US09540182B2
Provided are an abrasion-detection type conveyor belt and a manufacturing method thereof. A polymer composition ratio of is set to 40-60% of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and 60-40% of natural rubber (NR), and an adhesive strength between a cover rubber layer and an abrasion-detection color layer is set to 13 kN/m (33 kgf/inch). As compared to the existing product, material properties of the abrasion-detection color layer are improved to extend the available life of the abrasion detection type conveyor belt. The abrasion-detection type conveyor belt is cost-effective, simplifies a belt line, and reduces an inspection time.
US09540171B2
Some embodiments provide a system for fully autonomous order fulfillment and inventory management within a distribution site or warehouse. The system operates by autonomous robots directly pulling customer order items from distribution site shelves or pulling individual bins from distribution site shelves and dispensing appropriate quantities of items from the bins until all items of a customer order are retrieved without human involvement. The system further involves the robots autonomously monitoring item quantities within the distribution site, identifying and autonomously responding to shortages, and organizing the items within the distribution site for most efficient order fulfillment.
US09540167B2
The invention relates to a capsule for use in a device for preparing beverage said capsule being provided with a sealing element comprising a cavity. The invention also relates to an assembly of such a capsule and a device for preparing beverages. The invention further relates to a method for preparing beverages by making use of such an assembly.
US09540163B2
According to an aspect of the invention, a latching mechanism/device is provided, as well as a method of maintaining a closed position between opposing first and second portions of a container. The latching mechanism includes a latch attached to the first portion and a latch keeper integrally molded to the second portion. The latch keeper includes an elongated keeper slot and a recessed pocket formed in the keeper slot, such that when at least a portion of the latch is received within the recessed pocket, the container is closed and/or sealed.
US09540156B1
The present disclosure provides a lock assembly for a bag, wherein the bag has a bag body and a bag flap, the assembly comprising: a body-side sub-assembly secured to the bag body; and a flap-side sub-assembly secured to the bag flap, wherein the body-side sub-assembly comprises: a base member having a rear portion secured to the bag body, a pair of rotation members, each rotation member including an upper grip and a lower shaft extending from the upper grip, a rotation-force transfer mechanism configured to transfer a rotation force between the pair of rotation members, wherein the rotation-force transfer mechanism employs a belt.
US09540153B2
The invention relates to a cap (100) for containers for carbonated and non carbonated beverages, of the type used by sportsmen. The plastic cap consists of a supporting element (1) which is screwed on the bottleneck; a pivotal element (2) which pivots by an angle of approximately 120° with respect to the supporting element (1), acting as opening and closing valve for dispensing the beverage; and optionally, a protective cap (3). The pivotal element (2) closes the container in fluid-tight manner. Unscrewing the cap (3) in a certain direction causes the simultaneous pivoting and translation motion of the pivotal element (2), thereby putting the container in communication with the external environment. A kinematic coupling is also provided, which allows the activation of the pivotal element (2) as opening and closing valve by pushing and pulling the vertex of the pivotal element in axial direction, for the cases in which the protective cap is not available.
US09540149B2
A multi-chambered container for storing and dispensing flowable substances and method for using the same. The container includes a plurality of individual chambers (30,40,50) each containing a flowable substance. Each chamber (30,40,50) is in fluid communication with a discharge valve assembly. Each chamber includes a pair of structural elements that define an isolated panel. The valve assembly selectively dispenses a single one of the flowable substances in response to one of the isolated panels being pressed or squeezed by a user without simultaneously dispensing the remaining substances.
US09540141B2
A packing carton for packing pouch-type beverage containers stands on two sides, referred to as bottom surfaces, while in the open state and comprises halves which are open at their respective tops. Each bottom surface is delimited on four sides by carton sides, and the halves have a common longitudinal side, which is bent in the middle when in the open state, and comprises stiffening flaps on the transverse sides. The stiffening flaps are extensions on the transverse sides. A machine for closing such a packing carton is also disclosed, as well as a related method for closing the packing carton.
US09540130B2
A device (1) for feeding self-adhesive or “pressure sensitive” labels to a labelling machine comprises a frame (2) and supporting means (3) comprising a supporting plate (17) for supporting a reel (4) of web (5) with labels applied to it, and also comprises at least one guide element (28, 29) designed to be at least partly inserted in a central hole (7) of the reel (4) which can rotate about it. The device (1) also comprises a detaching station (8) for detaching the labels from the web (5), feeding means (9) for feeding the web (5) to the detaching station (8) and recovery means (10) for recovering the web (5) without labels. The supporting plate (17) is removably associated with the frame (2) and the supporting means (3) also comprise a containment head (30) switchable between an open configuration, in which it allows the coupling with and uncoupling from the frame (2) of the supporting plate (17), with the reel (4) placed on it, and an operating configuration, in which it allows the reel (4) to be held between itself and the supporting plate (17), allowing reel (4) rotation.
US09540127B2
An apparatus includes a frame defining a machine direction. The apparatus includes first and second transport members operatively engaged with the frame. The apparatus includes first carriage and second carriage drive mechanisms each having a carriage drive belt, a drive shaft, and a sprocket drive belt operatively engaged with the drive shaft. The carriage drive belts are operatively engaged with the carriage drive mechanisms and operatively connected with the respective transport member such that the carriage drive belt moves the transport member in the machine direction about an endless loop. The sprocket drive belts engage the drive mechanism in a position of the drive mechanism not connected with the carriage drive belt.
US09540125B2
A container for holding product therein during shipment and being returned for reuse has a base and opposite sides. The container has multiple levels of dunnage components, the dunnage components of at least one level being movable between open and closed positions to enable an operator to load and unload products more easily. The dunnage components of at least one level may have openings through which pass guides supported at least partially by the container.
US09540122B2
A computing device may detect that a space object has undergone a maneuver and may attempt to calculate a solution to that maneuver based in part on start and stop times and thrust uncertainties associated with the detected maneuver. However, the computing device may sometimes be unable to calculate an acceptable solution for a detected maneuver given these initial start and stop times and thrust uncertainties. Thus, the various embodiments provide for a computing device and methods implemented by a processor executing on the device for identifying and calculating a recovery maneuver of a space object when an acceptable solution for a detected maneuver cannot be determined. In the various embodiments, a computing device processor may generate a recovery maneuver based on the detected maneuver, and the processor may adjust the start and stop times and the uncertainty values of the recovery maneuver until an acceptable solution is found.
US09540121B2
In one embodiment, a controller instructs an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) docked to a landing perch to perform a pre-flight test operation of a pre-flight test routine. The controller receives sensor data associated with the pre-flight test operation from one or more force sensors of the landing perch, in response to the UAV performing the pre-flight test operation. The controller determines whether the sensor data associated with the pre-flight test operation is within an acceptable range. The controller causes the UAV to launch from the landing perch based in part on a determination that UAV has passed the pre-flight test routine.
US09540119B1
A system and related method for reception and storage of a command and control (C2) data link between a control station and a Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) for RPV operation. From the C2 data link, the system receives and stores command signals generated by the control station as well as telemetry data associated with and generated by the RPV. The system operates to compare the received telemetry data to 1) the command signal to assure RPV compliance, 2) stored information associated with the RPV to determine a RPV anomaly, and 3) stored information associated with a high value asset (HVA). Should the comparison reveal a threat to the RPV or HVA, the system alerts an authority to mitigate the threat. The system and method aggregates data associated with specific RPV type or operator to support several safety initiatives, methods used to perform predictive maintenance planning, and accident recreation and investigation.
US09540115B2
An in-flight refueling probe includes a first tubular member secured to an aircraft and a second tubular member having a releasable connection with the first tubular member such that the second tubular member detaches from the first tubular member in response to a predetermined force applied to the connection. A nozzle secured to the second tubular member can be coupled to a receptacle of a fuel dispensing aircraft. A tethering member is connected to the first tubular member and one of the second tubular member and the nozzle. The tethering member remains intact to connect the detached second tubular member to the first tubular member when a first tensile force is applied to the tethering member. The tethering member ruptures to disconnect the detached second tubular member from the first tubular member when a second tensile force greater than the first tensile force is applied to the tethering member.
US09540112B2
A versatile distress beacon system for an aircraft, a ship or other vehicles, including a beacon and a mounting to provide the function of an automatic beacon or a survival beacon. The automatic distress beacon system includes a mounting rigidly attached to the structure of the aircraft and a beacon removably mounted on the mounting. The mounting includes an electronic management unit having a first connector to connect to the data bus and to control the aircraft to receive data from the data bus and orders to activate the beacon, and a second connector to connect to the beacon to transmit data and activation orders to same. The beacon having a memory module to store the transmitted data and a radio transmission module connected to a transmission antenna. The mounting has a detector to detect abnormal events connected to the electronic management unit, with a view to activating the beacon.
US09540106B2
A lock is proposed for securing containers or similar freight on a cargo bay floor of an aircraft in a vertical direction perpendicular to the cargo bay floor and in a transverse direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the aircraft. The locking element comprises at least one lock attached to a frame for securing containers or similar freight and with a claw in the transverse direction of the aircraft to surround and hold a part section of the container. At least one lock is arranged mobile and fixable in a guide of the frame in order to adapt the spacing of the locks to containers of different sizes.
US09540099B2
A strut assembly includes a piston and a bearing housing around the piston. The bearing housing may also comprise a groove and a tapered surface opposite the groove. A bearing may be in the groove and proximate the piston. An outer cylinder may be around the bearing housing. The angle of the tapered surface may be based on a deflection angle between the outer cylinder and the piston. A wear plate may be around the tapered surface. An elastic material may be disposed between the tapered surface and the wear plate. The bearing housing may comprise a titanium alloy. The bearing housing may be configured to flex towards the wear plate.
US09540096B2
A multi-axis serially redundant, single channel, multi-path fly-by-wire control system comprising: serially redundant flight control computers in a single channel where only one “primary” flight control computer is active and controlling at any given time; a matrix of parallel flight control surface controllers including stabilizer motor control units (SMCU) and actuator electronics control modules (AECM) define multiple control paths within the single channel, each implemented with dissimilar hardware and which each control the movement of a distributed set of flight control surfaces on the aircraft in response to flight control surface commands of the primary flight control computer; and a set of (pilot and co-pilot) controls and aircraft surface/reference/navigation sensors and systems which provide input to a primary flight control computer and are used to generate the flight control surface commands to control the aircraft in flight in accordance with the control law algorithms implemented in the flight control computers.
US09540090B2
A support (30) for mechanically coupling a plurality of diver propulsion vehicles (1), each configured for propelling at least one diver, wherein the support (30) is configured for mechanically coupling the plurality of diver propulsion vehicles (1) selectively side-by-side or longitudinally via the support (30), wherein the support (30) is foldable around a joint (31) and convertible between a folded state in which the plurality of diver propulsion vehicles (1) are mechanically coupled side-by-side, and an unfolded state in which the plurality of diver propulsion vehicles (1) are mechanically coupled longitudinally.
US09540085B2
An ocean exploration apparatus including: a probe body; a buoyancy adjusting section that adjusts buoyancy generated in the probe body; a posture adjusting section that adjusts a posture of the probe body; a position information acquiring section that acquires position information of the probe body; a wing section that moves the probe body using a lifting force applied from seawater; a sensor section that is provided in the probe body and measures an electromagnetic field; and a control section that controls operations of the buoyancy adjusting section, the posture adjusting section, the position information acquiring section, and the sensor section according to predetermined conditions.
US09540077B2
A ladder assembly for mounting a concealed ladder to a boat includes a frame having a pair of spaced-apart guides. The frame is adapted to be mounted within a boat. A slide is movably mounted to the guides for sliding from one end of said frame to an opposite end, and a ladder is pivotally mounted to said slide, such that the ladder can extend from a hatch in the boat and be lowered for use of the ladder in entering and exiting the water from the boat. In one embodiment, a pivot plate is pivotally mounted to the slide and the ladder is pivotally mounted to the slide. A control arm is pivotally mounted to the pivot plate or slide and provides leverage for the easy deployment and storing of the ladder.
US09540072B2
A snowmobile includes a chassis comprising a bulkhead and a tunnel, a front suspension coupled to bulkhead, a rear suspension coupled to the tunnel, and slide rails coupled to the rear suspension. The rear suspension includes a toggle link pivotally coupled to the tunnel at a first pivot coupling, and a rear control arm coupled between the slide rails and the toggle link. The toggle link is pivotally coupled to the rear control arm at a second pivot coupling. The rear suspension also includes a carrier roller coupled to the toggle link. The toggle link is movable to a plurality of positions relative to the toggle link to vary the dynamics of the vehicle propulsion.
US09540068B2
An adjustable quick release system and mechanism for use with a bicycle frame, a unicycle frame or other frame is disclosed. An embodiment of an adjustable quick release mechanism may comprise a housing, a spacer, a tubular nut, a cam system, and a lever.
US09540061B2
A magnetic robot includes a chassis and at least one track assembly associated with the chassis. The track assembly has a linear series of non-circulating magnet modules displaceably mounted with respect to the chassis. A driven track circulates about the magnet modules and travels on guide portions of the magnet modules.
US09540036B2
An electronic control apparatus configured to control electric power steering and provided integrally with an electric motor is electrically connected to an ignition switch and which assists a rotation operation of a steering column by rotation of the electric motor. A first magnetism detecting element configured to operate using power supplied via the ignition switch to output a first set of rotation angle signals of the electric motor. A second magnetism detecting element configured to operate continuously using continuously supplied power to output a second set of rotation angle signals of the electric motor. A controller configured or programmed to generate rotation angle information about the electric motor based on the first set of rotation angle signals and the second set of rotation angle signals outputted while the ignition switch is stopped and to calculate a position of a steering wheel from the generated rotation angle information.
US09540029B1
A cooler sled device for facilitating transport of a cooler over surfaces such as gravel, loose terrain, and sand includes a panel. A bottom surface of the panel is convexly curved between outer sides of a perimeter edge of the panel and extending rearwardly from a front side of the perimeter edge defining an upwardly turned front section of the bottom surface. Each of a pair of wells is positioned on an upper surface of the panel and proximate a respective one of the outer sides of the perimeter edge for receiving wheels coupled to a cooler positioned on the panel. A strap is positionable to extends across the upper surface of the panel for securing the cooler on the panel.
US09540028B2
An infant stroller apparatus includes a first and a second leg segment, a handle segment and a backrest frame. The first and second leg segments are respectively affixed with a first and a second coupling member that are connected with each other. The handle segment is affixed with a third coupling member that is connected with the first coupling member. The backrest frame is connected with the second leg segment. A latch assembled with the second coupling member is movable to engage with the third coupling member to lock the handle segment and the first and second leg segments in an unfolded state. A release actuator operatively connected with the latch is pivotally connected with the second leg segment adjacent to the pivot axis of the backrest frame. The release actuator is rotatable to cause the latch to disengage from the third coupling member for allowing folding of the infant stroller apparatus.
US09540026B2
An infant carrier holder has a floor with a ramp and sidewalls and is mounted to a shopping cart. The ramp and sidewalls can contribute to stably supporting an infant carrier. The holder serves as a mechanical interface between an infant carrier, which can be received in the holder, and the shopping cart. The holder can be concavely shaped to assist in shopping cart nesting in addition to supporting a received infant carrier at a desired angle. The holder can be adjustably mounted to a gate or a basket of the shopping cart and may/may not interfere with nesting operations. The holder permits an infant carrier to be supported on a shopping cart without using a significant amount of shopping cart space or interfering with nesting operations.
US09540022B2
A cart enabling a single person to pull a livestock chute across the ground. The cart includes a bar having a handle and wheels provided at opposing ends. The bar includes first and second members pivotally engaged together. A crossbar pivotally mounted on the bar includes first and second arms configured to engage handles on a lower front end of the chute. When the bar is in a collapsed position, where the first and second members are disposed at an angle to each other, the first and second arms are insertable into the chute handles. When the bar is moved to an erected position, where the first and second members are aligned along the same plane, a force is applied to a footrest on the bar. The arms lift the front end of the chute off the ground and the cart's wheels move under the front end of the chute.
US09540020B2
The present invention includes a braking system for a railway car generally including a brake cylinder having a cylinder rod. The cylinder rod is in mechanical communication with a lever transfer assembly and is configured to articulate said lever transfer assembly. The lever transfer assembly may be rotatably connected to a first brake assembly and connected to a rear brake assembly through respective connection rods. Actuating the lever transfer assembly with the cylinder rod generates a divergent braking force between the first and second brake assemblies for slowing and/or stopping the railway car.
US09540019B2
The present invention relates to a train control device. The train control device sets an emergency brake pattern and a regular brake pattern as patterns of maximum speed according to the distance to a stopping point, and outputs a braking command when the train speed exceeds the maximum speed. Then, when the maximum speed defined in the regular brake pattern falls below a set speed, the maximum speed of the regular brake pattern is kept constant for a predetermined distance. After that, the maximum speed is gradually reduced toward a stopping point of the emergency brake pattern. This allows a train to make an approach to a fixed stopping position in an automatic train operation even when the fixed stopping position is located farther than a stopping point of the regular brake pattern, and excessive output of an emergency braking command based on the emergency brake pattern can be reduced.
US09540018B2
A railway installation monitoring system may include: a laser generator that is provided on a train; a camera that is operated in connection with the laser generator so as to be capable of monitoring a railway installation and of acquiring image information data that is measured; a three-dimensional image information conversion device that uses the image information data acquired by the laser generator and the camera and converts the data into three-dimensional image information; a position determination unit that determines the position of the railway installation to be measured; a signal processing device that sends an operating command for the laser generator or/and the camera; and an overall data processing device that processes, analyzes, interprets, or stores the image information data, the three-dimensional image information, or the data transmitted from the position determination unit.
US09540014B2
An abnormality determination system includes: an autonomous moving object including at least one distance measuring unit that is disposed to face a road surface in a moving direction ant that measures a distance to the road surface; a charging unit including a connection terminal for charging a battery of the autonomous moving object; a stepped portion disposed on a road surface which is subjected to measurement by the distance measuring unit when the autonomous moving object is connected to the connection terminal of the charging unit and is positioned; and a determination unit configured to determine whether the distance to the stepped portion measured by the distance measuring unit at the time of positioning is less than a threshold value.
US09540011B2
A work vehicle includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump driven by an engine, a hydraulic motor forming a closed circuit with the pump and driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the pump, wheels driven by the motor to allow the work vehicle to travel, a selector detecting an operating state of a switch switching the traveling of the work vehicle between forward and backward, and a controller. When the selector detects a reversal operation of the switch to reverse the traveling direction when the work vehicle travels, the controller sets relationship between the vehicle speed of the work vehicle and the upper limit of the rotational speed of the engine such that the upper limit increases as the absolute value of the vehicle speed approaches zero. The controller obtains an upper limit of the rotational speed from the relationship and a vehicle speed of the work vehicle.
US09540009B2
A transmission system for vehicle includes a clutch disposed in a power transmission path between an engine and a vehicle wheel, a transmission disposed in the power transmission path, a clutch actuator, a shift actuator, a vehicle wheel speed sensor, a sudden deceleration detecting unit that detects a sudden deceleration of the vehicle wheel based on an output signal of the vehicle wheel speed sensor, and a shift control unit. The shift control unit executes an ordinary shift control to shift to a speed adaptive shift stage associated with the rotational speed and to execute, when the sudden deceleration detecting unit detects the sudden deceleration of the vehicle wheel, a sudden deceleration adaptive shift control to shift to a shift stage lower than an actual shift stage at the point of detection of the sudden deceleration and higher than the speed adaptive shift stage associated with the rotational speed.
US09540005B1
A method is provided for controlling speed of a vehicle. The method includes determining an arrival time error (ATE) for a required time of arrival (RTA) and a projected trajectory according to a travel plan with a current speed profile having a plurality of regions, each with a respective speed adjustment parameter (SAP) and a respective SAP value relative to a nominal speed profile. The method further includes selecting, when the ATE is greater than a threshold, one of the regions as a selected region for modification based on a priority order of the regions. The method further includes modifying the current speed profile by adjusting the respective SAP value for the selected region according to the respective SAP in order to decrease the ATE; and implementing the modified speed profile.
US09540002B2
A target recognition apparatus includes a detecting unit and an estimating unit. The detecting unit detects an object that is present in a traveling direction of a vehicle, and acquires information for estimation that is used to perform an object type estimation to presume whether or not the detected object is an object to be used in control for enabling the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation. The estimating unit performs the object type estimation based on the information for estimation. When a predetermined first condition is met, the control for enabling the vehicle to perform a predetermined operation is prohibited or suppressed. The predetermined first condition indicates that erroneous estimation may occur in the object type estimation.
US09539994B2
A method for operating an electromechanical vehicle brake system is provided. The method comprises determining that an activation condition has been met, building an initial portion of the pre-charge pressure in the brake system, applying the initial portion of the pre-charge pressure to at least one wheel brake, building a secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure in the brake system, and adjusting the secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure to an expected braking pressure. Adjusting the secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure may include reducing the secondary portion of the pre-charge pressure.
US09539991B2
A brake apparatus of a vehicle may include a detector configured to detect driving information including an operation status of a brake pedal, a vehicle speed, and a vehicle deceleration, an anti-lock braking system (ABS) configured to control a braking force supplied to wheels of the vehicle by detecting slip generated at the wheels, and a controller configured to determine a braking status of the vehicle from the operation status of the brake pedal detected by the detector, the vehicle speed, and the vehicle deceleration, and configured to selectively perform ABS control or pitch motion control for reducing a pitch motion of the vehicle according to the braking status of the vehicle.
US09539982B2
A belt buckle including locking status detection, having a switching contact and a mating contact, wherein the switching contact and the mating contact are electrically conducting parts of a switch. The switching contact contacts the mating contact in an intermediate position of the switch in a first contact area at the mating contact and in an end position of the switch in a second contact area at the mating contact distant from the first contact area by a displacing distance.
US09539980B2
A seat belt retractor that functions to cancel both a function of a vehicle sensor and a function of a webbing sensor on a predetermined condition with a simple structure and a small number of components. When a seat belt is fully retracted, a cam follower of a first lever comes into contact with a second cam portion of a cam plate. An actuator pressing portion of the first lever presses an actuator of a vehicle sensor to a non-operation position. The function of the vehicle sensor is thereby cancelled. Further, when an engaging claw of a second lever separates from a ratchet tooth of a ring gear, the ring gear is allowed to rotate in a seat belt withdrawing direction. Therefore, the function of the webbing sensor is cancelled.
US09539969B2
A method, computer program product and apparatus for minimizing occupant injury by optimizing occupant restraint properties and/or actions in real time, during pre-crash and crash phases. The restraint system uses three catalogs and a database linking these catalogs. The catalogs include a catalog of possible occupant states, a catalog of possible collision scenarios, and a catalog of potential restraint control laws. The database is an assessment of injury outcome for each possible combination of occupant state, collision scenario, and restraint control law. In addition to the catalogs, the method requires four computational components: an occupant identifier, a collision identifier, a restraint law optimizer, and a restraint controller.
US09539948B1
The present disclosure relates to a telescoping step system which has at least one stringer assembly having telescopically coupled first and second tubular components. The second tubular component is telescopically extendable relative to the first tubular component. The stringer assembly is operably associated with a structure. The system further has at least one step assembly associated with one of the first and second tubular components. The stringer assembly is telescopically collapsible into a retracted position to form a compact assembly either adjacent to or within a portion of the structure, and extendable into an extended position extending outwardly from the structure. In the extended position the stringer assembly presents the step assembly as a platform which a user is able to step on to, and thus aids the user with ingress into and egress from the structure.
US09539945B2
A parking area tracking method includes: creating a top view image by capturing surroundings of a vehicle; setting a template by detecting a parking area in the top view image; detecting a location of a pillar in the top view image; detecting a region obstructed by the pillar from the parking area in which the template is set; and changing the shape of the template according to the obstructed region. A parking area tracking apparatus includes an imaging unit with a plurality of cameras for recording images around the vehicle, and a control unit for carrying out the steps of the parking area tracking method.
US09539939B2
An illumination apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The illumination apparatus comprises at least on fabric portion comprising a first photoluminescent portion having a first luminescent absorption range. The illumination apparatus further comprises a second photoluminescent portion having a second luminescent absorption range. A light source is configured to emit a first emission at a first wavelength directed toward the fabric portion, wherein the first wavelength is within the first absorption range and significantly outside the second absorption range.
US09539933B2
An automotive lamp is provided, including a circuit board, at least one carrier and at least one light-emitting element. The carrier is connected with the circuit board obliquely. Each carrier carries at least one said light-emitting element, and the at least one element is electrically connected with the circuit board.
US09539932B2
Methods, systems, devices and/or apparatus related to lighting systems, and, specifically, to LED lighting systems for vehicles. One example provides a lighting system that includes a power control component, a wire harness, and a light emitting diode component. The power control component may be in electrical communication with a power supply. The power control component may receive an input voltage from the power supply, adjust the input voltage to generate an output voltage, and output the output voltage. The wire harness may be in electrical communication with the power control component. The light emitting diode light component may be in electrical communication with the wire harness, and may include a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically coupled in a parallel configuration via a plurality of wires, each of the plurality of wires being substantially shaped as a wave.
US09539922B2
A vehicle seat is disclosed as having a seat structure with an upper transverse strut for receiving a headrest of the vehicle seat. The headrest has right and left headrest rods for coupling with the upper transverse strut. The transverse strut 6 includes right and left receiving openings for the right and left headrest rods. The headrest may be arranged with the headrest rods in various guide channels to define first and second mounting positions relative to the upper transverse strut. The headrest in the first mounting position is offset transversely to the seat direction with respect to the headrest in the second mounting position.
US09539919B2
An adjusting device for adjusting a motor vehicle seat is provided. The adjusting device includes an engagement fitting unit, a force transmission device configured to transmit a force for locking and unlocking the engagement fitting unit, and a force step-up transmission device configured to step up the force transmitted by the force transmission device. A motor vehicle seat, a motor vehicle, and a method for adjusting a motor vehicle seat using the adjusting device are also provided.
US09539908B2
A power receiving coil (22) is installed at a front portion on a lower surface of a floor panel (40) close to steered front wheels (W) and elongated across a lower open portion of a tunnel portion (42) located in the center of a vehicle (1). Therefore, the power receiving coil (22) can be accurately aligned with a power transmission coil (12) on the load surface side to face each other with a sense of steering in such a manner as to align the center of the vehicle with the power transmission coil (12) when the vehicle (1) advances to a predetermined stop position in a parking space (2).
US09539896B2
A spring mount assembly has a stationary structure, a movable panel pivotally coupled to the stationary structure for movement between a closed position and an open position, a strip spring having a first mounting portion at a first end and a second mounting portion at a second end opposite the first end, and a first spring mounting structure disposed on one of the movable panel and the stationary structure, the first spring mounting structure comprising a first base for engaging the first mounting portion of the strip spring and at least one spring retention post extending from the first base to retain the first mounting portion against translational disengagement from the first base. A second spring mounting structure is disposed on the other of the movable panel and the stationary structure, the second spring mounting structure comprising a second base for engaging the second mounting portion of the strip spring.
US09539888B2
A soft panel top assembly for a vehicle in sealing engagement with a hard top portion of a roof. The soft panel top assembly has a fixed portion attached to the vehicle and a lightweight pivotal portion that folds back to provide the occupant a quick and easy open air effect. Two door rails of the soft panel top assembly are connected to the vehicle. Two side rail linkage assemblies are attached to header, which is secured to a windshield frame when in a closed position, and are connected at pivot points created with a bracket attached to the door rails to allow the pivotal portion to pivot to an open position. The soft panel top assembly includes a rear header that is lightweight and engages with the existing seal of the hard top roof portion to provide a weatherproof seal.
US09539884B2
A door sash joined to a door body in a simple manner is provided. A door sash includes a design part, a tubular part, and a connection part. The connection part includes a first connection part continuous to the design part, a second connection part continuous to the tubular part, and a stepped part between the first connection part and the second connection part. The second connection part is closer to the inner side of the door opening than the first connection part. A vicinity of one end of the plate material in a cross section view includes an overlapping part forming a closed cross section by overlapping on the second connection part from the outside. The surface of the overlapping part is closer to the inner side of the door opening than the surface of the first connection part or flush with the surface of the first connection part.
US09539881B2
The invention relates to a heating module for a supplemental electric heating device for heating an airflow, comprising at least one heat-conductive bar against which at least one electric resistor is arranged. The heat-conductive bar is partially electrically insulated by an insulating coating in order to prevent potential short-circuits and to ensure proper operation and optimal safety when heating the passenger compartment of a vehicle.
US09539862B2
Tire for heavy goods vehicle having a tread comprising a plurality of circumferential grooves delimiting intermediate ribs and two edge ribs each circumferential groove comprising a plurality of protuberances formed as a protrusion on at least one lateral wall delimiting this groove, wherein: facing each protuberance, a half-closed notch has an axial length La at most equal to 60% of the minimum width Ln of this rib, and a width Le at most equal to the width Lr of the groove oriented so as to make an average angle B at least equal to 10 degrees with the main direction of the protuberance, each protuberance closes the section of the groove in which it is formed over at least 35% and at most 75% of the surface of the said section, a functional clearance (J1, J2) is arranged between the protuberance and the walls delimiting the half-closed notch.
US09539860B2
The invention relates to a tire with circumferentially zoned tread including peripheral sidewall extensions. The tread zones are comprised of three circumferential load bearing zones, with each zone containing a portion of the running surface of the tread, comprised of an intermedial rubber zone positioned between and extending beneath two stratified lateral tread rubber zones and, in addition, peripheral sidewall extensions. The tread configuration contains a carbon black reinforced tread base rubber layer underlying the intermedial tread rubber zone. The lateral tread rubber zones are therefore spaced apart from each other with the intermedial tread zone therebetween and also at least partially spaced apart from the tread base rubber layer with the intermedial tread zone therebetween. The tread includes a peripheral carbon black reinforced rubber layer as an extension of the tire sidewall which extends radially outward from the outer tire sidewall to thereby join a portion of a lateral tread zone which may extend to and include a portion of the running surface of the tread.
US09539857B2
A saddle riding type vehicle driven by a straddling rider, comprises a wheel including a wheel member having an annular rim, and a hub formed centrally of the rim to have a through hole formed at a center of rotation, a bearing attached to an inner circumferential surface of the through hole, and a tire attached to the rim; a wheel support for rotatably supporting the wheel with an axle inserted in the through hole; a sensor rotor mounted on the hub using the inner circumferential surface of the through hole as reference; and a wheel speed sensor for detecting rotation of the sensor rotor.
US09539851B1
The present invention provides a carrying device and method to easily carry several paint cans at a time from one location to another. The device comprises a carriage and a plurality of handle attachments for securing a plurality of paint cans thereto. The carriage comprises an upper portion continuous with a lower portion, a central opening and a plurality of cavities located on the lower portion, each of which houses each of the plurality of handle-attachments therein. The upper portion of the carriage has a plurality of finger indentations for a user to place fingers when holding the device so that carrying the device is easy and comfortable. The device is configured so that the plurality of paint cans is balanced evenly across the length of the device to prevent tipping of the device as well as to increase the ease of carrying the paint cans.
US09539849B2
A hydraulic transfer film includes: a water-soluble substrate, a pattern-forming layer formed on the water-soluble substrate and having a water-soluble region and an oil-soluble region, an oil-soluble pattern layer formed on the pattern-forming layer, an oil-soluble base layer formed on the oil-soluble pattern layer, and an activating layer including a curable activating agent that permeates into the oil-soluble region, the oil-soluble pattern layer, and the oil-soluble base layer such that the oil-soluble region, the oil-soluble pattern layer, and the oil-soluble base layer are partly soluble in the curable activating agent. A method of forming the hydraulic transfer film and a pattern film are also disclosed.
US09539846B2
A punching and binding machine used to bind sheets to discs. The machine may include a lever with a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm. Each arm may be pivotally and slidably connected to minimize the force required by a user to punch cutouts in a stack of sheets. The lever may include a flipper connected to a binding member to actuate punching and binding simultaneously.
US09539845B2
The invention relates to the production of books with wire or spiral bindings or other comparable bindings, wherein sub-layers (2) made of punched sheets are collected one over the other in a successive manner into a book (5) at a collecting station (3), and the book is subsequently bound. According to the invention, a sub-layer (2) is held in a clamped manner by at least one lateral clamping device (12) which moves together with the sub-layer while the sub-layer is transported into the collecting position, while the sub-layers (10) already collected at the collecting station (3) are held in a fixed manner by means of at least one needle (13) which is moved upwards through the punched holes (4) from below. The clamping of the pliers is released only when the needles (13) are also located in the punched holes (4) of the newly conveyed sub-layers (2) as a result of the needles being moved upwards.
US09539844B2
The rotogravure cylinder comprising a rotary gravure base and thereon a copper engraving layer is refurbished to contain a zinc layer between a gravure base and a layer package suitable for engraving and printing. This layer package for instance comprises a metallic support layer, a copper engraving layer and suitably a protection layer. Deposition of the zinc layer may be tuned for thickness variation, in combination with deposition of the layer package in a fixed thickness.
US09539843B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit configured to form a first image to be transferred to a sheet with a non-decolorizable material, and a second image forming unit configured to form a second image to be transferred to the sheet with a decolorizable material. At least a part of the second image transferred to the sheet is formed on the first image transferred to the sheet.
US09539832B2
Provided is a tape cartridge that prevents a print tape from becoming wrinkled while preventing the tip end of a tape-shaped member from getting in a cartridge case, or the like. The tape cartridge has a cartridge case, a label tape 101 accommodated in the cartridge case so as to be capable of being paid out, a platen roller 103 that is rotatably accommodated in the cartridge case so as to be brought into rolling-contact with the side of the release tape of the label tape 101 and moves within a prescribed range in a tape feed direction as the label tape 101 is fed out and drawn, and a drawing prevention portion 138 that contacts the side of the print tape of the label tape 101 and holds the label tape 101 between the drawing prevention portion 138 and a platen roller 103 when the platen roller moves to an upstream side in the tape feed direction as the label tape 101 is drawn, wherein the drawing prevention portion 138 does not contact one side in the tape width direction of the label tape 101.
US09539828B2
According to an example, a printing system may include a web layout module to access a set of images and generate a web layout of the set of images, in which the web layout is arranged in columns of same sized images, each column being arranged in sorted order of image size. The module may further add at least one of advertising material, a coupon, and customer information on a space of a column on which images do not extend a width of the web layout. The printing system may also include a print engine to print the set of images and the at least one of the advertising material, coupon, and customer information on a web of substrate in the generated print layout.
US09539825B2
A printing device includes a device main body that has a feeding unit to feed a recording medium and a printing section to print by ejecting ink from a head onto the recording medium, and a heating unit disposed on a downstream side in a feed direction of the recording medium with respect to the device main body. The heating unit has a medium passage to pass the recording medium after printing therethrough, a heat generator disposed between the medium passage and the air passage in a sectional view of the heating unit to heat the recording medium after printing, and an air passage having an air aspirating port connected with the medium passage to aspirate air and an air discharging port to discharge air. The air aspirating port is located on an upstream side in a feed direction of the recording medium with respect to the air discharging port.
US09539818B2
A pressurizing/depressurizing method of a liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a print head which ejects liquid, and a supply unit which supplies the liquid to the print head, the method including depressurizing/pressure accumulating in which a depressurization buffer tank is depressurized, and a pressure is accumulated; pressurizing/pressure accumulating in which a pressurization buffer tank is pressurized, and a pressure is accumulated; depressurizing in which the liquid is depressurized so that a pressure is lower than an atmospheric pressure in the supply unit using the depressurization buffer tank; and pressurizing in which the liquid is pressurized so that the pressure is higher than the atmospheric pressure in the supply unit using the pressurization buffer tank.
US09539808B2
A liquid ejection head including a recording element substrate at one side portion of which an electrode is provided, an electric wiring board arranged opposing to the one side portion of the recording element substrate, a connecting member connecting the electrode provided at the one side portion of the recording element substrate to an electrode terminal provided on the electric wiring board, a sealing member formed across the one side portion of the recording element substrate and the electric wiring board so as to cover the connecting member, and a dummy sealing member provided so as to cover an opposite side portion on the side opposite to the one side portion of the recording element substrate.
US09539806B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes an actuator element configured and arranged to receive a drive signal to discharge a liquid, the liquid being an ink including 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a polar solvent. The waveform of the drive signal supplied to the actuator element includes a non-rectangular shaped pulse with a ripple being formed in a falling portion of the non-rectangular shaped pulse.
US09539805B2
There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: an integrated circuit device; a feedback circuit; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal, based on an amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the integrated circuit device includes a modulation portion which generates the modulation signal; a gate driver which generates the amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; and a feedback terminal which is electrically connected to the modulation portion and the feedback circuit, in which the feedback circuit generates a feedback signal based on the driving signal and sends back the feedback signal to the modulation portion.
US09539804B2
There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a gate driver which generates an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; a boosting circuit which boosts and supplies a voltage to the gate driver; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied, in which the gate driver and the boosting circuit are electrically connected to a common ground terminal, and in which a wiring impedance between the ground terminal and the gate driver is smaller than a wiring impedance between the ground terminal and the boosting circuit.
US09539796B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for applying a strip-shaped material (28) onto a contact area (60) of an object that is limited by at least one second section emanating from the first section, whereby the strip-shaped material is applied in a direction of application (70) onto the contact area by a pressure element (30) and the pressure element emanates from a pivotable pivoting element (20) that is connected to a holder. In order to make a completely automated application of the strip-shaped material onto the object possible, it is suggested that the actively pivotable pivoting element (20) is pivoted during the application of the strip-shaped material (28) onto the contact area (60) in and/or counter to the direction of application (70) and executes a lifting movement during the course of the pivoting movement.
US09539795B2
Matte substrates comprising a water based coating composition and a base substrate. The water based coating composition comprises either no or only small amounts of mineral filler, refractory filler and/or organic filler and no other matting agents. The water based coating composition is typically applied to the base substrate at a coating weight of less than or equal to about 3 dry pounds of the water based coating composition per about 3,000 square feet of the base substrate. The matte substrate generally has a 60° gloss less than about 20.
US09539794B2
The present application concerns a coated film comprising a substantially biodegradable substrate having a biodegradable coating thereon at a coat weight of not more than 12 gsm, as well as useful articles sealed inside a package at least partly comprising such a film, and also a process for producing a coated film comprising providing a substantially biodegradable film substrate and applying a biodegradable coating to the substrate at a coat weight of less than 12 gsm by means of a hot melt coating step.
US09539790B2
A method of bonding a substantially planar sheet material to a corrugated sheet material using an automated process the method characterized by the steps of a) applying adhesive in discrete amounts to the contact points of the corrugated sheet material, and b) holding the sheet materials together until a bond is formed between them.
US09539781B2
High-pressure high-temperature presses are commonly employed to create superhard materials used in such fields as road milling, mining and trenching, to breakup tough materials such as asphalt, concrete and rock. Many such presses comprise a plurality of piston assemblies that may act in concert to pressurize a cell. Such a cell may comprise a body with at least three canisters disposed therein, each comprising an axis passing through a center of the body. Such a configuration may allow for maximum planes of symmetry within the cell.
US09539776B2
A filling connector (10) for filling a liquid container comprises a liquid pipeline (12), for conveying liquid from a liquid inlet end (16) portion having a liquid inlet opening (14) to a liquid outlet end portion (20) having a liquid outlet opening (18), and further comprises a gas pipeline (22), for conveying gas in the opposite flow direction while liquid is conveyed through the liquid pipeline (12), from a gas inlet end portion (26) having a gas inlet opening (24) to a gas outlet end portion (30) having a gas outlet opening (28), the liquid pipeline (12) and the gas pipeline (22) being formed integrally with one another and the filling connector (10) being formed as an injection-molded part, the gas pipeline (22) being manufactured using injection technology, such as fluid injection technology, in particular water injection technology, particularly preferably gas injection technology or projectile injection technology.
US09539771B2
The invention related to a device for making a part of a composite material by resin-transfer molding, that includes a manufacturing mold in which is placed a blank of the part to be impregnated with resin, characterized in that the manufacturing mold is divided into a matrix and one or more mobile structural member to be indexed on the matrix, the whole defining, after assembly, an imprint corresponding to the shape of the part to be manufactured.
US09539770B2
An embodiment relates to a molding device that may be used to produce a part made from a composite material. The molding device includes an inductive flexible membrane and an electrically conductive rigid portion. The inductive flexible membrane generates a magnetic field which creates eddy currents in the rigid portion, thereby creating a heat flow. This heat flow heats the part made from composite material by means of conduction.
US09539762B2
A three dimensional printer incorporates a kinematic coupling between the build platform and movable stage which holds the build platform, of three curved protrusions attached to one of the build platform or the movable stage and six locating features formed in receivers of the other. At least two flexures differentially change a Z position of each of two of the curved protrusions. 3D printing is paused at a preset level of completion, and the build platform may be removed for external operations. A print resume circuit resumes printing of additional printed layers at the previous position in response to a return detection circuit that responds to an input (e.g., a touch screen confirmation).
US09539759B2
A blade support cradle is described, which can be used to support a section of a wind turbine blade using an array of vacuum clamps. The cradle provides a secure and reliable system for the support of a blade section during and after blade manufacture, allowing for various operations to be easily carried out on the surface of the blade section. A method for receiving a blade section in the cradle is further described. In addition, the cradle may be used as part of a blade post-molding station in a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade.
US09539757B2
Packing tray for protecting fragile and perishable food items, such as pears, which allows fruit items of varying dimensions and weights to be held securely in each pocket, and which allows a plurality of stacked trays and fruit to be packaged in boxes (e.g., standard carton sizes). The tray is a plastic foam sheet having a top wall and a plurality of recessed cell pockets, each cell pocket having a relatively thinner cell sidewall with expandable (accordion-like) flutes, and a relatively thicker bottom wall also with expandable flutes. This construction allows the cell bottoms in adjacent pockets and in adjacent trays of the stack to move relative to one another to accommodate various sizes and weights of fruit while still protecting the fruit from damage.
US09539753B2
The invention relates to a dirt precipitator (100) for a highly viscous medium, having a housing comprising a front housing element (30; 30′) that comprises at least one inlet channel (33) and a rear housing element (20) that comprises at least one outlet channel (23), and having a screen wheel (10; 10′) rotatably mounted between the housing elements (20, 30; 30′) having a number n of screen positions disposed in a ring zone, on each of which at least one screen opening (11.1, . . . , 11.12) having at least one screen insert element is provided. The inlet channel (33), the outlet channel (23), and the screen opening (11.1, . . . , 11.12) are disposed flush one after the other in at least one working position and form a flow channel. In all positions of the screen wheel (10; 10′), more than 50% of the screen openings (11.1, . . . , 11.12) are always able to be permeated, and are impinged by flow from at least one inlet channel and from which at least one outlet channel leads.
US09539752B2
The present disclosure relates to a continuous extrusion process for producing a celluloid article including several steps and a celluloid article prepared by the continuous extrusion process.
US09539745B2
Described are in-mold coated products such as vehicular components, in-mold coating methods, and in-mold coating compositions, involving the use of aqueous acrylic copolymer dispersions, desirably self-crosslinking.
US09539743B2
Top and bottom ferrous carrier plates have a plurality of pairs of mating window cavities. Pairs of mating nonferrous pre-molded inserts with mating mold cavities snap into mating window cavities with a rubberized retainer ring therebetween to create floating mating pre-molded insert molds in multiple material carrier plate assemblies. Liquefied material is dispensed through pot bushings and plungers in each top pre-molded insert. The liquefied material flows though gate openings located in each insert top surface filling the mold cavities. The liquefied material then solidifies to its permanent shape in the mold cavities.
US09539740B2
A chain bar unit for a wall saw is presented herein. The chain bar unit can include a bar configured to receive a circulating chain or wire around a perimeter of the bar. The chain bar unit also can include a driving gear for driving the chain or wire around the bar, the driving gear configured to be coupled to an output shaft of the wall saw. The chain bar unit further includes the bar being tapered from an end proximate to the driving gear to a distal end having a distal end radius, wherein a width of the bar at the proximate end, is at least two times the distal end radius of the distal end.
US09539727B2
An industrial robot includes a robot main body and an elevating mechanism to raise and lower the robot main body. The robot main body may include a hand, an arm to which the hand is joined, a main body portion to which the arm is joined, and an arm-elevating mechanism. The center of rotation on the base end side of the arm may be located farther toward the third direction side than the center of the main body unit when viewed in the up-down direction. In the standby state, part of the arm may be positioned farther toward the fourth direction side than the main body unit. The main body unit may be secured to the elevating mechanism. The elevating mechanism may be arranged on one or both sides of the main body unit in the first direction and/or on the fourth direction side.
US09539726B2
Methods and systems are described for controlling movement of a continuum robot that includes a plurality of independently controlled segments along the length of the continuum robot. The continuum robot is inserted into a cavity of unknown dimensions or shape. A plurality of forces acting upon the continuum robot by the surrounding cavity are estimated. A positioning command indicating a desired movement of the distal end of the continuum robot is received from a manipulator control. The desired movement is augmented based, at least in part, on the estimated plurality of forces acting on the continuum robot such that movement is restricted to within safe boundaries of the surrounding cavity. The positioning of the continuum robot is then adjusted based on the augmented desired movement.
US09539723B2
A robot controllable by a portable device, the robot including a head configured to removably retain the portable device, a support removably mounted to the head, and a base mounted to the support, the base including a first wheel coaxially aligned with a second wheel and a balancing mechanism configured to maintain the head within a predetermined range of angular positions relative to a gravity vector based on instructions received from the portable device.
US09539715B2
Illustrative embodiments of controlled pivot impact tools are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, an impact tool may comprise a hammer configured to rotate about a first axis and to pivot about a second axis different from the first axis, where the hammer includes a cam groove formed in an outer surface of the hammer, an actuator coupled to the cam groove of the hammer and configured to pivot the hammer about the second axis between a disengaged position and an engaged position based on a position of the actuator along the cam groove, and an anvil configured to rotate about the first axis in response to being impacted by the hammer when the hammer is in the engaged position.
US09539713B2
An automotive tool for engaging and removing a cable guide bushing from a bushing passage in an inner door panel of a vehicle door is comprised of elongate, generally rectangular, parallelepiped bar with a manual grip at one end and a generally circular, through-passage at the opposite end with a radial slot through the bar connected to the through passage. The through-passage includes first and second uniformly, equally arcuate, constant radius surfaces at the juncture of the top side and bottom side of the bar with the through-passage to facilitate smooth engagement, and placement of the through passage over the compressible legs of the cable guide bushing in a manner which compresses the legs to enable removal of the bushing from a retaining passage in the inside panel from the inside of the door.
US09539711B2
A bit for removing damaged screws includes: a shaft portion and a head portion connected to the shaft portion. The head portion includes a tip section, a threaded conical section, and scraping portions extending continuously from the tip section to the threaded conical section. The scraping portions are able to perform continuous and non-stopping scraping operation toward the damaged screw. The scraping portions on the threaded conical section can scrape out a space big enough to allow passage of the threaded conical section, thus reducing resistance when the threaded conical section performs scraping and cutting operation. The threaded conical section can be guided to bite into and unscrew out the damaged screw, right after the scraping operation is performed by the tip section, so that the scraping and unscrewing operation can be performed more smoothly.
US09539705B2
Bending pliers include first and second plier bodies connected together relatively turnably in mutually intersecting intermediate portions thereof by a pivot shaft, the bodies including first and second holding arms formed on one-end sides of the bodies, respectively, the arms respectively having plate-shaped first and second claw portions formed in their respective tip end portions and configured to hold a panel to be bent, and first and second handles formed on opposite-end sides of the bodies, respectively, and configured to open and close the arms, wherein a columnar bending fulcrum portion extending parallel to the shaft and projecting toward the second claw portion is formed at a tip end of the first claw portion, and a tip end of the second claw portion faces the fulcrum portion with a gap therebetween. The pliers form the bead portion in a smooth tubular shape in a folded portion of the panel.
US09539699B2
A polishing method which can prevent a contamination of a release nozzle for releasing a substrate, such as a wafer, from a polishing head, is disclosed. The polishing method includes: polishing a substrate by pressing the substrate against a polishing pad on a polishing table by a polishing head while moving the polishing table and the polishing head relative to each other; moving the polishing head, holding the substrate, to a predetermined position above a substrate transfer device; cleaning the substrate by ejecting a cleaning fluid onto the substrate held by the polishing head located at the predetermined position; during cleaning of the substrate, discharging a fluid from a release nozzle located at the substrate transfer device; and after cleaning of the substrate, releasing the substrate from the polishing head by ejecting a releasing shower from the release nozzle into a gap between the polishing head and the substrate.
US09539697B2
A device (20) for root-rolling a thread (T) on an object (O) includes: a body (21), an accumulator piston (24) mounted for sealed sliding movement within a body passageway (22), a coarse adjustment screw (25) threaded onto the body, a Belleville spring stack (26) compressed between the coarse adjustment screw and the accumulator piston, an actuator piston (28A or 28B) mounted for sealed sliding movement within a cylindrical opening (23) in the body, and a thread roll (32) rotatably mounted on the actuator piston. A fine adjustment screw is threaded (33) into a first opening (34) on the body, and communicates with a fluid chamber between the accumulator and actuator pistons. The positions of the coarse and fine adjustment screws may be selectively adjusted to controllably vary the fluid pressure within the chamber. The device may be mounted on a machine tool (35) and selectively moved toward the object to root-roll a thread on the object when the object and device are rotated relative to one another.
US09539689B2
A rotary union including a housing, a piston, and a shaft is provided. The piston has a first fluid passage therethrough and is configured to slide axially between a first position and a second position. The shaft has a second fluid passage therethrough and is configured to rotate. A first port is arranged in the housing and is in fluid communication with a cavity formed between the housing and the piston. The first port is configured to deliver a pressurized fluid into the cavity to actuate the piston from the first position to the second position. A chamber is formed in the housing and surrounds an interface between the first and second fluid passages. A second port arranged in the housing is in fluid communication with the chamber. The second port is configured to apply a vacuum to the chamber to evacuate fluid leaked into the chamber from the interface.
US09539679B2
A method and apparatus for installing alignment of fastener assemblies. The method comprises placing an alignment tool on a reference datum. The method also takes pitch, roll, and yaw readings from an instrument associated with the alignment tool. Further, the method positions the alignment tool relative to a number of holes. Still further, the method adjusts the alignment tool based on pitch, roll, and yaw readings. The method also installs a first fastener assembly relative to a first hole of the number of holes.
US09539656B2
Clamping holder for cutting inserts has a rigid holding part and a clamping finger elastically movable with respect to the rigid holding part that define opposite sides of a substantially U-shaped recess for receiving a cutting insert. One of these two sides has first and second spaced-apart contact points for one side of a cutting insert and the opposite side has a third contact point. A stop for limiting the insertion depth of the cutting inset into the recess is provided inside the recess. That side of the cutting insert that has the third contact point is additionally assigned the stop, which is configured such that it simultaneously acts as a further, fourth lateral contact point opposite the first and second contact points and as a stop for limiting the insertion depth of the cutting insert.
US09539651B2
Disclosed is a technique of achieving weight reduction of a forged rotary body while improving productivity of the forged rotary body. Temporary center holes are set for each of two or more samples extracted from one forging lot of a plurality of forged rotary bodies produced within a time period after a die misalignment adjustment through before a next die misalignment adjustment. Then, a virtual final shape of each of the samples is simulated on an assumption that machining is performed on the basis of the temporary center holes, and a rotational imbalance amount is calculated. Then, an average value of the rotational imbalance amounts in all of the samples in the same forging lot is calculated, and center-hole positions which allow the average value to become zero are set as center hole machining positions for all of the forged rotary bodies in a corresponding forging lot.
US09539641B2
The invention relates to a method of closing a bore (3) in a metal sintered component (2), whereby, prior to sintering a preform (1) to obtain the sintered component (2) or before a step of calibrating the sintered component (2), a closing body (5) is pushed into the bore (3), and the closing body (3) has an external diameter that is either of an identical size to or at least partially larger than the internal diameter (9) of the bore (3).
US09539640B2
A casting system, apparatus, and method. The casting system can include an energy source and a hearth, which can have a tapered cavity. The tapered cavity can have a first end portion and a second end portion, and the tapered cavity can narrow between the first and second end portions. Further, the tapered cavity can have an inlet at the first end portion that defines an inlet capacity, and one or more outlets at the second end portion that define an outlet capacity. Where the cavity has a single outlet, the outlet capacity can be less than the inlet capacity. Where the cavity has multiple outlets, the combined outlet capacity can match the inlet capacity. Further, the cross-sectional area of the tapered cavity near the inlet can be similar to the cross-sectional area of the inlet.
US09539637B2
An investment casting method involves producing a casting shell by applying a hardenable refractory material to a sacrificial pattern. The casting shell having a plurality of phosphate bonds in the hardenable refractory material, which provide increased structural integrity during casting and improved frangibility during shell removal. The casting shell may also have a plurality of gaseous pockets suspended in the refractory material, which do not degrade the structural integrity during casting and provide improved frangibility during shell removal.
US09539632B2
A method for reducing areas of friction within a forming die that includes identifying at least one region of interest in the forming die, wherein the at least one region of interest further includes a problematic aspect of a predetermined nature; designing a die segment corresponding to the at least one region of interest, wherein the die segment further includes at least one ultrasonic transducer embedded therein; modifying the forming die to receive the die segment; installing the die segment in the forming die and acoustically isolating the die segment from the remainder of the forming die; and energizing the ultrasonic transducer to provide ultrasonic energy to the die segment, wherein providing ultrasonic energy to the die segment addresses the problematic aspect of the at least one region of interest in the forming die.
US09539630B2
A method for bending a sheet metal comprises: a hardness adjustment process wherein a blank (10), including a high-hardness region (11) and a low-hardness region (12) having a lower hardness than the high hardness region (11), is formed by changing the hardness of at least a part of a sheet metal; and a bending process wherein a product (20) is formed by bending low-hardness region (12) of blank (10).
US09539618B2
A system for automated high throughput presentation of an ear of corn for image acquisition and evaluation is provided. The ear evaluation system may include an image acquisition system for acquiring an image of the ear of corn. An ear staging system may be configured for coordinating timing and movement of the ear of corn through the image acquisition system. The ear evaluation system may define a mobile structure. Thereby the mobile structure may be driven or towed over rows of corn in order to acquire images of the corn substantially simultaneously with picking the ears of corn. Accordingly, image data relating to ears of corn may be obtained in a rapid manner. A method for high throughput presentation of a plurality of ears of corn for image acquisition and evaluation is also provided.
US09539611B2
A method for electroless coating of substrates by applying an activating coat of polyelectrolyte or salt with a first aqueous composition; rinsing the activating coat such that the activating coat not being entirely removed; contacting and coating of the activated surfaces that have remained after rinsing with an aqueous composition in the form of a solution, emulsion or suspension, to form an organic secondary coat; and drying. The activating coat is a solution, emulsion or suspension containing a anionic polyelectrolyte or at least one anionic salt in solution in water. The aqueous composition forming the secondary coat has constituents which can be precipitated, deposited or salted out and which are anionically, zwitterionically, sterically or cationically stabilized. The dry film formed in the process, comprising the activating coat and the secondary coat, has a thickness of at least 1 μm.
US09539603B2
The present invention provides a sprinkler head that can attach to a hose, such as a common garden hose, in such a manner as to permit a pet, such as dog, to interact with the sprinkler head and allow the sprinkler head to roll over a ground surface. The sprinkler head may include a container body or elongated body that at least partially encloses a hollow interior volume and can generally withstand a compressive force of a dog bite. A plurality of holes may be formed in a sidewall of the elongated body that are configured to spray streams of pressurized water outward from the hollow interior volume. As the sprinkler head rolls on a ground surface, the elongated body may rotate and move the streams of pressurized water in corresponding rotational movement.
US09539602B2
A sprinkler includes a compartment that surrounds its riser portion in an offset or asymmetrical configuration. More specifically, the distance of the compartments walls from those of the riser vary (i.e., increase or decrease) at different locations surrounding the riser. Put another way, the riser is closer to one side of the compartment than other sides of the compartment. This non-concentric configuration allows larger components to fit inside the compartment than would otherwise fit if the riser was symmetrically surrounded by the compartment.
US09539594B2
An atomizer comprises a static mixer configured to mix components of a coating agent with one another. The mixer has a plurality of fixed mixing elements and is constructionally integrated into the atomizer, and the mixer is a lattice mixer having mixing elements that are arranged intertwined in a lattice-like manner.
US09539588B2
Laboratory centrifuge with locking system for locking in translation of rotor on driving motor shaft
A laboratory centrifuge includes two rotating parts (10, 11) associated by translation locking elements (13) including at least one female element (16) and at least one complementary male element (15). The male element (15) is associated with elements (20) for its operation to the inactive position, which include a rotating actuator member (21) carried by one of the rotating parts (11) and which cooperates with the male element (15) to ensure, by a rotational operation of the rotating actuator member (21) about its axis of rotation (21′), the displacement of the associated male element (15) from the active position to the inactive position.
US09539578B2
A mobile bulk material processing apparatus includes a main frame having a pair of opposed beams that are spaced apart in a widthwise direction across the apparatus. A conveyor transports material from or to a material processing unit mounted at the main frame. The beams are arranged to receive at least part of the conveyor to protect the conveyor in a raised transport position.
US09539573B1
In a method of performing dilution of a droplet in an EWOD device, a parent droplet is provided on an electrode array of the EWOD device, wherein the parent droplet has a first concentration of a species. A diluent droplet also is provided on the electrode array of the EWOD device. The method includes controlling actuation voltages applied to the electrode array of the EWOD device to join the parent droplet and the diluent droplet into a product droplet having a diluted second concentration of the species different from the first concentration in the parent droplet. The actuation voltages then are controlled to split the product droplet into one or more daughter droplets having the second concentration of the species. A dilution ratio may be calibrated based on the volumes of the droplets. Serial dilution steps may be performed to generate daughter droplets of different species concentrations at each step.
US09539558B2
The present application is directed to a hydrophobic membrane assembly (28) used within a gas-generating apparatus. Hydrogen is separated from the reaction solution by passing through a hydrophobic membrane assembly (28) having a hydrophobic lattice like member (36) disposed within a hydrogen output composite (32) further enhancing the ability of the hydrogen output composite's ability to separate out hydrogen gas and prolonging its useful life.
US09539557B2
The disclosure provides a coating composition comprising a treated inorganic core particle, having improved dispersability, prepared by a process comprising: heating a slurry comprising porous silica treated inorganic core particle and water at a temperature of at least about 90° C., more typically about 93 to about 97° C., still more typically about 95 to about 97° C.; and adding a soluble alumina source to the slurry while maintaining the pH at about 8.0 to 9.5 to form an alumina treatment on the porous silica treated inorganic core particle; wherein the treated inorganic core particle does not comprise dense silica or alumina treatments, and has silica present in the amount of about 7% to about 14% and alumina present in the amount of about 4.0% to about 8.0%; and wherein the particle to particle surface treatments are substantially homogeneous.
US09539554B2
The present invention provides a corona-core microgel emulsifying agent composed of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing polyethylene oxide macromonomers, hydrophobic monomers, and cross-linking monomers under specific conditions as well as an oil-in-water emulsified composition characteristically using said emulsifying agent for emulsification.The object of the present invention is to provide a new corona-core microgel emulsifying agent to be used to prepare an oil-in-water emulsified composition that manifests superior emulsification stability, stability over time, and low skin irritation, and is free of stickiness at the time of application, manifests dewy freshness, is free of powdery sensation and/or squeakiness, and is superior in durability of fragrance, as well as an oil-in-water emulsified composition emulsified with said emulsifying agent.
US09539551B2
A distributive and dispersive mixing apparatus comprising two confronting surfaces (1,2) having cavities (3) therein which on relative motion of the surfaces function as a cavity transfer mixer (CTM) or controlled deformation dynamic mixer (CDDM) or both, CHARACTERISED IN THAT the normal separation of the confronting surfaces varies in the direction of bulk flow, so as to define a plurality of regions of successive closer and wider spacing of the confronting surfaces.
US09539539B2
(Problem to be Solved)To provide a volatile organic compound recovery device which renders energy saving possible and renders the equipment simple.(Means for Solution)An untreated gas which contains a volatile organic compound is supplied to an adsorption tower (1), whereby the volatile organic compound is adsorbed onto the adsorbent. After completion of the adsorption, a volatile organic compound which has higher adsorbability than that of the volatile organic compound adsorbed onto the adsorbent is supplied to the adsorption tower (1) through a desorption gas supply valve (4). The volatile organic compound which has low-adsorbability and has been adsorbed onto the adsorbent is then desorbed therefrom due to competitive adsorption with the high-adsorbability volatile organic compound fed later, and the high-adsorbability volatile organic compound itself is adsorbed onto the adsorbent instead. As a result, the volatile organic compound which has been adsorbed is discharged from the adsorption tower (1) and recovered.
US09539537B1
Radon is removed from a gas in an apparatus having: (a) a liquid-gas contacting apparatus containing a fresh working liquid in which radon is soluble; (b) a shielded reservoir containing the working liquid; and (c) a means for causing a stream of gas containing radon to pass through the liquid-gas contacting apparatus. When the radon level in the working liquid reaches a certain level, the working liquid is either taken out of service and stored until the radon level is reduced or the working liquid is diluted with additional working liquid having no radon.
US09539534B2
This invention concerns a method for recovering carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from Fischer-Tropsch off-gas by feeding Fischer-Tropsch off-gas through a column comprising an adsorbent bed, and discharging effluent, optionally rinsing the column and the adsorbent bed by feeding NG and discharging effluent until at least 60% of the carbon monoxide that was present in the bed is discharged, pressurizing the column and adsorbent bed with NG, rinsing the column and the adsorbent bed by feeding NG until at least 50% of the carbon dioxide present at the commencement of this rinsing step is discharged, rinsing the column and adsorbent bed by feeding a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, pressurizing the column and adsorbent bed by feeding a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen. With this method a feed comprising at least 50 vol % carbon monoxide can be produced. Furthermore, methane and carbon dioxide at a high pressure can be recovered from the Fischer-Tropsch gas. This can be fed to a gasifier or a reformer. In a preferred embodiment a gas comprising at least 80 vol % hydrogen is produced as well.
US09539532B2
An air filter for use in a residential HVAC system includes filtration media including a base layer and a sorbent layer including adhesive fibers and sorbent particles.
US09539524B2
A combined dual pump-injector valve utilizing a single piece of material to house the barrel for each of the two piston-based pumps and to provide the stator of the associated valve, thus eliminating any need for connections between the pumps and the valve, and therefore eliminating the potential for high-pressure leaks or pressure reductions. The combined dual pump-injector valve permits injection of nanoliter-sized samples into a chromatographic column such that complete analyses can be completed with microliters of mobile phase with nanoliters of a sample.
US09539509B2
Dynamically altering an in-game experience based on a user's connection to the online game. The online game may monitor connection strength of a device of the user to a network via which the user may access the online game. The online game may dynamically alter the user's experience based on the connection strength of the device. The online game may make available or remove the availability of one or more modes of game play to the user based on the connection strength of the user's device.
US09539501B2
An internet gaming system includes a core platform, and a vertical extension functionality configured with the core platform and having a first application programming interface. A plurality of game specific modules are provided with a hardware and software configuration to conduct different respective Internet-based games with players via an Internet lottery site, with each game specific module including a dedicated second application programming interface. Input/output data between the core platform and the game specific modules occurs only through the first and second application programming interfaces. A secure game outcome generator has a hardware and software configuration to determine a game outcome for each game played via the system and is linked to the core platform via a secure interface with the vertical extension.
US09539499B2
A table game apparatus in which a number of players can participate and comprising a display device having an updateable electronic display of a track, a table including a playing surface and an electronic card reader positioned relative to the table and a set of playing cards divided into a number of suits wherein in use said playing cards are drawn sequentially, then read by the electronic card reader to control the display on the display device.
US09539492B1
A support that is positioned on either a table or a tripod and holds a cue stick to either train an arm of a billiard player to move in a perfectly straight fashion or to function as a bridge. The support includes a base and a cue stick-moving portion. The base is positioned on either the table or the tripod. The cue stick-moving portion moves relative to the base and holds the cue stick to either train the arm of the billiard player to move in the perfectly straight fashion or to function as the bridge.
US09539491B2
A compact and portable bowling ball cleaner apparatus has a controlled heated temperature/timed steam process that properly and effective removes oil and dirt from the pores and surface of reactive bowling balls and gives restored life and performance to the ball without changing the coverstock or mechanics. The cleaner apparatus is not only cost effective, but a must have product for any avid/league/pro bowler that uses reactive bowling balls. The cleaner apparatus provides an effective, safe, affordable, user friendly, compact and attractive solution for removing oil and dirt from bowling balls.
US09539489B2
A summer style ski having three different types of wheels aligned to allow the ski to travel on non-snow or ice surfaces and to create the feel of carving or turning on a paved surface.
US09539487B2
A protective device may be configured to be worn to protect a portion of a wearer's anatomy. A pliable first material may form a perimeter portion and at least one connecting portion. A rigid second material may form at least two plates retained within the perimeter portion and at least one connecting portion.
US09539484B2
A golf teaching tool to provide instant user feedback, while explaining and encouraging proper ball impact. The golf teaching tool includes a rectangular plate with a cutout section. The golf teaching tool is placed on a playing surface with the cutout section pointed towards an intended target. A golf ball is placed on the playing surface within the cutout section and subsequently hit. Sound, impact, ball flight and movement of the golf teaching tool due to the golf club hitting the golf teaching tool, or no movement of the golf teaching tool provide the user immediate feedback regarding the correctness of the swing.
US09539483B1
A climbing hold and a rock climbing system for use in rock climbing are disclosed. The climbing hold includes a climbing hold body which is provided with a conductive film and a circuit board. The rock climbing system includes a climbing wall, a main control unit, a control terminal, and a plurality of climbing holds. The main control unit includes a circuit board containing a microcontroller unit (MCU). The climbing hold circuit board and the main circuit board are electrically connected. The control terminal and the main control unit are electrically connected. When the climbing hold is being touched, the conductive film and the static electricity capacity of human body combine to cause a change in electrostatic capacity. The climbing hold circuit board can detect such a change instantaneously and send a status signal to the control terminal. Analysis can be performed by monitoring the status of every climbing hold.
US09539479B2
[Object] To provide a golf club shaft that can provide a moderate rigidity and enhance an impact strength.[Solution] A shaft 6 includes full length layers s3, s4, s7, s8 and s9 provided wholly in a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and tip end partial layers s1, s2, s10, s11 and s12 provided on a tip end part of the shaft. The full length layers include bias layers s3 and s4 and straight layers s8 and s9. The tip end partial layer includes an inner glass fiber reinforced layer s1, and an outer low elastic carbon fiber reinforced layer s10 or an outer glass fiber reinforced layer s10 which is disposed outside the inner glass fiber reinforced layer s1. The low elastic carbon fiber has a tensile elastic modulus of 22 ton/mm2 or less. In the shaft 6, a shaft weight in terms of 46 inches is 55 g or less.
US09539477B2
Provided are a golf club head and a method for producing the golf club head. The golf club head comprises a striking face that in turn comprises a recurrent texture pattern that has a period T and that is defined by a plurality of depressions, each depression having an average depth no greater than 0.10 mm. The striking face also comprises a plurality of scorelines that at least partially intersect the recurrent texture pattern and that have a scoreline pitch Ps such that T/Ps is greater than 1.0, each scoreline having an average depth no less than 0.10 mm.
US09539475B2
Embodiments of golf club weight attachment mechanisms are described herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a head body with an interior cavity, a shell portion, and a bracket with a weight member coupled to the bracket. In one embodiment, the bracket and the weight member can be configured to be fully contained within the interior cavity. Other examples and related methods are also described herein.
US09539470B2
Multi-layer golf balls having a thin, relatively hard outer core layer surrounding a large, relatively soft inner core layer are provided. The inner core layer generally has a diameter of from 1.5 inches to 1.55 inches. The outer core layer generally has an outer diameter of from 1.6 inches to 1.64 inches. A cover is provided to surround the outer core layer. A moisture barrier layer is optionally provided between the outer core layer and the cover.
US09539461B2
A hook assembly may comprise a base portion and at least one hook. The base portion may be rotatably coupled to a weighted cable of an exercise machine. The at least one hook may be coupled to the base portion, and the at least one hook may be sized and configured for selective attachment to a handle. The base portion may be sized and configured to facilitate rotation of the at least one hook relative to a frame of an exercise machine when the weighted cable is extended. Additionally, the base portion may be sized and configured to prevent rotation of the at least one hook relative to the frame of the exercise machine when the weighted cable is fully retracted.
US09539459B2
In an upper limb training apparatus, a movable frame is supported by a fixed frame placed on a floor surface such that the movable frame can tilt in all directions. An operation rod including an operation rod main body and an attachment fixed portion is attached to the movable frame and can extend and contract. The attachment fixed portion, to which an attachment is fixed, is attached to the tip of the operation rod main body and includes an elastic member that absorbs forces in any directions other than the axial direction relative to the operation rod main body. The axial displacement detecting section can thereby grasp just the axial force applied to the operation rod by detecting the displacement of attachment fixed portion in the axial direction.
US09539457B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a pole vault landing system configured for receiving a pole vault box collar. The pole vault landing system may be comprised of a base section and a cutout section positioned adjacent to the base section, where both the base section and the cutout section have top and bottom surface. The bottom surface of the cut out section additionally comprises a recess dimensioned to receive a pole vault box collar such that when the cutout section is placed over a pole vault box and a pole vault box collar, the pole vault box collar is received in the recess and the bottom surface of the cutout section is substantially flush with the ground surrounding the pole vault box.
US09539456B2
The present invention includes formulations and methods to reduce Cr(VI) contamination, in which the formulation comprises (1) a reactive reducing agent comprising at least one reducing chemical capable of reducing Cr(VI) to Cr(III); and (b) one or more solvents. Moreover, the present invention includes formulations to reduce Cr(VI) within the coating, and Cr(VI) reducing kits with at least one color reference tool for evaluating the process and/or completion of the Cr(VI) reduction.
US09539449B2
A fire hose coupling comprises a body having a first end connected to a fire hose and a second end having threads. The fire hose coupling comprises a recessed portion formed in an outer surface of the body. The recessed portion is shaped to define a visuotactile directional indicator such as an arrow. The recessed portion may include a light-reflecting surface to enhance visibility such as a super reflective metal film, a photo luminescent coating, or a phosfluorescent coating. The recessed directional indicator may be formed in either female or male couplings.
US09539442B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for irradiating a target is disclosed. A proton beam is generated using a cyclotron. A first information is provided to an energy selection system. An energy level for the protons is selected using an energy selection system based on the first information. The first information comprises a depth of said target. The proton beam is routed from the cyclotron through a beam transfer line to a scanning system. A second information is provided to the scanning system. The second information comprises a pair of transversal coordinates. The proton beam is guided to a location on the target determined by the second information using a magnet structure. The target is irradiated with the protons.
US09539441B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of systems for radiotherapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a carousel to display the plurality of images to a user and receive an input from the user for selecting one or more images displayed in the carousel. A graphical user interface may be provided for displaying to the user the one or more images selected from the carousel.
US09539436B2
A wearable cardiac defibrillator (“WCD”) system may include a support structure that a patient can wear, an energy storage module that can store an electrical charge, and a discharge circuit that can discharge the electrical charge through the patient so as to shock him or her, while the patient is wearing the support structure. Embodiments may actively take into account bystanders, both to protect them from an inadvertent shock, and also to enlist their help. In some embodiments the WCD system includes a microphone that can sense when a bystander speaks a preset delaying word like “WAIT” or “NO”, and prevent the discharge.
US09539434B2
Systems, devices, software and methods are provided, for making a decision as to whether to administer an electric shock to a patient. The decision can be made differently, depending on whether the patient has already been shocked or not.
US09539412B2
A catheter hub includes a distal assembly including a distal hub member adapted to be fixedly attached to an outer catheter and a proximal assembly including a proximal hub member adapted to be fixedly attached to an inner catheter disposed through the outer catheter. An elongate member connects the proximal and distal assemblies such that the proximal and distal assemblies can translate longitudinally relative to one another.
US09539407B2
A nebulizer dispenser has a T-piece, a body sealingly coupled to the T-piece and configured to contain a liquid medication, and a breathing piece sealingly coupled to the T-piece. The dispenser also has a ball-and-socket joint coupled between the T-piece and either the breathing piece or the body. The ball-and-socket joint allows relative rotational motion of the T-piece in a pitch axis, a yaw axis, and a roll axis.
US09539401B2
A tracheal coupling for interfacing between a patient and a gases source, the connector comprising a patient port (33) for connecting to the trachea interface/insert, an outlet port (36), and inlet port (31) between patient port and outlet port for receiving a flow of gases from the gases flow source, the connector restricting expiratory flow in use to produce PEEP of at least 1 cm H2O when flow to the inlet port is 50 liters per minute. A system or method for supplying gases to a patient using the connector is also disclosed. Flow restriction is implemented using an orifice that can be adjustable, jetting or turbulence induced by a directed flow nozzle (30). PEEP can also be varied by flow control of gas source.
US09539399B2
The present invention relates to a safety syringe (100) having a hollow barrel (1), plunger (2) and a detachable needle support (4), characterized in that the safety syringe (100) includes; a) a piston gasket (3) interference fit with the plunger head (7) of the plunger (2); b) a plurality of bone structures (6) provided at the barrel head (1a) of the hollow barrel (1) to temporarily engage and support the needle support (4); c) a plurality of slots (8) longitudinally disposed at one substantial distal end of the needle support (4); and d) stoppers (5) provided at the barrel head (1a); wherein a fluid is injected by a first stroke of the plunger (2) under normal load; and an additional load is applied to the plunger (2) to compress the piston gasket (3) so that the plunger head (7) of the plunger (2) travels further to break the bone structures (6) for subsequent retraction of the needle support (4) on a second stroke.
US09539395B2
Provided is a medicament delivery device comprising an axially elongated housing, a coaxially extending plunger rod mounted with in the housing for expelling successive doses of medicament and rotateable about the axis. The plunger rod can be axially displaced from a ready-to-use position for expelling a dose of medicament to a non-ready-to-use position axially spaced from said ready-to-use position along the axis, and from said non-ready-to use position to a subsequent ready-to-use position angularly spaced from said non-ready-to use position about the axis The device further comprises an indicator member displaceably mounted onto the housing between a first angular position indicative of the ready-to-use positions and a second angular position indicative of the non-ready-to use positions.
US09539393B2
An automatic mixing device, an actuating device having integrated plunger and configured to be removably mounted to the automatic mixing device, and a retractable syringe having the automatic mixing device are provided. The actuating device has an initially compressed spring and a trigger member that is rotatable to initiate spring decompression to drive depression of a mixing plunger seal of the automatic mixing device. Another seal located in an outer chamber of the mixing device is capable of axial movement upon depression of the mixing plunger, from a first position in sealing engagement with one or more apertures in an inner barrel to a second position intermediate the apertures and vents in an outer barrel. This allows depression of the mixing plunger to force a first substance from the outer chamber through the apertures to mix with a second substance in an inner chamber of the inner barrel. The mixed substance in the inner barrel is then delivered by the syringe with subsequent needle retraction.
US09539383B2
A system and method that identifies delayed infusion programs at an infusion pump or with a first computer and an infusion pump. The first computer receives an infusion auto-program from a remote source, transmits the infusion auto-program to the infusion pump, and sends a stale auto-program to the infusion pump. The infusion pump receives a manual infusion program, saves and executes the manual infusion program, and compares the stale auto-program to the manual infusion program to identify potential matches between the stale auto-program and the manual infusion program. The infusion pump evaluates the potential matches and determines if the potential matches are within a predefined tolerance, continues to execute the at least one manual infusion program on the infusion pump if the potential matches are within the predefined tolerance, and remotely saves differences in the manual infusion program and the at stale auto-program in a remote server for later analysis.
US09539381B2
Materials and methods for reducing or preventing bleeding and associated side effects during and after percutaneous medical procedures.
US09539379B2
An enclosure for containing a portable hemodialysis unit includes a housing suitable to support components for performing hemodialysis including a dialyzer, one or more pumps to circulate blood through the dialyzer, a source of dialysate, and one or more pumps to circulate the dialysate through the dialyzer. The housing may have a front panel at which blood circuit connections and dialysate fluidic connections are located, e.g., blood line connections for patient blood access, connections for a reagent supply, dialyzer connections for both blood flow and dialysate, etc. The enclosure may also include a pair of vertical, side-by-side doors hingedly mounted to the housing. With the doors in the closed position, access to the patient access and dialysate fluidic connections may be blocked, and the doors may allow for the retention of heat in the housing suitable for disinfection during a disinfection cycle.
US09539377B2
Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
US09539373B2
The invention disclosed comprises methods, apparatuses and compositions to treat acute and chronic wounds with pressures altered from atmospheric. The methods, apparatuses and compositions herein improve the performance of Altered Pressure wound therapy. The improvements also make the treatments more comfortable for the patient and the delivery of the treatment more convenient for clinicians. These improvements collectively result in improved efficacy, improved compliance, improved safety and improved clinical efficiency, while limiting clinical errors in treatment.
US09539372B2
We describe herein biocompatible single crystal Cu-based shape memory alloys (SMAs). In particular, we show biocompatibility based on MEM elution cell cytotoxicity, ISO intramuscular implant, and hemo-compatibility tests producing negative cytotoxic results. This biocompatibility may be attributed to the formation of a durable oxide surface layer analogous to the titanium oxide layer that inhibits body fluid reaction to titanium nickel alloys, and/or the non-existence of crystal domain boundaries may inhibit corrosive chemical attack. Methods for controlling the formation of the protective aluminum oxide layer are also described, as are devices including such biocompatible single crystal copper-based SMAs.
US09539365B2
A fiber wadding for filling bone defects having a flocculent three-dimensional structure is disclosed. The fiber wadding includes a plurality of fibers that contain a biodegradable resin as a principal component and a siloxane. Outside diameter of the plurality of fibers of the wadding is from about 0.05 μm to about 30 μm. Bulk density of the fiber wadding is about 0.005-0.3 g/cm3.
US09539358B2
The present invention is directed to hemostatic material containing compacted ORC powder comprising particles having an average aspect ratio from about 1 to about 18, wherein said compacted ORC powder have preferably been processed in a compaction device, such as a ball milled ORC powder. The present invention further relates to methods of making the hemostatic material and a method of treating a wound by applying the hemostatic powder onto and/or into the wound of a patient.
US09539350B2
A formulation for stabilizing a radiopharmaceutical. The formulation includes a radiopharmaceutical (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof), a gas which has oxygen, a stabilizer, and a solvent.
US09539348B2
The present application describes a monoclonal antibody selected from the group consisting of monoclonal antibody DS6, monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to the antigen or epitope bound by monoclonal antibody DS6, and fragments of the foregoing that specifically bind to the antigen or epitope bound by monoclonal antibody DS6. Methods of use of such antibodies and the isolated antigen bound by such antibodies are also described.
US09539347B2
This invention relates to low density radioactive magnesium-aluminum-silicate (MAS) microparticles for radiotherapy and/or radioimaging.
US09539344B2
The invention relates to creped prebiotic tissue products. The tissue products comprise prebiotics in sufficiently high amounts to have a prebiotic effect in use, without negatively affecting tissue product properties, such as tensile strength, stiffness or softness. Thus, in certain embodiments the present invention provides soft, durable creped prebiotic tissue products that are able to improve the growth of healthy bacteria such as Bifidobacterium spp. or Lactobacillus spp. without promoting growth of enteropathogenic bacteria. The tissue products provide these benefits yet have a GMT greater than about 500, a Stiffness Index less than about 20 and a TS7 value less than about 10.
US09539331B2
The invention relates to preparations comprising amorphous emodepside in a polyvinylpyrrolidone matrix, pharmaceuticals comprising such preparations, and their use against endoparasites in animals or humans.
US09539320B2
A composition for treating cancer, including synergistic amounts of a primary cell-derived biologic having the cytokines IL-1, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, and IFN-γ, and a cancer vaccine having at least one antigen. A composition comprising synergistic amounts of the primary cell-derived biologic in combination with at least one adjuvant. A method of treating cancer by administering the composition. A method of reversing immune suppression and gaining immunity to cancer. A method of producing an immune response to an exogenous antigen. A method of enhancing an immune response in a patient by administering the primary cell-derived biologic in combination with at least one adjuvant, and enhancing the immune response of the patient by a synergistic interaction of the primary cell-derived biologic and the adjuvant. A method of increasing function of an immune system.
US09539317B2
The purpose of the present invention is the production of recombinant virus through the cloning and expression of sequences of coding nucleotides of the whole or part of heterolog proteins, through the following method: (a) modification of the heterolog nucleotides sequences in such way that when cloned and expressed in the vector virus, they present in the 5′ region nucleotides present in the 5′ edge of the gene NS1 of this vector virus or of other virus or equivalent functional sequences, and in its 3′ region, the correspondent genome region in the whole or part of the spheres of the stem and anchor of the protein E of this vector virus or equivalent functional sequences, and not comprising the structure and the replication of the mention vector virus; (b) insertion of the modified heterolog sequences in (a) in the intergene region at the structural protein E level and of nonstructural NS1 vector virus; (c) obtaining the non-pathogenic recombinant virus and owner of the immunologic properties, having the heterolog sequences integrated in the viral genome according to the insertion described in (b) and, like that, expressing the heterolog antigen in such way that it can induce an appropriate immune response. The present invention is also addressed to vaccine compositions to immune against the Flavivirus and/or other pathogens.
US09539309B2
The present invention comprises compositions, methods, and devices for delivering angiogenic factors and signaling molecules to a target tissue, and controlling the release of these factors and signaling molecules to spatially and temporally restrict their release and dissemination, for the purpose of promoting angiogenesis in target tissues wherein increased blood supply is needed.
US09539305B1
New improved formulations comprising a first composition and a second composition, the first composition being a streptogramin, the second composition being an inhibitor of lipid A deacetylase resulting in permeabilization of an outer membrane of a microorganism to which it is provided to. Said composition, alone or in combination may be used to treat bacterial infections, providing better efficacy, bioavailability and or pharmacokinetics as compared with other antimicrobial agents. The combination may be provided independently or together, and via any route(s) and in any formulation or form.
US09539299B2
The present invention relates to combination therapy for cancer with a WT1 peptide vaccine and temozolomide.
US09539283B2
Disclosed is an effervescent preparation of calcium and magnesium with additional citric acid in a defined ratio. Also disclosed is the use of these compositions to raise cardioprotective citrate and magnesium in serum to help prevent heart attacks from calcium supplements, and to provide bioavailable calcium and magnesium to prevent osteoporosis-related fractures and low blood magnesium from the use of proton pump inhibitors.
US09539281B2
The invention provides compositions comprising lipid-conjugated forms of capsular polysaccharide A (PSA) from B. fragilis (referred to herein as PSA-LT), methods of isolating such forms and of making such compositions and methods for their use.
US09539276B2
The present invention provides compositions methods for treating susceptible viral infections, especially hepatitis C viral (HCV) infections as well as co infections of HCV with other viruses such as HBV and/or HIV. In one embodiment, the present invention provides compositions having the formula (I) and their use in treating viral infections: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, stereoisomer, tautomers, solvate, prodrug, or combination thereof.
US09539264B2
Disclosed are methods of administering 2-methylene-19-nor-(20S)-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 to treat and/or prevent secondary hyperparathyroidism and/or its accompanying symptoms in a subject having or at risk for developing secondary hyperparathyroidism, including a subject previously administered a calcimimetic.
US09539259B2
Compounds, compositions, kits and methods for treating conditions related to neurodegeneration or ocular disease, are disclosed.
US09539257B2
Methods are provided of treating a human for cancer comprising administering at least one dose of lapatinib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof, to a patient, wherein said patient does not have one or more allelic polymorphisms selected from the group of: HLA-DQA1*0201, HLA-DQB1*0202, and HLADRB1*0701. Patients may also be free of genotypes in TNXB; rs12153855 and/or rs17207923.
US09539253B2
The present disclosure provides pyrimidine diol amides of Formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable solvates and prodrugs thereof, wherein A1, X, A2, W1, W2, W3, R1, R2, and R4 are defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula (I) to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present disclosure are especially useful for treating pain.
US09539241B2
An apparatus and method for preparing a pharmaceutical for transient application includes a tray having a sealed compartment, a vial of an ophthalmic formulation of mitomycin-C, a diluent carrier containing sterilized water, and a syringe that are all contained together in a single package. The component parts of the apparatus are used together to reconstitute the contents of the vial with the water in the diluent carrier, and then draw the reconstituted drug into the sealed compartment of the tray by a suction force produced by the syringe. In the tray compartment, the reconstituted drug is absorbed in at least one absorbent pad. The absorbent pads may come in multiple shapes and or/sizes. The tray is opened to remove the pad and the absorbed drug from the tray compartment for use of the pad in transient application of the drug.
US09539240B2
The present specification discloses compositions comprising a pharmaceutical composition to reduce or maintain LDL and/or cholesterol levels in an individual and a plurality of therapeutic compounds to increase or maintain HDL levels in an individual. The present specification also discloses a treatment protocol wherein a pharmaceutical composition is administered to an individual on a schedule wherein the pharmaceutical composition is provided for a period of time and then not provided to the individual and this treatment protocol is repeated for the term of the individual's treatment.
US09539238B2
The present invention provides novel uses of a biguanide derivative for preventing or treating glioblastoma. The compound of Formula 1 and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used for preventing and treating glioblastoma. Further, the combined treatment of the compound of Formula 1 and temozolomide can provide superior effects compared to the administration of the compound of Formula 1 alone or temozolomide alone.
US09539235B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods to modulate α-secretase and/or to improve cognitive ability. The invention further relates the improved/enhanced cognitive ability in diseased individuals, particularly Alzheimer's Disease patients, and treatment thereof through increased sAPP production. Macrocyclic lactones (i.e. bryostatin class and neristatin class) are compounds preferred for use with the present composition. The present invention also provides methods for increasing the generation of non-amyloidogenic soluble APP comprising the activation of protein kinase C (PKC) by administering an effective amount of PKC activator(s).
US09539231B2
A targeted approach toward the treatment of TN breast cancer by using AMPI-109 is disclosed. AMPI-109 is a compound with remarkable “cancer-specific” characteristics. In particular, AMPI-109 demonstrates a striking targeted capability to inhibit the proliferation of TN breast cancer cells and to induce apoptosis in TN breast cancer cells. The growth inhibitory effect of AMPI-109 is independent of VDR. AMPI-109 can also be coupled with other oncolytic agents in treating a patient with TN breast cancer.
US09539230B2
A medical composition for reducing the rate of new-onset diabetes caused by administration of a statin or for inhibiting an increase in blood glucose level by administration of a statin, the composition containing at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of icosapentaenoic acid and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof as an inactive ingredient.
US09539226B2
The present invention is related to a composition comprising a serine as an active ingredient for treating or preventing fatty liver diseases. The inventive compound significantly inhibits the SREBP-1 transcription activity involved in lipid synthesis and reduced the fatty liver formation through various in vitro test and in vivo test therefore it can be useful in the prevention and treatment of the fatty liver diseases as a medicament or health functional food.
US09539224B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising HMB and Vitamin D. Methods of administering HMB and Vitamin D to an animal are also described. Vitamin D and HMB are administered to increase muscle mass, strength, and functionality. The combination of Vitamin D and HMB together has a synergistic effect, which results in a surprising and unexpected level of improvement in muscle mass, strength and functionality.
US09539210B2
The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides vaccine nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in T cells and/or B cells, in some embodiments, comprising at least one immunomodulatory agent, and optionally comprising at last one targeting moiety and optionally at least one immunostimulatory agent. The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising inventive vaccine nanocarriers. The present invention provides methods of designing, manufacturing, and using inventive vaccine nanocarriers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention provides methods of prophylaxis and/or treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions comprising administering at least one inventive vaccine nanocarrier to a subject in need thereof.
US09539200B2
An osmotic delivery system flow modulator includes an outer shell constructed and arranged for positioning in an opening, an inner core inserted in the outer shell, and a fluid channel having a spiral shape defined between the outer shell and the inner core. The fluid channel is adapted for delivery of an active agent formulation from the reservoir of the osmotic delivery system.
US09539193B2
Disclosed herein is a dispersion comprising a liquid or semi-solid continuous phase, a dispersed solid phase comprising a plurality of organic, inorganic or inorganic-organic particles, and an alkyl ketal ester having the structure wherein a is 0 or an integer of 1 to 12, specifically 1 to 6, more specifically 1 to 4; b is 0 or 1; R2 is a divalent C1-8 group optionally substituted with up to 5 hydroxyl groups; and R1 is C1-6 alkyl, and wherein at least a portion of the alkyl ketal ester is present in the continuous phase, on a surface of at least some of the dispersed particles, or a combination thereof.
US09539190B2
Non-solid skin conditioning compositions comprising 12-hydroxy stearic acid, aminosilicone and water are disclosed. The compositions have a relatively low viscosity and are suitable for spreading on the skin.
US09539187B2
Compositions for delivering materials, such as a biological material, sand, soil, metal, water, sea water, holy water, synthetic or biological polymers, cremated ash, ceramics, animal or plant tissue, or another physiologically compatible component having personal significance to an individual are described herein. The material(s) are encapsulated in an inert, non-bioerodible, hydrophobic, polymeric material. Methods of making microparticles encapsulating the personalizing substance and methods of use are also provided. The personalizing substance may be encapsulated in a polymeric non-bioerodible microparticle. The encapsulated personalizing substance may be combined with a carrier for delivery to an individual's skin. In some embodiments, the personalizing substance is added to a tattoo ink and incorporated in a tattoo created on an individual's skin. Following injection in the skin, the encapsulated material remains in the microparticles, and is not released over time.
US09539186B2
Compositions for delivering materials, such as a biological material, sand, soil, metal, water, sea water, holy water, synthetic or biological polymers, cremated ash, ceramics, animal or plant tissue, or another physiologically compatible component having personal significance to an individual are described herein. The material(s) are encapsulated in an inert, non-bioerodible, hydrophobic, polymeric material. Methods of making microparticles encapsulating the personalizing substance and methods of use are also provided. The personalizing substance may be encapsulated in a polymeric non-bioerodible microparticle. The encapsulated personalizing substance may be combined with a carrier for delivery to an individual's skin. In some embodiments, the personalizing substance is added to a tattoo ink and incorporated in a tattoo created on an individual's skin. Following injection in the skin, the encapsulated material remains in the microparticles, and is not released over time.
US09539169B2
A water-based erotic stimulation device is disclosed, including a fastener and a chute with a faucet end and a distal end, and having a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is substantially horizontal. The distal end may have a groove, a water flow adjustment peg, or an extension, which may have adjustable length. The angle of the chute may be adjusted by adjusting the fastener. A method is also disclosed for using the device for erotic self-stimulation by attaching it to a faucet and directing its water toward the clitoral area of a woman using the device.
US09539167B2
A therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device including a cylindrically shaped core, and an overlay about the core including a plurality of shaped projections configured to enhance mobilization of soft tissue and optimize body core strength and balance training.
US09539154B2
The present invention relates to a medical device, particularly a vascular graft or an arteriovenous (AV) graft for haemodialysis. The medical device comprises a layer of porous silk fibroin matrix and a layer of knitted silk fibers. The invention further relates to processes of manufacture of such medical devices and methods of use of such devices.
US09539151B2
A male absorbent article includes a liquid impermeable pouch for housing the male genitals of a user. The pouch includes an opening for inserting the male genitals into the pouch. The absorbent article includes an absorbent body positioned in the absorbent article for fluid communication with the interior space of the pouch. An inner sheet structure comprises the opening for inserting the male genitals into the pouch and is tapered and positioned between and extending from first and second upper ends in a direction towards a lower end.
US09539138B2
A method of micro-incision ophthalmic surgery, comprising, in the order mentioned, the steps of: (1) injecting a first viscoelastic substance through an incision site which is lateral to corneal into an anterior chamber which is in an opposite part of the incision site with discharging aqueous humor; (2) injecting a second viscoelastic substance having higher surface tension than that of the first viscoelastic substance through the incision site into the remaining anterior chamber unfilled with the first viscoelastic substance; and (3) injecting a third viscoelastic substance having lower surface tension than that of the second viscoelastic substance through the incision site into an area of the anterior chamber which is filled with the first viscoelastic substance until the incision site is sealed with the already injected the second viscoelastic substance.
US09539123B2
A stent graft (1) including a tubular wall (3) with at least one fenestration (40) including a peripheral (37) reinforcement around at least part of the fenestration. There can also be a tubular extension (15). The side arm includes a stent (19) and a cover (17) and extends from and is in fluid communication with the fenestration and the stent graft. The stent may be a self expanding stent. The ring and/or tubular extension provides better support and sealing for an extension arm. The fenestration (40) can be circular or if towards the ends of the stent graft may be in the form of a U-shape (50) with an open end.
US09539120B2
A stent (1) for deployment in a blood vessel which is movable between an unloaded straight cylindrical state and a loaded curved state. The stent (1) is bendable between a first loaded configuration when the blood vessel is in the unloaded state, and a second loaded configuration when the blood vessel is in the loaded state. The stent (1) has an unloaded configuration which is intermediate the first loaded configuration and the second loaded configuration. Because of the unloaded configuration of the stent (1), the degrees of deformation which the stent (1) undergoes are minimized leading to minimized strains, increased fatigue life, and reduced risk of fracture.
US09539118B2
Methods, devices, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for brain-controlled body movement assistance devices. In one aspect, a device includes a brain-controlled body movement assistance device with a brain-computer interface (BCI) component adapted to be mounted to a user, a body movement assistance component operably connected to the BCI component and adapted to be worn by the user, and a feedback mechanism provided in connection with at least one of the BCI component and the body movement assistance component, the feedback mechanism being configured to output information relating to a usage session of the brain-controlled body movement assistance device.
US09539115B2
In order to position an ankle prosthesis including a tibial implant and a talus implant provided with a talo-calcaneal anchoring keel, the invention proposes a surgical instrumentation assembly including: a tibial phantom (60) of the tibial implant, adapted so as to be attached to the tibia (T) of a patient, and an aiming guide (80) adapted for setting into place an instrumentation element (90) through the talus (A) and the calcaneus (C) of the patient, along an axis (Z-Z) for implanting the talo-calcaneal anchoring keel, the tibial phantom and the aiming guide mechanically cooperating with each other to restrict movement of the tibial phantom and the aiming guide relative to each other along vertical and medio-lateral directions, wherein the aiming guide is configured to guide placement of the instrumentation element.
US09539114B2
Apparatus and methods for preparing a disc space and inserting an intervertebral disc implant therein are disclosed. Among the various instruments disclosed are a midline marker, a reference pin drill and insertion guide, a pin drill guide, a chisel guide, a sizer, a serrated broach, an implant dispenser, and an implant insertion tool. Methods of utilizing these tools are also disclosed.
US09539110B2
An intervertebral implant includes a body and a plate. The body has an upper surface defining an upper plane and a lower surface defining a lower plane. First and second fastener holes of the plate are configured to retain the heads of first and second fasteners. A portion of each of the shanks of the first and second fasteners extends from the first and second fastener holes beyond the upper plane. The shank portions of the first and second fasteners are curved in a direction away from the upper surface. The third fastener hole is configured to retain the head of the third fastener between the upper and lower planes. A portion of the shank of the third fastener extends from the third fastener hole beyond the lower plane. The shank portion of the third fastener is curved in a direction away from the lower surface.
US09539109B2
The present application generally relates to orthopedic systems, and in particular, to systems including independent plates and spacers. A plating system can include a spacer and a plate that is independent from the spacer. A number of locking mechanisms can be provided to secure the plate to the spacer. In some cases, the spacer includes a pair of notches that extend on an outer surface of the spacer. The plate can include a pair of lateral extensions that can engage the notches to secure the plate to the spacer. In other cases, the spacer includes an opening including a pair of inlets. The plate can include an enclosed posterior extension that can be received in the pair of inlets to secure the plate to the spacer.
US09539094B2
An apparatus for applying liquid pressure to resected tissue may include a fixture, a papillary assembly coupled to the fixture and having first and second spaced apart papillary attachment elements, and a resected mitral valve attached to the fixture. The fixture may have a first chamber, a second chamber, and an internal panel extending between the first and second chambers. The resected mitral valve may be attached to the internal panel and may have a posterior leaflet, an anterior leaflet, and tendinae chordae. The tendinae chordae may each be attached at a first end to the posterior leaflet or the anterior leaflet and at a second end to one of the papillary attachment elements. A first group of the tendinae chordae may be attached to the first papillary attachment element, and a second group of the tendinae chordae may be attached to the second papillary attachment element.
US09539092B2
A heart valve delivery system is provided wherein a prosthetic valve is carried on a valve catheter inside a delivery sleeve. A step balloon protrudes from the delivery sleeve and provides a tapered surface for facilitating advancement through a body vessel. The step balloon also aids in crossing the leaflets of a native valve. After the prosthetic valve is positioned within the native valve, the delivery sleeve is retracted to expose the prosthetic valve. If necessary, the step balloon may be expanded to securely seat the prosthetic valve at the site of the native valve. The prosthetic valve is preferably coupled to the valve catheter by a plurality of flexible extension arms which allow the prosthetic valve to be collapsed after initial deployment such that the prosthetic valve may be repositioned if necessary.
US09539088B2
A fixation band for affixing a prosthetic heart valve to tissue having proximal and distal annular portions positionable relative to one another, the proximal and distal annular portions each having a proximal and distal sides, the proximal side of the distal annular portion and the distal side of the proximal annular portion being oriented toward one another, and a prosthetic heart valve being attachable to one of the distal side of the distal annular portion and the proximal side of the proximal annular portion; staples configured between the distal side of the proximal annular portion and the proximal side of the distal annular portion; and a compression device operative between the proximal and distal annular portions for selectively positioning the proximal and distal annular members toward one another for compressing the staples therebetween and deploying the staples into tissue so as to affix the prosthetic heart valve to tissue.
US09539087B2
Disclosed herein are devices, methods and kits for a stent for treating an eye, comprising a flexible material, wherein the stent is self adaptive to a dimension of a vitreous cavity in the eye.
US09539081B2
An endovascular valve device for use in a vessel during a therapy procedure includes a catheter having at its distal end a valve. The valve is constructed of a braid of elongate first filaments coupled together at their proximal ends in a manner that the first filaments are movable relative to each other along their lengths. The first filaments have a spring bias that radially expands the valve. A filter is provided to the braid formed by electrostatically depositing or spinning polymeric second filaments onto the braided first filaments. The lumen of the catheter is in communication with the center of the valve. The device is used to provide a therapy in which a therapeutic agent is infused into an organ.
US09539075B2
A device, method, and system are provided for aiding the whitening of teeth. The device includes a mouthpiece suitable for implementing a dental treatment, wherein the mouthpiece includes one or more stock dental cover layers suitable for forming a treatment cavity having a vacuum, wherein the dental cover layers includes a layer over the upper teeth and/or a layer over the lower teeth; and one or more treatment supply layers wherein the treatment supply layer has one or more flow channel in fluid communication with the treatment cavity so that the treatment supply layer can deliver and/or remove one or more treatment fluids from the treatment cavity.
US09539072B2
A dental arch model and method for making the same is shown and described. The dental arch model includes a connector having opposite ends that connect to a respective one of the arch legs. The connector has a three-dimensional shape but does not include a surface that is both planar and parallel to the base of the arch connector along more than two thirds of the arch connector's length. In certain examples, the connector is in the shape of a prism or a trapezoid. In other examples, the connector has an upper surface that is sloped relative to the base of the arch connector. The arch connector may also include a plurality of fluid passageways for allowing fluid flow from an interior area between the inner walls of the arch connector to a location outside of the connector.
US09539067B2
A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method comprises the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises forming a nanoscale roughened surface on the microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises the act of depositing discrete nanoparticles on the nanoscale roughened surface though a one-step process of exposing the roughened surface to a solution including the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles comprise a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.
US09539066B2
An orthodontic appliance has a post attached to a first upper tooth, and a button with a recess attached to a second upper tooth. An elongated arm has an eye at one end through which the post is inserted to allow the elongated arm to rotate about the post, and a tip at the other end for removable insertion into the recess of the button. The length of the elongated arm is selectable to maintain a desired spacing between the first and second upper teeth (e.g., by cutting the tip of the elongated arm). An elastic extends from either the post or button to an attachment point on the patient's lower dental arch to exert a force between the patient's maxilla and mandible.
US09539056B2
A probe, including an insertion tube and an electrode mounted on a distal end of the insertion tube. A force sensor is mounted in the distal end of the insertion tube. The force sensor has a central opening and is configured to measure a force on the distal end. The probe also includes tubing, passing through the central opening, which is configured to supply irrigation fluid through apertures in the electrode.
US09539050B2
An electrosurgical generator for supplying electrosurgical energy to tissue is disclosed. The generator includes sensor circuitry configured to measure at least one tissue or energy parameter and a controller configured to generate a plot of the at least one tissue or energy parameter including a plurality of tissue parameter values, wherein the controller is further configured to normalize the plot of the at least one tissue or energy parameter with respect to treatment volume.
US09539049B2
An electrosurgical pencil with integrated tweezers includes-an elongated housing having an open distal end and an actuator operatively associated therewith. First and second jaw members extend distally through the open distal end of the elongated housing and are transitionable between a closed position and an open position upon actuation of an actuator. One or both of the jaw members is configured to treat tissue with monopolar energy and both jaw members are configured to treat tissue with bipolar energy. One or more switches is operably coupled to a controller disposed in the housing and configured to activate the first and second jaw members to treat tissue with monopolar and bipolar energy.
US09539038B2
An intramedullary pin (1) is provided. The intramedullary pin has a self-locking distal end that can be used for treating metadiaphyseal fractures of long bones such as the humerus. Locking of the distal end of the intramedullary pin (1) can take place in a controlled and gradual, and also reversible, manner. The structure of the intramedullary pin (1) further allows the use of a guide wire, whereby the pin can be inserted into the fractured bone with the aid of a guide wire.
US09539029B1
External fixator assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. An external fixator system may include a plurality of fixator assemblies configured to connect a plurality of pins, for example, positioned on opposite sides of a fractured bone, with one more rods. The fixator assemblies may include a plurality of clamp assemblies which are configured to rotate relative to one another when the fixator assembly is in an unlocked position.
US09539026B2
A needle guide includes an attachment means for attachment to an imaging probe that forms an image of an area, a fixed part, and a movable part movable at an angle. The movable part includes one or more needle guide elements that receive a needle in a guiding manner, and at least one rotation sensor to measure the angular rotation of the movable part. A method for determining the position of a needle attached to the needle guide relative to the imaging probe is also disclosed.
US09539022B2
A matter conveyance system is located within a catheter and transports thrombus from a proximal portion of the catheter to a distal end of the catheter. In one example, the matter conveyance system is a screw or helix that rotates to cause movement of the thrombus.
US09539021B2
A medical device comprising an actuator, an extension portion, and a tissue interaction portion. The extension portion is coupled to the actuator and comprises at least first and second telescoping sections with each telescoping section having (i) at least one extended hook section having a head portion and a neck portion, and (ii) at least one body section being one of coupled and integrated to the at least one extended hook section. The at least one extended hook section of the first telescoping section is operatively coupled to the body section of the second telescoping section. The tissue interaction portion is operatively coupled to the extension portion and comprises at least one of a gripping mechanism, a stapling mechanism, and a cutting mechanism. The actuator is adapted to control at least one of the extension portion and tissue interaction portion.
US09539015B2
A method for removing uroliths from the urinary bladder of a non-human, non-laboratory animal, comprising: (a) inserting a collapsed retrieval pouch through the urethra and into the bladder; (b) opening the retrieval pouch in the bladder; (c) identifying a urolith transrectally, and placing the urolith into the opened retrieval pouch by transrectal manipulation; (d) fragmenting the urolith while the urolith is in the opened retrieval pouch; (e) flushing the fragments of the urolith out of the pouch; and then (f) removing the retrieval pouch from the bladder.
US09539011B2
A vaso-occlusive device delivery assembly includes a pusher assembly having a proximal end, a distal end, and a pusher lumen extending therebetween; a vaso-occlusive device; and a tubular member mechanically connecting the pusher assembly to the vaso-occlusive device, the tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, a tube lumen extending therebetween, and a detach zone, wherein the proximal end of the tubular member extends into the pusher assembly lumen at the distal end of the pusher assembly. A heat generating member is disposed in the tube lumen, such that, when activated, the heat generating member generates heat that melts or otherwise thermally degrades the tubular member at the detach zone, thereby detaching the vaso-occlusive device from the pusher assembly.
US09539010B2
A method and devices that endoscopically create an anastomosis between two sections of the digestive tract, thereby allowing at least some chyme to bypass a section of the digestive tract while, optionally, the remaining chyme passes through the entire tract.
US09539007B2
A surgical fastener applying apparatus for applying fasteners to body tissue including a cartridge receiving half-section defining an elongated channel member configured to releasably receive a stationary housing of a firing assembly. The stationary housing is dimensioned to releasably receive a single use loading unit therein, and includes a lockout structure that prevents insertion of the stationary housing into the cartridge receiving half-section if the single use loading unit is not mounted in the stationary housing.
US09539006B2
The present disclosure relates to hand held electromechanical powered surgical handle assemblies for use with surgical end effectors capable of clamping, cutting and/or stapling tissue and methods of use thereof. The surgical device includes a handle assembly and a drive unit assembly removably and selectively connectable to a selected first connecting feature and second connecting feature of the handle assembly. The drive unit assembly includes a motor and a drive shaft driven by the motor.
US09539002B2
A tissue closure device to assist in retrieving a suture during a suturing procedure, the device including an elongated body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending axially through the elongated body. The device further including an actuator rod at least partially extending through the lumen of the elongated body to actuate a plurality of wings and a plurality of shields attached to a distal end of the elongated body. The elongated body including at least one needle guide lumen with an opening an exit, the at least one needle guide lumen traversing the elongated body at an angle with respect to a central axis of the elongated body to guide a suture grasper to an enclosed suture retrieval cavity.
US09538999B2
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing suture filaments when performing soft tissue repair. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical suture management device is in the form of a suture loop management card. The card can generally be configured to hold open a collapsible loop of suture until a force applied to the loop is greater than a threshold tension. The card can include a number of different features that help to keep the loop open until the threshold tension is achieved, including features designed to prevent the filament from being mistakenly offloaded. The card can be configured to be removably inserted into a handle of an inserter tool for use as a surgical tissue repair system. Other devices, systems, and methods for performing soft tissue repair are also provided.
US09538996B2
Described are medical graft products, systems, and methods for treating fistulae. Certain products of the invention are configured to have portions residing in and around a primary fistula opening, e.g., one occurring in a wall of the alimentary canal. One such product includes a biocompatible graft body which is configured to block at least the primary opening. The graft body includes a capping member, which is configured to contact portions of the alimentary canal wall adjacent to the primary opening, and an elongate plug member extending from the capping member, which is configured to extend into at least a portion of the fistula. In certain embodiments, a graft body component has the capacity to expand or otherwise change form to provide a suitable capping arrangement. Such a component can include a resilient wire frame, e.g., one that is self-expandable or one that requires at least some manipulation in order to expand.
US09538994B2
A biopsy device may include a needle, a cutter, and a handpiece. A vacuum pump in the handpiece may provide a vacuum to the needle and/or to the cutter. A pressure pump in the handpiece may also provide pressurized air to the needle and/or to the cutter. A motor in the handpiece may drive the vacuum pump, the pressure pump, and/or the cutter. A vacuum sensor may sense a vacuum level within the biopsy device, and cause initiation of operational cycles in response to sensed vacuum levels. Portions of a valving mechanism and a clutching mechanism may be integrally formed. A clutching and valving mechanism may be driven by a first battery-powered motor; and a cutter, pressure pump, and vacuum pump by a second battery-powered motor. A biopsy device may thus provide vacuum, pressurized air, and power from within a handpiece, such that the biopsy device is tetherless.
US09538988B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method of producing an ultrasound image capable of accurately determining the boundary of an intima-media complex in an ultrasound image and measuring an intima-media thickness with high precision are provided. A candidate vascular wall boundary point determiner determines one or more candidate vascular wall boundary points based on a sound ray signal extending in a scanning direction in an ultrasound image. A boundary determiner determines a vascular wall boundary point from among the candidate vascular wall boundary points based on a third evaluation value and determines a vascular wall boundary, the third evaluation value being calculated based on a first evaluation value representing accuracy of each of the determined candidate vascular wall boundary points as a vascular wall boundary point and a second evaluation value representing similarity between the sound ray signal and the adjacent sound ray signal.
US09538986B2
A probe for an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes including backing members, a first connector bonded between the backing members and including electrodes spaced from each other in an arrangement direction, a ground connector bonded between the backing members to be spaced from the first connector, and a piezoelectric member electrically connected to the electrodes and the ground connector. A method of manufacturing the same is also disclosed. The piezoelectric member is joined to the first connector and the ground connector or to first and second connectors and the ground connector via first and second electrode layers instead of using a complicated and laborious soldering operation, thereby enabling easy connection between the piezoelectric member and the connectors while preventing deterioration in performance caused by defective connection therebetween and deterioration in performance of the piezoelectric member caused by heat during manufacture.
US09538983B2
A device for guiding a medical imaging probe in order to move the probe close to an anatomical space, the probe having a mechanism for acquiring images of the anatomical space, and the device having at least one sensor mounted to the probe. The device includes a processing mechanism for deducing a rotation of the probe in the space from the signals generated by the sensor and for estimating a plurality of plausible positions of the probe relative to the anatomical space by deducing the rotation of the probe in the space. The processing mechanism is arranged such as to determine the position of the probe relative to the anatomical space from the plausible positions. Also disclosed is a method for guiding the probe.
US09538972B2
An X-ray CT apparatus, which is capable of quickly acquiring information for determining whether further CT imaging is required, is provided. The X-ray CT apparatus according to the embodiment comprises a reconstruction processor, a setting unit, and a controller. The reconstruction processor carries out first reconstruction processing to be carried out at a first image thickness based on detection data to be sequentially acquired by X-ray scanning of the desired site of a subject, and second reconstruction processing to be carried out at a second image thickness based on all detection data acquired by the X-ray scanning. The setting unit sets the first image thickness based on the second image thickness set in advance. The controller allows the reconstruction processor to initiate the first reconstruction processing in parallel with the X-ray scanning at the set first image thickness and initiate the second reconstruction processing at the second image thickness once the first reconstruction processing is completed.
US09538968B2
An X-ray apparatus for digital radiography has a rotating arm where the X-ray source and X-ray sensor cassette are oppositely mounted. The source has a primary collimator to adjust the X-ray beam size according to the selected imaging modality. The sensor cassette encloses a first X-ray detector for a first imaging mode, while a second X-ray detector usable for a second imaging mode is detachably mounted on the external side of the sensor cassette. The sensor cassette accommodates a second collimator to create a fan shaped X-ray beam for a third imaging modality. The sensor cassette has a linear motorized movement which is used for: aligning the X-ray beam with respect to the first and second detector; positioning the first detector in the first imaging mode to achieve an extended view; and scanning movement during the third imaging modality synchronized with the horizontal movement of a third X-ray detector.
US09538967B2
A radiological image sensor has an electronic substrate and an imaging chip held within a housing, the imaging chip having electronics that create a dead space, with a cable attached to the housing at a cable button connector, the dead space being at a short distal side of the generally rectangular sensor opposite the short mesial side at which the cable exits the cable button connector. The mesial side of the sensor either does not have a dead space created by electronics of the imaging chip or the dead space found on the mesial side of the sensor is less than approximately 4 mm, and, preferably, approximately 2 mm or less. The cable can be a flat cable with a length of approximately one meter or less that can be connected to a round cable.
US09538966B2
Computed tomography apparatus for odontology, which includes an arm part arranged to be turnable, to which arm part at a distance from each other a radiation source and a receiver of image information have been arranged, in which apparatus said arm part is arranged to locate or to be transferred to such location with respect to the volume desired to be imaged that when the arm part is turned during the imaging, at least over a substantial angular range only a portion of the volume arranged to become imaged is within the radiation beam, and in which the control system of the apparatus comprises a control routine which then controls said radiation source to generate radiation as pulsed.
US09538959B2
A system for monitoring a user includes a transmitter positioned in a first location, a sensor system, first and second monitoring devices, a controller and an application. The sensor system collects data including sound and image data of the user, the user's vital data, and ambient condition data and transmits the collected data wirelessly to the transmitter. The first and second monitoring devices communicate wirelessly with the transmitter and are worn by first and second caregivers of the user, respectively, that are located in a second location that is different from the first location. The controller is located in the second location and communicates wirelessly with the first and second monitoring devices and the transmitter. The transmitter transmits wirelessly live data feeds to the first and second monitoring devices and to the controller and the live data feeds include the sound and image data of the user and the user's vital data. The application includes an analyzer that analyzes the live data feeds and determines whether any of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range and sends an alarm notification to at least one of the first and second monitoring devices in cases when at least one of the collected data has a value above a predetermined threshold or out of a predetermined range.
US09538958B2
Techniques for shielding permittivity-sensitive devices are disclosed.
US09538957B2
An implantable medical device for performing therapy or monitoring a physiological condition. The device includes components for connecting the device to a trunk line. These components connect the device to the trunk line in such way that the components move over the trunk line. Internal to these components are conductors, including a coil, that are arranged to complementary inductively exchange signals with conductors internal to the trunk line. As a result of this inductive signal exchange the implantable medical device at least one of: receives power signals; receives signals that regulate the operation of the device; or transmits signal representative of the physiological state monitored by the device.
US09538951B2
A method for identifying changes in an epilepsy patient's disease state, comprising: receiving at least one body data stream; determining at least one body index from the at least one body data stream; detecting a plurality of seizure events from the at least one body index; determining at least one seizure metric value for each seizure event; performing a first classification analysis of the plurality of seizure events from the at least one seizure metric value; detecting at least one additional seizure event from the at least one determined index; determining at least one seizure metric value for each additional seizure event, performing a second classification analysis of the plurality of seizure events and the at least one additional seizure event based upon the at least one seizure metric value; comparing the results of the first classification analysis and the second classification analysis; and performing a further action.
US09538933B2
An ECG monitoring system continuously monitors a patient's ECG waveform and periodically identifies the patient's QT interval. QT interval values are averaged over time and a corrected interval value QTc and a change in QTc relative to a baseline, dQTc, are periodically produced. An alarm is responsive to updated QT interval values and issues an alarm whenever a selected QT value exceeds an alarm limit. The periodically produced QT interval values are stored and a trend display may be produced showing changes in the QT interval information over different periods of time. The trend display may selectively display the trend information either graphically or in tabular form.
US09538931B2
A portable medical device having improved ECG trace display and reporting. Embodiments implement features to ameliorate artifacts created by virtue of attempting to eliminate compression artifacts due to mechanical compression devices. Other embodiments additionally implement features to seek to detect the occurrence of ROSC while chest compressions are ongoing.
US09538927B2
A reflectance-based optical measurement device and a method for a reflectance-based optical measurement are provided. The device comprises an illumination and detection assembly configured to output light to a surface portion of a user for measurement and to detect the output light reflected from said surface portion of the user as a signal; a coupling member configured for coupling in a cableless configuration to a personal mobile processing device; a measurement surface configured to allow access to said measurement surface by the surface portion of the user; wherein said access is provided by the optical device being holderless such that the surface portion of the user is allowed access to said measurement surface from all directions in a single plane; and further wherein said coupling member is arranged to transmit the detected signal to the personal mobile processing device.
US09538923B1
A physiological signal such as a heart rate acquired from a monitoring device is processed to reduce interference, ambiguity, or artifacts arising during various activities. For example, the system can process a physiological signal to account for motion artifacts in the physiological signal and, thus, reduce the impact of movement on the physiological signal. Additionally, or alternatively, the system can process a physiological signal based on one or more measurement contexts associated with a wearable device. In general, the physiological signal processed as described herein can be useful as a reliable, continuous indication of a physiological parameter and, thus, can serve as the basis for other physiological assessments (e.g., heart rate variability) derived from the physiological parameter.
US09538919B2
A system and method are provided for the detection of a heart-related condition by obtaining information in real-time when a condition is initially identified as potentially occurring. A physical exercise and recovery episode is initially detected from physiological signals sensed in a patient. Once detected, a HR-ST segment deviation hysteresis analysis is performed in an implantable medical device (IMD) from certain physiological signals over portions of the exercise and recovery episode to identify the probability that a certain condition is occurring. Once a desired level of probability that the heart-related condition has been detected exists, data utilized in the analysis can be transmitted remotely for clinical review and confirmation of the device's detection of the condition. The patient may be prompted to answer questions related to symptoms that patient is experiencing through an input device in order further confirm the probability that the condition is occurring in the patient.
US09538918B2
A modular holder or patch is described that may be used with or as part of a wireless physiological sensing device. The wireless physiological sensing device may include a holder or patch, first and second electrodes, and an electronics package that may be removably coupled with the holder or patch and which may be in electrical contact with the first and second electrodes. The electronics package may include a housing, a wireless transceiver and electronic circuitry configured to process signals received via the first and second electrodes and the wireless transceiver.
US09538917B2
An applanation tonometer is disclosed for providing a measurement of intraocular fluid pressure inside the eye of a patient. The applanation tonometer includes a light-transmitting prism having a cornea contact tip at one end and a cornea alignment aid at the opposite end. The cornea alignment aid enables the patient to advise a vision professional when a light source of the tonometer is properly aligned with his cornea so that intraocular fluid pressure can be accurately measured. A light-blocking baffle is located at the opposite end of the prism, and a thin light-transmitting channel is formed through the baffle to lie on the longitudinal axis of the prism. In a preferred embodiment, the light baffle is at least one opaque disk, and the light-transmitting channel is a clear spot at the center of the opaque disk through which light is transmitted to the patient's cornea.
US09538911B2
A Slit-lamp-or-Microscope-Integrated-OCT-Refractometer system includes an eye-visualization system, configured to provide a visual image of an imaged region in an eye; an Optical Coherence Tomographic (OCT) imaging system, configured to generate an OCT image of the imaged region; a refractometer, configured to generate a refractive mapping of the imaged region; and an analyzer, configured to determine refractive characteristics of the eye based on the OCT image and the refractive mapping, wherein the refractometer and the OCT imaging system are integrated into the eye visualization system.
US09538908B2
A catheter with an imaging assembly is disclosed. The catheter is used with a console for viewing and/or storing images obtained from the catheter. The catheter may be a feeding tube assembly. The imaging assembly on the feeding tube assembly allows a user to confirm placement of the feeding tube assembly in the patient's alimentary canal.
US09538905B2
An advance and retreat assist tool includes a base unit, an attachment portion which attaches the base unit to a treatment instrument insertion portion so that the base unit is rotatable around a central axis of a treatment instrument insertion hole portion, and a first tubular member. The advance and retreat assist tool further includes a rotary portion and an advance and retreat mechanism.
US09538900B2
A dishwasher includes a treating chamber for receiving dishes for treatment according to a cycle of operation and a door assembly selectively moveable to close an access opening to the treating chamber, the door assembly having an interior door panel, an exterior door panel, a window assembly and a window assembly support frame provided on the interior door panel to support the window assembly.
US09538896B2
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing with an on-board reactive oxygen species generator which produces reactive oxygen species in situ from fluid stored within an on-board supply tank of the surface cleaning apparatus, and further delivers the generated reactive oxygen species to a cleaning pad attached to the housing of the surface cleaning apparatus.
US09538895B1
A device having the ability to alternate between dry spill and wet spill clean-up by simply rotating the head of the device to either the bristle side, for dry material clean-up, or the rubber squeegee side for wet material clean-up. Located on the handle is a release button coupled to the rotatable coupling by which the head rotates about the handle. When this button is pulled or otherwise selectively activated (e.g., pushed, pressed, etc.) the head will now rotate freely allowing the user to alternate between dry and wet clean-up. In an embodiment, the head may be locked at a variety of angles for side sweeping applications such as inside a cabinet, on top of a work bench, etc.
US09538888B2
A toilet seat cover with an easily assembled and detached child seat includes an upper lid, a parent seat and a child seat. Two fixing shafts are respectively sleeved on two parent shaft sleeves. Two pins of two supports and the two fixing shafts are radially held with each other. Each of the two fixing shafts is axially inserted by a cylindrical shaft post. Two elastic c-shaped rings are respectively disposed at two ends of a child shaft sleeve and radially sleeved on the shaft post. At least one end of the child shaft sleeve disposes a central shaft which is radially inserted into a directional slot. When the child seat is not needed, the shaft post can be removed from the fixing shaft to attain a toilet seat cover with a common appearance.
US09538887B2
A box-shaped ready-to-assemble toilet is made of corrugated board or cardboard. The ready-to-assemble toilet includes first to fourth sidewall portions and a bottom portion. Each of the first to fourth sidewall portions includes an outer sidewall, an inner sidewall and a horizontal wall. The horizontal walls of the first and second sidewall portions overlap each other. The horizontal walls of the second and third sidewall portions overlap each other. The horizontal walls of the third and fourth sidewall portions overlap each other. The horizontal walls of the fourth and first sidewall portions overlap each other.
US09538885B2
The disclosure describes a disposable moist tissue dispenser applicable to dispensing of moist tissues. The invention includes a center roller, a pair of side panels, a housing, a moist tissue roll, an outlet, and a resealable cover. The side panels are separately attached at opposite ends of the center roller. The housing is disposed about the center roller and is attached to an outer edge along each side panel. The center roller, side panels, and housing form an interior space. The moist tissue roll resides within the interior space and includes a plurality of separable moist tissues. The moist tissue roll is disposed about and rotatable with respect to the center roller. The outlet is disposed along a portion of the housing for dispensing the separable moist tissues from the moist tissue dispenser. The resealable cover is disposed along the housing over the outlet.
US09538881B2
A kitchen appliance includes a housing that defines a cavity. The housing has a housing rim defining an opening to the cavity. A heating or cooling element is disposed within the housing to heat or cool the cavity. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim. A lid is sized and shaped to at least partially cover the opening of the container when placed on the container. The lid has an exterior surface and an opposing interior surface. At least one latching mechanism or handle is operable to seal the contents of the appliance within the appliance.
US09538880B2
Disclosed are cooking devices having inspection systems including: a distance sensor and a digital optical recognition device. The distance sensor detects the position of the food product placed in the cooking device and the digital optical recognition device captures a series of images for the purpose of food product recognition. Once the food product is recognized, the operator is provided with the correct cooking cycle/program for the position and type of food product placed in the cooking device. The inspection systems also ensure that the food product has been properly cooked at the end of the cooking cycle/program. The inspection systems ensure: (1) the food product is correctly recognized; (2) the cooking cycle/program is correctly selected; (3) the correct cooking cycle/program is followed to completion and (4) the quality of the cooked food product meets expected standards.
US09538877B2
Techniques are provided for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents. A container is configured for insertion into an apparatus. The container includes a frozen content, a receptacle defining an opening and a cavity for receiving and storing the frozen content, and a closure formed over the opening of the receptacle for sealing the frozen content within the cavity of the receptacle. The receptacle is perforable, and the container is configured for insertion into an apparatus that is configured to create a consumable liquid beverage from the frozen content within the container, such that the frozen content is extracted through a perforation created in the receptacle by the apparatus.
US09538873B2
Devices for dipping or dunking snacks into beverages include elements for holding a snack in place for dipping or dunking and a structure for allowing the user to keep his hands out of the beverage while immersing the snack. One embodiment includes scissoring legs and fingertip pads for attachment to a user's finger and thumb so the user can scissor the legs in place to hold the snack for dipping or dunking.
US09538872B2
User-selectable volumes of a viscous condiment such as ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise are consistently dispensed from a pressurized vessel. The vessel is pressurized using a small air pump, a cylinder of compressed gas or an external gas source. Pressure in the vessel is kept constant by sensing the pressure using a MEMS pressure transducer. Condiment flows from the pressurized vessel into a flexible tube, which passes through an electrically-actuated pinch valve. For a given pressure in the vessel, the amount of condiment to be dispensed is determined by the time that the pinch valve is open. A processor monitors the pressure, actuation of a user interface and controls operation of the air pump.
US09538869B1
The present invention provides a height-adjustable pillow comprising: a lower member; an upper member which is disposed above the lower member, in such a way as to be able to move vertically relative to the lower member; and a raising and lowering device for adjusting the height of the upper member by moving the upper member.
US09538861B2
A storage system comprising an inner rod, an outer body, an upper foot, a lower foot, and a one or more pegs. Said outer body rotatably attaches to said inner rod. Said upper foot and said lower foot press against a ceiling and a ground surface. Said inner rod comprises a tension rod having a variable length. Said one or more pegs extend out from said outer body.
US09538858B2
A dual temperature refrigerated display case including a low temperature refrigerated display case defining a low temperature product display area and including a low temperature air curtain configured to flow across an access opening of the low temperature case. The dual temperature refrigerated display case also includes a medium temperature refrigerated display case disposed above the low temperature case. The medium temperature case defines a medium temperature product display area and includes a medium temperature air curtain configured to flow across an access opening of the medium temperature case. The dual temperature refrigerated display case includes a duct disposed between the medium temperature refrigerated display case and the low temperature refrigerated display case. The duct receives spillover air from the medium temperature air curtain and redirects the spillover air away from the low temperature air curtain.
US09538856B2
A multi-needle quilting machine is provided with a tape or ribbon guide that is operated by a method by which a narrow strip is fed against a facing layer of a wide multi-layered material as it is fed into the quilting machine. In the quilting machine, series of chain stitches are sewn, at least one of which joins the tape and layers of the multi-layered material together with the same thread in a quilting process, thereby applying the tape to the quilted product in a single quilting operation without the need for a post-quilting tape application step. The tape may form a decorative strip or have unsewn sections that serve as handles for a mattress when the quilted product is formed into a mattress cover.
US09538838B2
In a brush-type processing device, a base portion of a processing brush is fixed to a reciprocating rotating shaft provided to a drive source. A brush portion extends from the base portion to one side along the radius of the reciprocating rotating shaft. When the reciprocating rotating shaft reciprocatingly rotates, a plurality of brush bristles of the brush portion reciprocatingly oscillates in a circumferential direction of the reciprocating rotating shaft. Accordingly, an object to be removed on a processed surface can be scraped off by allowing distal ends of the brush bristles to be pressed against the processed surface. In this case, the distal ends of the brush bristles that reciprocatingly oscillate repeatedly collide with the object to be removed from both sides in a reciprocating oscillation direction, thereby making it possible to effectively remove the object to be removed.
US09538835B2
The present concept is a bristle extruding toothbrush and the method of the bristle extruding toothbrush replacing its own bristles. Polymer is stored in a reservoir in the body of the toothbrush before being heated and urged into an extrusion cavity by a screw housed in the reservoir. Molten polymer is extruded through bristle apertures on the extrusion face found on the brush head to form bristles by the action of an extrusion mold plunger.
US09538826B2
An applicator comprising a stem having a handle at its proximal end and an applicator element at its distal end. The applicator element is constructed from a filament constructed at least partially from a thermal storage material that is capable of retaining heat or cold for application to a body. The applicator element comprises at least two loops which provide a discontinuous application surface.
US09538823B2
A container has a body with an opening for holding a fluid such as water. A plurality of substantially parallel fins extend from an opening toward an opposite end of the container defining parallel channels. When a fluid is dispersed from the opening of the container, the fluid is dispersed evenly across the opening in a coaxial direction to the fins.
US09538819B1
The umbrella having an expandable canopy is an umbrella with a canopy of adjustable size. The umbrella having an expandable canopy is an umbrella that is further modified with a plurality of additional runners and stretchers which, when opened, are used to extend the effective diameter of the canopy to increase the protected area underneath the umbrella. The umbrella having an expandable canopy comprises a modified umbrella, a secondary canopy, a plurality of secondary stretchers, a plurality of modified ribs, a secondary runner, and a secondary top tip spring.
US09538815B2
A fastener assembly contains: a first disc with a plurality of tip teeth, an engaging cylinder, a second disc, a retaining element, and a third disc. The engaging cylinder includes a first engagement structure formed on an inner wall thereof, and the engaging cylinder is connected with the first disc to form a main fastener. The second disc includes a through hole defined on a central position thereof and plural recesses radially extending from a peripheral side of the through hole, wherein the engaging cylinder inserts through and retains with the through hole of the second disc so that the engaging cylinder engages with the second disc. The retaining element is cylindrical or columnar and includes a second engagement structure arranged on a first end thereof, wherein a second end of the retaining element is coupled with the third disc to form an auxiliary fastener.
US09538809B2
A shock absorbing shoe with improved assembly and operational performance is provided. The shock absorbing shoe includes: an outsole; an upper sole arranged on the outsole and having a guide portion; a support unit including: a first support body connected to the outsole; and a second support body connected to the upper sole and having a guide part corresponding to the guide portion; an elastic member arranged between the first and second support bodies of the support unit; and a supporting member connected to the first and second support bodies of the support unit, the supporting member being movable upward and downward along the guide portion and the guide part of the second support body.
US09538803B2
An article of footwear incorporates a textile upper. The upper comprises a knitted component. The knitted component may be warp knitted. The knitted component has an outer side and an inner side that can have different knit configurations. The knitted component can also incorporate portions of a single layer construction and portions of a double layer construction. The double layer construction forms pockets on portions of the knitted component. Inserts can be placed into the pockets to provide support, stability, or other desired properties to the portions of the knitted component.
US09538799B2
A swim cap includes a shell forming a concave region terminating at a circumferential rim, and a resilient margin secured to the shell along the circumferential rim. The margin and circumferential rim form a visible boundary, while the shell and resilient margin each are formed from substantially waterproof material. The swim cap also can include at least one fastener configured to tighten the margin.
US09538795B2
A garment for pumping milk includes an outer layer; an inner layer coupled to the outer layer at one end, the inner layer having a second end that is elastic, the inner layer having first and second pockets each allowing access to a breast and each having an elastic gathering to receive the breast pump shield.
US09538794B2
The invention relates to a knitted bra (10), comprising at least a first knitted cup (12a) and a second knitted cup (12b) which are transversely aligned and each have an overall hemispheric shape, each cup (12a, 12b) comprising a first elastically extensible knitted peripheral portion for supporting the chest, a stiffener (20) portion which extends at least partially under each cup (12a, 12b), and a strap (14) for attaching the back of the bra (10), characterized in that the stiffener (20) forms an underwiring strip which at least partially surrounds the first peripheral supporting portion (30a, 30b) of each cup (12a, 12b), and in that the stiffener (20) is knitted in a first type of stitch designed for replacing an added underwiring.
US09538793B2
An under belly support belt including a lumbar support portion joined to an under belly support portion, in which the lower edge of the under belly support mid the lower edge of the lumbar support are joined at an angle. When worn, the bottom edge of lumbar portion terminates at each end above the iliac crests of the pelvic girdle, where it merges with the under belly support, allowing the under belly support to descend generally in front of the pelvic girdle and under the belly.
US09538791B2
A garment having a collar, the garment comprising: a placket, extending the length of the garment and having spaced apart first and a second buttons substantially nearer to the collar than a third button; wherein a portion of the placket intermediate the first and second button comprises a fly-front placket hiding an intermediate button therein; and wherein a remaining portion of the placket is not a fly front placket.
US09538790B2
An atomizing device includes an atomizing sleeve, an air pipe received in the atomizing sleeve, an annular space being formed between the air pipe and the atomizing sleeve for containing a tobacco oil, an oil obstructing ring located at an end of the air pipe, the oil obstructing ring having an oil hole, an atomizing assembly positioned under the oil obstructing ring, a screw sleeve and an electrode respectively electrically connected to the atomizing assembly; and a flexible membrane having an inner wall attached to the electrode, and an outer wall in contact with an inner wall of the screw sleeve. The flexible membrane is capable of deformable to form an air space between the outer wall of the flexible membrane and the inner wall of the screw sleeve. An electronic cigarette using the atomizing device is also provided.
US09538789B2
An electronic cigarette is provided, which includes a connection structure between a battery assembly and an atomizer assembly. In the connection structure, a first connection member and a second connection member are connected. The second connection member defines a joint slot for receiving the first connection member. An elastic member includes a bulge radially protruding inward from an inner wall of the joint slot, or radially protruding outward from the first connection member. A buckle slot matched with the bulge is defined in an inner side of the second connection member or is defined in the outer side of the first connection member. The first connection member is inserted in the joint slot and is rotated to press and deform the bulge. When the bulge is rotated to enter the buckle slot, the bulge impacts an inner wall of the buckle slot to generate an indicating sound.
US09538784B1
The multipurpose ashtray holder may be used as a general purpose ashtray or a holder for stationery products. The multipurpose ashtray holder includes a holder assembly for placement at select locations by the user, an ashtray assembly, and a connector pivotally connecting the holder assembly to the ashtray assembly so as to enable folding of the multipurpose ashtray holder between a closed, non-use state and an open, use state. The holder assembly has a holder body with a plurality of insert holes therein. The insert holes enable quick and safe extinguishing of flammable tobacco products or storage of elongate objects or office supplies. The ashtray assembly includes a tray with a plurality of spaced notches formed thereon. The tray enables collection of ash or office supplies and caps the holder assembly in the closed state.
US09538778B2
Stable thickener formulations and nutritional compositions having the stable thickener formulations are provided. In a general embodiment the present disclosure provides a stable thickener formulation comprising from about 0.015% to about 0.05% by weight of carrageenan and from about 1.2% to about 4.0% by weight of starch. The stable thickener formulation can be used in nutritional compositions used to treat a variety of physiological conditions.
US09538777B2
Methods and apparatus for separating and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn from batches of corn by a floating process, thus producing a distinguishable floating mat of contaminated corn and a separate submerged bed of uncontaminated and less contaminated corn. The methods of this disclosure include removing the floating contaminated corn mat by a vacuum mechanism or by liquid flow. The methods reduce the aflatoxin level in the submerged corn bed as much as 80% from the initial aflatoxin level, while removing no more than 15% from the batch of corn.
US09538773B2
An apparatus (1) for producing cores (33) of a fat-containing confectionery mass includes a molding apparatus (20) and a separate cooling apparatus (5). The molding apparatus (20) is cooled and serves to mold the cores (33). The molding apparatus (20) includes two molding rollers (23, 24) including a multitude of impressions (25). The molding rollers (23, 24) are driven in opposite directions. The impressions (25) hold the liquid confectionery mass flowing into the impressions (25) to form the cores (33). The cooling apparatus (5) includes a cooling roller (6) and is arranged upstream of the molding apparatus (20).
US09538772B2
The present invention is directed to a technique of producing an ultra-concentrated liquid coffee that is shelf-stable at ambient temperature without the need for refrigeration or freezing. This invention further relates to a process for manufacturing ultra-concentrated stabilized liquid coffee with enhanced freshness, aroma and flavor retention without acidity or bitterness.
US09538770B2
The invention relates to a method of separating components from milk. The invention also relates to compositions prepared from the separated components. The present invention relates to nutritional milk compositions and products which are designed to include per serving size a specified percentage range of one or more components separated from milk. The compositions of the present invention can optionally include non-essential but nutritionally functional components. The complete nutritional milk compositions of the present invention can be provided as unflavored milks, flavored milks, ice creams, yogurts and milk powders.
US09538769B2
System and method for processing raw shrimp. A head-on shell-on shrimp is first back-slit to expose the vein. Next, the head and some or all of the vein is removed in a hydraulic deheader. The headless, back-slit shrimp is then peeled in a roller-type peeling machine to remove the shell and any residual vein and provide high-quality, peeled and deveined shrimp meat.
US09538768B2
An automated scanning and butchering system is disclosed. Said system having a PLC system, a scanning system and a butchering system in data communication. The butchering system comprising a one or more saw assemblies, a conveyor system, a one or more cradles, and a first end and a second end. The one or more saw assemblies are arranged between the first end and the second end of the butchering system. The conveyor system comprises a conveyor comprising the one or more cradles configured to move items from the first end to the second end of the butchering system. The one or more cradles are configured to releaseably receive and hold a target object as the conveyor moves the target object from the first end to the second end of the butchering system. The scanning system comprising a one or more scanners.
US09538767B2
A door mechanism for disposing on a bin body, which has an inner periphery defining an opening, includes a door panel unit configured to be pivoted to the inner periphery of the bin body to openably close the opening, a hinge unit configured to pivotally connect the door panel unit to the inner periphery of the bin body, a rotary wheel unit for controlling rotation of the hinge unit, a drive unit pivoted between the rotary wheel unit and the hinge unit, and a motor unit for driving rotation of the rotary wheel unit. When the rotary wheel unit is driven by the motor unit to rotate, the rotary wheel unit drives rotation of the drive unit which in turn drives the hinge unit to rotate said door panel unit to an open or a closed position.
US09538755B2
The invention relates to fungicidal compositions comprising as active ingredient a combination of components A) and B) as defined in the patent claims, to a method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on crop plants using such a composition and to a method of protecting natural substances of vegetable and/or animal origin and/or their processed forms using such a composition.
US09538754B2
The present invention relates to combinations of pyrimethanil, or a salt thereof, and a monoterpene, or a salt thereof, which provide an improved biocidal effect. More particularly, the present invention relates to compositions comprising a combination of pyrimethanil, or a salt thereof, together with a monoterpene selected from thymol and β-thujaplicin in respective proportions to provide a synergistic biocidal effect. Compositions comprising these combinations are useful for the protection of any living or non-living material, such as crops, plants, fruits, seeds, objects made of wood, thatch or the like, engineering material, biodegradable material and textiles against deterioration due to the action of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, viruses, and the like.
US09538753B2
A fungicidal composition containing a fungicidally effective amount of the compound of Formula I: 5-fluoro-4-imino-3-methyl-1-tosyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one, and at least one fungicide selected from the group consisting of mancozeb, chlorothalonil, pyraclostrobin, fluoxastrobin, azoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, picoxystrobin, and kresoxim-methyl provides synergistic control of selected fungi.
US09538749B2
The present invention is directed to methods of using 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on oil palm before harvest of the oil palm fruit to increase oil production.
US09538745B2
The present invention features novel methods for the cryopreservation of mammalian cell that combine the advantages of the slow-freezing and vitrification approaches while avoiding their shortcomings. Generally, the methods include the use of a capillary tube made of a thermally conductive wall material and a thin wall such that the ratio of the thermal conductivity of the wall material to the wall thickness is at least 1,000-500,000. The solution is then exposed to temperatures equal to or less than −80° C. and the vitrification solution containing the mammalian cells is cooled at a rate equal to or greater than 30,000-100,000,000° C./minute. The exposure of the capillary tube with a thermally conductive and thin wall allows for vitrification of the solution in the absence of ice formation. Cryoprotectants can also be added to the vitrification solution to further prevent ice formation.
US09538744B1
A game bird decoy provides for more natural kinematics by providing a smoothly articulating neck, an automatic orientation of the neck with respect to body tipping and improved dual-mode wing activation in which the wings may lift or lift and extend as a function of body angle.
US09538735B1
Double bent metal wires having a spring loaded configuration forming clasps, devices, apparatus, systems and methods for easily attaching and detaching hooks to fishing lures, feather hooks, jig heads, fishing lines, and the like. The clasp can have screw type threads for being threaded into an end of a fishing lure. The opposite end has a hook with a spring catch for closing the hook and allowing the clasp to attach to a loop end of a fishing hook. The spring catch is formed from two legs each having bent ends attached to a base of the hook by a crimp ring. To open the loop on the clasp, the spring catch can be pushed away from the hook opening, for attachment to loop ends of fishing hooks, and the like. The clasps can be used with attaching jewelry strands such as necklaces, bracelets, chains, and anklets together.
US09538734B2
Provided herein are methods of sterilizing fish by contacting an embryonic or juvenile fish with a compound of formula (I). In some embodiments, the compound is primordazine or a derivative thereof.
US09538730B1
A device and method detects the orientation of a copulating livestock to indicate when the copulating livestock is mounted over a recipient livestock. A mounting base attaches the device over the dorsal spine and in the middle line of the back of the copulating livestock. The copulating livestock orients its dorsal spinal cord at about 45° incline while copulating with the recipient livestock. A tilt sensor detects the angle of inclination in relation to gravity or a predetermined reference angle. The copulation angle is generally greater than 45°. A counting apparatus registers the count every time the copulation angle is detected. A transmitter sends the count data to a remote data storage for analysis of copulating patterns. A solar panel provides renewable energy to recharge a battery. A control portion controls the device with a power switch and a reset switch. A camera and light provide more efficient analysis.
US09538729B2
Disclosed are a system, device and process for monitoring physical and physiological features of livestock through a unique monitoring system and device. Basic and Smart tags are placed on livestock to monitor, among other things, temperature, movement, location, posture, pulse rate, and other physical and physiological features. Information is relayed from Basic tags, in one embodiment, to Smart tags that requests the information and receives the information from the basic tags. Smart tags send information to a mobile unit controller and/or home base so that requested information is sent to an end user that monitors the livestock for signs of illness. Potentially ill animals are segregated from the herd for further evaluation and minimization of exposure risk to the rest of the herd. This early detection system saves livestock and ensures a healthier herd for livestock farmers.
US09538728B2
A system for remote care of an animal comprises a housing, a mobility portion coupled to the housing and operable to move the housing, a wireless data communications system disposed within the housing and wirelessly communicatively coupled with an external data communications system, and a microprocessor disposed within the housing and controlling the mobility portion. The system further includes a smart collar worn by the animal for effecting a variety of functions.
US09538727B2
A dog waste collection device for holding a disposable bag, with a handle having a proximal end for a user to hold the device and a distal end opposite the proximal end, a loop affixed to the handle at the distal end of the handle, a projection extending radially away from the loop, with the projection securing the bag to the collection device while the collection device is used to collect dog waste.
US09538726B2
An absorbent article for pets includes a top sheet, a back surface layer, an absorbent core, a first end portion, a second end portion, and a pair of side portions. Such absorbent articles for pets are stacked and packaged while each absorbent article is folded and the portion of the back surface layer which is near the first end portion forms a first outer surface. The absorbent article for pets also includes: a hook member provided on the portion of the back surface layer which is near the first end portion; an engaging section provided on the portion of the top sheet which is near the second end portion and engageable with the hook member; and a weak engagement section provided at a position at which the weak engagement section is in contact with the hook member of an adjacent absorbent article of the stacked absorbent articles for pets.
US09538713B2
A controller has two irrigation station module connection areas within it and can either accept two irrigation station modules at the same time or one larger module that spans both connection areas. The larger module, however, includes more irrigation station terminals than both of the smaller irrigation station modules combined. Therefore, a greater number of irrigation stations can be connected to the controller when the larger module is substituted for the two smaller modules.
US09538707B2
A header for an agricultural harvester has a frame with a floor surface and an auger to laterally transport crop material towards a central aperture, wherein a cutter bar forms the leading edge of the header and is moveable via a slide between a retracted and an extended position, the header further includes a belt conveyor for transporting crop material from the cutter bar to the auger, the belt conveyor is provided with a belt-length-adapting mechanism so that the length of the belt is changeable between a short track and a long track respectively corresponding to the retracted position and the extended position.
US09538705B1
The present invention relates to a cutter (1) for a base cut assembly (11) applied to a sugar-cane harvesting machine (100). The base cut assembly (11) comprises a support rod (2), which is provided with a substantially C-shaped geometric profile, this support rod (2) being associated to an axle (3) of the base cut assembly (1) simultaneously in its first portion and second portion (21; 29).
US09538698B2
A land roller implement includes a wheel aligned with the respective gap between the inner roller and the outer roller of each wing in which the wheel is pivotal between a packing position in the working position of the rollers and a transport position supporting the rollers in the transport position of the implement. The wings can also include a drive motor associated with each transport wheel to drive forward rotation of the wheel for displacing the wings from the transport position to the working position without displacing the implement in a rearward direction. A levelling beam attachment and a seeding attachment can also optionally be used on the land roller implement. Optional latchable brace members pivotally supported on the wings may provide additional support to the wings when using the levelling beam attachment.
US09545045B2
In the operation execution step wherein the operation switches are clicked to execute the operation related to product-type switching, if the substrate presence/absence detecting sensors S1, S2 that detect the presence/absence of substrates in the front-side substrate transporting mechanism 11A and rear-side substrate transporting mechanism 11B detect the presence of substrates, it is judged that the manufacturing operation of the corresponding substrate type has not ended, and the input control processing is executed so that the input operation by the operation switch for executing the operation related to product-type switching is prohibited. As a result, it is possible to prevent the problems related to reloading of the mounting program before the manufacturing has ended.
US09545038B2
Disclosed is an inverter housing which is installed in a vehicle, and more particularly, an inverter housing which is capable of having a high heat dissipation effect and realizing a compact size. To this end, the inverter housing according to the present invention includes a body having a plate shape; a plurality of capacitor insertion portions formed to be recessed in a first direction of the body, so that capacitors are inserted thereinto, and integrally arranged to be spaced from each other; a plurality of switching device installation portions configured as spaces in which switching devices are installed, and arranged between the capacitor insertion portions in a second direction of the body opposite to the first direction; and a plurality of heat dissipation fins installed in the first direction of the body to face the switching devices with the body interposed therebetween.
US09545034B2
Examples provide data center canopies, data center housings, and data centers including turning vanes to facilitate air flow. In some examples, a data center canopy may include turning vanes to direct portions of an exhaust flow from an exhaust inlet toward floor sections to be output via exhaust outlets opposite the floor sections. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09545031B2
A heat receiving apparatus includes a heat receiver including: a case that is provided at its inside with a flow path through which a refrigerant flows, and that conducts heat from a heat-generating part arranged outside the case; and a valve that is capable of changing a cross sectional area of a part of the flow path in a state where the refrigerant flows through the flow path.
US09545029B2
A cabinet frame enclosure is provided having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first opening and a second opening each in combination defining an interior space for accommodating a plurality of equipment, the equipment being removable through the first opening. A plurality of functional modules are provided such as: an asset tracking module for detecting the presence or absence of the equipment from the interior space of the cabinet frame enclosure, the asset tracking module disposed in the first side wall adjacent the first opening; an access control module for providing electronic locking and access control to the interior space of the cabinet frame enclosure; an environmental management module for monitoring and controlling environmental conditions within the interior space of the cabinet frame enclosure; a power management module for monitoring and controlling power distribution to equipment located in the interior space of the cabinet frame enclosure, the power management module disposed in one of the first side wall or second side wall and adjacent the second opening; and a cabinet control module (CCM) for providing consolidated connectivity to the plurality of functional modules, wherein the CCM presents a single network connection for managing the equipment located in the cabinet frame enclosure.
US09545028B2
An electronic circuit unit includes an electronic circuit unit main body that is housed in a shelf, a first rotating shaft that is provided on a front side of the electronic circuit unit main body, a lever member rotatably provided about the first rotating shaft for urging the electronic-circuit-unit-main-body toward a depth side of the shelf, a second rotating shaft that is provided in the lever member and extends parallel to the first rotating shaft, a locking member rotatably provided about the second rotating shaft. When the lever member is rotated in a first direction about the first rotating shaft, the electronic circuit unit main body is moved toward a depth side of the shelf. When the lever member is rotated in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, the electronic circuit unit main body is moved toward a front side of the shelf.
US09545025B2
An article comprises a transparent substrate having a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side. An electrically-conductive pattern is disposed on at least the first supporting side. A dry outermost polymeric coating disposed over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry outermost polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 μm, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.
US09545019B2
There is provided a housing including a first housing part including a first side wall, and a second housing part including a second side wall. The first side wall includes a first protruding part on an inner circumferential surface. The second side wall includes, on an outer circumferential surface, a first concave part into which the first protruding part is fitted.
US09545017B2
Invention z-axis interconnection structures provide a means to mechanically and electrically interconnect layers of metallization in electronic substrates reliably and in any configuration. Invention z-axis interconnection structures comprise a novel bonding film and conductive paste and one- and two-piece building block structures formed therefrom.
US09544999B2
A transparent electrode includes: a substrate; an electrically conductive layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of nano-sized conductors; and an organic/inorganic composite layer directly disposed on the electrically conductive layer and including a cross-linked polymer and nano-sized inorganic oxide particles, wherein the nano-sized inorganic oxide particles are included in an amount of greater than or equal to about 1 part by weight and less than about 35 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the cross-linked polymer. Also an electronic device including the same.
US09544998B1
A method and structure for an electrical device and a plurality of electrical circuits including a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The method can include forming a first CNT catalyst layer including a plurality of first CNT catalyst plugs, a plurality of electrical circuits electrically coupled to the first CNT catalyst layer, and a second CNT catalyst layer including a plurality of second CNT catalyst plugs electrically coupled to the second CNT catalyst layer. CNTs may be simultaneously formed on the plurality of first and second CNT catalyst plugs within a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) furnace.
US09544988B2
A boiling refrigerant type cooling system to suppress overshoot upon start of heat generation and realize stable start of boiling. In the boiling refrigerant type cooling system, a metal boiling heat transfer unit has a base in thermal contact with a heat generating body. The boiling heat transfer unit is in contact with a liquid refrigerant. The boiling heat transfer unit has plural parallel tunnels communicating with the outside via holes or gaps under its surface, a groove deeper than a tunnel diameter formed through all the tunnels in an orthogonal direction to the tunnels, and a cover plate on the groove.
US09544985B2
Provided is an apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light. The apparatus includes a collector mirror unit, a gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas to the collector mirror unit, a gas supply nozzle arranged in at least one area of the collector mirror unit and configured to supply the processing gas to a surface of the collector mirror unit, and a controller configured to adjust a shape of a spray hole of the gas supply nozzle. The shape of the spray hole may be changed according to a control operation of the controller.
US09544984B2
An EUV light source includes a rotatable, cylindrically-symmetric element having a surface coated with a plasma-forming target material, a drive laser source configured to generate one or more laser pulses sufficient to generate EUV light via formation of a plasma by excitation of the plasma-forming target material, a set of focusing optics configured to focus the one or more laser pulses onto the surface of the rotatable, cylindrically-symmetric element, a set of collection optics configured to receive EUV light emanated from the generated plasma and further configured to direct the illumination to an intermediate focal point, and a gas management system including a gas supply subsystem configured to supply plasma-forming target material to the surface of the rotatable, cylindrically-symmetric element.
US09544975B2
An improved hardware light switch and a system comprising at least one of the light switches and control/monitoring means is disclosed. The improved light switch and system provide a more flexible, convenient and economical means to reduce energy consumption both at the switch and remotely. In a first configuration, the improved light switch comprises an electronic switch, a broadband powerline communication (PLC) transceiver that includes processing ability, a unique MAC address and a TCP/IP stack.
US09544973B2
Embodiments are provided for a lighting system and a method of installing a lighting system. According to certain aspects, a driver box is configured with a plurality of drivers secured therein. A series of wired connections can couple the plurality of drivers to a plurality of luminaires and can conduct electric power from the plurality of drivers to power the plurality of luminaires. According to aspects, the driver box and its plurality of drivers are located remote from the plurality of luminaires to enable efficient maintenance of the lighting system.
US09544971B2
A method and circuit are described in which a maximum voltage is determined from among a plurality of series load voltages, where each series load voltage of the plurality of series load voltages is a voltage defined by a corresponding series of N loads of a plurality of series of N loads, where N is an integer greater than one. Also, a minimum voltage may be determined from among the plurality of series load voltages. Next, the maximum voltage from among the plurality of series load voltages may be compared with the minimum voltage from among the plurality of series load voltages to make a determination as to whether the maximum voltage from among the plurality of series load voltages exceeds the minimum from among the plurality of series load voltages by a threshold voltage. Then, an indication can be output based on the results of the determination.
US09544970B2
The invention relates to an LED module (1), comprising: connections (2) for an LED array (3); a circuit (4) which is configured to constitute a load, preferably an effective power load, if during a starting phase a constant current or a constant voltage is applied to the LED module (1), and which is configured not to constitute a load when the starting phase has finished, wherein the circuit (4) is designed to constitute a variable-current load which effects a change in the power consumption of the LED module (1) according to at least one predetermined protocol effected.
US09544962B2
The present invention relates to a driver device and a corresponding driving method for driving a load (22), in particular an LED unit, said driver device comprising power input terminals (51, 52) for receiving a periodic supply voltage from an external power supply potentially including a dimmer for dimming said periodic supply voltage, power output terminals (53, 54) for providing a drive voltage and/or drive current for driving a load (22), a power stage (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d) coupled between the power input terminals and the power output terminals for controlling an input current received from said power input terminals to draw a high power from said external power supply in a first mode or to draw a low or no power from said external power supply in a second mode, said high power being higher than the power required for driving said load and said low power being lower than the power required for driving said load, wherein said power stage controls said input current to be in the second mode only for a percentage of half cycle periods of a number of subsequent half cycle periods of said supply voltage, and for providing said drive voltage and/or drive current to said power output terminals in said first mode, and an energy storage unit (90) coupled to said power stage for storing electrical energy provided at said power input terminals in said first mode and for providing stored electrical energy to said load via said power output terminals in said second mode.
US09544956B2
In a two-stage power converter providing voltage regulation in a first stage, zero voltage switching (ZVS) is provided in switches in an unregulated, constant frequency second stage of a two-stage power converter by an inductor of a CLL resonant circuit connected in parallel with both a series connection of an external inductor and a primary winding of one or more transformers connected in series and an output of the switching circuit so that the output capacitances of the switches can be charged and discharged, respectively, by current in the parallel-connected inductor and independently of current in the magnetizing inductance of the transformer. Therefore, the magnetizing inductance of the transformer can be made sufficiently large to balance currents delivered to respective loads as is particularly desirable for driving a plurality of unbalanced LED strings independently of the value of the parallel-connected inductor which is desirably small.
US09544950B2
A modular electric induction heating and coating apparatus and method for coating, heating and/or coating and heating (and vice versa) the exterior surface of a pipe section within a pipe treatment region is provided. The apparatus comprises an interchangeable central main frame assembly removably attached to an outer drive frame assembly on each side of the central main frame assembly. An interchangeable induction coil assembly can be mounted in a coil main frame assembly of the central main frame assembly. The coil main frame assembly can close around a pipe section for electric induction heating of the pipe section within the pipe treatment region via a driver system in a central top drive frame assembly. The outer drive frame assemblies include mounting and rotational drive assemblies for interchangeable coating head cartridges that can coat the section of the pipe in the pipe treatment region.
US09544943B2
In an embodiment, a user of a wireless communications device (WCD) is notified when operating in a serving area of a FEMTO access point (AP). In another embodiment, the WCD can notify an application server (AS) that the WCD is served by the FEMTO AP. In another embodiment, the AS can set a service level for a server-arbitrated communication session (CS) based on the FEMTO AP serving status of participating WCDs. In another embodiment, the FEMTO AP can determine to use a downlink control or signaling channel to transmit data to the WCD. In another embodiment, based on its serving FEMTO AP status, the WCD can (i) modify its participation level in the CS and/or (ii) selectively track usage. In another embodiment, the WCD or FEMTO AP can measure performance parameters of the CS to determine whether to trigger a handoff of the WCD to a different AP.
US09544941B2
An air link up/down protocol (ALUDP) may be Synchronized ALUDP (S-ALUPD) or Non-Synchronized ALUDP (NS-ALUDP). A method for wireless communications includes monitoring and managing the air link status between a Subscriber Station (SS) and a Base Station (BS).
US09544937B2
Performing data communication using a first radio access technology (RAT) while performing a voice call using a second RAT, using a first radio (e.g., a single radio for cellular communication. The UE may use the first radio to initially perform first data communication using the first RAT. During the first data communication the UE may not be communicating using the second RAT or may not generally maintain a connection to the second RAT. Subsequently, the UE may receive an indication to perform at least one of a mobile originated voice call or receive a mobile terminated voice call using the second RAT. Accordingly, the UE may perform the voice call using the second RAT in response to the indication, using the first radio. Additionally, the UE may perform second data communication using the first RAT during the voice call, using the first radio.
US09544936B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing bearers are provided. In a current telecommunications system, a maximum number of bearers are available to simultaneously support various services. By utilizing different internet protocol addresses from differing networks, the maximum number of bearers may be increased. Specifically, by registering a user device with both an IPv4 and IPv6 network, with different IP addresses associated with the respective bearers, a user device may access an additional number of bearers in excess of the previous maximum number of bearers available.
US09544934B2
A device and method selects an antenna configuration. The method performed at a user equipment includes determining at least one communication functionality that is being used, each communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in a multi-antenna arrangement of the user equipment. The method includes receiving a first indication of whether a cellular communication functionality is being used, the cellular communication functionality configured to utilize at least one antenna in the multi-antenna arrangement. The method includes receiving a second indication of whether a coexistence condition is present. The method includes determining an antenna configuration for the multi-antenna arrangement to be used by the determined communication functionality based upon the determined communication functionality, the first indication, and the second indication. The method includes configuring the multi-antenna arrangement for the determined communication functionality based upon the antenna configuration.
US09544927B2
The method includes storing a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier; receiving, by the base station, a service request message from a device; establishing, by the base station, a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message; receiving, by the base station, one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer; modifying, by the base station, the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier; and sending, by the base station, the modified uplink data packet to a gateway.
US09544919B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal of Random Access Channel (RACH) in a wireless communication system using beamforming are provided. The reception method includes receiving the signal through each transmission beam of a transmitter from a transmitter, transmitted in each transmission beam by the transmitter, the signal including as many repeated symbols as a total number of reception beams of a receiver, and detecting symbols by switching to reception beams corresponding to the symbols included in the signal during reception of the signal.
US09544918B2
A resource allocation method and device are provided that can achieve uniform loads on and stable quality of a common channel available to mobile stations having no dedicated channels. A method for allocating common channel resources in a system in which a plurality of first radio communication devices transmit data to a second radio communication device over a common channel, based on first resource allocation information, includes: by the second radio communication device, transmitting second resource allocation information to at least one of the first radio communication devices; and by each of the first radio communication devices, transmitting data to the second radio communication device over the common channel, based on any one of the first resource allocation information and the second resource allocation information.
US09544917B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of collision avoidance systems and methods. One method embodiment, among others, comprises a client sending an end of transmission (EOT) request to an access point (AP), and responsive to the EOT request, the AP responding with an EOT frame.
US09544913B2
Feedback information is received from user equipments served by jointly processed data streams of a coordinated multipoint transmission at each base station of base stations serving the jointly processed data streams, and scheduling data is decided for the user equipments based on the feedback information and scheduling rules. The scheduling rules may be determined at least in part by one of the base stations and scheduling decisions by the base stations may be synchronized. Scheduling decisions may be transferred via a backhaul link and/or over the air, which may include scheduling decisions for future transmission time intervals.
US09544906B2
A channel allocation method and a communication device are provided. The channel allocation method includes determining a communication device type based on information received from neighboring communication devices, allocating a channel according to the communication device type, and transmitting the communication device type and information about the allocated channel to the neighboring communication devices.
US09544904B2
Systems and method for concurrent communication using high efficiency wifi are disclosed. One aspect is a method of transmitting a wireless message on a medium utilizing carrier sense multiple access (CSMA). The method includes receiving, via a first wireless device, at least a portion of a first wireless message from a second wireless device, the message including an indication of a basic service set of the second wireless device. The method also includes determining whether to defer transmission of a second wireless message based, at least in part, on the basic service set of the second wireless device.
US09544903B2
Provided is a communication control device including an information acquisition unit acquiring first information concerning a position a guard area for a first wireless communication system and second information concerning a position of a master node of a second wireless communication system which is secondarily operated using a frequency channel used by the first wireless communication system, a determination unit determining, using the first information and the second information acquired by the information acquisition unit, whether or not an interval between a reference point of the first wireless communication system and the master node meets a condition which depends on a width of the guard area and a communication distance assumed for the second wireless communication system, and a control unit causing the second wireless communication system to be operated with a given transmission power if the determination unit determines the interval meets the condition.
US09544901B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for receiving available channel information in a wireless LAN system. According to one aspect of the present invention, in a method in which a first station (STA) receives available channel information in a wireless LAN system, wherein the first station operates as an unlicensed device that is allowed to operate in an available channel not used by a licensed device in a white space band, the first station receives, from a second station, a frame including an operating class field, a channel number field and a maximum transmission power field, and operates in the channel indicated by the operating class field and the channel number field, wherein said operating class field and said channel number field indicate the available channel which can be used by the unlicensed device, and said maximum transmission power field indicates the maximum transmission power permitted in the available channel.
US09544894B2
The present invention provides a method for sending and receiving control information, an apparatus and a communication system. The method for sending control information includes: setting respective control bits in a downlink control information (DCI) format to generate control information applied by a network side to a terminal, wherein indication information indicating whether to swap a corresponding relationship between a transmission block and a codeword is not carried in a control bit in the DCI format, if a dedicated demodulation reference signal used to demodulate data is preconfigured by the network side for the terminal and respective codewords correspond to the same number of layers; and the indication information is carried in a control bit in the DCI format, if the dedicated demodulation reference signal used to demodulate data is not preconfigured by the network side for the terminal; and sending the generated control information to the terminal.
US09544886B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information through a PUCCH in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof, comprising the steps of: spreading modulation symbol sets to first slot, by using a first code; spreading modulation symbol sets to second slot, by using a second code, wherein the length of the second code is varied according to the number of SC-FDMA symbols for PUCCH transmission.
US09544882B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting channel status information (CSI) of a user equipment (UE) in a carrier aggregation system. The method includes: receiving an uplink grant including a CSI request field from a base station (BS); and transmitting aperiodic CSI for a first serving cell, a first serving cell set or a second serving cell set according to a bit value of the CSI request field to the BS via the first serving cell.
US09544881B2
Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses and computer programs for a mobile transceiver 100 and for a base station transceiver 200 in a mobile communication system. The mobile transceiver apparatus 10 comprises means for receiving 12 a first configuration message from the base station transceiver 200. The first configuration message comprises information on a control region for the mobile transceiver 100. The control region indicates radio resources used by the base station transceiver 200 to transmit a control message to the mobile transceiver 100 on a control channel. The means for receiving 12 is operable to receive a second configuration message from the base station transceiver 200. The second configuration message comprises information on a search space. The search space indicates a subset of radio resources of the control region and the search space comprises a spatial radio resource. The mobile transceiver apparatus 10 further comprises means for controlling 14 the means for receiving 12 to receive the control message on the control channel based on the information on the search space and the spatial resource using the plurality of antennas 110. The base station transceiver apparatus comprises corresponding means for generating the first and second configuration messages and for transmitting the configuration messages to the mobile transceiver.
US09544880B2
A network element in a first cell in a wireless telecommunication network is provided. The network element comprises a processor configured such that the network element provides uplink and downlink grants in the first cell, wherein the first cell is a low-power cell within the coverage area of a second, high-power cell, and wherein the first cell acts as a secondary cell and the second cell acts as a primary cell in a carrier aggregation mode, and wherein at least one uplink control signal is received by one of only the first cell or both the first cell and the second cell.
US09544877B2
A method and system of bearer management signalling in a communication network comprising of transporting bearer resource request message of both the UE and RN via DeNB to management entity of UE within EPC, as a signalling message over uplink channel referred to as “Union of Resource Request” (UR Request) message. The bearer resource response message from one of the management entity of UE or management entities of UE and RN within EPC are transported as a signalling message to Evolved Packet Edge (EPE) via DeNB over the downlink channel referred to as “Implicit Admission Response” (IA Response). This manages bearer setup signalling as a single loop, by transportation of ‘UR Request’ signalling message and receiving one “IA Response” signalling message over uplink and downlink channels respectively. EPE is a conglomeration of network nodes comprising of UEs, RNs and all other network nodes that communicate over EPC via DeNB.
US09544868B2
A radio terminal, which is operative to perform a measurement on the basis of a measurement condition designated by a radio network and to report the result of the measurement, comprises: a position-determination precision calculating means for calculating a position-determination precision of the radio terminal; a required position-determination precision holding means for holding a required position-determination precision related to a condition of position-determination precision; and a measurement reporting control means for comparing the required position-determination precision with the calculated position-determination precision and for controlling the execution of at least one of the radio terminal's measurement and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement result to the radio network.
US09544861B1
A method and apparatus for wireless communication device operation comprises receiving one or more metrics from at least two members of a group whose members are wireless communication devices. The members of the group have agreed to share resources within the group and have their wireless connections controlled by the WCD. The wireless connections of the at least two members are managed, based on the one or more metrics, to optimize performance of the at least two members. The one or more metrics comprise at least one temperature based metric.
US09544857B2
A method of controlling the respective transmit powers allocated by a base station of a cellular communications network to each of a plurality of sub-bands is provided. Information from at least one other base station of the network is received, the information comprising information about a sensitivity of a utility function in a cell served by the other base station to changes in powers allocated to respective sub-bands by the base station. A sub-band is identified in which it would be relatively advantageous to increase a transmit power. It is determined whether a factor relating to a happiness of users in the cell exceeds a threshold value. The transmit power in the identified sub-band is increased only if the happiness factor is less than the threshold value.
US09544853B1
A method and system for selective activation of a vehicle near field communication (NFC) module. The vehicle NFC module may be part of a vehicle communication and access system capable of initiating various vehicle functions, such as unlocking one or more doors of the vehicle or starting a motor or engine of the vehicle. With the method and system, a user's mobile device can be used in lieu of a key or a key fob. In situations where the battery power level of the user's mobile device is low, such that Bluetooth or the generation of an active NFC signal is unavailable, the vehicle NFC module is maintained in an active mode. In the active mode, the vehicle NFC module can initiate a connection with a passive mobile NFC target. Otherwise, depending on the battery level of the user's mobile device, the vehicle NFC module is maintained in a standard sleep mode to save power.
US09544852B2
This document discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting a paging frame and wakeup frame. The An AP comprises a transceiver receiving a paging frame from an STA; and a processor generating a wakeup frame for informing of existence of buffered data to be transmitted to the STA in response to the paging frame, where the paging frame includes a PLCP (Physical Layer Convergence Protocol) header and the PCLP header includes a waiting time field indicating a waiting time during which an STA is operated in the active mode to receive the wakeup frame; and the wakeup frame includes a PLCP header and the PLCP header includes a wakeup indication indicating the wakeup frame and a wakeup STA identification having information specifying the STA. Therefore, an STA can reduce power consumption wasted in the active mode.
US09544850B2
After waking from a sleep mode, a wireless communication device may poll a network controller for any broadcast and/or multicast messages. The device and the network controller may agree to this arrangement ahead of time, so that the network controller will know to buffer such messages until the device requests them. A format for enabling this capability is described.
US09544832B2
A method, equipment and system for policy control. The method includes: a trusted Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access gateway receiving Quality of Service (QoS) information from a 3GPP core network, and sending the QoS information to an Access Controller (AC) or a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG); the AC or the BNG or other fixed network access devices performing admission control and/or resource allocation according to the QoS information. In the technical solution, the interface configuration and policy configuration are performed for the WLAN access gateway in the fixed mobile convergence scenario, thereby the policy control is implemented in the fixed mobile convergence scenario.
US09544831B2
A communications network for providing communications for Group 1 Users, Group 2 Users and a plurality of digitally-controlled appliances is disclosed. Said communications network includes a first switch operatively connected to a server, a router, a second switch, and a third switch. Said second switch is operatively connected to a first access point and a second access point. Said third switch is operatively connected to a third access point and a fourth access point. Said first access point is wirelessly connected to Device A, said second access point is wirelessly connected to Device B, said third access point is wirelessly connected to Device C. Said fourth access point is programmed to allow communications between User F wirelessly connected to said fourth access point and any said Group 1 Users, any said Group 2 Users, any of said plural appliances, said server, and said router.
US09544828B2
When a handover failure occurs and/or is anticipated to occur, an optimized cell can be selected and user equipment can transfer to the optimized cell. This optimized cell can differ from a previous cell based upon various factors such as anticipated interference and load balancing. Once there is identification of a handover failure a cell can return to a previous frequency and an appropriate cell can be determined. Instruction of the cell that should be used can be determined by user equipment as well as from a network entity.
US09544823B2
An apparatus and method for dynamically changing an uplink and downlink ratio configuration is disclosed herein. An evolved Node B (eNodeB) operating in a wireless communications network transmits a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1) including first uplink and downlink ratio configuration information. The eNodeB also transmits in at least one downlink sub frame of a radio frame configured in the first uplink and downlink ratio configuration second uplink and downlink ratio configuration information. The second uplink and downlink ratio configuration information is included in a downlink control information (DCI) message. The DCI message is included in the at least one downlink subframe of the radio frame.
US09544820B2
An apparatus and method are provided for relocation in a Radio Network (RN). The method includes receiving, by a first node, from a second node, a Relocation Request message including information related to an identify of a User Equipment (UE); transmitting, from the first node, to the second node, a Relocation Response message in response to the Relocation Request message; receiving, by the first node, from the UE, a Physical Channel Reconfiguration complete message; and transmitting, from the first node, to the second node, a Relocation complete message.
US09544819B2
The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method of operating the same. The electronic device and the method of operating the electronic device may effectively form a connection between two or more electronic devices by allowing a relaying device to transfer connection information between the electronic devices to a counterpart.
US09544808B2
A communication device and method for offloading communications from a first communication network to a second communication network. The offloading decision can be based on one or more parameters defined in a communication framework. The communication framework can be, for example, Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) framework. The offloading of communication can be from a Long-term Evolution (LTE) network to a Wi-Fi network, or vice-versa. The communication framework can include, for example, positional, movement, signal quality, connection duration, a data rate, and/or quality of service (QoS) parameters.
US09544802B2
A system and methods for determining whether to participate in reception reporting procedures for an eMBMS service. Multiple applications on a receiver device can consume the same file download or streaming eMBMS service, and can have conflicting opt in/opt out settings for reporting in middleware. Algorithms are provided that take into account the different opt statuses of applications, and allow middleware components to determine whether to log reception metrics for a service and/or whether a reception report should be uploaded after a service session of the service.
US09544800B2
Various embodiments provide adaptive monitoring of a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a first set of network data generated for a wireless communication network is analyzed. The first set of network data is a set of historical network data for the wireless communication network. A baseline for at least one operating characteristic associated with the wireless communication network is determined based on the analyzing. A second set of network data generated for the wireless communication network is received. The second set of call detail records that has been received is utilized to determine if the at least one operating characteristic corresponds to the baseline. A set of monitoring operations performed by a network management system with respect to the wireless communication network is dynamically adjusted based on the at least one operating characteristic failing to correspond to the baseline.
US09544796B2
A wireless communication system that includes: a setting notifier for notifying, to a radio terminal, setting information related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information to a radio network; a status notifier for notifying, to the radio network, a status related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of the measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information; and a re-establisher for receiving the status and determining whether to re-establish the setting information.
US09544790B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) of a user equipment in a carrier aggregation system. The method includes: assigning first and second control regions as search spaces for a specific cell; detecting scheduling information with respect to the specific cell from the first control region and/or second control region; receiving a data channel from the specific cell on the basis of the scheduling information; and transmitting ACK/NACK indicating a reception acknowledgement for the data channel, wherein if the scheduling information is detected from the first control region, the ACK/NACK is transmitted using a radio resource linked to another radio resource used to receive the scheduling information, and wherein if the scheduling information is detected from the second control region, the ACK/NACK is transmitted using a pre-set radio resource through a higher layer signal.
US09544788B2
A digital enhanced cordless telecommunication (DECT) base station, the DECT base station may include a transmitter that is arranged to transmit, at different points of time, downlink transmitted DECT signals to another DECT device that differs from the DECT base station; a receiver that is arranged to receive from the other DECT device downlink reception information indicative of attributes of downlink received DECT signals that were received by the other DECT device as a result of the transmission of the downlink transmitted DECT signals; a processor that is arranged to process the downlink reception information to detect a motion that affects a reception of the downlink received DECT signals by the other device.
US09544786B2
A system for optimizing wireless coverage on a wireless device includes a server for receiving performance data related to performance on wireless networks, analyzing the performance data related to performance on the wireless networks, determining optimized settings for the wireless device, and transmitting the optimized settings to the wireless device.
US09544775B2
A wireless communication device for use in a cellular network. The device comprises a radio interface for enabling communication between the device and a base station of the cellular network over a radio link, and a transfer entity for exchanging user data packets with a core network node of said cellular network over a signalling connection within a Non Access Stratum, via said radio link. The device further comprises a data transmission verification entity for using a verifiable acknowledgement, received from said core network node over a signalling connection within a Non Access Stratum, to confirm delivery of a user data packet sent to the core network node over a signalling connection, the data transmission verification entity being configured to selectively include with a user data packet sent to said core network node across a signalling connection, a request to return to the device a verifiable acknowledgement for the sent user data packet.
US09544763B2
One method by a network operations center node controls collection of information from electronic devices. A request message is received from a sensor, which requests collection of information from electronic devices within range of the sensor. One of a plurality of radio access networks is selected based on it likely being communicatively connected to electronic devices within range of the sensor. An inquiry message is sent to the radio access network for broadcast to the electronic devices, requesting information from the electronic devices. An authentication message is received from a responsive electronic device. An information collection disclosure response that identifies who is requesting collection of the information from the electronic device and/or how information collected from the electronic device will be used, is sent to the electronic device. Related methods by sensors and electronic devices, and related sensors, network operations center nodes, and electronic devices are disclosed.
US09544748B2
A tsunami monitoring system includes a transmitting antenna configured to radiate a transmission signal to detect a tsunami as a radio wave toward a sea, and a receiving antenna configured to receive reflected waves reflected by the tsunami as a receiving signal. The tsunami monitoring system includes a signal generator circuit configured to generate the transmission signal having a predetermined frequency, a signal processor portion configured to generate a beat signal of a frequency difference between the transmission signal and the receiving signal, and a wave height estimator portion configured to divide a radio wave radiation region into a plurality of regions, calculate a flow velocity of a sea surface of the tsunami for each region on the basis of the beat signal, and estimate a wave height of the tsunami from a calculated flow velocity.
US09544746B2
A system may provide dynamic web-based content in conjunction with text message content. A user may use text messages to interact with web content (e.g., to select hyperlinks, request information, provide information, etc.). A content server may process the text messages, sent by the user, in order to determine web content to provide to the user. The text messages may be authenticated by a message relay server, thereby eliminating the need for the content server to request authentication or identification information from the user.
US09544743B2
At least one embodiment takes the form of a process carried out by a first radio-network switching system (RNSS). The first RNSS maintains a talkgroup of mobile radios that includes a first mobile radio. The first RNSS receives an add-mobile-radio request from the first mobile radio and responsively sends an add-mobile-radio response to the first mobile radio. The add-mobile-radio response includes an add-mobile-radio authentication token. The first RNSS receives, from a second mobile radio, an add-mobile-radio authentication message that identifies the second mobile radio and that includes the add-mobile-radio authentication token. In response to receiving the add-mobile-radio authentication message from the second mobile radio, the first RNSS adds the identified second mobile radio to the talkgroup.
US09544740B2
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments provide position determination. An example method embodiment comprises measuring in a mobile device, acceleration in mutually orthogonal x and y directions in a horizontal plane and in a vertical direction, due to walking motion of a user holding the device; computing a Fourier transform of the measured acceleration in the vertical direction and determining a frequency of acceleration in the vertical direction having a maximum amplitude; computing a Fourier transform of the measured acceleration in the x direction and in the y direction and determining a frequency of acceleration in the x and y directions corresponding to the maximum amplitude frequency of acceleration in the vertical direction; and computing a direction of walking motion of the user, based on the determined frequency of acceleration in the x and y directions corresponding to the maximum amplitude frequency of acceleration in the vertical direction.
US09544735B2
A system and method for retrieving both public and private location-based messages. The system and method utilize location-based services and processing to determine when the mobile device has arrived at, is in the vicinity of, is dwelling at, and has left a particular location and then can deliver private messages based upon this information and other user specified criteria. Additionally upon arrival at new location, the mobile device will query a server to determine if there is any category specific public information related to this new location.
US09544720B2
Information may be more specifically targeted to locations or individuals based on contextual information derived from user input, environmental information, device attributes and the like. A more precise location, in some examples, may be determined based on user-specified information such as a name of a device. In other examples, user input such as commands and queries may be used to determine further attributes of a particular location, of a device and/or of a user. Such information may then be used as parameters for filtering and selection of information such as advertisements, movies, books, shows, articles and the like to a specific location, device and/or user.
US09544718B2
Disclosed herein is a method of sending and receiving (or transceiving) audio stream in a wireless communication system. The method performed by a first device includes receiving reference codec information from a second device, performing an audio codec negotiation procedure for determining an audio codec to be used to send and receive audio stream to and from a third device, checking whether the audio codec determined through the audio codec negotiation procedure is identical with the audio codec supportable by the second device, and operating in bypass mode or conversion mode based on a result of the check.
US09544709B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for transmitting small data payloads in a wireless communication network. An apparatus may include non-access stratum (NAS) circuitry configured to receive a trigger to send a data payload to a wireless communication network, the data payload having a size that is less than a preconfigured threshold, and generate a NAS message including the data payload and access stratum (AS) circuitry coupled with the NAS circuitry and configured to transmit the NAS message including the data payload to a node comprising a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node (SGSN). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09544704B1
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage device for analyzing a first audiofile, to yield a first analysis, wherein the first analysis identifies a first segment of a first plurality of segments within the first audiofile, the first segment being one of a most interesting segment, a most important segment, a most relevant segment, and a most representative segment. A same analysis can be performed on a second audiofile, to yield a second analysis, wherein the second analysis identifies a second segment of a second plurality of segments within the second audiofile, the second segment comprising one of a most interesting segment, a most important segment, a most relevant segment, and a most representative segment. The first segment is presented as a representative segment of the first audiofile and the second segment is presented as a representative of the second audiofile within a three-dimensional audio space.
US09544702B2
Technology for dynamic characterization of a communication device is disclosed. One method comprises sending an acoustic characterization excitation signal to be output by an acoustic transducer in the communication device. A received acoustic coupling signal that is received by a microphone of the communication device in response to the output of the acoustic transducer is measured. An acoustic signal conditioning algorithm is applied to at least one of the microphone or the acoustic transducer to reduce an amplitude of the acoustic signal or the received acoustic coupling signal to a level below a selected threshold.
US09544687B2
A method of defining an acoustic channel in a vehicle or other environment involving providing a respective definition of in-vehicle sound sources, the definitions including a definition of a respective sound associated with each sound source and a respective location within the vehicle associated with each sound source. Segments corresponding to the sounds are identified in an output signal of a microphone located in the vehicle. Definitions of acoustic channels are generated from the output signal segments in respect of the location associated with the respective sound source. The sounds relate to intrinsic parts of the vehicle, for example a door closing or a windshield wiper operating. A map of acoustic channels is maintained and used to compensate audio signals for distortion caused by a relevant acoustic channel. The acoustic map can be updated while the vehicle is driving in response to detection of sounds from the sound sources.
US09544676B2
A pair of in-ear headphones is disclosed that are operable to reproduce incoming audio signals. The in-ear headphones include an oval shaped housing defining an internal chamber. A front portion of the oval shaped housing defines a nozzle extending away from the housing. A driver is positioned in the internal chamber such that a sound reproduction portion of the driver is aligned with an internal audio channel running through the nozzle. A damper is positioned in an end of the nozzle having a damper aperture having a predetermined size. The nozzle extends from a base portion of the housing at a predetermined upward angle and a predetermined bend angle that provides improved audio frequency responses in desirable frequency ranges.
US09544673B2
A microphone package is integrated with a built-in speaker driver. A microphone application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and the speaker driver can be directly coupled to an external application processor, eliminating a need for a codec and thus, reducing the size, cost, and/or complexity of a device. In one aspect, the speaker driver and the microphone ASIC are implemented as separate dice mounted on the package substrate. In another aspect, the speaker driver and the microphone ASIC are implemented as stacked die on the package substrate. In yet another aspect, the speaker driver and the microphone ASIC are implemented as a single die on the package substrate.
US09544670B2
One embodiment of the invention is directed to a process for assembly of a covered housing comprising placing a first frame strip coupled with a fabric portion, under a shoulder on a first end of a housing, pulling the fabric portion toward a second end of a housing, placing a second frame strip coupled with the fabric portion, under a shoulder on the second end of the housing, placing a third frame strip coupled with the fabric portion, under a first main body shoulder of the housing, and placing a fourth frame strip coupled with the fabric portion, under a second main body shoulder of the housing.
US09544665B2
An device and method for providing multiple adaptive bit rate (ABR) streams using a single transcoder is disclosed. The device receives a group of content segments for a media channel, and converts, using a transcoder, a first of the content segments from a source format to a first data format, a first time duration for converting the first content segment being less than a second time duration for receiving each group of segments. The converted segment is then sent to a client device. On receiving a request from the device for content segments in a second data format, the device performs an initialization of the transcoder to convert content segments from the source format to the second data format, the initialization being completed during a residual period of time, or “operational gap” produced by a difference between the first time duration and the second time duration.
US09544664B1
Various methods, systems, and apparatuses can be used to adjust the group of pictures size for an encoder during encoding operations. In some implementations, group of pictures size can be reduced during periods of higher likelihood of channel change, and increased during periods of lower likelihood of channel change. Such adjustment can facilitate faster display of pictures after a channel change due to anchor frames being more quickly received.
US09544663B1
A computer system comprising one or more processors and computer-readable media operatively connected thereto, having stored thereon instructions for carrying out the steps of: maintaining one or more databases comprising first electronic data comprising digitally created reference compact electronic representations for each of a plurality of reference electronic works and second electronic data associated with the reference electronic works and related to action information corresponding thereto; obtaining a first digitally created compact electronic representation comprising one or more extracted feature vectors of a first electronic work; identifying a matching reference electronic work by comparing the first digitally created compact electronic representation of the first electronic work with the first electronic data using a sub-linear search of the first electronic data; determining the action information corresponding to the matching reference electronic work based on the second electronic data; and associating the determined action information with the first electronic work.
US09544645B2
An operating method of a video display device is provided. The method includes: obtaining at least one of user's bio information and pattern input; upon the receipt of a user input for a function key input of the video display device within a predetermined time, performing an operation personalized to the user on the basis of at least one of the obtained user's bio information and pattern input and the function key input; and upon the receipt of the user input for the function key input after the predetermined time elapses, performing an operation corresponding to the function key.
US09544643B2
Media content is downloaded from a remote source. A request is received from a client device for sideloading of the media content. Sideloading of the media content to the client device is begun when the downloading has begun and the request has been received.
US09544632B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to calculate video-on-demand viewing probability. Example methods disclosed herein include identifying a first set of households associated with a target set of categories that presented a first media having a first telecast delay, calculating first total tuning minutes and first total exposure minutes for the first set of households, identifying a second set of households that presented the first media having the first telecast delay and having a portion of the target set of categories, the second set of households having second total tuning minutes and second total exposure minutes for each category in the second set of households, calculating a household tuning proportion based on the first and second total tuning minutes, and calculating a household exposure proportion based on the first and second total exposure minutes, and calculating the panelist viewing probability associated with the first telecast delay based on a ratio of the household exposure proportion and the household tuning proportion.
US09544630B2
A method and an IPTV server (302) for enabling playout of one or more media objects for a subscriber. A current connection state and capabilities are maintained in the IPTV server for a set of devices (304, 304a) associated to the subscriber. The IPTV server further sends (3:3) a list of the devices to a first device (300), comprising current connection states of the devices. When the IPTV server receives from the first device a first indication (3:4) indicating a wanted media object and a second indication (3:5) indicating a selected second device (304), the IPTV server sends (3:6) a download instruction with a media reference to the selected second device. The download instruction instructs the second device to download and prebuffer (3:7) data of at least an opening part of the wanted media object based on the media reference. Thereby, a user can start playout of the wanted media object on the second device immediately without having to wait for session setup and downloading of enough data for playout.
US09544626B2
Various arrangements are directed to locating a television receiver. Multiple tuners of the television receiver may be simultaneously tuned to different television distribution satellites to receive timing signals. Using these timing signals, the location of the television receiver may be determined. Based on a comparison between a stored, expected location of the television receiver and the determined location, the functionality of the television receiver may be adjusted.
US09544621B2
An identification system receives a request from a user device to identify a video captured in a video stream. The identification system identifies a display area captured in the video stream in which the video is displayed. The identification system identifies content include in the display area throughout the stream. Based on the identified content, the identification system creates a fingerprint for the video. The identification system identifies from a plurality of stored fingerprints at least one fingerprint similar to the created fingerprint. The identification system identifies video information associated with the similar fingerprint. The video information is transmitted to the user device and displayed as being video information about the video captured in the stream.
US09544617B2
A method for deblocking filtering a macroblock on the basis of a coding standard for image information which is stored in macroblocks. A context region comprising the blocks of a first macroblock to be filtered is formable from blocks which are arranged adjacent to one another horizontally in block rows and adjacent to one another vertically in block columns. The blocks of the context region can be filtered on the basis of the coding standard for image information.
US09544613B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for improving an estimation process, comprising providing an image; detecting a failure area within said image to obtain a failure area map; obtaining a motion or disparity estimation map containing estimation vectors determined in an estimation process; providing a local direction model, LDM, map comprising LDM vectors determined on the basis of said estimated vectors and said detected failure area, and adjusting said estimation process dependent on the local direction model map.
US09544607B2
Method and apparatus for coding a block of video data using palette coding in a video coding are disclosed. According to one embodiment, whether there is only one single palette index in the current block is determined first. If there is only one single palette index in the current block, signaling a current palette index map for the current block is omitted at an encoder side or parsing any syntax for decoding the current palette index map for the current block is omitted at a decoder side. The decision regarding whether there is only one single palette index in the current block is based on one or more syntax elements not corresponding to palette index coding.
US09544604B2
A method of decoding a video includes determining an initial value of a quantization parameter (QP) used to perform inverse quantization on coding units included in a slice segment, based on syntax obtained from a bitstream; determining a slice-level initial QP for predicting the QP used to perform inverse quantization on the coding units included in the slice segment, based on the initial value of the QP; and determining a predicted QP of a first quantization group of a parallel-decodable data unit included in the slice segment, based on the slice-level initial QP.
US09544596B1
A system includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder selects a first matched template for un-encoded pixels of a video frame using an algorithm for measuring a similarity between image blocks of the video frame, the algorithm being based on a weighted scheme of reconstructed adjacent pixels, generates at least one residual for the un-encoded pixels of the video frame based on the matched template, and encodes residuals as compressed bits using an asymmetric discrete sine transform (ADST). The decoder decodes the compressed video bits as residuals using the ADST, selects a second matched template using an algorithm for measuring a similarity between image blocks of a video frame associated with the compressed video bits, the algorithm being based on a weighted scheme of reconstructed adjacent pixels, and generates reconstructed pixels of the video frame based on the matched template and the decoded compressed video bits.
US09544595B2
Disclosed decoding method of the intra prediction mode comprises the steps of: determining whether an intra prediction mode of a present prediction unit is the same as a first candidate intra prediction mode or as a second candidate intra prediction mode on the basis of 1-bit information; and determining, among said first candidate intra prediction mode and said second candidate intra prediction mode, which candidate intra prediction mode is the same as the intra prediction mode of said present prediction unit on the basis of additional 1-bit information, if the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit is the same as at least either the first candidate intra prediction mode or the second candidate intra prediction mode, and decoding the intra prediction mode of the present prediction unit.
US09544591B2
A method of predicting a motion vector for a current block in a current picture includes obtaining, by the moving picture decoding device, at least three motion vectors for at least three blocks other than the current block based on a direction of a reference picture, wherein the direction of the reference picture is based on a display order of the reference picture and a display order of the current picture, the at least three motion vectors correspond to the at least three other blocks, respectively, and the at least three blocks are not in an intra mode, predicting, by the moving picture decoding device, the motion vector for the current block by using a median operation of the at least three motion vectors and decoding the current block in the current picture using the predicted motion vector for the current block.
US09544590B2
A method of predicting a motion vector for a current block in a current picture includes obtaining, by the moving picture decoding device, at least three motion vectors for at least three blocks other than the current block based on a direction of a reference picture, wherein the direction of the reference picture is based on a display order of the reference picture and a display order of the current picture, predicting, by the moving picture decoding device, the motion vector for the current block by using a median operation of the at least three motion vectors and decoding the current block in the current picture using the predicted motion vector for the current block.
US09544586B2
A system and method for processing video information. Various aspects of the present invention may provide a decoder module that decodes block encoded video information. The system may, for example, include a first memory module, communicatively coupled to the decoder module, that stores video processing information utilized by the decoder module for decoding a current video block from a current video frame. The system may also, for example, include a second memory module, communicatively coupled to the decoder module, that stores reference video information from a previous video frame utilized by the decoder module for decoding the current video block. In a non-limiting exemplary scenario, the first memory module and the second memory module may be communicatively coupled to the decoder module with independent respective data and/or address buses.
US09544583B2
A collimated object is adjustable to produce collimated light propagating along different propagation directions. The plenoptic imaging system under calibration captures plenoptic images of the object adjusted to different propagation directions. The captured plenoptic images includes superpixels, each of which includes subpixels. Each subpixel captures light from a corresponding light field viewing direction. Based on the captured plenoptic images, a calibration module calculates which propagation directions map to which subpixels. The mapping defines the light field viewing directions for the subpixels. This can be used to improve processing of plenoptic images captured by the plenoptic imaging system.
US09544577B2
A method of capturing three-dimensional (3D) information on a structure includes obtaining a first image set containing images of the structure with at least one physical camera located at a first position, the first image set comprising one or more images; reconstructing 3D information from the first image set; obtaining 3D information from a virtual camera out of an existing global model of the structure; determining correspondences between the obtained 3D information and the reconstructed 3D information; determining camera motion between the obtained 3D information and the reconstructed 3D information from the correspondences; and updating the existing global model by entering the obtained 3D information using the determined camera motion.
US09544573B2
A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall.
US09544567B2
An apparatus for determining a measure for a distortion change of a first view synthesized from a second view, caused by a modification of a depth map of the second view from a first state to a second state, is configured—starting from a current synthesis state of the first view corresponding to a synthesis from the second view having the depth map modified to the second state in an already processed portion of the depth map and having the depth map unmodified at the first state in a yet to be processed portion of the depth map—to compute a possible successor synthesis state corresponding to a synthesis of the first view from the second view having the depth map modified to the second state in an already processed portion plus a currently processed portion and having the depth map unmodified at the first state in the yet to be processed portion without the currently processed portion; and to determine a distortion change of a distortion of the current synthesis state of the first view relative to an undistorted version of the first view to a distortion of the possible successor synthesis state of the first view relative to the undistorted version of the first view.
US09544560B2
In various embodiments, a dynamic range converter includes a first color space converter to convert a source color space of a source video having a source dynamic range to nonlinear color space signals. A linearizer configured converts the nonlinear color space signals to linearized color space signals having a mastering dynamic range via a piecewise linear interpolation of a transfer function. A color volume transformer applies dynamic color transform metadata associated with the source video to generate master adjusted color space signals from the linearized color space signals. A delinearizer converts the master adjusted color space signals to nonlinearized color space signals via a piecewise linear interpolation of an inverse transfer function in accordance with a display dynamic range. A second color space converter converts the nonlinearized color space signals to display domain signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09544557B1
A black stripe detector is configured to detect whether or not each pixel of an input video signal is a pixel in a black stripe region, and to generate a black stripe identification signal. A signal combiner is configured to combine the input video signal and the black stripe identification signal with each other to generate a combination signal. A keystone correction processor is configured to implement keystone correction processing for the combination signal, and to generate a keystone-corrected video signal. A signal separator is configured to separate the keystone-corrected combination signal into a keystone-corrected video signal and a keystone-corrected black stripe identification signal. A video signal processor is configured to implement predetermined video signal processing for the keystone-corrected video signal by using the keystone-corrected video signal and the keystone-corrected black stripe signal.
US09544556B2
A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
US09544551B2
Systems (100) and methods (400-1000) for providing store intelligence. The methods involve: communicating a First Unique IDentifier (“FUID”) between a beacon of a Proximity System (“PS”) disposed adjacent to an EAS system of a facility and a Mobile Communication Device (“MCD”) possessed by a person; communicating FUID and a Second UID (“SUID”) to an Intelligence System (“IS”), where FUID and SUID collectively comprise a UID of the beacon and a UID of the MCD; capturing a Time Stamped Image (“TSI”) of the person using a camera of the proximity system; communicating TSI to IS for storage; and performing operations at IS to enhance the security/safety of the facility by using FUID to detect an entrance/exit of the person to/from the facility and at least one of SUID and TSI to make a first determination as to an identification of the person.
US09544539B2
Portable, mobile, lightweight, removable, low cost, easy to manufacture, easy to ship, easy to transport, easy to store, and easy to use optical adapters that provides an effective means of videoconferencing over a mobile phone or other mobile device with a camera. Embodiments include landscape and portrait adapters that can be easily applied, used and removed while maintaining a professional and aesthetic appearance. Small mirrors within the optical adapter allow light from the front of the mobile device to enter the adapter and be conditioned and redirected into the built-in lens of the camera on the back of the mobile device. Novel embodiments include a lens reverser and/or a re-lens. Optical adapters also provide for self-imaging or surveillance. Various protective cases and adapter embodiments are configured to match specific mobile devices.
US09544536B2
An electronic device including a communication module configured to connect a packet based video call to a user equipment, an image processing module configured to generate a transmission image for the video call, and a control module configured to control a frame type of a transmission image generated by the image processing module based on tune-away information received from the user equipment.
US09544534B2
Multiple cameras are operatively connected over a shared link to a video server on a video network. The cameras are operated to capture a plurality of video streams. Each video stream has intra-frames and predictive frames that are sequentially generated timewise apart. A number of the video streams that transmit over the shared link on the network is identified. A number of intra-frames that are generated substantially simultaneously in the identified video streams is also identified. The identified intra-frames in the video streams are offset in time to minimize video artifacts from being present in the video streams being transmitted over the shared link.
US09544533B2
Systems and apparatus may include converter device(s), a matrix switch, processor(s), and memory(s), where one or more of the converter devices provide video input signals to the matrix switch. A processor may determine if one of a plurality of video signals input to the matrix switch includes data representative of identification information overlain on a video image derived from one of the plurality of video signals. The determination may be based on a flag value stored in the converter device(s). The flag value may be retrieved by a server coupled to the matrix switch. If the information is included in the video signal, the video signal may be passed through a path in a matrix switch configured by the processor. If the information is not included in the video signal, the data representative of identification information may be retrieved from the converter device and then overlain on the video image.
US09544529B2
The information processing apparatus which plays video sent from a image capturing apparatus, comprises a list requesting unit which sends a request for segment list to the image capturing apparatus to acquire the segment list, a determination unit that determines a segment to be requested among the segments indicated in the acquired segment list, a first segment requesting unit that sends a request for the determined segment to the image capturing apparatus, a first segment acquisition unit that acquires the requested segment, and a playing unit that plays the acquired segment, wherein the list requesting unit sends a request for a latest segment list to the image capturing apparatus, whenever the segment is acquired a predetermined number of times by the first segment acquisition unit, and the determination unit determines a segment to be requested, based on the latest segment list.
US09544524B2
A user interface apparatus, a method for controlling a user interface apparatus, and a computer-readable medium are provided. The user interface apparatus includes a display unit comprising an object display area, the display unit displaying an object in the object display area; a detection area control unit that (1) defines a detection area for the object, the detection area including the object display area and having a size and a location, and (2) changes at least one of the size and the location of the detection area to create a modified detection area; and an activation detection unit that detects a position of a user activation. Furthermore, the detection area control unit changes the detection area after the activation detection unit detects the activation position as being within the detection area.
US09544519B2
Provided is a solid-state imaging device including: a pixel section configured to include a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, the plurality of pixels performing photoelectric conversion; column signal lines configured to transmit pixel signals output from the pixels in units of columns; an AD converting section configured to include a comparator that compares a reference signal serving as a ramp wave with the pixel signals transmitted via the column signal line and convert a reference level and a signal level of the pixel signals into digital signals independently based on a comparison result of the comparator; a switch configured to be connected with the column signal lines; and a control section configured to turn on the switch only during a certain period of time in a period of time in which the comparator is reset and cause the column signal lines to be short-circuited.
US09544514B2
A light field imaging system captures different images provide views that are shifted by sub-pixel amounts relative to one another. These views can be combined to produce a higher resolution digital image of the object.
US09544498B2
According to one aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a method for forming images, comprising: providing a plurality of images, each image including a first image part and a second image part, and each image depicting a respective partial view, wherein there is an overlap between partial views depicted in pairs of consecutive images, forming a first combined image from said first image parts, which first combined image depicts a first continuous view, and forming a second combined image from said second image parts, which second combined image depicts a second continuous view, wherein the first and the second continuous views overlap.
US09544497B2
Systems and methods for deductively determining a resolution setting for an imaging device based on one or more features of a scene are disclosed. The features may include the size of primary or foreground faces within the scene, a maximum amount of high frequency content within the scene, a lighting condition of the scene, or a battery level of an electronic device.
US09544493B2
Provided is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: imaging pixels each configured to generate an imaging signal through photoelectric conversion; focus detection pixels each configured to generate a focusing signal through photoelectric conversion; and an adding unit configured to add the imaging signals generated by the imaging pixels to generate an added imaging signal, and configured to add the focusing signals generated by the focus detection pixels to generate an added focusing signal, in which a number of the focusing signals to be used by the adding unit to generate one added focusing signal is larger than a number of the imaging signals to be used by the adding unit to generate one added imaging signal, and operation for outputting the added focusing signal and operation for outputting each of the focusing signals without adding are selectively carried out.
US09544490B2
An image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium storing an image processing program are provided. The image processing device includes an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on image data, a temperature obtaining unit configured to obtain an inner-device temperature and outer-device temperature of the image processing device, and a frame rate changing unit configured to change a frame rate of the image data processed by the image processing unit, based on a temperature difference between the inner-device temperature and the outer-device temperature. Each of the image processing method and the image processing program performs image processing on image data, obtains an inner-device temperature and outer-device temperature of the image processing device, and changes a frame rate of the image data, based on a temperature difference between the inner-device temperature and the outer-device temperature.
US09544487B2
A camera system for a vehicle includes: a camera housing; an imager module accommodated in the camera housing, the imager module including a carrier device, a lens accommodated in the carrier device, and an image sensor accommodated at the carrier device, an optical axis of the camera system being set by the image sensor and the lens. The image sensor makes contact with a metallic housing part of the camera housing via a heat-conducting element. The imager module is fixed in one direction perpendicular to the optical axis in the camera housing, i.e., it is braced in the radial direction and cooled axially toward the rear.
US09544477B2
A substrate of a control unit is composed of a flexible circuit, a microcomputer is provided on the flexible circuit, and a control unit is provided so as to extend along an outer edge of a lens body. Pulse motors are used for zoom adjustment and focus adjustment, and a drive voltage is applied directly from the flexible circuit to an input terminal of each of the pulse motors. The microcomputer of the control unit is connected to an external control device via a serial communication line, and configured to control the respective pulse motors of the CCTV lens on the basis of a command from the external control device.
US09544476B2
An omnidirectional camera comprises a camera mounting frame of cylindrical hollow body, a plurality of horizontal camera units, each of which is provided on a horizontal plane orthogonal to a center line of the camera mounting frame and adapted to acquire an image in a horizontal direction. A vertical camera unit is provided so as to coincide with the center line of the camera mounting frame and adapted to acquire an image in a zenith direction. A ring-like GPS antenna is provided so as to surround the vertical camera unit.
US09544471B2
A print control apparatus is configured to control a print head adapted to discharge ink droplets of a plurality of sizes to execute printing. The print control apparatus includes a print control unit configured to acquire a gradation value of an ink color based on image data and to determine whether or not to discharge an ink droplet of one of the plurality of sizes based on the gradation value. The print control unit is configured to determine that the ink droplet to be discharged is the ink droplet of a first size or smaller when the gradation value belongs to a maximum value-side partial range including a maximum value, and to determine that the ink droplet to be discharged is only the ink droplet of the first size when the gradation value belongs to a range towards a minimum value-side than the partial range.
US09544470B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job to be printed, determining if the print job is to be printed as a monochrome print job, invoking a monochrome International Color Consortium (ICC) profile if the print job is determined to be a monochrome print job, printing the monochrome print job and tracking a first print volume during periods in which the monochrome ICC profile has been invoked.
US09544466B2
The disclosed embodiments provide for checking documents for security compliance when the documents are printed, scanned, or copied. A security status is determined based on security indicators within a document's content. Security indicators can be located within a document's text, figures, watermarks, security marks, and invisible marks. Security indicators can be found by comparing a document's content to a set of stored indicator descriptions. The indicators found are used to determine a document score and security responses are triggered based on the document score.
US09544460B2
A workflow executing device executes the steps of: specifying a workflow; executing processes defined by the specified workflow; specifying an external process to be processed by a first external device from among the processes; specifying a device that stores account information requested by the first external device as a second external device in order to allow the first external device to execute the external process; generating a sub-workflow that defines a login process of logging into the first external device, a request process of allowing the first external device to execute the external process, and an execution result output process of transmitting the execution result to the workflow executing device; and changing the external process in the workflow to a workflow transmitting process of transmitting the sub-workflow to the second external device and an execution result receiving process of receiving the execution result from the second external device.
US09544451B2
A portable handheld device including a CPU for processing a script; a multi-core processor for processing an image; an input buffer for receiving data for processing by the multi-core processor, the input buffer being provided under the control of the multi-core processor to send data thereto; and an output buffer for receiving data processed by the multi-core processor, the output buffer being provided under the control of the multi-core processor to receive data therefrom. The multi-core processor comprises a plurality of micro-coded processing units. The CPU is configured with authority to clear and query the input and output buffers.
US09544440B2
A method for an authentication server to authenticate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) devices includes receiving a request from a unverified VoIP device to verify its global telephone number over a computer network, searching for verified VoIP devices that have authenticated identities and caller ID service, and providing the telephone numbers of the verified VoIP devices to the unverified VoIP device, wherein the unverified VoIP device calls the verified VoIP devices and the verified VoIP devices detect telephone numbers of the unverified VoIP device. The method further comprises receiving the detected telephone numbers from the verified VoIP devices and determining if the detected telephone numbers match a telephone number provided by the unverified VoIP device, wherein the unverified VoIP device becomes verified if the telephone numbers match the telephone number provided by the VoIP device.
US09544437B2
A method for managing visual voicemail messages includes displaying a list of voicemail messages on a telecommunications handset, receiving user commands for operating on the voicemail messages including a delete message command and in response to a delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder. A Deleted Message Age Indicator function processes to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform.
US09544430B2
A method and system for transcription of spoken language into continuous text for a user comprising the steps of inputting spoken language of at least one user or of a communication partner of the at least one user into a mobile device of the respective user, wherein the input spoken language of the user is transported within a corresponding stream of voice over IP data packets to a transcription server; transforming the spoken language transported within the respective stream of voice over IP data packets into continuous text by means of a speech recognition algorithm run by said transcription server, wherein said speech recognition algorithm is selected depending on a natural language or dialect spoken in the area of the current position of said mobile device; and outputting said transformed continuous text forwarded by said transcription server to said mobile device of the respective user or to a user terminal of the respective user in real time.
US09544428B2
A network component comprising a communications portion and a processor portion is disclosed. The communications portion may be configured to detect a signal indicative of a call associated with a mobile device. The processor portion may be configured to detect at least one record cue in the signal. The processor portion may be also be configured to respectively capture at least one portion of the call upon the at least one record cue being detected. The processor portion may also be configured to respectively associate at least one identifier with the at least one captured portion of the call. The identifier may respectively identify the at least one captured portion of the call.
US09544427B2
Users are provided control of their communications. Should a call be processed for a user, a text message may be automatically sent as a response to the call. The user may pre-compose different text messages. The user may also compose a custom text message. Regardless, the user's text message is automatically sent as a response to the call.
US09544402B2
A multi-rule approach for encoding rules grouped in a rule chunk is provided. The approach includes a multi-rule with a multi-rule header representing headers of the rules and, in some cases, dimensional data representing dimensional data of the rules. The approach further includes disabling dimension matching of always matching dimensions, responding to an always match rule with a match response without matching, interleaving minimum/maximum values in a range field, interleaving value/mask values in a mask field, and for a given rule of rule chunk, encoding a priority field at the end of dimension data stored for the rule in the multi-rule. Advantageously, this approach provides efficient storage of rules and enables the efficient comparison of rules to keys.
US09544401B2
A data communication device includes a storage unit configured to store transmission data in a transmission ring buffer area; a read-out processing unit configured to read out the transmission data from the storage unit; and a transmission and reception processing unit configured to transmit the read-out transmission data to an external network and receive a reception confirming notification for the transmitted transmission data. The transmission and reception processing unit is configured to control the read-out processing unit so that the transmission data to be transmitted is read out based on a storage position of last data of the transmission data stored in the transmission ring buffer area and a storage position of last data of the transmitted transmission data indicated by the reception confirming notification.
US09544398B2
Systems and methods for managing applications on an appliance are provided. A server is in communication with appliances. The server is also coupled to databases which include appliance information, as well as application data. A user may authenticate using the appliance. A set of permissions may be associated with the user. The server then supervises information exchanged between the appliance and the server, as well as application functionality upon the appliance, by supplementing the applications downloaded to the appliance with supplemental code, referred to hereafter as an AppGuard. The AppGuard is tailored, using information related to the appliance, to the appliance type in order to ensure proper functionality. The AppGuard is executed upon installation, and collects device information for validation. After validation, the application may be run. Additionally, management of the applications may include augmenting, deleting, disabling or authorizing the application.
US09544387B2
A network device includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, after execution of the instructions by the processor, to detect the presence of a client connecting to a network and send a packet to the client indicating that access to a Universal Resource Locator (URL) is a prerequisite to the client communicating over the network in response to the client connecting to the network. The packet includes the URL.
US09544386B2
The present disclosure discloses a device and method for processing slice data. The method comprises: sending a download request for slice data adjacent to the newest continuous data to a server, determining whether or not a adjacent slice interval is filled with the slice data returned by the server; if yes, inserting the returned slice data into a database, setting the displaying mark thereof as valid, setting the displaying mark of downloaded data between the adjacent slice interval and the next slice interval to the adjacent slice interval as valid, and deleting the adjacent slice interval from the database; if not, inserting the returned slice data into the database, setting the displaying mark thereof as valid, and amending the border of the adjacent slice interval. The technical scheme of the present disclosure can obtain slice data from the server and fill the slice data in a corresponding slice interval according to a recorded slice interval set, and the data displayed to users is always the newest continuous data.
US09544379B2
The present invention relates generally to photography and imaging, telecommunications, social media, and event networking in a variety of fields including sports and other community events, personal events, and other occasions in which the sharing of information and media is desirable. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of various communications protocols and platforms in order to distribute information through a network to enable users to interact and communicate with like-minded users, as well as to enable the creation and purchasing of items and customized products.
US09544370B2
There is provided a data transferring apparatus that transfers file data stored in a storage apparatus that manages data in a block unit, in which the first issuing unit, in response to a request from a CPU, generates and sends a reading command of metadata including first map information showing in which location first file data is stored, to the storage apparatus, the second issuing unit receives a reading command of the first file data from the CPU that has obtained the metadata, generates and sends a reading command of a block storing the first file data to the storage apparatus, the extracting unit receives block data read from the storage apparatus, receives the first map information from the CPU and, based on the first map information, extracts the first file data from the block data, and the communication processing unit transmits the first file data to the network.
US09544360B2
A server-based system, method, and computer program product are provided for scanning data on a client using only a subset of the data. In operation, a request is received for a subset of data stored on a client that is required for determining whether the data is unwanted. Additionally, a representation of only the subset of data is sent from the client to a server over a network. Furthermore, a response is received from the server over the network. Still yet, there is a reaction based on the response.
US09544356B2
Embodiments relate to message switch file sharing. A file is accessed by a computer processor of a client producer device to share with a plurality of client consumer devices across a network. The computer processor partitions the file into a sequence of message payloads associated with a topic and a scheme. The scheme defines a sequence identifier to establish an order to reassemble the sequence of message payloads into the file. A sequence of messages is formed including the topic and the sequence of message payloads. The sequence of messages is published to a message queue associated with the topic in a message switch in the network. The message switch provides the client consumer devices with access to the sequence of message payloads based on subscriptions to the topic.
US09544354B2
A remote operation system includes a user terminal 10 that includes a server function unit for operating an internal function of the terminal according to remote operation, a support terminal 20 that remotely operates the user terminal 10, and a relay server 30 that includes an access management unit for holding an access timing to start remote operation of the user terminal 10 by the support terminal 20 and executes access to the user terminal 10 at the access timing. When being accessed by the relay server 30, the user terminal 10 starts up the server function unit to notify the support terminal 20 that the server function unit has been started up. When being notified that the server function unit has been started up, the support terminal 20 starts up a remote operation application to execute remote operation of the user terminal 10.
US09544347B2
Methods and apparatus relating to distribution of intelligence across a network are described. In one embodiment, one or more content processors may be provided at the edge of a computer network (e.g., prior to a point where data is aggregated or routed by the network). Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09544346B1
Media devices may stream content from content delivery networks. Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for selecting nodes to improve content streaming. A selection server may select a node based on destination metrics provided by the media device. The destination metrics may include a variety of information such as information about the latency associated with the video stream, the bandwidth between the media device and the streaming node, or the throughput associated with the video stream. The selection server may compare the destination metrics with source metrics to determine which node to select.
US09544343B2
Techniques are presented herein to enable a first device participating in a conference session to adapt its displayed content being shared from a second device that has a larger display and can therefore display a larger area of content than the first device is capable of displaying. The first device has a first display and displays a portion of content being displayed on a second display of the second device that is being shared with the first device during an online conference session. The first device detects when a first change has occurred in the content that is outside of the portion displayed on the first display. A graphical element is displayed on the first display, the graphical element indicating that the first change has occurred in the content outside of the portion being displayed on the first device.
US09544340B2
Systems and methods are described for enabling browser-to-phone and browser-to-browser communications to be enhanced with enterprise communication features. Specifically, a Collaboration Environment is disclosed with the ability to interface a browser with an enterprise communication network. The Collaboration Environment is exposed to browsers via a media server and/or websocket and is enabled to communicate with the browsers via a purpose-built library.
US09544336B2
The system and method detect and properly handle a glare condition in a SIP communication session. A glare condition is where a communication device has two concurrent outstanding requests (typically an incoming and an outgoing request that have not be acknowledged) and needs to process one of the requests before processing the other request. To detect a glare condition, the system and method identify that an out-of-dialog SIP request is received while an outgoing SIP request is pending. In response to detecting the glare condition, a glare algorithm is initiated. The glare algorithm ensures that outstanding requests will be handled in a timely manner.
US09544331B2
A non-transitory computer readable medium includes computer readable program code including instructions for subsequent to a client device associating with an access point, receiving a request for a set of allowed shared devices, removing, by the access point and to obtain the set of allowed shared devices, a shared device from a set of shared devices based on a client device user of the client device failing to have a permission required by a device sharing policy of the shared device, and transmitting the set of allowed shared devices to the client device.
US09544329B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises intercepting, from a server computer, a first set of instructions that define a user interface; executing, using a headless browser, the first set of instructions without presenting the user interface; rendering a second set of instructions, which when executed by a client application on a client computer, cause the client computer to present the user interface, wherein the second set of instructions are different than the first set of instructions; sending the second set of instructions to the client computer.
US09544326B2
A method of rapidly producing a new cyber response tool (e.g., in near-real-time) by matching vulnerabilities of enemy threats (e.g., a missile and/or a tank) to corresponding portions of other response tools that effectively exploit the matched vulnerability. An iterative framework may be utilized to repeatedly prioritize a set of cyber response tools based on a corresponding probability of success. For example, a computer or computer network may implement the iterative framework to carry out the probability computation and corresponding cyber response tool prioritization. If a total probability of success is below a given threshold (e.g., 95%), then creation of one or more new cyber response tools may be initiated. The probability of success may be a function of time (e.g., ten minutes before an expected launch) and/or a function of a phase of a lifecycle of the enemy threat (e.g., a launch phase).
US09544318B2
A technique allows a client computing system with a web browser to receive a web page in response to transmitting a request for content. The web page may include active content, html data and cascading style sheets (CSS). In embodiments, a gateway device may rewrite the web page dynamically by rewriting node identifiers and class names, removing and separating client-side scripts from html data and CSS data, and blocking or disabling execution of the client-side scripts if these scripts contain vulnerable code. A web page may be rewritten based on analysis information provided by a third-party or analyzed at the gateway device.
US09544312B2
Methods and systems for managing directory information, such as onboarding a LDAP server, employing a processor coupled to memory and other computer hardware and software components for receiving a request related to one or more applications from a requestor in pre-determined business logic, acknowledging the request by an approver function without requiring the requestor to negotiate, for example, with an LDAP administrator to justify the request, and provisioning the request into the enterprise LDAP server in the pre-determined business logic.
US09544311B2
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing secure identity propagation in a cloud-based computing environment. One computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a user, a first security response message, transmitting, to the user in response to receiving the first security response message, a second security response message, wherein the second security response message comprises a Token Granting Token (TGT), receiving, from a cloud application, a Service Token (ST) request, wherein the ST request comprises the TGT, verifying the ST request based on the TGT, generating, in response to the verifying, a ST, wherein the ST is used to validate an access request to access a backend system, and transmitting the ST to the cloud application.
US09544307B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for providing a security mechanism on a mobile device before performing an action on a database record in an on-demand database service. The action to be performed can be identified for requesting third-party information. When the third-party information is provided by a user who does not have authorization to access data locally or remotely from the mobile device, the action is performed on the database record but the security mechanism can be activated for display on the mobile device. When the security mechanism is traversed, the mobile device can be unlocked and a user can access the database record in the on-demand database service.
US09544301B2
A computer-implemented method for providing security to access and store data may include transferring first information for display from a token device having a memory to a first computing device at a first time, the token device connected to the first computing device and the first information describing public data stored on the token device. A request to retrieve a root directory of private data may be received, the request specifying a root directory name. In response to receiving the request to retrieve a root directory of private data, the root directory may be requested by establishing a wireless connection between the token device and a server computing device, transferring the root directory name to the server computing device, wherein the root directory name is used as a password to retrieve the root directory, and receiving the root directory from the server computing device by the token device.
US09544299B2
An information processing apparatus for accessing a server via a network transmits an issuance request of a certificate including information unique to the information processing apparatus to a certificate authority, and receives the certificate transmitted by the certificate authority in response to the issuance request. The apparatus determines whether or not it is possible to access the server by comparing information unique to the information processing apparatus with the unique information included in the received certificate, and restricts, if it is determined that it is not possible to access the server, issuance of a connection request to the server.
US09544296B2
A web browser sends to a web-application server a request to access a web application. The web server transmits to the web browser a parent document with an inline frame (iframe) containing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to an authentication location. In response, a child document is transferred to the web browser. The child document occludes the parent document and presents a user interface for user authentication. Rather than wait until authentication is complete to begin transferring prerequisite files, the web-application server at least partially transfers to the web browser prerequisite files for the web application during the authentication process. This reduces the post-authentication delay involved in transferring prerequisite files, improving the user experience.
US09544293B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for using a global unified session identifier across data centers. When a user first accesses a data center and an initial session is created for the user in the data center, a session identifier is generated for the user session. Because the initial session is the first session created for that user, the initial session identifier is designated as the global unified session identifier for all sessions that may be created for the user in other data centers within the enterprise network. Other data centers may then map the global unified session identifiers to locally generated session identifiers for the user. Using a global unified session identifier enables various user session actions to be performed globally across the data centers, including global logout, global session termination, global session updates, and/or the like. Using a global unified session identifier also prevents the risk of collision that can occur between randomly generated numbers of different data centers.
US09544282B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises obtaining a second network address at a computer node, which has been already associated with a first network address and provided first keying information; sending, to a key server computer, an update message that comprises both the first network address and the second network address; using the first keying information to encrypt messages that the computer node sends from the second network address to one or more other members of a group.
US09544264B1
A process for augmenting social media posts with location information includes a processor generating a social media message without location information marking. Scanning is performed for one or more electronic devices within vicinity of the processor. Location of the electronic device is determined. The social media message is marked with location information.
US09544249B2
An apparatus controls a communication in which packets to be transmitted over a transport layer connection established between a transmission side apparatus and a reception side apparatus are distributed to a plurality of links for transmission. The apparatus estimates a first transmission rate obtained by the communication in which an order alignment process is executed in a layer lower than the transport layer in the reception side apparatus, the order alignment process including aligning an order of received packets in accordance with a transmission order, and estimates a second transmission rate obtained by the communication in which the order alignment process is not executed. The apparatus controls an execution/non-execution of the order alignment process, based on a magnitude relationship between the first and second transmission rates.
US09544245B2
An information processing device including a communication interface that exchanges data with a first device and a second device; and a processor that performs authentication of the first device; receives content data from the first device via the communication interface; and controls the communication interface to send the content data in real time to the second device based on an access control setting, which indicates a restriction on sending the content data.
US09544244B2
A resource searching device includes a requirement acquisition unit configured to acquire resource requirement information including resource requirements for a plurality of resources, the resources being related to a deployment request of a plurality of received resources and being related to devices or connections between the devices; a calculation unit configured to refer to system configuration information including information on the resources related to devices and connections between the devices in an information processing system to be managed, and to calculate fulfillment rate information including a fulfillment rate for each of the resources that satisfy the resource requirements; and a searching unit configured to search for a plurality of resources corresponding to the deployment request of the plurality of resources by sequentially selecting the resources that satisfy the resource requirements on the basis of the fulfillment rate information and the connections between the devices in the deployment request.
US09544243B2
The present invention provides a system and method for a shared write address protocol (SWAP) that is implemented over a remote direct memory address (RDMA) connection. Each party to a connection establishes a flow control block that is accessible to its partner via a RDMA READ operation. The novel protocol operates so that each module needs to have one outstanding RDMA READ operation at a time, i.e., to obtain the current flow control information from its partner. In operation, if data to be transmitted is less than or equal to a buffer size, an INLINE message data structure of the SWAP protocol is utilized to send the data to be target. However, if the data is greater than the buffer size, a second determination is made as to whether sufficient space exists in the message pool for the data. If insufficient space exists, the sender will wait until sufficient space exists before utilizing a novel WRITE operation of the SWAP protocol to transmit the data.
US09544242B2
A data packaging system is programmed to modify or otherwise manage a data stream from a data source prior to transmission to an intended recipient by applying an expressible intent regarding the data stream from the recipient in the form of a recipient signature. A data packager can apply a received recipient signature to modify the data stream based on the contents of the data stream. The modifications to the data stream can include prioritization of portions of the data stream identified as being the portions of interest to the recipient based on the signature. The data packager can then prioritize the transmission of these portions while delaying non-prioritized portions of the data stream.
US09544235B2
A network device connecting a client station with a TCP/IP server, the device includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals from at least one of the server and the client station, and a receiver configured to receive signals from at least one of the server and the client station. The device also includes a controller. The controller is configured to determine a priority level of the network device based on a dynamic traffic load of the network device, and assign a high priority setting to a first data packet received during a predetermined period of time. Duration of the predetermined period of time is based on the priority level of the network device.
US09544234B1
The invention is directed to optimizing load balancing for equal cost multiple path (ECMP) network routing by improving the load balancing of network data traffic across multiple equal cost next hop egress network links that have the same next hop routing cost. At least one of the various embodiments may enable improve load balancing of egress network links by programming network routing tables and conducting diagnostic processes and testing to determine if a programmed network routing table optimally load balances the outgoing the network data traffic among the equal cost next hop egress network links. If an embodiment determines that a programmed network routing table is load balancing less effectively than desired, it may re-program the network routing table(s).
US09544233B2
Technologies are generally described to provide a congestion management system for a datacenter network. According to some examples, the congestion management system may detach management of congestion at the datacenter network from switches of the datacenter network. The congestion management system may also incorporate a distributed detection mechanism that is configured to detect a potential congestion culprit. Furthermore, detachment of the management of the congestion may allow the datacenter network to incorporate switches with limited traffic management capabilities. The switches may monitor a local congestion status and forward the congestion status to a centralized congestion controller that manages the congestion. The congestion management system may also be deployed for a cross-layer congestion management scheme.
US09544225B2
Various techniques for partitioning a computer network is disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, control plane functions (e.g., computation of network routes) and/or forwarding plane functions (e.g., routing, forwarding, switching) may be partitioned and performed individually on per domain basis based on (1) a network configuration of a particular domain (e.g., end points and/or lower-level domains in the particular domain); and (2) one or more higher-level domains connected to the particular domain in the hierarchy. Thus, a particular domain can manage various network operations of the domain without concerns regarding end points or network nodes in other domains of the hierarchy. Thus, network configuration and operation may be partitioned to reduce hardware costs and operational complexity even as the size of the overall computer networks increases.
US09544212B2
Embodiments profile users and applications based on network data usage. Data usage statistics are collected and compared for the users and applications. Profiles are assigned to the users and applications based on the comparison. In some embodiments, the applications are ranked based on data usage and presented to the users in an application marketplace.
US09544203B2
A method is provided for flow identification of a mobile terminal. The method includes obtaining flow data files of the mobile terminal at two or more points of time after the mobile terminal connects to a network using same network access means. The method also includes comparing, from the obtained flow data files, flow volumes in the flow data files having a same flow identifier to determine a flow identifier in the flow data file with changing flow volumes. Further, the method includes, based on the determined flow identifier in the flow data files with changing flow volumes and the network access means used by the mobile terminal to connect to the network, identifying network access means indicated by the flow identifier in the flow data files and obtaining flow identification results.
US09544201B2
A network entity for use in a communication network. The network entity including a processing resource that is configured to obtain information indicative of a quality of experience on a user terminal in communication with the communication network; and to control the communication to the user terminal based on the obtained information indicative of a quality of experience.
US09544196B2
Methods of determining status of advertised system management server (SMS) packages at a client device include receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device. Responsive to the received request and without further input from the user a plurality of SMS packages that have been advertised to the client device may be identified, an installation status of the identified plurality of SMS packages may be determined and a graphical user interface (GUI) may be generated. The GUI lists the identified plurality of SMS packages and provides a visual indication of the determined installation status of the listed plurality of SMS packages. The generated GUI may be displayed to the user on a display of the client device.
US09544190B2
System and method of application configuration using DNS-based service discovery, the method including: determining a network domain of a user; retrieving PTR, SRV and TXT records from a DNS server associated with the network domain; enumerating service instances based upon the retrieved PTR, SRV and TXT records; receiving a selection of a service instance from the user; constructing a service instance URL from the selected service instance; attempting to retrieve a settings file by use of the service instance URL; and applying configuration settings from the retrieved settings file.
US09544185B1
Certain features required for routing decisions are provided by hardware. For example, the router logic may be modified to provide multiple alternative paths for a link. In some implementations, hardware autonomously detects a link or port failure and routes on an alternate link without software intervention. In one approach, the router stores the alternate paths in the data plane. In some implementations, network devices are also configured for active loop avoidance and detection is implemented so that packets never loop due to multiple failures that occur close to each other.
US09544183B2
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for policy-based content insertion. A client device transmits to a content server a request for the delivery of content. The content server modifies the request based on an ingress policy. The content server transmits the modified request to a second server where the second server processes the request. The second server transmits a reply to the modified request to the content server. The reply includes a content insertion instruction. The content server transmits the content to the client device based on the content insertion instruction and/or one or more egress policies.
US09544174B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an encoder for encoding service data, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data into a plurality of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) symbols to build at least one signal frame, a frequency interleaver for frequency interleaving data in the at least one signal frame by using a different interleaving-seed which is used for every OFDM symbol pair comprised of two sequential OFDM symbols, a modulator for modulating the frequency interleaved data by an OFDM scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09544156B2
A system is provided for adjusting power provided over a channel to a device. The system can include power sourcing equipment and a sub-system. The power sourcing equipment can provide power to a powered device via a channel. The sub-system can determine an amount by which to increase the power based on a resistance of the channel. The power sourcing equipment or the powered device can adjust the power (or load) in response to a command from the sub-system. The sub-system can include at least one measurement device and a processor. The measurement device can measure an output voltage of the power sourcing equipment, an input voltage of the powered device, and a current on the channel. The processor can determine the resistance of the channel based on the output voltage, the input voltage, and the current. The processor can output a command specifying an increase or decrease in the level of power supplied by the power sourcing equipment.
US09544137B1
In an resource-on-demand environment, dynamically created server instances are allowed to boot from encrypted boot volumes. Access keys to the boot volumes are provided from a key provider that authenticates new instances based on possession of a security token that has been previously shared between the key provider and the new instance through an out-of-band communication.
US09544129B2
A method for synchronizing a basic clock pulse system having a plurality of synchronized components with a higher-ranking clock pulse system includes, in a first step of the synchronization, determining a phase difference between an actual phase of the basic clock pulse system and a nominal phase of the higher-ranking clock pulse system and transmitting the phase difference to the components of the basic clock pulse system and, in a second step of the synchronization, using the determined phase difference as a pilot control for each component, i.e. for the pilot control of a clock pulse generator of each component.
US09544093B2
A method and apparatus for combining space-frequency block coding (SFBC) in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system is described herein. A transmitter, according to one embodiment, may include four antennas and circuitry configured to transmit in an OFDM symbol time period using both frequency diversity and SFBC. For frequency diversity at least one first data element may be repeated producing at least two second data elements and the two second data elements are transmitted using different subcarriers. For space frequency block coding, a pair of third data elements may be space frequency block coded producing four fourth data elements. The four fourth data elements may be transmitted using two subcarriers and only two of the four antennas.
US09544086B2
In order to allow for a flexible network configuration and establish an alternative path without performing communication between optical branching units in the event of a failure on a path in an optical communication system to which a plurality of optical branching units are connected, the optical branching unit includes optical add-drop unit for outputting an input WDM signal to any of a plurality of paths on a per-wavelength basis, light wavelength detecting unit for detecting a wavelength of the input WDM signal, a wavelength database storing, on a per-wavelength basis, information about sections through which optical signals contained in the WDM signal pass, and control unit for changing a setting of the optical add-drop unit so that a path of an optical signal of a wavelength passing through a particular one of the sections bypasses the particular section when all wavelengths stored in the wavelength database are not detected in the particular section by the light wavelength detecting unit.
US09544084B2
The disclosure relates to an automatic gain adjustment and control method and device for eliminating the interference between the GSM and the LTE in the MSR receiver. The method comprises: in an MSP receiver, an upper threshold and a lower threshold which are used for starting up gain control function are set; the ADC power of an ADC of the MSP receiver is detected when LTE OFDM starts; the detected ADC power is compared with the upper threshold and the lower threshold respectively; and based on that the comparison result is that the ADC power is larger than the upper threshold or is smaller than the lower threshold, the gain control function of the MSP receiver is started up, and otherwise, the gain control function of the MSP receiver is not started up. The disclosure can control the LTE and GSM signal power within a certain range.
US09544083B2
Methods and systems for removing interference from strongly powered SSS sequences in a received signal so that comparatively weakly powered SSS sequences in the received signal can be detected are disclosed. The methods and systems can perform a first cell search using the received signal to detect a strongly powered SSS sequence. Using a known SSS sequence corresponding to the strongly powered SSS sequence, the channel over which the strongly powered SSS sequence is received can be estimated. The estimated channel can then be used to determine the contribution of the strongly powered SSS and PSS sequence to the received signal so that it can be canceled. With the contribution of the strongly powered SSS and PSS sequence canceled from the received signal, a second cell search can be performed using the received signal to detect a weakly powered SSS sequence.
US09544082B2
Interference cancellation occurs for devices, where the source of the interference is another UE. The victim UE receiver identifies subframes vulnerable to potential interference from other UEs. Candidate resource blocks in the identified vulnerable subframes are listed. Interference is cancelled for edge resource blocks and valid contiguous resource blocks.
US09544079B2
A remote device comprising a remote clock oscillator with relatively low precision, a receiver that receives time packets transmitted periodically from the hub device via the satellite, each time packet including a hub real time clock (RTC) value and a hub network clock reference (NCR) value, a remote RTC counter that represents a remote RTC value at the remote, a remote NCR counter that represents a remote NCR value at the remote, and processing circuitry that extracts the hub RTC value and the hub NCR value from a current time packet, compares contents of the current time packet with contents of a previously received time packet, and adjusts the remote RTC counter based on the result of the comparison to synchronize the remote RTC value at the remote with the hub RTC value.
US09544076B2
A transceiver system may be configured to provide tunable bandwidths. The transceiver may comprise a signal processing component and a filtering component, which may comprise a plurality of filters. The signal processing component may determine one or more adjustments that are applicable to one or both of a first filter that is configured for filtering signals corresponding to a first frequency band associated with a first stream, and a second filter that is configured for filtering signals corresponding to a second frequency band associated with a second stream. The one or more adjustments may correspond to modifications in one or both of the first frequency band and the second frequency band. The one or more adjustments may be communicated to the filtering component, which may apply the adjustments to one or more of the plurality of filters.
US09544071B2
Described are methods and circuits for margin testing digital receivers. These methods and circuits prevent margins from collapsing in response to erroneously received data, and can thus be used in receivers that employ historical data to reduce intersymbol interference (ISI). Some embodiments detect receive errors for input data streams of unknown patterns, and can thus be used for in-system margin testing. Such systems can be adapted to dynamically alter system parameters during device operation to maintain adequate margins despite fluctuations in the system noise environment due to e.g. temperature and supply-voltage changes. Also described are methods of plotting and interpreting filtered and unfiltered error data generated by the disclosed methods and circuits. Some embodiments filter error data to facilitate pattern-specific margin testing.
US09544058B2
A pluggable active optical module (AOM) having an electrical connector at a first end and one or more optical adapters at a second end is disclosed. The AOM includes a storage device interface at the second end, and a programmable processor coupled to the storage device interface and one or more first contacts of the electrical connector. The programmable processor is configured to access a storage device in one or more optical fibers through the storage device interface and provide physical layer management (PLM) information obtained therefrom to a host device connected to the electrical connector. The AOM also includes a switch coupled between a second contact of the electrical connector and ground, the switch coupled to the programmable processor such that that programmable processor can control the switch to selectively connect a second contact of the electrical connector to ground.
US09544049B2
Fiber network for interrogating fiber-optic sensors in a first Passive Optical Network (PON) and in a second PON, the fiber network comprising a test signal transceiver for emitting query signals and for receiving response signals, a first PON and a second PON. Each PON comprises a light source for generating telecommunication signals and a fiber-optic sensor. Each PON can transmit the telecommunication signals to a plurality of subscribers, and is optically connected to the test signal transceiver such that the query signals can be fed into the respective PON and propagate in the PON to the fiber-optic sensor, and such that the test signal transceiver can receive response signals from the fiber-optic sensor through the PON. The fiber network further comprises a query signal splitter, optically connected to the test signal transceiver and to the PONs such that it can feed a query signal into the PONs simultaneously, and such that it can feed response signals from the PONs into the test signal transceiver.
US09544048B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure enable a persistent docking procedure that, once a persistent docking environment has been established, can simplify the future establishment of a docking environment between the dockee and docking host. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09544043B2
An electronic circuit arrangement for receiving low-frequency electromagnetic waves is proposed, having an inductor (L) acting as an antenna for generating a received signal, having a first receiver (2), connected to the inductor (L), for decoding a first component of the received signal and having a second receiver (3), connected to the inductor (L), for decoding a second component of the received signal, wherein at least the second receiver (3) is connected to the inductor (L) via an attenuator element (4) having adjustable attenuation, wherein at least one adjustment signal generation circuit (5, 6) is provided for generating an adjustment signal corresponding to a voltage of the received signal which is fed to the attenuator element (4) for adjusting the attenuation.
US09544029B2
Cellular array implementations with multiple steerable spotlight beams irradiated from a common aperture are disclosed herein. Such an approach can easily be adapted to suit various geographical population densities and distributions. The array is capable of producing multiple 65-degree cellular coverage beams, which may be used for regular coverage or in MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) mode. The array may also produce multiple steerable beams, or “spotlight” beams. These beams may be relatively narrow and may be steered electronically both in azimuth and elevation directions. By steering the beams in this way, the beams are able to provide cellular services at high-demand “hotspot” regions where high capacity service is required. The spotlight beams may also be used to fill voids or deficiencies caused by regular coverage beams.
US09544023B2
A Cable Assembly for supplying power includes wiring for carrying alternating electrical current, a plurality of Source Inductive Elements spaced at intervals along the wiring to provide power by induction; and an encapsulation layering that provides electrical insulation.
US09544018B2
In a multiple interface, low power and lossy network comprising multiple nodes, a root phase device obtains phase differential and absolute phase information from the devices in various network paths. Each device in a network path determines the differential phase data compared to its parent device in a network path. The device transmits the differential phase data to the parent device. The parent device transmits the differential phase data up the network path toward the root phase device. The root phase device collects the differential phase data and transmits the data to a central device. The central device determines the absolute phase of all devices. The root phase device can propagate absolute phase information to all devices within the network. Each device determines the absolute phase data by comparing the phase data of the device with the absolute phase data. The phase data is transmitted to a central device.
US09544013B2
Aspects of the present disclosure aim at providing a channel encoder configured to implement a temporally spreading coding scheme, wherein each bit of duration ‘T’ from a block of k bits is spread in time domain to ‘k times T’ i.e., k*T duration by means of one or more orthogonal codes. In an aspect, orthogonal codes of the present disclosure can be constituted from a sequence of discrete or digital values such that spreading (using convolution operation) and dispreading or concentrating or reconstruction (using de-convolution operation) of transmitted bit is unique and deterministic. Discrete values could be from Gaussian waveform or truncated Gaussian waveform. Digital values could be 1 (one) and 0 (zero).
US09544002B2
The disclosure is directed to a circuit arrangement and method that provide efficient concurrent transmit and receive, transmit only and receive only of wireless signals. In one implementation, a circuit arrangement is provided that incorporates uses a single antenna to achieve concurrent transmit and receive, transmit only and receive only of wireless signals. A dual amplifier structure may be provided, and at least one of the amplifiers associated with the dual amplifier structure is amplitude tunable in order to ensure that each amplifier of the dual amplifier structure provides substantially the same or the same signal amplification. Unwanted transmit signals detected by a receiving circuit arrangement may be used to cause a processor to generate a digital code word that is used to modify a signal amplification provided by at least one of the amplifiers associated with the dual amplifier structure.
US09543999B2
A card connector for receiving an inserted card module having electrode pads on one surface is provided. The card connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a terminal holding portion. Each terminal has a base portion held in the terminal holding portion and a cantilevered arm portion extending from the base portion in a transverse direction relative to an insertion direction of the card module in plan view. The arm portion has a curved portion shaped so as to have a curved surface with a centerline of curvature positioned upwards in side view and a pair of oblique portions inclined relative to an extension direction of the arm portion on both sides of an apex portion positioned on a free end. The terminals contact the electrode pads of the card module.
US09543998B2
A communications apparatus includes a first and second transceiver, and a first and second antenna. The communications apparatus further includes a front end module (FEM) coupled between the first transceiver and the first antenna, and includes an amplifier for amplifying signals received by the first antenna, and a bypass line. The FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the bypass line when the second transceiver is active and transmitting signals using the second antenna such that a signal received via the first antenna is not amplified by the amplifier prior to being passed to the first transceiver. Furthermore, the FEM is configured to couple the first antenna to the first transceiver via the amplifier when the second transceiver is not transmitting signals using the second antenna such that a signal received via the first antenna is amplified.
