure amount in the exposure device to perform thinning processing on the image.
US09253366B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus. A loading unit is capable of loading therein a plurality of documents. The document is conveyed from the loading unit to a document conveyance path. A reading member is configured to read an image of the document at a reading position set on the document conveyance path. A correction unit corrects a skew of the document with respect to a conveying direction. A correction execution unit executes a correction by the correction unit when a number of copies of the document is larger than a preset number.
US09253364B2
A display apparatus that displays a preview of print data includes an input unit that receives input of a sheet handling method of a sheet on which the print data is printed from a user, a generating unit that dynamically generates a three-dimensional image representing a behavior, which is a continuous change in a form of the sheet on which the print data is printed, according to the input sheet handling method, and a display unit that displays, as a moving image, the three-dimensional image that is dynamically generated.
US09253349B2
A method includes capturing plural frames of video data using a mobile device. The frames are analyzed to determine whether any depict an object exhibiting one or more defining characteristics, and if so, whether those frame(s) depicting the object also satisfy one or more predetermined quality control criteria. If one or more of the frames depict the object and also satisfy the one or more predetermined quality control criteria, the method further includes automatically capturing an image of the object. Exemplary defining characteristics are specified for various types of object, particularly objects comprising documents. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed. The presently disclosed techniques and systems represent translational developments across the fields of image processing and business process management. Improved analytical techniques enable processing of image captured using cameras rather than traditional scanner technology, and facilitate distribution, tracking and analysis of documents and information throughout business processes.
US09253343B2
An information processing apparatus generates a temporary display document including limited pages together with a main display document corresponding to print data, and displays the temporary display document until generation of the main display document is completed, thereby reducing a time taken to display a part of pages.
US09253333B1
A method, system, and medium are provided for recording VOP calls at a premise to perform real-time processing of the VOP calls, charging for VOP calls at a premise with multiple users, and collecting call information in a VOP network. A call detail recording (CDR) device resides at a hotel, motel, or lodge premise to record telephone calls and set telephone charges of the guests staying at the hotel, motel, or lodge. The CDR device is not a PBX but allows a premise owner to control and provide real-time charges to users of services in a packet-based network at the hotel, motel, or lodge.
US09253330B2
There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for managing conflicts with an attendee not able to join a conference call. The system schedules one or more conference calls and identifies a conflict between the schedules of the conference calls. The system automatically updates a corresponding user's electronic calendar based on the scheduled conference calls and schedules a bot to attend a conflicting conference call instead. The system records the conflicting conference calls that the bot attends. The system stores, in a storage device, the recorded conference calls as one or more files. The system schedules a follow up time for the attendee to listen to the recording.
US09253319B1
The present invention relates generally to telecommunications and in particular to systems and methods for routing telephone calls. By way of example, a first address, such as a first phone number, can be associated with a telephonic terminal, such as a mobile phone. Incoming calls to the first address can be routed to the telephonic terminal or to other destinations based on telephonic terminal status.
US09253318B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for providing state information of a digital apparatus. State information for a user of the digital apparatus is determined based on the user's intention to perform communication. The state information is transmitted to a server. A display request for a contact list is received. A screen having a plurality of user items is displayed. Each of the plurality of user items corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of users in the contact list. At least one of the plurality of user items includes identification information of a user corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of user items, state information of the corresponding user that is received from the server, and at least one category indicator representing at least one recommended communication service category determined based on the state information of the corresponding user.
US09253317B2
A mobile device logging and tracking system permits a communicative association between a mobile device and a receiving device. When the mobile device communicates data including an indication of an unanswered call to the receiving device, the receiving device is configured to store the data in a memory. The memory may be local or remote from the receiving device. The receiving device may then communicate information associated with the unanswered call to a first electronic device, which may be an appliance, a gaming system, another mobile communication device, or some other device having computing capability.
US09253309B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for providing exclusive access to a virtual private network (VPN) connection to an authorized application. During operation, the system creates a unique network namespace that is different from a default network namespace of a host system. The system then places a pseudo network interface associated with the VPN connection into the unique network namespace. Furthermore, the system places at least one socket for an authorized application into the unique network namespace. The system also precludes unauthorized applications on the host from accessing the unique network namespace, thereby facilitating exclusive access to the VPN connection by the authorized application.
US09253306B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a communication system that provides various automated operations, including searches of public and private resources for third party information and presentation of the located third party information by a mashup and preparation of a mashup to combine different communication modes or modes in a common session.
US09253305B2
In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: capturing image data for physical content, where the physical content includes a recipient image indicative of at least one desired recipient; performing image recognition on the captured image data to identify the recipient image; matching the recipient image with corresponding contact information to obtain address information for the at least one desired recipient; and addressing an electronic communication to the at least one desired recipient using the address information, where the electronic communication includes the captured image data for the physical content.
US09253303B2
There is provided a signal processing apparatus including a recognition section configured to recognize at least one of a state of a first user, a state of a second user, and a relationship between the first user and the second user, a signal processing unit configured to perform signal processing on voice information corresponding to voice articulated by the first user, or voice information corresponding to voice that is transmitted from a remote location and articulated by the second user, and a control unit configured to control the signal processing unit to perform signal processing on at least one of the voice information corresponding to the voice articulated by the first user, and the voice information corresponding to the voice that is transmitted from the remote location and articulated by the second user, in accordance with a recognition result of the recognition section.
US09253294B2
A device comprising a first and a second housing body and a display. The display has a first and a second display portion which are hingably connected to each other. Each display portion has a front face. The first housing body is hingably connected to the first display portion and hingably connected to the second housing body and the second housing body is hingably connected to the second display portion. And the device is configured to assume an open position and a closed position. The front faces of the display portions are arranged adjacent and facing each other in the closed position.
US09253293B2
A method for providing fault-tolerant network communications between a plurality of nodes for an application, including providing a plurality of initial communications pathways over a plurality of networks coupled between the plurality of nodes, receiving a data packet on a sending node from the application, the sending node being one of the plurality of nodes, the data packet being addressed by the application to an address on one of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a first selected pathway for the data packet from among the plurality of initial communications pathways where the first selected pathway is a preferred pathway.
US09253292B2
A method, device, system, and a computer program product for association of memory to folder information are disclosed. The electronic device includes one or more memory elements and a sending module. Each of the memory elements is adapted to store folders therein, and the sending module is adapted to send a capability object and a folder-listing object to a receiving module. The capability object includes memory information corresponding to the one or more memory elements, and the folder-listing object includes folder information corresponding to a folder contained in one of the memory elements. The folder information includes an attribute identifying the one memory element containing the folder.
US09253290B2
Systems, methods, and devices for compressing block acknowledgment (ACK) frames/packets are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes generating a block acknowledgment frame comprising a plurality of fields in the following order: a block acknowledgment identifier field including an identifier of the block acknowledgment frame; a starting sequence control field including at least one of a sequence number and a function of a sequence number of a data unit for which the block acknowledgement frame is sent; and a block acknowledgement bitmap field indicating a received status of a number of data units. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting the block acknowledgment frame.
US09253289B2
Some embodiments provide a director agent, a server agent, and a specialized hand-off protocol for improving scalability and resource usage within a server farm. A first network connection is established between a client and the director agent in order to receive a content request from the client from which to select a server from a set of servers that is responsible for hosting the requested content. A second network connection is established between the server agent that is associated with the selected server and a protocol stack of the selected server. The first network connection is handed-off to the server agent using the specialized hand-off protocol. The server agent performs network connection state parameter transformations between the two connections to create a network connection through which content can be passed from the selected server to the client without passing through the director.
US09253284B2
A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote browse session at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote browse session instance at a network computing provider. The network computing and storage provider processes the requested content for display, and provides a processed representation of the requested content to the client computing device for display. The network computing provider further provides a historical content representation corresponding to the requested content to a historical browse storage component for storage. The network computing provider may further provide historical content representations to the historical browse storage component for content directly or indirectly referenced by the requested content. The client computing device may subsequently search for content not previously displayed by the client computing device.
US09253282B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication are provided in which a communications device is operable to provide an improved user experience or to improve the performance and/or operation of the device through use of an enriched user profile. In one aspect, the communications device may obtain an attribute including a user specific informational element from a component operable on the communications device. The communications device may generate a profile synopsis from the attribute by abstracting at least a portion of the user specific informational element from the attribute, and transmit the profile synopsis. The communications device may receive an enhanced informational element derived from an aggregation of profile synopses from a plurality of devices and may generate an enriched user profile by augmenting the attribute with at least a portion of the received enhanced informational element.
US09253277B2
Systems and methods for pre-fetching of data in a memory are provided. By pre-fetching stored data from a slower memory into a faster memory, the amount of time required for data retrieval and/or processing may be reduced. First, data is received and pre-scanned to generate a sample fingerprint. Fingerprints stored in a faster memory that are similar to the sample fingerprint are identified. Data stored in the slower memory associated with the identified stored fingerprints is copied into the faster memory. The copied data may be compared to the received data. Various embodiments may be included in a network memory architecture to allow for faster data matching and instruction generation in a central appliance.
US09253274B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a service broker configured to: (i) register a service classifier, and to provide context information to the service classifier; and (ii) register a plurality of service nodes. The service broker can also receive capability and service requests from the service classifier. Further, the context information can include a service header, a reachability indication, and an encapsulation, where the service header and the encapsulation may be attached or related to a packet in the service classifier. In addition, the service classifier can use this information to redirect the packet to a first service node.
US09253262B2
Systems and methods are described herein for connecting client devices to applications on a server using web sockets. In one aspect, the systems and methods described provide for a routing table that may be used to direct communications between a client device and an application on a web server. The routing table may overcome challenges of implementing web sockets under current constraints of the web socket specification, the HTTP specification, and server implementations.
US09253260B1
A system and method for using multiple ClimateTalk™ compliant thermostats in a zoned HVAC system are provided. The system may include a first ClimateTalk™ thermostat in a first zone, a second ClimateTalk™ thermostat in a second zone, a third ClimateTalk or 24v AC thermostat in a third zone, and a ClimateTalk™ HVAC unit and/or 24v AC HVAC unit, for servicing the demands in the first, second and third zones. A controller in the zoned HVAC system may establish a ClimateTalk™ network between the controller and the HVAC unit, where the controller may identify itself as the sole ClimateTalk™ thermostat in this network. The controller may also establish additional ClimateTalk™ networks between the controller and each of the first, second and third thermostats, by identifying the controller as a distinct ClimateTalk™ HVAC unit in each of the respective additional networks.
US09253258B2
Dynamic host integration techniques are provided. A Transaction-based system integrates heterogeneous hosts to perform various operations associated with the transaction-based system. A command handler implements a specific operation for a host system and a protocol handler implements a specific communication protocol for contacting and having the host system execute the specific operation. For any given transaction within the transaction-based system a command handler and a protocol handler are dynamically acquired and bound to the processing flow to execute a desired operation on a remote and heterogeneous host system.
US09253255B1
In general, techniques are described for managing content request referrals by keying content requests to a composite key data structure that maps end-user address prefixes and content identifiers to content delivery network servers of downstream CDNs. In one example, a CDN exchange includes a communication module to receive first network prefixes and first content identifiers from a first secondary content delivery network and to receive second network prefixes and second content identifiers from a second secondary content delivery network. A request router of the CDN exchange redirects the content request to the first secondary content delivery network or to the second secondary content delivery network according to a network address of the end user device and a content identifier for the content request.
US09253252B2
Embodiments of the present solution provide a cloud bridge to bring network transparency between the otherwise disparate networks of the datacenter and cloud service provider. For example, appliances may be deployed in the datacenter and on the edge of the cloud. These appliances may be configured or designed and constructed to communicate with each other and recognize and understand the local IP and/or public IP network information of the on-premise datacenter of the enterprise and the cloud datacenter. These appliances may manage the flow of network traffic between the on-premise and cloud datacenters in a manner to appear and act seamlessly and transparently as a single network spanning both the on-premise and cloud data centers.
US09253232B2
A streaming media presentation transmission error recovery system and network. In one embodiment, in the event of a connection failure to a selected server, an alternative “mirrored” server is selected to resume the transmission of a selected streaming media presentation. One embodiment of the present invention provides for transparent switching from an interrupted media data stream to a stream from a newly-created network connection by providing an overlap between media that has been received and the data that is received via the new connection.
US09253231B2
A cache device may receive a request for a first segment of an adaptive bitrate stream. The request may identify a particular time interval, of the adaptive bitrate stream, to which the first segment corresponds. The request may further identify a first bitrate at which the first segment is encoded. The cache device may determine a network congestion level of a network associated with the adaptive bitrate stream. The cache device may determine, based on the network congestion level, a second bitrate that is different from the first bitrate. The cache device may obtain a second segment of the adaptive bitrate stream. The second segment may be encoded at the second bitrate. The cache device may store the second segment for delivery to a client device.
US09253225B1
Community interaction during video viewing is provided. A video hosting website includes videos available for viewing. Users establish lists of friends, who are other users of the video hosting site. When a user logs on, her presence is made known by an interaction engine to her friends that are also logged in to the site. The user's activities are tracked and her friends are notified of those activities. Tracked activities may include viewing a video, rating a video, commenting on a video, uploading a video to the site, and adding a new friend. Friends are notified of these activities in one embodiment through one or more user interface elements. A user can select a user interface element to discover which of her friends are also watching the same video at that time. A user watching a video can summon her online friends to the watch page to watch collaboratively.
US09253219B2
A system and method to influence routing of a call by a sequenced application from among a plurality of sequenced applications is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a header for the call wherein the header comprises at least one directive from each of the plurality of sequenced applications. Further the method comprises arbitrating conflicts from among the one directive in the header in order to determine a set of sequenced application headers to at least partially execute. Finally, the determined set of sequenced application headers is at least partially executed.
US09253214B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for optimizing data loss prevention (DLP) systems may include (1) monitoring data distributed via at least one data-distribution channel, (2) detecting, by analyzing the distributed data, a plurality of partial violations of a set of DLP policies, (3) determining, based on a correlation between the plurality of partial violations, that the plurality of partial violations suggest a previously undetected DLP threat, and (4) formulating an adjustment to apply to the set of DLP policies to enable the set of DLP policies to detect the DLP threat in the future. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09253213B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for reconstructing a sequence of communications that occurred during a period of database activity monitor unavailability. A database activity monitor receives a first sequence of queries. The database activity monitor determines whether the database activity monitor became unavailable, and, in response to determining that the database activity monitor is unavailable, restarts the database activity monitor. The database activity monitor receives a second sequence of queries, and approximates a third sequence of queries, wherein the third sequence of queries occurred subsequent to the first sequence of queries and prior to the second sequence of queries. The database activity monitor validates the third sequence of queries with reference to a set of security policies.
US09253211B2
Techniques are described for managing communications between multiple intercommunicating computing nodes, such as multiple virtual machine nodes hosted on one or more physical computing machines or systems. In some situations, users may specify groups of computing nodes and optionally associated access policies for use in the managing of the communications for those groups, such as by specifying which source nodes are allowed to transmit data to particular destinations nodes. In addition, determinations of whether initiated data transmissions from source nodes to destination nodes are authorized may be dynamically negotiated for and recorded for later use in automatically authorizing future such data transmissions without negotiation. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09253206B1
Techniques for protecting an online service against network-based attacks are described. In some cases, protection is performed by way of a scalable protection service including a dynamically scalable set of virtual machines hosted by a cloud service that is distinct from a data center that hosts the online service. The protection service is coupled to the online service via a private link. When an attack is detected by the online service, network traffic bound for the online service is redirected from the public network to the protection service. The protection service then processes the network traffic, such as by dropping network traffic associated with the attack and forwarding legitimate network traffic to the online service via the private link.
US09253205B2
The invention is directed to a user interface on a provided electronic device, the user interface including: (i) an auxiliary interface for receiving input from a user and providing output to the user; and (ii) a primary access interface. Using the auxiliary interface, a message to the user is provided, wherein the message is provided without requiring the user to be authenticated through the primary access interface. Input from the user is accepted through the auxiliary interface to access a service available from the provided electronic device, wherein access to the service is provided without requiring the user to be authenticated through the primary access interface.
US09253196B2
Disclosed are systems and methods associated with a social network application. A plurality of posts associated with a client system user is displayed. First and second posts in the plurality of posts are respectively associated with first and second recipient groups. While the posts are displayed, a post input area independent of the plurality of posts is also displayed. When the user selects the post input area, it is expanded by displacing the plurality of posts. Concurrently, a content item area is displayed within the expanded post input area. An input, comprising a content item, is received from the user in the content item area. An affordance is presented that enables the user to designate access control information corresponding distribution entities. The content item and the access control information are transmitted to a system whereupon access to the content item is restricted in accordance with the access control information.
US09253193B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for an appliance to authenticate access of a client to a protected directory on a server via a connection, such as a secure SSL connection, established by the appliance. A method comprises the steps of: receiving, by an appliance, a first request from a client on a first network to access a server on a second network, the appliance providing the client a virtual private network connection from the first network to the second network; determining, by the appliance, the first request comprises access to a protected directory of the server; associating, by the appliance, an authentication policy with the protected directory, the authentication policy specifying an action to authenticate the client's access to the protected directory; and transmitting, by the appliance in response to the authentication policy, a second request to the client for an authentication certificate. Corresponding systems are also disclosed.
US09253191B2
A method for generating smart contents includes contents protected by a digital right management (DRM) technology; and metadata including information necessary to use the contents. Further, the method includes a smart code for protecting copyright of the contents and position information which the smart code is downloaded.
US09253186B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for ensuring information integrity and non-repudiation over time. At least one example embodiment provides a mechanism for secure distribution of information, which information relates to an instance in time when usage of cryptographic key pairs associated with a certain brand identity commenced, as well as when the key pairs ceased to be used, i.e. when the key pairs were revoked. The mechanism further allows a company or an organization to tie administration of cryptographic key pairs and a procedure for verifying information integrity and non-repudiation to their own brand. This can be seen as a complement or an alternative to using a certificate authority (CA) as a trusted third party, which CA guarantees an alleged relation between a public key and the identity of the company or organization using the cryptographic key pair to which that public key belongs.
US09253165B2
Systems and methods for secure content distribution to playback devices connected to a local network via a residential gateway using secure links are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a content server, a rights management server, a residential gateway configured to communicate with the content server and the rights management server via a network, and a playback device configured to communicate with the residential gateway via a local network. In addition, the residential gateway is configured to receive protected content from the content server, the playback device is configured to request access to the protected content from the residential gateway, the residential gateway is configured to request access to the protected content from the rights management server and the request includes information uniquely identifying the playback device, the rights management server is configured to provide access information to the residential gateway when the information uniquely identifying the playback device satisfies at least one predetermined criterion with respect to playback devices associated with the residential gateway, the residential gateway and the playback device are configured to create a secure link between the residential gateway and the playback device via the local network, and the residential gateway is configured to decrypt the protected content using the access information provided by the rights management server and to encrypt the decrypted content for distribution to the playback device via the secure link.
US09253160B2
Methods, systems and media for facilitating compression over a metered data connection are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: detecting a new wireless network connection; determining that the new connection is metered; sending, via a proxy server, requests for content to a content server using the metered data connection; receiving, via the proxy server, content from the content server compressed by the proxy server using the metered data connection; detecting a second new wireless network connection; determining that the second new wireless network connection is not a metered data connection; causing the proxy server to inhibit compression of content sent to the user device in response to determining that the second new wireless network connection is not a metered data connection.
US09253154B2
A method, apparatus, and system is described for distributing a rule to a distributed capture system and storing the rule in a global configuration database, wherein the rule defines an action for the distributed capture system to perform regarding packets intercepted by the distributed capture system.
US09253153B2
Systems, devices, and methods for performing rate limiting on a received packet based on logged packet information and rules list determination where for each packet from a set of one or more packets, packet information is logged in a data store by comparing the received packet with previously received packets. Determining if the received packet is part of an established connection or if the received packet is part of a new connection and if determined that the packet is of an established connection, then performing a set of rules on a subset of packets, if however it is determined that the packet is of a new connection, then performing the set of rules on all the received packets. Additionally, determining whether the packet is part of a created rules list and if the packet is determined to be part of a created rules list, then bypassing filtering for the packet; if however the packet is determined to not be part of a created rules list, then assigning escalating time-based IP traffic blocks against the packet.
US09253151B2
Computer system, method and program for managing authentication requests. At a gateway device to a network, packets of a message intended for said network are received. In response, fields within payloads of said packets which contain authentication or authorization information are read. In response, the message is redirected to an authentication server. In response to receipt of the redirected message from the gateway device, the authentication server determines that a requester who sent the message to the gateway device is authorized to access a target resource specified in the message and responds to the gateway device that the requester is authorized to access the target resource. In response, the gateway device responds to the requester that the requester is authorized to access the target resource. In response to the response from the authentication server that the requester is authorized to access the target resource, the gateway device notifies a server hosting the target resource that the requester is authorized to access the target resource. If the gateway device receives a subsequent message from the requester to utilize the target resource, the gateway device forwards the message toward the server hosting the target resource.
US09253145B2
An electronic component (10a, 10b), with assignment of an address to the component, comprises a first terminal (A10a) for the application of a first signal (SCL) and a second signal (SDA) different from the first signal, and a second terminal (A10b), different from the first terminal, for the application of the first signal (SCL) and the second signal (SDA). Depending on the external connection of the first and second terminals (A10a, A10b), the component is assigned an address by means of which the component is addressable.
US09253137B1
Concurrent display of conversation messages and social network posts by conversation message authors
A client device displays message content from one or more email messages in a conversation thread. The client device displays, concurrently with the message content from the one or more email messages, one or more respective social network objects. Each displayed social network object has one or more selection portions, and each displayed social network object corresponds to a respective post by a respective participant in the conversation thread. In response to selection of a first portion of a respective social network object of the one or more displayed social network objects, the client device displays a respective social network page of the respective participant who authored the respective post corresponding to the respective social network object.
US09253135B2
Computer-implemented methods for providing a single notification for display in an application from multiple received notifications are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first notification for an application and receiving a second notification for the application subsequent to the first notification, and analyzing content of the first notification and content of the second notification. The method also includes determining, based on the analysis, whether the second notification is related to the first notification, and providing, for display, a single notification includes at least a portion of the content of the first notification and at least a portion of the content of the second notification when the second notification is related to the first notification. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US09253115B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling network service quality. According to an aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is provided for controlling levels of quality of service (QoS) for transmitting data between a terminal and a destination. The method comprises enforcing a first level of a QoS to a connection between the terminal and the network, receiving a user-requested, second level of the QoS from the terminal, identifying a currently-available level of the QoS on the network, determining a third level of the QoS based at least in part on the currently-available level of the QoS on the network and the second level of the QoS, and enforcing the third level of the QoS. Methods and system are provided for enabling users at the terminals to specify online a level of network QoS, and the system dynamically changes the quality level and the plan to satisfy the request.
US09253113B2
A method for controlling the provisioning of a service associated with a customer order is disclosed. The method may comprise receiving, by a cloud infrastructure system, an order for a service from a plurality of service provided by the cloud infrastructure system, the cloud infrastructure system comprising one or more computing devices. Additionally, the method may comprise determining, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, based upon a set of rules and system-related information, whether the order is to be forwarded for provisioning one or more resources for enabling the order. Then, based upon the determining, the method may forward the order for provisioning of the one or more resources or not forwarding the order for provisioning.
US09253110B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a best-effort scheduled access method and system that enable nodes to request, and a hub to assign, tentative, but not committed, scheduled allocations, referred to as unscheduled bilink allocations, in which data traffic is transferred between the nodes and the hub on a best-effort basis. The tentative allocations will be available if the network of the hub still has enough bandwidth, but will be shifted or reduced otherwise. This invention unifies tentative and committed scheduled allocations in the same access framework, thereby facilitating access scheduling and offering access flexibility.
US09253103B2
A method, system and a computer program product. The method may include: allocating or receiving allocated bit rates to a plurality of streaming media flows, each streaming media flow comprises a plurality of chunks and is expected to flow over a last mile channel that is bandwidth limited; receiving a plurality of chunk requests from clients that are hosted on user devices, each chunk request indicates a requested bit rate for streaming a media chunk that belongs to the streaming media flow; changing at least one chunk request to comply with an allocated bit rate, if the requested bit rate does not comply with the allocated bit rate, to provide at least one new chunk request; and sending the at least one new chunk request to a media streamer that is expected to stream the streaming media flow to the user device.
US09253102B2
A device may receive machine-to-machine (M2M) traffic associated with two or more M2M applications. The M2M traffic may include information that identifies two or more priority levels associated with the M2M traffic. The device may determine parameters associated with managing the M2M traffic. The device may determine a traffic rate, an overall holding time, and an outgoing traffic rate associated with the M2M traffic. The device may determine a normalization factor based on the overall holding time and the parameters. The device may determine a set of priority level holding times based on the normalization factor, the overall holding time, and the parameters. Each priority level holding time may be associated with a priority level of the two or more priority levels. The device may manage the M2M traffic based on the set of priority level holding times and the outgoing traffic rate.
US09253096B2
Embodiments relate to bypassing congestion points in a network. An aspect includes sampling queues of a plurality of switches in a network. When packet congestion is detected at a congestion point of a first switch, the packet flow contributing to the packet congestion is identified. A congestion notification message indicating the identified packet flow is then propagated to upstream switches, which are upstream from the first switch in the network. The congestion notification message is then snooped by the upstream switches. Virtual queues within the upstream switches are associated with the identified packet flow to hold packets associated with the identified packet flow. The packets associated with the identified packet flow are then re-routed to bypass the packet congestion in the first switch.
US09253083B2
According to an aspect, a network system comprises a ring-type network, and a master transmission apparatus. The master transmission apparatus includes blocking unit, conversion unit and transmission unit. The blocking unit prohibits relay of the transmission frame received through a first virtual transmission line and a second virtual transmission line. The conversion unit changes transmission path information included in the transmission frame from the first virtual transmission line to the second virtual transmission line. The transmission unit transmits the transmission frame including the transmission path information changed by the conversion unit.
US09253078B2
A method of operating a network that contains a plurality of nodes is disclosed. The plurality of nodes include a first node and a second node with the first and second nodes being connected via a first path and a second path that are different. The method includes operating the network in first and second modes of operation. In the first mode, traffic between the first and second nodes is transmitted over the first path and not the second path. In the second mode, traffic is transmitted over the first and second paths. The mode of operation is selected based upon a level of traffic between the first and second nodes.
US09253071B2
A network equipment device test system includes a message blueprint data structure for storing blueprint data for messages to be decoded. The network equipment test device further includes a message decoder for decoding received messages by accessing the message blueprint data structure and matching information elements in the received messages with information elements in the message blueprint data structure. The network equipment test device further includes a message blueprint data structure configurator for receiving, as input, test configuration data, and for configuring the message blueprint data structure for optimized decoding of messages based on the test configuration data.
US09253070B2
According to embodiments of the disclosure, methods, systems, and computer program products for initializing a streaming application are disclosed. The method may include compiling code on a compiler system, the compiling of the code including establishing an operator graph having a plurality of processing elements including a first processing element and a second processing element. The compiling of code including receiving a first compiler directive specifying an operator sub-graph included in the operator graph, the operator sub-graph containing one or more processing elements from the plurality of processing elements. The compiling of code including receiving a second compiler directive identifying the first processing element, the first processing element configured to bypass the operator sub-graph by transmitting a predicted output tuple to the second processing element in response to determining that a processing condition exists in the operator graph.
US09253068B1
Network traffic with encrypted packet payloads is classified based on monitored Domain Name System (DNS) query requests and responses. A network appliance, or some other computer, receives a DNS query request for a network name (e.g., host name) of a content server, and starts monitoring for a corresponding DNS query response. The network appliance receives the DNS query response and parses the DNS query response to retrieve an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the network name. The network appliance classifies the IP address as belonging to the content server or a network application associated with the content server. When the network appliance subsequently receives packets with a source or destination address that matches the IP address, the network appliance classifies the received packets as belonging to the content server or a network application associated with the content server.
US09253064B2
A system and method for selfish child clustering are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a selfish node; and a plurality of servicing nodes each connected to the selfish node, wherein the selfish node selects a first one of the servicing nodes to service requests therefrom; and wherein the selfish node evaluates a responsiveness of the first one of the servicing nodes and, responsive to a determination that the responsiveness of the first one of the servicing nodes is unacceptable, the selfish node selects a second one of the servicing nodes to service requests therefrom.
US09253062B2
A method and an apparatus for testing a network. A source port unit may generate a packet including a payload, the payload comprising a content identifier and content data in accordance with the content identifier, and transmit the packet via the network. A destination port unit may receive the packet and extract the content identifier and received content data from the received packet. The destination port unit may obtain expected content data in accordance with the extracted content identifier and compare the expected content data and the received content data.
US09253037B2
A method for providing a virtualization system includes receiving a plurality of virtualization system requirements from a customer that include a plurality of information handling systems (IHSs), at least one storage, and a plurality of configuration details. A primary IHS and a secondary IHS are designated, and configuration data, an application interface, and a primary IHS operating system are provided on the primary IHS. Following physical connection of the plurality of the IHSs and in response to activation of the primary IHS, a primary IHS first boot process initiates the application interface that then automatically activates the secondary IHS and uses the configuration data to automatically configure the at least one storage. In response to activation of the secondary IHS, a secondary IHS operating system on the secondary IHS initiates a secondary IHS first boot process that automatically configures virtualization software installed on the secondary IHS.
US09253035B2
Techniques, systems, and articles of manufacture for reducing switch state size in flow-based networks. A method includes installing a first hop rule on a first hop switch in a network for a given flow that originates from the first hop switch, wherein the rule adds tags onto a given packet that matches a description of the given flow, wherein the tags correspond to output ports used for forwarding the given packet on each subsequent switch in the network on the path of the given flow; installing and analyzing forwarding rules at each subsequent switch in the network on the path of the given flow to confirm a match with the given packet at each subsequent switch based only on the outermost tag on the given packet; and removing the outermost tag from the given packet and forwarding said given packet to the output port corresponding to said removed outermost tag.
US09253034B1
Techniques are described for initializing a plurality of network devices with similar network configurations, such as a common management device, platform, operating system, and network hostname. In one example, a management device comprises a computer-readable medium encoded with instructions for a configlet generator module and a device manager module and a processor to execute modules stored in the computer-readable medium of the management device. The processor executes the configlet generator module to generate a bulk configlet for a plurality of network devices, wherein the bulk configlet comprises a bulk identifier. The processor also executes the device manager module to receive a network session request from one of the plurality of network devices, wherein the network session request includes the bulk identifier, and to send specific configuration data to the one of the plurality of network devices in response to the network session request.
US09253027B2
In one embodiment, a network device may detect a data plane critical fault condition, while a corresponding control plane is not experiencing a critical fault condition. In response to a network device based critical fault condition, the network device may activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric for each network interface of the network device. On the other hand, in response to an interface based critical fault condition, the network device may activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric for one or more particular network interfaces of the interface based critical fault, and signals, over the control plane to a corresponding network device at an opposing end of each particular network interface of the interface based critical fault, a request to activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric at the opposing end of each particular network interface.
US09253022B2
Systems and methods for determining a version of a standard publication that is supported by a network element are provided. Version map information is requested and received from an external node in a managed network, including publication identifiers for at least one of the network elements. Each network element identified in the version map has an associated publication version and an indication of if the publication can be applicable to its directly or indirectly inferior nodes in the hierarchical instance tree. If a particular network element does not have a corresponding publication identifier in the received version map information, it can be determined if the network element can use the publication identifiers of a superior network element in the hierarchy.
US09253017B2
An integrated hybrid system is provided. The hybrid system includes compute components of different types and architectures that are integrated and managed by a single point of control to provide federation and the presentation of the compute components as a single logical computing platform.
US09253013B1
A method of updating a document object model (DOM) is disclosed. A request by a web browser for information to update the DOM is intercepted by intercepting an interaction with the DOM. The request is converted to a server request as part of a client-server protocol, requesting at least a portion of the information from a server. The server request is sent to the server. A first server response including at least a portion of the information from the server is received. The first server response is processed according to the client-server protocol to determine a first update to the DOM. The first update is applied to the DOM.
US09253011B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates interaction between a client and a web application. During operation, the system identifies a request that lacks a session identifier from the client to the web application. Next, the system obtains a client identifier associated with the client from the request. If a cached session identifier is found for the client identifier, the system adds the cached session identifier to the request. Finally, the system forwards the request to the web application.
US09253009B2
Systems and methodologies are described for processing information at a device operating in a wireless communication system. Techniques for in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) calibration, interference cancellation, channel estimation, and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and rank metric calculation are provided herein. As provided herein, one or more of the described techniques can be used to adjust the performance of a wireless station in the presence of impairments to the wireless station and/or a communication link used by the wireless station.
US09253007B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for rapid detection of digital content within received radio frequency (RF) signals. The disclosed embodiments digitize received RF signals and apply a cyclic prefix correlation to generate correlation values that are accumulated over a plurality of symbol times. The accumulated correlation values are then stored in a dump register after these plurality of symbol times, and the accumulated correlation values are used to determine whether or not digital content is present within the broadcast channel being analyzed. The disclosed embodiments are useful, for example, in determining whether DAB (Digital Radio Broadcast) digital content is present within audio broadcast channels by detecting the cyclic prefix within the DAB transmissions.
US09252996B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a component to change a value of a bit among a number of M bits of information when the M bits have the same value and when M exceeds a selected value. At least one of such embodiments can include a transmitting component to provide the information to a connection. At least one of such embodiments can include a receiving component to receive the information from the connection. In at least one of such embodiments, the selected value can include a maximum number of consecutive bits having the same value that such a receiving component can be configured to receive. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US09252993B2
An OFDM system uses a normal mode which has a symbol length T, a guard time TG and a set of N sub-carriers, which are orthogonal over the time T, and one or more fallback modes which have symbol lengths KT and guard times KTG where K is an integer greater than unity. The same set of N sub-carriers is used for the fallback modes as for the normal mode. Since the same set of sub-carriers is used, the overall bandwidth is substantially constant, so alias filtering does not need to be adaptive. The Fourier transform operations are the same as for the normal mode. Thus fallback modes are provided with little hardware cost. In the fallback modes the increased guard time provides better delay spread tolerance and the increased symbol length provides improved signal to noise performance, and thus increased range, at the cost of reduced data rate.
US09252989B2
A data dependent equalizer circuit includes a plurality of noise prediction filters. Respective ones of the noise prediction filters are configured to filter noise in sample data for at least one predetermined non-return to zero (NRZ) condition. A plurality of equalizers is communicatively coupled with the plurality of noise prediction filters. Respective ones of the plurality of equalizers are configured to yield equalized sample data that corresponds to the at least one predetermined NRZ condition for one or more of the noise prediction filters.
US09252985B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide impedance matching between a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and memory modules in a semiconductor storage device (SSD) system architecture. Specifically, a set (at least one) of memory modules is coupled to an FPGA. A damping resistor is placed at the impedance mismatching point to reduce signal noise.
US09252973B1
A system and method is disclosed for converting electronic messages to message posts. An electronic message client may be integrated with a social network. An electronic message composed using the electronic message service may be designated for one or more recipients who are also members of a social network associated with a sender of the electronic message. On determining that the one or more recipients are members of the social network; at least a portion of the electronic message may be provided as a message post to a message stream associated with the one or more recipients.
US09252972B1
A network device includes an internal policy engine that makes local policy decisions for packet flows and controls policies applied by service modules and forwarding components of the network device. The policy engine interacts with an external policy server to receive policies using software defined networking (SDN) protocol as if the data plane of the network device were directly exposed to the external policy server by the SDN protocol.
US09252969B2
A method is described for transmitting data between participants of a serial, ring-shaped communications arrangement in which the participants are serially connected to one another, wherein a data packet is passed from a participant provided as a master to further participants provided as slaves, wherein the data packet is passed from slave to slave, and wherein address information of the data packet is altered by each slave.
US09252964B2
In one embodiment, an example method is provided and includes sending link data from a node to a control entity; querying the control entity for a Many Tree assignment; receiving the Many Tree assignment from the control entity at the node; and joining a Many Tree based on the Many Tree assignment.
US09252960B2
In systems for establishing a cryptographic key depending on a physical uncloneable function (PUF) it may be a problem that internal information correlated with the cryptographic key is leaked to the outside of the system via a side-channel. To mitigate this problem a cryptographic system for reproducibly establishing a cryptographic key is presented. The system comprises a physical system comprising a physical, at least partially random, configuration of components from which an initial bit-string is derived. An error corrector corrects deviations occurring in the initial bit-string. Through the use of randomization the error corrector operates on a randomized data. Information leaking through a side channel is thereby reduced. After error correction a cryptographic key may be derived from the initial bit-string.
US09252947B1
A secure key distribution server (SKDS) determines the identity of a requesting server without use of a shared secret by resolving the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to a network address and comparing it with the network address of a key request. A credential string may also be used as part of the identification. Once identity is established, keys may be securely distributed. The SKDS may also be implemented in a peer-to-peer configuration.
US09252941B2
The present invention is a digital signatures scheme method and system that permits the generation of a digital signature in a manner whereby the generator is kept secret. The inclusion of a secret generator in the digital signatures scheme may reduce the potential for an attack upon the scheme to be successful. The present invention may incorporate a signing procedure and a verification procedure. The signing procedure may facilitate the determination of a group, and the identification of the generator from the group. The signing procedure may also keep the generator secret and may generate a digital signature of a message. The generator may be kept secret by one or more conditions, and one or more public keys may be utilized by the digital signatures scheme. The verification procedure may be a verification procedure operable to obtain the message and the digital signature and to verify the digital signature. Embodiments of the present invention may achieve processing of the signing procedure and/or verification procedure at a fast rate of speed, which may further diminish the chance of a successful attack upon the digital signatures scheme. Embodiments of the present invention may further generate variations of digital signatures.
US09252935B2
A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers.
US09252934B2
A method of network-based positioning using sounding reference signal (SRS) is proposed. An eNodeB configures a number of parameters of a periodic SRS transmission for a user equipment (UE). The eNodeB then transmits SRS configuration data for SRS measurements performed by a location measurement unit (LMU). The SRS configuration data includes cell-specific SRS bandwidth configuration and UE-specific SRS bandwidth configuration. The SRS configuration data may further include a number of antenna ports for SRS transmission, SRS frequency hopping bandwidth configuration, information on whether SRS sequence-group hopping is enabled, and ΔSS when SRS sequence hopping is enabled. Upon receiving the SRS configuration data, the LMU is able to perform timing measurements over the received SRS signals from the UE. In one embodiment, the LMU detects SRS dropping to avoid performance degradation of the network-based positioning.
US09252927B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a signaling processing method. The method includes: in a downlink subframe set, generating a downlink assignment index (DAI) respectively for a downlink subframe that has a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to be sent, where a value of the DAI is generated according to a preset rule and a sequence of carrier first and then subframe; and sending the PDCCH to the user equipment, where the PDCCH carries the DAI. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a transmission delay is shortened and transmission efficiency is improved.
US09252926B2
A method for a communications system, with a sender, which transmits data as packets to a receiver. The receiver transmits quality values to the sender representing the reception quality of packets received with errors. The receiver stores information regarding a number of received data packets, and there is a relay transceiver between the sender and the receiver. Both the relay transceiver and the sender can encode data packets into composite packets, M and to transmit composite packets to the receiver. Said stored information in the receiver comprises the data in correctly received packets and information regarding the reception quality of packets received with errors and the data of those packets, and the stored information is used by the receiver to decode composite packets, thereby extracting the data in the packets of the composite packets.
US09252921B2
Provided is a method and system for transmitting information. The method includes determining stream length information for at least one data stream to be transmitted and associating the stream length information with a system parameter message. The system parameter message including the associated stream length information is transmitted separately from the data stream. This process facilitates de-multiplexing of individual streams and the processing of stream data even if one or more individual streams are received in error.
US09252903B2
Despite a recent revision, IEEE 1588™-2008 does not provide a complete implementation for PTP (precision time protocol) that accounts for variable delays introduced by network components. According to a broad aspect, the present disclosure provides implementations that account for variable delays introduced by network components. Therefore, the amount of time that a packet spends in transit through a transparent clock can be accounted for. According to another broad aspect, there is provided a master-slave mode that allows a transparent clock to function as a master or a slave to another clock.
US09252901B2
A synchronization group management apparatus of a node recognizes a node belonging to a different group if groups having mobility are moved and located in the same area, and performs an operation of merging the different groups into one group by changing the frame start time and the synchronization reference time of the node.
US09252900B2
Various embodiments are described herein related to techniques for synchronizing a slave device to a master device that communicates using a unified bus communication protocol or some aspect thereof. In one example, the method may comprise assuming a first mode of operation for the unified bus communication protocol; searching for a synchronization pattern at one or more locations in transmitted data according to the first mode of operation; obtaining synchronization when the located synchronization pattern is verified according to at least one synchronization rule for the mode of operation; and if synchronization is not obtained based on the assumed first mode of operation, a second mode of operation for the unified bus communication protocol is assumed and the searching and obtaining acts are carried out on the transmitted data according to the second mode of operation.
US09252897B2
A method may include receiving a number of video feeds from video capture devices located at an event venue. The number of video feeds may be dynamically analyzed to determine feed information associated with the number of video feeds. A request to view a multi-feed event may be received from a user device. At least some of the number of video feeds may be provided to the user device in response to the request. Feed information corresponding to the at least some of the number of video feeds may be provided based on the dynamically analyzing.
US09252894B2
Method and arrangement for supporting calibration of correlated antennas. The method involves determining a timing difference τ between the correlated antennas based on variations in carrier signal strength over frequency in at least one direction from the correlated antennas and providing the determined timing difference τ for use in calibration of the correlated antennas.
US09252888B2
In a coherent optical receiver device, the control process for keeping received signals in high quality is complicated, therefore, a coherent optical receiver device according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a coherent optical receiver receiving input signal light; an input power monitor obtaining input power information determined on the basis of the power of the input signal light; a local oscillator connected to the coherent optical receiver; and a controller connected to the coherent optical receiver, the input power monitor, and the local oscillator; wherein the coherent optical receiver comprises a 90-degree hybrid circuit, a photoelectric converter, and an amplifier; the input power monitor is disposed in the optical path of the input signal light in a stage preceding the amplifier; and the controller obtains the input power information from the input power monitor and controls the power of local oscillation light output from the local oscillator on the basis of the input power information.
US09252886B2
Disclosed is an optical transceiver 1 including a phase locked loop circuit 3a configured to receive a reference clock CL1 and remove a jitter component of the reference clock CL1; a second phase locked loop circuit 3b configured to receive an output of the first phase locked loop circuit, generate a multiplied clock CL3 synchronized with the output, and when the frequency of the output deviates from a predetermined range and is in an abnormal state, output an alarm signal ALM1; and an optical transmitter module 5 configured to output an optical output signal modulated based on the multiplied clock CL3 and electrical signals D1, D2, D3, and D4 from the outside.
US09252885B2
A method for manufacturing a wavelength division multiplexing transmission apparatus, includes arranging laser devices in a line and fixing the laser devices to a first substrate, fixing to a second substrate reflectors arranged to multiplex laser beams emitted from the laser devices and to generate wavelength multiplexed light, and arranging collimator lenses on paths of the laser beams, adjusting positions of the collimator lenses so that the laser beams making up the wavelength multiplexed light become parallel and, thereafter, fixing the collimator lenses to the first substrate.
US09252874B2
Power management for a remote antenna unit(s) (RAUs) in a distributed antenna system. Power can be managed for an RAU configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the RAU. For example, the RAU may be configured to include power-consuming RAU modules to provide distributed antenna system-related services. As another example, the RAU may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the RAU to external power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the RAU, the power-consuming RAU modules and/or external power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the RAU. In this instance, the power available at the RAU can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the RAU.
US09252873B2
An optical transceiver, optical network and methods for using the same are disclosed. The optical transceiver and/or optical network and related methods may be useful for independently monitoring the optical transceiver and/or optical network. The optical transceiver generally includes an optical receiver configured to receive optical information; circuitry configured to calculate signal strength values of the received optical information from a plurality of remote optical transmitters; logic configured to process the signal strength values for each of the plurality of remote optical transmitters; and one or more memories configured to store the signal strength values. Optionally, the optical transceiver may notify a system or host when the transceiver, network or component thereof is operating outside a predetermined threshold.
US09252864B2
A method of forming a beam-link by a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system using a beamforming scheme includes determining at least one downlink beams to be used for downlink transmission and/or reception, transmitting a reference signal to a Mobile Station via the at least one downlink beam, receiving the reference signal via an uplink beam from the Mobile station, and updating the at least one downlink beam to increase a Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). Accordingly, a beam-link using an initial beam-link between the BS and the MS and adaptive beamforming can be rapidly constructed in a high frequency band BDMA cellular system.
US09252862B2
For certain embodiments, a preamble sequence associated with a particular number of transmit antennas may allow a receiving mobile station to determine the number of transmit antennas used for transmission. The preamble sequence may be selected from one of a set of Constant Amplitude and Zero Auto Correlation (CAZAC) sequences corresponding to all of the supported number of transmit antennas. As a result, a receiving station may be able to determine the sequence sent by correlation and, thereby determine the number of antennas used for transmission. Given the number of transmit antennas, the mobile station may then perform MIMO channel estimation during initial synchronization to recover the channel taps between each transmit and each receive antenna.
US09252860B1
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with beamforming with steering submatrix selection are described. According to one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet for transmit beamforming and identifying a first steering matrix. The first steering matrix includes weights, set forth in n rows and c columns, that are applicable to be applied to the packet in transmit beamforming of the packet. The method includes generating a second steering matrix having weights set forth in less than n rows or less than c columns. The weights of the second steering matrix are selected from the weights of the first steering matrix. The method includes providing the weights from the second steering matrix to a transmitter transmitting the packet for transmit beamforming of the packet.
US09252859B2
The present invention relates to a method for signaling a plurality of transmission parameters for a plurality of communications between a primary station and a plurality of respective secondary stations in a multi-user MIMO mode, comprising the steps of (a) signaling the value of at least one first transmission parameter in a multicast message to at least two secondary stations, the value of the first transmission parameter being common to the respective communications corresponding to the at least two secondary stations, and (b) signaling the value of at least one second transmission parameter in a plurality of unicast messages to each secondary stations of the plurality of secondary stations.
US09252855B2
A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US09252853B2
Examples are disclosed for beamforming to mitigate multi-user leakage and interference. The examples include an evolved node B (eNB) receiving feedback from user equipment (UEs) to indicate strongest or highest channel gains for various beams included in a plurality of beam sets. A selection process or scheme may then be implemented to select individual beams for a UE that minimizes or reduces leakage caused by the UE's use of a given beam. Reducing leakage may reduce interference to other UEs using other beams. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09252851B2
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus of performing outer loop link adaptation (OLLA) operation. This method may comprise: accelerating in an initial probing phase, increase of an OLLA scaling factor until obtaining a negative result regarding codeword selection; and fine modifying, in a fine modification phase, the scaling factor using an upturn factor and a downturn factor in response to the result regarding codeword selection so that a channel quality indication, which is modified using the scaling factor, is matched with its actual value. Compared with the prior art, the technical solution as provided in the present invention can quickly modify a CQI to match its actual value, thus this solution may effectively mitigate the CQI mismatch, improve the CQI feedback accuracy, and further enhance the cell throughput performance and frequency utilization.
US09252846B2
Embodiments are directed to detecting and identifying a type of a wireless power device in a wireless power transfer field. According to one aspect, systems and methods are disclosed which describe limiting power transfer to non-compliant devices and detection of undesired power absorbers, such as metal objects, in a wireless power system. A method may include detecting one or more non-compliant devices and/or undesired wireless power absorbers positioned within a charging region of a wireless power transmitter. The method may further include limiting an amount of power transmitted by a transmitter in response to the detection, or reducing the amount of power received by the non-compliant device.
US09252845B2
Near-field communications (NFC) with NFC reader devices are facilitated. In accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a NFC circuit that wirelessly communicates with different types of local NFC readers using an NFC protocol, a host circuit having one or more modules that communicate with one of the types of local NFC readers via the NFC circuit, and second (e.g., secure) modules that respectively communicate with a specific one of the different types of local NFC readers, also via the NFC circuit, using secure data stored within the second module. A routing circuit is responsive to an NFC communication received from a specific one of the NFC readers, by identifying one of the first and second modules that communicates with the specific one of the NFC readers, and routing NFC communications between the specific one of the NFC readers and the identified one of the modules.
US09252841B2
Systems and methods for building, transmitting, and receiving frame structures in power line communications (PLC) are described. Various techniques described herein provide a preamble design using one or more symbols based on a chirp signal that yields a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR). According to some techniques, the preamble may be constructed with one or more different types and/or number of symbols configured to identify a PLC domain operating in close physical proximity to another PLC domain. According to other techniques, one or more preamble symbols may be interspersed within a header portion of a PLC frame to facilitate estimation of a frame boundary and/or sampling frequency offset, for example, in the presence of impulsive noise. According to yet other techniques, a PLC detector may be capable of receiving and decoding two or more types of PLC frames (e.g., using different PLC standards).
US09252839B2
The present invention concerns a method and device for cancelling interference between a signal carried by a carrier current line of a system distributing digital services at the home of a subscriber and a signal carried by a telephone line of said system that is situated close to the carrier current line. The method is characterized in that it consists of obtaining the signal carried by the carrier current line, filtering it in order to obtain an estimate of the signal that disturbs the signal carried by the telephone line and subtracting this estimate from the signal carried by the telephone line.
US09252838B1
A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for transmitting wireless data across a coaxial cable. In one aspect, a set of computer-readable media provides a method that includes receiving a request from a mobile device for data and transmitting the data across a coaxial cable to a cable modem. The method further includes sending the data to the mobile device through a base station, wherein the base station communicates with the cable modem in order to receive the data.
US09252834B2
A transmitter device arranged to encode a set of digital input data into a succession of modulated chirps, whereby said digital input data are encoded according to a Gray code into codewords (320, 321, 322) having a plurality of bits, and having an interleaver that distributes the bits (C00, . . . Cnn) of each codeword into a series of digital modulation values (S0, . . . S7), at different bit positions, and to synthesize a series of modulated chirps whose cyclical shifts are determined by the modulation values. A special frame structure is defined in order to ensure high robustness, and variable bit-rate flexibility.
US09252833B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing a power-efficient driver architecture supporting rail-to-rail operation in full duplex mode. A driver is configured to drive a duplex signal over a transmission medium. A hybrid is configured to recover a received signal from the duplex signal. The received signal is generated by a remote transceiver. The driver is configured to drive the duplex signal based at least in part on the received signal recovered by the hybrid.
US09252831B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to systems, devices, and methods for mitigating effects of transmit signal leakage. A transceiver may include a transmitter and a receiver. The transceiver may further include a multi-tap analog adaptive filter coupled to each of the transmitter and the receiver and configured to generate an estimated transmit leakage signal based on at least a portion of a transmit signal from the transmitter and an error signal from the receiver.
US09252828B2
In a first antenna mode in a multi-antenna port radio access node, a set of logical antenna ports and its associated resource elements are mapped to a first set of physical antenna ports. Each physical antenna port comprises at least one power amplifier. Switching from first antenna mode to a second antenna mode is initiated upon receipt of information triggering antenna mode switching at a first point of time. During a time interval from the first point of time to a second point of time, the logical antenna ports are re-mapped to a second set of physical antenna ports. At the second point of time, at the end of the time interval, the antenna mode is switched to a second antenna mode by changing supply of power to each physical antenna port represented in the first set of physical antenna ports but not in the second set of antenna ports.
US09252814B2
A method and system are disclosed for providing combined error code protection and subgroup parity protection for a given group of n bits. The method comprises the steps of identifying a number, m, of redundant bits for said error protection; and constructing a matrix P, wherein multiplying said given group of n bits with P produces m redundant error correction code (ECC) protection bits, and two columns of P provide parity protection for subgroups of said given group of n bits. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the matrix P is constructed by generating permutations of m bit wide vectors with three or more, but an odd number of, elements with value one and the other elements with value zero; and assigning said vectors to rows of the matrix P.
US09252809B2
Serializer-Deserializer (SerDes) operation is optimized for signals based on signal error statistics. Forward Error Correction (FEC) may provide feedback of error statistics or error correction statistics to a SerDes tuner, which uses the statistics to selectively tune or adjust SerDes operating parameters, such as vertical and horizontal sampling or slicing offsets, gain and equalization, to decrease the bit error rate (BER). Statistics report which bits and patterns are corrected and to what values. Knowledge of expected and actual signals is leveraged to correlate detected errors with underlying problems and solutions to optimize SerDes operation. Each node in a network, such as a Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), is enabled to fine tune its operation independently for each logical or physical channel.
US09252808B1
A run length limit encoder includes a subdivided threshold lookup table to encode data using multi-level enumeration.
US09252797B1
The embodiments described herein provide a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The DAC implements a stepped return-to-zero (RZ) pulse scheme, where the DAC output includes the superposition of multiple time-offset RZ pulses. In one embodiment, the DAC includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a current source, and a current sink. The first switching element generates first RZ pulses, and the second switching element generates second RZ pulses, where the second RZ pulses are time-offset from the first RZ pulses. The first RZ pulses and second RZ pulses are combined to provide stepped RZ pulse output signal.
US09252795B2
A system for distributing a reference oscillator signal includes a clock having a reference oscillator and a femtosecond laser stabilized by the reference oscillator. The system also includes at least one beamsplitter configured to split the femtosecond laser. The system further includes one or more remote nodes that are spaced from the clock. The remote nodes are configured to generate reference signals based on the split femtosecond laser.
US09252794B1
An on-chip frequency calibration apparatus is described. A ring oscillator generates a clock signal. A trimmable resistor is coupled to the ring oscillator. A frequency detector detects the frequency of the clock signal generated from the ring oscillator. The frequency detector includes a frequency divider component that divides the frequency of the clock signal by a predetermined number to derive an output signal having a pulse duration that is equal to at least one period of the clock signal, a capacitor, a capacitor charging current source, and a capacitor charge transistor directs a charging current generated from the capacitor charging current source to the capacitor as a function of the output signal generated from the frequency divider component. A resistor trimming unit trims the trimmable resistor in response to determining that the frequency detected by the frequency detector is less than a target frequency threshold.
US09252791B1
A phase locked loop (PLL) system generates an oscillator signal by providing a fixed control voltage to a programmable voltage to current converter having switch selection inputs and a variable current output. Logic values are provided to the switch selection inputs to adjust a control current at the variable current output and a frequency of the oscillator signal is adjusted based on the control current. The logic values are fixed when a first condition is reached, which is based on the frequency of the oscillator signal, a division factor, and an input reference signal frequency. The fixed control voltage provided to the programmable voltage to current converter is then replaced with a charge pump control voltage based on an error signal. The error signal is based on a comparison of the input reference signal frequency and a fraction of the oscillating frequency.
US09252787B2
A method for the control of a phase shift between a transmission signal and a received signal of an electromechanical transducer unit to a predetermined value in an oscillatory circuit. The received signal is sampled at discrete points in time predetermined based on the transmission signal. Sampled voltage values are compared with desired values, which the received signal assumes at the respective points in time, when the predetermined phase shift is present, and, in the case of a deviation of a voltage value from its desired value, based on the sign of the deviation, the frequency of the transmission signal is decreased or increased.
US09252785B2
Clock recovery for a data receiving unit is disclosed. Clock recovery can include obtaining an early/late signal from an incoming data stream. The early/late signal indicates if a set of one or more data samples of the incoming data stream tends to be earlier or later than an edge of a phase-rotated clock signal provided depending on a phase offset value. Clock recovery can include updating a phase rotation counter value in response to the early/late signal. Clock recovery can include determining the phase offset value depending on a rounded phase rotation counter value. The phase offset value can be further determined by selecting one of a set of options including maintaining, increasing, or decreasing the rounded phase rotation counter value. The selecting is performed depending on the early/late signal and depending on the phase rotation counter value.
US09252781B2
An oscillator uses a differential signal corresponding to a difference between an oscillation output f1 of a first oscillator circuit and an oscillation output f2 of a second oscillator circuit as a temperature detection value, and outputs a control signal for reducing an influence caused by a temperature characteristic of the oscillation output f1 based on the differential signal. The oscillator includes a switching unit configured to alternately switch between a first state where a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal are connected to a storage unit for access of an external computer to the storage unit, and a second state where the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal are respectively connected to a first signal path and a second signal path via a frequency reduction unit such that the output signals from the frequency reduction unit are extracted to an external frequency measuring unit.
US09252775B2
Described herein is a high-voltage level-shifter (HVLS) that can be used for both NMOS and PMOS bridges, exhibits a higher voltage tolerance for over-clocking than traditional level-shifters, has reduced crowbar current in its input driver, and no contention in its output driver. The HVLS comprises an input driver including a first signal conditioning unit, the input driver operating on a first power supply level and for conditioning an input signal as a first signal in the first signal conditioning unit; and a circuit to receive the first signal and to provide a second signal based at least in part on the first signal, the second signal being level-shifted from the first power supply level to a second power supply level, wherein the second power supply level is higher than the first power supply level.
US09252765B2
A dual-mode PMOS transistor is disclosed that has a first mode of operation in which a switched n-well for the dual-mode PMOS transistor is biased to a high voltage. The dual-mode PMOS transistor has a second mode of operation in which the switched n-well is biased to a low voltage that is lower than the high voltage. The dual-mode PMOS transistor has a size and gate-oxide thickness each having a magnitude that cannot accommodate a permanent tie to the high voltage. An n-well voltage switching circuit biases the switched n-well to prevent voltage damage to the dual-mode PMOS transistor despite its relatively small size and thin gate-oxide thickness.
US09252761B2
Some embodiments relate to a level detector, comprising a current mirror including first and second current legs to carry first and second signals, respectively. The first current leg includes a first variable resistor and the second current leg includes a second variable resistor. During a calibration mode, a switching element provides a predetermined reference voltage across first and second control terminals of the first and second variable resistors, respectively. During a non-calibration mode, the switching element decouples the predetermined reference voltage from the first and second control terminals, and provides a signal across the first and second control terminals. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09252755B1
A control circuit is provided that enables a register to provide a synchronous initialization capability as well as an asynchronous capability despite the register having no asynchronous input.
US09252754B2
A scan flip-flop, which performs a normal operation latching a data input and a scan operation latching a scan input, includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a latch. The first circuit determines a voltage of an intermediate node based on a clock signal, one of the data input and the scan input, and data of a latch input node. The second circuit determines the data based on the clock signal, the voltage of the intermediate node and the data input during the normal operation, and determines the data based on the clock signal and the voltage of the intermediate node during the scan operation. The latch latches the data based on the clock signal.
US09252750B2
The present invention is made to not only reduce voltage drop when a power supply circuit makes a selection between a power supply voltage from a main power supply and a backup power supply voltage from an auxiliary power supply, but also reduce the power consumption of the auxiliary power supply. The power supply circuit, which is in a semiconductor integrated circuit, includes a measurement circuit, a switch control circuit, and a switch circuit. The switch circuit includes a first switch element and a second switch element. The first switch element is coupled between an output terminal and a first input terminal. The second switch element is coupled between the output terminal and a second input terminal. The measurement circuit operates on the main power supply voltage at the first input terminal and compares the main power supply voltage with the auxiliary power supply voltage.
US09252746B2
A control device of a receiving device includes an interference wave detector that detects an interference wave within an intermediate frequency band in a signal converted by a mixer that converts a reception signal of a radio frequency band with a certain radio frequency as a center into an intermediate signal of the intermediate frequency band based on a signal of a local oscillation frequency different from the radio frequency. The control device further includes a frequency controller that changes the local oscillation frequency so that the intermediate frequency band gets away from a band of the interference wave when the interference wave is detected.
US09252733B2
Switchable and/or tunable filters, methods of manufacture and design structures are disclosed herein. The method of forming the filters includes forming at least one piezoelectric filter structure comprising a plurality of electrodes formed on a piezoelectric substrate. The method further includes forming a micro-electro-mechanical structure (MEMS) comprising a MEMS beam formed above the piezoelectric substrate and at a location in which, upon actuation, the MEMS beam shorts the piezoelectric filter structure by contacting at least one of the plurality of electrodes.
US09252730B2
An audio processing device is provided. The audio processing device includes a shaper. The shaper receives a digital input audio signal and generates an output audio signal at an output terminal according to the digital input audio signal. The shaper includes a gain adjustment unit and a shaping unit. The gain adjustment unit receives the digital input audio signal and adjusts the digital input audio signal to generate a gained audio signal. The shaping unit receives the gained audio signal. When the shaper operates in a first mode, the shaping unit shapes an envelope of the gained audio signal to generate a shaped audio signal, and the shaped audio signal serves as the output audio signal.
US09252724B2
There is provided an amplification stage including an envelope tracking modulated supply for tracking a reference signal, comprising a low frequency path for tracking low frequency variations in the reference signal and for providing a first output voltage, and a high frequency path for tracking high frequency variations in the reference signal and for providing a second output voltage, and a combiner for combining the first and second output voltages to provide a third output voltage, the amplification stage further comprising a first amplifier arranged to receive the first output voltage as a supply voltage, and a second amplifier arranged to receive the third output voltage as a supply voltage, wherein the first and second amplifiers are enabled in different modes of operation.
US09252721B2
Techniques for controlling one or more audio amplifiers in or associated with a device coupled on a local area network are disclosed. An example playback device includes a processor, an amplifier, a network interface, and a memory. The memory includes a software module that, when executed by the processor, causes the playback device to: operate in a first power mode in which the amplifier consumes a first amount of power; while operating in the first power mode, determine that a defined time has passed since receiving, via the network interface, a specified type of data packet; and based on determining that the defined time has passed since receiving the specified type of data packet, transition from operating in the first power mode to operate in a second power mode in which the amplifier consumes a second amount of power, wherein the first amount of power is greater than the second amount of power.
US09252717B2
An approach for a transconductance cell for use in a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is provided. The transconductance cell includes a first NFET stack connected in series to a first PFET stack. The transconductance cell includes a second NFET stack connected in series to a second PFET stack. The first NFET stack and the first PFET stack are cross-coupled to the second NFET stack and the second PFET stack. The first NFET stack and the second NFET stack are connected to a tail node. The first PFET stack and the second PFET stack are connected to a power supply node.
US09252714B2
A transmission signal power control device includes: at least one low-power attenuator configured to attenuate amplitude of a transmission signal when an absolute value of the amplitude of the transmission signal is smaller than or equal to a clipping threshold; a power amplifier configured to amplify the transmission signal output from the at least one low-power attenuator; and a control unit configured to stop operation of the power amplifier when the absolute value of the amplitude of the transmission signal is smaller than or equal to a value and operate the power amplifier when the absolute value of the amplitude of the transmission signal is larger than the value.
US09252699B2
When a command frequency to a rotating electric machine is included in an inverter lock frequency band, a frequency switching section switches the command frequency to a frequency outside the inverter lock frequency band by changing a slip frequency command value. In response to this, a torque command change section changes a torque command to a second rotating electric machine other than a first rotating electric machine of which the slip frequency is changed such that a torque fluctuation caused by the change of the slip frequency command value is canceled out.
US09252697B2
A motor controller configured to control an SRM includes an inverter connected to an SRM, a torque and flux estimator configured to estimate a torque and a flux generated in the SRM as an estimated torque and an estimated flux, based on output from the inverter and a rotor angle of the switched reluctance motor, a switching pattern selector configured to select one of a plurality of switching patterns based on comparing a result of a reference torque and the estimated torque, comparing a result of a reference flux and the estimated flux, and a flux phase angle, and performing switching of the inverter in accordance with a selected switching pattern, and a reference flux calculator configured to obtain the reference flux from a flux trajectory and the rotor angle changing the flux trajectory, the flux trajectory indicating a relationship between the rotor angle and the reference flux.
US09252691B2
One embodiment includes a back-electromagnetic force (BEMF) sense system. The system includes a sense amplifier configured to measure an amplitude of a selected one of a plurality of phase voltages relative to a center tap voltage associated with a servo motor for the calculation of an associated BEMF voltage. The plurality of phase voltages can be provided to the sense amplifier via a respective plurality of control nodes. The selected one of the plurality of phase voltages on a respective one of the control nodes can be selected based on coupling the other of the plurality of control nodes associated with the other of the plurality of phase voltages to a voltage source configured to provide a predetermined voltage magnitude.
US09252690B2
Some embodiments provide a system that generates a coil switching signal for a brushless DC motor. During operation, the system determines a magnetic field of the brushless DC motor at a first time and a magnetic field of the brushless DC motor at a second time. Then, the coil switching signal is generated based on a relationship between the magnetic field determined at the first time and a first predetermined threshold, and the magnetic field determined at the second time and a second predetermined threshold.
US09252683B2
In a preferred embodiment, a voltage inverter comprises a voltage converter circuit and a controller. The voltage inverter produces a time-varying output voltage from an input voltage, which can be a DC input voltage or an AC input voltage. The controller provides a control signal at a duty ratio determined dynamically by a set of signals. The set of signals include the time-varying output voltage, a predetermined output voltage, a gain factor and an inductor current in the voltage converter circuit. The predetermined output voltage can have an AC waveform or an arbitrary time-varying waveform. The voltage inverter operates to match the time-varying output voltage to the predetermined output voltage. Input-output linearization is used to design a buck inverter, and input-output linearization with leading edge modulation is used to design boost and buck-boost inverters under conditions where left half plane zero effects are present.
US09252669B2
The present invention provides an Alternating Current/Direct Current (AC/DC) converter employing measures not only against residual voltage but also to reduce power consumption. The AC/DC converter receives an Alternating Current (AC) voltage through a concentric plug and converts the AC voltage into a Direct Current (DC) voltage. A discharge path is disposed on a path from a discharge terminal to a ground terminal. A detection circuit compares a wave detection voltage with a predetermined threshold voltage, and enables the discharge path to be turned on when the wave detection voltage is continuously lower than the threshold voltage for a predetermined detection time.
US09252667B2
Devices and systems for power electronic circuits are provided. Embodiments of the present invention enable high density inductive energy storage by using electromechanical coupling between an electrically conducting inductive element and a mechanical resonator to passively store energy via both electromagnetic and mechanical mechanisms. A microelectromechanical inductor (MEMI) is provided utilizing a magnet and a conductor. In a specific embodiment, the MEMI includes a permanent magnet on a compliant layer centrally disposed within a spiral coil. In a further embodiment, a second coil is provided near the magnet to provide a resonating transducer.
US09252658B2
A level-crossing based circuit with offset voltage cancellation includes a first level-crossing detector section having a first output capacitor, wherein the first level-crossing section is configured to charge the first output capacitor to a first voltage corresponding to an input signal. The first voltage includes a first offset voltage. The level-crossing based circuit also includes a second level-crossing detector section having a second output capacitor, wherein the second level-crossing detector section is configured to discharge the second output capacitor to a second voltage corresponding to the input signal such that the second voltage includes a second offset voltage that is substantially equal in magnitude to the first offset voltage and opposite in polarity to the first offset voltage relative to an average of the first voltage and the second voltage.
US09252657B2
A wind turbine generator comprising: an electrical generator configured to generate AC signals, a plurality of power converters operated by a gating signal, each power converter configured to convert the AC signals from electrical generator into fixed frequency AC signals, a transducer configured to measure the combined output from the power converters, and a controller configured to phase-displace the gating signal of one of the power converters to substantially minimize harmonic components of the combined output.
US09252648B2
A power generator 100 of the present invention is configured to be used in a state that the power generator 100 is fixedly attached to a vibrating body formed of a magnetic material. The power generator 100 includes a main unit 1 having a power generating unit 10 configured to generate electric power by utilizing vibration and a base 23 having one surface on which the power generating unit 10 is supported and another surface 230 opposed to the one surface; and at least one permanent magnet 911 disposed on the side of the other surface 230 of the base 23 in a state that the permanent magnet 911 can be displaced or deformed in a thickness direction of the base 23. When the main unit 1 is fixedly attached to the vibrating body through an attachment 9 including the permanent magnet 911, the main unit 1 is configured to generate the electric power by utilizing vibration of the vibrating body.
US09252638B2
A rotary electric machine according to the present invention is a rotary electric machine including: a heat sink mounted with a power circuit; a housing for containing incorporated components; and a frame for containing a rotor and a stator core; the heat sink, the housing, and the frame being coaxially and integrally configured. In the rotary electric machine, there are included a lead frame connected to a power circuit, and a connector portion connected to the lead frame and being for connecting to the outside; the heat sink is made of metal; and the housing is made of resin.
US09252633B2
A system for accelerated assessment of operational uncertainties in an electrical power distribution system includes a plurality of utility assets, and a distribution analysis (“DA”) system. DA system includes a preparation module configured to identify a first network model and a reduced network model for the electrical power distribution system. DA system also includes an input module configured to identify a plurality of scenarios, and a reduced-model-analysis module configured to analyze the reduced network model using the plurality of scenarios, generating a first set of results, and to select a subset of scenarios based on the first set of results. DA system further includes a full-model-analysis module configured to analyze the first network model using the subset of scenarios, generating a second set of results. DA system also includes a command module configured to dispatch configuration commands to utility assets based on the second set of results.
US09252623B2
A battery pack includes a secondary battery; and a protection device including: a measurement unit coupled to the secondary battery and configured to measure a temperature and a voltage of the secondary battery; a temperature estimation unit coupled to the measurement unit and configured to estimate a future temperature of the secondary battery; and a charging/discharging unit coupled to the secondary battery and configured to adjust a current or an input voltage applied to the secondary battery based on the future temperature and the voltage of the secondary battery.
US09252614B2
A vehicle including a battery, a plug receiving portion for receiving a plug for supply an electric power to be charged in the battery or a plug for receiving an electric power discharged from the battery, a lid for closing the plug receiving portion and a light for illuminating the plug receiving portion. In the vehicle, when the state of the vehicle becomes a running mode indicating a state that the running of the vehicle is permitted, the light is turned off.
US09252611B2
Provided are a magnetic field shield sheet for a wireless charger, which blocks an effect of an alternating-current magnetic field generated when a charger function for a portable mobile terminal device is implemented in a non-contact wireless manner on a main body of the portable mobile terminal device and exhibits excellent electric power transmission efficiency, a method of manufacturing the sheet, and a receiver for the wireless charger by using the sheet. The sheet includes: at least one layer thin magnetic sheet made of an amorphous ribbon separated into a plurality of fine pieces; a protective film that is adhered on one surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a first adhesive layer provided on one side of the protective film; and a double-sided tape that is adhered on the other surface of the thin magnetic sheet via a second adhesive layer provided on one side of the double-sided adhesive tape, wherein gaps among the plurality of fine pieces are filled by some parts of the first and second adhesive layers, to thereby isolate the plurality of fine pieces.
US09252607B2
A communication terminal having a secondary battery and configured to control charge of the secondary battery, a charge control program, and a charge control method of the communication terminal are provided. The communication terminal includes a first detection unit configured to detect a temperature, a second detection unit configured to detect a transmission power of an electric wave, a charge unit configured to perform intermittent charge to the secondary battery, and a change unit configured to change a duty ratio of the intermittent charge by the charge unit based on the temperature detected by the first detection unit and the transmission power detected by the second detection unit.
US09252603B2
An auxiliary power device includes an auxiliary power source having first and second charging cells connected in series, a cell balance circuit configured to sense a charging voltage between the first and second charging cells, generate a balance voltage based on the sensed charging voltage, and applies the generated balance voltage between the first and second charging cells, and a microprocessor configured to diagnose the first and second charging cells based on the sensed charging cells and control the cell balance circuit.
US09252594B2
A load driving device includes a power storage device, a first power converter, a ring-shaped filter, a first output-side power line, and a first input-side power line. The first output-side power line extends through an opening so that a first output-side common mode current caused by switching the first switching element flows inside the opening through the first output-side power line in a first output-side flow direction. The first input-side power line extends through the opening so that a first input-side common mode current caused by switching the first switching element flows inside the opening through the first input-side power line in a first input-side flow direction same as the first output-side flow direction.
US09252592B2
A semiconductor device includes a rectifier coupled between a circuit ground and a terminal for coupling to an external circuit, a transistor-enhanced current path coupled to the rectifier, and a switching circuit coupled to the transistor-enhanced current path and coupled between the terminal and the circuit ground. The switching circuit is configured to turn off the transistor-enhanced current path during normal operation, and turn on the transistor-enhanced current path when an electrostatic discharge occurs at the terminal.
US09252587B2
An apparatus and method for selectively automatically resetting an electronic protection device. The electronic protection device may protect a motor load by disconnecting the load from a power source when the current drawn by the load exceeds a threshold, when the power source suffers from a phase imbalance or phase loss, or when another condition is detected. The electronic protection device discriminates between different types of fault conditions and determines whether to suppress an automatic reset function of the device. The electronic protection device includes a reset energy storage device for automatically resetting the electronic protection device following a trip event using energy from the reset energy storage device. In operation, the electronic protection device detects a fault condition not calling for an automatic reset, then discharges the reset energy storage device and trips the electronic protection device before the reset energy storage device recharges.
US09252583B2
A method of wrapping elongate material with a sheath having first and second single-sided adhesive tapes the tapes laminated to one another with an offset, a free edge of the first adhesive tape aligned parallel to the center axis such that, relative to the center axis of the material, the adhesive of the first adhesive tape lies outwards, the first adhesive tape of the sheath guided by the free edge onto the material, and wound around the material so that the first adhesive tape essentially completely envelopes the material, the second adhesive tape also wound around the material, the exposed adhesive of the second adhesive tape bonding to the exposed adhesive of the first adhesive tape, so that the material is surrounded by at least two plies of adhesive tape.
US09252582B2
A plug-in type busbar for connecting with a relay or a breaker includes an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive busbar parts insulated from each other in the insulating housing. Two interface sets are provided on two ends of the busbar respectively. One interface set on one end of one busbar can be inserted in the other interface set of the other bus bar. The busbar is connectable with adjacent busbars through the interface sets at both ends thereof. At least an electrical connection is formed between the adjacent two busbars after the adjacent two busbars are inserted each other. When a longer busbar is demanded, an extended structure can be obtained by simply connecting two busbars together, and a connection of the busbars can be completed by connecting the insulating housing in a plugged manner.
US09252574B2
A method for installing and removing a row of cables from a cable array is provided. The method includes providing an installation tool having a first body with a plurality of arms extending from one side. The plurality of arms being configured to receive a cable connector body, the plurality of arms including at least one first projection extending from one of the plurality of arms. The installation tool is moved onto a row of cables held coupled together by a bracket, each of the cables in the row of cables having a cable connector body. The connector bodies are engaged into receptacles and the bracket is moved with the at least one first projection.
US09252566B2
A method of manufacturing a light emitting element includes, sequentially, (a) forming a mask layer for selective growth; (b) forming a layered structure body by layering a first compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer; (c) forming, on the second surface of the second compound semiconductor layer, a second electrode and a second light reflecting layer formed from a multilayer film; (d) fixing the second light reflecting layer to a support substrate; (e) removing the substrate for manufacturing a light emitting element, and exposing the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer and the mask layer; and (f) forming a first light reflecting layer formed from a multilayer film and a first electrode on the first surface of the first compound semiconductor layer.
US09252560B2
The invention relates to scanning pulsed laser systems for optical imaging. Coherent dual scanning laser systems (CDSL) are disclosed and some applications thereof. Various alternatives for implementation are illustrated, including highly integrated configurations. In at least one embodiment a coherent dual scanning laser system (CDSL) includes two passively modelocked fiber oscillators. The oscillators are configured to operate at slightly different repetition rates, such that a difference δfr in repetition rates is small compared to the values fr1 and fr2 of the repetition rates of the oscillators. The CDSL system also includes a non-linear frequency conversion section optically connected to each oscillator. The section includes a non-linear optical element generating a frequency converted spectral output having a spectral bandwidth and a frequency comb comprising harmonics of the oscillator repetition rates. A CDSL may be arranged in an imaging system for one or more of optical imaging, microscopy, micro-spectroscopy and/or THz imaging.
US09252543B2
A dual orientation connector assembly for mating with a mating connector in two directions, including: an insulative housing defining a side wall, a printed circuit board (PCB) received in the housing, a mating member soldered on the PCB, a cable extending from an end of the insulative housing, and a magnetic component disposed in the insulative housing to provide a retaining force for retaining to the mating connector. The mating member includes a mounting portion received in the insulative housing, a mating portion extending out of the side wall of the insulative housing for mating with the mating connector, and a number of terminals mounted in the mating portion. The mating portion includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface and the second surface have the same number of the terminals.
US09252539B2
An internally switched female receptacle or connector for use with IEC 60309-2 configuration plugs and the like. Various plug-latching and plug-actuated safety interlock arrangements coordinate strictly axial plug movement relative to the receptacle with the closing and opening of sleeve contacts and terminal pressure contacts. A continuous ground feature ensures grounding of the primary electrical circuit throughout plug insertion and withdrawal. An optional low-current lighting control circuit powers an LED status indicator. A modular clocking design enables variable angular positioning of the terminals during manufacture.
US09252533B2
A data cabling jack device for configuring a plurality of cables on an assembly frame is provided. The data cabling jack device includes a housing and an engaging structure. The housing has an accommodation space, wherein the housing includes a jack side and a cable side opposite to the jack side. The engaging structure is disposed on the housing and has an engaging switch and an engaging portion, wherein the engaging switch is switched between a release position and an engaging position. The release position and the engaging position are respectively disposed nearby the cable side and the jack side. The engaging portion engages the assembly frame when the engaging switch is switched from the release position to the engaging position to drive the engaging portion to protrude out of the assembly frame.
US09252527B2
A relay terminal (10) made of copper or copper alloy and configured to join an aluminum wire (20) and a copper wire (30) by being electrically connected to the aluminum wire (20) and the copper wire (30) includes a first barrel portion (11) to be caulked and crimped to an aluminum core (21) of the aluminum wire (20) made of aluminum or aluminum alloy, which is a metal different from copper or copper alloy constituting the relay terminal (10), a second barrel portion (12) to be caulked and crimped to a copper core (31) of the copper wire (30), a bottom plate (13) configured to link the first barrel portion (11) and the second barrel portion (12), and a projecting portion (41) (water drainage portion (40)) provided on the bottom plate (13) and configured to restrict the intrusion of water from the second barrel portion (12) toward the first barrel portion (11).
US09252518B2
An electric connection structure of an electronic component includes: an electric conductor that has a connection pin formed of an electric conductive metal and in which a contact is formed in an end portion opposite to the connection pin; an electronic component that has a metal terminal for inputting and outputting an electric signal, on a bottom surface which opposes the electric conductor; and a housing that has a holding portion for holding the electric conductor and a fixing portion for fixing the electronic component, wherein the electronic component is brought into contact with the housing, and is fixed by the fixing portion so that the contact is elastically deformed and the metal terminal and the contact are electrically connected to each other.
US09252514B2
A contact unit includes a first conduction path in the form of a thin film arranged along a peripheral surface of an insulating elastic body, a second conduction path arranged along the first conduction path, and a connecting conduction path electrically connecting the first and second conduction paths to each other. A frame has a through hole. The frame supports the contact unit so that the first conduction path exposed from both openings of the through hole is brought into contact with connection objects and that the second conduction path is entirely received in the through hole.
US09252503B2
An electrical grounding device can have a grounding plate and an insulated connecting wire. Having an insulated connecting wire reduces or prevents corrosion of the connecting wire by the surrounding underground soil. A grounding assembly is also provided and can have such a grounding device. The grounding assembly can include additional grounding devices which can also have an insulated connecting wire. A method of measuring resistance to ground of a grounding device of a grounding assembly having a multiple grounding devices and one or more bonding wires routed through a conduit is also disclosed. Having all but one of the connecting wires and bonding wires insulated or insulating all the connecting wires of the grounding devices of the grounding assembly allows measurement of resistance to ground by electrically disconnecting all but the connecting wire of the grounding device to be tested, contacting one terminal of an ohm meter to the connecting wire of the grounding device to be tested and contacting the other terminal of the ohm meter to the earth or ground, and reading the ohm meter.
US09252494B2
An antenna device comprising an antenna element disposed on a mounting board separate from a main circuit board, a coupling means disposed on the mounting board such that it is electromagnetically coupled to the antenna element, and a frequency-adjusting means disposed on the mounting board such that it is connected to the coupling means, the antenna element comprising first and second strip-shaped antenna elements integrally connected for sharing a feeding point, the second antenna element being shorter than the first antenna element; the coupling means being formed on a dielectric chip attached to the mounting board, and having a coupling electrode electromagnetically coupled to part of the first antenna element. The frequency-adjusting means comprises a parallel resonance circuit comprising a variable capacitance circuit and a first inductance element, and a second inductance element series-connected to the parallel resonance circuit.
US09252487B2
Embodiments provide single-sided and multi-layered circular polarized, self-contained, compound loop antennas (circular polarized CPL). Embodiments of the CPL antennas produce circular polarized signals by using two electric field radiators physically oriented orthogonal to each other, and by ensuring that the two electric field radiators are positioned such that an electrical delay between the two electric field radiators results in the two electric field radiators emitting their respective electric fields out of phase. Ensuring the proper electrical delay between the two electric field radiators also maintains high efficiency of the antenna and it improves the axial ratio of the antenna.
US09252486B2
A planar monopole antenna for dual-band Wi-Fi application is disclosed. The antenna has a ground copper and a radiation copper. The radiation copper is adhered to a substrate and has an arrowhead-shaped pattern connected to a long-wide pattern. The arrowhead and long-wide patterns are aligned along the longitudinal direction of the antenna. The ground copper is adhered to the substrate and has a rectangularly-shaped pattern with an opening at one end thereof for the reception of the base of the long-wide pattern of the radiation copper in the longitudinal direction. Reception of the radiation copper into the opening of the ground copper forms an U-shaped separation that is approximately 0.6 mm wide. The antenna has a gross span of approximately 45 mm and a width of approximately 7 mm.
US09252484B2
A communication antenna device (D), on board a motor vehicle, for communicating with an antenna of a portable device, includes: a communication antenna (A) including a first part (A1) having a maximum number of primary windings (E1MAX) and a second part (A2) having a maximum number of secondary windings (E2MAX), a microcontroller (10) electrically connected to the antenna (A), a first switching element (M1), for connecting the first part and/or the second part to the microcontroller (10), a second switching element (M2), for connecting a determined number of primary windings (E1i) of the first part to the microcontroller (10), a third switching element (M3), for connecting a determined number of secondary windings (E2j) of the second part to the microcontroller (10), and elements for controlling (20) the first, second and third switching elements.
US09252483B2
An improved active antenna system is distinguished inter alia by the following features: comprising a first antenna group (5) which is provided for transmitting and receiving operation, comprising a second antenna group (10) which is provided for receiving operation, the two antenna groups (5, 10) are arranged above one another, and the supply network (N11, N12) of the first antenna group (5) has an amplitude distribution which is frequency-dependent, i.e. dependent on a transmitting and a receiving frequency.
US09252482B2
This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for integrating coil antennas in a carbon fiber chassis portable device. More particularly, the carbon fiber chassis portable device containing unidirectional weave carbon fibers in its chassis—to support near field communications (NFC) related functions—is described.
US09252478B2
A method of manufacturing a stamped antenna includes providing a sheet of metallic material for a first partial stamping that forms an antenna including at least one pilot hole, traces, contacts, carriers connected to the traces, and tie-bars between the traces. The antenna is placed on a fixture having at least one fixture pin that is inserted through the at least one lot hole. A pressure sensitive adhesive including at least one die cut hole is placed on the fixture, with the fixture pin being inserted through the die cut hole aligning the antenna and the pressure sensitive adhesive such that an adhesive region of the pressure sensitive adhesive is positioned on the traces of the antenna. The pressure sensitive adhesive is then bonded to the traces of the antenna. A second complete stamping is then performed on the antenna, including pressure sensitive adhesive, to remove the carriers and tie-bars.
US09252474B2
A coupling arrangement for the transfer of a microwave signal includes a motherboard having a first substrate with a first microstrip conductor, and a module having a second substrate with a second microstrip conductor. The module is attached to the motherboard such that the motherboard conductor by means of a connection is in electrical contact with the module conductor, whereby the microwave signal may be transferred between the motherboard conductor and the module conductor. The connection includes the motherboard conductor connected to a substrate integrated waveguide on the motherboard, which substrate integrated waveguide is connected to the module conductor via a slot coupling.
US09252463B2
The present application provides a charging system having a charger and a battery. The charging system provides a quick-charging mode and a normal-charging mode. The quick-charging mode may be activated to charge the battery if certain conditions are met and the charging system may also have an indicating device for indicating when the quick-charging mode is finished. More specifically, the charger of the present application provides selective charging modes and provides an ultra-quick charging solution which may be controlled by the changes in the temperature of the battery and which can increase the charging power to quickly provide enough energy to finish a work task.
US09252454B2
Disclosed is a secondary battery having a structure in which a jelly-roll having a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a cylindrical battery case, wherein a plate-shaped insulator mounted on the top of the jelly-roll includes a woven fabric or a knit fabric made of fibers.
US09252447B2
A composite anode for a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), comprising an anode support layer (ASL) of Ni—YSZ and an anode functional layer (AFL) of Ni—GDC, displays enhanced mechanical stability and similar or improved electrical efficiency to that of a Ni—GDC ASL for otherwise identical SOFCs. A SOFC employing the composite anode can be used for power generation at temperatures below 700° C., where the composite anode may include a second AFL of GDC disposed between the Ni—GDC layer and a GDC electrolyte.
US09252433B2
A method for producing power from a liquid reserve battery. The method including heating a liquid electrolyte and forcing the heated liquid electrolyte into gaps dispersed in a battery cell.
US09252423B2
A method for producing an electrode assembly includes: obtaining a porous active material molded body by molding a constituent material containing a lithium multiple oxide in the form of particles by compression, and then performing a heat treatment at a temperature of 850° C. or higher and lower than the melting point of the used lithium multiple oxide; forming a solid electrolyte layer by applying a liquid containing a constituent material of an inorganic solid electrolyte to the surface of the active material molded body including the inside of each pore of the active material molded body, and then performing a heat treatment; and bonding a current collector to the active material molded body exposed from the solid electrolyte layer.
US09252422B2
Disclosed is rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode including a positive active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative active material and an electrolyte wherein the positive active material layer includes a positive active material, a binder, a conductive material, and an activated carbon, the activated carbon includes micropores in which manganese ions are adsorbed and trapped, and the activated carbon is included in an amount of about 0.1 wt % to about 3 wt % based on the total weight of the positive active material layer.
US09252415B2
Arrays of planar solid state batteries are stacked in an aligned arrangement for subsequent separation into individual battery stacks. Prior to stacking, a redistribution layer (RDL) is formed over a surface of each wafer that contains an array; each RDL includes first and second groups of conductive traces, each of the first extending laterally from a corresponding positive battery contact, and each of the second extending laterally from a corresponding negative battery contact. Conductive vias, formed before or after stacking, ultimately couple together corresponding contacts of aligned batteries. If before, each via extends through a corresponding battery contact of each wafer and is coupled to a corresponding conductive layer that is included in another RDL formed over an opposite surface of each wafer. If after, each via extends through corresponding aligned conductive traces and, upon separation of individual battery stacks, becomes an exposed conductive channel of a corresponding battery stack.
US09252410B2
A power storage apparatus includes a power storage module having a plurality of power storage elements which are aligned in one direction; a device placed adjacently to the power storage module in the direction of the alignment of the power storage elements; a high-voltage cable used in charge and discharge of the power storage module; and a support structure configured to support the high-voltage cable at a plurality of points to position the high-voltage cable along a reference path. The high-voltage cable is configured to electrically connect an electrode terminal of the power storage module to the device. The electrode terminal is one of two electrode terminals of the power storage module and is located on a farther side of the power storage module from the device.
US09252409B2
A middle- or large-sized battery pack having two or more hexahedral battery modules, each including a plurality of chargeable and dischargeable plate-shaped unit cells, mounted in a pack case, wherein the battery pack removes heat generated during the charge and discharge of the unit cells using an air cooling method, the unit cells of each of the battery modules are vertically stacked such that the number of the unit cells corresponds to a height of a battery pack installation space defined in a vehicle while neighboring unit cells are spaced apart from each other such that a coolant channel is defined between the respective unit cells, the pack case is formed in a shape corresponding to the battery pack installation space in the vehicle, and a coolant for removing heat from the unit cells is introduced through at least one side of the pack case.
US09252407B2
A battery module including a plurality of battery cells and a cover, each battery cell having a vent portion aligned in one direction, and the cover being over the vent portions, the cover including an internal cavity and at least a portion of the internal cavity including a heat-resistance member.
US09252403B2
A rechargeable battery may include an electrode assembly that performs a charge and discharge action, a case in which the electrode assembly is inserted, a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case, and an electrode terminal in a terminal hole of the cap plate. The electrode terminal may include a plate terminal outside the cap plate and corresponding to the terminal hole, the plate terminal including a through-hole, a first groove, and a second groove, and a rivet terminal, the rivet terminal passing through the terminal hole, being inserted in the through-hole, and being riveted to the plate terminal at an upper end of the rivet terminal. The first groove may extend from the through-hole at an upper end side of the rivet terminal, and the second groove may extend from the first groove to an outer side of the plate terminal.
US09252394B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a substrate, an organic light emitting unit on the substrate, and a film encapsulation layer on the organic light emitting unit. The film encapsulation layer includes a hydrophobic organic layer disposed at an outermost portion of the film encapsulation layer.
US09252390B2
A method for manufacturing a joined body composed of a first substrate and a second substrate joined together by sealing resin material attached to a predetermined area of the first substrate includes: attaching a sheet material to the first substrate so as to cover the predetermined area, the sheet material including a sheet base material and the resin material provided on one main surface of the sheet base material; forming, after the attaching, in the sheet material, a slit by reducing a thickness of the resin material along an outline of the predetermined area; and separating, after the forming, part of the resin material inside the slit from the sheet base material to keep the part of the resin material inside the slit on the predetermined area of the first substrate and not to keep the rest of the resin material outside the slit on the first substrate.
US09252387B2
An illumination device includes a light-emitting element, a wire connected to the light-emitting element to supply electric power to the light-emitting element, and a light-transmitting resin configured to hold the light-emitting element and the wire in one piece. The light-transmitting resin defines an appearance of the illumination device. Light emitted from the light-emitting element is transmitted through the light-transmitting resin to be radiated from an outer surface of the light-transmitting resin.
US09252385B2
An organic light emitting device includes a base substrate defining an active area and a pad area that surrounds the active area, an organic light emitting layer formed on the active area, a first protective layer formed to cover the active area, where the organic light emitting layer is formed, and the pad area, a second protective layer formed to cover the first protective layer, and a dam formed between the first protective layer and the second protective layer, wherein the dam is located at a boundary between the active area and the pad area and includes a groove that is positioned separate from an outer portion of the active area.
US09252381B2
There is provided an organic electronic device that can exhibit a long lifetime while having a facilitated production process. An organic electronic device and a method for producing it, wherein the organic electronic device comprises two or more electrodes facing each other on a substrate, and an organic functional layer that includes at least a hole injecting layer and/or a hole transporting layer situated between two electrodes, wherein the hole injecting layer and/or hole transporting layer is formed as a thin-film from a fluid material that comprises anionic metal oxide clusters that include at least one metal element selected from among elements of Group 5, Group 6 or Groups 8-10 of the Periodic Table, the metal oxide clusters being polyoxometalates, dissolved or uniformly dispersed or mixed in an aqueous solvent.
US09252372B2
The invention relates to the use of a multinuclear metal or transition metal complex in an organic electronic device, said complex having a small ΔE spacing, particularly between 50 cm−1 and 2000 cm−1, between the lowest triplet state and the singlet state that is higher and is achieved by thermal backfilling from the triplet. The invention further relates to the use of the strong absorptions of such multinuclear metal complexes, particularly in OSCs.
US09252371B1
An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other, and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 or 2, and a ratio between a FWHM of a light absorption curve depending on a wavelength of the first compound in a solution state and in a thin film state satisfies the following Relationship Equation 1: FWHM2/FWHM1<2.5. In the Relationship Equation 1, FWHM1 is a FWHM of the light absorption curve depending on a wavelength in a solution state, and FWHM2 is a FWHM of the light absorption curve depending on a wavelength in a thin film state.
US09252358B2
First, a trench penetrating first conductive layers and interlayer insulating layers is formed. Next, a column-shaped conductive layer is formed to fill the trench via a side wall layer. Then, after formation of the side wall layer, by migration of oxygen atoms between the side wall layer and the first conductive layers or migration of oxygen atoms between the side wall layer and the interlayer insulating layers, a proportion of oxygen atoms in the side wall layer adjacent to the interlayer insulating layers is made larger than a proportion of oxygen atoms in the side wall layer adjacent to the first conductive layers, whereby the side wall layer adjacent to the first conductive layers is caused to function as the variable resistance element.
US09252354B2
Vertical Hall device with highly conductive node for electrically connecting first and second Hall effect regions. A vertical Hall device comprises a first Hall effect region and a different second Hall effect region, both in a common semiconductor body. The first and second Hall effect regions have a main face and an opposite face, respectively. A highly conductive opposite face node is in ohmic contact to the opposite face of the first Hall effect region and the opposite face of the second Hall effect region in the semiconductor body. The vertical Hall device also comprises a first pair of contacts in or at the main face of the first Hall effect region and a second pair of contacts in or at the main face of the second Hall effect region. A convex circumscribing contour of the second pair of contacts is disjoint from a convex circumscribing contour of the first pair of contacts. Alternative embodiments comprise a pair of contacts and an opposite face node contact.
US09252349B2
A resonator element capable of improving impact resistance is provided. A quartz crystal resonator element is a resonator element formed by etching a Z plate which is cut at predetermined angles with respect to the crystal axes of a quartz crystal. The quartz crystal resonator element includes a base, a pair of resonating arms extending from the base in the Y-axis direction, and a positive X-axis notch and a negative X-axis notch formed by notching the base in the X-axis direction. The positive X-axis notch is formed by notching the base from the negative side of the X axis towards the positive side so that the width of the positive X-axis notch increases as it approaches the outer circumference.
US09252345B2
A light emitting device includes a conductive support member, a first conductive layer disposed on the conductive support member, a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer, a light emitting structure including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and an insulation layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a first expansion part penetrating through the second conductive layer, the second semiconductor layer and the active layer, and includes a second expansion part extending from the first expansion part and being disposed in the first semiconductor layer. The insulation layer is disposed on the lateral surface of the first expansion part, and wherein the lateral surface of the second expansion part contacts with the first semiconductor layer.
US09252344B2
The invention relates to a structural component which comprises a support (1), an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (2) having at least one lateral face (2a), further comprising a connecting means (3), a first molded element (4), and a second molded element (5), the optoelectronic semiconductor chip (2) being mechanically connected to the support (1) by the connecting means (3). The first molded element (4) covers an exposed outer face of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip (2) and the first molded element (4) covers an exposed outer face of the connecting means (3). The second molded element (5) covers an exposed outer face of the first molded element (5) and the second molded element (5) has a higher modulus of elasticity at room temperature than the first molded element.
US09252323B2
A first nitride semiconductor layer laminating step includes a first step and a second step. In the first step, an entire upper surface of the sapphire substrate is coated with a first nitride semiconductor layer, while supplying oxygen. In the second step, crystals of the first nitride semiconductor layer are grown by supplying oxygen at a smaller flow rate than that of oxygen supplied in the first step, or without supplying the oxygen.
US09252321B2
Technologies are generally described for manufacturing an optical device by attaching a light-emitting element to an optical element through a resin. In various examples, a method is described, where a substrate is provided to have a through-hole at a position in the substrate where an optical element is to be mounted. A resin in liquid state may be injected into the through-hole in the substrate. Further, an optical element having a light-emitting portion may be mounted on the substrate such that a center of the tight-emitting portion is self-aligned with a center of the through-hole due to a surface tension of the resin in liquid state. The resin may be cured such that the optical element is fixed to the substrate.
US09252320B2
Thin film structures and devices with integrated light and heat blocking layers for laser patterning
Selective removal of specified layers of thin film structures and devices, such as solar cells, electrochromics, and thin film batteries, by laser direct patterning is achieved by including heat and light blocking layers in the device/structure stack immediately adjacent to the specified layers which are to be removed by laser ablation. The light blocking layer is a layer of metal that absorbs or reflects a portion of the laser energy penetrating through the dielectric/semiconductor layers and the heat blocking layer is a conductive layer with thermal diffusivity low enough to reduce heat flow into underlying metal layer(s), such that the temperature of the underlying metal layer(s) does not reach the melting temperature, Tm, or in some embodiments does not reach (Tm)/3, of the underlying metal layer(s) during laser direct patterning.
US09252318B2
Improved methods and apparatus for forming thin-film layers of chalcogenide on a substrate web. Solutions containing the reactants for the chalcogenide layer may be contained substantially to the front surface of the web, controlling the boundaries of the reaction and avoiding undesired deposition of chalcogenide upon the back side of the web.
US09252316B2
Disclosed is an ultra-thin HIT solar cell, including: an n- or p-type crystalline silicon substrate; an amorphous silicon emitter layer having a doping type different from that of the silicon substrate; and an intrinsic amorphous silicon passivation layer formed between the crystalline silicon substrate and the amorphous silicon emitter layer, wherein the HIT solar cell further includes a transparent conductive oxide layer made of ZnO on an upper surface thereof, and the surface of the crystalline silicon substrate is not textured but only the surface of the transparent conductive oxide layer is textured, and thereby a very thin crystalline silicon substrate can be used, ultimately achieving an ultra-thin HIT solar cell having a very low total thickness while maintaining light trapping capacity.
US09252313B2
A monolithic multiple solar cell includes at least three partial cells, with a semiconductor mirror placed between two partial cells. The aim of the invention is to improve the radiation stability of said solar cell. For this purpose, the semiconductor mirror has a high degree of reflection in at least one part of a spectral absorption area of the partial cell which is arranged above the semiconductor mirror and a high degree of transmission within the spectral absorption range of the partial cell arranged below the semiconductor mirror.
US09252312B2
The present invention provides a solar cell module which keeps backing film from being scratched and prevents the occurrence of scratches. The solar cell module (10) of the present invention is provided with a surface protecting member (12), backing film (13), a plurality of solar cells (11) arranged between the surface protecting member (12) and the backing film (13) and electrically connected by means of wiring members (16), a filler material (14) for sealing the solar cells (11) between the surface protecting member (12) and the backing film (13), and transition wiring (20) electrically connected with the wiring members (16). Here, at least the end portion of transition wiring (20) positioned in a corner portion of the solar cell module is arranged so as to be positioned closer to the surface protecting member (12) than other portions of the transition wiring (20).
US09252310B2
A building rooftop mounting structure including a sacrificial material that allows freedom of movement between itself and the rooftop as well as between itself and the mounting structure.
US09252309B2
A solar cell module comprises a solar cell die that is soldered to a substrate. The substrate comprises one or more power contacts. A power conductor is soldered to a power contact, thereby electrically coupling the power conductor to the solar cell die. A pre-heat module heats a first side of the substrate at a first area to a first temperature for a first duration. Then, a solder heat source solders a power conductor to a power contact at a second area of the substrate at a second temperature for a second duration. The resulting solder connection at the power conductor is less prone to cold-solder defects. The temperature of the pre-heat module is controlled to promote curing of an RTV sealant used in the manufacture of the solar cell module. The temperature of the solder heat source is controlled to avoid burning and degrading of the RTV sealant.
US09252306B2
A thin film photoelectric converter including a transparent conductive layer, a laser light absorption layer, a back electrode layer, a semiconductor photoelectric conversion layer and a transparent electrode layer stacked on a translucent substrate. The laser light absorption layer is parted into regions by first kind parting line grooves, and the photoelectric conversion layer is parted into regions by third kind parting line grooves penetrating the laser light absorption layer, the rear surface electrode layer and the photoelectric conversion layer. The transparent electrode layer is parted into regions by fourth kind parting line grooves penetrating the laser light absorption layer, the rear surface electrode layer, the photoelectric conversion layer and the transparent electrode layer. A receiving side transparent electrode region of one cell is electrically connected to a back electrode region of an adjacent cell through the first kind groove, the transparent conductive layer and the third kind groove.
US09252301B2
A solar cell includes semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type; second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type; first electrode; second electrode; and insulating layer. First semiconductor layer and second semiconductor layer are formed on rear surface. When one end portion of insulating layer which is formed on first semiconductor layer and which is on a side close to first electrode is defined as first insulating-layer end portion and another end portion of insulating layer on a side close to second electrode is defined as second insulating-layer end portion in arrangement direction x, a distance from end point of second-semiconductor-layer end portion in contact with rear surface to second insulating-layer end portion in arrangement direction x is shorter than a distance from end point to first insulating-layer end portion in arrangement direction x.
US09252299B2
A solar cell module 100 comprises a light reflection member 12 placed on the light receiving surface of a n-type semiconductor substrate 11 and having a light reflecting surface 12A facing the light receiving surface protection member 2. The light reflection member 12 is positioned on an opposite side to the n-side connecting electrode 14n across the n-type semiconductor substrate 11.
US09252298B2
The photodiode device comprises a doped region (2) contiguous with a contact region (3) of the same conductivity type located at the substrate surface (1′), an appertaining anode or cathode connection (7, 11), a further contact region (5) of an opposite conductivity type at the substrate surface, and a further anode or cathode connection (8, 12). The contact region (3) is arranged at least on opposite sides of an active area of the substrate surface that covers the further contact region (5). A lateral pn junction (16) and an associated space charge region is formed at the substrate surface by a boundary of one of the contact regions, the boundary facing the other contact region. A field electrode (6) is arranged above the lateral pn junction, separated from the lateral pn junction by a dielectric material (10), and is provided with a further electrical connection (9, 13) separate from the anode and cathode connections. By the field electrode (6), the space charge region at the surface (1′) is reduced and the peripheral dark current of the photodiode decreases considerably.
US09252297B2
An optoelectronic device comprises an optoelectronic semiconductor stack layer; a conductive layer on the optoelectronic semiconductor stack layer, the conductive layer comprising a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface; a first barrier layer covering the top surface; a second barrier layer covering the bottom surface; and a first metal oxide layer, wherein the first metal oxide layer covers the side surface, the first barrier layer, and the second barrier layer.
US09252291B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first memory portion. The first memory portion includes a first base semiconductor layer, a first electrode, a first channel semiconductor layer, a first base tunnel insulating film, a first channel tunnel insulating, a first charge retention layer and a first block insulating film. The first channel semiconductor layer is provided between the first base semiconductor layer and the first electrode, and includes a first channel portion. The first base tunnel insulating film is provided between the first base semiconductor layer and the first channel semiconductor layer. The first channel tunnel insulating film is provided between the first electrode and the first channel portion. The first charge retention layer is provided between the first electrode and the first channel tunnel insulating film. The first block insulating film is provided between the first electrode and the first charge retention layer.
US09252266B2
A wide band gap semiconductor device is disclosed. A first trench in a gate electrode part and second trench in a source electrode part (Schottky diode) are disposed close to each other, and the second trench is deeper than the first trench. A metal electrode is formed in the second trench to form a Schottky junction on a surface of an n-type drift layer in the bottom of the second trench. Further, a p+-type region is provided in part of the built-in Schottky diode part being in contact with the surface of the n-type drift layer, preferably in the bottom of the second trench. The result is a small wide band gap semiconductor device which is low in on-resistance and loss. Electric field concentration applied on a gate insulating film is relaxed to suppress lowering of withstand voltage and increase avalanche breakdown tolerance at turning-off time.
US09252265B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of trenches using a first mask. The trenches include source pickup trenches located in outside a termination area and between two adjacent active areas. First and second conductive regions separated by an intermediate dielectric region are formed using a second mask. A first electrical contact to the first conductive region and a second electrical contact to the second conductive region are formed using a third mask and forming a source metal region. Contacts to a gate metal region are formed using a fourth mask. A semiconductor device includes a source pickup contact located outside a termination region and outside an active region of the device.
US09252263B1
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of field plate trenches formed in a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of gate trenches formed in the semiconductor substrate and spaced apart from the field plate trenches, and a plurality of device cells having a cell pitch defined by a distance from one side of a field plate trench to the same side of an adjacent field plate trench. Each device cell includes a first doped region of a first conductivity type and a second doped region of a second conductivity type adjacent the first doped region in a part of the semiconductor substrate disposed between the adjacent field plate trenches that define the cell pitch. At least some of the device cells have more than one gate trench per cell pitch.
US09252261B2
An anode region 106 is formed on a bottom portion of a trench 105 in which a gate electrode 108 is formed or in a drift region 102 immediately under the trench 105. A contact hole 110 is formed in the trench 105 at a depth reaching the anode region 106. A source electrode 112 is embedded in the contact hole 110 while interposing an inner wall insulating film 111 therebetween. The anode region 106 and the source electrode 112 are electrically connected to each other in a state of being insulated from the gate electrode 108 by the inner wall insulating film 111.
US09252259B2
Methods and devices for forming a contact over a metal gate for a transistor are provided. The device may comprise an active area, an isolation area surrounding the active area, and a metal gate above the isolation area, wherein the metal gate comprises a conductive layer. The contact comprises a first contact part within the conductive layer, above the isolation area without vertically overlapping the active area, and a second contact part above the first contact part, connected to the first contact part, and substantially vertically contained within the first contact part.
US09252247B1
The interface resistance between the source/drain and gate of an HFET may be significantly reduced by engineering the bandgap of the 2DEG outside a gate region such that the charge density is substantially increased. The resistance may be further reduced by using an n+GaN Cap layer over the channel layer and barrier layer such that a horizontal surface of the barrier layer beyond the gate region is covered by the n+GaN Cap layer. This technique is applicable to depletion and enhancement mode HFETs.
