US09382561B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of methionine using modified strains with attenuated transformation of threonine. This can be achieved by reducing threonine transformation into glycine, and/or by reducing its transformation to α-ketobutyrate. The invention also concerns the modified strains with attenuated transformation of threonine.
US09382559B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having peroxygenase activity, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US09382558B2
This invention relates to a new process for making fatty acids directly from a feedstock consisting of phytoplankton in water without the need to a) thermally separate, dewater and dry the phytoplankton, and b) extract the immobilized lipids.Our method is much less expensive than the current practice of making fatty acids from phytoplankton, because we bypass the costly and energy intensive operations associated with a) dewatering and drying the biomass, and b) extracting the immobilized lipids. As such, this invention greatly enhances the economic viability of making biofuels and bioproducts from phytoplankton.
US09382557B2
The present invention provides a biologically pure culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which culture has a characteristic nature capable of highly producing lactic acid. A method for preparing the biologically pure culture and a method for production of lactic acid are also provided.
US09382541B2
The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotidic sequences (ODN) against Smad7 suitably modified, and their uses in medical field as therapeutic biological agents, in particular in the treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US09382534B2
Lentiviral vectors, plates, kits and methods are provided that permit improved efficiency for selection of a promoter sequence for use in a lentiviral application. Through various embodiments of the present invention, a researcher may first evaluate and then choose in a modular fashion, a vector comprising a promoter that is effective for expression in a particular cell line or type.
US09382530B2
The invention provides a method of enhancing a directional migration of stem cells, comprising providing one or more stem cell(s) and irradiating the stem cells with an effective energy of green light thereby enhancing stem cell directionally migrating, wherein the orientation of migration of stem cells is opposite to the green light source. Also provided is a stem cell treated by the method of the invention and a device for enhancing a directional migration of stem cells.
US09382522B2
The invention provides nucleic acids and polypeptides for a nucleic acid polymerase from a thermophilic organism, Thermus scotoductus. The invention also provides methods for using these nucleic acids and polypeptides.
US09382521B2
Disclosed are novel acyl-CoA synthetases and novel acyltransferases, nucleic acid molecules encoding the same, recombinant nucleic acid molecules and recombinant host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules, genetically modified organisms (microorganisms and plants) comprising the same, and methods of making and using the same. Also disclosed are genetically modified organisms (e.g., plants, microorganisms) that have been genetically modified to express a PKS-like system for the production of PUFAs (a PUFA PKS system or PUFA synthase), wherein the organisms have been modified to express an acyl-CoA synthetase, to express an acyl transferase, to delete or inactivate a fatty acid synthase (FAS) expressed by the organism, to reduce competition for malonyl CoA with the PUFA synthase or to increase the level of malonyl CoA in the organism, and in one aspect, to inhibit KASII or KASIII. Additional modifications, and methods to make and use such organisms, in addition to PUFAs and oils obtained from such organisms, are disclosed, alone with various products including such PUFAs and oils.
US09382511B2
A bioreactor outlet air conditioning system (10) has a bioreactor vessel (100) and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a fluid flow path (196) from a headspace (108) in the vessel for venting air from the vessel, and a temperature control element (300) in thermal contact with the fluid flow path (196). The fluid flow path (196) may be defined by a disposable portion of the bioreactor vessel (100). A method of controlling evaporation within a bioreactor vessel (100), dependent on the required evaporation rate, adjusts the temperature of the temperature control element (300) to control the rate of evaporation of the liquid media (106) from the vessel (100), and may include monitoring fluids in the fluid flow path (196) to detect at least water content of the fluids exiting the vessel to adjust the temperature and control the rate of evaporation dependent on the detected water content levels.
US09382510B2
An apparatus for electroporation of biological cells is provided. The apparatus includes a sample container having an insulator chamber for holding the cells. The sample container has a first electrode and a second electrode to provide electrical connection for electroporation. The insulator chamber is configured to contain at least one cell monolayer. The apparatus also includes a pulse generator that can generate a predetermined pulse for electroporation of the cells.
US09382507B2
A method for improving the malolactic fermentation in wines comprising conducting the malolactic fermentation using lactic acid bacteria with organic alkaline or neutral dispersing agent.
US09382500B2
A compound of formula (I) or (A) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein and wherein R1 independently represents a substituent of the benzene ring and is a halogen atom or a linear, branched or cyclic C1-8 alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy or alkenyloxy group; R2 represents a C1-3 alkyl group or —OH; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl group and its use in a perfuming composition or perfuming consumer product.
US09382490B2
Additive composition for use in a fuel or lubricant formulation, comprising an active substance in an inclusion complex with a modified cyclodextrin of formula (I): wherein n is an integer from 6 to 20, and R1, R2 and R3 are each independently selected from hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl and carbonyl, provided that R1, R2 and R3 are not all hydrogen. Also provided is a fuel or lubricant formulation comprising the additive composition, a premix for use in preparing the additive composition, and the use of a modified cyclodextrin (I) as a vehicle for an active substance in an additive composition or in a fuel or lubricant formulation.
US09382478B2
The disclosure relates to a liquid crystal compound having a structure of the general formula P2, wherein, R1 represents C1-C6 alkyl, R2 and R3, which are identical or different, independently represent C1-C6 alkyl, and R4 represents C2-C6 alkenyl. The disclosure also relates to a preparation process of the liquid crystal compound, a liquid crystal composition comprising the liquid crystal compound, and a liquid crystal display panel comprising the liquid crystal compound.
US09382461B2
UV-cured pressure sensitive adhesive including one or more UV-curable acrylic oligomers, one or more tack control components, and, optionally, an elastomeric material is described herein. The adhesive includes an adhesive component ratio of the various adhesive components effective to provide desired first peel adhesions and subsequent peel adhesions.
US09382458B2
The invention concerns an adhesive system comprising (a) a resin component comprising a urea based amino resin having an F/NH2 ratio from 0.3 to 0.65; (b) a hardener component comprising at least one acid, acid generating salt or acidic salt; and, (c) an aqueous polymer dispersion; wherein the adhesive system comprises no or less than 0.9 wt % of urea, based on the weight of the entire adhesive system, in addition to any urea present in the urea based amino resin. The invention further concerns a method of producing a wood based product, wood based products obtainable thereby and use of the adhesive system.
US09382456B2
An adhesive film for polarizing plates includes a cured product of a composition including a (meth)acrylic copolymer and a cross-linking agent, and has a peel strength ratio of about 6 or more, as represented by Equation 1. An adhesive composition for the adhesive film, a polarizing plate including the adhesive film, and an optical display including the adhesive film are also described.
US09382453B2
A paint film-protecting sheet (1) is provided which effectively prevents adhesive transfer to the paint film. The paint film-protecting sheet (1) has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is comprised of a non-crosslinking pressure-sensitive adhesive (20) adjacent a polyolefin-based resin film serving as a supporting substrate (10). At least a surface portion (12) of the supporting substrate that adjoins the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer satisfies the following conditions: (1) it has an indentation modulus at 25° C. (Er(25)) of from 200 MPa to 1,100 MPa and (2) it has an indentation modulus at −5° C. (Er(−5)) of from 400 MPa to 2,400 MPa.
US09382452B2
An adhesive two-part formulation is provided that includes an amount of free-radical curable monomers, each of said monomers containing at least one acrylate moiety. Also preset in the formulation is an amount of a chlorosulfonated polymer; a Lewis acid; a polyfunctional monomer amount of dimethacrylate monomer, trimethacrylate monomer, an elastomer, a thermoplastic additive, or a combination thereof. A borane-amine complex is provided as an activator. A process of applying the formulation to a substrate includes mixing together the formulation components such that each part has a storage stability at 50° C. for 30 days where the viscosity at 30 days is within 40% of an initial viscosity. The mixture is applied to the substrate and then allowed to cure to achieve an initial strength of at least 345 kiloPascals (kPa) within 30 minutes and 40 minutes for adhesive:activator weight ratio of 1:1 and 10:1, respectively.
US09382451B2
This invention provides a product comprised of a substrate with a rubber composition attached to the substrate by at least one interlayer of a polysilsesquioxane composition having phosphate cross-linkages. The at least one polysilsesquioxane layer having phosphate cross-linkages is produced from a mixture of a silane coupling agent and a phosphatizing reagent.
US09382447B2
Disclosed are multifunctional sulfur-containing polymers that are the reaction products of a sulfur-containing diol, a polyol containing at least three hydroxyl groups per polyol molecule, and an aldehyde, a ketone, or a combination thereof. Sealant compositions comprising the multifunctional sulfur-containing polymers are also disclosed.
US09382440B2
A protective layer for optical devices, comprising a replaceable, scratch resistant layer appliable to an optical device in such a way such that optical properties of said optical device are substantially unaltered. The optical device is undamaged by scratches made to the scratch resistant layer by a pencil having a 3H degree of hardness or by sand. The protective layer may comprise a polyvinyl butyral resin and polyvinyl alcohol.
US09382433B2
A series of novel ketocoumarin photoinitiators are disclosed for use in radiation curing.
US09382426B2
The present invention provides a water-insoluble coloring compound having excellent light resistance, an ink containing the coloring compound, a thermal transfer recording sheet including a coloring material layer formed on a base material from the ink, and a color filter resist composition containing the ink.
US09382424B2
The invention provides highly fluorescent materials comprising a single (n=0) or a series (n=1, 2, etc.) of benzo heterocyclic systems. The photo-stable highly luminescent chromophores are useful in various applications, including in wavelength conversion films. Wavelength conversion films have the potential to significantly enhance the solar harvesting efficiency of photovoltaic or solar cell devices.
US09382420B2
The invention relates to powder, comprising composite particles comprising core particles completely or partially coated with a precipitated first polymer, where the core particles comprise a second polymer which differs from the precipitated first polymer, and where the ratio of the d50 median diameter of the composite particles to the d50 median diameter of the core particles is 1.15 or greater. The invention further relates to processes of using the powders of the present invention to making moldings.
US09382419B2
The present invention relates to an emulsion composition for manufacturing a polyalkylene carbonate molded product and a molded product manufactured by using the same. The emulsion composition according to the present invention provides a resin molded product that has biodegradability and complete combustion decomposability to show environment-friendly feature and rubber-like properties.
US09382418B2
A thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article using the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes a base resin including a polycarbonate resin and a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer resin, an impact modifier, a phosphorus flame retardant, and inorganic fillers, wherein the inorganic fillers include wollastonite and talc, and the wollastonite has an average diameter of 5 μm to 10 μm and an aspect ratio (diameter:length) of 1:7 to 1:9. The thermoplastic resin composition can exhibit excellent properties in terms of tensile elongation, flexural strength, impact resistance, and balance therebetween.
US09382415B2
A crosslinkable bioplasticizer is disclosed, a mixture of an epoxy-functional bio-derived plasticizer and an aromatic dianhydride. When heated, the mixture crosslinks, which can be accelerated by the addition of a Lewis Acid metal catalyst. The crosslinked bioplasticizer can be melt compounded into a thermoplastic resin or can be formed in situ in the thermoplastic resin. The crosslinking of the bioplasticizer can reduce blooming of the bioplasticizer to the surface of a plastic article made by extrusion, molding, calendering, or thermoforming techniques.
US09382410B2
Fiber reinforced composition comprising a heterophasic propylene copolymer, a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene copolymer, and fibers, wherein the propylene copolymer comprises not more than 2.0 wt.-% C2 to C10 α-olefins other than propylene, the propylene homopolymer and the propylene copolymer have a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of at least 500 g/10 min, and the composition has a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) of at least 10 g/10 min.
US09382409B2
A macromolecule includes a functional group including imine functionality bonded to a polymer chain. Where desired, the functional group also can contain additional (e.g., amine and/or silane) functionality. The material can be provided by reacting a polymer including carbonyl functionality with a compound including a primary amino group. The functional group can interact with particulate filler such as, e.g., carbon black and silica.
US09382408B2
A composition formed by compounding from 55 to 75 parts by mass of a carbon black (1) having a nitrogen adsorption surface area of at least 35 m2/g and less than 50 m2/g and from 5 to 20 parts by mass of a carbon black (2) having a nitrogen adsorption surface area of at least 50 m2/g and at most 95 m2/g with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component including from 30 to 70 mass % of butadiene rubber having a cis-1,4 bond content of at least 97% and a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4) of at least 45 at 100° C., a ratio (T-cp)/(ML1+4) of the viscosity of a 5 mass % toluene solution at 25° C. (T-cp) [cps] to the Mooney viscosity being at least 2.0, and from 30 to 70 mass % of other diene rubbers; the total of the carbon blacks (1) and (2) being from 60 to 95 parts by mass.
US09382407B2
A masterbatch composition including glass bubbles dispersed in a blend of syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene and cis-1,4-polybutadiene is disclosed. The glass bubbles are present in an amount of at least 30 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the masterbatch composition. A method of making a rubber composition from the masterbatch composition is disclosed as well as a rubber composition and vulcanized rubber made from the masterbatch composition.
US09382400B2
A polycarbonate composition includes a terminal hydroxy-containing polycarbonate and a halogen-containing alkali metal tungsten oxide of formula (I) in an amount ranging from 0.007 wt % to 0.09 wt % based on a total weight of the polycarbonate composition. The Formula (I) is represented as follows: MxWO3-yLy (I) where M represents an alkali metal, W represents tungsten, L represents halogen, 0.001≦x≦1, and 0
US09382394B2
Ethylene copolymers having a relatively high melt flow ratio and a multimodal profile in a temperature rising elution fractionation (TREF) plot are disclosed. The copolymers can be made into film having good dart impact values and good stiffness properties under decreased extruder pressures.
US09382392B2
A method for enhancing an interaction between graphene nanoparticles and a poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), including modifying graphene with nitric acid to form graphene nanoparticles surface modified with one or more oxygen functionalities, melt blending the poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate) and the modified graphene nanoparticles to obtain a nanocomposite, and exposing the nanocomposite to microwave irradiation to form defects in the graphene nanoparticles. A blend composition, including graphene nanoparticles and a poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), where the graphene nanoparticles are dispersed in the poly(styrene-co-methylmethacrylate), and the graphene nanoparticles are surface modified with oxygen functionalities.
US09382388B2
A method for processing carbon dioxide contained in an exhaust gas flow. The exhaust gas flow is brought in contact in a drying and cooling chamber with a moistened porous silicate material and admixed aluminum hydroxide and/or hydrated aluminum oxide and/or optionally other metal oxidizers to produce a basic aqueous medium and to destabilize the carbon dioxide, and cooled. The amount of aluminum hydroxide and/or hydrated aluminum oxide to be added is controlled via a continuous pH value measurement, after which the aqueous medium is fed to a subsequent prechamber, which is supplied with material containing oxidizable alkaline earth and/or heavy metal, in which neutralization of the aqueous medium containing ionized carbon occurs. The formed alkaline earth and/or heavy metal oxide is discharged from the prechamber and the aqueous medium containing ionized carbon is then fed to a main chamber equipped with material consisting of and/or containing organic carbon compounds.
US09382384B2
Disclosed herein are a μ-polyoxo crosslinked phthalocyanine compound, a preparing method thereof, and a near infrared ray absorbing and reflecting composition using the same, and more particularly, a μ-polyoxo crosslinked phthalocyanine compound having high absorption at a wavelength of 800 to 950 nm and high reflectance at a wavelength of 1200 nm or more, a preparing method of a μ-polyoxy crosslinked phthalocyanine compound simultaneously having near infrared ray absorption and reflection properties as described above, and a near infrared ray absorbing and reflecting composition using the μ-polyoxo crosslinked phthalocyanine compound. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a μ-polyoxo crosslinked molybdenum phthalocyanine compound capable of absorbing and reflecting near infrared ray at the same time.
US09382381B2
An aromatic polyamide, which is obtained by reacting a benzene tricarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof with a diamine compound in the presence of a terminally blocked compound having a crosslinkable group and a functional group that is reactive with a benzene tricarboxylic acid such as 1-amino-2-propanol or a derivative thereof as expressed by scheme (1), and which has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000-100,000 in terms of polystyrene as determined by gel permeation chromatography, has good solubility in organic solvents, while maintaining heat resistance and transparency. A thick film can be formed using a film-forming composition that contains this aromatic polyamide.
US09382374B2
The present invention relates to novel liquid hardeners for hardening hardenable polymer resins, particularly epoxide resins, and epoxide resin compositions and to the use thereof for producing composite fiber materials.
US09382371B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of a foam composite element, comprising the steps of providing a facing, applying adhesion promoter, and applying a foam layer comprising polyurethane and/or polyisocyanurate to the adhesion promoter, characterized in that the adhesion promoter consists of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyether polyol (B.1), polymer polyol (B.2), polyurea dispersion (B.3), polyester polyol (B.4) and PIPA polyol (B.5). The invention relates further to the use of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of polyether polyol, polymer polyol and polyurea dispersion as adhesion promoter in the production of foam composite elements, as well as to foam composite elements produced by the process according to the invention.
US09382370B2
A polymer composition comprising star macromolecules is provided. Each star macromolecule has a core and five or more arms, wherein the number of arms within a star macromolecule varies across the composition of star molecules. The arms on a star are covalently attached to the core of the star; each arm comprises one or more (co)polymer segments; and at least one arm and/or at least one segment exhibits a different solubility from at least one other arm or one other segment, respectively, in a reference liquid of interest.
US09382361B2
This invention relates to a copolymer prepared using two or more non-coordinating anion activators comprising a first C2 to C12 alpha olefin (such as ethylene), a second C3 to C12 alpha olefin (such as propylene) different from the first alpha olefin, and diene (such as ethylidene norbornene and/or vinyl norbornene), where the polymer has: a) first alpha olefin (ethylene) content of 35 to 90 mol %; b) second alpha olefin (propylene) content of 9.8 to 64.8 mol %; c) diene content of 0.2 to 5 mol %; d) a branching index g′ave of 0.95 or more; e) a complex viscosity ratio (eta*(0.01 rad/s)/eta*(100 rad/s), at 125° C.) greater than 1.1*Y0, where Y0=Y1+{[(Y2−Y1)/(X2−X1)](X0−X1)}, where X0 is the wt % of a first non-coordinating anion activator, NCA1, used to prepare the copolymer (based upon weight of NCA1 and a second non-coordinating anion activator, NCA2, used to prepare the copolymer), X1=0, X2=100, Y1=complex viscosity ratio of polymer made with 100% NCA1 and 0% NCA2, Y2 is complex viscosity ratio of polymer made with 100% NCA2 and 0% NCA1, where NCA1 has an Mw lower than the Mw of NCA2; f) an Mw/Mn of 4.0 or less; g) a melting point of 30° C. or less; and h) a Composition Distribution Breadth Index of 50% or more.
US09382356B2
A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
US09382355B2
Resin layers and interlayers exhibiting enhanced adhesion to inorganic surfaces, such as glass, are provided. In some cases, the layers and interlayers may comprise at least one adhesion stabilizing agent for improving adhesion to various surfaces, even in the presence of moisture. Such layers and interlayers may be useful, for example, in multiple layer panels, such as, for example, safety glass used in automotive and architectural applications.
US09382354B2
This invention relates to a polymer product of an anhydride functionalized polymer with a cyclic epoxide, and processes for the production thereof.
US09382348B2
Techniques are provided for polymerization. A polymerization method may include polymerizing a monomer in a polymerization reactor to produce a slurry comprising polyolefin particles and a diluent, flowing the slurry out of the polymerization reactor through an outlet of the polymerization reactor, receiving the slurry from the outlet into a slurry handling system, conveying a first mixture from the slurry handling system to a diluent and monomer recovery system, and injecting steam into the first mixture downstream of the slurry handling system using a steam injection system.
US09382344B2
This disclosure relates to a process for polymerization comprising providing a recycle stream, wherein the recycle stream comprises one or more C6 to C12 conjugated or non-conjugated diene monomers and one or more C1 to C40 oxygenates. The recycle stream is contacted with an adsorbent bed to produce a treated recycle stream; wherein the adsorbent bed comprises at least two adsorbents to remove quenching agent and C1 to C40 oxygenates.
US09382342B2
Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present catalyst compositions contain an internal electron donor of an alkoxyalkyl 2-propenoate and optionally a mixed external electron donor. The present catalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity and polymer stiffness. Polypropylene homopolymer produced from the present catalyst composition has a xylene solubles content less than 4 wt % and a TMF greater than 172.0° C.
US09382341B2
An aqueous carpet coating composition includes a particulate filler, a polymeric thickener and an aqueous dispersion of a copolymer that includes vinyl acetate units and ethylene units. The dispersion stabilization system includes a) 1.5 to 3 wt % of a combination of polyvinyl alcohols including a1) one or more partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohols with a degree of hydrolysis of 85 to 95 mol % and a Hoeppler viscosity of 10-33 mPa·s, and a2) one or more highly hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohols with a degree of hydrolysis of 98 to 100 mol % and a Hoeppler viscosity of 10-33 mPa·s; and b) 1.5 to 3 wt % of an emulsifier component consisting of one or more nonionic emulsifiers and one or more anionic emulsifiers. The dispersion has a viscosity of ≦1500 mPa·s and the viscosity of the coating composition is 6000 to 7000 mPa·s.
US09382339B2
There is described a method of isolating one or more of pectin, d-limonene, a flavor compound, a flavonoid, a soluble monosaccharide, a decomposition product of a monosaccharide and cellulose, from citrus material wherein said method comprises the microwave assisted hydrothermal low temperature treatment of citrus material.
US09382338B2
Polysaccharide and derivatives thereof, showing affinity to ficolin-3, method of preparation and use
The invention relates to bacterial lipopolysaccharide and its components, especially native and chemically modified polysaccharides isolated from Hafnia alvei lipopolysaccharides, as well as conjugates of these polysaccharides with carriers and methods for their preparation and methods to use of these substances as ligands for human ficolin-3.
US09382334B2
Provided are an optical film using a cellulose derivative, useful in an image display device, such as a liquid crystal display or the like, a retardation film and a polarization film using the optical film, and a liquid crystal display having excellent view angle characteristics by using these films, while the optical film uses a cellulose derivative resin in which some hydrogen atoms of hydroxy groups of cellulose are substituted with three or more kinds of substituents.
US09382327B2
Compositions and methods are provided for treating diseases associated with CD20, including lymphomas, autoimmune diseases, and transplant rejections. Compositions include anti-CD20 antibodies capable of binding to a human CD20 antigen located on the surface of a human CD20-expressing cell, wherein the antibody has increased complement-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CDC) that is achieved by having at least one optimized CDR engineered within the variable region of the antibody. Compositions also include antigen-binding fragments, variants, and derivatives of the monoclonal antibodies, cell lines producing these antibody compositions, and isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the amino acid sequences of the antibodies. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-CD20 antibodies of the invention, or antigen-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods of use of these anti-CD20 antibodies.
US09382319B2
The invention provides hybrid constant regions and antibodies or fusion proteins incorporating the same. The hybrid constant regions include at least CH2 and CH3 regions of an IgG or IgA constant region and Cμ3 and Cμ4 regions of a Cμ constant region. The hybrids retain properties of both component constant regions. The hybrids retain the ability of a Cμ constant region to form multivalent complexes, e.g., pentameric or hexameric structures. IgG hybrids also retain IgG properties including pH-dependent FcRn binding, which is associated with a relatively long in vivo half-life, and specific binding to protein G, which facilitates purification. Depending on the isotype and subtype, the nature of the antigen and presence of additional IgG CH1 and hinge domains, IgG hybrids may also retain properties of specific binding to protein A, and effector functions ADCC, CDC and opsonization. IgA hybrids retain the property of IgA of binding to an Fc-alpha receptor CD89.
US09382318B2
Described herein are compositions and methods related to antigen binding proteins that bind to human ST2, including antibodies. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides fully human anti-ST2 antibodies and deriviatives and variants thereof. Further provided are nucleic acids encoding such antibodies and antibody fragments, variants, and derivatives. Also, provided are methods of making and using such antibodies including methods of treating and preventing autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
US09382316B2
The present invention provides a humanized anti-EMAP II antibody, the use of the humanized antibody, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the humanized antibody. The humanized anti-EMAP II antibody shows reduced immunogenicity and increased half-life while having similar or improved antigen binding capacity compared to the parent monoclonal antibody. Thus, the humanized anti-EMAP II antibody of the present invention can be more effectively used as a diagnostic reagent for EMAP II and a therapeutic agent for diseases that are mediated by EMAP II.
US09382307B2
Methods and compositions for measuring the amount of vitamin D derivatives are disclosed. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) in combination with a modified ligand-binding domain of the vitamin D receptor (LBD-VDR) to measure vitamin D derivatives are also disclosed.
US09382303B2
This invention relates to a vaccine for preventing or treating tautopathy, comprising a vector, as an active ingredient, comprising a nucleic acid encoding a mutant tau protein linked to a secretion signal sequence, wherein the vaccine is capable of inducing an antibody against an (optionally phospholylated) tau protein in a subject in a more sustained manner compared with a case where the mutant tau protein is administered directly.
US09382295B2
The present invention relates to novel cycloundecadepsipeptide compounds and their analoges which bind and inhibit cyclophilins, have reduced immunosuppressive activity and improved physicochemical properties including water solubility. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing said depsipeptide compounds and their analoges for use in the treatment or prevention of diseases and pathologies which may be ameliorated by the inhibition of cyclophilin activity.
US09382287B2
Methods are provided for using methotrexate (MTX) active agents in which reduced host toxicity is observed. Aspects of the methods include administering to a subject an effective amount of an MTX active agent in conjunction with a MTX toxicity-reducing adjuvant, such as a 2,2′-anhydropyrimidine, a derivative thereof or a uridine phosphorylase inhibitor. Also provided are compositions and kits that find use in practicing embodiments of the invention. The methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications, including the treatment of a variety of different disease conditions.
US09382279B2
A Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-halogen migration reaction effectively recycles an activating group by transferring a halogen from an sp2 to a benzylic carbon with good enantioselectivity and concomitant borylation of the Ar-halo bond. The resulting enantio-enriched benzyl halide can be reacted in the same vessel under a variety of conditions to form an additional carbon-heteroatom or carbon-carbon bond while maintaining high ee. The reaction can be used to efficiently prepare novel compounds and intermediates for the preparation of therapeutics and ligands for catalysis.
US09382276B2
The present invention provides certain water-soluble O-carbonyl phosphoramidate prodrugs of the following formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof that are therapeutic or antibacterial agents, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, methods for their use, and reagents and methods for preparing these compounds.
US09382271B2
A process for the preparation of a variety of high purity norbornene alkanol monomers and their derivatives is disclosed and claimed. Specifically, a process for the preparation of industrial scale high purity norbornene methanol and its silyl ether derivative is disclosed and claimed. The high purity monomers prepared in accordance with the process of this invention are useful in a variety of applications including but not limited to the preparation of high quality and high purity polynorbornenes having utility in a variety of electronic applications, among various other applications.
US09382262B2
In general, the invention features compounds useful for the synthesis of analogs of halichondrin B, such as eribulin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, e.g., eribulin mesylate. Exemplary compounds are of formula (I), (II), or (III):
US09382253B2
The present invention relates to metal complexes which contain polymerizable groups and to the polymers obtained using these metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these polymers. The metal complexes are compounds of the formula (1), containing a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2) or formula (3).
US09382246B2
Disclosed herein are reversible and irreversible inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk). Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the Btk inhibitors are described, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09382242B2
Disclosed are compounds of the formula I or a stereoisomer, tautomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein Q is a bond or —N(R5)—; T is a bond, —O—, —C(O)—; S, —N(R5)—, or —C(R6′R7′); U is a bond or —C(R6)(R7)— Y is C or N; Z is C or N; ring A, including variables Y and Z, is a three to nine membered cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclenyl, aryl, and heteroaryl ring having 0 to 4, preferably 0 to 2, heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, N and —N(R)—, wherein ring A is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 to 5 independently selected R1 moieties and/or oxo when ring A is cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, heterocyclyl or heterocyclenyl; and R, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R6, R7 and R7′ are as defined in the specification; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I and the method of inhibiting aspartyl protease, and in particular, the methods of treating cardiovascular diseases, cognitive and neurodegenerative diseases.
US09382233B2
Vilazodone hydrochloride benzyl alcohol solvates are provided as well as processes for the preparation thereof.
US09382228B2
Described are compounds of Formula I which find utility in the treatment of cancer, autoimmune diseases and metabolic bone disorders through inhibition of c-FMS (CSF-1R), c-KIT, and/or PDGFR kinases. These compounds also find utility in the treatment of other mammalian diseases mediated by c-FMS, c-KIT, or PDGFR kinases.
US09382221B2
Novel methods and compounds for treating Alzheimer's Disease are provided. In one aspect, the invention provides methods for treating Alzheimer's Disease by administering certain phenothiazine derivatives. In one embodiment, the methods include administering an effective amount of a 3-oxo-7-dialkyl-amino-phenothiazine derivative, or 3-oxo-7-dialkyl-amino-phenothiazine. In another embodiment, the invention provides methods for treating Alzheimer's Disease by administering an effective amount of a 3,7-diazetidin-1-yl-phenothiazine or a derivative thereof. In another aspect, the invention provides novel azetidinyl phenothiazine compounds.
US09382220B2
Described are methods of synthesis and/or purification of certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methylthioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue), the resulting (high purity) compounds, compositions comprising such compounds (e.g., tablets, capsules), and the use of such high purity compounds. The compounds are useful in inactivating pathogens, and methods of medical treatment, prophylaxis, and diagnosis of diseases including a tauopathy, related neurological and infectious diseases.
US09382218B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I): wherein the variables in Formula I are defined as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the compounds of Formula I in the prevention or treatment of HCV infection.
US09382216B2
Compounds of Formula (I) along with processes for their preparation that are useful for treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of calcium sensing (CaSR) receptors. Methods of treating, managing and/or lessening the diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions associated with the modulation of calcium sensing (CaSR) receptors of Formula (I).
US09382203B2
The invention relates to the R-enantiomer of N-carbamoylmethyl-4-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinone (R-Carphedon) of pharmacological value. The method of its preparation includes the N-alkylation of 4(R)-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinone with ethyl bromoacetate in the presence of a strong base and the treatment of intermediate N-ethoxycarbonylmethyl-4(R)-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinone with ammonia.
US09382200B2
The invention relates to a polymorphic form of (−)-modafinil that produces a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum comprising intensity peaks corresponding to interplanar spacings of about 8.54, 4.56, and 3.78 Å, and a process for the preparation thereof.
US09382193B2
The disclosure relates to methods for producing amide bonds and reagents related thereto. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of producing an amide comprising mixing an O-silylated thionoester and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed. In another embodiment, the disclosure relates to mixing a thiolacid, a silylating agent, and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed.
US09382188B2
Provided is an aromatic ring compound having a GPR40 agonist activity. A compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof has a GPR40 agonist activity, and is useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes and the like.
US09382183B1
A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed in which the methyl iodide concentration is maintained in the vapor product stream formed in a flashing step. The methyl iodide concentration in the vapor product stream ranges from 24 to less than 36 wt. %, based on the weight of the vapor product stream. In addition, the acetaldehyde concentration is maintained within the range from 0.005 to 1 wt. % in the vapor product stream. The vapor product stream is distilled in a first column to obtain an acetic acid product stream comprising acetic acid and hydrogen iodide in an amount of less than or equal to 300 wppm and/or methyl iodide in an amount from 0.1 to 6 wt. %, and an overhead stream comprising methyl iodide, water and methyl acetate.
US09382169B2
A lower olefin producing catalyst which has high olefin production efficiency and maintains its activity for a long period of time when lower olefins are produced from an oxygen-containing compound, which is a solid catalyst used in producing lower olefins from an oxygen-containing compound, includes a solid-state catalyst component containing an MFI-type zeolite, in which, at a position where the shortest distance to the outer surface is maximum among all positions inside a structure of the solid catalyst, the thickness defined as a distance twice the shortest distance from the point to the outer surface is in a range of from 0.1 to 2.0 mm, and a method for producing lower olefins.
US09382163B2
The present invention aims to provide an amorphous dielectric film and an electronic component in which the relative permittivity and the temperature coefficient of electrostatic capacitance can be maintained and the withstand voltage can be increased even if the dielectric film is further thinned. The amorphous dielectric film of the present invention is characterized in that it is a dielectric film composed of an amorphous composition with A-B—O as the main component, wherein A contains at least two elements selected from the group consisting of Ba, Ca and Sr, and B contains Zr. When the main component of the dielectric film is represented by (BaxCaySrz)α—B—O, x, y and z meet the conditions of 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦1, respectively, x+y+z=1 and at least any two of x, y and z are 0.1 or more. When A/B is represented by α, 0.5≦α≦1.5.
US09382159B2
Compositions for well cementing comprise a pumpable slurry of cement, water and at least one additive that swells in contact with an underground fluid (hydrocarbon, water or brines or mixtures thereof). In case of failure of the cement matrix after setting, the additive swells when contacted by the underground fluid and restores zonal isolation. The swelling additive is an elastomer compounded with an aqueous inverse emulsion of particles of a polymer comprising a betaine group.
US09382150B2
A boron-doped titania-silica glass containing 0.1 wt % to 8.0 wt % boron, 9.0 wt % to 16.0 wt % TiO2, and 76.0 wt % to 90.9 wt % SiO2. The glass may further include F, Nb, Ta, Al, Li, Na, K, Ca, and Mg, individually or in combinations of two or more, at levels up to 4 wt %. The glass may have an OH concentration of more than 10 ppm. The glass features a CTE slope at 20° C. of less than 1 ppb/K2. The fictive temperature of the glass is less than 825° C. and the peak CTE of the glass is less than 30 ppb/K. The glass has two crossover temperatures and a wide temperature interval over which CTE is close to zero. The uniformity of each crossover temperature relative to its average over a volume of at least 50 cm3 is within ±5° C.
US09382129B2
A process for recovering residual uranium from emptied uranium hexafluoride shipping cylinder during cleaning, including rinsing a uranium hexafluoride shipping cylinder with hydrofluoric acid to dissolve a heel of uranium hexafluoride therein to form a mixture of sediment, precipitates and a uranium solution; separating the uranium solution from the sediment and precipitates; mixing sodium hydroxide with the uranium solution to precipitate sodium diuranate; separating the solid sodium diuranate from the sodium fluoride solution formed; re-dissolving the sodium diuranate in sodium carbonate solution to form uranyl carbonate complex solution; and adjusting the pH of uranyl carbonate complex solution further to precipitate uranyl peroxide with the addition of hydrogen peroxide. Sodium fluoride solution produced is further treated to remove fluoride by percolating it through a calcite limestone bed to form calcium fluoride solid.
US09382119B2
Carbon dioxide, such as may be used for a carbonated beverage, is produced by microwave thermal decomposition of a starting material. An apparatus for the process includes a microwave generator, a microwave chamber, a capsule received in the chamber containing starting material(s) and one or more channel(s) for recovering CO2 generated in the process.
US09382108B2
A device including: a nanowire that includes a first conductive region, and a second region, wherein the second region is an insulator material, the second region does not occupy an entire thickness of the nanowire, and the nanowire is configured so that a current is able to circulate in the nanowire from one end of the nanowire to another end of the nanowire.
US09382106B2
A liquid handling system and a method for receiving, storing, and dispensing a liquid while minimizing the exposure of the liquid to the ambient air are disclosed. The method includes upwardly shifting a barrier positioned in a storage container while filling the container with the liquid.
US09382101B2
The invention relates to a rail transport system comprising at least two runners (20) having a shaped profile, a transport rail (61) and a transport carriage (2), the runners (20) with a shaped profile being extended over a staircase or over a flat section and the transport carriage (2) being moved along the transport rail (61). The transport carriage is provided with at least one electric motor. The runners (20) having a shaped profile and the transport rail (61) are stored in the transport carriage (2). The invention also relates to a method for constructing a rail transport system and for transporting at least one container for loading and/or unloading the galley of an aeroplane, and to a system for simultaneously loading and/or unloading the galley of an aeroplane.
US09382096B2
Using a position detection device, a position of a user in a building area outside of an elevator system is detected. It is determined, after the user has entered an elevator car, that the user is not authorized to travel to a destination floor designated by a destination for the user. As a result of the determination, the elevator car is moved to an area other than the destination floor.
US09382095B2
A method includes generating automatic elevator calls in an elevator system using a personal identifier, reading identification data of an identifier on a first departure floor, connecting information about the departure floor to the identification data, reading the identification data on some second departure floor, and on the basis of the identification data, generating an elevator call for taking the passenger back to the first departure floor.
US09382092B2
A tape dispenser includes a first arm, a second arm, a holder, a roller, a retaining device, a blade, spring(s) and one or more guides. The tape dispenser is positioned on a tape roll by positioning the holder on the inside of the tape roll and positioning the roller and retaining device on the outside of the tape roll. Tape is able to be pulled through the tape dispenser and then cut using the blade. After the tape is cut, the tape on the roll remains on the retaining device for easy access. The tape dispenser is also removable for use with many tape rolls.
US09382089B2
A paper transporting device includes a driving roller member, a driven roller member, a first guiding member and a second guiding member. The driving roller member is rotated. The driven roller member is rotated in contact with the driving roller member. The first guiding member is disposed on a driving roller member side, and guides a paper to a contact portion in which the driving roller member and the driven roller member are in contact with each other. The second guiding member is disposed on a driven roller member side, and guides the paper to the contact portion. The second guiding member partially protrudes inward in a radial direction of the driving roller member from an outer peripheral surface of the driving roller member at a downstream side in a paper transporting direction of the contact portion.
US09382085B2
An apparatus for identifying and gluing the final edge of a log of web material is disclosed. The apparatus of the present invention uses an upper unwinding roller, a lower unwinding roller, an unwinding nozzle, and an unwinding detector for identifying the final edge of the log of web material. The log of web material is transferred by an upper belt and a lower belt to a gluing module for gluing the final edge to the log of web material.
US09382063B2
The present invention relates to a capsule 102 containing dry infusible matter 101 for preparing infused beverages, and comprising: a front face 103 comprising a filter wall 114; a rim 105 surrounding said front face 103 and presenting a tapered outer edge 108; a back face 104, substantially opposed to said front face 103, and comprising a frangible region 116 for the injection of infusing liquid; and a solid envelope 106 between said rim 105 and said back face 104. The present invention also relates to a device 120 for preparing infused beverages comprising: said capsule 102, with the front face 103 in a substantially vertical position; and injecting means 124 for introducing an infusing liquid into said capsule 102 through said frangible region 116 when said capsule 102 is in said receptacle 118; and an infusion vessel 123 with a substantially vertical side opening 125 to said receptacle 118, so as to be in fluid connection with said filter wall 114 of the capsule 102 when said capsule 102 is in said receptacle 118, and an openable and closable bottom opening 127 to allow an infused beverage to flow out of the infusion vessel 123. Finally, the present invention also relates to a method of preparing infused beverages using said capsule 102 and device 120.
US09382062B2
A pack for consumer goods includes an outer packaging container and an inner packaging container. The outer packaging container includes a lower box portion with an upper lid portion hingedly connected thereto. The inner packaging container includes a dispensing opening with a resealable closure, a front panel, a back panel, a top panel, a bottom panel, and opposing side panels; each side panel having an inner panel and an outer panel, the inner panel having a first width defining a width of the inner packaging container, and the outer panel including at least a portion having a second width defining flanges having a width greater than the first width. The inner packaging container is insertable within the outer packaging container, the flanges on the back panel of the inner packaging container exert biasing forces on the hinged lid of the outer packaging container to assure lid closure is maintained.
US09382059B2
A spray head for dispensing product from a container, has an attachment element on which a closure element for closing off the exit orifice of a spray channel is disposed and an actuating element on activation of which the exit orifice is connectable with a valve opening of the container. In order to create a spray head which is easier and safer to handle, it is proposed that the closure element and the actuating element form a unit pivotable about an axis from a closed position to an actuating position, the exit orifice of the spray channel being closable by the unit's being in the closed position, and that the unit has locking means via which the unit can be locked in the closed position.
US09382057B2
A dish drying rack and cutting board which integrate to define a holding compartment or container useful in shipping, displaying, transporting and storage of the same and kitchen utensils held within the walls of the dish drying rack and its bottom with the cutting board serving as the ceiling of the compartment or container. The top holding lip of the dish drying rack mates with the bottom and perimeter edge of the cutting board.
US09382056B1
A container with a vented intermediate section, a base section, and a cover section. When the cover section is pivoted in the closed position a cover enclosure is formed between the intermediate section and the cover section, as are container receiving cavities. Interior vents fluidly couple the container receiving cavities with the cover enclosure.
US09382043B2
A reclosable bag (1) made of a paper-plastic laminate, having a rear side (8) and upper and lower heat-sealed edges (3, 4), comprises an external layer (5) made of paper and an inner polymeric lining film (7). A rear window (9) closed by the inner polymeric lining film (7) is formed in the external paper layer (5) on the rear side (8) of the bag (1). An easy open adhesive label (10) is permanently attached through a first portion (11) thereof on the external paper layer (5) of the upper edge (3) of the bag (1), and through a second portion (12) thereof releasably on the internal polymeric lining film (7) that closes the rear window (9).
US09382037B2
A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a base and opposed sides, linear and non-linear tracks, and a plurality of dunnage supports extending between the tracks. At least one of the tracks on each side may be non-linear in the shape of a “C” or “U” or “J”. One type of dunnage support comprises end members and a tubular middle member, the end members being movable along the tracks. The dunnage supports support dunnage, such as pouches.
US09382034B2
A metal food can including a metal sidewall is provided. The diameter of the sidewall varies at different axial positions along the sidewall. The can includes a can end coupled to an end of the metal sidewall, and a plurality of circumferential beads formed in the metal sidewall. The shape of each circumferential bead varies based upon the diameter of the section of the sidewall in which the beads are formed.
US09382030B2
An adjustable display tray includes a bottom wall, opposite side walls, a front wall and a back wall foldably joined to one another to form an open-top adjustable interior space for containing articles. The adjustable interior space includes a central section formed by two parallel spaced apart fold lines on the bottom wall and respective central portions of the front wall and back wall. Respective first and second reducible and expandable sections foldably extend from the respective two parallel spaced apart fold lines. Each of the respective first and second reducible and expandable sections include a respective tray front hinge and a respective back swing flap which are formed on the respective front and the back walls to permit the respective first and second reducible and expandable sections to be configured to reduce or expand the interior space of the adjustable display tray.
US09382028B2
The present invention describes both a stretch-blow-molded opaque polyester container and a method of making it. The container, typically a beverage bottle has less than 15% transmission of visible light (500 nm) through a 0.4 millimeter wall thickness. It contains from about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of said opacifying material. The opacifying material may be any material compatible with polyester resin. The method of making the container includes introducing the opacifying material during polymerization, or prepared as a master batch for mixing with the polymer. Selection of certain opacifying materials can also result in favorable reheat properties, gas permeation-barrier improvements, and when the resin contains both opacifying material and oxygen scavenger there can be a synergistic effect with respect to CO2 permeation.
US09382025B2
A conveying system for transporting a food product from an oven to a loading or packaging machine includes a transport conveyor system that has an input conveying belt and an output conveying belt that is parallel, driven at different speeds, and operatively mounted to a frame for transporting a food product. A plurality of displacement members are secured to the frame and positioned adjacent the input conveying belt. A sensor is located adjacent to a first end of the frame and adjacent to the input conveyor. Connected to the drives, the displacement members, and the sensor is a controller. The controller activates a selected displacement member based upon a sensed position of the food product as compared to a determined theoretical position of the food product to move the food product from the input belt to the output belt. The geometry of the belts on the transport conveyor allow the food product to self-center on the belt after the transfer. Positioned adjacent to an output conveying belt is a transport device for transporting food product from the output conveying belt to a discharge conveyor.
US09382018B2
A method for repairing damage to the coating of an aircraft fuselage, the coating being made of fiber-reinforced composite material. This method comprising making a cut-out in the fuselage with a substantially parallelepipedal outline around the damage and drilling a circular hole substantially centered on the intersection of the sides of the outline of the parallelepiped of the cut-out at each of the corners of the outline before the cutting out operation.
US09382013B2
A heat transfer device for installation in a system having a heat generating element within the system away from which heat is to be transferred is described. The heat transfer device includes a heat pipe having a first portion, a second portion, and a working fluid contained within the heat pipe for transferring heat from the first portion to the second portion. The first portion is disposed in proximity with the heat generating element. The second portion is coupled to the first portion. At least part of the second portion is disposed outside the system to dissipate heat from the heat generating element and the second portion may be variably extended outside the system.
US09382012B2
A helicopter includes a mast, a main rotor, an engine, a radiator, and a body cover. The engine and the radiator are housed in the body cover. The body cover includes a first opening penetrated by the mast, a second opening that is located at a more forward position than the first opening and configured to introduce air to the radiator, and a third opening located at a position that is more forward than the first opening and more rearward than the radiator. The third opening is located at a higher position than the second opening and the radiator.
US09382009B2
The invention pertains to a relief valve (10) for being arranged on an opening (10) of a fuselage shell of an aircraft, wherein the opening (10) has a front opening edge (9a) and a rear opening edge (9a), and wherein the relief valve (10) features: a cover (13) that is arranged on the fuselage shell by means of an opening and closing device in order to open and close the opening (10) of the fuselage shell, and a prestressing device for prestressing the cover (13) into an initial position, wherein a guide plate (23) is arranged on the cover (13) by means of a mounting device (20), wherein the guide plate is spaced apart from the cover (13) and extends along the cover (13), and wherein the invention furthermore pertains to a fuselage part with such a relief valve (10) for being installed into an aircraft fuselage with a fuselage shell and a plurality of fuselage frames arranged on the inside of the fuselage shell, as well as to an aircraft fuselage with such a fuselage part.
US09381980B1
Systems and methods for launching and retrieving payloads in aquatic environments employ a platform that is both floatable and submersible at the discretion of and/or under the control of a user, on which submersible objects to be launched, delivered to a subsea location and/or retrieved (the payload) may be located. The platform is generally maneuvered to a desired site in a buoyant, floating state and is submerged, with the payload coupled to the platform, at the desired site. One or more buoyant elements is coupled to the submersible platform by cable(s), line(s), chain(s) or other coupling mechanisms. When the platform is submerged, the one or more floatable element(s) remain at or in proximity to the sea surface and support the platform in a submerged condition. The platform has a relatively large mass and, when submerged, acts as a dampener, while the buoyant element(s) and associated line(s)/cable(s)/coupling mechanism(s) act, relative to the submerged platform, as classic spring.
US09381978B1
A watercraft with lifting apparatus including a watercraft and a lifting apparatus. The lifting apparatus includes a frame, a lift frame assembly, a first engagement mechanism, a second engagement mechanism and a pivot mechanism. The frame is mounted to the watercraft. The lift frame assembly has a first end and a second end. The first engagement mechanism is capable of causing the first end of the lift frame assembly to engage the frame. The second engagement mechanism is capable of causing the second end of the lift frame assembly to engage the frame. The pivot mechanism causes the lift frame assembly to pivot with respect to the frame.
US09381968B2
The scooter of the present invention includes a footboard having a front portion, and a rear portion attached to a rear wheel; a front wheel axle having an upward axis perpendicular with the front wheel axle and a steering axis, wherein the front wheel axle is rotatable with respect to the steering axis; and a plurality of front wheels attached to the front wheel axle. The steering axis forms a predetermined adjacent angle between 0 degree and 90 degree with respect to the upward axis.
US09381967B2
An inverted vehicle comprises a first sensor that detects an angular speed around an axis inclined from a pitch axis by a first predetermined angle, a second sensor that detects an angular speed around an axis inclined from the pitch axis by a second predetermined angle, a third sensor that detects an angular speed around the pitch axis, an acceleration detection unit that detects accelerations along the axes, and a control unit that performs the inversion control based on the detected angular speeds. A control unit puts a specific safety function in motion based on a mutual relation among a first angular speed around the pitch axis calculated based on the angular speeds detected by the first and second sensors, a second angular speed around the pitch axis detected by the third sensor, and a third angular speed around the pitch axis calculated based on the detected accelerations.
US09381966B2
A vehicle having a rear fender disposed above a rear wheel and formed of a plate member having an upward projecting shape, includes a cover member which covers a portion of a lower open part of the rear fender on a lateral side of the rear wheel. The rear fender and the cover member are provided as separate bodies to keep the moldability of the rear fender favorable. The mud-guard performance can be enhanced by covering part of the lower open part of the rear fender by the cover member. Such configuration provides a vehicle in which the mud-guard performance can be enhanced while keeping the moldability of a rear fender favorable.
US09381962B2
The van can be produced by a van modification wherein a portion of the bed in front of the rear doors and behind the rear wheels is removed. A pan is installed; the pan floor lies below the space occupied by the portion removed. A shelf is installed above the pan floor to define a suitcase rack. Seats are installed upon the shelf. An oversized windshield is installed. A seat grouping is arranged behind the driver and below the shelf. A seating row is arranged in front of the shelf row and immediately behind the grouping and disposed above the grouping and below the shelf. A seating row is arranged immediately in front of the shelf row and immediately behind the row of seats arranged immediately behind the grouping. The row arranged immediately in front of the shelf is below the shelf and above the seats immediately behind the grouping.
US09381961B1
Disclosed are robotic systems, methods, bipedal robot devices, and computer-readable mediums. For example, a robotic system may include a robotic body having an axis; a sensor connected to the robotic body, where the sensor is configured to receive information within a scanning area; two or more robotic legs connected to the robotic body, where the two or more robotic legs are configured to operate in a starting position and a use position, where in the starting position the robotic system is substantially stationary; and one or more protrusions connected to the robotic body, where the one or more protrusions extend from the robotic body at a non-perpendicular angle from the axis of the robotic body and are located outside of the scanning area of the sensor, and where in the starting position the one or more protrusions are configured to support the robotic system.
US09381958B2
A front tow extended saddle is disclosed. The saddle allows a first towing truck to mount a second truck, facing forward, behind the first truck, in order to tow the second truck to a distant location. The saddle allows the towed truck to face forward during transport, thus allowing for the normal loads and stresses of movement on the towed truck. This configuration is preferable to movement with the towed truck facing-rearward, in which the typical aerodynamic surfaces of a large truck act as a drag during transport, imposing high wind loads and unusual stresses. The front tow extended saddle is also designed to minimize the required vertical rise on the towed truck, which also avoids additional stresses during loading and unloading onto the towing truck.
US09381956B2
In a vehicle to which a vehicle body front structure is applied, an opening portion is formed behind a rear end portion of an arch portion. The opening portion is held in communication with an air flow passage, and is opened backward with respect to the vehicle. Then, the air caused to flow into the air flow passage during traveling of the vehicle flows from a front side toward a rear side with respect to the vehicle, and is discharged from the opening portion backward with respect to the vehicle. Thus, the air current blown out from the air flow passage to an outside of the wheel house in a vehicle width direction via the wheel house is restrained from being produced. Therefore, the traveling wind flowing outside the wheel house in the vehicle width direction is restrained from hitting the air current.
US09381954B2
A body supporting structure for a vehicle body has a passenger-compartment section, a front-structure section and a rear-structure section. In order to form the body supporting structure, at least one supporting-structure body is configured as a three-dimensional flat structure which extends in all vehicle directions (x, y, z direction) and includes flat elements, the flat elements which extend in different vehicle directions (x, y, z direction) are connected with the formation of soft transitions, the flat elements are configured with cross-sectional areas which are structured depending on the applied loads, and flat elements with low applied loads or non-loadbearing regions are configured with apertures.
US09381950B2
A shock absorber housing of a vehicle may include a shock absorber housing body formed in a shape of a box and in which an upper portion of a shock absorber is mounted by being inserted therein, and flanges formed along at least one of edges of the box-shaped shock absorber housing body and thus being coupled to a vehicle body, in which the shock absorber housing body includes a low strength portion and a high strength portion respectively having different strengths due to a thickness difference.
US09381949B2
Vehicle structures for dissipating energy associated with a collision are described herein. In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a first side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a second side support extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and spaced apart from the first side support in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross-vehicle stabilizing structure extending between the first side support and the second side support, the cross-vehicle stabilizing structure including a first joint portion coupled to the first side support, the first joint portion including a stiffness-reducing portion positioned within a perimeter of the first joint portion, a second joint portion coupled to the second side support, and a cross-vehicle stabilizer portion coupled to the first joint portion and the second joint portion.
US09381939B2
A vehicle steering control device and a vehicle steering control method achieve an ideal steering feeling. A turning controller is configured to set as a target turning angle of a turning wheel an addition value obtained by adding a steady steer control amount that is a control amount depending on a steering angle and a differential steer control amount that is a control amount depending on a steering angular velocity. In this situation, when a driver is increasingly turning a steering wheel, the differential steer control amount is computed to be smaller than the differential steer control amount when the driver is not increasingly turning the steering wheel. Accordingly, the phase of the turning angle with respect to the steering angle in the steering returning operation can be delayed as compared to the phase in the steering increasing operation.
US09381937B2
An electro-hydraulic power steering apparatus for an environment-friendly vehicle and a method of controlling the same is provided. In particular, a gear box assists in a steering force of a steering wheel, and a reservoir tank stores hydraulic oil therein. An electro-hydraulic power pump pumps the hydraulic oil via an electric motor to supply the hydraulic oil to the gear box. A first valve is mounted to a hydraulic line through which the hydraulic oil flows from the electro-hydraulic power pump to the gear box, and a second valve is mounted to a hydraulic line through which the hydraulic oil returns from the gear box to the reservoir tank.
US09381933B2
A manually propelled vehicle includes a main body part comprising a wheel and a motor that drives the wheel when a user pushes the main body part in an advancing direction, and a mounting unit to be carried by the user and that communicates with the main body part. The mounting unit comprises a first motion sensor comprising an acceleration sensor in three orthogonal directions, and the main body part controls a drive of the motor based on a detection result of the first motion sensor.
US09381932B1
The present invention provides a portable, mountable utility case that mounts on top of, and, in combination with, the handle of wheeled luggage, rolling tool bags and hand trucks for anyone who requires a portable work station. The portable utility case mounts to the top of the handle of the vertical, telescopic or non-telescopic support members of wheeled luggage, rolling tool bags and hand trucks and secured to the handle by means of an integral, mechanical clamping device. The universal design of the mechanical clamping device can accommodate handles of varying widths and thicknesses.
US09381917B1
Methods and systems for predictive reasoning for controlling speed of a vehicle are described. A computing device may be configured to identify a first and second vehicle travelling ahead of an autonomous vehicle and in a same lane as the autonomous vehicle. The computing device may also be configured to determine a first buffer distance behind the first vehicle at which the autonomous vehicle will substantially reach a speed of the first vehicle and a second buffer distance behind the second vehicle at which the first vehicle will substantially reach a speed of the second vehicle. The computing device may further be configured to determine a distance at which to adjust a speed of the autonomous vehicle based on the first and second buffer distances and the speed of the autonomous vehicle, and then provide instructions to adjust the speed of the autonomous vehicle based on the distance.
US09381909B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a method for transitioning between driveline braking and wheel brakes is provided.
US09381890B2
A system includes a processor configured to detect push-to-start (PTS) button engagement. The processor is also configured to scan a finger positioned on a vehicle fingerprint scanner for a fingerprint. The processor is further configured to verify that the fingerprint corresponds to an authorized driver and engage a vehicle ignition when the fingerprint corresponds to an authorized driver.
US09381889B2
An antenna core includes a laminate of a plurality of Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strips in which a length ratio of a long axis to a short axis is greater than 1. 60% or more of the Co-based amorphous magnetic alloy thin strips in terms of the number of the thin strips as percentage have a line-shaped mark formed along the long axis on at least one surface thereof. An antenna includes the antenna core and a winding wound around the antenna core along the long axis.
US09381888B2
An apparatus and method are provided for sealing locking components of a retractor, wherein the retractor has a spool shaft extending therefrom. A base of a housing defines an opening therethrough, and an outer surface of the base is mounted to the retractor with the spool shaft extending into the opening. The locking components are arranged on an inner surface of the base of the housing. A sealing member engages the base of the housing and extends about a periphery of about the opening, and also extends about and engages a periphery of the spool shaft, to form a seal between the spool shaft and the base of the housing to block ingress of moisture and particles to the locking components. A cover is hermetically attached to the housing about a periphery thereof with the locking components sealed between the cover and the base of the housing.
US09381883B2
A steering member comprises a beam member extending in a vehicle width direction, a steering bracket supporting a steering device, and side brackets fixed to hinge pillars. The beam member includes a weak portion provided between the steering bracket and the side brackets on a driver-seat side and configured to be weak against a load inputted in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and an extension portion provided to extend toward a vehicle outward side beyond the side bracket provided on a passenger-seat side and configured to prevent the steering member receiving the input load from sliding toward the passenger-seat side by contacting the hinge pillar. Accordingly, the steering device can be prevented from moving inward in a vehicle frontal collision, thereby restraining a passenger with an airbag properly.
US09381882B2
Disclosed herein is an external airbag deployment method. The method includes setting, by a controller, a detection area located in front. In addition, the method includes setting, by the controller, a target object from objects detected in the detection area, when an object has a relative velocity greater than a first reference, an overlap greater than a second reference, and a TTE less than a third reference, wherein TTE is a remaining time until the object collides with an airbag cushion when the external airbag is predicted to be deployed. Furthermore, the method includes determining, by the controller, whether a relative velocity and an overlap, predicted at a time when the target object is predicted to collide with the vehicle, are greater than predetermined levels and deploying the external airbag when the predicted relative velocity and overlap are greater than the predetermined levels.
US09381880B2
A multi-sheet beam includes sheets pre-shaped and/or pre-formed to have integral features and to cause a final beam shape with non-radiused corners and optimal impact properties when assembled, including beams with constant or varied cross sectional shapes. The non-radiused corners offer excellent impact strength over radiused corners. The sheets are selected to have desired (different) thicknesses and material properties for optimal impact results and low beam weight. To assemble, the sheets are fixtured together and welded to form box beam, such as a two-tube monoleg beam, preferably using welding processes having low heat-affected-zones around the weld. The multiple sheets can include grades of aluminum with high tensile strength well above extrudable grades of aluminum. Alternatively, the multiple sheets can be any grade of steel, such as high strength and ultra high strength steels. The fixturing and assembly technique minimizes capital expense on extruding machines and/or roll forming machines.
US09381877B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle having one or more electrical systems/devices, wherein the systems/devices are operable in at least two different modes. In a normal mode, a vehicle key is required for activation of at least one of the electrical devices. After enabling of a presentation mode, activation of the at least one device is possible without use of the vehicle key. The presentation mode is optimized for use in a dealership, where certain electrical/electronic functions of the vehicle should be available for use by a potential buyer without the requirements of a dealership employee being present with the vehicle key.
US09381861B2
A control system for mirror in a vehicle as well as a method for controlling the side mirrors of a vehicle are disclosed. The control system may include a processor module and a memory module as well as a control console. The control console may include a mirror toggle switch, a mirror control switch, and two sets of memory recall switches. The first set of memory recall switches may be associated with set side mirror positions in a first operation state of the vehicle, which could for instance occur when the vehicle is operating in a drive gear. The second set of memory recall switches may be associated with set side mirror positions in a second operation state of the vehicle, which could for instance occur when the vehicle is operating in a reverse gear.
US09381856B1
Systems, devices and methods of using motion detectors and temperature sensors inside vehicles for activating alarms to protect vehicle occupants that include babies, children, infirm, elderly and pets. Headrest mounted motion detector(s) and a temperature sensor detect both motion and selected temperatures to remotely transmit alarm signals to the vehicle horn that can play an SOS alarm. The detectors and temperature sensor can sound alarms when unsafe cold and warm interior vehicle temperatures are reached.
US09381847B2
A belly dump trailer has a hopper having a bottom gate and a mobile support frame. The belly dump trailer is supported by wheels which may be in a dual axle configuration. The bottom gate is rotated between an open and closed position to discharge a load of materials within the hopper. The bottom gate is driven by a rotary drive connected to the bottom gate by an over center cam lock formed of pivotally connected link arms. The opening and closing of the bottom gate is driven by a pair of pneumatic linear actuators. The bottom gate may be positioned in between the two axles of the dual axle configuration.
US09381845B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for moving cargo toward or away from the end of a truck bed. The device includes a cross bar that spans the width of the truck bed. The cross bar comprises a pair of caster wheels that allow the cross bar to travel in the furrows of the truck bed. Each caster wheel is rotatably attached to a plate that is slideably attached to the cross bar by means of a locking mechanism. In this way, the caster wheel can be moved along the width of the cross bar. The cross bar is attached to a telescopic handle that is adapted to lie flat in the furrows of the truck bed. The present invention may further comprise a divider wall that can be removably attached to the handle. The divider wall allows a user to organize the truck bed when carrying cargo.
US09381844B2
The invention discloses a pump truck stability control system, which comprises a detecting device and a controlling device, wherein the detecting device is used for detecting current pumping state parameters, boom posture parameters, landing leg posture parameters, pump truck body position state parameters and current numerical signals of external load parameters acting on a boom system of a pump truck, and the controlling device is used for receiving the current numerical signals of the above parameters, calculating the complete machine gravity center position of the concrete pump truck according to the parameters, and performing stability control for the pump truck according to the position of the complete machine gravity center in a pump truck stability area. The stability control system comprehensively takes pump truck own factors and external load influence factors into consideration, gravity center computational precision is high, and construction safety of the concrete pump truck is enhanced. In addition, the invention further provides a pump truck stability control method and a pump truck comprising the pump truck stability control system.
US09381843B2
A cup holder assembly includes a first body defining an upper sidewall between a first open end and a second open end and a second body defining a lower sidewall between a third open end and a lower wall. The second body is affixable with the first body in a first position with the lower sidewall extending continuously with the upper sidewall and a second position with a gap defined between the upper sidewall and the lower sidewall.
US09381842B2
An assist grip attachment structure in which an assist grip is attached to a vehicle body-side attachment portion, the assist grip is supported with prescribed rigidity by the vehicle body-side attachment portion when a tensile load in a direction in which the assist grip is pulled toward an inside of a vehicle cabin is applied to the assist grip, and an impact of a pressing load is absorbed through deformation of the vehicle body-side attachment portion when the pressing load is applied to the assist grip from the inside of the vehicle cabin.
US09381826B2
A power delivery system for an electric vehicle provides efficient power management for either continuous or intermittent high-performance operation, using a boost stage and an on-board charging circuit. A main battery, configured as a high-capacity power source, supplies power to the electric motor under normal load conditions. An auxiliary boost battery assists the main battery in supplying a high-level current at a higher discharge rate thereby causing the motor to operate in a high-performance drive mode. A charging circuit recharges the boost battery from the main battery during operation of the motor. The charging circuit also maintains a charge balance between the boost battery and the main battery when the two batteries have different chemistries. In one embodiment, participation of the boost battery in powering the electric motor can be controlled automatically according to sensed changes in the load. In another embodiment, power management can be based on timed intervals.
US09381813B2
Embodiments are disclosed for selectively presenting received messages in a vehicle via an in-vehicle computing system. In some embodiments, a method of selectively presenting the received messages includes extracting information of a received message and determining an operating condition of the vehicle. The method further includes selectively presenting the received message based on the operating condition of the vehicle.
US09381807B2
Limp-home techniques for situations when an electronic shifter of a vehicle malfunctions include detecting, at a controller of the vehicle, a malfunction of the electronic shifter of the vehicle, the electronic shifter being configured to control shifting of a transmission of the vehicle in response to a gear control input provided by operation of the electronic shifter. The techniques include, in response to detecting the malfunction of the electronic shifter, receiving, at the controller, the gear control input from actuation of the one or more actuators of a steering wheel of the vehicle. The techniques also include controlling, by the controller, shifting of the transmission in response to the gear control input received from the one or more actuators of the steering wheel.
US09381806B2
A vehicle having a multiple drive axle assembly includes a forward axle assembly including a forward interaxle differential, a forward interaxle differential input shaft and a forward interaxle differential output shaft. An intermediate drive shaft is connected to the forward interaxle differential output shaft. A rear axle assembly includes a rear differential and a rear differential input shaft. A rear clutch arrangement is provided between the intermediate drive shaft and the rear differential input shaft and is movable between a first position in which the rear clutch arrangement rotationally locks the intermediate drive shaft and the rear differential input shaft and a second position in which the intermediate drive shaft and the rear differential input shaft are rotationally disconnected. The rear axle assembly of the vehicle can be raised and lowered relative to a frame of the vehicle.
US09381802B2
A wheel assembly for an electric vehicle includes a wheel rim that is concentrically disposed about a central axis. A propulsion-braking module is disposed within an interior region of the wheel rim. The propulsion-braking module rotatably supports the wheel rim for rotation about the central axis. The propulsion-braking module includes a liquid cooled electric motor having a rotor rotatable about the central axis, and a stator disposed radially inside the rotor relative to the central axis. A motor-wheel interface hub is fixedly attached to the wheel rim, and is directly attached to the rotor for rotation with the rotor. The motor-wheel interface hub directly transmits torque from the electric motor to the wheel rim at a 1:1 ratio. The propulsion-braking module includes a drum brake system having an electric motor that rotates a cam device, which actuates the brake shoes.
US09381801B2
Control device of hybrid vehicle including an engine connected via a clutch to power transmission path and a rotator acting at least as an electric motor, hybrid vehicle being configured to execute an engine running mode in which clutch is engaged to use at least engine as a drive force source for running and a motor running mode in which clutch is released to use rotator as drive force source for running, control device putting clutch into slip engagement to crank and start engine before clutch is completely engaged at time of switching to engine running mode during stop of engine with clutch released, control device of hybrid vehicle, when clutch temperature reaches predefined value at time of switching to the engine running mode, releasing clutch and causing rotator to generate drive force for running while controlling rotation speed of engine to synchronize rotation speeds before and after clutch.
US09381799B2
An internal combustion engine for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine block, a flywheel, and a grounding clutch coupled to the block. The block defines a bore along a first longitudinal axis. The flywheel is rotatable about the axis and includes a spline. The spline has a first tooth and a second tooth spaced apart from the first tooth to define a gap therebetween. The clutch is configured for preventing rotation of the flywheel about the first axis and includes a locking pin. The pin is transitionable between a locked position in which the pin is disposed within the gap and abuts the first and second teeth such that the flywheel does not rotate, and an unlocked position in which the pin does not abut the first and second teeth such that the flywheel rotates. A hybrid vehicle is also disclosed.
US09381791B1
An electrical system for shading the front windshield of vehicles that comprises a pair of upper cylinders, a pair of inner rods, a pair of sun shade screens, a motor, a pair of lower rods, a lead rod, a spring mechanism, and a vertical rod. The upper cylinder is shaped like a long, hollow pipe with a longitudinal slit, the inner rod is inserted into the upper cylinder and can rotate about its longitudinal axis and the upper edge of the sun shade screen is attached to the inner rod. The spring mechanism includes a spring that its top end is attached to the lead rod. The lead rod is a straight and long rod with a downward bend in the middle. The lead rod is attached to the bottom of the sun shade screen.
US09381790B2
An external heat exchanger and the accumulator tank are disposed in the circulation path of a heat medium. In the air conditioner for a vehicle, the external heat exchanger is disposed in a sideways position between member front ends of a pair of left and right side members, extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, with the heat-exchanging surface facing forward in the vehicle. The accumulator tank is disposed in a front corner area that is formed in a position that is to the outside in the vehicle width direction from the member front end of one side member of the pair of left and right side members, and that is in front of a vehicle wheel house covering a front tire.
US09381789B2
A heater apparatus includes a main body, a detecting unit, and a control part. The main body has a power supply part to which electric power is supplied and a heating portion connected to the power supply part to generate heat by electric power supplied from the power supply part. The detecting unit detects an object around the main body. The control part controls supply amount of the electric power to the power supply part. The control part controls the supply amount of electric power to the power supply part to be reduced compared with a normal state when the detecting unit detects that the object is within a predetermined range of the main body.
US09381783B2
An air spring for commercial vehicles includes a rolling-lobe flexible member which is made of an elastomeric material and which at one end thereof is fastened to a first attachment part and at the other end thereof is fastened to a second attachment part in the form of a roll-off piston. The ends of the rolling-lobe flexible member each have a fastening bead which is reinforced in each case by a bead core. At least one of the two bead cores consists of plastic material. In order to achieve greater strength of the fastening bead, the bead core or the bead cores include a multiply-wound, flat profile strip made of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic material.
US09381776B2
A tire having a large number of circular dimples 62 on sidewalls thereof is disclosed. Each dimple 62 has a slope surface 66 and a bottom surface 68. The dimple 62 has a small projection 70. The small projection 70 is annular and is formed on the slope surface 66. A cross-sectional shape of the small projection 70 is substantially a rectangle. The small projection 70 is arranged so as to be concentric with the contour of the dimple 62. The surface area of the slope surface 66 having the small projection 70 is larger than the surface area of the slope surface when it is postulated that the small projection 70 does not exist thereon.
US09381771B2
A railroad wheel has a wear resistant flange (3) or tire or rim, comprising the surfaces, which can touch the rail during travelling. On the circumferential outer surface (4) of flange (3) of the wheel (2) an anti-abrasion layer (1) is placed in a durable manner.
US09381763B2
An apparatus and method for use in generating calibration parameters for an inkjet nozzle are disclosed. The method comprises obtaining data defining how calibration parameters associated with a nozzle change as the number of ink drops ejected from a nozzle increases, determining a number of ink drops ejected from the nozzle, and adjusting calibration parameters for the nozzle based on the determined number of ink drops ejected from the nozzle and the obtained data defining how calibration parameters associated with a nozzle change as the number of ink drops ejected from a nozzle increases.
US09381760B2
A sheet process device includes a processing part unit and a leg part unit. The processing part unit performs post process for a sheet ejected from an image forming apparatus. The leg part unit supports the processing part unit height-adjustably. The leg part unit includes a leg member, a fixed supporting member, and a movable supporting member. The leg member is extendable/contractable in upward and downward directions. The fixed supporting member is extended from a lower end of the leg member in a horizontal direction. The movable supporting member is stored in the fixed supporting member at the lower end of the leg member and extended in another horizontal direction being different from the extending direction of the fixed supporting member.
US09381759B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of printing lines. A method may include positioning a plurality of print units according to a predefined spacing parameter. A method may include depositing material on a substrate by a plurality of print units to form a respective plurality of parallel lines according to a predefined spacing parameter. A printing unit may be positioned at an angle with respect to a predefined scan direction such that a predefined width of a printed line is achieved. A substrate may be rotated between scans such that a plurality of lines in a respective plurality of directions is printed in a scan direction.
US09381757B2
A rotation shaft configured to rotate in a direction in which a sheet is fed in and in a direction in which the sheet is wound while supporting the sheet, a control unit configured to apply tension to the sheet by the rotation shaft by controlling torque applied to the rotation shaft, an ejection unit configured to eject light-curable liquid onto the sheet, and an irradiation device configured to irradiate light onto the liquid ejected onto the sheet by the ejection unit are provided. The tension applied to the sheet by the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft rotates in the direction in which the sheet is wounded is smaller than the tension applied to the sheet by the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft rotate in the direction in which the sheet is fed in.
US09381756B2
A tape cassette includes a cassette case, a tape roll, a tape feed roller, and a head insertion portion. The cassette case has a top face, a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, a pair of side faces and a connecting face. The pair of side faces includes a left side face and a right side face that are opposed to each other. The tape feed roller is provided on a right side of the left side face and is provided in a front left corner portion. The head insertion portion is configured such that a head of a printer is inserted thereinto. The head insertion portion is an opening that is formed on a right side of the tape feed roller and extends from the bottom face toward the top face. At least one third line passes through the head insertion portion.
US09381753B2
A small, compact multifunction printing device provides excellent ease of use with little possibility of slips and continuous paper jamming inside. The multifunction printer has a check processing unit and a continuous paper processing unit. The check processing unit has a U-shaped check conveyance path P1 that opens to the front of the printer and enables handling slips to be processed and the processed slips from the front of the printer. A continuous paper conveyance path P2 that conveys continuous paper fed from a paper roll in the roll paper compartment from the back to the front of the printer is formed on the inside of the check conveyance path P1, enabling replacing roll paper and removing processed continuous paper from the front. The conveyance paths P1 and P2 are independent of each other, the printing positions thereof are separated, and conveyed slips and continuous paper will not interfere with each other.
US09381750B2
A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second contact portion, the plurality of the first contact portions, and the at least one third contact portion are arranged so as to form one or multiple rows. The at least one second contact portion is arranged at an end of one row among the one or multiple rows.
US09381747B2
A flow path component includes a first flow path member that includes a first flow path, a second flow path member that includes a second flow path which communicates with the first flow path, a covering layer that coats a wall surface of the first flow path, and an adhesion layer that adheres the first flow path member and the second flow path member with each other and covers at least a part of an end portion of the covering layer. Also, at least a part of the first flow path of the first flow path member is configured as a pressure chamber that applies pressure to a liquid which is supplied.
US09381739B2
A fluid ejection assembly includes a fluid slot, a recirculation channel, and a drop ejection element within the recirculation channel. A pump element is configured to pump fluid to and from the fluid slot through the recirculation channel. A first addressable drive circuit associated with the drop ejection element and a second addressable drive circuit associated with the pump element are capable of driving the drop ejection element and the pump element simultaneously.
US09381732B2
Device for stripping a product substrate from a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an interconnect layer by means of a flexible film that is mounted on a film frame and that comprises an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a bonding surface section of the film, the film being mounted on the film frame in an attachment section of the film that surrounds the bonding surface section, and the film comprising a stripping section that is located between the bonding surface section and the attachment section, the device having stripping means for effecting a stripping of the product substrate from the carrier substrate from a periphery of the product substrate.
US09381731B2
Epitaxial lift off systems and methods are presented. In one embodiment a tape is disposed on the opposite side of the epitaxial material than the substrate is used to hold the epitaxial material during the etching and removal steps of the ELO process. In various embodiments, the apparatus for removing the ELO film from the substrates without damaging the ELO film may include an etchant reservoir, substrate handling and tape handling mechanisms, including mechanisms to manipulate (e.g., cause tension, peel, widen the etch gap, etc.) the lift off component during the lift off process.
US09381729B2
Device for stripping a product substrate off a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an bonding layer by means of a film frame, a flexible film which is connected to the film frame and which has an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a contacting surface section of the film, the film being connected to the film frame in an attachment section of the film which surrounds the contacting surface section, as well as a solvent reservoir formed by the film frame and the film, especially of variable volume, for holding the solvent for detaching the bonding layer, and the product substrate and the bonding layer can be accommodated in the solvent reservoir, and by delivery means for delivering the solvent into the solvent reservoir and by stripping means for stripping the product substrate off the carrier substrate.
US09381725B2
A method for producing an adjustment shim includes preparing a liquid solution of a non-polymerized resin and a solvent; coating sheets of metal with the liquid solution so as to form a film of resin on at least one face of each of the sheets of metal; stacking the metal sheets so that two adjacent sheets of metal are separated by the film of resin; and curing the resin films in the stack of metal sheets, for a predefined time period, at a temperature higher than a degradation or burning temperature of the resin.
US09381720B2
Disclosed are a tailor welded blank and a manufacturing method thereof. The tailor welded blank is manufactured by connecting blank elements of different materials or thicknesses, thereby eliminating quality problems in a welded zone. A hot stamped component is manufactured by hot stamping the tailor welded blank formed by laser-welding blank elements made of coated steel plates having different strengths or thicknesses using a filler wire, wherein a laser-welded zone has a martensite structure.
US09381702B2
Methods creating composite preforms with a three-dimensional weaving pattern include stacking material layers and then connecting them with interlayer reinforcements. First and second layers are aligned and separated by a first layer spacing. First interlayer reinforcements are then inserted through at least the first and the second layers. At least a third layer is aligned with at least the first and second layers. Second interlayer reinforcements are inserted through at least the second and third layers, using the first layer spacing between the first and second layers to manipulated the second interlayer reinforcements during insertion. Following the insertion of at least the second interlayer reinforcement, this layer spacing is closed to bring the first and second layers into contact. Further layers and interlayer reinforcements may be added, using additional layer spacings to manipulate additional interlayer reinforcements to form complex three-dimensionally woven composite preforms.
US09381694B2
A manufacturing method of a multi-laminated body according to the present invention includes a step 1 (L-flow path) for vertically dividing a laminated flow obtained by arranging at least two molten resins adjacent to each other in a lengthwise direction into two sections, guiding the divided laminated flows to opposite directions relative to the flow direction, and then guiding both laminated flows toward the center of the flow direction, and rearranging the laminated flows adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction and thereby joining the laminated flows together, and a step 2 (R-flow path) for vertically dividing a laminated flow obtained by arranging at least two molten resins adjacent to each other in a lengthwise direction into two sections, guiding the divided laminated flows to directions opposite to the above-mentioned directions relative to the flow direction, and then guiding both laminated flows toward the center of the flow direction, and rearranging the laminated flows adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction and thereby joining the laminated flows together, in which the step 1 (L-flow path) and the step 1 (R-flow path) are alternately repeated in this listed order, and a number of the steps to be performed is at least three. According to this method, it is possible to prevent the layer disappearance at both ends, prevent the layer thickness variations or the disruption in the lengthwise arrangement, and thereby manufacture a multi-laminated body having a more excellent uniformity.
US09381684B2
The present invention relates to a mobile phone protection case film with a transparent part and a method for manufacturing the same, and specifically a method for manufacturing a protection case film inserted in a protection case cover hinged to one side of a protection case for receiving the back and the sides of a mobile phone so as to open or close the front of the mobile phone, includes the steps of: assembling a first die and a second die so as to form a cavity conforming with the shape of the protection case film; filling the cavity with a molten resin through a gate provided in one side of the cavity; compressing the molten resin filling the cavity by closely contacting the first die and the second die with each other; cooling or hardening the molten resin; removing the molded product by separating the first die and the second die; and cutting off the gate from the molded product. Thus, the method can considerably reduce the processing time and cost compared to the conventional processing method using a numerically controlled processing machine, and minimize the flaw rate by eliminating the errors according to the skill of a worker so as to improve the reliability of the product.
US09381678B2
A method for recycling adhesive-containing film waste. The film waste is initially coarsely chopped in a chopping device. A liquid or powdered additive that reduces the strength of the adhesive on the film waste is added to material in the chopping device or sprayed on components of the chopping device. The waste material exits the chopping device through a perforated sheet as clumps of material, which are then fed into an agglomerator, where they are agglomerated or compacted into strands of material. The temperature in the agglomerator is between 100 and 200 degrees C., i.e., below the melting point of the material of the film. The strands exiting the agglomerator are then cut to granule size.
US09381674B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for producing plastics material pre-forms from a thermoplastic plastics material (12) with a device (1) for providing flowable thermoplastic plastics material (12), a hot runner tool (2) arranged downstream of the device (1) and a conveying device (4) having a plurality of cavities (3), wherein the hot runner tool (2) has at least one hot runner (5), which is formed in a face (6) of the hot runner tool (2), and the conveying device (4) has a face (7) in which openings (8) for filling the cavities (3) are formed, wherein the faces (6, 7) of the hot runner tool (2) and of the conveying device (4) are capable of being orientated with respect to each other in such a way that they slide one over the other, wherein at least one opening (8) of a cavity (3) is always positioned above the hot runner (5).
US09381669B2
A device and method for elutriating and gluing wood chips. At least one elutriating apparatus is used to fractionate the wood chips into at least one coarse chip fraction and one fine chip fraction. The elutriating apparatus has a fall duct and is designed so that the chip fractions pass through different gluing regions in the fall duct. At least one gluing apparatus is provided in order to glue the chip fractions in the gluing regions. Thus, the chip fractions can be glued in a common apparatus specifically with a glue amount adapted to a particular average chip size.
US09381666B1
An apparatus for automatically adjusting a chainsaw cutting element as the chainsaw cutting element lengthens during use due to thermal expansion includes an elongate flat bar circumscribed by the chainsaw cutting element, a motor for causing the chainsaw cutting element to rotate about the elongate flat bar, a motor housing for housing the motor and a cover housing secured to the motor housing for covering a proximal end of the elongate flat bar and a rotatably mounted sprocket gear that engages a proximal end of the chainsaw cutting element. The elongate flat bar has a first, fully retracted position, a second, fully extended position, and an infinite number of positions of adjustment therebetween. Bias members continuously urge the elongate flat bar to displace during saw operation in a proximal-to-distal direction from the first, fully retracted position to the second, fully extended position to maintain chain tension at all times.
US09381661B2
A corrosion protected knife and anvil system is disclosed. A source of lubricating fluid is provided to a lubricating fluid distribution mechanism, coupled to both a knife blade and a salt bridge and an associated sacrificial anode. The sacrificial anode is consumed in order to protect corrosion on a rotating knife blade, which intermittently contacts both an associated anvil in order to cut material used in making disposable products, and the source of lubricating fluid. A knife holder holds a knife which is corrosion protected by an impressed current anode.
US09381656B2
A device for trimming hair includes a fixed cutting element, a mobile cutting element and a fixed guard, each including a plurality of teeth that extends in a similar direction. The mobile cutting element is moveable relative to the fixed cutting element such that hairs are cut when they enter a space between the teeth. The mobile cutting element is positioned between the fixed cutting element and the fixed guard, and when in use, the fixed guard is the component closest to the skin to be shaved in a certain direction. A length of the teeth of the fixed and mobile cutting elements and the fixed guard differ so that, during use, the fixed cutting element and the fixed guard may contact the skin but the mobile cutting element is restricted from fully contacting the skin to prevent damage or irritation of the skin.
US09381655B2
A double-blade hair trimming device having a trimmer handle, a blade head, and a driving device disposed inside the trimmer handle. The device has both a thick blade unit used for trimming hard, thick and long hair, and a thin blade unit used for trimming short and fine hair. Hair on the skin can be tidily trimmed by just one shave or one shave in each of two opposite directions. The length of the hair after shaving is less than 0.1 mm.
US09381650B2
A handling apparatus for a moving part may include a frame connected with a separate carrying unit, an electromagnet unit disposed ahead of the frame and coming in contact with the moving part, and a damping unit disposed between the frame and the electromagnet unit and absorbing shock due to contact with the moving part. The handling apparatus may further include a sliding unit disposed between the frame and the electromagnet unit. The damping unit may be disposed on the sliding unit.
US09381644B2
A robot includes: a stage unit; a rotation base connected to the stage unit in a rotatable manner around a predetermined rotating axis; an arm unit connected to the rotation base and having a base end rotatable around a first rotation axis that is substantially orthogonal to the rotating axis; a first attachment unit provided to the rotation base, arranged in an outside, in a rotation radius direction, of the rotation base and nearer to the stage unit than the first rotation axis, and formed so that one part of a balancer is attached thereto; and a second attachment unit provided to the arm unit and formed so that another part of the balancer is attached thereto.
US09381640B2
A storage system for a power component comprising a receptacle including a base and a closure connected to the base, the base and the closure defining an internal space for receiving one or more components, the closure being operable for selectively enclosing the internal space, and a connection means for releasably connecting the base with at least one component that is positioned within the internal space of the receptacle, the connection means including a first connection portion associated with the base for connecting with a second connection portion of the component. A package for containing a product interfacing device with a surface defining a recess that is shaped to conform with an exterior surface of the product and thereby restrict movement of the product relative to the product interfacing device, a removable cover and a connection means for releasably connecting the product interfacing device within the internal space of a receptacle.
US09381637B1
The present disclosure illustrates a compressed air tool having a silencer structure. A silencing element and an outer cover are disposed in an air exhaust channel of a main body of the compressed air tool. The silencing element has two walls and a channel. The two walls both have long slits, the long slits of the two walls are misaligned and not directly faced with each other. After the exhaust is inputted via the long slits of one of the two walls, the exhaust is flowed through the channel and emitted to the outside via the long slits of other of the two walls. Therefore, the air flow of the exhaust can be weakened, and the exhaust is then entered the countersink of the outer cover and emitted from the side hole, whereby the effect of silencing and reducing the noise caused by the emitted exhaust can be achieved.
US09381635B2
A fastener driving tool including a housing, a cylinder enclosed by the housing, at least one sensor associated with the cylinder and a piston configured to reciprocate within the cylinder and having a driver blade depending therefrom. The tool includes at least one signal generator associated with the piston, where movement of the piston relative to the at least one sensor generates a signal. A controller is configured to receive the signal and indicate a fastening result based on the signal.
US09381625B2
An electrical wrench includes a housing, a power member, a reversing mechanism, a support transmission assembly, an opening gear, a main control assembly and a restoring assembly. The housing includes having two projections, for example shaped as claws, arranged oppositely to cooperatively define an entrance. The power member, the reversing mechanism, the support transmission assembly and the opening gear are cooperatively coupled to one another and accommodated in the housing. The opening gear includes an outer teeth portion, an opening and a driving portion in communication with the opening, a tubular member for engaging with a fastener positioned in cooperation with the opening gear through the entrance. The restoring assembly includes an identifying portion, a sensor for sensing the position of the identifying portion, a control circuit board, a restoring switch and a restoring switch operator.
US09381620B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compacts and applications for such polycrystalline diamond compacts. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact includes at least saturating a sintering aid material with non-diamond carbon to form a carbon-saturated sintering aid material and sintering a plurality of diamond particles in the presence of the carbon-saturated sintering aid particles to form a polycrystalline diamond table.
US09381619B2
A sheet of sandpaper includes a backing layer having opposed first and second major surfaces, an adhesive make coat on the first major surface, abrasive particles at least partially embedded in the make coat, thereby defining an abrasive surface, and a non-slip coating layer on the second major surface. Methods of making and using such sandpaper are also provided.
US09381610B2
A gauge sets a height of a lathe cutter to a spindle axis. The gauge comprises an adjustable housing and a level vial, a longitudinal positioning of the level vial to be perpendicular to the spindle axis. A bubble in the level vial is longitudinally centered therein and the adjustable housing is fixed in place relative to the gauge. A chamfered notch in the gauge is slidable along a length of a shaft positioned in the spindle thereof. Flexible prongs secure the level vial relative to the adjustable housing. One of a set screw, a clamp and rubber bands secure the level vial relative to the adjustable housing. A receptacle in the gauge receives a shaft positioned in the spindle and enables laterally adjusting the gauge on a length of the shaft until the contact face of the gauge is laterally aligned with the tip of the lathe cutter.
US09381608B2
When generation of a chatter vibration is detected, a parameter calculation device calculates a first frequency range and a second frequency range. A determination validity is calculated in consideration of a rotation speed detection resolution and a frequency resolution, and based on a ratio of a frequency range of rotational-period forced chatter vibration to a frequency range of regenerative chatter vibration. It is determined based on the determination validity whether the generated chatter vibration is regenerative chatter vibration, rotational-period forced chatter vibration, or flute-passage-period forced chatter vibration.
US09381600B2
A method to manufacture a drill bit including constructing a bit head portion of the drill bit, constructing a bit shank portion of the drill bit, aligning the bit head portion with the bit shank portion, and electron beam welding a butted joint between the bit head portion and the bit shank portion.
US09381594B2
A method for laser cladding a material onto a surface of a machine component using a laser scanning head with laser scanning optics is disclosed. The method includes forming a molten bead of cladding material by directing a beam with the laser scanning optics over a bead scan on the machine component. The method also includes directing the beam with the laser scanning optics over a secondary scan on the machine component, the secondary scan being offset from the bead scan at a predetermined distance on the machine component.
US09381590B2
Embodiments are generally directed to a feedthrough for an implantable medical device. The feedthrough comprises an insulator having one or more conductors extending therethrough that is hermetically connected (joined) to a housing of the implantable medical device. More specifically, the housing includes an aperture and the insulator is configured be positioned in the aperture. Braze material is configured to be positioned in one or more indentations in at least one of the housing or the insulator such that the braze material is disposed in the indentations between the insulator and the housing.
US09381586B2
The invention relates to a device for generating teeth of workpieces (3) by hob peeling, having a workpiece spindle (1) that can be rotatably driven for accommodating the work wheel (3) to be geared, particularly internally, and having a tool spindle (2) that can be rotatably driven, said tool spindle (2) carrying a peeling wheel (4), which has a regular tooth pitch determined by the tooth spacing of the gearing of the workpiece (3). In order to improve the performance of the generic device and/or generic method, and to provide the peeling wheel suited therefor, it is proposed that the distance between at least some of the teeth of the peeling wheel (4) that are of identical shape corresponds to a multiple of the regular tooth pitch.
US09381584B2
A cordless electric power tool comprises a motor that drives a tool, a battery that supply electric power to the motor and a motor drive circuit that is disposed between the motor and the battery. The motor is a three-phase brushless motor, and the battery has a nominal voltage of 18 volts. An overall electric efficiency of the cordless electric power tool becomes at least 70 percent when a value of current passing through the motor becomes at least 35 amperes but no more than 45 amperes and the cordless electric power tool outputs power of at least 450 watts but no more than 550 watts.
US09381581B1
An end mill may include a body elongated along an axis of rotation, the body may include a shank end and a cutting end opposite the shank end, the cutting end having a cutting diameter and defining a pair of helical flutes that form a first helical cutting tooth and a second helical cutting tooth, wherein each of the first cutting tooth and the second cutting tooth includes a peripheral cutting edge, an end cutting edge, a chamfer cutting edge extending from the peripheral cutting edge to the end cutting edge, and a rake face at least partially bounded by the end cutting edge and the chamfer cutting edge.
US09381573B2
An electronic device comprising a first magnetic powder; a second magnetic powder, wherein the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is larger than the mean particle diameter of the second magnetic powder, wherein the ratio of the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder to the mean particle diameter of the second magnetic powder is greater than 2, and the first magnetic powder mixes with the second magnetic powder; and a conducting wire buried in the mixture of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder; wherein the mixture of the first magnetic powder and the second magnetic powder and the conducting wire buried therein are combined to form an integral magnetic body at a temperature lower than the melting point of conducting wire.
US09381566B2
The disclosure relates generally to core compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to core compositions and methods for casting hollow titanium-containing articles, and the hollow titanium-containing articles so molded.
US09381565B2
The invention relates to the field of monocrystalline casting, and in particular to a mold (1) for monocristalline casting comprising at least a molding cavity (7), a starter cavity (10) having at least a first volume (10a) in the form of an upside-down funnel, and a distinct second volume (10b) forming a plinth at the bottom of the first volume and projecting perceptibly relative to said first volume in at least one horizontal direction, a selector channel (9) connecting said starter cavity (10) to said molding cavity (7), and a support rod (20) that is laterally offset relative to said selector channel, and that connects the second volume (10b) of the starter cavity (10) to the molding cavity (7). The invention also provides a casting method using such a mold (1).
US09381549B1
A system for descaling heat exchanger surfaces using an acidic solution, the system comprising a portable machine of container and cover with operating components including motor driven circulating pump, hose fittings, directional valve, fluid openings, housing and hatch mounted on reinforced cover.
US09381548B2
A method of cleaning a die having an oxide layer is provided. The method includes discharging electromagnetic energy towards a working surface of the die having a layer of at least one of graphite and boron nitride thereon. The electromagnetic energy is discharged at a power output between about 6 kW and about 15 kW such that the layer of at least one of graphite and boron nitride is ablated, and such that the layer is removed without removing an oxide layer between the surface of the die and the layer.
US09381543B2
A method of treating a surface of an object comprising a rubber material and in particular a bladder for use in a process for making a vehicle tire. The method comprises subjecting the surface to a gas at a low pressure at which the gas is susceptible of forming plasma, and causing the gas to form plasma. In order to obtain repellent properties of the surface of the rubber material fluorine gas such as tetrafluormethane or hexafluorethane is used. Preferably the treatment is performed until there is obtained a surface layer of the rubber material with properties modified by the treatment having an expected lifetime corresponding to the expected lifetime of the object.
US09381542B2
The invention relates to a high-pressure device for application of an expandable reaction mixture on a surface, to a method for producing expandable foams, to a device for producing sandwich composite elements, and to a method for producing expanded sandwich composite elements. The high-pressure device includes a mixing head, a distributor head fluidically connected downstream of the mixing head, at least three outlet lines attached to the distributor head, a high-pressure feed line of a component A to the mixing head, a high pressure feed line of a component B to the mixing head, at least one static mixer for mixing an inert gas to the component A, the component B or a mixture of components A and B, at least one high-pressure feed line for the inert gas, which is under increased pressure, and at least one measurement and control unit for the desired pressure of the components on the mixing head.
US09381541B2
A method for modifying the surface energy of at least one surface of a solid is provided. The method may comprise a step consisting of grafting, on the surface, a polymeric organic film consisting of graft polymers, each polymer having a first unit bound directly to the surface derived from a cleavable aryl salt and at least one other unit of the polymer chain derived from a component selected from the group consisting of a cleavable fluorinated aryl salt, a fluorinated (meth)acrylate and a vinyl-terminated siloxane. In addition, a kit for implementation of the method is provided.
US09381535B2
A portable humidifier that comprises a base unit that produces mist and a connecting member (bottle adaptor) that detachably connects one or more types of reservoirs (disposable water bottles) to the base unit. The connecting member (bottle adaptor) includes a first connecting portion that detachably connects the one or more types of reservoirs (disposable water bottles) to the connecting member, a second connecting portion that detachably connects the connecting member to the base unit.
US09381527B2
A liquid delivery apparatus includes a base assembly; a vessel into which liquid may be introduced to at least partially fill the vessel and to pressurize the liquid in the vessel; a nozzle including a discharge tube and a nozzle outlet, wherein the nozzle is rotatable with respect to the base assembly, and the nozzle outlet is provided at a distal end of the nozzle via which the liquid may be discharged from the vessel under the pressure of the liquid in the vessel; and a valve between the vessel and the nozzle to control passage of liquid from the vessel to the nozzle outlet; wherein the valve and nozzle discharge tube are substantially in line. A drive system is also disclosed that drives rotation of the nozzle with respect to the base assembly. The drive system may be configured to propel the liquid delivery apparatus along the ground.
US09381526B2
A nozzle head for emitting a spray jet of an application agent is configured such that a volumetric flow of the application agent can be applied by the spray jet, and such that the spray jet will be substantially flat and have a jet width that is a dependency of the volumetric flow of the application agent. The nozzle head comprises two outer plates and a middle plate that is disposed between the two outer plates and that includes a front edge on a spraying side of the nozzle head. The front edge of the middle plate includes a predetermined contour. The middle plate includes first and second outer tips on respective first and second sides of the middle plate, the outer tips protruding in a spraying direction. Further, the middle plate includes a recess in a middle portion of the middle plate.
US09381525B2
A low pressure fogging device includes a fogging device body having a hose coupling tube formed unitarily with the lower side thereof, a screw portion formed on the upper side thereof, and a fluid flow-inducing member seating plate formed on top of the screw portion; a fluid flow-inducing member having induction wings seated on top of the fluid flow-inducing member seating plate; a nozzle body having a fitting hole open downwardly therefrom to allow the fluid flow-inducing member seating plate and the fluid flow-inducing member to be fitted thereto; and a push-up nut having a pressuring ring formed at the center thereof to be locked onto a locking projection formed from an outer lower end periphery of the nozzle body and a screw groove formed at the inner periphery thereof to be fastened to a screw portion formed on the fogging device body.
US09381520B2
An apparatus and methodology is presented for magnetically conditioning any hydrocarbon based fluid flowing through a conduit or pipe. The object of the invention is to advance the art by increasing the range of application, the effectiveness, the simplicity and the ease of use of a magnetic fluid conditioning device. The invention accomplishes this by a unique magnetic and mechanical configuration, not taught in the art or previously known to the applicants.
US09381517B2
Disclosed are compositions, devices, and methods for loading molecules of interest onto a substrate by contacting beads having molecules of interest attached to them with the substrate, for example by providing a field that brings the beads into proximity or contact with the substrate and moves the beads with respect to the substrate. Such molecules of interest can be deposited onto substrates for single-molecule analysis.
US09381515B2
A cellular electric potential measuring container includes a container body and an electrode substrate, the electrode substrate being attached to a lower end of the container body so as to form a plurality of wells. The container body is made from resin and comprises a plurality of tubular portions whose upper and lower ends are open, each of the tubular portions comprises in an inner cavity a measurement portion tapered toward the lower end and having a measurement hole at the lower end, and further on an inner wall at least two retaining means retaining the measurement portion. The electrode substrate comprises a substrate body, with a plurality of measurement electrodes and a plurality of reference electrodes being disposed on one surface of the substrate body. The container body is attached to the surface of the substrate body on which the measurement electrodes and the reference electrodes are disposed, such that the measurement electrodes are exposed through the measurement holes.
US09381511B2
A microfluidic system comprises a cartridge that includes a first drum which has a first chamber and an adjustment device which is arranged so as to rotate the first drum about its mid-axis and is configured to connect the first chamber conductively to a second chamber. The microfluidic system further comprises a pressure device which acts upon at least one component with a pressure difference and is configured to transfer the component between the first chamber and second chamber.
US09381498B2
A method for preparing a hydrogenation catalyst by mixing a copper salt with colloidal silica to form a precipitate, washing the formed precipitate to remove anions of the copper salt from the precipitate, and impregnating the anion-removed precipitate with an alkali metal to form a hydrogenation catalyst; and a method for preparing a diol from a lactone using the hydrogenation catalyst.
US09381496B2
A nanoparticle carrying method making a carrier adsorb ammonium ions, making the nanoparticles adsorb an organic acid, and making the carrier and the nanoparticles contact each other in a basic solution to thereby cause the carrier to adsorb the nanoparticles. Nanoparticles can be carried in high dispersion irrespective of superhydrophilicity.
US09381492B2
A process for removing mercury from a gas or liquid phase, wherein the gas or liquid phase containing mercury is placed in contact with a composition comprising a precipitated metal sulfide. The precipitated metal sulfide may be made by the process of combining a metal source, sulfide source, and modifier to form the precipitated metal sulfide. The metal source may comprise iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, zirconium, molybdenum, silver, or gold salts. The metal salt may be selected from metal nitrate, metal sulfate, metal phosphate, metal acetate, metal carbonate, metal hydroxide, metal ammonium carbonate, and metal hydroxycarbonate. The sulfide source is selected from hydrogen sulfide (H2S), carbonyl sulfide (COS), salts of sulfide (S2-), salts of hydrosulfide (HS—), and salts of polysulfide (Sn2-). The modifier may be selected from alumina, silica, aluminosilicate, clay, zeolites, carbon, cement, titania, zirconia.
US09381487B2
The present invention concerns a plate for distributing a polyphase mixture in a reactor operating in trickle bed mode constituted by at least one gas phase and at least one liquid phase, the plate (10) being located above a bed of catalytic particles, comprising a plurality of chimneys (3), characterized in that a portion of the chimneys of the plate located near to the wall of the chamber of the reactor, those termed the peripheral chimneys, have an upper portion which is inclined at an angle with respect to the vertical.The invention also concerns the use of the plate in a reactor with a view to carrying out hydrotreatment, hydrogenation or oxidation reactions.
US09381486B2
There is herein described a Fischer-Tropsch reactor. More particularly, there is described a Fischer-Tropsch reactor that incorporates forced flow through a small pore, thick layer, monolith supported catalyst and high levels of heat transfer that is able to operate with high levels of catalyst effectiveness. The catalyst bed (103) is supported on a distinct porous structure (101) through which the syn-gas flow is forced and the catalyst layer has a thickness of more than 200 microns.
US09381483B2
Polycrystalline diamond compacts having improved wear characteristics, and method of making the same
A method of making a polycrystalline diamond compact includes mixing a diamond particle feed with a binder to form a mixture, forming the mixture into a precompact, heating the pre-compact in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to substantially drive off the binder, oxidizing the pre-compact in an oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature and for a time sufficient to burn off non-diamond carbon without overoxidizing diamond, and sintering the pre-compact at high pressure and high temperature to form a polycrystalline diamond compact. The method may also include oxidizing the diamond particle feed prior to mixing with the binder.
US09381472B2
A carbon dioxide separation membrane includes a skin layer having a function of separating carbon dioxide from a mixed gas, wherein the skin layer contains 30 to 90% by mass of a polymer resin in which a difference between an affinity to carbon dioxide and an affinity to at least one of hydrogen and helium, the affinities are expressed as free energy ΔG (kcal mol−1), is 4.5 kcal mol−1 or more and less than 10 kcal mol−1, and from 10 to 70% by mass of an organic liquid having an affinity to carbon dioxide.
US09381471B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing aerogels of individualized carbon nanotubes and to the applications thereof, in particular in the production of composite aerogels and electrochemical compounds. The method of the invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps carried out in an inert atmosphere: (a) reducing the carbon nanotubes using an alkaline metal in order to obtain a polyelectrolyte salt of carbon nanotubes; (b) exposing said polyelectrolyte salt of carbon nanotubes to an aprotic polar solvent in order to obtain a solution of individualized, reduced carbon nanotubes; (c) freezing said solution of individualized nanotubes; and (d) sublimating the solvent. The invention particularly relates to aerogels of individualized carbon nanotubes obtained by said method, and to the uses of said aerogels.
US09381465B2
In order to provide a method for the thermal conditioning of an auxiliary material, which, to clean a crude gas stream loaded with an organic pollutant, is configured to be introduced into the crude gas stream and together with the organic pollutant forms a stable system of pollutant and auxiliary material, which can be carried out easily and in a resource-saving manner, it is proposed that the method includes the following steps: feeding the system of pollutant and auxiliary material and a carrier gas stream that has been heated in relation to normal conditions into a thermal conditioning device; chemical conversion of at least a part of the organic pollutant to produce a conditioned auxiliary material; separating the conditioned auxiliary material from the auxiliary material loaded with an organic pollutant by transportation by means of a gas flow; and removing the conditioned auxiliary material from the thermal conditioning device.
US09381459B2
An integrated device for removal of both liquid-containing droplets and pollutants from a gas stream includes a plurality of passageways and a plurality of exposed surface portions, different ones of the surface portions disposed along different ones of the plurality of passageways. The plurality of passageways include an inlet and an outlet for the flow of a gas stream therethrough, wherein each passageway includes at least one segment configured to perturb the flow of at least a portion of the gas stream between the inlet and the outlet. Such gas perturbation enhances gas stream contact with the exposed surfaces. Portions of the exposed surfaces comprise a sorbent-polymer-composite material adapted for adsorption of elemental and oxidized mercury vapor. The exposed surfaces are disposed to enhance the removal of liquid-containing droplets and elemental and oxidized mercury vapor.
US09381455B2
A fluid filtration device contains a processing tank, a driving unit disposed outside the processing tank, a water pipe and a filtering unit. The processing tank is formed by plural substrate units arranged around the processing tank, each substrate unit has plural plate members connected together and formed on equal proportion, each plate member has an external surface and at least one circularly recessed portion, and on two connecting edges of any two adjacent plate members is defined a connector. The water pipe is connected with the driving unit and includes a peripheral wall, a plurality of apertures, and plural retaining protrusions. The filtering unit includes a plurality of filtration bags and plural guiding disks, each filtration bag has a first central pore, and each guiding disk has a body, a second central pore, and a plurality of coupling recesses.
US09381441B1
A toy vehicle assembly includes a housing structured to resemble a vehicle. A plurality of wheels is rotatably coupled to the housing such that each of the wheels may roll along a support surface. A sponge is positioned within the housing wherein the sponge may retain a fluid within the housing. An actuator is coupled to the housing. The actuator is engaged by a user such that the actuator urges the sponge onto the wheels. Thus, the sponge deposits the fluid onto the wheels wherein the wheels may leave skid marks on the support surface when the housing is rolled along the support surface.
US09381437B2
A game machine gives a predetermined favor when at least one ball moves on a table and the ball arrives at a ditch. And, the game machine includes a camera that acquires object information for distinguishing a state of the ball on the table, distinguishes the state of the ball on the table, based on the object information acquired by the camera, evaluates the state of the ball on the table based on a result of the distinguishing, and gives a change to the state of the ball on the table based on an evaluation result so that the evaluation result changes.
US09381435B2
A controller for providing input to an application is provided, including: a main body; a first handle extending from the main body, the first handle defined for holding by a first hand of a user; a second handle extending from the main body, the second handle defined for holding by a second hand of a user; a touch panel disposed along a top surface of the main body; a translucent panel defined along a front side of the main body; and a light defined in the main body for illuminating the translucent panel.
US09381418B2
A clamp assembly configured for holding hockey sticks and hockey puck comprises an adjustable bracket having a generally square-shaped cross-section, the bracket being configured to hold shafts of four hockey sticks, and at least one puck clamp coupled to the adjustable bracket, the at least one puck clamp being configured to secure a hockey puck proximate to the adjustable bracket.
US09381402B2
A balance board adapted for riding rail-to-rail, preferably so that at least a portion of a rider's feet will be placed on the board over the elongated tube. The balance board includes an elongated, planar board having a length that exceeds a width. The balance board further includes two pair of stops mounted to an underside of the board, each pair of stops being mounted near opposite ends of the board, and each stop of the pair of stops being mounted near opposite sides of the board. The balance board further includes a traction region between each stop of each pair of stop.
US09381392B2
Implementations of the present invention relate to devices, systems, and methods for the safe and efficient use of exercise equipment and, in particular, weight training equipment. A locking hub for weight training equipment may include a first hub and second hub, the first hub and second hub having a sleeve located therebetween. The first hub and/or second hub may hold one or more pads adjacent the sleeve. Rotation of the sleeve relative to the first hub and/or the second hub may compress the one or more pads to force the pads radially inward against a weight bar, substantially restricting movement of the locking hub relative to the weight bar.
US09381384B2
An electromechanical apparatus for evacuating buildings in the event of a fire includes a reel that has, rolled up on it, a mooring cable that longitudinally passes through the inside of a rigid tube, ending in an evacuation harness, where an individual will be secured. The weight of the individual makes it possible to rock the tube and a lever that has a braking disc and which acts on a brake disc that allows, by means of a mechanical transmission system, the braking and/or retention of the reel and consequently the descent of the individual. There is a radio-control unit and a standalone electric and electronic safety system that is activated when the speed of descent of the individual is too great. The apparatus allows evacuation and can be reused, once used. The apparatus carries away, brakes, retains and evacuates the individual making use of the electromechanical apparatus.
US09381381B2
Nitrogen oxide generating compositions are useful in the treatment of subungual infections, as NO has surprisingly been found to be able to penetrate the nail to exert an anti-fungal effect.
US09381374B2
Described herein are shaped coil TMS electromagnets formed by two bent magnetic coil loops joined at a vertex having an angle between the outer coil regions of the coils that is typically less than 120 degrees (e.g., between about 45 and about 70 degrees, 60 degrees, etc.). The vertex region shaped to optimize the magnetic field projected from the TMS electromagnet. For example, the vertex region may be horizontal or vertical. In some variations the vertex region is formed by re-arranging the conductive windings forming the two coils so that they are no longer arranged in the same columnar structure that they are in the other portions of the bent magnetic coil loops. These TMS electromagnets may be well suited for use in deep-brain Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
US09381365B2
An implantable medical device including a data communication device that includes a device to alter and/or generate an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field modulates an impedance of body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state and within an oscillatory electric field. The device that alters an oscillatory electric field includes a device that generates an oscillatory electric field that is phase-synchronized with an oscillatory electric field imposed on body tissue surrounding the implantable medical device when the implantable medical device is in its implanted state.
US09381361B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward devices, methods and systems for controlling depolarization in cardiac cells. One such device includes one or more circuits that are configured and arranged to generate an electrical stimulus at a high frequency. The circuit is configured to provide electrical stimulus over a period of time sufficient to depolarize the cardiac cells. An electrode arrangement is configured and arranged to deliver the high frequency electrical stimulus to cardiac cells and depolarize the cardiac cells.
US09381358B2
A system embodiment for stimulating a neural target comprises a neural stimulator, a pace detector, and a controller. The neural stimulator is electrically connected to at least one electrode, and is configured to deliver a neural stimulation signal through the at least one electrode to stimulate the neural target. The pace detector is configured to use at least one electrode to sense cardiac activity and distinguish paced cardiac activity in the sensed cardiac activity from non-paced cardiac activity in the sensed cardiac activity. The controller is configured to control a programmed neural stimulation therapy using the neural stimulator and using detected paced cardiac activity as an input for the neural stimulation therapy.
US09381351B2
A device for stimulating nerves adjacent the vagina includes a nerve stimulating element coupled to a main body. The nerve stimulating element is positioned and designed to stimulate the vesical, Frankenhauser's and/or inferior hypogastric plexuses. The device may reside in the vaginal fornices. An implant is also provided which has a nerve stimulating element in contact with a uterosacral ligament.
US09381337B2
A luer lock connector is disclosed. The luer lock connector includes a connector body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a gripping portion between the distal end and the proximal end. A substantially flexible material is disposed on at least the outer surface of the gripping portion of the connector body. An intravenous line is coupled to the distal end of the connector body. A luer connector fitting is disposed on the proximal end of the body, the luer connector having an outer diameter less than a maximum exterior thickness of the gripping portion of the connector body.
US09381332B2
A nasal dilator is provided that can be used primarily for exercise and secondarily rest and sleep. It may be designed as a resilient bridge between two arms that enter the nostril and then expand the nostril outward and upward. In one embodiment the dilator is flexible and the feet are brought together when inserted into the nose and when released they try to return outward and press against the nasal wall thus opening the nostrils. The feet may have an offset from the arm to deeper engage the nostril which helps to prevent the dilator from slipping off. Also the inside face of the feet and arm that run parallel to the septum wall may be generally flat to prevent irritation to the septum wall if pressed up against the septum wall. The easy to use and reusable nasal dilator can be used by athletes to better their performance through the improved utilization and flow of air through the nose.
US09381329B2
The invention relates to a vacuum sponge unit (2) for use in human or animal bodies, comprising a fluid collecting member (10), in particular a sponge unit, and a fluid communication member (20), in particular a drainage tube, which is disposed at least partially in the fluid collecting member (10) and is connected in fluidic communication to the fluid collecting member (10). In order to improve known devices, the inventions proposes developing the vacuum sponge unit (2) such that the fluid collecting member (10) has a channel (11) for guiding a guide member (3), in particular a guide wire, and/or a delivery member (4), in particular a probe unit and/or an endoscope, through the fluid collecting member (10).
US09381323B2
Some embodiments of an anchor device may include bendable anchor mechanism that is deployable in a subcutaneous layer to releasably secure the anchor device to a patient's body. Certain embodiments of the anchor mechanism may include one or more barbs that flexibly bend in response to an insertion or removal force. As such, the anchor mechanism may be inserted into a subcutaneous layer, and removed from the subcutaneous layer, without the need for a separate actuation device to extend or retract the barbs.
US09381312B1
An insufflation apparatus and/or insufflation kit for use during a medical procedure including a fluid stabilizer wherein the insufflation apparatus can be used in different modes with a mode change between needle insufflation or cannula insufflation accomplished without having to use a different fluid stabilizer or a different trocar wherein the trocar may be a gas conditioning trocar having a chamber for on-the-go heating and hydrating an unconditioned insufflation gas prior to injecting a conditioned insufflation gas into a body cavity.
US09381310B2
An injection needle assembly is an assembly used by being attached to an injector including an injection barrel filled with medicine and a needle tube, and is provided with a sticking needle tube having a needle tip to be stuck into a skin, a needle holding portion, an engagement portion and a connection portion. The needle holding portion holds the sticking needle tube and a fit tube of the engagement portion is engaged with a needle hub of the injection barrel. The connection portion includes a luminal portion in which there are arranged a proximal end on the opposite side of the needle tip of the sticking needle tube and a needle tip (ejection port) at the needle tube of the injector, and the sticking needle tube and the needle tube communicate with each other in a liquid tight manner.
US09381306B2
A drive member and a rotation member are rotatable with respect to a housing. The drive member comprises drive fingers, which are resilient or resiliently mounted. A slider is disposed at the drive member and is axially movable between a first position, in which the slider keeps the drive fingers constrained, and a second position, in which the drive fingers are released. A unidirectional rotational clutch engages the drive member with the rotation member. The clutch is formed by the drive fingers when the slider is in the first position. The drive member and the rotation member are disengaged when the slider is in the second position. The slider is in the first position when a unit is attached to the housing, and in the second position when the unit is removed.
US09381305B2
The medical device comprises a wave spring or wave washer in a mechanism to engage or disengage a first element and a second element. The invention also discloses the use of a multiple wave spring or wave washer comprising at least two waved spring layers in a medical device.
US09381300B2
Ambulatory infusion pumps, pump assemblies, cartridges, baseplates, cannulas, insertion tools, and related components as well as combinations thereof and related methods.
US09381296B2
A method and apparatus provides for configuring the backlight brightness level. The backlight brightness level can be configured at the drug library and/or at the medical device, thereby improving the flexibility a user has in changing backlight parameters. A method and apparatus for managing a power saving mode allows the user to configure the power saving program at the drug library and/or at the medical device.
US09381294B2
An insulated, epinephrine auto-injector case that also includes a rapid-opening cap, two spring-loaded chambers, each with a rapid-opening cap to facilitate immediate and easy availability of the auto-injector for grasping by the user.
US09381285B2
A centrifugal blood pump apparatus includes an impeller provided in a blood chamber, first and second permanent magnets provided in one surface and the other surface of the impeller respectively, a third permanent magnet provided in an inner wall of the blood chamber, and a magnetic element and a coil for driving the impeller to rotate with a diaphragm being interposed. First and second grooves for hydrodynamic bearing different in shape and depth from each other are formed in the inner wall of the blood chamber facing the impeller, and third and fourth grooves for hydrodynamic bearing different in shape and depth from each other are formed in the diaphragm facing the impeller. The second and fourth grooves for hydrodynamic bearing generate high hydrodynamic pressure when the impeller is activated to rotate, while the first and third grooves for hydrodynamic bearing generate high hydrodynamic pressure when the impeller steadily rotates.
US09381275B2
Methods of preparing bioactive composites are described. Also described are methods of molding such composites. Shaped bodies comprising bioactive composites are further described.
US09381269B2
A biosorbable oxygen-delivery wound treatment device that includes a biosorbable matrix for delivering oxygen. The biosorbable matrix includes a water swellable, cross-linked biosorbable polymer network. A plurality of gas-permeable, elastic, closed cells is defined by the cross-linked biosorbable polymer network. According to the invention, these closed cells may be produced from a reaction between a catalyst and a second reactant. Deliverable oxygen is contained within the elastic closed cells such that when the device is used to treat a wound, oxygen is delivered from the closed cells. A process for making a biosorbable oxygen-delivery wound treatment device that includes a biosorbable matrix for delivering oxygen as well as a method of using an oxygen-delivery wound treatment device is disclosed.
US09381268B2
The objective of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent article having a dry top sheet without any feeling of stickiness in the top sheet, even after high viscosity menstrual blood has been absorbed. The absorbent article of the present disclosure has the following structure. The absorbent article (1) has a liquid-permeable top sheet (2), a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent body (3). The absorbent article (1) is characterized by: having an excretory orifice contact region (4), first embossed portions (5), an external peripheral region (6), and second embossed portions (7); the first embossed portions (5) and second embossed portions (7) being formed by embossing a layer comprising the top sheet (2) and the absorbent body (3); and the top sheet (2) inside the excretory orifice contact region (4) and the second embossed portions (7) respectively comprising a prescribed blood lubricating agent.
US09381266B2
Scent devices and methods are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention can be a device to scent an environment comprising a scent and a structural component. The scent stick can have a length to average cross-sectional diameter ratio of at least about 4:1 according to some embodiments. The scent stick can be colored to blend into an environmental setting to make the presence of the scent stick unobtrusive. The scent stick may also be attached or hung by the addition of a hanger or hoop. The scent stick may be hung from a tree, automobile mirror or a person as an adornment. Other embodiments are also described.
US09381262B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a radiolabeled synthetic polymer, the method comprising contacting a synthetic polymer with a carbon encapsulated nanoparticle composite having a radioactive particulate core in an aqueous medium comprising an electrolyte concentration or pH selected to promote short-range attractive forces between the nanoparticles and the synthetic polymer by attenuating long-range electrostatic repulsive forces.
US09381261B2
Disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions having the sequence Arg-Ser-Cys-Ile-Asp-Thr-Ile-Pro-Lys-Ser-Arg-Cys-Thr-Ala-Phe-Gln-Cys-Lys-His-Ser-Xaa-Lys-Tyr-Arg-Leu-Ser-Phe-Cys-Arg-Lys-Thr-Cys-Gly-Thr-Cys (SEQ ID NO: 1). The disclosed compositions can include an acid or amide at the C-terminus of SEQ ID NO: 1 and the polypeptide can be attached to an organic or inorganic chemical entity that has an anionic charge. The polypeptide can be detectably labeled for diagnostic purposes. Methods of manufacturing and using the pharmaceutical compounds are also disclosed.
US09381250B2
The present inventions relates to beads as biocompatible material adapted for use within the human or animal body. Said beads are highly useful for tissue engineering, in situ tissue regeneration, as well as for drug and/or cells delivery. In addition, said beads may support biotechnological applications such as cell carriers.
US09381247B2
Compositions and methods for modulating injection site pain associated with rapid acting injectable insulin formulations have been developed for subcutaneous injection. The formulations contain insulin in combination with a zinc chelator such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (“EDTA”), a dissolution/stabilization agent such as citric acid, a magnesium salt, and, optionally, additional excipients. New presentations include rapid acting concentrated insulin formulations and a way to enhance the absorption of commercially available rapid acting analog formulations by mixing them with a vial containing dry powder excipients that accelerate their absorption. Devices for mixing excipient and insulin together at the time of administration, while minimizing residence time of the mixture, are also described.
US09381241B2
Problem to be Solved: The present invention provides a novel mucosal adjuvant.Solution: The present invention provides a mucosal adjuvant composition containing at least a composition comprising molecules having a molecular weight in a range of 100 to 300 kDa obtained from cells or culture fluid of Bordetella bronchiseptica. Administration of the mucosal adjuvant composition to a non-human animal at a surface of the mucous membrane can enhance immunity at the surface of mucous membrane. Therefore preventive effects against trans-mucosal infection can be increased by administering an inactivated vaccine against trans-mucosal infection and the mucosal adjuvant composition to a non-human animal at a surface of mucous membrane. The present invention is effective for preventing trans-mucosal infections, including one or more infections of e.g., canine parainfluenza, canine adenovirus, canine coronavirus, canine parvovirus, canine distemper virus, canine herpesvirus, reovirus and pneumovirus.
US09381234B2
The present invention relates to a composition which comprises the following myelin basic protein peptides: MBP 30-44; MBP 83-99; MBP 131-145; and MBP 140-154. The composition may be used to treat a disease, in particular multiple sclerosis and/or optical neuritis and the invention also relates to such uses and methods.
US09381229B2
The present invention relates to an APJ receptor agonist or an apelinomimetic for use in the treatment or the prevention of a dysfunction associated with aging.
US09381225B2
The use of lipopeptides comprising variable groups defined as H or optionally substituted C6-C20 aliphatic and a peptide of one of the following amino acid sequences: GEESN (SEQ ID NO: 17), QGEESNDK (SEQ ID NO: 20), and VQGEESNDK (SEQ ID NO: 21). The use of the lipopeptides for activating Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in cells is described.
US09381224B2
The invention relates to a plant based formulation for the prevention and management of Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular disease mortality risk comprising an effective amount of a hydro-alcoholic extract of Salacia parviflora, Tribulus terrestris and Dioscorea glabra.
US09381205B2
The present invention provides for anti-EFNA4 antibody-drug conjugates and methods for preparing and using the same.
US09381200B2
Compounds of Formula (I), their preparation and use in preventing or treating bacterial infection is disclosed.
US09381195B2
The present invention relates to a compound of following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of same, a tautomer of same, or a stereoisomer or mixture of stereoisomers of same in any proportions, such as a mixture of enantiomers, notably a racemic mixture; for use in the treatment of pain.
US09381193B2
The invention encompasses compositions and methods for use in preventing pregnancy.
US09381184B2
The invention provides naphthofuran compounds, polymorphs of naphthofuran compounds, naphthofuran compounds in particle form, purified compositions that contain one or more naphthofuran compounds, purified compositions that contain one or more naphthofuran compounds in particle form, methods of producing these naphthofuran compounds, polymorphs, purified compositions and/or particle forms, and methods of using these naphthofuran compounds, polymorphs, purified compositions and/or particle forms to treat subjects in need thereof.
US09381171B2
A composition including dapsone for preventing or treating a side effect of a steroid in a subject, and methods for preventing or treating a side effect of a steroid using the composition.
US09381165B2
A cell implant matrix has a connective porosity of more than 80% and consists mainly of a mixture of bioresorbable polymers, wherein the matrix has disk-shape and wherein a surface layer on one side of the disk has less than 20% of the average pore density of the other sides.The matrix is manufactured by providing a bioresorbable polymer layer; stratifying, onto the polymer layer, a mixture of a water-soluble solid, at least two polymers differing with respect to their resorption rates, and a solvent for one of the polymers; evaporating the solvent optionally followed by compacting the mixture; and watering the compacted body to remove the salt.
US09381163B2
The invention relates to capsules encapsulating particles loaded with one or more drugs, and in particular, to such capsules that are able to float. The capsules may be used for drug delivery in the gastrointestinal tract. Methods for forming the capsules are also disclosed, and in particular, double emulsion methods are used in forming the capsules.
US09381152B2
The present invention provides an inhalation-type pharmaceutical composition for Parkinson's disease comprising a first gas and an atomized medicine. The first gas comprises hydrogen. The gas volume concentration of hydrogen in the inhalation-type pharmaceutical composition is between 2 to 96%. The atomized medicine is selected from a group comprising levodopa, sinemet, atropine sulfate, scopolamine, dopamine agonist, bromocriptine mesylate, selegiline, carbidopa, entacapone, and any combination thereof. The inhalation-type pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can provide the convenience of taking medicine and removing harmful radicals in the body of the patient through the use of hydrogen while also increases the absorption effect of the medicine for the patient by using an atomized medicine. Therefore, the present invention can provide a treatment for Parkinson's disease that combines the convenience of taking the medicine while also having better curative effects on the user.
US09381139B2
The invention provides a pillbox comprising a plurality of pill receiving compartments detachably connected with one another in side-by-side relation to form a unitary structure, each of the compartments being constructed to store pills to be taken at a single predetermined time and have an opening which is covered by a cover and through which the compartment is accessible; wherein the unitary structure is configured such that the plurality of compartments are arranged sequentially according to a medication schedule created according to a prescription, with the compartment storing the pills to be taken first as an outermost one, and that only the opening of the outermost compartment is permitted to be uncovered all the time, and wherein the outermost compartment is removed from the unitary structure after the pills contained therein are taken. The invention also provides a medication management system and a mediation dispensing system based on the pillbox.
US09381133B2
A patting mechanism includes a support base for support a user, a driving device mounted to the support base and having a pushing unit, and a patting device having a rod pivotally connected with the support base, a patting member fixedly connected with the rod, and an elastic member connected between the support base and the rod. Thus, the rod is pushed to a preloaded position when the pushing unit is activated, and the rod is pulled by the elastic member to a patting position when the pushing unit is stopped working, such that the patting member is driven by the rod to pat on the user's back muscle repeatedly to relieve muscle soreness or help the user spit out phlegm.
US09381125B2
The present invention provides a patient support that can be configured in an expanded configuration, for example to accommodate larger patients, and then reconfigured to a more compact configuration to ease maneuverability of the patient support through constricted passageways in a facility and/or to provide a low height patient support. Further, the present invention provides a barrier around the patient support surface which includes a panel that allows a patient to see through the barrier and which is optionally adaptable to change its transparency and/or color.
US09381118B1
Eye, face, and head wear is disclosed. The eye, face, or head wear may include a frame. A lens or a shield may be associated with the frame. At least one semipermeable membrane vent may be disposed in the frame, the lens, or the shield. At least one sliding air intake vent may be included in a bottom of the frame. The frame may include a frame assembly including a sub-frame and a member over-molded onto the sub-frame. The member over-molded onto the sub-frame may also be over-molded onto an edge of the lens or the shield. An inflatable face seal or an inflatable nose seal may be coupled to the frame. The frame may further include a perforated forehead section and a semipermeable membrane vent disposed therein. A strap may be included, as well as at least one strap spool assembly for adjusting the strap.
US09381117B2
Provided is a medical knife which makes it possible to maintain low penetration resistance, without the maximum-width parts of the medical knife creating sudden changes in penetration resistance even when passing through tissue. A knife comprises: a pointed tip; a cutting part which has edges consisting of first oblique faces which are formed along the outer periphery and second oblique faces which are formed inside the first oblique faces; maximum-width parts; and a shank part which is formed contiguously with the maximum-width parts. The cutting part is formed in such a way that the shape of the planar projection thereof becomes wider from the pointed tip towards the maximum-width parts, and the first oblique faces extend further towards the shank part side than the second oblique faces over at least one portion of the area running from the maximum-width parts to the shank part.
US09381115B2
A system and process for treating retinal diseases includes passing a laser light beam through an optical lens or mask to optically shape the light beam. The light beam is applied to at least a portion of the retina. Due to the selected parameters of the laser light beam pulse length, power and duty cycle, the laser light beam can be applied to substantially the entire retina, including the fovea, without damaging retinal or foveal tissue, while still attaining the benefits of retinal photocoagulation.
US09381108B2
A device for the analysis of urine designed to be connected in series to a catheter (12) of a patient's urine, comprises: means (14) for analyzing a sample of urine, means (13, 19) for feeding a pre-established quantity of urine coming from the catheter to said analysis means, and automatic control means (21) for controlling the feeding of the pre-established quantity of urine to the analysis means through said means for feeding, and for activating the analysis of the urine through said urine analysis means when the pre-established quantity of urine is supplied thereto.
US09381099B2
A system for powering a prosthetic arm is disclosed. The system includes at least one internal battery located in the prosthetic arm, at least one external battery connected to the prosthetic arm, and a master controller configured to connect either the at least one internal battery or the at least one external battery to a power bus to power the prosthetic arm.
US09381097B2
An assembly tool for assembly of a first component of a prosthesis to a second component of the prosthesis for use in joint arthroplasty is provided. The tool includes a first member in contact with the first component and a second member connected to the second component. The first member defines a first member longitudinal axis. The first member and the second member provide for the assembly of the first component of the prosthesis to the second component of the prosthesis. The second member provides relative motion of the second member with respect to the first member when the second member is rotated relative to the first member about the first member longitudinal axis. The first member and the second member have relative motion features adapted to reduce friction that cooperate with each other to provide the relative motion of the first member with respect to the second member.
US09381094B2
An expandable interbody fusion device includes superior and inferior endplates that are configured to receive a sequentially inserted stack of interlocking expansion members or wafers. The like-configured wafers include features on their top and bottom surfaces that interlock the wafers in multiple degrees of freedom so that the wafer stack is not disrupted when the fusion device is fully expanded. One of the interlocking features includes a plurality of prongs projecting from an upper surface of the wafers and into a recess defined in the lower surface of an adjacent previously inserted like-configured wafer. The prongs and recesses are configured to prevent retrograde movement of each new wafer in a direction opposite the direction of insertion. Other interlocking features prevent movement in the direction of insertion, transverse to the insertion direction and vertically within the stack.
US09381092B2
Improved flexible joint arrangements employ at least one flexure member that interfaces with wrapping surfaces defined on the bases to which the ends of the flexure member are connected. The flexure members are configured to define a traveling instantaneous axis of rotation that moves along a path defined by the interface of the flexure and the wrapping surfaces as the bases move relative to each other. The flexure members and the bases can be constructed of a monolithic material. The wrapping surfaces of the bases can be asymmetric in cross-sectional shape. The radius of curvature of the traveling instantaneous axis of rotation can be configured to change only in discrete quantum steps without reversals. In other embodiments, the flexible joint arrangement can be configured as one or more three bar linkages in which the middle bar is rigid and the outer bars are flexure members in accordance with the various embodiments.
US09381090B2
An orthopaedic tibial prosthesis includes a tibial baseplate with features designed for use with small-stature knee-replacement patients. The tibial prosthesis may include a shortened tibial keel, tibial keel fins which define a large angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the keel, and/or tibial keel fins which extend along less than the entire longitudinal extent of the keel.
US09381089B2
A prosthetic device for use as an artificial meniscus is disclosed. The prosthetic device restores stress distribution, stability, and function to the knee joint after removal of the damaged natural meniscus. In some embodiments, the prosthetic device includes an anti-migration feature that inhibits extreme movement within the joint while permitting free floating over a significant range. In one aspect, the anti-migration feature is an enlarged anterior structure or a posterior meniscus remnant engaging channel while in another aspect, the anti-migration feature includes a tethering member. Still further, removable radiopaque features are provided to enhance trialing of the implant prior to final implantation within the joint.
US09381085B2
A prosthetic implant useful in a cementless application is disclosed. The implant may include a curved bone facing surface and one or more pegs or keels. Preferably, the implant is implanted on a bone surface that has been prepared so as to allow for a snap fit between the implant and the bone.
US09381084B2
Annuloplasty device for implantation adjacent an annulus of a tricuspid valve, the annulus comprising anterior, posterior and septal aspects adjacent anterior, posterior and septal leaflets, respectively, of the tricuspid valve, the device comprising: a ring body comprising: an anterior portion, a posterior portion and a septal portion shaped to conform to, and for implantation adjacent, the anterior, posterior and septal aspects of the annulus, respectively; and first and second end portions that are more flexible than a remainder of the ring body to provide a gradual transition from the remainder of the ring body to tissue of the tricuspid valve annulus; wherein the ring body is curvilinear, with substantially no flat portions, and forming a shape. Related devices, kits and sizer devices.
US09381070B2
To provide a dental mixer capable of easily, certainly locking a mixing tip to a syringe body, easily removing the mixing tip, and thereby having easy handling property. The dental mixer includes a syringe body 1 and a sleeve 3. The mixing tip 2 includes a housing 2a, a paste guiding member 2b and a plate spring-shaped locking members 2c and 2c. The plate spring-shaped locking members 2c and 2c have pawl portions 2ca and 2ca on the tip-end side thereof, and the pawl portions 2ca and 2ca are locked, by elasticity, with locking grooves 1c and 1c between the syringes 1a and 1a. The sleeve 3 has a shape to cover at least the pawl portions 2ca and 2ca when sliding toward the outlet side of the housing 2a, and thereby to prevent the locking of the pawl portions 2ca and 2ca by elasticity from canceling.
US09381068B2
A sensor storage container includes: a lid configured to cover in an openable and closable manner an opening of an open-topped main body case that stores an elongated plate-like sensor lying flat; and a sensor ejecting tool configured to take the sensor out of the main body case. The sensor ejecting tool is elongated, and includes two ends, one end being linked to one of end sides of an opening portion of the main body case, and the other end being rotatable in a vertical direction between a bottom portion of the main body case and a position above the opening portion. A sensor adhesive portion at the other end of the sensor ejecting tool is provided with an adhesive face on a side of the sensor adhesive portion facing a bottom face of the main body case.
US09381067B2
Surgical accessories are presented in vivo and used by surgical tools in the surgical site to perform additional tasks without the need to remove the tools from the surgical site for tool change or instrument loading. The accessories can be introduced into the surgical site by a dedicated accessory introducer, or can be supported on the body of a surgical tool inserted into the surgical site and be manipulated using another surgical tool in the surgical site. The accessory introducer can be resiliently biased to bias the accessories toward a predetermined position in the surgical site.
US09381066B2
A vessel sealing instrument having an instrument tip that comprises a pair of opposing clamping members movable to clamp a vessel to be sealed. The clamping members include an energy delivery structure capable of delivering localized radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) energy and microwave EM energy separately or simultaneously into the vessel. The RF EM energy and the microwave EM energy are received in the energy delivery structure from a coaxial cable. Each energy delivery structure comprises first and second conductive elements separated by a planar dielectric layer. The first and second conductive elements are arranged at the opposed surface of the respective clamping member to act as active and return electrodes to transfer RF EM energy into biological tissue by conduction, and as an antenna to radiate microwave EM energy into biological tissue from the opposed surface.
US09381065B2
Headache treatment methods are described and include providing an energy delivery device; locating a secondary or higher-order branch of a postganglionic nerve that provides innervation for a patient's head, by identifying a target region of the patient's head that includes the nerve branch; positioning, within the target region, a portion of the energy delivery device; and applying, from the positioned portion of the energy delivery device to the target region, an amount of energy effective to result in a stimulation activity of the nerve branch; and, after observing the stimulated nerve branch activity, delivering, from the energy delivery device to the nerve branch, energy in an amount effective to reduce a headache severity in the patient.
US09381057B2
A skin surface is treated with RF energy (e.g., unipolar, monopolar, bipolar or multipolar RF delivery). A first semiconductive cap disposed on a first distal end of a first electrode and, optionally, a second semiconductive cap disposed on a second distal end of a second electrode are applied to the skin surface. RF energy is delivered from the first electrode and the second electrode through the first semiconductive cap and the second semiconductive cap, respectively, through the skin surface. The first semiconductive cap and/or the second semiconductive cap have an electrical conductivity matched or substantially matched to the skin's electrical conductivity (e.g., about 0.1 to about 2 times that of the skin).
US09381049B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a distal leading portion of a composite spinal implant for implantation in a spinal facet joint. In one implementation, the distal leading portion includes a distal leading end, a proximal trailing end, a first face, and a second face. The distal leading end has a distal surface generally opposite a proximal surface of the proximal trailing end. The first face has a first surface that is generally parallel with a second surface of the second face. The first and second faces extend between the distal leading end and the proximal trailing end, such that the first and second surfaces slope upwardly from the distal lead end to the proximal trailing end along a length of extending proximally. The first and second surfaces having one or more textured features adapted to provide friction with the spinal facet joint.
US09381044B2
A device for connecting two spinal rods is provided. In one form, the device includes two clamping devices for receiving and locking to spinal rods and a central bridge or plate member that couples the clamping devices. In one aspect, the clamping devices are unitary members with deflectable jaw portions that snap-fit and then locked by operation of actuators. In another aspect, one or both of the clamping devices are adjustably coupled to the central bridge or plate member to allow at least translation and pivoting or rotation of the clamping devices relative to a central axis of the elongate bridge member. The clamping devices may be coupled to the bridge or plate member with the same locking actuator that causes clamping of the clamp device so that the positions of the clamp device and the spinal rod are locked into place by manipulation of only a single locking actuator.
US09381038B2
A tunneling system for use with a catheter includes an elongate tunneling member defining a longitudinal axis along at least a portion of a longitudinal length thereof. The elongate member has a first end and a second end. The tunneling system further includes a connector configured for releasably engaging the second end of the elongate tunneling member to the catheter.
US09381031B2
Surgical instruments and procedures are disclosed that enable the injection of an optimal amount of curable resin and/or the placement of an internal fixation device in an intramedullary canal of a fractured bone. The disclosed instruments and procedures enable a surgeon to clear a portion of the canal of cancellous bone and marrow across the fracture site without damaging the cortical wall.
US09381030B2
A tunneling tool for creating a pathway for implanting a therapy delivery element in a living body. The tunneling tool includes a malleable elongated shaft having a distal end. A sheath having a lumen is slidably positioned over a portion of the shaft. A primary handle secured to proximal end of the shaft permits a user to advance and manipulate the shaft and the sheath in the living body. A secondary handle with an opening is slidably positioned on the shaft between the primary handle and the sheath. The opening has a diameter less than an outside diameter of a proximal end of the sheath. A locking mechanism releasably engages the secondary handle to the primary handle. The sheath is retained in a desired location within the living body by securing the secondary handle relative to the living body as the primary handle is used to remove the shaft from the sheath.
US09381029B2
A laparoscopic instrument is placed into the abdomen without the creation of a skin incision. The laparoscopic instrument includes a shaft that does not exceed 1.6 mm in diameter. The shaft has a beveled end and is inserted into an abdomen similar to the placement of a needle, without use of a scalpel. Operating instruments are introduced into the abdomen through the umbilical port using a docking device, and are then docked to the beveled end of the shaft after the shaft is introduced through the abdomen. Multiple types of operating instruments can be placed on the beveled end of the shaft during the surgical procedure. Each operating instrument is docked with a holster during introduction into and withdrawal from the umbilical port and is removed from the holster only when in use. When removed from the holster it is locked to the shaft and cannot be dropped.
US09381020B2
An obstruction device includes an obstruction disc mounted on a shaft. The disc includes a membrane attached to a peripheral frame. An anchoring member extends from a distal portion of the shaft. The shaft, anchoring member and peripheral frame together have a unitary construction made from a bent slender element.
US09381019B2
Methods and systems are provided for fixating connective tissue to bone. Some aspects include a carrier member having a length, width, and thickness, wherein the length and width are each at least two times greater than the thickness; attachment members extending from the carrier member and that engage connective tissue of an animal; and a bone engaging member extending from the carrier member and configured to attach to a bone of the animal. In some aspects, when the attachment members are engaged with the connective tissue and the bone engaging member is attached to the bone, the connective tissue and the bone are limited in being pulled apart from one another during physiological use of the connective tissue.
US09381014B2
A surgical fastener having a top element including a crown, with prongs extending from the crown. A baseplate having two or more slots that are dimensioned to receive a tip of a prong in the undeployed configuration of the fastener. Two or more cantilevered catches extend from the crown, each cantilevered beam terminating in a head. The baseplate is provided with a bore and in the deployed configuration, the catches of the top element pass through the bore and latch the top element onto the baseplate.
US09381011B2
An orthopedic surgical instrument for use in knee surgeries includes an elongated body, a pair of output shafts, and a user control. A first output shaft extends out from a first side of the body along a first output axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body. A second output shaft also extends out from the first side of the elongated body along a second output axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The user control is coupled to the elongated body near a first end and the first and second output shafts are situated near the second end of the elongated body. Each of the first output shaft and the second output shaft are configured to turn independent of one another in response to operation of the user control. Various joint distractors for use with the orthopedic surgical instrument are also disclosed.
US09381005B2
A device for mixing at least two separate streams of components which, when mixed, form a combined fluid stream. The device comprises a conduit with at least two separate passageways leading to exit openings at an end face of the conduit. Each passageway communicates with a separate component stream and is arranged to direct the separate component stream in a downstream direction. The exit openings each have a predetermined cross-sectional flow area. A separate channel is located at a downstream end of each passageway exit opening. The channels are arranged to redirect the flow from each passageway to an axial direction. A single mixing chamber communicates with all of the separate channels, the mixing chamber being arranged to receive each of the component streams at an upstream end thereof and to permit a mixing of the component streams. An outlet is arranged downstream of the mixing chamber through which the combined fluid stream is dispensed.
US09380997B2
An ultrasonic diagnosis device wherein, in order to reliably stop the movement of a display unit by a simple mechanism during transportation of the device, a display unit restraint mechanism is provided with: a fixed portion which has a receiving groove for receiving a handle main unit provided on the display unit; and a rotation portion which moves rotationally in relation to the fixed portion. When the rotation portion is rotated with the handle main unit received in the receiving groove, the upper side of the handle main unit becomes covered with a cover portion. In this state, a hook member protrudes outward from the rotation portion and is engaged with an upper end portion to serve as a strut.
US09380983B2
This disclosure relates generally to patient monitoring techniques, and more specifically to a method and a system to reduce false alarms generated by the patient monitoring system, the false alarms being associated with clinical condition of the patient. Disclosed herein is a patient monitoring method that includes monitoring one or more clinical parameters associated with condition of a patient, identifying a clinical condition based on deviation of the monitored one or more clinical parameters from corresponding one or more first predefined criteria, determining a status associated with one or more devices that monitor the deviated one or more clinical parameters, and generating a clinical alert based on the determined status not indicating an error by the one or more devices.
US09380980B2
A method for assessing the orthopedic performance of a joint of a patient can comprise implanting at least a first and second RF wirelessly detectable markers in first and second bones associated with a site and determining and storing their positions before a surgical procedure is performed. The procedure can be carried out on the site and the positions of the first and second markers can be detected and stored after the procedure has been completed. The detected positions can be used to generate a representation of the orthopedic performance of the joint after the procedure.
US09380974B2
An arrangement includes a housing, a plurality of sampling and analysis sites contained within the housing, each of the sampling and analysis sites having a skin-penetration member having a first end configured to pierce the skin, and an inner lumen in communication with the first end, an actuator operatively associated with the skin-penetration member, and an analyte quantification member in fluid communication with the inner lumen of the skin-penetration member. Integrated devices including such arrangements are also described.
US09380972B2
A blood collection device adapted to receive a multi-component blood sample is disclosed. After collecting the blood sample, the blood collection device separates a plasma portion from a cellular portion. After separation, the blood collection device is able to transfer the plasma portion of the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device. The blood collection device of the present disclosure also provides a closed collection and transfer system that reduces the exposure of a blood sample and provides fast mixing of a blood sample with a sample stabilizer. The blood collection device is engageable with a blood testing device for closed transfer of a portion of the plasma portion from the blood collection device to the blood testing device. The blood testing device is adapted to receive the plasma portion to analyze the blood sample and obtain test results.
US09380969B2
Methods and systems are provided that include sampling a light intensity signal at different frequencies based on the waveform of the signal to produce a more accurate digitized signal. The light intensity signal is an analog signal proportional to the intensity of light received at a detector of a pulse oximetry system. In one embodiment, the signal may be sampled exponentially during pulse width periods, such that the end of the pulse width periods where the signal reaches a maximum amplitude may be sampled more frequently. The signal may also be exponentially sampled or oversampled during periods when the signal is expected to near a maximum amplitude. Further, the signal may be sampled less frequently during low amplitude periods of the signal, and during dark periods, such that processing power may be conserved.
US09380958B2
Various embodiments of a device for performing a gaze field sobriety test are disclosed. The device includes a housing. A light source is affixed in or on the housing. The light source generates light during at least a portion of the gaze field sobriety test. A speaker positioned in or on the housing generates sounds during at least a portion of the gaze field sobriety test. A power source is coupled to the speaker and the light source. An input is positioned on the housing. The input is selectable by a test administrator to initiate an audible sound through the speaker at a predetermined time interval during at least a portion of the gaze field sobriety test. The audible sound provides an indication to the test administrator during the gaze field sobriety test to assist in proper performance of the gaze field sobriety test.
US09380950B2
A method of detecting a cause of a heart rhythm disorder includes collecting data corresponding to activation onset time of each heart activation at multiple locations of the heart and generating an activation trail based on the sequential order of activation onset times. The activation trail is indicative of the cause of the heart rhythm disorder.
US09380946B2
An apparatus for determining cardiac performance in the patient. The apparatus includes a conductance catheter for measuring conductance and blood volume in a heart chamber of the patient. The apparatus includes a processor for determining instantaneous volume of the ventricle by applying a non-linear relationship between the measured conductance and the volume of blood in the heart chamber to identify mechanical strength of the chamber. The processor is in communication with the conductance catheter. Methods for determining cardiac performance in a patient. Apparatuses for determining cardiac performance in a patient.
US09380944B2
A pulse laser beam is emitted in a desired wavelength sequence using a laser source unit. A Q switch and a birefringent filter are inserted into an optical resonator including a pair of mirrors and facing each other with a laser rod interposed therebetween. The birefringent filter changes an oscillation wavelength of the optical resonator in association with rotational displacement. A trigger control circuit rotates the birefringent filter at a predetermined rotation speed depending on the number of wavelengths included in the wavelength sequence of the pulse laser beam to be emitted. In addition, the trigger control circuit irradiates the laser rod with excitation light, and turns on the Q switch at a timing when a rotational displacement position of the birefringent filter is set to a position corresponding to the wavelength of the pulse laser beam to be emitted, to cause the pulse laser beam to be emitted.
US09380941B2
A system for is provided for using telemetry data based on patient habit information or patient monitoring. One or more patient monitoring devices has a unique patient ID. The one or more monitoring devices acquire patient information selected from of at least one of, a patient's activities, behaviors and habit information, and patient monitoring. ID circuitry is at the patient monitoring device. The ID circuitry includes ID storage, a communication system that reads and transmits the unique ID from an ID storage, a power source and a pathway system to route signals through the circuitry. An alarm is at the patient monitoring device that provides an alert only when the patient is in a wake-state. A telemetry system is in communication with the patient monitoring device. The telemetry system includes a database of patient ID's.
US09380931B2
An endoscope apparatus includes an objective optical system that is provided at a distal end portion of an insertion portion of an endoscope which can be inserted into a body cavity of a subject; a temperature sensor unit that detects a temperature of the distal end portion; a heating unit that can generate heat for preventing fogging of the objective optical system; a timer that measures a time period during which the temperature of the distal end portion detected by the temperature sensor unit is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; and a control unit that performs control so as to cause the heating unit to generate the heat when the time period measured by the timer continues for a predetermined time period or longer.
US09380926B2
Disclosed is a tray supporting apparatus for a dishwasher, the apparatus comprising: a support frame, two opposite sides of the support frame being respectively provided with a slide groove, and each slide groove comprising a first slideway a second slideway and the third slideway spaced apart from one another; a first and second bracket respectively adapted to support a tray, the first bracket and the second bracket being respectively provided on the support frame, wherein first ends of the first bracket and the second bracket are respectively slidably accommodated in the first slideway, a second end of the first bracket is slidably accommodated in the second slideway, and a second end of the second bracket is slidably accommodated in the third slideway.
US09380923B2
A multipurpose tool including a frame defining a first edge, a second edge and a third edge joined one to the other at the ends thereof to form an enclosure. The tool including a center portion coupled to each of the first, second and third edges, and having a first tool coupled to the first edge, a second tool coupled to the second edge; and a third tool coupled to the third edge. A grip being attached to the center portion. A multi-purpose tool kit is provided comprising a multi-purpose tool and a plurality of pads, each pad being configured to removably attach to an edge of the multi-purpose tool.
US09380919B2
A method is provided for cleaning at least one filter of a vacuum cleaner, wherein the vacuum cleaner comprises a suction inlet and a dirt collection container, which can be subjected to negative pressure by a suction unit via the at least one filter and a suction extraction line, and wherein for cleaning purposes the at least one filter can be acted upon by external air on the clean side via at least one external air valve, which moves from a closed valve position via an open valve position back into the closed valve position for cleaning the at least one filter. So that the at least one filter can be cleaned particularly effectively, the suction power of the suction unit can be increased before transfer of the external air valve to the open valve position and reduced again later. A vacuum cleaner for performing the method is also provided.
US09380915B2
A rectangular coffee pod tray has two opposing end walls, two opposing sidewalls, a closed bottom and an open top. One end wall has plurality of first slots at predetermined locations and the other end wall has a plurality of second slots. The first and second plurality of slots are aligned to form pairs of corresponding slots so a divider placed into corresponding first and second slots is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tray. The slots have a top that widens at the bottom of the slot and that is deeper into the end wall at the bottom of the slot for easy insertion and removal. Differing number of rectangular dividers fit into the specially located slots to form rows for four different sized coffee pods. The dividers may have tapered ends to fit into the slots, and a tapered bottom to fit into grooves in the bottom of the tray.
US09380913B2
Food processing apparatus and methods for processing food are disclosed. The apparatus may include stored sequences for operating a processing tool. The stored sequences may address various challenging aspects of blending solid foods and/or ice. In some embodiments, particular sequences are implemented with specific processing tools.
US09380910B1
This invention is a portable food grilling apparatus designed to be collapsible and foldable for easy transportation. A substantially hemispherical full sized kettle is sectioned into plurality of two or more kettle sections where each section is adapted to be fastened to form a full sized kettle when needed and unfastened to facilitate storage and transportation. The stand upon which the kettle is mounted is also which folds into a planar conformation. The kettle sections, cover, and catcher are further adapted to insert into each other so as to also form a planar conformation. These two sections are adapted to fit into a carrying case for easy transportation.
US09380909B2
Water distributor comprising: a first hot water inlet pipe with two outlets; a second pipe with first inlets, each of them being connected to the corresponding first outlet by means of a third pipe, said second pipe further comprising several second outlets; a rod having at least one narrowing and sliding within said second pipe by action of some actuating means; and water tightness means situated on both sides of each of the second outlets. The positioning of the narrowing of the rod with respect of the water tightness means of each outlet determines whether water will be allowed to flow through said outlet or not. Advantage: guaranteeing that the opening and closure of the different water outlets correspond with the selection made by the user.
US09380902B2
A Hanger Accessory Device for keeping track of how many times an article of clothing has been worn since it was last laundered. The Hanger Accessory Device generally includes a housing having an upper end, a lower end, and a receiver opening extending therebetween. The upper portion of the outer surface of the housing includes first markings and the lower portion of the outer surface of the housing includes second markings. By rotating the housing (and thus the outwardly-facing markings) around a stem of a hanger, an individual may keep track of how many times an article of clothing has been worn or used between washings.
US09380900B2
A beverage coaster includes a hollow main body having an open end. The beverage coaster also includes a top plate with an outer surface and a plurality of apertures formed therein. The top plate is disposed on and covers the open end of the hollow main body to define a reservoir within the hollow main body. The apertures permit fluid communication between the outer surface of the top plate and the reservoir. In operation, the reservoir collects and stores condensation that drains from a beverage container placed on the outer surface of the top plate.
US09380898B2
A lid connected to a container or body portion of a bottle includes: a base defining a channel; a cover in communication with a top of the channel; a lid-latch configured to releasably engage the cover and hold the cover proximate the top of the channel; and a tube defining a conduit housed in the channel and coupled to the base. At least a portion of the tube is resiliently collapsible so as to bias the cover away from the top of the channel.
US09380891B2
A storage armoire includes a back frame assembly configured to provide a storage space, a front frame assembly rotatably coupled to the back frame assembly so that the front frame assembly is pivotal about a portion of the back frame assembly and first and second over-the-door hangers. The first and second over-the-door hangers have hook portions that fit over a top of a door, mounting portions mounted to a back of the back frame assembly and arms extending between the mounting portions and the hook portions. The hook portions are spaced apart from each other on the door at a distance that is greater than a distance that the mounting portions that are mounted to the back of the back frame assembly are spaced apart from each other.
US09380881B2
A bed lift system for a vehicle includes a first moving member, a guide member, a second moving member, and a flexible drive member. The first and second moving member are configured to be coupled to a bed. The guide member is configured to be coupled to the vehicle and cooperate with the first moving member to guide vertical movement of the bed. The flexible drive member is coupled to the first moving member and the second moving member. The bed lift system is configured so that raising the first moving member exerts tension on the flexible drive member which raises the second moving member and lowering the first moving member releases tension on the flexible drive member which lowers the second moving member.
US09380876B2
A bathroom rack may include a main body and at least two positioning units. The main body has a hanging portion at a rear portion thereof. Each of the positioning unit has a connecting head, a screw, and a cover. The connecting head has a first end and a second end, and the second end has a threaded connecting section. The cover has an inner hole that has a threaded connecting portion corresponding to the connecting section. A notch is formed at a periphery near a center portion of the positioning unit, and a locking hole toward the direction of the first end is located at a rear end of the notch, and the main body is configured to horizontally slide into the notch of the connecting head through the hanging portion to engage with the connecting head.
US09380868B1
A storage shelf coupling sleeves each having symmetrically arranged engagement slots formed thereon to be convergent, through sloping, in a downward direction. The coupling sleeves are respectively mounted to fixed rods. A support frame has retention plates respectively fit to the coupling sleeves by being received in one of the engagement slots of each coupling sleeve. Another engagement slot of each of the coupling sleeves may receive a retention plate of another support frame to fit therein so that a number of support frames can be connected in a side-by-side manner thereby making assembly and expansion of the storage shelf easy and the expanded arrangement tidy and organized. The coupling sleeve is of a hollow cylindrical configuration. The support frame has corners each comprising one retention plate attached thereto. The retention plate is made convergent, through sloping, in the downward direction to facilitate fitting thereof into the coupling sleeve.
US09380863B2
A folding table includes: a table body provided with a pair of hinge pins and a pair of lock pins, each of the pairs protruding oppositely in left-right direction; and a pair of left and right brackets having shaft holes in which the hinge pins are inserted and movable holes in which the lock pins are inserted. Spring members mounted in the movable holes press the lock pins. The table body is rotatably supported by the brackets affixed to a wall surface. The folding table has closing plates having through-holes respectively through which the hinge pins and the lock pins are penetrated. The closing plates are sandwiched between the table body and the brackets to close the movable holes.
US09380861B1
The collapsible table with auger anchors is a table adapted for use with a grills and a hibachi. The collapsible table with auger anchors is a metal table that is designed to be anchored into a lake or river bed. This allows the grill or hibachi to be placed on the table top of the collapsible table with auger anchors for use in the water at a safe distance from a boat. The collapsible table with auger anchors further comprises a table top, a plurality of legs, and a plurality of struts.
US09380851B1
An artificial nail holding device including a pair of bases, at least one rotatable dowel, and a pair of double-sided adhesive strips. The pair of bases includes a right base and a left base. The at least one rotatable dowel has a right end rotatably disposed within the right base and a left end rotatably disposed within the left base. The pair of double-sided adhesive strips is continuously attached to the at least one dowel from proximal the right end of the dowel to proximal the left end of the dowel.
US09380848B2
A hair styling device comprising a first blade section, a second blade section, and at least one fin. The first blade section comprises an inner blade surface and at least one first blade section heating element one of coupled to and integrated with the inner blade surface. The second blade section may be rotatably coupled to the first blade section and may comprise at least one second blade section heating element substantially opposing the at least one first blade section heating element. The at least one second blade section heating element may also comprise a substantially flat surface and at least one outer surface. A portion of the at least one fin is one of coupled and integrated to the at least one outer surface.
US09380846B2
This invention relates to an expandable item of luggage. This enables a luggage item to be expanded to accommodate an increased volume of luggage. The luggage item is defined by a base, front, back, side and top portion. The base and top portions are spaced in a longitudinal axis and define a storage zone therebetween. The luggage item further comprises an expansion arrangement configured to enable expansion of the top portion independently of the front portion in the longitudinal axis between a retracted and expanded configuration to cause an effective increase in the volume of the storage zone.
US09380844B1
An adjustable umbrella includes an umbrella base, a stand column, a sliding sleeve, a cross rod, an adjustment mechanism provided between the bottom joint and the bottom end of the cross rod, a drawing rod, and an umbrella frame. The top of the umbrella frame is rotatably attached to the top end of the cross rod, an internal tube is rotatably disposed inside the cross rod, the bottom end of the internal tube is connected to the adjustment mechanism, the top end of the internal tube is connected to the top of the umbrella frame. When in use, the internal tube connected to the umbrella frame may be rotated by rotating the umbrella frame, so that the leftward and rightward adjustment of a sun-shading angle is realized in coordination with the adjusting mechanism, and operation thereof is simple and convenient.
US09380837B2
A machine moves shoe strobels to a camera or scanner where images of the strobels are captured. Using the images, a computing device instructs a printer how to mark guidelines within a threshold distance of each other on the strobels that signify strobel sewing lines for different shoes models and shoe sizes. Cross-sectional lines may also be printed on the strobels to aid in error-checking guideline marking. Unmarked strobels are stacked in a loading compartment, sometimes in pairs—e.g., right and left shoe strobels. The unmarked strobels are transferred to a conveyor that brings the strobels to the camera or scanner and the printer. After guidelines and/or cross-sectional lines are added to the strobels, the marked strobels are stacked in a compartments housing other marked strobels.
US09380833B2
A toe engaging apparatus or shoe insert includes one or more layers. Each layer is removably held to a neighboring planar layer. Each of the layers have a thickness, a longitudinal length, and a height; the height being such that the layers fits against a front wall of a target shoe. The layers are sized and shaped such that when affixed to the front wall area of the target shoe, the layers reduce the internal length of the target shoe, thereby effectively decreasing the size of the target shoe. The toe engaging apparatus optionally includes a mechanism for holding the plurality of layers against the front wall of the target shoe.
US09380830B1
An improved sole for a high heel shoe comprising a bottom member, support member and top member. The top member can be provided with an upper cavity for the receipt of a gel or other cushioning member. The support member extends downward from the top member and provides the downwardly extending female receiving ports for fasteners used to secure the bottom member to the support member. A plurality of springs are positioned within an internal chamber created by the attachment of the bottom member to the support member. A slip resistance sole can be provided on the bottom surface of the bottom member. A shoe upper and gel cover are secured to the top member. The cushioning gel and the springs provide additional comfort to the wearer when walking or standing in the shoe. A soft padding material can be secured to the inner surface of the shoe upper.
US09380829B2
A shock-absorbing walk-aiding shoe includes a shoe main body, at least one elastic extensible belt and at least one connection member fixedly disposed on the elastic extensible belt. By means of the connection member fixedly disposed on the elastic extensible belt, the elastic extensible belt is fastened between an upper face of the shoe main body and a heel. When a user's foot treads onto the ground, the elastic extensible belt is elastically tensioned and the angle of the user's foot is changed to provide an elastic restoring force for the shoe main body to absorb the impact to the foot. Also, the elastic restoring force can be converted into an aiding force in lifting the foot away from the ground in the next move of the foot. Accordingly, the shock-absorbing walk-aiding shoe can provide a shock absorption effect and help the user in walking.
US09380828B2
An athletic shoe includes an upper section and a sole section. The upper section is attached to the sole section. The upper section includes at least a wearing opening. The sole section includes a bottom portion, a support portion, and a receiving portion. The support portion is arranged between the bottom portion and the receiving portion and extends from a shoe heel portion of the sole section toward a shoe sole portion of the sole section. The receiving portion includes a first trough, a second trough, and a third trough formed therein. The first trough receives therein a first soft pad that corresponds in shape thereto. The second trough receives therein a second soft pad that corresponds in shape thereto. The third trough receives therein a third soft pad that corresponds in shape thereto. As such, the sole section is provided with a plurality of rush stop sites.
US09380826B2
A ski boot with a leg portion hinged to the foot portion so that the leg portion is able to rotate around a rotation axis (X-X) in relation to the foot portion. The ski boot includes a constraint mechanism for selectively blocking and/or unblocking the rotation of the leg portion in relation to the foot portion depending on whether or not the user wishes to pass from a skiing configuration to a walking configuration. The constraint mechanism comprises a rod having a fixed end hinged to the foot portion and a movable end which interfaces with the leg portion, a support attached to the leg portion and a guide connected to the support for guiding the movable end of the rod. The guide is movable in relation to the support and moves with rotation of the rod during movement of the leg portion in relation to the foot portion.
US09380822B2
A protective headwear apparatus having a head receiving portion sized to receive the head of the user when worn by the user and a forward extending brim portion attached to the head receiving portion. Further included is a flexible mesh shield having an upper and lower end portions, and a binding stitched to a bottom side of the brim portion with an outwardly facing opening receiving and holding therein the upper end portion of the shield to attach the shield to the brim portion with the shield extending outward out of the outward facing opening of the binding and then bending downward with the lower end portion located lower than the upper end portion of the shield when the apparatus is worn by the user. The shield is sized to wrap at least partially around the head of the user when the apparatus is worn by the user.
US09380818B2
The subject matter described herein includes a convertible tennis garment. The garment includes a tennis skirt. Integrated shorts are fixedly attached to and located within the tennis skirt. Leggings are removably attachable to the shorts, such that the leggings can be attached to the shorts and removed from the shorts based on environmental conditions and/or a state of warm up of the tennis player.
US09380812B2
The present invention removes particles entrained within a flow of vapor and cools vapor passing through a wet scrubbing section of an electronic cigarette. The wet scrubbing electronic cigarette includes an atomizer section having a battery section connection for connection to a battery section. The atomizer section has an atomizer heating section. A wet scrubbing section has a mouthpiece, a water chamber in fluid communication with the mouthpiece. The water chamber provides for scrubbing of incoming airflow. A tubular air passage assembly is held within the water chamber. The tubular air passage assembly is in fluid communication with the water chamber. A battery section powers the atomizer section.
US09380807B2
Modified feeding trays for use in the production of segmented filters may be advantageous when handling filter rods that are porous masses. A modified feeding tray may include a rectangular bottom; opposing first and second sidewalls coupled to corresponding first and second edges of the rectangular bottom; a third sidewall coupled to a third edge of the rectangular bottom and extending between the first and second sidewalls; and a shelf extending between the first and second sidewalls at an intermediate location along a length of each of the first and second sidewalls and thereby defining an open compartment formed by the first and second sidewalls, the shelf, and the bottom, and a closed compartment defined by the first, second, and third sidewalls, the shelf, and the bottom. In some instances, the shelf may be repositionable within the modified feeding tray
US09380800B2
A method for preparing a drink by passing hot water in a capsule (1), in which first at least one cut (10) extending in a linear fashion is made through the second wall (3) of the capsule (1), substantially without removing material from it. The adjacent portions (11) of the second wall (3) delimiting the cut (10) are then allowed to draw near one another again if necessary, then, by injecting hot water into the capsule, the internal pressure in the capsule is increased to cause at least partial expulsion of the air contained in it substantially without dispensing the liquid, and, then, by deformation of the second wall (3), the adjacent portions (11) delimiting the cut (10) are moved away from one another, allowing the drink to flow out. The invention also relates to an apparatus and a capsule for implementing this method.
US09380795B1
The fish scaling system is a device having an elongated body with a first side and a second side and a proximate end and a distal end. The proximate end forms a handle and the distal end has three large circular serrated scrapers on the first side and three small circular serrated scrapers on the second side for removing scales from a fish. The large and small circular scrapers are replaceable when they become worn.
US09380792B2
A machine for processing a meat mass that includes a rotary drum (10) for containing a meat mass with an open front end (14) with a lid (40) for loading and unloading, a closed rear end (13), inner blades for driving and turning over the meat mass during rotation, a support chassis (20) supporting the rotary drum such that it can rotate about a rotational shaft, a support base (30) to which the support chassis is articulated by a shaft perpendicular to the rotational shaft and close to the front end (14) of the rotary drum, adjustable inclination mechanism for moving the rear end of the support chassis height-wise in order to change the inclination of the rotary drum, and a vibration damper associated with a rear part of the support chassis adjacent to the rear end (13) of the rotary drum.
US09380789B2
According to the invention, in a method of preparing a sandwich by introducing a filling between two mutually facing portions of a piece of bread, the following operations are performed: placing a filling on a filling support dish; placing the dish with the filling on a tilting dish support fitted with a pusher or a handle; engaging the top and bottom portions of the piece of bread or dough product on either side of the pivot axis of the dish support; and actuating the pusher or the handle to cause the dish support to tilt together with the dish towards a space for filling as defined by said top and bottom portions of the piece of bread or dough product so as to obtain an angle of inclination for the dish that is suitable for causing the filling to slide off the dish into the space for filling, while retaining the dish on the dish support.
US09380784B2
Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compositions, kits, and articles of manufacture. Further disclosed herein are methods for treating surfaces, including tissue, inter alia, wounds, with the disclosed compositions.
US09380769B2
A transgenic chicken comprising an inactivated heavy immunoglobulin gene and/or inactivated light chain immunoglobulin gene is provided, as well as cells and targeting vectors for making the same.
US09380764B1
An amusement device for humans or pets has an elongate, semi-rigid, floating tube assembly with an outer, sleeve-forming tube of soft, flexible, buoyant material and semi-rigid, modular, inner tubing inserted longitudinally into the sleeve. The inner tubing is assembled from a series of identical, rigid, tubular, plastic links each having ball and a socket joint at respective opposite ends rotatively engaged with respective socket and ball joints of adjacent links. The engaging/abutting surfaces of the joints form interference, watertight fits to join the links in end-to-end relation to any desired length and enabling the tube assembly to be transversely bent by a person into different stable shapes. A creaking sound, audible to a user or pet, such as a dog, is emitted during rotative movement of the joints during transverse bending of the tube assembly. A bite/chew resistant outer skin/layer covers the outer tube.
US09380763B2
A dog shoe has a durable molded sole, a flexible fabric upper, elastic members that urge opposed edges of the shoe upper together to snuggly retain the shoe over the dog's paw, and a adjustable strap that employs a hook-and-loop fastener to retain a circumferential back section of the upper snuggly around the dog's lower leg.
US09380752B2
A cotton variety, designated P07X.8212.RF, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety P07X.8212.RF, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety P07X.8212.RF with itself or with another cotton plant, and hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety P07X.8212.RF with another cotton variety or plant and to methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety P07X.8212.RF, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety P07X.8212.RF, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
US09380751B2
A vertical hydroponic plant production apparatus for allowing vertical hydroponic greenhouse crop production is provided. The apparatus comprises a hollow grow tube having a front face, a back face, an open first end, and an open second end. A slot is formed in the front face of the grow tube with the slot having a width equal to only a portion of a width of the front face. A media material is insertable into the grow tube. The slot allows the front face to expand outward during insertion of the media material and biased inward against the media material once the media material is inserted. The grow tube is positionable in either a horizontal position, vertical position, or any position between the horizontal position and the vertical position allowing inclined, multi-angled crop production and multi-storied conveyor style crop production.
US09380744B2
A header lift assembly for an agricultural harvester includes a lift cylinder and a lock assembly. The lift cylinder includes a sleeve and a piston, and the piston is configured to move in an axial direction relative to the sleeve. The lock assembly is coupled to the lift cylinder and is configured to automatically transition to a first locking position upon extension of the piston in the axial direction to a locking distance from the sleeve. The first locking position is configured to block retraction of the piston in the axial direction beyond a first distance from the sleeve. The lock assembly is also configured to automatically disengage from the first locking position to a unlocked position that facilitates retraction of the piston beyond the first distance upon extension of the piston to an unlocking distance.
US09380743B2
A trimmer head assembly and the method of configuring the trimmer head assembly. The trimmer head assembly has a housing that attaches to a string trimmer machine. A spool is provided inside the housing. The spool rotates about an axis of rotation. The spool can move longitudinally along the axis of rotation between a first position and a second position. A ratcheting mechanism is provided between the trimmer head housing and the spool. When the spool is in its first position, the ratcheting mechanism enables the spool to continuously rotate about the axis of rotation in the direction opposite that in which the trimmer head assembly spins. The ratchet mechanism also prevents the spool from rotating within the housing in the same direction in which the trimmer head is spinning.
US09386734B2
An electronic device comprises a substrate (120), at least one electronic component (171, 172, 173) arranged on the substrate, and an encapsulation (140) covering the at least one electronic component (171, 172, 173). An electromagnetic protective layer (130) covers a surface (143) of the encapsulation (140) that faces away from the substrate (120), and the side faces (121, 141; 122, 142) directed transversely with respect to the surface (143). In particular, a thermal and/or electrical coupling (134, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166) couples the electromagnetic protective layer (130) thermally and/or electrically to a region (168) of the electronic device (111, 112) that is enclosed by the encapsulation. For production purposes, the device is singulated from a panel and the electromagnetic protective layer (130) is subsequently applied.
US09386726B2
A controller including a case provided with at least one opened surface, a cover opening and closing the at least one opened surface, and a circuit board provided within the case and provided with a heating unit. The cover includes a cover body and a heat radiation unit in which at least a portion of the inner surface of the cover body is concave toward the circuit board so as to be closely adhered to the heating unit for the purpose of heat radiation. Thereby, heat within the controller may be effectively radiated and the lifespan of electrical devices may be extended.
US09386723B2
A universal cable bracket that enables one or more cables to be secured to a telecommunications chassis accommodates cables of various sizes and styles. The cable bracket is configured to be mounted in one of multiple orientations relative to the chassis. One or more fasteners can be inserted through apertures in the bracket and a chassis mounting surface to secure the bracket into the desired orientation. Cables or fanout arrangements can be secured to a platform of the bracket via cable ties or other windings.
US09386720B2
A casing assembly includes a first casing and a second casing. The first casing includes a first lateral plate and a first engaging element. The first engaging element includes a first slab, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall are connected with the first lateral plate. Moreover, a dent is formed between the first lateral plate and the first engaging element. The second casing is combined with the first casing. The second casing includes a second lateral plate and a second engaging element. The second engaging element includes a second slab, a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall. The third sidewall and the fourth sidewall are connected with the second lateral plate. The second engaging element is accommodated within the dent and in contact with the first engaging element, so that the first casing and the second casing are combined together.
US09386713B1
Modular elements employing latches secured by linkages are disclosed. A modular element may include a chassis body in communication with a latch, control body, and control arm of the modular element. The modular element is removable from or secured to an enclosure using the latch. The latch may remain secured to the enclosure in a locked mode by being rotated to engage a control catch of a control arm of a linkage. By connecting the control arm to the control body with a rigid member connected to the control body with first and second rotary joints, the rigid member transforms a control body movement into a rotary motion of the control arm to disengage the control arm from the latch. In this manner, the modular element may be disengaged from the enclosure to facilitate upgrades or maintenance of electronic components supported by the chassis body.
US09386706B2
A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer; and a circuit pattern formed on the insulating layer. The circuit pattern includes a seed layer and a metal layer formed on the seed layer, and both sides of the seed layer are formed with an etched groove. Also, a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board includes: forming a seed layer on the insulating layer; forming a plating resist formed with an opening on the seed layer; forming a circuit pattern by performing plating processing on the opening; removing the plating resist; forming a passivation layer on the circuit pattern; performing dry etching on a remaining portion other than a side wall of the passivation layer; and performing wet etching the seed layer exposed on a surface by the dry etching.
US09386704B2
This is directed to several handheld device components to be placed in a handheld device, as well as methods or systems for mounting or retaining components within the device. In particular, this is directed to a rigid shield used in an SMT process and securing connected flex connectors by adhering the flexes together. This is also directed to using foam in combination with a hard material to create an acoustic seal, or several layers of foam to create an acoustic and mechanical seal. This is also directed to selectively folding a sheet of material placed around a battery cell.
US09386703B2
The electronic device is provided with a wiring board, a piezoelectric element (electronic component) which is mounted on an upper surface (front surface) of the wiring board so as to make its functional surface (major surface) face the upper surface, and a resin part which is adhered to a side surfaces of the piezoelectric element and to the wiring board and seals a facing space between the upper surface of the wiring board and the functional surface of the piezoelectric element. Further, the resin part is recessed in shape relative to the facing space.
US09386702B2
An electronic component embedded substrate and a method of manufacturing an electronic component embedded substrate, The substrate includes a first via passing through a part of an insulating portion of the substrate to an electrode of the electronic component, and a second via passing through a part of the insulating portion to the conductor pattern. The second via has a contact portion with a smaller cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of a contact portion of the first via.
US09386699B2
The present invention has an aspect to provide a mounted structure of which heat-resistant fatigue characteristic is improved. A mounted structure is provided with a substrate having a substrate electrode, an electronic component having a component electrode, and a bonding part bonding the substrate electrode and the component electrode, wherein the bonding part is constituted by a solder reinforcing part and a solder bonding part, the solder reinforcing part is a side vicinity part of the bonding part, and is constituted by In of 3 wt % or more and 8 wt % or less and Sn of 88 wt % or more, and the solder bonding part is constituted by a Sn—Bi system solder material and In of 0 wt % or more and less than 3 wt %.
US09386692B2
A power supply path structure is provided for a flexible circuit board and includes a first flexible circuit board that includes at least one first connection pad and a first opposite connection pad and a first power supply path connected between the first connection pad and the first opposite connection pad and a second flexible circuit board that includes at least one second connection pad and a second opposite connection pad and a second power supply path connected between the second connection pad and the second opposite connection pad. The first flexible circuit board is stacked, in a vertical direction, on the second flexible circuit board in such a way that the first power supply path and the second power supply path form a parallel-connected power supply path that serves as a power path or a grounding path for the first flexible circuit board.
US09386685B2
An interposer is provided that suppresses heat conduction more effectively between two heat sources when the interposer is placed between the heat sources.An interposer 24 comprises a body having a cavity 23 maintained in vacuum; insulating layers 22a and 22b formed respectively on upper and lower walls 20a and 20b of the body; and heat reflecting layers 21a and 21b formed respectively on the insulating layers 22a and 22b. The interposer 24 thermally insulates semiconductor devices 11a and 21a mounted respectively on upper and lower sides of the interposer 24.
US09386678B2
The plasma generator has the dielectric having the inner circumferential surface, and a pair of electrodes which are arranged separated from each other in the direction along the inner circumferential surface and are isolated from each other by the dielectric and which are capable of generating plasma on the inner circumferential surface by application of voltage. In the inner circumferential surface, at the positions between the pair of electrodes in a plan view, recessed portions causing electric field concentration are formed.
US09386677B1
An apparatus and method to concentrate a plasma from one or more plasma sources through at least one pathway. A first embodiment of the invention involves a method to concentrate a plasma for treating one or more articles with a selectively concentrated plasma generated from dissociating one or more gases, the method includes supplying one or more gases from a source to a first chamber; applying RF power to dissociate the one or more gases and create a plasma; withdrawing the dissociated one or more gases from the first chamber through at least one pathway; and supplying the dissociated one or more gases to a treatment chamber containing one or more articles, wherein the at least one pathway selectively concentrates the plasma in the at least one pathway by using a narrower pathway with a volume smaller than the treatment chamber to restrict the diffusion of the plasma to concentrate the plasma. A second embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus to concentrate a plasma to treat one or more articles.
US09386673B2
An ESD protection device providing highly reliable insulation and having good discharge characteristics is provided. An ESD protection device has opposing first and second discharge electrodes, an auxiliary discharge electrode (18) astride between the first and second discharge electrodes, and an insulating substrate (12) supporting the first and second discharge electrodes and the auxiliary discharge electrode (18). The auxiliary discharge electrode (18) is composed of an assembly of core-shell metal particles (24) that have a core portion (22) mainly composed of a first metal and a shell portion (23) mainly composed of a metal oxide that contains a second metal. The metal particles (24) are substantially completely covered with the shell portion (23) mainly composed of the metal oxide, and this improves the insulation reliability of the device against discharge. Preferably, the metal particles (24) have a bond with each other with a vitreous substance (27) therebetween.
US09386671B2
A method operates a gas-discharge lamp (16) in a transition from a “deactivated” state without an electric arc to a stable “light-generating” state. The method comprises steps of discharging a booster capacitor (C2) in an “acquisition” phase following an ignition-voltage impulse via a current path that conducts a current flowing through the gas-discharge lamp (16) and in which an inductor (L1) having at least one switch (S5) lies in series and cyclically discharging the booster capacitor (C2) by a repeated alternating closing and opening of the switch (S5).
US09386669B2
A mobile device that is configured for wireless communication may be configured to operate as a remote control device in a lighting control system, controlling one or more lighting control devices of the lighting control system. The remote control device may control the light intensity in a space, for instance at a location of the remote control device, in response to an ambient light intensity measured at the remote control device. The remote control device may define a user interface for receiving an input that indicates a desired light intensity at the location. The remote control device may measure the ambient light intensity at the location via a light detector, compare the measured ambient light intensity to the desired light intensity, and cause the one or more lighting control devices to adjust the ambient light intensity at the remote control device until it agrees with the desired light intensity.
US09386666B2
A load control device is able to receive radio-frequency (RF) signals from a Wi-Fi-enabled device, such as a smart phone, via a wireless local area network. The load control device comprises a controllably conductive device adapted to be coupled in series between an AC power source and an electrical load, a controller for rendering the controllably conductive device conductive and non-conductive, and a wireless communication module operable to receive Wi-Fi communications on a local area network. The controller controls the controllably conductive device to adjust the power delivered to the load in response to the wireless signals received from the wireless network. The load control device may further comprise an optical module operable to receive an optical signal, such that the controller may obtain programming instructions from the received optical signal to enable the wireless communication module to receive digital messages via the Wi-Fi communications on the local area network.
US09386665B2
A mechanism for control and configuration of a lighting system from a user interface. For instance, a wall module designed as a user interface for a tenant to control the system may be implemented so as to be used not only to control the lighting system but also to configure it. The lighting system may involve a controller, circuits of lights, relays, motion and ambient detectors, scenes, schedules, and more. An additional user interface such as a wall module may be connected to the lighting system for control and configuration of the system.
US09386664B2
A method (100) of controlling an outdoor lighting system, a computer program product, a controlling device for controlling an outdoor lighting system and an outdoor lighting system are provided. The outdoor lighting system comprises outdoor lamps which are distributed over spatial segments of an outdoor space. The emitted light intensity of the outdoor lamps is controllable per spatial segment, and references are used to refer to specific spatial segments. The method (100) comprises the steps of (i) receiving (102) from a detection system an indication of a sub-area of the outdoor space and receiving at least one activity property or the sub-area, the detection system being arranged for detecting activity in the sub-area, the sub-area being different from all the spatial segments, and the indication being used to refer to the sub-area, and the at least one activity property being related to a traffic density in the sub-area (ii) mapping (104) the at least one indication to at least one reference of a respective spatial segment, (iii) determining (106) a light intensity level for the respective at least one spatial segment in dependence on the received at least one activity property, (iv) providing (108) the at least one reference together with the respective determined light intensity to the outdoor lighting system.
US09386658B2
Disclosed is a smart signal generator for generating a signal representing a motion. The device includes a processing device associated with a motion sensor and a signal generator and a power source. The signal generator is a light source. When the motion sensor generates data indicating the smart signal generator is slowing down, the processing device activates the signal generator which generates a motion signal. One embodiment of a motion signal is a red light.
US09386657B2
Novel tricarbazole compounds are provided. By appropriately selecting the nature of the tricarbazole substituents, compounds with appropriate HOMO and LUMO energies can be obtained for use as materials in a secondary hole transport layer.
US09386655B2
A light sensor device comprises a substrate (10) having a well (12) defined in one surface. At least one light sensor (14) is formed at the base of the well (12), and an optical light guide (18) in the form of a transparent tunnel (18) within an opaque body (20) extends from a top surface of the device down a sloped side wall of the well (12) to the location of the light sensor (14).
US09386654B2
A lighting device includes an electrical circuit for energizing an LED light source. The electrical circuit is configured to: have a target relationship between two illuminating operational parameters of the LED, connect the LED to a power source, energize the LED with a voltage waveform to effect a current waveform, determine a magnitude of each of the two operational parameters, determine an operational relationship between the two operational parameters, compare the target relationship with the operational relationship, determine a difference between the target relationship and the operational relationship and respond to the difference by adjusting the voltage waveform such that it changes one or both operational parameters to bring the operational relationship towards the target relationship.
US09386653B2
A driving circuit for driving a light source having an adjustable color temperature is provided. The driving circuit includes a power converter, coupled between a power source and the light source and operable for receiving power from the power source and for providing a regulated power to the light source; and a color temperature controller, coupled to the power converter and operable for receiving a switch monitoring signal indicative of an operation of a power switch coupled between the power source and the power converter, and for adjusting the color temperature of the light source based on the switch monitoring signal.
US09386645B2
A circuit is described which allows an LED driver to be controlled by a control signal in such a manner that at a predetermined dimming level the output current goes to zero instead of continuing to indefinitely low dim levels, thus avoiding the possibility of flickering or shimmer at extremely low dim levels. An electronic circuit for driving an LED load with a conventional LED drive circuit has inputs connected to a power source and output terminals providing regulated output power including a load disconnect switch in series with the LED load which has a control node responsive to a control circuit; and a control input which commands varying levels of input power. The control circuit is configured to be responsive to the control input so that when the control input corresponds to a certain continuous level of dimming, the load disconnect switch is opened.
US09386643B2
According to one aspect of the disclosure, a lighting system comprises a remote control unit (4) and at least one lighting device (2a, 2b, 2c) comprising a light driver (13) and a light emitter (14). The remote control unit (4) comprises an image capturing unit (5) and is arranged to control the lighting device (2a, 2b, 2c). To do so, the remote control unit (4) receives information relating to current/present settings of the image capturing unit (5), then determines one or more properties of signals for visible light communications based on these settings. The one or more properties are then communicated to the at least one lighting device (2a, 2b, 2c). Upon reception thereof the light driver (13) generates a light emitting control signal based on the received properties and visible light communications based on the light emitting control signal is emitted by the light emitter (14). According to another aspect, a lighting device (2a, 2b, 2c) adapts emitted modulated light and adapts the modulation so as not to correspond to blind-spots of an image capture unit (5).
US09386641B2
Method, apparatus and system for efficient driving a lighting means. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a synchronous load for a lighting system, wherein the lighting system is fed by an AC supply that is potentially produced by a dimmer. The synchronous load is configured to load the AC supply only if the AC supply is found to be actually produced by a dimmer. In this case, the loading period comprises only the times when the AC supply voltage is lower than a given threshold and when current oscillation occurs.
US09386638B2
An autonomous emergency light unit for an aircraft has a power input for receiving power from an external power supply, a rechargeable power source, at least one LED for illuminating the emergency light unit, and a light unit control logic configured to operate the emergency light unit in a plurality of operating states as a response to external control information received and processed by the light unit control logic. The plurality of operating states includes a discharge and illumination state, with the rechargeable power source being discharged over the at least one LED in the discharge and illumination state. The light unit control logic is configured to operate the emergency light unit in the discharge and illumination state as a response to no power being provided at the power input.
US09386635B2
The disclosed induction heating cooking device includes a boiling-over detection portion which is adapted to reduce heating output from an inverter to a pre-set value if the amount of change of a capacitance detected by a capacitance detection portion from a reference value (Vo) is equal to or more than an output reduction threshold value (ΔV2), and further is adapted to stop heating, if the amount of change is equal to or more than an output stop threshold value (ΔV3). In this case, the output stop threshold value is provided for each of the plurality of the electrodes, which can absorb impedance variations in the plurality of the electrodes formed through pattern printing using conductive films, thereby uniformizing their sensitivity to boiling over in any directions.
US09386622B2
A call service method and an apparatus are provided. The call service method of an electronic device includes detecting a communication state change with a counterpart electronic device, checking a reason for the communication state change, and performing at least one of displaying communication state information based on the reason for the communication state change and recovering a call connection.
US09386617B2
Technology for setting up a Device to Device (D2D) communication channel between mobile wireless devices is disclosed. The technology includes identifying a first user equipment and a second user equipment located within a proximity; receiving network assisted proximity discovery information at one of the first UE and the second UE from an evolved packet core (EPC) operating on a third generation partnership practice (3GPP) wireless wide area network (WWAN); and setting up a device to device (D2D) communication between the first UE and the second UE based on the network assisted proximity discovery information received from the EPC.
US09386611B2
Methods and tangible computer-readable media for synchronizing a mobile device to a display via a communication network are disclosed. For example, a method receives an identification code from a display and sends a request to the communication network to establish a communication session between a mobile device and the display. The request comprises the identification code. Thereafter, the communication session is established via the communication network. Another method receives a request to establish a communication session between the mobile device and the display. The request comprises an identification code of the display that was received by the mobile device from the display. The method then establishes the communication session.
US09386610B2
Described herein are systems, methods and computer program products for controlling operation of wireless beacons, such as Bluetooth Low Energy beacons. Multiple beacons may be controlled centrally or may work together in a cooperative fashion such that signals can be exchanged between or repeated by beacons in order to allow for signals received at one beacon to reach another beacon without requiring further central interaction. Power settings of beacons may be altered to change power consumption or to change a detectable range of the beacons.
US09386599B2
The present invention is designed to provide a radio communication system, a radio base station apparatus and a radio communication method which can realize high transmission rate while reducing the calculation load involved in CoMP scheduling. The present invention provides a radio communication system including a plurality of radio base station apparatuses and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform coordinated multiple point transmission/reception with the plurality of radio base station apparatuses, and, in this radio communication system: the radio base station apparatus has: an operation section (420) that calculates the priority of a pattern to be a candidate for radio resource allocation, which is determined based on candidate cell information that is reported from the user terminal and that shows a candidate of a cell to perform coordinated multiple point transmission; and a scheduling section (421) that executes scheduling based on the priority calculated in the operation section; and the user terminal has: a reporting section that reports the candidate cell information to the radio base station apparatus.
US09386588B2
Provided are a base station apparatus and a communication method that can preclude the recognition mismatch in which the reference formats of different UL grants are recognized between a wireless communication terminal apparatus and the base station apparatus by using power headroom (PHR) calculation. For the PHR calculation of a PUSCH in a CC in which no UL grant is present, a UL grant, which was used for calculating the PHR in another CC having the same subframe number as the PUSCH, is used. For example, as to a subframe number=#1, the UL grant of CC #0 is used for calculating the PHR of CC #2 in which no UL grant is present.
US09386585B2
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating in a wireless network are provided. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided. The method includes inserting an indication of a scrambling sequence into a signal field of a first data unit. The signal field occurs before a service field in the first data unit. The method includes scrambling at least a portion of the first data unit based at least on the inserted indication of the scrambling sequence in the signal field of the first data unit. The method includes transmitting the first data unit. The signal field is transmitted at a first data rate and the service field is transmitted at a second data rate greater than the first data rate. The indication of the scrambling sequence comprises either a scrambler seed or one or more parameters indicative of the scrambling sequence.
US09386567B2
A symbol mapping method for repetition coding is disclosed. The symbol mapping method comprises performing repetition coding on codeword to output repeated codeword symbols, and mapping the repeated codeword symbols with subcarriers located in different localized resource blocks. According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to obtain maximum reliability in a receiving side by mapping codeword bits with subcarriers to reduce the number of bits having low reliability when a transmitting side uses repetition coding. Also, it is possible to improve decoding throughput and obtain channel diversity.
US09386566B2
A user equipment (UE) has established a first radio link with a serving network node and a second device-to-device (D2D) radio link directly with another user equipment (UE). In response to having D2D data to send to the other UE over the D2D radio link, the UE sends to the serving network node on the first link a request for radio resources for a layer 1 (L1) control channel; and in response to an assignment of D2D resources by the serving network node in reply to that request, the UE sends on the assigned D2D resources to the other UE the D2D data and the L1 control channel. In one example the request includes an indication of the UE's link adaptation for the L1 control channel such as format for a PDCCH or ePDCCH and/or aggregation level.
US09386563B1
A method and system is disclosed for coordinating codec consistency based on cross-carrier assignments. When a new voice call (or other communication session) is set up between access terminals in a wireless communication system, a network device, such a base station, can determine a respective maximum coding rate supported on carrier frequencies of both an originating access terminal and a terminating access terminal. The network device can then select a coding rate that best accommodates the respective maximum coding rates. Each access terminal may then be instructed to use the selected coding rate for the new call (or communication session). Either or both access terminals may also execute a frequency handoff to a carrier frequency that supports the selected coding rate, if necessary.
US09386550B2
Systems and methods are described synchronizing communications frames and their respective time slots for satellite communications architectures having multiple satellites in the same orbital slot in such a way that addresses inter-satellite inter-beam interference. In some embodiments, the first and second satellites communicate with a respective number of ground terminals (e.g., gateway and user terminals) according to first and second satellite time slots, respectively. The satellites maintain relative positions in their orbital slot to manifest a maximum path delay difference between first and second path delays, the first path delay being between the first ground terminals and the first satellite, and the second path delay being between the first ground terminals and the second satellite. A synchronization system can offset the first satellite time slots from the second satellite time slots as a function of the maximum path delay difference.
US09386543B2
This disclose sets forth methods and devices for calculation of uplink transmission power. An indication of a non-contiguous allocation of resource blocks for an uplink transmission is received. A first additional maximum power reduction (“A-MPR”) is determined based on a smallest contiguous allocation containing the non-contiguous allocation and an allocation correction factor. A second A-MPR is determined as a non-contiguous resource allocation A-MPR for the non-contiguous resource allocation. An uplink transmission power is calculated based on a lesser of the first A-MPR and the second A-MPR. The uplink transmission is performed based on the uplink transmission power.
US09386535B2
A method for an eNB to transmit a downlink signal to a User Equipment (UE) is disclosed. The method includes transmitting information about a data transmission power within an OFDM symbol in a data region of a downlink subframe to the UE. The information about the data transmission power is determined according to a specific condition and the specific condition includes at least one of presence/absence of a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) within the symbol and a modulation scheme or a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) of the symbol. The downlink subframe is a Non-Zero Power Almost Blank Subframe (NZP ABS) in which signals are transmitted at a lower transmission power than a transmission power of a normal subframe on downlink.
US09386532B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for executing an uplink channel power control in dual connectivity configuration when power is limited. An appropriate power controlling method may be determined based on a priority, and may be applied to a UE that has dual connectivity with a Master eNB (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB) in a network.
US09386530B2
There is provided a method of reducing transmission power. The method may comprise: receiving a network signal, if a carrier aggregation (CA) is configured and if the configured CA corresponds to an intra-band contiguous CA; applying an additional maximum power reduction (A-MPR) for a transmission, based on the network signal. If a configuration of the CA corresponds to a CA_1C and if the aggregated transmission bandwidth is the summation of 75 RBs and 75 RBs, a value of the A-MPR is specified for L_CRB>10. The L_CRB is a length of a contiguous resource block allocation.
US09386526B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure present methods and apparatus for selecting a power saving mode for a mobile station (MS) in a wireless network. The power saving mode may be selected based on the traffic that is observed at the MS in a predefined duration. Once low overall data traffic is observed, the device may enter a first low power state. If data traffic of a particular type (e.g., not for management or maintenance purposes) is not observed for a predetermined duration, the device may enter a second low power state (deeper than the first low power state).
US09386523B2
A power-saving data scheduling system includes a period decision module for selecting a cycle having a shortest delay time as a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle for each user from quality of service (QoS) requirements related to network services and channel conditions, and a start offset decision module for calculating the number of users in each of periods of the DRX cycle. In addition, a DRX-aware scheduling module is provided for extending the on period by increasing priority of the user and resetting an inactivity timer if a period required by the user's load is shorter than an off period. Optimal DRX parameters and DRX-aware scheduling are used to resolve the existing issues that the channel conditions, system load and QoS are not taken into consideration when the DRX parameters are determined. Moreover, a power-saving data scheduling method is also provided.
US09386513B2
A method for mobile radio suppliers to provide or share or jointly use a mobile radio access network is provided. Said method is characterized in that a single radio access network (9; 12), which is operated according to UMTS standard, cdma2000 standard, or GSM standard, for example, is jointly used by several mobile radio suppliers. In order to do so, the mobile radio networks comprise a common radio access network but separate core networks. Preferably several PLMN IDs are transmitted by the common radio access network and are made available to the user terminal for selection. The inventive method allows a joint radio access network to be made accessible to different mobile radio suppliers, a mobile radio user selecting one of several transmitted preferably PLMN IDs and using services (CS or PS) via the associated core network of the selected mobile radio operator.
US09386506B2
A method for providing connection type information in a network entity comprises: receiving, by the network entity, a connection request message including access mode information indicating at least one of an open access mode, a closed access mode, and a hybrid access mode, from a Home (e)NodeB having received a request from a terminal; determining, by the network entity, a connection type of the terminal based on the access mode information and the terminal's subscriber information; and transmitting, by the network entity, a connection accept message including information about the determined connection type, to the Home (e)NodeB, such that the Home (e) NodeB performs a radio resource control function with respect to the connection with the terminal.
US09386505B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving a physical cell identifier information element (IE) from an evolved node B (eNB). The physical cell identifier IE is associated with a secondary cell (SCell) that is on an unlicensed Long-Term Evolution (LTE) carrier frequency. The method also includes determining a physical-layer cell identity (PCI) of the SCell based on the physical cell identifier IE. The method further includes applying the PCI as a parameter for physical channels or signals on the SCell.
US09386504B2
An “on-demand” approach for a routing protocol for a wireless network that achieves balanced energy consumption among all participating nodes in the network. Synchronization messages transmitted by nodes associated with an upstream node include local node information (LNI) that a node can use to repair or bypass a lost upstream node in a real or virtual (temporary) manner depending upon the local node's battery level. Only if a repair process fails will a global re-organization (Re-Org) be initiated. The LNI also allows for nodes having lower power availability (battery level) not to transmit the LNI so that unaffiliated node(s) can select an upstream node having more power availability thereby extending network life.
US09386500B2
A method includes receiving, from a user device, a global cell identifier of a cell in the second communications network, wherein information for forming a Location Area Identification ‘LAI’ can be obtained from the global cell identifier, and a Routing Area Code ‘RAC’ for use in identifying a target gateway component operating within a location area represented by the Location Area Identification ‘LAI’ and associated with the neighbor base station component, generating a handover request message in the first communications network, for handing over to the neighbor base station component operating as the target base station component, the handover request message incorporating the Routing Area Code ‘RAC’ and the Location Area Identification ‘LAI’, and transmitting the handover request message to facilitate the handover to the second communications network.
US09386497B1
An application requirement is identified of a wireless device in communication with an access node using a first radio access technology, and a probability is determined that a communication session of the wireless device using the first radio access technology will be dropped based on a wireless device mobility and characteristics of a plurality of neighbor access nodes of the access node. A handover threshold is calculated based on the application requirement and the determined probability, and when a signal level of the first radio access technology received at the wireless device meets the handover threshold, the wireless device is instructed to change from communicating with the access node using the first radio access technology to communicating with the access node using the second radio access technology.
US09386489B2
Disclosed in the present application is a method for a terminal to perform a handover in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a random access triggering signal from a serving cell; executing a random access procedure with a target cell on the basis of the random access triggering signal; receiving a downlink signal from the serving cell and transmitting an uplink signal to the target cell; receiving, from the serving cell, a message ordering a handover to the target cell; and transmitting, to the target cell, a predetermined message indicating the completed handover, on the basis of the message ordering a handover.
US09386486B2
A 3GPP monitoring architecture framework provides monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting for machine-type and other mobile data applications using a machine type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) that communicates monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting messages through existing interfaces, such as Tsp, T4, and T5 interfaces.
US09386480B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling a mesh network node to switch from a base station role to a user equipment role relative to a second mesh network node, and vice versa. By switching roles in this manner, the mesh network node may be able to benefit from increased uplink or downlink speed in the new role. This role reversal technique is particularly useful when using wireless protocols such as LTE that are asymmetric and allow differing throughput on uplink and downlink connections. Methods for determining whether to perform role reversal are disclosed, and methods for using role reversal in mesh networks comprising greater than two nodes are also disclosed.
US09386467B2
The present invention has an object to provide a communication system capable of appropriately providing services while improving a data rate using carrier aggregation. In Step ST1408, of a cell1 and a cell2 of a base station A, RRC connection is established between the cell1 and a UE, and the cell1 becomes a primary cell (PCell). Then, in Step ST1418, the cell1 determines to configure the cell2 as a secondary cell (SCell) to be aggregated with the own cell. Then, the cell1 notifies the UE of the above in Step ST1419. Upon this notification, the operation of restricting access to the cell2 from the UE is stopped by an MME, and thereafter, communication between the UE and the cell2 is started in Step ST1422.
US09386462B2
A method of planning communication network infrastructure includes calculating a potential capacity of a plurality of vehicular relay nodes in an area, wherein the plurality of vehicular relay nodes relay data between a plurality of portable devices and at least one base station. The method also includes calculating a potential data demand in the area for transferring data between the plurality of portable devices and the at least one base station. The method further includes determining whether the number of base stations serving the area is sufficient by utilizing the potential capacity of the plurality of vehicular relay nodes in the area and the potential data demand in the area.
US09386459B2
Spectrum asset class determination is dynamically assessed so that a radio device may use a more preferred one of licensed spectrum or unlicensed spectrum for the specific wireless communications application of the radio device. Licensed spectrum, in addition to unlicensed spectrum, may be made available to preferred radio devices by validating that the radio system has an equipment ID and a secondary ID that authorizes the use of the licensed spectrum by the radio system.
US09386456B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting an expanding request in a wireless communication system is provided. A first cell transmits an expanding request, which includes a cell off state indication which indicates the first cell is going to be turned off, and a cell off timer, to a second cell, receives an expanding request acknowledge as a response to the expanding request from the second cell, and turns off power. Alternatively, a method and apparatus for transmitting a shrinking request in a wireless communication system is provided. The first cell transmits a shrinking request, which includes a cell on state indication which indicates the first cell is going to be turned on, and a cell on timer, to a second cell, receives a shrinking request acknowledge as a response to the shrinking request from the second cell, and turns on power.
US09386452B2
An access control method and apparatus for a user equipment relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes sending a first message to a CSG server; receiving a second message that is sent by the CSG server and includes access control information of a user equipment; and performing access control on the user equipment according to the access control information of the user equipment.
US09386451B2
Plural modes of operation, each associated with a class attribute, may be established on a mobile device. The present application discloses a method of handling an application launch request, a computing device for carrying out the method and a computer readable medium for adapting a processor to carry out the method. The method includes receiving a launch request identifying an application that is to be launched, acquiring an identity for the application, acquiring a class for the application, labeling the application with the identity and the class and launching the application.
US09386443B2
A method of recording activity at a wireless device is provided. The method includes receiving a record command, determining a user activity at the wireless device, and determining available memory at the wireless device. The method further includes recording the user activity to create a device recording at least partially based on the user activity and the available memory.
US09386438B2
A deterrent device is disclosed. At the deterrent device, a first wireless communications link is established with a mobile computing device. The deterrent device is not the mobile computing device and the mobile computing device is not included in the deterrent device. At the deterrent device, a user indication to initiate a deterrent is received. An image capture device component of the deterrent device is activated to capture at least one image in response to the user indication to initiate the deterrent. At least the image is transferred, via the first wireless communications link, from the deterrent device to the mobile computing device. The mobile computing device establishes a connection via a second communication link to at least an emergency contact and at least transmits the image and user information to the emergency contact via the second communication link. In response to the user indication to initiate the deterrent, a releasing of the deterrent from the deterrent device is initiated.
US09386436B2
An example method includes receiving at a cell broadcast center information for distribution to at least one user equipment. The cell broadcast center determines an alert category and a message number for the alert category. The alert category is based on the information for distribution. The alert category is associated with one or more corresponding alert categories of a plurality of technology networks with which the cell broadcast center is configured to interact. The message number for the alert category is based on a number of alert messages previously forwarded for the alert category. An alert message is forwarded from the cell broadcast center to the at least one user equipment via one or more of the plurality of technology networks. The alert message includes the message number for the alert category and an alert category indicator indicating a respective corresponding alert category of the one or more corresponding alert categories that corresponds with the alert category.
US09386427B1
A wireless device management environment may include various systems, methods and computer-readable media for managing communications based on a determination of communication events. The communication events correspond to the anticipated unavailability for a wireless device to exchange information via a wireless communication network. Wireless devices collect wireless device information and user event information that can include performance metrics, location information, user interaction information and/or additional information. A data processing component, on the wireless device and/or on a network-based communication management system, processes the wireless device information and user event information to determine communication events. Based on a determination of a communication event, the wireless device can exchange information with the communication management system, which can include the transmission of a set of data to the wireless device, in advance of the anticipated wireless device communication unavailability.
US09386424B2
A method for supporting proxy mobile internet protocol (PMIP) in a local mobility anchor (LMA) is described. The method includes receiving a request for multicast information corresponding to a request for multicast services from at least one of a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) which require multicast services associated with a multicast group. The method also includes transmitting, to a mobile access gateway (MAG) via an aggregated multicast tunnel, multicast information for distribution to at least one of the plurality of WTRUs in the multicast group. The multicast information comprises an IP address corresponding to the multicast group.
US09386422B1
A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor includes code to cause the processor to receive from a wireless access point (WAP) device frequency-domain data associated with signals received at the WAP device from a wireless device during a time period. The code includes code to determine multiple frequency-domain magnitudes associated with the frequency-domain data for the time period to define a spectral magnitude signature associated with the frequency-domain data. Each frequency-domain magnitude from the multiple frequency-domain magnitudes is uniquely associated with a frequency bin from multiple mutually-exclusive frequency bins associated with the frequency domain data. The code also includes code to identify a spectral response deviation associated with the spectral magnitude signature and send a location identifier associated with a location of the wireless device based on the spectral response deviation.
US09386416B1
A computer-implemented method, including detecting, by a first client device, a presence of a mobile customer in a particular geographic location, with detecting being through a direct device communication between the first client device and a second client device that is associated with the mobile customer; in response to the mobile customer presence detection, updating a local registry of the first client device with a customer identifier of the mobile customer; and retrieving, from a server device, customer information about the mobile customer; generating, based on contents of the local registry, a list of customers who are presently located in the particular geographic location; and rendering on a display device of the first client device at least one of the list of customers or the retrieved customer information.
US09386415B2
Systems, apparatus and methods in a mobile device for creating and/or using a geofence are presented. When creating a geofence, a mobile device collects at least one RF fingerprint. Each RF fingerprint includes transmitter information from a plurality of transmitters. The transmitter information includes information identifying the transmitter (e.g., location or MAC address of the transmitter) referred to here as absolute information. The transmitter information may also include information indication a relative position of the mobile device with respect to the transmitter (e.g., RTT or RSSI) referred to here as relative information. The RF fingerprints are used to define a geofence. Granularity may further be used to define a geofence. A first mobile device creates the geofence and sends it to a second mobile device, which looks for the geofence. When using the geofence, a second mobile device may trigger an application when a breach of the geofence is detected.
US09386411B2
A radio access system includes a controlling apparatus that when the terminal apparatuses to which delivery data is to be delivered are concentrated in a particular area, groups the terminal apparatuses as a terminal apparatus group, selects a representative server terminal apparatus from the terminal apparatuses, creates data map information indicating a delivery rule for delivering the delivery data from the representative server terminal apparatus to another terminal apparatus, adds information for identification of the representative server terminal apparatus to the data map information, transmits the group information and the data map information to the terminal apparatuses, and instructs a delivery data server to deliver the delivery data to the representative server terminal apparatus; and a terminal apparatus that obtains the delivery data by communicating, in accordance with the received data map information, with the another terminal apparatus within the terminal apparatus group included in the received group information.
US09386403B2
The process according to various aspects can be executed by a terminal for selecting an application executable at least in part by a secure module incorporated into the terminal, and may include a step for obtaining location information of the terminal, from a memory of the secure module, and a selection step of an application from the obtained location information.
US09386401B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods that sense, communicate and process one or more of a user's physiologic parameters, such as during a time when the user is in proximity with an object of interest. Objects may be products, locations and other people. One embodiment of the present invention enables users, designers, manufacturers, marketers and sellers to secure valuable information about how an object is (or many object are) perceived and used by a user (or many users). Various embodiments of the present invention may be used in conjunction with smart objects (e.g., Internet-connected objects) and dumb objects (e.g., objects having no Internet or other network connection).
US09386400B2
A detector, positioned at a first geographic location, receives a message from a mobile device that is sent without a request from the detector and via a short-range communications protocol, such as Bluetooth® or other WPAN. The detector parses the message to obtain data associated with the mobile device, such as extracting a media access control (MAC) address, a device type, or other information from the message. The detector may further identify an attribute, such as a signal power loss or frequency, associated with the received message. A second geographic location, associated with the mobile device, may be determined based on the attribute. The detector may also identify an associated user based on the data associated with the mobile device. The local device may receive data identifying, for example, the user, the second geographic location, or preference data related to user.
US09386385B2
A testing method or apparatus utilizes filter banks to measure time varying or dynamic harmonic distortion or intermodulation distortion from a device. With a stairstep or arbitrary signal and filter banks, Nth order harmonic and or intermodulation distortion is measured via the filter banks at different offsets provided by an arbitrary low frequency signal. An amplifier with crossover distortion will show increased harmonic and or intermodulation distortion near the zero crossing while providing less distortion in other portions of the transfer curve of the amplifier. One or more distortion signals from the device (e.g., audio device) may be measured for a phase and or frequency modulation effect.
US09386380B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package includes a MEMS device and an integrated circuit (IC) device connected by a through silicon via (TSV). A conductive MEMS structure is arranged in a dielectric layer and includes a membrane region extending across a first volume arranged in the dielectric layer. A first substrate is bonded to a second substrate through the dielectric layer, where the MEMS device includes the second substrate. The TSV extends through the second substrate to electrically couple the MEMS device to the IC device. A third substrate is bonded to the second substrate to define a second volume between the second substrate and the third substrate, where the IC device includes the first or third substrate. A method for manufacturing the MEMS package is also provided.
US09386377B2
An magnetic assembly and an electro-acoustic transducer using the same are disclosed. The magnetic assembly includes a lower plate, a main magnet positioned on a central portion of the lower plate, an auxiliary magnet positioned on a periphery portion of the lower plate, surrounding the main magnet with space, and having an inner surface facing the main magnet and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, and a first pole plate. The first pole plate includes a base body attached on the auxiliary magnet, and a magnetic conduction member connected with the base body and overlapping the outer surface of the auxiliary magnet for forming a loop of magnetic flux together with the base body and the lower plate as well as the auxiliary magnet.
US09386373B2
A system and method for estimating a reverberation time is provided. The method includes estimating at least one room response of an audio capture environment with an acoustic echo canceller and generating an estimate of the reverberation time of the audio capture environment based on the at least one room response from the acoustic echo canceller.
US09386358B2
Summaries of video programs can be automatically created by identifying and compiling repeated portions of the program content. In many programs (such as broadcasts of sporting events), the most interesting portions of the event are often repeated more than once during the course of the program. By automatically identifying the replayed portions of the video presentation, then, a highlight summary of a television broadcast can be automatically created. Repeated imagery can be automatically identified by comparing metric values representing the contents of video frames. This technique can be implemented within a set top box or other television receiver that is operated by a viewer, thereby providing a high level of flexibility and convenience.
US09386357B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for displaying information relating to a portion of a multimedia presentation. A progress bar is provided and displayed. A length of the progress bar is representative of a duration of the multimedia presentation. A user selects a first and a second point in the multimedia presentation, thereby defining a portion of the presentation. Depending on the selection, one or more communications (e.g., comments, online postings, etc.) may be identified. Each of these communications may have been composed in relation to at least a point of the multimedia presentation that is within the defined portion. Information depending on those identified communications may then be displayed to the user.
US09386355B2
A live performance is monitored by analyzing an input data stream comprising real-time updates related to the live performance. Different sets of excitement levels, excitement curves, alerts and teasers are generated based on the analysis and reported to a plurality of subscribers using any of a variety of mobile communication and/or computing devices.
US09386352B1
Methods and apparatus relating to determining and using a normalized in progress program indicator that can be used for resuming content playback are described. In some embodiments the normalized in progress program indicator, also referred to as a normalized in progress program time, indicates a portion, e.g., fraction, of a program which has been viewed. The normalized in progress time is generated by determining an in progress program point after excluding the time of advertisements that may have been included in a content stream with the program. A user may begin watching a program on one device and resume playback of a different version of the same program on another playback device with the normalization process allowing for the playback starting point to be easily determined whether the same or a different version, with a different duration, of the program is played back.
US09386336B2
An automatic playback overshoot correction system predicts the position in the program material where the user expects to be when the user stops the fast forward progression of the program material. The system determines the position where the program material was stopped and transitions to the new mode that the user selected, starting at the stopped position with an overshoot correction factor subtracted from it. The system uses a prediction method to correctly place the user within the program upon transition out of fast forward mode and determines if the speed of the fast forward mode and then automatically subtracts a time multiple to the frame where the transition was detected and positions the user at the correct frame. The time multiple is fine tuned if the user is consistently correcting after the fast forward mode stops.
US09386331B2
Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for optimizing video clarity. According to various embodiments, a plurality of requests from client devices to access a media content item for playback at the client devices may be received at a server. Each of the client devices may have associated therewith device characteristic information that describes one or more characteristics of the client device. A device characteristic that describes a portion of the client devices may be identified. The portion of the client devices may meet a threshold value for creating a media content encoding item. A media content source item corresponding to the requested media content item may be transcoded to create a media content encoding item. The media content encoding item may be encoded to match the identified device characteristic.
US09386325B2
An image decoding apparatus in which a size of at least one transformation unit in a coding unit is determined independently from a size of at least one prediction unit in the coding unit.
US09386323B2
Methods and apparatuses for decoding and encoding video are provided. A method of decoding video includes obtaining bit strings corresponding to current transformation coefficient level information by arithmetic decoding a bitstream based on a context model; determining a current binarization parameter by updating or maintaining a previous binarization parameter based on a comparison of a threshold and a size of a previous transformation coefficient; obtaining the current transformation coefficient level information by performing de-binarization of the bit strings using the determined current binarization parameter; and generating a size of a current transformation coefficient using the current transformation coefficient level information, wherein the current binarization parameter has a value equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
US09386322B2
A scalable video encoding method of performing encoding by predicting an upper-layer signal having a relatively high spatial resolution by means of interpolation using an immediately-lower-layer signal having a relatively low spatial resolution. The method computes a first weighting coefficient for each image area of a predetermined unit size in a search for estimating a motion between an encoding target image area in an upper layer and a reference image area, where the first weighting coefficient is computed based on a brightness variation between an image area, which belongs to an immediately-lower layer and has the same spatial position as the encoding target image area, and the reference image area; and performs a motion estimation using a signal which is obtained by correcting a decoded signal of the reference image area by the first weighting coefficient and functions as an estimated signal in the motion estimation, so as to compute a motion vector. Then the method computes a second weighting coefficient based on a brightness variation between a reference image area indicated by the motion vector and the image area which belongs to the immediately-lower layer and has the same spatial position as the encoding target image area; and determines a signal, which is obtained by correcting a decoded signal of the reference image area by using the second weighting coefficient, to be a compensated signal in motion compensation, which functions as a predicted signal of the encoding target image area.
US09386312B2
An encoding method comprises obtaining a target number of motion information predictors to be used for an image portion to encode and generating a set of motion information predictors using the obtained target number. The set is generated by: obtaining a first set of motion information predictors each associated with an image portion having a predetermined spatial and/or temporal relationship with the image portion being encoded; modifying the first set of motion information predictors by removing duplicate motion information predictors to obtain a reduced set of motion information predictors containing a first number of motion information predictors, each motion information predictor of the reduced set being different from any other motion information predictor of the reduced set; comparing the first number of motion information predictors to the target number obtained, and if the first number is lower than the target number, obtaining an additional motion information predictor and adding it to the reduced set of motion information predictors.
US09386309B2
A system is provided for determining a collocated reference picture to enable encoding and decoding of a current picture for high efficiency video coding (HEVC). The collocated picture is identified by accessing syntax that can include an index for a list0 and a list1, a reference picture set number indicating the number of pictures in list0 and list1, and a flag indicating if the collocated picture is in list0 or list1. The system can further use slice type to determine if both list0 and list1 should be accessed.
US09386308B2
Techniques are provided for optimizing quality in adaptive streaming, where information is obtained relating to encoding bitrates and content quality scores for content segments of a content stream. The content segments of the content stream are provided by a content server and downloaded by a computing device. For each content segment, an encoding bitrate is determined for downloading the content segment from the content server, where determining the encoding bitrate for a current content segment is based upon an estimated current network bandwidth, constraints of a buffer into which downloaded content segments are stored, and also upon quality scores associated with content segments within a selected horizon extending from the current content segment to a future content segment in the content stream at an endpoint of the horizon. Each content segment with the determined bitrate for the content segment is downloaded from the content server.
US09386299B2
A method including providing a device that projects a pattern of coherent radiation. The method further includes capturing a reference image of the pattern using an image sensor by projecting the pattern of the coherent radiation onto a reference surface and engendering a relative motion between the reference surface and the image sensor while capturing the reference image. The method also includes storing the reference image in a memory associated with the device.
US09386295B2
A digital receiver that processes 3D video data having a receiving unit for receiving a first broadcast signal, including a first 3D service and first signaling data for the first 3D service, via a first channel, and a second broadcast signal, including a second 3D service related to the first 3D service and second signaling data for the second 3D service, via a second channel. The digital receiver further having a demultiplexer for demultiplexing 3D service data and signaling data from the first broadcast signal and second broadcast signal, respectively, a control unit for acquiring information on the channel for receiving the second broadcast signal on the basis of the demultiplexed first signaling data, a decoder for decoding each datum of the 3D service data, and a formatter for formatting each datum of the decoded 3D service data in accordance with an output format of the display screen.
US09386291B2
In order to obtain an optimum depth enhancement effect for three-dimensional (3D) images, a depth information extractor configured to compute depth information from an input video signal, a 2D/3D converter configured to convert, when the input video signal is a two-dimensional (2D) video signal, the 2D video signal to a first video signal which is a 3D video signal based on the depth information, a correction factor calculator configured to compute a correction factor based on the depth information, a selector configured to select either the input video signal or the first video signal and output the selected signal, and a contour enhancement processor configured to perform an enhancement process on the output of the selector based on the correction factor and output the enhanced signal as an output video signal are provided.
US09386289B2
An apparatus and methods for estimating a chromaticity of illumination from raw image data. In an embodiment, one or more image chromaticity weight is determined based on a distance between the raw image data in a sensor chromaticity space and a nearest point within a locus of sensor illumination chromaticities. In a further embodiment, one or more image chromaticity weight is determined based on a disparity among normalized color channel values. In certain embodiments, image chromaticity estimates are utilized to determine a white point estimate for the raw image data. In embodiments, an electronic device including a camera estimates the chromaticity value of raw image data captured by the camera as part of an AWB pipeline. The electronic device may further determine, for example as part of the AWB pipeline, a white point estimate based, at least in part, on the raw image data chromaticity value estimate(s).
US09386287B2
An image processor includes: a reduction (resizing) processor 102 that reduces an original image obtained from a single-sensor color imaging device to an image conforming to a display size of a display monitor; and a rearranged color array display data generation processor 103 that generates one or more types of color array images conforming to a color pixel array of the display monitor, based on the reduced image. With this configuration, one or more types of display reduced-size image having color information of the original image are generated. Thus, a small-size image for display generated from a large-size original image output from an imaging device can be displayed at high speed with a minimum frame delay.
US09386286B2
A pixel array display system including an illumination source of discrete emitters with uniform emitting areas, a separate collimator in front of each emitter, and a condenser in front of said collimators which focuses collimated light from the emitters onto the pixel array. The pixel array display system does not include a light homogenizing optical element such as a light pipe. Each emitter is focused onto at least 75 percent of the pixels. A portion of the emitters which provide collimated light cones proximate to a modulated light optical cone from the pixel array may be provided reduced power in a high contrast operating mode.
US09386285B2
An imaging element having a plurality of pixel cells which is arranged in a row direction and a column direction which is perpendicular to the row direction in a lattice, in which two adjacent pixel cells which include photoelectric convening units which detect the same color light form a pair and the pairs are periodically arranged, in each of pixel cell rows in which pixel cells are arranged in the row direction, the micro lenses are arranged such that the micro lenses in odd-numbered pixel cell rows is off-centered in the row direction from the micro lenses in even-numbered pixel cell rows by a half of an arrangement pitch of the micro lenses, and each micro lens which is provided in at least one of the odd-numbered row and the even-numbered row is disposed over two photoelectric converting units which detect different color light.
US09386284B2
An actuating device is provided for a device for monitoring the vehicle surroundings, which actuating device is functionally connected to the device for monitoring the vehicle surroundings. A calibration of the device for monitoring the vehicle surroundings is able to be initiated by means of the actuating device, the initiation of the calibration being correlated with a weather parameter detected by the actuating device.
US09386268B2
Generally this disclosure describes a video communication system that replaces actual live images of the participating users with animated avatars. A method may include selecting an avatar; initiating communication; detecting a user input; identifying the user input; identifying an animation command based on the user input; generating avatar parameters; and transmitting at least one of the animation command and the avatar parameters.
US09386259B2
A projection display apparatus includes an image projecting unit projecting an image, an operation unit as an operation device whose output value changes depending on the amount of operation, a correction amount setting unit changing a keystone correction amount in accordance with an output value of the operation unit, and a keystone correcting unit performing keystone correction on an image to be projected in accordance with the keystone correction amount. A zero reference position in which the keystone correction amount is zero is set in an operation range of the operation unit. The correction amount setting unit sets a dead zone in the operation range such that the dead zone includes the zero reference position and an area surrounding this position, and sets the keystone correction amount to zero in accordance with the output value corresponding to the inside of the dead zone.
US09386247B2
An aspect of one present embodiment, there is provided a solid state image processer, including a sample-and-hold circuit sampling an output signal of the CCD to hold the output signal of the CCD as voltage, a pre-buffer receiving an output signal of the sample-and-hold circuit, a selection circuit receiving the output signal of the pre-buffer as a first input signal and the output signal of the CCD as a second input signal to select the first input signal or the second input signal as an output signal of the selection circuit according to an instruction of a selection signal, and a main buffer receiving the output signal of the selection circuit.
US09386241B2
The present invention is directed to an apparatus, method and software product for enhancing the dynamic range of a CCD sensor without substantially increasing the noise. Initially, the area of a N×M pixel CCD sensor array is subdivided into two regions, a large region having (M−a) pixels in each column for outputting large-amplitude signals with low noise and a smaller region having a pixels in each column for outputting small-amplitude signals with improved dynamic range. At integration time, the CCD is read out one region's rows at a time into the horizontal shift registers by shifting the pixel charges in either a or M−a vertical shifts. The charges in the horizontal shift registers are then shifted out of the horizontal shift registers in N horizontal shifts. Next, the remaining pixels in the region of the CCD are read out into the horizontal shift registers by shifting the pixel charges in the other of a or M−a vertical shifts. Those charges are then shifted out of the horizontal shift registers in N horizontal shifts. In a spectrographic application, the data from the two regions is read out in the form of a large-amplitude channel from the larger region's rows and a small-amplitude channel from the smaller region's rows.
US09386240B1
An image sensor, readout circuitry for an image sensor, and a method of operating readout circuitry are disclosed. Readout circuitry includes an analog-to-digital-converter (“ADC”) including input stage circuitry with a first selectable input and a second selectable input. The ADC is coupled to sequentially receive a first reset signal, a second reset signal, a high gain image signal, and a low gain image signal, in that order. The input stage circuitry is configured to select the first selectable input when receiving the first reset signal and the low gain image signal and select the second selectable input when receiving the second reset signal and the high gain image signal.
US09386231B2
A state monitoring apparatus in a vehicle monitors the state of a driver using a face image of the driver. The state monitoring apparatus emits light from a light projecting part toward a predetermined area and receives, via an imaging unit, light reflected by the face that is assumed to be positioned in the predetermined area. A control circuit in the state monitoring apparatus adjusts a gradation value of the face image by changing length of an exposure period in which an imaging element of the imaging unit is set to an exposure state. Further, the control circuit controls light emission of the projecting part so that light emission brightness at the time of start of the exposure period becomes higher as the exposure period of the imaging element is shortened.
US09386222B2
Aspects relate to an array camera exhibiting little or no parallax artifacts in captured images. For example, the planes of the central mirror surfaces of the array camera can be located at a midpoint along, and orthogonally to, a line between the corresponding camera location and the virtual camera location. Accordingly, the cones of all of the cameras in the array appear as if coming from the virtual camera location after folding by the mirrors. Each sensor in the array “sees” a portion of the image scene using a corresponding facet of the central mirror prism, and accordingly each individual sensor/mirror pair represents only a sub-aperture of the total array camera. The complete array camera has a synthetic aperture generated based on the sum of all individual aperture rays.
US09386219B2
An imaging apparatus is capable of preventing unintended shooting setting when a through-image is displayed at a zoom position different from a field angle for reach shooting. The imaging apparatus includes a recording control unit configured to record a zoom position taken before a start of a function for temporarily changing the zoom position as a first position, a zoom control unit configured to perform control to move the zoom position from the first position to a second position when the function is started, and from the second position to the first position when the function is ended, and a control unit configured to perform control, when the zoom position is at the second position by the function, not to make any changes according to an instruction for changing specific shooting setting.
US09386217B2
An image capturing apparatus having an image sensor including focus detection pixels capable of outputting a pair of image signals for focus detection determines whether each line of the pixels of the image sensor is an addition/non-addition line that outputs the image signal suitable/unsuitable for detection of a correlation amount, obtains the correlation amount for each addition line based on the pair of image signals, add the obtained correlation amount of the addition line, counts the number of addition lines, obtains a defocus amount based on the added correlation amount, and drives a focus lens based on the defocus amount when a product of an evaluation value representing reliability of the defocus amount and a predetermined standard number of additions is smaller than the product of the number of addition lines and a standard evaluation value representing a predetermined evaluation value.
US09386210B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging optical system configured to form an optical image of an object, a first imaging sensor device, a second imaging sensor device having an integration degree smaller than that of the first imaging sensor, and a controller configured to execute a first imaging mode in which the first imaging sensor device is used for image pickup of the object while the first imaging sensor device is located at an image plane of the imaging optical system, and a second imaging mode in which the second imaging sensor device is used for image pickup of the object while the second imaging sensor device is located at the image plane of the imaging optical system.
US09386205B2
An optical apparatus includes a heat sink radiating the image sensor, a cooling fan unit configured to cool the heat sink, and a first lens barrel including a hollow portion configured to guide light to the image sensor. The first lens barrel holds the cooling fan unit and house the holder unit movably in the hollow portion in an optical axis direction of the image pickup optical system. The holder unit includes a first inlet and a first outlet. The first lens barrel includes a second inlet for taking in external air and a second outlet for exhausting the external air taken in through the second inlet. The first inlet is connected to the second inlet and the first outlet is connected to the second outlet when the holder unit is positioned in the hollow portion of the first lens barrel.
US09386201B2
The present disclosure relates to a camera device and an electronic device. The camera device comprises a rigid circuit board, an image sensor, and a heat dissipation member. The rigid circuit board comprises an extension portion extending laterally and a plurality of electrical contact pads. The extension portion comprises a board edge. The plurality of electrical contact pads are provided on the board edge. The image sensor comprises an image capture chip. The image capture chip may be directly fixed on the rigid circuit board, a heat dissipation space is left at a position which is below the rigid circuit board and corresponds to the image sensor when the board edge of the rigid circuit board is mated to a board edge connector of laterally connected type provided at one side of a main circuit board. The heat dissipation member may be provided in the heat dissipation space.
US09386195B2
An electronic apparatus capable of reducing assembly man-hours to reduce fabrication costs and capable of improving appearance design thereof. An upper cover of the electronic apparatus has a first abutment portion abutted with a second abutment portion of a right cover. Engagement portions are formed on an inner face of the upper cover, and latch portions are disposed between adjacent ones of the engagement portions and provided to project toward the right cover beyond the first abutment portion. The right cover has engaged portions disposed along the second abutment portion and provided to project toward the upper cover beyond the second abutment portion, and latched portions are disposed between adjacent ones of the engaged portions. The engaged portions of the right cover are engaged with the engagement portions of the upper cover, and the latched portions of the right cover are latched to the latch portions of the upper cover.
US09386188B2
A print execution unit may convey a sheet in a second direction intersecting with a first direction, in a state in which the sheet is deformed into a corrugated shape along the first direction. A print control apparatus may generate corrected image data from input image data by performing a correction process using correction data, and supply the corrected image data to the print execution unit. The correction process may be performed such that a density of first-type printed partial images printed in first-type areas on a sheet is different from a density of second-type printed partial images printed in second-type areas on an assumption that the input image data represents an image having constant tone values and the sheet is conveyed in a flat state without deformation. The first-type areas and the second-type areas extend along the second direction and are alternately arranged along the first direction.
US09386181B2
A method for detecting proximity of two communicating devices is disclosed. Proximity may be determined by measuring deviation from standardized signal timing specifications. An embodiment uses inter-frame space parameters specified by the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol to do proximity detection, and presents a solution that may prevent or mitigate relay attacks. The method offers the advantage that the use of an existent frame timing protocol eliminates the need for specific hardware or firmware modifications.
US09386178B2
An electronic device includes a plurality of blocks, a plurality of movable members, a plurality of operation detecting circuits, a plurality of state determining circuits, an electric power control circuit, and a control circuit. The movable members are located in the respective plurality of blocks and operated when the states of the plurality of block are changed. The control circuit that has an electric power mode: causing the electric power control circuit to supply the electric power to the plurality of operation detecting circuits and to cut off the supply of the electric power to the respective state determining circuits; and causing the electric power control circuit to supply the electric power to the state determining circuit corresponding to the movable member where the operation is detected in addition to the plurality of operation detecting circuits when an operation to the movable member is detected by the operation detecting circuit.
US09386165B2
A method performed by an end user device associated with a service plan having a limit on usage of a network service, the method comprising storing one or more notification actions corresponding to one or more notification requests; performing a device action that reflects a past or intended use of the network service; receiving one of the one or more notification requests from a network element in response to the device action; performing one of the one or more notification actions in response to the notification request, the notification action causing the end user device to retrieve at least a portion of a notification message associated with a status of the use, the at least a portion of the notification message being separate from the one of the one or more notification requests; and presenting the notification message on a user interface of the end user device.
US09386164B2
Methods and apparatuses to receive a request from a mobile application identifying a callee and a communication reference, assign a call-in reference to the request, temporarily associate the communication reference and the call-in reference for a period of time, receive a call from a mobile device having the communication reference, authenticate the received call based on the association of the communication reference and the call-in reference, and connect the call to a callee after the call is authenticated. The assigned call-in reference may be randomly selected from a plurality of call-in references of a connection server, in response to the request that is generated when a call button in the mobile application is activated for a connection to the callee.
US09386162B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for reducing audio noise are disclosed. One or more sound components such as noise and network tone can be detected based on power spectrum obtained from a time-domain signal. Results of such detection can be used to make decisions in determination of an adjustment spectrum that can be applied to the power spectrum. The adjusted spectrum can be transformed back into a time-domain signal that substantially removes undesirable noise(s) and/or accounts for known sound components such as the network tone.
US09386161B2
Devices and methods are described that utilize call idle time. In some cases, a device includes an antenna, a baseband modem connected to the antenna, including a radio frequency interface, a power subsystem, an audio, video, or text player, and a controller connected to the baseband modem, to the power subsystem and to the audio, video, or text player for programmatically operating the cell phone in an idle mode and in a normal mode, whereby in normal mode the cell phone sends and receives voice communications via the baseband modem, and in idle mode the cell phone presents pre-designated content via the audio, video, or text player. In some cases methods are described that detect that a phone conversation has been silenced or that a phone call has not been answered, and activate an idle mode in which pre-designated content is presented, and then, when the call is no longer silenced or the phone call is answered, activate a normal mode in which voice communications are enabled.
US09386160B2
A user with a terminal residing in a Circuit Switched (CS) telecommunication network calls a party having a terminal residing at a Packet Switched (PS) telecommunication network, the CS and PS networks connected to each other by gateway entity. The party to be called at the PS network is addressed by means of a Session Initiation Protocol Universal Resource Identifier (SIP-URI). The call setup is performed in a two step process. In a first step, the terminal sends a the SIP-URI in a message together with the address of this terminal to a network entity which stores said message. In a second step, the terminal calls the network entity, wherein the network entity selects the stored SIP-URI and resolves the SIP-URI into an address of the terminal at the PS network and instructs the gateway entity to connect the calling terminal to the terminal.
US09386139B2
An approach is provided for accessing services, applications, and content using an emotion-based user interface. Descriptors corresponding to an emotion of the user are presented to the user for selection. Selection of one of the descriptors initiates presentation of options (e.g., actions for accessing service, applications, or content available to a user device) associated with the descriptor.
US09386121B2
A method is described for providing a wireless ambient service to a mobile end-user device operating on a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). An ambient service has a primary policy that allows a user to directly access primary ambient content, but not other content, through the service. When the user accesses primary content, however, that content can include user-selectable references to content outside of the primary policy. A secondary policy then allows the user, by selecting such a reference, to access content outside of the primary policy.
US09386116B2
In one embodiment, a method of serving media includes receiving user profiles from a layer3 node in an access network, and receiving a request to serve media content to a user equipment. The user profiles include information relating to user account and/or network characteristics of the user equipment. The method further includes using an user equipment information from the user profiles, assigning a first media server from a hierarchical set of media servers to serve the user equipment if the media content to be served is cacheable. The hierarchical set of media servers include a plurality of first type of media servers deployed in a plurality of layer2 (L2) access networks. The user equipment is coupled to a content delivery network through a layer2 access network of the plurality of layer2 access networks.
US09386105B2
Techniques for dynamic domain-based isolation are described. An apparatus may comprise a domain name component operative to receive a domain name request for a uniform resource locator, the domain name component operative to resolve the domain name request 105 on a wildcard entry in a domain name table, a receiving component operative to receive a request for a web application at the uniform resource locator, the uniform resource locator having been dynamically assigned to the web application, and an application identification component operative to determine which hosted web application of a plurality of hosted web applications corresponds to the requested web application on the basis of the uniform resource locator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09386102B2
A gateway apparatus for allowing a plurality of apparatuses on a first network to co-operate with each other includes: a message monitoring unit which monitors messages communicated on the first network, and detects an apparatus discovery message for discovering an apparatus that satisfies an arbitrary requirement; an activation state managing unit which checks whether at least one target apparatus among the apparatuses that satisfies the requirement indicated by the apparatus discovery message is in an activated state for communication on the first network; a predicted activation time determining unit which determines a predicted activation time predicted as required to activate the at least one target apparatus; and a proxy response unit which transmits, in proxy of the at least one target apparatus, a response message including information indicating the predicted activation time when the at least one target apparatus is not in an activated state.
US09386091B2
A system and method for communication and messaging among self-adapting peer nodes is disclosed, where each node maintains a list of authorized peer nodes. The nodes exchange requests directly with other nodes over networks, providing information identifying the requesting node and the type of request. The receiving node authenticates the requesting node, authenticates the type of request, and determines method of response to the request. If the request is authenticated and the type of request is valid, the receiving node also validates the incoming request and originating node and adapts its peer node database, applying any required changes. The types of requests exchanged between nodes include: status and location change, message, audio, voice, video, text, and data. The types of responses include: authorized, unauthorized, or ignore. The nodes may periodically send and receive requests for status, messages, and data updates from an optional central server.
US09386086B2
In one embodiment, a method is described. The method includes: monitoring workloads of a plurality of application classes, each of the application classes describing services provided by one or more applications in a multi-tiered system and comprising a plurality of instantiated execution resources; estimating, for each of the application classes, a number of execution resources able to handle the monitored workloads, to simultaneously maintain a multi-tiered system response time below a determined value and minimize a cost per execution resource; and dynamically adjusting the plurality of instantiated execution resources for each of the application classes based on the estimated number of execution resources.
US09386077B2
A device receives load information associated with one or more mobile gateways or server devices provided in cloud networks, and receives functionality information associated with the one or more mobile gateways or server devices provided in the cloud networks. The device also receives, from a user equipment, a request for a resource provided in one or more of the cloud networks, and selects one of the cloud networks to serve the request based on the load information and the functionality information. The device provides, to the user equipment, an indication of the selected cloud network, where the user equipment connects to the selected cloud network and receives the resource.
US09386070B2
A delay system which has a communications device connected to a communications network and a relay device which is connected between the communications network ad an external device. The relay device is configured to divide data received from the external device into a plurality of data fragments each containing divided data, and send a sequence of messages, the messages corresponding to the respective divided data and dummy messages being included in the sequence of messages according to a communications rule. The communications device is configured to reconstitute the data from the external device on the basis of the message group from the relay device according to the communications rule.
US09386066B2
Describe is a video stream mixer (60) for generating a mixed encoded video stream from an encoded primary video stream associated with a primary window, and at least one encoded secondary video stream, each associated with a corresponding secondary window that is smaller than the primary window. The mixer includes the following elements: A video stream splitter (20) configured to split the encoded primary video stream into an encoded unmixed sub-stream associated with a sub-window in the primary window and not involved in mixing, and an encoded complementary sub-stream associated with a sub-window complementary to the other sub-window in the primary window and involved in mixing; A video stream decoder (22) configured to decode the complementary sub-stream and each secondary video stream; A video signal mixer (24) configured to mix the decoded complementary sub-stream with each decoded secondary video stream to form a mixed video signal; A video encoder (26) configured to encode the mixed video signal into an encoded mixed sub-stream; A video stream combiner (28) configured to combine the encoded unmixed sub-stream with the encoded mixed sub-stream.
US09386063B2
Content intended for delivery to one or more consuming users may be recorded by a content distribution system. The recording or archival of the content may allow users to retrieve the content at a later time without providing specific instructions to record the content. Storage of the content may include retrieving programming information describing the content and storing the information in association with the content. In one or more arrangements, descriptive data for content may be generated based on user feedback. Additionally or alternatively, content storage may include fragmentation of the content into a number of segments or segments of a specified size. Content may further be paused and resumed between multiple devices, taking into account the capabilities and compatibilities of the devices and a network through which the content is to be delivered.
US09386062B2
The systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments enable elastic response times to file requests by a server. In this manner, the server may account for unpredictable delay in object/segment availability and reduce the frequency that error messages (e.g., 404 error messages) are returned in response to file requests when file unavailability is temporary and due to network delays.
US09386061B2
An electronic device is connected to a network, and includes a storage unit, the storage unit stores a speed of data transmission required by the electronic device when the electronic device is displaying a video from the network. A method for managing network bandwidth distribution of an electronic device includes the following steps. Detecting a speed of data transmission the network provided to the video displayed by the electronic device. Comparing the detected speed with the stored speed. If the detected speed is greater than the stored speed, decreasing a network bandwidth provided to the video. If the detected speed is less than the stored speed, controlling the running application of the electronic device which occupies the network bandwidth to stop running.
US09386056B1
A method for providing on demand streaming media to a user device, the method includes: receiving, at a streaming device, a request to stream a certain media stream to a user device; wherein the streaming device is coupled to multiple user devices over a network and is adapted to concurrently transmit multiple media streams to the multiple user devices; obtaining media stream fragments that belong to the certain media stream by the streaming device and from multiple distribution devices; wherein the streaming device and the multiple distribution devices form a high bandwidth media distribution peer to peer network; wherein the streaming device is prevented from uploading media stream fragments to any distribution device; and streaming to the user device the certain media stream.
US09386051B2
There are provided an information sharing system, a common terminal and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an information sharing program. An information sharing system includes: a common terminal; and one or more personal terminals each configured to transmit an object to the common terminal and perform a remote operation on an object displayed on a common screen. The common terminal includes a receiving section configured to receive an object transmitted from one of the personal terminals, a display section including the common screen and being configured to display the object on the common screen, and a control section configured to determine, upon receiving an instruction to perform a remote operation on an object displayed on the common screen, whether the instruction satisfies a predetermined condition or not, and prohibit performing the remote operation in response to a determination that the instruction does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
US09386050B2
A method and apparatus for choosing mobile telephones within a security social network is provided herein. Choosing mobile telephones may take place on a server side or a mobile telephone side. Even though mobile telephones lie within a particular area of interest, no image will be obtained/provided from the mobile telephone when a predetermined condition is met. This will greatly reduce an amount of images provided by mobile telephones along with reducing the possibility of an unwanted image being obtained.
US09386048B2
There are provided a computer-implemented connectivity manager and a method of managing connectivity between resources in a computer network using the connectivity manager. The method comprises: generating a connectivity specification of a given application, said specification comprising one or more connections generated in accordance with received by the connectivity manager user's definition of network resources and connections therebetween required to the given application, each connection characterized by one or more source resources, one or more destination resources and services therebetween; recognizing, by the connectivity manager, all access-control devices among the plurality of access-control devices, which are involved in controlling all connections comprised in said connectivity specification; identifying, by the connectivity manager, in each of the recognized access-control devices, access-control rules engaged in control of connections comprised in said connectivity specification; and mapping, by the connectivity manager, said connections comprised in said connectivity specification to the identified engaged access-control rules.
US09386047B2
A method for sending a connection establishment request is provided, comprising: sending a parameter requesting message to a configuration server from an OpenFlow switch for obtaining connection parameters of an OpenFlow controller; receiving by the OpenFlow switch an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a set of OpenFlow controller connection parameters sent from the configuration server, the set of connection parameters comprising at least connection parameters of a first OpenFlow controller; sending a connection establishment request message to the first OpenFlow controller from the OpenFlow switch according to the IP address and the connection parameter of the first OpenFlow controller. An OpenFlow switch, a configuration server and a system for sending a connection establishment request are also provided. With the solutions provided in embodiments of the disclosure, the automatic connection establishment between the OpenFlow switch and the OpenFlow controller can be realized.
US09386046B2
A system and method are disclosed for improving a statistical message classifier. A message may be tested with a machine classifier, wherein the machine classifier is capable of making a classification on the message. In the event the message is classifiable by the machine classifier, the statistical message classifier is updated according to the reliable classification made by the machine classifier. The message may also be tested with a first classifier. In the event that the message is not classifiable by the first classifier, it is tested with a second classifier, wherein the second classifier is capable of making a second classification. In the event that the message is classifiable by the second classifier, the statistical message classifier is updated according to the second classification.
US09386035B2
Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks for security are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes identifying, in a wireless network, a communication from a user equipment that matches a security event profile, transmitting, from the wireless network, an instruction to enable the user equipment to be communicatively coupled to a virtual private mobile network, the virtual private mobile network being provisioned for security within the wireless network, and enabling the user equipment to transmit a second communication through the virtual private mobile network securely isolated from other portions of the wireless network.
US09386034B2
A method of protecting a computing system or device against a malicious threat such as malware comprises generating a behavioral model configured to describe one or more interactions associated with a protected data accessible by way of a computing device. The method also comprises determining an attempt to access the protected is abnormal based, at least in part, on a comparison between the attempt to access the protected data and the behavioral model. The method further comprises determining the abnormal attempt to access the protected data is a malicious process based, at least in part, on a determined degree of variation from the behavioral model. The method additionally comprises causing, by a processor, the malicious process to be remediated with respect to the computing device.
US09386032B2
Techniques are described for detecting restricted content associated with retrieved content. A method and system includes receiving a client request for content, where the request includes an outbound network request from the client with a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) containing a domain name, saving contextual information from the request, examining the request for compliance with a management policy, retrieving a content item responsive to the request, and analyzing the contextual information from the request and the content item to detect whether the content item includes restricted content from a list of restrictions in the management policy. A scanning facility may thus utilize the contextual information from the client request to aid in the detection of restricted content associated with retrieved content.
US09386020B2
A system for automatically updating personal consumer and business contact information is disclosed. A server located “in the cloud” automatically controls a database of contact data elements, some of which have preferred privacy protocol. These protocols may restrict some data elements from being shared unless a data-owner's explicit permission is obtained. When the server receives a request for such a restricted data element, the server issues an email or text message in order to obtain the necessary permissions. If permission is granted, the server then supplies the requested data.
US09386016B2
An authentication device receives each authentication context including an output information block, an input information block, and an authenticator block. The output information block includes a process result and process result identification information. The input information block includes a process result and process result identification information. The authentication device verifies each authenticator block. The authentication device searches for the output information block having the same value of process result identification information as the value of process result identification information in the input information block from other authentication contexts based on process result identification information in the input information block included in each authentication context. The authentication device verifies whether or not the process result in the input information block is equal to the process result in the searched output information block, and authenticates that all the authentication contexts have validity when all the verification results are valid.
US09386012B2
Internet user passwords are securely managed. A formation component can enable a user to create a master account on a web server, the master account comprising a master username and password. An access component can enable the user to access a plurality of password protected websites from a web browser or non-browser software application resident on the user's computing device when the user logs into the master account by entering the valid master username and password. A selection component can log the user into a website of the plurality of password protected websites when the user selects a hyperlink associated with the website, selects a linked image associated with the website, or selects the website from a pulldown list contained in a toolbar of a web browser. A display component can open a web browser or tab associated with the website.
US09386009B1
Providing secure access to a mobile or other device using a network-assisted PIN or other short password is disclosed. In various embodiments, upon entry by a user of a personal identification number (PIN) or other short password, the password and a unique identifier, such as a user and/or device identifier, and/or other data, are sent to a remote server. The remote server returns to the mobile or other device a cryptographic key and/or other data, such as a more secure (e.g., more characters and/or including characters drawn from a larger set of characters) password usable at the mobile device to access encrypted data.
US09385992B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network element including one or more of the following: receiving, in a network element in the telecommunications network, a first plurality of packets transmitted from a P2P client to a P2P central entity, the first plurality of packets relating to a request for peer location information; performing deep packet inspection (DPI) to extract a key from the request for peer location information, the key identifying a P2P content item; querying a key storage module using the key to determine whether the key corresponds to a P2P content item for which transfers are to be prevented; and preventing subsequent transfers of the P2P content item between the P2P client and one or more peers that maintain the P2P content item.
