US09403910B2
The disclosure provides, among other aspects, neutralizing antibodies and portions thereof that bind to ActRIIB and uses for same.
US09403900B2
Provided herein are antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that immunospecifically bind to the fusion (F) protein of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). Also provided are methods for of prevention, treatment and diagnosis of viral infection and/or the treatment of one more symptoms of RSV-mediated disease. Methods of generating antibodies that immunospecifically bind RSV F protein also are provided.
US09403883B2
An object of the present invention is to create a novel engineered Protein A ligand having better antibody dissociation properties in the presence of an acid than conventional engineered Protein A ligands and a further object of the present invention is to create a novel engineered Protein A ligand having higher alkali resistance. The present invention is to provide a protein having an affinity for an immunoglobulin, including an amino acid sequence derived from any of E, D, A, B and C domains of Protein A, wherein at least one Gly residue in the amino acid sequence is replaced with an amino acid other than Ala, and the protein has a lower affinity for an Fab region of an immunoglobulin than a protein including an amino acid sequence in which the Gly residue is replaced with Ala. Also, the present invention is to provide the protein having an affinity for an immunoglobulin, which has improved chemical stability in an alkaline condition compared to the corresponding domain.
US09403879B2
Provided herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel consensus amino acid sequence of HBV core protein, as well as genetic constructs/vectors and vaccines that express said protein sequences. Also provided herein are methods for generating an immune response against HBV using the nucleic acid sequences that are provided.
US09403876B2
A composition which is reversible inhibitor of at least one neuron-specific PDZ domain comprising wherein R is a molecular transporter with or without a linker amino acid; R1 is at least about one amino acid covalently bound; and, R2 is isoleucine, leucine, alanine, phenylalanine, or valine, and methods of use.
US09403870B2
The invention is directed to methods for extracting phosvitin from egg yolk involving contacting the egg yolk or egg yolk protein granules with a solution having a salt concentration of about 10% to form a mixture; optionally, heating the mixture; adjusting the pH of the mixture to separate phosvitin from other proteins; recovering the phosvitin. The phosvitin extract may be dephosphorylated and hydrolyzed to produce phosvitin phosphopeptides.
US09403868B2
The invention relates to crystalline tripeptide keto epoxide compounds, methods of their preparation, and related pharmaceutical compositions.
US09403867B2
The present invention relates to particulate forms of anamorelin monohydrochloride or a composition comprising anamorelin monohydrochloride having controlled chloride content, preferably isolated in an amorphous and/or fine particulate state, processes for making the particulate forms, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the particulate forms.
US09403866B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for increasing telomerase activity in cells. Such compositions include pharmaceutical formulations. The methods and compositions are useful for treating diseases subject to treatment by an increase in telomerase activity in cells or tissue of a patient. They are also useful for enhancing replicative capacity of cells in culture, as in ex vivo cell therapy and for enhancing proliferation of stem and progenitor cells.
US09403862B2
Provided are methods for the efficient stereoselective formation of glycosidic bonds, without recourse to prosthetic or directing groups.
US09403843B2
The invention provides for novel cysteine protease inhibitors and compositions comprising novel cysteine protease derivatives. The invention further provides for methods for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases comprising administration novel cysteine protease inhibitors or compositions comprising novel cysteine protease inhibitors. In some embodiments, the cysteine protease inhibitors are calpain inhibitors.
US09403841B2
The present invention relates to novel chemical compounds, to methods for synthesis of such compounds, and to the use of these novel compounds in the synthesis of other chemical compounds that, inter alia, may be used in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, and for eliciting enhancing effects on sexual behavior. The invention also relates to remarkable biological properties of the novel compounds in their capacity of inducing aggressive behavior.
US09403835B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as M1 receptor positive allosteric modulators for the treatment of diseases mediated by the muscarinic M1 mediator.
US09403830B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A1, A2, L1 and B are as defined herein. The compounds of formula (I) are useful as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase (LTA4H) and treating LTA4H related disorders. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I), methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, and processes for preparing these compounds.
US09403828B2
Purine scaffold Hsp90 inhibitors are useful in therapeutic applications and as radioimaging ligands.
US09403827B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): (I) as described herein, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds, uses and methods of use for such compounds in the treatment of a disorder or a disease mediated by the activity of as MDM2 and/or MDM4, and combinations comprising such compounds.
US09403821B2
A method for making the compound is set forth utilizing the starting material
US09403820B2
Polymorphs of chemical compounds that modulate kinase activity, including PI3K activity, and chemical compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3K activity, are described herein.
US09403818B2
This invention provides novel 4-oxoquinolizine compounds and their uses for a series of broad-spectrum antibiotics having no cross-resistance to existing or emerging classes of antibiotics. In addition the novel 4-oxoquinolizine compounds are useful against CDC Category A and B pathogens The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising certain 4-oxoquinolizines in combination with subinhibitory concentrations of polymyxin B against clinical isolates which are resistant to quinolones, carbapenems and other antimicrobial agents.
US09403807B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of the Formula I as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that are useful for treating aldosterone-mediated diseases. The invention furthermore relates to processes for preparing compounds of the Formula I, to their use for the therapy and prophylaxis of the abovementioned diseases and for preparing pharmaceuticals for this purpose, and to pharmaceutical compositions which comprise compounds of the Formula I.
US09403803B2
This invention is directed to a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and X are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I are useful as receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitors and can be used to treat such diseases as cancer, blood vessel proliferative disorders, fibrotic disorders, mesangial cell proliferative disorders and metabolic diseases.
US09403801B2
The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof useful in preventing, treating or lessening the severity of a protein kinase-mediated disease. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated disease.
US09403798B2
There is provided a novel triazinone compound that has an excellent T-type voltage-dependent calcium channel inhibitory activity and is specifically useful for treatment of pain. A compound of Formula (I), a tautomer of the compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof: where each substituent is defined in detail in the description or claims, for example R1 is H or C1-6 alkoxy, etc., each of L1 and L2 is independently a single bond or NR2, etc., L3 is C1-6 alkylene, etc., A is C6-14 aryl or 5 to 10-membered heteroaryl which is optionally substituted, etc., B is C3-11 cycloalkylene, etc., D is C6-14 aryl or 5 to 10-membered heteroaryl which is optionally substituted, etc.
US09403792B2
Described herein are compounds that activate pyruvate kinase, for use in a method for increasing lifetime of the red blood cells, for regulating 2,3-diphosphoglycerate levels in blood and for treating sickle cell anemia.
US09403789B2
Benzofuran-containing amino acid compounds are provided that are potent inhibitors of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. The compounds have the general structure where at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6 is —S(O)n—(CH2)0-3-(benzofuranyl), —(CH2)1-5—N(R)(—SO2-benzofuranyl), —C(O)n—(CH2)0-3-(benzofuranyl), —(CH2)1-5—N(R)(C(═O)-(benzofuranyl), or C1-C6 alkylene-(benzofuranyl). Pharmaceutical compositions containing the inhibitors are provided and these compositions can act as boosters to improve the pharmacokinetics, enhance the bioavailability, and enhance the therapeutic effect of drugs that undergo in vivo degradation by cytochrome P450 enzymes.
US09403787B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for suppressing the corrosion of a reactor and reducing waste in the production of 2-furaldehyde from a sugar raw material containing a hexose as a constituent component, and another object of the invention is to provide an industrially advantageous method for producing 2-furaldehyde, which suppresses a decrease in the activity of a catalyst in a case of using an acid catalyst and provides a higher yield. The present invention relates to a method for producing 2-furaldehyde comprising heating a sugar raw material containing a hexose as a constituent component in an aprotic polar solvent in the presence of a solid acid catalyst.
US09403785B2
The present invention provides a non-solvated amorphous form of (2α,5β,7β,10β,13α)-4-acetoxy-13-({(2R,3S)-3[ (tert-butoxy carbonyl) amino]-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoyl}oxy)-1-hydroxy-7,10-dimethoxy-9-oxo-5,20-epoxytax-11-en-2-yl benzoate or Cabazitaxel (I), and process for preparation thereof. The present application also provides a non-solvated amorphous form of (2α,5β,7β,10β,13α)-4-acetoxy-13-({(2R,3S)-3[ (tert-butoxy carbonyl) amino]-2-hydroxy-3-phenylpropanoyl}oxy)-1-hydroxy-7,10-dimethoxy-9-oxo-5,20-epoxytax-11-en-2-yl benzoate or Cabazitaxel (I) having an XRPD pattern as per FIG. 1, and IR spectrum as per FIG. 3 and is useful as an active pharmaceutical in a pharmaceutical composition comprising thereof and has anti-cancer activity.
US09403773B2
The present invention provides a quinolone compound represented by General Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R3 represents a phenyl group optionally being substituted with one or more substituents, etc.; R4 represents a halogen atom; R5 represents a hydrogen atom or halogen atom; R6 represents a hydrogen atom; and R7 represents a hydroxyl group, etc. The quinolone compound have a functional improvement effect, which suppresses progression of neurological dysfunction by inhibiting the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protecting dopamine neurons from the disease etiology, thereby prolonging the period before first administration begins.
US09403760B2
Disclosed are compounds of the general formula I and II (as further defined herein) are useful in the production of inhibitors of sphingolipid synthesis the production of sphingolipids. Suitable sphingolipids, include, but not limited to, sphingosine and compounds incorporating sphingosine or that may use sphingosine as an intermediate or a starting material in their synthesis (including, but not limited to, sphingosine-1-P, ceramide, gangliosides and sphingomyelin). In one contemplated use, compounds of the general formula I and II are useful in the production of sphingosine. In another contemplated use, compounds of the general formula I and II are useful in the production of a sphingofugin. Methods of manufacturing each of the above compounds are also provided.
US09403758B2
Antibacterial compounds of formula (I) are provided: as well as stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of treating bacterial infections by the administration of such compounds; and processes for the preparation of such compounds.
US09403734B2
A method and integrated reactor system are provided for producing one or more organic acids, organic acid degradation compounds, and combinations thereof, from various types of biomass, including sludge from a pulp and paper mill.
US09403728B2
A flame-retardant batch, and the use thereof, primarily contains—at least 30% by weight of a coarse-grain olivine raw material with a forsterite content of, e.g. at least 70% by weight and having grain sizes of, e.g. 100% by weight over 0.1 mm, —at least 35% by weight in magnesia in meal form with grain sizes of, e.g. 100% by weight.
US09403726B2
A process for the preparation of a ceramic or glass ceramic shaped article using stereolithography and using a slip based on a radically polymerizable binder, polymerization initiator and filler, which comprises (A) at least one acidic monomer of general formula I (B) photoinitiator, and (C) ceramic and/or glass ceramic particles.
US09403724B2
A ceramic material for radome is illustrated comprising: —about 80-95% (% wt) of Si3N4; about 5-15% (wt %) of magnesium aluminosilicates including 2.5-12.5% (wt %) of SiO2, 0.5-3% (wt %) of MgO and 2-6% (wt %) of Al2O3; and having a density not lower than 2.5 g/cm3 and a dielectric constant not exceeding 6.5. A process for producing a radome is also illustrated.
US09403718B2
Disclosed is a process for calcining active blending material involving feeding material outside of a kiln head and the blending material obtained. The process comprises feeding material from outside of kiln head of rotary kiln into inside of kiln hood and to grate cooler, wherein the material is coal gangue, shale, clay, peat, mud and the like which can form active cement component through low temperature calcining, and calcining the material at low temperature. Disclosed also is a cement production apparatus for carrying out the process provided, comprising feeder nose(s) provided on the kiln hood and/or grate cooler for feeding the material.
US09403712B2
Provided herein are conductive glass-metal compositions, as well as methods of making and using such compositions. In one example, the compositions include gold (Au) doped lithium-borate glasses shown to exhibit a transition from ionic to electronic conduction within the same sample. This is achieved via appropriate heat treatment, and particularly by heat treatment after annealing, wherein the post-annealing heat treatment is performed at temperatures below the glass transition temperature (Tg). The methods described herein are believed to introducing polarons formed from the trapping of electrons at partially ionized gold atoms. This unique electrical response provides new functionality to this class of nanocomposites. Additionally, increased thermal conductivity can be provided to an otherwise low conductive glass composition using the inventive methods and other subject matter provided herein.
US09403711B2
A cover window manufacturing apparatus includes a plurality of fixed plates, a plurality of moving plates, a plurality of molds and a driver. The plurality of fixed plates is layered and spaced apart at a distance from each other. The plurality of moving plates is layered, spaced apart at a distance from each other and respectively disposed under the plurality of fixed plates. A plurality of connection members integrally connects the plurality of moving plates with each other. The plurality of molds is respectively provided on the plurality of moving plates, and inner spaces for molding the cover window are respectively defined in the plurality of molds. The driver is coupled to one of the plurality of moving plates, and is configured to move the plurality of moving plates towards the plurality of fixed plates such that the plurality of molds are pressed to the plurality of fixed plates.
US09403704B2
There is provided a water treatment method using a water treatment flocculant that suffers from minimal secondary contamination with flocculation residues and contains an alkaline solution of a phenolic resin. A water treatment method involving the addition of a flocculant to water to be treated and subsequent membrane separation treatment. The flocculant contains an alkaline solution of a phenolic resin having a melting point in the range of 130° C. to 220° C. The water treatment flocculant is produced by a resole-type second-order reaction in the presence of an alkaline catalyst in which an aldehyde is added to an alkali solution of a novolak phenolic resin. The novolak phenolic resin is produced by a reaction between a phenol and an aldehyde in the presence of an acid catalyst.
US09403703B2
Cationic polymers and methods for using the same are provided. The method can include contacting an aqueous medium with a cationic polymer. The cationic polymer can include a polymer formed by reacting an aldehyde, and optionally an aldehyde-reactive compound, in the presence of a sufficient amount of guanidine to provide the polymer with a net cationic charge.
US09403701B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for anion exchange membranes and processes for their manufacture. The anion exchange membranes described herein are made the polymerization product of at least one functional monomer comprising a tertiary amine which is reacted with a quaternizing agent in the polymerization process.
US09403692B2
Treatment of wastewater containing contaminants is provided. More specifically, treating wastewater through capture and recirculation of percolated fluid effluent through and from one or more infiltration field systems is provided.
US09403679B2
A hydrogen generator that includes a solid fuel mixture, a liquid reactant, a liquid delivery medium (LDM), a movable boundary interface (MBI), a reaction zone, wherein the MBI provides constant contact between a reacting surface of the solid fuel mixture and the liquid reactant delivered by the LDM to form the reaction zone, and a product separation media, fluidly coupled to the reaction zone by a fluid junction, that degasses a product. The hydrogen generator may further include auxiliary LDMs disposed throughout the hydrogen generator, wherein said auxiliary LDMs may be operated based on a ratio of the liquid reactant flow rate to the hydrogen generation rate.
US09403676B2
The semiconductor component, in particular for use as a component that is sensitive to mechanical stresses in a micro-electromechanical semiconductor component, for example a pressure or acceleration sensor, is provided with a semiconductor substrate (1,5), in the upper face of which an active region (78a,200) made of a material of a first conductivity type is introduced by ion implantation. A semiconducting channel region having a defined length (L) and width (B) is designed within the active region (78a, 200). In the active region (78a,200), each of the ends of the channel region located in the longitudinal extension is followed by a contacting region (79, 80) made of a semiconductor material of a second conductivity type. The channel region is covered by an ion implantation masking material (81), which comprises transverse edges defining the length (L) of the channel region and longitudinal edges defining the width (B) of the channel region and which comprises an edge recess (201,202) at each of the opposing transverse edges aligned with the longitudinal extension ends of the channel region, the contacting regions (79,80) that adjoin the channel region extending all the way into said edge recess.
US09403674B2
A method for packaging a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device with an integrated circuit die using through mold vias (TMVs) is provided. According to the method, a MEMS substrate having a MEMS device is provided. A cap substrate is secured to a top surface of the MEMS substrate. The cap substrate includes a recess corresponding to the MEMS device in a bottom surface of the cap substrate. An integrated circuit die is secured to a top surface of the cap substrate over the recess. A housing covering the MEMS substrate, the cap substrate, and the integrated circuit die is formed. A through mold via (TMV) electrically coupled with the integrated circuit die and extending between a top surface of the housing and the integrated circuit die is formed. The structure resulting from application of the method is also provided.
US09403666B2
A rack-serving unit for storing boxes having an open box bottom, including a load pick-up device and at least one substantially horizontally telescopic article transport gripper including at least one rest for the articles for gripping under an article, is provided with a single telescopic gripper pin serving as article transport gripper and having a rest for the articles for gripping under the article in a just unstable position and at least one telescopic flank and/or a telescopic hold-down device for setting a stable transport position of the gripped article. In an order-picking warehouse equipped with said rack-serving unit having storing boxes with bottoms which are open in the center thereof, the telescopic gripper pin includes a rest for the articles of a width which is transverse to the telescoping direction for supporting the article in a just unstable position on the rest for the articles and the box bottom opening being just slightly broader than the width.
US09403664B2
The present invention provides techniques relating to an operating device exhibiting superior dust resistance and water resistance, and more particularly to an operating device exhibiting few design restrictions and a small assembly operation load, and to a moving apparatus including the operating device. In an operating device having, in a casing, a detection unit for detecting input relating to an instruction to operate a driving device that drives movement of an object, a plurality of the detection units are arranged over a partial or entire range of a circumference of the casing in accordance with movement directions of the object.
US09403654B2
A stacker on which a sheet that has entered with a direction intersecting a vertical direction as an approach direction in a state where a recording surface faces upward in the vertical direction is loaded in a state where the recording surface faces downward in the vertical direction, includes: an elastic plate capable of applying a pushing force to the sheet from a non-recording surface that is the rear surface of the recording surface; and a medium loading section on which the cut sheet can be loaded.
US09403651B2
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a sheet feeding cassette, an image forming section, a delivery member, a conveying member, a lift plate, a driving section, a first switching section, a second switching section, and a driving control section. The conveying member is disposed in the reverse conveying path. The lift plate is enabled to change a position thereof between a sheet feeding position and a retracting position. The first switching section transmits the driving force to the delivery member and the conveying member. The second switching section transmits the driving force to the lift plate. The driving control section controls the first switching section, with the lift plate being placed in the sheet feeding position, to rotate the delivery member, and when the sheet is conveyed through the reverse conveying path, moves the lift plate from the sheet feeding position to the retracting position.
US09403647B2
A gripping-and-holding device for gripping and holding containers has a support body, pivotable spring-loaded gripper arms on the support body, three securing elements, two of which are on the gripper arms, and a traction spring that exerts a force towards a center defined between its first and second spring ends. The first two securing elements secure the traction spring. Meanwhile, a first end of the third securing element engages the traction spring outside its spring ends. Its second end is arranged on the support body.
US09403645B2
An alignment transfer section (30) transfers measurement containers (60) that align along an alignment rail (32). A step (66) of each measurement container (60) that is formed by a body and a neck comes in contact with an upper side (32a) of the alignment rail (32). The alignment rail (32) is disposed to slope downward toward the end thereof. The alignment transfer section (30) includes an upthrust plate (34) that comes in contact with the bottom of the measurement containers (60) supported by the alignment rail (32), and transfers the measurement containers (60) toward the end of the alignment rail (32) by causing the upthrust plate (34) or the alignment rail (32) to make an upward-downward motion.
US09403636B2
A metering valve for an aerosol receptacle, is provided with a valve body having an internal chamber (17) for contact either with the internal face of the valve or with the external face of the valve, a stem (41) provided with closure means (42) and placed partly inside the internal chamber (17) for moving between a closed position in which the internal chamber contacts the internal face of the valve, but isolated from its external face, and an open position in which the internal chamber contacts its external face but isolated from its internal face, and a reservoir (R) able to be filled with the stem in the closed position and emptied with the stem in the open position. The reservoir is on the side of the internal face of the valve, outside the valve body, contacting its internal chamber, and formed by at least one flexible membrane (2).
US09403626B2
A proppant storage vessel has a container having a first end wall, a second end wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall and a bottom wall. The first and second end walls extend between opposite ends of the first and second side walls. The walls define an interior volume of the container. The walls have a rigidity suitable for retaining no less than 30,000 pounds of proppant therein. A top hatch is formed centrally on the top wall and is movable between an open position and a closed position. A bottom batch is formed generally centrally on the bottom wall of the container and is movable between an open position and a closed position.
US09403625B2
A bottle includes a neck portion having an opening configured to permit filling and emptying of the bottle, a shoulder portion connected to a lower end of the neck portion, a sidewall connected to a lower end of the shoulder portion and extending vertically downward from the shoulder portion, and a base connected to a lower end of the sidewall and forming a bottom surface of the bottle. The sidewall has a plurality of annular ribs extending around a periphery of the sidewall. Each of the annular ribs includes a plurality of sequential enlarged portions interconnected by bridges, with each of the enlarged portions having a vertical width that is greater than a vertical width of each of the bridges.
US09403620B2
A silica container contains a substrate having a rotational symmetry, containing mainly a silica, and gaseous bubbles in a peripheral part of the substrate; a transparent silica glass in an inner peripheral part of the substrate; and an inner layer, formed on an inner surface of the substrate and containing a transparent silica glass; wherein the substrate contains Li, Na, and K in a total concentration of 50 or less ppm by weight; the substrate has a linear light transmittance of 91.8% to 93.2% at a light wavelength of 600 nm; the inner layer contains Li, Na, and K in a total concentration of 100 or less ppb by weight and at least one of Ca, Sr, and Ba in a total concentration of 50 to 2000 ppm by weight; and the inner layer has a linear light transmittance of 91.8% to 93.2% at a light wavelength of 600 nm.
US09403607B2
A method of mounting cars on a free standing space elevator tower. The actively stabilized space elevator tower has a segmented elevator core structure, each segment being formed of at least one pneumatically pressurized cell. The method of mounting the elevator cars allows the cars to ascend or descend on the outer surface of the elevator core structure or in a shaft on the interior of the elevator core structure. The elevator cars grip the structure without use of a track and are able to pass other cars enabling bi-directional traffic flow using a twisting motion. The freestanding tower can be used for launch activities, tourism, observation, wind-energy generation, scientific research, and communications.
US09403603B2
Provided is a system in which a camera monitors safety of a galley arranged in a cabin of an aircraft. A galley 100 includes a storage space 130 of carts divided by structural members 110, and carts 150 are stored. Turn retainers 200 in closed positions prevent the carts 150 from flying out. Hinged doors 310 are attached to front sides of compartments 300, and latches 320 lock the hinged doors 310. A monitoring camera 500 determines safety or unsafety of the turn retainers 200 and the latches 320 by an image and displays the safety or unsafety on a display device 600 or on a PDA terminal device 800 carried by a cabin attendant CA.
US09403597B2
A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly includes a supporting structure (42) for supporting said assembly off the floor of a vehicle; one or more movable, passenger-bearing, structural components (71,72); and means for connecting said movable, structural components to said structure such that said components can be selectively moved between a seat configuration, in which a plurality of passenger-bearing surfaces on said one or more structural, movable components (71,71) or said supporting structure form a seat for the passenger, and a bed configuration, in which a plurality of said bearing surfaces (47,48,67,74,76) are disposed substantially coplanarly and substantially contiguously to form a bed for the passenger; characterized in that at least one of said movable components (72) is double-sided, comprising first and second opposite sides, one of said sides having a first seat surface (73) that forms part of the seat in said seat configuration, and the other side having a second bed surface (74) that forms part of said bed in said bed configuration.
US09403596B2
A tray table that facilitates consumption of entertainment and various other media via a electronic device is disclosed herein. The tray table includes an inner tray secures the electronic device for use. One or more channels at the inner tray receive at least a first portion of the electronic device, while a movable stop helps ensure the electronic device is secured to the inner tray. The inner tray is capable of rotating between an open and closed position, while the tray table itself may rotate between a stowed and service position.
US09403593B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a distributed system architecture for unmanned air vehicles. One of the methods includes obtaining information identifying flight information of a UAV, with the flight information including flight phase information or a contingency condition associated with a flight critical module included in the UAV. The obtained information is analyzed, and one or more first payload modules are determined to enter a modified power state. Requests to enter the modified power state are caused to be transmitted to each determined payload module in the one or more first payload modules.
US09403585B2
A one-person watercraft, with a unique design and basic innovative modular catamaran style structure that makes the craft transformable, and useful for different hybrid water sports. The watercraft enables the user to either stand or sit while providing power to the craft. The craft comes in multiple versions, and the user may provide power to the craft through elliptical movement, hand-driven levers or foot-driven pedals/skis while standing up and/or sitting down and moving in an elliptical motion. These turn a propeller, at the back of the craft. Embodiments of the craft utilize the Venturi effect (with a flexible drive shaft and a retractable propeller rudder system) to increase the propulsion created by water flowing through the propeller. The craft is designed to float stably to ensure users' safety, and may be used for leisure recreational activity, exercise, physical rehabilitation, transportation to travel across water, or any combination of the above.
US09403583B2
A personal flotation apparatus having a main body member, a primary support member, a head support member, and a foot support member, each made of flexible, buoyant, flotation material. The primary support member, head support member, and foot support member are each connected to the main body member, such that they are substantially perpendicular to the main body member and can provide stability, buoyancy and support in various floating and swimming positions. Some embodiments include multiple main body members to increase stability, buoyancy, support and comfort, and allow for heavier users.
US09403574B2
This invention comprises a frame for an electric motorcycle. Electric motorcycles have vastly different component requirements compared to internal combustion engine motorcycles, and, therefore, require a radical redesign of the frame in order to maximize the efficiency of the system.
US09403567B2
A trailer including a frame supporting a trailer bed and having rotatable wheels and a tongue for pivotal attachment to a land vehicle hitch. The trailer frame includes left and right side structural members and crossbeam members attached between the side members. Each side member includes a U-shaped portion having a branch leg and attachment leg and an L-shaped portion including a branch leg and attachment leg. The branch leg of the U-shaped portion is integrally formed with the branch leg of the L-shaped portion. The crossbeam members are Z-shaped and the flanges thereof are attached to the attachment legs of the U-shaped portion and the L-shaped portion with rivets. Front and rear U-shaped end members are attached to the terminal ends of the side members. A torque tube is also attached between the side members. A tongue pocket is attached to the torque tube and the front end member.
US09403561B2
A mounting structure of a sheet metal panel including mounting brackets which are mounted on a peripheral edge portion of a glass-mounting opening formed on a rear-side panel of a cab, and after tentatively holding the sheet metal panel, a peripheral edge of the sheet metal panel is adhered to the rear-side panel in a periphery of the glass-mounting opening, wherein an inclined surface protruding toward a rear of the cab is provided to the rear-side panel along the glass-mounting opening, and the peripheral edge of the sheet metal panel is bent along the inclined surface and extended in the inclined surface direction to make clearance between the peripheral edge and the inclined surface gradually narrowed, to provide an adhesive reservoir between the sheet metal panel and the rear-side panel, and the peripheral edge of the sheet metal panel is in close contact with the inclined surface thereby sealing therebetween.
US09403558B1
An engine mount assembly includes a frame member and a cradle member. The frame member defines a frame hole and the cradle member defines a cradle hole. A bolt fixedly mates the frame member to the cradle member. The bolt has a bolt body, which is disposed within the frame hole and the cradle hole, and a bolt flange oriented downward relative to the vehicle. A well is defined by the frame hole or the cradle hole. The well is a volume around the bolt body capable of retaining water in contact with the frame member and or cradle member. A washer, having an interior hole and a perimeter edge, is disposed between the bolt flange and the well. At least one channel is defined in the washer and provides fluid communication between the well and the perimeter edge.
US09403550B2
The invention relates to a seat attachment for a stroller, single stroller and double strollers. The seat attachment includes left and right seat attachment portions, wherein the seat attachment portion comprise a connector portion capable of removably connecting to a stroller frame and a left seat support element removably connecting a seat in either a forward or backward position More specifically, versions of the seat attachment relate to a seat attachment for a stroller capable of supporting a seat such as, but not limited to, a stroller seat, a baby seat, bassinet, a pram, a car seat, or a baby carrier, for example.
US09403548B2
Examples of systems and methods for controlling or monitoring a fleet of human-propelled, wheeled carts and cart retrievers are described. The carts can be shopping carts at a retail facility, and the cart retrievers can be used to collect and return the shopping carts from a parking lot near the facility to a cart collection area. The carts or cart retrievers can monitor various status or usage parameters (such as retriever battery charge, cart collection trip speed, cart collection path or duration, etc.) and transmit the parameters to a central control unit. The central control unit can analyze and process the status or usage parameters. The system can provide a user interface for access to the status or usage parameters of the cart and cart retriever fleet.
US09403525B2
A shift control system and method that determine whether an ABS is operating in a running vehicle to operate a transmission of the vehicle are provided. The system determines whether the vehicle can be shifted to a neutral stage (N) based on vehicle conditions. A shift control signal is then generated and transmitted to a transmission to execute a shift of the vehicle to the stage N.
US09403522B2
A float sled comprising a body with a substantially flat upper surface, a lift plate operationally associated with the body and adapted to move from a first position in proximity to the upper surface of the body to a second position above the first position and above the body, a set of pneumatic air bag lifts associated with the lift plate to raise and lower the lift plate to various horizontal orientations with differing degrees of tilt, and an air bearing adapted to raise the body above the ground.
US09403520B2
The disclosure relates to a valve for controlling fluids, including a valve body defining a passage opening, a tapering valve seat formed on the valve body, a closing element configured to open up and to close off the passage opening at the tapering valve seat, and a protruding region adjoining the tapering valve seat. The protruding region extends over only part of a circumference of the tapering valve seat.
US09403515B2
A pressure transmission device for a power-assisted braking system of a vehicle; at its inlet, the pressure transmission device being connectible in a hydraulically operative manner to a master brake cylinder of the power-assisted braking system, and at its outlet, the pressure transmission device being connectible in a hydraulically operative manner to a wheel brake cylinder of the power-assisted braking system; the pressure transmission device including an accumulator and a linkage, which transmits a pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet to the accumulator and stores it in this.
US09403512B2
A hydraulic brake control apparatus including a body portion, a hydraulic brake control mechanism, and a lever portion. The body portion has a first section configured to fit within an interior of a bar opening and a second section configured to be mounted outside of the interior of the bar opening. The hydraulic brake control mechanism includes a hydraulic brake pressure cylinder having a piston chamber therein, where at least a portion of the hydraulic brake control mechanism is housed within the first section of the body portion. The lever portion connected to the body portion and configured to actuate the hydraulic brake control mechanism. The body portion includes a port fluidly connected to the piston chamber by a conduit. The port is provided on the second section in order to allow bleeding of air from within the piston chamber when the body portion is mounted to the bar opening.
US09403510B2
The present invention is directed to a wiper brush appendage that easily attaches to a wiper blade to aid in the removal of compacted solids, insect remains, light frost and the like. The wiper brush appendage is an elongated member of pliable plastic, such as one of the varieties of thermoplastics. The invention has a slot on the top side that runs the entire length that easily spreads to allow it to encompass a wiper blade, as well as multiple rows of brush hairs along the underside. It has a specific inside pocket with inturned flanges and small depressions that put pressure on the wiper blade and limits the movement of the invention while in use. Once installed over the wiper, the user turns on the wiper assembly and the brushes scrub against the windshield.
US09403509B2
This invention concerns a method to detect the wetness state of a vehicle windshield surface (S) comprising a windshield wiper unit (1), the windshield wiper unit (1) comprising: —wiper blades (5) configured to wipe the windshield surface (S) when set in motion, —at least one motor (7) configured to set the wiper blades (5) in motion, —a controller (9), configured to control the at least one motor (7), the method comprising the steps: —measuring the power consumption of the at least one motor (7), —determining the wiping speed (W) of the wiper blades (5), —using the measured power consumption and determined wiping speed (W) to deduce a friction related coefficient of the windshield surface (S), —comparing the deduced value to at least one predetermined value in order to determine the wetness state of the vehicle windshield surface (S).
US09403497B2
In one form, the invention relates to a transmission device for transmitting an electric current to a component of a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, including a rotor which is to be arranged on the steering wheel such that it is rotatable along with the steering wheel; a stator which is to be arranged on a component of the vehicle that is stationary as compared to a rotary movement of the steering wheel; at least one conductor element by which the rotor is electrically connected with the stator; and a temperature determination device for determining the temperature of the conductor element or in the region of the conductor element. In another form, the invention also relates to a method for transmitting an electric current to a component of a steering wheel of a motor vehicle.
US09403483B2
A vehicle image processing apparatus includes a group of cameras, a drawing unit that converts a captured image into an image viewed along a line of sight running from a predetermined position in a predetermined direction, a viewing-line-of-sight changing unit that detects whether a first line of sight is switched to a second line of sight, and a viewing-line-of-sight generation/updating unit that acquires parameters concerning the first and second lines of sight after detecting the switching and generates a parameter which is gradually changed from the parameter of the first line of sight to the parameter of the second line of sight. Moreover, the drawing unit generates, on the basis of the gradually changed parameter, an image which is gradually changed from an image viewed along the first line of sight to an image viewed along the second line of sight.
US09403472B2
A recreational vehicle is described, which comprises a living department and a driving department. The driving department is elevated above the living department, providing windows to all sides for driver and passengers to enjoy surround view while travelling. The driving compartment comprises sufficient seats for all occupants of the recreational vehicle while travelling. Seats in the living compartment are not used while driving.
US09403465B2
A crew rest compartment for a means of transport includes a first bunk and a second bunk, wherein the first bunk is located above the second bunk. Each bunk includes a sleeping area for accommodating a sleeping crew member, wherein each sleeping area has a longitudinal direction. The first bunk is aligned such that the longitudinal direction of the first bunk and a longitudinal direction of the crew rest compartment enclose an angle which differs from 0° and 90°.
US09403447B2
A vehicle seat comprises a latch mechanism, a seat frame bracket, a seat back bracket and an interlock assembly. The interlock assembly is configured to inhibit movement of the seat back bracket from the folded position to the upright position when the latch mechanism is in an unlatched condition. The interlock assembly includes a lever movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The lever is coupled to the latch mechanism such that movement of the latch mechanism from the latched condition to the unlatched condition moves the lever to the extended position. The lever is coupled to the latch mechanism such that movement of the latch mechanism from the unlatched condition to the latched condition permits the lever to move to the retracted position.
US09403446B2
A driving-force controller for an electric vehicle including at least two motors that independently drive left and right wheels, includes a detector that detects driving operation by a driver, and a controller that calculates a demand torque Tr of the driver, the torque difference ΔT applied to the left and right wheels during cornering, left and right torque-difference maintaining torques TLK and TRK of the motors when generating the demand torque Tr while maintaining the torque difference ΔT, and controls the motors based on the torque-difference maintaining torques TLK and TRK. The controller determines the priorities of a demand torque mode that generates the demand torque Tr and a torque difference mode that generates the torque difference ΔT depending on the driving operation detected by the detector.
US09403445B2
A motor controller includes a motor, an encoder, and a control circuit. The motor drives a target object to be controlled. The encoder outputs a pulse signal synchronously with rotation of the motor. The control circuit rotates the motor based on a count value of the pulse signal. The control circuit switches to a sleep mode when making sure that a rotation position of the motor is stable after finishing rotating the motor or when a predetermined time necessary for the rotation position of the motor to be stable elapses after finishing rotating the motor. When a change in the pulse signal during a period of time where the control circuit is in the sleep mode is not smaller than a predetermined amount, the control circuit performs a learning process to learn a reference position of the motor when returning to a wakeup mode from the sleep mode.
US09403440B2
A wireless charging station, an electric vehicle charged wirelessly, and a method of charging an electric vehicle are provided. A wireless charging station include a charging unit configured to transmit power wirelessly to an electric vehicle, using a source resonator installed in the charging station; and a driving unit configured to move a target resonator connected to the source resonator from a position at which the target resonator is mounted on the charging unit to an installation space of the electric vehicle, when the electric vehicle is disposed in a charging area of the charging station.
US09403430B2
To provide an insulator that can reduce an abnormal noise made when stopper surfaces abut and separate. A first mounting hole engaging a vehicle body side is formed in a first portion. A second mounting hole is formed in a second portion and arranged separately from the first portion. The first portion and the second portion form a first stopper surface and a second stopper surface, respectively. At least one of the first stopper surface and the second stopper surface opposite to one another is formed in a curved surface shape as a part of a cylindrical side surface. The first stopper surface and the second stopper surface can have a non-linear property when abutting and separating. Accordingly, an abnormal noise made when abutting and separating can be reduced.
US09403429B2
A motorized hub for electric powering of an axle of a hybrid drive automotive vehicle, said motorized hub comprising a hub designed to receive a wheel, the hub being mounted rotationally relative to a hub carrier about a hub axis, the motorized hub comprising an electric drive motor, the electric motor comprising an external stator connected to the hub carrier and an internal rotor whose axis of rotation is remote from the hub axis, the motorized hub comprising reduction means acting between the rotor of the electric motor and the hub, the motorized hub comprising coupling/uncoupling means capable of adopting a coupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is coupled to the rotation of the hub and an uncoupling position in which rotation of the electric motor is uncoupled from the rotation of the hub, the motorized hub being characterized in that the coupling/decoupling means are arranged between the reduction means and the hub.
US09403416B2
A method for detecting a fault in a cooling circuit of a motor vehicle, the cooling circuit having, in the flow direction of a refrigerant, a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator, includes the following steps: measuring a first refrigerant pressure when the compressor is turned off; turning on the compressor; and is characterized by the steps: measuring a second refrigerant pressure after a certain time interval; forming a differential value from the second refrigerant pressure measured previously and the first refrigerant pressure; and comparing the differential value with at least one differential value for detecting a fault in the cooling circuit.
US09403411B2
The inventive technology relates to methods and apparatus for an improved self-contained extendable trailer mount that may be independently used, and/or retrofitted to existing vehicle mount/hitch systems.
US09403410B2
A method for decreasing tire pressure includes providing a wheel assembly which defines a chamber that houses a pressurized fluid. A wheel valve assembly is provided in fluid communication with the chamber. The wheel valve assembly is operable between an open position and a closed position and includes an area having a first flow capacity. A variable area valve assembly is provided and is selectively in fluid communication with the wheel valve assembly. The variable area valve assembly includes an area formed in a perforation that has a second flow capacity. The second flow capacity is less than the first flow capacity. A target tire pressure is selected. If a pressure of the pressurized fluid in the chamber is greater than the target tire pressure, then the pressure of the pressurized fluid in the chamber is decreased.
US09403407B2
A tire of the present invention has a roughness motif maximum length A in a predetermined range on at least a part of the tread surface. In addition, a tire forming mold of the present invention has a roughness motif maximum length A in a predetermined range on at least a part of the tread-surface molding surface.
US09403402B2
A method and a device for generating postal items with: a linearly formed first feed channel for feeding first documents of a postal item, with a first transport device, which transports the first documents in a first transport direction along a first straight transport line; an identification device for identifying the first documents; a second feed channel for feeding second documents of a postal item; an identification device for identifying the second documents; a collecting channel arranged downstream of the first feed channel and downstream of the second feed channel, for receiving first documents or groups of first documents from the first feed channel and/or of second documents or groups of second documents from the second feed channel, wherein the documents received in the collecting channel are collected as document group, wherein each document group forms the content of a postal item; and an envelope stuffing device arranged downstream of the collecting channel, in which the document groups coming from the collecting channel are inserted into an envelope. To achieve a higher throughput of postal items generated, the second transport device deflects the second documents, without stopping the documents, from a second transport direction along a second straight transport line into a third transport direction along a third straight transport line.
US09403401B2
A thermal eraser for erasing tactile drawing features from a tactile drawing medium, along with methods of erasing tactile drawing features formed on a tactile drawing medium, are disclosed. The thermal eraser has a heated tip that can be heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the tactile drawing feature to flow back into the surface of the tactile drawing medium. The heated tip has a tip temperature that can be controlled by a temperature-regulating circuit. A set-point temperature can be used to set the tip temperature and maintain the tip temperature. The thermal eraser can be controlled by hand or by an electro-mechanical device such as a tactile printer.
US09403398B2
A notepad cover for support and protection is provided. The notepad cover includes at least three panels that are removably attachable to a notepad. The at least three panels include a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. The first panel and third panel are hingedly connected to opposing ends of the second panel. A notepad is securable within the first panel and the second panel via an elastic band. The third panel is adapted to fold in between the notepad secured therein to provide support and protection for the notepad pages therein. The third panel may also fold behind the second panel and serve as a rigid support to write or draw thereon.
US09403379B2
For each of a plurality of areas in at least one of a sheet width direction and a sheet conveying direction included in a sheet trailing edge area during printing on a first surface, information regarding an ink application amount to the area is acquired. According to a combination of acquired pieces of information regarding the ink application amounts to the plurality of areas, waiting time until a printing start on a second surface from an end of printing in the sheet trailing edge area is determined.
US09403365B2
A method for fabricating a fluid ejection device includes forming a drive circuitry layer on a substrate, fabricating at least one fluid ejection element on a top portion of the substrate, grinding the substrate from a bottom portion of the substrate up to a predetermined height, etching the top portion of the substrate to configure at least one slot within the top portion of the substrate, depositing a layer of an etch-stop material over the top portion of the substrate while filling the at least one slot with the etch-stop material, etching the bottom portion of the substrate to configure at least one fluid feed trench within the bottom portion of the substrate, removing the layer of the etch-stop material from the top portion of the substrate, and laminating a flow feature layer and a nozzle plate as a single unit over the top portion of the substrate.
US09403363B2
A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes: a nozzle plate formed with a nozzle; a first flow passage formation body stacked on the nozzle plate and formed with a liquid flow passage including a pressure chamber in communication with the nozzle; a piezoelectric element arranged on a surface of the first flow passage formation body on the side opposite to the nozzle plate and configured to apply a pressure to a liquid in the pressure chamber; and a second flow passage formation body arranged on the side opposite to the nozzle plate with respect to the first flow passage formation body so as not to hinder driving of the piezoelectric element. The second flow passage formation body is formed with a liquid storing chamber and a throttle flow passage configured to restrict an amount of the liquid flowing from the liquid storing chamber into the pressure chamber.
US09403354B2
There is described a numbering device (1) for carrying out numbering in sheet-fed or web-fed numbering presses, the numbering device (1) comprising a numbering unit (6) with rotatable numbering wheels (7) carrying alpha-numerical symbols thereon, which numbering wheels (7) are disposed next to each other and rotate about a common rotation axis (17), the numbering device (1) further comprising electro-mechanical actuation means for setting the position of the numbering wheels (7). The electro-mechanical actuation means are entirely located within the numbering device (1) and are mechanically autonomous, the electro-mechanical actuation means comprising a plurality of independent driving means (15, 18-23; 23*) for actuating a corresponding plurality of the numbering wheels.
US09403348B2
The present invention relates to sheets. The sheets include an adhesive layer, a base layer formed on the adhesive layer, a resin layer formed on the base layer, and a printed layer formed on the resin layer. Each of the adhesive layer and the resin layer includes a polylactic acid (PLA) resin. The sheets are biodegradable.
US09403346B2
A method of producing image carrying laminated material comprises the steps of forming an image by ink jet printing on a first surface of a sheet of interlayer using solvent based ink, solvent based paint or solvent based dye system(s), interposing an interlayer comprising the sheet of interlayer between two sheets of material, and joining the two sheets of material to form the laminate by activating the interlayer. In addition, a method of producing an image carrying laminated safety glass comprising the steps of mechanically stabilizing a sheet of heat softening interlayer, forming an image on a first surface of the interlayer by ink jet printing using solvent based ink, solvent based paint or solvent based dye, removing the mechanical stabilization, interposing an interlayer comprising the sheet of heat softening interlayer between two sheets of glass and joining the two sheets of glass to form the laminated safety glass by heating the interlayer. Further, an image carrying laminated sheet, comprising two sheets of material joined by an interlayer comprising a sheet of interlayer having an image formed on a first surface of the interlayer by ink jet printing using solvent based ink, solvent based paint or solvent based dye system(s).
US09403332B2
A tire with certain tread features and a method for manufacturing the tread for such a tire are provided. More particularly, a tire and method for manufacturing a tire having a tread portion with sipes that can be of minimal thickness and varying geometries, densities, and profiles may be provided. The sipes can also be hidden until after a period of tread wear has occurred.
US09403329B2
A method of increasing the tensile strength of polymer films is provided. The creation of the load distribution elements in polymer films necessary to achieve this result is described. Application of the present invention to increase suture retention in a surgical polymer film is also provided.
US09403328B1
A method and apparatus for reworking a structure. A compaction blanket comprising a number of magnets is placed on the structure. A heat source is applied on the compaction blanket, wherein the compaction blanket is between the heat source and a rework of the structure and heat is conducted from the heat source through the compaction blanket to heat the rework.
US09403324B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a part using a deposition technique. A layered composite is built up in layers, the individual layers each containing particulate material and binding material as well as optionally, a treatment agent. The layers maintain a predetermined porosity. The layer composite is built up in the absence of hardening agent. Once construction is complete, the layer composite is hardened.
US09403323B2
In a method for producing form bodies for heat exchangers, comprising a thermomagnetic material, said form bodies having channels for passage of a fluid heat exchange medium, a powder of the thermomagnetic material is introduced into a binder, the resulting molding material is applied to a carrier by printing methods, and the binder and if appropriate a carrier are removed subsequently and the resulting green body is sintered.
US09403315B2
A plastic film is drawn by a method different from a conventional one. The plastic film is intermittently fed in the longitudinal direction. A drawing member and a support base are installed in a plastic film feeding path, oppositely to each other, on both sides of the plastic film in the thickness direction. When the plastic film is temporarily stopped, the drawing member advances toward the support base between the lateral both side edges of the plastic film and is pressed against the plastic film and the support base to draw the plastic film in the longitudinal direction. Then, the drawing member retreats from the support base, and is separated from the plastic film.
US09403312B2
An apparatus (1) for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms (10) into plastics material containers (10a), with at least one shaping station (8) which has a blow molding device (4) which forms a cavity, inside which the plastics material pre-forms (10) are capable of being shaped into the plastics material containers (10a) by being acted upon with a gaseous medium, wherein the blow molding device (4) is constructed in several parts and has at least one first blow mold part (4a) and one second blow mold part (4b), and wherein the shaping station (8) has a blow mold carrier device (6) for holding the blow mold parts (4a, 4b), wherein the blow mold carrier device (6) has a first carrier part (6a) and a second carrier part (6b) which are movable with respect to each other in order to open and close the blow molding device (4), and wherein at least one coolant channel (7) is provided which is used for conveying a flowable coolant for cooling the blow molding device (4) and/or the blow mold carrier device (6), wherein this coolant channel (7) is integrated in a cooling circuit (60), wherein the apparatus (1) has a clean room (20) inside which the plastics material pre-forms (10) are capable of being expanded to form the plastics material containers (10a). According to the invention the cooling circuit (60) has at least one heating element (80) capable of being switched on for heating the flowable coolant.
US09403310B2
A plastic preform is provided that includes a hollow body portion including a closed bottom portion and a lower portion extending upwardly from the lower portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the lower portion. The neck portion includes a dispensing opening; threads positioned below the dispensing opening; a tamper-evident formation positioned below the threads; and a support flange positioned below the tamper-evident formation, the support flange having an upper surface and lower surface. In an embodiment, the preform is formed of a material comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET); the threads comprise multiple-lead threads; the weight of the neck portion from the lower surface of the support flange to a top of the dispensing opening is 3.0 grams or less; and the vertical distance from the top of the dispensing opening to the lower surface of the support flange is 0.500 inches or less. A method is also disclosed.
US09403309B2
In the manufacturing of a semi-finished product made of elastomeric material, a method for controlling the heating of an extrusion device which includes multiple structural units having respective different working temperatures and thermal inertias includes: a) setting, for all of the above-mentioned units a heating temperature to a value equal or close to the working temperature of the unit which has the lowest working temperature; b) simultaneously heating all of the above-mentioned units; c) when said unit is approaching or has reached the heating temperature, setting for the other units a new heating temperature to a value equal or close to that of the working temperature of the unit, the working temperature of which is closest to the heating temperature; and d) iteratively repeating the operations mentioned in b) and c), until all of the above-mentioned units have reached the respective working temperature.
US09403306B2
An insulating plate (20) made of synthetic resin for transferring heat transferred from conductors to nuts (10) to a heat sink (40) is provided with nut accommodating recesses (21) for accommodating the nuts (10). Each nut accommodating recess (21) includes a bottom plate (22) to be sandwiched between the nuts (10) and the heat sink (40) and a surrounding wall (23) vertically extending from the bottom plate (22) to surround the side surface of the nut (10). The surrounding walls (23) are provided with first and second pressing surfaces (28, 29) to be pressed by ejector pins (83).
US09403304B2
A molded waterway assembly for a centerset faucet including a hot water inlet tube, a cold water inlet tube, and a central body of a coupler overmolded within hot and cold water bodies of the coupler.
US09403303B2
The present invention discloses a thermoplastic polyurethane which is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, and (3) a glycol chain extender; wherein the hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate is comprised of repeat units that are derived from 1,3-propylene glycol and a dicarboxylic acid; wherein the hydroxyl terminated polyester intermediate has a number average molecular weight from 500 to 10,000; and wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane includes hard segments that are the reaction product of the polyisocyanate and the glycol chain extender. This thermoplastic polyurethane is unique in that it has a greatly reduced tendency to bloom. This is highly desirable in applications where high clarity is desired because blooming causes articles containing the thermoplastic polyurethane to be hazy or foggy in appearance. Blooming can also reduce the ability of an article made with the thermoplastic polyurethane to be securely bound to another article with an adhesive.
US09403301B2
A method of processing a porous article includes distributing a blended material that includes an electrically conductive material and a binder into a cavity of a mold that is at a temperature below a curing temperature of the binder. The electrically conductive material is formed from particles of the electrically conductive material that have a size distribution such that 10 vol % of the particles are less than 12 micrometers in diameter, 50 vol % of the particles are less than 27 micrometers in diameter, and 90 vol % of the particles are less than 53 micrometers. The blended material is compressed within the cavity under a molding pressure, and the mold is heated to a curing temperature of the binder to form a molded article.
US09403300B2
The present disclosure generally relates to patterned gradient polymer films and methods for making the same, and more particularly to patterned gradient optical films that have regions that include variations in optical properties such as refractive index, haze, transmission, clarity, or a combination thereof. The variation in optical properties can occur across a transverse plane of the film as well as through a thickness direction of the film.
US09403296B2
An enhanced multiobject potting fixture for exposure to a curing modality that sets an adhesive includes a fixture housing supporting a plurality of objects, the fixture housing having a wall defining a plurality of bonding wells with each the bonding well receiving a first portion of one of the objects, each the bonding well including an aperture in the wall proximate the first portion wherein each bonding well includes a target zone for selective cure of the adhesive to inhibit the adhesive from exiting the aperture; and a fixture enhancement structure integrated into the wall concentrating the curing modality in each the target zone.
US09403294B2
Method of making a droplet-generating device. In the method, a first droplet-generating device may be produced. The first droplet-generating device may include a molded portion created at least in part with a mold and also may include a plurality of droplet generators each formed at least in part by the molded portion. A set of droplets may be generated with each of one or more of the droplet generators. A property of at least one set of generated droplets may be determined. The mold may be modified based on the property. A second droplet-generating device may be produced that includes a molded portion created at least in part with the modified mold.
US09403279B2
A method and apparatus for moving an object. A verbal instruction for moving the object is received. The verbal instruction is converted into text. A logical representation of the verbal instruction is generated. A movement of a robotic system that corresponds to the verbal instruction for moving the object using a model of an environment in which the object and the robotic system are located is identified. A set of commands used by the robotic system for the movement of the robotic system is identified. The set of commands is sent to the robotic system.
US09403278B1
Systems and methods for detecting and picking up a waste receptacle, the system being mountable on a waste-collection vehicle, and including an arm for grasping the waste receptacle, a processor, a camera, a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and an arm-actuation module. The processor is configured for generating a pose candidate based on an image captured by the camera, verifying that the pose candidate matches a template representation stored on the medium, and calculating a location of the waste receptacle. The arm-actuation module can be configured to automatically move the arm in response to the calculated location, in order to grasp the waste receptacle, lift, and dump the waste receptacle into a waste-collection vehicle.
US09403270B2
A tool box has two bodies, two inner boxes, a positioning device, a positioning block, and a buckle unit. The inner boxes are respectively mounted in the bodies. Each positioning device has a fixing base mounted in one of the inner boxes and a fixing elastic plate. The fixing base has two hooking portions and two recesses respectively formed in two ends of the hooking portions. The fixing elastic plate is detachably mounted on the fixing base and has an inserting portion and two hooking portions respectively engaged with the recesses. The positioning block is mounted on the inserting portion and has multiple tool recesses. The buckle unit is mounted on the bodies.
US09403267B2
A telescopic pipe structure for a pole saw includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe fitted to the inner pipe and moving relative to the inner pipe, and an adjusting device. The adjusting device includes a body, a pressing unit, and an adjusting unit. The outer pipe is penetratingly disposed at a sleeve hole of the body. The pressing unit is pivotally disposed a pressing portion of the body to press against inner pipe and stop movement of the inner pipe. The adjusting unit is disposed at a positioning portion of the body and has a driving element and a positioning element driven by the driving element. The driving element can be at first and second positions, and thus the positioning element moves in one and another directions of the sleeve hole, so as to enable and disable the positioning of the outer and inner pipes, respectively.
US09403262B2
A handtight clamp comprising two parallel rods that are press-fit into a stable handle and which have a moving handle that is movable across the parallel rods. The handtight clamp also comprising a first coil spring and a second coil spring around the two parallel rods, the first coil spring having less bearing pressure than the second coil spring, and the first coil spring laying adjacent to the moving handle. The handtight clamp additionally comprising a jaw extending from the stable handle and the moving handle, the jaw having a rigid inner jaw portion and a semi-rigid outer jaw portion.
US09403258B2
A method of forming a lapping plate. The method includes providing a lapping plate having a surface, spraying an adhesive onto the surface, spraying a slurry of abrasive particles and solvent onto the adhesive, and curing the adhesive to form an abrasive coating on the lapping plate. The adhesive may be, for example, epoxy, and the abrasive particles may be, for example, diamonds.
US09403252B2
A milling machine table device comprises a rigid longitudinal body having longitudinal surfaces parallel to each other along a length of the body configured to be attachable to a vise; and two rigid legs of equal length extending from the longitudinal body in a fixed position, each leg comprising a portion configured to engage a t-slot of the milling machine table there beneath. Also, a milling machine table device comprises two legs of equal length extending from the longitudinal body, each leg configured with a portion configured to engage a t-slot of the milling machine table and indicators disposed in one of the body and the two legs, the indicators comprising an adjustable probe configured to indicate an orthogonal distance from one of a vise jaw and an edge of a t-slot to an end of the probe. A method for calibrating and squaring the device is also included herein.
US09403239B2
Methods of manufacture include welding two or more elongate members together to define an elongate weldment, wherein the welding results in a weld region that is in tension and regions adjacent to the weld region that are in compression, and longitudinally stretching the elongate weldment. Tools and systems for manufacturing elongate weldments, as well as apparatuses, such as aircraft, that include elongate weldments, also are disclosed.
US09403238B2
Laser cutting systems and methods are described herein. One or more systems include a laser generating component, an optical component, a fixture for holding a support with a part positioned on the support, and a control mechanism for adjusting at least one of the laser generating component, the optical component, and the fixture such that a ratio of a laser energy applied to the part and a part material thickness is maintained within a predetermined acceptable range at each point along a cut path to cut through the part while maintaining the integrity of the support. Other systems and methods are disclosed herein.
US09403231B2
Welding power is generated by first generating two different current waveforms, and comparing the waveform values for control intervals to select which waveform provides the greater current. The waveforms are for different transfer modes, such as one for a pulsed arc portion, and another for a short-circuit transfer mode or for short-circuit clearing. The waveforms may be programmed by settings in a state machine. A balance or relative prioritization in the comparison may be influenced by user inputs. The resulting hybrid process has aspects of both spray transfer and short-circuit transfer modes.
US09403229B2
An electric heating tool includes a body to which a power supply member is mounted. A heating device includes a power receiving connector, a seat mounted to the power receiving connector, two connection legs, and a heating element. The power receiving connector is mounted to the power supply member and has two electrodes electrically connected to two electrodes of the power supply member. Each connection leg is received in one of two through-holes of the seat and includes a connection end and a heating end. The connection ends of the connection legs are electrically connected to the electrodes of the power receiving connector. The heating element is connected to the heating ends of the connection legs.
US09403225B2
A miter saw has a base, a working table arranged above the base and rotatably connected with the base around a pivoting axis, and a cutting assembly having a cutting blade arranged above the working table. A first locking assembly is arranged between the base and the working table for positioning the base and the working table at a certain angle. The first locking assembly includes an operating button rotating about a first pivoting shaft to force the first locking assembly to be in a locked state or an unlocked state, the working table has a shift position hole having a locked type shift position and a released type shift position for locking the rotation positions of the operating button, and the first pivoting shaft is parallel to the cutting blade.
US09403221B2
A plunge base for a power tool includes a base plate having a generally flat bottom surface and defining an opening through which a router bit of a router supported by the plunge base extends to engage a workpiece. A carriage support extends vertically upward from the base plate on one side of the opening. A router carriage is slidably retained on the carriage support. The router carriage is slidable toward and away from the base plate between a first position and a second position and is configured to releasably secure a router thereto the router aligned with the opening in the base. A plunge lock mechanism is configured to retain the router carriage at any position between and including the first position and the second position in relation to the carriage support.
US09403217B2
A drill-chuck body is rotatable about an axis and formed with a plurality of passages opening axially rearward at a rear face of the body and radially outwardly at windows in a side of the body. Jaws displaceable between front and rear positions in the passages each have a row of teeth exposed radially outwardly at the respective windows. A tightening ring rotatable about the axis is formed with an internal screwthread engaged at the windows with the teeth such that rotation of the ring moves the jaws between the front and rear positions. A tightening sleeve fitted around and coupled rotationally to the tightening ring extends axially rearward past the windows. This brace ring is radially inwardly engaged with the body and engages radially outwardly between the windows and the rear face with the tightening sleeve so as to coaxially center it on the body.
US09403211B2
A method for equipping a film material with at least one electrically conductive conductor structure, wherein a dispersion containing metallic nanoparticles in the form of a conductor structure is applied to a thermostable transfer material and the metallic nanoparticles are sintered to form an electrically conductive conductor structure. The electrically conductive conductor structure of sintered metallic nanoparticles is then transferred from the thermostable transfer material to the non-thermostable film material. A method for producing a laminate material using the film material using at least one electrically conductive conductor structure, and to the corresponding film material and laminate material are described.
US09403206B2
A spline rolling rack assembly for cold-forming external surface configurations upon a metal workpiece is provided, having a durable carriage of the type secured upon a reciprocating slide assembly, a perishable rack insert that is removably secured upon the carriage, a locating key disposed between the rack insert and the carriage for properly aligning the rack insert upon the carriage, a locating assembly disposed upon the carriage and engageable with the rack insert for assisting in properly aligning the rack insert and the carriage between load and work positions, and multiple clamping assemblies disposed within said carriage for releasably securing the rack insert upon the carriage. The perishable rack insert is designed for quick and convenient replacement, reducing maintenance cost and idle time for these devices. The single-use insert relieves inventory burden and ensures that replacement tools are ordered in a timely manner.
US09403205B2
A steam generator includes a lower integrated tubesheet and plenum (ITP) configured to receive feedwater and a first set of heat transfer tubes fluidly coupled to a plurality of stubs protruding from a first side of the lower ITP. A second set of heat transfer tubes fluidly couples to plurality of stubs protruding from a second side of the lower ITP. The first set of heat transfer tubes is coiled in a substantially clock-wise direction, and the second set of heat transfer tubes is coiled in a substantially counter-clockwise direction. The steam generator further includes an upper ITP fluidly coupled to the first and second set of heat transfer tubes, wherein the feedwater entering the lower ITP is converted to steam in the first and second sets of heat transfer tubes. The upper ITP is configured to transport the steam away from the steam generator.
US09403203B2
A diameter-reduction apparatus for can-trunk for performing a diameter-reduction process on a trunk part of a can-body having a closed-end cylindrical shape with an open end, including: a can-body holder holding a bottom part of the can-body, which is provided with: a base pad abutting on the bottom part of the can-boy; and a first clamping-ring having substantially a cylindrical shape which clamps an outer circumference surface of a trunk part of the can-body at the bottom side and which moves back and forth relative to the base pad along a can-axis direction; a die unit for diameter-reduction provided with a die for a diameter-reduction process of the trunk part by moving back and forth with respect to the can-body holder along the can-axis direction; and a first clamping-ring moving device moving the first clamping-ring backward along the can-axis direction along with an advance of the die.
US09403202B2
A method of lubricating an interior of a tube includes applying a lubricant including a mixture of an additive and a solvent into an interior of a tube. A flow of drying agent is injected into a first end of the tube to force the solvent from the interior of the tube via a second end of the tube thereby leaving a coating of additive at the interior of the tube. The drying agent is heated to remove additional solvent from the interior of the tube via evaporation.
US09403199B2
An expandable tube portion including slots arranged in a staggered fashion is expanded. When the expandable tube portion is expanded, the individual slots open to a cut end portion of the expandable tube portion are transformed to open in V-shape while the whole body of the expandable tube portion is transformed to a lattice configuration. Hence, the tube expansion only need to apply a working force required to bend intersections of the lattice configuration, resulting in the reduction of the working force for tube expansion. As a result, the working force for tube expansion does not open a butt connection portion of a subject matter, negating the need for previously weld bonding the butt connection portion of the subject matter.
US09403196B2
A treatment device for transport and storage boxes according to the invention comprises a plurality of decontamination modules (24-27) supported by a common chassis (100) and arranged in a row of at least one column (23c) of modules superposed one on top of the other. Each decontamination module (24-27) comprises its own pumping means (6) having at least a primary pump (8a) housed in a primary pumping compartment (8c) that is longitudinally offset from the decontamination chamber (5). Access to the decontamination modules (24-27) is had via side access doors which are all oriented on one and the same access side and which are acted upon by actuating means that automatically close and open them. A lateral transfer zone is provided on the access side, and comprises a robot (29) capable of moving the transport and storage boxes between a frontal loading-unloading station (23a) and the decontamination chambers (5) of each of the decontamination modules (24-27). The amount of space occupied by and the throughput of the treatment device (23) are thus optimized.
US09403190B2
A solvent composition comprising an organic solvent; dispersed nanoparticles; and a non-volatile electrolyte is provided. A method of forming a liquid composite composition is provided.
US09403186B2
A versatile and rapid sol-gel technique for the fabrication of high quality one-dimensional photonic bandgap materials. For example, silica/titania multi-layer materials may be fabricated by a sol-gel chemistry route combined with dip-coating onto planar or curved substrate. A shock-cooling step immediately following the thin film heat-treatment process is introduced. This step was found important in the prevention of film crack formation—especially in silica/titania alternating stack materials with a high number of layers. The versatility of this sol-gel method is demonstrated by the fabrication of various Bragg stack-type materials with fine-tuned optical properties by tailoring the number and sequence of alternating layers, the film thickness and the effective refractive index of the deposited thin films. Measured optical properties show good agreement with theoretical simulations confirming the high quality of these sol-gel fabricated optical materials.
US09403184B2
The invention is related to a method and an apparatus for the automated fabrication of a molecular layer made from amphiphilic molecules, in particular lipids for a lipid bilayer membrane, in the apparatus, which has a support substrate for supporting the molecular layer, a rotation element, which can be rotated on top of the support substrate, and an actuator device, by means of which the rotation element can be automatically rotated, wherein the rotation element has an outer surface, which is formed hydrophobic at least in sections, the method having the following steps: placing a first solvent, which contains amphiphilic molecules, in a region above the support substrate; causing the automatic rotation of the rotation element above the support substrate; moving the first solvent between the support substrate and the rotation element by the interaction of the rotating rotation element with the first solvent, thus forming the molecular layer.
US09403182B2
Described is a high solids coating composition having exceptional rheological properties and appearances comprising (a) a thermosetting binder, (b) from about 0.1 to about 10 wt. % based on binder solids of solid polyurea particles prepared by the reaction of a mixture of a polyisocyanate and an amino reactant comprising a primary or secondary monoamine that optionally has a hydroxyl or ether group or both, and (c) from about 5 to about 20 wt. % based on binder solids of a cellulose mixed ester having a number average molecular weight of from about 1000 to about 5600, a polydispersity of from about 1.2 to about 3.5, and a total degree of substitution per anhydroglucose unit of from about 3.08 to about 3.5.
US09403171B2
An air quality enhancement system that includes an enclosure and an electrostatic particle ionization system. A plurality of objects is located in the enclosure. The enclosure has an interior height that is greater than a height of the objects. The plurality of objects emits particles that become airborne. The electrostatic particle ionization system includes at least one corona point and a corona point mounting mechanism. The corona point mounting mechanism operably mounts the at least one corona point within the enclosure for movement between an extended position and a retracted. When in the extended position, the at least one corona point is closer to the plurality of objects than the enclosure. When in the retracted position, the at least one corona point is closer to the enclosure than the plurality of objects.
US09403169B2
A mechano-chemical reactor comprising, driving means extended along one or more parallel axis, a mass made oscillating by the driving means along the direction of a vertical axis and an elastic system for a partial compensation of the inertial forces generated by the oscillating mass. The oscillating mass includes at least one restricted environment loaded with solid and/or liquid substances are loaded in order to be treated by the kinetic energy of milling bodies. The elastic system comprises flexible elements made of a titanium alloy which are either one-dimensional, i.e. a plurality of rectilinear parallel rods, or bi-dimensional, i.e. at least a polygonal plate having two sides parallel to the axis of the driving means. In rest conditions the flexible elements are extended substantially perpendicular to the direction of the oscillations of the mass.
US09403166B2
An oats processing equipment comprises at least two groups of awners and at least two groups of oat grinders, with awners within the same group being connected in parallel or in series, and oat grinders within the same group being connected in parallel or in series, preferably 3 to 4 groups of awners and oat grinders are included. An oat processing method comprises steps of: (S00) classifying oats subjected to surface processing according to grain sizes; (S10) feeding oats of a certain class into a plurality of groups of awners for more than two stages of awn removing; and (S20) feeding the oats subjected to the awn removing into a plurality of groups of oat grinders for more than three stages of grinding. The inputted load of a single awner and an oat grinder is limited, thus achieving the technical effect of grinding oats gently and separating the oats finely.
US09403162B2
Ionomers and ionomer membranes, consisting of a non-fluorinated or partly fluorinated non-, partly or fully-aromatic main chain and a non- or partly-fluorinated side chain with ionic groups or their non-ionic precursors, have a positive impact on the proton conductivity of the ionomers. Various processes produce these polymeric proton conductors. The membranes are useful for fuel cell applications.
US09403152B2
The disclosure provides molybdenum and/or tungsten containing catalyst materials useful for the sour gas shift reactions and methods for using such catalyst materials, for example, for converting carbon monoxide and steam to carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
US09403150B2
Embodiments include metal catalyst compositions and methods of forming metal catalyst compositions. A metal catalyst composition can be formed by (a) contacting a supported metal catalyst surface with a ligand-containing alumina precursor for a predetermined contact time to form an intermediate layer having a plurality of aluminum moieties that chemically bond to the supported metal catalyst surface, optionally, contacting the intermediate layer of aluminum moieties with an inert gas for a predetermined intermediate stripping time to remove unreacted ligand-containing alumina precursors, (b) reacting the aluminum moieties with an oxidation reagent for a predetermined reaction time to convert at least a portion of the ligands to hydroxyl groups thereby forming a layer of the alumina over-coat on the supported metal catalyst surface or a previously formed layer of the alumina over-coat, (c) contacting the layer of the alumina over-coat formed in step (b) with an inert gas for a predetermined stripping time to remove unreacted oxidation reagents, replicating the sequential steps (a-c) to form an additional layer of the alumina over-coat, and (d) activating the alumina over-coat, after forming a final layer of the alumina over-coat, to form a plurality of pores therein.
US09403148B2
A method of forming the highly selective ultra-small pore amorphous adsorbent includes introducing an ion-exchange material to a sodium aluminosilicate zeolite such that an ion-exchanged zeolite forms, calcinating the ion-exchanged zeolite at a calcination temperature such that the ion-exchanged zeolite collapses and forms the decationized amorphous adsorbent, and introducing a back ion-exchange material to the decationized amorphous adsorbent such that the highly selective ultra-small pore amorphous adsorbent forms. The highly selective ultra-small pore amorphous adsorbent has a pore aperture size operable to permit carbon dioxide to adsorb into the amorphous adsorbent and operable to deny methane from adsorbing into the amorphous adsorbent.
US09403139B2
A mixing device for mixing concurrently-flowing streams of vapor and liquid in a vessel contains flow baffles forming a tangential inlet orifice through which the liquid and vapor streams flow at high flow velocity and in a tangential direction into a swirl box. The high momentum of the streams in the inlet orifice, the tangential direction of the streams, and the large distance between the inlet orifice and the vessel centerline, result in a violent swirling flow and a large number of fluid rotations in the swirl box, thereby thoroughly mixing the streams entering through the inlet orifice. A mixed stream of vapor and liquid exits the mixing device through an outlet opening in the bottom of the mixing device. An impingement plate located below the outlet opening spreads the liquid and decreases the velocity of the mixed stream. The temperature and chemical composition of the mixed stream are equilibrated.
US09403121B2
A composite membrane for separations includes a fabric with a non-woven array of intermingled carbon nanotubes, and a dopant incorporated with the fabric to form a non-porous, permeable composite. The composite membrane may be used to separate a target gas from a liquid by mounting the composite membrane in a housing chamber, and conditioning a permeate side of the chamber to establish a driving force for the target gas across the non-porous, permeable composite membrane.
US09403118B2
A nitrogen-enriched gas manufacturing method and a nitrogen-enriched gas manufacturing apparatus which minimize variations in the compressor load in order to ensure satisfactory utilization of the performance of the compressor. Specifically, a nitrogen-enriched gas manufacturing method for separating a nitrogen-enriched gas from a raw material air containing nitrogen gas using a plurality of adsorption tanks packed with an adsorbent the method including a pressurization and adsorption step, a depressurization and equalization step, a depressurization and regeneration step, and a pressurization and equalization step, wherein in the pressurization or depressurization and equalization step, the raw material air which has been compressed by the compressor is stored in a compressed raw material air tank provided on a branch line between the compressor and the adsorption tanks, and in the pressurization and adsorption step, the raw material air stored in the compressed raw material air tank is introduced into the adsorption tank and used as a portion of the gas that pressurizes the inside of the adsorption tank.
US09403117B2
A purge system and methods are described. The system allows purging of closed vessels in a precise and reproducible manner under microprocessor and sensor control. The process includes automated valves that allow repeated purge cycles with little or no operator attention. The purge parameters may be stored in memory for recall at a later time to repeat the purge process on the same or a different vessel. In a preferred embodiment the equipment and process allows for purging and desiccation of deep-sea vehicles without the need to carry compressed gas cylinders out to sea.
US09403109B2
Disclosed is a solid/liquid separation apparatus including an extruder press combined with a solid/fluid separation module for separating fluid from a mass of solids compressed by the extruder at elevated pressures. The extruder includes two or more extruder screws with flighting intercalated at least along a part of the extruder barrel. The separation module forms a continuation of the barrel, receives the pressurized mass and at least a portion of the twin screws, and includes a filter pack consisting of a filter plate and a backer plate. The filter plate has a throughgoing filter slot extending away from a core opening and into the filter plate for directing fluid away from the core opening. The backer plate has a core opening shaped and sized equal to the barrel and defines a passage for guiding fluid collected in the filter slot to an exterior of the filter pack.
US09403098B1
Swing assemblies and systems for providing unique user experiences are disclosed. The swing assemblies may include a polygonal base, a plurality of vertical support beams and a plurality of swings. Each of the plurality of swings being attached to optional horizontal beams or to the vertical support beams. The swing assemblies further include a plurality of outer wing structures, each of the outer wing structures associated with one of the plurality of vertical beams and each of the outer wing structures extending radially outward of its respective associated vertical beam. In some examples, the swing assemblies may include a rotating assembly or an elastic resistance device to further add to the user experience.
US09403097B2
A server device stores a plurality of first messages and a plurality of second messages to be made available to a player as a result of a use condition being satisfied. The server device generates, if the use condition is not satisfied, a first message list including only the first fixed messages and generates, if the use condition is satisfied, a second message list including at least one of the second fixed messages. In response to a request from a player terminal, the server device generates, before the use condition is satisfied, data of a game screen including a selection operation area allowing a player to select a message from the first message list and generates, after the use condition is satisfied, data of a game screen including a selection operation area allowing a player to select a message from the second message list.
US09403095B2
The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ONLINE GAME MANAGER (“OGM”) transform user social graph and online behavioral pattern data inputs via OGM components into optimized server computational load reports. In one embodiment, the OGM may process a user server migration request for a user by obtaining user social graph data identifying co-users, and social activity pattern data associated with the user and the co-users. The OGM may also obtain server load indices of servers associated with the co-users, and server load analysis rules. By analyzing the server load indices using the server load analysis rules, the OGM may identify a subset of the servers as non-overloaded transfer candidate servers. The OGM may calculate transfer candidate server scores for the non-overloaded transfer candidate servers using the user social graph data and the social activity pattern data.
US09403087B2
A system and method for associating virtual spaces with physical analogs in the real world. Associating virtual spaces with physical analogs may enable various aspects of the virtual spaces, such as the content of the virtual spaces, the manner in which the virtual spaces are accessed by users, and/or other aspects of the virtual spaces, to correspond to the real world. For example, upon initiation of a client that provides a view of one or more virtual spaces to a user, the user may automatically be provided with a view of a virtual space associated with one or more physical analogs that are proximate to the user in the real world. As another example, content within the virtual space may reflect ambient conditions at or near associated physical analog(s), the presence and/or condition of objects at or near the associated physical analog(s), the location and/or condition of the physical analog(s), and/or other information related to the physical analog in the real world.
US09403068B2
A golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The face may be selectively textured to enhance certain shots that the golfer may perform. This may include providing a plurality of distinct sets of texturing and surface roughening to accommodate a plurality of different shots.
US09403066B2
An adjustable golf club system is described herein. The adjustable golf club system includes a club shaft, a club head, a hosel, and an adjustment assembly that is removably coupled to the club head and the hosel to facilitate adjusting an orientation of the hosel with respect to the club head. The club head includes a club head cavity that extends between a toe portion and a heal portion. The hosel includes a first end that is coupled to the club shaft and a second end that includes a fastener head. The adjustment assembly includes a sliding member and a hosel fastener that is coupled to the sliding member. The sliding member is positioned within the club head cavity and movable between the toe portion and the heal portion. The hosel fastener extends through the fastener head to the sliding member to couple the hosel to the club head.
US09403061B2
Swimming goggles include a frame body, lenses, buckles attached to left and right portions of the frame body, and a head strap passed through the buckles. Each of the buckles has a base having a connecting portion and a guiding portion, and an operating portion. With the head strap being frictional engaged with the guiding portions and retained by the operating portion and being stretched after wearing of the swimming goggles, the head strap is adjustable through the buckles without taking off the swimming goggles, so as to provide a quick and easy adjustment, and a lower cost of manufacturing because of simplified structure.
US09403058B2
An apparatus compares athletic information relating to a user performing an athletic activity. The apparatus has a module (503, 505, 509) that generates a first set of athletic data corresponding to athletic information corresponding to the athletic activity performed by the user. The module has a memory (511) storing a second set of athletic data. The module compares the first set of athletic data to the second set of athletic data and communicates content to the user based on the comparison of the first set of athletic data to the second set of athletic data. The apparatus also has a module (803, 805) that determines the expected time of athletic activity and selects a set of feedback data having a duration proximate the expected time of athletic activity, wherein the module communicates the selected set of feedback data to the user.
US09403056B2
A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive, upper extremity/hand motor tasks, to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the forearm and hand is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic, upper limb rehabilitation system and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a computer, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.
US09403052B2
A stationary bicycle with a frame. A crankset is rotatably mounted to the frame to receive a pedaling actuation from a user of the stationary bicycle. A seat is mounted to the frame to support the user using the crankset in the pedaling actuation. A handlebar is mounted to the frame to serve as a hand/arm support for the user during the pedaling actuation. Translational joints between the frame and the seat and the handlebar are provided for translational displacement of the seat or handlebar with respect to the crankset. A mechanism is connected to the translational joint for locking the translational joint in a selected position, the mechanism allowing movement of the translational joint solely by a selected actuation displacing the translational joint proportionally in the direction of the translational displacement.
US09403049B2
A suspended footrest device for supporting and exercising a user's feet and legs. The footrest device includes a pair of footrests that are pivotally connected to the opposed ends of a rigid elongated member. A non-rigid suspension member is connected to a medial section of the elongated member to suspend the footrests. The footrests are pivotally connected to the rigid elongated member.
US09403040B1
A method for the restoration of dentition, including dissolving a phosphate salt in water to define a calcium-free aqueous phosphate solution and applying the aqueous phosphate solution to dentition. The calcium-free aqueous phosphate solution has a phosphate concentration of between about 10 ppm and about 10000 ppm.
US09403033B1
An apparatus and method for loading brachytherapy carriers with radioactive seeds in order to implement brachytherapy treatment protocols with more precise and predictable dosimetry. These apparatuses and methods enable a medical team to create a radionuclide carrier for each patient and tumor reliably, reproducibly and efficiently.
US09403030B2
Methods and systems are provided for delivering visible or infrared biostimulatory energy to bone marrow to subjects having or developing Alzheimer's disease. The radiation is delivered to sites remote from the brain at a dose sufficient to cause stimulated mesenchymal stem cells to appear in the brain and degrade β-amyloid. The energy may be coherent light and can be administered transcutaneously, subcutaneously, or via an intramedullary probe.
US09403026B2
An automated external defibrillator (AED) 10 has a changeable language placard (20) which enables the AED to instruct the user in one or more languages. The placard includes a controlling element (120) which is sensed by the AED, and causes the AED to automatically switch the language mode into the corresponding placard language. The placard also includes visual guidance instructions (224, 226).
US09403023B2
One aspect provides a method of forming a feedthrough device for an implantable medical device. The method includes providing a bulk insulator having a longitudinal length extending between first and second end faces, and including one or more conducting elements extending therethrough between the first and second end faces, the bulk insulator having a perimeter surface along the longitudinal length, and depositing one of a metal, metal alloy, or cermet on the perimeter surface to form a ferrule directly thereon, wherein the ferrule can be joined to other components of the implantable medical device.
US09403016B2
The invention relates to improved cardiac pacemakers and methods of use thereof. In particular the cardiac pacemakers are useful for normalizing heart rates over resting heart rates in order to condition the heart to improve overall cardiac output.
US09403010B2
A site-specific deep brain stimulation for enhancement of memory is described. A method of the site-specific deep brain stimulation for enhancement of memory may include implanting intracranial depth electrodes in a patient, wherein the electrodes are placed in right and/or left entorhinal regions, and stimulating the electrodes with current set below an after-discharge threshold. The method may include stimulation at a specific brain site in the medial temporal lobe, stimulation (ODTS) at specific stages of information processing. A system for site specific deep brain stimulation of entorhinal regions during specific stages of information processing is also described.
US09403009B2
A device is disclosed that includes an external unit configured to communicate with an implant unit beneath the skin of a subject and an indicator associated with the external unit. The indicator is configured to produce an indicator signal when the external unit is within a predetermined range of the implant unit. In addition, the indicator may be configured to vary the indicator signal according to a distance between the external unit and the implant unit. Furthermore, a method of locating an external unit with respect to an implant unit is disclosed that includes detecting a distance between the external unit and the implanted unit located beneath the skin of a subject, producing an indicator signal when the external unit is within a predetermined range of the implant unit, and varying the indicator signal as a function of a distance between the external unit and the implant unit.
US09403006B2
The present invention is an improved fitting and training system for a visual prosthesis. Fitting a visual prosthesis through automated means is challenging and fitting a visual prosthesis manually is tedious for clinician and patent, and provides great opportunity for error. A hybrid of computer controlled and manual fitting provides effective, efficient and controlled fitting process. The process includes testing a group of electrodes in random order by providing a prompt followed by stimulation and the patient responding if they saw a percept. After each set, a maximum likelihood algorithm is used to determine the next stimulation level, or if further stimulation is needed for each electrode.
US09403001B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating or preventing gastroparesis, functional dyspepsia, and other functional gastrointestinal disorders. The methods comprise transmitting impulses of energy non-invasively to selected nerve fibers, particularly those in a vagus nerve. The methods provide damaged interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) with trophic factors via vagal afferent nerve fibers, thereby reversing ICC damage, and as a consequence improving gastric motility. The methods also increase levels of inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brain so as to decrease neural activity within the area postrema, or they deactivate a resting state neural network containing parts of the anterior insula and anterior cingulate cortex, which will thereby reduce abnormal interoception and visceral hypersensitivity.
US09402989B2
A medical device lead. The lead includes one or more jacketed conductive elements. The jacket comprises one or more covers. A first cover of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is in direct contact with the at least one conductive element. The at least one conductive element and the PTFE cover are coiled. The coiled conductive element can substantially retain its original coiled shape.
US09402988B2
A Wearable Medical System includes a support structure that is configured to be worn by a person. The WMS also includes an electronics module, a cable assembly, and at least one electrode that can be configured to be coupled to the support structure. The cable assembly includes a base member and a cable coupled to the base member. The support structure can be dimensioned relative to the person's body to be worn with tension, and be resiliently stretched under the tension. The stretching of the support structure can stretch the base member of the cable assembly, thus increasing the effective length of the cable, while reducing or even eliminating slack in the cable.
US09402985B2
A self-cleaning suction device has a user's suction end that self-sanitizes externally and internally before and after use, as well as self-sanitizes internally during use. A cover opens to reveal the user's suction end within a containment unit. As the cover opens, the suction end travels from a lower chamber, proceeds through a middle chamber of a sanitizing agent, and is presented for use. After suction is complete, the suction end retracts through an upper chamber with, a scraping feature that removes debris from the outer surface of the mouthpiece, and proceeds down through the middle chamber of a sanitizing agent and a scraping feature that removes debris and the sanitizing agent from the outer surface of the user's suction end. Upon the sealing closure of the cover, the upper and middle chambers are flushed with a sanitizing agent, which is suctioned away along with any collected debris. The user's suction end resides within a lower chamber and can be decontaminated by a UV-C light entering into the lower chamber and/or corresponding chambers. The suction device can also include a liquid-hydration delivery system.
US09402984B2
The invention relates to a device for inserting needles, including a body defined by a proximal end and a distal end, a mounting movably mounted inside the body, at least one needle secured to the mounting, a drive means suitable for driving the mounting towards said distal end, said mounting comprising a distal surface onto which the needle projects, said distal end comprising a contact area intended for contacting the tissue, the mounting being configured so as to reach a position, after activating the driving means, in which the distal surface thereof, relative to said proximal end, is more distant than said contact area, wherein the device is further configured so as to enable a gradual passive return movement of the mounting once said position has been reached.
US09402983B1
A variably expanding balloon catheter comprises a sequentially stepped outer shell when fully inflated, such as three sequentially increasing steps followed by three sequentially decreasing steps. For example, a balloon catheter comprises a sequentially stepped outer shell, when fully inflated, such that a first section of the outer shell is constrained to a first diameter by the sequentially stepped outer shell, and a second section, adjacent to the first section and attached to the first section by a step transition. The step transition provides a discontinuous change in diameter from the first diameter to the second diameter along a length of the balloon catheter, which may be abrupt.
US09402977B2
A robotic catheter system is provided. The robotic catheter system includes a housing and a drive assembly coupled to the housing. The drive assembly is configured to impart movement to a catheter device. The catheter system includes a release structure permitting the drive assembly to be decoupled and removed from the housing without removing the catheter device from a patient.
US09402975B2
A venous catheter having a catheter tip comprising recessed diffusion holes for increasing the snag-resistance of the venous catheter. The invention further provides systems and methods for providing axial ridges interposed between diffusion holes for increasing the rigidity of the vented catheter tip.
US09402974B2
A primable catheter including a thermoreactive, viscoelastic material that is internally supported with a trocar wire. The primable catheter further includes a multi-chamfered tip and a gap interposed between an inner surface of the catheter and the outer surface of the trocar, such that a priming fluid is permitted to flow through the catheter and purge air trapped between the trocar and the inner surface of the catheter. Following insertion of the catheter, the trocar is removed and a therapeutic is infused via the catheter.
US09402971B2
A lung volume reduction system is disclosed comprising an implantable device adapted to be delivered to a lung airway of a patient in a delivery configuration and to change to a deployed configuration to bend the lung airway. The invention also discloses a method of bending a lung airway of a patient comprising inserting a device into the airway in a delivery configuration and bending the device into a deployed configuration, thereby bending the airway.
US09402957B2
An automatic injection apparatus including a delay mechanism for properly delivering medication prior to the needled syringe of the apparatus being retracted. In one form, the delay mechanism includes a shuttle for the syringe, a follower, a locking member, a damping compound between the follower and a supporting surface to dampen rotation of the follower relative to the shuttle, and a dual functioning biasing member acting between the shuttle and the follower. When the locking member moves to a release position during an injection, the dual functioning biasing member first provides a torsional force to force the follower to rotate relative to the shuttle from a latching position to an unlatching position, and then the dual functioning biasing member provides an axial force to force the shuttle axially relative to the follower to move the shuttle for retracting the syringe needle into the housing of the apparatus after injection.
US09402955B2
A device (1) for the medical care of a patient in an emergency which comprises an item of clothing (2) which may be worn by the patient on the body and monitoring devices (8, 9) arranged on the item of clothing (2), which may monitor at least one physiological function of the patient, in order to detect an emergency. The device further comprises a cardiac compression device (3, 4) arranged on the item of clothing (2), which is operatively connected to the monitoring device (8, 9), in order to treat the patient with a cardiac resuscitation when the monitoring device (3, 4) determines an emergency, and a defibrillator (5, 6, 7) as well as the intraosseous delivery of drugs into the bone marrow cavity of the breast bone. Moreover, a device (1) for the medical care of a patient in an emergency, which comprises as a therapeutic device a respiratory therapeutic device (10, 11, 12, 13) which is able to supply oxygen and/or a drug for pulmonary resuscitation into the respiratory system of the patient.
US09402940B2
A wound healing system for promoting healing of a wound of a patient includes a positive pressure source, a reduced pressure source, and a porous foam positioned in contact with the wound. The porous foam includes a plurality of flow channels in fluid communication with the reduced pressure source. The system further includes a filler member having a flexible wall defining an interior chamber. The interior chamber is in fluid communication with the positive pressure source, and a cover member is positioned over the filler member.
US09402938B2
A method for capturing dislodged vegetative growth during a surgical procedure is provided. The method includes maneuvering, into a circulatory system, a first cannula having a distal end and an opposing proximal end, such that the first cannula is positioned to capture the vegetative growth en bloc. A second cannula is positioned in fluid communication with the first cannula, such that a distal end of the second cannula is situated in spaced relation to the distal end of the cannula. A suction force is provided through the distal end of the first cannula so as to capture the vegetative growth. Fluid removed by the suction force is reinfused through the distal end of the second cannula. Subsequent to becoming dislodged, the vegetative growth is captured by the first cannula. A method for capturing a vegetative growth during removal of a pacemaker lead is also provided.
US09402937B2
The invention relates to a suction device for suctioning liquids, comprising a suction element, which is provided with at least one suction opening for receiving the liquid, and a pump which is connected to the suction element and which is equipped to generate a suction vacuum in the suction element, wherein a control device and at least one sensor which is connected to the control device are provided, wherein the control device is equipped to influence the suction power acting at the suction opening dependent on the signals received from the sensor.The object of the invention is to provide a suction device for suctioning liquids, said device working with greater efficiency than known suction devices. Additionally, there is a requirement in the medical field to provide a medical suction device which to the greatest possible extent prevents the damage that occurs to blood components during automatic operation.This object is achieved by the fact that the sensor is designed as an acoustic wave sensor. The acoustic wave sensor is equipped to detect acoustic waves which are generated by the suction element during the operation thereof.
US09402936B2
A medical device includes an alloy having a microstructure that provides desirable properties. The alloy can be a eutectoid composition of e.g. titanium as a major constituent and any combination of iridium, platinum, chromium, gold, silver, bismuth, manganese, palladium, cobalt, copper, iron, and/or nickel as a minor constituent, wherein the alloy forms at least a portion of the medical device.
US09402935B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic sinusitis, including cystic fibrosis, interstitial fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and neoplasia. The method involves administration, preferably oral, nasal or pulmonary administration, of anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative drugs (rapamycin or paclitaxel and their analogs) and an additive.
US09402934B2
A method for preparing tissue for medical applications, in particular tissue for use for an artificial heart valve, wherein the method has the steps of decellularizing the tissue by means of a detergent and subsequently cross-linking the collagen fibers of the tissue by means of a suitable cross-linking agent. At least one lipopeptide, such as surfactin, for example, is used as the detergent for decellularization.
US09402923B2
The present application discloses solid compositions for the oral administration of dyes, and diagnostic use thereof. Preferably, such diagnostic use is aimed at the diagnostic evaluation of the gastrointestinal tract.
US09402920B2
Provided are expression vectors for generating an immune response to a mucin. The vectors comprise a transcription unit encoding a secretable polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising a secretory signal, a mucin antigen and CD40 ligand. Also provided are methods of generating an immune response against cells expressing a mucin by administering an effective amount of the vector. Further provided are methods of generating an immune response against cancer cells expressing a mucin in an individual by administering an effective amount of the vector. Still further provided are methods of overcoming anergy to a mucin self antigen by administering an effective amount of the vector.
US09402914B2
The present invention provides membrane lytic poly(amido amine) polymers, polyconjugates, compositions and methods for the delivery of oligonucleotides for therapeutic purposes.
US09402913B2
The present invention describes Cyclosporine A/steroid hybrid analogs. These single drug entities are formed by connecting a steroid with Cyclosporine A. Upon topical application to the eye, the conjugate hybrid would undergo enzymatic and/or hydrolytic cleavage to release the individual drugs.
US09402911B2
The present invention relates to dendrimer synthesis. Specifically, the present invention relates to dendrimer compositions (e.g., scaffolds) capable of copper-free click conjugation for use in the synthesis of functionalized dendrimers, and methods of use of the same.
US09402910B2
The present invention is generally directed to internally functionalized graphene substrates, methods of making such substrates and methods of using such substrates. In one aspect, the present invention is a graphene substrate. The substrate comprises edge and non-edge regions. Organic or inorganic molecules are bound to the non-edge regions of the substrate, and the organic or inorganic molecules are present on the substrate edges at a population greater than about one molecule per 10,000 nm2.
US09402908B2
The present invention provides polymer aggregates as delivery vehicles for therapeutics and diagnostics. The present invention additionally provides methods of synthesis and uses for such aggregates.
US09402907B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition containing compound I or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof as an active ingredient, which is favorably dissolved in the neutral region. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing (A) N1-(5-chloropyridin-2-yl)-N2-((1S,2R,4S)-4-[(dimethylamino)carbonyl]-2-{[(5-methyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrothiazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-2-yl)carbonyl]amino}cyclohexyl)ethanediamide or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof, and (B) an acid or a salt thereof.
US09402892B2
The invention provides an attenuated polio virus having a 5′ non-coding region consisting of the 5′ non-coding region of Sabin 3, modified so that it does not have a base pair mismatch in stem (a) or (b) of domain V, wherein seven or eight of the base pairs in stems (a) and (b) are U-A or A-U base pairs; and a capsid protein from the Sabin 1, Mahoney, MEF or Saukett strain.
US09402886B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to mutants of chondroitinase ABCI. Such chondroitinase ABCI mutants exhibit altered chondroitin lyase activity or increased resistance to inactivation from stressors including exposure to UV light or heat. Methods of using chondroitinase ABCI mutant enzymes are also provided.
US09402873B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising STP-1, a bacteriophage isolated from nature, capable of infecting Salmonella Typhimurium so as to kill the same as an active ingredient, and a method for preventing and treating Salmonella Typhimurium infection using the said composition. According to the present invention, the bacteriophage STP-1, an active ingredient of the composition, has a killing activity against Salmonella Typhimurium and has the genome represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 1.
US09402864B2
Methods of normalizing iron levels, treating iron deficiency and disorders related thereto, such as anemia, as described. Pharmaceutical compositions effective for such treatments are also described.
US09402863B2
A method for preventing mesothelial cell trauma is described. The method comprises applying at pool of conditioning techniques prior and/or during surgery for decreasing detrimental factors and optimally using beneficial factors. The pool of conditioning techniques thereby comprises at least applying an irrigation liquid to irrigate at least part of the area of surgery wherein the irrigation liquid is a pH buffering liquid.
US09402861B2
Compositions and methods for making a composition comprising a polymer and one or more chelators covalently coupled to polymer, wherein the one or more chelators has a benzene ring with more than one hydroxyl group at any position that is free, or a derivative of the chelator, or a salt of the chelator and methods of use.
US09402860B2
A method for treating onychomycosis and skin conditions such as urushiol-induced allergic contact dermatitis comprises coating the affected nail or skin with a solution comprising an at least a primary diamine with modified diphenylmethane diisocyanates and a carrier solvent/reactant.
US09402857B2
A dietary supplement composition is formulated in a therapeutic amount to treat and alleviate symptoms of joint pain. The composition includes pro-inflammatory low molecular weight microbial fermented sodium hyaluronate fragments having a molecular weight of 0.5 to 300 kilodaltons (kDa) and astaxanthin in an oral dosage form. The astaxanthin may be derived from a natural or synthetic ester or synthetic diol. The composition may include a mixture of cartilage and salt and boron.
US09402854B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising arformoterol and fluticasone furoate (preferably for once daily administration), to a process for preparing such a composition and to the use of such a composition for the treatment and/or prevention of respiratory, inflammatory or obstructive airway disease.
US09402839B2
The present invention provides a composition and related methods for delivering cargo to a mitochondria which includes (a) a membrane active peptidyl fragment having a high affinity with the mitochondria and (b) cargo. The cargo may be selected from a wide variety of desired cargos which are to be delivered to the mitochondria for a specific purpose. Compositions and methods are disclosed for treating an illness that is caused or associated with cellular damage or dysfunction which is caused by excessive mitochondrial production of reaction oxygen species (ROS). Compositions which act as mitochondria-selective targeting agents using the structural signaling of the β-turn recognizable by cells as mitochondria) targeting sequences are discussed. Mitochondria and cell death by way of apoptosis is inhibited as a result of the ROS-scavenging activity, thereby increasing the survival rate of the patient.
US09402837B2
Method for the treatment of neurological disorders by enhancing the activity of β-glucocerebrosidase
Provided is a method of increasing the stability of wild-type β-glucocerebrosidase. Also provided are methods of treating and/or preventing an individual having a neurological disease in which increased expression or activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in the central nervous system would be beneficial. This method comprises administering an effective amount of a pharmacologic chaperone for β-glucocerebrosidase, with the proviso that the individual does not have a mutation in the gene encoding β-glucocerebrosidase. Further provided are β-glucocerebrosidase inhibitors which have been identified as specific pharmacologic chaperones and which have been shown to increase activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in vivo in the central nervous system.
US09402820B2
The identification of pO2 lowering agents as transient hypoxia-inducers is disclosed herein. Provided is a method of enhancing the efficacy of a hypoxia-sensitive agent in a subject, by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the hypoxia-sensitive agent and a therapeutically effective amount of a pO2 lowering agent. Methods of treating a subject with a tumor, by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pO2 lowering agent and a therapeutically effective amount of a hypoxia-sensitive agent are also disclosed.
US09402811B2
The present invention relates to low dose estradiol solutions for oromucosal administration suitable in replacement therapy or suppletion of low estradiol levels and also for preventing, alleviating or treating symptoms associated with low endogenous levels of estradiol in female subjects.
US09402797B2
A cosmetic agent (A) is applied to the fibers and is allowed to act for a period of 30 seconds to 30 minutes, after which a cosmetic agent (B) is applied to the keratinic fibers, which continue to be acted on by agent (A). Both agents (A) and (B) are allowed to act for a period of 5 to 45 minutes, after which the agents (A) and (B) are rinsed out. Agent (A) (a1) contains no oxidation dye precursors of the developer type, (a2) contains one or more oxidation dye precursors of the coupler type, (a3) has a pH of 8.0 to 12.0, and agent (B) (b) contains one or more oxidation dye precursors, (b2) contains one or more oxidizing agents, and (b3) has a pH of 8.0 to 12.0.
US09402796B2
Kit comprising an aqueous hair conditioning composition comprising a cationic surfactant and fatty alcohol, and an anhydrous activator composition which comprises polyalkylene glycol. Method of treating the hair comprising applying an activator composition to a hair conditioning composition, mixing, and then applying to the hair. Method of treating the hair comprising applying a hair conditioning composition to the hair and then applying an activator composition to the hair. Method of texturising a hair conditioning composition by mixing with an activator composition.
US09402794B2
Disclosed is a topical skin care composition, and method for its use, that includes 55 to 65% by weight of water, 15 to 20% by weight of a combination of 3,3,5-Trimethylcyclohexyl 2-hydroxybenzoate (homosalate), 1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)propane-1,3-dione (avobenzone), 2-ethylhexyl 2-hydroxybenzoate (octisalate), and 2-ethylhexyl 2-cyano-3,3-diphenyl-2-propenoate (octocrylene), 3 to 4% by weight of distearlydimonium chloride, and 1 to 3% by weight of a combination of euterpe oleracea fruit extract, punica granatum sterols, caprooyl tetrapeptide-3, tocopherol or tocopherol acetate, and niacinamide, wherein the composition has a sun protection factor of at least 15 or about 15 to 20.
US09402791B1
Silicon particle nano-clusters formed with crystalline cores and amorphous shells are used for absorbing ultraviolet wavelength radiation. Silicon nano-particles are synthesized by plasma-chemical sputtering of bulk silicon crystal to form particles which are then quenched in an atmosphere of oxygen or oxygen and nitrogen. Analysis of these particles is presented for their scattering and absorption properties for use as ultraviolet protection elements.
US09402781B2
A manometer with a cadence indicator includes a housing and a gas pressure indicator interfaced to the housing. An input port of the housing is for connecting the manometer to a source of gas pressure, such that the gas pressure at the input port is reflected in the gas pressure indicator, providing a pressure reading. A cadence module is interfaced to the housing such that cadence is provided concurrently from the local of the gas pressure indicator. Cadence is provided by a flashing light or audible noise.
US09402774B1
An IV pole and stroller combination provides a wheel base, which, in the first and second exemplary embodiments, replaces the stroller's rear wheels. The stroller's front portion is equipped with one or more steerable front wheels, and the stroller folds up for compact storage. The IV pole is equipped with typical IV pole features, such as hooks for fluid bags and mounts for other medical equipment. The stroller portion is equipped with typical stroller features, such as a storage basket underneath the child's seat, a sun shade, and a bottle holder. In an alternative exemplary embodiment, the wheel base and number of wheels are reduced; the vertical IV pole member may not be directly affixed to the wheel base, and may instead be removably affixed to a portion of the stroller frame.
US09402772B2
An absorbent article includes a breathable backsheet material layer. At least a part of the layer includes a polymeric material exhibiting a discontinuous change in free volume in response to any of the following conditions or variables: liquid contact, the presence of certain ions, temperature and/or pH. One example of such polymeric materials is side chain liquid crystalline polymers which are able to undergo a phase transition between an isotropic phase and a nematic phase. The discontinuous change in free volume involves an abrupt change of the permeability of the breathable material layer.
US09402770B2
A wound dressing comprising a substrate comprising a plurality of fibers, at least one antimicrobial agent in the substrate, and an oil emulsion on at least a portion of the substrate is disclosed. The at least one antimicrobial agent can be polyhexamethylene biguanide, and the oil emulsion can consist essentially of a petrolatum in a range of from about 75 wt % to about 90 wt % of the oil emulsion, a mineral oil in a range of from about 10 wt % to about 20 wt % of the oil emulsion, water in a range of from about 0.1 wt % to about 1 wt % of the oil emulsion, and at least one surfactant in a range of from about 1 wt % to about 5 wt % of the oil emulsion.
US09402766B2
Phacoemulsification needles are configured to cause eccentric or wobble-type motion by being formed to distribute the mass of the needle non-uniformly. In one version the non-uniform property is created by angling the needle's aspiration passage with respect to the needle axis. In another, the needle tip walls are formed with non-uniform thicknesses, with or without including an off-axis configuration with respect to the needle aspiration passageway. In another, the needle tip walls are formed in a scalloped configuration. In another, external protuberances or “bumps” are formed on the needle tip exterior wall surfaces. In another, the needle tip walls have weighted inserts placed therein. In another, the needle tip is formed with skewed bevels and ridges. In another, the needle body is formed with non-uniformly shaped segments. In another, a portion of the needle tip is twisted with respect to the rest of the tip.
US09402763B2
A cold therapy system includes (i) a cooling bath structured to chill and hold chilled water; (ii) a pump positioned and arranged to pump the chilled water; (iii) a to-pad line positioned and arranged to hold chilled water pumped by the pump from the cooling bath; (iv) a from-pad line positioned and arranged to hold water returning to the cooling bath; and (v) a therapy pad in fluid communication with the to- and from-pad lines, the therapy pad including a patient-contacting chamber that is in heat exchange communication with a chilled-water chamber residing outside of the patient-contacting chamber when the therapy pad is donned.
US09402758B2
A supporter includes a small number of members and has a simple fitting method. It can give an intraperitoneal pressure rise effect to a supporter wearer, attain retroflexion suppression, and stabilize the sacroiliac joint. The supporter includes a base material which is formed of a knitted fabric by warp knitting and in which a knitting direction of the knitted fabric is set to be a longitudinal direction. Stretchability in the longitudinal direction is given, while stretchability in a short direction is suppressed. It has a back-supporting section that is a central portion of the base material, projection sections provided by projecting upward both end portions disposed on both sides of the back-supporting section, and curved sections each making the vicinity of the boundary between the back-supporting section and each of the projection sections. Each curved section is curved into a shape of approximate “”.
US09402745B2
The invention concerns an intervertebral prosthesis placement instrument which can be used to facilitate accurate positioning of a spinal disc prosthesis between adjacent spinal vertebrae. The instrument (10) has opposed jaws 12 formed with tips (24) that are shaped for insertion between the vertebrae. The jaws can be moved apart from one another to distract the vertebrae, allowing the prosthesis to enter between the vertebrae. The jaws also have opposed surfaces which are shaped to embrace the prosthesis between them and to guide the prosthesis into position.
US09402741B1
An intervertebral implant for implantation between an upper vertebral body and a lower vertebral body is disclosed. It includes a body portion and a plate that is removably attachable to the body portion. A first and second pathway pass through the plate. A first arcuate anchor is movable in an arcuate path through the first pathway and a second arcuate anchor is movable in an arcuate path through the second pathway. A locking member is movable between an open position and a closed position to either block or allow the withdrawal of the first and second arcuate anchors.
US09402737B2
A fusion cage has a first component that defines an outside surface that is configured to engage a vertebral endplate, and an interior surface. The fusion cage has a second component that defines first and second opposed surfaces. One of the first and second opposed surfaces can mate with the interior surface of the first component. The fusion cage can include vertical and lateral throughholes adapted to enhance fusion.
US09402736B2
An interbody fusion implant system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a base member, a first guide, a second guide, and a closure member with a first thru-bore and a second thru-bore. The base member includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and an end wall to define an open trailing end and an interior bounded by the side walls and the end wall. Each guide includes length and has a first portion attached to the proximal end of the first side wall and a second portion extending freely away from the first portion. The closure member includes a first thru-bore configured to be received by the first guide to align the closure member with the first side wall and a second thru-bore configured to be received by the second guide to align the closure member with the second side wall.
US09402725B2
An implant system includes a fixation device that, in turn can include an expandable implant alone or in combination with an auxiliary implant. The expandable implant includes an expandable implant body that is made from an expandable material. The expandable material includes a polymer matrix and an expandable gas source contained within at least a portion of the polymer matrix. The implant system can further include an energy source configured to heat the polymer matrix to a temperature above its glass transition temperature, thereby causing the gas source to expand inside the polymer matrix. The fixation device can further include an insertion instrument configured to implant the fixation device into an anatomical cavity.
US09402720B2
A modular prosthetic valve device for implantation in a patient and a system for and method of delivering such a modular valve device and assembling it in vivo are disclosed. The valve device is designed as two or more modules to be delivered unassembled, spatially separate, and combined into an assembled valve device in the body at or near the site of implantation. The valve device of the invention is deliverable as modules, providing a smaller delivery diameter than pre-assembled percutaneous valves, permitting use of a delivery device of reduced diameter, and increasing the flexibility of the valve device during delivery, compared to percutaneous valve devices in the art. The modules of the valve device may be connected by pull wires for delivery sequentially, and then assembled by remote manipulation using the pull wires. Various locking mechanisms are provided for attaching the device modules together.
US09402717B2
A device for the transvascular implantation and fixation of prosthetic heart valves having a self-expanding heart valve stent (10) with a prosthetic heart valve (11) at its proximal end is introducible into a patient's main artery. With the objective of optimizing such a device to the extent that the prosthetic heart valve (11) can be implanted into a patient in a minimally-invasive procedure, to ensure optimal positioning accuracy of the prosthesis (11) in the patient's ventricle, the device includes a self-expanding positioning stent (20) introducible into an aortic valve positioned within a patient. The positioning stent is configured separately from the heart valve stent (10) so that the two stents respectively interact in their expanded states such that the heart valve stent (10) is held by the positioning stent (20) in a position in the patient's aorta relative the heart valve predefinable by the positioning stent (20).
US09402714B2
A method of transplanting a cornea from a donor to a recipient is disclosed. An undercut is incised within stromal tissue of the donor cornea. Following formation of the undercut, the donor cornea is grafted onto a recipient. The undercut may be formed before or after the cornea is removed from the donor, and is preferably formed by photoaltering the stromal tissue using a laser. A sidecut may also be incised in the donor cornea, thereby forming a corneal flap, prior to grafting. In addition, a corneal section may be excised from the donor cornea using a trephine, a laser, or other appropriate surgical equipment.
US09402711B2
A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device configured to deploy and implant devices for compressing, distracting and/or retracting the lobes of a prostate.
US09402706B2
A medical device includes a support member, a tether, and a retainer. The support member is configured to be placed within a body of a patient and provide support to a portion of the body of the patient. The tether forms a loop and is coupled to the support member. The tether is configured to extend from the body of the patient when the support member is placed within the body of the patient. The retainer is configured to be coupled to the tether at a first location on the tether and at a second location on the tether different than the first location. The retainer is configured to be disposed outside of the body of the patient when the support member is placed within the body of the patient.
US09402700B2
An interdental cleaning device that delivers an oral care fluid to a cleaning element via capillary action. The invention can be an interdental cleaning device comprising: a housing forming an internal reservoir containing an oral care fluid; an applicator extending from the housing, the applicator comprising a stem and at least one cleaning element extending from the stem; and wherein the stem comprises a capillary material that extends into the reservoir to be in fluid communication with the oral care fluid so that the capillary material of the stem delivers the oral care fluid from the reservoir to the at least one cleaning element via capillary action.
US09402684B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example method may include a method for treating a patient having congestive heart failure. The method may include positioning an expandable balloon in a renal artery of the patient. The expandable balloon may include a plurality of electrode assemblies. At least some of the electrode assemblies each may include at least two bipolar electrode pairs. The two bipolar electrode pairs may be longitudinally and circumferentially offset from one another. The method may also include expanding the balloon in the renal artery such that at least some of the bipolar electrode pairs are electrically coupled to a wall of the renal artery and energizing at least some of the bipolar electrode pairs so as to therapeutically alter at least one nerve proximate the renal artery to treat the patient's congestive heart failure.
US09402683B2
A submucosal layer dissection instrument of the present invention includes an instrument body that is inserted into a submucosal layer, a line formed between the proximal end side and the distal end side of the instrument body; and an expanding section provided on the distal end side of the instrument body that expands in the case of having received a supply of fluid through the line.
US09402681B2
A magnetic moxibustion device includes a moxibustion canister in which a moxa column (5) is hangs through a moxa column mounting base. The moxa column mounting base is mounted on the moxibustion canister in a detachable manner through a magnetic attraction structure. A magnet guiding needle (3) is further disposed in the moxa column mounting base, which passed through the moxa column (5). The magnetic field of the magnetic attraction structure is guided out of the moxibustion canister through the needle (3) and applied to the human body moxibustion application position, so as to perform the moxibustion therapy and the magnet therapy at the same time. A side wall of the moxibustion canister is provided with several air inlets (7) and air outlets (11), so the combustion speed of the moxa column (5) can be adjusted through the size of the air outlets, thereby adjusting the temperature and time of the moxibustion.
US09402677B2
Methods and cryogenic devices for assessing, and treating patients having sympathetically mediated disease, involving augmented peripheral chemoreflex and heightened sympathetic tone by reducing chemosensor input to the nervous system via carotid body ablation. Some methods include advancing a cryo-ablation catheter into a patient's vasculature and ablating tissue within a carotid septum.
US09402674B2
A surgical instrument for applying a rotational force to a structural element during a surgical procedure. The instrument may be designed for increasing an input force to produce an enlarged output force adequate for fracturing an excess section of the elongated element from a remainder of the structural element. The instrument may include an input mechanism that receives an external rotational input force, a planetary gear system that multiples the input force, and an output mechanism that attaches to and delivers the multiplied rotational output force to the excess section of the structural element. The output mechanism may also be configured to capture the separated excess section. The instrument may include a housing and a handle for grasping and manipulating during the surgical procedure.
US09402672B2
A joint distraction device for use in an arthroscopic surgery is provided. The device has a joint distraction mechanism, situated in between two bone fixation surfaces, and is capable of changing the relative distance between these two surfaces. The force generated by the mechanism should be sufficient to insert bone spikes affixed to the surfaces into bone, as well as distract the joint to create a sufficient enough gap to allow the intended procedure. With the surfaces and spikes engaged to bone at opposite sites of a joint, an increase in distraction force results in an increase in the relative distance results, hence increasing the space within the joint. Embodiments of this invention, compared to fracture table approaches, effectively eliminate the risk of pudendal nerve injury, allow for longer surgical times, and allow for much more controllable joint distraction.
US09402665B2
An expansion and compression instrument for fracture fixation includes a first handle member, a second handle member, a bearing assembly, and a replaceable tip insert. The bearing assembly axially receives a driver. The replaceable tip insert is adapted to engage an aperture of a fracture fixation plate. The driver is adapted to engage the head of a bone screw, partially threaded into bone proximate the fracture and disposed through a longitudinal slot of the plate. Manual manipulation of the handle members together or apart causes the driver head and replaceable tip insert to become farther apart or closer together, respectively. Pivotal or hinged attachment of the bearing assembly to a handle member permits pivotal movement of the driver relative to the handle member and permits the jaws of the replaceable tip insert to remain in substantial engagement with the fracture fixation plate during expansion and compression.
US09402663B2
Methods of applying a locking cap to a bone anchor assembly. The bone anchor assembly includes a bone anchor and an elongate rod. The bone anchor includes a body that defines a channel and has a tissue retractor coupled thereto that defines a partial pathway to the channel.
US09402658B2
The present invention relates to an interspinous implant (1), intended to be implanted between two adjacent dorsal spines (EI,ES), each including an upper edge (E2), a lower edge (E3) and two opposed lateral faces (E4, E5), wherein the implant (1) includes at least one body (10) with dimensions arranged so as to maintain or restore a distance between the adjacent edges (E2, E3) of the two spinous processes (EI, ES) and including at least two wings (11, 12) extending so that at least a part of each wing (11, 12) lies along at least a part of one lateral face (E4, E5) of one of the two spinous processes (EI, ES) and, additionally, at least one retainer (2, 3, 4, 7, 111, 121, 221, 24, 28, 29, L, 90) for the implant, designed to retain the body (10) of the implant between the two spinous processes and to be inserted from the same lateral face as the body (10).
US09402657B2
Implantable devices are provided for stabilizing adjacent vertebrae and the lumbosacral region of a patient. The devices can comprise an interspinous flexible spacer body having a substantially U-shape comprising a superior section, inferior section, and a midsection extending therebetween. The superior and/or inferior sections can include a pair of lateral walls configured to engage a spinous process of a vertebra. Fixation caps can be provided for securing a spinous process of a vertebra to the flexible spacer body. To secure the flexible spacer body between the lumbar vertebra and an adjacent vertebra, an anchor assembly is provided. Also provided are methods of using the implantable devices to stabilize a patient's spine.
US09402651B2
A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements, has of at least one clamping assembly having at least one reception provided by means of grooves to accommodate a fixation element along the longitudinal axis of the reception. At least one locking element extends through the clamping assemblies for blocking the position of the clamping assemblies in a defined angular position. The clamping assembly comprises a first jaw and a second jaw which are in contact with each other via respective contact surfaces. The clamping assembly comprises at least two orientation devices that extend from and/or into said contact surfaces which at least two orientation devices serve to orient the first jaw with respect to the second jaw.
US09402624B1
A memory metal bone staple having a metal grain which runs longitudinally along the legs and bridge of the staple. The staple has barbed retaining features and no sharp or abrupt corners on its outer edges.
US09402619B2
The present invention is a device having a rigidly linked jaw that is decoupled from an articulating wrist. The device provides for articulating motion as well as actuation that may be used in grasping, cutting, suturing or the like.
US09402618B2
Improved bone anchors are disclosed for anchoring one or more sutures attached to soft tissue to a bone. The bone anchor has an anchor body that extends between a distal end and a proximal end. A bore is formed axially in the anchor body and opens at the proximal end. One or more pins are fixed within the bore of the anchor body. One or more sutures can be looped on the pins for anchoring soft tissue to bone. The anchor body has a socket within the bore for receiving a driver tool. The distal end of the anchor body forms a non-threaded extension, which stabilizes the bone anchor, and helps prevent lateral movement during use. In one embodiment, the anchor body has coarse threads for engaging soft bone tissue and fine threads for engaging hard bone tissue.
US09402616B2
A system for repairing a meniscus includes a suture that includes a first anchor, a second anchor, and a flexible portion connecting the first anchor and the second anchor. The flexible portion includes a self-locking slide knot between the first anchor and the second anchor. The system also includes a needle having a longitudinal extending bore and an open end. The bore is configured to receive the first anchor and the second anchor. The system further includes a body portion operatively connected to the needle at a distal end of the body portion. The body portion has a lumen. The system also includes a pusher configured to rotate and slide within the lumen of the body portion and the longitudinal extending bore of the needle. The pusher has first and second stop surfaces, each of which is constructed and arranged to engage a proximal end of the body portion.
US09402598B2
In order to obtain a high-resolution ultrasound diagnostic image while reducing the back side reflection of a ultrasound irradiated to the side opposite to the ultrasound transmission direction of an ultrasound transmission/reception device, disclosed is an ultrasound probe, wherein a substrate is provided thereon with a cavity, insulation layers having the cavity therebetween, and an upper layer electrode and a lower layer electrode having the cavity and the insulation layers therebetween, so as to form an ultrasound vibration element, the substrate is held by a backing with a low-modulus member therebetween, and a direct voltage and a alternating voltage are applied between the electrodes to vibrate the ultrasound vibration element, and wherein a mechanical impedance by the substrate and the low-modulus member has a substantially equal value as an acoustic impedance of the backing.
US09402581B2
A computer-implemented method for improving psychophysiological function for performance of a subject under stress includes, after a plurality of sensors that monitor stress-indicating physiological parameters have been coupled to the subject, exposing the subject, using computer processes, to at least one training segment during which is determined a degree to which the subject has achieved a targeted level of least one stress-indicating physiological parameter as to be indicative of coherence in the subject. Additionally, the method includes providing, to the subject, feedback indicative of the degree to which the subject has achieved the targeted level of the at least one parameter as to be indicative of coherence in the subject.
US09402566B2
A device for orthopedic measurements includes a main housing, a center member, a measurement indicator, and a flexible member. The main housing has a proximal end with a top opening and a distal end with a side opening, and defines a longitudinal axis and includes a main housing cavity. The center member is disposed along the longitudinal axis within the main housing cavity. The measurement indicator is operatively connected to the center member, and is configured and adapted to display a measurement of a distance. The flexible member is threaded through the main housing cavity, and includes a first end and an opposed second end with an eyelet disposed proximate the side opening of the main housing. The eyelet is configured to be drawn away from the main housing, extending the flexible member outward with respect to the side opening to display a measurement on the measurement indicator.
US09402557B2
A method for detecting heart beats within a cardiac signal is disclosed. A cardiac signal is acquired and segmented. Peak detection is performed within each segment. A search within the detected peaks is performed to locate physiologically permissible peak sequences. A particular peak sequence is selected based on feature space criteria or interpeak temporal regularity criteria or both.
US09402552B2
One innovative aspect is directed to heartrate data collection. In some implementations, a circuit includes a light detector for generating a detected signal based on received light. The circuit includes a switching circuit configured to receive a first signal based on the detected signal and to switch among a first and a second configuration. In some implementations, the circuit includes a first and a second sampling circuit for sampling a value of the first signal when the switching circuit is in the first configuration and second configurations, respectively. In some implementations, the circuit includes an ambient light cancellation circuit for countering a first component of the first signal while the first switching circuit is in the first configuration. In some implementations, the circuit includes an adjustable gain circuit for adjusting a gain of the first signal while the first switching circuit is in the first configuration.
US09402545B2
A wireless medical device is disclosed. The wireless medical device comprises a processor, a memory, a sensor for detecting a physiological signal, a radio and a proximity detector to measure a distance of the wireless medical device relative to a second wireless medical device. The proximity detector includes a ranging functionality. A wireless communication channel is created when a distance between the wireless medical device and the second wireless medical device is within a first predetermined threshold. The distance is greater than zero.
US09402542B2
A system for use during a medical procedure. The system includes a pupilometer for obtaining data descriptive of one or more pupilary characteristics from an eye of a subject, and means for delivering a noxious stimulus. The means for delivering a noxious stimulus is in communication with the pupilometer and is activated by the pupilometer thereby sending a noxious stimulus to an anatomical structure of the patient.
US09402535B2
A self-retaining neural retraction clip, preferably having controlled retraction level and an off-set retraction means. This device can reduce operative site clutter to enhance disc access while providing consistent and stable dural retraction.
US09402530B1
A system for performing non-invasive networked medical procedures including a number of in vivo medical devices, a communication path between at least two of the devices, an ex vivo control unit to control the behavior of the devices, and a wireless communication path between the control unit and at least one of the devices. An associated method for performing non-invasive networked medical procedures is also provided. Further included is a simulation method that utilizes accurate electromagnetic field simulations, using a software based test bench, to determine the maximum allowable transmitted power levels from in vivo devices to achieve a required bit error rates (BER) at an in vivo or ex vivo node (receiver) while maintaining the specific absorption rate (SAR) under a required threshold.
US09402527B2
A dishwasher includes a wash container for items to be washed and configured to conduct at least water during operation, and a fluid line system having an inlet valve defined by a center line and configured for direct or indirect connection of a water inlet line from a water supply network. Disposed below the wash container is a base support having an outer wall provided with a cutout. The inlet valve is secured by a support part which is lockable in the cutout and has at least one externally open locking holder, into which the inlet valve is lockable and secured therein non-movably in an axial direction. The externally open locking holder is aligned in such a manner that the center line of an inlet of the inlet valve runs at an angle between >0° and <90° in relation to a lower face of the base support.
US09402525B2
The invention is directed to a novel dishwasher-dining table combination appliance having a rotatable, invertible top dining insert panel that allows for cleaning dining utensils and the like without having to remove them from a table. The invention provides for a compact, self-contained, system useful in a variety of locations and applications where reductions in the length of time required for cleaning, storing and replacing dining utensils on a table are advantageous.
US09402518B2
An operation of a robotic cleaner includes generating at least one map including information regarding a space to be cleaned by using information measured by at least one sensor. The operation also includes setting a cleaning path by using the at least one map, and cleaning according to the cleaning path.
US09402509B2
A fire safe camp stove and fire pit device is disclosed. An example device includes a fire chamber. A first cooking surface is provided directly over the fire chamber. A lid is movable between an open position and a closed position. The lid in the open position provides access to the first cooking surface. The lid in the closed position provides a second cooking surface above the first cooking surface.
US09402506B2
A cooking appliance includes an upper housing having a first heating plate and a lower housing having a second heating plate. A handle is connected to the upper housing and is operable to move the upper housing between an open position and a closed position. The cooking appliance further includes a drip tray that is slidably received in said lower housing.
US09402498B2
An artificial lighted tree is presented with power routed through the trunk of the tree and three-wire safety grounding. The tree is divided into sections for easy assembly, disassembly, and storage. Safety electrical connectors at the ends of each section are not powered until the sections are assembled. The tree can also accommodate multiple lighting circuits utilizing different voltages simultaneously.
US09402491B1
Herein disclosed is a novel and uniquely shaped pizza box and cup holder in combination. In a first embodiment the pizza box is of a shape and size to contain a single slice of pizza and support at least one beverage therein. The pizza box with the beverage is easily carried with one hand and the box when opened is functional as a plate and cup holder. The box may be produced in various sizes of engineering choice. The box is easily made and integrally formed from one piece of material. A further embodiment includes the pizza box being of a shape and size to carry more than one slice of pizza and more than one beverage.
US09402490B2
Provided is a cake shield for protecting cakes and baked goods from airborne contaminants. The cake shield has a cover portion that houses a cake, and a lid that fits over the cover portion. A plurality of apertures is disposed along the upper wall of the cover portion. Candles and decorative elements are inserted through these apertures into the underlying cake. Thus, when a user blows out his or her birthday candles, their exhalation is largely blocked by the cover portion, and does not reach the cake surface. When the cake is no longer in use, the lid is placed over the cover portion and rest thereon. The lid covers the apertures, preventing dust and debris form falling on the cake while it is stored.
US09402487B2
A hanging mechanism includes a portion which is insertable into a belt buckle of a belt to engage a ratchet mechanism associated with the belt buckle. The hanging mechanism is used to suspend the belt for display purposes or for storage in a closet, etc.
US09402481B2
A transformable sporting chair system which can be transformed from a working seat for use in the outdoors, to a transportable configuration for carrying the chair to or from an outdoor location. The chair features a frame which can be nearly entirely disassembled and reassembled into the working or transport configuration. The chair includes a holding element for holding tools or equipment, such as a hunting bow. The chair may also be strapped to a tree using ratchet straps. An alternative system includes a removable mounting bracket and accessory mounting system for mounting cameras, tool holders, and other useful equipment for use with the chair.
US09402473B2
A ganging mechanism is configured to releasably attach a first object to a second object. The ganging mechanism includes a first part that is coupled to the first object. The first part includes a movable portion that carries a first ganging member. The movable portion is positionable between a stowed position and an extended position. The second part is coupled to the second object. The second part includes a receiver portion that receives the movable portion in the extended position. The second part includes a second ganging member that is configured to couple to the first ganging member resulting in the first object being ganged to the second object. The first and second ganging members are releasably coupled to one another by magnetic attraction.
US09402445B2
A holding assembly for articles can be used with a flexible manufacturing system to hold an article in place. The holding assembly can be used with a printing system to print onto the article. The holding assembly can expand to fit the article. The holding assembly can include a moldable surface that can be provided with a temporarily fixed geometry through the use of a vacuum. The holding assembly can help provide a flattened outer surface for the article to facilitate printing.
US09402444B2
An upper for an article of footwear may have material layers and a plurality of strand segments. The material layers are located adjacent to each other and in an overlapping configuration, and the material layers are located in a lace region and a lower region of the upper. The strand segments extend from the lace region to the lower region. The strand segments may be located and secured between the material layers in the lace region and the lower region. The strand segments may form both an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper in an area between the lace region and the lower region. The material layers may define an opening between the lace region and the lower region, and the strand segments extend across the opening.
US09402435B2
A sizing system for an article of footwear includes an insert attachable to the upper of the article of footwear. The insert is positioned within a pocket formed between the lining of the upper and the exterior shell of the upper. When attached to the upper, the insert forms a part of the exterior surface of the article of footwear. When the insert is removed, part of the pocket forms a portion of the exterior surface of the article of footwear or a flap is extended over the pocket to form a portion of the exterior surface of the article of footwear. The insert may be secured within the pocket using a mechanical fastener.
US09402431B1
The clothing adjustment device enables the adjustment of an article of clothing. In one embodiment, the clothing adjustment device is placed upon a user's clothing, such as pants, shorts, skirts, or other clothing at waist level. The clothing adjustment device provides an adjustment head, an inner body, and an outer body. Both the inner body and the outer body provide a pair of fingers with an insertion aperture. The user inserts the section of the article of clothing to be cinched within the insertion aperture between the pair of fingers of the inner body and the outer body. The inner body then rotates in relation to the outer body to cause at least a portion of the article of clothing to be wound upon the inner body. The adjustment head and inner body are secured with a geared system that prevents the adjustment head from rotating allowing the clothing to unwind from the inner body.
US09402430B2
Garments and methods are provided for carrying an infant in skin-to-skin contact. In one exemplary embodiment, a garment can have a back panel and two front panels. The front panels can be configured to overlap and adjustably couple together such that the front panels can securely hold a baby against a wearer's chest. One of the front panels can have a pocket formed on an interior surface thereof that is configured to prevent a baby from slipping out of the garment. The garment can also have an adjustable belt configured to be positioned around the garment. The belt can provide additional support to the garment for securely holding a baby against a wearer's chest.
US09402424B2
A bra that adheres to the wearer's torso, enabling the bra to stay securely in place while aesthetically lifting the wearer's breasts up and out. At least one adhesive patch that includes soft silicone affixed to the fabric of the bra, primarily in the areas adjacent to the cups, is provided. The soft silicone adheres to the wearer's skin via Van Der Waals forces, and a secondary layer of silicone or fabric may be used to secure that adhesion. The Van Der Waals adhesion mechanism can be enhanced by the inclusion of micrometer-sized setae along the soft silicone portion of the adhesive patches. The setae can be angled to provide additional support in the desired direction.
US09402422B2
An electronic cigarette adaptable to vaporize liquid or flower material further with exhale filter capability is disclosed herein. In a preferred embodiment, threads are provided to disassemble a flower and/or liquid cartridge so that they can be exchanged for either/or. The flower cartridge has a separate heat transfer element not desired in the liquid cartridge. An innovative diverter valve assembly also has threads to connect to the cartridges and provides an exhale filter function so that exhaled vapor will not be offensive to non-smokers in an enclosed environment. The electronic smoking device herein further has a mini/micro USB charging port on a side thereof for its rechargeable batteries. Also in a preferred embodiment, a mouthpiece is made of relatively soft elastomer material and is flavored for comfort and enjoyment of a user.
US09402420B2
A smoking accessory kit system facilitates the process of hand-rolling cigarettes, cigars or the like. The system includes a primary tray having a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. A top edge of the perimeter wall defines an access opening into an interior of the primary tray. A plurality of magnets is attached to the primary tray. A plurality of attachments is magnetically attachable to the primary tray.
US09402414B2
A method for making a smokeless tobacco article can include combining thermoplastic polymer particles with tobacco particles to form a mixture of particles, compressing the mixture of particles within a pressing apparatus to form the mixture into a predetermined shape, separating the mixture from the pressing apparatus such that it retains the predetermined shape, and heating the mixture outside of the pressing apparatus to at least partially melt at least some of the thermoplastic polymer particles and form a matrix of polymer and tobacco particles.
US09402402B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a baked product having increased flavor stability comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a dough comprising flour, water, an enzyme preparation having catalase activity and an enzyme preparation having phospholipase activity; and (b) baking the dough to obtain the baked product.
US09402400B2
Provided is a photocatalytic composition comprising zinc (Zn) doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, wherein the ratio of titanium dioxide nanoparticles to zinc is from about 5 to about 150. The photocatalytic composition absorbs electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range from about 200 nm to about 500 nm, and the absorbance of light of wavelengths longer than about 450 nm is less than 50% the absorbance of light of wavelengths shorter than about 350 nm. Further provided is a method for treating or preventing microbial diseases and infestations in a plant and a method for increasing crop yield of a plant by applying the photocatalytic compositions taught herein to the surface of a plant. Also provided is a method for treating microbial diseases on a surface by applying the photocatalytic compositions taught herein to a surface illuminated by artificial light.
US09402396B2
The present invention relates to esters of carboxylic acid agrochemicals comprising a labile protecting group and having formula (I). Certain of the esters of carboxylic acid agrochemicals do not undergo hydrolysis to a significant degree in the dark, but are cleaved to regenerate the parent carboxylic acid agrochemical when exposed to light. Others of the esters of carboxylic acid agrochemicals undergo hydrolysis under both light and dark conditions. The present invention further relates to methods for the controlled release of a carboxylic acid agrochemicals, and to methods of controlling unwanted plants comprising applying to the unwanted plants an ester of a carboxylic acid agrochemical.
US09402390B2
A device is provided for securing a tissue sample from biological material. The tissue sample is housed in bottom and top platens that are configured to promote fluid communication between the tissue sample and the exterior environment to permit transport or cryogenic fluid to contact the sample. Additionally, diskette assemblies may be provided within the platens that permit sub-samples to be separated without directly handling the tissue sample. The diskette assemblies may also be configured to promote fluid communication with the sub-sample housed therein.
US09402389B2
An apparatus for at least one of storage, treatment, assessment and transport of an organ or tissue includes a coolant container configured to cool the organ or tissue, a perfusion circuit configured to perfuse the organ or tissue, and a sample compartment for holding a biological sample. Preferred apparatus has a first internal compartment under a first cover (lid) of the apparatus that includes the coolant container and the sample compartment. The apparatus can include a second internal compartment under a second cover (lid) of the apparatus, the second internal compartment including at least part of the perfusion circuit and a sample compartment.
US09402386B1
Method and apparatus for a collapsible turkey decoy having a central upright rod having an upper cap thereon along with a lower sliding collar wherein a plurality of ribs or lateral frame members extend from the upper cap to the lower sliding collar so that when the lower sliding collar is in a first upward position the ribs expand outwardly to form the body of the decoy and when the lower sliding collar is in a second lower position the ribs collapse into a folded position. The ribs also have both neck and tail frame members mounted thereon over which the cover of the turkey body is mounted along with an optional tail piece assembly.
US09402378B2
In the long-term space human living environment, the biological wastes from human, animals, and plants can be fully digested and recycled by rearing six kinds of recycling animals which will be nourishing feed stuff for feeding edible animals. These edible animals and their eggs combined with space plants will be various food for human. Water and nutrition left in the residues after rearing these feedstuff recycling animals can be recycled and used to fertilize plants. All the animals and plants can be solidly reared in same cabin on the shelf with high densities in boxes, cages, trays and tanks which are all in minimum volume and weight. It is the basis for realizing mini space farm which provides a self-sufficient food regenerative system that enable humans to live and work in space independent of food supply from earth.
US09402369B2
A device for connecting to a window comprising a unitary support member configured for secure engagement with an interior portion of a door and a cushioning member removably attached to the support member.
US09402365B2
A system includes a front wall, a rear wall opposite the front wall, and first and second side walls extending between the front wall and the rear wall. The first side wall includes a gate, and the second side wall is spaced apart from the first side wall such that the front wall, the rear wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall define a milking box stall that accommodates a dairy livestock. The system includes an equipment portion adjacent to the rear wall. It houses a separation container that receives milk to be discarded from the dairy livestock. The equipment portion further houses a robotic attacher that extends from behind and between the rear legs of a dairy livestock located within the milking box stall in order to attach milking equipment to the dairy livestock.
US09402364B2
A robotic milking system suitable for use with conventional milking clusters. Clusters are withdrawn to a generally known position upon release from a cow with the cups hanging down below the bowl. The cups are then located in a confined region from where they are picked up by a robotic arm and attached to teats of a cow. The arrangement allows a single robotic arm to service multiple bales of a rotary milking parlor.
US09402360B1
A novel maize variety designated X18D805 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18D805 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18D805 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18D805, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18D805. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18D805.
US09402359B1
A novel maize variety designated X00D886 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X00D886 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00D886 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X00D886, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00D886. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00D886.
US09402358B2
This invention relates in part to plant breeding and herbicide tolerant plants. This invention includes a novel aad-1 transformation event in corn plants comprising a polynucleotide sequence, as described herein, inserted into a specific site within the genome of a corn cell. In some embodiments, said event/polynucleotide sequence can be “stacked” with other traits, including, for example, other herbicide tolerance gene(s) and/or insect-inhibitory proteins. Additionally, the subject invention provides assays for detecting the presence of the subject event in a sample (of corn grain, for example). The assays can be based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct, inserted into the corn genome, and on the genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Kits and conditions useful in conducting the assays are also provided.
US09402354B2
A self-propelled irrigation system includes a drive tower configured to cross over a drainage ditch or other watercourse in an irrigated field without the use of a bridge or other support structure to support the load of the drive tower.
US09402352B2
An apparatus for the mechanized displacement of movable wires arranged on opposite sides of a row of plants, in particular grapevines, includes a frame suitable to be removably mounted on a farm vehicle, the frame being provided with a mover configured to move the movable wires. The apparatus is characterized in that the mover includes a pair of opposite gripping elements, each of which being suitable to slidingly receive one of the movable wires, the gripping elements being movable in a sequential and synchronized manner along at least two orthogonal axes so as to displace the movable wires from a first height to a second height.
US09402351B2
Aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to devices, methods, and kits for use in horticultural containers. In accordance with some embodiments, a horticultural device comprising a base and a supporting plate may advantageously reduce the amount of soil required for potting. Aspects and embodiments of the present invention may facilitate potting and may reduce plant maintenance.
US09402350B2
A cutter apparatus comprising a frame having a mounting member connectable to a piece of prime mover equipment; a cutter assembly connected to the frame, the cutter assembly comprising a support member having a first end; a drive shaft having a first end journaled to the first end of the support member; and a plurality of discrete cutter members stacked on the drive shaft so as to be engaged with an adjacent one of the cutter members, each of the cutter members having at least one cutting edge; and a drive assembly connected to the drive shaft in a way that activation of the drive assembly causes the drive shaft to rotate and thereby rotate the cutter members. The frame may have a base and an extension arm pivotally connected to the base. The support member may be pivotally connected to the extension arm.
US09402348B2
A baling press has feeding structures for feeding rope materials along opposite first and second sides of the pressing channel and one or more knotters on a first side of the pressing channel. Each knotter includes a knot tier for knotting sections of the rope materials in a knotting area to each other, a cutter and a rope holder for holding rope material cut off from the knotted rope sections. The knotting area is closer to the bale pressing channel than the rope holder. A loop supply member is suspended on the first side of the bale pressing channel and has a hook for catching the rope materials and providing loops thereof at the first side. The rope diverter is arranged for urging sections of the rope materials between the hook and the rope holder towards the bale pressing channel into positions extending through the knotting area.
US09402345B2
A cotton harvester includes plant cutting apparatus to sever cotton plants from a ground surface, plant conveyor apparatus to convey the severed plants into and through a picking chamber, and cotton picking apparatus including picker spindles that move upwardly into the picking chamber through a floor of the chamber to pick cotton filaments from bolls of the plants conveyed as a flattened mat therethrough and carry the cotton downwardly through the floor to doffers that remove the cotton from the spindles. Cotton conveyor apparatus also below the floor conveys the cotton to a receiver, while the plant residue passes from the chamber.
US09402343B1
The present invention relates to a flexible agricultural platform characterized by having a plurality of support arms constructed especially composed of multiple sections hinged together, arranged to hold the cutterbar assembly. The set of multiple-beam pivoting arms used to hold the cutting mechanism of a draper conveyor type agricultural platform on multiple support points evenly distributed across the width of the main frame, and in a manner to admit the cutterbar to flex along its width—without intermediate rigid sections—in response to changes in the curvature of field while the platform is advanced.
US09402337B2
A shovel with a fulcrum projection is disclosed. The shovel has a blade with a front, a back, a proximate end, and a pointed distal end, a handle joined to the proximal end of the blade, and a fulcrum member projecting behind the back of the blade. In some embodiments, the fulcrum member's vertical position is adjustable; in additional embodiments, the blade is serrated or the shovel has footrests.
US09408328B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that facilitates thermal conductance in a system that includes a module comprising a circuit board with integrated circuits, such as a solid-state drive. A thermal-coupling material between one side of the circuit board and an adjacent baseplate is used to increase thermal conduction between the circuit board and the baseplate. Furthermore, the module may include another thermal-coupling material between the baseplate and a housing that at least in part surrounds the circuit board, thereby increasing thermal conduction between the baseplate and the housing. In these ways, the baseplate and/or the housing may be used as a heat-transfer surfaces or heat spreaders that reduce hotspots associated with operation of the integrated circuits.
US09408322B2
A sliding member that is provided in a front panel of a case so as to be movable in the vertical direction and is placed at a down position due to the own weight is provided with a window portion which covers and hides a screw insertion hole for fixing a unit when the sliding member is located at the down position and exposes the screw insertion hole when the sliding member is lifted to an up position. Further, the front panel is provided with an interlocking switch that controls the operation of the case unit in a manner such that the interlocking switch is turned on while being pressed by the sliding member lifted to the up position and is turned off while the pressing operation is released when the sliding member is located at the down position.
US09408313B2
A packaging substrate is provided, including a substrate body and conductive pillars. The substrate body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has a plurality of first conductive pads, and the second surface has a die attach area and a peripheral area surrounding the die attach area. The die attach area has a plurality of second conductive pads embedded therein, wherein top surfaces of the second conductive pads are exposed from the second surface, and the die attach area of the second surface is fully exposed. The conductive pillars are correspondingly disposed on the second conductive pads and have first ends and opposite second ends. The first ends are closer than the second ends from the second conductive pads, and the first ends have a width bigger than a width of the second ends. A fabricating method thereof is also provided.
US09408308B2
An electronic system includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and a heat dissipating element. The PCB includes one or more first electronic components mounted on a first side of the PCB, and one or more second electronic components mounted on a second side of the PCB. The first electronic components have a power consumption that is greater than a threshold and have a height over the first side of the PCB that is higher than any other electronic components mounted on the first side of the PCB. At least one of the second electronic components has a height over the second side of the PCB that is higher than the height of the first electronic components. The heat dissipating element is adjacent to the first electronic components so as to provide a thermal coupling for dissipating heat generated by the first electronic components.
US09408297B2
A patterned transparent conductor includes: (1) a substrate; (2) first additives at least partially embedded into a surface of the substrate within a first area of the surface corresponding to a lower sheet resistance portion; and (3) second additives at least partially embedded into the surface of the substrate within a second area of the surface corresponding to a higher sheet resistance portion. A sheet resistance of the higher sheet resistance portion is at least 100 times a sheet resistance of the lower sheet resistance portion.
US09408293B2
The invention relates to a printed circuit board structure, which comprises a first body, a second body and a sleeve. The sleeve is arranged between and connected with the first body and the second body so as to generate a differential height between the first body and the second body. Via the differential height are solved the problems of insufficient probe stiffness and poor wafer-sort quality, which is caused by decreasing the probe diameter to adapt to miniaturized chips.
US09408289B2
A method for maximizing the brightness of the bunches in a particle injector by converting a highly space-charged beam to a relativistic and emittance-dominated beam. The method includes 1) determining the bunch charge and the initial kinetic energy of the highly space-charge dominated input beam; 2) applying the bunch charge and initial kinetic energy properties of the highly space-charge dominated input beam to determine the number of accelerator cavities required to accelerate the bunches to relativistic speed; 3) providing the required number of accelerator cavities; and 4) setting the gradient of the radio frequency (RF) cavities; and 5) operating the phase of the accelerator cavities between −90 and zero degrees of the sinusoid of phase to simultaneously accelerate and bunch the charged particles to maximize brightness, and until the beam is relativistic and emittance-dominated.
US09408288B2
Systems and methods for performing edge ramping are described. A system includes a base RF generator for generating a first RF signal. The first RF signal transitions from one state to another. The transition from one state to another of the first RF signal results in a change in plasma impedance. The system further includes a secondary RF generator for generating a second RF signal. The second RF signal transitions from one state to another to stabilize the change in the plasma impedance. The system includes a controller coupled to the secondary RF generator. The controller is used for providing parameter values to the secondary RF generator to perform edge ramping of the second RF signal when the second RF signal transitions from one state to another.
US09408277B2
A control circuit is disclosed for lighting applications having a load and an AC leading-edge phase-cut dimmer comprising a phase-cutting switch, the circuit comprising: a detection circuit for detecting a deadlock state of the dimmer; and an activation circuit configured to, in response to the detection circuit detecting a deadlock state of the dimmer, supply a DC current to the dimmer to exit the deadlock state by activating the dimmer. A method of operating such a control circuit is also disclosed.
US09408274B2
A system including a first set of light emitting diodes, a second set of light emitting diodes, and a control module. The first set of light emitting diodes is configured to emit blue light having first wavelengths in a first wavelength range in a spectrum of blue light. The first set of light emitting diodes includes a green phosphor configured to convert the blue light having the first wavelengths to green light. The second set of light emitting diodes is configured to emit blue light having second wavelengths in a second wavelength range in the spectrum of blue light. The second set of light emitting diodes includes a red phosphor configured to convert the blue light having the second wavelengths to red light. The first wavelength range is less than the second wavelength range. The control module is configured to control currents through the first set of light emitting diodes and the second set of light emitting diodes.
US09408272B2
A light driver and the controller and the driving method thereof are disclosed. The controller has a reference generating circuit which has a dimming signal converting circuit, a thermal signal converting circuit and a selecting circuit. The dimming signal converting circuit converts a dimming signal into a converted dimming signal and the thermal signal converting circuit converts the thermal signal into a converted thermal signal. The selecting circuit selects the smaller one of the converted dimming signal and the converted thermal signal and outputs a reference signal based on the selected smaller signal.
US09408269B2
System and method for dimming control of one or more light emitting diodes. An example system includes one or more signal processing components configured to receive a first signal associated with a TRIAC dimmer, process information associated with the first signal, determine whether the TRIAC dimmer is in a first condition or a second condition, generate a second signal based on at least information associated with the first signal, and send the second signal to a switch. The one or more signal processing components are further configured to, if the TRIAC dimmer is determined to be in the first condition, generate the second signal to cause the switch to be opened and closed corresponding to a modulation frequency.
US09408261B2
A circuit to be utilized for an LED driver bleeder activation. The circuit comprises a circuit block for timing a duration of any removed portion of a rectified line signal. The input of the circuit to be coupled to receive the phase controlled rectified line signal through a voltage divider. Comparing the divided rectified line signal with a threshold voltage and output a comparison result. A timer coupled to the comparator and responsive to the comparison result to time the duration of the removed portion of the rectified line signal and activate the bleeder activation circuitry to turn on the switching element of the bleeder to sink a controlled current from the input line.
US09408260B2
An analog dimming conversion circuit includes a first voltage dividing unit, a second voltage dividing unit, and a constant voltage unit. An input end of the first voltage dividing unit receives an analog dimming input signal. An output end of the first voltage dividing unit outputs a first intermediate voltage. An output end of the constant voltage unit outputs a second intermediate voltage which is constant. A first input end and a second input end of the second voltage dividing unit receive the first intermediate voltage and the second intermediate voltage respectively. An output end of the second voltage dividing unit outputs an analog dimming output signal. The analog dimming conversion circuit of the present disclosure can be used in liquid crystal TV, liquid crystal display, mobile phone, tablet personal computer, and other display devices with analog dimming function.
US09408242B2
The present disclosure set forth a method for a node to participate in an ad hoc network. The first node receives a first link information broadcasted omnidirectionally by a second node. The first link information indicates if the second node is communicating via a first directional link in a first polarization with a third node. The first node establishes a second directional link in a second polarization with the second node.
US09408226B2
In a wireless mobile communication system, user equipment receives downlink data and downlink control information including resource allocation information for the downlink data from a base station. Downlink data is mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the downlink control information. The resource allocation information indicates virtual resource block (VRB) allocations for the user equipment. Indexes of PRBs to which the downlink data are mapped are determined based on mapping relationship between VRBs and the PRBs. The mapping relationship is defined such that indexes of the VRBs are mapped to indexes of the PRBs for a first part and a second part of a subframe. The received downlink control information includes control information that determines whether the indexes of the PRBs for the second part are separated with respect to the indexes of the PRBs for the first part based on a predetermined gap in a distributed mode where distributed VRBs are used or whether the indexes of the PRBs for the second part are not separated with respect to the indexes of the PRBs for the first part in a non-distributed mode where localized VRBs are used.
US09408223B2
In systems and methods of managing frequency band selection for a wireless device, a first signal level of a first frequency band and a second signal level of a second frequency band received at a wireless device are monitored, wherein the first frequency band comprises a lower frequency band than the second frequency band. A first signal level difference is determined between the first signal level and the second signal level, and the wireless device is instructed to communicate with the access node over the second frequency band when the first signal level difference meets a first signal level difference criteria based on a decrease of the second signal level.
US09408218B2
An information storage apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits configuration information to an operation terminal connected to the information storage apparatus, the configuration information indicating whether the information storage apparatus is configured to store location information of the operation terminal; a control unit that performs a process requested by a request sent from the operation terminal; and a storage control unit that stores, in a storage unit of the information storage apparatus, the location information of the operation terminal in association with information related to the process requested by the request. When the configuration information indicates that the information storage apparatus is configured to store the location information, the control unit performs the process requested by the request only when the location information is received from the operation terminal together with the request.
US09408216B2
A technique for transmission of wireless signals across CDMA radio links. Bandwidth is allocated dynamically within a session to specific CDMA subscriber unit based upon data rate determinations. Specifically, a dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm operates from limits calculated based upon available ports per subscriber, expected user bandwidth, and parallel user bandwidth versus throughput. Provisions for priority service, unbalanced forward and reverse spectrum utilization, voice prioritization, and band switching are also made.
US09408211B2
A method and an apparatus for resource management, and a low-bandwidth user equipment. The method for resource management includes: determining, according to a system downlink transmission bandwidth or according to a system downlink transmission bandwidth and a maximum downlink transmission bandwidth of a low-bandwidth user equipment, a downlink transmission resource configured by a cell for the low-bandwidth user equipment. The method and apparatus for resource management proposed in the present invention are intended to solve a problem that a low-bandwidth user equipment accesses a broadband system, and enable, through resource management, a low-bandwidth user equipment and a common user equipment to coexist on a same frequency band without causing a waste of a dedicated frequency band resource.
US09408206B2
Method and apparatus for allocating resources to real-time traffic communication in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) based system are provided. An example method includes assigning, selecting, mapping and transmitting. One or more Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packets are assigned to a single bundled packet. A first modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of a set of MCSs is selected. The first MCS is the one MCS of the set of MCSs capable of mapping the bundled packet to a smallest possible amount of physical OFDMA resources while addressing one or more negative impacts of interference on a link associated with the real-time traffic communication. The bundled packet is mapped to the smallest possible amount of physical OFDMA resources based on the first MCS selected. The bundled packet is transmitted using the first MCS selected and over the smallest possible amount of physical OFDMA resources mapped.
US09408195B2
The embodiments of the application relate to the technical field of wireless communications, especially relate to a method, system and device for cell management, which are used to manage the cells under the local node in the hierarchical network deployments scene of segregation of user plane and control plane. The method of the embodiments of the application includes: a macro base station determines the need to manage the cells under a local base station; the macro base station notifies said local base station to manage the cells under the local base station. In the embodiments of the application the macro base station notifies the local base station to manage the cells under the local base station. Since in the embodiments of application the macro base station assists the local base station to manage the cells under the local base station, thus implementing to manage the cells under the local node in the hierarchical network deployment scene of segregation of user plane and control plane, further improving the system performance.
US09408188B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for scheduling a downlink packet in a wireless communication system, which preferentially appoints a combination of a traffic flow and a physical resource block (PRB) having a low per-bit transmission power requirement during real-time traffic scheduling, and allocates the remaining PRBs to non-real-time traffic using spare transmission power. For this purpose, the downlink packet scheduling method of the present invention comprises: an operation of performing real-time traffic scheduling, which involves carrying out the process of preferentially appointing a combination of traffic flow and a PRB having the lowest per-bit transmission power requirement; a step of performing non-real-time traffic scheduling, which involves allocating remaining PRBs, which remain after the allocation to the real-time traffic, to non-real-time traffic using spare transmission power.
US09408184B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for protecting a multiuser (MU) transmission between an access point and a plurality of wireless stations. The access point may transmit a frame that is addressed to multiple stations in a wireless network. Each of the stations addressed by the frame may respond with an identical clear-to-send frame. In some instances, the clear-to-send frames transmitted by each wireless station may utilize the same scrambling code utilized by the frame transmitted by the access point, use the same modulation and coding scheme, and/or occupy the same frequency bands such that the multiple clear-to-send frames are combined in the air and detected as a single frame by the access point. In some instances, the access point may thereafter transmit an uplink reference frame to trigger the wireless stations to transmit an uplink data request frame to the access point.
US09408179B2
A system, computer software and method for collecting, in addition to position data, additional positioning data in a user terminal served by a communication network. The method includes initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal, collection of the positioning data, where the positioning data includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the at least one parameter; selecting, within the user terminal, one or more measurement reports that were generated in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the selected one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network.
US09408177B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes maintaining geographical information for a plurality of WiFi access points; and managing radio resources for a user equipment (UE) at a network element using the geographical information for the plurality of WiFi access points. In certain vitamins, the managing includes: verifying a cellular network type for the UE; preferentially admitting the UE if the UE is in a particular zone; verifying if the UE belongs to a first group associated with high data consumption; and verifying if a device associated with the UE belongs to a second group associated with high data consumption.
US09408166B2
Systems and methods for implementing a mitigation of overlapping basic service set (OBSS) interference are disclosed. Synchronization of access point (AP) devices may be based upon a transmission synchronization function (TSF) offset between the AP devices. In an implementation, collaboration between the AP devices may include exchanging of beacon schedule frames through a controller, or over the air media access.
US09408162B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a determination is made of a first power available for transmitting a first signal using a first radio access technology while simultaneously transmitting a second signal using a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology. An uplink grant is received and a determination is made regarding a second power for transmitting the first signal on uplink using the first radio access technology based on the uplink grant. A determination is made regarding a difference between the first power and the second power. Information related to the difference is reported via the first radio access technology based on a trigger. The reporting information is triggered when the change of a power backoff from a last report exceeds a selected threshold.
US09408160B2
A transmission output restricting method and apparatus of a portable terminal includes a radio frequency (RF) unit to detect a transmission power reflected based on a degree of mismatching of an antenna when a transmission power is emitted via the antenna, and to measure a transmission power increased due to the reflected transmission power caused by a human contact to the antenna, and a controller to control an output of the transmission power by restricting the output of the transmission power when the transmission power measured by the RF unit is greater than or equal to a predetermined value.
US09408159B2
A method and apparatus for performing transmit (Tx) power control in a convergence network of a plurality of communication systems. A method for performing transmit power control (TPC) in a plurality of communication system convergence networks includes receiving, by a first entity of a first communication system, a TPC information request message requesting information associated with transmit power control (TPC) from a second entity of a second communication system; upon receiving a request of the TPC information request message, transmitting a first TPC information reporting message, which includes a maximum transmit (Tx) power value of the first entity and an interference signal value caused by a neighbor entity of the first entity, to the second entity; receiving a TPC command message, which includes information of the maximum Tx power value of the first entity adjusted based on the maximum Tx power value of the first entity and the interference signal value, from the second entity; and adjusting the maximum Tx power value of the first entity based on the information regarding the adjusted maximum Tx power of the first entity.
US09408155B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method, apparatus, and system for managing wireless communications between wireless devices, including providing radiative power delivery to the wireless devices. The wireless devices may include a communication transceiver to wireless communicate with other wireless devices and a radiative power harvester to receive radiative power transmissions from the other wireless devices. The wireless devices may also include a switching unit to selectively provide a connection to the communication transceiver and the wireless power harvester based on the mode of operation of the wireless devices.
US09408147B2
A method of communicating data in a Bluetooth™ low energy (BLE) module is provided. The method includes modulating an outbound communication signal into a modulated signal with a particular modulation scheme based on a modulation type, and transmitting the modulated signal to a remote device via a wireless communication connection associated with the modulation type. The method also includes receiving an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal, determining if the inbound RF signal is associated with a modulation type, and demodulating the inbound RF signal with a particular modulation scheme based on the modulation type if the inbound RF signal is determined to be associated with a modulation type. In some aspects, the inbound RF signal and outbound modulated signal have symbol rates of 2 Megasymbols per second. In some implementations, the method includes switching between a legacy BLE system and an enhanced rate BLE system.
US09408143B2
User activity on a mobile device is monitored and collected, and a resource usage model is constructed. The resource usage model describes a set of contexts in which the mobile device, and is the basis for determining a first exhaustion point for a resource. Based on the monitored activity, a prediction of a second exhaustion point for the resource time is made. If the second exhaustion point is prior to the first exhaustion point, usage of the resource is reduced.
US09408135B2
In embodiments, a UE notifies an AP of information about a home operator of the UE; and the AP determines whether the home operator of the UE uses a hotspot virtualization technology on the AP, and if the home operator uses the hotspot virtualization technology on the AP, sends the information about the home operator of the UE as information about the AP access service operator to the UE, so that in a case in which the home operator of the UE and the AP access service operator are different, the UE considers the AP access service operator as the home operator of the UE and therefore preferentially selects a network of the home operator to access a communications network by using the AP.
US09408133B2
In embodiments of mesh network commissioning, a commissioning device of a mesh network can determine steering data for the mesh network, where the steering data includes an indication of a device identifier associated with a device that is allowed to join the mesh network, and the indication is represented as a set of values in a Bloom filter that represent the device identifier. The commissioning device can then propagate the steering data from the commissioning device for the mesh network to one or more routers in the mesh network. Propagating the steering data enables the routers to transmit the steering data in a beacon message, where the steering data enables the device associated with the device identifier to compare the set of values in the Bloom filter to a second set of values determined at the device to identify that the device is allowed to join the mesh network.
US09408131B2
A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: sending “INVITE” from a UE#1 to a P-CSCF/VATF in a visited network of the UE#1; sending “INVITE” from the P-CSCF/VATF to an IMS; and allocating, by the P-CSCF/VATF, an MGW#1 to the path for voice communications.
US09408126B2
A radio terminal UE according to one embodiment includes a radio communication unit 210 configured to receive a plurality of parameters including a first parameter for high-speed movement and a second parameter for non-high-speed movement as parameters for processing for switching to a neighboring base station from a base station connected to the radio terminal, and a controller 260 configured to acquire movement speed information indicating a movement speed of the radio terminal and to select a parameter corresponding to the movement speed information. The first parameter is configured to inhibit processing for switching to a Pico base station PeNB which is included in the neighboring base stations.
US09408125B2
Multiple data bearers may be configured for a user equipment (UE) for carrier aggregation and may be split among multiple evolved nodeBs (eNBs). The eNBs may be selected to serve the multiple data bearers for the UE based on various criteria such as channel conditions, loading, and the like. Various eNBs may be selected to serve data bearers for UE on a per data bearer basis, so that a particular eNB may be selected to serve each data bearer of the UE. Each data packet for the UE may then be sent via an appropriate data bearer.
US09408121B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for enhancing measurement in a wireless communication system. The method includes: obtaining, according to a measurement period or triggered by an event, a measurement amount, where the measurement amount includes a ratio of a valid signal based on a reference signal to a non-valid signal based on the reference signal measured based on the reference signal; reporting the measurement amount to a base station; or performing cell selection or cell reselection according to the measurement amount.
US09408119B2
A wireless access system includes: a first communication system that performs communications by a first communication scheme; a second communication system that performs communications by a second communication scheme different from the first communication scheme; and a communication terminal capable of communicating with both the first communication system and the second communication system. A base station of the first communication system transmits, to the communication terminal, a threshold value in accordance with an elapsed time is measured from a first point in time at which the communication terminal previously enters a second communication area that is an area of the second communication system to a second point in time at which the communication terminal previously exits from the second communication area to a first communication area that is an area of the first communication system.
US09408110B2
A network includes a Mobile Station (MS) for sending a Service Flow (SF) modification request message to a Base Station (BS) to modify an SF. The BS sends a path modification request message to a serving SF Authorization (SFA) when there is the information on the SF. The BS also sends an SF modification response message comprising a Confirmation Code ‘Reject SF not found’ to the MS when there is no information on the SF. The serving SFA sends a resource reservation request message to an anchor SFA when there is the information on the SF, and sends a path modification response message comprising a Failure Indication (FI) ‘Requested Context Unavailable’ to the BS when there is no information on the SF. The anchor SFA sends a resource reservation response message comprising the FI ‘Requested Context Unavailable’ to the serving SFA when there is no information on the SF.
US09408109B2
A method for congestion control in a network node (20) of a communication network utilizing a distributed queue system for transmission of data units is disclosed. Said network node (20) has a priority queue (PQ) (40) for protocol data units (PDUs) (50, 50a-n) in accordance with a persistent retransmission protocol. The method comprises detecting (110) a condition indicative of a congestion and, in response thereto, manipulating (120) the content of a PDU (50, 50a-n) in the PQ (40). A related network node (20), computer program product, and computer readable medium are also disclosed.
US09408101B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for cell outage detection. The method includes: receiving, by a controlling base station of a first cell, a request message, where the request message is used to request an outage measurement on a second cell, the first cell is a neighboring cell of the second cell; selecting, by the controlling base station of the first cell, a user equipment in the first cell to measure the second cell; receiving, by the controlling base station of the first cell, measurement information obtained by the user equipment by measuring the second cell, and generating, according to the measurement information, information used to determine whether an outage occurs in the second cell; and sending, by the controlling base station of the first cell, a reply message including the information used to determine whether an outage occurs in the second cell.
US09408099B2
In a cellular radio system a UE transmits CQI reports on a periodic basis and also transmits CQI reports upon a request from the radio base station. The UE is further adapted to cancel transmission of a periodic CQI report upon reception of a request for a requested CQI report.
US09408087B2
Systems and methods for identifying interference that warrants dynamic frequency selection (DFS) are provided. In one example, a wireless data radio system includes a radio frequency receiver and thresholding circuitry. The radio frequency receiver may provide a received signal strength indicator. The thresholding circuitry may compare the received signal strength indicator to a threshold value associated with radio interference, determine whether a dynamic frequency selection operation is warranted based at least in part on the comparison, and output a dynamic frequency selection signal indicating whether the dynamic frequency selection operation is warranted.
US09408085B2
The present invention is designed to perform CQI measurement for adjacent cells without making the processes in the user terminal UE complex. A base station apparatus (eNodeB #1) provided in the serving cell has features of acquiring, from a base station apparatus (eNodeB #2) provided in an adjacent cell, the cell ID of the adjacent cell, and the position and transmission power of the CSI-RS, as parameters related to the CSI-RS of the adjacent cell, generating a broadcast signal including the above parameters related to the CSI-RS, and transmitting the generated signal to the user terminal (UE).
US09408077B1
A method and apparatus for multimodal communication device capable of automatically determining an optimal communication mode. A user input selecting one of a contact and a stored communication is received, wherein each of the contact and the stored communication is associated with a destination. An optimal global communication mode to use for communicating with the destination is automatically determined from a plurality of communication modes. The destination is communicated with using the optimal global communication mode if a predefined condition is satisfied.
US09408073B2
A system and method for facilitating configuring software security functionality. An example method includes employing a first computing device to collect information associated with a user of enterprise software, resulting in collected information; and dynamically adjusting one or more security features of enterprise software running on or accessible via a second device based on the collected information. The software running on the second device may include or represent the enterprise software that includes software security functionality. The collected information may include contextual information. An administrator user option facilitates adjusting the one or more rules.
US09408071B2
In a method and system for APN (Access Point Name) correction in a GPRS data roaming scenario where a sponsor operator network is used and a method and system for routing GTP messages to the correct destination network entity after actuating the APN correction as and when required. The GTP filter checks the IMSI and APN data in the GTP layer and, depending on the IMSI and APN data performs APN correction and manipulates GTP parameters to ensure the PDP Context is correctly established between the SGSN and the GGSN, and the further GTP Control or Data messages bypass the GTP Filter application. This solution allows appropriate routing of message, in particular for message to and from smartphone.
US09408069B2
A service control method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes measuring, by a terminal, a service status of interaction between the terminal and a network and/or a moving speed of the terminal; and reporting, by the terminal, measured service status information and/or speed information to a network device, so that the network device configures a network parameter of the terminal according to the service status information and/or the speed information. Therefore, a network throughput is improved, and terminal energy consumption is reduced.
US09408057B2
An accounting method and device are disclosed in the disclosure. The method includes that: a BNG transmits a second Accounting-Request message to an AAA server after receiving a first Accounting-Request message from an AC, wherein the first Accounting-Request message is used for activating the BNG to execute an accounting operation; and the BNG transmits a second Accounting-Stop message to the AAA server after receiving a first Accounting-Stop message from the AC, wherein the first Accounting-Stop message is used for activating the BNG to stop the accounting operation. By the disclosure, the problem that the function division of the AC and the BNG is not yet clear during the accounting operation in the related art is solved, so that functions of the AC and the BNG are clearly divided during the accounting operation, an accounting operation flow is further made clear, and the accounting efficiency is improved.
US09408056B2
Systems and methods for providing a better user experience and provider profitability. An exemplary system includes a telecommunications device subject to a cellular service plan from a cellular carrier. The telecommunications device includes an application program that gathers device usage data and determines whether the current cellular service plan is the best service plan based on gathered usage data. If a current cellular service plan is not the best service plan, based on the gathered usage data, then cellular service plans from the current cellular service provider or other service providers are measured against the gathered device-usage data to determine the best available service plan.
US09408053B2
A mobile station (MS) includes a first circuitry configured to: select a cell by a cell selection procedure started by the MS, in a case where a radio link failure is detected, wherein said selecting based is on: a criteria of the cell selection procedure; information, used for indicating access restrictions of the MS, the information broadcasted on each cells; and an access class of the MS, wherein the access class being either: a first access class applied for an emergency call, or other access classes applied for other calls; and treat, in a case where the radio link failure is detected upon communication of the first access class, the selected cell as an appropriate cell even in a case where the selected cell is a cell belonging to a first base station not registered in the list; and a second circuitry configured to access the appropriate cell.
US09408046B2
A short messaging system (SMS) emergency services 911 system (SMS E911). Excess non-voice capacity is used to establish a Short Message Service (SMS) capability for generating an emergency 911 “equivalent” call, together with location information required by emergency services and to meet Federal 911 requirements. 911 requests for emergency assistance are delivered using non-voice centric sources such as SMS, email, and/or autonomous data/message generation devices. SMS 911 capability enables SMS savvy consumers to generate requests for emergency assistance to the local Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The SMS 911 emergency services request can be understood by an otherwise conventional PSAP, including provision of location information, and translated to provide first responders with the emergency services information they need to offer timely assistance.
US09408042B2
A method includes receiving location information from a Global Positioning System receiver, retrieving geo-fence data from a geo-fence database corresponding to a boundary of a jurisdiction, automatically selecting between a first or second frequency band satellite transmitter based on the comparison.
US09408037B1
In one embodiment, techniques are provided for efficiently selecting and distributing wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) data to a mobile client device. A reference database is maintained on a network server. An expected future location of the mobile client device is determined. The expected future location represents a location different than a present location of the mobile client device, which the mobile client device is expected to visit in the future. One or more tiles are transferred from the reference database to the mobile client device for a bounded geographic region that includes the expected future location. The one or more tiles are stored on the mobile client device to be available for use in satisfying one or more subsequently received requests for estimation of location of the mobile device.
US09408024B2
Systems and methods are described for determining position of a receiver. The positioning system comprises a transmitter network including transmitters that broadcast positioning signals. The positioning system comprises a remote receiver that acquires and tracks the positioning signals and/or satellite signals. The satellite signals are signals of a satellite-based positioning system. A first mode of the remote receiver uses terminal-based positioning in which the remote receiver computes a position using the positioning signals and/or the satellite signals. The positioning system comprises a server coupled to the remote receiver. A second operating mode of the remote receiver comprises network-based positioning in which the server computes a position of the remote receiver from the positioning signals and/or satellite signals, where the remote receiver receives and transfers to the server the positioning signals and/or satellite signals.
US09408016B2
A remote control application for remotely a wireless signal booster is located on a remote device, such as a mobile telephone, tablet or computer. The remote control application utilizes a short-range communication interface, such as Bluetooth. This interface allows the user to autonomously register and remotely monitor the performance of the booster and can typically be used to configure, control, enable, shut down, and perform other operations related to the booster, such providing customer support, product registration, and other types of support for the booster operation. The system is most effective when the external device is a mobile device receiving telecommunication service through the repeater. In this case, the mobile device simultaneously displays two signal strength indicators, one for signals received by the mobile device itself and the other for signals received by the tower-side antenna of the wireless repeater.
US09408009B1
A wearable electronic device is discussed. The device has a housing and a processor in the housing. The processor can enable the wearer of the device to select different operations from an onscreen display. The device also has a communication circuit in the housing to transmit wirelessly to another device cooperating with the electronic device. The device has a microphone hole penetrating the housing to a microphone, a microphone seal component, and a waterproof material in the housing. The microphone seal component has channels and when compressed against the waterproof material can i) allow sound waves in air to pass through to the microphone inside the housing behind the waterproof material and the microphone seal component, ii) form a water tight seal for the microphone hole penetrating the housing, and iii) provide an air pressure equalization mechanism between internal pressure inside the housing and atmospheric pressure external to the housing.
US09408008B2
Method and systems are provided for displaying playback zone representations in a controller interface for a media playback system. A representation of a first playback zone in the media playback system may be displayed according to a collapsed format, and a representation of a second playback zone in the media playback system may be displayed in a position directly below the representation of the first playback zone. Upon determining that the first playback zone is associated with media content, an updated representation of the first playback zone may be displayed according to an expanded format that is larger than the collapsed format. The representation of the second playback zone may then be displayed in a position directly below the updated representation of the first playback zone.
US09408005B2
A hearing aid includes: a signal processor; a wireless communications unit connected to the signal processor; and an antenna system with a data terminal and at least one control terminal, wherein the data terminal is connected to the wireless communications unit, the antenna system comprising a first antenna and one or more antenna feeds including a first antenna feed, the antenna system further comprising an antenna configurator for configuring the antenna system to operate in a selected antenna mode selected from a plurality of antenna modes including a first antenna mode and a second antenna mode according to a control signal transmitted on the at least one control terminal, wherein the antenna configurator is configured to apply a first antenna configuration to the data terminal when operating in the first antenna mode, and to apply a second antenna configuration to the data terminal when operating in the second antenna mode.
US09407992B2
A method for continuously estimating reverberation decay comprising receiving a sequence of audio data samples. Determining whether a plateau is present in the sequence of audio data samples. Generating one or more reverberation parameters from the sequence of audio data samples if it is determined that the plateau is present.
US09407979B2
A loudspeaker includes a hermetically-sealed enclosure, a first driver arranged at outside of the enclosure and along a wall of the enclosure, a second driver arranged at inside of the enclosure and parallel to the first driver across the wall of the enclosure from the first driver, and a pipe communicating the first driver and the second driver. Each of the drivers has a diaphragm, and a frame surrounding the diaphragm. The frame has an opening. The pipe is connected to the opening of the frame of the first driver, penetrates through the wall of the enclosure, and is connected to the opening of the frame of the second driver, and thereby forming one hermetically-sealed space enclosed with the diaphragms and the frames of the two drivers. The second driver is configured to output a signal of opposite phase to that of the first driver.
US09407967B2
A system for monitoring order fulfillment of telecommunication services is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a monitoring system having a controller element that submits a correlation ID to a service orchestration system (SOS) that manages one or more order fulfillment systems (OFSs) that collectively fulfill a select one of a plurality of telecommunication service orders according to a plurality of intermediate fulfillment steps, receives from the SOS information associated with the plurality of intermediate fulfillment steps tagged with the correlation ID, records said information according to the correlation ID, and collects correlated fulfillment activity for the plurality of telecommunication service orders from a plurality of iterations of the foregoing steps. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09407966B2
A method for transmitting signaling information in a digital broadcasting system is provided. The method includes generating the signaling information for reception of a broadcast service, and transmitting the signaling information using at least one of a first transmission scheme and a second transmission scheme, which are different from each other in access time to a broadcast channel.
US09407965B2
A user interface may be provided. A display of one or more levels of control for controlling video playback in the user interface may be provided in response to a first input from a directional controller along a first axis of the directional controller. Each level of control may include at least one control option that is different from control options at another level of control. A focus within a current level of control of the one or more levels of control may be set. The focus may be moved to another control option within the current level of control in response to a second input from the directional controller along a second axis of the directional controller.
US09407960B2
A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a diagnostic system coupled to the communications network. The network element accesses a communications application executing on a communications server coupled to the communications network and pushes a communications interface to the CPE. The network element receives message information from the CPE and routes the message information to the communications server to initiate delivery of a message to the diagnostic system.
US09407950B2
Embodiments for controlling one or more external audio-visual devices are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving a device command and determining an intent of the device command. The intent includes an action and an external device to perform the action. The method further comprises selecting a selected protocol for communicating the device command to the external device, where the selected protocol is selected from a plurality of supported protocols, and communicating the device command to the external device according to the selected protocol.
US09407947B1
Systems and methods for providing users with a real time or near-real time indications of media channels or programs that are currently receiving the most usage or consumption within a defined population of users are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method receives media usage data for currently airing media while the media is being aired and creates an ordered list of media channels or programs for presentation, based at least in part on the media usage data. The method then presents the ordered list of media channels or programs while the media is being aired. In an embodiment, a system further provides the ability to easily select and tune one of the indicated channels or programs in an interactive interface. In an embodiment, the selected media channels or programs are sold on demand or as part of a service upgrade if they are not included in a user's current subscription.
US09407943B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor; a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories.
US09407933B2
A method and a decoding or coding device for calculating at least one of run and level representations of respective quantized transform coefficients representing pixel values in a block of a video picture inserted in a coefficient array is disclosed. The method and the decoding or coding device are adjusted to generate a bitmask of the quantized transform coefficients, respectively perform a look up of the 8 least significant bits and the 8 most significant bits of the bitmask in a look up table, patch the looked up lower part and upper part bytemap values and insert the bytes of the first bytemap array from index position 8 minus the number of non-zeros in the 8 least significant bits of the bitmask.
US09407932B2
The embodiments reduce output delay for pictures by determining after a current picture has been decoded and stored in a decoded picture buffer, DPB, a number of pictures in the DPB that are marked as needed for output. This number is compared, after a current picture has been decoded and stored in the DPB against a value derived from at least one syntax element present or to be present in a bitstream representing pictures of a video sequence. If this number is greater than the value a picture, which is the first picture in output order, of the pictures in the DPB that are marked as needed for output is preferably output and marked as not needed for output.
US09407928B2
A sub-pel-unit image interpolation method using a transformation-based interpolation filter includes, selecting, based on a sub-pel-unit interpolation location in a region supported by a plurality of interpolation filters for generating at least one sub-pel-unit pixel value located between integer-pel-unit pixels, one of a symmetric interpolation filter and an asymmetric interpolation filter from among the plurality of interpolation filters; and using the selected interpolation filter to generate the at least one sub-pel-unit pixel value by interpolating the integer-pel-unit pixels.
US09407925B2
A system for transcoding a video signal into a transcoded video signal, includes a high scene cost detection module that detects a high scene cost corresponding to at least one image of the video signal. An encoder section generates the transcoded video signal, wherein, when the high scene cost is detected, an enhanced quality is assigned to at least one central region.
US09407912B2
Blocking artifacts at a block boundary between a block and a neighboring block in a video frame are reduced by calculating an offset based on pixel values of pixels in a line of pixels in the block and based on pixel values of pixels in a corresponding line of pixels in the neighboring block. The offset is added to the pixel value of the pixel closest to the block boundary in the line of pixels and is subtracted from the pixel value of the pixel closest to the block boundary in the corresponding line of pixels. The resulting deblocking filter has good low-pass characteristics and is efficient for reducing blocking artifact.
US09407906B2
The invention provides an autostereoscopic display device in which a light blocking arrangement is provided for selectively blocking light which has or would pass between lenses. Elements are provided between adjacent lens locations, and the display can be configured so that light reaching these elements is either allowed to reach the viewer or is blocked from reaching the viewer. This means that a public (multiple cone) viewing mode can be chosen or a private (single narrow viewing cone) viewing mode.
US09407905B2
A stereoscopic image display device includes a display unit including a plurality of pixels and a data driver supplying first image data for a first view point to the plurality of pixels, second image data for a second view point to the plurality of pixels after supply of the first image data, third image data for the second view point to the plurality of pixels after supply of the second image data, and fourth image data for the first view point to the plurality of pixels after the input of the third image data. The stereoscopic image display device using such a time-division type scheme may decrease driving speed needed to display the stereoscopic image, may decrease reduction of luminance by reducing an amount of black data, and may decrease power consumption.
US09407886B2
A projector includes an illumination optical system, an image formation element that spatially modulates light from the illumination optical system, and a projection lens that projects the spatially modulated light. The illumination optical system includes a light source that emits light of a first wavelength, a fluorophore unit including a reflection region reflecting the light of the first wavelength and a fluorophore region including a fluorophore emitting fluorescent light of a wavelength that differs from the first wavelength by irradiation of the light of the first wavelength, a first optical element reflecting a first linearly polarized light and allowing a second linearly polarized light to pass through the first optical element, and a second optical element provided on a light path between the first optical element and the fluorophore unit which changes a polarized state of irradiated light.
US09407879B2
Systems and methods for cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and a cloud-based analytics platform for automatically analyzing received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) surveillance data and providing 3D display for a target surveillance area.
US09407878B2
An integrated surveillance system combining video surveillance and data from other sensor-based security networks is used to identify activities that may require attention.
US09407877B2
A surveillance system and method with at least one wireless input capture device ICD(s) and a corresponding digital input recorder (DIR) and/or another ICD, including the steps of providing the base system; at least one user accessing the DIR via user interface either directly or remotely; the DIR and/or ICD searching for signal from the ICD(s) and establishing communication with them, and the system providing for input capture and data transmission prioritization, thereby providing a secure surveillance system having wireless communication for monitoring a target environment with prioritization capabilities.
US09407865B1
A user device within a communication architecture, the user device comprising: an image capture device configured to determine image data and intrinsic/extrinsic capture device data for the creation of a video channel defining a shared scene; a surface reconstruction entity configured to determine surface reconstruction data associated with the image data from the image capture device; a video channel configured to encode and packetize the image data and intrinsic/extrinsic capture device data; a surface reconstruction channel configured to encode and packetize the surface reconstruction data; a transmitter configured to transmit the video and surface reconstruction channel packets; and a bandwidth controller configured to control the bandwidth allocated to the video channel and the surface reconstruction channel.
US09407863B2
An apparatus for processing visual information includes a controller to control display of information in an application window based on first visual information stored in a buffer and second visual information received from one or more sources. The controller outputs the first visual information for display in a first area of the application window and outputs the second visual information for simultaneous display in a second area of the application window. The first visual information is visual information that does not change between a first time and a second time, and the second visual information is visual information that changes between the first time and the second time. The controller may be different from a central processing unit of a host device.
US09407861B2
Methods and systems facilitate troubleshooting or maintenance of in vitro diagnostic equipment. An operator of the equipment utilizes an app on mobile device to receive status information from the equipment and capture images of the equipment. Tutorials and interactive remote technical support can be provided utilizing this data.
US09407851B2
The present invention provides methods and imaging systems for obtaining complex images following desirable projection schemes from images obtained using rotationally-symmetrical wide-angle lenses by mathematically-precise image processing methods. The present invention further provides CMOS image sensors which execute hardwire image-processing to provide desirable complex images. Imaging systems employing these hardwire image processing CMOS image sensors do not need any software image processing to generate desirable complex images.
US09407850B2
An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array, a sense amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, a processor and a voltage generator. The sense amplifier obtains a first signal according to a pixel signal from the pixel array and a reference voltage, wherein the reference voltage has a first voltage level. The analog-to-digital converter converts the first signal into a first digital signal. The processor provides a feedback signal according to the first digital signal. The voltage generator adjusts the reference voltage to a second voltage level corresponding to the feedback signal. The sense amplifier removes a direct current (DC) bias voltage from the pixel signal according to the reference signal having the second voltage level.
US09407849B2
An image sensor includes a first column pair and a second column pair among a plurality of columns of a pixel array, an analog-to-digital converter pair, and a switch arrangement circuit configured to connect the first column pair with the analog-to-digital converter pair in response to first switch control signals such that two rows among a plurality of rows in the pixel array are read during a single access time.
US09407847B2
Provided is a solid state imaging apparatus including: a writing memory selecting unit connected between a plurality of vertical output lines and a plurality of memories, configured to selectively store a signal transmitted from at least one of the plurality of vertical output lines into at least one of the plurality of memories; a plurality of horizontal scanning channels configured to input the signals stored in the plurality of memories; and a reading memory selecting unit connected between the plurality of memories and the plurality of horizontal scanning channels, configured to selectively output the signal stored in the at least one of the plurality of memories to at least one of the plurality of horizontal scanning channels. The reading memory selecting unit is configured to output the signals in an order corresponding to spatial arrangement of photoelectric conversion elements.
US09407844B1
A method for synchronizing a first circuit to an electro-optical sensor is disclosed. The method generally includes steps (A) to (D). Step (A) may generate with the first circuit a configuration signal that conveys a request to capture at least one frame of a plurality of periodic frames. Step (B) may receive the periodic frames at a second circuit from the electro-optical sensor. Step (C) may discard a first frame of the periodic frames where the first frame precedes the request. Step (D) may store a plurality of active pixels in a second frame of the periodic frames in a memory where the second frame follows the request. The second circuit is generally a hardware implementation.
US09407836B2
An X-ray camera includes a camera housing, an image pickup element which is sensitive at least for X-rays, and an X-ray objective. The X-ray objective lens has a capillary structure and the image pickup element is constructed as a two-dimensional pixilated semiconductor sensor for simultaneous spatial, energy and time resolution.
US09407835B2
An image obtaining method and an electronic device for implementing the method are disclosed. The method includes: capturing M image frames of a first object by the image capturing unit in a first time period, where M is an integer larger than or equal to 2; determining a first region of the i-th image frame of the M image frames based on a first preset rule; obtaining M sub-image frames from the M image frames based on information of the first region, where the i-th sub-image frame of the M sub-image frames is determined based on the i-th image frame and the information of the first region; obtaining the j-th image frame of the M image frames, where j is the same as or different from i; and generating a first dynamic image of the first object by using the j-th image frame and the M sub-image frames.
US09407818B2
A method for producing an improved high resolution image is disclosed including capturing low resolution images and a high resolution image; combining the low resolution images to provide an aggregate low resolution image; reducing the resolution of the high resolution image to provide an image representative of a low resolution image that could have been captured by the image capture device; interpolating the representative low resolution image to provide an interpolated high resolution image; calculating a residual image from the high resolution image and the interpolated high resolution image; combining the representative low resolution image and the aggregate low resolution image to provide a final low resolution image; and using the final low resolution image and the residual image to provide the improved high resolution image.
US09407810B2
A focus detection apparatus comprises a sensor unit including a first sensor and a second sensor and configured to output a signal for focus detection, each of the first sensor and the second sensor being configured to receive light that has passed through an imaging optical system and accumulate electric charges, a first signal generation unit configured to generate a first signal based on a contrast of a signal corresponding to the electric charges accumulated in the first sensor, a second signal generation unit configured to generate a second signal based on a contrast of a signal corresponding to the electric charges accumulated in the second sensor; and a control unit configured to control an accumulation time of the electric charges in the first sensor and the second sensor.
US09407807B2
A method and system for cooperative image acquisition and processing. A system comprising a group of network-connected cooperating cameras, where upon determining an imaging event a camera requests imaging from cooperating cameras. The best video describing the event is selected or generated from the acquired videos. The additional description of the video is created in the form of machine-readable metadata, and human-readable text description.
US09407805B2
An electronic device of the present invention has a flat-type device case whose front surface is provided with an imaging section and which is covered by a foldable cover, and includes an open/close detecting section which detects an open/close angle of the cover when the cover covers the device case, and outputs a detection signal for causing the imaging section to perform imaging.
US09407791B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores a table including information on regions respectively occupied by a plurality of solids whose vertices are defined by a plurality of reference colors that are set in a color space, each of the solids having an evaluation value less than a setting value, the evaluation value decreasing as the length of edges thereof decreases, the solids being arranged such that faces thereof do not cross each other; and a computing unit that specifies a solid containing an input color with use of the table, and performs interpolation processing of the input color with use of the reference colors corresponding to the vertices of the specified solid.
US09407787B2
In a control method for a processing apparatus connected to an image reading apparatus, in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction while the image reading apparatus performs a reading step, the processing apparatus causes the image reading apparatus to terminate the reading step and deletes image data of a page being read, and in a case where the processing apparatus receives a cancellation instruction after the image reading apparatus has performed the reading step, the processing apparatus performs controlling processing for deleting image data that has been acquired in the last reading step and has yet to be stored.
US09407783B2
An image forming apparatus includes an acquiring section, a storing section, a total-calculating section, a determining section, and an image forming section. The acquiring section acquires, from each of one or more pre-designated target persons, a printing requirement notification indicating whether or not the target person requires printing, and further indicating a number of required copies when the target person requires printing. The storing section stores output target data. The total-calculating section calculates, based on one or more printing requirement notifications acquired by the acquiring section, a total number of required copies indicated by the printing requirement notifications. The determining section determines a final number of copies to be printed based on a calculation result of the total-calculating section. The image forming section prints an image based on the output target data in accordance with the final number of copies determined by the determining section.
US09407779B2
A coordinate measuring unit measures an x-coordinate, a y-coordinate and a z-coordinate indicating an object position according to a change in the position of an object located within a predetermined distance from a panel surface. A display control unit causes a display unit to display a first mark image defining a peripheral distance of a positon determined by the x- and y-coordinates together with predetermined images. The display control unit causes the display unit to display the first mark image such that an area defined by the first mark image becomes smaller as the z-coordinate becomes smaller.
US09407778B2
An information processing apparatus provided with a touch panel includes a display unit configured to display document data, and an instruction unit configured to instruct a print apparatus to perform a print processing of the document data in response to a situation in which the document data displayed on the display unit is touched and flicked in a particular direction.
US09407771B2
Various embodiments provide methods implemented on a multi-SIM-multi-active (MSMA) communication device for selectively enabling call forwarding. When the communication device is in an active data session on a first SIM, a processor in the communication device determines the data rate of a data session on a first SIM and detects whether the data rate exceeds a predefined first threshold. The processor enables call forwarding on the first SIM upon detecting that the data rate of the data session on the first SIM exceeds the predefined first threshold, to forward to a second SIM in the communication device one or more incoming calls made to the first SIM.
US09407762B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for providing enhanced user authentication functionalities are presented. In one or more embodiments, a server computing device may authenticate a user of a user computing device to a customer portal. Subsequently, the server computing device may receive a click-to-call request from the user computing device. In response to receiving the click-to-call request, the server computing device may generate a one-time passcode for the user. Then, the server computing device may provide the one-time passcode to the user. Thereafter, the server computing device may receive one-time-passcode input from an interactive voice response (IVR) server, and such input may be received from a caller. The server computing device then may validate the one-time-passcode input based on the one-time passcode provided to the user. In response to validating the one-time-passcode input, the server computing device may cause the IVR server to authenticate the caller as the user.
US09407760B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided wherein performance of lines configured for discontinuous operation is monitored on symbols transmitted using a base configuration in which the lines are active. On the basis of the monitored performance, performance may be calculated for other configurations in which one or more of the lines are discontinued.
US09407755B1
A mobile phone that coordinates power management across multiple communication devices. The mobile phone comprises a processor, a memory, long-range and short-range radio transceivers, and an application. When executed by the processor, the application receives device power reserve and device application usage information via the short-range radio transceiver from a portable communication device, and transmits the device power reserve and device application usage information, a phone power reserve and a phone application usage information via the long-range radio transceiver to a server computer. The application further receives power management instructions via the long-range radio transceiver from the server, creates a device power management command based on the power management instructions, transmits the device power management command via the short-range radio transceiver to the portable communication device, and configures the mobile phone to manage a battery power reserve of the mobile phone based on the power management instructions.
US09407742B2
A holster for a hand held device allows a cell phone or other device to be secured to the dorsal side of a hand and still visible while not in use. In this position it may be manipulated by one hand. When desired, the cell phone or other device may be rapidly repositioned into the palm of the hand. This allows fast access to and manipulation of a cell phone or other device, while also allowing it to be secured out of the way on the dorsal side of the glove.
US09407733B1
A method for maintaining time at a network device includes receiving a packet that (i) conforms to a protocol that does not define a dedicated field for time correction and (ii) includes a time stamp specifying a time, determining whether the received packet includes an existing field specifying time correction information to be used for correcting the time specified by the time stamp, and, in response to determining that the packet does not include an existing field specifying time correction information, adding to the packet a new field specifying time correction information to be used for correcting the time specified by the time stamp.
US09407722B2
A processing device receives a schedule from a server, the schedule identifying delivery times for a set of items associated with the user device. At each delivery time, the processing device contacts the server to obtain one or more items from the server in accordance with the schedule.
US09407718B2
An IP multimedia residential gateway (IMRG) determines device capabilities and service priority profiles of client devices. The determined device capabilities and service priority profiles, comprising service classes and service class priorities, may be transmitted to the service managers for service deployment. The service managers may provide services to client devices based on corresponding device capabilities and service priority profiles. The IMRG may track device capabilities and service priority profiles for self-configuration. Available services supported by networks may be discovered during network discovery. The discovered services are announced to the client devices. The IMRG may communicate content of the announced services with the client devices based on corresponding device capabilities and service priority profiles. The service managers schedules services for the client devices based on corresponding device capabilities and service priority profiles, and may communicate content of the scheduled services to the client devices via the IMRG.
US09407710B2
A home network system that personalizes the selection of information content in accordance with an interest of a user of the network is disclosed. More specifically, a method and apparatus are described for automatically presenting an information content of interest to the user, being provided by an Internet site external to the network. The contents of interest may be determined in accordance with an access pattern of the user or a frequency of the use of particular topic in the content.
US09407704B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses for identifying and/or displaying an availability or virtual position of a user are provided. In some examples, a virtual position display may be provided and may include a plurality of user indicators. The user indicators may include an availability of the user. In some examples, a user may adjust a position of a user indicator. Adjustment of the user indicator closer to another user indicator may indicate an increased availability status of the user, while adjustment of the indicator away from another user indicator may indicate a decreased availability of the user. In some examples, the user indicator may include a level of activity indication received from one or more sensing devices associated with the user.
US09407694B2
An information handling system is configured to poll a remote data store at an adaptable polling rate. The polling rate can be based on one or more usage characteristics of the information handling system, such as a time of day, geographical location, user profile, management profile, system usage pattern, or other usage characteristic. Between polling requests, the information handling system can be placed in a low-power mode, thereby conserving power.
US09407674B2
According to embodiments of the invention, systems, methods and devices are directed to removal of objects in a video feed that are captured continuously through video sources in real-time. Various embodiments of the invention implement several novel features, including, in one embodiment, a device that is coupled to cameras has an input device for selecting the objects to be removed from the feed. The selected object is removed and replaced with pixels neighboring the location where the pixels were taken from. Contour may also be controlled via the input, and sensitivity may be adjusted based on the application. Removed objects may also be selectively reintroduced into the video feed via the input device.
US09407672B2
A telephony communication setup request sent from a telephony device to an element of an IP telephony system includes a first encrypted code that is generated using one or more data items that are specific to the telephony device. The element of the IP telephony system receiving the setup request obtains the same data items locally and creates a second encrypted code. If the second code matches the first encrypted code, the telephony device and/or the setup request are authenticated, and the element of the IP telephony system proceeds to setup the requested telephony communication.
US09407668B2
A protection against an unsolicited communication for an IMS (PUCI) system includes a call session control function (CSCF), and a plurality of PUCE application servers. The PUCI application servers make an evaluation as to whether a communication received from the user equipment is an unsolicited communication; the CSCF makes a decision on routing toward the PUCI application servers based on the evaluation; then, the PUCI application servers execute the routing based on the decision.
US09407657B2
The transmission of an unauthorized request from a terminal is blocked. It is possible to provide a user terminal which blocks an unauthorized request made by malicious content by detecting the transmission of a request generated in a user terminal, investigating whether the request contains an improper word registered in an improper word database, and inhibiting the transmission of the request when it is determined that the request contains the improper word.
US09407642B2
A method and apparatus of access control in an electronic apparatus implementing the method are provided. The method of operating an electronic apparatus includes detecting an access request to a resource from an application included in a first area of a memory by a processor of the electronic apparatus, in response to the access request, executing an access control module included in a second area of the memory to calculate a hash value of the application by the processor, determining whether a record exists in the memory, the record corresponding to the hash value and identification information of the application, by executing the access control module by the processor, and allowing access to the resource by the processor when the record exists in the memory.
US09407636B2
An apparatus and method for securely suspending and resuming the state of a processor. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: generating a data structure including at least the monotonic counter value; generating a message authentication code (MAC) over the data structure using a first key; securely providing the data structure and the MAC to a module executed on the processor; the module verifying the MAC, comparing the monotonic counter value with a counter value stored during a previous suspend operation and, if the counter values match, then loading processor state required for the resume operation to complete. Another embodiment of a method comprises: generating a first key by a processor; securely sharing the first key with an off-processor component; and using the first key to generate a pairing ID usable to identify a pairing between the processor and the off-processor component.
US09407634B2
Embodiments are directed towards communicating using a mobile device that performs actions including. A mobile device may be provisioned with an access point such that a provisioning key and a provisioning token for each of the provisioned access points may be stored on the mobile device. The mobile device may be determined to be in the presence of a provisioned access point based on the provisioning key and an advertising nonce. The advertising nonce may be encrypted with the provisioning key. A communication channel between the mobile device and the access point may be established based on a session nonce, the advertising nonce, and the provisioning key. A session key may be generated based in part on the advertising nonce and a message counter. And, encrypted message packets that include a message and a message authentication tag may be communicated to the access point.
US09407629B2
A method for assembling authorization certificate chains among an authorizer, a client, and a third party allows the client to retain control over third party access. The client stores a first certificate from the authorizer providing access to a protected resource and delegates some or all of the privileges in the first certificate to the third party in a second certificate. The client stores a universal resource identifier (URI) associated with both the first certificate and the third party and provides the second certificate and the URI to the third party. The third party requests access to the protected resource by providing the second certificate and the URI, without knowledge or possession of the first certificate. When the authorizer accesses the URI, the client provides the first certificate to the authorizer, so that the client retains control over the third party's access.
US09407628B2
A framework, which conforms to the OAuth standard, involves a generic OAuth authorization server that can be used by multiple resource servers in order to ensure that access to resources stored on those resource servers is limited to access to which the resource owner consents. Each resource server registers, with the OAuth authorization server, metadata for that resource server, indicating scopes that are recognized by the resource server. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when requesting consent from a resource owner on behalf of a client application, so that the consent will be of an appropriate scope. The OAuth authorization server refers to this metadata when constructing an access token to provide to the client application for use in accessing the resources on the resource server. The OAuth authorization server uses this metadata to map issued access tokens to the scopes to which those access tokens grant access.
US09407625B2
A server may store one or more accounts. Each account may be associated with an authentication code and a total number of information devices that are allowed to be registered. The authentication codes may be provided to users for registering information devices. The information device may transmit a connection request, including an entered authentication code, to a server. Upon receiving the connection request, the server may determine whether to register the particular information device. The server may determine whether the information device is allowed to be registered based on registerable information, which is associated with an account that is associated with the received authentication code and which represents a remaining number of information devices that are allowed to be registered using the associated authentication code. If the information device is allowed to be registered, the server may send authentication information to the information device, so it may transmit state information.
US09407624B1
Systems, methods, and devices for forming networks of interconnected devices are provided. Individual devices of the network are configured to utilize multiple wireless communication standards which may include wireless LAN communication standards, short-range wireless communication standards, and low-power wireless communication standards. User utilize access devices to monitor and control the devices of the network. Communications transmitted to devices of the network may be routed through a server located remotely relative to the network as well as through other devices of the network. The devices of the network are configured with multiple security modes having different security features resulting in different response times. The security mode a device utilizes when communicating with an access device or another device of the network is selectable by the user.
US09407622B2
In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to cause a processor to send, from an authorization client on a device to a client authorization module, an indication of multiple applications installed on the device, and receive, at the authorization client and in response to the indication, multiple application tokens from the client authorization module. Each individual application token from the multiple application tokens received by the authorization client is uniquely associated with an application from the multiple applications installed on the device. The authorization client provides each application its associated application token such that each application from the multiple applications can use that application token in order to be authenticated to an application server associated with the application.
US09407621B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for a mechanism by which participants who have been invited to attend a conference event can provide authentication credentials to join the conference event via a console application. When an individual attempts to join a conference event via a console application, the individual is prompted to provide his or her authentication credentials to join the conference event. The console application may inherit the individual's permissions during the conference event.
US09407617B2
This disclosure pertains generally to client authentication. One aspect of the disclosure relates to a first server for presenting evidence to a Domain Controller (DC) of a first authentication context being submitted from a client to the first server to obtain a delegable credential, wherein the credential can be used to request a second authentication context from that client to a second server. Another aspect relates to the first server providing a pass-thru with evidence to a DC. The evidence relates to a first authentication context being submitted from a client to the first server that it obtained a delegable credential. The pass-thru is used in combination with the credential to request a second authentication context from the client to a second server.
US09407615B2
A user may utilize a set of credentials to access, through a managed directory service, one or more services provided by a computing resource service provider. The managed directory service may be configured to identify one or more policies applicable to the user. These policies may define the level of access to the one or more services provided by the computing resource service provider. Based at least in part on these policies, the managed directory service may transmit a request to an identity management system to obtain a set of temporary credentials that may be used to enable the user to access the one or more services. Accordingly, the managed directory service may be configured to enable the user, based at least in part on the policies and the set of temporary credentials, to access an interface, which can be used to access the one or more services.
US09407601B1
A system and method executed by a client for reliably communicating between the client and a server over a Fiber Channel (FC) network. The method creating a first Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) request, including a virtual connection identifier, sending the first SCSI request to the server over the FC network, determining an action based on a status of the first SCSI request, creating a second SCSI request, including the virtual connection identifier, wherein the second SCSI request is based on the determined action, and sending the second SCSI request to the server over the FC network.
US09407598B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for distributing micro-blog posts to ad-hoc micro-blogging groups. In one embodiment, a micro-blog post of a user is obtained. A crowd in which the user is located is determined, where the crowd is a group of spatially proximate users. The micro-blog post of the user is tagged with a crowd identifier of the crowd in which the user is located such that the micro-blog post includes a crowd identifier tag. Publication of the micro-blog post including the crowd identifier tag is then effected.
US09407580B2
Some embodiments provide a method for a managed forwarding element that operates on a host machine to process packets for at least one logical network. The method receives a packet that includes a particular piece of data to maintain with the packet. The particular piece of data is not stored in a payload of the packet and is not protocol-specific data. The method stores the particular piece of data in a register while processing the packet. The method identifies a next destination of the packet that operates on the host machine. The method generates an object to represent the packet for the identified destination. The particular piece of data is stored in a field of the generated object.
US09407575B2
In a telecommunications network including a core network component and first and second telecommunications devices, with the second telecommunications device being associated with a SIM which is not directly routable in the telecommunications network in regard to communications with the first telecommunication device, a method of transmitting a communication between the first device and the second device including: the core network component receiving a communication from or for the second device via a data bearer; and configuring the core network component, to encapsulate the received communication and forward the encapsulated communication to a management server external to the telecommunications network so as to obtain appropriate routing data and/or routing authorization for the communication.
US09407569B1
Technologies are described herein for providing notifications of computing resource availability for on-demand allocation. A resource request is received from a requesting application indicating the type, size, number, and other parameters of the computing resources desired. Upon determining that the requested computing resources are not immediately available, suitable alternative resources are determined based on the parameters of the requested resources. The availability of computing resources at the service provider is monitored, and when the requested resources or suitable alternatives become available, the requesting application is sent one or more resource availability notifications describing the available resources. The requesting application may then allocate the available resources from the service provider on-demand.
US09407568B2
A self-configuring dynamic contact center including a plurality of resources, each resource associated with a set of attributes, a plurality of dynamic switches connected to the resources, a dynamic controller connected to the dynamic switches and configured to control the operation of the dynamic switches, and a routing engine connected to the dynamic controller. The routing engine is configured to utilize the dynamic controller and dynamic switches to determine the states of network paths between the dynamic switches, and is further configured to determine which of the resources are suitable to handle a contact based on requirements of the contact and the attributes of the resources, to determine which of the suitable resources is an optimal resource based on the requirements of the contact and the states of the network paths, and to utilize the dynamic controller and the dynamic switches to route the contact to the optimal resource.
US09407555B2
A computer-implemented method for load balancing multicast traffic may include (1) identifying a plurality of switches that include at least a first switch that is connected to a second switch by a first path and a second path, (2) calculating a plurality of multicast distribution trees for distributing multicast traffic among the plurality of switches that includes (i) a first tree that includes the first path and whose root is different than the root of a second tree and (ii) the second tree that includes the second path, (3) receiving a plurality of multicast packets ingress to the plurality of switches at the first switch, and (4) using at least two of the plurality of multicast distribution trees to transmit the plurality of multicast packets from the first switch to the second switch. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09407553B2
When a reduction in the transmission speed of the line preset as the TDM line transfer route is detected by a device-connecting line termination unit, a mapping request, to which information indicating the amount of TDM-line bandwidth overflowing from the line and a destination indicating the final line relaying device have been added, is generated by the mapping request processing unit, and transmitted via the other line to another device connected in a ring network in order to map the overflow amount of bandwidth added to the mapping request on each line sequentially from the other device to the line relaying device as the final transfer destination, thereby forming a TDM-line detour route.
US09407550B2
A rate limiter incorporated in a server connected to a network. The rate limiter is adapted to reduce congestion in the network in response to a congestion notification message. The server is adapted to send packets over the network. The rate limiter includes at least one of: a server rate limiter engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to the server; a virtual machine rate limiter engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to a virtual machine associated with the packets, the virtual machine hosted by the server; a flow rate limiter engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to a flow associated with the packets; the flow being one of a plurality of flows transporting packets over the network; and a transmit engine adapted to rate limit the packets in response to a virtual pipe of the network for transmitting the packets.
US09407545B1
Selection of proper virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) tables is based on a logical interface that is not associated with a physical interface. The selected VRF table is used to perform an output interface lookup for outgoing packets. In one example, a router includes a plurality of network interfaces, and a processing unit configured to select a logical interface not associated with any of the plurality of network interfaces based on an association with a received packet of a virtual private network, select one of a plurality of VRF tables in which to perform an output interface lookup for the packet that corresponds to the selected logical interface, and determine one of the plurality of network interfaces from the one of the plurality of VRF tables based on a destination of the packet, wherein the determined one of the plurality of network interfaces is configured to forward the packet.
US09407537B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a memory, a communications interface and a processor. The processor is operatively coupled to the memory and the communications interface. The processor is configured to receive, at a first time, a label identifier associated with an aggregated link within the communications network via the communications interface. The aggregated link including a plurality of redundant links. The processor is configured to receive, at a second time after the first time, a data packet including the label identifier via the communications interface. The processor is configured to send at least a portion of the data packet via a first link separate from the aggregated link based on the label identifier. The processor is configured to not send the data packet via a link from the plurality of redundant links of the aggregated link based on the label identifier.
US09407535B2
A packet network linear protection method, a network, and a node in a dual or multi-home configuration include designating each of a plurality of home nodes in the dual or multi-home configuration as a working home or a protect home; designating each link between each of the plurality of home nodes and an end node in the dual or multi-home configuration as active or standby; operating a protection switch state machine based on an associated linear protection protocol at each of the plurality of home nodes and the end node; communicating protection messages to each of the plurality of home nodes from the end node; and communicating protection states in an associated protection switch state machine by each of the plurality of home nodes to other home nodes and to the end node.
US09407533B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. A switch includes a storage and a multicast management mechanism. The storage is configured to store an entry indicating a multicast group membership learned at a remote switch. The multicast management mechanism is coupled to the storage and is configured to suppress flooding of packets destined for the multicast group.
US09407527B2
Described is a system and method for determining a classification of an application that includes initiating a stress test on the application, the stress test including a predetermined number of stress events, wherein the stress events are based on a network impairment. A response by the application to each stress event is identified and the application is classified as a function of the response into one of a first classification and a second classification, the first classification indicative of a normal application and the second classification indicative of an undesired application. If, the application is in the second classification, a network response procedure is executed.
US09407517B2
Method and system for determining the number of computing resources for executing a plurality of jobs. In accordance with the method and the system, the plurality of jobs along with a plurality of variables associated to the plurality of jobs may be received. The plurality of variables may include a mean processing time (μ), a standard deviation (σ), a service level agreement (α), and a confidence level (1-α). After the receipt of the plurality of variables, an inverse parameter (γ) may be determined using the mean processing time (μ), the standard deviation (σ), and the confidence level (1-α). Further, a queue length (k) may be computed based upon the total processing time (T), the mean processing time (μ), the standard deviation (σ), and the inverse parameter (γ). Finally, the queue length (k) and the number of jobs (n) may be processed in order to determine the number of computing resources.
US09407510B2
Multiple visual indications are provided at a device in connection with multiple work orders. Each work order involves a respective connection using the device. The multiple visual indications are provided simultaneously for at least a part of the time the visual indications are provided. In one implementation, the visual indications differ from one another. What each visual indication looks like is displayed on a respective portable device configured to display information about the work order associated with that visual indication.
US09407508B2
A system configured to generate a utilization metric using a plurality of client devices coupled to a network server is disclosed. The system includes a channel condition monitor and a probe packet coordinator located on each client device, the channel condition monitor being configured to gather channel information, the probe packet coordinator being configured to format a packet train containing the channel information, the probe packet coordinator being configured to schedule or control the transmission timing of the packet train. The system also includes a network congestion calculator located at the network server, the network congestion calculator being configured to receive the packet train from each client device and generate a utilization metric based on the packet train received from each client device.
US09407495B2
Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems for allowing a variety of devices desiring Internet Protocol (IP) addresses from potentially different locations to all operate on the same local area network. For example, a node, e.g., a gateway device, can receive a request for an IP address and determine whether that request was issued by a locally addressable device or a wide area network (WAN) addressable device. The node can then selectively locally provide an IP address or request an IP address, e.g., from a WAN, based on the determination.
US09407483B2
Embodiments of a circuit are described. In this circuit, a modulation circuit provides a first modulated electrical signal and a second modulated electrical signal, where a given modulated electrical signal, which can be either the first modulated electrical signal or the second modulated electrical signal, includes minimum-shift keying (MSK) modulated data. Moreover, a first phase-adjustment element, which is coupled to the modulation circuit, sets a relative phase between the first modulated electrical signal and the second modulated electrical signal based on a phase value of the first phase-adjustment element. Additionally, an output interface, which is coupled to the first phase-adjustment element, is coupled to one or more antenna elements which output signals. These signals include a quadrature phase-shift-keying (QPSK) signal corresponding to the first modulated electrical signal and the second modulated electrical signal.
US09407481B1
Systems and methods for performing efficient blind decoding. A first plurality of decision metrics corresponding to a first repetition of periodic decoding information is stored. The first plurality of decision metrics is grouped into sequential portions. A plurality of combined versions of the sequential portions is stored into combining buffers arranged in sequence. Each combined version is associated with a different sequence of timing information. A first of the plurality of combined versions stored in a first of the combining buffers is combined with a second version of a second plurality of decision metrics that corresponds to a second repetition of the periodic decoding information. The second version is associated with timing information adjacent in the timing information sequence to the timing information associated with the first combined version. The data is decoded based on information in the combining buffers.
US09407480B2
An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of target circuits, the number of the target circuits being more than a required number of the target circuits; a characteristic adjustment unit configured to adjust characteristics of the target circuits; and a control unit configured to control a state of the target circuits between a used state and an unused state. The control unit controls the required number of the target circuits to be in the used state and controls the rest of the target circuits to be in the unused state. The characteristic adjustment unit adjusts the characteristics with respect to the target circuits in the unused state.
US09407478B1
In a passive mixer, switches and a capacitance are shared between bootstrapped mixing transistors, reducing the number of components required as compared to prior art bootstrap designs. Shared bootstrap circuits operate in an interleaved fashion between I and Q mixer circuits, at twice the LO frequency. That is, the shared bootstrap circuits in each I mixer circuit charge their capacitors in a first half-period of a clock, and connect the shared capacitor to the gate of an enabled mixing transistor in the second half-period. The shared bootstrap circuits in the Q mixer circuit charge their capacitors in the second half-period, and connect the shared capacitor to the gate of an enabled mixing transistor in the first half-period. One of two mixing transistors connected to each shared bootstrap circuit is alternately enabled during the clock signal half-periods that the shared bootstrap circuit is not charging its capacitor.
US09407472B1
Multiple input single output (MISO) systems and processes are presented that can adaptively equalize multiple signals to produce an output. In some examples, the MISO systems can include a fast transversal recursive least square (RLS) algorithm to produce the output. Fast transversal RLS algorithms can be less complex than other RLS algorithms. In some examples, the fast transversal RLS algorithm may be optimized to have no division operations. The MISO system may have two or more inputs.
US09407469B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed driving data of multiple protocols through a single set of pins. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a transmitter connected to two pads on an IC the transmitter including a differential driver to transmit a differential signal, wherein the differential driver has a first branch and a second branch, each branch of the differential driver including a protection device connected to one of the pads; and a common mode driver to transmit a common mode signal, the common mode driver having a first branch and a second branch, each of the branches of the common mode driver including a protection device connected to one of the pads. The first and second switch devices are not turned on simultaneously, based on data to be transmitted, one of the switch devices being turned on and the other being turned off. The third and fourth switch devices are both turned on when the common mode signal is one of a logic HIGH or logic LOW and both turned off when the common mode signal is the other of a logic HIGH or logic LOW.
US09407465B2
A method of handoff across different networks is disclosed. A first communication link through a first network is used for communicating between a first user agent and a second user agent. The user agents negotiate to use a second communication link for the same call. The second communication link is established through a second network between the first user agent and the second user agent while maintaining the first communication link. Related data is sent through the first communication link and the second communication link. The first communication link is dropped and communication is continued using the second communication link.
US09407459B2
Upon receipt of an intercepted first Ethernet Frame, a communication system converts the first Ethernet Frame into a second Ethernet Frame including a second identifier based on the first identifier and the conversion information, and sends the second Ethernet Frame toward a first input/output port identified by the second identifier. The system, in sending an Ethernet Frame on which communication service has been executed from the virtual machine, converts the Ethernet Frame on which the communication service has been executed into a third Ethernet Frame including a third identifier identifying a second input/output port of the virtual machine which has executed the communication service. The system converts the third Ethernet Frame into the first Ethernet Frame including the first identifier based on the third identifier and the conversion information and sends the first Ethernet Frame toward the destination of the first Ethernet Frame.
US09407454B2
A slot reservation method is disclosed. The slot reservation method generates slot reservations in two dimensions to address starvation and to reduce bounce of messages transmitted through an interconnect. An interconnect implemented using the slot reservation method is capable of being scaled to larger network-on-chip implementations.
US09407442B2
Described are various embodiments of a tamper-evident network messaging method and system, and device configured therefor. In some embodiments, tamper-evident messaging is enabled between network-interfacing devices. In general, these devices will each comprise a hardware hasher or the like, operatively configured to compute and supply a hash value to their respective network interface via an independent path distinct from the device's one or more software-accessible paths, where it may be combined with outgoing messages to provide indication of possible code tampering, or again evaluated against incoming hash values associated with incoming messages to verify an authenticity thereof. In some embodiments, such hash values may further or alternatively be used for the encryption/decryption of intercommunicated messages to provide a similar effect.
US09407441B1
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for adding entropy to key generation on a mobile device are provided herein. A method includes generating a prompt via a computing device interface in connection with an authentication request to access a protected resource associated with the computing device; processing input cryptographic information entered via the computing device interface in response to the prompt against a pre-determined set of cryptographic information, wherein said pre-determined set of cryptographic information comprises one or more input elements and one or more interface manipulation measures associated with the one or more input elements; and resolving the authentication request based on said processing.
US09407418B2
Acknowledgments for packets received on multiple data channels in wireless communication are channelized with multiple orthogonal codes to generate multiple symbol sequences. Modulation symbols for an acknowledgment channel are generated based on the symbol sequences.
US09407412B2
The present invention discloses a method and a terminal for receiving and sending scheduling information, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method comprises: obtaining, by a terminal, transmission mode information of each carrier of N carriers configured by a network device, where N is a natural number greater than 1; determining a set of candidate downlink control information DCI formats according to the transmission mode information, where the set of candidate DCI formats includes at least a first DCI format and a second DCI format, where a physical downlink control channel PDCCH corresponding to the first DCI format carries scheduling information of at least two carriers of the N carriers, and a PDCCH corresponding to the second DCI format carries scheduling information of one carrier of the N carriers; and receiving and detecting a PDCCH corresponding to each DCI format in the set of candidate DCI formats.
US09407408B2
A method and an apparatus for mapping a bit of an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) in a wireless communication system are provided. A base station maps an e-PDCCH bit on a first region to which the e-PDCCH is allocated from a data region within a subframe, and maps a redundant bit of the e-PDCCH bit on a second region, which is between a control region and the first region within the subframe, including at least one orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol (OFDM). The e-PDCCH bit is mapped from a kth OFDM symbol within the subframe in the direction of an increasing OFDM symbol index, and the redundant bit is mapped from a (k−1)th OFDM symbol in the direction of a decreasing OFDM symbol index.
US09407407B2
Carriers used at an access terminal may be selectively controlled by dynamically determining whether one or more carriers from which the access terminal receives data should be shut off based on one or more real-time conditions at the access terminal. Processing capabilities and memory usage at the access terminal are compared to predetermined thresholds to determine whether the one or more carriers should be shut off, whether entirely or partially. Shutting off a carrier may comprise reducing the number of slots (up to a total of all available slots) that a carrier may use to transmit data to the access terminal during a given time period. If it is determined that the one or more carriers should be entirely or partially shut off then the access terminal transmits a message notifying an access node to shut off the transmission of the one or more carriers to the access terminal. Since less data will be received, processing and/or memory capabilities may be directed to other applications.
US09407405B2
A method of receiving downlink data in a wireless communication system and a wireless device are provided. The wireless device determines energy per resource element (EPRE) of a reference signal that is received in a transmission bandwidth of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and determines the power ratio of the EPRE of the reference signal to the EPRE of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) on the basis of the transmission bandwidth. The wireless device determines the EPRE of the PDSCH on the basis of the EPRE of the reference signal and the power ratio and demodulates the PDSCH.
US09407400B2
Digital signals are transmitted over a communication channel having a given bandwidth, by simultaneously transmitting: one or more Spread Spectrum signals, such as, Code Division Multiple Access signals, wherein the spectrum of the Spread Spectrum signals exhibits roll-off transition bands at the boundaries of the spectrum, and one or more multi-carrier transmission signals, such as, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing signals, which are transmitted over the transition bands of the Spread Spectrum signals.
US09407384B2
The present invention relates to a system that integrates various transmission/reception technologies, e.g. satellite, frequency modulated (FM), etc. for specific highway use, allowing the use of one and the same frequency-modulated frequency along a road in a synchronized manner.
US09407383B2
A translator includes: an input configured to receive a bit stream having a plurality of digitally encoded contents and control information; processing circuitry configured to select one of the digitally encoded contents, to use the selected digitally encoded content to produce an analog modulated signal, to use the digitally encoded contents to produce a digitally modulated signal, and to combine the analog modulated signal and the digitally modulated signal to produce a hybrid signal; and an output configured to output the hybrid signal. A method performed by the radio signal translator is also provided.
US09407377B2
A transceiver for full-duplex communication. The transceiver comprises: a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter has a first oscillator circuit, for generating a transmit-carrier signal; and a first mixer, for up-converting a data signal to be transmitted by mixing it with the transmit-carrier signal, said data signal comprising a plurality of data symbols. The receiver has: a second oscillator circuit, for generating a receive-carrier signal; and a second mixer for down-converting a received signal by mixing it with the receive-carrier signal. The first oscillator and second oscillator are controlled such that there is a predetermined phase relationship between the transmit-carrier and receive-carrier signals at the start of each transmitted data symbol. The transceiver further comprises an interference cancellation circuit adapted to generate, based on the data signal to be transmitted and the predetermined phase relationship, an estimate of an interference component present in the received signal, and to compensate for the interference using the estimate.
US09407372B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: mapping the client signal into channels of a parallel transmission frame, where the parallel transmission frame includes at least two channels; adding an overhead for the channels of the parallel transmission frame after the mapping, to form transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame, where bit rates of the transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame are fixed; and modulating the transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame onto one or more optical carriers in a same optical fiber, and transmitting the optical carrier after the modulation.
US09407365B2
There is provided a method and corresponding lighting device (100), and a receiver, which employs code modulation which provides a compatibility of code modulation in a dimmable lighting system. The lighting device comprises means for dimming the output light (102), which employs multiple dimming modes, each representing dimming the light output from lighting device by means of a respective dimming method, and means for embedding a code in the light output (103). The means for embedding a code in the light output employs code modulation which is based on controlling the instantaneous dimmed light output from the lighting device such that the integrated value of the dimmed light output during a time period T is modulated to embed the code. The code may then subsequently be extracted from the modulated light by means of an integrate-and-dump process at a receiver, without knowledge of the dimming method and/or dimming level of the lighting device.
US09407362B2
Exemplary embodiments may involve hierarchical balloon networks that include both optical and radio frequency links between balloons. An exemplary network system may include: (a) a plurality of super-node balloons, where each super-node balloon comprises a free-space optical communication system for data communications with one or more other super-node balloons and (b) a plurality of sub-node balloons, where each of the sub-node balloons comprises a radio-frequency communication system that is operable for data communications. Further, at least one super-node balloon may further include an RF communication system that is operable to transmit data to at least one sub-node balloon, where the RF communication system of the at least one sub-node balloon is further operable to receive the data transmitted by the at least one super-node balloon and to transmit the received data to at least one ground-based station.
US09407357B1
A radio node for updating a local timing parameter based on a message from a remote node includes a processing circuit and receiver. The receiver is configured to receive the message and to provide the message to the processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine an expected time of arrival for the received message using an estimation of range between the radio node and the remote node. The processing circuit is further configured to obtain an estimate of a timing error for the radio node by comparing the expected time of arrival with the actual time of arrival. The processing circuit is further configured to determine a timing error quality using position uncertainty information and time uncertainty information received from the remote node with the received message.
US09407356B2
A digital audio system of an aircraft comprising one or more pieces of audio equipment and one or more pieces of radio equipment providing a reliable side tone to the operators. The audio equipment and the radio equipment have installed in the proximity, respectively, an audio-terminal and a radio-terminal connected to a digital network including digital messages management units and digital signal processors. The digital messages management unit of the audio equipment is provided with a computer program adapted to generate a side tone of an analog audio message issued by the microphone of the audio equipment and to activate/deactivate its sending to the headset of the audio equipment when the audio-terminal receives from the radio-terminal an activation/deactivation command for said side tone.
US09407350B2
A base station which is able to perform radio communications with a relay station and a mobile station, the base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit radio signals to the relay station in downlink backhaul subframes, and to limit transmission of radio signals to the relay station in subframes other than the downlink backhaul subframes; and a controller configured to allow, when performing a random access procedure to the relay station, the transmitter to transmit a message of the random access procedure even in the subframes other than the downlink backhaul subframes.
US09407348B2
An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to transmit a first number of training symbols corresponding to a first number of communication chains to solicit a response including a second number of training symbols corresponding to a second number of communication chains. The first and second number of communication chains may form a portion of a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system.
US09407346B2
Channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is disclosed. User equipment transmits a CSI feedback signal via a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH). If the UE is configured in a first feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report jointly coding a Rank Indicator (RI) and a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI1), and a second report coding Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI2). If the UE is configured in a second feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report coding RI, and a second report coding CQI, PMI1 and PMI2. The jointly coded RI and PMI1 employs codebook sub-sampling, and the jointly coding PMI1, PMI2 and CQI employs codebook sub-sampling.
US09407333B2
A mobile device includes a housing and an antenna. The mobile device further includes a power-receiving circuit, and power-transmitting circuit, and a short-range communications circuit. The antenna performs multiple functions in that it is shared by the power-receiving circuit, the power-transmitting circuit and the short-range communications circuit. Each of the three circuits is selectively connectable to the antenna. The mobile device is configured to participate in a mobile-to-mobile battery-charge-sharing operation via inductive coupling from mobile device to mobile device.
US09407331B2
The present invention relates to a near field communication device configured to establish a near field communication channel with an external device, and provide a first host processor with application data sent by the external device. The device is configured to provide a second host processor with notifications relating to the nature or content of application data provided to the first host processor, and configure the notifications according to a characteristic parameter of an application in the framework of which the external device sends data to the first host processor.
US09407328B2
The present invention relates to a contactless communication method between an NFC card with a contact and contactless dual interface, installed in a communication terminal, and an external NFC device, the terminal including an NFC module coupled to the contact interface of the card and including a contactless communication interface, the method including the steps of: selecting one or the other of the contact and contactless interfaces of the card, transmitting signals between the card and the NFC device through the selected interface, and if the contact interface of the card is selected, through the contactless interface of the NFC module, and detecting by the card the presence of the NFC module connected to its contact interface, the selection of one or the other of the contact and contactless interfaces of the card being performed by the card depending on the result of the detection of the NFC module presence.
US09407324B2
Methods of operating a communication node are provided. A method of operating a communication node may include transmitting a first power line communication signal from the communication node to a sensor device that is at or adjacent an electric grid device. The method may include receiving from the sensor device a second power line communication signal that is responsive to the first power line communication signal, at the communication node. Moreover, the method may include determining a distance between the communication node and the electric grid device by measuring an electrical parameter of the second power line communication signal, at the communication node. Related communication nodes are also described.
US09407310B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a protective cover for a tablet computer or other electronic device. The protective cover may be a portfolio style case having a front cover, a back cover, and a frame, the portfolio style cover being configure to accept a tablet computer. A protective corner may be positioned within each corner of the frame, the protective corners configured to protect and pad corners of a tablet computer. In embodiments, a hand strap may be positioned on an interior surface of the front cover, such that when the front cover is open, the hand strap is configured to engage with a user's hand. The front cover may include a magnetic closure that activates the tablet's sleep/wake function and may fold backwards, creating a folding view stand, wherein the folding view stand may engage with a slotted tab on the back cover.
US09407308B1
A user equipment (UE) with multiple receive chains and one or more subscriber identity modules improves radio access technology (RAT) measurements when one or more of the subscriber identity modules are active and valid measurement gaps or consecutive idle time slots are unavailable for the radio access technology measurements. The UE communicates with a first receive (RX) chain for a first subscriber identity module (SIM). The UE also performs the radio access technology (RAT) measurement with a second receive (RX) chain while maintaining communications with the first receive chain.
US09407302B2
A communication device is described comprising a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time and a transmitter configured to transmit the message.
US09407300B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provides a wireless communication apparatus configured to handle adjacent-channel interference (ACI) and spur. The apparatus receives a signal utilizing a communication interface. The apparatus is configured to perform a single discrete Fourier transform (DFT) on the signal to generate frequency domain data. The apparatus is further configured to determine respective energy of a plurality of adjacent channels of the signal utilizing the frequency domain data. The apparatus is further configured to determine one or more potential interfering channels among the adjacent channels, wherein each of the potential interfering channels has an energy greater than a qualifying threshold. The apparatus is further configured to identify one or more dominant interfering channels from among the potential interfering channels. The apparatus is further configured to detect ACI based on the one or more dominant interfering channels.
US09407292B2
A method includes encoding a plurality of data objects using first dispersed storage error encoding parameters having a first level of redundancy to produce first plurality of encoded data objects. The method includes generating first storage commands for temporary storage of the first plurality of encoded data objects. The method includes selecting a set of data objects from the plurality of data objects for permanent storage. The method includes encoding the set of data objects using second dispersed storage error encoding parameters having a second level of redundancy to produce a second plurality of encoded data objects, wherein the second level of redundancy is greater than the first level of redundancy. The method includes generating second storage commands for permanent storage of the second plurality of encoded data objects.
US09407282B2
A continuous-time ΔΣ-ADC (1) is disclosed. It comprises a sampled quantizer (5) arranged to generate samples y(n) of a digital output signal of the ΔΣ-ADC (1) at sample instants nT, where n is an integer sequence index and T is a sampling period, based on an analog input signal to the quantizer (5). Furthermore, the ΔΣ-ADC (1) comprises one or more DACs (10a-b), each arranged to generate an analog feedback signal based on the samples of the digital output signal generated by the sampled quantizer (5). Moreover, the ΔΣ-ADC (1) comprises a continuous-time analog network (20) arranged to generate the analog input signal to the quantizer (5) based on the feedback signal(s) from the one or more DACs (10a-b) and an analog input signal to the ΔΣ-ADC (1). At least one DAC (10b) of the one or more DACs (10b) comprises two switched-capacitor DACs (40, 50) arranged to operate on the same input but with a mutual delay in time. A corresponding radio receiver circuit (100), a corresponding intergrated circuit (200), and a corresponding radio communication apparatus (300, 400) are also disclosed.
US09407279B2
An apparatus may include a scrambler element configured to receive an input signal and generate a scrambled thermometer code-like signal having a plurality of bits based on the input signal and having a plurality of possible quantization values. The scrambler element may generate at least one equivalent code of the scrambled thermometer code-like signal for each possible quantization value. For each of one or more of the possible quantization values, the scrambler element may be configured to generate a plurality of possible equivalent codes of the scrambled thermometer code-like signal. Responsive to the input signal indicating a change in quantization value of the scrambled thermometer code-like signal, the scrambler element may change the scrambled thermometer code-like signal by transitioning the smallest possible number of the plurality of bits of the scrambled thermometer code-like signal to change quantization value of the scrambled thermometer code-like signal in accordance with the input signal.
US09407272B2
Systems and methods are presented for reducing the impact of high load and aging on processor cores in a processor. A Power Management Unit (PMU) can monitor aging, temperature, and increased load on the processor cores. The PMU instructs the processor to take action such that aging, temperature, and/or increased load are approximately evenly distributed across the processor cores, so that the processor can continue to efficiently process instructions.
US09407269B2
An object is to provide a memory device which does not need a complex manufacturing process and whose power consumption can be suppressed, and a semiconductor device including the memory device. A solution is to provide a capacitor which holds data and a switching element which controls storing and releasing charge in the capacitor in a memory element. In the memory element, a phase-inversion element such as an inverter or a clocked inverter includes the phase of an input signal is inverted and the signal is output. For the switching element, a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region is used. In the case where application of a power supply voltage to the phase-inversion element is stopped, the data is stored in the capacitor, so that the data is held in the capacitor even when the application of the power supply voltage to the phase-inversion element is stopped.
US09407266B2
In an example implementation, a level-shifter circuit in an integrated circuit (IC) includes a plurality field-effect transistors (FETs) coupled to provide: a first inverter having an input port configured to receive an input signal having a first supply voltage, an output port, and a bias port; a second inverter having an input port coupled to the output port of the first inverter, an output port, and a bias port coupled to a second supply voltage; a diode-connected FET coupled between the second supply voltage and the bias port of the first inverter; a first FET in parallel with the diode-connected FET having a gate coupled to the output of the second inverter; and a second FET in parallel with the diode-connected FET and the first FET having a gate configured to receive a mode select signal.
US09407260B2
The present invention provides a GOA circuit based on LTPS semiconductor TFT, comprising a plurality of GOA units which are cascade connected, and N is set to be a positive integer and an Nth GOA unit comprises a pull-up control part (100), a pull-up part (200), a first pull-down part (400) and a pull-down holding part (500); the pull-down holding part (500) utilizes a high/low voltage reverse design and comprises a first, a second and a third DC constant low voltage levels (VSS1, VSS2, VSS3) which are sequentially abated and a DC constant high voltage level (H), the influence of electrical property of the LTPS semiconductor TFT to the GOA driving circuit, and particularly the bad function due to the electric leakage issue can be solved; meanwhile, the existing issue that the second node voltage level and the pull-down holding circuit part in the GOA circuit based on the LTPS semiconductor TFT cannot be at higher voltage level in the non-functioning period can be solved to effectively maintain the first node (Q(N)) and the output end (G(N)) at low voltage level.
US09407247B2
A computing circuit that includes clocked circuitry, a controller, and a clock generator. The clocked circuitry is configured to receive data and to perform data manipulation on the data based on a first clock signal. The controller is configured to control the transmission of the data to the clocked circuitry. The clock generator is configured to receive as inputs a second clock signal and a delay control signal from the controller, and to delay the second clock signal to generate the first clock signal. The clock generator includes a main delay component configured to receive the second clock signal and to output the first clock signal. The clock generator also includes a switchable delay component connected in parallel with the main delay component, where the switchable delay component is configured to receive as an input the delay control signal from the controller.
US09407246B2
A phase modulation (PM) noise reducer includes: an amplitude modulation (AM) detector to receive a primary oscillator signal and to produce an AM detector signal, the primary oscillator signal including a first PM noise; and a control circuit to receive the AM detector signal, to produce a control signal, and to communicate the control signal to a phase shifter, wherein the phase shifter receives the primary oscillator signal and control signal, and the oscillator produces a secondary oscillator signal that includes a second PM noise that is less than the first PM noise, and further including; a PM detector and power splitter receives the primary oscillator signal, splits a power of the primary oscillator signal, and communicates the primary oscillator signal to the AM detector and PM detector.
US09407245B2
This application discusses, among other things, an interpolator architecture for digital-to-time converters (DTCs). In an example, an interpolator can include interpolation cells and retention cells configured provide an interpolated output based on at least two offset clock signals. In certain examples, an example interpolator can provide contention free control of the interpolator output with improved noise immunity.
US09407236B2
A system and method for processing a signal with a filter employing FIR and/or IIR elements. The required controller function is decomposed into primary FIR and/or IIR elements and a compensation filter is provided to address the latency in the primary elements, which would result in undesired operation of the filter. Several configurations of suitable filters are discussed, including multi-rate filters and filters with reduced power requirements.
US09407224B2
The present disclosure refers to a digital microphone device providing a single-bit Pulse Density Modulation PDM output signal. The digital microphone comprises a microphone, arranged to convert an acoustic input signal into an analog electrical signal, and a preamplifier, having a variable gain, arranged to receive the analog electrical signal and to provide an amplified analog electrical signal, depending on the variable gain. The variable gain depends on a gain control signal. The digital microphone further comprises an Analog-to-Digital Converter block, arranged to receive the amplified analog electrical signal and to convert it into a respective digital signal; and a compensation block, arranged to receive the digital signal and to perform a digital operation on such digital signal, on the basis of a compensation signal, to generate a compensated signal. Furthermore, the digital microphone comprises an Automatic Gain Controller block 25, arranged to detect the digital signal and to generate said gain control signal, on the basis of the detected digital signal. The Automatic Gain Controller block is further arranged to generate the compensation signal, on the basis of the control signal, and to provide the compensation signal to the compensation block, to compensate a variation of the digital signal resulting from the variable gain of the preamplifier. Finally, the digital microphone device comprises a conversion block, arranged to receive the compensated signal and to convert it into the single-bit PDM output signal.
US09407223B2
Provided is a mobile terminal and method for controlling a sound (audio) to be output, the mobile terminal including at least one application including sound (audio) data and requesting an output sound, a sound (audio) control unit to determine an output sound when a plurality of requests for the output sound is input by a plurality of applications being executed, and a sound (audio) output unit to output the determined sound by forming a virtual output path for each of the sound data to be output, and blocking other virtual output paths aside from a virtual output path mapped to the sound determined to be output by the sound control unit.
US09407205B2
An apparatus includes a first receiver and a second receiver. The first receiver may be configured to generate a plurality of first intermediate frequency signals in response to a radio frequency (RF) input signal and a first local oscillator signal. The second receiver may be configured to generate a plurality of output signals in response to the first intermediate frequency signals. Each of the output signals is generated in an independent channel in response to a respective one of the first intermediate frequency signals and a respective second local oscillator signal.
US09407201B1
A crystal oscillator circuit includes an oscillator configured to generate a signal having an oscillation amplitude. A high-pass filter is configured to filter the output signal to generate a filtered output signal. An automatic gain control (AGC) module is configured to generate an initial gain control signal when the filtered output signal is not received by the AGC module. The high-pass filter is configured to prevent the filtered output signal from being received by the AGC module when the oscillation amplitude is substantially equal to zero. The AGC module is configured to generate a steady-state gain control signal when the filtered output signal is received by the AGC module. A gain stage is configured to provide a first amount of gain to the oscillator module based on the initial gain control signal and a second amount of gain to the oscillator module based on the steady-state gain control signal.
US09407197B2
Illustratively, an electrical generator includes a photovoltaic element which converts light produced by a surface into electrical power, the surface located in thermal communication with exhaust gases produced by an exothermic chemical reaction; a heat exchanger which takes at least a majority of thermal energy in the exhaust gases, after the thermal communication, and transfers the thermal energy to air input to the reaction; a catalytic converter, inside the heat exchanger, located to ensure that at least most of the exhaust gases are communicated into the catalytic converter and that heat generated by operation of the catalytic converter is transferred to the air input to the reaction; a sensor in the heat exchanger, located to monitor the reaction before the exhaust gases are communicated into the catalytic converter; a sensor located to sense after the exhaust gases are communicated into the catalytic converter, whether the catalytic converter is functioning properly.
US09407189B2
An AC motor controller is provided that utilizes a direct torque controller and primary and secondary control loops. The primary control loop operates in a relatively conventional manner, determining a voltage vector that sets the inverter switching variables for the motor's power inverter, where the voltage vector is based on the motor's torque and flux as estimated from the measured voltage and current of the motor. The secondary loop, utilizing a faster sampling rate than the primary loop, estimates a more up-to-date torque error which is compared to a secondary torque error band, where the secondary torque error band is preferably narrower that the primary torque error band. If the secondary loop determines that the up-to-date torque error has exceeded the secondary torque error band, it sets a null voltage vector, thereby limiting torque ripples.
US09407182B2
A sensorless control method and system for a motor are provided. The includes a back EMF observer that is configured to estimate a back EMF of the motor and an angle error calculator that is configured to calculate an electrical angle error considering iron loss of the motor based on the back EMF estimated by the back EMF observer. An angle error compensator is configured to compensate the electrical angle error calculated by the angle error calculator. An electrical angle for compensating the calculated electrical angle error is obtained through simulation or experiment for the motor. In addition, a PLL controller is configured to receive the compensated electrical angle to estimate an actual angle by reducing the electrical angle error due to the iron loss, and to operate the motor based on the estimated actual angle.
US09407168B2
A power conversion circuit for supplying power to an inductive load, includes a switching circuit and an energy saving circuit. The inductive load is supplied with electrical power and the energy saving circuit is charged when the switching circuit is conductive, and the inductive load is disconnected from the electrical power supply and the energy stored in the energy saving circuit is discharged to the inductive load when the switching circuit is nonconductive.
US09407167B2
A terminal circuit in an inverter is disclosed, the terminal circuit including a photo-coupler configured to electrically insulate input/output signals, to receive, as input, an open collector output signal or a pulse output signal from a first port and to output the open collector output signal or the pulse output signal to a second port through a first output terminal, a transistor in which a base (B) terminal is connected to a second output terminal of the photo-coupler. And a bias resistor connected to a base (B) terminal of the transistor and to an emitter (E) terminal.
US09407156B2
An apparatus includes: a power supply circuit including at least a first stage having a push-pull circuit topology, the first stage including at least one transformer that isolates a primary side of the first stage from a secondary side of the first stage; a clamp circuit coupled to a center tap of the transformer, the clamp circuit including a first element that stores energy, and a second element that controls a flow of current between the center tap of the transformer and the first element; and a control module receiving power from the clamp circuit. The control module is configured to provide control signals to one or more elements of the power supply circuit.
US09407145B1
A regulated, power supply system is described using multiphase DC-DC converters with dynamic fast-turnon, slow-turnoff phase shedding, early phase turn-on, and both load-voltage and drive-transistor feedback to pulsewidth modulators to provide fast response to load transients. In an embodiment, a system master can automatically determine whether all, or only some, slave phase units are fully populated. The programmable system includes fault detection with current and voltage sensing, telemetry capability, and automatic shutdown capability. In an embodiment, these are buck-type converters with or without coupled inductors, however some of the embodiments illustrated include boost configurations.
US09407141B2
A control circuit of a power converter and a method therefore are provided. The control circuit comprises an input circuit, an amplifier, a PWM circuit, and a power management circuit. The input circuit is coupled to a transformer to generate a sensing signal related to an output voltage of the power converter. The amplifier generates a feedback signal according to the sensing signal and a reference signal. The PWM circuit generates a switching signal according to the feedback signal for switching the transformer and regulating the output voltage of the power converter. The power management circuit controls the reference signal according to the feedback signal. The power management circuit includes a timer for determining a period, and the output voltage of the power converter decreases while an output power of the power converter is lower than a light-load threshold. A method for controlling the control circuit is also disclosed.
US09407137B2
A charge pump circuit includes a constant current circuit configured to have one terminal connected with a power source node; a first node configured to input or output a current; a second node configured to be set to have a potential difference with the first node being less than or equal to a predetermined value; a first transistor configured to have one terminal connected with the first node; a second transistor configured to have one terminal connected with the second node, and to operate inverse to an operation of the first transistor; and a third transistor configured to be connected between a connection node, to which another terminal of the first transistor and another terminal of the second transistor are connected, and another terminal of the constant current circuit. The third transistor has a gate connected with a constant voltage source, and functions as a constant current source.
