US09330195B1
A method identifies pairs of first and second command inputs from respective user device sessions for which the first and second operation data are indicative of a first operation failure and a second operation success. The first operation data indicate a first operation performed on data from a first resource property in response to the first command input, and the second operation data indicate a second operation performed on data from a second resource property in response to the second command input. They system determines, from the identified pairs of first and second command inputs, command inputs for which a parsing rule that is associated with the second operation is to be generated.
US09330187B2
A new or existing portlet queries the category attribute of other portlets on a portal page. The new or existing portlet may take a position adjacent to other portlets having the same category attribute. The new or existing portlet may adjust its size or one or more of the other portlets may adjust their size so that the portlets are aligned with one another.
US09330186B2
Techniques are disclosed for facilitating re-creation of an application collection of a source computing device at a destination computing device. The techniques include receiving a source application identifier indicative of a source application edition, the edition of the application being programmed for a source operating system. The techniques also include receiving an indicator of a destination operating system. The techniques further include determining a source canonical application corresponding to the source application edition based on the source application identifier, the source canonical application being a representative of one or more application editions including the source application edition. The techniques also include determining a set of destination application editions that are likely similar to the source application edition based on the source canonical application, the set of destination application editions indicating one or more destination application editions programmed for the destination operating system.
US09330184B2
A system and method is provided for discovering application compatibility status, the method being performed by one or more processors, the method comprising receiving a request for determining compatibility of a first application with a platform and organizing a plurality of data points associated with the first application into a plurality of elements. The method also comprises comparing the plurality of elements with a plurality of elements associated with one or more analyzed applications, wherein the one or more analyzed applications have been previously analyzed for compatibility with the platform. The method further comprises identifying a compatibility status of the first application with the platform based on the comparison; and providing, for display, the compatibility status of the first application.
US09330176B2
A task-oriented search tool searches for one or more tasks related to a search term submitted via a computer-user interface. The task-oriented search tool displays search results that include a task related to the search term and a task-solving tool for performing the task related to the search term.
US09330173B2
A system and method of creating a situational application provides for identifying content from a plurality of sources, where the content is associated with a user's interaction with the plurality of sources. Data associated with the identified content is gathered, and a situational application is generated based on the gathered data.
US09330172B2
A method of archiving audio/video content is presented. In the method, a plurality of audio/video content streams is received. Each of the received audio/video content streams is indexed according to time. Each of the indexed audio/video content streams is transferred to a data storage system for storage. A request for a portion of one of the stored audio/video content streams associated with a time period is received. The requested portion of the one of the stored audio/video content streams is retrieved from the data storage system. The requested portion of the one of the stored audio/video content streams is transferred.
US09330167B1
Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for classification and tagging of textual data. An example method may include accessing a corpus comprising a plurality of documents, each document having one or more labels indicative of services offered by a merchant, generating a query based on extracted features and the documents, generating a precision score for at least a portion of the generated query and selecting a subset of the generated queries based on an assigned precision score satisfying a precision score threshold, the selected subset of the generated queries configured to provide an indication of one or more labels to be applied to machine readable text. A second example method, utilized for tagging machine readable text with unknown labels, may include assigning a label to textual portions of the machine readable text based on results of the application of the queries.
US09330162B2
A method for operating a system to provide temporal context for recommending items for consumption by a user device is described. The method comprises maintaining a record of items consumed by the user device or a group of devices within a reference period, together with the time of consumption of each item, and a content descriptor associated with each item. Temporal consumption periods are identified within the reference period, each consumption period spanning the consumption of one or more items with similar content descriptors, and each consumption period is associated with its respective content descriptor. An aggregated list is created of consumption periods recorded over a plurality of reference periods. Clusters of similar consumption periods are identified in the aggregated list, and recurring temporal patterns for user device behavior are identified in each cluster. A profile is created for each user device based on the clusters and the recurring temporal patterns for each cluster, and this profile is used to provide the temporal context at the user device.
US09330160B2
An apparatus of one embodiment analyzes application complexity based on complexity factors. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory stores raw values associated with a software application, each raw value associated with a respective complexity factor, which is associated with a respective scoring metric. The memory also stores scoring metrics, which indicate how preliminary scores are calculated. The memory also stores preliminary scores associated with the software application. The processor determines the raw values by determining a respective raw complexity value for each of the complexity factors. The processor also calculates the preliminary scores by calculating a respective preliminary score for each of the complexity factors. The respective preliminary score for each complexity factor is calculated by applying the respective scoring metric to the respective raw value. The processor also calculates a total score based at least on the plurality of preliminary scores.
US09330146B2
A method of ranking a plurality of regulated data sources and a plurality of non-regulated data sources for a data field is provided. The method evaluates consistency and assigns a ranking for a regulated data source based upon records having identical values and records having non-identical values for the data field in the regulated data source compared to other regulated data sources under analysis. The method further evaluates consistency and assigns a ranking for a non-regulated data source based upon records having identical values compared to other non-regulated data sources under analysis.
US09330141B2
The subject technology provides querying structured and unstructured data across disparate incompatible systems with a single language and connection point. Cost based optimizations are provided for executing the query. In some configurations, logical plans for executing a query are generated. For each of the logical plans, the subject technology generates a set of physical plans for executing the query on data systems, determines an execution cost for each physical plan from the physical plans, and selects a respective physical plan with a lowest determined execution cost among the determined execution cost for each physical plan. A physical plan is then selected for execution with a lowest execution cost among the selected respective physical plans of each of the logical plans. Data from an operation from the query may then be persisted and then used for generating a new set of logical and physical plans for executing a remaining set of operations from the query.
US09330131B2
A device receives a conflicted file, with a structured data format, that includes a conflict marker that does not comply with the structured data format. The conflict marker identifies first edited information and second edited information included in the conflicted file. The first edited information and the second edited information comply with the structured data format, and include information that has been modified in different versions of a shared file to create the conflicted file. The device detects that the conflicted file includes the conflict marker, and identifies, based on the detected conflict marker, the first edited information and the second edited information. The device determines that at least one of the first edited information or the second edited information is to be provided to the application for processing, and provides, based on the determining, the first edited information or the second edited information to the application for processing.
US09330129B2
A system, method, and apparatus are provided for organizing and joining massive sets of data (e.g., tens or hundreds of millions of event records). A dataset is Blocked by first identifying a partition key, which comprises one or more columns of the data. Each Block will contain all dataset records that have partition key values assigned to that Block. A cost constraint (e.g., a maximum size, a maximum number of records) may also be applied to the Blocks. A Block index is generated to identify all Blocks, their corresponding (sequential) partition key values, and their locations. A second dataset that includes the partition key column(s) and that must be correlated with the first dataset may then be Blocked according to the same ranges of partition key values (but without the cost constraint). Corresponding Blocks of the datasets may then be Joined/Aggregated, and analyzed as necessary.
US09330125B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a reputation system. The reputation system includes a ranking apparatus that obtains a set of reputation scores for one or more dimensions of a set of items in the reputation system and generates a ranking of the items based on the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles. The reputation system also includes a query-processing apparatus that obtains a query comprising the one or more dimensions and one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions and provides the ranking in a response to the query.
US09330115B2
A computer-implemented method, system, and program product for automatically reviewing a mapping between information models. The method includes: receiving a mapping between an element in the first information model to an element in the second information model. Each element is associated with an element identifier and an element value, and the mapping signifies a relationship between the element in the first information model and the element in the second information model. The method further includes comparing the received mapping against one or more known indications of suspicious mappings to determine if the received mapping resembles one of the indications of suspicious mappings. If the received mapping is determined to be suspicious, identifying the received mapping as one that requires review.
US09330109B2
Disclosed are systems, methods and apparatuses for managing objects (files and directories) in network file systems according to policies. Each policy may have one or more rules, each of which ties a condition to an action. Each condition can be expressed in terms of metadata harvested across file systems and stored in a metadata repository. The actions are user-programmable. Users can apply and/or enforce a policy by manipulating the metadata stored in the metadata repository. For example, suppose a policy prohibits storing MP3 files in corporate storage, a user can specify a rule that ties the condition “no MP3 files in volumes A-Z” to an action “delete MP3 files from volumes A-Z.” A file management application may apply a filter to the metadata repository to produce metadata records having values that meet the specified condition and take the corresponding action on managed objects associated with those metadata records.
US09330107B1
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for storing metadata for a file in a distributed storage system is presented. Metadata for a file is generated. A subset of metadata clusters in a distributed storage system is identified to form a quorum of metadata clusters. Requests to store the metadata for the file on the metadata clusters in the distributed storage system are issued, where the requests include high priority requests to store the metadata for the file on at least one of the metadata clusters in the quorum of metadata clusters and normal priority requests to store the metadata in the remaining metadata clusters, the metadata being stored on the at least one of the metadata clusters in the quorum of metadata clusters before being stored on the remaining metadata clusters.
US09330102B2
Implementations for providing cartridges in a multi-tenant PaaS system of a cloud computing environment is disclosed. An example method includes maintaining a repository of a plurality of packages that provide functionality for multi-tenant applications executed by a node, each package of the plurality of packages comprising a software and a configuration information specifying a plurality of hooks, receiving a request to configure a first package from the plurality of packages, wherein the first package is to provide functionality for one of the multi-tenant applications, establishing a container to provide process space for the functionality of the first package, calling a configure hook from the plurality of hooks specified in the configuration information of the first package, and in response to calling the configure hook, embedding an instance of the software of the first package in the container, the instance of the software of the first package copied from the repository.
US09330097B2
A method comprises receiving, across a network at a computing device, media data. The method further comprises determining to which project associated with a user and hosted on the computing device to save the media data. The method further comprises saving the media data to the project. The project is adapted to store media data of different types.
US09330095B2
A computer system or method identifies components. A component fingerprint storage is configured to memorize known fingerprints of known components. The term “component” used herein is defined to be a specific version of pre-existing executable software, or a reusable pre-existing self-contained software code building block which is not a complete stand-alone finished product ready for use and which is binary or source code. A fingerprint is generated for a normalized unknown component and fingerprints are generated for all normalized components included in the unknown component. It is determined whether any of the fingerprints generated for the normalized unknown component and for the normalized components included in the unknown component match any of the known fingerprints of known components.
US09330093B1
A method of managing content includes analyzing a plurality of referring uniform resource locators (URLs); extracting, from each of the referring URLs, website data and a parameter having a parameter value; generating website parameter pairs based on the website data and the parameters of the referring URLs; determining a diversity metric, for each website parameter pair, based on variety of parameter values of the website parameter pair; selecting a website parameter pair having a diversity metric exceeding a determined threshold; and generating a template for parsing a referring URL of the selected website parameter pair.
US09330088B2
Monitoring an internet chat in which a text transcript is generated by at least two chat participants, by: (i) performing a simple check on the text transcript for existence of a potential frustration precondition; and (ii) on condition that a frustration precondition is found, performing text analytics type analysis on the text transcript to determine whether potential frustration is evidenced by the text transcript. If it is determined that potential frustration is evidenced by the chat transcript then responsive action is taken to prevent and/or stem the frustration.
US09330085B2
A method, system and computer program product for assisting users to generate the desired meme in a document. A document is scanned to identify parts of speech, numerical text or numbers and images (collectively the “terms”) that provide positive/negative memes. A score for each of these terms is assigned. A score may then be assigned to each designated primary object (e.g., individual, company) discussed in the document using the scores assigned to the identified terms. Options may then be provided to modify the document to provide the type of meme (e.g., positive or negative meme) desired by the author to be associated with the particular designated primary object. Upon receiving a selection of one or more of these options, the document is modified accordingly to generate the desired meme in the document.
US09330080B2
A spreadsheet application platform facilitates accessing a spreadsheet stored using a spreadsheet database at a server computer. The spreadsheet application platform includes a computer-implemented social network, and a publisher may use the social network to publish a spreadsheet so that other users of the social network may subscribe to and access the spreadsheet's data. Further, a subscribed user may generate other spreadsheets that reference the publisher's spreadsheet via the application platform. When a stored value for a cell of the publisher's spreadsheet is updated at the spreadsheet database, the application platform may generate update requests for one or more target spreadsheet cells that reference the updated cell. An update request may indicate that a target cell is to be updated, and the application platform may process a plurality of update requests in parallel to update the stored values for a corresponding plurality of spreadsheet cells.
US09330079B1
Systems and methods for prioritizing content generation in a distributed content system are described herein. In one aspect, content parameters are defined and prioritized according to various characteristics of the content. Type and subject matter of the content may influence content parameter definition and prioritization. Additionally, the position and size of the content within an interactive display may impact the priority assigned to the content parameters. As the content parameters are processed, an analysis tool may determine blocking data which inhibits or delays presentation or processing. Accordingly, the system may request the blocking data from other devices in the system in order to continue generating content.
US09330070B2
Detection of East Asian layout features and reconstruction of East Asian layout features is provided. Vertically written text in the fixed format document is detected and rotated for layout analysis. After layout analysis, the rotated text is rotated back and restructured in a flow format document. When a plurality of characters is written horizontally in a vertical line of text, vertically overlapping text runs are detected, designated as horizontal-in-vertical text, and are restructured as horizontal-in-vertical text in a flow format document. Lines of text are analyzed for attributes of a ruby line and are designated as ruby text, associated with corresponding text in a ruby base line, and restructured as ruby text in a flow format document. Text in a fixed format document is analyzed for detection of a particular East Asian language so that a font for the language is designated in a flow format document.
US09330066B2
A method for dynamic display of at least one layer in a PDF document, comprising the steps of setting at least one criterion for at least one property of a trigger to change a display state of the at least one layer of the PDF document to another display state of the at least one layer of the PDF document, creating a script that can be processed by a PDF document reader and that contains the at least one criterion for the at least one property of the trigger, and embedding the script in the PDF document, wherein when the PDF document is opened by the PDF document reader, the script causes evaluation of the at least one property for the trigger, and if the at least one criterion for the at least one property of the trigger is met, then the script causes a change of the display state of the at least one layer of the PDF document.
US09330062B2
A vehicle control and gateway module comprising an electronic control module controlling one or more vehicle systems, a vehicle communications bus, a wireless communications module, an electronic gateway module acting as a translator of information between the vehicle communications bus and the wireless communications module, and a software program, whereby an operator using a remote mobile device can send and receive wireless commands to and from the vehicle with the electronic gateway module translating messages from one data protocol to the other as required.
US09330061B2
Method and control device for determining a steering angle of a motor vehicle, wherein a theoretical steering angle is calculated by a vehicle model and a measured steering angle is determined with a steering angle sensor, and the difference between the measured and theoretical steering angles is determined, wherein at least one data record including a number of successive measured values is acquired, and a correction constant for the measured steering angle is determined from the mean value of the differences between the theoretical steering angle and the measured steering angle. According to the invention, a confidence level, which changes incrementally between successive data records, is calculated by travel conditions present during the acquisition of the data record and/or an analysis of the data record.
US09330060B1
A method and device for encoding and decoding video image data. An MPEG decoding and encoding process using data flow pipeline architecture implemented using complete dedicated logic is provided. A plurality of fixed-function data processors are interconnected with at least one pipelined data transmission line. At least one of the fixed-function processors performs a predefined encoding/decoding function upon receiving a set of predefined data from said transmission line. Stages of pipeline are synchronized on data without requiring a central traffic controller. This architecture provides better performance in smaller size, lower power consumption and better usage of memory bandwidth.
US09330056B2
Direct memory transfer of data from the memory of a server to a memory of a switch. A server identifies a block of data in the memory of the server and a corresponding memory address space in the server. The server identifies a block of memory in the switch. The block of memory is at least the same size of the block of data. The switch comprises a network protocol. The server transfers the block of data into the block of memory. Based on the network protocol, the switch maps a network relationship. The mapping indicates a target server for the transferred block of data to be transmitted to.
US09330052B2
The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. When connecting devices of different tiers in the network, each device need only be connected to at least one of the connectors on the transpose box. The meshing of the transpose box can cause each device to be connected to any or all of the devices in the other tier as dictated by the network topology. When changing network topologies or scaling the network, additional devices can be added to available connectors on an existing transpose box, or new or additional transpose boxes can be deployed in order to handle the change with minimal cabling effort.
US09330051B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for, among other things, generating web server performance metrics from log file information and storing the metrics offline in a centralized database. A collector accesses log file information from a log file for a web server and generates web server performance metrics on a per web page basis. The web server metrics include a number of requests for a web page, error count for the web page, average response time for the web page, total number of bytes transferred for the web page, and a number of times a service level objection for the web page was exceeded. The web server metrics are stored in a centralized database such that the metrics are available for offline web server performance reporting and analysis.
US09330046B2
A universal serial bus (USB) communication system includes a portable instrument and a docking station that communicate with a host device using a divided USB communication device. A first portion of the USB communication device is provided in the portable instrument. A second portion of the USB communication device is provided in the docking station. The first portion includes a non-USB communication device that communicates with the second portion in a non-USB format. The second portion converts the communications into a USB format suitable for the host device.
US09330045B2
Embodiments of a device and method are disclosed. In an embodiment, a CAN device is disclosed. The CAN device includes a TXD input interface, a TXD output interface, an RXD input interface, an RXD output interface, and a traffic control system connected between the TXD input and output interfaces and between the RXD input and output interfaces. The traffic control system is configured to detect the presence of CAN Flexible Data-rate (FD) traffic on the RXD input interface and if the traffic control system detects the presence of CAN FD traffic on the RXD input interface, disconnect the RXD input interface from the RXD output interface and disconnect the TXD input interface from the TXD output interface.
US09330036B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a queue associated with a request. An example system includes an input/output (I/O) interface that receives a request associated with a channel. The example system also includes an association module that determines whether a condition is satisfied. When the condition is determined to not be satisfied, the association module, after a hardware device completes processing the request, decrements an in-flight counter that represents a first amount of data in the channel. When the condition is determined to be satisfied, the association module, before the hardware device completes processing the request, decrements the in-flight counter.
US09330035B2
A data processing device comprises a plurality of system registers and a set of interrupt handling registers for controlling handling of an incoming interrupt. The device also includes processing circuitry configured to execute software of the plurality of execution levels, and interrupt controller circuitry configured to route said incoming interrupts to interrupt handling software that is configured to run at one of said plurality of execution levels, and register access control circuitry configured to dynamically control access to at least some of said interrupt handling registers in dependence upon one of said plurality of execution levels that said incoming interrupt is routed to. The interrupt handling software configured to run at a particular execution level does not have access to interrupt handling registers for handling a different incoming interrupt that is routed to interrupt handling software that is configured to run at a more privileged execution level.
US09330033B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for inserting a gap in information sent from a drive to a host device. In operation, one or more commands are received at a drive from a host device. Additionally, information is queued to send to the host device. Furthermore, a gap is inserted in the information to send to the host device such that the host device is capable of sending additional commands to the drive.
US09330031B2
A system and method for calibration of serial links using serial-to-parallel loopback. Embodiments of the present invention are operable for calibrating serial links using parallel links thereby reducing the number of links that need calibration. The method includes sending serialized data over a serial interface and receiving parallel data via a parallel interface. The serialized data is looped back via the parallel interface. The method further includes comparing the parallel data and the serialized data for a match thereof and calibrating the serial interface by adjusting the sending of the serialized data until the comparing detects the match. The adjusting of the sending is operable to calibrate the sending of the serialized data over the serial interface.
US09330030B2
An intermediary device may be utilized to form a communication bridge between a vehicle infotainment system and a remote device. The computing device forming the bridge may send and receive the data sent between the motor vehicle infotainment system and the remote device. The intermediary device may mimic the infotainment system or the remote device and/or an instruction sent by the infotainment system and/or the remote device.
US09330023B2
For a current context in control of a processor requesting access to a particular address, a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) controller specifies a virtual address with a logical partition identifier value indicating a privilege setting of the current context, a process identifier value indicating whether the address is within shared address space, and an effective address comprising at least a portion of the particular address. In response to the virtual address not matching at least one entry within a TLB comprising at least one entry stored for at least one previous translation of at least one previous address, the TLB controller translates the virtual address into a real page number using at least one page table and adding a new entry to the TLB with the virtual address and the real page number, wherein each at least one entry within the TLB identifies a separate privilege setting from among a plurality of privilege settings and a separate indicator of whether the address is within the shared address space.
US09330014B2
A method and data-logging system are provided. The system includes a map-ahead thread configured to acquire blocks of private memory for storing data to be logged, the blocks of private memory being twice as large as the file page size, a master thread configured to write data to the blocks of private memory, in real-time and in full resolution, the data acquired during operation of a machine generating the data and written to the blocks of private memory in real-time, the machine including a controller including a processor communicatively coupled to a memory having processor instructions therein, and a write-behind thread configured to acquire pages of memory that are mapped to pages in a file, copy the data from the blocks of private memory to the acquired file-mapped blocks of memory.
US09330013B2
A method of cloning data in a memory for a source virtual machine (VM) and at least one cloned virtual machine is proposed. A mapping relationship between a guest physical address from the source VM or the cloned VM and a host physical address of the memory is defined by a plurality of page tables configured in a plurality of hierarchical levels. In the method, metadata of the page tables in the highest level or the higher levels of the plurality of hierarchical levels is copied to the virtual machine. Remaining metadata of the page tables in the levels other than the highest level or the higher levels of the plurality of hierarchical levels is replicated to the virtual machine in response to the access operation. Data stored in the corresponding address of the memory is accessed according to the metadata and the replicated metadata.
US09330011B2
A microprocessor includes an instruction cache and a hardware state machine configured to detect a no operation (NOP) slide by counting a continuous sequence of NOP instructions within a stream of instructions fetched from the instruction cache. The microprocessor is configured to suspend execution of the stream of instructions, and transfer control to another routine, in response to detecting the NOP slide.
US09330010B1
Systems and methods for data storage and caching in a system including virtual machines is disclosed. In an embodiment, a machine implemented method includes mapping a plurality of virtual hard drives to a logical unit number (LUN) of a storage system, each virtual hard drive including a logical block address (LBA) range of the storage system LUN; storing the mapping in a caching module data structure; determining that one of the virtual hard drives should be cached; and updating the caching module data structure to indicate that the LBA range associated with the one of the virtual hard drives should be cached.
US09329999B2
In an exemplary storage system, a processor assigns an unused process to a read request designating an area of a logical volume. The processor determines whether the data designated by the read request is in a cache memory, based on a first identifier for identifying the area designated by the read request. When the designated data is not in the cache memory and a part of physical volumes providing the logical volume is a first kind of physical volume, the processor stores the first identifier associated with an identifier for identifying an area allocated in the cache memory. When the designated data is not in the cache memory and a part of the physical volumes is a second kind of physical volume, the processor stores a second identifier for identifying the process assigned to the read request associated with an identifier for identifying an area allocated in the cache memory.
US09329996B2
The quantity of data stored in a branch circuit monitor and accessible by a data processing network is increased by logically dividing the monitor's memory into a plurality of registers each comprising a plurality of pages and addressing a page containing the desired data with an address corresponding to the identity of a page number stored in a page register and the identity of the register.
US09329993B2
A wrist-worn device monitors movements of a user with a flexible circuit member. The flexible circuit member is fault tolerant. It may contain extra and/or redundant traces as well as the ability to store data on RAM if the flash memory fails or if some or all trace connections between the processor and flash memory fail. Data stored on the RAM may or may not contain less fidelity. Lower fidelity data may be used to alleviate issues arising if the RAM has less storage capacity than the flash memory.
US09329971B2
Systems and methods for enhancing performance in a multithreaded computing system are provided. The method comprises receiving a plurality of values associated with a performance characteristic common to a plurality of threads; clusterizing the plurality of threads based on the performance characteristic; analyzing an inter-thread communication between the plurality of threads for identifying a plurality of threads adversely affecting the performance of different parts of the multithreaded program; calculating a performance factor corresponding to the performance characteristic to determine a type of performance improvement activity to be performed on the plurality of threads.
US09329967B2
Method and related systems are described for navigating through information related to the status of one or more layers of a signal, such as a serial or parallel bus. Information may be displayed by selecting fields within a visual depicted on an oscilloscope or similar measuring instrument. By selecting particular fields, and indicators, different aspects of a layer may be analyzed without the need to have extensive knowledge of the operation of the measuring instrument.
US09329958B2
A virtualization platform provides fault tolerance for a primary virtual machine by continuously transmitting checkpoint information of the primary virtual machine to a collector process, such as a backup virtual machine. The virtualization platform includes virtual devices configured to keep track of state changes, for example, by using state flags or saving copies of prior state data. The virtualization platform generates incremental checkpoints by querying the virtual devices, which return state data based on whether the virtual devices have changed state since a prior checkpoint operation.
US09329957B2
To facilitate the management of a storage system that uses a flash memory as a storage area. A controller of the storage system provided with a flash memory chip manages a surplus capacity value of the flash memory chip, and transmits a value based on the surplus capacity value to a management server, on the basis of at least one of a definition of a parity group, a definition of an internal LU, and a definition of a logical unit. The management server displays a state of the storage system by using the received value based on the surplus capacity value.
US09329951B2
A system and a method of bootstrapping a service in a data center, the method including, for example, deploying a service manager of a management service of the service based on a deployment profile of the service manager, the service manager configured to manage a life cycle of the management service, the service manager to deploy the management service of the service based on a deployment profile of the management service, the management service configured to be used by the service. The method also including, for example, allocating an actual instance of a resource in the data center based on a physical topology of the service, the physical topology of the service derived the deployment profile of the service. The method also including, for example, deploying the service such that the service uses the actual instance of the resource in the data center.
US09329944B2
In a storage system a first control device can restore in a restoration destination storage device a second set of data stored in a second storage device on the basis of a first set of data stored in a first storage device. A third storage device stores progress information indicative of the progress of restoration performed by a first control device. A second control device restores a portion of the second set of data which is not yet restored on the basis of the progress information stored in the third storage device at the time of detecting that the first control device has stopped.
US09329934B2
A data storage device includes a memory including a group of storage elements. The memory is configured to read the group of the storage elements. A controller is coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to, in response to a first error correction code (ECC) procedure determining that a first plurality of bit values obtained using a first read voltage to read the group of storage elements is uncorrectable, instruct the memory to read the group of the storage elements using a second read voltage to obtain a second plurality of bit values. The controller is further configured to compare the first plurality of bit values with the second plurality of bit values to identify a first set of bits having different values in the first plurality of bit values as compared to the second plurality of bit values and to change one or more values of the first plurality of bit values for one or more bits in the first set of bits to generate a first plurality of corrected bit values.
US09329924B2
A monitoring system performs cause analysis of an event occurring in any of a plurality of monitoring-target objects to be monitored based on a rule. In this case, the monitoring system makes a detection during the analysis time width and determines a plurality of conclusions based on an event corresponding to the condition for determining the conclusion. Moreover, the monitoring system performs one or more of (A) displaying change of certainty to be used for determination of a conclusion in a case where the analysis time width is assumed to be changed, (B) performing sort display of the determined conclusion based on an index value showing an affected range and (C) calculating the analysis time width based on the index value.
US09329923B2
Methods and systems for performing diagnostic testing based on information handling system variables include receiving a first indication specifying diagnostic tests to be performed on an information handling system, receiving a second indication specifying diagnostic test conditions respectively associated with the diagnostic tests, receiving a third indication specifying health condition severity of the information handling system, and receiving a fourth indication specifying a user profile including user usage patterns. Based on the first indication, the second indication, the third indication, and the fourth indication, a schedule for executing diagnostic tests is generated.
US09329919B2
A micro controller unit including an error indicator hardware module, the error indicator module being arranged to respond to event signals representative of internal and external fault and error events perturbing the micro controller unit function by registering in non-volatile memory a record of the nature of each of the events, wherein the record of the events is inaccessible to alteration.
US09329904B2
Embodiments may enable cloud based computing infrastructure to automatically scale in response to changing service demands. Auto-scaling may be enabled by automatically provisioning computing resources as they may be needed by hosted computing services. Historical utilization patterns may be tracked enabling the generation of models that may be employed to predict future computing resource requirements. The automatic scaling system may comprise one or more models that may be trainable using business rules that may be applied to determine to if and how computing resources are scaled. Further, business rules may be arranged to determine provisioning and scaling of computing resources based in part on the historical usage patterns of the computing services.
US09329902B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes starting N (two or more) processes from a first program; and controlling variation in the number of processes for which a second program is deployed, depending on a load on the processes for which the second program is deployed, within a range of the N processes by deploying the second program to a storage area corresponding to one process of the N processes and undeploying the second program deployed to the storage area.
US09329901B2
A computer-implemented method for allocating threads includes: receiving a registration of a workload, the registration including a workload classification and a workload priority; monitoring statuses of a plurality of resources; identifying, by a computing device, a thread of a resource from the plurality of resources, the thread being programmed to execute a task associated with the workload; evaluating, by the computing device, the workload classification and the workload priority of the workload with workload classifications and workload priorities of other workloads requesting the thread; and allocating the thread to one of the workloads based on evaluation of the workload classification and the workload priority.
US09329894B2
The current document discloses methods and systems for extending an internal network within a first cloud-computing facility to a second cloud-computing facility and deploying a virtual machine or virtual application previously running on a first cloud-computing facility within the context of the extended internal network in the second cloud-computing facility by internal-network extension and redeployment of virtual machines and virtual applications by a stretch-deploy operation, allowing the virtual machine or virtual application to resume execution on the second cloud-computing facility, using the computational and storage facilities of the second cloud-computing facility but depending on network support from the first cloud-computing facility. In addition, the current document discloses a snap operation that permanently relocates a stretch-deployed virtual machine or virtual application to the second cloud-computing facility.
US09329889B2
A rapid virtual machine (VM) cloning technique is provided that creates cloned VMs on hosts from multiple source VMs, rather than a single source VM that may otherwise be a bottleneck. The described technique selects particular hosts, disposed in particular racks, on which to create VM clones in a dynamic manner that reduces total deployment time for the plurality of VMs. A rapid VM reconfiguration technique is also provided that reduces the time spent reconfiguring the provisioned VMs for use in a distributed computing application.
US09329886B2
Virtual machines may migrate between heterogeneous sets of implementation resources in a manner that allows the virtual machines to efficiently and effectively adapt to new implementation resources. Furthermore, virtual machines may change types during migration without terminating the virtual machines. Migration templates may be established to manage migration of sets of virtual machines between sets of implementation resources and/or virtual machine types. Migration templates may be established based at least in part on information provided by migration agents added to the virtual machines under consideration for migration. The migration agents may detect and augment relevant virtual machine capabilities, as well as trigger reconfiguration of virtual machine components in accordance with migration templates.
US09329885B2
Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to providing redundancy for a management controller are provided. A method may include executing, by a hypervisor executing on a management controller, a first guest OS and second guest OS. The method may additionally include executing, by the first guest OS, one or more first management applications for managing one or more information handling resources communicatively coupled to the management controller. The second guest OS may: (i) execute one or more second management applications for managing the one or more information handling resources communicatively coupled to the management controller; (ii) execute one or more monitoring applications for monitoring redundancy status of the first guest OS and the second guest OS; (iii) sleeping the one or more second management applications; and (iv) monitoring, by the one or more monitoring applications, the operability of the first guest OS.
US09329881B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing on-demand data services. In some implementations, actions include receiving a request for execution of a data services job, the data services job including interactions between at least one of a plurality of applications hosted on a cloud platform and a plurality of application components within an application hosted on the cloud platform, each application including one or more application schemas, each application schema only being accessible by a respective application component, in response to the request, retrieving the data services job from a job repository, scheduling execution of the data services job by a virtual machine (VM) of a plurality of VMs, the VM being stateless and providing interaction between the at least one of the plurality of applications and the plurality of application components, and executing the data service job using the VM.
US09329874B2
Techniques are described to provide string customization. In an implementation, a menu document is generated that specifies one or more menu items to be included in a menu that correspond to one or more actions available via code of a module. A string document is generated that specifies one or more strings to represent the one or more menu items in the menu. The menu document and the string document are made available to a client that includes the module to output the menu having the one or more strings to represent the menu items. The one or more strings are selectable to cause a corresponding action to be performed by the module.
US09329872B2
A system and method for configuring a microprocessor core may allow a microprocessor core to be configurable. Configuration may be dynamic or automatic using an application program. Microprocessor memory, decoding units, arithmetic logic units, register banks, storage, register bypass units, and a user interface may be configured. The configuration may also be used to optimize an instruction set to run on the microprocessor core.
US09329869B2
A prefix instruction is executed and passes operands to a net instruction without storing the operands in an architected resource such that the execution of the next instruction uses the operands provided by the prefix instruction to perform an operation, the operands may be prefix instruction immediate field or a target register of the prefix instruction execution.
US09329863B2
A data processor comprising a plurality of registers, and instruction execution circuitry having an associated instruction set, wherein the instruction set includes an instruction specifying at least a mask operand, a register operand and an immediate value operand, and the instruction execution circuitry, in response to an instance of the instruction, determines a Boolean value based on the mask operand and sets a respective one of a plurality of registers specified by the register operand of the instance to a value of the immediate value operand if the Boolean value is true. The instruction execution circuitry, in response to the instance of the instruction, may set the respective one of the plurality of registers specified by the register operand of the instance to zero if the Boolean value is false.
US09329860B2
An approach for specifying data in a standards style pattern of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) environments is provided. The approach implemented in a computer infrastructure, includes defining an interface including one or more local data elements and one or more references to one or more common data elements, of a service, the one or more common data elements being defined in a library for a plurality of services. The approach further includes configuring a data definition file (DDF) which indicates whether each of the one or more local data elements and the one or more common data elements is mandatory for the service. The approach further includes validating one or more data elements from a consumer as mandatory for the service based on the configured DDF.
US09329859B1
Examples of techniques for processing model changes are described herein. A method includes generating, via a processor, a change log in a model. The method also includes detecting, via the processor, a change to a model element of a model package in the model. The method further includes storing, via the processor, the detected change as a change item in a topic of the change log.
US09329858B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that manages access to resource versions in a shared computing environment. Routing data including locations of the resource versions is used to route a request to a resource version in the shared computing environment. For an application that is implemented by a set of resources, the routing data and the request is used to execute the application using an alternative version of a resource that is under test and default versions of other resources that are not under test.
US09329850B2
Relocation of instructions that use relative addressing. Metadata relating to an instruction that uses relative addressing to access data and is to be relocated is stored prior to relocation. Based on relocating the instruction from one memory location to another memory location, a determination is made of an address to be used to access the data by the instruction. The determining is based on at least one of the metadata or an address of the another memory location. The instruction is executed at the another memory location, and the determined address is used to access the data.
US09329849B2
Techniques provided implement automatic data type annotation in dynamically-typed source code. A codebase, which may comprise a plurality of source code files, is scanned at a global level. The resulting scanned data may describe characteristics of the codebase, including variable and function usage. Based on inferences drawn from the scanning, data types are determined for different variables, expressions, or functions to facilitate conversion from dynamically-typed source code to statically-typed source code. For example, if a function is called once with a parameter value of data type A (e.g., class A), and another time with a parameter value of data type B (e.g., class B), a conversion tool may annotate the parameter variable in the declaration of the function with a data type D (e.g., class d) when data type D is identified as a common ancestor (e.g., superclass) to both data type A and data type B.
US09329847B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing a programmable chip using a high-level language. Code sequences such as high-level language software critical loops are converted into read/transform/write (RXW) processes with buffer based flow control between the processes. Having separate read and write processes allows an arbitrary number of sequential reads/writes to occur in any order, subject to buffer size, allowing bursting/sequential transactions that are more efficient than random accesses.
US09329838B2
A software facility allows for easy binding of a data component to a feature of a software component. Prior to the binding, a graphical indication of the software component and a graphical indication of the feature of the software component are displayed. In addition, an indication of an element of the data component is displayed in a display area approximately adjacent to the displayed software component. The software facility receives a user input command to bind the data component to the feature of the software component. The user input command may include dragging the indication of an element of the data component from the data component display area to the feature of the software component and subsequently dropping it on the feature. As a result, the software facility automatically generates script or code that provides executable instructions to bind the feature of the software component to the data component.
US09329835B1
System and methods are provided for performing mathematical functions. An example system includes an instruction decoder configured to decode instructions for performing a mathematical function, an arithmetic logic unit having an alterable configuration to perform a combination of arithmetic operations, and a control unit configured to, based on the instructions decoded by the instruction decoder, output one or more control signals to the arithmetic logic unit. In response to the arithmetic logic unit receiving the one or more control signals, the configuration of the arithmetic logic unit is configured to be altered accordance with the one or more control signals such that the combination of arithmetic operations to be performed by the arithmetic logic unit is substantially equivalent to the mathematical function.
US09329832B2
A system and method is provided for voice activated Web based infrastructure (Voice Portal) which accepts spoken input from a variety of devices, including desktop and laptop computers, tablets, smart phones, standard mobile phones, and ordinary hard-wired telephones.
US09329831B1
Examples described herein involve expanding playback of a media item from a first playback device to a second playback device. In one example, a first playback device of a first zone, identifies a second playback device within a proximity of the first playback device, determines that the second playback device is playing a media item as part of a second zone, and based on the determination, joins the second zone and begins playing the media item in synchrony with the second playback device. In another example, a first playback device, while playing a media item as part of a first zone, determines that a second playback device of a second zone has entered a proximity of the first playback device, and responsively, causes the second playback device to join the first zone and begin playing the media item in synchrony with the first playback device.
US09329830B2
The present disclosure relates to a music playback method, a third-party application and a device which are in the field of computer technique. The music playback method includes integrating a background music playback module into a third-party application, receiving a music playing signal in which a playlist identification is included, transmitting the music playing signal to the background music playback module through a predetermined port, acquiring by the background music playback module a corresponding playlist based on the playlist identification of the music playing signal, and randomly playing the music in the playlist by the background music playback module.
US09329821B2
A printing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a job, a printing unit configured to print the job, an acquiring unit configured to acquire a preparation time for the printing unit to become a print-ready state, a determining unit configured to determine a print time for the printing unit to process the job, a specifying unit configured to specify a time for processing the job stored in the storing unit based on the preparation time acquired by the acquiring unit and the print time determined by the determining unit, and a displaying unit configured to display a job execution schedule indicating the job processing time specified by the specifying unit.
US09329812B2
A system includes an image processing apparatus that generates a print image based on a print job received from an external apparatus and an image output apparatus that prints using the print image. The image processing apparatus includes a determination unit that determines whether the image processing apparatus can communicate with the external apparatus and a transmission unit that, if it is determined that the image processing apparatus cannot communicate with the external apparatus, transmits to the image output apparatus an instruction to cause the image output apparatus to transition to a power saving state. The image output apparatus includes a reception unit that receives the instruction and a control unit that, if the reception unit receives the instruction, causes the image output apparatus to transition to the power saving state.
US09329811B2
In an image forming apparatus connected to a network, an interface unit receives information requesting data via the network and transmits response data to the network during a normal mode and a standby mode. A storage unit stores the response data being read out during the standby mode. A normal-mode response data generating unit generates the response data during the normal mode. An information storing unit, during the normal mode, stores, in the storage unit, information about the response data. A standby-mode response data generating unit, during the standby mode, generates the response data from the information about the response data, and stores a response frequency of the information. A stored response data deleting unit deletes, if an amount of the information exceeds a storage capacity of the storage unit, the information with the response frequency that is lower than a specified threshold.
US09329810B2
A method and system are disclosed for federation among cloud print services. Based upon identification data and location data received from a user device, a primary cloud print service determines the best document processing device for output of a document. The primary cloud print service uses trusted relationships with other cloud print services, established via secure sharing of information, to allow for transparent printing across clouds to any device registered by the user or available and proximate to the user's location.
US09329809B2
A non-transitory recording medium stores a program including program codes for causing a computer (a) to read information necessary for a display from a base file, (b) to display information according to base file contents, (c) to read machine type dependent information that (i) is necessary for the display on an output apparatus, (ii) depends on an output apparatus machine type, and (iii) cannot be commonly used in multiple machine types, (d) to create a transaction file composed of function information and an argument necessary for the function without including a control code based on the machine type dependent information, and (e) to instruct the output apparatus to output the information according to the base file contents by using the transaction file and a fixed file that (i) does not depend on the machine type, (ii) can be commonly used in multiple machine types, and (iii) is composed of machine type independent information including the control code.
US09329806B2
An image producing device by which image data that is produced by an image producing unit is written in an external memory medium, or by which image data is read from the external memory medium and written to a device main unit of the image producing device, the device main unit includes: a record unit configured to record first identification information of image data that is written in the external memory medium; a data storage unit configured to store image data that is recorded by the record unit; and a data operation unit configured to move image data from the external memory medium to the data storage unit based on the first identification information in the record unit.
US09329790B2
Methods, computer systems, and computer program products are provided for managing a storage network system is provided. The storage network system includes a plurality of zones. Each of the plurality of zones includes at least one storage network device. A link-down event associated with one of the storage network devices is detected. One of the plurality of zones is identified is identified as being unused if the zone is not accessed by another of the storage network devices in another of the plurality of zones and if the zone does not access another of the storage network devices in another of the plurality of zones.
US09329789B1
Systems and methods for efficiently operating on a storage device are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods for operating on a storage device having a data portion and a log portion with a plurality of regions are provided. A write command is received with a storage device controller. The write command may include an address portion and a data portion. A current position in the log is identified that corresponds to a first of the plurality of regions to which data has been written last. Data stored in a second of the plurality of regions is selectively transferred to the data portion of the storage device based on validity and frequency of use of the data. The data and address portions included in the write command are stored to the log portion based on the current position.
US09329780B2
For combining virtual mapping metadata and physical space mapping metadata in a storage system by a processor device in a computing environment, data and metadata are maintained into separate virtual streams. The separate virtual streams include a metadata stream for the metadata and a data stream for the data. Information of a mapping of logical data to a location on the data stream and a current state of unused spaces in the data stream is linearly distributed within the metadata stream.
US09329776B2
A graphical user interface apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to control a display. An item is displayed at a periphery of a display and a detector detects when an object is proximate to the item. When detected the display displays a relation item. Then, when the object is detected as moving to be proximate to the relation item, a controller changes a displayed form of the relation item in response to detecting when the object is moved.
US09329746B2
Embodiments relates to a method for managing contents and a display apparatus using the method, and the method include: displaying at least one icon representing contents provider and icons representing user contents service; receiving a selection of a first icon corresponding to a first contents provider in the displayed icons; and storing information on user's contents in contents provided from the first contents provider to correspond to the user contents service.
US09329744B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a first command to display a selected portion of an electronic document, wherein the selected portion is indicated by a visible indicator in a selected segment of a segmented scroll bar having a dynamically compressible trough. Further activities may include sending a second command to display a document page having a page number corresponding to the visible indicator, wherein the trough comprises segments corresponding to the pages of the document. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09329733B2
A method for detecting touch spots of a touch panel. In the detecting process, a pulse signal is input into each of a plurality of first driving-sensing electrodes, thereby simulating an R1nC curve for computing a coordinate of the touch spots, at a high impedance direction. The capacitance C is detected. A coordinate of the touch spot at a low impedance direction is obtained by calculating a ratio of the R1nC and the capacitance C to obtain the resistance R1n.
US09329731B2
A capacitive input device includes first and second pluralities of sensor electrodes disposed in a first region of a substrate. The first and second pluralities of sensor electrodes are substantially orthogonal to one another. The first region is configured to overlap a display screen. At least one routing trace is disposed in a second region of the substrate and is ohmically coupled to a sensor electrode of one of the first and second pluralities of sensor electrodes and also to a processing system. The second region comprises a non-display screen overlapping portion of the substrate. A compensation trace is disposed in the second region and ohmically coupled to the processing system. The compensation trace has substantially the same length as and is substantially parallel and proximate to the at least one routing trace. The compensation trace is not ohmically coupled to any sensor electrode located in the first region.
US09329727B2
Object detection techniques for use in conjunction with optical sensors is described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of inputs are received, each of the inputs being received from a respective one of a plurality of optical sensors. Each of the plurality of inputs are classified using machine learning as to whether the inputs are indicative of detection of an object by a respective said optical sensor.
US09329726B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for a touch sensitive display device providing editable handwriting capture are described. A display device with a detachable front panel is capable of interactive touch sensing and editable handwriting capture. An ultraviolet or near ultraviolet light source and camera can be configured to capture images of textual input made on the detachable front panel of the device with a pen having water soluble fluorescent ink that is transparent or nontransparent such that the notes are visible under ultraviolet or near ultraviolet light and transparent when little or no ultraviolet or near ultraviolet light is present. The detachable front panel may be removed from the display device for cleaning and ease of use.
US09329719B2
A hybrid touch-screen display that integrates force-based touch-screen technology with any one from among a group of projective capacitive, surface capacitive, resistive, digital resistive, SAW, IR, APR, DST, optical and electromagnetic touch-screen technologies to provide an ability to compensate for non-perfect force transfer. An alternate implementation is also disclosed that employs a single force sensor for relative force measurement in a system in which force is traditionally not measured, here a water dispenser unit. This allows compensation for varying static loads, run-time calibration, and filtering of extraneous loads through firmware.
US09329713B2
A portable information handling system may be used in tablet-laptop mode, where a first body and a second body are rotatable about each other within an angular range of about 360°. Depending on the detected angular rotation of the first body about the second body, among other detectable usage aspects, line-of-sight operation or non-line-of-sight operation of touch input devices, such as a touch pad and/or a keyboard, may be activated.
US09329708B2
Systems and methods for transmitting information in interactive display systems are provided. In one example, an interactive display system comprises an interactive display including an electrode matrix having row and column electrodes, the row electrodes being sequentially driven, a display-side radio transceiver, and an input device including an electrode tip and an input device-side radio transceiver. The interactive display is configured to transmit a channel identifier in an electrostatic link formed between the electrode matrix of the display and the electrode tip of the input device, and the input device is configured to detect a position signal indicating a nearest row electrode in the electrode matrix adjacent which the electrode tip is positioned, and to transmit data indicating the nearest row electrode to the interactive display via a radio link between the input device side transceiver and the display side transceiver on a channel identified by the channel identifier.
US09329692B2
Some implementations may present a media file that includes video on a touchscreen display. A user gesture performed on the touchscreen display may be detected. The user gesture may include one of a tap gesture, a swipe gesture, or a tap and hold and drag while holding gesture. Text selected by the user gesture may be determined. One or more follow-up actions may be performed automatically based at least partly on the text selected by the user gesture.
US09329689B2
A method and apparatus for biometric data capture are provided. The apparatus includes in interactive head-mounted eyepiece worn by a user that includes an optical assembly through which a user views a surrounding environment and displayed content. An integrated processor handles content for display to the user and an optical sensor captures biometric data when the eyepiece is positioned so that a nearby individual is proximate to the eyepiece. Biometric data is captured using the eyepiece and is transmitted to a remote processing facility for interpretation. The remote processing facility interprets the captured biometric data and generates display content based on the interpretation. This display content is delivered to the eyepiece and displayed to the user. Biometric data may include but is not limited to, an iris image, a voice sample and a facial image.
US09329687B2
A touch panel device includes a touch panel, a first displacement section, and a second displacement section. The first displacement section is in contact with a reserve surface of the touch panel and displaces the touch panel in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the touch panel based on a first drive signal. The second displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel at a location close to a location where the first displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel and displaces the touch panel in the direction perpendicular to a plane of the touch panel based on a second drive signal.
US09329682B2
A head mounted display allows user selection of a virtual object through multi-step focusing by the user. Focus on the selectable object is determined and then a validation object is displayed. When user focus moves to the validation object, a timeout determines that a selection of the validation object, and thus the selectable object has occurred. The technology can be used in see through head mounted displays to allow a user to effectively navigate an environment with a multitude of virtual objects without unintended selections.
US09329679B1
A projection and camera system projects content onto a passive, multi-surface projection screen. When a first surface of the screen is oriented to receive the projected images, the system detects this first surface and projects content associated with that surface of the screen. When a second surface is oriented to receive the projected images, the system detects this change from the first surface to the second surface and projects different content associated with the second surface. In this manner, to switch between different content or different applications, the user merely needs to turn the screen over.
US09329674B2
A display device with integrated touch screen is provided. The display device may include a panel, a display driver IC, and a touch IC. The panel may include a plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The display driver IC may apply a driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receive a plurality of sensing signals from the sensing electrodes when the panel operates in a touch driving mode, and, when the panel operates in a display driving mode, the display driver IC may apply a common voltage to the driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The touch IC may generate the driving pulse and apply the driving pulse to the display driver IC, and may receive the sensing signals from the display driver IC to determine whether there is a touch. The touch IC may include a sensing unit sensing whether there is a touch.
US09329672B2
A high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) receiver apparatus is provided. The HDMI receiver apparatus includes a pin, a control module, and an extended display identification data (EDID) module. The pin is used to receive an HDMI cable connection voltage in a first operation state and output a hot plug detection signal in a second operation state. The control module is connected with the pin. When the pin receives the HDMI cable connection voltage in the first operation state, the control module switches the pin to the second operation state from the first operation state and outputs the hot plug detection signal to an HDMI transmitter apparatus through the pin, such that the HDMI transmitter apparatus reads EDID information according to the hot plug detection signal. The EDID module is used to store the EDID information.
US09329669B2
A power gating circuit including a first chain buffer that generates a first sleep signal by buffering an input sleep signal, a second chain buffer that generates a second sleep signal by buffering the first sleep signal, and a first switch block including a plurality of first switch cells controlled according to the first sleep signal.
US09329666B2
A power throttling queue includes a queue and a throttling circuit. The queue has multiple entries. Each entry has a data field and a valid field. The multiple entries include a first portion and a selectively disabled second portion. The throttling circuit is coupled to the queue, and selectively disables the second portion in response to a number of valid entries of the first portion.
US09329657B2
A mechanism is provided for customized power rating for computer equipment. A power monitor determines actual power consumption by computer equipment in a facility. After equipment has been stressed, an operator sends the actual power consumption information to the manufacturer. The manufacturer receives the actual power consumption information and issues a certificate that acknowledges the equipment will not consume more power than what was measured. The manufacturer may provide digital media that instructs power management hardware in the computer equipment to adhere to an actual case power limit. The power management hardware treats the actual case power limit as a hard power limit. That is, the power management hardware will not specify a power cap higher than the actual case power limit. The power management hardware prevents the equipment from crossing the actual case power limit.
US09329656B2
An apparatus and method is described herein for reducing noise in a power distribution network for an interface. The power distribution network is characterized. And based on that characterization, worst case patterns for the interface are predicted and avoided. As one example, characterization includes providing a stimulus, such as a step function stimulus, and determining a mathematical function response, such as a step function response. Then, based on the step function response, a resonant frequency for the power distribution network is determined; from which patterns that cause the resonant frequency are identified/predicted. And when identified patterns are detected, they are scrambled or manipulated to avoid causing a worst-case noise scenario in an interface's power distribution network.
US09329654B2
A method of one-line power mapping in a datacenter includes providing from a management system a pre-defined pattern to a rack system, in response to providing the pre-defined pattern, directing the rack system to enable a power supply unit of the rack system and to modulate a power usage of the rack system to encode the pre-defined pattern onto a power cable, wherein the power supply unit receives operating power from a power distribution unit via the power cable, receiving at the management system a power level signal from the power distribution unit, decoding at the management system the pre-defined pattern from the power level signal, and determining that the rack system is connected to the power distribution unit in response to decoding the pre-defined pattern.
US09329653B2
A method for replacing or repairing a non hot swappable component according to one embodiment includes supplying power to a first motherboard partition, a first storage partition, a second motherboard partition, and a second storage partition concurrently. The first storage partition is accessed and utilized with the second motherboard partition. The power to the first motherboard partition s selectively severed, and a non hot swappable component that has failed is removed from the first motherboard partition and replaced with a functioning component. Power is restored to the first motherboard partition.
US09329644B2
A mounting apparatus includes a drive bracket and a securing piece. The drive bracket includes a bottom plate and a side plate. A separating plate is located on the bottom plate to divide the drive bracket into a first portion and a second portion. The first portion defines an engaging hole. The second portion defines a first slide groove. An elastic piece is mounted on the side plate. The elastic piece defines a receiving hole. The securing piece is mounted on the one data storage device. The securing piece includes a clip engaged in the engaging hole to mount the first data storage device in the first portion. A first sliding block is mounted on another data storage device. The elastic piece is elastically bent to allow the first sliding block to slide in the first slide groove, and the first sliding block is engaged in the receiving hole.
US09329643B2
A memory module attaches as a component to a printed circuit board. An apparatus is disclosed for securing a memory module to a memory module socket. The apparatus includes a bracket device securely holding the memory module against the memory module socket. The memory module cannot disengage from the memory module socket without first removing the bracket.
US09329639B2
An electronic device includes a front panel, a back cover, a stand, and at least one hinge module. The stand is disposed on a surface of the back cover opposite to the front panel and is rotatable relative to the surface. The hinge module disposed between the front panel and the back cover includes a fixing element, a sliding element, a pivot, and a spring strip. The fixing element has a hole, and the fixing element is fixed on the back cover, such that an accommodating space is formed between the fixing element and the back cover. The sliding element having a hook portion is slidably disposed in the accommodating space. The pivot is slidably disposed in the accommodating space. The sliding element is connected to the stand by the pivot. The spring strip is disposed in the accommodating space. The spring strip is deformably fixed on the back cover.
US09329634B1
A docking system includes a base, a deck having an upper surface configured to contact a computing device resting upon the deck, wherein the upper surface includes at least one aperture therethrough, and projections extending upwardly from a surface of the base. The deck is movable along a plane that is inclined with respect to the surface of the base between a first position and a second position, the at least one aperture of the deck when in the first position being located away from the projections such that the deck conceals the projections, and the at least one aperture of the deck when in the second position exposing the projections to allow engagement of the projections with the computing device.
US09329630B2
A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device.
US09329624B2
A communication apparatus that is capable of enabling communication even when IPsec life time information is taken over. The communication apparatus is connected to a network via a network interface device and operates in a first power mode or a second power mode with less power consumption. A notification unit notifies the network interface device of IPsec life time information when shifting to the second power mode from the first power mode. A storage unit stores first time information showing time of shifting to the second power mode from the first power mode. An acquisition unit acquires the life time information from the network interface device when shifting to the first power mode from the second power mode. A correction unit corrects the life time information based on second time information showing time of shifting to the first power mode from the second power mode and the first time information.
US09329623B2
Apparatuses, integrated circuits, and methods are disclosed for synchronizing data signals with a command signal. In one such example apparatus, an input control circuit is configured to provide an input clock signal responsive to a data clock signal. A delay circuit is configured to delay the data clock signal corresponding to a propagation delay of a command signal. An output control circuit is configured to provide an output clock signal responsive to the delayed data clock signal and a buffer circuit is configured to capture data responsive to the input clock signal, with the buffer circuit further configured to provide the captured data responsive to the output clock signal.
US09329622B2
This invention provides a clock control circuit, which can be added to any pipeline-processor to solve timing problems arising from variations due to process outcome and environmental conditions. Critical instructions are detected (instructions that exercise critical paths) in conjunction with environmental sensing (such as process, temperature and voltage). This information is used to control cycle stealing.
US09329616B2
An operating element, particularly for a motor vehicle, has a rotary actuator rotatable about a first axis and pivotable about at least one second axis, the rotary actuator being arranged on a rotary actuator support. The rotary actuator support is acted on by a rocker lever with a pretensioning force opposing a pivoting movement of the rotary actuator, and the rotary actuator can only be pivoted about the second axis after overcoming the pretensioning force.
US09329611B2
As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, an event manager provides control of a battery-powered internal power supply. The power supply has a control port that receives a control signal for activating and deactivating the internal power supply, and one or more output ports for providing a power signal. The event manager includes a plurality of system-event circuits that detect activity signals corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of system events. An event validation circuit, which is powered by the power signal, provides a validation signal that is based upon an activity signal detected by the event manager circuit and that indicates that the internal power supply should provide the power signal in a non-sleep power-operation mode.
US09329610B2
A biasing circuit for an acoustic transducer is provided with: a voltage-booster stage, which supplies, on a biasing terminal, a boosted voltage for biasing a first terminal of the acoustic transducer; and filtering elements, set between the biasing terminal and the acoustic transducer, for filtering disturbances on the boosted voltage. The biasing circuit is further provided with switches, which can be actuated so as to connect the first terminal to the biasing terminal of the voltage-booster stage, directly during a start-up step of the biasing circuit, and through the filtering elements at the end of the start-up step.
US09329590B2
A machine tool includes a controller including a storage unit that stores correction history data including correction amounts of the positions of tools input from a worker and time when the correction amounts are input, in association with the tools; and a display device that can display a time-based graph showing a relationship between the time and the correction amount for each tool.
US09329589B2
This invention relates to an interactive device (100) to interactively communicate with a remote device (107). A receiver (101) receives event related information from a remote device which supplies the event related information which includes event progress information. A display (102) displays an image of the current status of the event based on the received event related information. A progress indicator (103) indicates the progress of the event based on received progress information. A sensor (104) receives a modification command from a user indicating a modification of the progress of the event, and a transmitter (105) for transmits the modification command to the remote device. The remote device then adjusts the progress of the event in accordance to the received modification command.
US09329577B2
A timepiece including a case that accommodates a movement including a lower peripheral bearing surface, the case including a case middle to which a back cover and a crystal are respectively assembled. The timepiece further includes a clamping element including a lower retaining surface and the movement includes an upper peripheral bearing surface, the lower retaining surface of the clamping element and the upper peripheral bearing surface being in mutual contact. The back cover includes an annular peripheral shoulder, against which is affixed the lower peripheral bearing surface of the movement, which is compressed between its lower peripheral bearing surface and its upper peripheral bearing surface respectively by the annular peripheral shoulder of the back cover and the lower retaining surface of the clamping element.
US09329573B2
A timepiece movement driving at least one output arbor for receiving an indicator displaying a physical or temporal magnitude facing and above a complementary indicator or a dial, the complementary indicator or dial being arranged on a local reference or bearing surface included locally in the movement about of each the output arbor of the movement, or being arranged on the local reference or bearing surface. The output arbor includes, on a side of a local reference or bearing surface thereof, a free end which is either recessed or flush with respect to the local reference or bearing surface thereof.
US09329567B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive drum; a developing unit; a casing; and a supporting member. The developing unit includes a developing agent bearing member. The developing agent bearing member has an axis extending in an axial direction and defines a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in the axial direction. The casing is configured to support the photosensitive drum and the developing unit. The casing has a sidewall at a position corresponding to the first side. The developing unit is detachable from and attachable to the casing along the axial direction. The supporting member is configured to guide a movement of the developing unit in the axial direction and protrudes outward from the sidewall.
US09329565B2
An image forming apparatus is configured to include an apparatus main body, further including an internal sheet discharge portion for ejection of a sheet having an image formed thereon; and a relay conveying unit, positioned in the internal sheet discharge portion, and configured to convey the sheet to a post-processing device. The relay conveying unit has: a body portion; a cover member positioned on a side surface of the body portion; a detection switch; and a hook positioned on the cover member. The body portion and cover member form a sheet conveying path, the cover member being turnable in vertical directions into opening and closing states, to open and form the sheet conveying path, respectively, as detected by the detection switch. The hook prevents the cover member from being turned from the closing state and switches the detection switch into an on state.
US09329559B2
An image formation device is provided with an endless belt wound around a driving roller and a driven roller, a driving helical gear integrally provided at an axial end of the driving roller and rotating integrally with the driving roller. The driving helical gear applies a rotational force and an axial force to the driving roller. A plurality of guiding ribs are provided to an inner surface of the endless belt, while a regulating portion is provided at least one of the driving roller and the driven roller. The regulating portion has a regulation surface. When the endless belt moves obliquely in a direction in which the driving helical gear applies the axial force to the driving roller, side surfaces of the guiding ribs contact the regulating surface and prevent the oblique movement of the endless belt.
US09329557B2
An image heating apparatus includes a heating roller; a nip forming member for forming the nip with the roller; a sheet jam sensor; a first controller for interrupting a heating operation when the sensor detects the sheet jamming, and for resuming the heating operation after the jamming is cleared; a rubbing member for rubbing a heating roller surface; a moving mechanism for moving the rubbing member to a position for spacing the rubbing member from the roller to a position for rubbing the roller surface; and a second controller for executing an operation of moving the rubbing member to the rubbing position to rub the heating roller surface when a predetermined condition is reached, wherein the second controller delays, when the condition is reached during a period in which a predetermined count of sheets pass the nip after the jam clearance, the moving operation to after the period.
US09329556B2
A print control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of surface-effect selection tables for respective pieces of recording medium information on a recording medium. Different types of same surface effects are registered in each of the surface-effect selection tables. The print control apparatus also includes a determining unit configured to determine a surface-effect selection table corresponding to a piece of recording medium information from the storage unit; an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on the determined surface-effect selection table and based on gloss-control plane data in which a type of a surface effect to be applied to the recording medium and an area of the recording medium to which the surface effect is to be applied are specified; and an output unit configured to output the image data.
US09329547B2
A fixing device includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member, a support member having a connection part, an urging member, and an engaging member. The engaging member is capable of changing a state of the fixing device between a pressure applied state and a pressure reduced state using the urging member and the support member. When the nip pressure is in the pressure applied state, the engaging member changes a position of the urging member to direct the urging member longitudinally in a tangential direction to an arc that has a center coinciding with a center of rotation of the support member and that passes through the connecting portion. When the nip pressure is in the pressure reduced state, the engaging member changes the position of the urging member to direct the urging member longitudinally in a direction different from the tangential direction.
US09329542B2
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a pressure rotator pressed against an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. A heater is disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A reflector is disposed opposite the heater to reflect light radiated from the heater onto the inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. A support mounts the reflector. A heater holder is mounted on the support to hold the heater.
US09329541B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit which conveys a long sheet having such a length as to extend at least from a sheet feed opening to a sheet output opening of an apparatus body, an image forming unit which transfers a toner image onto the sheet, a fixing unit including a heater to fix the transferred toner image, a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the fixing unit, and a control unit which controls the sheet conveyance unit in such a way that, when the front edge of the sheet is to be conveyed from the sheet feed opening to the sheet output opening with no toner image transferred onto the sheet, the front edge is prohibited from being conveyed into the fixing unit if the temperature of the fixing unit is higher than a first predetermined temperature.
US09329537B2
A fixing device may include: a roller; a heating assembly; a pressing assembly; and a frame. The heating assembly may include a guided portion having first and second surfaces. The frame may movably support the heating assembly. The frame may include: a recessed portion; first and second guide portions. The first and second guide portions may guide movement of the heating assembly. The guided portion may be interposed between the first and second guide portions. The first guide portion may have a first restriction surface facing the first surface to restrict the guided portion from moving. The second guide portion may have a second restriction surface facing the second surface to restrict the guided portion from moving. Farthest end portions of the first and second restriction surfaces to the roller may face the first and second surfaces respectively when the heating assembly is in its closest position to the roller.
US09329533B2
A cleaning device includes a plurality of cleaners. The plurality of cleaners includes at least a first cleaner, a second cleaner, and a third cleaner arranged next to each other in a traveling direction of a cleaning target. The first cleaner is disposed at an extreme upstream end of the traveling direction and supplied with a first voltage having a same polarity as a polarity of a normally-charged toner. The cleaners, other than the first cleaner, disposed downstream from the first cleaner, is supplied with a second voltage having a polarity opposite the polarity of the normally-charged toner.
US09329522B2
Developing cartridges include a main body, a developer transport member, and a developer thickness regulating member. The main body includes a first and second side portions separated from each other along a direction. The developer thickness regulating member regulates a developer thickness and extends in a direction between the first and second side portions. The developer thickness regulating member includes an end portion, which is disposed near the first side portion, and a first protrusion, which extends along the particular direction from the end portion to at least the first side portion. The main body forms a cavity in the first side portion. The cavity is defined by at least a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a second protrusion that protrudes from the first surface toward the second surface. The first protrusion is fixed at a position between the second protrusion and the second surface.
US09329521B2
An image forming apparatus includes a charging member, a charging bias power source, a developing member, a developing bias power source and a controlling device. The charging member electrically charged an image carrier. The charging bias power source applies a DC charging bias to the charging member. The developing member develops a toner image onto the image carrier. The developing bias power source applies an AC and DC developing bias to the developing member. The controlling device carries out, before image forming process, pre-charging control controlling the charging bias power source to electrically charge the image carrier. The controlling device carries out, after the image forming process is started, post-charging control controlling the charging bias power source and developing bias power source to adjust an electrical potential difference between a surface potential of the image carrier and developing bias to a significant electrical potential difference preventing occurrence of image failure.
US09329513B2
A positively chargeable toner includes a plurality of toner particles each having a toner mother particle and an external additive adhering to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive contains silica particles and coat layers on a surface of the respective silica particles. The coat layers contain a mixture of a nitrogen-containing resin and a chargeable treatment agent.
US09329495B2
Overlay metrology systems are provided which include, for instance: a first metrology pattern including at least two first pairs of sub-patterns, at least one sub-pattern lacking 90 degree rotational symmetry, and a first center position for the first metrology pattern being determinable in an X-Y coordinate layout from the at least two first pairs of sub-patterns; and a second metrology including at least two second pairs of sub-patterns, at least one sub-pattern lacking 90 degree rotational symmetry, and a second center position for the second metrology pattern being determinable in the X-Y coordinate layout from the at least two second pairs of sub-patterns. Methods of making overlay metrology systems are also provided, which include, for instance, providing a first metrology pattern and a second metrology pattern, and arranging the metrology patterns in relation to each other within the X-Y coordinate layout.
US09329487B2
Disclosed is an imaging apparatus for EUV spectroscopy, EUV microscopy, EUV lithography, and x-ray imaging. This new imaging apparatus could, in particular, make significant contributions to EUV lithography at wavelengths in the range from 10 to 15 nm, which is presently being developed for the manufacturing of the next-generation integrated circuits. The disclosure provides a novel adjustable imaging apparatus that allows for the production of stigmatic images in x-ray imaging, EUV imaging, and EUVL. The imaging apparatus of the present invention incorporates additional properties compared to previously described objectives. The use of a pair of spherical reflectors containing a concave and convex arrangement has been applied to a EUV imaging system to allow for the image and optics to all be placed on the same side of a vacuum chamber. Additionally, the two spherical reflector segments previously described have been replaced by two full spheres or, more precisely, two spherical annuli, so that the total photon throughput is largely increased. Finally, the range of permissible Bragg angles and possible magnifications of the objective has been largely increased.
US09329480B2
A photocurable relief image printing element is described. The photocurable relief image printing element comprises (a) a support layer; (b) one or more photocurable layers disposed on the support layer, wherein the one or more photocurable layers comprise: (i) a binder; (ii) one or more monomers; (iii) a photoinitiator; and (iv) an additive selected from the group consisting of phosphites, phosphines, thioether amine compounds, and combinations of one or more of the foregoing; (c) a laser ablatable masking layer disposed on the one or more photocurable layers, the laser ablatable masking layer comprising a radiation opaque material; and (d) optionally, a removable coversheet. The photocurable relief image printing element provides improved surface cure in digital relief image printing elements.
US09329477B2
A photosensitive conductive paste provides a coating film having good storage stability, is capable of maintaining high adhesion under relatively low temperature curing conditions, and is also capable of exhibiting high conductivity. The photosensitive conductive paste contains (A) conductive particles, (B) a photosensitie component, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) an epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (D) has an epoxy equivalent weight of 200-500 g/equivalent.
US09329474B2
A photoresist composition includes a polymer component that includes a first structural unit represented by the formula (1) and a second structural unit represented by the formula (2), an acid generator, and a compound represented by the formula (3). The first structural unit and the second structural unit are included in an identical polymer, or different polymers. R1 is hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, etc., R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, etc., a is an integer from 1 to 6, R4 and R5 independently hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, etc., R6 is hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, etc., R7 and R8 are each independently alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, etc., R9 is alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, etc., R10 is hydrogen atom, etc., A− is —N−—SO2—Ra, etc., and X+ is onium cation.
US09329460B2
A projector includes a light source apparatus, a light modulator that modulates light outputted from the light source apparatus in accordance with image information, and a projection system that projects light modulated by the light modulator. The light source apparatus outputs light formed of first light of a narrow wavelength band having a first wavelength where the optical intensity peaks and second light of a narrow wavelength band having a second wavelength where the optical intensity peaks, and the separation between the first and the second wavelength is set at a value greater than ¼ of one-cycle wavelength of a ripple among ripples contained in an optical spectrum of light that results from the light incident on the light modulator and is reflected off the light modulator, the ripple located in the wavelength regions of the first light and the second light, but smaller than ¾ of the one-cycle wavelength.
US09329457B2
A security camera system detects misting within the transparent portion of the security camera system by analyzing the actual images that are captured by the security camera system in order to determine whether or not there is misting on the transparent portion. Specifically, video analytics are applied to detect areas of the scene that appear to be out of focus as a result of misting of the transparent portion of the security camera system, also known as the bubble. The system uses, in a preferred embodiment, an edge-detection algorithm to look for areas of the scene that appear to have gone out of focus. When these are detected, the condensation mitigation system is activated in order to remove any misting.
US09329456B1
Disclosed is an underwater camera, including: a casing having an accommodation space for a camera module; a connector coupled to a first side of the casing and transferring a signal output from the camera module to a controller; a lens connected to the lens and coupled to a second side of the casing in a manner that a periphery portion of the lens is embedded in the second side of the casing; a sealing means coupled to the second side of the casing and preventing water from entering into the casing and from reaching the lens; and a valve coupled to the first side of the casing and having a hose connected to a sealed space provided between the sealing means and a surface of the second side of the casing, thereby discharging air from the sealed space and supplying an inert gas into the sealed space.
US09329454B2
A focal-plane shutter includes at least one blade group, a shutter base plate where the blade group is rotatably attached, a blade driving member rotatably supported by the shutter base plate and configured to drive the blade group from a standby position to a travelling completed position when taking pictures, a charge member configured to charge the blade driving member and a braking member formed on a first surface opposite to a second surface where the blade driving member of the shutter base plate is rotatably supported and configured to abut against a protruding portion which penetrates the shutter base plate from the blade driving member so as to protrude to the first surface.
US09329437B2
The invention belongs to the technical field of displaying, and provides a composition, an alignment layer and a method for preparing the same, a liquid crystal (LC) alignment unit and a liquid crystal display panel. The invention can solve the problems existing in the prior methods for achieving of multi-domain display of LC display devices, such as complex manufacturing processes, high cost, difficult to be manufactured. The composition (alignment layer) of the present invention allows adjusting the alignment of the molecules in the surface of the resultant coating layer of the composition, through adjusting the contents of the components in the composition, the polymerization temperature, and/or the thickness of the coating of the composition. The alignment layer, the LC alignment unit, and the LC display panel according to the invention can be prepared using a simple process and allow to achieve a multi-domain display at a lower cost.
US09329436B2
A liquid crystal panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a display area having a black matrix and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. At least one opening is arranged on the black matrix of the peripheral area. The second substrate includes at least one masking unit arranged corresponding to the openings. In addition, a liquid crystal device including the above liquid crystal panel is also disclosed. By arranging the openings on the black matrix of the peripheral area of the first substrate, the UV rays are prevented from being absorbed by the black matrix. As such, residue of the reactive monomer left within the liquid crystal layer is decreased and display performance is enhanced. Also, the light leakage occurring due to the openings is avoided.
US09329431B2
A transflective liquid crystal display panel is disclosed and comprises a color-filter substrate, an array substrate, and blue-phase liquid crystal filled between the color-filter substrate and the array substrate, and the transflective liquid crystal display panel further comprises: a common electrode, formed on the color-filter substrate; transparent protrusions, formed in a transmissive region and a reflective region of each pixel unit of the array substrate; reflective portions, formed on the transparent protrusions respectively.
US09329428B2
A display panel includes a first substrate and a spaced apart second substrate and a protection or other additional film attached to an outer and laterally extending major surface of the first substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate having a major lateral surface subdivided into a display region and a peripheral region, a color filter member disposing on the first base substrate and having a plurality of color filters, a light blocking member disposing on the peripheral region of the first base substrate and an overcoating member disposing on the color filter member and on the light blocking member and extending to cover a sidewall surface of the light blocking member. The extend overcoating member helps block charged particles from reaching the light blocking member, thus preventing discoloration of the color filter due to influx of static electricity associated with the charged particles.
US09329423B2
In a sensing device and a method for sending a light by using the same, the sensing device includes: a lower panel; an upper panel facing the lower panel; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower panel and the upper panel; an infrared ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel; and a visible ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel. The sensing device simultaneously includes the infrared ray sensor and the visible ray sensor such that a touch sensing function or an image sensing function having high reliability may be realized.
US09329422B2
A manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step of forming a tapered first groove on a surface of a semiconductor wafer; a step of forming a notch groove having a narrow width in a bottom portion of the first groove; a step of laminating the semiconductor wafer to a mother glass substrate using a sealing material; a step of forming a tapered second groove on a back surface of the semiconductor wafer; a step of separating a semiconductor substrate of the semiconductor wafer by cutting the semiconductor wafer from the second groove toward the notch groove; and a step of separating respective counter substrates by cutting the mother glass substrate along a scribe groove.
US09329420B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided, including the following steps. First, an outer frame is provided, wherein the outer frame comprises the first frame member and the second frame member. Next, the first frame member is connected to the second frame member by welding to form a connected structure, wherein a welded portion is formed between the first frame member and the second frame member. Then, a punch pin and a punch base are provided. Next, the connected structure is placed on the punch base. Finally, the connected structure is punched by the punch pin.
US09329419B2
The image display apparatus includes a display panel, a holding member that holds four sides of the display panel, and a cushioning member that is disposed between the display panel and the holding member and exerts pressing force corresponding to deformation amount on the display panel. In a state where the warp present in the display panel is smaller than the warp in its maximum warp state, the pressing force exerted on the display panel from the cushioning member in a region at each of both end portions of at least one of the four sides of the display panel is smaller than the pressing force exerted on the display panel from the cushioning member in a region at a central portion of the side.
US09329416B2
The invention relates to adaptive optics techniques applied to alter the modal structure of light propagating in an optical fiber. In particular the invention relates to altering the modal structure in a multimode beam propagating in a multimode fiber by lowering the number of higher modes. The method comprises combining a wavefront sensor and/or a power sensor with a phase control actuator and actuator control algorithms, to alter the phase structure of the beam thereby to eliminate higher modes. The corrected beam can be then effectively coupled into a smaller diameter fiber with minimum loss of energy and concentrated to smaller spot sizes limited by diffraction.
US09329405B1
Eyeglasses includes a frame, two connecting blocks, and two temples. A front end of each connecting block is pivotably connected to a side of the frame. A rear end of each connecting block includes an axle having a first positioning portion. A rear end of each temple has a hook. A front end of each temple includes a receptacle receiving one of the axles. The receptacle of each temple includes an inner periphery having a second positioning portion engaged with the first positioning portion of one of the connecting blocks, such that the temples are pivotable relative to the connecting blocks to change an angular position of each hook. The first and second positioning portions engage with each other to fix the angular position of the hook. A disengagement prevention mechanism is provided between each temple and one of the connecting blocks.
US09329402B2
A lens driving device includes a lens barrel supporting a lens; an autofocusing driving unit disposed on one side of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction based on the lens barrel to thereby drive the lens barrel in the optical axis direction; and a hand-shake prevention driving unit disposed on sides of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction other than the one side on which the autofocusing driving unit is disposed, to thereby drive the lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction.
US09329399B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a naked-eye three-dimensional image display method and device, and the naked-eye three-dimensional image display method comprises: with a control means, making a two-dimensional display screen display a left-eye image at a first moment, and synchronously applying a first set of voltages to a liquid crystal lens located at a light-exiting side of the two-dimensional display screen, so that the left-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a left eye of an observer; and with the control means, making the two-dimensional display screen display a right-eye image at a second moment, and synchronously applying a second set of voltages to the liquid crystal lens, so that the right-eye image is projected through the liquid crystal lens to a right eye of the observer; wherein a time interval between the first moment and the second moment is not more than visual persistence time of human eyes.
US09329397B2
A display apparatus includes: a display unit; and a liquid crystal variable barrier arranged so as to face the display unit, having plural strip-shaped first electrodes, a second electrode arranged so as to face the first electrodes and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the first electrodes and the second electrode, and separating an image displayed by the display unit into images respectively corresponding to plural viewpoints, wherein the first electrodes are arranged so that adjacent first electrodes partially overlap each other through an insulating layer, and plural first electrodes form an opening.
US09329395B2
A green laser zoom beam expanding system, applied to the field of laser processing, and comprising a first lens, a second lens and a third lens (L1, L2, L3). The first lens and the third lens (L1, L3) are plane-convex plus lenses, and the second lens (L2) is a meniscus minus lens. The first lens, the second lens and the third lens (L1, L2, L3) respectively comprise a first surface and a second surface (S1, S2), a third surface and a fourth surface (S3, S4) as well as a fifth surface and a sixth surface (S5, S6). The radiuses of curvature of the first to sixth surfaces (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) are ∞, −29.8, 7.2, 1.6, ∞, −100. The center thickness of the first to third lenses (L1, L2, L3) is 2, 1, 4. The outer diameters of the first to third lenses (L1, L2, L3) are 10, 3, 34. Proportions of the refractive indexes to the Abbe numbers of the first to third lenses (L1, L2, L3) are 1.8:25, 1.48:68, and 1.8:25. An interval (d2) between the second surface and the third surface (S2, S3) is 8-28. An interval (d4) between the fourth surface and the fifth surface (S4, S5) is 107-115, a unit is mm, and a tolerance is 5%. The system may perform beam expanding on entering light by 2-16 times, which may be adaptable to laser devices with different emergent diameters and divergence angles, and improve efficiency and accuracy of laser processing.
US09329394B2
A lens module and an assembling method thereof are provided. A lens set includes a barrel and at least one lens disposed inside the barrel. A first position-limiting member is connected to the barrel. A first hollow tube surrounds the barrel and has a first sliding path. The first position-limiting member is configured to slide along the first sliding path before the first hollow tube is fixed so that the barrel is capable of moving with respect to the first hollow tube before the first hollow tube is fixed. The first position-limiting member is limited by the first sliding path. A second hollow tube surrounds the first hollow tube and has a second sliding path. The first position-limiting member is configured to slide along the second sliding path before the first and second hollow tubes are fixed. The second sliding path is inclined to the first sliding path.
US09329388B1
A heads-up display includes a display region disposed in or on a substantially transparent substrate. The display region includes an array of reflective scattering elements and interstitial regions disposed between adjacent ones of the reflective scattering elements. The interstitial regions are substantially transparent to pass external light through the substrate. A light source is positioned to direct light onto the display region of the substrate such that an image generated by the light directed onto the display region is visible.
US09329382B2
According to one embodiment, a display element includes a light guide and a light extraction unit. The light guide extends in one direction, and is optically transmissive. The light extraction unit includes a displacement layer, a reflective layer provided on the displacement layer, and a light extraction layer provided on the reflective layer to oppose the light guide. A plurality of prisms are formed in one major surface of the light extraction layer opposing the reflective layer. A trough line is formed between mutually-adjacent ridgelines. The element has at least one selected from a configuration in which an angle between one of the oblique surfaces and one other major surface of the light extraction layer opposing the light guide is different between corresponding oblique surfaces of two mutually-adjacent prisms and a configuration in which the ridgelines of the prisms are non-parallel to the trough line between the ridgelines.
US09329375B2
A microscope includes an image acquisition system, microscope components and a touch screen. The image acquisition system is configured to optically and digitally image an object so as to produce an object image The microscope components are at least one of motorized and electrically controllable. The touch screen is configured to display the object image in a display area thereof and to sense inputs in the display area within the displayed object image so as to change settings of the microscope components.
US09329368B2
A beam shaping unit for focusing a divergent laser beam includes a first optical element to receive the laser beam, a second optical element to receive the beam from the first optical element, an optical focusing unit to receive the beam from the second optical element, a first focal point adjustment device coupled to the first optical element, the first focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust the beam focal point diameter by manipulating the first optical element, and a second focal point adjustment device coupled to the second optical element, the second focal point adjustment device being configured to adjust, in the beam propagation direction, the beam focal position by manipulating the second optical element, and in which the beam shaping unit is configured to image the beam from the first optical element through an intermediate focal point onto the second optical element.
US09329364B2
An optical lens system includes sequentially from an object side to an image plane side: a first lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is convex toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is convex toward the object side; a third lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface that is convex toward the image side; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power and an object side surface that is concave toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and an image side surface that is convex toward the image side.
US09329362B2
The imaging lens substantially consists of a first lens group having positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having positive refractive power, in this order from the object side. The first lens group consists of, in this order from the object side, an eleventh lens group and a twelfth lens group with a largest air space therebetween. The eleventh lens group has at least one negative lens with a concave surface toward the image side, having negative refractive power; and the twelfth lens group has positive refractive power. The second lens group substantially consists of, in this order from the object side, an aspheric lens having at least one aspheric surface, a positive lens, a negative lens, and a three-cemented lens formed by cementing a positive lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens in this order from the object side.
US09329352B2
A slack cable storage apparatus includes a housing having a top, a bottom, sides, a back extending between the top, bottom and sides thereby defining a storage volume and a cable opening extending through the housing. A spooling assembly is located in the storage volume. The spooling assembly includes a spooling member about which a cable is to be wound. A retainer is moveably connected to the spooling member. The retainer has a cable storing configuration where the retainer overlies a spooling volume adjacent the spooling member and a cable access configuration where the retainer is moved to allow access to the cable when spooled about the spooling member.
US09329345B2
An optical apparatus, comprising a wavelength selective switch, the wavelength selective switch including: one or more planar lightwave circuits and a plurality of optical beam steering assemblies. Each one of the planar lightwave circuits have at least one arrayed waveguide grating located thereon.
US09329339B2
A plasmonic detector and method for manufacturing a plasmonic detector. The plasmonic detector comprises two nanoscale metallic rods coupled to a bias voltage; a nanoscale cavity formed between adjacent ends of the two nanoscale metallic rods; and an absorption material disposed in the nanoscale cavity for converting an electromagnetic field to an electric current for outputting via the nanoscale metallic rods.
US09329337B2
A silicon photonics device and system therefor. The silicon photonics device can include a 300 nm SOI (silicon-on-insulator with 300 nm top Si) overlying a substrate member. A waveguide structure can be configured from a portion of the SOI layer and disposed overlying the substrate member. This waveguide structure can include an AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Gratings) structure with 300 nm×300 nm symmetric grating waveguides or an Echelle grating structure characterized by a top silicon thickness of 300 nm. The waveguide structure can also include an index compensator material configured to provide at least two material index ratings in the waveguide structure.
US09329325B2
An optical waveguide comprising a body of material configured for the contained propagation of light therethrough, a surface relief grating configured to receive the propagating light and at least partially to diffract or reflect it out of the waveguide, and at least one layer of dielectric material of varying thickness having a first surface and a second surface which conforms to a profiled surface of the grating so that the grating exhibits a spatial variation in efficiency dependent on the varying thickness of the dielectric material.
US09329324B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a reflecting component and a backlight comprising the same. The reflecting component comprises a reflective layer and a first protective layer provided on the reflective layer, wherein the surface of the first protective layer away from the reflective layer is formed to have one or more recessed structures.
US09329323B2
A light source includes a carrier, a plurality of solid-state light-emitting devices, a plate photo-coupler, a first reflector, and a plurality of second reflectors. The solid-state light-emitting devices and the light-incoupling component are configured on the carrier. The light-incoupling component has a bottom surface, a top surface, a plurality of side surfaces adjoining the bottom surface and the top surface, and a through hole extending from the bottom surface to the top surface. The solid-state light-emitting devices are located in the through hole. The first reflector covers the through hole. The second reflectors are configured on the side surfaces. Light emitted from the solid-state light-emitting devices enters the light-incoupling component via a sidewall of the through hole and leaves the light-incoupling component via the top surface thereof.
US09329321B2
The present invention disclosed a backlight module comprising a light collection system, a light guide plate and a plurality of optical fibers, wherein all light incident ends of the plurality of optical fibers are connected to the light collection system for receiving sunlight; the backlight module further includes an optical fiber connector; the plurality of optical fibers are arranged in parallel on the surface of the light guide plate, with all their light emitting ends flush with the light incident end of the light guide plate; the optical fiber connector abuts against the light emitting end of the plurality of optical fibers and the light incident end of the light guide plate, respectively, used for guiding the sunlight emitting from the light emitting end of the plurality of optical fibers to enter the light guide plate from the light incident end of the light guide plate.
US09329310B1
Multilayered nanoparticles and methods of producing same are provided for controlling plasmon-exciton distance. The nanoparticles include a silver core, a polyelectrolyte spacer layer exterior to the silver core, and a J-aggregate cyanine dye outer shell. This multilayer architecture served as a framework for manipulating the dual coupling of localized surface plasmon resonance exhibited by the silver core with the molecular exciton exhibited by the J-aggregate outer shell. The polyelectrolyte spacer layer promotes the formation of an excitonic J-aggregate while serving as a means of controlling the plasmon-exciton coupling strength through changing the distance between the core and the shell. An analytical expression based on Mie Theory and the Transfer Matrix Method is provided for describing the optical response of these multilayered nanoparticles. Computational and experimental results illustrate that the absorption wavelength of the J-aggregate form of the dye is dependent on both the distance of the dye layer from the silver core and the degree of dye aggregation.
US09329305B2
An inspection apparatus determines information indicative of structure that may be hidden behind an obscuring boundary, such as a wall. A processor collects measurements of properties characterizing the hidden structure and measurements of location of the apparatus. The collected data are mapped to produce an image of intensity in the characteristic measurements. Each intensity value in the image reflects a measure of density, of material type, or of some other specific information by which hidden structure can be discerned. The intensity changes indicating the hidden structure are displayed to a user via color-coded pixels or the like.
US09329300B2
An X-ray backscatter imaging system uses frequency modulated X-rays to determine depth of features within a target. An X-ray source generates X-ray radiation modulated by a frequency-modulated bias current. The X-ray radiation impinges upon and is backscattered from multiple depths within the target. A scintillating material receives the backscattered X-rays and generates corresponding photons. A photodetector, having gain modulated by the frequency modulation signal from the local oscillator, receives the photons from the scintillating material and generates an analog output signal containing phase delay information indicative of the distance travelled by the X-rays backscattered from multiple depths within the target. The analog output signal is sampled by an analog-to-digital converter to create a digital output signal. A computer processor performs a discrete Fourier transform on the digital output signal to provide target depth information based on the phase delay information.
US09329296B2
Provided are an underwater detector and a method for an underwater detection, and more particularly, an underwater detector including two direct current electrodes and a plurality of measurement electrodes in order to sense a movement of an object having conductivity different from that of water underwater. Since the underwater detector according to the present invention includes two direct current electrodes, a plurality of measurement electrodes, and a control and measurement module for measuring voltages of the plurality of measurement electrodes, the plurality of measurement electrodes each include an electrode control module and the electrode control module includes a first switch, a second switch, a controlling unit, and the like, the number of voltage measurement lines may be small and a voltage between two selected electrodes may be easily calculated.
US09329294B2
A method and apparatus for determining an effective cross-sectional area of a borehole including one or more sources for generating tube or Stoneley waves in the borehole; receivers for measuring amplitudes of the waves; and means to relate said measured amplitudes to said effective cross-sectional area or related parameters.
US09329283B2
A device for detecting ionizing radiation results in charges forming in a sensor covered with a plurality of electrodes that are each connected to an electronic circuit adapted to deliver, to a processing module, a first signal indicating when charge has been collected by the electrode connected to said circuit. Each central circuit is adapted, when a central electrode has collected charge, to determine a possible detection overlap with one of the adjacent electrodes; to determine a priority detection overlap with an adjacent priority circuit; to transmit or receive to/from the adjacent priority circuit a request to participate in a detection overlap and to receive or transmit from/to the adjacent priority circuit an indication of availability; and to transmit said first signal except in the case where an availability indication has been transmitted to the adjacent priority circuit.
US09329282B2
The present invention provides a radiation detection system for detecting X-ray and gamma rays featuring Cd1-xMgxTe in solid solution as a crystal semiconductor and electrical connection means. The crystal has a composition in the range of Cd0.99Mg0.01Te to Cd0.71Mg0.29Te and may be doped with indium or another Group III element, which may be suitable for use at room temperature as well as controlled temperatures. The present invention further provides a method for detecting X- or gamma ray radiation by (a) providing a solid solution Cd1-xMgxTe crystal in the composition range of Cd0.99Mg0.01Te to Cd0.71Mg0.29Te; (b) providing an electrical contact means for connecting the Cd1-xMgxTe crystal to an amplification, measurement, identification or imaging means; and (c) detecting the presence of the X- or gamma ray radiation.
US09329281B2
The scintillator panel includes a support, a reflective layer on the support, and a scintillator layer formed on the reflective layer by deposition. The reflective layer includes light-scattering particles and a binder resin. A specific region of the reflective layer is defined by a resin or includes light-scattering particles having a specific area average particle diameter, or the reflective layer has a specific arithmetic average roughness.
US09329278B2
Described is device comprising dosimeter for measuring one or more doses of radiation; and an RFID tag comprising an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag reader and non-volatile memory for storing data therein.
US09329275B2
A film dosimeter is disclosed in the present invention and doped with a sensitizer for determining a neutron and gamma-ray mixed radiation field. The sensitizer comprises quantitative lithium atoms with a different atom percentage of lithium-6 and lithium-7. Theoretically, the atom percentage of the lithium-6 in the lithium atoms is ranged from 0.1 to 99. On the other hand, a method of determining radiation doses of a neutron and gamma-ray mixed radiation field by using the abovementioned film dosimeter is also disclosed in the present invention.
US09329266B2
According to one embodiment, a weather radar apparatus includes an antenna apparatus, a signal processing apparatus, a data converter, a forecasting unit, a state determination unit, and radar controller. The antenna apparatus radiates a radar pulse and receives a reflection pulse. The signal processing apparatus calculates a reception intensity, a Doppler speed, and a speed width. The data converter calculates rainfall intensity data and wind direction/speed data. The forecasting unit generates forecasting data based on the rainfall intensity data and on the wind direction/speed data. The state determination unit generates an observation sequence. The radar controller controls the antenna apparatus in accordance with the observation sequence.
US09329265B2
Methods for disambiguating the location of a radar contact using an N×M dimensioned radar array are provided. In the horizontal plane, the method comprises transmitting a first radar energy pattern in a direction, collecting reflected energy of the first radar energy pattern from the contact, transmitting a second radar energy pattern in the direction and collecting reflected energy of the second radar energy pattern from the contact. The method further comprises comparing the collected energy of the first radar energy pattern and the collected energy of the second radar energy pattern and determining if the contact is located in a side lobe or a main lobe of the first and second radar energy pattern based on the comparison. In the vertical plane, other similar embodiments may be used to determine if the radar antenna(s) are blocked by an obstacle.
US09329261B2
Methods and systems for dynamic control of output power of a leaky wave antenna (LWA) are disclosed and may include configuring one or more LWAs in a wireless device to transmit RF signals at a desired frequency. The LWAs may be integrated in support structures, including an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit package, and/or a printed circuit board. Impedances that are coupled to the LWAs and to a power amplifier enabled to amplify the RF signals may be dynamically configured. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be tuned, which may be configured to transmit the RF signals at a desired angle from a surface of the support structure. The LWAs may include microstrip or coplanar waveguides where a cavity height of the LWAs may be configured by controlling spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The impedances may include capacitor arrays and/or inductors in the support structures.
US09329255B2
An antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements. The antenna elements include layers of dielectric material; an antenna inlaid in a top layer of the dielectric material so a surface of the antenna is substantially parallel to an outer surface of the top layer of dielectric material; and a conductive balun, coupled to the antenna, and embedded in one or more layers of the dielectric material. The antenna array is operative to receive signals from V to W frequency band transmissions generated by a heat source.
US09329248B2
A non-cylindrical cable balun design having reduced space requirements and that provides for a lighter-weight RF coil is disclosed. The balun includes a balun shell having a non-cylindrical profile, a dielectric foam positioned within the balun shell so as to fill an interior volume defined by the balun shell, and one or more capacitors formed on the balun shell. A non-cylindrical coaxial cable that transmits electromagnetic signals to the balun extends through a length of the balun and is surrounded by the dielectric foam.
US09329241B2
A device for measuring a minimum cell voltage among cell voltages of a plurality of battery cells connected in series includes a plurality of ohmic resistors connected in series. The device is configured to be connected to a plurality of battery cells connected in series in such a way that a respective battery cell of the plurality of battery cells is associated with each ohmic resistor of the plurality of ohmic resistors according to the series connections. Each ohmic resistor of the plurality of ohmic resistors, with the exception of a first ohmic resistor, is configured to conduct the smaller of a current that corresponds to the cell voltage of the associated battery cell and the current that is conducted by a preceding ohmic resistor in the series connection.
US09329236B2
A device for monitoring a space by changing a sequence of a serial interconnection of closing contacts, in particular of cover switches in a security housing, having a series circuit variation apparatus, a security cover, at least two closing contacts, and a protective circuit, wherein said at least two closing contacts each have an open, electrically nonconductive state and a closed, electrically conductive state, wherein said security cover is set up to put each of said at least two closing contacts in a closed, electrically conductive state, wherein said protective circuit is set up to detect an opening of at least one of said at least two closing contacts, wherein said series circuit variation apparatus serially interconnects said at least two closing contacts, wherein the sequence of the serial interconnection of said at least two closing contacts can be changed by said series circuit variation apparatus.
US09329235B2
A method for localizing at least one scan flop associated with a fault in an integrated circuit. A first test pattern, including a first scan-in data and first control data, is generated. Based on the first control data of the first test pattern, a first fault data is generated by applying the first scan-in data of the first test pattern to scan flops in a test circuit of the integrated circuit. If the first fault data indicates that a fault may be present in the integrated circuit, a second test pattern, including a second scan-in data and a second control data is generated.
US09329228B2
A prognostic circuit of EM failure for IC is disclosed, which includes a current monitoring module, the current monitoring module includes a current output module electrically connected with a monitoring metal wire, and one or more conductive metals covered by an oxide layer and electrically insulated with the monitoring metal wire, the current output module includes at least one current source, the conductive metal is electrically connected with the output port of the current monitoring module, and the monitoring metal wire is surrounded by the conductive metal. The above prognostic circuit can give a warning for short-circuit failure caused by a whisker created by EM. Meanwhile, the prognostic circuit of the present disclosure can also be added a resistance warning, and it can indicate the failure of the resistance increased by EM and the short circuit caused by whisker, so as to greatly increase the warning efficiency of the EM.
US09329225B2
A testing device includes a signal sensing unit and a signal processing unit. The signal sensing unit generates a test output signal by sensing a signal from a device under test including a plurality of passive elements that are connected in parallel. The signal processing unit detects an open-type fault of the plurality of passive elements by measuring an impedance of the device under test based on element characteristic information of the plurality of passive elements.
US09329218B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting whether an antenna mast is coupled to an antenna. In one embodiment, a method of monitoring an antenna having a removable detection mechanism is provided. The method includes: monitoring voltage standing wave radio (VSWR) measurement data of the antenna; and selectively determining whether at least one of the detection mechanism and an antenna mast is installed based on the VSWR measurement data.
US09329213B2
The present invention provides various thin-film sensor type power measuring apparatuses which can be constructed in a simplified and compact structure so as to measure the power of high-frequency circuits or batteries. This power measuring apparatus includes: a magnetic film disposed in parallel to a primary conductor through which a load current flows; a power supply with input and output terminals for supplying an element current to the magnetic film; a bias magnetic field applying unit for applying a DC magnetic field in a direction that is parallel, perpendicular, or diagonal to the direction of magnetization of the magnetic film; and a detection unit for detecting the voltage between the ends of the magnetic film in the direction of the element current. The power measuring apparatus detects only the DC voltage component between the ends of the magnetic film in the direction of the element current.
US09329212B2
Systems and methods for providing collaborative energy benchmarking are described. Information including background data, energy consumption data, temporal data, and/or other information is gathered from multiple sources and stored in a central database. Based on the stored information, energy benchmarks are created for measuring residential energy usage. Energy usage data is displayed to consumers in multiple formats, and permits consumers to directly compare their energy usage data to other consumers or groups of consumers, in addition to their own energy usage. In some embodiments, energy challenge programs encourage reduction of energy usage. Through such programs, consumers create and present challenges for themselves and/or other consumers, such as to reduce energy usage during a given timeframe. The progress of the group and individual consumers is displayed during the course of a challenge.
US09329208B2
A method of measuring a negative voltage using a device including a first transistor and a second transistor is provided. The first transistor is coupled to the second transistor and the negative voltage is supplied to a gate of the second transistor. A plurality of voltages are provided to a source input of the device. For each voltage of the plurality of voltages, whether a first voltage across the first transistor is equivalent to a second voltage across the second transistor is determined, and, when the first voltage across the first transistor is equivalent to the second voltage across the second transistor, the negative voltage is determined by measuring a magnitude of a positive voltage of the device.
US09329206B2
A method for manufacturing a probe card is provided wherein probes are held in a holding plate such that the respective probes correspond to through holes with their connecting end portions projected from one surface of the holding plate. A plate-like member including openings having larger diameters than diameters of the through holes and housing the connecting end portions in the openings is arranged by making one surface of the plate-like member abut the one surface of the holding plate. After supplying solder cream in the respective openings from the other surface of the plate-like member, a connection base plate and the holding plate are relatively fixed so that the solder cream, burying the connecting end portions of the respective probes held in the holding plate with the plate-like member removed, may abut the respective corresponding connection pads, and the solder cream is heated to melt the solder cream.
US09329204B2
Terminals (2, 502) of a device under test (DUT) are connected to corresponding contact pads or leads by a series of electrically conductive contacts. Each terminal testing connects with both a “force” contact and a “sense” contact. In one embodiment, the sense contact (770) partially or completely laterally surrounds the force contact (700). In order to increase the contact surface, the force contact, in a spring pin (700) configuration contacts the device under test terminal at that portion of the lead which is curved or angled, rather than orthogonal to the pin.
US09329197B2
A method and apparatus for measuring static pressure. A tube is positioned within a hole in a structure. The hole has a hole diameter that is larger than a tube diameter of the tube such that a gap is formed between the tube and the hole. A first portion of deflected fluid that is deflected from a flow of fluid passing over the hole enters the gap and a second portion of the deflected fluid enters the tube. The static pressure of the fluid is measured at a location of the hole with the tube positioned within the hole.
US09329193B2
A sample processing apparatus for performing a process including a plurality of steps on a sample, the sample processing apparatus sequentially processing a plurality of samples, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a plurality of units corresponding to the respective steps in the process; a transfer section which transfers a sample to the units according to a flow of the steps; and a controller. Specifically, when an operation was not performed successfully, the controller interrupts the process for a sample that had not reached the location where the unsuccessful operation was performed while continuing the process for a sample that had already passed the location, retries the operation that was not performed successfully, and resumes the interrupted process when the retried operation has been performed successfully.
US09329171B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting heart damage in a patient. The invention also relates to methods for treatment of patients identified as having heart damage. The invention further pertains to methods for evaluating the efficacy of an ongoing therapeutic regimen designated to treat a damaged heart in a patient.
US09329167B2
A replaceable alcohol sensor module for use with a breathalyzer. The alcohol sensor module requiring calibration can be removed from the body of the breathalyzer and replaced with a new alcohol sensor module. The replaceable alcohol sensor module has at least an alcohol sensor and an adapter that removably connects the replaceable sensor module to the breathalyzer. The adapter transmits the electrical current generated by the alcohol sensor to a processor of the breathalyzer for processing. The alcohol sensor and the adapter are mounted on a printed circuit board to provide the replaceable sensor module.
US09329163B2
The sensing device (12) includes support and fixing elements (13), elements (14) for capturing the parameter, fixed rigidly to the support and fixing elements (13), including a sensing face (14a), situated in a chamber (17), a solid internal chamber end wall (30) disposed transversely, an open part (18) made in the chamber peripheral wall (27), the chamber (17) being a holding chamber (17) able to ensure confinement of the content (C) therein, and being isolated from the inside space (3a) of the container and safeguarded from the agitation prevailing therein, by the internal end wall (30) of the chamber so as to minimize the impact of this agitation on the measurement of the parameter of the content (C) by the sensing face (14a).
US09329160B2
A diagnostic method for a capacitive humidity sensor comprising a heater, and a capacitance-sensing element that individually identifies heater, temperature-sensing element, or capacitance-sensing element degradation. By this method, individual elements of the sensor may be replaced or compensated for to allow for further operation.
US09329155B2
A technique is provided for determining an orientation of a defect present within a mechanical component using at least one ultrasonic head that applies ultrasonic signals to the mechanical component starting from various measurement points. Echo ultrasonic signals reflected by a point to be analyzed present within the component back to the measurement points are received by the same or a different ultrasonic head. A data processing unit analyzes the received echo ultrasonic signals as a function of a sound emission direction between each measurement ping and the point to be analyzed for determining the orientation of the defect. A distance between the measurement point and the point to be analyzed is calculated for every measurement point as a function of a signal propagation time between the point in time of emitting the ultrasonic signal and the point in time of receiving the echo ultrasonic signal reflected by a defect.
US09329154B1
Sensing devices based on a surface acoustic wave (“SAW”) device coated with an absorbent crystalline or amorphous layer for detecting at least one chemical analyte in a gaseous carrier. Methods for detecting the presence of a chemical analyte in a gaseous carrier using such devices are also disclosed. The sensing devices and methods for their use may be configured for sensing chemical analytes selected from the group consisting of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methanol, ethanol, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, nitrous oxide, organic amines, organic compounds containing NO2 groups, halogenated hydrocarbons, acetone, hexane, toluene, isopropanol, alcohols, alkanes, alkenes, benzene, functionalized aromatics, ammonia (NH3), phosgene (COCl2), sulfur mustard, nerve agents, sulfur dioxide, tetrahydrofuran (THF) and methyltertbutyl ether (MTBE) and combinations thereof.
US09329153B2
An electrical conductor and antenna are positioned in a fixed relationship to one another. Relative lateral movement is generated between the electrical conductor and a homogenous material while maintaining the electrical conductor at a fixed distance from the homogenous material. The antenna supplies a time-varying magnetic field that causes the electrical conductor to resonate and generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. Disruptions in at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses during this lateral movement are indicative of a lateral location of a subsurface anomaly. Next, relative out-of-plane movement is generated between the electrical conductor and the homogenous material in the vicinity of the anomaly's lateral location. Disruptions in at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses during this out-of-plane movement are indicative of a depth location of the subsurface anomaly. A recording of the disruptions provides a mapping of the anomaly.
US09329150B2
Electrochemical test cells are made with precision and accuracy by adhering an electrically resistive sheet having a bound opening to a first electrically conductive sheet. A notching opening is then punched through the electrically resistive sheet and the first electrically conductive sheet. The notching opening intersects the first bound opening in the electrically resistive sheet, and transforms the first bound opening into a notch in the electrically resistive sheet. A second electrically conductive sheet is punched to have a notching opening corresponding to that of first electrically conductive sheet, and this is adhered to the other side of the electrically resistive sheet such that the notching openings are aligned. This structure is cleaved from surrounding material to form an electrochemical cell that has a sample space for receiving a sample defined by the first and second conductive sheets and the notch in the electrically resistive sheet.
US09329149B2
A wireless chemical sensor includes an electrical conductor and a material separated therefrom by an electric insulator. The electrical conductor is an unconnected open-circuit shaped for storage of an electric field and a magnetic field. In the presence of a time-varying magnetic field, the first electrical conductor resonates to generate harmonic electric and magnetic field responses. The material is positioned at a location lying within at least one of the electric and magnetic field responses so-generated. The material changes in electrical conductivity in the presence of a chemical-of-interest.
US09329148B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sensor technology for gases, and more specifically, to nanofiber based gas sensors capable of operating at high temperatures (e.g., hundreds, thousands of degrees Celsius). In exemplary embodiments, a combination of p-type and n-type nanofiber materials can be combined to create gas sensors that can be used to detect reducing gases with enhanced selectivity/sensitivity.
US09329147B1
An apparatus for providing security for an integrated circuit (IC) chip is disclosed. The apparatus may include the IC chip, attached to a surface of a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB may include a first, electrically insulative, conformal coating layer attached to the PCB surface and to exposed IC chip surfaces. The PCB may also include a Wheatstone bridge circuit to indicate changes to a second, X-ray opaque, optically opaque and electrically resistive, conformal coating layer. The circuit may include four resistors, formed from second conformal coating layer regions, four sets of electrically conductive pads on the PCB, each set electrically connected to a resistor of the four resistors. The circuit may also include a voltage source, connected to two conductive pads and a monitoring device, connected to another two conductive pads and configured to detect a change of resistance of the Wheatstone bridge.
US09329146B2
A cooperative source electromagnetic induction (EMI) device includes: a transmitter configured to generate a time-varying primary magnetic field in the vicinity of a target object, which magnetic field inductively couples with the target object to generate a target object secondary magnetic field; and a cooperative source to which the primary magnetic field is also inductively coupled, generating one or more respective cooperative source secondary magnetic fields. The target object and the cooperative source are inductively coupled via the target object secondary magnetic field and the cooperative source secondary magnetic field. The device includes a receiver configured to measure a composite inductive response, which comprises the inductive coupling of the target object and the cooperative source. A data processor executes statistical classifier software to interpret a signature of the target object based upon the measured composite inductive response and identify the target object from the interpreted signature.
US09329145B2
The present invention relates to a material screening apparatus, and more particularly, to a material screening apparatus that senses temperature change according to the thermal characteristics of the material to be screened so as to extract a thermal characteristic value for the material and determine the type of the material. The material screening apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plurality of heat generators for variably generating heat; a plurality of temperature sensors attached to the heat generators, respectively, for measuring the changing temperatures of the heat generators; and a controller for controlling the heat generation by the heat generators, performing the calculations of the temperature values measured by the plurality of temperature sensors, and outputting the thermal characteristic value of the material.
US09329142B2
An object imaging assembly includes a source of individual objects which move along a predetermined course of travel; an image capture device having a line of sight which extends across the course of travel; and an electromagnetic radiation emitter which emits electromagnetic radiation in a beam which extends transversely across the predetermined course of travel and the line of sight.
US09329140B2
An apparatus and method for reducing the X-ray flux in a computed-tomography (CT) scanner that includes a rotating X-ray source and a plurality of stationary photon-counting detectors configured to capture incident X-ray photons emitted from the X-ray source. A bowtie filter equipped with an edge filter that can be positioned in a reconfigurable manner such that the high X-ray flux at the leading edge of an X-ray fan beam incident on the detector is reduced. The CT apparatus includes a processor that is configured to compute the displacement of the edge filter in either a static or dynamic manner such that that the intensity of X-ray flux at the detectors in within acceptable operating limits.
US09329131B2
Systems and methods are provided for using a growth vessel to simulate algae growth and/or productivity in a reference environment, such as an open pond, a closed photobioreactor, or a hybrid system. Based on predicted algae sample trajectories in the reference environment, an illumination profile is developed. An algae sample in the growth vessel can then be exposed to the illumination profile under controlled conditions. Properties of algae in the reference environment can then be characterized based on the sample exposed to the illumination profile.
US09329128B2
The invention relates to a test element for detecting at least one analyte in a sample, in particular for detecting at least one metabolite in a bodily fluid. The test element comprises at least one test field with a test field surface. The test field comprises at least one detection reagent that is adapted to undergo a detectable reaction in the presence of the analyte. The test element further comprises at least one distribution element that has at least one distribution surface facing the test field surface. Between the distribution surface and the test field surface is at least one capillary gap, wherein the capillary gap is adapted to allow a layer of the sample with a layer thickness of no more than 50 μm to form within the capillary gap.
US09329125B2
A perforated-structure body having a plurality of apertures that penetrate from a first main surface to a second main surface of a perforated plate. Support substrates are stacked on at least one of the first main surface and the second main surface of the perforated plate so as to define a portion through which at least one of the apertures is exposed.
US09329120B2
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting elution of a sample from a sample substrate to incubation buffer contained in a sample well while the sample substrate is still within the well. The method comprises measuring light absorption of the contents of the sample well at a predefined wavelength or wavelength range, and determining, based on the absorption measurement, the degree of elution of the sample. According to the invention, a wavelength or wavelength range is used which is absorbed by at least one elutable component of the sample but transmitted by the sample substrate. The invention provides a reliable way of determining the degree of elution of blood samples in neonatal screening, for example.
US09329111B2
A sample preparation apparatus comprising: a filter which separates predetermined cells from a liquid sample containing a plurality types of cells; a rotor which includes a magnetic body and detaches the predetermined cells attached to the filter by rotation; a driving unit which rotates the rotor using a magnetic force; and a rotation information acquiring unit which acquires a rotation information of the rotor when the driving unit rotates the rotor. A method and a computer program product are also disclosed.
US09329102B2
A system for optically monitoring a gas turbine engine includes a viewport having an opening disposed within a casing of the gas turbine engine. The opening extends from an interior side of the casing to an exterior side of the casing, and the viewport is configured to receive an image from inside the casing. The system also includes an optical connection positioned outside the casing and optically coupled to the viewport. The optical connection is configured to convey the image from the viewport to a detector array, and the optical connection includes multiple optical fibers fused to one another to form a unitary substantially rigid fiber bundle.
US09329101B2
A method includes checking whether an electromagnetically actuated gas injector arranged in an internal combustion engine between a fuel source and a combustion chamber is in the closed end position thereof. According to the method, an electric test voltage is applied to the gas injector and the discharge current generated by the electric test voltage is measured.
US09329094B2
An impact detection apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes first and second detection portion, and connection portion. First and second detection portion each include solution container, solution absorption portion, mount-surface portion, and exterior portion. Solution container is configured to store colored solution therein, and has outlet enabling colored solution to flow out when being subjected to pressing force. Solution absorption portion is capable of absorbing colored solution that has flowed out from the outlet. Exterior portion is disposed on mount-surface portion, forms, together with mount-surface portion therebetween, housing space housing solution container and solution absorption portion, and has transparent portion. When colored solution flows out from outlet of one of solution containers due to being subjected predetermined pressing force, colored solution is absorbed by one of solution absorption portions, and one of solution absorption portions colored by colored solution is visually recognized through transparent portion.
US09329078B1
A sensor module for a vehicle includes a sensor unit enclosed in a housing. The sensor unit has an active end which emits or receives said radiation beam. The housing has a removable cover, a back wall for mounting to the vehicle, a bottom wall, a first end wall and a second end wall spaced apart from the first end wall. The radiation beam is directed through an opening in the first end wall. The active end is internal to the housing and spaced apart internally from the first end wall. A hollow sleeve is received by the opening, and a portion of the sleeve receives at least a portion of the sensor unit. The active end of the sensor unit is inside the sleeve and spaced apart from an end of the sleeve.
US09329077B2
A semiconductor photodetector device includes a header, a high frequency amplifier, and a submount having a top surface. The high frequency amplifier is located on the header and has a top surface with a high frequency grounding pad disposed on the top surface of the amplifier. First and second electrode pads are located on the top surface of the submount. A semiconductor photodetector having a footprint smaller than the first electrode pad is bonded to the first electrode pad. The high frequency grounding pad is connected to the second electrode pad by a wire.
US09329075B2
A seat occupancy determination device configured to be provided at one of seating portions of a plural vehicle seats includes a pair of seat occupancy amount detection devices detecting a seat occupancy amount increasing and decreasing in response to a change of a load applied to each portion of the seating portion, a seat occupancy state determination device determining a seat occupancy state of the vehicle seat, an unbalanced load detection device detecting a degree of unbalance of the load applied to a right portion and a left portion of the seating portion, and a seat occupancy threshold value setting device setting a seat occupancy threshold value and correcting the seat occupancy threshold value in response to the degree of unbalance of the load applied to the right portion and the left portion of the seating portion based on a detected signal transmitted from the unbalanced load detection device.
US09329073B2
A pulsed radar method of sensing or measuring a product material in a storage tank. A plurality of waveform types are automatically selected based on a power limitation. The pulsed radar signal is transmitted by a programmable transmitter to the product material, wherein the pulsed radar signal is reflected or scattered by the product material to provide a radar signal during an interval of time including a target signal. An initial gain or attenuation is automatically set for a programmable receiver. The programmable receiver receives the radar signal including the target signal during the interval of time, and the target signal is signal processed using a lower attenuation setting as compared to the initial gain or attenuation to determine at least one parameter associated with the product material. The transmitted and received radar signal can also be adjusted according to the measured SNR.
US09329059B2
A photoelectric encoder includes an irradiation unit configured to apply first and second irradiation light beams having a first linear polarization direction, a scale configured to produce first and second diffraction light beams having the first linear polarization direction by diffracting the first and second irradiation light beams, respectively, the scale having a glass plate whose front surface has a grating shape, a polarizing unit configured to convert the first diffraction light beam into a third diffraction light beam having a second linear polarization direction which is perpendicular to the first linear polarization direction, to produce first and second composite light beams by combining the second diffraction light beam and the third diffraction light beam, and to convert the first composite light beam into a circularly polarized third composite light beam, and a light receiver configured to receive the second composite light beam and the third composite light beam.
US09329053B2
A device for monitoring athletic performance of a user has a wristband configured to be worn by the user. An electronic module is removably attached to the wristband. The electronic module has a controller and a screen and a plurality of user inputs operably associated with the controller. The user inputs include a user input configured to be applied by the user against the screen and in a direction generally normal to the screen. The controller may further be configured to generate one or more user interfaces in response to various user inputs and conditions. For example, the controller may generate workout mode interfaces and non-workout mode interfaces including various goal information, workout data, reminders and the like. In one or more arrangements, multiple types of information may be displayed simultaneously.
US09329039B2
This invention provides a new category of inertial sensors (linear and angular accelerometers, gyroscopes, inclinometers and seismometers) called Molecular Electronic Transducers (MET). Unlike other inertial sensors, MET sensors use a liquid electrolyte as their inertial mass. The sensors do not contain any precision mechanical parts or springs, and are relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
US09329034B2
An object of the invention is to provide: a sample unevenness device that stably identifies unevenness formed on a sample, regardless of a pattern formation state or image acquisition conditions; and a computer program. As an aspect to achieve the above object, a device and computer program are proposed that obtain the area of a plurality of regions formed by a profile waveform of a given threshold or lower for a profile formed based on a detection signal obtained by scanning with a charged particle beam with respect to the sample; and determine either or both of that a site corresponding to a region with a relatively large area is a concave portion or that a space portion and a site corresponding to a space with a relatively small area is a convex portion or a line portion.
US09329033B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for calibrating a metrology tool by using proportionality factors. The proportionality factors may be obtained by measuring a substrate under different measurement conditions. Then calculating the measured metrology value and one or more quality merits. From this information, proportionality factors may be determined. Thereafter the proportionality factors may be used to quantify the inaccuracy in a metrology measurement. The proportionality factors may also be used to determine an optimize measurement recipe. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09329028B2
A spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR) having an embedded temperature sensor and a socket for attaching to an electrical connector.
US09329027B2
A measuring unit is set up to determine a relative position and relative orientation between the measuring unit and an arrangement of at least three optical elements. The measuring unit comprises a length measuring device, which emits measuring beams at at least three locations spaced apart from one another, and at least one beam directing device set up to direct the measuring beams to optical elements of the arrangement. The beam directing device is controllable in order to guide at least one of the measuring beams to a plurality of optical elements of the arrangement in a time-sequential manner in order to carry out a plurality of length measuring operations in a time-sequential manner in such a manner that, in the plurality of length measuring operations, each measuring beam of the at least one measuring beam strikes precisely one of the optical elements. A total of six lengths are measured in this manner.
US09329022B2
A roller bearing configuration having an angle sensor includes a roller bearing. The Angle sensor an absolute encoder with a sensor ring connected in a rotationally fixed manner to one of the bearing rings of the roller bearing, and a measuring element connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the second bearing ring, wherein coils, namely at least one transmitting coil and at least one receiving coil, are situated on the sensor ring, and the transmitting coil has an axis of symmetry, which is identical to the axis of rotation and is situated in an annular metallic pot core, which has a U-shaped cross section and is concentric with the axis of rotation of the roller bearing, and a receiving coil is situated partially inside and partially outside of the pot core.
US09329017B2
An alignment tool assembly (200) is provided. The alignment tool assembly (200) includes a base (201) and a mounting plate (202) coupled to the base (201). The alignment tool assembly (200) further includes one or more alignment blocks (204, 205, 205′) movable with respect to the mounting plate (202). One or more gauge apertures (250) are formed in the mounting plate (202) proximate an alignment block (204, 205, 205′) of the one or more alignment blocks (204, 205, 205′) sized and positioned to receive a portion of an alignment gauge (300).
US09329016B1
An improved weld gauge includes a housing having a top, a bottom, and first and second side edges. The housing has a shoulder at the second side edge. A first cutout is defined in the housing between the side edges. The cutout includes at least one edge. A second cutout is defined in the housing at the second edge. Hatches are spaced along the edge of the first cutout. Pins are slidingly disposed between the top and the bottom of the housing. Each of the pins has a first end and a second end, and the first end of each of the pins extends into the second cutout of the housing. The first ends of the pins are positioned to contact a surface to be measured, and measurement of that surface is accomplished by comparing the position of the second ends of the pins to the hatches.
US09329012B2
A folding rule including at least three links that are pivotably fastened to each other, at least one of the links has a scale for measuring the diameter of objects, the scale is designed in such a way that, when the object is completely enclosed by three adjacent links wherein the insides of the three links are each in contact with the object, a specified region of one of the links is in contact with the scale and a respective contact point on the scale indicates the diameter of the object.
US09329010B1
A storage apparatus for a munition that contains energetic material uses a water-filled liner to absorb heat applied from the exterior of the storage apparatus. The liner is disposed between the munition and a metal storage container. The liner has segregated compartments which release water into either the storage container or the liner itself. The released water boils and forms steam. A spiral-shaped steam conduit is formed in either the wall of the storage container or in the liner itself. The steam conduit directs the steam away from the munition. The metal storage container includes a pressure relief valve to release the steam pressure. The storage apparatus delays the detonation of the energetic material in the munition.
US09329009B1
The present invention in some aspects is directed to small arms ammunition and programmed upset characteristics thereof imparted to them using lasers. More particularly, the invention relates to ammunition and methods of making ammunition having predetermined patterns of engraving and/or cutting or hardening and/or annealing imparted into the forward portion using a programming laser system adapted for treating projectiles to effect predetermined and consistent upset configurations. Lasers may be used in forming steps of the bullet core to provide petaling or other performance objectives before or after jacketing or without jacketing.
US09329008B1
A low collateral damage, kinetic energy penetrator has multiple segments that are mechanically locked together by centrifugal force generated by penetrator spin. When the penetrator spin decreases below a minimum value, the segments separate and fall to the ground with non-lethal kinetic energy.
US09329004B2
A reusable shell casing having a housing with exterior grooves having a substantially central bore with a tapered end capable of receiving a payload and an opposite threaded end adapted to receive a novel reusable high pressure chamber assembly containing a removable powder chamber, a burst disk, and a threaded insert. The chamber assembly has a central bore having an upper bore portion that is cylindrically shaped having a threaded surface adapted to secure to the threaded portion of a threaded insert. The central bore also has a lower bore portion that is cylindrically shaped having a surface that is adapted to closely contour the circumference of the removable powder chamber. The powder chamber has a primary end having a primary opening adapted to receive a propellant located opposite a secondary end having a protrusion. The protrusion has a secondary opening adapted to receive a primer.
US09328998B2
In some aspects a quick-detach (QD) accessory base mount includes a body. The body includes an accessory engagement interface configured to engage an accessory and a rail engagement interface defining a channel adapted to receive an accessory rail. A rail clamp is carried by the body and is moveable to selectively clamp the body to the accessory rail. A mounting arm extends outwardly from the body and is carried to rotate relative to the body between a first position and a second position. A cam is configured to support the rail clamp to grip the accessory rail and to clamp the body to the accessory rail when the mounting arm is in the first position and to release the rail clamp from gripping the accessory rail when the mounting arm is in the second position.
US09328997B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to a sight device can include an integrated range finder and/or a camera with an associated display device. The display device can present a field of view associated with the target and an aiming element such as a dot or crosshairs. Data associated with a distance to a target can be employed to update a presentation by the display device such that the aiming element accurately represents a location at the distance to the target a projectile is expected to hit upon discharge. Updates to the presentation can relate to, e.g., a zoom factor or a vertical-axis offset determined based on the distance to the target.
US09328992B1
Method and apparatus for a firearm stabilizer having a housing for mounting onto a firearm from which housing a cord extends having a connector on its distal end so that the connector can be removably attached to a proximate stable object during firing wherein the cord is wound on a spring-loaded spindle disposed inside the housing. An edge of the spindle extends through an opening on either side wall of the housing so that a hand of the user can contact and tension the spindle thereby tightening the cord so as to stabilize the firearm while firing the weapon.
US09328990B2
A lever-action tactical rifle having an upper receiver assembly having a rifle barrel and a hand-guard. A lower receiver releasably and pivotally connected with the upper receiver and having a butt-stock and a magazine receptacle releasably containing a cartridge magazine. A bolt mechanism having a bolt carrier and a bolt member and firing pin being located for reciprocating movement within the upper receiver. A lever-action mechanism is mounted to the lower receiver and is connected with the bolt carrier by an actuating linkage. The bolt member has cam slots being engaged by cam pins of the bolt carrier to translate linear movement of the bolt carrier to rotation of the bolt for bolt locking and unlocking.
US09328981B2
A gas system for an autoloading firearm wherein the gas used to cycle the weapon can be restricted automatically through a mechanical shutoff actuated by the installation of a suppressor on the weapon. The gas system could be used to actuate either a piston to mechanically operate the weapon or a gas impingement mechanism wherein the gas is redirected into the bolt carrier assembly to directly actuate the unlocking and cycling of the bolt and bolt carrier group. A gas block for the firearm includes a spring-loaded plunger assembly positioned within a bore of the gas block and oriented parallel to a bore of a barrel of the firearm, the plunger assembly including a regulator plunger, a regulator bushing, a regulator spring, and a regulator cap. Mounting a suppressor over the muzzle depresses the regulator plunger driving it rearward, the rearward movement of the regulator plunger blocking one of gas ports in the gas block to automatically reduce the volume of propellant gases directed into the gas system.
US09328977B2
An aluminum alloy heat exchanger with aluminum alloy tubes is provided by assembling and brazing. A coating which includes from 1 to 5 g/m2 of Si powder, from 3 to 20 g/m2 of Zn containing flux, and from 0.2 to 8.3 g/m2 of binder is formed on the aluminum alloy tubes. The fins contain Zn and 0.8 to 2.0% by mass of Mn, Si in a ratio of 1/2.5 to 1/3.5 relative to the Mn, and less than 0.30% by mass of Fe. A fillet is formed between the tube and the aluminum alloy fin after brazing, and a primary crystal portion is formed in the fillet. A eutectic crystal portion is formed in a portion other than the primary crystal portion, and the electric potential of the primary crystal portion is equal to or higher than the electric potential of the aluminum alloy fin.
US09328974B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for cooling particulates are provided. The apparatus can include one or more coils at least partially disposed within a cylindrical housing. The one or more coils can include a plurality of tubulars connected by return bends disposed at one or more ends thereof. The apparatus can further include a support grid at least partially disposed within the housing and secured to one or more inner surfaces of one or more sidewalls thereof. The support grid can include a plurality of cross members formed of a series of concentric cylinders connected together by a plurality of radially disposed gussets. An outermost concentric cylinder can be disposed proximate the one or more inner surfaces of the one or more sidewalls, and at least one of the one or more coils can be secured to at least one of the cross members, at least one of the gussets, or both. The support grid can also include one or more beams having a first end and a second end fastened to different points on the one or more inner surfaces of the one or more sidewalls. The cross members can be disposed on at least one of the one or more beams.
US09328969B2
Disclosed herein are small, lightweight, portable, systems that have the capability of reliably, reproducibly, highly efficiently and relatively inexpensively providing a source of purified water of sufficient volumes for home dialysis. In addition, the systems disclosed herein require much less purified water at any one time than the volumes typically needed for dialysis today, thereby further reducing the expense of running the system at home.
US09328965B2
There is provided a heat exchanger of an air conditioning device capable of improving heat exchange efficiency in heat transfer tubes arranged in downstream rows in an airflow direction to enhance cooling capacity. In the heat exchanger of the air conditioning device, a plurality of heat transfer tubes arrayed in three or more rows in the airflow direction are provided, and a refrigerant is distributed to a plurality of paths to be supplied to the heat transfer tubes, and the heat exchanger is used as a evaporator during cooling operation. The plurality of paths include a most downstream path made up of only the heat transfer tubes in a most downstream row in the airflow direction, and an upstream path made up of only the heat transfer tubes in a plurality of rows arranged on an upstream side of the most downstream path.
US09328963B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for recovering and reusing energy when processing materials with reactive fluids. More particularly, disclosed are methods and apparatuses for recovering and reusing energy from processes in which materials comprising polymers and/or oligomers are treated with a reactive fluid.
US09328957B1
A self-contained slushy stand built proximate to a sidewalk allowing customers passing by to order, pay and receive a slushy of their choosing. The stand comprises broadly (i) a service area including one or more cabinet units with countertops, sinks and refrigerated storage with the service area configured for employees to work therein; (ii) a walk-in storage unit rear of the service area with the storage unit configured to retain or support at least raw slushy product, one or more condenser units and slushy machines wherein the storage unit includes an access door permitting personnel to access one or more of said raw slushy product, condenser units and slushy machines; (iii) a payment receiving device; (iv) power source; and (iv) water source. The self-contained slushy stand may also include a canopy, speakers, cameras, misters, heaters and/or signage.
US09328948B2
To defrost one barrel of a two barrel FCB dispenser, a refrigeration system defrosts the one barrel, while neither defrosting nor chilling the other barrel, for either a selected time or until a frozen beverage is drawn from the other barrel, whichever occurs first. Once the selected time or beverage draw occurs, the refrigeration system chills the other barrel until beverage within it is properly frozen, while neither defrosting nor chilling the one barrel. Once beverage in the other barrel is properly frozen, the refrigeration system resumes defrosting the one barrel, whereupon the foregoing cycle is repeated until defrost of the one barrel is complete, at which point the refrigeration system chills the one barrel to refreeze product in it. The arrangement keeps beverage in the other barrel properly frozen during defrosting of the one barrel.
US09328946B2
Heat pumps for climates where demand for cooling and heating are unequal and methods of adapting and distributing heat pumps for such climates. Heat pumps include a compressor, compressor motor, variable-speed drive, and controller. In a number of embodiments, non-volatile memory stores sets of constant speeds for cooling and heating, and a person can select, via an input device, different sets of speeds for cooling and heating to provide the different cooling and heating capacities. The controller then operates the unit at the selected speeds, selecting from within the set based on demand for cooling or heating. In some embodiments, different sets of speeds may have the same minimum speed but different maximum speeds. Identical heat pumps can be configured to have different capacity ratings and different advertized efficiencies for different climates.
US09328943B2
Systems, methods, and devices for integrated detector cooler assemblies (IDCAs) and multi-circuit cryostats are discussed herein. Solutions include using cryostats with multiple cooling circuits. Some cryostat variations may include a rapid cooldown circuit and a temperature maintenance circuit. In some cases, the temperature maintenance circuit may be a closed-loop circuit run by a compressor instead of an open-loop circuit run on a pressurized gas bottle/cartridge. Variations of a cryostat may also include a gas expander portion that replaces the coldfinger of typical IDCAs. Further variations of cooling circuits may include circuits that perform reverse-flow heat exchange to pre-cool incoming refrigerant and also cooling circuits that have heat bridges disposed thereon to assist in such heat exchange.
US09328928B2
A mobile fire pit holder is described with a base member having an outer wall with multiple segments and extending upward from an inwardly extending lower support shoulder at its periphery, a support framework extending across the space within the outer wall and supported at its respective ends by the inwardly extending shoulder, and a screen having perforations therein for drainage of water or other condensate that lies atop and is supported by the support framework. Fireproof material is placed within the space defined by the screen and the outer wall to provide a support for a fire pit. A set of wheels uniformly arrayed about the periphery of the holder below the lower support shoulder and attached at the respective ends of the support framework provides stability and rolling mobility to the holder.
US09328927B2
The present invention provides a safer all-around radiation heating assembly than similar traditional heaters. As typical with traditional heaters, a shroud is used to surroundably cover a portable liquid propane tank. To replace the portable liquid propane tank, the shroud must be continuously raised to a predetermined height while a service person accesses the propane tank. There is a danger that if and when the shroud drops, a spark could be created resulting in igniting highly flammable escaped propane gas. The present invention overcomes dangers associated with the traditional heaters by eliminating the spark creation danger and by introducing a ventilation system to allow any leaked propane gas to escape away from the heater.
US09328926B2
A combustion chamber head for a gas turbine, with the gas turbine having a substantially annular outer combustion chamber wall, at least one substantially annular inner combustion chamber wall, and several burners 106 distributed around a circumference of the gas turbine. Several segment-like head segments are arranged over the circumference in equal number to the number of burners and extend in the radial direction between the inner combustion chamber wall and the outer combustion chamber wall and in the circumferential direction between radial planes formed by the burner axes.
US09328922B2
In certain embodiments, a valve assembly can comprise a housing, a valve body and a nozzle. The housing can define a first inlet and a second inlet. The valve body can be positioned within the housing and configured to rotate between a first position for a first fuel type and a second position for a second fuel type different from the first. A control knob is operatively coupled to the valve body and to an air shutter such that rotation of the control knob controls the state of the valve body and the position of the air shutter.
US09328921B2
A gas lighter that includes a reservoir for holding a flammable gas, a valve mounted on a top surface of the reservoir for allowing a release of the gas from the reservoir, a valve actuator having a push button on a first end and a connector at a second end for connecting the valve actuator to the valve; a first spring biased against a lower surface of the push button actuator and a wall of the reservoir; a spark wheel coaxially mounted with corresponding cheeks that are capable of rotating; a hood disposed completely or partially over the spark wheel and cheeks; at least two support arms, each arm having a first end coaxially mounted with the cheeks and a second end having a pivoting connection to bearings located on the reservoir; a sleeve disposed under the under the spark wheel; a second spring disposed in the sleeve; and a flint stone disposed in the sleeve.
US09328920B2
The present invention relates generally to processes for preparing an inorganic sodium and/or chlorine contaminated low-rank coal feedstock for combustion in a fluidized fuel combustor to generate steam and, desirably, co-generate electricity.
US09328914B2
A self-illuminating tooth for a vegetable lantern is provided. The self-illuminating tooth has a tooth portion with a front facing portion, a rear facing portion, and a cavity provided within the tooth portion provided on the rear facing portion. A tooth retention portion is coupled to the tooth portion and has a plurality of flights, each flight having a serrated edge. A light is provided within the cavity of the tooth portion. The light in certain examples comprises a chemiluminescent tooth insert and is replaceable within the cavity. In other examples, a light and switch mechanism are provided. The light may be selectively actuated to illuminate the tooth portion. A method of decorating a vegetable lantern and a kit are also provided.
US09328897B2
Providing is an edge-illumination type backlight module, comprising a light guide bar comprising a light incident surface and a light exiting surface; a light source device for emitting a light to the light incident surface; a light guide plate comprising a light emitting surface and a light entrance surface, wherein the light emitting surface is disposed on a surface of the light guide plate, the light entrance surface is disposed at a lateral surface of the light guide plate, the light guide plate is adjacent to the light guide bar, the light exiting surface of the light guide bar faces to the light entrance surface of the light guide plate, and the light emitting surface of the light guide plate is vertical to a light emitting direction of the light source device; and an optical film disposed on the light emitting surface of the light guide plate.
US09328895B2
An illumination device including a base, at least one LED light source and a diffusing element is provided. The base has a supporting plane. The LED light source disposed on the supporting plane has a light emitting surface substantially parallel to the supporting plane. The diffusing element disposed on the supporting plane to cover the at least one LED light source. The diffusing element includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion located above the at least one LED light source. The second portion connected between the first portion and the base. An optical characteristic of the first portion is different from that of the second portion so that a non-continuous boundary is defined between the first portion and the second portion.
US09328892B2
A vehicular lamp includes an optical member having a reflective surface that reflects light from a light source, a heat radiating member configured to radiate heat generated by the light source; and a blowing mechanism configured to blow air at the reflective surface.
US09328890B2
A light-projecting device according to the present invention includes a plurality of light source units including (i) a light emitting section that emits light upon receiving a laser beam and (ii) a reflector. Each of the light source units project light to a corresponding one of light-projected spots which is a region to which light is projected in an illuminated region in a partitioning manner, and the illuminated region is formed by combining a plurality of the light-projected spot.
US09328889B2
A vehicle lighting unit can include at least one optical module including: first and second light sources; first and second optical member configured to control light from the first and second light sources, respectively; and an outer peripheral optical member configured to surround the first optical member. The first optical member can include an incident surface, and front and rear surfaces and receive light from the first light source through the incident surface and reflect the light by part of the front surface and then part of the rear surface to project the reflected light through part of the front surface. The second optical member is configured to guide the light from the second light source to the outer peripheral optical member so that the light exits through the outer peripheral optical member, and the second light source, and the second optical member are disposed behind the first optical member.
US09328873B2
A light bulb includes a glass bulb having a top part and a bottom part which is connected to the top part. A light unit is located in a space defined between the top and bottom parts. The light unit has a transverse circuit board and at least one upright circuit board. Multiple Light Emitting Diodes are connected to the top surface and the bottom surface of the transverse circuit board. The at least one upright circuit board is connected to the top surface of the transverse circuit board. Multiple Light Emitting Diodes are connected to the outside surface of the at least one upright circuit board. The light beams from the Light Emitting Diodes go through the glass bulb and toward different directions.
US09328871B2
A system for containing and managing fluids produced at a work site, such as an oil or gas drilling site, includes one or more fluid containments formed as a basin for collecting and retaining fluids, a berm forming a perimeter of the containments, a layer of sand placed over each basin, a fluid-impermeable membrane placed over the layer of sand, and drainage stone placed over the membrane, filling the basin. A geotextile fabric can be placed over the membrane to help protect the membrane from adverse affects of the drainage stone. A leak detection system can be coupled with the membrane to identify potential leaks in a containment system. One or more catch basins can extend through the basin and the drainage stone filling the basin, to receive fluids. A drainage system is placed in fluid communication with the catch basins to drain fluids from a containment.
US09328868B2
A method for increasing capacity of a natural gas (NG) tank. The method includes selecting a container with a service pressure rating of about 3,000 or 3,600 psi. An NG adsorbent is in the container. The container has a maximum fill capacity. The method further includes cooling the adsorbent by Joule-Thomson cooling during filling of the container with NG from a filling source at greater than 3,600 psi. The container is filled to the maximum fill capacity at a fill rate to prevent a bulk temperature of the adsorbent from rising more than about 5° C. above an ambient temperature. A rate of heat transfer from the tank is less than a rate of heating from compression of the NG and adsorption during the filling. The NG adsorbent adsorbs a higher amount of NG than it would at higher than 5° C. above ambient.
US09328867B2
Filling connector comprising a body (2) defining an internal filling circuit (6) between an upstream end (3) and a downstream end (4), with the connector comprising an isolation valve element (7) mobile relatively to a seat (8) between an upstream position in which the circuit is closed and a downstream position in which the circuit is open, with the connector (1) further comprising a dust valve element (10, 100) positioned upstream of the isolation valve element (7), characterised in that the dust valve element (10, 100) can be moved selectively towards downstream either: a) in a first set downstream position referred to as “without contact” which opens the upstream end (3) of the circuit (6), or in b) a second set downstream position referred to as “contact” which opens the upstream end (3) of the circuit (6).
US09328865B2
A holder for a mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer or the like, can include a handle that is positioned laterally from a device space in which the mobile computing device is held within the holder. The handle can be angled relative to the mobile computing device and can have a fixed angle or adjustable angles. The holder can include two or more portions that are connectable in two or more different positions to hold the mobile computing device in at least two orientations, such as landscape and portrait orientations, and/or to accommodate devices of different sizes. In some configurations, the holder can incorporate a peripheral device.
US09328862B2
A multifunctional stand includes a main rod; an adapting platform arranged at the upper end of the main rod and adapted to fix photographic or video shooting equipment; and a supporting seat arranged at the lower end of the main rod and used for supporting the main rod; at the lower end of the main rod is provided a first connecting structure, and at the upper end of the supporting seat is provided a second connecting structure; the first connecting structure and the second connecting structure are detachably connected with each other; and the second connecting structure is adapted to mount the adapting platform.
US09328855B2
A grooved lock coupler for holding a tee to a flow line for forced air conveyance and unloading of dry bulk granular material from a storage container vehicle is disclosed which comprises a tee having a first end, a second end, an inlet end, and a circumferential groove provided on the first end and a coupler for interconnecting to a flow line from the tee, the coupler having a cam lock fastener pivotally mounted on the coupler, the cam lock fastener cooperating with an opening in the coupler proximate the fastener to allow for the cam lock to extend through the opening in the coupler and to engage within the groove to lock the flow line and coupler to the tee in preparation for an unloading process.
US09328847B2
An arrangement having at least one valve, in particular a vacuum valve, with a closure member of the valve for closing a through-opening of the valve and a drive for adjusting the closure member between a closed position, in which the closure member closes the through-opening, and at least one open position, in which the closure member opens the through-opening at least in regions. For the thermal loading of the closure member, the valve has a chamber for a heat transfer fluid, connected in a thermally conducting manner to the closure member and closed off, preferably permanently, in relation to the through-opening. A supply line of the arrangement opens into the chamber, supplying heat transfer fluid for the thermal loading of the closure member to the chamber. At least one heat exchanger for the thermal loading of the heat transfer fluid is arranged in the supply line.
US09328833B2
A vehicle component includes an opening that receives a plug. A relief valve is mounted to the plug and has at least one elongated passage extending through a flexible membrane that is movable between a venting position and a sealed position.
US09328828B1
A seat assembly for a valve includes an annular seat carrier with an annular sealant groove formed along an inner side. The seat carrier has at least one sealant injection port extending there through from an outer side and intersecting the sealant groove for injecting a sealant into the sealant groove. A sealant distribution member extends along the sealant groove to cooperate with the seat carrier to define an annular sealant flow path along the inner side of the seat carrier. The sealant distribution member has a plurality of openings formed there through to provide a plurality of fluid flow passageways from the sealant groove for injecting the sealant between the seat carrier and the valve member.
US09328825B2
An improved shaft assembly with a rigid component for facilitating sealing is disclosed. The shaft assembly includes a housing, a cap connected to the housing, a shaft operably positioned in the housing, first and second sealing elements, and the rigid component fixedly attached to the first sealing component. The first and second sealing components are in contact with the housing and the shaft. The rigid component is in contact with the first sealing component and the cap, so as to prevent the first sealing component from extruding outside the cap when the shaft reciprocally moves relative to the housing.
US09328824B2
A cylinder member of an automatic transmission that includes an outer peripheral introducing portion having a shape that is able to be formed by ironing without forming and trimming of a flange portion which was conventionally required for forming an outer peripheral introducing portion. Therefore, steps required for forming the flange portion are omitted, and the number of steps for manufacturing the cylinder member is reduced. Without using a large-scale press machine such as a progressive press and a transfer press, the cylinder member is manufactured by a smaller-sized press machine, thereby reducing equipment investment required for manufacturing the cylinder member.
US09328820B1
A method for detecting a malfunctioning shift element in an automatic transmission is provided. The method includes operating the automatic transmission in an intermediate gear. A selected shift element of the automatic transmission is commanded to a disengaged configuration in the intermediate gear. The method also includes measuring a gear ratio of the automatic transmission while the automatic transmission is operating in the intermediate gear, and determining whether the selected shift element of the automatic transmission is malfunctioning based at least in part on the gear ratio of the automatic transmission in the intermediate gear.
US09328810B2
A variable ratio gearbox is combined with a drive motor and an interactive control system. A coaxial shaft connects to a differential gear set to power an output shaft. The transmission has a drive shaft with an inner shaft and an outer shaft. A friction disk nonrotatably mounts to said outer shaft and a shifter connected to the friction disk moves the friction disk along the outer shaft. At least two cones engage the periphery of the friction disk and a differential gear set combines the rotation of the inner and outer shaft.
US09328804B1
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first planetary carrier, and a first ring gear, a second planetary gear set including a second sun gear, a second planetary carrier, and a second ring gear, a third planetary gear set including a third sun gear, a third planetary carrier, and a third ring gear, a fourth planetary gear set including a fourth sun gear, a fourth planetary carrier, and a fourth ring gear, a first rotational shaft, a second rotational shaft, a third rotational shaft, a fourth rotational shaft, a fifth rotational shaft, a sixth rotational shaft, a seventh rotational shaft, and an eighth rotational shaft.
US09328799B2
A multi-purpose adjustable retaining device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a cord having two ends is provided that is composed of an elastomeric material configured to deform elastically upon elongation. Each of ends of the cord are threaded through a cord stop, which permits the length of each end to be adjusted, with any spare cord forming a loop extending from a side of the cord stop opposite the two ends. Suspension clips are respectively slidably connected to each end of the cord in order to grip a material.
US09328795B2
The invention relates to a cable carrier chain (1) for carrying cables, hoses or the like, having a plurality of links (2, 3) which form two parallel link strands connected by transverse webs and which can be angled relative to one another by means of articulated connection, wherein the articulated connection between adjacent links (2, 3) is formed by a joint element (5) which is elastically deformable in the angling direction of the links and which is preferably arranged in the longitudinal central plane (S2), which runs in the longitudinal direction of the cable carrier chain, of the links. According to the invention, in each link strand, in each case different inner links (2) and outer links (3) alternate in the longitudinal direction of the chain (1), wherein both the inner links and also the outer links are in each case of mirror-symmetrical form with respect to the vertical central plane (S1) thereof which runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, such that identical inner links (2) and identical outer links (3) can be used in both link strands. To secure adjacent inner and outer links (2; 3) in the longitudinal direction of the chain, the joint elements (5) have mirror-symmetrical opposite end regions (52).
US09328793B2
A bicycle can include a suspension system with a shock absorber. The shock absorber can have a sag position which can be adjustable. Sag refers to the amount of movement experienced by the suspension under a static load, such as that of the weight of a rider. Methods and systems to set sag can include at least one valve in fluid communication with a gas chamber of the shock absorber. In some embodiments, the at least one valve can be used to automatically set the sag position based on an individual's weight and riding position.
US09328791B2
Provided is a solenoid-type variable damping force damper that improves the strength of the piston and prevents wire break in the electromagnetic coil. A piston includes a piston main body, an expansion-side valve plate, a contraction-side valve plate, an electromagnetic coil, and a bolt. The piston main body is an integrally formed component made of a ferromagnetic material, and includes a hollow cylindrical outer yoke that is in slidable contact with an inner peripheral surface of a cylinder, a columnar inner yoke having an outer peripheral surface opposing an inner peripheral surface of the outer yoke via first and second gaps, and a connection member connecting the outer yoke and the inner yoke with each other at an axially middle position of the piston and separating the first and second gaps from each other. The electromagnetic coil is fitted in the second gap of the piston main body.
US09328783B2
A vehicle driving device includes: a clutch that is provided between a driving shaft of an engine and an input shaft of a manual transmission and that connects the driving shaft and the input shaft to each other or disconnects the driving shaft and the input shaft from each other; a clutch torque changing unit that changes clutch torque between the driving shaft and the input shaft; a collision possibility determination unit that determines a possibility of collision between an obstacle and a host vehicle; and a collision avoidance unit that gives an instruction to the clutch torque changing unit so as to avoid collision with the obstacle when the collision possibility determination unit determines that there is a possibility of collision with the obstacle.
US09328774B1
An apparatus includes a first part, a second part that is rotatably mounted with respect to the first part, a flat spring, and one or more engaging members. The flat spring extends from a first end to a second end and is able to bend in a first direction and a second direction. The one or more engaging members are connected to the second part and engage the flat spring at a location between the first end of the flat spring and the second end of the flat spring to restrict bending of the flat spring in at least one of the first direction or the second direction.
US09328773B2
A system for the mutual adjustment of two drive shafts connected by means of a cardanic shaft is described, the first shaft being actuated by a machine by means of a power take-off being connected to a cardanic shaft, said cardanic shaft being connected to a second shaft being a power take-off of a miter gear box of a crusher/tiller, the miter gear box actuating at least one machine tool. According to the invention the miter gear box is connected to the chassis of the crusher/tiller by means of two small arms in order to allow both a rotation about one axis and a transverse movement controlled by a tilting and rotation sensor.
US09328769B1
A slide rail assembly includes a rail mounted with a bracket device whereby the slide rail assembly can be mounted to a rack. The bracket device includes a first supporting bracket, a second supporting bracket, a third supporting bracket, a mounting bracket, and a connecting member. The first supporting bracket is connected to the rail. The second supporting bracket is movably connected to the first supporting bracket. The second supporting bracket, the third supporting bracket, and the mounting bracket are movably connected and support one another. The mounting bracket includes first and second blocking portions and a slot formed between the first and the second blocking portions. The connecting member passes through the slot and is connected to the third supporting bracket.
US09328752B2
A structural connection arrangement and method for connecting at least two sash, stile, mullion, or frame members of window and/or door frame assemblies that are oriented in crossing orientations when connected to one another. The connection arrangement includes at least two elongate members that each extend along a respective longitudinal axis. A pair of openings are formed in one of the elongate members and oriented to face in a crossing direction relative to the longitudinal axis of the respective member. A pair of connection members is secured to the other of the elongate members of the frame assembly and extends beyond the elongate member so that each connection member cooperates with one of the pair of openings and overlaps an interface between the two elongate members.
US09328749B2
A clamping assembly for a strut element. The clamping assembly connects one end of the substantially tubular strut to a threaded bolt. The clamping assembly comprises a threaded sleeve that is arranged in the tubular strut in a radial annular gap between the threaded bolt and the inside cross-section of the strut, in a conical internal thread of the strut. The threaded sleeve has a conical external thread and an internal thread that receives the threaded bolt. The end of the sleeve, that is received by the strut, is radially elastic.
US09328747B2
A servo actuator system and method of operating the same includes a dual acting actuator comprising an actuator body and a movable member movable in the actuator body to define a first and second chamber on each side of the movable member. A first port is fluidly coupled to the first chamber and a second port is fluidly coupled to the second chamber. A fluid pump having a return is provided. A proportional valve assembly is fluidly coupled to the fluid pump, return and the first and second ports. The proportional valve assembly includes a plurality of metering orifices. A controller is operably coupled to the proportional valve assembly to control the plurality of metering orifices to generate a load vector having magnitude and direction and wherein an actual position of a movable member in an actuator body is indeterminate.
US09328737B2
An unducted fan of variable-pitch blades including roots engaged from outside in respective radial housings of an annular rotor element and guided to turn about their respective axes by pairs of rolling bearings, one of which is carried by an annular segment of a cylindrical skirt mounted in a groove of the annular body and by a locknut screwed onto the cylindrical skit. The bearing is covered externally by a ring including outer dog-clutch teeth co-operating with inner dog-clutch teeth of the housing to hold the ring axially in the housing. A blocking mechanism is engaged between the teeth of the housing and the teeth of the ring preventing the ring from turning and preventing the ring from being withdrawn axially from the housing.
US09328733B2
A vacuum pump of a vehicle for reducing operation noise may include a rotor rotating in a space defined by a housing formed in a pump body at an eccentric position relative to a center of the space, a vane installed to the rotor to rotate eccentrically in the space, and an oil outlet passing through the pump body and formed at a predetermined height above a lower limit of the space such that, when lubricant in the space is discharged in a pressurized state by the vane, the lubricant is not reintroduced back into the space by gravity.
US09328731B2
An oil free compressor includes a cooling fan, a low-pressure stage air-cooled heat exchanger, a high-pressure stage air-cooled heat exchanger, and a lubricating oil air-cooled heat exchanger. The cooling fan is provided independently from each of the low-pressure stage air-cooled heat exchanger, the high-pressure stage air-cooled heat exchanger, and the lubricating oil air-cooled heat exchanger.
US09328730B2
Parts of a pump head of a scroll pump facilitate an assembly process in which the stationary and orbiting scroll blades of the pump are angularly aligned or synchronized with one another. A metallic bellows of the pump head provides a primary means of synchronizing the stationary and orbiting scroll blades. The assembly process may be carried out using a fixture configured to be mountable to an assemblage including the bellows and the orbiting plate scroll. The fixture has a reference feature, and the orbiting plate scroll or the frame has another reference feature that can be aligned with the reference feature of the fixture, in the circumferential direction of the bellows, during the course of the assembly process.
US09328714B2
Various examples provide a large scale hydroelectric power generating apparatus without dam, which includes a base and a turbine frame mounted on the base; a turbine shaft mounted within the turbine frame, connected to at least one generator, a first support assembly and a second support assembly mounted within the turbine frame for fixing the turbine shaft; hydraulic mechanisms having at least one layer of vanes mounted on the turbine shaft, each of the hydraulic mechanisms including a vane frame, multiple vane shafts mounted within the vane frame, and multiple vanes with the vane shafts as rotating axis; and vane stoppers mounted on the vane frame or on the vane shafts for controlling an opening angle of each of the vanes.
US09328702B2
Systems and methods are provided for engine systems including a vacuum-powered multiple tap aspirator coupled between atmospheric, an engine crankcase, or another source and a vacuum source such as a compressor inlet or engine intake manifold. The multiple tap aspirator includes a suction tap arranged in a throat of the aspirator, a suction tap arranged in a diverging cone of the aspirator, and a suction tap arranged in a straight exit tube downstream of the diverging cone of the aspirator. The aspirator provides vacuum generation and suction flow over a range of vacuum levels at the suction taps, and suction flow only passes through a single check valve before entering the aspirator.
US09328701B2
What is described is a fuel vaporizer comprising a housing which comprises an inlet opening with an internal thread, an inlet tube which is seated in the inlet opening. According to this disclosure, it is provided that the inlet tube comprises an undercut head and the inlet tube protrudes through a bushing the inside diameter of which is smaller than the outside diameter of the head, wherein the bushing comprises an external thread with which it is screwed into the inlet opening of the housing. What is additionally described is a kit for the production of a fuel vaporizer.
US09328698B2
Systems and methods are provided for adjusting an engine powertrain component responsive to ambient humidity, the ambient humidity based on vehicle position in a region, clock time ambient temperature, and historical humidity data for that region for a current time of year. This may be accomplished without relying on a costly, and often, temperamental physical humidity sensor. Training modules and cloud updates may further increase the accuracy of the virtual humidity sensor of the present disclosure.
US09328688B2
Various systems and methods are disclosed for controlling an internal combustion engine system having an internal combustion engine, a fuel injector which directly injects fuel into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, and a supercharger which supercharges air into the combustion chamber. One example method comprises, injecting fuel into the combustion chamber multiple times so that a first part of the fuel is self ignited and a last part of the fuel being injected during the compression stroke or later in a cylinder cycle when a desired torque of said internal combustion engine system is in a first range; and increasing a pressure of air which the supercharger charges into the combustion chamber as amount of fuel injected into the combustion chamber during a cylinder cycle increases when the desired torque is in the first range.
US09328686B2
A detection element portion is provided on an inner surface side of a plate as a wall surface portion defining a measurement passage in a flow measuring device. An intake-air temperature detection portion detecting a temperature of a fluid being measured is provided on one main surface of a substrate forming the detection element portion. A ventilation hole allowing a main passage in which the fluid being measured flows and the measurement passage to communicate is provided so as to penetrate through the plate. By achieving a state in which the substrate forming the detection element portion is installed so that an end thereof protrudes into the ventilation hole and a back surface of the end portion of the detection element portion where the intake-air temperature detection portion is formed is exposed toward the main passage, a response speed is enhanced.
US09328678B2
A vehicle method for barometric pressure identification, including adjusting engine operation responsive to barometric pressure, the barometric pressure based on a pressure change at a sector of the fuel system when the sector is sealed with the vehicle travelling. The method may utilize a pressure change at the sealed sector of the fuel system, such as a sealed fuel tank, to identify barometric pressure, even with the engine off for extended durations of vehicle travel. As such, in a hybrid-vehicle application, including during hill descents in which the engine is maintained off, barometric pressure can still be updated.
US09328676B2
A diagnostics method for a supercharged internal combustion engine including a fixed-geometry turbocharger, including a compressor through which air admitted into an intake circuit passes, and a turbine rotationally connected to the compressor and through which exhaust gases pass, the method including: calculating a first integral with respect to time of a measurement of atmospheric pressure; calculating an integral with respect to time of a measurement of boost pressure; calculating a second integral with respect to time of a measurement of atmospheric pressure; calculating two diagnostics criteria dependent on the first integral of atmospheric pressure, on the integral of the boost pressure and on the second integral of the atmospheric pressure; comparing the first diagnostics criterion with a first diagnostics threshold and comparing the second diagnostics criterion with a second diagnostics threshold; and diagnosing a fault when at least one of the diagnostics criteria is below its associated diagnostics threshold.
US09328674B2
One illustrative embodiment is a method comprising operating an engine and an aftertreatment system by controlling a plurality of charge constituents provided the engine, iteratively perturbating one or more combustion inputs effective to vary operation of the engine, and determining fuel consumption and emissions information at the operating points effective to seek a weighted optimization of multiple parameters including fuel consumption and reductant consumption while also meeting a predetermined NOx emissions criterion. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and figures.
US09328664B2
An adjustable transition duct support system for a transition duct that channels hot gases from a combustor exit to a gas turbine inlet of a turbine engine. The adjustable transition duct support system includes an adjustable forward transition flexible support assembly in contact with a transition duct body, whereby the forward transition flexible support assembly may be formed from a base extending toward the transition duct body and first and second side support arms extending from the base to the transition duct body. The first and second side support arms may be formed from a plurality of flex plates spaced from each other with spacers that provide rigidity in circumferential and radial directions and flexibility in an axial direction. The number of flex plates used may be varied to accommodate different turbine engines. The adjustable transition duct support system may have natural frequencies for circumferential and radial modes above two engine orders.
US09328663B2
A gas turbine engine and method for operating a gas turbine engine includes compressing an air stream in a compressor and generating a post combustion gas by combusting a compressed air stream exiting from the compressor in a combustor. The post combustion gas is expanded in a first turbine. The expanded combustion gas exiting from the first turbine is split into a first stream, a second stream and a third stream. The first stream of the expanded combustion gas is combusted in a reheat combustor. An outer liner and flame stabilizer of the reheat combustor are cooled using the second stream of the expanded combustion gas. An inner liner of the reheat combustor is cooled using the third stream of the expanded combustion gas and a portion of the second stream of the expanded combustion gas passing through the one or more flame stabilizers.
US09328656B2
Inside of a gas-tight housing, an electric motor, an inverter and a compressor are housed. Further, an intake air pipe is connected to the gas-tight housing. Inside of the gas-tight housing, an intake air flow passage is formed. Further, a connection opening of an outside air induction pipe provided with a flow rate regulating valve is arranged so as to face a suction opening of a compressor. When the delivery air flow rate as well as the delivery air pressure of the compressor is reduced due to the pressure loss and the like of the intake air ‘a’ which passes through the air flow passage and cools the electric motor and the inverter, an outside air ‘o’ of low temperature is induced so that: the capacity shortage as well as the performance deterioration of the compressor is constrained; and the over-heating of the compressor is constrained.
US09328654B2
The invention relates to engine construction, in particular to systems for regulating internal combustion engines. The invention makes it possible to reduce the toxicity of exhaust gases. A four-stroke reciprocating internal combustion engine is equipped with a vacuum valve. During the discharging of the exhaust gases, a vacuum pump pumps combustion products out of the cylinder via the vacuum valve. First of all, a discharge valve is opened, and the vacuum valve is opened later, after complete (or partial) closing of the discharge valve, and the vacuum valve is closed later on or at the same time as an inlet valve opens. The vacuum valve is situated in the exhaust pipe, and an additional shut-off valve is mounted downstream of said vacuum valve, along the path of the exhaust gases, the shut-off valve connecting the exhaust pipe to the exhaust manifold or disconnecting the exhaust pipe therefrom.
US09328649B2
A device for lining the visible end of the exhaust tailpipe of a motor vehicle includes a base support and a trim, wherein the base support and trim are composed of plastic. The trim forms the visible end of the device. The connection of base support and trim is realized by adhesive bonding.
US09328647B2
A vehicle exhaust system structure capable of easily improving output performance in comparison with a two-cylinder internal combustion engine having the same displacement and outputting an appealing and excellent exhaust sound relating to the two-cylinder internal combustion engine, in a four-cylinder internal combustion engine or a three-cylinder internal combustion engine. An exhaust pipe structure for an internal combustion engine is configured such that exhaust pipes are respectively connected to four cylinders of a four-cylinder internal combustion engine, the two exhaust pipes of the exhaust pipes are formed as long exhaust pipes having a long pipe length while the other two exhaust pipes thereof are formed as short exhaust pipes having a short pipe length, and a difference in a pipe length between the long exhaust pipes and the short exhaust pipes is set to 150 mm or more.
US09328641B2
Some embodiments relate to a catalytic assembly for an engine. The catalytic assembly includes a cooling housing that receives a coolant (e.g., seawater). A catalyst housing is disposed within the cooling housing such that the coolant flows between the catalyst housing and the cooling housing. A catalyst substrate is positioned within the catalyst housing such that exhaust gases from the engine flows through the catalyst substrate. The catalyst substrate serves to covert harmful emissions found in the exhaust gases to less harmful emissions. The catalyst housing includes a first fitting and cooling housing includes a second fitting that mates with the first fitting to prevent rotation of the catalyst housing relative to the cooling housing.
US09328640B2
An emission abatement assembly includes a fuel-fired burner having a combustion chamber and a particulate filter positioned downstream of the fuel-fired burner. A mixing baffle is positioned between the fuel-fired burner and the particulate filter.
US09328639B2
An exhaust treatment system includes a particulate filter having a filter substrate configured to trap soot contained in exhaust gas. A regeneration system is configured to perform a regeneration operation that regenerates the particulate filter by burning away soot stored in the filter substrate. A control module is in electrical communication with the regeneration system to generate a first control signal that initiates the regeneration operation based on a comparison between at least one operating condition of the exhaust treatment system and a threshold value. The control module generates a second control signal in response to detecting at least one diagnostic signal. The second control signal initiates the regeneration operation independently of the comparison.
US09328635B2
A method for installing a camshaft retrofitting kit into an internal combustion engine with a plurality of hemispherical combustion chambers in order to provide increased power. A variable camshaft timing (VCT) assembly and a plurality of displacement-on-demand (DOD) control solenoids are replaced with a VCT plug and a plurality of DOD plugs respectively. A performance camshaft is installed in place of a stock camshaft, and a performance camshaft drive assembly is installed in place of a stock camshaft drive assembly. A cam adapter may also be provided in order to extend the length and diameter of the performance camshaft. Additionally, a plurality of springs from a plurality of cam followers is replaced with a plurality of spacers.
US09328634B2
There is provided a steam power cycle system that permits to perform an appropriate heat exchange between a working fluid that is a non-azeotropic mixture and a heat source, to enhance the performance of the whole system. More specifically, a plurality of condensers are provided so as to be connected to each other in series, and the working fluid in a gas phase from the expander is introduced into the respective condensers. Consequently, the ratio of a low boiling point substance of the working fluid becomes higher toward the posterior condenser, it is possible to make the condensation temperature of the working fluid lower than that of the anterior condenser. It is therefore possible to make the temperature of the working fluid possibly close to the temperature of the low-temperature fluid, thus permitting an effective use of the difference in temperature of the heat source.
US09328633B2
A combined cycle power plant may include a gas turbine comprising a feed forward signal generator and configured to operate in one of one or more firing modes and generate exhaust gas and a heat recovery steam generator configured to receive the exhaust gas and extract thermal energy from the exhaust gas to generate steam. The feed forward signal generator may be configured to generate a feed forward signal that is used to control the temperature of the steam generated by the heat recovery steam generator.
US09328631B2
A gasification facility includes an air separator and a high temperature gas cooler for cooling the gaseous products that are produced at the facility's gasifier. The high temperature gas cooler is configured and a method is provided to produce superheated steam that is used to generate electric power in a steam turbine to satisfy the power demands of at least the air separator. Alternatively, or in addition, the superheated steam can be employed to drive compressors at the air separator. The high temperature gas cooler can be further configured so that it produces only that quantity of superheated steam required for the steam turbine to power the gasification facility, including the air separator, or a quantity of superheated steam adequate for the steam turbine to both power the gasification facility, including the air separator, and provide electric power or superheated steam to other users.
US09328628B2
A bearing housing (1) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger, having a housing body (2) in which an axial bearing (3) is arranged, and a compressor-side housing cover (4) which can be fixed in a compressor-side housing opening (6) via a fastening device (5). The fastening device (5) is a non-positively locking fastening device.
US09328626B2
An example annular turbomachine seal includes an attachment portion, a first leg radially inward of the attachment portion, and a second leg radially inward of the attachment portion and configured to block flow from directly contacting an attachment associated with a bearing compartment of a turbomachine.
US09328615B2
Disclosed are degassers, couplings, impeller shafts and impellers for use in molten metal. One such coupling transfers gas into an impeller shaft, the coupling having a smooth, tapered internal surface to align with a corresponding surface on the impeller shaft and help prevent gas leakage and to assist in preventing damage to the impeller shaft. Improved impellers for shearing and mixing gas are also disclosed, as is a degasser including one or more of these components.
US09328610B2
A method of forming a partitioned package for grouting for an anchoring system for a mine includes pumping a mastic into the package through a fill tube while a processing lubricant is separately introduced onto an inner wall of the fill tube.
US09328607B2
Explosion-proof magnetic flux leakage inspection apparatus for well tubing includes a hermetically sealed interior chamber with an inner wall assembly that forms and surrounds a central channel in a manner that separates the central channel from the hermetically sealed interior chamber by the inner wall assembly. The central channel has an open top and an open bottom to accommodate passage of the well tubing through the central channel. An electromagnetic coil, magnetic flux leakage detector assembly, and a shallow reading detector assembly are positioned in the hermetically sealed interior chamber around the inner wall assembly.
US09328605B2
An apparatus for detecting fluid modulation signals transmitted by an instrument in a wellbore includes a motion sensor coupled to a selected position on an exterior of a conduit coupled between a discharge side of a fluid pump and an inlet to a pipe string suspended in the wellbore. The instrument is coupled to the pipe string. A signal detector is in signal communication with the motion sensor.
US09328604B2
Methods and systems for determining a standoff between a downhole tool and a geological formation are provided. The standoff may be determined using a standoff measurement system that includes an electrode component, one or more electronics components, one or more transformers, and one or more processor units. When the standoff is expected to be no more than a first distance, a first measurement can be made where both originating and resulting electrical signals are induced at the electrode component. When the standoff is expected to be no less than a second distance, a second measurement can be made where an originating electrical signal is induced at one of the transformers while a resulting electrical signal is induced at the electrode component.
US09328601B2
An oil recovery system and method are disclosed. The system includes a solar power tower for receiving a first portion of water from a water treatment device. The solar power tower heats the first portion of water directly using solar radiation and generates a first steam. Further, the system includes a boiler for receiving a second portion of water from the water treatment device. The boiler heats the second portion of water and generates a second steam. Further, the system includes a flow control device coupled to the solar power tower and the boiler to receive at least one of the first steam and the second steam. The flow control device injects at least one of the first steam and the second steam to an oil field.
US09328600B2
A method for hydraulically fracturing subterranean formations in a manner resulting in improved propping of fractures, particularly in ductile rock formations such as gas-containing shales having a high clay content. The method allows for improved hydrocarbon production. The method involves injecting a first fluid having a first proppant concentration into the subsurface formation to form a fracture, reducing the pressure in the fracture and allowing the fracture to substantially close, and injecting a second fluid having a second proppant concentration into the fracture to re-open the fracture. The second proppant concentration is greater than the first proppant concentration. A portion of the proppant is effectively retained in the reopened fracture.
US09328586B2
The invention concerns a subsea system transporting fluid, wherein the subsea system comprises a first part having a flow path carrying a flow of fluid and at least a second part having a flow path provided for carrying fluid. The second part is temporarily being closed off from the flow path of the first part of the subsea system. The heat from the fluid transported in the first part of the subsea system is transferred to the second part by a heat conducting structure establishing a contact between the first and second part of the subsea system, to prevent the formation of hydrates in the second part of the subsea system.
US09328580B2
This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for collecting debris in a wellbore. The apparatus includes a housing for receiving debris defined by an endless wall portion, first and second end portions, at least the second end portion is provided with at least one closable aperture allowing one-way flow of debris into the housing, a releasable sealing device for holding a volume of a first fluid within the housing, the volume of the first fluid having a lower pressure than ambient wellbore pressure; a retaining device for initially holding the releasable sealing device in a first portion; a releasable sealing device to move from the first position to a second position, whereby debris is entered through the closable aperture into the housing, where volume of first fluid is reduced, at least one conduit defined by an inlet and an outlet, the outlet being in the second end portion being submerged in the debris when the apparatus collects debris, the inlet in fluid communication with a pressurized second fluid contained in a chamber upon release of a valve.
US09328576B2
A device for limiting the flow of drilling fluid through a section of drill string includes a body with a hole in the periphery. Flow enters the device through one axial end, at least a portion of the flow exits through the other axial end. Some of the fluid flow can be diverted through the peripheral hole. A spring-biased axial piston has an approximately constant force throughout its range of travel. The piston moves axially in response to the changing fluid flow rate to ensure that a constant amount of flow exiting the axial end of the tool is achieved while diverting away excess flow through the side.
US09328575B2
A method of drilling a subsea wellbore includes drilling the wellbore by injecting drilling fluid through a tubular string extending into the wellbore from an offshore drilling unit (ODU) and rotating a drill bit disposed on a bottom of the tubular string. The method further includes, while drilling the wellbore: mixing lifting fluid with drilling returns at a flow rate proportionate to a flow rate of the drilling fluid, thereby forming a return mixture. The lifting fluid has a density substantially less than a density of the drilling fluid. The return mixture has a density substantially less than the drilling fluid density. The method further includes, while drilling the wellbore: measuring a flow rate of the returns or the return mixture; and comparing the measured flow rate to the drilling fluid flow rate to ensure control of a formation being drilled.
US09328571B2
A wrench for unthreading a well head flange from a pipe is provided. The wrench can include a pipe jaw for gripping the pipe, and a torque arm assembly for applying rotational force to the well head flange. The assembly can include a torque arm wherein one end of the torque arm can be pivotally attached to a bolt hole disposed through the well head flange. Extending a cylinder disposed between the assembly and to an opposing end of the torque arm can cause the torque arm contact and rotate the well head flange relative to the pipe.
US09328560B2
A ground-drilling device includes a basic body and a drill head movably mounted in relation thereto in the longitudinally axial direction, wherein a free space, which is variable in its size owing to the movable mounting, is formed between the drill head and the basic body, and a sealing element for sealing the free space with respect to the environment, wherein the sealing element is designed as a valve element which opens when an overpressure is present inside the clearance, in order to produce a pressure compensation, and which is closed when a negative pressure is present inside the clearance, in order to prevent a pressure compensation.
US09328559B2
In a direct drill bit drive for tools for comminuting brittle materials and penetrating into brittle materials by percussive impact on the basis of a heat engine operated with a gaseous working medium, the heat engine is a hot gas engine operating in accordance with a real Stirling cycle process.
US09328542B2
The present invention includes door locks having a cam having three lobes, and to systems including such door locks. The outer lobes of the cam can limit the rotation of the cam. By limiting the rotation of the cam, the outer lobes can ensure that the cam is always ready for immediate activation. The outer lobes can also strike against outer pins of a locking mechanism to cause the cam to rotate with the locking mechanism when the locking mechanism is activated from the opposite side of the locking mechanism. The present invention also extends to methods of installing and using a door lock including three lobes.
US09328535B2
A padlock with a removable lock cylinder. A retaining member couples the lock cylinder to the padlock's body. In some embodiments, the retaining member includes a flange for actuating the retaining member between a retained position and a released position. The flange is accessible through an opening of the lock body when the shackle is in the unlocked position and inaccessible when the shackle is in the locked position.
US09328528B2
The invention relates to a tower for a wind power installation, with the walls of the tower being produced at least partially from individual wall sections, which are connected to one another via connecting means. The object of the invention is therefore to provide a tower for a wind power installation, which can be assembled with adequate precision. Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a method for erection of a tower such as this. With respect to the tower, the object according to the invention is achieved in that a falsework is provided at least partially in the tower interior, to which the wall sections are connected, holding them.
US09328522B2
A leveling spacer for laying tiles, floor tiles and the like with the interposition of gaps having a base, a threaded stem, a knob, and a slip preventing element for protecting the tiles between which the spacer is arranged. The base includes spacing protrusions in order to define the width of the gaps. The threaded stem is fixed at right angles to the base by interposition of a stem supporting portion that is connected to the base by means of at least one preweakened point. The knob is configured for gripping and removing by breaking the threaded stem, which includes a female thread portion adapted to be screwed to the threaded stem. The slip preventing element is adapted to be arranged substantially coaxially to the knob, for abutment against the knob on the side of the base.
US09328521B2
The present invention is generally directed to an interlocking modular mat or tile and method of use. The mat comprises a severable core structure with a ramp around its periphery and a connected outer structure. The outer structure surrounding the inner core structure is partitioned into side and corner panels also having ramps internally disposed therein. The novel features of the mat allows it to be cut along several locations to expose the internal ramp structure within each panel, providing a assembled mat system with a secure border around the entire mat. A method of constructing an array of the novel mat panel members involving cutting to expose the internal ramped structure is also disclosed to provide a flooring surface.
US09328520B1
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a flexible membrane defining pathways for receiving a flexible conduit, and further defining attachment regions between the pathways formed with overhanging walls. In an illustrative example, the membrane may be vacuum-formed plastic sheet material. In some embodiments the flexible conduits may conduct electricity or heat transfer fluids, for example. In various implementations, the overhanging walls in the attachment regions may advantageously provide improved vertical attachment strength to a rigid planar substrate placed over a mortar filled into the attachment regions.
US09328517B2
A system for mounting a plurality of wall panels to a supporting structure includes a plurality of fasteners. The wall panels include a main panel and at least one L-shaped end section. Each of the fasteners include a base section having spaced apart walls providing an opening therebetween. Opposing U-shaped sections are arranged coupled to the first and second walls generally facing each other. A securing section is arranged outwardly of one of the U-shaped sections for attaching the fastener to a supporting structure. The U-shaped sections respectively receive a portion of an L-shaped end section of adjacent wall panels.
US09328512B2
A Vacuum Insulating Glazing Unit (VIGU) comprises two or more glass lites (panes) spaced apart from one another and hermetically bonded to an edge seal assembly therebetween. The resulting cavity between the lites is evacuated to create at least one insulating vacuum cavity within which are disposed a plurality of stand-off members to maintain separation between the lites. The edge seal assembly is preferably compliant in the longitudinal (i.e., edgewise) direction to allow longitudinal relative motion between the two lites (e.g., from thermal expansion). The longitudinal compliance may be obtained by imprinting a three-dimensional pattern into the edge seal material. The edge seal assembly is preferably bonded to the lites with a first bond portion that is hermetic and a second bond portion that is load-resistant. Methods for producing VIGUs and/or compliant edge seal assemblies and VIGU and edge seal apparatus are disclosed.
US09328509B2
A square pipe manufacturing method includes: a first processing step of forming a first intermediate formed product 13 by bending both widthwise end portions of a rectangular metal plate 1; a second processing step of forming a second intermediate formed product 21 by bending both widthwise sides of a bottom surface 11 of the first intermediate formed product 13; a third processing step of obtaining a third intermediate formed product 23 by curving the side wall surfaces 17 to be convex outward in the width direction by pressing the flange parts 7, 7 toward the bottom wall surface 19 and then pressing the curved side wall surfaces 17 inward in the width direction; and a fourth processing step of crush-deforming corners 31, 31, 33, 33 of the third intermediate formed product 23.
US09328505B1
A snap fastener includes releasable connectable first and second fastener sections. The first fastener section has a first section central portion with a pair of upwardly extending first section sidewalls located along opposite first section edges thereof, each sidewall including an inwardly extending engagement arm. The second fastener section has a second section central portion with first and second downwardly extending second section sidewalls located along opposite second section edges thereof, respective first and second engagement portions being connected to the first and second second section sidewalls by inwardly extending first and second legs. The first and second fastener sections are releasably connectable to secure a sheet material therebetween by securing the first and second engagement portions under the first and second engagement arms. Snap fasteners can be used to releasably secure sheet material to an underlying surface, and over a mate line between roofs of two pre-fabricated building sections.
US09328500B2
An integrated system for treating and recycling rainwater in a residential community. The residential community includes low-lying land. The integrated system includes a primary channel for receiving and treating initial rainwater, a baffled water treatment pool, and a reservoir. The primary channel includes an external wall and an inner wall. The baffled water treatment pool includes a water inlet which is disposed on the inner wall of the primary channel. The reservoir includes a water inlet, a gravel filter layer, and an overflow wall. The primary channel, the baffled water treatment pool, and the reservoir are disposed in the low-lying land. The primary channel is annular and surrounds the baffled water treatment pool and the reservoir. The overflow wall of the reservoir cuts off the annular primary channel. The baffled water treatment pool and the reservoir are adjacent to each other and are divided by a shared wall.
US09328492B2
A plunger with evaporative base is disclosed where the evaporative base has a standoff joined to a drainage bottom and a stump and stump channel arrangement for keeping the plunger suspended slightly above the drainage bottom. A plunger is disclosed that mates with the evaporative base and has a plunger bell standoff that mates with the evaporative base standoff to further keep the plunger suspended slightly above the drainage bottom. The outer perimeter of the bell of the plunger is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the evaporative base body to allow for air circulation between the plunger bell and the evaporative base. Good air circulation and drying promotes cleanliness and reduces the incidence of mold, mildew and bacteria on the plunger and base.
US09328491B2
The present invention provides a water spouting device which enables air bubble entrained water with an increased entrainment rate of air bubbles to be discharged at a low flow rate stage even though the user adjusts the flow rate based on the same feeling as that for a conventional water spouting device, the present water spouting device further enabling, at a high flow rate stage, prevention of discharge of air bubble entrained water with such a total amount as makes the user feel that the resultant amount of water significantly exceeds that intended by the user. A spout cap BC serving as the present water spouting device includes a pressure reducing portion 30 serving as an entrainment rate adjusting portion to adjust the entrainment rate of air bubbles entrained in air bubble entrained water in an air bubble entraining portion 703. The pressure reducing portion 30 serving as the entrainment rate adjusting portion increases the entrainment rate until inflow water from an inflow port 101 reaches a predetermined flow rate, and suppresses an increase in entrainment rate when the inflow water from the inflow port 101 exceeds the predetermined flow rate.
US09328471B2
The invention relates to a protective device for preventing fluids, either gaseous or liquid, from escaping into a body of water in an unforeseen or uncontrolled manner, e.g. from a fault 14 in the bottom 15 of the body of water or from the defective riser 16 of a wellbore. The protective device has a dome-shaped membrane 12 that is impervious to the fluid. Further, it has individually navigable flotation devices 17 that are attached to the membrane 12 for the purpose of positioning and stabilizing the membrane 12. An outlet hose 102 for extracting the fluid is mounted on the membrane. The outlet hose also has individually navigable flotation devices 17 for positioning and stabilizing the outlet hose.
US09328462B2
One or more embodiments include paper, methods of making paper, compositions, and the like, are provided. In various exemplary embodiments described herein, a paper material may be formed by treating a cellulosic fiber or an aqueous pulp slurry with a treatment composition comprising an anionic polyacrylamide resin and an aldehyde-functionalized polymer resin.
US09328444B2
A washing machine and a control method thereof capable of determining whether a driving motor is locked. A pulsator is rotatably mounted in a spin basket, a driving motor generates rotational force, a clutch transmits the rotational force to the pulsator or the spin basket, a driving circuit supplies a driving current to the driving motor, and a control unit controls the driving circuit and the clutch so that the pulsator rotates in a forward or reverse direction and rotation of the spin basket is stopped in a washing or rinsing process. The control unit controls the driving circuit so that a motor lock detection current is supplied to the driving motor, and controls the clutch so that, if a rotating speed of the driving motor is less than a reference speed, the rotational force is transmitted only to the pulsator.
US09328442B2
A washing machine includes a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, a rotary tub disposed to rotate around a driving shaft vertically provided inside the cabinet and including a sidewall, which extends with inclination to have a diameter increasing from a lower side to an upper side of the washing machine, and at least one protrusion part, which protrudes from the sidewall with inclination to have a diameter increasing from an upper side to a lower side of the sidewall. A guide water filter is mounted on at least one protrusion part inside the rotary tub and provided at a rear surface thereof with a drain passage to discharge the washing water discharged from the balance ring to outside. A base is installed at the lower side of the rotary tub and includes a guide part and a support plate.
US09328428B2
A device for removing, from a processing tank, foreign material that becomes detached from a work when the work is immersed in a processing liquid held in a processing tank. The device includes a grooved part having a plurality of concave and convex shapes formed along a work-conveying direction on at least the bottom surface of the processing tank, a hopper provided in the processing tank, a processing liquid supply pipe which supplies the processing liquid circulating through the hopper to the processing tank, a plurality of branch pipes branched from the processing liquid supply pipe and arranged on ridges of the grooved part, and processing liquid discharge nozzles provided so as to face the hopper at sections of the branch pipes opposing bottom parts of the grooved part.
US09328427B2
A method for plating metal to a solar cell is disclosed. The method includes plating a metal layer only on the surface of solar cell without plating metal along the solar cell edges by conducting a first current in a first direction in an electroplating bath, ejecting metal from the metal layer by conducting a second current in a second direction and plating additional metal to the metal layer by conducting a third current in the first direction. The first, second and third current can be alternated. Subsequent to an electroplating process, an ultrasonic cleaning process is performed on the solar cell to remove any excess plated metal along the surface and edges of the solar cell.
US09328425B2
A device for cleaning the surface of a molybdenum wire at high temperature, comprises a wire pay-off mechanism, a first wire guiding wheel, a cleaning mechanism, a second wire guiding wheel, and a wire take-up mechanism; wherein the two ends of a furnace body of the cleaning mechanism are provided with an inlet hole and an outlet hole for the molybdenum wire. Electrodes connected to a power supply are provided at the inlet hole and in a central part inside the furnace body. An upper part of the furnace body is provided with a gas outlet and a lower part thereof is provided with a wet hydrogen inlet; a heating section is formed between the electrode located at the inlet hole and the electrode located in the central part, and a cooling section is formed between the electrode located in the central part and the outlet hole.
US09328424B2
Provided are an enamel coating method and apparatus. The enamel coating method includes (a) preprocessing a surface of a conductive coating object by feeding the coating object into a preprocessing chamber by an in-feed conveyor, (b) coating the surface of the coating object with an enamel glaze supplied from an enamel glaze supply nozzle provided inside a coating chamber by feeding the preprocessed coating object into the coating chamber, and (c) firing the coated coating object by feeding the coated coating object into a firing chamber, wherein the firing chamber in the (c) firing includes a firing chamber conveyor having at least two transport rollers, and the firing chamber conveyor transports the coating object to an output conveyor while supporting a lower side of the coating object by the at least two transport rollers.
US09328416B2
Methods for depositing film on substrates are described. In various cases, a high thermal conductivity gas such as helium is used to deposit a conditioning layer on surfaces of the reaction chamber before it is used to process substrates. The helium may be used to help atomize/vaporize a liquid reactant in a heated injection module before the reactant is delivered to the reaction chamber. In some embodiments, a purge gas including helium is used during a post-deposition purge during deposition on substrates. The disclosed embodiments allow for mixed recipe processing without having to clean the reaction chamber between recipes, and without forming a high number of particles/defects on the substrates. This allows for an improved throughput of high quality film, even where mixed recipes are used in a single reaction chamber.
US09328409B2
A coated article includes a glass substrate and a film on at least one surface of the glass substrate. The film includes Al2O3, Cr2O3 and ZrO2. A method for making the coated article, and an electronic device using the coated article are also provided.
US09328391B1
The determination of the nucleotide sequence of HIV-1 DNA; identification, isolation and expression of HIV-1 DNA sequences which encode immunoreactive polypeptides by recombinant DNA methods and production of viral RNA are disclosed. Such polypeptides can be employed in immunoassays to detect HIV-1.
US09328386B2
The present invention relates to a method for predicting the responsiveness of a mammalian tumor cell or cancer cell to an inhibitor of a kinase of the Src family, such as dasatinib, bosutinib, saracatinib or ponatinib. The present invention also provides for a method for predicting the responsiveness of an individual to an inhibitor of a kinase of the Src family, whereby the individual is suspected to suffer from cancer. These methods involve the evaluation of the status of integrin β4, wherein said status is indicative for the responsiveness to the inhibitor. Furthermore, a kit useful for carrying out the methods described herein as well as an oligo—or polynucleotide and/or antibodies capable of detecting the expression level of integrin β4 for predicting the responsiveness to the inhibitor are provided.
US09328383B2
The invention relates to a method for the high throughput discovery, detection and genotyping of one or more genetic markers in one or more samples, comprising the steps of restriction endonuclease digest of DNA, adaptor-ligation, optional pre-amplification, selective amplification, pooling of the amplified products, sequencing the libraries with sufficient redundancy, clustering followed by identification of the genetic markers within the library and/or between libraries and determination of (co-)dominant genotypes of the genetic markers.
US09328378B2
The invention relates to a method of preparing a library of template polynucleotides which reduces and/or prevents the formation of adaptor-dimers. The invention also relates to the use of a library of templates prepared using the method of the invention for solid-phase nucleic acid amplification. In particular, the invention relates to a method of preparing a library of template polynucleotides which have common sequences at their 5′ ends and at their 3′ ends which is substantially free of adaptor-dimers.
US09328377B2
The present invention relates to the detection of a target nucleic acid sequence using a target hybridization and detection primer (THD primer). The present invention allows for both a target amplification and a signal amplification by introducing a label into a primer used in PCR reactions, ensuring a real-time target detection by PCR reaction by no use of complicated oligonucleotides. The present invention could completely be free from the troublesome matters and shortcomings associated with conventional real-time PCR methods. The present invention allows for successful real-time target detection by using only a labeled primer. This feature makes it possible that the present invention exhibits excellent real-time target detection in multiplex manner.
US09328372B2
The present invention provides members that produce on a large scale a coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase which has excellent substrate-recognizing ability toward glucose while providing low action on maltose. The present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding a soluble coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase that catalyzes the oxidation of glucose in the presence of an electron acceptor and has an activity toward maltose of 5% or lower; a polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide; a recombinant vector carrying the polynucleotide; a transformed cell produced using the recombinant vector; a method for producing a polypeptide comprising culturing the transformed cell and collecting from the cultivated products a polypeptide that links to FAD to exert the glucose dehydration activity; a method for determination of glucose using the polypeptide; a reagent composition for determination of glucose; and a biosensor.
US09328363B2
The present invention provides four keto acid transporter encoding sequences selected from 6611 protein coding sequences of Yarrowia lipolytica CLIB122 database. Also provided are recombinant Yarrowia lipolytica strains overexpressing the keto acid transporters, which have increased extracellular secretion of α-ketoglutarate. The present invention can be used to increase extracellular levels of α-ketoglutarate during the fermentation process and lower downstream purification cost for α-ketoglutarate production.
US09328361B2
A phenol-producing transformant is provided which can efficiently produce phenol from a saccharide. A gene which encodes an enzyme having tyrosine phenol-lyase activity is transferred into Corynebacterium glutamicum as a host. A process for producing phenol is provided having a step of reacting the transformant in a reaction mixture containing a saccharide under reducing conditions, and a step of collecting phenol from the reaction mixture.
US09328358B2
Disclosed is a method of producing 2,3-butanediol using a recombinant yeast having a 2,3-butanediol biosynthesis pathway controlled in a metabolic engineering manner. The method enables production of 2,3-butanediol at high production efficiency from glucose or xylose using a recombinant yeast wherein enzymatic activity of pyruvate decarboxylase is inhibited and exotic genes associated with 2,3-butanediol biosynthesis are introduced.
US09328356B2
The invention provides compositions comprising polynucleotide molecules encoding certain pesticidal polypeptides which exhibit plant parasitic nematode and/or insect control properties, and are particularly directed to controlling plant parasitic pest species of nematodes and insects known to infest crop plant species. Methods for controlling pests are disclosed in which the toxic proteins are provided in the diet of the targeted plant pests. The invention also provides compositions such as nucleic acids, proteins, and plant and bacterial cells, plants, and seeds containing the nucleic acid and protein compositions, as well as methods and kits for identifying, detecting, and isolating the compositions of the present invention. The invention further provides a method of producing crops from recombinant seeds which contain the polynucleotide molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides of the present invention.
US09328350B2
The invention relates to a recombinant Mycobacterium cell for use as a vaccine.
US09328346B2
This invention relates to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), libraries of those ncRNAs that bind chromatin modifiers, such as Polycomb Repressive Complex 2, inhibitory nucleic acids and methods and compositions for targeting lncRNAs.
US09328345B2
The present invention provides asymmetrical duplex RNA molecules that are capable of effecting sequence-specific gene silencing. The RNA molecule comprises a first strand and a second strand. The first strand is longer than the second strand. The RNA molecule comprises a double-stranded region formed by the first strand and the second strand, and two ends independently selected from the group consisting of 5′-overhang, 3′-overhang, and blunt end. The RNA molecules of the present invention can be used as research tools and/or therapeutics.
US09328340B2
Inflammatory and other cellular response-modulating compositions are provided comprising aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase polypeptides, including active fragments and/or variants thereof. Also provided are methods of using such compositions in the treatment of conditions that benefit from the modulation of inflammation, such as inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09328335B2
The present invention relates to novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, and methods of their use. In particular, the invention describes genes encoding proteins having diacylglycerol acetyltransferase activity, specifically for transferring an acetyl group to a diacylglycerol substrate to form acetyl-Triacylglycerols (ac-TAGS), for example, a 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms of the transferase, as well as mutants and variant forms. The present invention also relates to methods of using novel diacylglycerol acyltransferase genes and proteins, including their expression in transgenic organisms at commercially viable levels, for increasing production of 3-acetyl-1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerols in plant oils and altering the composition of oils produced by microorganisms, such as yeast, by increasing ac-TAG production. Additionally, oils produced by methods of the present inventions comprising genes and proteins are contemplated for use as biodiesel fuel, in polymer production and as naturally produced food oils with reduced calories.
US09328333B2
The invention provides a rabbit-derived immortal B-lymphocyte capable of fusion with a rabbit splenocyte to produce a hybrid cell that produces an antibody. The immortal B-lymphocyte does not detectably express endogenous immunoglobulin heavy chain and may contain, in certain embodiments, an altered immunoglobulin heavy chain-encoding gene. A hybridoma resulting from fusion between the subject immortal B-lymphocyte and a rabbit antibody-producing cell is provided, as is a method of using that hybridoma to produce an antibody. The subject invention finds use in a variety of different diagnostic, therapeutic and research applications.
US09328331B2
Compositions and methods for providing an enriched population of mature, glucose-responsive insulin secreting cells, and for modulating insulin expression, activity and secretion in a subject.
US09328326B2
The present invention relates to a method for isolating cells from a complex sample comprising the steps of: a) providing a complex sample, b) incubating said sample with: at least one chaotrope, a buffer and at least one detergent, c) isolating said cells from the resulting mixture by centrifugation or filtration.
US09328310B1
Methods of lipid extraction from biomass, in particular wet algae, through conventionally heated subcritical water, and microwave-assisted subcritical water. In one embodiment, fatty acid methyl esters from solids in a polar phase are further extracted to increase biofuel production.
US09328308B2
The invention provides a grease composition containing a thickener and a base oil, wherein the base oil contains (a) a hydrocarbon oil extracted from Botryococcus braunii and/or (b) a hydrocarbon oil obtainable by hydrogenating the hydrocarbon oil (a).
US09328307B2
A novel, branched, saturated, primary fatty acid amide is disclosed. Application areas are as a slip and/or antiblocking agent or mold release agent. The branched, saturated, primary fatty acid has a formula R—CO—NH2 where R is a saturated, branched hydrocarbon chain having 11 to 23 carbon atoms, wherein at least 60% by weight of the R—CO—NH2 molecules have monoalkyl branches and less than 25% by weight of the R—CO—NH2 molecules have polyalkyl branches.
US09328287B2
A halide material, such as scintillator crystals of LaBr3:Ce and SrI2:Eu, with a passivation surface layer is disclosed. The surface layer comprises one or more halides of lower water solubility than the scintillator crystal that the surface layer covers. A method for making such a material is also disclosed. In certain aspects of the disclosure, a passivation layer is formed on a surface of a halide material such as a scintillator crystal of LaBr3:Ce of SrI2:Eu by fluorinating the surface with a fluorinating agent, such as F2 for LaBr3:Ce and HF for SrI2:Eu.
US09328277B2
Disclosed herein is a heat transfer fluid concentrate comprising: greater than or equal to 85 weight percent of a freezing point depressant, based on the total weight of the heat transfer fluid concentrate; 50 to 2000 ppm of lithium ions; an azole compound; an inorganic phosphate; a carboxylic acid; and an acrylate based polymer, wherein the heat transfer fluid has a pH of 7.0-9.5. The heat transfer fluid concentrate can be used to make a heat transfer fluid.
US09328271B2
An adhesive resin composition, including: a base resin which comprises (A) 30-90 parts by weight of a modified ethylene-olefin copolymer, and (B) 70-10 parts by weight of a styrene thermoplastic elastomer, provided that (A)+(B) equals 100 parts by weight; and (C) a tackifier in an amount of 30-60 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the base resin, the modified ethylene-olefin copolymer being one which has been graft-modified with (a) an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof and (b) an aromatic vinyl monomer, comprises 0.1%-5% by weight of (a) the unsaturated carboxylic acid or the derivative thereof, and has a melting point peak in a range of 100-150° C. with an enthalpy of crystal fusion of 0.5-10 J/g as determined by DSC.
US09328265B2
An adhesive tie layer includes a binder including a multifunctional acrylate and a polyurethane, surface treated nanoparticles dispersed in the binder, and a plurality of interconnected voids. A volume fraction of interconnected voids in the adhesive tie layer is not less than about 10%.
US09328262B2
The adhesion between an underlying composite material and its surface finish is increased by including an adhesion promoting layer at the interface where the uncured composite material and the surface finish meet during the lay up of the uncured composite assembly. The adhesion promoting layer includes a cure accelerating agent for the composite material matrix resin.
US09328256B2
A reinforced fluoropolymer composite is presented, which includes a fluoropolymer and a fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose in which the outer circumference of the nanocrystalline cellulose has been functionalized with fluorinated substrates. The fluoro-functionalized nanocrystalline cellulose may be used to produce stable dispersions with fluoropolymers exhibiting enhanced adhesion between the nanocrystalline particles and fluoropolymer in a composite material, and decreased surface free energy of the cellulose surface.
US09328252B2
The invention relates to an ink composition comprising a pigment, an aqueous vehicle, a host compound having a cavity and a surface active agent, wherein the surface active agent is capable of binding to the cavity of the host compound.The invention further relates to a method for preparing such ink compositions and to a method for applying an image onto a receiving medium using such ink composition.
US09328247B2
A paper coating slip additive obtainable by free-radical polymerization, its preparation and its use in paper coating compositions are described. The additive is formed from (a) acid monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated C3 to C8 carboxylic acids, (b) associative monomers of the general formula H2C═CR1—COO-(EO)n—(PO)m—R2 where R1 is hydrogen or methyl, n is at least two, m is from zero to 50, EO is an ethylene oxide group, PO is a propylene oxide group and R2 is a C8-C30 alkyl group or a C8-C30 alkaryl group, and (c) nonionic copolymerizable monomers other than a) and b), wherein said additive has a weight average molecular weight of below 200 000 and wherein tert-dodecyl mercaptan is used as chain transfer agent.
US09328231B2
A composition comprising 10 to 50 wt % wood pulp fiber and 45 to 85 wt % thermoplastic polymer wherein the average dispersion of the fibers within the thermoplastic polymer composition is equal to or greater than 90% as determined by the Dispersion Test. The pulp can be bleached chemical wood pulp fiber.
US09328219B2
The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising at least one polyamide and at least one urea compound of the formula I where x is 1, 2 or 3; R1 and R2 are selected from hydrogen, linear C1-C7-alkyl, branched C3-C10-alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted C3-C12-cycloalkyl, unsubstituted or substituted C3-C12-cycloalkyl-C1-C4-alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl and unsubstituted or substituted aryl-C1-C4-alkyl; and Z is selected from C3-C10-alkanediyl, unsubstituted or substituted arylene, unsubstituted or substituted aryl unsubstituted or substituted ene-C1-C4-alkylene-arylene, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylene, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylene-C1-C4-alkylene-heteroarylene, unsubstituted or substituted C5-C8-cycloalkylene, C5-C8-cycloalkylene-C1-C4-alkylene-C5-C8-cycloalkylene, unsubstituted or substituted heterocycloalkylene and heterocycloalkylene-C1-C4-alkylene-heterocycloalkylene. This urea compound is used for improving the optical properties of the polyamide polymer composition. The present invention also relates to shaped articles obtained from said composition and to novel urea compounds.
US09328218B2
The invention relates to a compound of the formula (I-1) wherein n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 or 25, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R′1, R′2, R′3, R′4 and R′5 are each independently from each other H or C1-C8-alkyl. Compounds of the formula (I-1) or stabilizer mixtures containing compounds of the formula (I-1) are especially used for stabilization of polymers against degradation by oxidation, heat or light.
US09328210B2
The present invention relates to an additive composition useful as additive for controlling the foam properties of polyurethane foams which is characterized in that it contains at least one ionic surfactant A selected from those of formula A−M+ where A−= anion selected from the group comprising alkyl and aryl sulphates, polyether sulphates and sulphonates, sulphonates, alkyl and aryl sulphonates, alkyl and aryl carboxylates, saccharinates and polyether phosphates, and M+= cation, and/or at least one anionic surfactant B selected from a quaternized ammonium compound, and at least one tertiary amine compound C, which has a molar mass of at least 150 g/mol, and/or at least one oxazasilinane D, a process for production of polyurethane foam by using this additive composition and also correspondingly produced polyurethane foams and use thereof.
US09328208B2
The invention relates to a reinforced composite having an unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) matrix reinforced by means of elongated steel element provided with a coating of acrylate based polymer. The yield strength of elongated steel element of the present invention at 0.01% permanent elongation is at least 1500 MPa. The invention also relates to In one aspect, the present invention relates to a reinforced composite having an unplasticized PVC matrix reinforced by means of elongated steel element, wherein said elongated steel element is coated with a layer of acrylate based polymer followed by a coating of tie layer, wherein said tie layer comprises a mixture of PVC and a plasticizer.
US09328195B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing a polyester resin, wherein phosphate additives are used in preparing polyester resin to improve the reactive property of the esterification reaction or transesterification, as well as the flame retardancy property and the color stability of a polyester resin. The method for preparing a polyester resin comprises the steps of: carrying out an esterification reaction and/or an ester exchange reaction of a diacid component and a diol component in a presence of phosphoric acid derivatives, wherein the diol component comprises a primary diol and isosorbide, and wherein a reaction time of the esterification reaction or the ester exchange reaction is reduced and the remaining rate of isosorbide in the main chain of the polyester resin is increased.
US09328193B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods related to the hydroformylation of cyclododecatriene to form cyclododecatriene trialdehyde, and the conversion of the trialdehyde to the polyphenols of Formula 1: where R, m p and Q are as defined herein. Curable compositions comprising compounds of Formula 1, including powder coating compositions, and methods of curing the compositions are also disclosed.
US09328186B2
A thermoplastic resin composition for vehicle lamp housings, includes: 5 to 80 parts by weight of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft polymerizing at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, and (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers, under the presence of an acrylic ester-based rubbery polymer (a-1) having a weight average particle size of 100 to 400 nm; and 20 to 95 parts by weight of a (co)polymer (B) in which at least one monomer (a-2) selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl-based monomers, vinyl cyanide-based monomers, (meth)acrylic ester-based monomers and maleimide-based monomers is polymerized, in which a content of total volatiles at 260° C. is no more than 0.7% by weight of the composition overall, and a content of oligomer component having a weight average molecular weight of 200 to 1000 is no more than 0.3% by weight of the composition overall.
US09328185B2
Disclosed are a modified conjugated diene polymer and a method for preparing the same. Provided are advantageously a modified conjugated diene polymer and a method for preparing the same which provide superior compatibility with an inorganic filler, heat generation, tensile strength and abrasion resistance, low fuel consumption and excellent resistance on wet roads.
US09328182B2
Molded articles are prepared from propylene-ethylene copolymers and exhibiting improved clarity and strength properties. Articles prepared include bottles and other thin-walled articles. The articles are prepared using an isotactic propylene-ethylene random copolymer resin having an ethylene content of from about 0.5 to about 3 percent by total weight of copolymer, with a xylene solubles content of less than about 1.5 percent. The injection molded article may exhibit less than about 20 percent haze, as determined by ASTM D1003, at a thickness of about 0.08 inch (2.03 mm). Articles may also be prepared from similar copolymers having an ethylene content greater than about 3 percent by total weight of copolymer, with a xylene solubles content of less than about 4 percent by total weight of copolymer. These articles may exhibit less than about 13 percent haze, as determined by ASTM D1003, at a thickness of about 0.08 inch (2.03 mm).
US09328180B2
The invention provides a process to form an ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in presence of at least the following: A) a free-radical agent; B) an alkylated phenol selected from Formula (I), wherein R1, R2,R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, hydrogen or an alkyl; and C) a “metal alkyl-containing compound” selected from the group consisting of the following: i) at least one “Group II metal alkyl-containing compound,” ii) at least one “Group III metal alkyl-containing compound,” and iii) a combination of i) and ii).
US09328176B2
A functional styrene-butadiene copolymer is disclosed. More specifically, the copolymer is prepared by radical polymerization of a styrene monomer, a butadiene monomer and an epoxy acrylate monomer in an emulsion state and ring-opening of the resultant styrene-butadiene-epoxy acrylate copolymer. When blended with silica, the disclosed copolymer provides excellent wet stopping performance and superior wear resistance. Therefore, it can be usefully applied for industrial materials including fuel-efficient tires, snow tires, belts, hoses, etc.
US09328169B2
The present invention relates to antibodies, including human antibodies, and antigen-binding portions thereof that specifically bind to MAdCAM, preferably human MAdCAM, and inhibit MAdCAM. The antibodies comprise the CDRs or variable domains derived from an antibody produced by the hybridoma cell line 7.16.6 (ECACC Accession No. 03090909) or from an antibody comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs.: 34 and 36. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof, methods of making and using the antibodies and portions, and compositions comprising these antibodies and portions.
US09328168B2
The invention features methods for preventing or treating CGRP associated disorders such as vasomotor symptoms, including headaches (e.g., migraine, cluster headache, and tension headache) and hot flushes, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. Antagonist antibody G1 and antibodies derived from G1 directed to CGRP are also described.
US09328156B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes relates to administering a genetically modified T cell to express a CAR wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain.
US09328152B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a transfer factor. The method comprises the following steps: freezing and thawing of peripheral-blood leukocytes, dialysis, tangential ultrafiltration, identification and quantification using high-resolution, molecular-exclusion liquid chromatography, and in vitro biological validation. The resulting product is suitable for medical use.
US09328147B2
Disclosed herein is a recombinant viral construct and its uses thereof. The recombinant viral construct is capable of simultaneously expressing three exogenous proteins, including a classical swine fever virus (CSFV) antigen, a porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen, and an immunomodulatory protein. The recombinant viral construct is hence useful as a bio-tool for simultaneously producing multiple antigens of a bi-subunit vaccine.
US09328146B2
The present invention relates to the design of gene transfer vectors and especially provides lentiviral gene transfer vectors suitable for either a unique administration or for iterative administration in a host, and to their medicinal application (such as vaccination against Immunodeficiency Virus, especially suitable in human hosts). Gene transfer vectors can be either integrative or non-integrative vectors. The invention encompasses prophylactic, therapeutic, symptomatic, and curative treatments of animals, including humans, as well as gene therapy and vaccination in vivo.
US09328145B2
Described herein is a soluble HIV-1 retrovirus transmembrane glycoprotein gp41 trimer (Soc-gp41M-Fd) containing a partial ectodomain and the cytoplasmic domain, that is fused to the small outer capsid (Soc) protein of bacteriophage T4 and the Foldon domain of the bacteriophage T4 fibritin (Fd). The gp41 trimer that has a prehairpin structure could be utilized to understand the mechanism of viral entry and as a candidate for development of HIV-1 vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. Other secondary embodiments of the gp41 proteins containing different modifications are also disclosed. According to one embodiment, the gp41 trimer is further attached to a cell penetration peptide (CPP). Methods of producing gp41 trimers are also disclosed.
US09328141B2
Disclosed herein are polypeptides or their derivatives and their application. The polypeptides and their derivatives can treat or prevent cancer. The polypeptides of the invention have significant lethality to the cancer cells when used alone. When its clinical commonly used chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin in combination, it can significantly increase the sensitivity of chemotherapeutic agents on cancer cells, to enhance its lethality of cancer cells, to reduce the dosage. The peptides can kill a variety of cancer cells, but without apparent toxicity enhancing effect on normal cells. The prepared peptides of the present invention can be chemically synthesized, high-purity, low molecular weight, specificity, non-immunogenic, safe and reliable.
US09328140B2
Disclosed herein are peptides which exhibit hepcidin activity and methods of making and using thereof.
US09328132B2
The invention is related to the metal complexes of the general formula (1). The invention is related also to the use of metal complexes of the formula 1 as (pre)catalysts for the olefin metathesis reactions, as well as to the process for carrying out the olefin metathesis reaction.
US09328129B2
Compounds of the formulae, (I), wherein each variable is as defined herein are provided which are useful in (i) diagnostic methods for detecting and/or identifying cells presenting PSMA; (2) compositions comprising a compound of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient, and/or diluent; (3) methods for inhibiting or treating prostrate cancer; and (4) methods for blocking or destabilizing neovasculature of a tumor.
US09328128B2
The present invention is directed to fluorophosphates, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are inhibitors of intestinal apical sodium/phosphate co-transport and are useful in the treatment of hyperphosphatemia, in reducing blood phosphate levels, and in treating hypertension.
US09328126B2
Embodiments of norbornenylhydrocarbylene dihydrocarbylboranes represented by the Formula (I), and methods of forming such norbornenylhydrocarbylene dihydrocarbylboranes are provided, where m is 0, 1 or 2, A is a C2 to C12 hydrocarbylene group; R1 and R2 are independently selected from a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C12 hydrocarbyl, substituted or unsubstituted, monocyclic or bicyclic C5 to C7 rings, and R1 and R2, taken together with the boron atom to which they are attached, can form a monocyclic or bicyclic ring; wherein the norbornenylhydrocarbylene dihydrocarbylboranes of Formula (I) are subject to the proviso that 9-norbornenylethyl-9-borabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane is not included.
US09328125B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to compounds that are positive allosteric modulators of AMPA receptors.
US09328123B2
The present invention relates to rotenone derivatives and a use of the same. Particularly, the present inventors identified rotenoisin A and B which are compounds with no toxicity and which are prepared by irradiation with gamma rays onto rotenone as represented by the following formula 1. It was further confirmed that the rotenone derivatives significantly inhibited pancreatic lipase activity and preadipocyte differentiation. The rotenone derivatives of the present invention can be effectively used as a composition for the prevention and treatment of obesity and as a composition for health functional food for the prevention and improvement of obesity: (In formula 1, R1 and R2 are as defined in this description).
US09328120B2
The invention relates to novel 6-Cycloalkyl-pyrazolopyrimidinones according to formula (I). wherein R1 is a 5 or 6 membered aromatic heteroaryl-group, R2 is an optional substituent, D is optionally substituted cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydropyranyl or 2-, 3- or 4-pyridyl, m=1 or 2 and n is 0, 1 or 2. The new compounds are for use as the active entity of medicaments or for the manufacture of medicaments respectively, in particular medicaments for the treatment of conditions concerning deficits in perception, concentration, learning or memory. Such conditions may for example be associated with Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and other diseases. The new compounds are also for example for the manufacture of medicaments and/or for use in the treatment of these diseases, in particular for cognitive impairment associated with such disease. The compounds of the invention show PDE9 inhibiting properties.
US09328107B2
The present invention pertains to certain compounds of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of platelet aggreagation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, blood clot formation, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or a symptom thereof, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorder, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, and sleep disorders, sleep disorders, diabetic-related disorders, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the like.
US09328106B2
Cyclic ether pyrazol-4-yl-heterocyclyl-carboxamide compounds of Formula I, including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R2 is a cyclic ether and X is thiazolyl, pyrazinyl, pyridinyl, or pyrimidinyl, are useful for inhibiting Pim kinase, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by Pim kinase. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
US09328101B2
The present invention relates to a novel crystalline form B of 1,5-dimethyl-6-thioxo-3-(2,2,7-trifluoro-3-oxo-4-(prop-2-ynyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]oxazin-6-yl)-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4-dione The invention also relates to a process for the production of this crystalline form and formulations for plant protection which contains the novel crystalline form of 1,5-dimethyl-6-thioxo-3-(2,2,7-trifluoro-3-oxo-4-(prop-2-ynyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[b][1,4]oxazin-6-yl)-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4-dione.
US09328090B2
The present invention relates to ethynyl derivatives of formula I wherein R1 is phenyl, which is optionally substituted by 1-2 halogen atoms; selected from fluorine or chlorine; or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt in enantiomerically pure form. It has been found that the compounds of general formula I are allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5).
US09328089B2
Disclosed is a technique for improving the water solubility and storage stability of 7-{(3S,4S)-3-[(cyclopropylamino)methyl]-4-fluoropyrrolidine-1-yl}-6-fluoro-1-(2-fluoroethyl)-8-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid (compound (1)) that is safe and not only has a strong antibacterial action but also is effective for resistant bacteria for which conventional antibacterial agent are less effective. Crystals of the hydrochloride salt of the compound (1), crystals of the hydrochloride salt hydrate of the compound (1), and crystals of the methanesulfonate salt of the compound (1) are provided. In these crystals, decomposition due to influences of light is suppressed as compared to that in crystals of the compound (1) in free, and their storage stability is high. These crystals have higher solubility in water than the crystals of the compound (1) in free.
US09328086B2
Optionally substituted bipyridine compounds, optionally substituted phenylbipyridine compounds, or optionally substituted bis-phenylbipyridine compounds may be useful in light-emitting devices. Some examples include, but are not limited to, optionally substituted 4-(5-(6-(4-(diphenylamino)phenyl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylbenzenamine, optionally substituted 9-(4-(5-(6-(4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole, optionally substituted 4-(5-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylbenzenamine, optionally substituted 4-(5-(6-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylbenzenamine, optionally substituted N,N-diphenyl-4-(5-(6-(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)benzenamine, optionally substituted 4-(5-(6-(4-(9H-carbazol-9-yl)phenyl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)-N,N-diphenylbenzenamine, optionally substituted 2-(5-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)benzo[d]thiazole, optionally substituted 2-(5-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)benzo[d]oxazole, optionally substituted 9-(4-(5-(6-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole, optionally substituted 9-(4-(5-(6-(benzo[d]oxazol-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)pyridin-2-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole, optionally substituted 9-(4-(6′-(1-phenyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)-3,3′-bipyridin-6-yl)phenyl)-9H-carbazole, and 6,6′-bis(9-phenyl-9H-carbazol-3-yl)-3,3′-bipyridine.
US09328085B2
An expansion agent for hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells useful for improvement in the efficiency of gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells for gene therapy useful for treatment of various disorders is provided. An expansion agent for hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells is provided, containing a compound represented by the formula (I): (wherein X, Y, Z, Ar1 , R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined in the description), a tautomer, amide, ester, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or a solvate thereof, which can expand hematopoietic stem cells and/or hematopoietic progenitor cells.
US09328078B2
In general, among other things, compounds of Formula I are provided: in which R11 is selected from the group consisting of benzylamino, N-methylbenzylamino, morpholino, thiomorpholino, pyrrolidino, etc.; R13 is selected from the group consisting of 3-(1-ethanol-2-yl)phenyl, 3-(1-ol-2,2,2-trifluoroethan-2-yl)phenyl, 2-(1-ol-2,2,2-trifluoroethan-2-yl)phenyl, etc.; and R12 and R14 are each independently hydrogen or alkyl. Methods of treatment are also provided.
US09328068B2
A compound of formula (Ie′): wherein Ar′, R1, R4e and Y are as defined herein and a method of controlling pests using the compound.
US09328060B2
Provided is a compound of formula (I): a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutical composition comprising anandamide (AEA) and methods of using the same in the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) and colorectal cancer.
US09328053B2
In a process for producing a methyl-substituted biphenyl compound, at least one methyl-substituted cyclohexylbenzene compound of the formula: is contacted with a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising at least one methyl-substituted biphenyl compound, wherein each of m and n is independently an integer from 1 to 3 and wherein the dehydrogenation catalyst comprises (i) an element or compound thereof from Group 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements and (ii) tin or a compound thereof.
US09328048B2
A Process for preparing ketene in the presence of a fluidized bed material with a surface area of up to about 600 m2/g. The process is further defined as a process for preparing ketene from a sugar or glycolaldehyde feedstock.
US09328042B2
The present invention provides an efficient and cost effect synthesis route from a specific starting material of 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene to the desired product of Z-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene.
US09328036B2
A hydrocarbon conversion process is described. The process includes contacting a hydrocarbon feed with an acidic catalyst under hydrocarbon conversion conditions in a hydrocarbon conversion zone. The hydrocarbon feed reacts to form a mixture comprising reaction products, the acidic catalyst, and deactivated acidic catalyst containing conjunct polymer. The mixture is separated into at least two streams, a first stream comprising the reaction products and a second stream comprising the deactivated acidic catalyst. The reaction products are recovered. The deactivated acidic catalyst is contacted with at least one silane or borane compound in a regeneration zone under regeneration conditions, the conjunct polymer reacting with the at least one silane or borane compound resulting in a catalyst phase and an organic phase containing the conjunct polymer and at least one silyl or boryl compound.
US09328033B2
A process for producing polyurethane coated fertilizer granules having core granules in a rotating drum, wherein the drum has an inlet and an outlet and n application zones arranged along the longitudinal direction of the drum between the inlet and the outlet, n being an integer of at least 2 and wherein each of the application zones is followed by a curing zone. The curing zone after each application zone is arranged to allow an interval of 2-15 minutes, preferably 3-5 minutes, before the application in the successive application zone, wherein the polyol and the isocyanate are applied in the first application zone at a ratio of 0.5-4 wt %, preferably 1-3 wt % of the core granules. The process has the steps of: A) continuously feeding the core granules to the inlet of the rotating drum, thereby providing a flow of the core granules in the direction from the inlet to the outlet, B1) applying a polyol and an isocyanate to the core granules in each of the n application zones, the ratio of hydroxyl groups in the polyol to NCO groups in the isocyanate at the end of each of the application zones being in the range from about 0.9 to about 1.3, B2) reacting the polyol and the isocyanate to form a tack-free polyurethane layer in each of the n curing zones and C) continuously collecting the polyurethane coated fertilizer granules from the outlet.
US09328032B2
The invention provides for methods, devices, and systems for pyrolyzing biomass. A pyrolysis unit can be used for the pyrolysis of biomass to form gas, liquid, and solid products. The biomass materials can be selected such that an enhanced biochar is formed after pyrolysis. The biomass can be pyrolyzed under specified conditions such that a selected biochar core is formed. The pyrolysis process can form a stable biochar core that is inert and/or resistant to degradation. The biochar or biochar core can be functionalized to form a functionalized biochar or functionalized biochar core. Functionalization can include post-pyrolysis treatments such as supplementation with microbes or physical transformations including annealing and/or activation.
US09328031B2
The present invention relates to a fertilizer composition comprising ammonium nitrate, of which the potential misuse as a precursor for an explosive is limited on the one hand, without hampering its legitimate use by farmers for food production on the other hand, to a method for the preparation of said fertilizer composition, and to the use thereof. The fertilizer composition comprising ammonium nitrate comprises a non-hygroscopic agent which is able to form a non-hygroscopic fertilizer composition with ammonium nitrate under normal conditions of storage and use, and to form an hygroscopic composition with ammonium nitrate after said fertilizer composition is contacted with water, and optionally a foaming agent. According to one embodiment, the non-hygroscopic agent is selected from the group of non-hygroscopic urea double salts, in particular urea calcium nitrate (UCaN).
US09328030B2
The invention is directed to processes for treating biosolids that result in high-value, nitrogen-containing, slow-release, organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that are competitive with less valuable or more costly conventional commercially manufactured fertilizers. The process involves conditioning traditional waste-water biosolids and processing the conditioned biosolids continuously in a high throughput manufacturing facility. The exothermic design and closed loop control of the primary reaction vessel decreases significantly the amount of power necessary to run a manufacturing facility. The process utilizes green technologies to facilitate decreased waste and enhanced air quality standards over traditional processing plants. The fertilizer produced from recovered biosolid waste is safe and meets or exceeds the United States Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) Class A and Exceptional Quality standards and is not subject to restrictions or regulations.
US09328029B2
A framework for developing high quality factor (Q) material for electronic applications in the radio frequency range is provided. In one implementation, ceramic materials having a tungsten bronze crystal structure is modified by substituting one or more elements at one or more lattice sites on the crystal structure. The substitute elements are selected based on the ionic radius and other factors. In other implementations, the modified ceramic material is prepared in combination with compositions such as rutile or a perovskite to form a orthorhombic hybrid of perosvkite and tetragonal tungsten bronze.
US09328018B2
A graphene coated optic fiber is disclosed. An optic fiber core is encapsulated within a graphene capsule. An optic fiber having cladding layer encapsulated within a graphene capsule is also disclosed. The graphene capsule may comprise a single layer of graphene, bi-layer of graphene, or multiple layers of graphene. An optical circuit is disclosed that transmits ultraviolet light across an optic fiber encapsulated with graphene.
US09328011B2
A method is disclosed for scribing a contained crack or vent in a chemically strengthened glass sheet. The glass has shallow surface regions under compressive stress, bounding a central region under tensile stress. The vent is formed by rapidly bulk-heating the glass, using radiation from a carbon monoxide laser, to a depth just below a surface compressive region and extending marginally into the tensile stress region then rapidly cooling the heated region with a water mist spray. The glass sheet can be subsequently divided along the vent by application of mechanical or thermal stress.
US09328010B2
The invention is a method for structuring a flat substrate composed of glass material in the course of a viscous flow process. The glass flat substrate is joined to a surface of a flat substrate, which is preferably a semiconductor flat substrate, having at least one depression bounded by a circumferential edge located in the surface. In the course of a subsequent tempering process, glass material is changed to a viscous free-flowing state in which at least proportions of the free-flowing glass material of the flat substrate flow over the circumferential edge into the depression in the flat substrate. The invention is also characterized in that a flat substrate is provided of which the at least one depression has at least one wetting surface that is countersunk with respect to the surface of the flat substrate and is at least partly bounded by a line-type edge which, at the same time, is an edge of a trench structure provided within the depression and countersunk with respect to the wetting surface and/or is determined by a discontinuous change in a wetting property for the free-flowing glass material that can be assigned to the wetting surface.
US09328007B2
The present invention discloses a composite biogenic flocculant for enhancing flocculation and dewaterability of chemically enhanced primary treatment (CEPT) sludge. The present invention also discloses method of conditioning CEPT sludge using the composite biogenic flocculant.
US09328005B2
A method of mixing organic carbon with the final effluent for water treatment systems and applying the mixture to manmade stratified sand filters or natural soils to induce proper conditions for high removal of total nitrogen in the final effluent. In one embodiment, water having a concentration less than about 30 mg/l of Total Nitrogen (TN) and a BOD5 concentration of less than about 30 mg/l is mixed with a sufficient amount of dissolved carbon to cause a reduction of the nitrogen pollution in the water, and the water and dissolved carbon are percolated through a fixed bed.A method of mixing organic carbon with any water having dissolved TN and applying the mixture to manmade stratified sand filters or natural soils to induce proper conditions for high removal of total nitrogen in the applied water.A method of mixing organic carbon with any water having dissolved TN and applying the mixture to manmade stratified sand filters and applying the water to the soils and inducing in situ denitrification caused by the discharge of water having the proper Carbon to Nitrogen ratio for soil bacterial metabolism and by the discharge of long chained insoluble particular carbon, which degrades in the soils and soil water and provides carbon for denitrification.
US09327999B1
An inclined plate sedimentation device includes a plurality of parallel spaced inclined plates, each at a plate inclination angle relative to a horizontal axis, an influent fluid source that provides a fluid to the device such that the fluid flows between the inclined plates, and at least one vibratory source operatively coupled to at least one of the inclined plates for providing vibration. The inclined plates have tapered lower ends for reducing eddy currents between adjacent inclined plates upon vibration. The vibratory source may be at least one of mechanical, electrical, air-driven, hydraulic-driven, a sonic wave device, and a microwave device.
US09327990B2
A process of preparing nanostructured lithium titanate particles. The process contains the steps of providing a solvent containing a soft-template compound, a lithium ion-containing compound, and a titanium ion-containing compound; removing the solvent to obtain a lithium titanate precursor; and calcining the precursor followed by milling and annealing. Also disclosed is a nanostructured lithium titanate particle prepared by this process.
US09327989B2
Silicalite particles, methods of making silicalite particles, systems comprising silicalite particles and methods for using silicalite particles to separate ethanol from water.
US09327985B2
[Means for solving]A graphene oxide sheet which changes to a substance having a graphene structure when reduced, and which is obtainable by dispersing a graphene-containing carbon substance using a dispersant to reduce the size of the aggregate units of the graphene-containing carbon substance, and then oxidizing the graphene-containing carbon substance.
US09327982B2
Methods of forming a graphene material on a surface are presented. A metal material is disposed on a material substrate or material layer and is infused with carbon, for example, by exposing the metal to a carbon-containing vapor. The carbon-containing metal material is annealed to cause graphene to precipitate onto the bottom of the metal material to form a graphene layer between the metal material and the material substrate/material layer and also onto the top and/or sides of the metal material. Graphene material is removed from the top and sides of the metal material and then the metal material is removed, leaving only the graphene layer that was formed on the bottom of the metal material. In some cases graphene material that formed on one or more side of the sides of the metal material is not removed so that a vertical graphene material layer is formed.
US09327981B2
Disclosed is a method of producing thin graphene nanoplatelets, and the method includes the steps of providing a carbon precursor and a filling material, using the carbon precursor as a binding agent to mix with the filling material thoroughly, producing a composite material through a forming process, performing a heat treatment of the composite material under an atmosphere and at different temperatures to improve the electrical conductivity and adjust to an appropriate binding strength, perform a carbon conversion of the composite material with a good graphite cyrstallinity to produce a layered graphite structure of a thin graphene nanoplatelet precursor, while obtaining high quality graphene by performing an electrochemical process of the thin graphene nanoplatelet precursor, so as to achieve the mass production of the high quality thin graphene nanoplateletes with a low cost.
US09327980B2
Alterations utilizing nanoparticles. Certain embodiments of the invention are methods of delivering a substance to a target using a delivery-aid which includes nanoparticles. Those nanoparticles may be nanocarbon particles. Other embodiments are methods of delivering nanoparticles to a target involving placing a mask between a source of ballistic delivery of nanoparticles and the target. Other embodiments include irradiating a target to cause localized heating of the region of the target in which the nanodiamonds or OLC particles are present. Other embodiments utilize nanoparticles to make cells competent for genetic transformation. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09327978B2
Provided is a method for producing a non-graphitizable carbon material, the method including a step in which a raw material of the non-graphitizable carbon material is subjected to a cross-linking treatment to obtain a cross-linked product; a step in which the cross-linked product is subjected to an infusibility-imparting treatment to obtain an infusibility-imparted product; a step in which the infusibility-imparted product is subjected to a pulverizing treatment; and a step in which the infusibility-imparted product that has been subjected to the pulverizing treatment is fired at 900° C. to 1300° C. to obtain the non-graphitizable carbon material.
US09327958B2
The present application provides an automated beverage dispenser for use with a number of cups. The automated beverage dispenser may include a carousel with a number of shelves, a first actuator such that first actuator may maneuver the shelves in a first direction, a second actuator positioned adjacent to the carousel, and a gripper positioned on the second actuator such that the second actuator may maneuver one of the cups by the gripper in a second direction to one of the shelves of the carousel.
US09327944B2
An apparatus (1) for assembling or dismantling a crane has a coupling unit (11) for coupling with a tower part (3). The coupling unit (11) can be moved into a latching position or into an unlatching position. The coupling unit (11) furthermore has counterweights (110) for setting a center of gravity of the crane.
US09327937B2
A system is provided for braking rotational movement comprising: a rotatable member; a friction surface disposed on the rotatable member; a friction plate opposed to the friction surface, such that when the rotatable member rotates the friction plate is in contact with the friction surface; a rod, having at least a threaded portion, and the at least a portion of the rod being received within the rotatable member such that the rotatable member rotates about the rod and moves along the threaded portion towards the friction plate; and a compressive member, whereby a force is applied to the friction plate which increases with rotation of the rotatable member.
US09327931B2
A continuous roll sheet holding apparatus that fits rotary shafts to both ends of a continuous sheet wound in a roll shape, and rotatably supports each rotary shaft, thereby supporting the continuous sheet to be pulled out, includes holding flanges configured to rotatably support the respective rotary shafts, a driven unit which is integrally disposed in one of the rotary shafts and configured to receive driving from an apparatus body, and a flange holding unit configured to support each of the holding flanges, and abut on the holding flange to regulate a position of the holding flange in a direction of the rotary shaft and a direction orthogonal to the rotary shaft.
US09327918B2
For the transport of a substrate from a cassette to a back surface cleaning processing unit in a cleaning processing block, a transfer robot rotates the substrate through 90 degrees from a horizontal attitude in which the front surface of the substrate is positioned to face upward into a standing attitude while transporting the substrate out of a cassette to a substrate passing part, and passes the substrate in the standing attitude to the substrate passing part. The substrate passing part holds the substrate in the standing attitude. A main transport robot receives the substrate held in the standing attitude. The main transport robot rotates the substrate through 90 degrees from the standing attitude into a horizontal attitude in which the back surface of the substrate is positioned to face upward while transporting the substrate from the substrate passing part to the back surface cleaning processing unit.
US09327917B2
A device for singulating and passing on upright containers preferably comprises a feed device for transporting the containers in a single row and a singulation unit having a first star wheel and a second star wheel, each of which comprises receiving pockets to accept, when in a first and second receiving position, the containers being transported to them and to transport these containers to a first and second discharge position. The star wheels comprise parallel rotational axes but opposite rotational directions. In addition, the device comprises a pusher unit, which comprises at least one plunger, which, in the area of the first and second discharge position, is movable back and forth in a direction parallel to the rotational axes of the star wheels and through the associated receiving pockets to push the containers out of the receiving pockets of the star wheels and into product holders.
US09327915B1
The low profile transfer conveyor bridges gaps between terminal ends of contiguous multi segment conveyors and provides a driven belt bridge with a length that approximately bridges the space between conveyor belt segments of the multi segment conveyors and has a low profile which minimizes any unsupported distance across which articles must cross between conveyor belt segments by providing a small continuous section of driven conveyor belt traversing a surface bounded on two sides by small radius edges so the horizontal length of the transfer conveyor extends almost to the horizontal surface of the belt segments on opposite sides of the gap that it bridges. At its ends, the transfer conveyor is stretched between a pair of pulleys having a larger diameter than the small diameter edges of the transfer conveyor which are adjacent the beginning of the curvilinear portion of the conveyor belt segment as defined by its terminal roller.
US09327912B2
An end point spring separator is positioned adjacent a dispensing area of a pneumatic tube having a plurality of coil springs in serial order therethrough. The separator rotates a downstream positioned coil spring while holding stationary an adjacent upstream positioned coil spring to separate potentially entangled ends of each spring passing thereby.
US09327908B2
Hydraulic cylinders of a conveying apparatus includes piston rods that extend in parallel, pistons, and cylinder tubes that have an internal pressure chamber partitioned into first and second pressure chambers. A pair of the hydraulic cylinders are arranged in parallel with an interval in a width direction of a conveyance path. The cylinder tube slidingly moves to the first pressure chamber side by supplying a hydraulic pressure to the first pressure chamber and discharging a hydraulic pressure from the second pressure chamber, and the cylinder tubes slidingly move to the second pressure chamber side by supplying a hydraulic pressure to the second pressure chamber and discharging a hydraulic pressure from the first pressure chamber. The workpiece is supported by a pair of the cylinder tubes.
US09327900B2
Systems, methods and cartridges for carbonating or otherwise dissolving gas in a precursor liquid, such as water, to form a beverage are disclosed. A gas source, which is used to generate gas that is dissolved into the precursor liquid, and/or a beverage medium, such as a powdered drink mix or liquid syrup, may be provided in a cartridge. The use of one or more cartridges for the gas source and/or beverage medium may make for an easy to use and mess-free system for making sparkling beverages, e.g., in the consumer's home.
US09327886B2
Vial containers including a collar which is attached to a vial or incorporated into a vial cap, a cap designed to receive a portion of the collar while covering the vial, and a container designed to receive a portion of the collar and encase the body of the vial are described herein. The collar, generally, includes a means for reversibly attaching to the cap and container.
US09327885B2
A stopper system including a female member having a conduction path extending in an axial direction thereof, which is to be fixed to a fluid inlet/outlet port of a container, a plug detachably engaged with the tip of the female member, a first male member for supplying a fluid into the container, and a second male member for plugging the conduction path of the female member. Fluid is supplied to the container by inserting the first male member into the conduction path of the female member. The female member is plugged by inserting the second male member into the conduction path of the female member. The fluid in the container is discharged to the outside by inserting a fluid discharge pin into the second male member.
US09327884B2
A child-resistant flip-top closure including a base for engaging a container and a lid is hingedly attached to the base. A child-resistant locking mechanism inhibits opening of the flip-top closure. The mechanism includes at least one locking tab extending vertically upward from a portion of the lid and terminating in a locking lip. An actuation button is attached to the tab though a connecting rib so that the button is positioned laterally to the side of the tab. At least one barrier wall located adjacent to the actuation button, the barrier wall formed integral with the base and extending upward. The barrier wall includes a locking ledge formed on a rear side of the wall. The locking ledge is configured to engage the locking lip of the tab so as to provide an interlock between the lid and the base.
US09327879B2
The present invention provides a multilayer body, a packaging material and a container, each of which can maintain excellent water repellent properties and non-adhesive properties. Specifically, the present invention describes a non-adhesive multilayer body wherein hydrophobic oxide fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 3-100 nm adhere to at least a part of the outermost layer.
US09327876B2
A reusable bottle cap system includes a bottle cap and a bottle cap cover. The bottle cap includes a stem portion extending downwardly from a flanged portion. When in use the stem portion is used to seal a bottle mouth. When the bottle cap is not in use the bottle cap cover encloses and houses the stem portion to protect it from debris. The flanged portion includes a complementary mating structure. The bottle cap cover includes a mating structure that engages the complementary mating structure to secure the bottle cap cover to the flanged portion. When the bottle cap cover is secured to the flanged portion the stem portion extends substantially to a closed bottom end of an inside surface of the bottle cap cover.
US09327875B2
A zipper for a reclosable bag including an elongated groove profile having two arms which form a general U-shape to define an opening to a channel, and an elongated rib profile opposing the groove profile, wherein a plurality of first segments of the rib profile alternate with a plurality of second segments of the rib profile to create a structural discontinuity along a length thereof, wherein during interlocking the groove and rib profiles, an audible clicking sound of at least 50 dB on average is created during opening and closing.
US09327874B2
A liquid containment device for use with refrigerators to prevent overflow and damage to flooring. The containment device allows for appliance elevation within and integral support and water collection pan. The detachable loading ramps provide for smoothly rolling the appliance up onto the integrated independent elevated level support surfaces within the water retainment pan.
US09327873B2
A transport item of a body of foamed thermoset material is described having a density that varies across the thickness of the body with the greatest density being proximate an outer surface of the body.
US09327870B2
A hinge system comprises a first component and a second component. Arranged on the first component, a first pin (314) and a second pin (324) are not on a same axis. The first pin is movably arranged in a first slot (814) on the second component. The second pin is movably arranged in a second slot (824) on the second component. The first component selectively stays in a first position state or a second position state relative to the second component, thus allowing the hinge system to be folded reliably and conveniently. Also a collapsible container comprising the hinge system is disclosed.
US09327865B2
A friction lock adaptable spacer configured to provide suitable separation between two or more objects. The spacer may be used during the storage, transport, display, and/or use of the objects to separate them and protect them from their surrounding environment. In some embodiments, the spacer is designed to maintain a suitable separation between two or more beverage containers. The spacer has a single piece construction, which reduces assembly and disassembly labor, and also reduces materials required for construction and disposal. The spacer may be constructed from a single piece of material, such as corrugated cardboard.
US09327862B2
A sealed package for pourable food products, comprising a quadrangular bottom panel with opposite first front edge and a second rear edge; a quadrangular top panel opposite to bottom panel and comprises a third front edge and a fourth rear edge; a front panel between first and third edges; and a rear panel between second and fourth edges; the distance between first and third edges is smaller than the distance between second and fourth edges; top panel angled with respect to a first plane defined by first and second edges; first and third edge define a theoretical reference plane; front panel comprises opposite fifth and sixth edges between first and second edges; at least one of fifth and sixth front edge extends at least partially on opposite side of theoretical plane with respect to rear panel; front panel comprises at least a first region on opposite side of theoretical plane.
US09327857B2
A method for wrapping a product in a sheet material wrapper employing a first sheet of plastically deformable sheet material (for example aluminium) and a second sheet of wrapping material (for example a plastic film) having springback. Once the product is placed on the first sheet, the second sheet is applied on the product providing in the second sheet a part wrapping the product and a part facing the first sheet. The first sheet and the part of said second sheet facing it are airtight-seal coupled so to form, by effect of the coupling, a plastically deformable composite sheet material against the product or to form an integral housing cup.
US09327856B2
An apparatus for producing an oscillating force that actuates a mechanism and comprises the following components: a frame; channels attached to each of the sides of the frame; a servo motor positioned on the top of the frame; a shaft assembly having an offset slider assembly where the top end is attached to the servo motor and the bottom end is positioned adjacent to the bottom of the frame; a pusher block having a rectangular shaped opening therein and horizontal rails each attached to opposite side of the pusher block and each is slidably positioned in the channels attached to the sides of the frame and the off-set slider assembly being positioned in the rectangular shaped opening of the pusher block; an actuation mechanism attached to the pusher block that provides a forward and backward oscillating motion to the pusher block; and a heat sealing mechanism that is actuated by the actuation mechanism. This apparatus is used in conjunction with the heat sealing mechanism of a VFFS machine for forming and filling pouches.
US09327838B2
A heater mat for a rotor blade includes a plurality of electrically conductive heater wires extending in a path along a span of the rotor blade and a plurality of yarn thread knitted to the plurality of heater wires, each of the yarn threads looping around at least one of the plurality of heater wires. A warp thread is positioned between adjacent heater wires and knitted to adjacent pairs of the yarn threads without looping around the plurality of heater wires, to maintain spacing between adjacent heater wires of the plurality of heater wires. An electrical current flowed through the plurality of heater wires inhibits ice accumulation on the rotor blade assembly.
US09327832B2
The centrifugal force bearing includes a plurality of tapered metal shims such that the thicker end of each tapered metal shim near the inner portion of bearing. The bearing can include a plurality of tapered elastomeric members that are consequently tapered so that the inner portions are narrower than the outer portions. The tapered metal shims can increase the axial stiffness in the direction of the centrifugal force, thereby reducing the axial deflection under loading, as compared to non-tapered shims. Further, reducing axial deflection reduces clearance issues that may arise when the rotor blade is allowed to axial deflect significant distances. As such, the tapered metal shims can increase the capacity of the bearing. Tapering the metal shims can decrease the compression induced shear strain near the outer portions of the elastomeric member, where loads are typically higher.
US09327831B2
According to one embodiment, a flapping lock for a rotor system includes a downstop, a flapping stop, and an actuator. The downstop is in mechanical communication with a shaft. The flapping stop is in mechanical communication with a rotor hub. The actuator is operable to move the downstop towards the flapping stop.
US09327829B2
A method for attenuating aerodynamic noise from a landing gear may include researching a start point of a shear layer as a flow field characteristic of a region in the vicinity of an original shape of the landing gear, and adding a plate-shaped object in the vicinity of the start point, changing the start point to an edge portion of the plate-shaped object to make the shear layer farther from the original shape. Another method for attenuating aerodynamic noise from a landing gear may include researching a static pressure and an airflow velocity in a region in the vicinity of the landing gear as a flow field characteristic of the region, and adding a plate-shaped object covering a surface of the landing gear which is different from a surface facing an upstream side in an airflow direction, increasing the static pressure in the region to reduce the airflow velocity.
US09327821B2
An aircraft structural assembly includes an area element which has a core and an outer layer. A first surface of the area element is convexly curved, at least in certain sections, relative to an imaginary central area of the area element extending through the core of the area element. By contrast, a second surface of the area element located opposite the first surface is oriented, at least in certain sections, parallel to the imaginary central area of the area element extending through the core of the area element. The area element is configured in the form of a floor panel of a floor system. The first or the second surface of the area element is designed to form a walkable floor surface of the floor system in the state of the aircraft structural assembly when mounted in an aircraft.
US09327820B2
The invention relates to an emergency opening device for an aircraft door provided with an opening mechanism (10, 11, 17), said device comprising (i) a mobile maneuvering member (21-23, 35) urged by elastic compression means (20) and provided with an end piece (35) connecting to the opening mechanism of the door, and an opposing resetting end segment; and (ii) a member (26) for retaining the resetting segment (23) of the maneuvering member, comprising jaws (26a, 26b) that can move between a closed position in which the resetting segment is locked, in a maneuvering member position in which the elastic means (20) are compressed, and an open position in which the resetting segment is released, thereby allowing the movement of the maneuvering member under the resultant force from the expansion of the elastic means (20).
US09327819B2
A method for balloon launching may include loading a pre-packaged balloon and payload into a shell structure. The pre-packaged balloon may be pulled out of its packaging in a vertical direction, for instance using a gantry crane. The gantry crane may be configured to inflate the balloon from the top of the envelope. The balloon may be inflated while substantially within the shell structure, which may provide protection from wind gusts. A vehicle, such as a heavy forklift, may provide mobility and support for the balloon and shell. Optionally, once the balloon is inflated, the vehicle may move the balloon/shell combination at a rate and direction substantially matching the current wind direction/speed. Furthermore, after reaching a zero-velocity condition relative to the wind, the vehicle may assist and/or initiate the opening of the shell. A tether connecting the balloon to the shell structure may be disconnected, allowing the balloon to launch.
US09327815B2
A dog clutch selectively meshes with a forward gear and a reverse gear according to an operation of a shift operating member such that connection of the forward gear or the reverse gear to a propeller shaft is changed. A friction clutch transmits the rotation of a drive shaft to the propeller shaft by a first friction surface and a second friction surface contacting together. Before a shifting stage in which the dog clutch meshes with the forward gear or with the reverse gear, a control unit is configured or programmed to control an actuator so as to execute synchronization control by making the first friction surface and the second friction surface of the friction clutch contact one another.
US09327812B2
The present invention relates to a silencer duct for a ship's propeller using resonant barrels, wherein the ship's propeller is surrounded by the silencer duct so as to deaden underwater noises of various frequencies generated by the propeller, the duct being made into a cylindrical form to surround the propeller arranged in the side or rear part of the ship so as to guide the fluid direction as the propeller rotates, and the inside of the duct being provided with a plurality of resonant barrels for damping resonant frequencies arranged in the form of n×m (herein, n and m are natural numbers except 0) so as to damp the sound waves generated by the rotation of the propeller.
US09327809B2
Provided are a salvage container and a salvaging method capable of salvaging ammunition dumped into the sea using a simple configuration while more reliably suppressing the leakage of a chemical agent from the ammunition. A salvage container includes: a container body (30); a lid (40) that blocks an opening portion of the container body (30); a gasket (70) that is formed of a compressively deformable member and that blocks a gap between an inner side surface (33) of the container body (30) and the lid (40) from the outer side in a specific direction; and a gasket presser (50) that clamps the gasket (70) between the gasket presser (50) and the lid (40). The container body (30) includes: a lid holder (33b) that holds the lid (40) so that the lid (40) is displaced toward the outer side in the specific direction in relation to the container body (30); and a gasket presser holder (34b) that holds the gasket presser (50) so that the lid (40) is displaced toward the outer side in the specific direction in relation to the gasket presser (50) according to a decrease in the hydraulic pressure. The gasket (70) is compressively deformed by the relative displacement of the lid (40) so that the gap between the inner side surface (33) of the container body (30) and the lid (40) is hermetically sealed.
US09327800B2
A spindle structure for a pedal includes a pedal body having a through hole formed from one end thereof to another end thereof, two ends of the through hole respectively defined as a first end opening and a second end opening; and a spindle body assembled on the pedal body, the spindle body having an insert portion and a threaded portion respectively defined at two ends thereof, the insert portion inserted into the through hole of the pedal body, a tip portion of the insert portion defined as a positioning portion, a periphery of the positioning portion gradually widened toward the second end opening, the threaded portion exposed from the first end opening, the positioning portion exposed from the second end opening.
US09327797B2
A guide member for a vehicle shock absorber having a construction with which, even when the guide member contacts an inside tube member, the operation of the vehicle shock absorber is not obstructed. A vehicle shock absorber system is provided with an outer tube, an inner tube, a damper cylinder which is connected to the outer tube and is positioned on the inside of the inner tube, a spring guide which is fixed onto the outer circumferential surface of the damper cylinder, and a coil spring which is positioned between the inner tube and the spring guide. The spring guide is provided with a guide main body portion and a low friction portion provided in a portion of the guide main body portion which contacts the inner tube when the outer tube and/or the inner tube has been bent. The low friction portion has a lower coefficient of friction than the guide main body portion.
US09327794B2
The control lever (120) comprises a substantially cylindrical body (130) for mounting in the actuation device (100) and an arm (140), which projects with respect to the body (130) according to a main axis (A) substantially tangential to the upper part of the body (130) and is intended to face forwards in the direction of travel of the bicycle. The arm (140) comprises a first upper pressure area (141), concave and adjacent to the body (130), and a second lower pressure area (142), remote from the body (130).
US09327793B2
A bicycle operating device is provided with a position maintaining arrangement that selectively maintains a movable member in any one of a plurality of holding positions relative to a fixed member. The moving arrangement selectively moves the movable member in a first moving direction from a current holding position to another one of the plurality of holding positions. The first operating member moves in a first operating direction from a rest position to a first end position, and moves in a second operating direction from the rest position to a second end position. The movable member is moved by a different number of the holding positions in the first moving direction when the first operating member moves from the rest position to the first end position as compared to when the first operating member moves from the rest position to the second end position.
US09327790B2
To provide a vehicle body frame for a motorcycle which includes a head pipe having good dimensional accuracy. A head pipe includes a left half which is obtained by die forming, a right half which is obtained by die forming, and beads with which the right half is integrated with the left half by laser welding. The head pipe is formed by joining the left half and the right half to each other with the first and second beads which are laser weld beads. Laser weld beads are significantly smaller in bead width than arc weld beads, and therefore their shrinkage after their solidification is significantly smaller. As a result, a head pipe having good dimensional accuracy is obtained.
US09327788B2
A rehabilitation device includes a wheeled platform with first and second pedals, the first and second pedals engaging drive mechanisms for first and second rear wheels of the device, respectively. First and second braking mechanisms provide independent braking of the first and second rear wheels of the device. The independent braking mechanisms of the rehabilitation device provide a method of steering the device.
US09327773B1
A base has a second bracket extending toward a back panel. A controller main body is arranged between the base and the back panel, and fixed to the second bracket. In a plan view, at least a part of the controller main body is arranged between the base and the floor portion so as to overlap with the base, and a bolt fixing the controller main body to the second bracket is arranged between a rear end of the base and the back panel.
US09327765B2
A steering control device includes a steering reaction force control unit that applies a steering reaction force to a steering unit in accordance with a steering reaction force characteristic that is based on steering torque and steering angle of the steering unit in which the steering torque increases as the steering angle increases. Upon applying the steering reaction force to the steering unit, an offset amount is calculated that is greater as a curvature of the white line increases, and a suppression offset amount is calculated that applies a predetermined limit to a change rate of the offset amount. When the steering torque that is opposite of the curvature is detected upon offsetting the steering reaction force characteristic, the predetermined limit is changed to a greater limit than the predetermined limit to suppress an increase in the offset amount.
US09327764B2
A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle provided with a steering force applying device capable of applying steering force to induce a change in a steering angle of a steered wheel to the steered wheel, includes a difference detecting device that detects a positional difference that determines a relative positional relationship between a target running path to be maintained and the vehicle; a determining device that determines a control amount of the steering force applying device based on the detected positional difference; a controller that maintains a running path of the vehicle on the target running path by controlling the steering force applying device according to the determined control amount; a steering input detecting device that detects a steering input to a steering input device by a driver; and a correcting device that corrects a determining reference of the control amount of the steering force applying device such that, when a steering input is detected while the running path is maintained on the target running path, this steering input is reflected.
US09327747B2
The apparatuses and methods disclosed herein may be pushed by hand or pulled by a motor vehicle. Thus, implementations of the transport device disclosed herein may have functions akin to a wheelbarrow or a dumping trailer yet may provide easier and/or more efficient transportation and dumping functions over prior art wheelbarrows and dumping trailers. Implementation of the transport device disclosed herein also may be easier to push over an elevation or up a hill. Furthermore, in some implementations, the transport device disclosed herein includes four wheels and therefore can function like a cart. Still further, in some implementations, the transport device disclosed herein can have the functions of a wagon. In some implementations, the transport device includes a work bench.
US09327746B2
The present invention relates to a residential-sized waste disposal roll-out cart that includes a latch that automatically latches a lid in the fully opened position with the lid in close proximity to the side of the bin. When the bin is tilted on to the wheels to be rolled, the lid remains in close proximity to the side of the bin, rather than hanging down towards the ground. In this way, the lid remains out of the space where a user might step. A lid reinforcement structure may be used to increase the strength and wear of the lid where it engages the latch.
