US09611311B2
The invention relates to an albumin-purification method comprising a step consisting in subjecting an aqueous albumin solution, with a concentration of between 15 g/l and 80 g/l and a pH of not lass than 7, to nanofiltration in a temperature range of between 15 DEG C and 55 DEG C. The invention also relates to: a virally-safe aqueous albumin solution which can be obtained using the inventive method and in which the sites for the transport and binding of the active therapeutic ingredients of the albumin are available; and an albumin composition for therapeutic use, which is obtained by adapting the albumin solution that is intended for clinical use.
US09611306B2
Certain embodiments are directed to novel heterotrimeric fusions in which the ectodomain of the TGF-β type II receptor (TβP?II) is coupled to the N- and C-terminal ends of the endoglin-domain of the TGF-β type III receptor (TpRIIIE). Certain embodiments are directed to novel heterotrimeric polypeptides in which the ectodomain of the TGF-β type II receptor (TI3RII) is coupled to the N- and C-terminal ends of the endoglin-domain (E domain) of the TGF-β type III receptor (TI3RIII). This trimeric receptor, known as RER, can bind all three TGF-β isoforms with sub-nanomolar affinity and is effective at neutralizing signaling induced by all three TGF-β isoforms, but not other ligands of the TGF-β superfamily, such as activins, growth and differentiation factors (GDFs), and bone morphonogenetic proteins (BMPs).
US09611305B2
This document provides methods and materials for treating cardiovascular and/or renal diseases. For example, AAV9 vectors designed to express natriuretic polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules encoding natriuretic polypeptides, methods for making AAV9 vectors, and methods for using such vectors or molecules to treat cardiovascular and/or renal diseases are provided.
US09611302B2
The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins comprising modification of one or a combination of the surface-exposed lysine, serine, threonine and/or tyrosine residues in the VP3 region. Also provided are rAAV virions comprising the AAV capsid proteins of the present invention, as well as nucleic acid molecules and rAAV vectors encoding the AAV capsid proteins of the present invention. Advantageously, the rAAV vectors and virions of the present invention have improved efficiency in transduction of a variety of cells, tissues and organs of interest, when compared to wild-type rAAV vectors and virions.
US09611296B2
Peptides that bind to amino-terminal truncated pEAβ3-42, the free glutamic acid residue of which lies in position 3 or 11 in the form of cyclized pyroglutamate. Four oligopeptides were identified using mirror image phage display technology.
US09611294B2
The present invention relates to an isolated immunogenic peptide comprising a V2 loop fragment from HIV surface envelope glycoprotein gp120. This peptide binds specifically with antibodies in blood of patients vaccinated with a vaccine that has shown protection from HIV-1 infection, does not react with blood of matched patients who did not receive the vaccine, and can, therefore, elicit anti-HIV-1 antibodies which protect against HIV-1 infection. Other aspects of the present invention relate to an isolated immunogenic polypeptide comprising the peptide inserted into an immunogenic scaffold protein, a vaccine composition comprised of the immunogenic peptide and an immunologically or pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle or excipient as well as methods of inducing an immune response against HIV-1 and methods of detecting HIV-1.
US09611291B2
Process for the separation of a biomolecule containing at least one cationic group from a liquid medium containing said biomolecule, which comprises the use of a tetraphenylborate (TPB) salt.
US09611269B2
The present invention provides azetidinyl phenyl, pyridyl, or pyrazinyl carboxamide derivatives, as well as their compositions and methods of use, that modulate the activity of Janus kinase (JAKs) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of JAK including, for example, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09611262B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: Methods of making the compounds of Formula I are also described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I. Methods of using the compounds of the invention are also within the scope of the invention.
US09611247B2
3-(3-Chloro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine is prepared by cyclizing 3-hydrazinopyridine-·dihydrochloride with acrylonitrile to provide 1-(pyridin-3-yl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-3-amine, by oxidizing to provide 3-(3-amino-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine, and by converting the amino group to a chloro group by a Sandmeyer reaction.
US09611244B2
The present invention provides compounds having a Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling inhibitory action useful as preventive and therapeutic drugs of inflammatory disease and/or central nervous system disease or diseases such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain (CINP), liver injury, ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) and the like.The present invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I) and a salt thereof: (wherein, each symbol is explained in greater detail in the specification).
US09611242B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula (II) and salts thereof. Also described herein are processes for the preparation of a compound of formula (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US09611238B2
The invention describes novel 14-hydroxy docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogues, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof.
US09611233B2
The present invention provides an organic compound to be used in an electrochromic device. The organic compound has excellent oxidation-reduction repeating characteristics and shows high transparency in the bleached state without showing light absorption in the visible light region. The organic compound has a structure represented by Formula [1] according to claim 1. In Formula [1], A1 and A2 represent substituents, and at least one of A1 and A2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or an optionally substituted aryl group. R1 represents a substituent, X represents an electrochromic portion, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.
US09611228B2
A method for stabilization of potent alkanone-heterocyclic flavorants in dry powder form is provided. Coordination of alkanone-heterocyclic flavorants to transition metal salts results in the formation of stable crystalline complexes, which upon hydration release the free flavorant. Food and topping products containing the stabilized alkanone-heterocyclic flavorant are provided as are methods for stabilizing the alkanone-heterocyclic flavorant.
US09611225B2
The present invention provides an isopropanol solvate of enzalutamide. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of androgen receptor antagonist. In particular, the present invention provides a process for the preparation of enzalutamide or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, polymorphs or intermediates thereof.
US09611224B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are described in this application, and methods of using said compounds in the treatment of cancer.
US09611221B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted amidopyridine or amidopyridazine derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
US09611215B2
Nucleophile-reactive sulfonated compounds used as precursors to (radio)labelled (bio)molecules are produced by pre-introduction of a nucleophilic compound R* through an unusual nucleophile-induced ring-opening reaction of the sultone moiety of the precursor. The precursors and compounds conform to respective formulae (Ip) and (I): Also disclosed are methods for producing these precursors and compounds, as well as for conjugation of these compounds with (bio)molecules, and to the drugs obtained by this method.
US09611212B2
Provided herein are polyol estolide compounds. Polyol estolides may be prepared by contacting a polyol with an estolide compound. Also provided are compositions containing polyol estolides and methods of making the same.
US09611209B1
This invention relates to solvents for extracting C1 to C4 carboxylic acids from aqueous streams. More specifically, the extraction solvents include one or more salts composed of a phosphonium cation and an arylcarboxylate anion. The extraction solvents may further include one or more non-ionic liquid organic solvents as an enhancer. The extraction solvents are useful for extracting aqueous mixtures containing one or more lower carboxylic acids, such as monocarboxylic acids, alkoxycarboxylic acids, and halogen-containing carboxylic acids.
US09611206B2
The compound according to Formula I is an intermediate in the synthesis of prostacylin analogs. The present invention provides an efficient method for synthesizing a Formula I compound.
US09611202B2
Process for the preparation of dimethyl ether product by catalytic conversion of synthesis gas to dimethyl ether comprising the steps of contacting a stream of synthesis gas comprising carbon dioxide in a dimethyl ether synthesis step in one or more reactors and with one or more catalysts active in the formation of methanol and dehydration of methanol to dimethyl ether and forming a product mixture comprising dimethyl ether, carbon dioxide and unconverted synthesis gas; cooling and separating the product mixture into a first liquid phase comprising dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide being dissolved in the formed dimethyl ether, and into a first gaseous phase comprising unconverted synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide; passing the first liquid phase to a scrubbing zone and contacting the phase with a liquid sorbent being effective in absorption of carbon dioxide; and withdrawing a dimethyl ether product being depleted in carbon dioxide from the scrubbing zone.
US09611201B2
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of (R)-1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, 1-(5-chloro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanone, and intermediates thereof, which are useful in the preparation of inhibitors of TPH1 for the treatment of, for example, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, inflammatory, metabolic, low bone mass diseases, serotonin syndrome, and cancer.
US09611196B2
The present invention relates to a process for obtaining food grade hexane, comprising: fractionating a hydrocarbon feed having a boiling point in the range of 50° C. to 140° C. to obtain a hydrocarbon fraction having boiling point in the range of 63° C. to 69° C. and having 3%-15% (wt/wt) of aromatic compounds content; extracting the hydrocarbon fraction by counter current solvent extraction using sulfolane as a solvent to obtain a first raffinate phase; extracting the first raffinate phase by co-current solvent extraction using sulfolane as a solvent to obtain a second raffinate phase; and washing the second raffinate phase with water to obtain a food grade hexane containing less than 100 ppm of aromatic compounds.
US09611189B2
Methods and compositions for stabilization and subsequent hydrogenation of a microbial-derived immiscible olefin are described. The methods comprise providing a feed stream to the inlet of a reactor, wherein the feed stream comprises a microbial-derived immiscible olefin composition stabilized with a phenolic antioxidant which is a phenol derivative containing an unfused phenyl ring with one or more hydroxyl substituents. The methods further comprise contacting the feed stream with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of about 20° C. or greater, and generating a product stream comprising a hydrogenated immiscible olefin composition. The microbial-derived immiscible olefin composition stabilized with the phenolic antioxidant remains stable over time, and its hydrogenation reaction time and process are improved.
US09611188B1
The present invention discloses processes for alkylating an aromatic compound, such as benzene or toluene, using a chemically-treated solid oxide. Suitable chemically-treated solid oxides include fluorided silica-coated alumina and fluorided-chlorided silica-coated alumina.
US09611185B2
A linear actuator contains a housing having a first end and a second end. A hollow piston is positioned within the housing to slidably engage with an inner wall of the housing. A sealed gas chamber is formed within the hollow piston and contains stored gas for driving the piston upon activation of the actuator.
US09611182B2
Fertilizer is made by reacting fossilized organic matter (FOM) with saccharides, preferably waste saccharides.
US09611181B2
A process for applying an oxidation resistant coating to an article includes the steps of mixing at least about 10% by volume to up to about 99% by volume of a slurry at least one silica based material having a viscosity of about 1×102 poise to about 1×107 poise at a temperature of about 1,292° F. (700° C.) to about 3,272° F. (1,800° C.) at least about 1% by volume to up to about 90% by volume of the slurry at least one oxygen scavenger, and a liquid medium to form the slurry; coating an article with the slurry to form a slurry coated article; and heat treating under an inert atmosphere the slurry coated article to form an article having at least one oxidation resistant coating layer containing the at least one oxygen scavenger.
US09611178B1
A high strength ceramic body for use in a regenerative burner media bed, comprising a generally cylindrical portion and a plurality of generally orthorhombic parallelepiped-shaped fin portions extending radially from the generally cylindrical portion The ceramic body has a porosity of less than 1 percent, is greater than 99 weight percent alumina, has a thermal conductivity at 100° C. of about 0.07 cal/sec cm ° C., and has a heat capacity of about 0.21 cal/gm/° C.
US09611169B2
A doped silica-titania glass article is provided that includes a glass article having a glass composition comprising (i) a silica-titania base glass, (ii) a fluorine dopant, and (iii) a second dopant. The fluorine dopant has a concentration of fluorine of up to 5 wt. % and the second dopant comprises one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of Al, Nb, Ta, B, Na, K, Mg, Ca and Li oxides at a total oxide concentration from 50 ppm to 6 wt. %. Further, the glass article has an expansivity slope of less than 0.5 ppb/K2 at 20° C. The second dopant can be optional. The composition of the glass article may also contain an OH concentration of less than 100 ppm.
US09611159B2
A Fenton reactor, including a body. The body includes: from the bottom up, a sewage introduction zone, a solid acid reaction zone, tubular ceramic membranes, and a water generation zone. A water feed pump, a first chemical feed pump, and a second chemical feed pump are disposed below the body. The outlets of the water feed pump, the first chemical feed pump, and the second chemical feed pump communicate with the water inlet of the body. The water feed pump, the first chemical feed pump, and the second chemical feed pump are provided with flow meters, respectively. The solid acid reaction zone is disposed above the sewage introduction zone, and the tubular ceramic membranes are disposed in the center of the solid acid reaction zone and separate the solid acid reaction zone to form a cavity. The water generation zone is disposed above the solid acid reaction zone.
US09611158B2
A process for treating waste includes reacting an organic feedstock in a reactor. The organic feedstock is part of a reaction mixture that includes a first oxidizing acid (e.g., sulfuric acid) and nitric acid. In one embodiment, the reaction mixture, excluding solids, includes no more than 7.5 wt % of the total of the first oxidizing acid and the nitric acid. In another embodiment, the reaction mixture, excluding solids, includes no more than 1 wt % nitric acid. In another embodiment, the process includes separating heavy metals from the effluent.
US09611157B2
Disclosed are a plant-derived flocculant and a flocculant mixture having a higher flocculation capacity. The plant-derived flocculant comprises at least one of a dried matter of Corchorus olitorius, a dried matter of Begonia fimbristipula, a dried matter of bananas, and a dried matter of Corchorus capsularis; the plant-derived flocculant has a colloid equivalent of −1.5 mEq/g to −0.20 mEq/g, and the 2 weight % aqueous solution of the plant-derived flocculant has a viscosity of at least 6.0×10−3 Pa·s (6.0 cP). The flocculant mixture of the invention comprises the plant-derived flocculant described above and a synthetic polymer flocculant having a colloid equivalent of −4.5 mEq/g to −1.2 mEq/g, whose 0.2 weight % aqueous solution has a viscosity of 1.3×10−1Pa·s to 4×10−1 Pa·s (130 cP to 400 cP).
US09611154B2
A method for the utilization of reaction water formed during the synthesis of hydrocarbons from synthesis gas in a GTL process includes the cleaning of oxygenates while quenching of the synthesis gas at a temperature of more than 500° C. while in contact with a catalyst for steam conversion of oxygenates, and the degasification of the cleaned up reaction water. Cleaned up and degasified water is utilized for cooling synthesis gas to a temperature of lower than 400° C. and for water steam production. The invention ensures efficient treatment of reaction water with removal of oxygenates, the use of obtained treated water as boiler feed water, and for the production of water steam.
US09611148B2
A method for making carbon nanotube film includes providing a first patterned carbon nanotube array and a second patterned carbon nanotube array having a predetermined pattern, wherein the predetermined pattern is a parallelogram. An acute angle of the parallelogram in the second patterned carbon nanotube arrays is adjacent to an obtuse angle of the parallelogram in the first patterned carbon nanotube array. A carbon nanotube film is pulled out from an acute angle vertex of the first patterned carbon nanotube array. A carbon nanotube film preform is pulled out from an acute angle vertex of the second patterned carbon nanotube array and the carbon nanotube film preform is connected to an obtuse angle vertex of the first patterned carbon nanotube array. And then, the carbon nanotube film continues to be pulled.
US09611145B2
The present invention describes a process and catalysts for the conversion of a light hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide input stream into high quality syngas with the subsequent conversion of the syngas into fuels or chemicals. In one aspect, the present invention provides an efficient, solid solution catalyst for the production of a carbon containing gas from carbon dioxide and light hydrocarbons. The catalyst comprises a single transition metal, and the transition metal is nickel.
US09611142B2
At the first etching step of etching an SOI substrate from a first silicon layer side, a portion of a first structure formed of the first silicon layer is formed as a pre-structure having a larger shape than a final shape. At the mask formation step of forming a final mask on a second silicon layer side of the SOI substrate, a first mask corresponding to the final shape of the first structure is formed in the pre-structure. At the second etching step of etching the SOI substrate from the second silicon layer side, the second silicon layer and the pre-structure are, using the first mask, etched to form the final shape of the first structure.
US09611139B2
A micro-electro-mechanical device with a closed feed-back damping loop is provided. Displacement in the mechanical resonator is opposed with a damping force determined by the closed feed-back loop that comprises a filter with a peaked frequency response, and associated phase adjustment. An oscillation-free configuration that allows high signal amplification is achieved.
US09611138B2
A high-aspect ratio low resistance through-wafer interconnect for double-sided (TWIDS) fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) serves as an interconnection method and structure for co-integration of MEMS and integrated circuits or other microcomponent utilizing both sides of the wafer. TWIDS applied to a three dimensional folded TIMU (timing inertial measurement unit) provides a path for electrical signals from sensors on the front side of the SOI wafer to electronic components on the back side of the wafer, while enabling folding of an array of sensors in a three dimensional shape.
US09611135B1
According to an embodiment, a MEMS device includes a deflectable membrane including a first plurality of electrostatic comb fingers, a first anchor structure including a second plurality of electrostatic comb fingers interdigitated with a first subset of the first plurality of electrostatic comb fingers, and a second anchor structure including a third plurality of electrostatic comb fingers interdigitated with a second subset of the first plurality of electrostatic comb fingers. The second plurality of electrostatic comb fingers are offset from the first plurality of electrostatic comb fingers in a first direction and the third plurality of electrostatic comb fingers are offset from the first plurality of electrostatic comb fingers in a second direction, where the first direction is different from the second direction.
US09611133B2
Various embodiments provide for a method for roughening a surface of a MEMs device or the surface of a CMOS surface. A first material can be deposited in a thin layer over a surface made of a second material. After heating, the first and second materials, they can partially melt and interdiffuse, forming an alloy. The first material can then be removed and the alloy is removed at the same time. The surface of the second material that is left behind has then been roughened due to the interdiffusion of the first and second materials.
US09611127B2
Provided is a working vehicle capable of efficiently cooling an engine, a torque converter oil and a hydraulic oil.There are provided an engine 11, a torque converter 12, a hydraulic working device 15 to be operated by a hydraulic oil 31, a radiator 16 for radiating heat of engine cooling water 32 for cooling the engine 11, an oil cooler 17 for radiating heat of the hydraulic oil 31, and a heat exchanger 19 for performing a heat exchange between a torque converter oil 33 to be used for the torque converter 12 and the hydraulic oil 31. The torque converter oil 33 is heat exchanged with the hydraulic oil 31. Therefore, heat of the torque converter oil 33 is radiated by the oil cooler 17 through the hydraulic oil 31. Also in a running operation, the heat can be radiated by both of the radiator 16 and the oil cooler 17, and the engine 11, the torque converter oil 33 and the hydraulic oil 31 can be cooled efficiently.
US09611108B1
An anti-oxidation bulk product dispensing system for oxidation-sensitive bulk product includes a gravity-feed bin, an oxygen displacement substance, a supply source, and a control valve. A reservoir of the gravity feed bin is filled through an inlet with oxidation-sensitive bulk product. The product is stored in the reservoir and selectively dispensed through an outlet of the bin. The bin inadvertently receives oxygenated ambient air while receiving and dispensing the product. The supply source is configured to selectively provide the oxygen displacement substance to the bin. The control valve is in communication with the supply source and the bin and is configured to selectively deliver the oxygen displacement substance to the bin. The oxygen displacement substance displaces the oxygenated ambient air in the bin, thereby lessening oxidation of the stored product.
US09611106B2
A pneumatic transport device (1a, 1b) for transporting a pneumatically transportable material (M) in a pneumatic system (10) by means of air for transporting the pneumatic transportable material (M) between a first pneumatic system portion (11) and a second pneumatic system portion (12), the pneumatic system portions (11, 12) including a plurality of pneumatic tubes (13) forming a continuous pneumatic transport path (CL), the device (1a, 1b) including an air source (2a, 2b), typically a vacuum source (2a), pneumatically connected to one of the first or second pneumatic system portions (11, 12) operative to provide air pressure or vacuum through the continuous pneumatic transport path (CL), and a controller (4a, 4b) configured to control the speed of the vacuum source (2a) and/or a mass-flow, respectively, of the material (M) in dependence of input from a monitoring line (3) adapted to monitor the pneumatic transport path (CL) to provide essentially constant speed of transport the pneumatically transportable material (M).
US09611104B2
A sorting apparatus includes: a sorting device receiving and transporting a rack carrying vessels and transferring vessels from the rack to predetermined vessel loading portions; and a delivery device delivering the rack to the sorting device. The sorting device includes: a rack receiving unit capable of moving reciprocally between a rack delivery position where the rack is delivered and a sorting position where the vessels are loaded into the predetermined vessel loading portions; a transfer machine transferring the vessels from the rack on the rack receiving unit to the predetermined vessel loading portions; and a transportation mechanism on which the rack delivering unit and the transfer machine are installed. The transportation mechanism is installed so as to be capable of moving in a transportation direction in which rack receiving unit moves reciprocally. The transfer machine is capable of moving in a direction perpendicular to the transportation direction.
US09611102B2
A system creates streams of articles on a laning conveyor having differentiated lanes from groups of articles on a feed, the groups each including articles arranged in a grid including at least two rows. The system includes an end effector on a robot arm. The robot arm is configured to simultaneously lift all of the articles in all of the rows of one of the groups from the feed. The end effector has individually actuatable row portions corresponding to the locations of the articles in the groups. The end effector is configured to sequentially place the lifted articles of each of the rows on the laning conveyor in a given lane of the laning conveyor. Related end effectors and methods are disclosed.
US09611087B2
The present invention relates to a device for supporting a pair of wiper blades (12, 26; 13, 27), comprising first and second supporting grooves (14, 28), each of which is provided with a means for retaining at least one laterally extending structural element (22; 54) of two respective blades (12, 26; 13, 27) by resilient nesting. According to the invention, the supporting grooves (14, 28) are arranged side by side with a common wall, the supporting grooves having two respective openings leading into parallel and offset planes (R1, R2), the second supporting groove (28) being arranged above the first supporting groove (14) and having a substantially flared shape, wherein said openings belong to a single side of the supporting device. The present invention also relates to a supporting assembly comprising a plurality of supporting devices, and to a corresponding mounting method.
US09611077B2
Provided is a multi-chamber container for dispensing flowable substances, comprising: a body having: a first storage chamber for storing a first flowable substance, a second storage chamber for storing a second flowable substance, a first outlet zone, a second outlet zone, a first inlet that fluidly connects the first storage chamber with the first outlet zone, a second inlet that fluidly connects the second storage chamber with the second outlet zone, a first apparatus configured, on operation thereof to dispense from the first storage chamber via the first inlet into the first outlet zone a first predetermined volume of the first flowable substance, and a second apparatus configured, on operation thereof to dispense from the second storage chamber via the second inlet into the second outlet zone a second predetermined volume of the second flowable substance; and a closure having a first cavity, a second cavity, and a divider isolating the first cavity from the second cavity, wherein the closure is movable relative to the body between (a) a first position, at which the closure isolates the first and second outlet zones from an exterior of the container, the first outlet zone is in fluid communication with the first cavity of the closure, and the second outlet zone is in fluid communication with the second cavity of the closure, and (b) a second position, at which the first and second outlet zones are in fluid communication with the exterior of the container.
US09611076B2
The present disclosure relates to a storage bag for expressed mother's milk, particularly one which can receive the milk directly from a pump. The hanging milk storage bag includes semi-circular perforations or other lines of weakness for creating an aperture to receive the breast milk pump. The hanging milk storage bag further includes upper linear perforations or other lines of weakness for creating an opening at the top of the hanging milk storage bag for pouring the contents into a subsequent receptacle. The hanging milk storage bag further includes a leak-resistant zipper for forming a storage volume.
US09611074B2
The invention relates to a cartridge for at least two flowable components.The invention starts from a cartridge having at least two storage containers into which pistons can be inserted for dispensing components. So that the pistons cannot slip out of the storage containers again after the insertion, peripheral beads are provided at inner walls of the storage containers.To make possible cartridges which can be manufactured inexpensively and which can nevertheless be reliably sealed, it is proposed in accordance with the invention that the first inner wall has a first connection section and the second inner wall has a second connection section in which they do not have a bead. A connection web which connects the two storage containers is in this respect arranged between the first and second connection sections.
US09611072B2
A modular interconnecting knockdown container system includes a plurality of individual containers selectively coupled together to form a free standing unit. Each container is a knockdown container formed from a single substrate assembled into the container having a plurality of side members and extending between opposed ends of the container. Each container includes a plurality of coupling tabs adjacent each container end on at least two of the sides, wherein each tab may selectively extend beyond the adjacent container end. Each container includes a plurality of coupling tab receiving slots adjacent each container end on at least two sides at each container end and aligned with the coupling tabs adjacent the container end, wherein each tab receiving slot may selectively receive a tab of an adjacent container. Adjacent containers have the coupling tabs adjacent one end received within the tab receiving slots of an adjacent end of an adjacent container.
US09611064B2
A method of packaging two cylindrical cans having the same height and diameter includes partially erecting a sleeve from a blank so as to have a single opening at the bottom of the sleeve; arranging the two cylindrical cans side-by-side in the partially erected sleeve such that a side of each cylindrical can extends beyond an outer periphery of the sleeve; securing the cans in the sleeve by folding a cross-panel over the opening at a location between the two cans such that the opening is divided into two smaller openings sized to prevent the cans from passing therethrough; and wherein a measured distance from the cross-panel to a side panel of the sleeve in the two smaller openings is less than a diameter of one of the cylindrical cans.
US09611061B2
A device (1) for opening bags in mixtures of wastes has a first group of tearing elements (2) for transferring tearing forces to bags and a second group of tearing elements (2) for transferring tearing forces to bags. A drive power can move the groups of the tearing elements (2) in such a manner that relative movement between tearing elements (2) of different groups can generate tearing forces. The device has a drive control device configured to control the drive power of at least one group of tearing elements (2) as a function of the operating situation.
US09611051B2
A method for managing navigation of an aircraft. Positions for the aircraft are identified from position information from sensors. Graphical indicators are displayed on a graphical user interface in a display system. The graphical indicators identify the positions for the aircraft. Range rings are displayed around the graphical indicators. The range rings indicate accuracy bounds for the positions.
US09611049B2
An electrical power supply device for electric propulsion aircraft includes first and second electric motors configured to ensure the propulsion of the aircraft. First and second high-voltage electrical circuits are connected respectively to the two electric motors. A low-voltage electrical circuit is connected to at least one control and/or command facility of the aircraft. First and second pack of batteries are connected respectively to the two high-voltage electrical circuits. First and second battery management systems are connected to the low voltage circuit. Two battery management systems are linked respectively to the two packs of batteries. An electrical converter is connected to the first high-voltage electrical circuit and to the low-voltage electrical circuit.
US09611044B2
The object of this invention is a method to shoot an object from a flying apparatus. Into an flying apparatus, into certain part of it, like a container that consists at least of a bottom and a shell a spring will be placed, like a push spring that has been loaded in a tense state and that is locked in this position using a fixing organ and further there will be put as an extension of the spring an object to be shot out from the flying apparatus. The fixing organ is thread, metal cord, bar, strip, rope, line, or some combination of these and tension strength (T) is greater than the tension load of the push force (F) to the mentioned fixing organ. the tension strength (T) of the fixing organ is weakened to be less than the mentioned tension load by heating, burning, or melting the mentioned fixing organ by electric energy when the fixing organ breaks, the spring expands into the direction of the object and the push force (F) pushes the object out of the container and off the flying apparatus. The apparatus that is used in the present method is also an object of the invention.
US09611041B2
A seat headrest is provided that includes a mounting plate for attachment to a seat back of the seat. First and second side wings are mounted on opposite ends of the mounting plate. The side wings are mounted for pivotal movement between a retracted position against the mounting plate and a deployed position extending outwardly away from the mounting plate, and for sliding movement between the retracted position against the mounting plate and a further deployed position extending outwardly away from the mounting plate.
US09611040B2
The present disclosure pertains to a seat device of an aircraft or spacecraft, having a seat which comprises a headrest, and a loudspeaker device which includes at least one pair of loudspeakers which are spaced apart from one another and located in the region of the headrest.
US09611038B2
A system is disclosed including an aerial vehicle to perform a task to an object, while in an aerial mode that includes at least one of a hover mode or a slow movement mode during a predominant phase of the task being performed, the aerial vehicle has a command and control system, a removable mobile computing device that when attached to the aerial vehicle assists in control of the aerial vehicle and when detached assists in control of the aerial vehicle with user intervention through the mobile device, wherein assist in control is further performed through the command and control system and at least one attachment attachable to the aerial vehicle for facilitating the task performed to the object by the aerial vehicle while the aerial vehicle is in the aerial mode, the at least one attachment is controlled by the removable mobile computing device. Methods are also disclosed.
US09611037B1
Apparatus and methods for controlling yaw of a rotorcraft in the event of one or both of low airspeed and engine failure are disclosed. A yaw propulsion provides a yaw moment at low speeds. The yaw propulsion device may be an air jet or a fan. A pneumatic fan may be driven by compressed air released into a channel surrounding an outer portion of the fan. The fan may be driven by hydraulic power. Power for the yaw propulsion device and other system may be provided by a hydraulic pump and/or generator engaging the rotor. Low speed yaw control may be provided by auxiliary rudders positioned within the stream tube of a prop. The auxiliary rudders may one or both of fold down and disengage from rudder controls when not in use.
US09611035B2
An electrically actuated braking system for an aircraft, including: an electro-mechanical brake actuator (EMAbrake) proximate a wheel of the aircraft, the EMAbrake including a motor; an electro-mechanical actuator controller (EMAC) including a first motor controller for generating a first drive signal for the EMAbrake, and a second motor controller for generating a second drive signal for the EMAbrake, wherein the first motor controller and the second motor controller are dissimilar so as to provide protection against common mode failure of the first and second motor controllers.
US09611029B2
A floor beam assembly, system, and method for supporting floor beams within a structure are provided. According to one embodiment, a floor beam assembly for installing a floor beam within a structure is provided. The assembly includes at least one floor beam, wherein at least a portion of each floor beam comprises a composite material. The assembly also includes at least one support bracket attached to a structure, wherein each support bracket is configured to support at least a portion of a floor beam thereon. In addition, the assembly includes at least one conductive element extending from the at least one support bracket and configured for electrically communicating with the at least one support bracket.
US09611027B2
A stiffener has an elongate web element and an elongate foot element connected by a curved elbow that has a radius greater over a first portion than over a second portion of the stiffener. The stiffener is formed by feeding an elongate member through a roll forming die having first and second rollers, the first roller having a shaped section arranged to be located within a correspondingly shaped recess in the second roller, the first and second rollers defining a gap there between corresponding to the desired shape to be imparted on the elongate member, the desired shape including a curved elbow between a web and a foot portion, wherein the shapes of the recess and the shaped section vary such that the radius of curvature of the gap between the rollers corresponding to the curved elbow varies between a minimum and a maximum value.
US09611024B2
Systems and methods for measuring a volume of a ballonet are provided. In some aspects, the system may include a plurality of sensors configured to transmit a plurality of signals toward an interior surface of the ballonet and to receive the plurality of signals reflected off of the interior surface of the ballonet, a distance calculating module configured to calculate a plurality of distances from the plurality of sensors to the interior surface of the ballonet using the received plurality of signals, and a mapping module configured to create a three-dimensional surface using the calculated plurality of distances. The system may further include a measurement module configured to calculate the volume of the ballonet using the three-dimensional surface.
US09611012B2
An underwater towing device, including an underwater towing assembly and a fixing mechanism of the underwater towing assembly. The underwater towing assembly includes a first floating body, a second floating body, and a third floating body. The fixing mechanism includes a fairlead carrier and two supports disposed on two sides of the fairlead carrier. The first floating body, the second floating body, and the third floating body are connected together via a fixing frame. The first floating body, the second floating body, and the third floating body have streamlined and bilaterally symmetrical shapes and all are hollow to accommodate experimental equipment. The first floating body is a cylinder having a drop-shaped horizontal cross-section. The upper part of the first floating body is provided with a buoyancy reserve tank having an elliptic horizontal cross-section.
US09611010B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for generating bubbles for reducing drag on a hull of a ship, wherein the bubble generating device is attachable to an outer surface of the hull, and wherein the apparatus comprises one or more microfluidic device for controlling a bubble size of the generated bubbles.
US09611002B1
A motorized bicycle includes: a frame; a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame; pedals coupled to the frame for driving at least one of the wheels; a motor coupled to the pedals and at least one of the wheels; a battery for supplying power to the motor; and a controller. When the controller determines that the motorized bicycle is traveling on a flat terrain or a decline, it enters or maintains a regeneration mode, where electric power is generated when a rider of the motorized bicycle pedals, and the electric power is used to charge the battery. When the controller determines that the motorized bicycle is traveling on an incline, it enters or maintains an assistance mode, where any regeneration of the battery is stopped, and power output from the motor is used to assist the rider in propelling the motorized bicycle forward.
US09610997B1
A kneel push cycle apparatus that includes a kneeling pad disposed upon a suspension member coupled to a frame member, said frame member disposed between a directable front wheel and at least one rear wheel, wherein a user is enabled to kneel upon the kneeling pad with one leg and propel the kneel push cycle apparatus at a desired velocity by use of the other leg in striding contact with a ground surface, whereby expedient locomotion and voluble travel is enabled for a user desirous to maintain at least one lower leg off of the ground without bearing weight thereon.
US09610996B2
A bicycle includes a frame and a seat post removably engaged with the frame. A light source is supported by the seat post. A power source is supported by the seat post. A switch is disposed between the light source and the power source.
US09610990B2
A transportation trailer having a moving floor including a plurality of reciprocating slats for loading/unloading materials into the trailer. The trailer includes a system for warming the moving floor when the materials transported in the trailer freeze on the slats in cold weather. Using the pre-existing hollow structure of the slats, a stream of hot fluid or a hot fluid pipe is run inside the slats for thawing the frozen materials for unloading the trailer. The hot fluid may be provided from a hot fluid source on board of the trailer, for thawing the frozen materials while the trailer is on its way to the unloading site, or may be provided separately at the unloading site.
US09610988B2
An track chain may comprise a first chain portion and a second chain portion each having a plurality of track links, and a plurality of joints interconnecting opposing track links of the first chain portion and the second chain portion. Each of the joints may include a bushing received by the opposing track links and the bushing may define a bore. Each of the joints may further include a pin received through the bore of the bushing, and the pin may have an outer diameter with at least one crowned region.
US09610978B2
A method of assembling a sub-frame of a vehicle with the front side member of the vehicle includes integrally forming a supporting end of a mounting nut that protrudes in a radial direction in a center of an external circumference of the mounting nut, forming a through hole in a lower surface of the front side member, forming a seat as a groove in an internal surface of the through hole, inserting a lower end of the mounting nut into the through hole so that the supporting end is supported by a circumference of the through hole, settling a head of the mounting nut in the seat, and welding the supporting end and the head along the circumference of the through hole and a side of the seat to assemble the sub-frame to the front side member.
US09610971B2
An electric power steering apparatus capable of being both lightweight and rigid. A lightweight electric power steering apparatus is achieved wherein a gear housing (45) that houses an electric assist mechanism, a lower support bracket (54) for fastening the gear housing (45) to the vehicle body, a sensor housing (56) that houses a torque sensor (57), an outer column (30) of a steering column (6c), and an upper support bracket (59a) for fastening the middle section of the outer column (30) to the vehicle body can all be integrally formed of synthetic resin, improving the strength of the joined sections of these members.
US09610962B2
A jack and dolly assembly and system including a shaft defining a longitudinal axis extending along the shaft and an interior hollow; a reversible drive mechanism at least partially positioned in the interior hollow of the shaft; a proximal arm removably secured to the shaft and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; a distal arm removably secured to the drive mechanism, the distal arm being spaced from and substantially parallel to the proximal arm; wherein the reversible drive mechanism is operable to move the distal arm along the shaft.
US09610960B2
An inventory management system that uses an automated guided vehicle that scans articles on a shelf case while reciprocating along guide lines is introduced. This inventory management system using an automated guided vehicle may include a scanning unit configured to recognize information about articles placed in a shelf case, guide lines deployed along a plurality of shelf cases that are spaced apart from each other, a vehicle configured to support the scanning unit, to recognize the guide lines, and to move along the guide lines, and a control unit configured to control the vehicle so that the vehicle moves along the guide lines recognized by the line recognition unit.
US09610952B2
An apparatus for controlling a creep torque of a vehicle includes: a driving system configured to deliver power to one or more wheels equipped in a vehicle; and a control unit configured to i) determine a driving mode of the vehicle, ii) calculate a creep torque based on a regenerative braking ratio of the vehicle while driving for a threshold time, and iii) control the driving system based on the calculated creep torque to convert the driving mode.
US09610947B2
The invention relates to a method for providing lane-keeping support in automobiles during the operation of a fully automatic driver assistance system designed for driver-independent vehicle guidance by means of a control unit which controls the actuatorics of a steering system during operation of this driver assistance system such that the vehicle is maintained within the driving lane, characterized in that, in the event of failure of the steering system, targeted braking interventions are performed in order to maintain the lateral guidance for the lane-keeping support of the vehicle by means of a braking system of the vehicle.
US09610943B2
A system for parallel parking a vehicle in a target parking space is provided herein. A sensing system is configured to detect objects located proximate the target parking space. A park assist system is communicatively coupled to the sensing system. The park assist system is configured to automatically steer the vehicle during a backing maneuver into the target parking space while limiting the speed of the vehicle based on a steering wheel angle. The sensing system is also configured to automatically steer the vehicle during maneuvers inside the target parking space while limiting the speed of the vehicle based on a relative position of at least one of a rear bounding object and a front bounding object.
US09610939B2
An apparatus and method for controlling a clutch of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The method includes: setting, by a controller, a limited torque to a motor torque and comparing an input speed of the transmission and a minimum speed of the engine when converting from an EV driving mode to an HEV driving mode. The controller is configured to start the engine when the input speed of the transmission is equal to or greater than a minimum threshold point and is equal to or less than a minimum speed of the engine. Further, the method includes increasing the motor torque to exceed the preset limited torque, coupling the first clutch when the engine speed and a motor speed are synchronized, and coupling the second clutch when the input speed of the transmission exceeds the minimum speed of the engine by the controller.
US09610935B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a driveline may selectively enter a sailing mode to provide quick driveline torque response with reduced impact on fuel economy.
US09610934B2
It is provided a control device of a hybrid vehicle including a plurality of drive power sources for running including an electric motor driven by electric energy of an electric storage device, the hybrid vehicle configured to perform motor running or assist running using the electric motor for running, the control device being configured to divide a running road acquired from map data into a plurality of sections and stores a change amount of a charged capacity of the electric storage device for each of the divided sections, to acquire all possibly-traveled running routes within a predetermined distance from a current position of the vehicle based on the map data, to calculate a variation characteristic of the charged capacity in correlation with a distance from the current position for each of the running routes based on the change amount of the charged capacity, if it is determined from the variation characteristic of the charged capacity that the possibly-traveled running routes include at least one running route in which electric energy can be recovered to the extent exceeding a predetermined charged capacity upper limit value for permitting charging of the electric storage device, permission being given for the motor running or the assist running using a consumable amount of the electric energy based on electric energy exceeding the predetermined charged capacity upper limit value on the condition that the charged capacity does not fall below a predetermined charged capacity lower limit value for permitting discharging of the electric storage device in all the possibly-traveled running routes even when the electric energy exceeding the predetermined charged capacity upper limit value is consumed before recovery.
US09610927B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for stiction tolerant brake force estimation. In various embodiments, a method for stiction tolerant brake force estimation may comprise receiving, by a controller, a first motor state at a first time, calculating, by the controller, a first uncompensated brake force estimate based upon the first motor state, calculating, by the controller, a first linear speed based upon the first motor state, and calculating, by the controller, a first stiction compensated brake force estimate based upon at least one of the first linear speed and the first uncompensated brake force estimate.
US09610924B1
A tire chock with improved ease of use and prevention of theft. A threaded rod expands a scissor frame to force foot plates against a tire. The scissor frame foot plates are pulled apart or pushed together so that the frame fits between the tires. A hand-adjustable, freely rotatable nut is on the lower end of the rod is tightened. A wrench is used to tighten a second nut on the upper end of the rod, and a lock member is secured over the second nut.
US09610906B2
Executing control software with an appropriate execution priority in accordance with a safety standard in a vehicle control device that executes a plurality of control software having different safety standards suppresses priority degree reversal. A vehicle control device is provided with an execution waiting job list retaining a list of jobs waiting for execution by a processor. A request for calling higher safety software from lower safety software is inserted at a position in the execution waiting job list in accordance with the execution priority of the lower safety software.
US09610901B2
A magnetic supporting device can include a body having a generally triangular shape with a magnet or set of magnets positioned in each corner of the bottom surface of the body. Because of its shape and the positioning of the magnets, the bottom surface of the body can be placed on uneven surfaces while still retaining contact between each magnet and the surface. In this way, the supporting device can be coupled to the surface with sufficient strength to allow many different items such as guns, fishing rods, and bows to be supported against or even hung vertically from the device. The supporting device can include a support structure that extends from a top surface of the supporting device. The support structure can form a number of channels and slots within which items such as guns and fishing rods can be placed. The magnetic nature of the device can also secure it to the hood of a vehicle for use as a rest while shooting a gun, or support optical devices such as cameras, scopes, and other attachable items.
US09610899B2
A number of variations may include a product comprising: a removable seat bottom for a vehicle comprising a seat cushion and a storage unit, wherein the seat cushion is pivotally attached to the storage unit.
US09610890B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling illumination of a road profile, wherein the headlamp at least one light-emitting element, wherein the at least one light-emitting element is individually drivable in order to generate an individual luminous flux, wherein the light emitted by the at least one light-emitting element has a light distribution, wherein the lateral adaptation of the light distribution is performed depending on a determined road profile, in particular as a function of the distance from the headlamp.
US09610886B1
An automatic lock affixed to a cargo container for interconnecting two stacked containers, and for automatically locking and unlocking without reliance upon the overcoming of a friction force to release the device.
US09610883B1
A tensioning device comprised of; a gear box containing a bevel gear assembly inside the gear box with one gear attached directly to a barrel which passes through the gear box and threaded shafts at either end of the barrel. Inside the gear box is a guide which is placed such that a drive gear and the barrel gear are engaged when assembled and a socket wrench receptacle is part of the drive gear. The threaded shafts move in and out of the barrel based on the rotation of the gear. The tensioning device uses direct gearing of the rotational motion of the drive gear to rotate the barrel causing the shafts to be linearly displaced tightening or loosening a chain, cable or strap.
US09610873B2
A collapsible vehicular armrest substrate includes load-bearing strips extending across a gap defined within a support frame. A first tunable element secures the load-bearing strips in a support position on the support frame. A first tension-adjusting portion sets a predetermined first tension limit of the first tunable element. The load-bearing strips disengage from the support position when the first tunable element experiences an actual tension greater than the predetermined first tension limit.
US09610869B1
A combination safety/booster seat assembly includes a back/head support attached to a base by engaging hooks that are insertable into associated sockets when the back/head support is fully reclined, and become secured in the sockets when the back/head support is subsequently rotated upright. A plush cover depicting a friendly animal character (e.g., bear) is mounted over the back/head support and includes tube-like armrest covers with inward-facing paws. The base includes rigidly connected armrests and is covered by a generic seat cover. The seat assembly provides a character-based safety/booster seat with the armrest covers mounted over the armrests such that backward rotation of the back/head support is resisted, thereby securing the back/head support to the base. When the child is older, the armrest covers are detached from the armrests to allow rotation/detachment of the back/head structure from the base, thereby providing a generic (i.e., character-free) no-back booster.
US09610868B2
A lateral protecting mechanism is disposed on a lateral wing of a child safety seat. The lateral protecting mechanism includes a lateral protecting block and a protecting component. An end of the lateral protecting block is pivoted to the lateral wing. The lateral protecting block is movable between a using position and a folding position. The protecting component is slidably disposed on the other end of the lateral protecting block. The protecting component protrudes from a side of the lateral protecting block and is located between the lateral wing and the lateral protecting block when the lateral protecting block rotates away from the lateral wing and is located at the using position, and the protecting component is received in the side of the lateral protecting block when the lateral protecting block rotates toward the lateral wing and is located at the folding position.
US09610865B2
A reclining device for a vehicle seat of the present disclosure includes a base plate provided with an assembling depression, a gear plate inserted into the assembling depression, a mobile flange transferring a torque to a seatback, and a power transmission module installed in a central portion of the gear plate to eccentrically rotate the mobile flange and to inhibit power transfer in an opposite direction. In particular, the reclining device further includes a stopper having a stop protrusion on the mobile flange and the stop protrusion is inserted into an arcuate stop hole formed on the base plate so as to efficiently realizes the stopper's function to limit the forward and backward rotation angle of the seatback to a predetermined range using fewer parts, thus reducing the weight and production cost of a reclining device.
US09610863B2
A vehicle seat (1), in particular a utility vehicle seat, includes a first seat part and second seat part which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction relative to the first seat part in order to set the seat depth. At least one slider (50), which is connected to the first seat part, is provided. The slider (50) projects with a connecting region (56), embodied in the manner of a head, through a guide slot (60) which is provided in the second seat part. In order to attach the slider (50) to the first seat part, an anchoring element (70), which is embodied as a separate part and is composed of metal, is provided. The anchoring element (70) projects through the slider (50) and through the first seat part and connects the slider (50) to the first seat part in a positively locking fashion.
US09610846B2
An integrated electronic power control unit of an environmentally friendly vehicle includes an inverter and an LDC (low voltage DC-DC converter), which share a DC input terminal. In the integrated electronic power control unit, the inverter is an electronic power control unit that drives a motor by converting DC voltage into AC voltage, and the low voltage DC-DC converter serves as another electronic power control unit that charges a low-voltage battery by converting DC high voltage into low voltage DC voltage, where the inverter includes a capacitor module composed of a capacitor leveling input voltage and a capacitor removing noise of the input voltage, and the inverter and the low voltage DC-DC converter are integrated such that the output of the capacitor module of the inverter becomes the output of the low voltage DC-DC converter.
US09610839B2
Filler cap for fuel tank which can further prevent environmental pollution without releasing harmful gas evaporated from fuel in fuel tank and can improve fuel efficiency is provided. When vaporized gas is generated in fuel tank, inner pressure of fuel tank is increased to pressure for deformation strength prescribed to valve body or more, a central part of valve body enters into third space thereby causing deformation so to shorten outer diameter of valve body to form wrinkles, and in peripheral part of valve body are formed a portion contacting to pivot of cylinder main body when deforming and concave portion not contacting thereto, second space and third space are connected via space of this concave portion and air passage channel formed in wall surface forming second space to release excessive pressure to outside fuel tank thereby bringing pressure inside fuel tank to lower than the pressure for deformation strength.
US09610832B2
An object of the present invention is, even when the design of a weather strip body with a specific gravity of about 0.5 to 0.85 is improved using a nonwoven fabric, to provide a weather strip with excellent trackability and excellent adhesiveness between the weather strip body and the nonwoven fabric. The weather strip of the present invention comprises a weather strip body having a specific gravity of 0.5 to 0.85 and made of an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber, an adhesive resin sheet comprising random polypropylene and a polypropylene-based thermoplastic elastomer, and a nonwoven fabric, said nonwoven fabric being attached to the weather strip body via the adhesive resin sheet.
US09610829B1
A hybrid multi-material outerbelt reinforcement assembly includes a metal body having a first leg and a second leg oriented at an angle with respect to the first leg. The second leg is integrally connected to the first leg defining a junction. A polymeric material reinforcing rib has a rib end contacting the junction and has a rib body extending away from the junction and bisecting the angle between the first leg and the second leg. The reinforcing rib has a rib length extending for substantially an entire length of the metal body. Flanges are integrally connected to the reinforcing rib, each having a first flange portion and a second flange portion each contacting the metal body to mitigate against a torsional rotation of the metal body that increases or decreases the angle of the second leg with respect to the first leg.
US09610828B2
A transmitted sound insulating member is for a vehicle including a door in which a wire harness extends through a space defined between a door inner panel and a door trim. The transmitted sound insulating member includes a first sealing portion disposed between the door inner panel and the door trim to close an opening of the space. The first sealing portion includes a first lip having flexibility, and an insertion hole through which the wire harness is inserted. The first lip is provided on one side of the first sealing portion, which is brought into contact with the door trim. The first lip has a slit extending toward the door inner panel. The insertion hole is communicated with the slit of the first lip. The first sealing portion is configured such that a space of the slit is closed when the first lip is pressed against the door trim.
US09610822B2
An vehicle air conditioner (1A) includes a duct (3) in which a partition member (4) forming a first flow path (3A) and a second flow path (3B) is provided, and a heat pump circuit (2A). In the heat pump circuit (2A), a first indoor heat exchanger (12A) that contributes mainly to heating is located in the first flow path (3A) or faces an outlet of the first flow path (3A), and a second indoor heat exchanger (12B) that contributes mainly to cooling is located in the second flow path (3B). The ratio between an internal air and an external air within air flowing through each of the first flow path (3A) and the second flow path (3B) is adjustable. The duct (3) is provided with at least one of a heating exhaust port (35) for discharging air cooled in the second indoor heat exchanger (12B) to the outside of the vehicle interior in heating operation, and a cooling exhaust port (36) for discharging air heated in the first indoor heat exchanger (12A) to the outside of the vehicle interior in cooling operation. This configuration enables the air within the vehicle interior, the temperature of which has been adjusted by heating or cooling, to be efficiently utilized without wasting energy by discharging the air as it is to the outside.
US09610821B2
An assembly (100) for a vehicle includes two longitudinal members (1, 2) and a crossmember (3) connected therebetween at a connection point (6) of the crossmember (3) to the longitudinal members (1, 2). The crossmember (3) is made predominantly of fiber composite material and the longitudinal members (1, 2) are made predominantly of a metal material. The connection point (6) between the crossmember (3) and the longitudinal member (1, 2) comprises an overlapping region (B), in which a connection segment (8) of the longitudinal member (1, 2), which is predominantly composed of metal material, overlaps at least in some segments with a part of the crossmember (3), which is predominantly composed of fiber composite material.
US09610815B2
A receiver for a heavy duty locking and pushing assembly. There is a second embodiment wherein the receiver is controlled by remote control. In a third embodiment, there is a combination of the receiver and a pushing assembly.
US09610811B2
A tire tool includes a body including a tire levering end and an inflating end including first connecting end delimiting a first fluid channel and a second connecting end delimiting a second fluid channel. The first and second channels fluidly connect to one another.
US09610804B2
An automatic anti-slipping system for a rotationally fixed attachment of a rim of a wheel in a wheel service machine, comprises a wheel supporting and rotating means (20), for supporting and rotating a wheel to be serviced. At least two driving pins (32) are provided at the wheel supporting and rotating means (20) for reversibly generating a rotationally fixed connection between a wheel supporting and rotating means (20) and a rim of a wheel to be serviced, wherein at least one of the at least two driving pins (32) is adapted to come in a positive locking engagement with at least one recess of a rim, and wherein the at least two driving pins (32) are adapted to be reversibly moveable, and actuator means (40) are able to reversibly move the driving pins (32) in an actuated state.
US09610795B2
A binding device includes a sheet-bundle forming unit; a binding unit that executes a series of operation including inserting a wire into a sheet bundle and bending the wire; a power supply unit; a detector that detects a first timing for transitioning from bending operation to recovery operation; a first timekeeper that measures time from a start point of the series of operation to a first time point, which is an end of a scheduled first-timing detection period; a unit-of-processing manager; and a supply power controller. When the first time point is reached before detection of the first timing, the controller causes the power supply unit to adjust the electric power before the first timing is reached, such that the first timing is detected before the first time point in the series of operation for a second bundle belonging to the same unit of processing as a first bundle.
US09610793B2
The type or surface condition of a sheet is determined with high accuracy even when performance of an optical sensor is degraded by ink mists or the like. Specifically, at the time of detecting light from a sheet with a sensor to make a determination on the sheet, at least two detection values are obtained by changing a relation between the sensor and the sheet, and the type or surface condition of the sheet is determined by using the at least two obtained detection values.
US09610787B2
A tape member having a length direction and a width direction includes: a folded tape main body that was formed by folding a tape main body in two along the length of the tape member, the folded tape main body having a print portion on a first side of a fold and a non-print portion on a second side of the fold, wherein the folded tape main body further includes an adhesive layer that pastes the print portion and the non-print portion together, and an outermost surface of the print portion forms a print surface and the adhesive layer is provided on an inner surface of the print portion that is opposite from the print surface.
US09610786B2
A printer includes a printing part that performs printing on recording paper, a cutter that cuts the recording paper, a first roller provided on the side to which the recording paper is discharged from the cutter, a second roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller and is rotated by the rotation of the first roller, and a connecting arm that connects the center of the first roller and the center of the second roller, wherein the recording paper is discharged between the first roller and the second roller or between the first roller and the third roller.
US09610784B2
A medium supporting unit includes a supporting unit which can support a medium, and a pressing unit which can press the medium which is supported by the supporting, in which a coefficient of static friction of a contact face with the medium in the pressing unit is larger than that of a contact face with the medium in the supporting unit. By configuring such a medium supporting unit, it is possible to suppress floating of the medium.
US09610773B2
A method for producing a liquid-ejection-head substrate includes providing a substrate having an energy-generating element and a pad, the pad including a wiring layer, the wiring layer in the pad having a relatively thick portion and a relatively thin portion and performing electrical inspection by applying a contact probe to the relatively thin portion of the wiring layer in the pad.
US09610770B2
Provided is a liquid ejecting head including a pressure chamber forming substrate for forming a pressure chamber which is filled with liquid, a nozzle through which the ink is ejected in a direction along the pressure chamber forming substrate, and a communication flow path which allows the pressure chamber to communicate with the nozzle. The nozzle and the communication flow path are formed in the pressure chamber forming substrate.
US09610768B1
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a first discharge section that discharges a pigment ink, a second discharge section that discharges a dye ink, a detection section that detects residual vibrations that occur in the first discharge section and outputs a first detection signal, which shows a corresponding detection result, and detects residual vibrations that occur in the second discharge section and outputs a second detection signal, which shows a corresponding detection result, and a determination section that executes a first determination, which determines whether or not the first detection signal satisfies first conditions, which should be satisfied in a case in which a discharge state of the first discharge section is normal, and executes a second determination, which determines whether or not the second detection signal satisfies second conditions, which should be satisfied in a case in which a discharge state of the second discharge section is normal.
US09610760B2
A perforated composite panel comprises a substrate and an applied layer, the substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A method of forming the perforated composite panel comprises the steps of: i. cutting a plurality of first holes in the substrate; ii. positioning the applied layer against the substrate such that a surface of the applied layer overlays the first surface of the substrate to thereby form the composite panel; iii. locating the composite panel in a fixture, the fixture having one or more datum features; iv. determining the location and axis direction for each of the first holes in the substrate, relative to the or each datum feature; and v. cutting a plurality of second holes in the applied layer, each of the plurality of second holes being coincident and coaxial with a corresponding one of the plurality of first holes.
US09610753B2
Disclosed is a gas barrier film, which demonstrates superior gas barrier properties and surface flatness, demonstrates a high degree of adhesion between layers and is resistant to cracking when bent, and an electronic device provided therewith. A gas barrier film (10) of the present invention has a base (11), and a polyorganosiloxane layer (12) and an inorganic material layer (13) sequentially provided on at least one side of the base (11), and the inorganic material layer (13) is deposited by dynamic ion mixing method.
US09610752B2
A laminated glass pane with electrical function and connection element is described. The laminated glass pane has at least two individual glass panes, which are areally connected to at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer. The laminated glass pane further has at least one electrically functional layer, which is situated between the at least two individual glass panes at least one foil conductor, which is electrically conductively connected to the at least one electrically functional layer, and at least one housing with at least one electrical feed line and at least one electrical line connection. The at least two individual glass panes has at least one undercut glass pane, wherein the at least one foil conductor runs without an overhang around a lateral edge of the at least one undercut glass pane.
US09610749B2
A method for manufacturing a protector for a portable electronic device includes following steps. A substrate having a first surface, a second surface and an edge is provided. A first sheet having a first sheet surface and an edge portion is provided, wherein the first sheet surface includes a first hot-melt adhesive. The first surface of the substrate is caused to contact the first sheet surface, wherein the edge portion protrudes the edge. The edge portion is folded along the edge to enable the first hot-melt adhesive to contact the second surface of the substrate. A second sheet having a second sheet surface including a second hot-melt adhesive is provided. The second surface of the substrate and the edge portion is caused to contact the second sheet surface. A thermocompression bonding is performed to bond the first sheet, the second sheet and the substrate together.
US09610747B2
A variable compression screw press includes a volume displacing member which overlies the pressure housing feed flight of the screw press. In one embodiment, the volume displacing member is a shroud which may be moved in and out of the intake hopper as desired, without having to disassemble the press. In a second embodiment, the volume displacing member is a hinged gate which can be adjusted to overlie more or less of the pressure housing feed flight. In a third embodiment which may be used in cooperation with either first or second embodiment, the volume within the pressure housing feed flight is partly occupied by block elements removably mounted to the screw flighting of the pressure housing feed flight.
US09610744B2
To regulate, in blow molding device using liquid, such as beverage, cosmetic product, and pharmaceutical product, filled in final product as pressurized liquid, head space in container which is filled with content liquid during molding to be predetermined volume, provided is blow molding device including blow nozzle configured to tightly communicate with mouth tubular portion of preform. In state where rod is disposed to be inserted into blow nozzle and where tip portion of rod is inserted into preform, pressurized liquid is supplied into preform via tubular introduction path formed by blow nozzle and rod, thereby expandingly shaping container in accordance with cavity of metal mold. When container is shaped and supply of pressurized liquid is stopped, rod is disinserted from container, and according to shape and insert position of tip portion of rod, head space of shaped container that is filled with liquid is regulated to be predetermined volume.
US09610731B2
A method for manufacturing a custom orthosis, such as an ankle brace, includes use of scanning processes. A digital model of a surface may be applied to a digital orthosis model to define a custom digital orthosis model. The digital model and, thus, the custom digital orthosis model may include one or more standard features. The custom digital orthosis model may be used with an automated manufacturing process to make some or all of the custom orthosis. In some embodiments, additive manufacturing processes may be used to form a portion or all of the custom orthosis.
US09610729B2
A device and a method for performing and monitoring a plastic laser transmission welding process includes a processing beam source for emitting a processing radiation into a joining zone between two joining members so that a weld seam is formed, a measuring beam source for irradiating a measuring zone with a measuring radiation, a detection unit for detecting the measuring radiation reflected by an interface between the weld seam and its surroundings in the joining members, and an evaluation unit connected to the detection unit for determining the depth position of the interface in the joining members from the detected reflected measuring radiation.
US09610727B2
An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that has a first array of template holders, a second array of template holders, and a substrate table arranged to support a substrate to be imprinted, wherein the first array of template holders is arranged to hold an array of imprint templates that can be used to imprint a first array of patterns onto the substrate, and the second array of template holders is arranged hold an array of imprint templates that can be used to imprint a second array of patterns onto the substrate, the patterns imprinted by the second array being interspersed between the patterns imprinted by the first array.
US09610723B2
A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
US09610718B2
An automotive side view mirror attachment assembly includes a polymeric outer shell having a metal reinforcement member coupled thereto, wherein the polymeric outer shell forms form closures about connecting features of the metal reinforcement member, so as to provide an operably coupling between the polymeric outer shell and the metal reinforcing member that is secured by independent connection locations that are effective to support an external mirror assembly in multiple dimensions.
US09610713B2
A grooved resin molded part which when joined to another molded part, can form a composite molded product having an enhanced strength. This part contains an inorganic filler and has multiple grooves formed by partially removing the resin, such that the filler is exposed in these grooves. The depth of the grooves may be at least one-half of the length of the grooves in the shorter direction. The filler may have a fibrous shape; and the longer direction of the filler may be different from that of the grooves. The part is obtained by subjecting a resin molded part containing the filler to laser irradiation or the like to form multiple grooves in which the filler is exposed.
US09610711B2
A tooling system may include a cure tool and a biasing element. The cure tool may have a cure tool coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and may be configured for curing a composite article formed of two or more components having dissimilar component CTEs. The biasing element may be fixedly attached to the cure tool and has a biasing element CTE that may be different than the cure tool CTE. The biasing element may be configured such that a combination of the cure tool CTE and the biasing element CTE causes a heat-up displacement in the cure tool when heated and the composite article is cured in a distorted shape. When the cured composite article is cooled, the cured composite article may substantially assume an as-designed shape.
US09610708B2
An apparatus for the production of concrete molded parts in a molding machine includes an upper mold part having at least one pressure punch for transfer of a force to at least one pressure plate, wherein the pressure plate can be introduced into an opening of a mold insert in a lower mold part in the vertical direction, wherein the lower mold part is surrounded by a frame that has a guide connected with the upper mold part and configured so that, the lower mold part can be tilted from the vertical direction, relative to the upper mold part, during engagement of the pressure plates into the openings of the mold insert.
US09610699B2
A chainsaw guide bar adapted for carving and shaping a workpiece. In one embodiment, a guide bar includes a mounting end, a distal working end, and an intermediate portion offset from the longitudinal axis defined the mounting end. In one embodiment, the guide bar includes an axially elongated recess providing an unsupported span of chain which is movable between undeflected and deflected positions for contouring a workpiece. The chain is engaged with and supported in a guide rail slot along the top peripheral edge of the guide bar. Various embodiments of the guide bar have an asymmetrical shape. The guide bar may further include an idler sprocket mechanism operable to guide movement of the saw chain along the outer peripheral edge of the guide bar.
US09610695B2
A hair-clipping device comprises a stationary cutter member (2; 52; 102; 152; 202; 252; 302; 352), at least one movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457), and a drive (9, 14, 15; 465) coupled to the movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457) for driving movement of the movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457). The stationary cutter member (2; 52; 102; 152; 202; 252; 302; 352) has an outer surface (3; 53; 103), a chamber (4) bounded by an inner surface (5) and at least one hair-catching opening (6; 56; 406) extending from the outer surface (3; 53; 103) to the inner surface (5). The movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457) comprises at least one cutting edge (8), fits in the chamber (4) with a free, close fit and includes a continuous carrier (15; 465) oriented in longitudinal direction of the movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457). The cutting edges (8) are provided on cutters (16) projecting radially from the carrier (15; 465). A set of cutter members for such a hair-clipping device is also described.
US09610694B2
Device for handling objects in a glove box comprising a carriage (2) to support the objects to be handled, a base (6) relative to which the carriage (2) can be moved along a horizontal axis (X), means of driving the carriage (2) along the first axis (X), these drive means comprising an electric motor (14) arranged such that its drive shaft is orthogonal to the axis (X) and projects opposite the base (6), a transmission shaft (18) parallel to the motor (14), a rack (22) fixed to the base (6) along the axis (X) and a pinion (24) directly fixed in rotation to the transmission shaft (18) and engaging with the rack (22), a transmission belt (20) mechanically connecting the drive shaft of the motor (14) to the transmission shaft (18), the electric motor (14) being declutchable and the carriage possibly being moved manually along the axis (X).
US09610687B2
An apparatus for driving a wearable robot includes a wire having one end connected to an arm of the wearable robot, a tension detector that is provided between the one end and the other end of the wire and detects tension of the wire, a driver that is connected to the other end of the wire and winds or unwinds the wire, and a controller that controls the driver to be operated to wind or unwind the wire when the arm rotates to change the tension of the wire so that the wire maintains a preset reference tension.
US09610685B2
A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station may be a personal computer coupled to the robot through a broadband network. A user at the remote station may receive both video and audio from a camera and microphone of the robot, respectively. The remote station may include a display user interface that has a variety of viewable fields and selectable buttons.
US09610678B2
The invention is a set of modular telescoping tools. A first preferred embodiment is a power-transmitting telescoping extension pole, to which various specialized tools, including power tools, may be attached. The apparatus comprises an inner tube and outer tube, wherein the outer tube receives said inner tube, a coupling at the tool-end of the pole, a power transmission, capable of transmitting power from the user-end of the pole to the tool-end of the pole, and a control mechanism attached to the telescopic tube at the user-end of the telescopic tube. A second preferred embodiment is a set of telescoping bar clamps and spreader tools. In the simplest embodiment, the invention comprises a telescoping tube and a set of jaws, wherein the telescoping tube includes a first shaft having a first diameter, a second shaft having a second diameter that is less than the first diameter, and a locking mechanism.
US09610674B2
Waterjet systems including control valves and associated devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. A waterjet system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a fluid source, a jet outlet, and a fluid conveyance extending from the fluid source to the jet outlet. The system further includes a control valve positioned along the fluid conveyance downstream from the fluid source and upstream from the jet outlet. The fluid conveyance has a first portion upstream from the control valve and a second portion downstream from the control valve. The control valve is configured to controllably reduce a pressure of fluid within the second portion of the fluid conveyance relative to a pressure of fluid within the first portion of the fluid conveyance. The first portion of the fluid conveyance is configured to accommodate movement of the jet outlet relative to the fluid source.
US09610673B2
A polishing method is used for polishing a surface of a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer. The polishing method includes a polishing process for polishing a surface of the substrate in accordance with a preset polishing recipe, a pad cleaning process for removing foreign matters on the polishing pad by ejecting a cleaning fluid onto the polishing pad, and a substrate transferring process in which the polished substrate is removed from the top ring at a substrate transferring position, a subsequent substrate to be polished is loaded onto the top ring, and then the top ring holding the subsequent substrate to be polished is returned to the polishing table. The pad cleaning process is started after the completion of the polishing recipe is detected, and the pad cleaning process is terminated by detecting a position of the subsequent substrate to be polished which is undergoing the substrate transferring process.
US09610671B2
A system, fixture and method for media finishing a cluster of airfoils are provided. The fixture may include a base having a first end and a second end, a receptacle disposed on the base and configured to receive the stator cluster, and at least one mock airfoil disposed at each of the first and second ends of the base in alignment with the airfoils of the cluster.
US09610669B2
A grinding engine includes a work spindle; a work chuck cooperated with the work spindle; a grind spindle; a grind wheel cooperated with the grind spindle; and a plurality of alignment adjustment systems positioned relative to and around the grind spindle, wherein adjustment from any one of the alignment adjustment systems is configured to cause a change in alignment between the work spindle and the grind spindle.
US09610668B2
A CNC dual-spindle transmission device is installable on a CNC dual-spindle machining center to receive first and second spindles of the CNC dual-spindle machining center to mount thereto. The CNC dual-spindle machining center includes a base, a machining table movably mounted on the base, and a vertical column erected upright at a rear portion of the base. The CNC dual-spindle transmission device includes a linear rail assembly mounted to the vertical column, a first slide seat slidably mounted to the linear rail assembly and receiving the first spindle to mount thereto, a second slide seat extending across the first slide seat and slidably mounted to the linear rail assembly in a manner of being spaced from the first slide seat to receive the second spindle to mount thereto, and first and second power units mounted to the vertical column to respectively driven the first and second slide seats to move.
US09610667B2
A lens edging system of the present invention includes: an edger configured to perform edging of a spectacle lens using an edging tool; a shape measurement device configured to measure an edging shape of a circumferential edge of the spectacle lens after edging by the edger; a memory part configured to store information regarding a reference shape of the edging tool used by the edger; a shape comparing and judging part configured to compare a measurement result obtained by the shape measurement device and a reference shape of the edging tool specified from the information stored in the memory part, and judge necessity/non-necessity for exchanging the edging tool based on a comparison result; and an information output part configured to output information regarding necessity for exchange when the shape comparing and judging part so judges.
US09610657B2
A hot clamping method includes: blanking to cut a material; cold-working to cool down the cut material to produce a product having a shape of a completed product; heating the cooled product in a heating furnace; and clamping cooling to set the heated product in a clamp to clamp it so that it is in contact with the clamp to be cooled down.
US09610655B2
A solder paste includes a flux and powder mixed with the flux, where the powder includes first powder and second powder mixed with each other. The first powder may be a tin (Sn) and at least one metal dissolved in the tin (Sn), and the second powder may be a copper (Cu) powder, the surface of which is coated with silver (Ag).
US09610649B2
A spot welding system is disclosed. In particular, the spot welding system includes an upper moving unit provided with an upper electrode and a lower moving unit mounted separately from the upper moving unit and provided with a lower electrode corresponding to the upper electrode. Together, the upper moving unit and the lower moving unit separately vary a position of the lower electrode to allow for reduced size restrictions of objects to be spot welded therein.
US09610648B2
Provided is a spot welded joint (10) which includes at least one thin steel plate with a tensile strength of 750 MPa to 1850 MPa and a carbon equivalent Ceq of equal to or more than 0.22 mass % to 0.55 mass % and in which a nugget (3) is formed in an interface of the thin steel plates (1A, 1B). In a nugget outer layer zone, a microstructure consists of a dendrite structure in which an average value of arm intervals is equal to or less than 12 μm, an average grain diameter of carbides contained in the microstructure is 5 nm to 100 nm, and a number density of carbides is equal to or more than 2×106/mm2.
US09610646B2
A welding system includes a welder configured to output welding power to generate an arc between a welding electrode and a workpiece. The welding system also includes a power pin configured to be coupled to the welder in a first orientation or a second orientation. The power pin is configured to switch the welding power from a first polarity to a second polarity when the power pin is switched from being coupled to the welder in the first orientation to being coupled to the welder in the second orientation.
US09610644B2
A turbine component is formed of at least a plurality of adjacent turbine subcomponents. Each turbine component has a mate face secured to the mate face of an opposed turbine subcomponent. A wedge member is positioned between the mate faces of the turbine subcomponents, and a braze material between outer faces of the wedge and the mate faces of each of the turbine subcomponents.
US09610641B2
Monofilament metal saw wire for a wire saw, wherein the saw wire being provided with a plurality of crimps. The crimps are arranged in at least two different planes, such that, when measured, between measuring rods of a micrometer, over a length comprising crimps in at least two different planes, a circumscribed enveloping D diameter of the saw wire is between 1.05 and 1.50 times a diameter d of the saw wire itself.
US09610638B2
Disclosed is a clamping device (1) for clamping a toolholder of a drilling, milling or grinding tool in a balancing machine, comprisinga receiver unit (2) having a receiving opening (9) for the coupling shaft of the toolholder and a collet (10), in which the shaft (20) of an actuator (18) for actuation of the collet (10) is slidably guided in a centrally located bore (19) of the receiver unit (2). The shaft (20) has at its one end a load-applying body (22) upon which a plurality of compression springs (30, 31) take support to enable the collet (10) to be tightened. The compression springs (30, 31) are arranged and/or configured in such a way that the spring loads acting on the load-applying body (22) with the collet (10) tightened act on the load-applying body (22) asymmetrically relative to the axis of the shaft (20).
US09610632B2
A method and apparatus for feeding joining elements to a joining tool is presented. The joining tool may be movable by a programmable handling unit, and a magazine for receiving at least one joining element may be mounted on the joining tool. The magazine may be moved to a filling station that has a tubular section with an outlet opening. An inlet opening of the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening. At least one joining element may be conveyed to the tubular section so that it passes through the tubular section, the outlet opening, the inlet opening, and into the magazine. During the orienting, the magazine may be oriented in relation to the outlet opening such that the magazine is spaced apart from the filling station during the conveying of the at least one joining element.
US09610631B2
A swaging tool in which the pinhead of a fastening pin is positioned on one plate of a pair of plates through which the fastening pin is passed, the pintail of the fastening pin is positioned on the other plate, a collar mounted on the pintail side of the fastening pin is moved to the pinhead side so as to be brought into contact with the plate, the collar is swaged to the fastening pin in the state of contact with the plate, and a tensile load is applied to the pintail to break and remove the pintail, whereby the pair of plates are fastened; wherein the tool is provided with a swage die in which there is formed a swaging hole that is brought into contact with the collar to swage the collar, a low-friction coating film being formed on the inner peripheral surface of the swaging hole.
US09610629B2
Provided is a rolling machine including a plurality of cylindrical round dies disposed centering on a cylindrical raw material to roll the raw material from the outer circumference of the raw material. In order to adjust the turning angle in the inclined shaft (the A shaft) turned around the push-in direction (the X axis) of the round die (3), an inclined-shaft control motor is started to turn a round die table (21) on the A shaft. A B-shaft control motor (71) is driven in order to adjust the turning angle on the taper shaft (the B shaft) turned around the Y axis orthogonal to the push-in direction and orthogonal to the axis of the raw material. According to the adjustment of the A shaft and the B shaft, it is possible to correct a tooth trace and a tooth shape of a gear.
US09610627B2
A die for a joining tool, in particular for clinching, with an anvil (4) forming the bottom (41) of a swage (50), and with a spring sleeve (3) which surrounds the anvil (4) and has a plurality of slits (32) extending in an axial direction (A), said slits (32) permitting a radial expansion of the spring sleeve (3), is characterized in that bushing (1) which is arranged between the anvil (4) and the spring sleeve (3) and which is provided, at its free end (17), with inserts (2) which surround the anvil (4) and are made of a harder material than the bushing (1).
US09610625B2
Machines for bending profiles, metal sheets and the like are provided. Such machines include those having a structure or frame and a bending device with three rollers. The axis (x1) of the first roller is fixed relative to the structure or frame, while the axes (x2, x3) of the second and third rollers are movable relative to each other, and hence each relative to the axis (x1) of the first roller, so as to define a curved path with an adjustable radius of curvature along which the material to be bent is caused to move passing between said rollers. The bending device may further include an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of the axes (x2, x3) of the second and third rollers with two degrees of freedom. The adjustment mechanism may include a pair of tilting arms hinged to the structure or frame so as to tilt about respective fixed axes of rotation (x4, x5) oriented parallel to the axes (x1, x2, x3) of the three rollers. The axes (x2, x3) of the second and third rollers may be guided each by a respective tilting arm along a respective direction of translation (y1, y2) which is fixed relative to that tilting arm.
US09610619B2
A method and system for cleaning a secure instrument, such as a banknote, including a substrate, visual data and a security feature, including exposing the secure instrument to a supercritical fluid at a temperature and a pressure and for a duration sufficient to clean the substrate and not compromise the security feature and the visual data, wherein to clean the substrate includes to remove one or more substances from the substrate into the supercritical fluid. The substances removed from the substrate may include contaminants, dirt, sebum and pathogens.
US09610616B2
A cleaning apparatus is used for a carrier and a model is fixed on the carrier. The cleaning apparatus includes a case body, a sprinkling unit, a switching valve, and a rotating mechanism. The case body has an opening disposed at a top thereof, an outlet disposed at a bottom thereof, and a receiving space disposed between the opening and the outlet. The sprinkling unit is installed in the case body and has plural nozzles configured corresponding to the receiving space. The switching valve is installed at the outlet to open or close the outlet. The rotating mechanism is configured corresponding to the opening and connected to the carrier and is able to drive the carrier in which the model passes through the opening and is disposed in the receiving space. Thus, the safety, stability, and convenience of the model clean-up are improved.
US09610615B2
A method for cleaning a semiconductor wafer after a Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP) process is provided. The method includes providing the semiconductor wafer into a cleaning module. The method further includes cleaning the semiconductor wafer by rotating a cleaning brush assembly. The method also includes applying an agitated cleaning liquid to clean the cleaning brush assembly.
US09610613B2
A pedal articulated screen shaker assembly supporting a classifying screen at its top in an alignment over a collection receptacle is provided with an annular nested dust shielding combination suspended below the screen. The dust shielding combination comprises a conforming set of frustoconical elastomeric membrane segments in a nested arrangement with the exterior one of the segments perforated throughout its full circumference by perforations that are bridged by flexible flaps formed in the overlying interior segment that are lifted from their bridging alignment by the lateral movement imparted to the shielding combination.
US09610611B2
A method of lining an inner surface of a tubular with a polymer, includes positioning a polymer injecting head within the tubular, forming an annular space between the injecting head and an inner surface of the tubular, injecting polymer through the injecting head into the annular space, and moving the polymer injecting head longitudinally relative to the tubular while injecting polymer.
US09610608B2
The embodiments disclosed herein include all-electron control over a chemical attachment and the subsequent self-assembly of an organic molecule into a well-ordered three-dimensional monolayer on a metal surface. The ordering or assembly of the organic molecule may be through electron excitation. Hot-electron and hot-hole excitation enables tethering of the organic molecule to a metal substrate, such as an alkyne group to a gold surface. All-electron reactions may allow a direct control over the size and shape of the self-assembly, defect structures and the reverse process of molecular disassembly from single molecular level to mesoscopic scale.
US09610599B2
A cost-effective metering dispenser configured to allow at least one component accommodated in a container, in particular in cartridge form, to be metered by a pumping unit, having an inlet valve, an outlet valve and a pumping cylinder as well as a pumping piston, which is inserted in the pumping cylinder and can be activated by an actuating element. The dispenser is economical to produce because of the straightforward construction of the pumping unit, that can be arranged in a sleeve, which continues the container and is formed in one piece with the container.
US09610596B2
An alternator, such as for use in an electrostatic spray gun, comprises an alternator housing, a stator, a rotor, a shaft, a first bearing and a sheath. The stator is inserted into the alternator housing and has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. The rotor is disposed within the inner diameter of the stator. The shaft extends from the rotor and is rotatably supported by a first bearing. The sheath surrounds the outer diameter, supports the stator with respect to the alternator housing, and supports the bearing.
US09610591B2
Embodiments of showerheads having a detachable gas distribution plate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a showerhead for use in a semiconductor processing chamber may include a base having a first side and a second side; a gas distribution plate disposed proximate the second side of the base; a clamp disposed about a peripheral edge of the gas distribution plate to removably couple the gas distribution plate to the base; and a thermal gasket disposed between the base and gas distribution plate.
US09610582B2
Extracting and concentrating particles from a first fluid sample includes: providing the first fluid sample to a fluid exchange module of a microfluidic device, providing a second fluid sample to the fluid exchange module, in which the first fluid sample and the second fluid sample are provided under conditions such that particle-free portions of the first fluid sample are shifted, and an inertial lift force causes the particles in the first fluid sample to cross streamlines and transfer into the second fluid sample; passing the second fluid sample containing the transferred particles to a particle concentration module under conditions such that particle-free portions of the second fluid sample are shifted, and such that the particles within the second fluid sample are focused to a streamline within the particle concentration module.
US09610580B2
Provided in one embodiment is a dynamically tunable structure including an elastic layer, and a plurality of ferromagnetic micropillars disposed over the elastic layer. The elastic layer may have an elasticity that is greater than an elasticity of the micropillars.
US09610575B2
Some embodiments in the present disclosure generally relate to catalytic silica-polyvinyl alcohol composites, silica structures therefrom, and/or microreactors therefrom. Some embodiments in the present disclosure generally relate to porous substrates that can have at least one pore with a catalyst associated with the inside of the pore.
US09610539B2
An exhaust-gas treatment device includes a honeycomb body wound and/or stacked with at least partially structured sheet-metal layers forming channels through which an exhaust gas can flow in axial direction from an inlet side to an outlet side. A first section of the sheet-metal layers ends flush at a first end surface associated with at least one of the sides and a second section of the sheet-metal layers ends at a second end surface associated with at least one of the sides. A spacing is provided between the first and second end surfaces because a first axial length of the first section is greater than a second axial length of the second section. The spacing forms a receptacle receiving a heating body, producing a simple electrically heatable exhaust-gas treatment device into which a heating body can be integrated during or after production of the honeycomb body.
US09610538B2
Polysulfide intercalated layered double hydroxides and methods for their use in vapor and liquid-phase metal capture applications are provided. The layered double hydroxides comprise a plurality of positively charged host layers of mixed metal hydroxides separated by interlayer spaces. Polysulfide anions are intercalated in the interlayer spaces.
US09610537B2
A loop tower CO2 capture system includes a feeding unit, a carbonator, an accumulator, a calciner, a combustion chamber and a gas blower. The feeding unit has a first gas pipe. The carbonator includes multiple first cyclone dust collecting units. The first gas pipe has one end connected to the uppermost first cyclone dust collecting unit. The accumulator is connected to the lowermost first cyclone dust collecting unit, and is located between the carbonator and the calciner. The calciner includes multiple second cyclone dust collecting units. The accumulator is connected to the uppermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The first gas pipe has the other end connected to the lowermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The combustion chamber is connected to the lowermost second cyclone dust collecting unit. The gas blower is connected to the first gas pipe of the feeding unit.
US09610534B1
Disclosed are methods for removing acid gas from a feed stream of natural gas including acid gas, methane and ethane. The methods include alternating input of the feed stream between at least two beds of adsorbent particles comprising zeolite SSZ-13 such that the feed stream contacts one of the at least two beds at a given time in an adsorption step and a tail gas stream is simultaneously vented from another of the at least two beds in a desorption step. The contact occurs at a feed pressure of from about 50 to about 1000 psia for a sufficient period of time to preferentially adsorb acid gas from the feed stream. A product gas stream is produced containing no greater than about 2 mol % carbon dioxide and at least about 65 mol % of methane recovered from the feed stream and at least about 25 mol % of ethane recovered from the feed stream. The feed stream is input at a feed end of each bed. The product gas stream is removed from a product end of each bed. The tail gas stream is vented from the feed end of each bed. The methods require lower vacuum power consumption and allow improved hydrocarbon recoveries compared with known methods.
US09610532B2
A multi-unit system combines multiple single bed reversing blower vacuum swing adsorption air separation units together. The units feed a common O2 supply such as a system buffer tank. Demand is monitored and a number of individual units are brought online sufficient to meet demand. If demand exceeds supply, a further unit is brought online. If demand drops below supply by an amount greater than output of a single unit, then a longest operating unit is taken offline. The multi-unit system thus meets demand through utilization of multiple separate units in a highly redundant and highly reliable and scalable fashion.
US09610525B2
Centrifugal air separators, systems including the same, and methods of separating gas are disclosed. Centrifugal air separators include a separation section configured to separate an input air stream into a clean air stream emitted from an exit port of the separation section and a waste stream emitted from a waste port of the separation section. The separation section includes a coiled duct and is configured to transmit through a duct entrance port a duct input air stream that is at least a portion of the input air stream and to at least partially separate the duct input air stream according to a molecular weight of components of the duct input air stream into a duct clean air stream that is at least a portion of the clean air stream and a duct waste stream that is at least a portion of the waste stream.
US09610524B2
A separator for a wet gas stream has an upper section having an outer peripheral wall, a top, and a bottom perforated baffle. A cone-shaped baffle is positioned on the perforated bottom baffle and extending toward the inlet in the top of the upper section. A spiral baffle has a bottom edge adjacent to the cone-shaped baffle and a top edge adjacent to the top of the upper section. The spiral baffle defines a curved flow path between the inlet and the outlet of the upper portion. A vortex flow section is defined by the cone-shaped baffle and the outer peripheral wall. The vortex flow section is fed by the curved flow path defined by the cone-shaped baffle. A lower section is below the perforated baffle. The lower section has a gas outlet and a liquid outlet.
US09610516B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for controlling a physical effect in a theater, the system comprising: an audio/video (A/V) component, the A/V component being capable of processing A/V media that is associated with data indicating when the physical effect should be activated; a show control device communicably linked to the A/V component, the show control device being capable of translating the data into one or more signals that are capable of causing the physical effect to be activated; and a control assembly communicably linked to the show control device, the control assembly capable of receiving the one or more signals and activating the physical effect in response.
US09610513B2
A toy is represented on a website via a virtual replica of the product. The toy has a registration data associated with it that is electronically stored in the toy using an electronic storage medium. A user is registered on the website by associating the user with a user ID. The user ID is associated with the virtual replica of the product by utilizing the registration data. Access is granted to one or more features on the website in connection with the virtual replica of the product subsequent to input and validation of the registration code via the user ID without requiring additional entry of the registration data.
US09610511B1
A free-ranging ride vehicle for an amusement park ride. The vehicle includes a vehicle base supporting a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes a drive system with a support platform supporting the vehicle base. The drive system imparts a set of motions including translation, cornering, sway, and heave to the support platform and, in turn, to the vehicle base and passenger compartment. The drive system includes first, second, and third leg assemblies each with a rigid leg pivotally coupled at an inner end to the support platform and supporting a wheel at an outer end. Drive motors are mounted on the legs above the wheels to, independently and concurrently, rotate the wheels and change the directional offset angle of each wheel.
US09610499B2
A game control server apparatus includes an enhancement screen display processing unit that displays an enhancement screen for enhancing a game medium that appears in a game and that is provided with a predetermined parameter value, the enhancement screen including a predetermined number “N” (“N” is an integer that is two or more) of selection areas and an enhancement management unit that accepts a selection of a predetermined number n (n is an integer, where n
US09610490B2
A weight storage peg for supporting free weight plates from an exercise superstructure includes a bar extending from a fastener. An exterior surface of the bar is provided by a nylon casting around a cylindrical tube weldment. The nylon casting tapers from a wider portion adjacent the free end to a narrower portion nearer the fastener. The nylon casting also provides a mounting flange around the head of a female threaded mounting bolt, with the female threaded mounting bolt welded to a cylindrical tube to form the cylindrical tube weldment.
US09610488B2
A breathing aid attachment for swimming includes at least one first part for fixing the device to the head of a swimmer and a second part including a first substantially planar surface defined between a first edge and a second edge, the edges extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the transverse plane of the human body.
US09610487B2
The swing training aid includes an arm band and an adjustable cord attached to the racket and the arm band through an adjustable hook. The arm band is adjustably and detachably secured around an arm of a player. A hook strap is attached on the outside of the arm band and defines an opening for receiving the hook. The elastic cord has one end having a loop whose diameter is sufficiently large to receive a handle of the sport swing instrument. The adjustable hook has a base and a hook portion extending from the base and terminating at a hook end. The hook portion is designed to be coupled to the hook strap and the base of the adjustable hook is designed to receive the end of the elastic cord and adjustably lock the cord once the cord length has been adjusted for the player.
US09610486B2
A batting aid apparatus and methods for using same with a bat (e.g., baseball or softball bat) to increase batting power, bat speed, and swing path is provided. The batting aid apparatus can include an annular body adapted to surround a bat and having a bore formed therethrough, a plurality of annular ribs disposed on a surface of an inner diameter of the annular body and located within the bore of the annular body, and an annular sleeve adjacent and extending from one or more outer surfaces of the annular body, such that the annular sleeve can be concentric with the bore of the annular body.
US09610473B2
An exercise device comprises a flywheel, a seat, a driving assembly, and a calculation module. The driving assembly drives the flywheel to rotate and comprises a driving wheel, a coupling member, and two cranks respectively connecting with a pedal. The coupling member connects the wheel and the flywheel. The user drives the wheel via the pedals. The calculation module performs a method to estimate a proper seat position and/or a crank length for the user.
US09610470B1
According to the teachings of the current invention, there is provided a resistance torque bar system for personal exercise, physical therapy, and fitness training, configured to provide progressive bending, explosive recoil, high tensile strength, natural twisted resistance force, and impact strength, the resistance torque bar system comprising: a torque bar having an elongated cylindrical shape, having an elongated length and a longitudinal axis, which in cross-section serves as an axis of symmetry, and having two bar ends; a high tensile cord configured along the longitudinal axis, within the torque bar; and a rod bundle configured substantially concentrically around the high tensile cord, and a reinforced hose enclosing and containing the rod bundle and the high tensile cord; wherein the high tensile cord, rod bundle, and reinforced hose extend substantially along the entire length of the torque bar, and terminate and are mechanically constrained in a longitudinal direction at the two bar ends.
US09610458B1
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to an electromagnetic resonance-based disease treatment system that comprises a processing unit configured to generate a resonant frequency signal and a radiating antenna configured to radiate an electromagnetic field based on the resonant frequency signal. The resonant frequency signal may carry at least one frequency at which reference materials related to a disease condition resonate. An antenna configuration may be used to determine one or more resonant frequencies of the reference materials. A subject having or at risk of having the disease condition may be exposed to the electromagnetic field in order to treat the disease condition.
US09610451B2
One aspect provides a method of attaching a feedthrough to a titanium housing of an implantable medical device. The method includes providing the housing with a flange forming a recess about an opening through the housing, the opening disposed within the recess. A feedthrough is positioned within the recess so as to form a gap between the flange and an insulator of the feedthrough. A braze preform is then positioned within the recess about the insulator, the braze preform comprising a biocompatible braze material having a melting point less than a β-transus temperature of the titanium of the housing. The preform is melted at a temperature less than the β-transus temperature of the titanium of the housing such that the melted braze material fills at least the gap, and then cooled to form a braze joint which bonds the insulator to the housing and hermetically seals the opening.
US09610446B2
A rules engine acquires sensor data from sensors applied to the heart and determines whether an electrical waveform should be applied to the heart and, if so, the type of electrical waveform. A multiphase cardiac stimulus generator generates waveforms in response to the rules engine. The electrical waveform is applied to one or more electrodes implanted in or on the heart.
US09610444B2
Described herein are methods, devices, and systems for treating human anemia. The methods, devices, and systems generally include monitoring a patients hemoglobin level and at least one of autonomic balance and inflammatory state to determine the etiology of the anemic state, modulating at least one of a sympathetic or parasympathetic nerve based on the cause of the anemia, monitoring for changes in the patients cardiac activity and state of inflammation, and hemoglobin level. An external neurostimulation system is describes, and well as a chronic implantable system. A method for treating a patient for anemia in conjunction with a renal denervation ablation catheter is also disclosed.
US09610431B2
Disclosed herein is a fluid infusion device of the type that delivers medication fluid to the body of a patient. The device includes or cooperates with a fluid reservoir, and the device has a sealing assembly to receive and form a fluid seal with the fluid reservoir. A retractable sealing element surrounding a hollow fluid delivery needle may be used to seal a port of the fluid reservoir. The port may include a pressure vent that is sealed by the retractable sealing element. In one variation, the reservoir includes a moving valve sleeve that holds a septum. The septum moves to allow the reservoir to vent, and to form a seal with the port when the needle pierces the septum. In another variation, the device includes a needleless sealing assembly. In yet other variations, the device uses a needled fluid reservoir.
US09610426B2
A method of manufacturing a balloon catheter involves applying a first application liquid, which contains a hydrophilic coating material, to the outer periphery of a balloon which is disposed on an elongated catheter and is held in an expanded state; folding the balloon; and applying a second application liquid, which contains the hydrophilic coating material, to the balloon with the balloon folded.
US09610418B2
A patient interface device (8) includes a patient sealing assembly (12) adapted to communicate a flow of breathing gas within an airway of a patient, the patient sealing assembly including a cushion (14), a frame member (16) coupled to the cushion, and an adjustable forehead support assembly (26) coupled to the frame member. The adjustable forehead support assembly includes a forehead cushion (30) and an inflatable and deflatable bladder (48) coupled to the forehead cushion, wherein inflation and deflation of the bladder causes the distal end (24) of the frame member to move relative to the forehead cushion in a manner wherein a pressure applied to a bridge of a nose of the patient by the cushion is adjusted.
US09610415B2
The present invention provides for an enhanced eductor element that significantly increases the amount of pressure generated at the siphon tube without significantly increasing the flow resistance through the eductor. The invention further provides for breath-actuated inhalation devices including the enhanced eductor element as an actuation mechanism.
US09610409B2
A drive mechanism suitable for use in drug delivery devices is disclosed. The drive mechanism may be used with injector-type drug delivery devices, such as those permitting a user to set the delivery dose. The drive mechanism may include a housing, a dose dial sleeve, and a drive sleeve. A clutch is configured to permit rotation of the drive sleeve and the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are coupled through the clutch. Conversely, when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are in a de-coupled state, rotation of the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing is permitted and rotation of the drive sleeve with respect to the housing is prevented. In the de-coupled state, axial movement of the drive sleeve transfers force in a longitudinal direction for actuation of a drug delivery device.
US09610399B2
An intravenous pole with individually adjustable ring support members, a freely rotating slip ring with a plurality of electrical plug receptacles, and a wireless recharging system.
US09610395B2
The invention relates to a device for reversing the blood flow for an extracorporeal blood treatment device, comprising an extracorporeal blood circuit (I), which includes an arterial blood line (108A) leading from a patient to a blood treatment unit (204) and a venous blood line (106A) leading from the blood treatment unit to the patient. Furthermore, the invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment device with a device for reversing the blood flow, and to a method for determining the reversal of the blood flow during an extracorporeal blood treatment. The device for reversing the blood flow for an extracorporeal blood treatment device according to the invention comprises two valve bodies (102, 104) which are rotated relative to one another for reversing the blood flow. The device for reversing the blood flow according to the invention is characterized by a communication device (210) for receiving an electromagnetic high-frequency field from a read unit (270) of the extracorporeal blood treatment device and for generating at least one identifier characterizing the position of the valve bodies which can be read by the read device.
US09610387B2
Methods of making polymeric devices, such as stents, with one or more modifications such as addition of plasticizers, to improve processing, and the devices made by these methods.
US09610383B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a bone transplant material using an extracted tooth, and to a bone transplant material produced by same, and particularly, to a method for producing a bone transplant material which enables the production of bone transplant material in a short amount of time using an extracted tooth of a patient or a similar tooth.
US09610377B2
The invention relates, generally, to porous absorbent materials which are suitable for packing antrums or other cavities of the human or animal body. More particularly, it relates to hydrophilic biodegradable foams, which may be used, e.g., in the form of a plug or tampon, for instance for controlling bleeding, wound closure, prevent tissue adhesion and/or support tissue regeneration. The invention provides an absorbent foam, suitable for packing antrums or other cavities of the human or animal body, comprising a biodegradable synthetic polymer, which polymer comprises —C(O)—O— groups in the backbone of the polymer, for instance polyurethane and/or polyester units combined with polyethers.
US09610366B2
Methods for identifying the presence of cancerous cells or tissue by: applying a compound of formula (I), or salts thereof, to a living body, wherein R1 represents hydrogen or the same or different one to four substituents; R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 independently represent hydrogen, hydroxy, alkyl, or halogen; R8 and R9 independently represent hydrogen or alkyl; and X represents C1-C3 alkylene; and detecting fluorescence emitted by a compound of formula (II), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 are as defined above; wherein fluorescence emitted by a compound of formula (II) is indicative of the presence of cancerous cells or tissue.
US09610354B2
An object of the present invention is to develop and provide a method for conveniently introducing a nucleic acid, a peptide, and/or a low-molecular-weight compound into an empty capsid with viral early infection activities kept. The present invention provides a method for producing a drug delivery particle, comprising the steps of: mixing an empty capsid or an empty particle with a drug including a nucleic acid, a peptide, and/or a low-molecular-weight compound in a solution comprising 0.1 to 20% of a surfactant; and keeping the obtained mixed solution at −5 to 50° C. to introduce the drug into the empty capsid or the empty particle.
US09610336B1
Diseases caused by a spirochete bacteria are treated. Doses of an anti-flagellin monoclonal antibody, spirochetal protein, or Lyme lysate are used in predetermined increasing doses to effectively treat diseases and symptoms caused by spirochete bacteria, and in particular Lyme disease.
US09610331B2
Methods of modulating mobilization of cells from the bone marrow are provided. In a specific embodiment there is provided a method of increasing mobilization of hematopoietic precursors from the bone marrow to the peripheral blood in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising: (a) administering to the subject an agent which downregulates an activity or expression of a coagulation factor or an effector thereof; and (b) harvesting the hematopoietic precursors from the peripheral blood.
US09610315B2
Oral pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, health foods and medical device compositions based on polysaccharides from Opuntia Ficus Indica cladodes in combination with other active substances are useful for the prevention or treatment of GERD (Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease), gastric esophagitis and related diseases (e.g. dyspepsia, esophagitis, esofageal tumour, gastro-intestinal symptoms, chronic pharyngitis, Barrett's esophagus, esophageal adenocarcinoma, GERD-related pulmonary symptoms).
US09610309B2
Provided herein are liquid viral formulations useful for the stabilization and storage of viruses and methods of preparing these formulations. The liquid viral formulations described herein include a virus (e.g., a purified virus) and a non-viral composition including excipients and a liquid carrier. The formulations can be used, for example, to retain the infectivity or immunogenicity of viruses during periods of storage.
US09610307B2
Pharmaceutical compositions containing microbial entities are described herein. The pharmaceutical compositions may optionally contain or be used in conjunction with one or more prebiotics. Uses of the pharmaceutical compositions to treat or prevent disorders of the local or systemic microbiome in a subject are also provided.
US09610291B2
Tricyclic dibenzothiazepine compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory depression.
US09610289B2
The invention provides A combination of, a) a compound of Formula Ia: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and b) erlotinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of a hyperproliferative disorder, such as cancer.
US09610286B2
An extended release composition for an analgesic active pharmaceutical ingredient which may be an opioid, preferably hydrocodone as the only active ingredient. The extended release composition preferably comprises a extended release composition which may be in the form of beads contained in an oral dosage form such as gelatin capsules. The composition is designed to release hydrocodone in a way such that the increase in hydrocodone exposure in hepatically impaired patients is not clinically significant. The oral dosage units are supplied as part of a kit, which also includes a primary package and a package insert all sold as a commercially marketed product. The primary package and package insert are contained in an optional secondary package and the package insert does not contain a warning, a dosing instruction, or a dosing table specifically directed to patients suffering from mild, moderate or severe hepatic impairment, and preferably explicitly states that dosing adjustment is not required for mild or moderate hepatic impairment.
US09610277B2
The present invention relates to the stable pharmaceutical composition of a suitable hypolipidemic agent. Preferably, the present invention discloses novel formulations of the compound of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of compounds of formula (I). More particularly the present invention relates to the stable pharmaceutical composition of compounds of formula (I) comprising compounds of formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the pH of the formulation is maintained above 7.
US09610276B2
Compositions and methods for providing anti-diabetic and anti-hyperlipidemia benefits to diabetic subjects currently on medication but not meeting recommended targets for blood glucose, HbA1c, blood pressure and total cholesterol.
US09610275B2
Disclosed are nitrile derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions comprising nitrile derivatives. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise compounds of the formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds. Also disclosed are processes for the preparation of such compounds, intermediates used in the preparation of such compounds, and the uses of such compounds in treating hyperproliferative diseases, inflammatory diseases and viral and bacterial infections and inducing apoptosis in cancer cells.
US09610273B2
Disclosed is a therapeutic management method of hypercholesterolemia in mammals. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of reducing high levels of circulating cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) in the blood stream of mammals, said method involving step of administering therapeutically effective amounts of Calebin A to said mammals to bring about the effects of (i) reducing the amount of total blood cholesterol levels; (ii) reducing the concentrations of low density lipoproteins (LDL) and very low density lipoproteins (VLDL); (iii) increasing the concentrations of high density lipoproteins (HDL) and (iv) reducing concentrations of serum triglycerides.
US09610266B2
A method of treating a cellular injury in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: wherein at least one of R1-R8 is a sulfonic acid, a carboxylic acid, a phosphonic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a sulfonic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a carboxylic acid, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of a phosphonic acid, a sulfonate ester, a carboxylate acid ester, or a phosphonate ester; and the remaining R1-R8 are each independently selected from hydrogen, halo, hydroxyl, nitro, nitroso, amino, substituted amino, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, alkoxy, substituted alkoy, alkenyloxy, substituted alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, substituted alkynyloxy, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, substituted cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, substituted cycloalkynyl, cycloalkyloxy, substituted cycloalkyloxy, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, heterocyclyloxy, substituted heterocyclyloxy, heterocyclylthio, substituted heterocyclylthio, cyano, acyl, acylamino, acyloxy, aminocarbonyl, aminocarbonylamino, aminothiocarbonylamino, aminocarbonyloxy, aminosulfonyl, sulfonylamino, aryl, substituted aryl, aryloxy, substituted aryloxy, arylthio, substituted arylthio, alkylthio, substituted alkylthio, cycloalkylthio, substituted cycloalkylthio, cycloalkenylthio, substituted cycloalkenylthio, thiol, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heteroaryloxy, substituted heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, substituted heteroarylthio, sulfonyl, or sulfonyloxy.
US09610264B2
The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for use in treating or preventing retroviral infections, in particular HIV infections and/or diseases associated with an HIV infection.
US09610261B2
Methods of treating Prader-Willi syndrome in a subject in need of treatment are provided. The methods include administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R, R′, X, Y and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. In embodiments, an effective amount of captodiamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to the subject.
US09610253B2
In an aspect of the invention, a composition for making a patch for the transdermal delivery of tamsulosin is provided. The composition comprises (a) at least about 1 wt % tamsulosin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of tamsulosin, (b) at least about 40 wt % polyisobutylene adhesive or hydrophobic synthetic rubber adhesive, (c) about 1-20 wt % of an aprotic solvent in which tamsulosin dissolves readily, (d) about 1-20 wt % of an unsaturated fatty acid or an alpha-hydroxy acid or a mixture of unsaturated fatty acids or alpha-hydroxy acids or of both unsaturated fatty acids and alpha-hydroxy acids, (e) a lipophilic permeation enhancer, and (f) a matrix modifier.
US09610251B2
The present disclosure relates to novel solid pharmaceutical formulations and process for their preparation. The present disclosure also provides, in part, methods of using the pharmaceutical formulations for regulating the expression of apolipoprotein A-I (ApoA-I), and their use for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and related disease states, including cholesterol- or lipid-related disorders, such as, for example, atherosclerosis.
US09610249B2
Methods for determining dosage of HER2-targeted anthracycline-containing immunoliposomes are disclosed, as are methods of treating cancer patients with HER2-positive tumors using dosages so determined. Upon administration, the dosages share the low cardiotoxicity profile of standard dosages of non-immunoliposomal (untargeted), anthracycline-containing liposomes.
US09610246B2
Biocompatible intraocular implants may include a brimonidine free base and a biodegradable polymer associated with the brimonidine free base to facilitate the release of the brimonidine free base into an eye with the polymer matrix lasts a period of time of not more than twice the drug release duration, but more than the drug release duration.
US09610241B2
The present invention relates to a process for treating straightened keratin fibres, in which a composition comprising at least one carboxylic acid in its acid or salified form, at a concentration of greater than or equal to 2%, and at least one non-cellulosic polymer and/or at least one fatty substance, the pH ranging from 3 to 8, is applied to the straightened keratin fibres.
US09610234B2
Disclosed are active ingredient combinations of alkylamidothiazoles and one or more cosmetically or dermatologically acceptable preservatives.
US09610231B2
An aqueous cosmetic or dermatological preparation for application on wet or moist skin which is substantially emulsifier-free and comprises at least two different polyacrylic acid polymers, at least two different C14-22 fatty alcohols, and at least about 13% by weight of microcrystalline wax, preferably in combination with one or more hydrocarbon oils.
US09610229B2
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.
US09610227B2
Disclosed is an NGT system, the system comprises a nasogastric tube having a diameter and length configured to pass through an esophagus such that the lumen of the NGT maintains fluid communication with a portion of the digestive tract, and a digestive tract sensor operatively associated with the NGT, the digestive tract sensor configured to sense from inside the body and transmit signals in response to one or both of conditions relating to nourishment states of the digestive tract, and positioning of the NGT.
US09610206B2
A patient support system includes independently adjustable columns supporting a hinged bending or breaking patient support structure. At least one column includes at least two sections. A coordinated drive system provides for upwardly breaking and downwardly breaking orientations of the two sections in various inclined and tilted positions.
US09610189B2
A device in connection with sleep apnoea, includes a dental splint (1) designed to engage with the jaws of the user in the position of use of the device and the device moreover includes elements (10, 11) for delivering air to the nostrils of the user from an external air source and a holder element (3) for supporting the elements (10, 11) for the delivery of air, the holder element (3) being connected to the dental splint (1). The holder element (3) is connected to the dental splint (1) by way of elements (7, 9) for adjusting the distance between the dental splint (1) and the holder element (3).
US09610185B2
According to an embodiment, a brace may include a motorized tensioning device, a tensioning member operationally coupled with the motorized tensioning device to tighten the brace about the limb, and a control unit communicatively coupled with the motorized tensioning device to control adjustment of a tension of the tensioning member. A method for providing therapy with the brace fitted about a limb may include communicating a first instruction from the control unit to the motorized tensioning device to adjust the tension of the tensioning member according to a therapeutic regimen that is designed to aid in recovery of the limb via repetitive movement of the limb.
US09610182B2
A system for treating disease involving branching vessels of a mammal system can include a main graft assembly (i) having a lumen permitting fluid flow therethrough, and (ii) configured to expand within a first vessel of a mammal; and a branch graft assembly including a branch cover (i) having a cover lumen permitting fluid flow therethrough; and (ii) configured to expand within a branch vessel that branches from the first vessel. The branch graft assembly may also include an expandable branch stent extending within the cover lumen. The branch graft assembly may further include a branch sheath (i) extending between the branch stent and the cover lumen, and (ii) constraining radial expansion of the branch stent within the cover lumen.
US09610178B2
A prosthetic limb heating apparatus for use with a prosthetic assembly includes a housing having a side wall that defines open upper and lower ends. The upper end is configured to receive an upper limb portion and prosthetic socket into the housing. The open lower end is configured to allow the upper limb portion to pass therethrough but not the prosthetic socket such that the prosthetic socket is nested in the interior area. An electrically conductive wire is situated on the housing and extends circuitously thereabout, the conductive wire having opposed first and second ends. A battery is coupled to the side wall of the housing and electrically connected to the first and second ends of the conductive wire so as to selectively energize the conductive wire. The conductive wire imparts heat to the prosthetic socket when the socket is nested within the housing and the conductive wire is energized.
US09610171B2
Total disc replacement systems and related methods involving a lateral, trans-psoas surgical approach to the spine while performing at least one of continuous and intermittent intra-operative neural monitoring of the psoas muscle to avoid injury during introduction.
US09610163B2
Implants, implant systems, and methods for treatment of mitral valve regurgitation and other valve diseases generally include a coaptation assist body which remains within the blood flow path as the leaflets of the valve move, the valve bodies often being relatively thin, elongate (along the blood flow path), and/or conformable structures which extend laterally from commissure to commissure, allowing the native leaflets to engage and seal against the large, opposed surfaces on either side of the valve body during the heart cycle phase when the ventricle contracts to empty that chamber of blood, and allows blood to pass around the valve body so that blood flows from the atrium to the ventricle during the filling phase of the heart cycle. Separate deployment of independent anchors near each of the commissures may facilitate positioning and support of an exemplary triangular valve body, with a third anchor being deployed in the ventricle. An outer surface of the valve body may accommodate tissue ingrowth or endothelialization, while a fluid-absorbing matrix can swell after introduction into the heart. The valve body shape may be selected after an anchor has been deployed, and catheter-based deployment systems may have a desirable low profile.
US09610151B2
Medical delivery devices include a needle and a flexible compressible impermeable tube attached to the needle. The compressible tube has an open interior channel. The device is adapted to releasably hold a length of a medical implant in the open interior channel of the tube. The medical implant can be slidably inserted into the interior channel of the tube and is loosely held by the tube.
US09610149B2
Extracellular matrix (ECM) constructs having a biodegradable support scaffold and an anchoring mechanism, which includes a plurality of biodegradable microneedles that are capable of piercing tissue and anchoring therein. In a preferred embodiment, the support scaffold and anchoring mechanism comprise an ECM material. In some embodiments, the microneedles are also capable of administering a biologically active agent and/or a pharmacological composition to the engaged tissue.
US09610136B2
The invention relates to a device for the controlled supply of compressed air to at least one pneumatically operated dental instrument (5, 5′, 5″, 5′″) from a supply and control unit (2), in which a dental instrument (5, 5′, 5″, 5′″) is connected by a supply hose (4, 4′, 4″, 4′″) for supplying compressed air with a valve mechanism (6) provided in the supply and control unit (2), the valve mechanism (6) having a plurality of pneumatic sliding valve units (9, 9′, 9″, 9′″). The pneumatic sliding valve units (9, 9′, 9″, 9′″) of the valve mechanism (6) are accommodated in at least one valve body (10) and the valve body (10) has a plurality of control connections (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″), whereby each pneumatic sliding valve unit (9, 9′, 9″, 9′″) corresponds to a control input (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) and pressurization of a control input (12, 12′, 12″, 12′″) with switching compressed air opens the corresponding sliding valve unit (9″) and locks the additional, closed sliding valve units (9, 9′, 9′″).
US09610135B2
The laparoscopic medical instrument holding device has a platform with a holder for securing the instrument. The holder has at least two clamping claws arranged on the platform and each of the clamping claws comprises a two-arm base. Each arm of the base has movably mounted thereon a claw and each arm of the claw has at least two guide rollers. The arm of the claw has a ferromagnetic material footing located above a magnet mounted on the platform. A holding force between the footing and the magnet is adjustable. In the holder there is a releasably mounted instrument sleeve for securing the laparoscopic instrument. The instrument sleeve has a pair of internally mounted clamping elements and an externally mounted securing nut coupled via a deflecting transmission to a motor unit attached to the platform.
US09610132B2
The present invention relates to a surgical instrument for cataract surgery, and provides the surgical instrument for assisting in distinguishing the anterior capsule during cataract surgery, including a ring-shaped body; and a light source provided on a bottom surface portion of the body.
US09610129B2
A medical manipulator having: a longitudinal member; an arm body portion; a first bending portion; a second bending portion; an angle wire; a connecting rod; an operating wire; an arm operating portion including a guide member; wherein the arm operating portion has: a link portion; turning member; and an operating lever; wherein the turning member has: a rotating shaft which is slidably supported by the guide member so as to rotate around a coupling portion; and a guided member which is slidably engaged by the guide member so as to rotate around the rotating shaft in accordance with an operation of the operating lever.
US09610127B2
A protective container for holding a reusable control part of a transcutaneous sensor system for detecting at least one analyte in a bodily fluid is disclosed. The control part includes at least one coupling, which has at least one sensor coupling for connection to at least one transcutaneous sensor. The protective container has at least one container housing. The control part can be held in the container housing. The container housing is adapted to shield the control part from environmental influences. The container housing also has at least one connector which can be connected to the coupling and seals the latter in a media-tight fashion.
US09610125B2
A laser system for body tissue treatment has laser source, control device, scanner, and handpiece with treatment head transparent to the laser beam. An incoming laser beam section enters the treatment head longitudinally. The treatment head has a conical output surface with a minimum and a maximum surface radius and a half opening angle for total reflection of the incoming beam section. The reflected beam section is refracted radially into an emerging beam section away from the treatment head through the output surface. The incoming beam section has at the output surface a mean diameter that is ≦a difference of maximum surface radius and minimum scanning radius. A conical scanning surface as a part of the conical output surface extends from the minimum scanning radius to the maximum surface radius. The control device controls the scanner for scanning the conical scanning surface with the incoming beam section.
US09610124B2
A medical laser using solely an electronic shutter circuit for controlling the laser output, without any mechanical shutter mechanism, is provided for use in clinical applications. The medical laser has several advantages compared to medical lasers with mechanical shutters. These advantages can be defined in terms of the speed of the electronic shutter, increased reliability, increased safety, smaller and less expense. The medical laser according to the invention will shut the laser down in less than 100 microseconds making it far superior to what would be possible with a typical mechanical shutter which would take at least 10 ms to disable the laser. Safety and reliability is a result of an electronic shutter circuit with at least two current sensors, at least two photodetectors and a set of one, two or three fast electronic safety switches.
US09610119B2
A method and system for assessing lesion formation in tissue is provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to acquire magnitudes for a component of a complex impedance between an electrode and tissue, and the power applied to the tissue during lesion formation. The ECU is configured to calculate a value responsive to the complex impedance component and the power. The value is indicative of a predicted lesion depth, a likelihood the lesion has reached a predetermined depth, or a predicted tissue temperature. The method includes acquiring magnitudes for a component of a complex impedance between an electrode and tissue and the power applied during lesion formation. The method includes calculating a value responsive to the complex impedance component and the power, the value being indicative of a predicted lesion depth, a likelihood the lesion has reached a predetermined depth, and/or a predicted tissue temperature.
US09610117B2
Methods and devices that displace bone or other hard tissue to create a cavity in the tissue. Where such methods and devices rely on a driving mechanism for providing moving of the device to form a profile that improves displacement of the tissue. These methods and devices also allow for creating a path or cavity in bone for insertion of bone cement or other filler to treat a fracture or other condition in the bone. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of bone or hard tissue where the tissue or bone is displaced to define a bore or cavity instead of being extracted from the body such as during a drilling or ablation procedure.
US09610110B2
The present invention relates in certain embodiments to medical devices for treating vertebral compression fractures. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to instruments and methods for controllably restoring vertebral body height by controlling the flow of bone cement into the interior of a vertebra and the application of forces causes by the cement flow. An exemplary system utilizes Rf energy in combination a conductive bone cement for selectively polymerizing the inflow plume to increase the viscosity of the cement. In one aspect of the invention, the system utilizes a controller to control bone cement flow parameters to either allow or disallow cement interdigitation into cancellous bone. A method of the invention includes pulsing the flows of bone cement wherein high acceleration of the flow pulses can apply expansion forces across the surface of the cement plume to reduce a vertebral fracture.
US09610109B2
Reduced bone fracture fixation devices and methods for using the same are provided. Aspects of the reduced bone fracture fixation devices include a body dimensioned to be positioned in a reduced bone fracture, wherein the body has a wedge shape configuration sufficient to exert a force on bone of the reduced bone fracture and maintain reduction of the reduced bone fracture. The devices, kits and methods of the invention find use in a variety of applications, such as in applications in which it is desired to repair a reduced bone fracture.
US09610106B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to tissue anchors and methods of delivering same to the intervertebral disc or other sites within the body. In some embodiments, the anchors provide pull-out resistance, stability and/or maximize contact with tissue involving a minimum amount of penetration. In some embodiments, delivery methods are minimally invasive and include linear, lateral, and off-angle implantation or driving of anchors along, against or within tissue surfaces.
US09610104B2
The present invention describes a system, devices and methods for percutaneous pedicle screw revision procedures. The present invention utilizes a tulip rod stub/connector adapted to be used to extend pedicle screw/rod constructs with minimal disruption to surrounding soft tissue and without having to remove existing hardware.
US09610099B2
Tissue fixation members 18 interact with a housing 12 to hold tissue relative to the housing and allow the orientation and position of the grasped tissue to be manipulated with improved efficacy. The tissue fixation members can be easily and quickly moved between deployed and retracted positions to reversibly grasp and release tissue.
US09610093B2
The present invention generally relates to devices for harvesting a skin graft(s). The present invention provides a blister raising device integrated with a member for cutting the blister.
US09610089B2
An endoscopic surgical device comprising a slotted clear cannula, a blade and a housing, wherein the cannula is attached to the housing, and wherein the blade is enclosed in the housing and is slidable into the cannula is disclosed. The blade is enclosed within the housing and cannula, and has a horizontally-oriented pushing component and a vertically-oriented cutting component that protrudes through the slot of the cannula. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using the endoscopic surgical device is also described.
US09610084B2
A hip replacement method in which includes making an anterior incision and a lateral incision proximate the hip joint. The method next includes preparing a femoral passage directed along an axis of the femoral neck of the femur. An acetabulum reamer coupled to a femoral elongate element installed in the femoral passage is used to ream the acetabulum. The femoral head is prepared using a tool coupled to a femoral elongate element installed in the femoral passage. An acetabular prosthesis is then installed using a femoral elongate element installed in the femoral passage. A femoral prosthesis is installed using a femoral elongate element installed in the femoral passage. All of the foregoing steps are performed without dislocating the hip joint.
US09610082B2
A device 10 for gathering tissue in a patient includes an elongated catheter 14 and a capture assembly 13 at a distal portion of the catheter. The capture assembly has a closed side 18 and a door 20 rotatable between an open condition and a closed condition. The closed side 18 of the capture assembly 13 and the door 20 in the closed condition may collectively define a tissue capturing compartment 19. Movement of the door 20 from the open condition to the closed condition adjacent the tissue may capture a portion 44 of the tissue in the tissue capturing compartment 19. A clip may then be applied from the capture assembly 13 to the captured tissue 44 to hold the tissue substantially in a gathered configuration.
US09610080B2
A surgical buttress for use in a surgical stapling apparatus is provided. The surgical buttress includes an elongate rectangular body portion defining a width; a nose portion integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the body portion, the nose portion defining a width that is less than the width of the body portion; a neck portion integrally formed with and extending from a distal end of the body portion, the neck portion defining a width; a head portion integrally formed with and connected to a distal end of the neck portion, the head portion defining a width; and a tail portion integrally formed with and extending from a proximal end of the body portion, the tail portion defining a width that is less than the width of the body portion. The surgical buttress is formed from a material having filaments.
US09610065B2
Disclosed are a probe control method and apparatus and an ultrasound system which apply a mounting signal used to sense a mounting status of a probe, detect the mounting signal transferred through a cable, and automatically activate/deactivate the probe according to a change in a sensed mounting status.
US09610061B2
Ultrasound methods and/or systems provide for the motion tracking of both vessel wall motion and blood flow (e.g., with use of high frame rate ultrasound pulse echo data and speckle tracking both wall motion and flow can be tracked simultaneously).
US09610060B2
The invention relates to a method of monitoring a fetal heart rate, the method comprising: providing a first measurement head (104) and a second measurement head (106) and a sensor (200), the sensor (200) being comprised in the first measurement head (104) or the second measurement head (106), the sensor (200) being adapted to sense the maternal heart rate, the first measurement head (104) being adapted to sense maternal-fetal related medical data and the second measurement head (106) being adapted to sense the fetal heart rate, measuring the maternal heart rate by acquiring maternal heart rate data using the sensor (200), measuring the fetal heart rate by acquiring fetal heart rate data using the second measurement head (106), acquiring the maternal-fetal related medical data, detecting maternal-fetal heart rate coincidences by analyzing the maternal heart rate data and the fetal heart rate data.
US09610055B2
The X-ray CT apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high-voltage power supply, an X-ray detector and a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reconstructs, as a first image, any of a monochromatic X-ray image and a polychromatic X-ray image on a basis of pre-reconstruction data acquired by scanning an object, the polychromatic X-ray image being taken in a first X-ray energy band. The processing circuitry reconstructs, as a second image, a polychromatic X-ray image taken in a second X-ray energy band wider than the first X-ray energy band on a basis of a pre-reconstruction data acquired by scanning the object. The processing circuitry identifies an area of a correction target in the first image as a correction area. The processing circuitry corrects the correction area in the second image on a basis of the first image.
US09610051B2
A scanner for scanning a body part of a human, such as, for example, a breast of a woman includes a supporting part for the upper body of a human, a receiving space for the body part to be scanned, possibly a compression device for pressing against the body part introduced into the receiving space, and a camera which is arranged to form an image of the body part introduced into the receiving space and pressed against by the compression device, with the aid of high-energy radiation emitted by the body part. The camera includes a collimator having a movable collimator part which has an incident surface facing towards the receiving space. The collimator defines and delimits an astigmatic, two-dimensional collection of radiation channels for the high-energy radiation.
US09610043B2
A method is disclosed for creating and outputting a masked parametric map that reflects parameters in a first parametric map and second parametric map. First and second parametric maps are generated, and then a masked parametric map that reflects parameters in the first and second parametric maps is generated. The first parametric map may be based upon portions of two optoacoustic images created using differing wavelengths of light. The first parametric map is reflective of areas within the volume of tissue that have a differing response to the longer wavelength light event compared to the shorter one. The second parametric map is reflective of areas within the volume of tissue that have a stronger response to the longer and shorter wavelength light events than the surrounding areas. A masked parametric map is output which is reflective of a combination of information in the first and second parametric maps.
US09610041B2
Fixation mechanism assemblies and methods are disclosed. A fixation mechanism assembly can include a first fixation member and a second fixation member moveably engaged with the first fixation member. The first fixation member can include a housing having a tissue facing surface and an opposing non-tissue facing surface, one or more guide apertures extending between the tissue facing surface and the non-tissue facing surface, and one or more first fixation elements. The first fixation member includes a longitudinal body and a proximal end attached to, or integrated with, the tissue facing surface of the housing. The second fixation member can include one or more second fixation elements. The second fixation element can correspond to a guide aperture and includes a longitudinal body, a proximal end attached to, or integrated with, the second fixation member, and a distal end movable through the corresponding guide aperture.
US09610036B1
A method and apparatus for monitoring musculoskeletal performance. A person repeatedly performing a physical task is monitored using a sensor system to generate task performance data. A simulation of the person performing the physical task over a number of cycles is run using a musculoskeletal model for the person and at least one of the task performance data and task description data. Muscle activation data and tendon force data are generated based on the simulation. Muscle fatigue and tendon fatigue resulting from performing the physical task are simulated for each cycle using a fatigue model system, the muscle activation data, and the tendon force data. The musculoskeletal model is adjusted to account for the muscle fatigue and the tendon fatigue after each cycle and prior to a next cycle. A prediction is made as to when a predetermined risk threshold for the person is reached based on the simulation.
US09610035B2
A method of maintaining a state in a subject includes measuring one or more physiological parameters of the subject, calculating, using the measured parameter(s), a value, determining if the calculated value is below a lower threshold or above an upper threshold, and generating an output to the subject if the calculated value is determined to be below the lower threshold or above the upper threshold. In one embodiment, the generating an output to the subject includes generating a first output if the calculated value is determined to be below the lower threshold and generating a second output if the calculated value is determined to be above the upper threshold, the second output being different from the first output.
US09610023B2
Systems and methods can be used to determine activation information for points along a surface or selected region of interest. In one example, a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method that includes computing a local activation vector based on relative timing among electrical signals corresponding to neighboring points of a plurality of points on a surface envelope. An activation time can be computed for each of the plurality of points as a function of corresponding local activation vectors.
US09610018B2
In a noninvasive system for measurement of heart rate and other heart-related characteristics a photoplethysmogram (PPG) obtained from a tissue is divided into several feature waveforms, each corresponding to a PPG window of a particular length. Conditioned features, containing frequency components specific to heart-related events, are derived from the features by modulating a carrier kernel with such features. The conditioned features are computationally collided with one or more Zyotons that are co-dependent with the conditioned features. For each conditioned feature, one or more collisions selectively amplify frequency components in features sourced from PPG, and respective energy change values are obtained from such amplified energy portions. The resulting energy change values are analyzed to determine a smallest time-window likely containing heart rate and other heart-related events in the PPG data stream. Over time, the detected events are grouped and analyzed to determine heart rate and other heart-related characteristics.
US09609994B2
A cleaning device (14) for cleaning mop material (33) which freely hangs from a holder (31,32), having an opening (15) in which the hanging mop material (33) is receivable, including a pair of bristle carrying parts (22, 24), each of the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) being rotatable about a respective axis (22a, 24a) by at least one motive device in opposite senses of direction such as to draw the hanging mop material (33) between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), whereby bristles carried by the bristle carrying parts (22, 24) engage the mop material, and a method of cleaning mop material which freely hangs from a holder, using the cleaning device (14), the method including resisting the drawing-in of the mop material between the bristle carrying parts (22, 24), so that the bristles act on and brush the mop material.
US09609992B2
It is surprisingly found that when diamond particles are embedded into an alcohol wipe, the cleansing wipe that is formed is extremely useful at cleaning diamond jewellery in the home. It is also surprising that, given the abrasive nature of diamond, the diamond particles result in a satisfactory clean without causing any damage to the surface of the diamond being cleaned. The final result is that the cleaned diamond has recovered most of its original fire, life and brilliance.
US09609974B2
An improved, simpler, and more cost effective method for hanging multiple layers of curtaining with reduced damage to the casement of a window or of the walls around a window. An e-shaped hook (1) wraps around an existing bracket (3) utilized to hang a primary curtain rod. The hook (1) then extends down from the bracket (3) ending in a lateral prong at a right angle to the bracket (3) and perpendicular to the original curtain rod, pointing toward the center of the window. This prong is then inserted into the aperture of a telescoping rod with an internal spring adjustment referred to as a spring tension rod (2). The spring tension rod (2), due to its internal spring, allows for the rod to be inserted onto the hook (1) and be released from the hook (1) without the removal of the hook (1) from the bracket (3).
US09609969B1
An elastomeric valve includes a barrel having one or more walls defining an interior fluid pathway. The barrel is deformable between a non-deformed state and a deformed state. The elastomeric valve further includes a gate assembly of two or more gate elements forming a tapering volume projecting into the fluid pathway from the one or more walls of the barrel. In at least some examples, each gate element joins the barrel at a reduced cross-section that forms a hinge of that gate element. The two or more gate elements interface with each other along one or more gate boundaries to collectively block the fluid pathway in the non-deformed state and separate from each other along the one or more gate boundaries in the deformed state to permit fluid flow through the gate assembly.
US09609966B2
A cup with a lid and removable scripture stickers is provided. The cup includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and a rim forming an opening into the cup. The lid is releasably attachable to the rim of the cup, thereby covering the opening. At least one sticker having a scripture is attached to the outer surface of the cup. A folded paper is releasably attached to the top of the lid.
US09609964B1
A positive locking hanging system is specifically adapted for locking a panel to a wall. The system includes a first elongated mounting member that is configured to be mountable to a wall, and a second elongated mounting member configured to be attachable to a panel. When the first elongated mounting member and the second elongated mounting member are engaged, notches in the first and second elongated mounting members are aligned to form a locking channel. A user may lock the second elongated mounting member to the first elongated mounting member (i.e., lock the panel to the wall) by inserting a locking element into the locking channel. The locking element constrains the movement of the elongated mounting members which results in the panel being locked to the wall. As a result, this may address seismic concerns such as an earthquake, and may prevent a thief from merely removing the panel from the wall when the locking element is inserted.
US09609947B1
A hinge mounted cabinet (1) that can be assembled from one or more sections (22) using a plurality of internal support channels (15) that are locked together using splines (23) and caps (31, 32) to form a main body (2) of the cabinet. An exterior support channel (39) allows hinge hanging brackets (40) to be easily positioned to accommodate various sized door and hinge configurations.
US09609944B2
There is a modular furniture system having at least one wall, at least two support units, and at least one counter unit. The wall unit typically has a front surface, a back surface, and at least a first support tab and a second support tab. Each of the support units is capable of being coupled or joined to the wall unit. The counter unit can then be rested upon the wall unit and support units. Any number of wall units, support units, and counter units may be used in constructing the furniture system. The wall units and counter units may be curved or straight or bear other shapes to create unique overall pieces of furniture. In some embodiments, the furniture system may manifest itself as a portable bar.
US09609938B1
A pack, which may or may not be a backpack, includes a pack portion made of a flexible material and includes a main interior storage compartment. The pack includes a foldable flap including a front region having an upper portion that, when the foldable flap is unfolded, faces outward and is visible. An aperture, which is included in upper portion of the front region of the foldable flap, is selectively openable when the foldable flap is unfolded to provide access to the main interior storage compartment. The foldable flap can be folded back over itself twice to provide a waterproof barrier against water or other moisture entering the main interior storage compartment of the pack through the aperture. Unlike a typical roll-top backpack, a height of the pack when the foldable flap is unfolded is substantially the same as when the foldable flap is folded back over itself twice.
US09609936B2
Provided is a cream-type cosmetic container, which can easily discharge a highly viscous content without a separate pumping member by allowing a button part to downwardly move and then return to an original location and thus changing the internal pressure of the container body when a user pressurizes the button part, and thus can save the assembling time and the manufacturing cost.
US09609930B2
A protective enclosure for an electronic device includes a hard shell cover that fits over the electronic device. The protective enclosure includes a membrane that is attached to the hard shell cover, the membrane configured to cover a portion of the installed electronic device. The membrane is located proximate a sound feature of the electronic device and the membrane can include an acoustic screen attached to an opening of the membrane, the acoustic screen configured to allow the transmission of acoustical waves to or from the electronic device through the membrane while the electronic device is installed in the protective enclosure.
US09609927B2
An abbreviated wallet device may comprise a foldable element with a first half comprising a proximal end and a distal end and a second half comprising a proximal end and a distal end. A lock tab may be coupled to the second half of the foldable element, and the lock tab may be disposed generally parallel to the second half of the foldable element. A hinge may couple the proximal end of the first half to the proximal end of the second half, and the hinge may be configured to allow the distal end of the first half to pivot relative to the distal end of the second half. A band may be slidably coupled to the first half of the foldable element, and the band may be movable between a first position proximate to the hinge and a second position proximate to the distal end of the first half.
US09609924B1
A bendable jewelry device in the form of an elongated structure has a first end and one or more elongated bodies. At least one of the one or more elongated bodies has a length extending from the first end to a second end of the body. The body is bendable along the length to wrap about a portion of an article of clothing. The first end portion has a means for attaching the first end to a portion of the article of clothing. The means for attachment is secured to the first end.
US09609917B2
An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a base layer and a plurality of strands. The base layer forms at least a portion of an exterior surface of the upper. The strands are located adjacent to the base layer and form another portion of the exterior surface of the upper, the strands being unsecured to the base layer for a distance of at least five centimeters, and the strands having an elongate cross-sectional shape.
US09609911B1
An active footwear suspension system is disclosed. The footwear system provides dynamic suspension using at least one or more variable resistance beams. At least one or more VRB extends from a heel section and/or a front section to a force plate or platform section of the footwear, thus providing selectable suspension to the wearer. The selected rotation of the VRBs from a first position to a second position provides customized suspension between a minimum resistance to a maximum resistance per zone.
US09609888B2
A composition and method for enhancing brain development in a pediatric subject, the method including administering to the pediatric subject a nutritional composition having up to about 7 g/100 kcal of a fat or lipid source, wherein the fat or lipid source includes at least about 0.5 mg/100 kcal of milk or non-milk polar lipids; up to about 5 g/100 kcal of a protein source; at least about 15 mg/100 kcal of lactoferrin from a non-human source; about 0.015 g/100 kcal to about 0.15 g/100 kcal of a prebiotic composition including polydextrose and/or galactooligosaccharide; and at least about 5 mg/100 kcal of a source of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US09609886B2
A method for the packaging of popcorn kernels for popping in microwave ovens, in which the method comprises a stage of the dispensing popcorn kernels, a distribution agent, and a flavoring agent into a microwaveable package through an arrangement of independent discharge openings, adapted to supply and dose, respectively, the popcorn kernels, distribution agent, and flavoring agent.
US09609872B2
Disclosed is an antibacterial agent composition which is highly safe and has excellent antibacterial abilities, by using a silicon-containing compound that is obtained by a specific manufacturing method. The antibacterial agent composition has a more stable antibacterial component, and is capable of imparting antibacterial abilities to teeth, while being also capable of cleaning an article or the mouth. Also disclosed are: an antiviral agent composition which is highly safe and has excellent virus deactivation abilities; an antibacterializing method, a cleaning/mouth rinsing method, each using the antibacterial agent composition or the antiviral agent composition; and a method for fixing an antibacterial agent or an antiviral agent. The antibacterial agent composition may contain a silicon-containing compound which is represented by general formula (1) and obtained by reacting a specific triethoxysilyl compound in an ethanol solvent.
US09609851B2
A leash includes a container housing to be carried on a collar, chain, harness or other similar restraint, readily available for use. An outer end of a leash strap can be pulled by a user to dispense the leash strap for use, and the leash can be retracted and rewound in the container housing. The leash can be latched in a retracted configuration to prevent unwanted extension of the leash, and can be unlatched by a user for extension or storage of the leash in the retracted configuration. In one form the leash includes a thumb wheel that can be turned by a user on an inner rotatable spool in an unlatched position, and rotation of the thumb wheel is prevented in a latched position.
US09609847B2
An animal watering device includes a trough for holding water, a water conduit system in fluid communication with the trough and arranged to be connected to a water supply, an electric power consuming water level control system including a controller and at least one water level sensor arranged to sense a water level in the trough, and an electric power unit is provided. The electric power unit includes an electric generator and an electrically chargeable unit. The water level control system is connected to the electrically chargeable unit. The electric generator is connected to the water conduit system. The electric generator is arranged to be driven by water from the water supply and to charge the electrically chargeable unit.
US09609846B2
A covering for an animal crate is described. In accordance with one implementation, a covering is configured to prevent an amount of an animal's hair, dirt, or mess created by the animal from escaping through at least one aperture located on a lower portion of a wall of a crate. The covering comprises a panel operably attached to the lower portion of the wall of the crate. The panel is of a length and height sufficient to prevent an amount of the animal's hair, dirt, or mess created by the animal from escaping through the at least one aperture located on the lower portion of the wall of the crate.
US09609841B2
The invention provides seed and plants of spinach hybrid SV3653VA and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of spinach hybrid SV3653VA and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a spinach plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another spinach plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the leaf and gametes of such plants.
US09609836B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1TPT and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH1TPT with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1TPT through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH1TPT or a locus conversion of PH1TPT with another maize variety.
US09609821B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV035789. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV035789, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV035789 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV035789 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV035789.
US09609816B2
The invention provides seed and plants of melon hybrid SV5133MG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of melon hybrid SV5133MG and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a melon plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another melon plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09609803B2
By varying the agricultural product application rates when a product delivery system travels through predetermined overlap areas, the drawbacks of over seeding such overlap areas may be substantially reduced. As a result, a product delivery system may travel without stopping meter sections and without dragging a seeding tool through a completely seeded region.
US09609802B2
An assembly for angle adjustment may be used with agriculture equipment such as planters, applicators and tillage equipment wherein deployment of a coupler upon a shaft to allow introduction of an angle is beneficial. A closing wheel assembly incorporating the assembly for angle adjustment allows control of the angle of a closing wheel to improve soil gathering action for delivery of more or less soil to the seed slot/open furrow generated by the opener or opener assembly of a planter (drill) row unit. Exemplary applications of the assembly for angle adjustment include row unit closing wheel assemblies, fertilizer applicators and strip tillage closing systems.
US09609801B2
A seed planter capable of removing soil, which is capable of: forming holes in which seeds can be planted by applying downward pressure to soil furrows covered by vinyl and by removing the covered vinyl and soil all at once, and at the same time inserting a supply pipe into the formed holes such that the seeds, water, and a fertilizer can be selectively placed therein; enables the removed covered vinyl at a fixing pin and within a needle member; and has a measuring tape such that holes can be precisely formed at proper intervals for growing plants.
US09615489B2
The invention relates to an arrangement for providing air to a room is provided. The arrangement comprises a first inlet for taking in air from the room, a first outlet for providing air to the room, a second inlet for taking in air from a space other than the room, the second inlet being connected to the first outlet and a second outlet for exhausting air to the space other than the room; the second outlet being connected to the first inlet. The arrangement further comprises a cooling duct connecting the first inlet and the first outlet, the cooling duct having a cooling module disposed therein for cooling air in the duct and a first flow control module for controlling a first airflow ratio between an exhaust airflow flowing from the first inlet to the second outlet and a cooling airflow from the first inlet to the first outlet.
US09615484B2
Method, system and apparatus for cooling a mobile device is provided. The device comprises: a housing comprising one or more apertures; a heat producing device; a cooling apparatus adjacent the heat producing device, the cooling apparatus comprising: an inlet; an outlet; and, a thermal pump configured to: draw air from the inlet to the heat producing device to form heated air, and exhaust the heated air from the outlet; and, one or more carbon nanotubes, a respective entrance of each of the one or more carbon nanotubes located at the outlet of the cooling apparatus, and a respective exit of each of the one or more carbon nanotubes terminating at a respective aperture of the one or more apertures, so that the heated air is vented through the one or more apertures.
US09615481B1
A modular mount rack frame for storing mounted devices is described herein. A first embodiment of a mount rack frame includes a modular rigid support structure with linearly aligned apertures into which screws can reversibly insert to support a mounted device. In a second embodiment, first and second support structures are stacked and aligned vertically, and they mechanically attach to each other. In this second embodiment, either the first support structure or the second support structure can support the other while contacting a flat horizontal surface. Both first and second embodiments can attach to a rack base for mobility across the flat horizontal surface. Each rigid support structure is also laterally adjustable in horizontal length.
US09615478B2
An arrangement for a blade server slide-in module includes a motherboard with a plug connector, a riser card inserted in the plug connector of the motherboard, a carrier plate, in which there is a first opening, is fixed substantially parallel to the motherboard in the blade server slide-in module, the first opening being aligned with exposed plug contacts of the inserted riser card, and a retaining element having a main body in which there is a continuous, second opening, wherein the retaining element is pushed onto the riser card in a positive locking manner by the second opening and locks with the carrier plate so that the riser card is securely mechanically fixed to the carrier plate and the plug contacts of the riser card are accessible via the second opening.
US09615470B2
A wiring combiner box for combining wires from photovoltaic panels includes a fuse block mounted to a side wall of an enclosure. This construction design allows for combiner boxes to be manufactured in a more narrow enclosure, and also makes it easier to connect the solar panel circuit conductors to the fuse terminal inputs, as the fuse terminal inputs are now more visible.
US09615463B2
Conductive patterns and methods of using and printing such conductive patterns are disclosed. In certain examples, the conductive patterns may be produced by disposing a conductive material between supports on a substrate. The supports may be removed to provide conductive patterns having a desired length and/or geometry.
US09615458B2
For producing a three-dimensional circuit component, an electronic component is mounted on a synthetic resin block. A plurality of electrically-conductive patterns used to establish an electrical connection to the electronic component are formed on the block along a three-dimensional shape of the block. An end of each electrically-conductive patterns is provided with a solder-disposed section. A solder is provided between the solder-disposed section and an opposed surface of the electronic component. The section of each electrically-conductive patterns other than the solder-disposed section and a section on which the electronic component is mounted is internally formed in the block. Since the section of each electrically-conductive patterns other than the section on which the electronic component is mounted is internally formed in the block, the electrically-conductive patterns are not unnecessarily exposed.
US09615456B2
A structure may include bond elements having bases joined to conductive elements at a first portion of a first surface and end surfaces remote from the substrate. A dielectric encapsulation element may overlie and extend from the first portion and fill spaces between the bond elements to separate the bond elements from one another. The encapsulation element has a third surface facing away from the first surface. Unencapsulated portions of the bond elements are defined by at least portions of the end surfaces uncovered by the encapsulation element at the third surface. The encapsulation element at least partially defines a second portion of the first surface that is other than the first portion and has an area sized to accommodate an entire area of a microelectronic element. Some conductive elements are at the second portion and configured for connection with such microelectronic element.
US09615452B1
A power substrate utilizing silver conductors on ceramic, and the process for making said device. The insulating portion of the substrate is fabricated from a ceramic by placing trenches into the ceramic which can be filled with silver conductors. These conductors can serve the purpose of traces for electrical interconnection, pads for die attachment, as well as thermal conductors for heat pipes and heat spreaders. The conductors can be made on both the top and the bottom of the ceramic. Such substrates may be used for a multitude of applications requiring power substrates for conducting large currents, and are suitable for high efficiency, high temperature, and/or high reliability applications.
US09615449B2
A foldable display device having an excellent folding characteristic without image quality deterioration on a folding portion is provided. The foldable display device includes a flexible display panel and a cover window positioned outside the flexible display panel and protecting the flexible display panel from an external impact, wherein the cover window includes a folding region where concave grooves are formed.
US09615446B2
The present invention discloses a pair of differential microstrip lines with low cross-talk for high-frequency signal transmission. The pair of microstrip lines comprises two microstrip lines. The first microstrip line is used to transmit the first transmission signal. The second microstrip line is parallel to the first microstrip line and used to transmit the second transmission signal. The first transmission signal is the complementary signal of the second transmission signal and has a 180° phase difference from the second transmission signal. Particularly, there are a plurality of slots periodically arranged on the outer sides of the first and the second microstrip lines to form a subwavelength configuration. The subwavelength configuration is to make the periodical arrangement length of these slots shorter than the wavelengths of the first and the second transmission signals. These slots can provide subwavelength confinement for enhancing electromagnetic wave.
US09615440B2
A current-limiting reactor that regulates a short-circuit current, a controller that controls an action of an inverter, and a detection unit that detects a short circuit. The controller causes the inverter to stop when a short circuit has occurred.
US09615432B2
A multicolor signal arrangement has a multicolor LED, a microcontroller, and an input interface, the arrangement being configured such that the input interface receives pulse width-modulated control signals. The multicolor LED is operated in a first operating mode when the input interface receives a first control signal, and the multicolor LED is operated in a second operating mode when the input interface receives a second control signal. The multicolor signal arrangement has an RFID device, and the multicolor signal arrangement is configured such that the RFID device receives operating mode definition information, the operating mode definition information is transmitted to the microcontroller, and the microcontroller defines the operating modes dependent on the operating mode definition information. The invention further relates to a method for defining operating modes of such a multicolor signal arrangement and to a system having such a multicolor signal arrangement and an RFID transmission device.
US09615429B2
Illuminating devices and systems are described herein. One illuminating device embodiment includes a computing component configured to determine a change in a state associated with a room in which the illuminating device is located based on a signal from a sensor, and an illuminating component configured to illuminate the illuminating device at a predefined setting associated with the determined state change and discontinue illuminating the illuminating device a predefined amount of time after the change in the state.
US09615428B2
An arrangement for implementing an outdoor light enabling motion detection is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a motion detector associated with the outdoor light; and a user interface, separate from the outdoor light, accessible by a user; wherein the user interface enables the operation of the motion detector in a first mode and overrides the operation of the motion detector in a second mode.
US09615424B2
A control unit of a light source device after activation time is configured to turn on switches respectively connected in series with light sources, in prescribed order. The light source device and a lighting device are configured to transmit characteristics of the light sources, based on a voltage change depending on a pattern of on and off of the switches.
US09615423B2
A protection circuit for lighting drivers is provided, wherein a lighting driver is coupled to an AC voltage source. The protection circuit comprises a loading circuit, coupled to the AC voltage source and operable to load it with a loading current, and a monitoring and control (M&C) circuit. The M&C circuit is coupled to the AC voltage source for detecting interference pulses thereon and causes the loading circuit to load the AC voltage source with the loading current during a certain loading time starting upon detecting an interference pulse, indiscriminately of the interference pulse polarity. The protection circuit thereby prevents the AC source current from dropping to zero in response to the interference pulse. When the AC voltage source comprises a lighting dimmer, preventing the current from dropping to zero prevents cutout of the lighting dimmer due to an interference pulse that causes a momentary drop of the AC voltage.
US09615421B1
An LED control circuit, comprising: a current source including a positive terminal and a negative terminal for providing a current; an LED, which is disposed on a first current path, including an anode and a cathode where the anode is connected to the positive terminal of the current source; an LED monitor including an input terminal and an output terminal where the input terminal is connected to the anode or the cathode of the LED; and a second current path connected in parallel to the first current path; wherein, when the LED monitor detects that the first current meets a target value, if the source current provided by the power source is greater than the target value, a second current divided from the source current flows through the second current path.
US09615419B2
Disclosed herein is an AC LED driving circuit. The AC LED driving circuit includes a power supply unit. An LED driving unit includes an LED lighting unit having a first LED unit to an n-th LED unit, and a plurality of switching circuit units. A dimmer driving unit includes a VCCS, an input terminal and an output terminal of which are respectively connected to a connection line between the output terminal of the rectification circuit and the first LED unit and to an output terminal of the switching circuit units, a reference voltage supply unit, and a common resistor, a first end of which is connected to a negative terminal of the reference voltage supply unit, and a second end of which is connected in common to an output line of the VCCS and to an output terminal of the switching circuit units.
US09615415B2
The present disclosure relates to an LED driving circuit and method using a single inductor. A constant current controller controls a power stage circuit to provide a constant output signal, and thus to provide a constant current signal for an LED load. A dimming controller regulates luminance of the LED load. A constant voltage generating circuit receives the current signal at an output terminal of the power stage circuit and a reserve supply voltage for providing a supply voltage for the dimming controller. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure does not need an independent power supply chip, and reduces components such as inductors and rectifying transistors. Thus, a peripheral circuit is simplified, and an overall size of the system is reduced.
US09615406B2
An image forming apparatus including a magnetic flux generating device, a fixing unit configured to heat in accordance with the magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generating device, the fixing unit having a heating element including a magnetic material, a current detection unit configure to detect a value of a current supplied to the magnetic flux generating device, a temperature sensor configure to detect a temperature of the heating element, and an abnormal status detecting unit configured to detect an abnormal status of the current based on a result of comparison between the value of the current detected by the current detection unit and a threshold is provided. The abnormal status detecting unit is configured to vary the threshold based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
US09615405B2
A heat exchange device for heating liquid adhesive material to an application temperature suitable for an adhesive bonding application includes a body having an inlet configured to receive a flow of liquid adhesive material and an outlet configured to provide the liquid adhesive material to a dispensing device for the adhesive bonding application. A fluid passageway in the body connects the inlet and the outlet. The fluid passageway includes a thin slit section having a length along a fluid flow direction between the inlet and the outlet, the thin slit section further having a first dimension and a second dimension transverse to the fluid flow direction. The first dimension and the length are substantially greater than the second dimension. The heat exchange device further includes a heating element for heating the liquid adhesive material flowing through the thin slit section to the application temperature.
US09615402B2
A base station includes multiple edge nodes and a central node. The edge nodes are configured to perform communication with a user equipment, and execute baseband processing and mutual conversion between baseband data and radio data, in which the multiple edge nodes belong to one or more edge node groups, and each edge node group includes at least one edge node. The central node is configured to perform communication with the multiple edge nodes, manage the multiple edge nodes, and perform resource sharing so that resources are shared by the multiple edge nodes. The base station is divided into two levels of architecture, namely, a central node and an edge node, and the central node implements resource sharing so that resources are shared by the edge nodes, so that a resource sharing degree in the base station is enhanced.
US09615400B2
A network apparatus and a network sharing method are provided. The network apparatus includes a connecting port that can connect to a computer directly. The network apparatus automatically captures wireless network connection information stored in the computer via the connecting port, sets up a wireless network environment, so that the network apparatus acts as an external network card and makes the computer connect to the network via the network apparatus. Meanwhile, the network apparatus acts as a wireless base station and shares the network with other computer.
US09615396B2
A method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface whereby a first node that is a master node determines a second node to be the master and controls a point-to-point connection or a broadcast connection to another node. The first node having the display device determines the second node to be the master in accordance with a user selection, and transmits a connection command of a predetermined format for transmitting a data stream to the second node. The second node determined as the master in accordance with the transmitted connection command of the predetermined format is allocated with a channel and a bandwidth from an isochronous resource manager (IRM), and performs a point-to-point connection between the second node and the first node to transit the data stream. Thus, the transmission/reception, reproduction, and control of the data stream of the program can be smoothly performed.
US09615391B2
A vehicle may be configured to prompt for a gesture-based identifying action, the action to be performed via moving a device, thereby identifying the device for association as the driver device; identify movement of the device in accordance with the gesture-based identifying action; and associate the device, moved in accordance with the gesture-based identifying action, as the driver device.
US09615384B2
Systems and methods for assigning pilot sequences include randomly assigning pilot sequences to a population of access terminals. A first pilot sequence assigned to a worst performing access terminal of the population of access terminals is updated to a different pilot sequence that improves performance of the worst performing access terminal. A second pilot sequence assigned to a best performing access terminal of the population of access terminals is updated to another pilot sequence that reduces performance of the best performing access terminal.
US09615382B2
A relay node for aggregating data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network includes a receiver configured to receive uplink signals from multiple terminals, each uplink signal including respective uplink data, a decoder operatively connected to the receiver and configured to decode the uplink signals to obtain the uplink data, a machine-readable storage medium operatively connected to the decoder and configured to store the uplink data, an encoder operatively connected to the machine-readable medium and configured to encode an aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data obtained from the uplink signals, and a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink transmission of the aggregate uplink signal to the base station.
US09615380B2
A system and method for transmitting control information are provided. A method for communications controller operations includes combining control data for each relay node of at least one relay node into a control channel data stream, mapping a plurality of transmission resources for the control channel data stream into a plurality of physical resource blocks using a distributed virtual resource mapping rule, and transmitting the plurality of physical resource blocks to the set of at least one relay node. The plurality of transmission resources are mapped to physical resource blocks that are non-contiguous in a frequency domain.
US09615375B2
A system and method for communication resource allocation, a resource including a time slot and at least one associated channel, said channel including at least one transmit and/or receive frequency usable during said time slot, in a mobile meshed network including a first set of radio transceivers communicating with one another via radio links, at least one group, comprising a second set of at least one radio transceiver of said first set, said second set including a master transceiver in a master/subordinate relationship with all the radio transceivers of the second set, a central radio transceiver of the network belonging to said first set. Said system is characterized in that it comprises first means for determining said group(s), second means for allocating all or some of said resources through assignment of a resource to a single group which is able to use said resource for one or more communications between radio transceivers of said group; or through allocation of a resource to a single first group which is able to use said resource for communication between radio transceivers of said first group and radio transceivers belonging to one or more neighboring destination groups, if none of the other resources sharing the same time slot with said resource is determined as belonging to one of said destination groups or to a different second group for links to one of said destination groups of the first group, except if the first group and the second group have no transceiver having a common radio neighbor in the destination groups. Finally, said system comprises third means for allocating, for all or some of the groups, all or some of the resources allocated to said group, to one of the radio transceivers in the group.
US09615371B1
The power consumption of a tracking device can be reduced by managing the transmission power of the tracking device when a mobile device is at the edge of the range of the tracking device. A connection can be established between a tracking device and a mobile device at the edge of a first range of the tracking device. The transmission range of the tracking device can be reduced to sever the connection between the tracking device and the mobile device. After a pre-determined time interval or after a connection with the mobile device is re-established the transmission range of the tracking device can be restored.
US09615370B2
A device and method for communicating frequency-coded symbols that include data elements and reference symbols are disclosed. In one aspect, a carrier frequency band includes a plurality of subcarrier frequency bands. Data elements are transmitted and received on respective pairs of adjacent subcarrier frequency bands to provide diversity. Reference symbols are transmitted and received on predetermined subcarrier frequency bands. Muting is applied to selected subcarrier frequency bands based on the number and frequency configuration of the reference symbols.
US09615358B2
A method according to the present invention is implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system that supports flexible-TDD (flexible-time division duplex) UL-DL (uplink-downlink) configuration. The method includes configuring a first type of user equipment (UE) with a first type of configuration; configuring a second type of UE with a second type of configuration; and receiving from a user equipment a HARQ-ACK (hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement) signal according to a DL association set. The DL association set includes: a first DL association set for a UL-DL TDD configuration used by the first type of UE; and a second DL association set for a reference UL-DL TDD configuration including a third DL association set for PUCCH resource mapping used by the second type of UE.
US09615336B2
Power headroom management in uplink carrier aggregation for connectivity with logically separate cells of a wireless communications system is performed by a network entity, alone or in combination with another network entity, one or more mobile entities, or both. This may include determining an uplink power allocation across at least two independently controlled cells of a wireless communication network for a mobile entity served by at least two independently controlled cells of a wireless communication network, subject to a total PH constraint for uplink transmissions by the mobile entity. A network entity may then manage PH reporting for determining the uplink power allocation by the uplink serving cells, based on the determined uplink power allocation. Managing the PH reporting may be performed by at least one of: explicit coordination between the at least two independently controlled cells, implicit coordination between the at least two independently controlled cells, or configuring PH reporting from the mobile entity by at least one of the at least two independently controlled cells.
US09615323B2
The wireless communication system of the present invention includes a base station (10) and a mobility management node (20). The base station (10) sends at least one information from among location information of the base station (10) and information about the size of a cell of the base station (10), to the mobility management node (20). The mobility management node (20) receives at least one information from among the location information of the base station (10) and the information about the size of the cell of the base station, from the base station (10).
US09615313B2
A method, a device, and a system for sending and receiving a message for a ProSe. The method includes determining, by a base station, a device identifier list of a ProSe user equipment and a resource parameter that is used by the ProSe user equipment to send a discovery signal; and broadcasting, by the base station, a first indication message, where the first indication message indicates the device identifier list and the resource parameter, so that a first ProSe user equipment performs a ProSe with a second ProSe user equipment. According to the method and the device for sending and receiving a message for a ProSe that are provided by the embodiments, a rate that a ProSe user equipment is sensed can be improved.
US09615312B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for connecting electronic devices. A first electronic device broadcasts a message including at least one of related service information and connectivity information necessary for accessing a wireless access point (AP) accessed by the first electronic device, by using short-range communication. The first electronic device receives a connection request from at least one second electronic device via the wireless AP.
US09615309B2
Embodiments are provided to enable concurrent uplink transmissions from multiple Wi-Fi stations (STAs) to one or more access points (APs) using Interference Alignment (IA). In an embodiment, the STAs broadcast, to one or more APs, beamforming reports including channel estimation information for downlink. The one or more AP then performs channel estimation using the beamforming reports, and selects at least some of the STAs. The AP also computes beamforming information for IA of uplink transmissions between the selected STAs and sends, to the selected STAs, the beamforming information. The beamforming information is piggy-backed over downlink data packets to the selected STAs. Each selected STA then sends an uplink data frame concurrently with one or more other uplink data frames from one or more other selected STAs to the AP. The uplink data frames are configured for concurrent uplink transmissions according to the beamforming information for IA.
US09615293B1
A process for managing satellite bandwidth available to a moving vessel includes configuring a satellite to associate the vessel with a group of multiple vessels; configuring the satellite to guarantee a committed information rate (CIR) bandwidth to the vessel and to associate a maximum information rate (MIR) with the vessel, and to combine the CIR of the vessel into a CIR bandwidth pool for the group of vessels, and to combine the MIR of the vessel into a MIR bandwidth pool for the group of vessels, and to provide the vessel with a priority burst rate up to the combined CIR bandwidth of the group of vessels, and to provide the vessel with a burst rate up to the combined MIR bandwidth of the group of vessels, conditional on availability of bandwidth beyond the combined CIR bandwidth of the group of vessels; and re-configuring the satellite to release the guarantee of CIR bandwidth for the vessel upon the vessel gaining access to a terrestrial network connection of higher speed than the satellite connection.
US09615286B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. A method for accessing the channel from a station (STA) in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of transmitting a power save-poll (PS-poll) for channel accessing from a listening interval to an access point, wherein the station operates in a non-traffic indication map (TIM) mode which is not limited by a TIM element that is transmitted from the access point, and wherein the time of transmission of the PS-poll is not limited by the TIM element.
US09615282B2
Method and apparatus for improving the quality of measurements performed on non-serving frequencies and/or the quality of serving cell data reception by intelligently configuring measurement gaps during which a wireless device is to perform those measurements. The intelligent configuration processing entails obtaining information that identifies, for each of a plurality of candidate non-serving frequencies, one or more measurement bandwidths over which one or more corresponding measurements on that non-serving frequency are to be performed. In at least some embodiments, such candidate non-serving frequencies represent frequencies for which the device has requested measurements gaps. The processing further includes selecting a subset of the candidate non-serving frequencies based on the measurement bandwidths. The processing finally includes configuring measurement gaps during which the wireless device is to perform one or more measurements on the selected non-serving frequencies.
US09615276B2
A radio terminal comprises a communication unit, a measurement unit, a measurement unit, and a control unit. The communication unit selects the CDMA or OFDM scheme as a communication scheme to be used in a cell formed by a radio base station and performs radio communication. The measurement unit measures the receiving quality relating to the time difference between the preceding and delayed wave of a received signal in the OFDM scheme and measures the receiving quality of a received signal in the CDMA scheme. When the OFDM scheme is used in an idle state, when the receiving quality relating to the time difference which is obtained by the measurement unit is deteriorated below a threshold value corresponding to a guard interval used in the OFDM scheme, the control unit causes the measurement unit to measure the receiving quality of the received signal in the CDMA scheme.
US09615275B2
A method and a system for measuring Layer 2 (L2) load conditions in a wireless network environment are provided. The method of an evolved Node B (eNB) for measuring L2 load conditions in a wireless network environment includes determining total number of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) allocated to the eNB in uplink and downlink and determining number of PRBs which are unavailable in uplink and downlink. The method further includes computing number of PRBs available for use during a time period by subtracting the number of unavailable PRBs from the number of allocated PRBs. Moreover, the method includes reporting the number of PRBs available for use during a time period to an Operation And Maintenance (OAM) entity in the wireless network environment.
US09615267B2
An apparatus and method are provided for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest ACKnowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback information by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, when Component Carriers (CCs) configured for the UE include a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) CC and a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) CC. The method includes determining a HARQ-ACK timing and a CC for transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information, based on a composition structure of the CCs configured for the UE, and transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) or a Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) of the determined CC, based on the determined HARQ-ACK timing.
US09615258B2
Methods, devices, systems, techniques, and computer program products are provided to secure timing synchronization to network nodes connected over an inherently insecure best effort public network with mechanisms to improve accuracy of timing protocols such as a statistically estimated edge timestamp offset encoded into the timing message to account for network jitter and processing latency variances incurred due to the security packet processing and encryption; to ensure slave network nodes shall only accept timing messages from trusted timing sources; to establish a secure tunnel with a trusted timing source for exchange of timing packets; to provide authentication and security for timing packets over the insecure public network; and to enhance message anonymity with variable payload padding.
US09615254B2
A wireless power transmitting device is described comprising a power transmitter to wirelessly transmit power to a wireless power receiving device, a controller configured to control the wireless power transfer to the wireless power receiving device via a wireless power transfer control channel of a first wireless communication network between the wireless power transmitting device and the wireless power receiving device and a signaling circuit configured to signal access information for a second wireless communication network via the wireless power transfer control channel.
US09615253B1
A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitates delivery of mobile-terminated short message service messages to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server deployed in a core network receives a short message for short message service delivery to a mobile station attached with a femtocell system. If there is no active traffic channel with the mobile station, or if the short message is to be delivered to the mobile station via a paging channel, the femtocell system triggers an authentication process. The convergence server constructs a short message service delivery request message, transmits the short message service delivery request message to the femtocell system, and receives one of an acknowledgement and a negative acknowledgment regarding delivery of the short message to the mobile station. The convergence server thereafter notifies the message center of the acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement received thereby.
US09615251B2
A radio device is provided with a first radio unit and a second radio unit, wherein the first radio unit provides a certified functionality which is certified by an authorized certification authority. The second radio unit provides a certified functionality, wherein the functionality of the second radio unit is different from the functionality of the first radio unit, and the functionality of the second radio unit is similarly certified by an authorized certification authority. Furthermore, a method is provided for the transmission of information via the radio device.
US09615250B2
Pools of cellular devices share same provisioning profiles for cellular (over-the-air) provisioning connectivity. Conceptually, a limited pool of one or more provisioning profiles is setup in an MNO's backend equipment. Multiple cellular devices are each configured with a same provisioning profile from the pool. In practice, the number of provisioning profiles in a pool may be orders of magnitude less than the number of cellular devices configured to use the provisioning profiles in the pool.
US09615248B2
A system and method for managing device communication anonymously in wireless networks. A controller in a device manages communication for the device. The device has a static device tag. The controller establishes a first key for the device. The controller establishes the first key in response to a first triggering event of the device. The first key is based on a first status of the device. The controller generates a first identifier of the device. The controller generates the first identifier by using a hashing technique. The controller uses the hashing technique on a combination of the first key and the static device tag. The first identifier is for identifying the device on a first wireless network. The controller provides a second status of the device. The controller provides the second status to the first wireless network. The controller couples the second status with the first identifier.
US09615247B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a base station (101) for transmitting a transport block to a user equipment (105) in a communications network (100). The transport block comprises a plurality of bits. The base station (101) selects (203a, 203b, 401) a transport format. The base station (101) dynamically selects (204a, 203b, 402) a first redundancy version parameter based on a decoding performance for the transport block. The base station (101) transmits (205a, 204b, 404) the transport block comprising the plurality of bits distributed according to the dynamically selected first redundancy version parameter and according to the selected transport format in a first transmission to the user equipment (105).
US09615243B2
The invention is directed to configuring a mobile device. An exemplary method comprises: connecting, using the mobile device, to a first network; requesting, using the mobile device, a list of subscription options from the first network, wherein the list of subscription options comprises a subscription option associated with a second network different from the first network; selecting, using the mobile device, the subscription option associated with the second network; downloading, using the mobile device, a communication application associated with the selected subscription option; terminating, using the mobile device, the connection to the first network; and connecting, using the mobile device, to the second network using the communication application.
US09615242B2
A method of determining a network leakage rate within a wireless communication network that uses counters within an application server. The number of users at a second point in time, determined by the counters, is subtracted from a number of users at a first point in time, determined by the counters, to provide a first result. The number of user attempts to access the network, determined by the counters, is multiplied by a success rate and then the number of users leaving the network (de-registering from the network or handing off to a different network) is subtracted to provide a second result. The second result is subtracted from the first result and then divided by the number of users at the first point in time. The absolute value is the network leakage rate.
US09615241B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a mobility management node for handling information in a network. The node is associated with a wireless device being served by a serving network. The node obtains information about that at least one of the serving network and a time zone and a UCI, has been changed for the device, and information about that the change has not been transmitted to a SGW. When at least one of the serving network and the time zone and the UCI, has been changed, and information about the change has not been transmitted to the SGW, the node transmits the information about at least one of the changed serving network and time zone and UCI, to the SGW, enabling the SGW to forward this information to a PGW.
US09615234B2
Technology for initiating emergency calls is disclosed. A minimum set of emergency related data (MSD) associated with the emergency call may be identified at a terminal equipment (TE) of a mobile terminal. An attention (AT) command may be generated that includes the MSD and selected configuration information related to the emergency call. The AT command may be sent from the TE of the mobile terminal to a mobile termination (MT) of the mobile terminal in order to setup the emergency call, wherein the mobile terminal (MT) routes the emergency call to a public safety answering point (PSAP) in a communication network.
US09615225B2
Techniques are described for forwarding an instant message addressed to an intended instant messaging recipient to the recipient's mobile telephone when the recipient's mobile telephone number is known to the instant message sender. In one example, an instant message is forwarded to the intended recipient's mobile telephone number when the instant message sender's contact information for the intended recipient includes an instant message address (e.g., a screen name or other type of instant message identifier) and a mobile telephone number, without dependence upon the intended recipient's presence on the instant message (IM) system or through actual login or registration with an IM forwarding service. In a more particular example, an address book of the instant message sender includes an entry for the intended recipient where the entry includes an instant message address and a mobile telephone number of the intended recipient.
US09615218B2
Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product that enable intelligent formation and management of dynamic talk groups. Embodiments include a discretionary sharing mechanism based on invitation and acceptance that allows for dynamic publication or sharing of information in real time among agencies responding to an incident, where the agencies may establish secure communications. Additional embodiments include establishing and associating geographic boundaries of incident sites with talk groups, monitoring conditions that trigger warning messages sent to talk group members, and subscriptions to information channels that allow multimedia information to flow into talk groups.
US09615217B2
Distributing messages received by a cellular device via cellular broadcast to additional electronic devices. The cellular device may receive a first message via a cellular broadcast technique. The cellular device may discover another electronic device. The cellular device may provide an indication of the first message to other electronic device. The indication of the first message may cause the other electronic device to provide a user alert at the other electronic device.
US09615210B2
The principles described herein provide methods and systems for locating a tracking device. In particular, one disclosed method includes associating a user with a tracking device, receiving an indication that the tracking device is lost, setting a flag indicating that the tracking device is lost, receiving a location within a proximity of the tracking device from one of a plurality of mobile devices associated with a community of users, and providing the location to the user.
US09615204B1
A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
US09615192B2
A message link server maintains secure message links with device link agents on each of a plurality of wireless end-user devices. Plural network elements send messages to the message link server, the messages targeted for delivery of message content to specific software components on respective ones of the wireless end-user devices. A message buffering system in the server buffers messages targeted to each device until one of several triggers occur, such that messages that do not have time-critical messaging needs may be buffered until the occurrence of a trigger other than the receipt of that message by the server.
US09615187B2
Audio signal verification methods and apparatus for video/audio production equipment are disclosed. An audio signal and a video signal are input into production equipment. The audio signal has one or more known frequencies, and the video signal has a known video frame to which the audio signal is to be synchronized by the equipment. Based on the known frequency or frequencies and a frequency or frequencies of an output audio signal that is output by the equipment with the video frame, a determination can be made as to whether the output audio signal corresponds to the input audio signal. Respective values could be assigned to a number of frequencies, to enable values to be encoded in the input audio signal. The correspondence determination could then be made based on whether the values encoded by frequencies in the output audio signal match the values encoded in the input audio signal.
US09615182B2
Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure.
US09615175B2
There is provided a method of frequency assignment of wireless radio audio transmission systems having a plurality of wireless transmitters and at least one wireless receiver. The wireless transmitters can represent first wireless transmitters which in the switched-on condition can approach another wireless transmitter below an established minimum spacing and second wireless transmitters which in the switched-on condition cannot approach below the minimum spacing. The wireless transmitters serve for example to transmit an audio signal wirelessly to the at least one wireless receiver. The transmission frequencies of the first wireless transmitters are assigned having regard to possible intermodulation effects. The transmission frequencies of the second wireless transmitters are assigned having regard to the relative spatial distances of the second wireless transmitters relative to each other.
US09615156B1
An engaging structure is used for installation of a loudspeaker into an installation hole of a partition. The installation hole extends through first and second faces of the partition. The engaging structure includes a receiving portion and a plurality of clamping units. The receiving portion has a receiving hole for receiving the loudspeaker. The clamping units are coupled with the receiving portion and surround the receiving hole. Each clamping unit includes first and second clamping members. The first clamping member includes a first end connected to a first end of the second clamping member, and a second end connected to a first wheel. The first wheel abuts with an inner periphery of the partition. The second clamping member includes a second end connected to a second wheel, and the second wheel abuts with one of the first and second faces of the partition.
US09615155B2
A speaker apparatus comprises a speaker box SB in which a speaker 51(or 52) is placed, as well as a bass reflex port 22 (or 23), an electric circuit device 40 and a drip-proof wall 16 placed in the speaker box SB. One end of the bass reflex port 22 is open outside the speaker box SB while other end of the bass reflex port 22 is open in the speaker box SB. The drip-proof wall 16 isolates the electric circuit device 40 from the other end of the bass reflex port 22 so that the speaker apparatus can prevent water droplets intruding into the speaker box SB through the bass reflex ports 22 from reaching the electric circuit device 40.
US09615153B2
A system and method for applying an extended multipoint control protocols to wireless access systems. A medium-to-medium adaptor can be provided in an adaptor node that can interface with an upstream optical line terminal in a PON domain and a downstream device in a non-PON wireless domain. The medium-to-medium adaptor enables an implementation of end-to-end services across multiple quality of service (QoS) domains by passing all traffic with controlled delay and without contention.
US09615148B2
A communication apparatus includes: a data generating unit that generates write data to be sent to any other communication apparatus at an arbitrary timing; a communication unit that repeatedly sends a read request to the other communication apparatus until the write data is generated and, at the same time, repeatedly receives a read response sent from the other communication apparatus in response to the read request; and a data acquisition unit that acquires read data, which is sent along with the read response by the other communication apparatus, when the read data is generated at an arbitrary timing by the other communication apparatus.
US09615147B2
A multisensory meter system is disclosed. The system comprises one main unit and a plurality of remote units. Each remote unit has at least a sensor to measure a physical parameter and wirelessly transmit the measured parameter as a signal to the main unit. The main unit and the remote units have an interface that allows at least one the remote units to be attached to the main unit. When attached, the main unit and the remote unit function as a single meter, and the main unit is capable of receiving signals from the other remote units. In one embodiment, the main unit and the remote units form a mesh network to transmit and receive signals, wherein each remote unit receives signals and transmits said signals. The mesh network may also contain relays. The remote units may measure a number of physical parameters such as relative humidity, temperature, vibration, moisture, electrical current, air speed, voltage and rotational speed. The signals may contain a unique identifier or code, and may be broadcast in unique frequencies.
US09615146B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09615137B2
An information processor determines what media content is currently and/or could be displayed on a primary viewing screen. The information processor then mines other sources of information to obtain associated information. This information can then be accessed by a user as raw data and/or further processed by the information processor and then accessed by the user. Typically, the associated information is displayed on a secondary screen. This allows, for example, an electronic programming guide to be enhanced with additional information.
US09615135B2
An information processing device includes: a recommendation information obtaining section obtaining information on a recommended content to be recommended to a user for viewing, the information being information transmitted from an external device or information stored in a predetermined storage area in advance; and a character display section displaying a predetermined character on a screen, and displaying information indicating that the character has interest in the recommended content on the screen.
US09615134B2
System and Method of filtering and modifying access to media content based on parental control limits are provided. The method for filtering media content includes receiving authentication information for a content provider, authenticating to the content provider, importing parental control limits from the content provider, storing the received parental control limits in a customer profile, and filtering the media content based on the parental control limits to produce a filtered list of the media content. The method for modifying access to media content includes authenticating to a customer profile with a unique customer identifier, retrieving parental control limits from the customer profile, and modifying access to the media content based on the retrieved parental control limits. Changes in the parental control limits at a content provider may be detected and updated in the customer profile.
US09615123B2
A video playing device, a method of controlling the video playing device, and a video playing system are provided. The video playing device includes a display configured to display a video and a caption, and a controller configured to set a synchronization period in which the video is repeatedly played, and to synchronize a time point of displaying the caption with the video during the synchronization period.
US09615122B2
A method for synchronized utilization of an electronic device is provided. The method receives closed captioning data from an audio/video content receiver for a set of audio/video content; retrieves detail for a first event occurring in the set of audio/video content, wherein the first event is indicated by the received closed captioning data; and presents content to a user, using the electronic device, based on the retrieved detail.
US09615118B1
An example method involves: accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C1 . . . Cn separated at least into a first block of clip identifiers C1 . . . Cj and a second block of clip identifiers Cj+1 . . . Ck; accessing a second list that includes ordered player identifiers P1 . . . Px; assigning to each clip identifier C1 . . . Cj in order a respective one of the player identifiers P1 . . . Px selected in an ordered and looping fashion starting with one of the player identifiers P1 . . . Px; assigning to each clip identifier Cj+1 . . . Ck in order a respective one of the player identifiers P1 . . . Px selected in an ordered and looping fashion starting with the player identifier P1; and traversing the clip identifiers C1 . . . Ck, and for each traversed clip identifier, causing a player identified by the one of the player identifiers P1 . . . Px assigned to the traversed clip identifier to load a clip identified by the traversed clip identifier.
US09615109B2
In a picture coding device that partitions differential information between a picture that is a coding target and a picture that is a prediction target into a plurality of sub blocks and codes the partitioned sub blocks in a predetermined sequence, a significant sub block information coding controller and a calculation encoder code significant sub block information that represents whether or not all the values of differential coefficients belonging to the sub block are zero. A significant coefficient information coding controller and the calculation encoder code significant differential coefficient information that represents whether or not the value of the differential coefficient is zero. A differential coefficient value coding controller and the calculation encoder code the value of the differential coefficient.
US09615107B2
An image coding method for coding an image on a block-by-block basis to generate a bitstream includes: deriving, as a first merging candidate, a merging candidate which is a combination of a prediction direction, a motion vector, and a reference picture index for use in coding of the current block; deriving, as a second merging candidate, a merging candidate having a motion vector which is a predetermined vector; selecting a merging candidate to be used for the coding of the current block from the derived first merging candidate and the derived second merging candidate; and attaching an index for identifying the selected merging candidate to the bitstream.
US09615105B2
A method for encoding an intra prediction mode according to the present invention selects an intra prediction mode for a current block, determines the number of valid MPM candidates by checking the validity of MPM candidates of the current block, and if the number of valid MPM candidates is less than a previously set number, adds additional intra prediction modes as MPM candidates. MPM candidates can be adaptively added on the basis of the directionality of valid MPM candidates. Additionally, during the encoding of residual intra prediction modes, residual intra prediction modes are realigned on the basis of the directionality of valid MPM candidates. Accordingly, the present invention allows the information for encoding the intra prediction mode of the current block to be minimized by adding MPM candidates or realigning the residual intra prediction modes on the basis of the directionality of valid MPM candidates.
US09615084B2
A three-dimensional (3D) display system is provided for displaying a 3D image including a first view image and a second view image to a viewer. The 3D display system includes an arrangement module, a processing module, and a displaying module. The arrangement module is configured to alternatingly arrange display units of the first view image and display units of the second view image on a display panel. The processing module is configured to obtain an information difference of a display unit of the second view image from the display units of the first view image, and re-calculate a pixel value of the display unit of the second view image. The displaying module is configured to display to the viewer the display unit of the second view image with the re-calculated pixel value via a light separation device.
US09615076B2
A display device may include a frame rate determining unit configured to receive an input image signal and configured to select, based on the input image signal, one of a first frame rate and a second frame rate to be a selected frame rate. The input image signal may include luminance information. The second frame rate may be equal to a natural number times the first frame rate. The natural number may be greater than or equal to 2. The display device may further include a display panel configured to display a first image according to at least a control signal generated based on the selected frame rate.
US09615074B2
A method for generating a translation image includes first and second lenses capturing first and second images toward an object respectively, an image processing device calculating a depth of field of a pixel in the first image relative to the first lens according to a first vertical viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens, a second vertical viewing angle between a corresponding pixel in the second image and the second lens, and a distance between the first and second lenses, the image processing device calculating a horizontal viewing angle between the pixel in the first image and the first lens according to the depth of field, coordinates of the pixel in the first image, and the distance, and the image processing device generating a translation image according to the coordinates of the pixel, the depth of field, the distance, and the horizontal viewing angle.
US09615072B2
An electronic device disclosed herein includes an adaptive comb to generate a combed video image from an image signal using frame combing or field combing, and a controller. The controller includes a field motion detector to determine a field motion value for a region as a function of field motion between adjacent fields of the image signal, and controller logic to generate a control signal to cause the adaptive comb to selectively comb the region using the frame combing or the field combing based upon the field motion value. The control signal causes the adaptive comb to process the region using frame combing when the field motion value is less than a first motion threshold value, process the region using field combing when the field motion value is indicative of motion, greater than the first motion threshold value, and less than a second motion threshold value.
US09615066B1
An Internet of Thing (IoT) device for a city includes a light source; sensors including a camera and a microphone array; a processor coupled to the light source and the sensor; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the processor.
US09615061B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for the dynamic creation and presentation of user-specified VOD content consisting of multiple VOD clips as a passive viewing experience. For one embodiment, a user selects a set of VOD clips from a list or other selection presentation and the selected VOD clips are presented back-to-back. For one embodiment of the invention, the user may reorder the presentation sequence of the selected VOD clips. Embodiments of the invention thereby allow a user to dynamically create and present a user-specific, passive viewing presentation.
US09615060B1
Described are methods and systems in which the censorship and supervision tasks normally performed by secured facility personnel are augmented or automated entirely by a Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System. In embodiments, the Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation System performs voice biometrics, speech recognition, non-verbal audio classification, fingerprint and other biometric authentication, image object classification, facial recognition, body joint location determination analysis, and/or optical character recognition on the video visitation data. The Secure Nonscheduled Video Visitation utilizes these various analysis techniques in concert to determine if all rules and regulations enforced by the jurisdiction operation the secured facility are being followed by the parties to the video visitation session.
US09615058B2
Embodiments of the present invention allow a collection of users (referred to herein as a “forum”) to communicate and exchange content items as part of an interactive communication system (referred to herein as the “Reel service”). Each user has a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone) running an application (referred to herein as the “Reel application”). The Reel application running in each mobile device is in communication with a server infrastructure. The Reel application implements client-side functions of the Reel service while the server infrastructure implements server-side functions of the Reel service. Users of a reel can create and share content items while simultaneously being able to monitor content being captured by other users through a single user interface, even on a mobile device where screen real estate is limited.
US09615051B2
A stereoscopic video processing system includes an output image generator configured to generate interpolation frames in interpolation phases using the frames of the input video signal and the motion vector and output the frames of the input video signal or the interpolation frames as the frames of an output video signal. The stereoscopic video processing system further includes an output controller configured to (i) determine whether frames of the input video signal include image regions with motion based on the motion vector, (ii) control the output image generator to output the interpolation frames upon determining the frames of the input video signal include the image regions with motion, and (iii) control the output image generator to output the frames of the input video signal upon determining the frames of the input video signal does not include image regions with motion.
US09615043B2
A solid-state imaging element that includes a plurality of semiconductor layers stacked, a plurality of stack-connecting parts for electrically connecting the plurality of semiconductor layers, a pixel array part in which pixel cells that include a photoelectric conversion part and a signal output part are arrayed in a two-dimensional shape, and an output signal line through which signals from the signal output part of the pixel cells are propagated, in which the plurality of semiconductor layers includes at least a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, and, in the first semiconductor layer, the plurality of pixel cells are arrayed in a two-dimensional shape, the signal output part of a pixel group formed with the plurality of pixel cells shares an output signal line wired from the stack-connecting parts, and the output signal line has a separation part which can separate each output signal line.
US09615034B2
A computer determines one or more brightness levels associated with a first set of pixels within a light source in an image. The computer determines a brightness effect on a second set of pixels in the image based on the one or more brightness levels associated with the first set of pixels within the light source. The computer receives input to alter at least one of the one or more brightness levels associated with the first set of pixels within the light source. The computer alters one or more brightness levels associated with the second set of pixels in the image based on the received input and the determined brightness effect.
US09615024B1
Systems and methods are provided for constructing a multi-resolution image from a set of compressive measurements representing a compressed version of a single native resolution image. In one aspect, compressive sense measurements are retrieved that were generated using a compressive sensing matrix and represent a compressed version of a single native resolution image of a scene. Dimensions of a desired two-dimensional, multi-resolution image are determined, and a plurality of regions is allocated, each allocated region having a respective resolution. An expansion matrix is defined to map the resolution of each allocated region to the native resolution, and a multi-resolution image of the scene is constructed using the compressive sense measurements, the compressive sensing matrix, and the defined expansion matrices. In various aspects, a full resolution or other multi-resolution images may be constructed from the same compressive measurements without regenerating new compressive measurements.
US09615007B2
A camera assembly for an oven appliance including an attachment mechanism, an arm, and a camera is provided. The attachment mechanism is configured for attachment to a handle of an oven appliance door. The arm extends from the attachment mechanism to the camera, and attaches to at least one of the camera or a housing, if provided. The camera records or transmits images of the oven cavity to, e.g., a user device allowing a user to monitor a doneness of any food items positioned within the oven appliance.
US09615003B2
Gamma applied data generating circuit includes motion vector extractor, gamma pattern generator, first gamma applier, second gamma applier, and output converter. Motion vector extractor extracts motion vector of object. Gamma pattern generator generates first gamma pattern corresponding to first motion vector value and second gamma pattern corresponding to second motion vector value from first time point. Value of motion vector is changed from first motion vector value to second motion vector value at first time point. First and second gamma appliers generate first and second data by applying first and second gamma pattern to input data, respectively. Output converter outputs sum of first data times first weight and second data times second weight as gamma applied data. From first time point to second time point, output converter converts first weight from 1 to 0 and converts second weight from 0 to 1.
US09614996B2
Based on attachment position information of each of a plurality of sensor units, which reads an image in each area obtained by dividing the area of an original in a sub-scanning direction, image data output from the sensor unit undergoes attachment error correction of correcting the attachment error of the sensor unit. Image data output from the plurality of sensor units then undergo joint processing. Based on the placement information of the original, tilt correction of correcting the tilt of the original is performed for the image data having undergone the joint processing.
US09614991B2
An image printing apparatus including a communication interface, a printer, a user interface including an operation panel, a controller configured to control the printer and the user interface is provided. The controller is configured to receive preliminary data sent from an information processing apparatus through the communication interface; control the printer to perform a warm-up action; receive job data including image data through the communication interface; control the user interface to perform a receipt-notification and control the printer to start printing based on the image data; during a period from the receipt of the preliminary data until start of receiving the job data, withhold from accepting a cancellation command sent in response to user entering a cancellation operation; and after the start of receiving the job data, accept the cancellation command and cancel printing of the image based on the job data associated with to the entered cancellation command.
US09614990B2
A font recognition section recognizes a font of characters depicted by character image data included in image data upon first character data corresponding to the character image data being acquired through character recognition. A font character recognition section compares the character image data to font character image data depicting characters in the recognized font and acquires second character data corresponding to font character image data when the font character image data matches the character image data. A recognized character determination section determines whether or not the first character data matches the second character data, and when determining that the first character data does not match the second character data, adopts the second character data, instead of the first character data, as recognized character data for the character image data.
US09614979B2
A method encoded in a memory of a specialized network node configured for allowing an SMSC to be informed of the location of the UE originating a short message via an IP-SM-GW and also of the location of the receiving UE when a short message is delivered through an IP-SM-GW. Additionally the disclosed method ensures that charging systems can correlate IP-SM-GW charging requests for a short message with any charging requests generated by the SMSC for the same message.
US09614972B2
A system and method for preventing illicit use of a telephony platform that includes enrolling a plurality of accounts on a telecommunications platform, wherein an account includes account configuration; at a fraud detection system of the telecommunications platform, receiving account usage data, wherein the usage data includes at least communication configuration data and billing configuration data of account configuration and further includes communication history of the plurality of accounts; calculating fraud scores of a set of fraud rules from the usage data, wherein at least a sub-set of the fraud rules include conditions of usage data patterns between at least two accounts; detecting when the fraud scores of an account satisfy a fraud threshold; and initiating an action response when a fraud score satisfies the fraud threshold.
US09614971B2
Clearinghouse services architectures that support the use of end user devices, such as personal computers, Internet Protocol (IP) phones, cable multimedia terminal adapters, and residential gateways, in an Internet telephony system. The innovative architectures include a proxy-based system model, a direct communication model, and a hybrid proxy/direct communication model. A user can operate an “intelligent” end user device. i.e., a device running a client program with knowledge of the architecture particulars, to access a clearinghouse service on an IP network. This enables the user to communicate a telephony call over the IP network and via the combination of a terminating gateway identified by the clearinghouse service and the Public Switched Telephone Network.
US09614967B2
Systems and methods for international dialing through a relay are provided. In an example embodiment, a communication is received at a server from a communication application installed on a device of a caller. The communication includes a destination number. A mapping of the destination number to a single call attribute is stored in a database of the server. A call to a pool number is received at the server from the caller. A determination is made of a call attribute from the call. Based on the call attribute from the call matching the single call attribute mapped to the destination number, the call is connected to the destination number.
US09614963B2
A cloud-based global alarm annunciation broker assist in locating and contacting suitable technical support personnel in response to detected alarm events at a plant facility. The system comprises a cloud-based framework that dynamically matches on-site alarm events to domain experts capable of addressing the alarm events. The framework uses an agent-based architecture to gather industrial data from data sources within the industrial environment, including time-series alarm data. The data is received at a cloud platform, where broker services perform a global search for suitable technical support resources in response to alarm events identified by the collected data. The brokering system can automatically generate service tickets and send notifications to both end users and system managers/supervisors, and can notify application-level experts about events and anomalies that emerge from the on-premise processes being monitored by the cloud-based broker system.
US09614955B2
A communication device and system are disclosed for providing communication and data services to residents of a controlled facility. The device can be restricted to communicating only using an internet protocol so as to restrict the device communication to an internal intranet. Wireless access points may be disposed throughout the environment to route calls and data between the device and a central processing center. By converting a protocol of the communications received from the device to a protocol used by the central processing center, minimal modifications to the central processing center are needed to support a wireless communication infrastructure. Many restrictions and safeguards may be implemented within the phone and system in order to prevent improper use.
US09614950B1
An application is automatically launched in response to identifying a specific user in the vehicle. Upon launching the application, a historical calling profile is automatically downloaded for the user. The historical calling profile includes individual vehicle call records. The historical calling profile is updated with vehicle call record(s) corresponding to each instance of an outgoing call placed while the user is in the vehicle. A probability of a telephone number being chosen for an outgoing call, within time increments while the user is in the vehicle or in response to a request, is dynamically determined. The probability is dependent upon location data points retrieved from the individual vehicle call records. A list of telephone numbers sorted by the probability is dynamically generated. A most recently generated list of telephone numbers sorted by the probability is caused to be displayed on a vehicle display while the user is in the vehicle.
US09614948B2
A telephone and an audio control method thereof are provided. The telephone includes a connector, a detecting circuit and an audio control unit. The connector connects an audio transceiver. The detecting circuit couples the connector, and generates a detecting voltage by detecting the audio transceiver through the connector. The audio controlling unit couples the detecting circuit and the connector. The audio control unit includes an analog-to-digital converter, an audio codec and a processing unit. The analog-to-digital converter is configured to covert the detecting voltage into a digital code. The audio codec provides at least two audio configurations. The processing unit identifies the audio transceiver according to the digital code, and controls the audio codec to switch to the audio configuration adapted to the identified audio transceiver to process audio data of the audio transceiver.
US09614934B2
Systems and methods for harvesting comments regarding users on a network-based facility are described. The method involves presenting a single input interface via a communications network that includes input mechanisms. The input mechanisms include a first input mechanism facilitating user input of comment information that pertains to a first user and a second input mechanism facilitating user input of comment information that pertains to a second user. The method further involves receiving the comment information via the communications network. The comment information is provided through the single input interface and pertains to the first user and the second user.
US09614923B2
A method and device for transmitting data between a peripheral device and a user device via a Bluetooth Low Energy connection, comprising: at the peripheral device: transmitting data to the user device in a simulated data stream, the transmitting comprising: identifying a first Bluetooth characteristic for writing data, the first Bluetooth characteristic having been exposed by the peripheral device to the user device; dividing a data packet into a sequence of data frames plus zero or one remainder, each data frame having a respective size equal to a predetermined data size of the identified first Bluetooth characteristic; and for each of the sequence of data frames: writing the data frame to a respective value for the identified first Bluetooth characteristic; and pushing the identified first Bluetooth characteristic for reading by the user device.
US09614922B2
A processor implemented method, system, and/or computer program product switches an electronic social presence between a first device and a second device. An electronic signal indicating a signing in to a social presence server by the first device is received. A determination is made as to whether the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than a predetermined distance. In response to determining that the first device and the second device are physically located farther apart than the predetermined distance, the first device signs out from the social presence server, the second device signs in to the social presence server, and a history associated with the electronic social presence is transferred from the first device to the second device.
US09614911B2
Systems and methods for identifying and correcting storage system inefficiencies are provided. One method includes discovering Logical Unit Number (LUN) information from a network storage system node, the LUN information associated with a first LUN and including an initiator group (IGroup) associated with the first LUN; discovering node information. The node information includes logical interface (LIF) status information. The method includes determining whether LUN access information also comprises a port set associated with the IGroup; combining the LIF status information and the initiator access list of the IGroup to test accessibility of the first LUN, when a port set is not associated with the at least one IGroup; and combining the LIF status information, the initiator access list of the IGroup, and the LIF access list of the port set to test the accessibility of the first LUN, when there is a port set associated with the IGroup.
US09614910B2
Provided are a method, a system, and a computer program that use a Fibre Connection (FICON) protocol, in which a first device that is coupled to a second device receives an outbound exchange from the second device, wherein one or more Fibre Channel frames of the outbound exchange have a priority indicated by the second device. The first device responds to the second device with an inbound exchange, wherein one or more Fibre Channel frames of the inbound exchange have an identical priority to the priority indicated by the second device in the outbound exchange. In additional embodiments, priority is maintained across related exchange pairs.
US09614907B2
A download manger running on a computer system identifies an in-progress download of content by the computer system directly from a content system. The download manager causes the computer system to join a peer-to-peer network in which the content is being shared. The computer system starts to receive data blocks of the content from peer-to-peer network, as it continues the download from the content system. Based on the receipt of the content from the peer-to-peer network and from the content system, the download manager determines whether the computer system should rely primarily on the peer-to-peer network instead of the content system for receiving the content. If a determination is made to rely on the peer-to-peer network instead of the content system, the download manager terminates the download from the content system and continues receiving data blocks of the content from the peer-to-peer network.
US09614902B2
A data processing apparatus which enables power saving in a NoC structure that is not limited in routing. The data processing apparatus has a plurality of data processing modules, which performs data processing, and a plurality of routers, which relays data transmission between the plurality of data processing modules. It is determined whether or not data is stored in a connected data processing module among the plurality of data processing modules, and according to a result of the determination, a power saving instruction or a wakeup interrupt is issued for the connected data processing module.
US09614898B1
A system includes event engine logic distributed across a plurality of devices dispersed over an area of coverage, and logic to process events according to layout information homologized by an event web service from scene captures and location data from the plurality of devices, and logic to partition the homologized layout into areas of coverage and to assign each area of coverage to a device or subgroup of devices in the plurality of devices.
US09614895B2
A tangible, machine readable storage medium stores instructions and implements a method when the instructions are executed by a processor. A source file is received by a gateway engine. The source file is a binary file. The source file is portioned into multiple parts by a breakdown engine. The multiple parts are transferred by a reliable transfer engine using a single port according to a messaging protocol to transfer messages reliably between nodes in the presence of any of software failures, component failures, system failures, or network failures. The multiple parts are reassembled into a copy of the source file by a reassembly engine.
US09614889B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing autonomic content load balancing. A programmatic selection is made from among alternative content versions based upon current conditions. Preferably, the alternative selectable versions specify content to be used in a Web page, and a version is selected responsive to receiving a request for the Web page. The selectable version may comprise the Web page, or a component of a Web page may have selectable versions. Optionally, the Web page may include more than one component with dynamically-selectable content. In this case, the versions may be selectable independently of one another.
US09614887B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for distributing data content in a private network.Thus, in a first aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for distributing data content in a private network comprising a number of secondary network segments each connected to a main network segment via a virtual private network connection, which private network comprises devices for rendering the data content. The method comprises the step of arranging the devices rendering the data content as peers in a peer-to-peer (P2P) connectivity overlay network within the private network. Further, the method comprises the step of assigning a managing peer in the main network segment responsible to download the data content from a streaming source outside the private network via a gateway and to distribute the data content to at least one further peer in the main network segment. Moreover, the method comprises the step of assigning a managing peer in each secondary network segment responsible to fetch the data content from a peer in the main network segment and to distribute the fetched data content to at least one further peer within the same secondary network segment.
US09614884B2
A computer implemented method includes storing generated digital media created by each portal server of a plurality of portal servers in a destination accessible by at least one of a plurality of HTTPD servers in response to a request for web content including the generated digital media. Additionally, the method includes determining that a subsequent request for digital media received by an HTTPD server of the plurality of HTTPD servers is for generated digital media created by any of the plurality of portal servers in the destination and accessible by the HTTPD server. Furthermore, the method includes serving the generated digital media from the HTTPD server to a browser.
US09614854B2
Disclosed can improve rights list management as well as performance of systems utilizing an access control list. A database server having a transitive closure management module may receive an identification of an entity defined in a database storing a cached transitive closure. The transitive closure management module may incrementally update the cached transitive closure stored in the database by generating a new transitive closure for the entity and determining a delete transitive closure record. The delete transitive closure record may be determined by analyzing the cached transitive closure and the new transitive closure, determining a first transitive closure path for the entity that is not specified in the new transitive closure and that is specified in the cached transitive closure, and selecting as the delete transitive closure record a record specifying the first transitive closure path. The delete transitive closure record can then be deleted from the cached transitive disclosure.
US09614850B2
Objects in a shared storage system can be marked as including prohibited content. Incidents that result in objects being so marked can be stored in an incident history associated with a user responsible for those objects. The incident history can be processed to identify repeat offenders and modify access privileges of those users. However, when objects are shared by one user with another user, prohibited content is blocked from being shared, while the remainder of the shared objects can be accessed by the other user. Functions that allow sharing of content are implemented so as prevent sharing of prohibited content with another user, while allowing other content to be shared. If a group of files or objects is shared, then the presence of prohibited content in one object in the group results in that prohibited content not being shared, but the remaining files or objects are still shared.
US09614848B2
A user device may receive a request for content; provide the request to a first server; receive an instruction based on providing the request for content; and provide a message to a second server based on receiving the instruction. The message may cause the second server to embed a unique identifier (ID) of the user device in the message to form a modified message for transmission to a third server. The modified message may cause the third server to form an object having the unique ID. The user device may receive the object based on providing the message to the second server; provide the object to the first server or to a fourth server; and receive, from the first server or the fourth server, particular content based on providing the object to the first server or the fourth server. The particular content may be based on the unique ID.
US09614845B2
Provided is a method for operating an authentication server for authenticating a user who is communicating with an enterprise via a network. The method include receiving, via the network, a first authenticator including first information from a low energy wireless device received via a user device wirelessly, and storing the first authenticator. When the authentication service later receives, from the enterprise, a request to authenticate the user, the authentication server transmits an authentication request to the user device via the network requesting that the user read information from the low energy wireless device using the user device. The information received from the low energy wireless device in response to the authentication request is then used authenticate the user by comparing the information received from the low energy wireless device due to the authentication request with the stored first authenticator.
US09614841B2
A request from a party is received by a receiver from a remote system. The request from the party is received when the party attempts to obtain a service using the remote system. A selective determination is made to request, over a network, authentication of the party by a remote biometric system. A request is sent to the remote system for the party to provide a biometric sample responsive to determining to request authentication of the party. The service is provided contingent upon authentication of the party by the remote biometric system.
US09614836B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment that manages application specific identification of devices. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage storing identifier (ID) base data and a processor. The processor may be configured to validate a certificate of an application being executed on the apparatus. The certificate may contain a code signer ID for a code signer of the application. The processor may further be configured to receive a request for a unique ID of the application, generate the unique ID from the code signer ID and the ID base data and return the generated unique ID.
US09614831B2
Persistent communication layer credentials generated on a persistent communication layer at one network may be leveraged to perform authentication on another. For example, the persistent communication layer credentials may include application-layer credentials derived on an application layer. The application-layer credentials may be used to establish authentication credentials for authenticating a mobile device for access to services at a network server. The authentication credentials may be derived from the application-layer credentials of another network to enable a seamless handoff from one network to another. The authentication credentials may be derived from the application-layer credentials using reverse bootstrapping or other key derivation functions. The mobile device and/or network entity to which the mobile device is being authenticated may enable communication of authentication information between the communication layers to enable authentication of a device using multiple communication layers.
US09614811B1
A collective objects data base management system for objects such as documents contained in file folders in drawers of file cabinets. Each file folder has an electrical circuit with a visible indicator mounted on the file folder. Each folder circuit has an object receptacle microcontroller with a unique system address which enables generation of a response signal whenever an incoming address from a source is a match and activation of the visible indicator. An object container microcontroller periodically polls the object receptacle microcontrollers in the cabinet and stores an updated version of the cabinet object data base. The cabinet object data base contents are sent to a host computer, which maintains the system data base.
US09614810B2
The present invention provides an address allocation processing method, apparatus and system. The method includes: receiving, by a first BRAS, a DHCP relay packet sent by a second BRAS, wherein the DHCP relay packet includes a gateway IP address and source IP address-based response information; parsing, by the first BRAS, the DHCP relay packet, acquiring the gateway IP address, and allocating an idle IP address from an acquired address pool matching the gateway IP address; encapsulating, by the first BRAS, a source IP address in the DHCP relay packet into a destination IP address in a response packet according to the source IP address-based response information, and sending the idle IP address carried in the encapsulated response packet to the second BRAS. The present invention effectively solve a problem that an address waste phenomenon exists by using a built-in DHCP server in a dual-device hot backup scene.
US09614809B2
A method of cross-platform messaging including receiving, by a messaging system, at least one initial message having a message format, an initial message layout and data indicative of at least one user associated with the at least one initial message, and before delivery to a destination communication device associated with the at least one user, converting, by the messaging system, an initial message into an adapted message, and facilitating, by the messaging system, delivery of the adapted message to the destination communication device. The adapted message is characterized by, at least, an adapted message layout, and the adapted message layout differs from the initial message layout in a characteristic associated with respective message layout such as number of media objects, a graphical image of a media object, a size of a placeholder related to a media object, and a location of a media object within a respective message layout.
US09614807B2
Systems and methods for analyzing messages in a network or across networks are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, for detecting trends from a set of messages in a network or across networks, identifying, from the set of messages in the network or across networks, commonly or frequently occurring topics, computing statistical attributes for the commonly or frequently occurring topics in the set of messages that indicate respective levels of trendiness, and/or presenting, the commonly or frequently occurring topics as indicators in a user interface, the indicators being actionable to access additional information relating to a selected topic via the action. The messages include messages interacted with by humans or machines and interactions can include, posted a message, shared a message, liked a message, commented on a message, replied to a message, viewed a message, saved or bookmarked a message.
US09614795B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for persistent format conversions. One of the methods includes receiving an original communication to be routed from a first user to a second user, wherein the original communication is received in a first format; converting, based a format conversion rule, the original communication into a second, different format; routing the original communication to the recipient in the second format; receiving a response communication related to the original communication and to be routed from the second user to the first user; and based on determining that the response communication is responsive to the original communication, converting the response communication into the first format prior to routing the communication to the first user.
US09614788B2
Methods and systems for operating a packet switch that communicates packets with error indication, including the steps of: receiving a packet comprising an error detection field; utilizing the error detection field to identify an error in the packet; marking the occurrence of the error in an error propagation field in the packet; updating the value of the error detection field; and forwarding the modified packet, with the updated value of the error detection field and the error propagation field, according to information carried in the packet.
US09614782B2
The disclosure is related to balancing resources between pools of servers, e.g., by moving servers from a first pool of servers to a second pool of servers. The first pool executes a first version of an application, e.g., a desktop version, and the second pool executes a second version of the application, e.g., a mobile version. The technology moves a number of servers from an “OK” pool to a “not OK” pool. A “not OK” pool is a pool whose performance metric, e.g., response latency of a server, does not satisfy a criterion, and an “OK” pool is a pool whose performance metric satisfies the criterion even if the number of servers are removed from the pool. The number of servers to be moved is determined as a function of the increase in load which the pool can withstand by remaining in OK state even after the servers are removed.
US09614777B2
One example provides a network device including a queue to receive frames from a source, 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 determine whether a flow control threshold of the queue has been exceeded, and in response to determining that the flow control threshold of the queue has been exceeded, generate a message to be sent to the source of the frame that exceeded the flow control threshold. The message includes a pause duration for which the source is to stop transmitting frames.
US09614766B2
Intelligent packet analysis may be provided to determine congestion problems and lead to fast solutions in low latency networks. Specifically, a congestion analyzer system may allow a user to monitor congestion on a network while using lightweight storage. A sniffer tool may be employed to capture all packets and store associated packet information into a database.
US09614759B2
An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for providing an anycast MAC addressing capability to a network. The anycast MAC address may be provided by creating and using virtual routing bridges, which in the network topology appear in front of service-providing nodes associated with the anycast MAC address. The physical routing bridges that neighbor the virtual routing bridge in the network are configured so as to provide the routing bridge functions to the virtual routing bridge, including propagating network topology information representing the virtual routing bridge to the rest of the network.
US09614743B2
A method, through a server, to determine carbon footprint of a network service, in a network, includes determining power consumption and cooling requirements of network devices associated with the network service; determining associated carbon footprint coefficients for power sources associated with each of the network devices; and determining carbon footprint of the network service based on the power consumption, the cooling requirements, and the associated carbon footprint coefficients.
US09614741B2
A vehicle communication system that includes an antenna system for a vehicle and a method of determining a connectivity status of the antenna system. The antenna system includes a test antenna for transmitting a wireless diagnostic signal with a signature waveform and a primary antenna that receives the wireless diagnostic signal and provides a corresponding wired diagnostic signal to a diagnostic circuit. The diagnostic circuit is configured to determine a connectivity status of the antenna system based on the presence or absence of the signature waveform in the wired diagnostic signal received from the primary antenna. It is possible for the diagnostic circuit to include a finite state machine (FSM) for carrying out the connectivity status determination.
US09614740B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a system, and a computer program product for fusing a stream operator into more than one processing element within a streaming application. The method includes receiving an instruction to concurrently fuse, into a second processing element, a stream operator of interest that is fused into a first processing element. The method includes determining whether the stream operator of interest is stateful. The method includes compiling, in response to determining the stream operator of interest is stateful, a clone of the stream operator of interest into the second processing element so that the clone is synchronized with the stream operator of interest.
US09614736B2
A service monitoring system receives a selection of key performance indicators (KPIs) that each indicate a different aspect of how a service provided by one or more entities is performing. Each entity of the one or more entities produces machine data or wherein each entity has its operation reflected in machine data not produced by the entity. Each KPI is defined by a different search query that derives one or more values from the machine data pertaining to the one or more entities providing the service, where each of the one or more values is associated with a point in time and representing the aspect of how the service is performing at the associated point in time. For each of the selected KPIs, the service monitoring system derives the one or more values and causes display of a graphical visualization of the derived one or more values for the KPI along a time-based graph lane. The graph lanes for the selected KPIs are parallel to each other and the graphical visualizations in the graph lanes are all calibrated to a same time scale.
US09614729B2
A resource management solution for use in a data-processing infrastructure comprising a server data-processing entity and a set of target data-processing entities that is operable for downloading a set of management policies, executing a verification action indicated in each one of the corresponding management policies for verifying a compliance of the target data-processing entity with the management policy, executing a target-side remediation action indicated in each violated one of the corresponding target-side management policies which the target data-processing entity is not compliant with, for remedying the non-compliance of the target data-processing entity with the violated target-side management policy, sending an indication of a remediation request for each violated server-side management policies, which each target data-processing entity is not compliant with, and executing a corresponding server-side remediation action in response to each remediation request for remedying the non-compliance of the corresponding target data-processing entity with the corresponding violated server-side management policy.
US09614714B2
A video telecommunication connection is established via a landline telecommunications network and an IP multimedia subsystem telecommunications network using a media gateway control function of at least one Internet multimedia-media gateway device in the IP multimedia subsystem telecommunications network. An H.223 multiplex level usable for a telecommunication connection is exposed to an H.223 protocol negotiation, in carrying out an H.245 protocol negotiations for setting up the H.223 protocol negotiations connection for a telecommunication connection. A media gateway control function device is informed when the H.223 logic channels are open by H.245 signaling, thereby enabling the Internet multimedia-media gateway device of the IP multimedia subsystem telecommunications network to carry out at least part of the setup.
US09614713B1
Techniques for generating signals based on two constant amplitude phasors are discussed. One example apparatus includes phase calculation circuitry that generates first and second angles from a representation of a complex signal; distributor circuitry that receives the second angle and outputs a positive and a negative version of it; a first signal generator configured that receives the first angle and one of the positive or the negative version and generates a first signal based on the first angle and the one of the positive or the negative version; a second signal generator that receives the first angle and the other of the positive or the negative version and generates a second signal based on the first angle and the other of the positive or the negative version; and a combiner that combines the first and the second signal and generates an output signal equivalent to the complex signal.
US09614707B1
In generating a data unit for transmission via a communication channel, a preamble of the data unit is generated, including i) generating a set of training fields, and ii) mapping each training field in the set of training fields to a plurality of space-time streams. When the set of training fields consist of four training fields, each training field in the set of training fields is mapped to four space-time streams according to a first space-time stream mapping matrix. When the set of training fields consists of six training fields, each training field in the set of training fields is mapped to six space-time streams according to a second space-time stream mapping matrix, wherein the first space-time stream mapping matrix is not a submatrix of the second space-time stream mapping matrix. A data portion of the data unit is generated so that a receiver device can receive the data portion via a corresponding number of space-time streams using channel information derived from the set of training fields.
US09614703B2
Methods, systems, and circuits for providing reception and capture of data using a mismatched impedance and an equalizer to save power are disclosed. A data receiver in communication with a transmission line, the data receiver having a termination impedance that is mismatched with respect to a characteristic impedance of the transmission line; and an equalizer in communication with the data receiver, the equalizer configured to receive a channel-transmitted data signal from the data receiver and to re-shape the signal to reduce distortion RC attenuation; wherein the circuit is configured to selectably operate in a first mode wherein the termination impedance is matched with respect to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line and a second mode wherein the termination impedance is mismatched with respect to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line and the signal is not recoverable but for the equalizer.
US09614700B2
Disclosed is an apparatus, computer implemented method and method for preforming channel estimation in a millimeter wave wireless communication system which includes receiving complementary sequences at a receiver of the millimeter wave wireless communication system; estimating a channel estimation of a channel among the received complementary sequences; estimating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation of the channel; detecting a maximum channel response value of the channel estimation; computing a de-noised threshold value from the maximum channel response value and the SNR estimation of the channel; comparing the de-noised threshold value to the channel estimation to detect a last valid tap of a channel impulse response; and zeroing out all the taps after the detected last valid tap of the channel impulse response.
US09614699B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for channel equalization in a communication system. The method includes initializing, using processing circuitry, filter coefficients of an adaptive decision feedback equalizer randomly in a predetermined search space. Further, the method includes updating, using the processing circuitry, the filter coefficients. The filter coefficients are updated using a least mean square recursion when the filter coefficients are stagnant. The filter coefficients are updated using a particle swarm optimization procedure when the filter coefficients are not stagnant. Further, the updating step is repeated until a predetermined stopping criteria is met. Further, the method includes, filtering, using the processing circuitry, a received signal using the filter coefficients.
US09614697B2
The present invention provides GPA embodiments. In some embodiments, a GPA stage with a negative capacitance unit is provided.
US09614696B2
Common wave and sideband mitigation communication systems and methods are provided that can be used with both wireless and wired communication links. The systems and methods provided can enable faster data rates, greater immunity to noise, increased bandwidth/spectrum efficiency and/or other benefits. Applications include but are not limited to: cell phones, smartphones (e.g., iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.), wireless Internet, local area networks (e.g., WiFi type applications), wide area networks (e.g., WiMAX type applications), personal digital assistants, computers, Internet service providers and communications satellites.
US09614695B2
The present invention provides a method. The method includes: performing coupling to acquire a first reference signal and a second reference signal from a transmit signal transmitted on a same transmit link at a transmit end; performing signal recombination according to the first reference signal and the second reference signal, to obtain a first interference cancellation signal and a second interference cancellation signal; enabling the first interference cancellation signal to pass through a simulated interference channel, and enabling the second interference cancellation signal to pass through the simulated interference channel; and coupling and output, to a same receive link at the local receive end, the first interference cancellation signal and the second interference cancellation signal that have passed through the simulated interference channel, and combining the first interference cancellation signal and the second interference cancellation signal with a signal received by the local receive end.
US09614687B2
A conference controller receives access requests to access a conference session from respective callers. Responsive to the requests, the controller sends a conference identifier (ID) and respective agent discovery information to each of the callers. Each caller discovers an appropriate respective media agent based on the respective agent discovery information and sends a join request including the conference ID to that media agent. In turn, the media agents send requests for configuration information to the controller. Responsive to the requests from the media agents, the controller provides configuration information to the media agents that the media agents use to form a media connection with each other for the conference session through which the callers exchange media packets.
US09614686B2
Apparatus and methods for enabling protected premises networking capabilities. In one embodiment, the premises network is a Multimedia over Coaxial Alliance (MoCA) network, and is secured by a requirement that devices use a password or key to access the network. The password may be given only to authorized devices. Information regarding a device may be utilized to associate the device with a particular premises network, and provide a password to authorized devices. The password is unique to the premises in one variant by being derived from a subscriber account. At least one of the devices requesting access to the premises network may comprise a gateway device. A home network utilizing existing coaxial cable in the premises is created between a plurality of authorized devices each receiving the password.
US09614681B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing an electronic signature service where the content of an electronic document to be signed remains unknown to the service. A sender of the electronic document negotiates a specification for encoding the electronic document. In particular, the specification does not include any content of the electronic document. In this manner, the content of the electronic document can be encrypted and securely transmitted between the sender and the signer via the electronic signature service using one or more data packets conforming to the specification without permitting the electronic signature service to read or otherwise decipher the content. The specification enables the electronic signature service to certify that the signer has received the electronic document and assented to its terms. Further, the specification enables the electronic signature service to perform authentication and transaction logging operations associated with obtaining an electronically signed version of the electronic document.
US09614679B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes a first application allowed to access the IC chip, including an IC chip in which predetermined data is recorded, an IC chip reading unit that reads the data recorded in the IC chip, and a signature data generation unit that generates signature data by performing encryption processing on the recorded data read by the IC chip reading unit and a second application not allowed to access the IC chip, including a server access unit that requests acquisition of content from an information providing server by receiving the signature data and the recorded data from the first application and transmitting the signature data and the recorded data to the information providing server that provides predetermined content.
US09614678B2
An information handling system includes a device, a controller, and a license manager subsystem. The controller is configured to determine whether the device has a license assigned and to extract a unique identification for the device in response to a request for information about the device. The license manager subsystem is configured to send the request for information about the device to the controller, to send the unique identification for the device to a license server as a request for the license for the device, to receive the license from the license server, and to assign the license to the device when the license is received.
US09614676B1
Described is a system for implementing proactive secret sharing. The system uses a Secret-Share protocol to distribute, by a computing device, a block of secret data comprising shares of secret data among a set of computing devices, wherein each computing device in the set of computing devices holds an initial share of secret data. The system uses at least one Secret-Redistribute protocol to periodically redistribute the plurality of shares of secret data among the set of computing devices, wherein each computing device in the set of computing devices holds a subsequent share of secret data from the block of secret data that is independent of the initial share of secret data. Finally, a Secret-Open protocol is initialized to reveal the block of secret data.
US09614664B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes multiple antenna devices, a signal generator, a phase shifter, a phase controller, and a quadrature error corrector (phase error corrector and amplitude error corrector). The signal generating circuitry, in operation, generates an IQ signal having an I signal and a Q signal. The plurality of phase shifting circuitry provided for each of the plurality of antenna devices, in operation, generates a plurality of combination signals by combining the I signal and the Q signal based on a predetermined combining scheme. The phase controlling circuitry, in operation, controls the predetermined combining scheme in each of the plurality of phase shifting circuitry. The quadrature error correcting circuitry, in operation, corrects at least one of amplitude combining scheme and phase combining scheme of the predetermined combining scheme in a correction of the predetermined combining scheme.
US09614649B2
A wireless communication system is disclosed. A method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation and operating in TDD includes: generating a first HARQ-ACK (hybrid automatic repeat request—acknowledgement) set for a first cell using a value M; generating a second HARQ-ACK set for a second cell using the value M; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK set and the second HARQ-ACK set in an uplink subframe n, wherein M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2) representing a value being equal to or larger than not smaller between M1 and M2, wherein M1 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the first cell, and M2 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have different UL-DL configurations.
US09614648B2
A method and apparatus for controlling energy expended by sensor network nodes is disclosed. The method comprises steps of acquiring energy information that is indicative of an energy status of a node in the network and adjusting at least one data transmission parameter according to the energy information. In a wireless network where the communication capacity and power energy of sensor nodes are limited, the invention provides the capability of efficiently utilizing the network resources, conserving power consumption of sensor nodes, and prolonging the life of the sensor network.
US09614647B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling an uplink (UL) scheduling and Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing supported in a TDD-FDD CA environment. The method includes receiving, on a first serving cell, at least one of a first UL grant and a first Physical HARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) about a second serving cell through a cross-carrier scheduling, and receiving, on the second serving cell, at least one of a second UL grant and a second PHICH about the second serving cell through a self scheduling. According to aspects of the present invention, in a TDD-FDD carrier aggregation deployment environment, an efficient UL scheduling/HARQ operation may be performed for a UE in which a cross-carrier scheduling is configured. Further, in order to satisfy high data rate required by a UE, data transmission efficiency may be enhanced in accordance with the purpose of carrier aggregation (or dual connectivity).
US09614646B2
Techniques are disclosed for message retransmission. In one embodiment, an agent in a distributed system that receives and/or relays messages from a master node identifies messages that have not been successfully delivered, and adds a stub for each such message to a message queue. The agent then requests retransmission of missing messages in the message queue and sets flags associated with the message stubs to indicate that retransmission requests have been sent. If one (or more) of the messages cannot be retransmitted, the master node sends acknowledgment message(s) notifying the agent of the master node's inability to retransmit the messages. The agent then resets the flags corresponding to those messages to indicate that retransmission request(s) need to be sent again.
US09614641B2
Techniques for determining resources to use for peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are disclosed. In an aspect, a network entity may receive feedback information (e.g., resource usage information and/or channel state information) from P2P devices and may perform resource partitioning based on the feedback information to allocate some of the available resources for P2P communication. The allocated resources may observe little or no interference from devices engaged in wide area network (WAN) communication. In another aspect, P2P groups may perform resource negotiation via a WAN connection (e.g., with little or no involvement by the WAN) to assign the allocated resources to different P2P groups. In yet another aspect, a device may autonomously determine whether to communicate with another device directly or via a WAN, e.g., whether to initiate P2P communication with another device and whether to terminate P2P communication. In yet another aspect, a network entity may participate in resource negotiation by P2P devices.
US09614639B2
Consistent with an aspect of the present disclosure, an optical communication apparatus is provided that transmits a WDM signal including a plurality of optical channels, wherein each channel has a corresponding one of a plurality of wavelengths. Each of the plurality of optical channels includes optical signals having first (e.g., TE) and second (e.g., TM) polarizations. In one example, each polarized optical signal is modulated in accordance with an identifying tone. The optical channels are combined onto a waveguide, and an optical tap connected or coupled to the waveguide supplies a portion of the WDM signal including a composite of the optical channels to a photodiode. The aggregate power received by the photodiode includes the power associated with each optical channel, and the power of each channel is the sum of the powers of individual polarized optical signals within that channel. The photodiode converts the received WDM portion including the polarized optical signal portions into corresponding electrical signals. A processor circuit demodulates the electrical signals, identifies the tones, and determines a modulation depth for each tone. Based on the modulation depth, a ratio of the optical powers of one polarized optical signal to another can be calculated, and the optical powers of one or both of the polarized optical signals in each channel can be adjusted so that the optical power ratio has a desired value, e.g., a value substantially equal to one. Thus, one tap and one photodiode may be provided to monitor each polarized optical signal within each WDM channel, thereby reducing costs and yielding a simpler system design.
US09614630B2
A network node and a method performed by a network node for protecting control channels of a neighboring RBS, the network node and the RBS being operable in an OFDM based radio communication network are provided. An RBS and a method performed by an RBS for transmitting control channels to UEs currently being associated with the RBS in an OFDM based radio communication network are also provided. The method in the network node comprises determining (220) at least one subframe out of a predetermined number of subframes in which control channels are to be transmitted with reduced transmission power in relation to a nominal transmission power; and informing (230) the RBS which subframe(s) out of the predetermined number of subframes in which control channels are to be transmitted with reduced transmission power.
US09614629B2
Telecommunication systems using multiple Nyquist zone operations are provided. In one aspect, a telecommunication system can include a first section and a second section. The first section can receive signals from at least one transmitting base station or transmitting terminal device. The received signals have frequencies in multiple frequency bands. The first section can also sample the received signals such that the received signals are aliased. The first section can also combine the aliased signals from the frequency bands into a combined frequency band in a common Nyquist zone. The second section can extract signals from the combined frequency band. The extracted signals are to be transmitted at frequencies in a frequency band from a Nyquist zone that is different than the common Nyquist zone. The second section can also transmit the extracted signals to at least one receiving base station or receiving terminal device.
US09614627B2
A method and a device for testing a performance of a wireless terminal and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The wireless terminal is placed in a first anechoic chamber and comprises m antennas, where m is a positive integer greater than 1. The method comprises steps of: S1, obtaining m pieces of antenna pattern information of the m antennas; S2, obtaining n first testing signals according to the m pieces of antenna pattern information, where n is a positive integer greater than 1; S3, feeding the n first testing signals to n testing antennas in a second anechoic chamber, and transmitting the n first testing signals to the wireless terminal by the n testing antennas; and S4, obtaining a piece of receiving information of the m antennas for the n first testing signals, and obtaining the performance of the wireless terminal according to the piece of receiving information.
US09614619B1
The present disclosure discusses an improved optical transceiver. The optical transceiver of the present disclosure includes an optical transmitter and an optical receiver that are spatially separated. In some implementations, the optical receiver and optical transmitter are staggered from one another. Each of the optical receiver and the optical transmitter and housed within a separate optical lens. In some implementations, the separation of the components reduces mechanical, thermal, and electrical cross talk between the optical transmitter and the optical receiver. The separation of the components can also ease the constraints of the optical alignment between the optical transmitter and the optical receiver and each of their respective lenses.
US09614609B2
A satellite-based emission and reception device, intended to receive and to process radiofrequency signals originating from an uplink and then to emit the processed signals on a downlink towards terrestrial users, comprises a power divider, two independent frequency converters and two input demultiplexers connected respectively at the output of the two corresponding frequency converters, each frequency converter being controlled by a dedicated local oscillator, the two local oscillators operating at one and the same frequency, the two input demultiplexers comprising channel filters operating in different, disjoint frequency sub-bands spaced apart in frequency, two adjacent frequency sub-bands being filtered by two channel filters belonging to different input demultiplexers.
US09614606B2
While a user equipment (UE) is in a connected mode, the UE may receive only a limited quantity of data. During this phase, a receive diversity configuration may not be enabled, in an effort to conserve power on the UE side. However, in marginal signal conditions and a poor radio environment, downlink performance at the UE side may be enhanced by enabling receive diversity, irrespective of the limited data received by the UE. However, while receive diversity may improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the UE end in marginal signal conditions, the UE may also incur a penalty on power consumption. Therefore, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for dynamically controlling the receive diversity of a wireless device to improve the downlink procedure performance, while minimizing power consumption due to the usage of a second receive chain when in connected mode.
US09614603B2
An iterative precoding method for a TDD data transmission system includes a transmitter provided with N transmit antenna(s) (N≧1), and a receiver provided with M receive antennas (M≧2). A series of precoders Ln (n≧0) is defined. Each iteration includes: the transmitter takes account of a predetermined value n=n0 if it is the first iteration, or else a value of n obtained during the preceding iteration; the transmitter sends a triplet of pilot signals precoded with the precoders Ln, Ln+1, and Ln+2 to the receiver; the receiver estimates the triplet (Tn, Tn+1, Tn+2) of total data rates that can be achieved corresponding respectively to (Ln, Ln+1, Ln+2), and deduces therefrom the value of a control command p; the receiver sends a signaling message specifying the value of the control command p; and on receiving the signaling message, the transmitter updates the value of n, by replacing it with the value (n+p).
US09614602B2
The invention relates to devices and methods for signalling control information associated with transmission of data over a wireless channel. A second communication device receives (S2) data from a first communication device, wherein the data comprises an indication of recommended precoders and a recommendation of a first transmission rank to possibly use during transmission. The second communication device determines (S4) a second transmission rank to use for transmitting data, and transmits (S6) a confirmation message to the first communication device. The confirmation message comprises a confirmation that transmission of data from the second communication device is using at least parts of each recommended precoder associated with a frequency resource that falls within the transmission of data and an indicator of the second transmission rank to use.
US09614599B2
In various embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for determining precoding matrixes for a communication of a first base station and a second base station with a first mobile station and a second mobile station. Precoding matrixes for a plurality of signal channels between the base stations and the mobile stations are determined based on a signal to noise ratio (SNR) consideration. Accordingly, the method can include determining a first set of precoding matrixes based on a predetermined consideration of SNR between the first base station and the second base station and the first mobile station and the second mobile station and generating a second set of precoding matrixes based on the first set of precoding matrixes. A corresponding system for carrying out a determination of precoding matrixes is provided.
US09614592B2
Described herein are techniques related one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for integrating a near field communications (NFC) coil antenna in a portable device. For example, the NFC antenna is integrated under a metal chassis of the portable device. The metal chassis and a conductive coating—that is integrated underneath the full metal chassis—are designed to include one or more slots to provide high impedance to Eddy current induced in the conductive coating.
US09614589B1
A system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device includes a first processor configured to transmit data to a transmitter and the transmitter. The transmitter is configured to transmit the data via a magnetic field. The receiving device includes a magnetometer configured to detect the magnetic field and a second processor configured to decipher the data from the detected magnetic field.
US09614580B2
Disclosed examples include methods and network devices for communicating in a wireless network, in which the device generates frequency hopping sequence y(j) having a prime number sequence length p, using cyclotomic classes in a field of p or using a baby-step giant-step algorithm, where y(0)=p−1 and the remaining sequence values y(j)=logα(j) mod (p−1). In certain examples, α=2 and the sequence is generated without solving logarithms using one or more algorithms to conserve memory and processing complexity for low power wireless sensors or other IEEE 802.15.4e based networks using Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) communications.
US09614578B2
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-code division multiple access (CDMA) system is disclosed. The system includes a transmitter and a receiver. At the transmitter, a spreading and subcarrier mapping unit spreads an input data symbol with a complex quadratic sequence code to generate a plurality of chips and maps each chip to one of a plurality of subcarriers. An inverse discrete Fourier transform is performed on the chips mapped to the subcarriers and a cyclic prefix (CP) is inserted to an OFDM frame. A parallel-to-serial converter converts the time-domain data into a serial data stream for transmission. At the receiver, a serial-to-parallel converter converts received data into multiple received data streams and the CP is removed from the received data. A discrete Fourier transform is performed on the received data streams and equalization is performed. A despreader despreads an output of the equalizer to recover the transmitted data.
US09614576B2
Method and apparatus embodiments are provided for low complexity message passing algorithm (MPA) detection with substantially minor or tolerated performance loss compared to the standard MPA. A method includes calculating, at a detector, a plurality of function nodes (FNs) according to a plurality of received multiplexing signals for a one or a plurality of user equipments (UEs) using a plurality of first MPA computations that map a plurality of variable nodes (VNs) corresponding to the UEs to the FNs and using a priori information in an initial vector of probabilities for each of the VNs, excluding from the first MPA computations a plurality of first relatively small multiplication terms, updating the probabilities for the VNs using the last calculated FNs and a plurality of second MPA computations that map the FNs to the VNs, and excluding a plurality of second relatively small multiplication terms from the second MPA calculations.
US09614571B2
An isolator assembly is configured to provide isolation in each of multiple non-overlapping frequency bands and includes a selection network to select one of the multiple non-overlapping frequency bands for an isolation operation. During the isolation operation, the isolator assembly prevents signal coupling between antennas that are positioned on opposite sides of the isolator assembly.
US09614570B2
A cellular-phone case having a retractable card holding structure, intended to hold a card in such a way that the card is put into or taken out from the case. The cellular-phone case includes a case body and a card holding means. The case body has a seating space to allow a cellular phone to be seated therein, with an outlet formed at a predetermined position on a back portion of the case body in such a way as to communicate with the seating space. The card holding means includes a support panel fitted into the outlet, the card being disposed on the support panel, and an actuating body provided on a side of the support panel so as to be locked to the outlet. The outlet is provided in the case body, and the card holding means is provided to move into and out of the outlet.
US09614567B2
Various embodiments provide systems and methods for recovering from a stall on a mobile communication device. A mobile communication device may receive a data block from a network through a communications channel, where the data block has a block sequence number. The mobile communication may determine whether the block sequence number of the data block is within a receive window and increment a stall counter when the block sequence number is outside of the receive window. The mobile communication device may perform an abnormal release from the communications channel when the stall counter reaches a threshold.
US09614551B2
A device, system and method of configuring a radio transceiver are described. In particular, there is described an RF front-end for transmitting wireless communication signals, the RF front-end comprising a plurality of elements, and wherein the RF front-end is configured to obtain an RF protection class signal and to selectively apply one or more of the plurality of elements to a transmitted signal based on the obtained RF protection class signal.
US09614548B1
Systems and methods are provided for iterative data decoding. Decoding circuitry receives a first message from a variable node at a check node. Decoding circuitry generates a second message based at least in part on the first message. Decoding circuitry transmits the second message to the variable node. Decoding circuitry updates a hard decision value of the variable node based at least in part on the first message and the second message.
US09614546B2
A data compression and decompression algorithm performing the function of data compression and decompression by using the steps of: dividing a main data stream into sub data streams, calculating frequency of occurrence of sub data streams in the main data stream, repeating the process of calculating frequency of occurrence by changing the number of digits in sub data stream and by changing the starting digit position in main data stream, assigning codes to sub data streams based on their frequency occurrence values, calculating group dimension index for each group, selecting the group with the lowest group dimension index and placing codes of the group with the lowest group dimension index in a multi dimensional space wherein vector placement is utilized to eliminate the need to use digits that are common to neighboring codes therefore providing an additional compression.
US09614543B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for compressing data determines a common divisor for a set of values comprising integers. The system divides each value within the set of values by the common divisor to produce reduced values, and represents the set of values in the form of data indicating the common divisor and the reduced values. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for compressing data in substantially the same manners described above.
US09614541B2
Circuits comprising: digital-to-amplitude converter (DAC), comprising: binary weighted switching transistors (BWSTs), each having gate coupled to amplitude control bit ACB, and wherein the drain of each of the BWSTs are connected together and wherein the source of each of the BWSTs are connected together; transistor M1 having gate coupled to input signal and first bias voltage BV1 and source coupled to the drains of the BWSTs; transistor M2 having gate coupled to BV2 and source coupled to the drain of M1; transistor M3 having gate coupled to BV3 and source coupled to the drain of M2; transistor having gate coupled to BV4, source coupled to the drain of M3; and inverter having input coupled to another ACB and having output coupled to the output of the DAC and the drain of M4.
US09614533B2
Phase compensation in an I/O (input/output) circuit includes variable, programmable slope. A phase compensation circuit can apply phase compensation of one slope and dynamically change the slope of the phase compensation to allow for better tracking of environmental conditions. The phase compensation circuit can generate a linear code to apply phase compensation to lock phase of an I/O signal to a phase of a timing signal. The circuit selectively adjusts the linear code with a variable, programmable slope, where the slope defines how much phase compensation is applied per unit change in the linear code. The circuit applies the adjusted linear code to a lock loop to lock the phase of the I/O signal to the phase of the timing signal.
US09614531B1
A termination resistance adjustment circuit includes a replica circuit having the same characteristics as drive circuits; a current source being able to adjust the amount of a load current of the replica circuit; a voltage generation circuit to generate a plurality of reference voltages respectively corresponding to a plurality of values of the input data with the plurality of bits; a comparison circuit to compare an output voltage of the replica circuit with the reference voltages; and a control circuit to change the amount of the load current by controlling the current source, to calculate values of the output resistances of the replica circuit for each of the plurality of levels, and to adjust the number of use of the drive circuits for each bit of the input data, based on the calculated values of the output resistances for each of the plurality of levels.
US09614529B1
An input/output (I/O) driver that includes circuitry for over-voltage protection of first and second FETs coupled in series between a first rail and an output, and third and fourth FETs coupled between the output and a second rail. The circuitry is configured to generate a gate bias voltage for the second FET that transitions from high to low bias voltages state when the output voltage (VPAD) begins transitioning from low to high logic voltages, and transitions back to the high bias voltage while VPAD continues to transition towards the high logic voltage. Further, the circuitry is configured to generate a gate bias voltage for the third FET that transitions from low to high bias voltages when VPAD begins transitioning from high to low logic voltages, and transitions back to the low bias voltage while VPAD continues to transition towards the low logic voltage.
US09614522B2
The operating device, such as a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a front wall having a front side that has several fixed symbol fields and having a rear side, a capacitive sensor system that has individual electrodes associated with the symbol fields, which electrodes are arranged on the rear side of the front wall, and a carrier plate that faces the rear side of the front wall and is arranged at a distance from the front wall.
US09614519B2
There is described a driver for a switched capacitor circuit (230, 330), the driver comprising (a) a voltage amplifier (210, 310) comprising a signal input (212, 312), a feedback input (214, 314) and an amplifier output (216, 316), and (b) a feedback network (220) coupled between the amplifier output (216, 316) and the feedback input (214, 314). The feedback network comprises a track-and-hold circuit (222) adapted to mask a voltage dip occurring at the amplifier output (216, 316) at the beginning of a switched capacitor circuit charging phase. There is also described a switched capacitor circuit comprising such a driver, a sensor device, and a method of driving a switched capacitor circuit.
US09614512B2
A gate driver and a method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes a switching device, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal. The gate driver also includes a pulse transformer configured to generate a gate voltage based on the pulse signal and apply the gate voltage to the switching device. The pulse generator is further configured to control the switching device by modifying a frequency of the pulse signal.
US09614506B1
Control logic for producing a digital input to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in a power converter system. The control logic selects from among a plurality of slew rates during a transition of an output voltage in response to a change in the desired setpoint, so that the output voltage transition follows a desired nominal slew rate. In an initial interval of the transition, a steeper slew rate than the nominal slew rate is selected by the control logic for the digital input to the DAC, until the digital input to the DAC exceeds the nominal slew rate by a first parameter value. At that point, a slew clamp is applied to advance the digital input at the nominal slew rate. Upon the digital input approaching the setpoint value to within a second parameter value, a flatter slew rate than nominal is applied.
US09614501B2
A pulse generation circuit is configured with a plurality of transistors of a single conductivity type. The pulse generation circuit includes: an output unit including a current limiting element configured to supply, by a predetermined current, a first voltage from a first power supply line supplied with the first voltage to an output terminal, the output unit being configured to perform a bootstrap operation that outputs the first voltage to the output terminal in response to a received input signal; and an output control unit configured to initiate the bootstrap operation when the output terminal transitions to the first voltage, and after the output terminal transitions to the first voltage, terminate the bootstrap operation and perform control so as to output the first voltage from the current limiting element to the output terminal.
US09614497B2
An impedance adjustment circuit includes a counter circuit outputting a count value thereof as a plurality of first impedance adjustment signals, a mode selection circuit setting a second impedance adjustment signal to be in an active/inactive state irrespective of the count value, and a level fixing circuit fixing a third impedance adjustment signal to be in an active state. A pre-stage circuit generates a plurality of first output control signals, a second output control signal, and a third output control signal in response to the first impedance adjustment signals, the second impedance adjustment signal, and the third impedance adjustment signal, respectively, and a data signal. An output circuit includes a plurality of first transistors, a second transistor, and a third transistor connected in parallel to each other between an output terminal and a first power supply wiring. Control terminals of the first transistors, the second transistor, and the third transistor receive the first output control signals, the second output control signal, and the third output control signal, respectively.
US09614493B2
A surface mount type quartz crystal device includes a quartz crystal vibrating piece and a base plate. The quartz crystal vibrating piece is configured to vibrate at a predetermined frequency. The base plate is made of a crystal or a glass. The base plate includes an external electrode disposed on a bottom surface of the base plate to mount the quartz crystal device. The quartz crystal vibrating piece is placed on an opposite surface of the bottom face. The external electrode includes a metal film formed on a surface of the base plate by sputtering, and an electroless plating film formed on a surface of the metal film by electroless plating. The electroless plating film includes a nickel layer including lead and bismuth.
US09614490B2
RF communications circuitry, which includes a first RF filter structure and control circuitry, is disclosed. The first RF filter structure includes a pair of weakly coupled resonators and a first tunable RF filter. The control circuitry provides a first filter control signal. The first tunable RF filter receives and filters an upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal, such that a center frequency of the first tunable RF filter is based on the first filter control signal.
US09614476B2
An RF communications system, which includes an RF power amplifier, an envelope tracking power supply, and supply control circuitry, is disclosed. The RF communications system operates in one of a normal operation mode and a calibration mode. During the calibration mode, the RF power amplifier receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using an envelope power supply signal, which is provided by the envelope tracking power supply. Further, the supply control circuitry controls the envelope tracking power supply to cause a sharp transition of the envelope power supply signal when a setpoint of the envelope power supply signal transitions through a setpoint threshold of the envelope power supply signal.
US09614466B2
A power system is provided comprising an electric universal motor including an armature rotatable coupled to an armature shaft and a commutator disposed on an armature shaft, a pair of brushes engaging the commutator, and a field having at least two field windings electrically coupled in series with the pair of brushes. The power system includes a power line having two terminals arranged to provide alternating-current (AC) power from a power supply, and a power switch provided in series with the field windings on a power line to provide AC power from the terminals to the motor when the power switch is closed. An electronic brake module is provided in the power system and configured to generate a braking force to stop the motor when the switch is opened, the electronic brake module comprising: a solid-state semiconductor switch arranged across the motor armature and the pair of brushes, a first diode arranged between a first node of the power line and the semiconductor switch, and a second diode arranged between a second node of the power line and the semiconductor switch, wherein the first node is arranged between one of the terminals and the power switch, and the second node is arranged between the power switch and the armature. A controller is provided in the power system and configured to initiate a braking mode of operation to close the semiconductor switch when the power switch is opened.
US09614461B2
The present invention provides a bidirectional high frequency speed drive configured to connect to a utility grid and an electrical machine. The bidirectional high frequency variable speed drive comprises a plurality of inductors each configured to connect to respective phase outputs of the electrical machine, a first plurality of power switches connected to the plurality of inductors, a second plurality of power switches connected to the plurality of inductors, and a controller connected to the first and second plurality of power switches. The controller can generate control signals based on an operating status and a predetermined operating status of the electrical machine. The first output of the first plurality of power switches can be interleaved to a second output of the second plurality of power switches. The present invention also provides methods for the bidirectional high frequency speed drive and apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
US09614458B1
Methods and systems for determining maximum power points in photovoltaic inverters. The present application describes unique PV converter topologies including algorithms embedded in controllers. The algorithms can be a variable step size binary search to adjust the input conductance in order to find the conductance that will produce the maximum power out of a PV array. Due to these special topologies, the PV inverter will often not experience sudden shutoffs when typical low voltage cut-off limit is reached since a low-current cut-off limit is also set.
US09614440B2
A power supply device includes a linear regulator including an output stage amplifier, a current sensing circuit, and a switching regulator. The current sensing circuit detects an output current of the linear regulator, and is disposed in parallel with the output stage amplifier, in a configuration corresponding to the output stage amplifier. The switching regulator operates in accordance with an output signal of the current sensing circuit. The linear regulator and the switching regulator operate in collaboration with each other to generate an output voltage at an output node.
US09614438B2
A method, in some embodiments, comprises: receiving a feedback voltage signal generated by a switch-mode power supply; generating an error signal based on a difference between a switching frequency of the switch-mode power supply and a target frequency; and using the error signal to adjust a ripple amplitude of the feedback voltage signal to control said switching frequency in the switch-mode power supply.
US09614426B2
A display module has a two-phase motor which includes a rotor including N pairs of poles magnetized radially, in alternate directions, N being equal to 3 or 5, and a stator part including at least two W-shaped circuits made from radial pole teeth extending inwards from a peripheral closed belt and including a coil on a central leg of the W, the W-shaped circuits being arranged in such a way that when the central tooth of one of the W-shaped circuits is positioned facing a rotor magnetic transition, at least one central tooth of another W-shaped circuit is positioned facing a rotor magnetic pole. The display module additionally includes at least one specific mechanical interaction between the rotor and the stator, such as angular friction at a force that is substantially constant depending on the speed of the rotor relative to the stator.
US09614423B2
A method for producing rotating electrical machines having a motor coil produced in a cantilevered manner for motors or generators, wherein the coil already surrounds the inner part during the manufacturing process, i.e. is pre-assembled, and this is also used as an aid for coil shaping during the production of the coil, includes a first step, in which the motor coil is wound in a stepwide process between two end faces over the magnetic inner part and completely surrounds the inner part, a second step, in which the shaping of the motor coil is carried out by pressing the winding wires by moving the shaft with the surface of the inner part against the inner side of the motor coil, in particular by eccentrically rolling off of the latter and pressing it against an abutment, and a third step, in which the pressed motor coil is baked by way of applying heat. Also provided is a rotating electrical machine.
US09614422B2
In an electric motor apparatus including an electric motor (13), a speed-reduction mechanism (14) which transmits motive power of the electric motor (13), a housing (15) which accommodates the speed-reduction mechanism (14) and the electric motor (13), and a yoke (16a) fixed to an outer portion of the housing (15), the housing (15) is provided with a concave portion (21), a holding hole (18a), and an accommodation chamber (15a). A connector unit (25) is moved along the first direction and installed to a concave portion (21). A brush holder (26) is moved along the second direction and installed to the holding hole (18a). The speed-reduction mechanism (14) is moved along the first direction and accommodated in the accommodation chamber (15a). The yoke (16a) is moved along the second direction and fixed to the housing (15). Therefore, no restriction is imposed on the routing of an external connector connected to the connector unit (25).
US09614419B2
An actuator includes a DC motor having two terminals to be fed with DC power, an output gear driven by the DC motor, a potentiometer having an arc resistive element with two ends and an electrically conductive wiper that moves along the resistive element, and two diodes. The wiper rotates with the output gear to provide a signal indicative of the rotational position of the output gear. The anodes of the two diodes are both electrically connected to one end of the resistive element, and the cathodes of the two diodes are electrically connected to the two terminals of the motor respectively.
US09614418B2
An electric cylinder includes: an outer cylinder including, on one end side, a fixing section; a rod configured to be capable of expanding and contracting in an axis direction from an opening on the one end side of the outer cylinder; a bearing provided on the other end side end and on the inside of the outer cylinder; a rotating shaft supported by the bearing and driven to rotate; a screw mechanism configured to convert a rotational motion of the rotating shaft into a linear motion of the rod and transmit the linear motion; and a distortion detecting unit provided on the outer circumference of the outer cylinder. The outer cylinder includes at least two or more division members that can be divided and combined. The distortion detecting unit is provided in one division member among the two or more division members.
US09614416B2
A drive module for a vehicle has a transmission (12) and an electric machine (11) that is coupled to an input shaft (16) of the transmission (12). An air-filled cavity (23) is formed between the electric machine (11) and the transmission (12). The electric machine (11) is an external-rotor motor with a rotor (24) that surrounds the stator (25). A fan impeller (31) rotates with the rotor (24) and draws air out of the air-filled cavity (23) in an axial direction, draws the air through windings (27) of the stator (25) for cooling, and subsequently conveys the air in the radial direction into a housing-side flow duct (34) in which heated air can be accumulated and via which the air can be returned toward the cavity (23). The heated air can be cooled in the region of the flow duct (34) and/or in the region of the cavity (23).
US09614414B2
The present invention provides a driving device and an electric motorcycle driving system using the driving device. Said driving device comprises a shaft, a pulley disk assembly configured on the shaft, and a motor. The motor is an outer rotor or inner rotor motor. One pulley disk of the pulley disk assembly is connected to one end of the outer rotor sleeve or the inner rotor of the motor, so it can be driven by the outer rotor sleeve or the inner rotor and rotate or move around the shaft; furthermore, an electric motorcycle driving system can use the driving device to connect with a battery and a stepless speed change mechanism, so as to use the electric power of the battery to operate the stepless speed change mechanism, and to consequently enhance the performance of speed and torque output of the electric motorcycles.
US09614412B2
A shaft assembling structure includes a shaft hole formed on a motor rotor and a shaft with a shaft end sheathed on a shaft hole of the motor rotor. The shaft assembling structure further includes a direction setting member secured to the top of the motor rotor and embedded with the shaft, and at least one direction setting member disposed at the bottom of the shaft assembling structure and extended into the first direction setting portion of shaft hole. The shaft end of the shaft includes at least one second direction setting portion embedded into the corresponding first direction setting portion. When the second direction setting portion is aligned precisely with the first direction setting portion, the shaft hole of the motor rotor is sheathed on the shaft end of the shaft to facilitate the process of recognizing and confirming the rotating direction of the shaft.
US09614409B2
In a motor according to the present invention configured of a stator core having a plurality of teeth formed in a radial shape and an upper insulator and a lower insulator surrounding an upper portion and a lower portion of the stator core, the motor includes a hall sensor cover combined on a top of the teeth of the upper insulator and having a plurality of hall sensors, and a hall sensor resting unit for resting lower end portions of the hall sensors is formed on a top of one end portions of the teeth of the upper insulator.
US09614406B2
A stator for use in an electric motor is disclosed. The stator comprises an annular core, a plurality of wedges, and a plurality of wedge-retaining structures. The core includes a plurality of arcuately spaced apart teeth. Each of the teeth includes a generally radial leg and a head projecting from the leg to present a pair of arcuately spaced apart head ends. A slot opening is defined between the opposed head ends of each adjacent pair of teeth. Each of the wedges is received within a corresponding slot opening. Each wedge-retaining structure is at least in part fixed relative to the core and cooperates with a respective one of the wedges to compressibly retain the respective wedge between the head ends.
US09614397B2
A battery charging apparatus for a vehicle includes a driver, a position detector, and a controller. The driver includes switching elements to convert three-phase AC power outputted from a winding of each phase of a stator of a three-phase AC generator into DC power to supply the DC power to a battery. The position detector is configured to output a position detection signal indicating a position of a rotor of the three-phase AC generator. The controller is configured to control the switching elements to be switched between an energized state and non-energized state. The controller is configured to have a maintenance period during a period until next input of the position detection signal if the period exceeds an energization period. The switching elements are to be maintained in the maintenance period in the energized state or non-energized state immediately before the period exceeding the energization period.
US09614390B2
A wireless charging apparatus provided in an electronic device is provided. The wireless charging apparatus includes a charging resonance unit for wireless charging; a driving circuit unit to which the charging resonance unit is connected and to which an internal circuitry is mounted; a shield member mounted to a rear surface of the charging resonance unit; and a heat dispersion member mounted to the driving circuit unit and the shield member to disperse heat generated by the driving circuit unit.
