US09652518B2
Synchronization architectures, methods, systems, and computer readable media are described. One exemplary embodiment includes a first software component which is configured to cause retrieval and storage of structured data for a first data class from a first store of the structured data on a device, such as a first data processing system, and is configured to synchronize structured data for the first data class in the first store with structured data of the first data class in a second store on a host, such as a second data processing system. The first software component is separate from an application software which provides a user interface to allow a user to access and edit the structured data. The first software component synchronizes the structured data through a second software component which interfaces with the host and the device and which controls an order of synchronizing and a plurality of data classes including the first data class.
US09652515B1
A search server that receives a search request from a mobile computing device, the search request comprising a first search query that comprises one or more search terms; utilizes stored search queries to determine a second search query received from the mobile computing device, the second search query being received within a threshold time period prior to the first search query; determines search results by identifying applications based on the stored information regarding the applications and the search terms in the first search query; for at least one application in the search results, determines a state of the application that corresponds with the second search query; and transmits a search result object comprising information regarding the applications determined based on the first search query and the states determined based on the second search query.
US09652499B1
The embodiments determine the recommendations for a search term and its criteria, whereby a threshold is used for accepting a result, whether it is a document, message, file, or any other form of communication. The input may be part of a larger repository, and there is no restriction on how many documents constitute the returned recommendation set.
US09652497B2
Embodiments of techniques related to optimizing and processing queries are disclosed. In one embodiment, a query to access data of one or more databases is received, and a hybrid access path for accessing the data is generated. Generating the hybrid access path may include determining a plurality of candidate access paths and respective path cost values and selecting, based on the respective path cost values, two or more candidate access paths from the plurality of candidate access paths. Generating the hybrid access path may include generating, based on the two or more candidate access paths, the hybrid access path, the hybrid access path including at least one decision point and a set of options. The at least one decision point of the hybrid access path may indicate a difference between two or more candidate sequences of operations of candidate access paths from the two or more candidate access paths.
US09652491B2
A method of transaction processing includes receiving a plurality of transactions from an execution queue, acquiring a plurality of locks corresponding to data items needed for execution of the plurality of transactions, executing each transaction of the plurality of transactions upon acquiring all locks needed for execution of each transaction, and releasing the locks needed for execution of each transaction of the plurality of transactions upon committing each transaction. The plurality of transactions have a specified order within the execution queue, the plurality of locks are sequentially acquired based on the specified order of the plurality of transactions within the execution queue, and an order of execution of the plurality of transactions is different from the specified order of the plurality of transactions within the execution queue.
US09652489B2
In one embodiment, a system including a memory and processor is provided. The memory stores a plurality of quality rules and control rules. The processor receives a request comprising a plurality of parameters and data elements. The processor determines that the request is missing a first data element and that a second data element of the plurality of data elements is corrupt. The processor determines that a first number of data elements should have been communicated and a third number of data elements should have been processed. The processor determines that a second number of data elements were communicated and a fourth number of data elements were processed. The processor generates a report indicating that: the plurality of parameters is missing the first data element, the second data element is corrupt, the first number is less than the second number, and the fourth number is less than the third number.
US09652470B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module transmitting a set of write commands for storing a set of encoded data slices in storage units of a dispersed storage network (DSN) and determining whether at least a first threshold number of write responses have been received within a response time period. When the at least the first threshold number of the write responses have been received within the response time period, the method continues with the DS processing module determining whether a total number of responses have been received within another response time period. When the total number of responses have not been received within the other response time period, the method continues with the DS processing module issuing a sub-set of write commit commands corresponding to a response number of encoded data slices for which a response was received.
US09652461B2
A targeted area audio distribution system for Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services Receivers (“SDARS”) provides specific content to listeners based on location. A service provider can facilitate delivery of local content using a telematics device installed in the listener's vehicle. The telematics device uses a content database indexed on an identifier formed from coordinates of a desired geographical area to target particular content for users in a targeted area as small as a few blocks. In addition, interstate drivers can receive location specific advertisements for exits that they may be approaching. Digital audio content can be queued up for insertion into the audio stream based on specific locations. The identifier can also be used to report vehicle performance information from a plurality of vehicles to facilitate providing real-time traffic conditions for many traffic corridors.
US09652454B2
In one embodiment, a translator quality assurance system may rate a translation using a mapping chart. A data interface 150 may access a translation dictionary matching a source language to a target language. A processor 120 may map automatically a sentence pair having a source sentence 310 in a source language and a target sentence 320 in a target language at a linguistic level using the translation dictionary. A user output device 170 may display a translation quality report of the target sentence 320.
US09652441B2
Embodiments described herein allow for the creation of templates from existing web pages, making it possible to create pages. Embodiments can provide visual tools so that a user can convert an existing web site or web page into a template. The template may be made available to a web content management application for the creation of web pages. According to one embodiment, a template developer can visually identify selectable portions of the web page in a rendering of the web page; receive a first component selection of a first selected portion of the web page; and store template data comprising the first component selection. A template builder can create a template and components based on the template data in a format consumable by a web content management system.
US09652440B2
A computing system concurrently executes a builder thread and a reader thread. The builder thread modifies a document by modifying an active representation of the document. The reader thread perform operations regarding the document using a non-active representation of the document. The active representation of the document and the non-active representation of the document are stored in a memory of the computing system. The active representation of the document and the non-active representation of the document do not include different copies in the memory of the same data. When reading data in the non-active representation of the document, logical consistency is ensured without locking any data in the non-active representation of the document.
US09652438B2
The document relates to a method for visually indicating on a display those documents that have been displayed a plurality of times on a plurality of axes of documents based on a matching value of an attribute, the method comprising providing a first group of documents at least some of which associated with one or more attributes; displaying documents of the first group of documents along a first axis; receiving an input representing a selected attribute of one of the first group of documents that is associated with one or more attributes; displaying to a second axis documents of the first group of documents that has a value matching the value of the user-selected attribute; and displaying a visual distinctive feature for each displayed document in the first group of documents that is displayed along the second axis, whereby a user is able to visualize which documents displayed along the first axis are also displayed on the second axis for having a value matching the value of the selected attribute. A system and a graphical user interface providing same are also provided.
US09652420B2
A standardized 802.11 hardware control interface may be provided such that a driver may communicate with any one or more of a variety of network adapters.
US09652406B2
Data operations, requiring a lock, are batched into a set of operations to be performed on a per-core basis under a single lock. A Most Recently Used (MRU) listing is used to conduct a demotion scan using an MRU flush, a processor identification (ID), and a track change characteristic algorithm.
US09652405B1
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture comprising processor-readable storage media are provided for managing memory by persistence of page access heuristics. For example, a method includes collecting, during run-time execution of an application, access heuristics with regard to each page of data that is accessed by the application and cached in a page cache associated with the application, and generating metadata for each cached page in the page cache. The metadata for a given cached page represents the access heuristics of the given cached page. The metadata for each cached page is maintained in a volatile memory during run-time execution of the application. Moreover, the metadata for each cached page is persistently stored in a non-volatile memory during run-time execution of the application. The persistently stored metadata for each cached page is accessed when the application is restarted to restore the page cache associated with the application to a previous state.
US09652396B2
A method for accessing a cache memory structure includes dividing a multiple cache elements of a cache memory structure into multiple groups. A serial probing process of the multiple groups is performed. Upon a tag hit resulting from the serial probing process, the probing process for remaining groups exits.
US09652382B1
One or more source locations in a group of solid state storage cells on which garbage collection is to be performed are stored in a garbage collection queue. A garbage collection speed is determined, including by: analyzing one or more source locations stored in the garbage collection queue; determining a look-ahead metric, wherein the look-ahead metric comprises an anticipated amount of freed up storage associated with the analyzed source locations; and determining the garbage collection speed based at least in part on the look-ahead metric. One or more garbage collection operations are performed interleaved with one or more host operations, wherein the ratio of garbage collection operations to host operations is based at least in part on the garbage collection speed.
US09652367B1
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for testing applications on multiple system landscapes. In one example, a method may include identifying instructions to test a plurality of system landscapes, executing a test of a first system landscape from the plurality of system landscapes, validating a response received from the first system landscape by a user associated with the testing, executing tests of at least a subset of the remaining plurality of system landscapes which includes sending requests including the predefined input to the entry point of each of the subset of the remaining plurality of system landscapes, receiving responses from the subset of the remaining plurality of system landscapes, and comparing each received response to the validated response from the first system landscape, and in response to the comparison, generating a result set of the comparison of each received response to the validated response.
US09652360B2
A method of crawling a graphical user interface (GUI) based application may include performing a first-time crawl of a first sequence of actions of the GUI-based application. The first-time crawl may be a first time that the first sequence of actions is crawled. Further, the first sequence of actions may be a prefix of a second sequence of actions that includes one or more additional actions than the first sequence of actions. The method may also include extending the first-time crawl by the one or more additional actions such that the second sequence of actions is crawled during the first-time crawl. Further, the method may include determining a first input/output sequence associated with the first sequence of actions based on the first-time crawl. Additionally, the method may include determining a second input/output sequence associated with the second sequence of actions based on the first-time crawl.
US09652358B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating widened types for static analysis. One of the methods includes receiving an output generated by a program parser for a source code file, wherein the output identifies a respective original type for each of one or more source code elements in the source code file. A respective widened type name is generated for each of one or more source code elements in the output, the widened type name being different from an original type name of the original type of the source code element. Static analysis are generated results for the source code file, wherein the static analysis results reference each source code element of the one or more source code elements by a respective widened type name for the source code element instead of by a respective original type name of the source code element.
US09652357B2
Application performance data and machine health are collected by a system. The system correlates the two data types to provide context as to how machine health affects the performance of an application. Performance data for an application, for example an application executing as part of a distributed business transaction, and health data for a machine which hosts the application are collected. The performance data and machine health data may be correlated for a particular period of time. The correlation may then be reported to a user. By viewing the correlation, a user may see when machine health was good and bad, and may identify the effects of the machine health on the performance of an application.
US09652352B1
Described are techniques for reconfiguring a storage device. A first plurality of parameters characterizing the storage device at a first point in time are received. The first plurality of parameters includes a first raw capacity and a first published capacity. The first raw capacity represents a physical storage capacity of the storage device. The first published capacity represents a logical storage capacity of the storage device. A second plurality of parameters is determined characterizing the storage device at a subsequent second point in time. The second plurality of parameters includes a second raw capacity and a second published capacity, The storage device is used at the first point in time as a device having the first plurality of parameters and at the second point in time as a device having the second plurality of parameters.
US09652346B2
A distributed replicated database system having a plurality of federated database systems and methods of updating and reading database records from the distributed replicated database system are disclosed. Each federated database system contains a complete copy of a database. Moreover, each federated database system comprises at least one server divided into at least one logical partition. A logical partition contains records of the database and all logical partitions in a federated database system cumulatively stores all records in the database. A data structure is maintained which indicates whether the records in a given logical partition are up-to-date. When an update or insert request is received, the data structure is modified to indicate that all logical partitions storing a copy of the record to be updated, or partitions into which the new record is to be inserted, are not up-to-date. When the record has been updated or inserted, the data structure is modified to indicate that the logical partition storing the record is up-to-date. When a read request is received, the record is read from an up-to-date logical partition storing the record.
US09652345B2
Techniques and systems are described for enabling local independent failure domains in a host server or datacenter environment. Included is a locally-attached independent failure device (LA-IFD) with an independent data buffer and a local communications bus for attaching to a host server. Techniques for a communications protocol between the LA-IFD and its host server are provided, including: receiving a request to write a data segment to persistent storage; synchronously storing the data segment in a buffered data segment at the LA-IFD and initiating an asynchronous update of the data segment at a remote storage system; sending a write acknowledgement indicating completion to the requestor; and, after receiving a completion notification from the remote storage system, removing the buffered data segment from the LA-IFD. In some cases, techniques allow a host server and LA-IFD pair to monitor one another for failures and implement a modified protocol in the event of unavailability.
US09652344B2
A method for sharing memory of a backup server with a primary server for data replication is provided. The method may include maintaining a plurality of identical memory regions between the primary server and the backup server. The method may also include determining at least one remote memory address on the backup server for a backup key-value pair, whereby the determining is based on the maintaining of the plurality of memory regions. The method may further include inserting a plurality of data from the primary server directly in the determined at least one remote memory address on the backup server. The method may additionally include providing a mirroring status of a memory allocator on the primary server to the backup server based on the inserting of the plurality of data from the primary server.
US09652341B1
Method and system for implementing a digital application architecture with distinct processing lanes
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automated computer implemented method and system for implementing a digital application architecture comprising: a first co-location comprising: a first pod that supports a first subset of users; the first pod comprising a plurality of designated processing lanes, where a first processing lane supports a first business function, a second processing lane supports a second business function; and a third processing lane supports a third remote business function across a network; a second pod that supports a second subset of users; and a failover pod that supports one or more other pods from a second co-location; and an enterprise that replicates data for the first subset of users and the second subset of users and transmits the replicated data to the first co-location.
US09652338B2
A method for determining a delay in a dynamic, event driven, checkpoint interval. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of determining the number of network bits to be transferred; determining the target bit transfer rate; calculating the next cycle delay as the number of bits to be transferred divided by the target bit transfer rate. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method for delaying a checkpoint interval. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of monitoring the transfer of a prior batch of network data and delaying a subsequent checkpoint until the transfer of a prior batch of network data has reached a certain predetermined level of completion. In another embodiment, the predetermined level of completion is 100%.
US09652337B2
An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and method for supporting resilient execution of computer programs. A method provides a resilient store wherein information in the resilient store can be accessed in the event of a failure. The method periodically checkpoints application state in the resilient store. A resilient executor comprises software which executes applications by catching failures. The method uses the resilient executor to execute at least one application. In response to the resilient executor detecting a failure, restoring application state information to the at least one application from a checkpoint stored in the resilient store, the resilient executor resuming execution of the at least one application with the restored application state information.
US09652335B2
A system and method for communicating, browsing, verifying and routing data in storage operation systems using network attached storage devices is provided. In some embodiments, the system may include a management module and a media management component connected to the management server, which interoperate with network attached storage devices to provide the communicating, browsing, verifying and routing functions.
US09652321B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for Recovery algorithm in memory are described. In one embodiment, a controller comprises logic to receive a read request from a host device to read a line of data to the memory device, wherein the data is spread across a plurality (N) of dies and comprises an error correction code (ECC) spread across the plurality (N) of dies, retrieve the line of data from the memory device, perform an error correction code (ECC) check on the line of data retrieved from the memory device, and invoke a recovery algorithm in response to an error in the ECC check on the line of data retrieved from the memory device. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US09652316B2
A method includes receiving historical monitoring data for components of a system, the historical monitoring data comprising a plurality of events, each triggered by an associated component, and a plurality of alarms, each triggered by detection of a particular type of condition in the components. The method also includes determining common event sequences in the plurality of events, each event sequence culminating in one of the plurality of alarms. The method further includes correlating the common event sequences into an event pattern. The method also includes receiving a plurality of real-time events triggered by the components. The method additionally includes detecting the event pattern in the plurality of real-time events to predict a potential future instance of the particular type of condition in the components of the system.
US09652314B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically generating and publishing API information for web services, and for informing a requestor for the web services of a correct format of the request. One embodiment comprises an API gateway that identifies a plurality of software code objects for deployment, where the code objects include executable code for performing functions. The API gateway receives a request for a web service from an application, queries a code object for usage information regarding a function to perform the web service, and determines that a format of the request for the web service is incorrect based on the query for the usage information. The API gateway transmits a response to the application that specifies a correct format of the web service request based on the query, and receives a subsequent request from the application that specifies the correct format for the web service request.
US09652301B2
A system and method of parallelizing programs assigns write tokens and read tokens to data objects accessed by computational operations. During run time, the write sets and read sets for computational operations are resolved and the computational operations executed only after they have obtained the necessary tokens for data objects corresponding to the resolved write and read sets. A data object may have unlimited read tokens but only a single write token and the write token may be released only if no read tokens are outstanding. Data objects provide a wait list which serves as an ordered queue for computational operations waiting for tokens.
US09652296B1
A hypervisor receives, from a second host at a third host, at a second time after a first time, a first plurality pages. The first plurality of pages were copied at the first time, from a first host to the second host. The hypervisor receives a mapping at the third host, sent from the second host. The mapping indicates a first location of a second plurality of pages and a second location of a third plurality of pages. The hypervisor detects a page fault at the third host. The page fault is associated with a required page that is absent from the third host. Responsive to detecting this, the hypervisor queries the mapping, to determine a source location of the required page and identifies a source host for the source location. The hypervisor receives the required page, from the source host at the third host.
US09652295B2
The streams environment includes a plurality of operators coupled with processing elements including a first processing element coupled with a first operator instructed with a first programming instructions, and a second processing element coupled with a second operator instructed with a second programming instructions. A workload of the first processing element and a workload of the second processing element are measured. A first threshold of the workload of the first processing element, and second threshold of the workload of the second processing element are determined. The first programming instructions and the second programming instructions are compared to determine if the first operator and the second operator are susceptible to fusion. The first operator is de-coupled and fused to the second processing element, in response to determining the first threshold and the determination that the first operator and the second operator are susceptible to fusion.
US09652293B2
Described herein are systems and methods for use with a load balancer or traffic director, and administration thereof, wherein the traffic director is provided as a software-based load balancer that can be used to deliver a fast, reliable, scalable, and secure platform for load-balancing Internet and other traffic to back-end origin servers, such as web servers, application servers, or other resource servers. In accordance with an embodiment, the traffic director can be configured to compress data stored in its cache, and to respond to requests from clients by serving content from origin servers either as compressed data, or by dynamically decompressing the data before serving it, should a particular client prefer to receive a non-compressed variant of the data. In accordance with an embodiment, the traffic director can be configured to make use of hardware-assisted compression primitives, to further improve the performance of its data compression and decompression.
US09652283B2
The data storage system according to certain aspects can manage the archiving of virtual machines to (and restoring of virtual machines from) secondary storage. The system may archive virtual machines (VMs) that are determined to have a low level of utilization. The system may create a virtual machine placeholder for an archived VM, which may be a “light” or minimal version of the VM that acts like the actual VM. By using a VM placeholder, a VM may appear to be active and selectable by the user. When the user selects the VM, the VM placeholder can interact with the user in similar manner as the VM. Accessing the VM placeholder may trigger restore of the archived VM from secondary storage. The restore of the archived VM may be “seamless” to the user since the VM remains available while it is being restored.
US09652275B1
A virtual machine (VM) management utility tool may deploy an object model that may persist one or more virtual machine dependencies and relationships. Through a web front-end interface, for example, the VMs may be started in a specific order or re-booted, and the tool automatically determines the additional VMs that need to be re-booted in order to maintain the integrity of the environment. Through the web interface, for example, the object model may be managed, and start-up orders or VM dependencies may be updated. For VMs that may not start under load, the object model may block access to the VM until the VM is fully initialized.
US09652270B2
Embodiments of apparatus and methods for virtualized computing are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one of more processor cores and a cache coupled to the one or more processor cores. The apparatus may further include a hypervisor operated by the one or more processor cores to manage operation of virtual machines on the apparatus, including selecting a part of the cache to store selected data or code of the hypervisor or one of the virtual machines, and locking the part of the cache to prevent the selected data or code from being evicted from the cache. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09652265B1
A system for managing storage devices, includes a plurality of nodes that implement a virtualization environment, each node of the plurality of nodes comprising a hypervisor, a service virtual machine that sits above the hypervisor, and one or more user virtual machines that sit above the hypervisor; a plurality of storage devices that are accessed by the user virtual machines via the service virtual machines, wherein a first node of the plurality of nodes comprises a first hypervisor, a first service virtual machine and a first set of one or more user virtual machines, wherein a second node of the plurality of nodes comprises a second hypervisor, a second service virtual machine and a second set of one or more user virtual machines, wherein the first hypervisor and the second hypervisor are of different types, and wherein the first virtual machine and the second service virtual machine are of the same type.
US09652260B2
In a data storage system, a hierarchical data structure, such as a file system or a database, is utilized to organize a hierarchical arrangement of device containers corresponding to various device identifiers of the plurality of hardware components in the target hardware system, scripts corresponding to various packet types of communication packets in the target hardware system, and responses corresponding to various packet data in the communication packets in the target hardware system. In response to receipt by a hierarchical emulation engine of a communication packet during emulation of the target hardware system, the communication packet including a device identifier, packet type and packet data, a response to the communication packet is determined by traversing the hierarchical arrangement based on the device identifier, packet type and packet data of the communication packet. The determined response is then provided.
US09652259B2
The setting in a configuration register is controlled based on a value stored in a management register and/or based on generation of a reset signal during a debugging operation or detection of a malfunction or power state transition in an electronic system. The management register may allocate a single bit to each configuration register, and the setting to be loaded into the configuration register is to be controlled based on the value of the bit. Additionally, or alternatively, the setting in the configuration register may be controlled when the reset signal assumes a value indicating that a default setting is to be stored.
US09652257B2
A vehicle safety system made up of multiple processors connected together into a multiprocessor system where the system is configured to operate the vehicle. Multiple sensors are connected to the processors and configured to gather information from vehicle and a lidar sensor attached to the windshield and oriented to gather data from the road in front of the vehicle. A processor is connected and collocated with the lidar sensor for controlling the lidar and a second processor is configured to operate an application configured to receive data from the multiprocessor system, merge the data from multiprocessor system into a message, prioritize the message against other messages, add a priority label to the message, send and process the message according to the priority label attached.
US09652256B2
A user operations engine allows an end-user to select a specific region of a document. The user operations engine then provides the end-user with access to one or more video clips that demonstrate modifications that were made to the selected region of the document using one or more tools associated with a software application.
US09652250B2
A controller initializing device and method is configured to initialize controllers. When a device is powered on, a basic input and output system of the device initializes a first chip of the device. The basic input and output system starts a power on self test and initializes a first controller of the device. The basic input and output system outputs a trigger signal when the power on self test of the basic input and output system ends. A baseboard management controller of the device accesses the first controller when the baseboard management receives the trigger signal.
US09652239B2
A method decodes instructions based in part on one or more decode-related attributes stored in a memory address translation data structure such as an Effective To Real Translation (ERAT) or Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB). A memory address translation data structure may be accessed, for example, in connection with a decode of an instruction stored in a page of memory, such that one or more attributes associated with the page in the data structure may be used to control how that instruction is decoded.
US09652237B2
A processor includes a logic for stateless capture of data linear addresses (DLA) during precise event based sampling (PEBS) for an out-of-order execution engine. The engine may include a PEBS unit with logic to increment a counter each time an instance of a designated micro-op is retired a reorder buffer, capture output DLA referenced by an instance of the micro-op that executes after the counter overflows, set a captured bit associated with a reorder buffer identifier for the instance of the micro-op, and store a PEBS record in a debug storage when the instance of the micro-op is retired from the reorder buffer. The designated micro-op references a DLA of a memory accessible to the processor.
US09652221B2
Techniques for runtime patching of an OS without stopping execution of the OS are presented. When a patch function is needed, it is loaded into the OS code. Threads of the OS that are in kernel mode have a flag set and a jump is inserted at a location of an old function. When the old function is accessed, the jump uses a trampoline to check the flag, if the flag is set, processing returns to the old function; otherwise processing jumps to a given location of the patch. Flags are unset when exiting or entering the kernel mode.
US09652219B2
Systems and/or methods are provided for the purchase, dissemination, configuration, or provisioning of applications to a mobile device. The systems can comprise devices that receive indications from a small to medium sized businesses of a need for an application, obtain the application from an independent software vendor, configure the application for utilization on the mobile device, and thereafter dispatches the application to the mobile device.
US09652209B2
A disassembler module is configured to generate ARM code by performing a disassembly of a compiled iOS application. An intermediate representation generator module is configured to: (i) from the ARM code, identify an implementation of a predetermined method of providing a deep link into the iOS application; and (ii) generate intermediate representation code by formatting portions of the ARM code having predetermined patterns according to predetermined instructions, respectively. A loader module is configured to translate the intermediate representation code into executable code including objects in a tuple format and to load the executable code for execution. An execution and emulation module is configured to: (i) execute the executable code line by line to identify NSURL objects; (ii) emulate the NSURL objects to identify valid ones of the NSURL objects; (iii) determine deep links for the valid ones, of the NSURL objects, respectively; and (iv) store the deep links in memory.
US09652207B2
Static type checking can be performed on types and values defined in modules in a system that dynamically composes programs from modules. The types and values do not share a global namespace. Each module defines its own module universe, disjoint from other modules. A language mechanism can establish a local name binding to one module within the content of another module. When type checking at compile time an environment can be established that corresponds to a runtime instance of the program. The static type system can be arranged to align with the runtime values, such that the names used to refer to objects at runtime are the same as the names used to refer to the types of those objects in the static type system. Aliases of a particular type are resolved to a known compile time description of the type.
US09652198B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing data entry buffers in a data storage device. A memory of the data storage device includes one or more data input ports. The device further includes a controller configured to receive a data entry over one of the data input ports and store the data entry in a first data structure (e.g., a FIFO data structure). The data entry is stored in the first data structure among other data entries received over various data input ports. The controller stores a data entry corresponding to the data entry stored in the first data structure in a second data structure. Entries in the second data structure include a valid bit field and one or more condition fields. The controller indicates, using a valid bit field of the second data structure data entry, that the corresponding data entry stored in the first data structure is valid.
US09652196B2
Examples described herein automatically route audio signals associated with applications to appropriate audio endpoints when a computing device is operating in a disjoint mode. Smart audio routing management of audio signals is based on content output destinations for applications associated with the audio signals. Smart audio routing management enables computing devices operating in a disjoint mode to receive audio signals relevant to application content rendered or displayed over multiple devices, and correctly route individual audio signals to audio endpoints that correspond to a location where associated application content is displayed.
US09652195B2
An audio output device maintains a collection of policies, and concurrently receives multiple audio streams over a wireless network. The wireless device re-streams a first audio stream of the multiple audio streams to a second audio output device of one or more other audio output devices, based at least in part on (i) an audio type of the first audio stream, and (ii) a policy in the collection of policies for the audio type.
US09652187B1
An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a client computer, and a print server. The print server requests, in response to a new connection of the plurality of the image forming apparatuses to the network, a resource related to the image formation process available for the plurality of the image forming apparatuses, and a license key including a validity term of a license for using the resource in the print server to the newly connected image forming apparatuses. The print server stores the resource and the license key provided by the plurality of the image forming apparatuses and registers resource information related to the resource and the license key in a database of the print server.
US09652178B2
A computer-implemented method for protecting virtual machine data may include (1) receiving a request to perform a granular backup operation on data stored by a guest system within a virtual machine, (2) identifying a storage container that comprises an agent that performs backup operations, (3) attaching the storage container to the virtual machine in response to the request, and (4) performing the granular backup operation by sending an instruction to the guest system within the virtual machine to execute the agent. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09652174B2
In an example, an analytic function to be performed on data stored in an input block is managed through an interface to a framework through which a user is to define the analytic function. The framework is to buffer batches of the data into a memory through implementation of a Reader, a Writer, a PreReader, and a PreWriter on the data stored in the input block when the user-defined analytic function is performed, and wherein the Reader, the Writer, the PreReader, and the PreWriter are individually movable with respect to each other in the input block. In addition, the user-defined analytic function is received through the interface.
US09652156B2
Managing data returns to a host in response to read commands, an operation monitor of a solid-state drive (SSD) manages counters used to hold metrics that characterize the estimated time to complete a read operation on a corresponding flash die. A timer generates a periodic event which decrements the counters over time. The value stored in each counter is generated for flash operations submitted to the corresponding die and is, generally, based on the operational history and the physical location of the operation. Whenever a read command is scheduled for submission to a particular die, the time estimate for that particular read operation is retrieved and, based on this information, the optimum order in which to return data to the host is determined. This order is used to schedule and program data transfers to the host so that a minimum number of read commands get blocked by other read commands.
US09652154B2
A storage module and host device for storage module defragmentation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a host controller sends a storage module a first set of logical block addresses of a file stored in the storage module. The host controller receives a metric from the storage module indicative of a fragmentation level of the file in physical blocks of memory in the storage module. If the metric is greater than a threshold, the host controller reads the file and then writes it back to the storage module using a different set of logical block addresses. To avoid sending the file back and forth, in another embodiment, the host controller sends the fragmentation threshold and the different set of logical block addresses to the storage module. The storage module then moves the file itself if the metric indicative of the fragmentation level is greater than the threshold. Other embodiments are provided.
US09652152B2
Aspects include computing devices, systems, and methods for implementing executing decompression of a compressed page. A computing device may determine a decompression block belonging to a compressed page that contains a code instruction requested in a memory access request. Decompression blocks, other than the decompression block containing the requested code instruction, may be selected for decompression based on their locality with respect to the decompression block containing the requested code instruction. Decompression blocks not identified for decompression may be substituted for a fault or exception code. The computing device may decompress decompression blocks identified for decompression, terminating the decompression of the compressed page upon filling all blocks with decompressed blocks, faults, or exception code. The remaining decompression blocks belonging to the compressed page may be decompressed after or concurrently with the execution of the requested code instruction.
US09652150B2
A global memory sharing method includes counting, by the sub-operating system, a page replacement rate in a task scheduling period of a predetermined quantity of times, and a memory residence time ratio in a page replacement period; calculating, by the sub-operating system, a memory pressure index according to the page replacement rate and the memory residence time ratio; and if the memory pressure index is greater than a memory pressure threshold, sending, by the sub-operating system, an application to a global memory management service module. According to the forgoing method, in an architecture of multiple operating systems, each sub-operating system can complete much adaptive work, which reduces complexity of the global memory management service module and improves system performance. Meanwhile, a utilization rate of global memory may be improved, and the architecture of the multiple operating systems may have better extensibility.
US09652148B2
Disclosed herein are technologies that improve user interaction when using a soft keyboard of a touchscreen device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet computer). More particularly, the technologies described herein provide feedback to a user regarding keypress accuracy on a soft keyboard of a touchscreen device. In accordance with one aspect of the technologies, a keypress marker is presented to indicate the location of touch on the soft keyboard.
US09652140B2
The present disclosure relates to a page search function, and provides a page search method and electronic device supporting the same. The page search method for an electronic device includes: identifying information elements contained in a page to be output on a display unit of the electronic device; assigning indexes to the information elements for distinction in consideration of types of the information elements; arranging the indexes on a scroll bar region corresponding to the page; and outputting a composite scroll bar containing the scroll bar region on which the indexes are arranged.
US09652127B2
A mobile device for remote control and interaction with a screen of an aircraft cockpit display system is able to display at least one window including at least one control widget and/or at least one signal providing information concerning the status of an on-board system of the aircraft. This device is configured to download at least one window displayed on the screen so as to interact remotely with the interactive widget contained in the downloaded window by the said mobile control and interaction device and/or to display the signal providing information concerning the status of the aircraft's on-board system on the said mobile control and interaction device.
US09652124B2
Beacon-based guidance functionality is described herein that assists the user in navigating over a desired route within an environment, or otherwise interacting with the environment. The environment, in turn, is populated with a plurality of beacons having, in one implementation, respective non-overlapping ranges. The desired route traverses ranges associated with a route-specific set of beacons, from among the plurality of beacons. In one manner of operation, the beacon-based guidance functionality determines whether a user is within a range of one of the route-specific beacons. Based on that knowledge, the beacon-based guidance module can generate guidance information which directs the user towards a next waypoint in the route.
US09652123B2
A record is processed, and a determination is made as to whether a data item in the record is usable by any one of a plurality of applications that are operable on the device. The detected data item is made actionable by assigning multiple actions to the data item, so that each action is programmatically initiated responsive to a designated input.
US09652121B2
Methods and Apparatuses for a collaborative effort from a group of participants on an issue-exploration process on one or more client machines are discussed. A form-based Internet application that consists of a systematic structure of a series of tab forms to set up a framework for a collaborative effort from a group of participants on an issue-exploration process is configured for an initial issue. The form-based Internet application via the series of tab forms is configured to enable and collect knowledge and insights from the group of participants during the stages of the issue-exploration process. The form-based Internet application has an open framework with the stages of the issue-exploration process in that an actual content of the ideas contributed by participants actively shapes a non-linear progression of the issue-exploration process from the initial issue to the current issue in the issue-exploration process.
US09652112B2
A video quality module receives data indicating a visibility status of a tab of a web browser running on a user device. The video quality module determines, based on the data indicating the visibility status of the tab whether the tab of the web browser is currently visible to a user of the user device, the tab of the web browser comprising a streaming media player. If the tab of the web browser is not currently visible to the user, the video quality module decreases a quality of a video component of a streaming media file playing in the streaming media player.
US09652101B2
Sensors incorporating piezoresistive materials are described. One class of sensors includes piezoresistive material that is held or otherwise supported adjacent conductive traces on a substrate. Another class of sensors includes conductive traces formed directly on the piezoresistive material. Two-dimensional sensor arrays incorporating piezoresistive materials are also described.
US09652098B2
The inventive concept relates to a display device including a touch sensor. More particularly, the inventive concept relates to a display device including a hybrid touch sensor for sensing a touch position and a touch pressure. The display device includes: a display panel for displaying an image; and a touch sensor unit provided on the display panel, wherein the touch sensor unit includes a sensing electrode layer including a first touch sensor and a pressure sensing electrode, a conductor, and an elastic layer provided between the sensing electrode layer and the conductor, the first touch sensor includes a plurality of touch electrodes for sensing a touch position, the plurality of touch electrodes including a transparent conductive material, and the pressure sensing electrode, the conductor, and the elastic layer form a second touch sensor for sensing a touch pressure by a foreign object.
US09652096B2
A circuit panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The circuit panel includes a substantially flat surface including an active area of the electronic device; a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the active area of the substantially flat surface; and a plurality of traces coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area.
US09652095B2
The present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, its driving method, an OLED display panel and a display device. The pixel circuit includes: a display driving module configured to, within a time period and under the control of a first scanning signal from a first scanning line, a second scanning signal a the second scanning line and a control signal from a control line, compensate for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor with a data signal from a data line and a second signal from a second signal source, so that a light-emitting driving signal for the OLED is irrelevant to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor at a third stage of the time period; and a capacitive touch detection module configured to, within the time period and under the control of the first scanning signal and the control signal, detect a touch signal from a touch screen.
US09652090B2
A computing device configured to communicate with an input device. The computing device includes a processor, a touch interface, such as a touch screen, and a receiving unit. The touch interface is configured to detect an input signal corresponding to an object approaching or contacting a surface. The receiving unit is configured to receive, through the touch interface, at least one input signal from the input device, and the receiving unit amplifies the at least one input signal creating at least one amplified input signal. Additionally, at least one of the processor or the receiving unit analyzes the at least one amplified input signal and creates at least one output digital signal corresponding to the at least one input signal.
US09652088B2
Fabrication of a touch sensor panel using laser ablation is disclosed. The fabricated touch sensor panel can have its touch sensors formed from conductive layers disposed on a surface such as an undersurface of the panel's cover substrate. A fabrication method can include ablating a first conductive layer to define the first part of the touch sensors and then ablating a second conductive layer proximate to the first conductive layer to define the second part of the touch sensors. The touch sensor panel can be incorporated into a mobile telephone, a digital media player, or a personal computer.
US09652087B2
A telecommunication unit is provided, having a projection device for projecting image information onto a projection area located outside the telecommunication unit, the telecommunication unit being configured so that the projection device projects the image information in various first directions of a projection direction range onto the projection area, starting from the telecommunication unit. The telecommunication unit has an input detection device next to the projection device; the telecommunication unit being further configured so that, using the input detection device, a user input undertaken using a movement of a body part of a user is detectable; the user input taking place, starting from the telecommunication unit, in a detection direction range located outside the projection direction range; the user input being contactless with respect to the telecommunication unit.
US09652086B2
A touch point recognition method of a touch screen includes touching a palm on one surface of a screen and sensing a palm area from the other surface of the screen. Finger touch areas are extracted from the sensed palm area by using a bandpass filter, a finger area is extracted from the palm area by using an image processing filter, and a palm center area is extracted from the palm area by using a lowpass filter. The finger touch areas are grouped based on the finger area, and a finger touch area, which is distant from the center area in the group of the finger touch areas, is recognized as an actual touch area.
US09652081B2
An optical touch system is provided. A reflector is disposed beside a base plane. At least one light source is disposed beside the base plane and provides a detecting light, wherein the detecting light is transmitted to the reflector. At least one optical detecting sensor is disposed beside the base plane. A processor is coupled to the optical detecting sensor, wherein when a first object and a second object approach or touch the base plane, the processor determines which one of the intensity of a first portion of a signal corresponding to the first object OB1 and the intensity of a second portion of the signal corresponding to the second object OB2 from the optical detecting sensor is larger. Additionally, a method of touch detection and a computer program product are also provided.
US09652077B2
A touch screen testing platform may be used to perform repeatable testing of a touch screen enabled device using a robotic device tester and a controller. The platform may use various types of conductive tips that engage the touch screen, thereby simulating human behavior. The platform may perform multi-touch operations by employing multiple tips that can engage the touch screen simultaneously. The tips activate a touch screen from at least a trace of conductive coating located on nonconductive components of the robotic device tester.
US09652075B2
An information input device including a touch panel configured to be provided with a touch sensor that detects a position at which a sensing object is brought close to a sensing surface. In this information input device, the touch sensor has a scanning electrode and a detecting electrode that is opposed to the scanning electrode with the intermediary of a dielectric substance, and is a capacitive sensor whose electrostatic capacitance changes if the sensing object is brought close to the detecting electrode. Furthermore, a slit is formed in a surface of the detecting electrode opposed to the scanning electrode.
US09652072B2
A display device having an integrated capacitive sensing device includes receiver electrodes disposed on a back side of a color filter glass. Transmitter electrodes of the capacitive sensing device are configured with a size and geometry that reduces the capacitive coupling between the transmitter and receiver electrodes. The transmitter electrodes may be made of one or more prongs or segments from a segmented common electrode.
US09652071B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of a human-machine interaction, and provides a method and apparatus for handwriting input which enable the user to perform the handwriting input more freely in the position, and thus enhance the user experience. The handwriting input method comprises the steps of: detecting the input action of the user who is performing the suspending handwriting input with the handwriting input apparatus; converting the input action to input information; and transmitting the input information via communication to the display device for receiving and displaying the input information. The embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the technique of handwriting input in a long distance.
US09652068B2
The present disclosure discloses an electronic device and an information processing method, which can solve the technical problem that the conventional electronic device's surface panel is easily damaged under an external force. The electronic device comprises: a panel located on a first surface of the electronic device, a force-bearing surface of the panel being a deformable surface; a first sensor corresponding to the panel and configured to detect a deformation quantity of the force-bearing surface; and a processor connected to the first sensor and configured to determine a first parameter of an applied force applied on the force-bearing surface based on the deformation quantity and to determine a corresponding execution instruction based on the first parameter.
US09652067B2
There is provided an input apparatus including: a pressure detecting unit which detects press pressure of an operational body applied to a virtual key having one or more input candidates allocated selectively; and an input control unit which varies a selection state of the one or more input candidates selectively allocated to the virtual key for every pressing operation having, as a single time of pressing operation, timing that the press pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit exceeds a predetermined selection threshold value or timing that the press pressure becomes smaller than the selection threshold value as being attenuated after exceeding the selection threshold value.
US09652066B2
An electronic device may include a touch display including at least one display layer, and at least one transparent conductive layer thereon defining touch sensing pixels. The electronic device may also include a finger biometric sensor carried by the touch display and that includes a finger biometric sensing layer including an array of transparent conductive finger biometric sensing pixels capacitively coupled to the at least one transparent conductive layer of the touch display. The finger biometric sensor may also include switchable transparent conductive blocking areas between the finger biometric sensing layer and the at least one transparent conductive layer of the touch display and may be selectively switchable between blocking and reading states.
US09652057B2
An input device for use with an electronic system. The input device includes: a substantially planar input surface comprising a capacitive sensor layer configured to sense positional information for an input object, the input surface having a first zone and a second zone, wherein the second zone is configured to deflect in response to force applied to the second zone by the input object; a stiffener substrate having a first portion affixed to a bottom surface of the first zone, and at least one finger extending parallel to and spaced apart from the second zone; and an actuation mechanism disposed between the finger and the second zone.
US09652046B2
The present invention is directed to a video display and user control for the video display. In the preferred embodiment, multiple video feeds are combined into a single video display, where one feed, preferably live, includes an object which is used by a computer to select a second and display a second feed, wherein the location and orientation of the second feed changes based on the location and orientation of the object in the first feed. At least a portion of the display gives the appearance of depth, such as through use of superimposed animation. The live image is controlled by the user's movement, causing at least a part of the display to move in concert with the user's motion, thereby creating an enhanced three dimensional effect for a superimposed display.
US09652043B2
Recognizing a command may include monitoring a tangible reference with a depth sensor, maintaining a virtual reference approximately on calibrated three dimensional coordinates of the tangible reference, maintaining a touch space adjacent the virtual reference, and recognizing a command when a predetermined object enters the touch space.
US09652042B2
Architecture for implementing a perceptual user interface. The architecture comprises alternative modalities for controlling computer application programs and manipulating on-screen objects through hand gestures or a combination of hand gestures and verbal commands. The perceptual user interface system includes a tracking component that detects object characteristics of at least one of a plurality of objects within a scene, and tracks the respective object. Detection of object characteristics is based at least in part upon image comparison of a plurality of images relative to a course mapping of the images. A seeding component iteratively seeds the tracking component with object hypotheses based upon the presence of the object characteristics and the image comparison. A filtering component selectively removes the tracked object from the object hypotheses and/or at least one object hypothesis from the set of object hypotheses based upon predetermined removal criteria.
US09652038B2
A glove interface object is provided, comprising: a plurality of electromagnets positioned at a wrist area of the glove interface object; a plurality of magnetic sensors respectively positioned at fingertip areas of the glove interface object, wherein each magnetic sensor is configured to generate data indicating distances to each of the electromagnets when each of the electromagnets is activated; a controller configured to control activation of the electromagnets and reading of the magnetic sensors in a time-division multiplexed arrangement, wherein each of the magnetic sensors is read during activation of a single magnetic sensor; a transmitter configured to transmit data derived from the reading of the magnetic sensors to a computing device for processing to generate data representing a pose of a virtual hand, the virtual hand capable of being rendered in a virtual environment presented on a head-mounted display.
US09652026B2
Various embodiments of methods and systems for dynamically adjusting a peak dynamic power threshold are disclosed. Advantageously, embodiments of the solution for peak dynamic power management optimize a peak dynamic power threshold based on estimations of real-time leakage current levels and/or actual power supply levels to a power domain of a system on a chip (“SoC”). In this way, embodiments of the solution ensure that a maximum amount of available power supply is allocated to dynamic power consumption for processing workloads at an optimum performance or quality of service (“QoS”) level without risking that the total power consumption (leakage power consumption+dynamic power consumption) for the power domain exceeds the power supply capacity.
US09652024B2
A mode switching method and apparatus of a terminal including a camera for acquiring motion information of a user and a plurality of operation modes for power management is provided. The mode switching method includes transitioning, when a motion of a first pattern is detected by the camera, the terminal from an active mode to a standby mode, transitioning, when a motion of a second pattern is detected by the camera, the terminal from the standby mode to an inactive mode, and transitioning, when a first mode switching input is detected in the inactive mode, from the inactive mode to the active mode, wherein the camera acquires the motion information of the user in at least one of the active mode and the standby mode.
US09652022B2
Systems and methods that allow for dynamic quality of service (QoS) levels for an application processor in a multi-core on-chip system (SoC) in a portable computing device (PCD) are presented. During operation of the PCD an operational load of a co-processor of the SoC is determined, where the co-processor is in communication with an application processor of the SoC. Based on the determined load, the co-processor determines a QoS level required from the application processor. The QoS level is communicated to the application processor. The application processor determines whether it can implement power optimization measures, such as entering into a low power mode (LPM), based at least in part on the dynamically communicated QoS level from the co-processor. The present disclosure provides a cost effective ability to reduce power consumption in PCDs implementing one or more cores or CPUs that are dependent upon the application processor.
US09652020B2
Systems and methods for providing power savings and interference mitigation on physical transmission media are disclosed. Exemplary aspects include the ability to change physical layer (PHY) configurations based on operating conditions. By changing the PHY configuration, power consumption and electromagnetic interference (EMI) may be reduced. Still other operating conditions may be used to initiate switching between different PHYs. In another exemplary aspect, parameters of the PHY, such as slew rate, may be modified based on operating conditions to save power and/or reduce interference.
US09652016B2
Techniques for degrading rendering performance to extend operating time of a computing platform includes determining a source and a level of power for the computing platform during receipt of the graphics data and rendering of the graphics data. Graphics data is rendered using settings received from the application if the computing platform is not operating from a limited power supply. The graphics data is rendered using one or more sets of graphics processing power conservation rendering settings if the computing platform is operating from a limited power supply and the remaining energy capacity of the limited power supply is less than one or more predetermined levels.
US09652008B2
A power module includes an outer shell, a circuit board, plural electronic components and a power transmission interface. The power transmission interface is electrically connected with the plural electronic components and partially exposed outside the outer shell. The outer shell includes a first lateral plate and a second lateral plate. The second lateral plate includes a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion are protruded relative to the first lateral plate and respectively located at two opposite edges of the second lateral plate. After fastening elements are respectively penetrated through a first fixing slot of the first protrusion portion and a second fixing slot of the second protrusion portion and tightened into a case of an electronic device, the power module is fixed and installed on an inner surface of the case.
US09652000B1
A converter includes a connecting block and multiple conversion modules corresponsive to each positioning slot. The connecting block has multiple positioning slots. Each conversion module includes a printed circuit board, and a positioning notched edge formed at an edge of the printed circuit board, and at least a portion of each printed circuit board is accommodated into the corresponsive positioning slot, and each positioning notched edge is latched and coupled to an edge of the corresponsive positioning slot, and each printed circuit board has a first connector and a second connector electrically connected to the first connector, and both of the first connector and the second connector are configured on both sides of the connecting block respectively.
US09651998B2
Disclosed are folding type display apparatuses. The folding type display apparatus comprises a flexible display section, and a plurality of housings, which includes a first housing having a space formed therein, and second and third housings bendably connected to both ends of the first housing. The display section is fixed to the second and third housings, and in a closed state of the second and third housings, a folding portion of the display section is housed in the space formed by the first housing, while in an open state of the second and third housings away from each other, the display section becomes flat, and the first housing functions as a leg protruding from flat surfaces of the second and third housings, so that the second and third housings are fixed to each other and the folding portion of the display section is supported, by a holding member for connecting these housings.
US09651981B2
Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus that includes an integrated chip having a bandgap reference circuit and one or more heating elements. The bandgap reference circuit is located within a subset of the integrated chip and outputs a reference voltage having a temperature dependence. The one or more of the heating elements vary the temperature of the subset of the integrated chip.
US09651976B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that may use GPS, barcodes, RF signals, or other electronic technologies, individually or in combination, to identify a location of a substation at which a switching operation is to occur. At the substation location, a device camera or other optical or radio frequency reading apparatus may be used to scan a barcode or other visible indicia to confirm that the correct device or component is being switched before progressing to the next step in the switching order. RF identification, magnetic striping, and other technologies may also be used.
US09651975B2
A processing apparatus predicts a first demand amount and a first supply amount in the plan period, selects a candidate group, which is a candidate of a target of a load control, from among the plurality of devices, sends confirmation information that indicates a confirmation of the load control to a communication destination corresponding to the candidate group, upon receiving refusal information that indicates that the load control is refused, excludes the device corresponding to the refusal information from the candidate group, after the selection of the candidate group, receives second demand information and second supply information, predicts a second demand amount and a second supply amount in the plan period, selects a target group, which is a target of the load control, from among the candidate group, and sends a command to the control apparatus corresponding to the target group.
US09651972B2
The priority of a demand regulating control for a device is changed in accordance with a simple operation by a consumer. A demand regulating system has an operation unit that selects from among a plurality of consumption devices, on the basis of priority information and a regulating quantity, a plurality of control-target devices, which are targeted for demand regulating control reducing consumption of the resource. A control unit executes the demand regulating control on the basis of a control instruction; and an input unit receives a first operation by the consumer, and transmits first request information requesting a change in the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices, to the operation unit in accordance with the first operation. The operation unit, upon receiving the first request information, specifies the plurality of control-target devices, and changes the priorities of the plurality of control-target devices in the priority information.
US09651969B2
A method of setting a supply voltage in a device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first plurality of inputs from a plurality of sensors that are representative of a gate delay of a signal path on the device, and receiving a second plurality of inputs from a plurality of temperature sensors. The method further includes estimating a plurality of interconnect delays for the signal path based on the second plurality of inputs, and determining the supply voltage for the signal path based on the first plurality of inputs and the plurality of interconnect delays.
US09651964B2
A voltage regulator includes two input pairs of opposite type transistors, p-type and n-type, to provide a soft-start functionality for gradually increasing the voltage regulator's output voltage from zero, or a voltage below the thresholds of the n-type transistors, to an operational voltage. The voltage regulator operates in a soft-start mode during which a variable input voltage signal is ramped up to allow the output voltage to reach the operational voltage, and a normal-operation mode during which the operational voltage is maintained.
US09651959B2
The present disclosure illustrates a single-inductor dual-output (SIDO) power converter for hysteresis current control mode and a control method thereof. In the SIDO power converter provided by the instant disclosure, a detecting circuit, connected to the upper bridge transistor, determines whether the inductive current reaches the upper limit threshold or the lower limit threshold, and further drives a control circuit to turn on or off the corresponding upper bridge transistor and/or the lower bridge transistor, so as to simplify the operation of the hysteresis current control mode.
US09651957B1
This disclosure describes a non-dissipative snubber circuit configured to boost a voltage applied to a load after the load's impedance rises rapidly. The voltage boost can thereby cause more rapid current ramping after a decrease in power delivery to the load which results from the load impedance rise. In particular, the snubber can comprise a combination of a unidirectional switch, a voltage multiplier, and a current limiter. In some cases, these components can be a diode, voltage doubler, and an inductor, respectively.
US09651956B2
An apparatus for supplying power in a mobile terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a battery, a power management integration circuit including a buck-boost converter for converting a battery voltage to output a specific voltage, and a plurality of regulators for regulating the specific voltage output from the buck-boost converter to voltages of respective corresponding constituent elements and for outputting the regulated voltages, the buck-boost converter operating in a buck mode when the battery voltage is greater than the specific voltage, and the buck-boost converter operating in a boost mode when the battery voltage is less than the specific voltage, such that the constituent elements include a controller for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal, a touch panel for generating an input and for providing the generated input signal to the controller, and a display unit for displaying an operation of the mobile terminal under control of the controller.
US09651955B2
A water heater that is controlled by a plurality of offsets depending on at least one of predicted current usage of the water heater and preset user set point temperature results in energy saving without affecting user comfort and eliminates the need for additional hardware. The average temperature of the water is lower than in the case where a single preset offset is adjusted, thereby resulting in energy saving.
US09651949B2
An apparatus and method for clearing a playing surface are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a chassis or frame, a sensor connected to the chassis to sense a location of a line on a playing surface that needs to be cleaned, a drive connected to the chassis to drive the chassis in a selected direction of travel, and a handle to facilitate handling by a user. The apparatus also preferably includes a controller connected to the chassis, in communication with the drive, and responsive to the sensor to control the drive to thereby direct the chassis to move along the line that needs to be cleaned in the selected direction of travel and a cleaning device connected to the chassis to clean the line with the chassis is being driven along the line. Associated software is provided as well.
US09651935B2
A method is provided for establishing a physical reference inside an airplane representing the airplane's optimized line of flight based on the as-built orientation of aerodynamically significant features of the airplane. Values generated for aerodynamic pitch, roll and yaw representing the optimized line of flight are used to orient a tool reference surface outside the airplane. The orientation of the tool reference surface is recorded using an inertial reference unit placed on the tool reference surface. The tool reference surface and inertial reference unit are moved into the airplane where they are used to establish the physical reference on the airframe.
US09651934B2
A fastening guarantee system for vehicle assembly is used in a vehicle assembly line for assembling a fastening object to a vehicle body conveyed on a conveyer line with fastening members. The system may include i) a vehicle body sensing unit that senses a vehicle body entering the conveyer line and the distance to the vehicle body, ii) a plurality of tool sensing units at predetermined intervals along the conveyer line that senses the position of a fastening tool, iii) an inertia sensor module that senses the angle and the displacement of the fastening tool, iv) a tool controller, and v) the fastening tool.
US09651924B2
A common automation system controller configured using a hierarchical approach for use in a building automation system.
US09651918B2
Provided is a holographic recording method in which an interference fringe between a reference beam and a signal beam, modulated according to information regarding a plurality of hologram pixels, is recorded on a holographic recording medium, the holographic recording method including multiplexing-recording the interference fringe of the plurality of hologram pixels such that at least a part of the interference fringe recorded of neighboring hologram pixels of the plurality of hologram pixels is overlapped.
US09651916B2
A cartridge insertable into a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a first unit including a first bearing portion for supporting an image bearing member, a second unit including a second bearing portion for supporting a developer carrying member, and a storing medium including an electrical contact. The second bearing portion is provided inside the first bearing portion with respect to a rotational axis direction of the image bearing member. At least a part of the storing medium is supported by the second unit and is provided at a position outside the second bearing portion and inside an outermost configuration of the first unit with respect to the rotational axis direction. The electrical contact is faced toward a downstream with respect to an inserting direction of the cartridge into the main assembly.
US09651914B2
An image forming apparatus includes image forming stations including respective electro photographic photosensitive drums; an image transfer belt contactable to the drums; image transfer rollers, contactable to the transfer belt to urge the belt to the drums for transferring the toner images from the drums onto the belt, the rollers being provided with respective rotational shafts about an axis of which the rollers are rotatable; and a slidable member slidable in a direction in which the stations are arranged to retract the rollers away from the corresponding drums, the slidable member being provided with inclined surfaces contactable to the shafts, the inclined surfaces being disposed at such positions that the rollers are retracted from respective drums sequentially with the movement of the slidable member in the direction.
US09651902B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus including a fixing unit in which fixing temperature is calculated from a toner bearing amount and fixing processing is performed while reducing drop in the print speed. A method for controlling a temperature of a fixing unit for fixing a recording material onto a recording medium includes determining, for image data of a plurality of pages, whether a data size of the image data of a unit page is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and based on the determination result, selecting whether to control the temperature of the fixing unit to be a temperature determined from the amount of the recording material of the image data of the unit page, or to control the temperature of the fixing unit to be a predetermined temperature.
US09651898B2
A belt module including a replacement belt member to be supported by a supporting portion of an image forming apparatus includes an endless belt member, and a protecting sheet, provided along an inner peripheral surface of the belt member, for suppressing deformation of the belt member by an external force and for protecting the inner peripheral surface of the belt member.
US09651894B2
Provided is a developer cartridge attachable to and detachable from a main body of an image forming apparatus. The developer cartridge includes: a memory unit including a contact portion moved to a first position hidden inside the developer cartridge and a second position protruding outside the developer cartridge; an operating portion configured to move the contact portion to the first position and the second position; an outlet configured to discharge a developer; and a first shutter having an opening position and a closing position for opening and closing the outlet and moved to the closing position and the opening position when the contact portion is moved to the first position and the second position.
US09651891B2
When an edge effect or sweeping occurs in a developing material, pixels, among a plurality of pixels that configure image data, will arise in which a developing material consumption amount rises beyond an original consumption amount. A CPU corrects the developing material consumption amount for the pixels, among the plurality of pixels that configure the image data, in which the developing material consumption amount will rise beyond the original consumption amount.
US09651890B2
An exposing unit has a plurality of light emitters arranged in a main scanning direction. The exposing unit is configured to form a scanning line by exposing an image surface in the main scanning direction, and to form a plurality of pixels arrayed in the main scanning direction by sequentially forming a plurality of scanning lines shifted in a sub-scanning direction. A clock generator is configured to generate frequency-spread clocks having frequency that is spread with a particular modulation cycle. A driver is configured to drive the exposing unit to emit light during a lighting period based on the frequency-spread clocks. The driver sets an interval of exposure start time of the plurality of scanning lines. At least one interval is different from a reference period obtained by dividing a period for forming the pixels arrayed in the main scanning direction by a number of the plurality of scanning lines.
US09651889B2
An image forming device includes a photoconductive body, an exposure unit configured with a plurality of light emitting elements aligned in a predetermined direction, the exposure unit being adopted to expose the photoconductive body to light emitted by the light emitting elements, a frame configured to support both sides of the exposure unit in the predetermined direction, the frame having a reference portion configured to position the exposure unit in the predetermined direction in contact with an end of the exposure unit in the predetermined direction, and a pressing member provided to one of the frame and the exposure unit, the pressing member being configured to press the end of the exposure unit against the reference portion.
US09651881B2
A toner includes toner particles, each containing binder resin and a plurality of microcapsules dispersed therein, each of the microcapsules containing a liquid material. A method for forming an image on a medium includes forming an electrostatic latent image on a carrier, forming a toner image by developing the electrostatic latent image using the toner, transferring the toner image onto a medium, and fixing the transferred toner image on the medium.
US09651869B2
A method for preparing a wafer includes forming a film layer on a substrate of the wafer; coating the film layer with a photoresist layer; exposing a first portion of the photoresist layer to a beam of light; and patterning a second portion of the photoresist layer after performing exposing the first portion of the photoresist layer. A cross-link reaction is caused on the first portion of the photoresist layer and the first portion of the photoresist layer is converted to a reacted first portion of the photoresist layer. The reacted first portion of the photoresist layer is near an edge of the wafer. The second portion of the photoresist layer is different from the reacted first portion of the photoresist layer. The second portion of the photoresist layer is converted to a patterned second portion of the photoresist layer.
US09651866B2
The disclosure discloses a polyacrylate dispersant, a pigment dispersion, a color photoresist, a color filter substrate and a display device. The polyacrylate dispersant of the disclosure is a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-modified polyacrylate dispersant prepared by an esterification reaction of a polyacrylate dispersant and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane. Due to a steric hindrance effect of the structure of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, the polyacrylate dispersant of the disclosure may significantly improve the stability of pigment dispersion when used for dispersing pigment powder. A color photoresist prepared based on the pigment dispersion has a prominent heat resistance, an excellent resolution and a surface smoothness, as well as a low dielectric constant.
US09651863B2
The pattern forming method includes (1) forming a film using an active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition, (2) exposing the film to active light or radiation, and (3) developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent, in which the active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition contains a resin (A) having a group which generates a polar group by being decomposed due to the action of an acid, the resin (A) has a phenolic hydroxyl group and/or a phenolic hydroxyl group protected with a group leaving due to the action of an acid, and the developer including the organic solvent contains an additive which forms at least one interaction of an ionic bond, a hydrogen bond, a chemical bond, and a dipole interaction, with the polar group.
US09651852B2
A light source device includes a light source, a reflector that reflects light emitted from the light source, a light source housing accommodating the light source and the reflector and including a plurality of introduction ports through which cooling air is introduced, an introduction port forming portion having a plurality of outlet ports communicating with the plurality of introduction ports, an opening and closing device opening and closing the plurality of introduction ports, and a holding unit having the introduction port forming portion accommodating the opening and closing device. The light source device is used in a projector having a cooling device. The holding unit is fixed to an external housing of the projector and supports the reflector housing in such a manner as to be freely attachable and detachable.
US09651849B2
An optical resonator is provided made of low-outgassing materials, including at least one chamber, a non-linear crystal arranged in the chamber, and an array of mirrors arranged in the chamber and including a plurality of mirrors for deflecting a light beam. To specify such a resonator which is low-outgassing and which ensures fine adjustment of the optical elements at the same time, the present invention proposes that the non-linear crystal and at least one mirror of the array of mirrors is arranged on one movable carrier each, wherein the said carrier is fabricated from a low-outgassing material and seals the chamber. Furthermore, a sealing system is provided including a housing, an optical element and a sealing element of indium or indium alloy, which is arranged between the housing and the optical element, wherein the optical element has a lateral surface and the sealing element is arranged on the lateral surface.
US09651841B2
To reduce the area of a portion where a plurality of transistors are provided in a region around a display region and to reduce the area of the region around the display region, a display device includes a first transistor and a second transistor each as a transistor, and the transistor includes a connection wiring that electrically connects a semiconductor film and a source-drain electrode to each other via an opening portion provided in an insulating film. The first transistor and the second transistor are adjacent to each other, and there is a clearance between an end portion, on the side of the second transistor, of the connection wiring in the first transistor and an end portion, on the side of the second transistor, of the opening portion in the first transistor.
US09651836B2
A first substrate of a display device includes a plurality of signal lines which are arranged in an image display area and a plurality of driving circuits which drive the plurality of signal lines, the driving circuit is electrically connected to a metal line which is formed in the first substrate in an area of the first substrate overlapping the driving circuit in planar view, the metal line is electrically connected via a contact hole, in the area, to a lead-out line which is formed in a layer different from that of the metal line in the first substrate, the lead-out line is extended to the outside of the area and electrically connected to the signal line.
US09651825B2
A liquid crystal lens display device, which includes a backlight module and a liquid crystal structure. The liquid crystal structure includes a liquid crystal layer, a quantum dot layer, and a light shield structure. The liquid crystal layer defines multiple display pixels, and each display pixel may be switchable between an on state and an off state. The light shield structure includes two shield layers, each having multiple openings and multiple shield portions alternatively positioned. When the display pixel is in the on state, the liquid crystal molecules form at least one liquid crystal lens to refract the light beams, and the refracted light beams penetrate through the openings of the light shield structure to reach the quantum dot layer. When the display pixel is in the off state, the light beams will not be refracted, and will thus be blocked by the light shield structure.
US09651824B2
Provided is an image display apparatus, including: a display panel; a light emitting unit that emits light to be irradiated onto the display panel; an optical sheet that is disposed between the light emitting unit and the display panel; a first holding unit that holds the display panel; and a second holding unit that holds the optical sheet, wherein the first holding unit and the second holding unit are separate members. The first holding unit includes: a transparent front plate that is fixed onto the display surface; and a frame that holds the front plate from the rear surface side, and the display panel fixed onto the front plate is held by the front plate that is held by the frame.
US09651822B2
A method of manufacturing a quantum dot optical component is provided. By the method, a plurality of quantum dot lines are formed on a first substrate, an encapsulation member that encapsulates the quantum dot lines is formed on the first substrate, a second substrate is laminated on the encapsulation member, and the first and second substrates are cut into a plurality of quantum dot optical components each including at least one of the quantum dot lines.
US09651817B1
A nanoplasmonic optical reflective includes a particle layer including nano-particles in a substrate material. The nano-particles are arranged in one or more arrays to provide a nano plasmonic reflection of electromagnetic radiation at a selected wavelength. A color display includes a light source configured to emit light, and a nanoplasmonic filter section the nanoplasmonic optical filter. The color display further includes pixel addressing electronics configured to address pixels within the nanoplasmonic filter section, and display optics arranged to display a color image based on addressed pixels by the pixel addressing electronics and the nanoplasmonic reflection or transmission of the light in selected wavelength bands. The color display may be arranged in passive reflective, passive transmissive, active reflective, or active transmissive architectures.
US09651807B2
Method of producing an image display device in which an image display member and light-transmitting cover member having principal surface portion and circumferential edge portion on which a light-shielding layer is formed with a step portion formed between the principal surface portion and the circumferential edge portion are laminated through light-transmitting resin layer formed from a liquid optical resin composition so a light-shielding layer formed surface of the light-transmitting cover member is arranged to face the image display member, when a resin dispenser is moved from one end of the light-shielding layer formed surface of the light-transmitting cover member toward the other end applying the liquid optical resin composition to the light-shielding layer formed surface of the light-transmitting cover member, the application amount of optical resin composition is changed on the principal surface portion of the light-shielding layer formed surface of the light-transmitting cover member and on the light-shielding layer.
US09651804B2
An optical module includes a package, a substrate, a lead pin, and a ground pattern. The substrate is accommodated in the package, includes a signal line pattern that transmits an electric signal, extends toward a side wall of the package beyond an end of the signal line pattern, and has a through hole between the end of the signal line pattern and the side wall of the package. The lead pin is inserted into the through hole in the substrate and inputs the electric signal to the end of the signal line pattern. The ground pattern is provided in at least a part of regions surrounding the through hole on the substrate.
US09651801B2
Provided is an optical lens having a pattern formed therein to be used as a spectacle lens, wherein the pattern can be viewed from outside while the field of vision of the wearer can be ensured without discomfort. An optical lens includes a lens substrate, an antireflection film arranged to cover the side of one principal surface of the lens substrate, and a transparent pattern formed by a light transmissive material and arranged in a position where the transparent pattern is to be laminated to the antireflection film; wherein the transparent pattern is visible when viewed from the side of the one principal surface of the lens substrate. The antireflection film has a structure formed by alternately laminating a low refractive index film and a high refractive index film. The transparent pattern is arranged between the layers of the antireflection film, or above or below the antireflection film.
US09651799B1
An eyeglasses assembly includes a rim unit, two temple members, and two coupling units interconnecting the temple members and the rim body. The coupling unit includes a first coupling member that has a slide groove including a non-limiting and a limiting groove section, and a second coupling member that engages the non-limiting and limiting groove sections to permit and prevent separation of the first and second coupling members, respectively. The coupling unit further includes a latch member movably mounted to the first coupling member and movable between a closed position and an open position that respectively prevents and permits the movement of the second coupling member into the non-limiting groove section.
US09651792B2
The present disclosure provides an image display apparatus having excellent light converging characteristics. The image display apparatus includes: a liquid crystal prism element including a prism array in which a plurality of prisms are arranged, a liquid crystal layer laminated on the prism array, and electrodes provided at position corresponding to the respective prisms which form the prism array; a control section configured to control a voltage to be applied to each electrode; and a position detection section configured to detect a viewing position of a user. The control section is able to apply the same or different voltages to the respective electrodes provided at the positions corresponding to the respective prisms, on the basis of a result of the detection of the viewing position by the position detection section.
US09651791B2
A viewing device for a stereo projection system, having a first and a second viewing window, each having an optically filtering filter layer system, wherein each viewing window has a filter spectrum in the visual spectral range having a plurality of pass bands that are separated from each other by blocking regions, and wherein each pass band of the filter spectrum of the first viewing window is covered by an associated blocking region of the filter spectrum of the second viewing window. Each filter layer system can be designed as an absorption filter layer system having a plurality of substances absorbing in differing spectral ranges, wherein at least one of the absorbing substances is a cyanine dye in the supramolecular configuration of a J-aggregate.
US09651790B2
A prism for a projection optical system included in a projector including an illumination light source, an illumination optical system, and a projection optical system, includes: a first surface that totally reflects a beam of one of the illumination light and the projection light and transmits a beam of the other; and a second surface that is opposed to the first surface with an air gap therebetween and transmits a beam passing through the first surface, wherein the first surface has an antireflective film having an average reflectivity of a s-polarized reflectivity and a p-polarized reflectivity at a center angle of a transmitted beam of 2% or lower in three wavelength ranges including a first wavelength range of blue, a second wavelength range of green, and a third wavelength range of red.
US09651781B2
A head-up display device comprises a reflective mirror mounting bracket having an accommodation space; a reflective mirror arranged on the reflective mirror mounting bracket, receiving a real image and reflecting the real image to generate a reflected image; and a concave imaging mirror mounting bracket accommodating a concave imaging mirror, wherein the concave imaging mirror is coated with an antireflection film on one side and coated with a semi-transmitting film on the other side, reflects the reflected image of the reflective mirror and presents a distant magnified virtual image. The present invention is characterized in a small size; no need to install the device inside the instrument panel system; directly using an existing display device to generate a distant magnified virtual image; and easiness for users to install the device.
US09651779B2
A pair of first guide lights are displayed side by side adjacent to an HUD display area with emitted light from first light sources, and a pair of second guide lights are displayed at the outer sides of the respective first guide lights with emitted light from second light sources. At least one of the number of lighting lights, the lighting cycle, and the lighting order of the first light sources and the second light sources is changed in accordance with a differential value between the current speed and a speed limit set for a road on which the vehicle is traveling.
US09651773B2
An optical device includes a glass plate, a movable section adapted to support the glass plate, shaft sections adapted to support the movable section so as to be able to oscillate around an oscillation axis, a support section adapted to support the shaft sections, a permanent magnet provided to the movable section, and a coil disposed so as to be opposed to the permanent magnet, and generating a magnetic field acting on the permanent magnet, and the support section has a window section through which a gap between the permanent magnet and the coil can visually be recognized.
US09651772B2
An arrangement for the actuation of an element in an optical system. The arrangement includes first actuation and second actuation units for tilting the element about at least two different tilting axes. The first and second actuation units respectively include a flexure unit arranged outside an area defined by the element. Each flexure unit includes a first flexing element, rotatable with respect to a first axis of rotation, and a second flexing element, rotatable with respect to a second axis of rotation. For each flexure unit, the two associated axes of rotation intersect at a virtual connecting point of the flexure unit concerned to the optical element. The virtual connecting point is arranged in the area defined by the element and defines a rotating point for the element.
US09651771B2
A method of providing a layer of a first fluid and a layer of a second fluid on a first area of a support plate of an electrowetting device includes providing an emulsion of dispersed first fluid and continuous second fluid, the emulsion including an amount of the second fluid for forming the layer of the second fluid.
US09651770B2
A variable wavelength interference filter includes a stationary substrate, a stationary reflecting film disposed on the entire surface of the stationary substrate opposed to a movable substrate, and formed of a multilayer film, a movable reflecting film opposed to the stationary reflecting film, and a first mirror electrode disposed on the stationary reflecting film.
US09651762B2
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: first to fifth lens units respectively having positive, negative, positive, positive, and positive or negative refractive powers. The first lens unit is configured not to move for zooming, and the second, third, and fourth lens units are configured to move during zooming to change an interval between adjacent lens units. An aperture stop is arranged between the second and third lens units. The second lens unit is positioned on the image side and the third lens unit is positioned on the object side at a telephoto end. Focal lengths of the zoom lens at a wide angle end and of the third and fourth lens units, lateral magnifications of a lens group consisting of the third and fourth lens units at the wide angle end and at the telephoto end are each appropriately set.
US09651759B2
A photographing lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has a concave image-side surface, wherein both object-side and image-side surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fourth lens element has a convex image-side surface, wherein both object-side and image-side surfaces thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power, wherein both object-side and image-side surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element has a concave image-side surface, wherein both object-side and image-side surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one of the two surfaces thereof has at least one inflection point. The photographing lens system has a total of six lens elements.
US09651757B2
A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09651747B1
An optical fiber component includes an optical fiber array and at least one fiber lid. The optical fiber array has a plurality of individual optical fibers extending between a first end and an opposing second end. The fiber lid has a first surface and an opposing second surface. A portion of the second surface is attached to a portion of the optical fiber array adjacent the second end so as to partially define an adhesion region of the optical fiber component and a compliance region of the fiber pigtail assembly to enable high-yield fiber re-alignment in grooves.
US09651744B2
Systems and method for automatically assembling a multi-fiber optical ferrule. Holes are drilled or etched in a thin, flat substrate. A vacuum gripper and further alignment components are used to provide sufficient lateral alignment for insertion of the optical fibers. The protrusion of each optical fiber is detected on an output side of the substrate, and an adhesive is applied to attach the fibers to the substrate.
US09651743B2
Gradient index (GRIN) lens holders employing groove alignment feature(s) and a recessed cover, as well as optical connectors and methods employing such GRIN lens holders, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the GRIN lens holder contains one or more internal groove alignment features configured to secure one or more GRIN lenses in the GRIN lens holder. The groove alignment features are also configured to accurately align the end faces of the GRIN lenses. The GRIN lens holder also contains a recessed cover having a front face that is negatively offset with respect to a mating surface of the GRIN lens holder. The GRIN lens holders disclosed herein can be provided as part of an optical fiber ferrule and/or a fiber optic component or connector for making optical connections.
US09651736B2
Some embodiments relate to a method of processing a workpiece. The workpiece includes a first surface region having a first wettability coefficient, and a second surface region having a second wettability coefficient that differs from the first wettability coefficient. A liquid, which corresponds to an optical structure, is dispensed on the first and second surface regions of the workpiece, wherein the liquid self-aligns to the second surface region due to the difference between the first and second wettability coefficients. The self-aligned liquid is hardened to form the optical structure.
US09651730B2
Disclosed is a lighting device comprising an exit window (30); a plurality of solid state lighting elements (20) arranged in an annular pattern; an optical element (10, 50) for redirecting the luminous output of the solid state lighting elements towards said exit window, the shape of said optical element defining a cavity (15) on a central axis of the lighting device, said cavity being shielded from said luminous output; and a driver circuit (40) for driving at least some of said solid state lighting elements located in said cavity. A luminaire including such a lighting device is also disclosed.
US09651728B2
Variable index light extraction layers (100) that contain a plurality of microreplicated posts (120) are described. The variable index light extraction layers contain a plurality of microreplicated posts (120), a first region including a first lower-index substance (130) and a second region including a second higher-index substance (140). Optical films can use the variable index light extraction layers (100) in front lit or back lit display devices.
US09651722B2
An optical system includes a plurality of lenses, a diaphragm configured to adjust a light amount, and an optical element having a transmittance distribution. A transmittance of the optical element satisfies predetermined conditions. In addition, another predetermined condition is satisfied when the diaphragm is fully opened.
US09651706B2
A method of sensing electromagnetic (EM) fields downhole may include filtering a voltage signal induced in a coil antenna by an EM field to produce a filtered signal, said filtering being performed by a resonance tuning filter, and applying the filtered signal to a piezoelectric element to modify a strain of an optical fiber. A sensing system may include a cable deployed downhole and coupled to an interface unit. The cable has an optical fiber coupled to an array of downhole sensors, each sensor having a coil antenna coupled by a resonance tuning filter to a piezoelectric element that modifies a strain in the optical fiber in accordance with a signal induced in the coil antenna by an electromagnetic field. The interface unit measures a backscattered light to monitor the signal from each sensor in the array.
US09651704B2
Systems and methods are provided to obtain multiple resistivity measurements using a resistivity tool eccentered and rotating in a wellbore, which may be used to ascertain information relating to a drilling fluid in the wellbore. One such system includes a resistivity tool and data processing circuitry. The resistivity tool may become eccentered in a wellbore filled with drilling mud at least when the wellbore is at least partially deviated. The resistivity tool may also rotate within the wellbore and to obtain at least two resistivity measurements at different corresponding angles of rotation within the wellbore. The data processing circuitry may determine a mud phase angle by comparing the resistivity measurements obtained by the resistivity tool.
US09651696B2
Methods and systems for shear noise attenuation based on matching vertical particle velocity data and pressure data are described. The shear noise attenuation is based on the fact that different stages of the analysis can be performed with different numbers of wavelet orientations. The analysis is performed for frequency sub-bands for all wave numbers and vice versa.
US09651695B2
Construction and application of angle gathers from three-dimensional imaging of multiples wavefields
One embodiment relates to a technological process for identifying a potential subsurface structure below a body of water. Three-dimensional seismic sensor data that includes at least two measured components is obtained. Up-going and down-going wavefields comprising multiples wavefields are constructed from the three-dimensional seismic sensor data by applying wavefield separation. The up-going and down-going wavefields are extrapolated to a reflector surface below a water bottom. An imaging condition is applied at the reflector surface to generate images that include information from the multiples wavefields. Angle gathers are constructed, where each angle gather is constructed by gathering the images generated using the multiples wavefields for a range of illumination angles. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09651686B2
An X-ray detector includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate, a photoconductor covering the plurality of pixel electrodes, or a common electrode on the photoconductor. The photoconductor includes at least two photoconductor layers. The photoconductor may also include a current resistance layers disposed between the at least two photoconductor layers. The current resistance layer is configured to reduce current flow between the at least two photoconductor layers.
US09651675B2
A GNSS enabled device that is communicatively coupled to a network, receives time stamps via the network. The time stamps are generated based on reference clock signals within the network. GNSS receiver clock signal frequency may be adjusted based on the time stamps. When GNSS satellite signals and/or SRN signals are not available, the time stamps enable synchronization with GNSS satellites. Network clock signals and/or time stamps may be generated by an access point, a DSL modem, a cable modem and/or a primary reference clock within the network. A series of time stamps may be utilized for adjusting frequencies. Clock signals may be generated for adjusting frequencies based on a comparison between time stamps and oscillator or mixer output. Clock signals are generated for baseband, intermediate and/or RF frequency signal processing. GNSS satellite signals may be demodulated, correlated with a pseudonoise code sequence and/or synchronized based on the time stamps.
US09651667B2
Methods and apparatus for determining a precise position of a rover located within a region are presented using rover observations comprising code observations and carrier-phase observations of GNSS signals on at least two carrier frequencies over multiple epochs. Correction data is received for each of the epochs at least one code bias per satellite. Synthetic reference data is generated for each of the epochs from the correction data for a synthetic station location. A determination is made for each epoch whether a cycle slip has occurred. Upon determining that a cycle slip has occurred, values of any variables of a set of state variables which are affected by the cycle slip are reset. Each epoch of rover observations and correction data is used to estimate updated values for the set of state variables including a set of ambiguities and coordinates of a precise rover position.
US09651666B2
A method and apparatus for identifying a position of a receiver. A number of first radio frequency signals including navigation information at the receiver is received. The number of first radio frequency signals is sent from a number of platforms configured to receive second radio frequency signals from a plurality of satellites in a global positioning system. The position of the receiver is identified using a number of distances and a number of angles identified from the number of first radio frequency signals and a number of positions for the number of platforms.
US09651663B2
A distance measurement apparatus comprises an acquisition section which counts time between a first timing when an output of a photodiode built in a semiconductor laser exceeds a first threshold value because a laser element of the semiconductor laser starts to output laser light and a second timing when the output of the photodiode exceeds a second threshold value higher than the first threshold value because the laser light is reflected by a measurement object and returns to the laser element, and acquires the counted time as flight time of the laser light from a moment when the laser light is output to a moment when the laser light is reflected by the measurement object and returns to calculate a distance from the laser element to the measurement object or displacement of the distance.
US09651660B2
An echo signal processing device is provided. The device includes an image generating module configured to generate an echo image at a plurality of timings, the echo image generated based on echo signals received by an antenna installed in a movable body. The device also includes a positional information acquiring module configured to acquire absolute positional information of the movable body. The device also includes an analytic area specifying module configured to specify an analytic area in the echo image by an absolute position, based on the absolute positional information. The device also includes a storage configured to store analytic area images, each analytic area images being a part of each echo image, the part corresponding to the analytic area. The device also includes a calculating module configured to calculate echo signal information regarding the echo signals from the analytic area, based on the stored analytic area images.
US09651657B2
A radar surveillance system is described in which the radar beam re-visits each area of interest after a short period of time, by electronically reconfiguring a scanned beam to an offset position for an interleaved sub-dwell, within a scan period. This ‘look-back’ capability, where the area under test is re-visited after approximately 1 second, allows the natural de-correlation of sea clutter to take place between the initial and look-back samples of the surveillance area. The re-visit time can be adjusted to best exploit the de-correlation characteristics of the sea clutter return.
US09651654B2
Embodiments adjust device error radiuses associated with inferred device positions produced by positioning systems. Inferred beacon positions and associated beacon radiuses are accessed for beacons in a beacon fingerprint from an observing computing device. The beacon radiuses are associated with a pre-defined confidence level (e.g., an in-circle percentage). A Kalman filter is applied to at least one of the beacons using the inferred beacon positions and the beacon radiuses associated therewith to infer a device position for the computing device and to compute a device error radius for the inferred device position. The computed device error radius is adjusted as a function of the quantity of beacons input to the Kalman filter to achieve the pre-defined confidence level.
US09651653B2
A method of providing Observed Time Difference of Arrival (OTDOA) assistance information to a mobile station is disclosed. In some embodiments, the OTDOA assistance information may comprise Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) assistance information including antenna switching assistance information for at least one cell. In one embodiment, the method may be implemented on a location server for the cell.
US09651636B2
A single-chip three-axis magnetic field sensing device is provided. This single-chip three-axis magnetic field sensing device comprises a substrate, a first sensing module, a second sensing module, a third sensing module and at least one coil. The substrate includes a surface. The first sensing module comprises at least one first magnetoresistive element and is configured to sense a first magnetic field component substantially parallel to the surface. The second sensing module comprises at least one second magnetoresistive element and is configured to sense a second magnetic field component substantially parallel to the surface. The third sensing module comprises at least one third magnetoresistive element and is configured to sense a third magnetic field component substantially perpendicular to the surface. Wherein one of the first magnetoresistive element and the second magnetoresistive element and the third magnetoresistive element is disposed right above or right below the at least one coil.
US09651632B1
An illumination device comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a method for calibrating the illumination device is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the method may include subjecting a first LED to a first ambient temperature, measuring a forward voltage developed across the first LED upon applying a relatively small drive current to the first LED, detecting at least a first, a second and a third luminous flux output from the first LED upon successively applying at least a first, a second and a third drive current to the first LED, and storing results of the measuring and detecting steps within the illumination device to calibrate the first LED at the first ambient temperature. In some embodiments, the first LED may be subjected to a second ambient temperature, which is different from the first ambient temperature, and the method may repeat the steps of measuring, detecting and storing to calibrate the first LED at the second ambient temperature.
US09651631B2
In order to provide a calculation method for reproducing solar cell characteristics with high accuracy by using data of a short-circuit current, an open-circuit voltage and the maximum power operation point of a solar cell in a temperature and a solar radiation intensity in a standard state, parameter values for determining characteristics in the standard state are calculated by using data of the short-circuit current, the open-circuit voltage and the maximum power operation point of the solar cell in the temperature and the solar radiation intensity in the standard state. Next, temperature coefficients of the open-circuit voltage and the reverse saturation current are calculated by using the calculated parameters, and a short-circuit current, an open-circuit voltage and the maximum power operation point at a given temperature are calculated.
US09651621B2
A method of detecting one or more faults in a semiconductor device that includes generating one or more secondary node lists from a primary node list. The primary node list includes one or more nodes. Each node of the one or more nodes of the primary node list is associated with a corresponding secondary node list of the one or more secondary node lists. The method also includes generating a test pattern set from the secondary node list and a fault list. The fault list identifies one or more faults.
US09651613B2
A circuit board testing system includes a testing fixture and a computer system. The testing fixture includes a contact element, a switching circuit, a connection module, and a data acquisition unit. The contact element is connected with a circuit board. The switching circuit is connected with the contact element. The connection module is connected with the circuit board and the computer system. Consequently, an electric power is transmitted from the computer system to the circuit board through the connection module. By enabling the connection module, the data acquisition unit acquires a real voltage value corresponding to the electronic component. The computer system is connected with the testing fixture. According to the real resistance value, the computer system judges whether the electronic component passes the test.
US09651610B2
Visible laser probing is described. In one example a probe device has a laser configured to provide a laser beam at a visible wavelength, an objective lens positioned in front of the laser to focus the laser beam on an active region of an integrated circuit through a back side of an integrated circuit die, and a detector positioned to receive a reflected laser beam reflected from the active region through a back side of the die, through the objective lens. The detector is configured to detect an amplitude modulation of the reflected laser beam wherein the amplitude modulation is attributable to the electric field at the active region.
US09651609B2
A semiconductor circuit having a test function includes: a first circuit block including a circuit for performing a main function of the semiconductor circuit; a first power control block for controlling supply of power to the first circuit block; a second circuit block including a circuit for performing a function of testing the semiconductor circuit; and a second power control block for controlling supply of power to the second circuit block. The semiconductor circuit is operable in a first power mode in which a first pad is supplied with a supply voltage and a second pad is grounded, or in a second power mode in which the second pad is supplied with the supply voltage and the first pad is grounded. The second power control block is implemented as a diode.
US09651603B2
A method and arrangement for determining a capacitor degradation parameter associated with the degree of degradation of a cell capacitor in a converter cell of a power converter including a plurality of identical converter cells, including redundant converter cells, which converter cell, prior to determining the capacitor degradation parameter, has been bypassed. The method includes a) obtaining a measurement parameter value associated with discharging of the cell capacitor, forming a dc-link, from a measurement start voltage level at a measurement start time to a measurement end voltage level at a measurement end time, and b) determining a value of the capacitor degradation parameter based on the measurement parameter value.
US09651601B2
The invention relates to circuit arrangements for cable checking, cable testing, cable diagnosis and/or cable fault localization with a voltage source having a first voltage multiplier for a positive voltage and a second voltage multiplier for a negative voltage current sources that are connected to one another in combination with the voltage multipliers to generate a test voltage over the load impedance of the cable to charge and discharge the load capacitance of the cable and a control device that is interconnected with the voltage source and the current sources and devices with a circuit arrangement of that type. The circuit arrangements distinguish themselves, in particular, by the fact that arbitrary voltage curves of different amplitudes can be generated through the cable as the impedance acting as the test specimen.
US09651597B1
A system includes a capacitor unit having one or more capacitors within a body of the capacitor unit, wherein the capacitor unit comprises at least two bushings. The system includes a monitoring system having a first antenna. The monitoring system is configured to couple to the at least two bushings to form a resonant frequency (LC) circuit having a capacitance based at least in part on an effective capacitance of the capacitor unit. The monitoring system is configured to send a first signal to a radio frequency (RF) reader at a frequency based at least in part on the effective capacitance of the capacitor unit via the first antenna. The first signal is associated with health of the capacitor unit.
US09651592B2
Impedance detection methods and systems are presented for automatic computation of an electrical component impedance value at one or more specific frequencies of interest using quadrature voltage and current values generated by quadrature tracking filters based on sensed or measured voltage and current signals or values and a base frequency input.
US09651588B2
A power detecting circuit for a power supply module is disclosed. The power detecting circuit includes a current detecting module, a micro control unit (MCU), a correcting circuit. The current detecting module is electrically coupled to the power supply module and configured to detect an output current value of the power supply module. The micro control unit (MCU) is electrically coupled to the current detecting module. The correcting circuit is electrically coupled to the MCU and configured to correct the output current value of the power supply module. The MCU is configured to calculate an output power value of the power supply module according to the output current value and a preset output voltage value or a tested output voltage value of the power supply module and display the output power value via a display module.
US09651584B2
According to one aspect, embodiments described herein provide a sensor comprising a housing configured to be coupled around a portion of the transmission line, at least one probe capacitor configured to encircle the portion of the transmission line with the housing coupled around the portion of the transmission line, a measurement capacitor configured to encircle the portion of the transmission line with the housing coupled around the portion of the transmission line, a capacitance acquisition system, and a voltage measurement system, wherein the capacitance acquisition system is configured to determine a first value related to capacitance of the at least one probe capacitor, and based on the first value, determine a second value related to capacitance of the measurement capacitor, and wherein the voltage measurement system is configured to receive a signal providing the second value and calculate a third value related to a voltage level of the transmission line.
US09651579B2
A test and measurement system for synchronizing multiple oscilloscopes including a host oscilloscope and at least one client oscilloscope. The host oscilloscope includes a host timebase clock configured to output a clock signal, a host digitizer including a digitizer synchronization clock based on the clock signal, and a host acquisition controller includes a trigger synchronization clock based the clock signal and outputs a run signal to begin an acquisition of an input signal. Each client oscilloscope includes a client timebase clock configured to receive the clock signal from the host timebase clock and output the clock signal, a client digitizer including a digitizer synchronization clock based on the clock signal, and a client acquisition controller includes a trigger synchronization clock based on the clock signal and receives the run signal from the host acquisition controller and begins an acquisition of another input signal based on the run signal.
US09651576B2
A method and apparatus for non-intrusively measuring flowing currents and/or voltage on the inner conductor of a coaxial cable is introduced herein. In particular, a resultant low-impedance element is coupled concentrically to the shield at a desired insertion point of the coaxial cable. A pair of conductive leads provided by the resultant low-impedance element is thereafter monitored for derived flowing currents that are in direct proportion to but of opposite polarity to the current within the inner conductor of the coaxial cable.
US09651574B2
A MEMS-sensor structure comprising first means and second means coupled for double differential detection and positioned symmetrically to provide quantities for the double differential detection in a phase shift. If the sensor deforms, due to a specifically symmetric positioning of the first and second means, the effect of the displacement is at least partly eliminated.
US09651566B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining the propensity of a fluid for calcification characterized by the following steps: (i) adding a soluble calcium salt and a soluble phosphate salt to a sample of the fluid; (ii) incubating the sample at conditions allowing the formation of calciprotein particles (CPPs); and (iii) determining one or more of the following: (a) the rate of the formation of primary and/or secondary CPPs; (b) the amount of primary and/or secondary CPPs; and/or (c) the rate of the transition of primary CPPs into secondary CPPs, wherein an increase in one or more of (a), (b) and/or (c) of step (iii) indicates an increased propensity of the fluid for calcification.
US09651565B2
Fish sexual characteristics are determined by measuring the concentration in fish serum, plasma or whole blood of one or more peptide hormones of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily (TGF-β superfamily). The disclosed method and an accompanying field test kit may be used in sturgeon aquaculture to cull out young male fish so that increased time and resources may be devoted to the further rearing of female fish for caviar production. The method and test kit may also be used for wild fish life history studies.
US09651564B2
The present invention relates to a system for measuring the hemoglobin concentration in whole blood, wherein the system comprises: a light-radiating unit including a light source that emits two types of incident light having different wavelengths; a diffusion unit which diffuses the incident light emitted by the light-radiating unit; a cuvette-holding unit which is formed so as to hold a cuvette including a blood sample; a detection unit which detects each absorbance of the two types of incident light having different wavelengths; a processing unit which determines the hemoglobin concentration in the blood by processing the measured absorbance result; and a control unit which regulates the two types of incident light having different wavelengths in order to repeatedly/sequentially radiate same. Although the system for measuring hemoglobin in whole blood of the present invention uses a small amount of whole blood, it is possible to measure the total hemoglobin concentration in an accurate and reliable manner. The system of the present invention aligns the paths of two types of incident light having different wavelengths passing through a microcuvette by using a diffuser plate so as to easily align a light source and increase the reliability of the results. Also, the system of the present invention uses two wavelengths so as to rapidly and accurately measure the total amount of hemoglobin, including oxidized and reduced hemoglobin.
US09651562B2
Method of diagnosing and treating inflammatory bowel disease are disclosed herein. Inflammatory bowel disease can be treated and diagnosed using cathelicidin peptides and detection agents thereof. Specifically, method of treating and diagnosing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are disclosed herein.
US09651558B2
The invention relates to bacterial cell surface display of post-translationally modified heterologous proteins. Provided is an isolated nucleic acid construct encoding a proteinaceous substance comprising, from the N-terminus to the C-terminus, at least (a) an N-terminal a lantibiotic leader sequence; (b) an amino acid sequence of interest to be post-translationally modified to a dehydroresidue- or thioether-bridge containing polypeptide; (c) a hydrophilic cell-wall spanning domain; (d) a sortase recognition motif; (e) a hydrophobic membrane spanning domain and (f) a C-terminal charged membrane anchoring domain. Also provided is a Gram-positive host cell expressing the construct, as well as a library of host cells.
US09651552B2
An ELISPOT method of in vitro diagnosis of tuberculosis includes enriching or separating liquid blood fraction from its cellular components including visualizing immunocompetent cells by detecting different dyes and using at least two different filter sets, each including one narrowband excitation filter and one narrowband blocking filter, wherein the narrowband excitation filter is transmissive for light provided for luminescent excitation of a respective dye and the narrowband blocking filter is transmissive for light emitted by a respective dye and measuring the number of immunocompetent cells that secrete at least interferon-γ and interleukin-2 as a reaction to an antigen by superimposing at least two two-dimensional images generated during visualization to avoid luminescence of different dyes interfering and strong luminescence being superimposed on weak luminescence.
US09651550B2
A quantitative method for diagnosing an autoimmune disease or an infectious disease comprising performing an automated diagnostic assay, comprising: incubating a capture reagent with a streptavidin-coated medium to form a solid phase complex, wherein the capture reagent is a biotinylated autoantigen or infectious disease antigen; washing the solid phase complex to remove excess capture reagent; incubating the solid phase complex with a serum sample to form an immune complex; washing the immune complex to remove any unbound sample; incubating the immune complex with a conjugate to create an immune-conjugate complex; washing the immune-conjugate complex to remove any unbound conjugate; introducing a substrate capable of generating a quantifiable response; and calibrating the response generated from introducing the substrate.
US09651547B2
The present invention is directed to methods and devices for amending undiluted and partially diluted urine samples in a manner suitable for performing immunoassays for target analytes, for example NGAL. Generally, the urine sample is treated with reagents including at least one of buffer materials, water soluble proteins, urease, and other interferent mitigants. These reagents control the pH of the urine sample in a manner suitable for immuno-binding reactions and ameliorate interferences, particularly during the detection step.
US09651546B2
The invention provides peptide compositions and mixtures useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens. The peptide compositions and mixtures comprise polypeptide sequences based on an immunogenic fragment of the Ehrlichia Outer Membrane Protein 1 (OMP-1) protein. The invention also provides devices, methods, and kits comprising such peptide compositions and mixtures useful for the detection of antibodies that bind to Ehrlichia antigens and the diagnosis of monocytic and/or granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
US09651542B2
Among others, the present invention provides micro-devices for detecting or treating a disease, each comprising a first micro sensor for detecting a property of the biological sample at the microscopic level, and an interior wall defining a channel, wherein the micro sensor is located in the interior wall of the micro-device and detects the property of the biological sample in the microscopic level, and the biological sample is transported within the channel.
US09651541B2
Acidic oral compositions having calcium contents and effective pH-values in the area indicated by grey-tone in FIG. 2 are non-erosive in saliva and capable of stimulating saliva production, even in “dry mouth” patients. A new multi-step test method for determining erosive potential in saliva has been used for identifying the compositions.
US09651540B2
A urine sample testing apparatus may include a urine qualitative measuring section configured to acquire a measurement result for each of a plurality of urine qualitative measurement items and a urine sediment measuring section configured to acquire a measurement result for each of a plurality of urine sediment measurement items. The apparatus may also include an operation part that can specify a combination of one of the plurality of urine qualitative measurement items and one of the plurality of urine sediment measurement items. An information processing unit may be included and configured to determine whether a first measurement result of the urine sample obtained by the urine qualitative measuring section and a second measurement result of the urine sample obtained by the urine sediment measuring section have a predetermined relationship with respect to the urine qualitative measurement item and the urine sediment measurement item included in the specified combination.
US09651539B2
Methods for fabricating materials useful for optical detection in microfluidic and nanofluidic devices, such as those used in nanopore-based nucleic acid sequencing are described herein. In certain variations, a method of reducing background fluorescence in a MEMS material may include the step of treating a surface of the MEMS material with a low energy ion beam.
US09651534B1
An optical chemical test system and method detects information from areas of a chemical test component in the field of view of a color camera. The chemical test component can be a card or a strip and has a color change test area that changes in appearance when subjected to a target chemical in solution, which changes are detected by the color camera and used by an electronic control device to calculate a concentration value for the target chemical. Other areas of the chemical test component, when provided, calibrate the concentration value by providing further data that is recognized by the color camera and used by the electronic control device for calibration. The chemical test component can include features such as one or more indicia or locations for optical coding, card or strip identifiers and authenticators, one or more reference color areas and one or more reference white areas. Also, a color changing indicator can be provided for liquid temperature monitoring and determining whether or not a sample falls within an acceptable temperature range and/or for adjusting the displayed concentration to compensate for color shifts caused by variation in the fluid temperature. A housing system, when provided, facilitates use of controlled illumination in place of ambient illumination. The system and method are suitable for incorporation into a dishwashing machine for sanitation monitoring.
US09651532B2
A gas detection apparatus includes a housing which carries a plurality of light emitting diodes which are coupled in parallel and which emit substantially the same wavelength of radiant energy. A closed loop control circuit maintains the radiant energy output of the diodes at substantially a predetermined value. The radiant light radiant light and a sample of a gas of interest are directed to a sensing position at which a gas responsive tape is positioned. Reflected light from the tape is detected at a sensor displaced from the tape. A light collecting element can be positioned between the coupled diodes and the sensing position.
US09651531B2
Methods and apparatus for providing an air sampling system with first and second PID sensors to discriminate ammonia measurements. In one embodiment, air samples are taken from a vivarium environment to determine ammonia levels for controlling air flow to the vivarium.
US09651530B2
An exemplary apparatus for measuring nitric oxide in a fluid includes a sample injection port; a pump and reservoir; a valve; a measurement chamber; an electromagnetic radiation source; controls and user interface; and a cartridge. The cartridge includes a sample chamber a mix chamber; a sample degassing chamber; and a planar reaction chamber. The cartridge preferably is single-use and disposable. Furthermore, additional inventive aspects and features are disclosed related to measuring nitric oxide in a fluid.
US09651520B2
A capillary electrophoresis system which provides a microfluidic chip for capillary electrophoresis and a microfluidic interface module which fluidicly couples the microfluidic chip to external fluid sources and or external repositories.
US09651516B2
A technique is provided, wherein any influence, which would be otherwise exerted on a reaction of an objective substance caused by a reagent enzyme by an interfering substance contained in a specimen, is suppressed in relation to an electrochemical sensor for measuring the objective substance contained in the specimen. A sensor comprises a substrate; a detecting unit which is provided on the substrate and which detects an objective substance; a filter which covers the detecting unit, which permits permeation of the objective substance on one hand, and which regulates permeation of an interfering substance contained in a sample on the other hand; and removing unit which removes the interfering substance adhered to the filter.
US09651515B2
A biosensor includes a substrate, an electrode layer, a conductive polymer layer and a bio-recognizing element. The electrode layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive polymer layer is disposed on the electrode layer and partially covers the substrate. The bio-recognizing element is disposed on the conductive polymer layer. A chemical reaction takes place between the object and the bio-recognizing element, and the chemical reaction decreases the conductivity of the conductive polymer layer.
US09651511B2
A conductivity sensor is described in which electrodes are held in a desired position within a housing of the sensor by a number of slots accurately positioned within the housing. In one embodiment the slots are integrally formed within the housing. Once the electrodes have been inserted into the slots a thermoset resin is poured into the housing and cured. A through bore is then drilled through the housing, the electrodes and the cured resin to form a flow conduit through the sensor. A dual frequency excitation technique is also described that allows a measurement to be obtained of a polarization resistance of the electrodes. In one embodiment this measurement is stored and used to correct subsequent conductivity measurements.
US09651510B2
A voltage measuring apparatus is configured to measure voltage between a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a device, and the voltage measuring apparatus includes: a PTC thermistor that is connected to one of terminals of the device; and a measuring circuit that measures voltage of one of the terminals through the PTC thermistor with respect to a specified reference potential and voltage of the other of the terminals with respect to the reference potential. The voltage measuring apparatus detects temperature abnormality of the device or components associated with the device.
US09651509B2
An apparatus and method for investigating and analyzing early shaped charge liner collapse and liner material, wherein such method uses material from an actual liner, in order to collect data on the explosive event and its impact on the material.
US09651503B2
A system includes a vessel floating on a body of water. The system also includes at least one conduit extending from the vessel to below the body of water. The system also includes a scanning device disposed within the at least one conduit. The scanning device includes at least one two-dimensional (2D) line scanner and a rotary encoder coupled to the at least one 2D line scanner. The scanning device is configured to generate three-dimensional (3D) image data of a surface of the at least one conduit or at least one component disposed within the at least one conduit.
US09651496B2
A rare earth (RE) downconverting phosphor composition may contain two or more lanthanide materials each having a host and at least one downconverting emitter. Each lanthanide material emits a detectable electromagnetic radiation emission peak at an intensity, which is proportional to the amount of emitter present, upon excitation with an absorbable electromagnetic radiation, the emitted radiation having a lower energy, i.e., a longer wavelength than the absorbable radiation. One or more ratios of the intensities of the emitted detectable electromagnetic radiation may be used to uniquely identify the composition. Alternatively, the RE downconverting phosphor composition may contain a lanthanide material having a host and at least two emitters. The lanthanide material emits at least two different detectable electromagnetic radiation emission peaks each at an intensity upon excitation with an absorbable electromagnetic radiation, the emitted radiation having a lower energy, i.e., a longer wavelength than the absorbable radiation.
US09651479B2
A method and analyzer for determining a measured value of a measured variable of process automation technology in a liquid or gaseous medium by means of an optical sensor includes taking a sample of the medium; mixing the sample with one or more reagents; supplying an emitter of the optical sensor with an exciter signal for producing sent light, wherein the sent light by interaction with the mixed sample is converted into received light as a function of the measured variable; producing a receiver signal by means of a receiver of the optical sensor from the converted, received light; and determining the measured value based on the receiver signal and a calibration function, which includes a term which takes aging of the reagents into consideration.
US09651471B2
Defects in ferromagnetic materials are detected and characterized by analyzing the items' magnetic fields to find portions of the magnetic fields that differ in characteristic ways from residual magnetic fields generated by non-defective portions of the items. The portions of the magnetic fields that differ in the characteristic ways correspond to locations of the defects. The residual magnetic fields correspond to portions of the items distant from the defects. The defect characterization may include volume of material lost due to each defect and/or width and/or depth of each defect.
US09651468B2
A method includes receiving an image of drill cuttings with a data acquisition system that includes one or more processors, the drill cuttings originating from a wellbore being drilled and including a plurality of particles. The image of the drill cuttings is analyzed with the one or more processors by obtaining three two-dimensional distance measurements for each particle and obtaining four angular measurements for each particle. The one or more processors then determine at least one of a particle size distribution of the drill cuttings and a shape distribution of the drill cuttings based on the three two-dimensional distance measurements and the four angular measurements of each particle.
US09651464B1
A spring performance tester and method of testing a spring are disclosed that has improved accuracy and precision over prior art spring testers. The tester can perform static and cyclic testing. The spring tester can provide validation for product acceptance as well as test for cyclic degradation of springs, such as the change in the spring rate and fatigue failure.
US09651458B2
A method and system for auto safety verification of automatic guided vehicle (AGV) sensors is presented. An auto safety verification test can be performed autonomously by the AGV to ensure that sensors on the AGV are configured correctly and working properly. The auto safety verification test avoids human errors that exist in manual verification tests and significantly reduces the amount of time required to verify sensors on the AGV.
US09651451B2
This backlash measurement device measures the backlash existing between a first part and a second part that is provided with: a left pressing piece (37L) and a right pressing piece (37R) that rotate together with the second part, that pass through the center of rotation (41), and that extend the same distance from the center of rotation; a left pressing mechanism (38L) that presses the left pressing piece and a right pressing mechanism (38R) that presses the right pressing piece; a displacement amount detection mechanism (39) that comes into contact with the right pressing piece and that measures the displacement amount of the left pressing piece and the displacement amount of the right pressing piece; and a calculation unit (49) that determines backlash on the basis of the left displacement amount and the right displacement amount detected by the displacement amount detection mechanism.
US09651450B2
Optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) systems, methods and integrated circuits are presented for locating defects in an optical cable or other optical cable, in which a first optical signal is transmitted to the cable and reflections are sampled over a first time range at a first sample rate to identify one or more suspected defect locations, and a second optical signal is transmitted and corresponding reflections are sampled over a second smaller time range at a higher second sample rate to identify at least one defect location of the optical cable for relaxed memory requirements in the OTDR system.
US09651444B2
The present invention discloses a method of cumulative helium mass spectrometric combination test by using argon gas as gross-leak tracer gas, and specifically gives the procedure for this gross-leak and fine-leak combination test, comprising steps and methods of selecting helium-argon prefilling method or helium-argon pressuring method, fixed or flexible scheme and the criterion RAr0max for argon measured leak rate of gross-leak test according to the rigour grade THemin, cavity volume, leak rate of surficially absorbed helium and argon and the history of the test of a component under test; designing time for pressuring of helium-argon pressuring method, the maximum test-waiting time of fine-leak test and the criterion for helium measured leak rate, helium-argon prefilling and helium-argon pressuring, removing absorbed helium and argon gas, gross-leak test, fine-leak test and complementally testing bigger gross leak, which enhances the sensitivity of gross-leak test, lengthens the maximum test-waiting time of fine-leak test, tremendously expands the range of adapted cavity volume and criterion for measured leak rate of fine-leak test, thus making the cumulative helium mass spectrometric combination test more applicable, convenient and practical.
US09651442B2
A fluid 10 is contained within a chamber 12. The chamber wall 14 has an inner surface 16 exposed to the fluid 10 and an outer surface 18 separated from the inner surface 18 by the material 20 of the wall 14. Ultrasound 22 is introduced into the material 20. Measurement of the time of flight of the ultrasound 22 through the body 20 allows a measurement to be made of the pressure of the fluid 10.
US09651438B2
A sensor arrangement structure includes an output shaft provided with a disc portion at a leading end portion thereof. An output shaft cover has an inner surface portion disposed along and close to the disc portion. The disc portion is provided with ribs, the ribs extending in a radial direction of the disc portion while protruding toward the inner surface portion. A detector is disposed more inward in the radial direction of the disc portion than the ribs.
US09651437B2
A torque steering angle sensor is provided. The sensor includes a ring magnet with magnetic poles, magnetic path forming members to vary in location relative to the magnetic poles depending on torsion of a torsion bar, one pair of magnetic flux collecting rings for the magnetic path forming members, a first detecting element to detect a magnetic field between the flux collecting rings, a second detecting element to receive a magnetic field from the ring magnet, a slide magnet for producing a magnetic field in a different direction from that of the magnetic field of the ring magnet in the second detecting element, and a sliding mechanism to move the slide magnet toward or apart from the second detecting element with rotation of a rotary member of an electrically assisted power steering device. The second detecting element detects the magnetic fields received from the ring magnet and the slide magnet.
US09651436B2
An interferometric optical fiber sensor system comprises a light source, a first coupler optically connected to the light source, a first optical path for inputting measurement light, a second optical path for inputting reference light, a second coupler for combining the first and second optical paths together, a photodetector for measuring modulation of the measurement light and the reference light, and a coil for modulating with a stress exerted thereon the measurement light and the reference light. The first optical path has an optical length equal to that of the second optical path. The first optical path has a first delay line, while the second optical path has a second delay line. The coil is disposed between the first delay line and the second coupler and between the second delay line and the first coupler.
US09651429B2
An optical measuring device measures a wavelength of a response from a sensing device. The optical measuring device contains a light path coupled to an interface for coupling the light path to the sensing device. A periodic optical filter has an input coupled to the light path, to sample light that is supplied to or received from the sensing device. A continuous output optical filter has an input coupled the light path to sample light that is supplied to or received from the sensing device. A computation circuit is coupled to detectors at the periodic optical filter and the continuous output optical filter. The computation circuit is programmed to process output signals from the detectors obtained during a wavelength scan. The processing involves quantization of data derived from the continuous filter wavelengths associated with respective time points at which the wavelength scan reaches corresponding positions in respective periods of the periodic optical filter. The processing computes a wavelength associated with the response of the sensing device from the identified wavelengths on the basis of a temporal relation between said respective time points and a time point of the response of the sensing device.
US09651423B1
A MEMS optical device and an array composed thereof are disclosed herein, wherein the MEMS optical device comprises a light absorbing element, a deforming element, and a magnetic detector, wherein the magnetic detector comprises a magnetic source and a magnetic sensor.
US09651418B2
Optic fiber sensor characterized in that the sensing fiber is provided with a continuous Bragg grating covering the entire fiber length which is dedicated to sensing and along which spatially resolved measurements are performed.
US09651415B2
Systems and methods for detecting an operational condition of a tray of a distillation column with a sensing cable including an optical fiber sensor array operatively coupled to an optical signal interrogator. An output of the sensing cable corresponding to at least one sensor location on the optical fiber sensor array is monitored. The output of the sensing cable is classified as one of a predetermined set of classifications including at least a stable condition classification and a unstable condition classification determined based upon the output relative to a predetermined threshold. A signal is generated when the output of the sensing cable is classified as the unstable condition classification.
US09651411B2
An electromagnetic flowmeter using a square wave excitation method includes a differential amplifier which outputs a detection signal; an analog-digital converter which converts the detection signal into a digital detection signal; a timing control circuit which generates a sampling signal for sampling the digital detection signal; an calculation unit which executes a flow rate calculation process and a abnormality judging process at a same time. The flow rate calculation process acquires a flow velocity output signal by sampling the digital detection signal in a flat portion in a positive/negative excitation section. The abnormality judging process acquires a differential output signal by sampling the digital detection signal in a rising/falling portion in the positive/negative excitation section, and obtains a differential noise from the flow velocity output signal and a differential output signal, and judges abnormality of the exciting current by comparing a differential noise with a detection threshold level.
US09651409B2
A pointer assembly includes a guide, a helical drive member supported in the guide, a motor for axially rotating the helical drive member, a follower carried by the helical drive member, and a pointer coupled to the follower and movable relative to the guide for indicating a measured value, wherein axial rotation of the helical drive member in a clockwise rotation causes the follower and the pointer to move in a first direction relative to the guide and axial rotation of the helical drive member in a counterclockwise rotation causes the follower and the pointer to move in a second direction relative to the guide.
US09651398B2
A method for checking a total distance travelled by a motor vehicle and displaying the total distance in the motor vehicle includes: detecting a change in a component of a control device of the motor vehicle, change in the component being irreversible and taking place over a time period; assigning the magnitude and/or type of the change in the component to a comparison distance, related to the time period, travelled by the motor vehicle; comparing a distance detected by an odometer of the motor vehicle during the time period with the comparison distance; and an operator of the motor vehicle retrieving a result of the comparison or the operator receiving an automatic transmission of the result of the comparison.
US09651396B1
The subject technology provides embodiments for a relevance ranking algorithm of point of interests (POIs). Based on a query request from a user of a mapping application, the relevance ranking orders the matching POIs based on either a reverse logistic distance function or a logarithmic distance function that is used as a multiplier for a baseline score of each of the matching POIs. The multiplier is used to boost or discount the respective relevance of each of the matching POIs, especially with respect to a specified area of interest included in the query request or a location of a user included in the query request. A subset of the ranked POIs may then be selected for display to the user.
US09651388B1
A system and method for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), comprising an improved Geometric Dilution of Precision (GDOP) calculation, a reduced set of feature landmarks, the use of Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) to detect measurement motion, and the use of one-time use features and absolute reference landmarks.
US09651374B1
According to exemplary inventive practice, a deployment line connects a vessel to an anchor, and a tether connects a buoyant electronic unit to the same anchor. The buoyant electronic unit includes a syntactic foam sphere, and a computer and sensors that are housed in the sphere. The anchor and the buoyant electronic unit are discharged from the vessel and sink in the water. The deployment line mechanically detaches from the anchor when the anchor reaches bottom. The buoyant electronic unit stabilizes into an equilibrium position, tethered vertically and tautly to the anchor. Measurements pertaining to phenomena such as underwater electric potential, pressure, magnetic field, and acceleration are taken by the corresponding sensors and are processed by the computer. An electrical (e.g., acoustical) signal is transmitted to detach the tether from the anchor, whereupon the buoyant electronic unit rises to a retrievable position on the surface of the water.
US09651373B1
A gravity-based angle sensor apparatus includes an outer housing (which may be incorporated into a carpenter's level or other reference frame) that contacts or is fastened to a workpiece, and a sensor assembly rotatably mounted within the outer housing. The sensor assembly includes a frame having internal cavities for supporting a LED light module and a sensor responsive to the orientation of the sensor assembly. The sensor electrically bridges two terminals of the LED light module to activate an LED indicator lamp when the sensor assembly has a reference horizontal orientation.
US09651372B1
An apparatus for leveling piping systems during installation. The piping leveling assembly can also determine an exact direct of travel for future runs of pipe to complete the installation.
US09651368B2
A waveguide apparatus includes a planar waveguide and at least one optical diffraction element (DOE) that provides a plurality of optical paths between an exterior and interior of the planar waveguide. A phase profile of the DOE may combine a linear diffraction grating with a circular lens, to shape a wave front and produce beams with desired focus. Waveguide apparati may be assembled to create multiple focal planes. The DOE may have a low diffraction efficiency, and planar waveguides may be transparent when viewed normally, allowing passage of light from an ambient environment (e.g., real world) useful in AR systems. Light may be returned for temporally sequentially passes through the planar waveguide. The DOE(s) may be fixed or may have dynamically adjustable characteristics. An optical coupler system may couple images to the waveguide apparatus from a projector, for instance a biaxially scanning cantilevered optical fiber tip.
US09651365B2
A sensor is disclosed that can include a light component in support of a first light source operable to direct a first beam of light, and a second light source operable to direct a second beam of light. The sensor can also include an imaging device positioned proximate the light component and operable to directly receive the first beam of light and the second beam of light, and convert these into electric signals. The imaging device and the light component can be movable relative to one another. The sensor can further include a light location module configured to receive the electric signals and determine locations of the first beam of light and the second. beam of light on the imaging device. In addition, the sensor can include a position. module configured to determine a relative position of the imaging device and the light component based on the locations of the first beam of light and the second beam of light on the imaging device.
US09651353B2
One or more embodiments are directed to a magnet configured to be coupled to an object under test, an array of sensors configured to measure a magnetic field associated with the magnet, and a circuit configured to obtain voltage readings based on the measured magnetic field from the array of sensors and compute a distance between the array of sensors and the magnet based on the obtained voltage readings.
US09651346B2
A method of operating a gas operated automatic or semi-automatic weapon that has a bolt that locks by a partial rotation of the bolt with respect to a bolt carrier, the bolt carrier in communication with a gas port on the barrel of the weapon, the method comprising utilizing the gas pressure from a cartridge received from a port in the barrel to unlock the bolt, and utilizing the expansion of a telescoping cartridge in the chamber to recycle the weapon after the bolt is unlocked. In embodiments the cartridge is a 5.56 mm cartridge. In embodiments, the propellant driving the projectile does not provide enough gas pressure to recycle the weapon and the telescoping cartridge supplements the needed power for recycling sufficient to accomplish the recycling. The invention include the telescoping cartridge providing a projectile with lethal energy and recycle capability for gas operated rifles. The subsonic cartridge may have at least 80 ft lbs of energy and operates subsonically.
US09651321B2
A method for regulating a discharge fan and a coil of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) system includes maintaining a discharge fan capacity at a low fan capacity setting and varying a coil discharge air temperature between a low discharge air temperature limit and a high discharge air temperature limit. The method also includes, when the coil discharge air temperature reaches the low discharge air temperature limit, varying a fan speed of the variable speed discharge fan between a low fan speed setting and a high fan speed setting so as to maintain a space temperature at a space temperature setpoint set for a space, while maintaining the coil discharge air temperature at the low discharge air temperature limit.
US09651318B2
A system and method for cooling heat-producing devices using synthetic jet embedded heat sinks is disclosed. The cooling system includes a heat sink comprising a base portion and a plurality of fins disposed on the base portion and extending vertically out therefrom, the plurality of fins spaced to define a channel between adjacent fins. The cooling system also includes at least one synthetic jet actuator attached to the heat sink, with each of the at least one synthetic jet actuators comprising a plurality of orifices therein and being configured to generate and project a series of fluid vortices out from the plurality of orifices and toward at least a portion of the channels of the heat sink.
US09651317B2
A first header collecting pipe is divided into an upper space corresponding to an upper heat exchange region and a lower space corresponding to a lower heat exchange region. The lower space is divided into a plurality of communication spaces corresponding respectively to auxiliary heat exchange parts of the lower heat exchange region. A second header collecting pipe is divided into a communication space corresponding to both of a first main heat exchange part and the third auxiliary heat exchange part, and into communication spaces corresponding respectively to other main heat exchange parts and the other auxiliary heat exchange parts. Each of pairs of communication space and communication space is connected to an associated one of communication pipes.
US09651315B2
A heat exchanger and fins thereof are provided. The fin includes a plurality of first fin units and a plurality of second fin units which are arranged in parallel and alternately, and each first fin unit includes a first louver facing an inflow direction of fluid, and each second fin unit includes a second louver facing the inflow direction of the fluid, the first louver and the second louver are arranged in parallel, and the first louver and the second louver are staggered in the inflow direction of the fluid to form a first space between the first louver and the second louver, and at least one of first louvers or at least one of second louvers has a varied width.
US09651310B2
The present invention relates to a heat recovery system, of a part of the energy spent in the preparation of waste water, e.g. water from baths or kitchens, energy that is usually lost when the water is drained into the sewer. This energy can be recovered and reused to heat water that is readily used, for example in the shower, or can be stored in a water heater. This system is designed in such a way that, together with any tub or shower base, constitutes a heat recovery shower base or a heat recovery bath, for example. The energy recovery system is composed, preferably, by a coil generally made of copper inside a PVC pipe that has at one end a throttle plate also made of PVC, a filter for the protection of the system against impurities, turbulence fins, and an external casing. The system has a compact structure which benefits its rapid adaptation.
US09651306B2
A method for drying a seal material for use in manufacturing an ignition device, e.g., a spark plug. A free-flowing or loose seal material having a moisture content is provided and brought together with a desiccant for a time sufficient to produce a dry seal material by reducing the moisture content of the loose seal material to a desired level. Thereafter, the dry seal material and the desiccant may be separated from one another so that the dry seal material can be used to form a seal within an internal bore of a spark plug.
US09651303B2
An oven and method for curing inks on various substrates and textiles, such as clothing or shirts, conveyed by an overhanging vertically oriented chain conveyor. Clips are attached to the chain conveyor for holding the printed textile in a vertical oven mount, as they pass by the radiant heating elements structured in the curing oven during usage.
US09651297B2
Illustrative embodiments of systems and methods for powering lighted shelves in refrigerator appliances are described. In one embodiment, a refrigerator appliance may comprise a cabinet having a temperature-controlled compartment defined therein, a shelf ladder disposed at least partially in the temperature-controlled compartment and providing a plurality of shelf mounting positions, the shelf ladder comprising an electrical bus including first, second, and third conductors, the second conductor configured to supply power at a first current level when electrically coupled to the first conductor, the third conductor configured to supply power at a second current level when electrically coupled to the first conductor, and a first adjustable shelf carrying a first lighting device, the first adjustable shelf being removably mountable in one of the plurality of shelf mounting positions such that the first lighting device is electrically coupled between the first conductor and the second conductor.
US09651293B2
A cooled storing system for photo catalytic decomposition of ethylene is a reefer container or a refrigerator with a cooling unit including an evaporator, the surface of which is at least partly coated in TiO2. A UV-source is arranged so that light emitted therefrom falls on the surface provided with TiO2, whereby an active surface for photo catalysis is provided. When in use, an airflow created inside the system passes over the photocatalytic surface permitting decomposition of organic compounds such as ethylene present therein.
US09651264B2
A brick assembly may include a molded brick having a planar surface and at least one magnetic attachment for magnetically securing the brick assembly to a ferromagnetic surface. A mold assembly for manufacturing a brick assembly may include a mold chamber and at least one magnetic attachment seat or a hinged metal door. A method for manufacturing a brick assembly may include using a mold assembly, a mold material, and at least one magnetic attachment.
US09651247B2
A venturi housing assembly having a horizontal wall that is cast as part of the venturi housing assembly. A plurality of gas/air release openings are cast into the horizontal wall that gradually provide a balanced mix of gas and air to one or more burner heads and release the gas and air mixture in order to provide an even heat pattern.
US09651244B2
A method of operating an oxycombustion circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler that includes a furnace having a grid at its bottom section, a solid material separator connected to an upper part of the furnace, and an external solid material handling system. Oxidant gas is introduced into the CFB boiler through the grid as fluidizing gas, the fluidizing gas including recirculating flue gas. Fuel material is introduced into the circulating fluidized bed. A sulfur reducing agent including CaCO3 is introduced into the circulating fluidized bed. Solid material is circulated out of the furnace and provides an external circulation of solid material via the external solid material handling system. The solid material is fluidized in the external solid material handling system by introducing a fluidizing medium including recirculating flue gas into the handling system. A predetermined amount of steam is introduced into the handling system as a component of the fluidizing medium.
US09651240B2
A lamp includes an enclosure that is at least partially optically transmissive and a base. One or more LEDs are located in the enclosure and are operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. A heat sink having a heat dissipating portion that is at least partially exposed to the ambient environment and a heat conducting portion that is thermally coupled to the at least one LED transfers heat from the LEDs to the ambient environment. The heat sink includes fins that are located in the enclosure. A housing is press fit between the heat dissipating portion and the heat conducting portion and forms part of the heat sink. The housing is thermally coupled to the heat sink and is made of thermally conductive material and is at least partially exposed to the ambient environment. The housing defines at least a portion of the enclosure.
US09651231B2
In certain example embodiments, light emitting diodes (LEDs) may be disposed on a deformable and flexible backbone sheet and chained together in an array, e.g., via flexible wiggle wires. Such flexible wiggle wires may also provide an electrical connection to an external power source. An optical out-coupling layer stack (OCLS) system may help serve as an index matching layer, heat sink, étendue conserver, etc. The backbone may be formed to a shape tailored to its ultimate application. Applications may include, for example, automotive (such as Center High Mounted Stop Lamp (CHMSL) applications), lighting, signage, and/or other applications. In an example CHMSL application, the deformable sheet with the LED array thereon has a step, sinusoidal, or other shape matched to the angle and/or curvature of the glass such that the LEDs produce light primarily in a direction parallel to a surface on which a vehicle is located.
US09651230B1
A lighting apparatus comprising a light emitting diode (LED) arrangement encased in a blanket-like body is provided. The blanket-like body is constructed in a manner allowing for the lighting apparatus to be rolled up for ease of storage and transport.
US09651228B2
A lighting device for a hand tool contains: a base, an illumination unit, and a clamping mechanism. The illumination unit is disposed in the base which includes a lighting orifice and four projections, each two of which are arranged on each of two sides of a bottom end of the base, and between each two projections is defined a V-shaped groove. The clamping mechanism includes a retainer, a connection shaft, and a resilient element, wherein the retainer has a fitting portion, a positioning section, and a controlling section, and wherein the positioning section is placed on the bottom end of the base and is defined among the four projections, the controlling section extends out of one side of the base, and the resilient element is fitted on the connection shaft and has a first end abutting against the base and a second end contacting with the controlling section.
US09651226B2
Present embodiments provide a light fixture having rotatable light modules and an extendable hinged mounting assembly. The light modules are electrically coupled to the light fixture via a cord and a grommet/bracket feature which provides strain relief and a waterproof barrier. The extendable hinged mounting assembly allows the light fixture to be mounted onto a ceiling or other structure while providing a mounted position and an install position.
US09651224B1
A work light includes a beveled elastomeric gasket coupling a selectively removable lens to a housing containing a light source and a variable voltage transformer for connecting the light source to a power supply. The elastomeric gasket fits snugly to the work light housing and the lens, creating a waterproof and dust-proof seal around the housing and lens. The housing is provided with cooling fins to help dissipate heat generated by the work light.
US09651222B2
The present invention relates to an illumination device comprising a number of light sources generating light and a number of light collecting means adapted to collect the generated light and to convert the collected light into a number of light beams that propagate along an optical axis. The light sources are arranged in a first group and a second group of light sources and the first and second group of light sources emits light having different spectral distribution. The light sources and the light collecting means are movable in relation to each other and can be positioned in a number of mixing positions, where in the number of mixing positions the light collecting means are adapted to collect at least a part of the light emitted by the first group of light sources and at least a part of the light emitted by said second group of light sources and to convert the collected light into number of mixed light beams.
US09651221B2
Disclosed is an optical imaging system having improved resolution. The disclosed optical imaging system may include a substrate on which a specimen dyed with a fluorescent material is placed; a multiple number of dimer nanopillars formed on the substrate; and a light source unit configured to provide a light source to the substrate, where the light source unit provides an incident ray to the substrate from a first light source to excite the fluorescent material, and afterwards turns off the first light source and activates a second light source and a third light source simultaneously to provide incident rays to the substrate. The disclosed optical imaging system can provide a resolution that is higher than the diffraction limit.
US09651219B2
A light assembly includes a cover having an upper portion and a redirection portion. The cover has a longitudinal axis and a housing that is coupled to the cover. A lamp base is coupled to the housing. A circuit board is disposed within the housing. The circuit board has a plurality of light sources thereon. An internal redirection element is coupled to the circuit board and has a curvilinear shaped surface for reflecting a first portion of light from the plurality of light sources through the redirection portion of the cover and transmitting a second portion of light therethrough.
US09651216B2
Lighting system including: lighting module having semiconductor light-emitting device; first lens module; and asymmetric second lens module. Second lens module includes diverging lens configured for causing divergence of converged light emissions away from lens axis. Second lens module includes: lens body having light output surface spaced apart along light transmission axis from light input surface, lens body having longitudinal axis and lateral axis, the longitudinal and lateral axes being transverse to light transmission axis; light output surface having asymmetric curvilinear contour formed by convex region overlapping in directions along lateral axis with concave region, the asymmetric curvilinear contour uniformly extending in directions along the longitudinal axis.
US09651215B1
To address one or more problems with conventional lightbox displays, particularly those suitable for use during holidays and other special occasions, the present inventor devised, among other things, lightboxes with integrated storage for graphic image sheets that are not in use. Some embodiments include removable base structures with storage for power cords and adapters.
US09651212B1
The present disclosure provides a light assembly including a housing and a lens secured to the housing. The lens cooperates with the housing to define an interior region therebetween. The light assembly also includes a first light module disposed in the interior region. The first light module is selectively operable to emit light that is transmitted through the lens. The light assembly further includes a second light module selectively operable to emit light that is transmitted through the lens. At least a portion of the second light module is integrated into the lens.
US09651204B2
The backlight according to the present disclosure may include a monochromatic laser diode, a reflector and a beam-expanding prism. The monochromatic laser diode and the beam-expanding prism may be arranged on the reflector, and monochromatic laser beams from the monochromatic laser diode may be expanded after being reflected by the beam-expanding prism.
US09651202B2
The present invention relates to a contact element (3, 3′, 3″), a base (2, 2′, 2″, 2′″), a clamping element (4, 4′, 4″), an arrangement (1, 1′, 1″, 1′″, 1″″, 1′″″) and a mounting section (301, 301′, 301″) for electrically contacting a light-emitting diode (LED) (100, 100′). In order to conveniently and cost-effectively hold and electrically contact the LED (100, 100′), the present invention provides that the contact element (3, 3′) comprises a mounting section (301, 301′) adapted for mounting the contact element (3, 3′) to the base (2, 2′) in a manner that the contact element (3, 3′) is pivotable about a pivot axis (P) extending through the mounting section (301, 301′), and comprises a contact arm (302, 302′) protruding laterally from the mounting section (301, 301′) and having on a distal end a contact point (303) facing essentially in a contact direction (K) for contacting the LED (100), wherein the contact direction is running essentially in parallel to the pivot axis (P). Further, the invention provides that the base (2, 2′, 2″) comprises at least one contact receptacle (203, 203′, 203″) which is adapted to accommodate a contact element (3, 3′) according to at least one of claims 1 to 10 in at least to different rotational positions (R1, R2), and that the clamping element (4, 4′, 4″) comprises an attachment section (401, 401′) adapted to be attached to the base (2, 2′) at the at least one contact receptacle (203, 203′, 203″), and a holding section (402, 402′) adapted to hold down the contact arm (302, 302′) of the contact element (3, 3′) towards the LED (100, 100′).
US09651199B1
A method and system for supplying additional hydrogen from a reservoir of stored hydrogen in a salt cavern to a hydrogen pipeline to assist in meeting customer demand for hydrogen is provided. Contaminants introduced while the stored hydrogen stream is in the salt cavern may cause the crude hydrogen stream to not have the required product purity specification. The stored hydrogen is removed from the salt cavern as a crude hydrogen stream and thereafter diluted with higher purity hydrogen formed from the pipeline to form a hydrogen product stream at or below the product purity specification. The hydrogen product can be formed without removal of any of the contaminants in the crude stream, thereby creating a more cost effective and simplified supply process compared to conventional processes employing a salt cavern for hydrogen supply.
US09651186B2
A flow conditioning device for incrementally stepping down pressure within a piping system is presented. The invention includes an outer annular housing, a center element, and at least one intermediate annular element. The outer annular housing includes an inlet end attachable to an inlet pipe and an outlet end attachable to an outlet pipe. The outer annular housing and the intermediate annular element(s) are concentrically disposed about the center element. The intermediate annular element(s) separates an axial flow within the outer annular housing into at least two axial flow paths. Each axial flow path includes at least two annular extensions that alternately and locally direct the axial flow radially outward and inward or radially inward and outward thereby inducing a pressure loss or a pressure gradient within the axial flow. The pressure within the axial flow paths is lower than the pressure at the inlet end and greater than the vapor pressure for the axial flow. The invention minimizes fluidic instabilities, pressure pulses, vortex formation and shedding, and/or cavitation during pressure step down to yield a stabilized flow within a piping system.
US09651184B2
A heat trace system heats (or maintains the temperature of) vessels of a piping system. Heat trace cables are connected to power control devices in respective wireless modules such that when the power control device in a wireless module is on, the heat trace cable connected to that wireless module conducts current, and thereby heats the vessel contacting the heat trace cable. The wireless module receives control commands for controlling its power control device wirelessly from the main power distribution and control system via a wireless communication network. A wireless module can include a sensor, where the wireless module report backs conditions sensed by the sensor to the main power distribution and control system via the wireless network. The main power distribution and control system can use that information in its control loops to control the switching of the power control devices in the wireless modules, to thereby control whether the associated heat trace cable conducts current or not, to thereby control the temperature at the vessel that is heated by the heat trace cable.
US09651183B2
A method for controlling a pipeline system is provided. The method includes powering on an electrical heating source for heating the pipeline system. The method further includes powering off the electrical heating source, powering at least a sensor along the pipeline system for measuring a physical property, and communicating the measured data to a remote communication destination.
US09651181B2
The disclosed hose guide may prevent a hose from bending within a specified distance of a hose fitting, and therefore prevent weakening of the hose at the hose fitting interface. The hose guide may include a hose fitting stage, a straight hose stage, and a bell stage. The hose fitting stage may secure the hose guide around the hose fitting. The straight hose stage may prevent the hose from bending. The bell stage may allow the hose to bend at a radius greater than a minimum bend radius for the hose.
US09651179B2
Profile clamp has a base and flanks facing radially inwards. The clamp utilizes a tensioning device that connects two ends of the clamp band to one another. The clamp band has in a circumferential direction at least a first part and a second part. The first part has in at least one of its flanks a first connection geometry and the second part in at least one of its flanks has a second connection geometry. The first connection geometry and the second connection geometry are engagable with one another.
US09651176B2
An elongate element (300) for a flexible pipe body (100) and method of producing the same are disclosed. The method includes inserting a first fiber element (304) in a crush resistant elongate tube element (302), wherein the first fiber element is suitable for monitoring at least one of strain, temperature and acoustic properties; inserting a further fiber element (306) in the tube element, wherein the further fiber element is suitable for curing a matrix material (308); and inserting a matrix material into the tube element to fill at least a length of the tube element such that the first and further fibers elements within that length are surrounded by matrix material.
US09651165B2
A system for monitoring an operation of a linear actuator-valve pair and for detecting failures at their early development stages, which comprises: (a) a linear valve for opening or closing a channel between two pipes; (b) a linear actuator for driving the valve to either a closed or an open state by fully or partially displacing a stem of the valve; (c) an angular wireless valve monitoring device for monitoring the status of the pair by inspecting an angular orientation of a main shaft, and for reporting the status to a control center; and (d) a linear to angular converter for converting the linear displacement of the stem to an angular progression of the main shaft.
US09651152B2
A gasket assembly and method of construction is provided. The assembly includes a carrier body having opposite planar surfaces with at least one media-conveying opening extending through the planar surfaces with at least one through opening spaced radially from the at least one media-conveying opening. Further, the carrier body has at least one projection formed of the material of the carrier body. The at least one projection extends from the at least one through opening outwardly from at least one of the planar surfaces. The assembly further includes an elastomeric material encapsulating the projection.
US09651150B2
A continuously variable transmission control system for a vehicle has a continuously variable transmission device having a belt which is bridged over a driving pulley on a motive power source side and a driven pulley on a wheel side, and an electricity-driven actuator that moves a moveable sheave of at least one of the driving pulley and the driven pulley in the axial direction, to change a width between the moveable sheave and a fixed sheave, a control device that controls driving of the electricity-driven actuator, and an acceleration operation detection unit that detects an operation state of an acceleration operation unit. The control device moves the moveable sheave in the axial direction using the electricity-driven actuator so that a reduction ratio of the continuously variable transmission device is reduced as an amount of operation of the acceleration operation unit is increased at least in a predetermined operation amount range.
US09651145B1
A fixed-gear transmission including a plurality of planetary gear sets and a plurality of clutches is described. A method for controlling the fixed-gear transmission includes commanding a first iteration of a skip-at-sync transmission shift and monitoring clutch slip of an oncoming holding clutch associated with the skip-at-sync transmission shift during execution of the shift, which includes monitoring synchronization of the on-coming holding clutch and a maximum clutch slip overshoot value. A progressive clutch pressure ramp rate for the oncoming holding clutch is adaptively controlled in response to the clutch synchronization of the on-coming hold clutch during execution of a subsequent iteration of the skip-at-sync transmission shift.
US09651143B2
A motor vehicle includes a transmission and a transmission fluid pump for transport of transmission oil to and within the transmission. The transmission fluid pump has a moving element which is coupled to a summation shaft of a planetary gear train. The planetary gear train has a ring gear which is operated by a first drive, and a sun gear which is operated by a second drive. A freewheel mechanism is arranged between the sun gear or a shaft connected to the sun gear and a further element so that the second drive can be switched off, when the first drive operates at high speeds while yet maintaining proper operation of the transmission fluid pump.
US09651138B2
A speed control mechanism for controlling selective engagement of the self-propelled transmission assembly for a walk-behind lawn mower is provided. The speed control mechanism is also configured to control the relative output speed of the transmission assembly. The speed control mechanism includes a speed engagement assembly and a speed adjustment assembly, wherein the speed engagement assembly includes a pair of rotatable levers for causing the transmission assembly to actuate between a disengaged position and an engaged position and the speed adjustment assembly includes a rotatable knob for causing the relative output speed of the transmission assembly to the wheels of the lawn mower to increase or decrease.
US09651137B2
An opening end of an inboard section includes: an end surface composed of a plane positioned farthest from the center of a differential device in the axial direction and perpendicular to the axial direction; a ledge positioned adjacent to the end surface in the circumferential direction of the opening end and closer to the center than the end surface in the axial direction; and a tapered section in a slope shape formed continuing to the inner diameter side of the ledge at the opening end, slanting toward the inner diameter side of the opening end and approaching the center. Lubricating oil supplied to the opening end of the inboard section flows to the tapered section via the ledge and flows from the tapered section into a spiral groove formed on an inner periphery of the inboard section.
US09651131B2
A locking differential can include first and second locking dogs and an actuator system. The first dog can include a set of first teeth fixed to a side gear of the differential. The second dog can be axially movable between first and second positions and can include an annular body coupled to a differential case for common rotation and a set of second teeth. In the first position, the first and second teeth can be disengaged. In the second position, the first and second teeth can be engaged, inhibiting relative rotation between the side gear and the differential case. At least one sensor can detect the angular position and angular velocity of the second teeth relative to the first teeth. An actuator can move the second dog from the first position to the second position based on the detected relative angular positions and velocities of the first and second teeth.
US09651128B2
A thrust assembly for a torque converter is provided. The thrust assembly includes a drivable mating component and a thrust washer connected to the drivable mating components. The thrust washer includes a thrust surface on a first axial side thereof and at least two axial contact surfaces on a second axial side thereof opposite the first axial side. The at least two axial contact surfaces include a first axial contact surface at a first axial distance from the thrust surface and a second axial contact surface at a second axial distance from the thrust surface. The first and second axial contact surfaces are configured for alternatively contacting the axial contact surface of the drivable mating component so as to vary an effective height of the thrust surface with respect to the drivable mating component.
US09651119B2
A hybrid drive device for a motor vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and two planetary gear trains which are shiftable into different gear stages by shifting elements and which are connectable via input elements and output elements with a driven input shaft and an output shaft and have shiftable transmission elements that can be coupled or braked. The internal combustion engine is in driving relation to a first input shaft and the electric machine is in driving relation to a second coaxial input shaft. The two planetary gear trains are coupled to each other such that, when the shifting elements are activated, shifting of four forward gears can be implemented via the internal combustion engine and shifting of three forward gears or reverse gears can be implemented via the electric machine.
US09651116B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include input shaft, output shaft, first planetary gear set including first to third rotation elements, second planetary gear set including fourth to sixth rotation elements, third planetary gear set including seventh to ninth rotation elements, fourth planetary gear set including tenth to twelfth rotation elements, and six control elements disposed at portions selectively connecting between the rotation elements and between the rotation elements and a transmission housing, wherein the input shaft is directly connected to the fourth rotation element and the eighth rotation element, the output shaft is directly connected to the eleventh rotation element, the tenth rotation element is directly connected to the third rotation element while being selectively connected to the seventh rotation element, the second rotation element is selectively connected to the sixth rotation element, and the first rotation element is directly connected to the transmission housing.
US09651113B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a silent chain which suppresses vibration and undulation while maintaining rigidity, strength, and durability and simplifying a shape of a pin hole without using a locker pin with a special shape and special material. In a silent chain 100, a guide row 101 made up of guide plates 110 and a middle plate 120 and a non-guide row made 103 made up of inner plates 130 are alternately connected in a chain longitudinal direction by a pair of locker pins 140 and 150. Pin holes 121 and 131 respectively have outer peripheral side straight portions 123 and 133 and inner peripheral side straight portions 124 and 134 which are formed parallel to each other.
US09651108B2
The latching device for a rotationally or translationally movable operating element is provided with a resiliently mounted latching projection and with a latching guideway which is in sliding contact with the latching projection and which has a plurality of latching depressions with latching elevations arranged between them. The latching depressions and the latching elevations form a substantially corrugated latching path along which the latching projection slides during a relative movement between latching guideway and latching projection. The latching projection has a surface which contacts the latching path along at least one contact line running substantially transversely to the longitudinal extent of the latching path. When sliding along the latching path, the latching projection experiences an upward and downward movement with periodic change of the orientation of its contact line with respect to the latching guideway.
US09651095B2
A displacement compensating coupling comprises a first coupling member, a second coupling member and connecting elements for connecting the coupling members. The coupling members are each made in one piece from composite material and have a first flange portion for attachment to one of the drive elements, a diaphragm portion that extends radially outwardly from the first flange portion, a second flange portion and a tube portion extending from an outer circumference of the diaphragm portion to the second flange portion. Each of the tube portions has two or more recesses that are spaced from each other in circumferential direction. In a first relative position of the coupling members, the recesses of the first coupling member face the recesses of the second coupling member, and in a second relative position the recesses of the first coupling member and of the second coupling member are offset in circumferential direction.
US09651081B2
A functional element of metal having a flange of larger diameter from an attachment surface and a centering section arranged inside the attachment surface and extending away from the flange, characterized in that an adhesive is arranged around the cylindrical section and adjacent to the attachment surface.
US09651079B2
A fastener includes a shank having a point at a first end and a second, head end. One or more prolate cross-section regions is formed in the shank. Prolate cross-section regions may be formed in a threaded section and/or a thread free section of the fastener. Each prolate cross-section may have a polar diameter greater than the cylindrical diameter of the region in which it is formed and an equatorial diameter smaller than the corresponding cylindrical diameter of the region in which it is formed. Two generally adjacent prolate cross-section regions have cross-sections offset with respect to each other by an angle between zero and ninety-degrees.
US09651043B2
A compressor may include first and second scroll members having first and second scroll wraps, respectively. The scroll members define a suction inlet, a discharge outlet, and fluid pockets moving therebetween. The second scroll member may include a port, and a passage. The port may be in fluid communication with at least one of the pockets. The passage may extend through a portion of the second end plate and may be in fluid communication with the port. A valve assembly may be disposed in the passage and may include a valve member displaceable between open and closed positions. A recompression volume may be disposed between the valve member and the at least one of the pockets. The recompression volume may be less than or equal to approximately one percent of a volume of one of the pockets at a suction seal-off position.
US09651030B2
A single thermal energy storage tank is used so that costs can be reduced and an installation space can also be reduced compared to a case where two tanks, i.e., a high temperature tank and a low temperature tank are provided. In addition, the single thermal energy storage tank includes a porous block so that passage of molten salt can be more easily performed and flow pressure drop can be reduced. In addition, the porous block is configured by stacking a plurality of unit blocks so that the capacity of the single thermal energy storage tank can be easily adjusted. Furthermore, a plurality of single thermal energy storage tanks are connected in parallel so that the plurality of single thermal energy storage tanks can be selectively used according to an operation load and thus the solar thermal power generation system can easily cope with the operation load.
US09651021B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for lifting and/or removing a rotor blade to and from a wind turbine. In one embodiment, the system includes an up-tower pulley mounted on an up-tower location of the wind turbine, first and second ground winches, a pulley cable from the first ground winch over the up-tower pulley and attached to the rotor blade, a guide line attached between an up-tower location of the wind turbine and the second ground winch, a guide pulley mounted on the guide line, and a guide cable from the guide line over the guide pulley to the rotor blade. Thus, the guide pulley is configured to move along the guide line during lifting and removing of the rotor blade so that the guide cable can control an orientation of the rotor blade relative to the tower during lifting and removing of the rotor blade.
US09651020B2
Portable cranes for wind turbines are provided. In one embodiment, a crane includes a boom, a support shaft connected to the boom, and a plurality of interchangeable mount assemblies. Each of the plurality of mount assemblies is removably connectable to the support shaft and mountable to a wind turbine component. The crane is mountable to at least two different wind turbine components. In another embodiment, a crane includes a boom, a support shaft connected to the boom, and means for mounting the crane to at least one uptower wind turbine component and at least one downtower wind turbine component.
US09651016B2
An ignition system includes: a step-up transformer having a primary side and a secondary side; an electrical energy source configured to be selectably connected to the primary side; a spark gap which is configured to guide a current transferred by the step-up transformer to the secondary side. The step-up transformer has a bypass for transferring electrical energy from the electrical energy source to the secondary side. The ignition system is configured to couple electrical energy in series or in parallel to the secondary side of the high voltage generator for the purpose of maintaining an ignition spark as an electrical voltage in the form of a controlled pulse sequence, e.g., within the kilo-hertz range.
US09651007B2
A valve (1,1′) for a marine propulsion unit comprises a body (2) having an internal passage (3) through the valve body (2). An aperture (5) in the valve body communicates with the internal passage (3). A piston (4,4′) is moveably mounted within the internal passage. The valve is configured such that, upon immersion or expected immersion of part (such as an air intake) of an associated propulsion unit in water or tilting of the associated propulsion unit beyond a predefined angle, the piston moves to a first position within the internal passage in which it seals the aperture. If for example the air intake of a marine propulsion unit of a vessel is connected to the aperture (3), the effect of the piston sealing the aperture (5) is to isolate the air intake from the atmosphere. Thus if the vessel sinks or capsizes, the valve closes the air intake of the propulsion unit and so prevents entry of water into the propulsion unit.
US09651005B2
An air intake duct, of a saddle-riding type vehicle, in which a flow velocity of an intake air is less likely to be reduced to enable prevention of reduction of an efficiency of a supercharger, is provided. The air intake duct of a motorcycle serves to supply incoming wind as the intake air to the supercharger for a combustion engine. The air intake duct has a passage area that is gradually reduced from an air intake port at a front portion toward a downstream portion connected to the supercharger at a rear portion.
US09651003B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving a purge flow from a canister via a canister purge valve in a boosted engine. One method comprises adjusting an opening of a shut-off valve to regulate compressor bypass flow through an aspirator, during boosted conditions, to generate vacuum at the aspirator. The vacuum is applied downstream of a solenoid valve and upstream of a sonic choke within a canister purge valve.
US09651000B2
A device (10) for introducing air into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine (11) through an exhaust manifold (14) of the engine includes a generally cylindrical valve body (12) supportable at an inner axial end in a hole formed through an engine exhaust manifold wall (13). A main fluid pathway (16) is formed within the valve body and extends between an intake (18) adjacent an outer axial end of the valve body and an exhaust opening (20) at the inner axial end of the valve body. A one-way check valve (22) is carried in the main fluid pathway and is configured to allow fluid flow along the main fluid pathway from the intake toward the exhaust opening and to block fluid flow along the main fluid pathway from the exhaust opening toward the intake.
US09650992B2
A thrust reverser system deployable from a core cowl is provided. The thrust reverser system may comprise one or more doors that are configured to overlap to reduce leakage and increate reverse thrust while deployed. The doors may be configured to vanes that are configured to split and/or direct airflow.
US09650990B2
A seal retention assembly is disclosed. The seal retention assembly includes a cover defining an aperture along a longitudinal axis. The seal retention assembly further includes a seal coupled to the cover adjacent to the aperture. The seal retention assembly also includes a retention device cooperating with the cover and the seal to secure the seal in engagement with the cover.In addition, a seal is disclosed. The seal includes a body portion, with the body portion including a first side and a second side opposing each other along a longitudinal axis. The body portion also includes an outer periphery disposed between the first and second sides and faces away from the longitudinal axis. The seal further includes a first retainer extending from at least one of the outer periphery and the first and second sides for securing the body portion to a cover.
US09650988B2
A steel piston with an oil gallery, and process for forming a steel piston oil gallery channel, which corresponds to the complex shape of the combustion bowl in the piston crown. The piston crown is made by a cast metal or powder metal forming process. The oil gallery channel is formed to the basic shape that corresponds to the shape of the walls of the combustion bowl. Machine-turning surfaces in the oil gallery channel can be machine-finished as desired. Surfaces in the oil gallery which cannot be machined with conventional turning operations, such as recesses and protrusions into the channel, are left in the original as-formed condition.
US09650987B2
A cylinder head is prepared by integrating an upper cylinder head part and a lower cylinder head part, which are manufactured separately, into the whole, wherein the fuel injector receiving hole, the intake valve stem receiving hole and the exhaust valve stem receiving hole are respectively prepared by integrating their upper portions which are formed together with the upper cylinder head part and their lower portions which are formed together with the lower cylinder head part respectively; the intake duct and the exhaust duct are formed in the lower cylinder head part; the cylinder head water cavity is prepared by integrating an upper water cavity portion formed together with the upper cylinder head part and a lower water cavity portion formed together with the lower cylinder head part into the whole, alternatively, the cylinder head water cavity is formed, as a whole, with the lower cylinder head part.
US09650973B1
Methods and systems are provided for airflow control in an engine system which includes a throttle turbine generator including a turbine and a turbine generator. In one example, a method may include adjusting an angle of a throttle positioned in an engine inlet passage based on a desired airflow by taking into account the effects on the throttle angle due to rotation motion of the turbine, thereby accurately controlling airflow to the engine system. The method may further include predicting an airflow to the engine system based on the position of the throttle, thereby accurately monitoring torque of the engine system.
US09650965B2
A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan, a turbine section having a fan drive turbine rotor, and a compressor rotor. A gear reduction is configured to effect a reduction in a speed of the fan relative to an input speed from the fan drive turbine rotor. Each of the compressor rotor and the fan drive turbine rotor includes a number of blades in each of a plurality of blade rows. The number of blades are configured to operate at least some of the time at a rotational speed.
US09650955B2
A system includes a multi-fuel gas turbine configured to operate on both a liquid fuel system and a gas fuel system, wherein the multi-fuel gas turbine comprises a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The system also includes a gas fuel purge system configured to purge a gas fuel circuit of the gas fuel system during liquid fuel operation of the gas turbine, wherein the gas fuel purge system is configured to sequentially purge the gas fuel circuit with air and steam.
US09650950B2
A carburetor for a hand-guided power tool has a carburetor housing and a carburetor rotor supported rotatably in the carburetor housing about an axis of rotation. A needle is disposed on the carburetor rotor and projects into a fuel opening of the carburetor. An adjusting element is operatively connected to the needle so as adjust a position of the needle relative to the carburetor rotor. The adjusting element has an engagement contour that is to be engaged by a tool for adjusting the adjusting element. A securing contour that is fixedly connected to the carburetor rotor is provided. The securing contour, at any point of the securing contour, has a spacing to the axis of rotation of at least approximately 10 mm.
US09650945B2
A collector for several manifold pipes of a motor vehicle carrying exhaust gas, including a first shell and a second shell, which can be connected to one another in a sealed manner by a shell connection that forms a connection plane (E), at least one outlet port for connecting to an exhaust pipe of an exhaust gas system, and several manifold pipe connection ports for connecting the manifold pipes, wherein the outlet port is designed as a rim hole within the respective shell and at least one first manifold pipe connection port is provided, which is designed as a rim hole within only one of the two shells.
US09650936B2
An object of the present invention is to detect an abnormality in an exhaust gas purification apparatus having an NSR catalyst and an SCR catalyst disposed on a downstream side of the NSR catalyst more favorably. Air-fuel ratio reduction control is executed to reduce NOx occluded to the NSR catalyst when an integrated value of an amount of NOx flowing into the NSR catalyst reaches an upper limit value of an amount of NOx that can be occluded to the NSR catalyst in a normal condition. It is determined whether or not the exhaust gas purification apparatus is in an abnormal state on the basis of a NOx purification ratio of the exhaust gas purification apparatus calculated at this time.
US09650934B2
An approach and system for engine and aftertreatment system optimization. Emissions of an engine may be reduced by an aftertreatment mechanism. Control of the engine and the aftertreatment mechanism may be coordinated for the best overall efficiency relative to both fuel consumption and the emissions reduction. Engine and aftertreatment control may also be optimized in terms of cost function minimization. Individual efficiencies of the engine and aftertreatment mechanism are not necessarily significant by themselves. Therefore, the engine and aftertreatment mechanism should be controlled in a manner to achieve the optimality of the engine and the aftertreatment mechanism together as one entity.
US09650933B2
An exhaust assisted pipe assembly including an outer portion having an opening for receiving dosed reductant from a dosing module and an inner portion disposed within the outer portion. The inner portion defines a main flow path for receiving a first portion of a fluid from an upstream source, and the inner portion and the outer portion cooperatively define a first flow path and a second flow path. The first flow path is configured to direct a second portion of the fluid from the upstream source past the opening for receiving dosed reductant and into the main flow path to increase momentum of the dosed reductant into the main flow path. The second flow path is configured to direct a third portion of the fluid from the upstream source toward the dosed reductant to decrease the momentum of the dosed reductant in the main flow path.
US09650930B2
Various methods are provided for operating an emission control device. In one example, a method for an emission control device including a catalyst and a filter comprises passively regenerating the filter, and adjusting, via a controller, a duration of active regeneration of the filter based on an oxygen storage capacity of the emission control device.
US09650925B2
A system and method of providing supplementary oil flow to an oil circuit of an internal combustion engine is described. The primary oil supply is from a mechanical oil pump. The supplementary oil supply is provided using a control system, one or more sensors, and an electrical oil pump. The system is beneficial in circumstances where the mechanical oil pump provides insufficient oil flow, including during engine shutdown.
US09650919B2
A sealing arrangement for a gas turbine including exhaust and manifold diffusers separated by a circumferential diffuser gap. The sealing arrangement includes a forward clamp arrangement attached to the exhaust diffuser wherein the forward clamp arrangement includes a forward groove. The sealing arrangement also includes an aft clamp arrangement attached to manifold diffuser wherein the aft clamp arrangement includes an aft groove. Further, the sealing arrangement includes a flexible circumferential seal including forward and aft loop portions. The forward loop portion is located in the forward groove and the aft loop portion is located in the aft groove wherein the circumferential seal extends across the circumferential diffuser gap to seal the circumferential diffuser gap. The forward and aft loop portions are moveable in the forward and aft grooves to enable movement of the circumferential seal in a circumferential direction to accommodate thermal expansion of the exhaust and manifold diffusers.
US09650918B2
An austenitic segment for a steam turbine nozzle assembly, along with related assemblies. Various embodiments include a steam turbine austenitic ring segment having: a body portion sized to substantially fill a pocket in a steam turbine outer diaphragm ring, the body portion having a greater circumferential length than an axial depth or a radial width thereof; and a hook-shaped portion extending radially inward from the body portion, the hook-shaped portion sized to engage a hook-shaped slot in the steam turbine outer diaphragm ring, wherein the body portion and the hook-shaped portion form a unitary structure.
US09650915B2
An aerofoil array for a gas turbine system has an inner annular platform and an outer annular platform, which extend about a longitudinal axis and radially delimit an annular channel for a gas flow; the annular channel houses a plurality of aerofoils, arranged at a substantially constant angular pitch and comprising respective central portions and respective ends connected to the platforms; the aerofoils are formed by two series of aerofoils having a different geometrical feature in order to intentionally vary the eigenfrequencies and arranged about the longitudinal axis with a sequence that is regularly repeated all along the annular channel; even though the external geometry of the aerofoils is varied, the cross-sections remain unchanged in the central portions, at any given radius with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US09650910B2
Provided is a steam valve (1) equipped with: a stop valve (2) capable of stopping/releasing the flow of steam when driven so as to open/close; an governing valve (3) that is provided coaxially in the interior of the stop valve (2), and that controls the flow volume of the steam when driven to open/close in the same direction as the opening/closing of the stop valve (2); and a first guide part (11) that is provided between the stop valve (2) and the governing valve (3) so as to separate the stop valve and the governing valve in the radial direction, and that guides at least the governing valve in the opening/closing direction.
US09650907B2
A labyrinth seal is provided for sealing the annular interspace between the rotor and the stator of a steam turbine or gas turbine. The labyrinth seal includes a multiplicity of sealing strips which are arranged in series in the axial direction and fastened on the stator and project into the interspace. The sealing strips interact, with sealing effect, with rotor-side sealing elements which are arranged in a staggered manner. An improved sealing effect is achieved by the sealing strips in the cold installed state being offset in relation to a symmetrical position, wherein the offset has the reverse direction and the same amount as the distance by which the sealing strip is displaced relative to adjacent rotor-side sealing elements as a result of thermal expansions of the stationary and rotating components and support structure when being heated from the cold installed state to a hot steady-state operating condition.
US09650904B1
A transition duct system (10) for delivering hot-temperature gases from a plurality of combustors in a combustion turbine engine is provided. The system includes an exit piece (16) for each combustor. The exit piece may include a straight path segment (26) for receiving a gas flow from a respective combustor. A straight ceramic liner (40) may be inwardly disposed onto a metal outer shell (38) along the straight path segment of the exit piece. Structural arrangements are provided to securely attach the ceramic liner in the presence of substantial flow path pressurization. Cost-effective serviceability of the transition duct systems is realizable since the liner can be readily removed and replaced as needed.
US09650896B2
A turbine engine blade, including an airfoil which extends radially between a blade root and an airfoil tip, axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and tangentially between a pressure side and a suction side, the profile of the blade having a series of basic profiles, in a form of a vane section, stacked on one another along a stacking line connecting the center of gravity of all the vane sections. The projection of the stacking line of the airfoil on at least one plane extending radially from the blade root includes a double tangential inversion of the direction of the curvature thereof, located in the last thirty percent of the height of the airfoil, the projection plane being positioned substantially perpendicular to the chord of the blade.
US09650894B2
A vane for a vane cell device comprising a stator and a rotor rotatably arranged in the stator with a plurality of guide grooves in each of which a vane can be movably mounted along a direction of movement. The vane has a high-pressure side, and a low-pressure side facing the high-pressure side, for fluid conveyed or flowing through a workspace of the vane cell device. The vane has a first side wall formed on the high-pressure side and a second side wall formed on the low-pressure side, wherein the first and second side wall are connected to each other by a plurality of ribs forming lateral limits of fluid channels. The first and second side wall are offset relative to each other so that the high-pressure side is only partially covered by the first side wall, and the low-pressure side is only partially covered by the second side wall.
US09650892B2
Optical spectral data associated with a formation fluid flowing through a downhole formation fluid sampling apparatus is obtained. Based on the obtained optical spectra data, a plurality of measures each relating the formation fluid to a corresponding one of a plurality of different fluid types are estimated. Blending coefficients each corresponding to a different one of the different fluid types are determined and utilized with the predetermined mapping matrices, each corresponding to a different one of the different fluid types, to obtain a blended mapping matrix. A parameter of the formation fluid is then predicted based on a projection of the obtained spectral data onto the blended mapping matrix.
US09650891B2
Samples of hydrocarbon are obtained with a coring tool. An analysis of some thermal or electrical properties of the core samples may be performed downhole. The core samples may also be preserved in containers sealed and/or refrigerated prior to being brought uphole for analysis. The hydrocarbon trapped in the pore space of the core samples may be extracted from the core samples downhole. The extracted hydrocarbon may be preserved in chambers and/or analyzed downhole.
US09650880B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for rotating a drill string to overcome issues related to static friction during drilling. An embodiment includes a drive system configured to rotate the drill string through variable angular displacements and at variable rotation speeds based on control signals received by the drive system, and a control system configured transmit the control signals to the drive system, wherein the control system is configured to generate the control signals based on pipe characteristics within the drill string and friction values associated with the drill string to establish a rotation pattern of the drive system to approach a desired effective reach of surface torque generated by the drive system on the drill string.
US09650876B2
A method of recovering resources from a resource bearing formation includes selectively injecting a fluid into the resource bearing formation through one or more injector wells, extracting a resource from the resource bearing formation through one or more production wells, receiving at a sweep pattern controller, an input from each of the one or more production wells indicating an amount of the resource extracted over a period of time, determining, in the sweep pattern controller, an adjusted sweep pattern for the formation that substantially equalizes production from each of the one or more production wells, and signaling each of the one or more injector wells, from the sweep pattern controller, to selectively inject the fluid to establish the adjusted sweep pattern in the formation.
US09650873B2
Apparatus and methods for compensating a landing string due to movement of a floating rig platform are provided. In one aspect, a compensation system for use with a landing string is provided. The compensation system includes a slip joint member attachable to the landing string, the slip joint member having an upper portion and a lower portion. The compensation system further includes a first lock assembly configured to connect the upper portion of the slip joint member to a floating rig. Additionally, the compensation system includes a second lock assembly configured to connect the lower portion of the slip joint member to a riser disposed below the floating rig. In another aspect, a method for compensating a landing string due to movement of a floating rig is provided.
US09650872B2
A diverting system includes, a first tubular, a second tubular receptive to the first tubular having at least one lateral extending therefrom, the first tubular is runnable into the second tubular as well as into the at least one lateral, an engaging device in operable communication with both the first tubular and the second tubular, and a diverting tool in operable communication with the engaging device configured to selectively divert the first tubular into the at least one lateral.
US09650862B2
A flow and fluid conditioning pressure reduction device includes an inlet and an outlet. The pressure reduction device is distinctive in that it comprises at least one relatively long flow bore conduit shaped as a spiral or a spiral arranged on the surface of a cone or frustum. Each spiral shaped conduit includes at least one, preferably at least three rotations and each spiral shaped conduit preferably is closely packed; the conduit has been arranged between the inlet and the outlet, has reduced flow cross section area, and the length, the cross section area and the number of the spiral shaped conduits in line determine the pressure reduction of a given fluid at a given flow rate.
US09650857B2
In a fracking context the object that will ultimately block a passage in an isolation device is introduced into the zone with the bottom hole assembly. The object is not released until the guns fire to create a pressure spike in the borehole that triggers the object retaining device to release the object. The retaining device is placed in close proximity to the isolation device and its setting tool to allow a larger object and passage in the isolation device to be used. If the guns misfire, the object is not released and comes out with the guns. The replacement guns can be pumped in because the passage in the isolation device has stayed open during the misfire. Direct and indirect object release in response to pressure created from the firing of the guns is contemplated.
US09650855B2
A riser disconnect/reconnect system including a disconnection package (RDP) and a modified lower marine riser package (LMRP) are provided for quick disconnection of the marine drilling riser (MDR) from the LMRP. The RDP includes a flex joint and a release connector (RC) with a mandrel that engages a modified LMRP. In an emergency event, the RDP is disconnected from the LMRP allowing access to the BOP stack for emergency intervention. In routine drilling operations, the RDP is disconnected from the LMRP facilitating the recovery of the LMRP or BOP stack to the surface for repair or maintenance without recovering the MDR. The RC joins the flex joint to the uppermost annular blowout preventer in the LMRP. The RC is configured for use in a standard or inverted position. Also provided is a mechanical locking connector, a resident ROV and sonar technology and methods of using same with the RDP.
US09650853B2
A downhole tool that includes a cutter and jacking system and methods of using such a tool to remove a portion of casing or tubing from a wellbore. The tool may include an upper slip and a lower slip configured to selectively engage casing of a wellbore. A cutter and an extendable section may be positioned between the upper and lower slips. The cutter may be used to cut casing into an upper portion and a lower portion and the extendable section may be used to increase a distance between the upper and lower slips that moves the upper portion of the casing and the lower portion of the casing away from each other. The extendable section may be hydraulically actuated to move the upper portion of the casing away from the lower portion of the casing. The cutter may be an abrasive jet configured to cut the casing.
US09650840B2
A method for erecting a drilling rig and an apparatus therefor having a mast, a base, a floor support, legs arranged between the base and the floor support, a primary lifting ram in engagement with the mast, and a floor support lifting ram, is disclosed. The method involves raising the mast with the primary lifting ram, raising the floor support with the floor support lifting ram to an intermediate height, engaging the primary lifting ram with the floor support and raising the floor support from the intermediate height to full working height with the mast lifting ram.
US09650832B2
Systems and methods of fencing systems are provided that incorporate tri-truss assemblies and/or self-closing gates. A tri-truss assembly may provide stability and support to a gate that is part of a portable or temporary fencing system. A tri-truss assembly may be configured to support a self-closing gate that is part of a pool fence. A tri-truss assembly may include three vertical support members. Two of the three vertical support members may include pins configured to be placed within pre-drilled holes in a surface in order to maintain the tri-truss assembly upright. A third vertical support may be a different length (shorter or longer) than the first two vertical support members and include an adjustable foot, such as a threaded bolt, configured to contact the surface and provide additional stability and/or support.
US09650831B2
A system and method of controlling light distribution in a space including an installed light source, an external light source, at least one blind(s) for a window in the space, a lighting control unit and a daylight/blind control unit, the method includes, in the lighting control unit, estimating task illuminances from the installed light source and the external light source at a plurality of measuring areas within the space, determining an intensity level of each of the installed light source based on the estimated illuminances; and determining a first positioning of the blinds according to predetermined requirements and/or measurements, in the daylight/blind control unit, receiving the plurality of measuring areas data within the space, determining a second positioning of the blinds according to predetermined requirements, selecting either the first or second positioning of the blinds to provide optimal daylight comfort, glare prevention and view.
US09650827B2
A garage door roller system for preventing damage to a vehicle or a garage door when the garage door is opening or closing. The garage door roller system generally includes a garage door arm which is connected at an upper end thereof to a carriage of a garage door opener. A first end of a connector is connected to the garage door arm, and a second end of the connector is connected to the garage door. One or more rollers are connected to a lower end of the garage door arm, with a portion of the rollers being positioned lower than the lower end of the garage door arm. The rollers are adapted to roll across an obstruction when the garage door is opening or closing to prevent damage to the obstruction as well as the garage door arm.
US09650821B2
A hinge assembly for connecting together upper and lower separable sections of a column comprises an upper member for attachment to the lower end of an upper column section and a lower member for attachment to the upper end of a lower column section.
US09650817B2
A handle for doors of motor vehicles includes an outer portion that can be grasped by a user, and an inwardly-extending plunger or hook that operably interconnects the handle to the door latch via a bell crank (that is part of the handle base or chassis depending on the type of handle architecture used). The plunger is made of a ductile material such as metal, and includes a crumple zone that causes the plunger to deform axially and/or bend sidewardly in the event an axial and/or a bending impact load.
US09650814B2
Disclosed is a docking station for an electronic device having a housing, a top surface of the housing for receiving the electronic device, a plurality of positioning members of the top surface for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface, a first sensor for detecting the presence of the electronic device, a first connector block, a first connector of the first connector block, a first arm of the first connector block, a motor connected to the first arm via one or more gears, and a security hole for attaching a lock.
US09650808B2
There is described a self-powered lock system for a movable member coupled to a lock mechanism having a first state in which the movable member is locked and a second state in which the movable member is unlocked. The system comprises an electrical energy storage device having an electrical charge stored therein, a control unit for controlling the lock mechanism, a trigger unit for triggering an unlocking of the lock mechanism, and a passive detection unit for detecting an activation of the trigger unit. Upon detection of the activation, a conductive path is provided between the control unit and the storage device for powering the control unit with the charge stored in the storage device. The lock mechanism is in turn unlocked by the control unit. A generator coupled to the storage device may then generate electrical energy and store the generated energy in the storage device for future use.
US09650804B1
An automobile tent apparatus includes a body member that includes an inflatable framework having opposed front and back support members each having opposed proximal and distal ends and a first dome support member extending between opposed proximal ends of the front and back support members, respectively, the front, back, and first dome support members having a tubular construction in fluid communication with one other and are selectively inflatable with air. The first dome support member has an upwardly arching configuration relative to the front and back support members. A plurality of housing panels is attached to respective support members of the inflatable framework and each extends downwardly therefrom so as to define an interior area within the body member. A first upper panel is positioned atop the first dome support member that covers an upper extent of the interior area proximate the first dome support member.
US09650797B2
A mobile stage which transforms between a first, transport position and a second, deployed position. A number of modular wall panels which act as a barrier between the interior and the exterior of the stage. This barrier is weather resistant by use of weather stripping in between the panels and additionally serves to protect from unauthorized access to any contents stored inside the stage itself when in transportation mode. The wall panels may be selectively remoted and replaced by stairways and other stage components. The upper wall panels are temporarily engaged by a roof of the mobile stage.
US09650793B2
The adjustable guide line holder is a mason's guide line holder, including a housing having an adjustable longitudinal width for secure reception within a brick pocket of a gable. The housing includes outer and inner portions respectively having first and second sets of top, bottom and side walls. The inner portion is received within the outer portion such that the first and second side walls are longitudinally opposed with respect to one another, with the inner and outer portions being adjustably slidable with respect to one another such that the housing has an adjustable longitudinal width. A vertical support is received within the inner portion and extends between the top and bottom walls thereof. A cross member is mounted to the vertical support, such that one end of a masonry guide line may be secured to the cross member.
US09650786B2
Louvered roof systems are provided with one or more louvers. Such louvers can be combined in an assembly that is movable between an open condition and a closed condition. In the closed condition, louvers in the assembly engage one another. In such engagement, a leg extending generally transversely from one louver may include a wing that extends generally transversely to the leg and that abuts a surface of an adjacent louver. Additionally or alternatively, in such engagement, a leg extending transversely from one louver may be received in a notch in an adjacent louver.
US09650783B2
A flame resistant laminate is described, which distinguishes itself by its low heating value ≦3 MJ/kg according to ISO 1716 and thanks to its special multilayer structure has excellent mechanical characteristics and an extraordinarily good stability under changing climatic conditions (hot/humid/cold/dry). The laminate according to the invention comprises several mineral and glass fiber non-woven fabrics with different functionalities and components. This includes high-filled non-woven fabrics, B-stage binders and other additives. Its great mechanical strength as well as the extraordinarily good stability under changing climatic conditions (hot/humid/cold/dry) allow its reasonable use in many areas where until now exclusively laminates according to EN 438 are used and beyond.
US09650778B2
A urinal includes a urinal body having a top portion, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, and a rear wall, which define an internal cavity, and a bowl having a concave shape. The top portion includes a plenum chamber defined therein, which is configured to receive flush water and is in in fluid communication with the internal cavity of the urinal body via a plurality of baffle holes. A flow restrictor is disposed within the plenum chamber to slow a velocity of water flowing through the plenum chamber. The rear wall of the urinal body includes at least two angled portions extending laterally inward and rearward from the left and right sidewalls. The angled portions meet in a rounded corner. The at least two angled portions and the rounded corner are configured to deflect urine striking the rear wall such that the urine remains within the internal cavity.
US09650771B2
A flush water volume regulator is provided, capable of canceling the buoyancy force acting on a water reservoir, wherein flush water in the water reservoir can be circulated with flush water in a flush water tank outside the water reservoir. The flush water volume regulator of the present invention has a water reservoir capable of holding a predetermined amount of flush water, having a water reservoir in which an opening is formed through which flush water inside water reservoir and flush water outside water reservoir can flow, and a float prevention means for causing a force to act on water reservoir in the opposite direction to the buoyancy force produced by flush water on water reservoir in flush water tank when water supply apparatus is supplying water into flush water tank.
US09650770B2
A mixing valve includes an inlet and a flow control valve that includes a valve member assembly having a first valve member coupled to a second valve member. The first and second valve members are spaced apart from each other and are configured to seal two separate outlets when the flow control valve is in a closed position. The mixing valve also includes a stepper motor configured to simultaneously move the first and second valve members to selectively seal or unseal the two separate outlets.
US09650769B2
A mixing valve includes a first inlet for receiving a first fluid, a second inlet for receiving a second fluid, and a mixing chamber having a fluid outlet for outputting the first fluid or the second fluid or a mixture thereof. The mixing valve includes a first flow control valve for controlling the flow of the first fluid into the mixing chamber and a second flow control valve, separate from the first flow control valve, for controlling the flow of the second fluid into the mixing chamber. At least one of the first or second flow control valve includes at least two separate outlets into the mixing chamber.
US09650754B2
A parking stand for a detachable front loader assembly including a support leg pivoted to a boom, which is able to pivot between an extended and a retracted position. A set of parallel struts engage a locking plate, which is attached to the support leg. Being engaged within locking mechanism divots, the support leg is secured within an optimally extended position. Extending the parking stand support leg into a parking configuration is achieved by way of a series of semi-automated actions that are triggered and propelled by way of hydraulic movement of a loader's boom and bucket. Such semi-automated actions include unlocking, extending, and securing the support leg. Retraction of the support leg is similarly executed.
US09650750B1
An animal waste collecting device for collecting and disposing of animal waste. The animal waste collecting device includes a rigid, elongated handle having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes an eyelet thereon so as to allow the elongated handle to be hung from a hook or similar support. The second end is removably secured to a bag and cable tie assembly, wherein the cable tie is configured in a loop and secured to the open upper end of the bag. The bag is used to collect animal waste, wherein the rigidity of the cable tie allows the bag to remain open. The cable tie is pulled through a locking mechanism in order to seal the bag after animal waste has been collected therein. The cable tie assembly is removably secured to the second end of said elongated handle by a clip.
US09650745B2
The invention relates to oil-in-water emulsions based on fatty alcohols and mono- or diesters of glycerol and the use thereof as antifoams or deaerators for aqueous compositions. The oil phase of the emulsions according to the invention consists to at least 95% by weight of the following constituents: a) 40 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of a mixture of at least two alcohols as component A, consisting of: a1) at least one alkanol having 12 to 30 carbon atoms as component A1, a2) at least one mono- or diester of glycerol with at least one fatty acid having 14 to 24 carbon atoms as component A2; b) 0.1 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of at least one further component B, which is selected from esters of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with polyglycerol, amides of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with alkylenediamines or oligoalkyleneamines, and esters of C12-C36-alkanecarboxylic acids with C12-C36-alkanols, and mixtures thereof, c) 4.9 to 50% by weight, based on the total weight of the oil phase, of at least one further component C, which is selected from organic substances which are liquid at 50° C. and 1013 mbar, at atmospheric pressure have a boiling point above 200° C., and at 25° C. and 1013 mbar have a solubility in water of less than 0.1 g/l.
US09650743B2
A sealing device seals a pressure or vacuum zone of a roller having a roller sleeve which is movable in relation to the sealing device. The sealing device has a sealing strip with an upper side forming a sealing face and a lubricant channel adjoining the sealing face and is formed by at least one groove-type depression in the sealing strip, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the sealing strip. When the sealing device is installed, the sealing face and the opening of the groove-type depression face toward the inner side of the roller sleeve. The lubricant channel is hooked up to a supply line which at least in portions runs within the sealing strip and delivers lubricant between the inner side of the roller sleeve and the sealing face. The sealing strip, at each of its two ends, has a wall delimiting the lubricant channel in its length.
US09650741B2
The present disclosure discloses a mask that comprises a nonmetallic layer and a hollow-out pattern through the nonmetallic layer. The present disclosure further discloses a method of manufacturing the mask, which comprises manufacturing the hollow-out pattern through the nonmetallic layer.
US09650736B2
A balancer includes a balancer housing coupled to a drum of a washing machine, the balancer housing having an annular channel defined therein, at least one mass movably disposed in the channel, at least one magnet to restrain movement of the mass along the channel when rotational speed of the drum is within a predetermined range, and at least one magnet fixing rib formed at one side of the balancer housing to fix the magnet.
US09650728B2
The present invention is directed to plant fiber-reinforced biocomposite thermoplastic and/or resin compositions and a method for reinforcing thermoplastic resins. The present invention provides a use for the cellulose portion of a plant material, which is the portion left over after processing the selected plant materials to separate the cellulose in a mechanical process that does not damage the internal molecular structure of the cellulose fraction, enabling the cellulose fraction to chemically bond with the thermoplastic resin to enhance the reinforcement of the resin or thermoplastic biocomposite composition.
US09650721B2
The present invention relates to a highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus capable of decreasing disinfection by-products, which is a chlorine disinfection device for on-site generation and produces sodium hypochlorite solution by electrolyzing sodium chloride aqueous solution on site, thereby requiring no additional liquefied chlorine storage equipment or disaster prevention equipment and securing flexibility of installation and operation while not being regulated by a high-pressure gas safety control act.The highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus of the present invention capable of decreasing disinfection by-products comprises: a diaphragm electrolytic bath comprising an anode room into which a sodium chloride aqueous solution flows, a cathode room into which water flows, and a cation exchange membrane for dividing the anode room and the cathode room; an anode water storage tank for storing chlorine gas and anode water generated by the electrolysis of the anode room; a cathode water storage tank for storing sodium hydroxide generated by the electrolysis of the cathode room and discharging hydrogen gas; and a gas/liquid contact portion in which the chlorine gas supplied from the anode water storage tank reacts with the sodium hydroxide generated at the cathode water storage tank to produce sodium hypochlorite, wherein the sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus further comprises a water-splitting electrodialysis tank for producing hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide using a sodium chloride aqueous solution and water to supply the same as anode water and cathode water, respectively.The present invention can provide a highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus capable of decreasing disinfection by-products which can minimize the generation of chlorate ions (ClO3−), by-products, by increasing the chlorine generation efficiency of an anode and adjusting a material balance in case of gas/liquid contact. In addition, since it is possible to provide chemicals generated using salt only to a diaphragm sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus, a highly efficient sodium hypochlorite generation apparatus capable of decreasing disinfection by-products with excellent safety and economic efficiency can be provided without using expensive chemicals that are difficult to handle.
US09650711B2
The present invention provides a method of preparing metal or metal oxide particles on a substrate by forming a reaction mixture of a metal or metal oxide precursor and a substrate, and heating the reaction mixture at reduced pressure, such that metal or metal oxide particles are formed on the substrate.
US09650709B2
The present disclosure provides a magnetic device and a vapor deposition device. The magnetic device is configured to adsorb a metal mask in the vapor deposition device, including: a metal plate; an electromagnet array including a plurality of electromagnets; each of the electromagnets being inserted in the metal plate; a power supply module configured to supply a current; a control module configured to, when adsorbing the metal mask during a vapor deposition process, control the power supply module to supply a direct current to all or some of the plurality of electromagnets and control a direction and a size of the direct current by sending a first control signal to the power supply module.
US09650704B2
A seamless steel pipe for a hollow spring includes C: 0.2 to 0.7 mass %, Si: 0.5 to 3 mass %, Mn: 0.1 to 2 mass %, Cr: 3 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %), Al: 0.1 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %), P: 0.02 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %), S: 0.02 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %) and N: 0.02 mass % or less (excluding 0 mass %). A residual austenite content in an inner surface layer part of the steel pipe is 5 vol. % or less. An average grain size of a ferrite-pearlite structure in the inner surface layer part of the steel pipe is 18 μm or less. A number density of a carbide having a circle equivalent diameter of 500 nm or more and being present in the inner surface layer part of the steel pipe is 1.8×10−2 particles/μm2 or less.
US09650692B2
The invention relates to a method for producing packaging steel consisting of a cold-rolled steel sheet made of unalloyed or low-alloy steel having a carbon content of less than 0.1%. In order to provide high-strength packaging steel that has good formability and high corrosion resistance and can be produced in as energy-saving a manner as possible, the steel sheet according to the invention is first coated with a metallic coating and then annealed in a recrystallizing manner at a heating rate of more than 75 K/s and preferably more than 100 K/s to temperatures of more than 700° C., such that the metallic coating melts. The coated and annealed steel sheet is then quenched to normal temperature at a cooling rate of at least 100 K/s.
US09650678B2
Methods of identifying a subject having an increased risk of developing anthracycline-related cardiotoxicity are provided. Such methods may include isolating a DNA sample from a biological specimen from the subject; genotyping the DNA sample to determine a copy number of a variant allele that increases the risk of developing chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity; and identifying the subject as having an increased risk of developing anthracycline-related cardiotoxicity when the copy number is at least one. In some embodiments, the methods may include optimally administering a therapeutically effective dose of a chemotherapy agent or an alternative non-cardiotoxic chemotherapeutic agent to the subject.
US09650674B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising a fluorescent nucleic acid probe that can be cleaved by enzymatic and non-enzymatic means, and methods of using the same. Advantageously, the nucleic acid probe may be used to detect and quantify nucleic acid cleavage in vitro, in situ, ex vivo, and in vivo.
US09650667B2
Methods are provided for ligating a 3′ adapter and a 5′ adapter to a target polynucleotide so as to avoid adapter dimer formation. Embodiments of the methods include adding a blocking oligonucleotide after the first ligation in which a 3′ adapter is ligated to the target polynucleotide so that the blocking oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing to excess 3′ adapter and the ligated 3′ adapter. Subsequently, a 5′ adapter is ligated to the target polynucleotide thus avoiding adapter dimer formation.
US09650659B2
The present invention discloses a microfluidic photoreaction system and a method for screening a single cell organism having changed light-response characteristics. According to the present invention, an improved single cell organism can be effectively screened based on phototaxis using a microfluidic system. Specifically, easy monitoring at the cellular level is possible, and a mutant strain having an increased response and/or sensitivity to light can be easily and rapidly screened by various analyses, including statistical analysis of collected results. Thus, the present invention can be effectively used to investigate the correlation between phototaxis and photoconversion efficiency and to screen a single cell organism having increased photosynthetic efficiency.
US09650658B2
This disclosure relates to the field of the microbial production of specific types of glycolipids that are potentially useful as replacements for petroleum-based detergents and emulsifiers. This disclosure, more specifically, discloses the usage of yeasts having a dysfunctional acetyltransferase for producing high amounts of bolaamphiphilic glycolipids when using conventional and cheap substrates. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to yeasts having a dysfunctional acetyltransferase optionally combined with a dysfunctional lactonase and/or second glucosyltransferase. The latter microorganisms are capable of producing high amounts of bolaamphiphilic sophorolipids.
US09650650B2
Solid waste that includes a mixture of wet organic material and dry organic material can be are separated using mechanical separation to produce a wet organic stream enriched in wet organics and a dry organic stream enriched in dry organics. The separated wet organic stream and dry organic stream are separately converted to renewable or recyclable products using different conversion techniques particularly suited for the separated wet and dry organic streams.
US09650642B2
The invention provides novel compositions of matter for the production of ethanol from carbon dioxide and water. Particularly, the invention provides photoautotrophic organisms having a first and second genetic modification, wherein the first genetic modification improves the ethanol production from organisms having the second genetic modification.
US09650633B2
Provided is a composition for controlling pluripotency of stem cells including an LIN28A methylation inhibitor and a screening method of the LIN28A methylation inhibitor, and more particularly, a composition for controlling pluripotency of stem cells including an inhibitor controlling methylation of 135th lysine of LIN28A that is methylated by SET7/9, or a composition for treating cancer, and a screening method of the inhibitor, wherein the screening method includes (a) contacting a candidate material with a cell, the cell having a gene introduced thereinto; (b) measuring a methylation level of the 135th lysine of the LIN28A; and (c) selecting an inhibitor controlling methylation of the 135th lysine of the LIN28A. That is, the present invention relates to a composition for controlling pluripotency of embryonic stem cells, or an anti-cancer composition, and a screening method of the inhibitor. The method of the present invention is possible to screen materials capable of controlling pluripotency of embryonic stem cells or materials having anti-cancer activity, and the materials screened by the method of the present invention may control pluripotency of embryonic stem cells and inhibit growth of cancer cells, which is effective for disorders of stem cell differentiation or preparation of cancer therapeutic agents.
US09650628B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
US09650627B1
The invention provides a way to target RNA editing by adenosine deamination to a chosen adenosine within RNA. An antisense RNA oligonucleotide is used for targeting the entire complex to a specific address on the RNA molecule. A Box B RNA and a λ N-peptide are used as a linkage between the antisense RNA oligonucleotide and a deaminase domain of human ADAR2 used to catalyze the deamination of the specific adenosine residue. These elements make up two molecules: the antisense RNA Oligo Box B RNA hairpin forms a single unit, as does the λ N-peptide-deaminase domain of human ADAR2.
US09650626B2
A nucleic acid extractor reducing the possibility of cross contamination and a gene analysis apparatus having a nucleic acid amplification function and a detection function are provided. The nucleic acid extractor has a kit for nucleic acid extraction using silica-coated magnetic beads under the presence of a chaotropic agent, and includes a magnet cover 52 accommodating a magnet 42 in the inside and separating the magnet 42 and a reaction container 2, a wall part 53 covering the outside of the reaction container 2 in a state of accommodating at least a portion of the magnet cover 52 in the reaction container, and a upper portion 54 covering a space above the reaction container 2 in a state of accommodating at least a portion of the magnet cover 52 in the reaction container. Scattering of liquid and aerosol can be prevented and the possibility of cross contamination can be reduced.
US09650620B2
Provided are isolated polypeptides having glucoamylase activity, catalytic domains, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, vectors and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains.
US09650617B2
The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
US09650616B2
Compositions and methods for increasing heat resistance or starch biosynthesis in plants are provided herein. Polynucleotides, polypeptides, and expression constructs for expressing mutant AGPase subunit proteins, plants comprising the polynucleotides, polypeptides or expression constructs, and methods of producing transgenic plants are also provided.
US09650614B2
Use of intracytoplasmatic domain of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) protein and/or a nucleic acid molecule encoding for the intracytoplasmatic domain of Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) protein, of any species, for the preparation of a medicament, preferably a vaccine, for the treatment and/or prevention of a tumor in a subject, preferably a lymphoma.
US09650608B2
A method of preparing a stem cell preparation is provided. The method includes steps of collecting adipose tissue from a mammal, contacting that adipose tissue with an enzyme preparation to digest fat and connective tissue and preserve stem cells and collecting those stem cells. In addition a kit is provided for preparing a stem cell preparation.
US09650589B2
Additive packages including multifunctional additive molecules are disclosed, including, for example, organic medium intercalated with lubricant nanoparticles. The additive package may be greaseless or may be added to materials such as base oils or greases, greaseless materials, or anti-corrosives, for example. The additive package added to materials may form a coating or lubricant that may be added to a surface of an object.
US09650581B2
Systems and methods for the external processing flash zone gas oil by recycling it through a vacuum residuum hydroprocessing unit before reentering the delayed coking process.
US09650572B2
There is provided a liquid crystal composition containing at least any one of compounds represented by General Formula (i) and at least any one of compounds represented by General Formula (ii).
US09650568B2
The present invention provides a germanate luminescent material, a general molecular formula thereof being Zn2-2xGeO4:Mn2x,My, wherein M is selected from at least one of Ag, Au, Pt, Pd, and Cu metal nano particles; 0
US09650563B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a fluoride fluorescent material, comprising: contacting a fluoride particles represented by the following general formula (I): K2[M1-aMn4+aF6] (I) wherein M is at least one member selected from the group consisting of elements belonging to Groups 4 and 14 of the Periodic Table, and a satisfies the relationship: 0
US09650562B2
Provided is an oxysulfide luminescent material. The luminescent material has a general chemical formula of Ln2−xO2S:Eux3+@My, wherein@ is coating, Eu is doped in Ln2−xO2S, Ln2−xO2S:Eux3+has a porous structure, and M is located in pores of the Ln2−xO2S:Eux3+. In the oxysulfide luminescent material, metal nano particles coating is used to form a core-shell structure, which increases luminescent efficiency of the oxysulfide luminescent material in a same excitation condition; in addition, a hollow structure is formed between a core and a shell layer of the oxysulfide luminescent material, which effectively reduces usage of rare earth elements in the shell layer and lowers cost of the luminescent material. Also provided is a preparation method for the oxysulfide luminescent material.
US09650561B2
A method of increasing oil recovery from oil reservoirs includes the step of conducting a series of lab analysis that lead to a specific nutrient formulation followed by or in parallel with a genetic analysis of resident microorganisms in water produced from an oil reservoir to determine if the population of oil interactive microorganisms may be modified to produce a change in oil-water relative permeability of an oil reservoir. The series of analyzes are conducted to determine the contents of a specific nutrient formulation package to optimize changes in the resident microorganisms to enhance oil recovery by changing oil-water relative permeability in the oil reservoir. Next the specific nutrient formulation is applied to stimulate some of the resident microorganisms to interact with oil contained in the reservoir rock formations. The stimulation step is followed by limiting the specific nutrient formulation to alter or modify the physiology and surface characteristics of the targeted microorganisms.
US09650547B2
Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive capable of realizing a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having satisfactory adhesion performance and a high ink step absorbability. A radiation-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive, which contains a (meth)acryl-based polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer component containing 30 to 90% by weight of an alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group of 10 to 22 carbon atoms at an ester end, and having a radically polymerizable functional group containing a carbon-carbon double bond.
US09650542B2
The present invention relates to the use of substantially linear polypropyleneimine as a hardener for epoxy resins, and also to a corresponding curable composition, to the curing thereof, and to the cured epoxy resin obtainable therefrom.
US09650533B2
Articles can be formed with either a dried layer or a dried pattern of a non-aqueous photocurable composition on one or both sides of a substrate. This composition includes a photocurable component and dispersed carbon-coated metal particles present in an amount of at least 10 weight % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous photocurable composition. The dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter of less than 0.6 μm, and a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 10,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units, the median diameter being determined using a dynamic light scattering method. Such articles can be used for various purposes including the formation of electrically-conductive grids, and can be incorporated into various devices including those having touch screen displays.
US09650527B2
A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a pigment; water; at least one of a water-soluble resin having an aryl group and a water-dispersible resin having the aryl group; and a micelle-forming compound having the aryl group and an oxyethylene chain.
US09650519B2
Provided is an ink composition including the following components (A), (B), and (C).The component (A) is an anthracene derivative represented by the following formula (A1).The component (B) is an aromatic amine derivative represented by the following formula (B1).The component (C) is a solvent represented by the following formula (C1) and having a boiling point of 110° C. or higher and a solubility of 1 wt % or less in water. where one or more of Ar1 to Ar4 are a heterocyclic group represented by a formula (B1′).
US09650513B2
Compositions of PHAs with PBS and/or PBSA are described and methods of making the same.
US09650512B2
A halogen-free resin composition, a copper clad laminate using the same, and a printed circuit board using the same are introduced. The halogen-free resin composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of epoxy resin; (B) 3 to 15 parts by weight of diaminodiphenyl sulfone (DDS); and (C) 5 to 70 parts by weight of phenolic co-hardener. The halogen-free resin composition features specific ingredients and proportion to thereby achieve satisfactory maximum preservation period of the prepreg manufactured from the halogen-free resin composition, control the related manufacturing process better, and attain satisfactory laminate properties, such as a high degree of water resistance, a high degree of heat resistance, and satisfactory dielectric properties, and thus is suitable for producing a prepreg or a resin film to thereby be applicable to copper clad laminates and printed circuit boards.
US09650511B2
Provided is a resin blend including a first resin and a second resin, the second resin having a hydrophobic functional group in a side chain and having a surface energy difference of 0.1 to 20 mN/m from the first resin at 25° C., wherein the resin blend is capable of forming a layer separation structure. Also, provided are a pellet, a method for preparing the same, and a resin molding article having a specific layer separation structure. The resin blend may not only improve mechanical properties and surface hardness of the molding article but also shorten process time, increase productivity and reduce production cost by omitting an additional surface coating step.
US09650507B2
Methods for producing protective-colloid-stabilized aqueous dispersions of vinyl ester, polymers having weight-average particle diameters Dw of 120 nm to 1,500 nm and a polydispersity PD<1.6 include radically initiated emulsion polymerizations of one or more vinyl esters and optionally one or more additional ethylenically unsaturated monomers in aqueous medium in the presence of one or more protective colloids, wherein an aqueous mixture containing 0 to 90 grams of one more protective colloids per liter of water is provided to the receiver (concentration (C)), and starting with or after the start of the metered addition of one or more initiators, one or more protective colloids and the total amount of vinyl esters used are added in a metered manner, the emulsion polymerizations being performed in the absence of vinyl halogenides.
US09650498B2
Various methods and systems of making inorganic fiber/flake reinforced composites having a thermoplastic matrix are disclosed. The methods use systems similar to those used to make inorganic fiber/flake reinforced products having a thermoset matrix, but the systems and methods are modified to use thermoplastic precursor monomer(s) followed by in situ polymerization of the monomer(s) during and/or following forming of the desired shape of the products. These methods permit the manufacture of superior inorganic fiber reinforced thermoplastic matrix composites in large and very large shapes heretofore not possible, or practical.
US09650494B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for polymer nanocomposites, methods of making polymer nanocomposites, and the like.
US09650492B2
Rubber composition which can be used in particular for the manufacture of tires, comprising at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system, between 0.2 and 10 phr of an antioxidant, such as a substituted para-phenylenediamine, and between 0.2 and 10 phr of an acetylacetonate of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal, chosen in particular from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Mg, Ca and the mixtures of such metals. This acetylacetonate compound makes it possible to advantageously reduce the consumption of antioxidant during the thermo-oxidizing ageing of the composition. Metal/rubber composite comprising such a composition and at least a metal reinforcement. Tire comprising a such composition or such a composite.
US09650488B2
The present invention relates to a method for removing water from swollen superabsorbent polymers in a gel state, and a method for recycling sanitary absorbent articles using the same. According to the method of the present invention, water is removed from swollen superabsorbent polymers by immersing swollen superabsorbent polymers in a gel state into a composition wherein sea water that is readily available and calcium chloride that is readily available at low cost are mixed for a specified period of time. The method makes it possible to easily and economically remove water from swollen SAPs in a gel state. Thus, the method provides an economical and environmentally-friendly means for recycling sanitary absorbent articles comprising an absorbent that consists of SAP and cellulose pulp, after being used for absorbing human waste.
US09650487B1
An aerogel and process of making the aerogel are provided. The aerogel is a polyimide aerogel having polyamide cross-links formed using a poly(maleic anhydride) cross-linker.
US09650481B2
There are provided a protective film for a polarizing plate, wherein the protective film comprises a stretched film comprising a (meth)acryl-based resin and having an absolute value of a planar orientation coefficient ΔP of less than or equal to 2.5×10−4, and a polarizing plate comprising a polarizing film, and the protective film for a polarizing plate laminated on at least one surface of the polarizing film via an adhesive layer. The stretched film can be, for example, a biaxially stretched film.
US09650477B2
The TPU of this invention contains unsaturation in its polymeric backbone. The unsaturation can be present in the soft segment or in the hard segment or in both the soft and hard segments of the TPU. The TPU can be molded like a thermoplastic, and can be subsequently crosslinked by exposure to electron beam irradiation into thermoset articles having excellent chemical resistance, dimensional stability, set properties, heat resistance, oxidative resistance, and creep resistance. In one embodiment, the TPUs of this invention are the reaction product (1) a hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) a polyisocyanate, (3) a saturated glycol chain extender, and (4) a glycol chain extender containing carbon-carbon double bonds, such as the allyl moieties present in trimethylolpropane monoallyl ether. In another embodiment of this invention, the thermoplastic polyurethane which is crosslinkable by e-beam irradiation is comprised of the reaction product of (1) a saturated hydroxyl terminated intermediate, (2) an unsaturated hydroxyl terminated intermediate, wherein the unsaturated hydroxyl terminated intermediate contains carbon-carbon double bonds, (3) a polyisocyanate, and (4) a saturated glycol chain extender.
US09650476B2
A method of producing an improved polyethylene, especially an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene utilizes a sequential irradiation and annealing process to form a highly cross-linked polyethylene material. The use of sequential irradiation followed by sequential annealing after each irradiation allows each dose of irradiation in the series of doses to be relatively low while achieving a total dose which is sufficiently high to cross-link the material. The process may either be applied to a preformed material such as a rod or bar or sheet made from polyethylene resin or may be applied to a finished polyethylene part.
US09650469B2
The process for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates or PHA from volatile fatty acid (VFA) molecules, referred to as precursors, produced by anaerobic fermentation from fermentable biomass, characterized in that it comprises at least the following steps: a) extracting the volatile fatty acid (VFA) molecules, without stopping the fermentation, via an extraction means chosen from means that are, at least, insoluble in the fermentation medium, b) collecting, outside the fermentation reactor, the volatile fatty acid (VFA) molecules once they have been extracted, c) synthesizing, by halogenation, using a type of volatile fatty acid (VFA) chosen from the volatile fatty acids collected in step b) and defined according to the desired type of PHA, a given α-halo acid, d) synthesizing from this α-halo acid molecules of a given α-hydroxy acid by reaction with a base, e) polymerizing using the α-hydroxy acid obtained a defined polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).
US09650466B2
A composite material includes, in an exemplary embodiment a polyurethane foam and a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed therein. The polyurethane foam is formed from a reaction mixture that includes a first polyether polyol having a first molecular weight and a functionality of about 3 or less, a second polyether polyol having a second molecular weight less than the first molecular weight and a functionality of greater than about 3, and at least one isocyanate. The ratio of an amount of the first polyol in the reaction mixture to an amount of the second polyol in the reaction mixture is between about 1:1 to about 5:1.
US09650463B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic block copolymer comprising at least one PA block and at least one PB block. The PA block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer A, and the PB block represents a polymer block comprising one or more units of monomer B. Monomer A is a vinyl, acrylic, diolefin, nitrile, dinitrile, acrylonitrile monomer, a monomer with reactive functionality, or a crosslinking monomer. Monomer B is a radically polymerizable triglyceride or mixtures thereof, typically in the form of a plant or animal oil. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a thermoplastic block copolymer or novel thermoplastic statistical copolymers by polymerizing a radically polymerizable monomer with a radically polymerizable triglyceride or mixtures thereof via reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer polymerization (RAFT), in the presence of an free radical initiator and a chain transfer agent.
US09650448B2
The process includes reacting a reaction mixture comprising magnesium ethoxide (Mg(OEt)2), triethylaluminum (TEAl), and 2-ethylhexanol (2-EHOH) to form magnesium 2-ethyl hexyl alkoxide (Mg(2-EHO)2) and contacting Mg(2-EHO)2 in hexane with a first agent to form a reaction product “A.” The process further includes contacting the reaction product “A” with a second agent to form a reaction product “B”, wherein the second agent includes a transition metal and a halogen. The process further includes contacting the reaction product “B” with a third agent to form a reaction product “C”, wherein the third agent includes a first metal halide. In addition, the process includes contacting the reaction product “C” with a fourth agent to form a reaction product “D”, wherein the fourth agent includes a second metal halide. The process also includes contacting the reaction product “D” with a fifth agent to form a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, wherein the fifth agent includes an organoaluminum compound.
US09650447B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods directed to soluble proteins which can selectively deliver modulators of complement activity. Targeted delivery of these modulators is accomplished by selectively mutating particular amino acids in a targeting protein portion of the composition corresponding to at least the first two N-terminal SCR domains of CR2. Depending on the particular combination of mutations introduced into the targeting portion, a complement activity modulator can be selectively delivered to particular ligands of CR2 at sites where complement system activation or suppression is desired.
US09650443B2
There are provided a fusion protein formed by coupling of anti-c-Met antibody and VEGF-binding fragment, a bispecific antibody comprising the fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the fusion protein, a transformant comprising the polynucleotide, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the bispecific antibody as an active ingredient, and a method for preparing the bispecific antibody which is targeted at c-Met and VEGF at the same time, with improved anticancer and anti-angiogenesis effects, comprising coupling an anti-c-Met antibody with a VEGF-binding fragment.
US09650431B2
The invention concerns glycosylated proteins having human factor VIII activity. In a preferred embodiment, the protein is glycosylated with oligosaccharides that include an alpha-(2,6)-linked sialic acid and a bisecting GlcNAc linked to a core beta-mannose.
US09650428B2
Described are compositions and methods relating to immune cells which express both a chimeric antigen receptor which binds to the IL13 receptor α-2 (IL13Rα2) and a O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) protein. Viral particles containing an IL13 chimeric antigen receptor (IL13CAR) or variant thereof and an MGMT protein or variant thereof are used to transfect immune cells such as T cells, imparting to the transfected cells both IL13Rα2-targeting activity and resistance to the chemotherapeutic agent temozolomide (TMZ). The compositions and methods described are useful for cancer therapy such as the treatment of a high-grade malignant glioma.
US09650425B2
Immunogenic group A streptococcus M-related polypeptides and peptides and immunogenic compositions comprising these M-related polypeptides and peptides are provided herein that evoke cross-opsonic and cross-protective anti-GAS and anti-SDSE antibodies in animals. Also provided are preparations comprising immunogenic compositions that comprise M-related polypeptides, peptides, or fusion proteins and that further comprise at least one additional group A streptococcus immunogen, such as an M peptide or Spa peptide.
US09650422B2
Disclosed herein is a method for identifying flavivirus cross-reactive epitopes. Also provided are flavivirus E-glycoprotein cross-reactive epitopes and flavivirus E-glycoprotein cross-reactive epitopes having reduced or ablated cross-reactivity (and polypeptides comprising such epitopes), as well as methods of using these molecules to elicit an immune response against a flavivirus and to detect a flaviviral infection.
US09650419B2
Provided herein is a biocompatible protein, and biocompatible protein gel and conductive protein gel including the biocompatible protein, and preparing method thereof, the amino acid sequence of the biocompatible protein being Lys-X-Lys-Glu-X-Phe-Phe-X-Lys-Glu-X-Phe-Phe-X-Lys-Glu-X-Tyr, X being any one or more of hydrophobic amino acids, and the method including synthesizing a protein that causes no rejections from human bodies and that is not easily degradable, thereby providing an advantage of being utilized as a conductive biomaterial having biocompatibility and biodegradability in regenerative medical fields such as 3D bioprinting.
US09650415B2
A uric acid-lowering agent containing, as an active ingredient, a tyrosine-containing cyclic dipeptide selected from the group consisting of cyclotryptophanyltyrosine, cycloseryltyrosine, cycloprolyltyrosine, cyclotyrosylglycine, cyclotyrosyltyrosine, cyclophenylalanyltyrosine, cycloleucyltyrosine, cyclolysyltyrosine, cyclohistidyltyrosine, cycloalanyltyrosine, cycloglutamyltyrosine, cyclovalyltyrosine, cycloisoleucyltyrosine, cyclothreonyltyrosine, cycloaspartyltyrosine, cycloasparaginyltyrosine, cycloglutaminyltyrosine, cycloarginyltyrosine, cyclomethionyltyrosine, and cyclotyrosylcysteine, or a salt thereof. The uric acid-lowering agent of the present invention has an excellent action of lowering a uric acid level, and the uric acid-lowering agent is useful in, for example, prevention or treatment of hyperuricemia, gout or the like.
US09650413B2
Provided herein are integrated continuous biomanufacturing processes for producing a therapeutic protein drug substance. Also provided are systems that are capable of continuously producing a therapeutic protein drug substance.
US09650411B2
The present invention relates to a method for purifying a protein by separating the protein from impurities in a non-adsorption mode using an activated carbon. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for purifying an antibody using the activated carbon instead of protein A affinity chromatography.
US09650405B2
A method for the development of a library of modified sophorolipids using a wide-range of chemical and enzyme catalyst tools to identify modified sophorolipids that can be used in pure form, as mixtures with other modified sophorolipids, as mixtures with natural sophorolipids, as mixtures with modified and natural sophorolipids, and as mixtures with other compounds known by one skilled in the art for use in the dispersion, solubilization or emulsification of various oil types and nutraceuticals, and modified sophorolipids for use in dispersion, solubilization or emulsification processes.
US09650404B2
The invention relates to novel curcumin derivatives in which one or two of the phenolic groups have been modified.
US09650397B2
Discloses is a process for preparation of a compound of formula 11, or a derivative thereof, wherein PG1 is an alcohol protecting group. Also, disclosed are intermediates and processes for their preparation. The compound of formula 11 can be useful in the preparation of halinchondrin analogs.
US09650392B2
Disclosed are an electrode active material for a power storage device and a power storage device including the same. The electrode active material includes a polymer that includes: a tetravalent group derived from a compound selected from the group consisting of EBDT and derivatives thereof, TTF and derivatives thereof, a condensation product of EBDT and TTF and derivatives thereof, and a TTF dimer and derivatives thereof; and a divalent group —S-A-S— where A is a divalent aliphatic group or a divalent group represented by the formula -E-D-E- where D represents a divalent alicyclic group, a divalent aromatic group, or a carbonyl group, and two Es each independently represent a divalent aliphatic group. Adjacent two tetravalent groups mentioned above are linked by one or two divalent groups mentioned above.
US09650390B2
The present invention discloses a class of water soluble taxane derivatives, a method for treating tumor using the same, use thereof as anti-tumor drugs and use thereof in the preparation of anti-tumor drugs. The water soluble taxane derivatives have the general formula (I-1), (I-2) or (I-3): wherein, R1 is H or methyl; R2 is H, methyl or acetyl; R3 is phenyl or OC(CH3)3; X is H, C1-6 alkyl or F; Y is F or C1-6 alkyl substituted with one or more F; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; W is NR4R5.A or R4 and R5 are each independently H, C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with phenyl, or C3-6 cycloalkyl; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and A is a pharmaceutically acceptable acid.
US09650389B2
The preset invention relates to a novel 8-oxoprotoberberine derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases associated with the activity of NFAT5 containing the same as an active ingredient. The novel 8-oxoproteoberberine derivative or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof according to the present invention can be useful in a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases associated with the activity of NFAT5, particularly rheumatoid arthritis or inflammatory diseases, since it is ascertained that the derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has remarkably increased oral absorption compared with known protoberberine due to an improvement in the properties thereof, and inhibits the activity of NFAT5 and the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and reduces the expression of NAFT5 in mice with rheumatoid arthritis by directly inhibiting the transcription of NFT5.
US09650367B2
A lightfast orange color compound is provided. The compound has a structure including a pyrazolone ring and a thiazole ring that are bound to each other.
US09650366B2
This invention is directed to a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and X are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I are useful as receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitors and can be used to treat such diseases as cancer, blood vessel proliferative disorders, fibrotic disorders, mesangial cell proliferative disorders and metabolic diseases.
US09650352B2
The disclosure provides pharmaceutical preparations containing (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine, or (R)- or (S)-dehydronorketamine, or other stereoisomeric dehydro or hydroxylated ketamine metabolite. (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine The disclosure also provides novel ketamine metabolite prodrugs. The disclosure provides methods of treating, bipolar depression, major depressive disorder, neuropathic and chronic pain, including complex regional pain disorder (CRPS) by administering a purified ketamine metabolite or a ketamine metabolite prodrug directly to patients in need of such treatment.
US09650347B2
The present invention provides a process for producing a compound of the formula (1) wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, etc., and Y represents a hydrogen atom, etc., which comprises step 1 of reacting a compound of the formula (2) and a compound of the formula (3) in the presence of a Lewis acid wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, etc., to obtain an adduct, and step 2 of reacting the adduct obtained in the step 1 and hydrazine to obtain the compound of the formula (1).
US09650335B2
The invention provides compounds and monomers having a carbonate linkage. The monomers can be used to form homopolymers or can be coupled with other monomers to provide a wide variety of non-homopolymers. The invention further provides a wide variety of compositions comprising the compounds, monomers, and polymers. In the exemplary structures below, Q, A, R, and n are as described herein.
US09650334B2
The present invention relates to pyrrolidine derivatives of the formula (I), or a physiologically tolerated salt thereof. The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such pyrrolidine derivatives, and the use of such pyrrolidine derivatives for therapeutic purposes. The pyrrolidine derivatives are GlyT1 inhibitors.
US09650322B2
Processes may include producing at least one alkoxyhydroxybenzaldehyde compound from at least one hydroxyphenol compound, wherein processes include the steps of: (i) synthetizing at least one alkoxyphenol from said at least one hydroxyphenol in the presence of at least one O-alkylating agent; (ii) recovering said at least one alkoxyphenol and impurities, wherein said impurities includes a dialkoxybenzene compound; (iii) separating said dialkoxybenzene from the alkoxyphenol; (iv) condensing the alkoxyphenol with glyoxylic acid and obtaining the corresponding mandelic compound; (v) oxidizing said mandelic compound to give the corresponding alkoxyhydroxy-benzaldehyde; and (vi) recovering said alkoxyhydroxybenzaldehyde.
US09650315B1
A method for producing high density fuels from isoprene which can be produced via biosynthetic routes using biomass sugars as feedstock. This allows for the production of isoprene and isoprene-derived fuels from abundant waste materials with the potential to significantly reduce DoD carbon emissions. Embodiments of the invention describe a method for conversion of isoprene to full performance jet and diesel fuels. Isoprene can be selectively oligomerized to generate a distribution of branched chain hydrocarbons. Combination of an oligomerization catalyst with a metathesis catalyst allows for the synthesis of high density cyclic fuels with performance advantages (increased density and volumetric net heat of combustion) over conventional petroleum-based fuels.
US09650307B2
A method of producing DEMN eutectic comprises reacting a reactant mixture comprising ethylenediamine and diethylenetriamine with aqueous nitric acid to form a reaction mixture comprising diethylentriamine trinitrate and ethylenediamine dinitrate. The reaction mixture is combined with methylnitroguanidine and nitroguanidine to form an aqueous slurry. Water is removed from the aqueous slurry. A method of producing an energetic composition, and a system for producing DEMN eutectic are also described.
US09650306B2
The present invention relates to increasing longevity of the nitrogen content of soil through improved liquid delivery formulations of nitrification inhibitors. The liquid formulation can also be comprised of nitrification inhibitors and optionally urease inhibitors that are blended solutions of each. The nitrification inhibitors are present in a mixture that comprises both a protic and an aprotic solvent system. The novel formulations are designed to be applied to fertilizers, especially urea and manure based fertilizers. The delivery formulations provide an environmentally sound and inherently safe solvating system that improves the storage stability of the urease inhibitors by utilizing liquid organic non-water containing solvents, maintains the nitrification inhibitors in solution to storage temperatures of at least 10° C., and provides improved application to fertilizer of nitrification inhibitors. These delivery formulations enable safe storage, transport and subsequent application or blending with urea-based or manure-based fertilizers that can be applied to soil in either a liquid or granular form to provide improved nitrogen retention in the soil for uptake for plant life.
US09650300B2
A packaged composition may include a package made from a water-soluble polymer material. The package may be configured to contain a cementitious composition. The cementitious composition may include water in the form of microencapsulated water spheres and high alumina cement.
US09650294B2
This burned cement clinker is a burned cement clinker including at least one selected from the group consisting of fluorine, sulfur, chlorine and bromine, and at least one metallic element(s) selected from the group consisting of elements in groups 3 through 12 of the periodic table. Preferably, the amount of fluorine is within a range from 300 to 750 mg/kg, the amount of sulfur (expressed in terms of SO3) is within a range from 1.5 to 3.0% by mass, the amount of at least one chlorine equivalent(s) selected from the group consisting of chlorine and bromine is within a range from 150 to 350 mg/kg, and the amount of at least one metallic element selected from the group consisting of elements in groups 3 through 12 of the periodic table is within a range from 0.2 to 0.8% by mass.
US09650276B2
This disclosure relates to methods of enhancing sludge dewaterability by adding an alpha-amylase to the sludge prior to conventional conditioning and dewatering operations. A method of treating sludge is also disclosed including contacting sludge with an alpha-amylase and removing water from the sludge.
US09650256B2
The application relates to cerium oxide-aluminosilicate tube nanocomposites. These nanocomposites can be used, for example, as components in pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions. The nanocomposites of cerium oxide and aluminosilicate tubes contain 0.5-30% by weight of cerium oxide. The size of the cerium oxide nanoparticles is 4-15 nm. The cerium oxide-aluminosilicate tube nanocomposites are prepared by a method including the following steps: (i) preparation of an aqueous suspension of aluminosilicate tubes; (ii) deposition of cerium oxide by adding of solutions of cerium nitrate and ammonium hydroxide to stirred aqueous suspension of aluminosilicate tubes; (iii) filtering of formed sediment with subsequent washing of the sediment. The addition of cerium nitrate and ammonium hydroxide solutions is carried out gradually.
US09650255B2
The invention provides a process for endothermic gas phase reaction in a reactor, in which reactant gases are introduced into the reactor via a gas inlet apparatus and distributed homogeneously into a heating zone by means of a gas distribution apparatus, wherein the reactant gases are heated in the heating zone to a mean temperature of 500-1500° C. by means of heating elements and then conducted into a reaction zone, the reactant gases reacting in the reaction zone to give a product gas which is conducted out of the reactor via a gas outlet apparatus. Further subject matter of the invention relates to a process for endothermic gas phase reaction in a reactor, wherein the heating of the heating elements is controlled by temperature measurements in the reaction zone, at least two temperature sensors being present in the reaction zone for this purpose, and reactor for performance of the process.
US09650250B2
The present invention provides an industrially advantageous method for producing bis(halosulfonyl)amine that makes it possible to inhibit the rapid generation of gas and reduce the amount of halogenating agent used by controlling the reaction rate among sulfamic acid, the halogenating agent and a halosulfonic acid to nearly a constant rate from the initial stage to the final stage of the reaction. The method for producing bis(halosulfonyl)amine of the present invention allows the obtaining of a bis(halosulfonyl)amine such as N-(fluorosulfonyl)-N-(chlorosulfonyl)amine or bis(chlorosulfonyl)amine by a production method that includes heating a mixture containing sulfamic acid and a halosulfonic acid to a temperature higher than room temperature, adding a halogenating agent thereto, and allowing to react while adjusting to a prescribed temperature.
US09650248B2
Reagent complexes have two or more elements, formally in oxidation state zero, complexed with a hydride molecule. Complexation with the hydride molecule may be evidenced by shifts to lower binding energies, of one or more electrons in each of the two or more elements, as observed by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The reagents can be useful for the synthesis of multi-element nanoparticles. Preparation of the reagents can be achieved by ball-milling a mixture that includes powders of two or more elements and a hydride molecule.
US09650243B2
A wafer seal ring may be formed on a first and/or a second wafer. One or both of the first and/or second wafers may have one or more dies formed thereon. The wafer seal ring may be formed to surround the dies of a corresponding wafer. One or more die seal rings may be formed around the one or more dies. The wafer seal ring may be formed to a height that may be approximately equal to a height of one or more die seal rings formed on the first and/or second wafer. The wafer seal ring may be formed to provide for eutectic or fusion bonding processes. The first and second wafers may be bonded together to form a seal ring structure between the first and second wafers. The seal ring structure may provide a hermetic seal between the first and second wafers.
US09650226B2
A system and method for controlling multiple elevator cabs in an elevator shaft of a structure, where at least one elevator shaft having a plurality of zones, each zone representing at least one floor of the structure; at least one zone having at least one sensor; at least two elevator cabs moveable within the shaft, each cab moveable independently of other cabs; and a controller that determines movement of each cab into a zone. A first cab preceding any other cab, designated a leading cab; each cab following the leading cab, designated as a trailing cab; each cab moveable in the same direction of travel to service zones until each cab reaches its designated end zone; wherein the controller only instructs a trailing cab to move into a zone with a sensor, after the sensor in the zone detects a cab that was located in such zone has exited that zone thereby preventing collisions.
US09650224B2
An apparatus for folding of print sheets includes a compressed air device that comprises at least two segments with respectively at least one exit opening having a cross-sectional surface and directed toward a folding gap of two folding rollers. Each segment is connected to a compressed air source and a control unit, includes at least one control element and is embodied to be activated separately with compressed air.
US09650216B2
A bulk material shipping container unloader having an expandable supporter, a pallet receiver supported by the extendable supporter, and a material director supported by the pallet receiver.
US09650212B2
A unit for conveying and sorting products into alignment includes at least one conveyor belt and at least one surface for gathering products, arranged downstream the belt. At least two conveyor belts are arranged at different heights and convey the products according to a predefined arrangement. A lower belt leads to a carousel for picking up and transferring a product at a time into a conveyance channel that leads to the gathering surface. An upper belt includes at least one portion that surmounts an end of the lower belt arranged downstream the first carousel. The portion leads to an apparatus for overturning the products to transfer them onto the lower belt end, with an orientation, of the products, opposite the one adopted on the upper belt. The part is affected by a second carousel for picking up and transferring one product at a time into the conveyance channel.
US09650208B2
Systems and methods for allocating the demand in an order for warehoused product so that the order is fulfilled by retrieving the ordered product from an automated warehouse and/or from a manual warehouse for shipment to a store. When an order for product is received, a control scheme determines whether the order will be fulfilled by the automated warehouse, by the manual warehouse, or by both.
US09650207B2
A bottle is a bottle formed of synthetic resin materials in a cylindrical shape with a bottom. A bottom wall portion in a bottom portion thereof includes a grounding portion positioned at an outer circumferential edge thereof, a rising circumferential wall portion connected to the grounding portion from an inside of a bottle radial direction and extending upward, a movable wall portion protruding from an upper end part of the rising circumferential wall portion toward the inside of the bottle radial direction, and a recessed circumferential wall portion extending upward from an inner end part in the bottle radial direction of the movable wall portion. The movable wall portion is arranged to be movable upward together with the recessed circumferential wall portion, around a connected portion with the rising circumferential wall portion. A plurality of ribs are arranged in the movable wall portion radially around a bottle axis.
US09650202B2
A technique is provided to facilitate connection of a fluid container with a fluid consuming device and disconnection of the fluid container from the fluid consuming device by a simple configuration. There is provided a fluid container detachably connectable with a fluid consuming device. The fluid container comprises: a fluid container body at least partly made of a material having flexibility and configured to contain a fluid; a fluid supply structure located at one end portion of the fluid container body and configured to be connectable with a fluid introducing structure provided in the fluid consuming device; and a container-side electrical connection structure linked with the fluid supply structure and configured to have a contact arranged to come into contact with a device-side electrical connection structure provided in the fluid consuming device. The fluid supply structure and the container-side electrical connection structure are arranged in a positional relationship such that the contact of the container-side electrical connection structure is separated away from the fluid consuming device, prior to the fluid supply structure, when the fluid container is disconnected from the fluid consuming device.
US09650201B2
A dispensing adaptor for one-component polyurethane foam, which is coupled to a valve stem of a polyurethane pressurized container, the dispensing adaptor including: a tubular main adaptor body coupled to the valve stem and introducing polyurethane foam out of the pressurized container; a stem coupling portion formed at one end portion of the adaptor main body and coupled to and communicating with the valve stem; a discharging pipe extended from the other end portion of the adaptor main body; a stationary lever formed integrally with and extended from an outer wall of the adaptor main body; and an extended lever curvedly extended from the stationary lever along a lengthwise direction of the pressurized container, and making the valve stem be inclined to open with respect to an axial direction.
US09650199B2
A wipe includes a generally flat piece of material (10) made of paper, cloth or the like. The generally flat piece of material (10) is formed into a non-planar form having a three-dimensional shape, for example conical, for storage and dispensing.
US09650197B1
A collapsible portable container for mixing two substances comprising a first segment defining a first enclosed volume for housing a first substance, a second segment having side walls operably configured to collapse and defining a second enclosed volume for housing a second substance, a puncturing member disposed within the second enclosed volume, and a partition disposed in an interposing relationship between the first segment of the container and the second segment of the container, wherein the side walls of the second segment is operably configured to compress, thereby translating the puncturing member so as to pierce the partition and fluidly couple the first enclosed volume and the second enclosed volume.
US09650194B2
A tamper evident label flap positioned to cover an opening in a package. The label flap includes a base layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. A top layer is attached to the base layer by an adhesive layer. A tamper evident structure is located in at least one designated area between the base layer and the top layer. The tamper evident structure includes a first ink layer applied to the base layer and a second ink layer applied to the first ink layer. The first ink layer and the second ink layer are held together in a weaker bond than a bond between the top layer and the base layer. When the label flap is initially pulled from the package, the first ink layer and the second ink layer separate and define a visible permanent de-lamination which signifies the package has been opened.
US09650193B2
A pouch in which an air layer can be formed with a simple mechanism using a single-tube air nozzle is provided. A pouch includes, in a side edge portion where a first and a second side-surface films are sealed, a non-sealed region which is not sealed over a predetermined length, and an opening provided near an upper end of the non-sealed region penetrating through the first and/or the second side-surface films. The non-sealed region includes an air filling portion which takes therein, through the opening, air from an air blowout hole of an air nozzle having a tip surface in a predetermined distance from the opening. The air filling portion is not sealed within a predetermined radius larger than a radius of the air nozzle such that, when the air filling portion expands due to increase of internal pressure, a part near the opening is adhered to the tip surface.
US09650184B2
A package containing tamper evident features includes a closure for closing the package and an access point that provides access to contents of the package. The closure includes a ring surrounding the closure which is connected to the package, a lid, substantially covering the access point when the lid is closed on the package, a removable tab secured between a portion of the lid and the ring and a plurality of tear off webs between the ring and the lid. The tear off webs are releasably connected between the ring and the lid. Opening of the package by opening the lid requires both removal of the tab from the tube and breaking of the first tear off webs. Removal of the tab forms a window at least partially provided in the lid.
US09650177B2
A linerless duplex label system is operable to print and apply a linerless duplex label to a substrate. A plurality of linerless duplex labels are provided and each label includes a single-ply stock with top and bottom faces. The label also includes an endless adhesive border applied to the bottom face. The adhesive border is an unactivated, selectively activatable adhesive, such labels are overlaid on one another without any substantial adhesion therebetween. Each label may essentially be freely removed from the others, and the adhesive may thereafter be activated so that the label can be adhesively applied to the substrate.
US09650166B2
A packaging apparatus for compressed pressed bales (25) is designed to apply a bale packaging (32) to the pressed bale (25) and has a transporting device (5), which is designed to remove a compressed pressed bale (25) from a press (3, 3′). The transporting device (5) has a movable bale receptacle (6) for picking up the compressed pressed bale (25) on two opposite sides, wherein the bale receptacle has several elongated support elements (20) arranged at a distance from one another on each of the areas intended to retain the pressed bale.
US09650158B2
A centralized maintenance device installed on-board an aircraft notably carries out the following functions: correlation of data relating to failures, warnings, configurations, operational contexts, flags and the logbook, received by the on-board maintenance system; storage of the data received by the on-board maintenance system in a first database; management of a historical record of the data received and of their correlation; transmission to a man-machine interface of the data received, of their correlation and of a date associated with each item of data; display of the received data, their correlation and the date associated with each item of data, by a man-machine interface of the on-board maintenance system.
US09650156B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) pin array release and capture chamber system includes a chamber assembly having two parallel plates of pin arrays from which a plurality of pins extend and retract vertically opposite each other so as to release and capture a UAV. The pin arrays are separated from each other by a space having two vertical and two horizontal sides, and the space is sized so as to receive the UAV. Each pin arrays may be housed in a pin array chamber enclosure. The chamber assembly may be attached to a moving object, such as an aircraft, or may be stationary with respect to a ground surface.
US09650140B2
There are provided flight suits that can be useful for helicopter pilots, airplane pilots, glider pilots etc. Pilots of such vessels have particular needs in terms of equipment and flight suits. The flight suits of the present disclosure allow, for example, for providing pilots with flight suits that are comfortable when worn in a sitting position. Moreover, these flight suits do not unduly restrict movement of the limbs when the pilot carries out various actions such as taking hold of headphones and reaching for the aircraft dashboard. For example, the flight suits can comprise a torso portion defining two arm openings; two shoulder portions that are extensible, each coupled to a different arm opening of the torso; two sleeves coupled each to a different shoulder portion, each sleeve optionally comprising an extensible elbow panel; and a lower portion comprising an extensible crotch portion and two leg portions.
US09650135B2
A rotorcraft including a fuselage, one or more motor-driven rotors for vertical flight, and a control system. The motors drive the one or more rotors in either of two directions of rotation to provide for flight in either an upright or an inverted orientation. An orientation sensor is used to control the primary direction of thrust, and operational instructions and gathered information are automatically adapted based on the orientation of the fuselage with respect to gravity. The rotors are configured with blades that invert to conform to the direction of rotation.
US09650133B2
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system including: a rearward facing tang extending from a rear fuselage portion of a VTOL UAV; one or more metallic contacts disposed on an exterior surface of the tang; a UAV pod including a landing surface; and an opening disposed in the landing surface to receive the tang.
US09650125B2
A pilot control interface and method are described for selective control of an autopilot system by a pilot of an aircraft in which the autopilot system is installed. The pilot control interface includes a passive network that is selectively switchable between a plurality of states across an output interface that is made up of no more than two conductors that are in electrical communication with the autopilot system. Modification of a current autopilot flight mode can be performed incrementally or continuously based on respective momentary and continuous pilot input actuations.
US09650124B2
A vortex generator is useable in a model in a fluid-dynamic channel. In order to save time during the development of vehicles, in particular, aircraft, to save wind tunnel time, it is suggested to configure the vortex generator to be switchable. A switchable vortex generator can be used, in particular, on models in fluid-dynamic channels and in fluid-dynamic channel tests.
US09650122B2
A balloon equipped with photovoltaic means exhibiting an active face intended to receive solar rays and comprising an envelope, characterized in that the envelope comprises at least: a first zone transparent to solar rays; a second reflecting zone for said solar rays; a third zone comprising said photovoltaic means, the active face of which is directed toward the inside of said envelope; the second and third zones being positioned and cooperating in such a way as to reflect the solar rays in the direction of said third zone.
US09650120B2
An electric drive shaft is disclosed including at least one speed-variable generator for generating a voltage with a variable amplitude and a variable frequency, and at least one speed-variable drive motor supplied with the voltage. The drive shaft enables repercussions on the voltage during sudden load changes, and therefore the complexity of the regulation for stabilizing the voltage, to be reduced due to the generator including a supraconductor winding, especially a high-temperature supraconductor winding.
US09650113B2
A cargo transporter loading assembly for loading bulk material onto a cargo transporter. The assembly includes a frame carrying a pivotally mounted boom. A distal end of the boom carries a head part encased by a cover and configured to prevent wind and rain ingress into the region between the boom and a cargo hold of a cargo transporter during bulk material loading.
US09650111B2
Disclosed are a mooring system and a drill ship including the same. The mooring system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a circular guide groove formed on a bottom surface of a hull and configured to use a center of the moon pool as a center thereof, a turret having a ring shape and inserted into the guide groove to rotate, and a bearing interposed between the turret and the guide groove to rotate with respect to the guide groove of the turret.
US09650108B2
A method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift comprising a support unit configured to be mounted on a bicycle frame at an assembly of toothed wheels coaxial with one another of the gearshift and a mobile unit comprising a chain guide. The method comprising the steps of: moving the mobile unit to impart on the chain guide a primary displacement having at least a component in axial direction with respect to an axis (Z) of the assembly of toothed wheels; and, moving the mobile unit to impart onto the chain guide a secondary displacement having at least a component in radial direction with respect to the axis (Z) of the assembly of toothed wheels, wherein the secondary displacement is carried out independently of the primary displacement.
US09650104B2
A bicycle trailer brake includes an actuator forming a lever to actuate a brake. The actuator includes a mounting structure to couple the actuator to a bicycle or bicycle trailer and an input interface to receive an input force from a user. Upon attachment of the mounting structure to a bicycle or bicycle trailer, the input interface is positioned in a position behind and above a bicycle seat of a bicycle.
US09650101B2
A vehicle includes a handgrip assembly supported by a handlebar assembly. The handgrip assembly includes handgrip portion that defines an outer grip surface. The handgrip assembly also includes a cover portion coupled to the handgrip portion and partially surrounding the handgrip portion. The cover portion provides an appearance of a hand supported by or grasping the handlebar assembly.
US09650096B2
A case for motorcycles comprises a base portion, a cover, hinged to such a base portion, and a supporting structure, constrainable on one side to the base portion and, on the opposite side, to a fixed structure of the motorcycle. On the base portion a lock mechanism with a key is permanently constrained, operatively connected to the cover. The case is provided with first releasable engaging means between the base portion and the cover and second releasable engaging means between such a base portion and the supporting structure. The second releasable engaging means are made integral to the base portion. Both the first engaging means, and the second engaging means are simultaneously released by the key of the lock mechanism in order to selectively obtain the opening of the cover with respect to the base portion and/or the disengagement of such a base portion with respect to the supporting structure.
US09650095B2
A support bracket fits and properly supports the saddlebags of the HARLEY-DAVIDSON® HERITAGE SOFTAIL® leather saddlebags. The support bracket can be made from a solid steel material to provide bag-specific foundational support members in key areas while allowing the bag to function as originally designed. The support bracket utilized specially designed T-bar supports and an outer lid support rail to uniquely and positively reach up underneath the original and existing leather folds designed into every factory Heritage bag. The support bracket can install quickly, typically within 10 minutes or less. The support bracket requires no motorcycle or saddlebag alterations, no glues, and no product assembly. The support bracket utilizes T-bars at the front and rear ends thereof, along with an outside lid support rail to positively and solidly, yet discretely, contact with parts of the existing and unaltered saddlebag which are outside of view once the lid is closed.
US09650086B1
A drag reduction apparatus for mounting at the rear of a trailer. The apparatus includes a first unit which is secured to the first door of the trailer and a second unit which is secured to the second door of the trailer. Each of the units includes an upper panel, an intermediate panel and a lower panel. The units are selectively movable between a stowed position and a deployed position.
US09650084B2
An electrically conductive polyamide composition includes specific amounts of a polyamide-6, a poly(phenylene ether), talc, a hydrogenated block copolymer, carbon nanotubes, and a compatibilizing agent for the polyamide-6 and the poly(phenylene ether). The composition can contain little or no polyamide-6,6. The composition is useful for fabricating articles including automotive exterior side sill panels, and automotive exterior door panels.
US09650083B2
The invention relates to a subframe for a motor vehicle, comprising an upper shell, a lower shell made from a fiber-reinforced plastic and a rib structure for stiffening the upper shell, wherein the upper shell is composed of a metallic material and the rib structure is composed of a plastic reinforced with short fibers and is formed integrally from the lower shell. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a subframe, wherein the lower shell together with the rib structure connected integrally therewith is formed from a stack of plies of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and joined to an upper shell made from a metallic material.
US09650081B2
A fastener for securing a first vehicle module to a second vehicle module includes a head having a substantially vertical capturing surface configured for releasably engaging a portion of the second vehicle module, a body having a base configured for attachment to a back of the first vehicle module and a neck extending between the base and the head. The neck includes at least one reinforcing rib structure. The head defines a hook portion including the capturing surface configured for releasably engaging a cooperating flange disposed on the second vehicle module. The hook portion further includes a cam surface configured for slidingly translating over the cooperating flange, the capturing surface and the cam surface meeting at an acute angle. In embodiments, the fastener is used to variably secure a vehicle grille assembly to a vehicle front end module bolster.
US09650076B2
A vehicle body includes left and right front side frames extending in a vehicle front-to-rear direction. A power unit is disposed between the front side frames. Each of the left and right front side frames includes an inner frame disposed at a vehicle widthwise center side and an outer frame superposed on a vehicle outer side of the inner frame, and has a closed quadrangular sectional shape that is formed by the inner frame and the outer frame. A front portion of the outer frame has a triangular portion that has a substantially triangular shape whose width decreases from front to rear. Each front side frame has a power unit mount-fastening portion at a location rearward of the triangular portion.
US09650068B1
The present invention relates to an electronic control unit and a method for compensating for a torque steer. The electronic control unit includes: a driving torque calculation unit that calculates a drive shaft driving torque value using engine operation information and transmission operation information; a torque steer degree calculation unit that calculates the actual driving torque value of a vehicle based on the drive shaft driving torque value, and calculates a torque steer degree by using the actual driving torque value; a compensation current calculation unit that calculates a torque steer compensation current value that compensates for the torque steer using the torque steer degree; and a motor driving control unit that calculates a basic control current value using a steering angle and a steering torque value, calculates the final control current value by adding the torque steer compensation current value to the basic control current value, and generates a control current according to the final control current value in order to supply the control current value to an electric motor.
US09650065B2
A knife includes a handle that has a surface that may be gripped by a user of the knife. The handle includes an extendable blade that has a cutting portion and a non-cutting portion. The guide is attached to the blade independent of an engaging contact between the guide and the handle. The guide exposes the cutting portion of the blade and cover at least part of the non-cutting portion of the blade.
US09650061B2
A hand cart capable of satisfying walking stabilization and facilitation of carrying articles according to a movement mode includes a control section operable, based on a rotational angle of a wheel section, to calculate a movement distance and a traveling direction, and, according to the traveling direction and the inclination angle, to execute an assist control of causing a wheel driving section to generate a driving torque for assist force or braking torque for braking force, wherein the control section is operable, based on a movement distance and the inclination angle, to calculate an angular change rate of the inclination angle, and, when a contact with a grip member is detected, and the angular change rate is equal to or less than a given threshold, to execute the assist control.
US09650056B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a driver assistance system comprising the steps of providing information on an environment of a host vehicle, receiving a spoken instruction from a host vehicle driver, generating an attention delegation task for evaluation of the provided information from the spoken instruction, performing evaluation of provided information in accordance with said attention delegation task and outputting a result of the evaluation.
US09650052B2
A driving diagnosis method and driving diagnosis apparatus enable drivers to recognize where their own driving diagnosis result is located in the driving behavior distribution of a safe driver group and the driving behavior distribution of a dangerous driver group. The degree of a driver's dangerous driving behavior is set as a horizontal axis, the number of drivers according to the dangerous driving behavior degree is set as a vertical axis, and screen information including distributions of a safe driver group and a dangerous driver group as determined by using travel history information about the drivers stored in a storage unit, and a diagnosis result of the dangerous driving behavior of a diagnosis target driver is generated and output.
US09650046B2
A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine, a clutch separating the engine and wheels, and a torque converter with a lockup clutch transmitting power of the engine toward the wheels, the running control device of a vehicle is configured to execute a neutral inertia running mode that is an inertia running mode performed while the engine and the wheels are separated and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by stopping operation in at least some of cylinders of the engine while the engine and the wheels are coupled, the lockup clutch has a weak engagement force while the neutral inertia running mode is performed as compared to while the cylinder resting inertia running mode is performed.
US09650045B2
A vehicle is equipped with a rotational velocity acquisition unit that acquires a rotational velocity of a rotary electric machine that imparts a steering force or a steering additive force to a steering system. A drive control device controls a left and right driving force difference by a driving device on the basis of a rotational velocity of the rotary electric machine.
US09650032B2
A vehicle includes an engine, a drive axle, a multi-mode transmission selectively coupled to the engine and the drive axle, and a controller coupled to the multi-mode transmission and configured to selectively configure the multi-mode transmission into an active neutral startup mode of operation in response to an engine start request. The multi-mode transmission includes a first gear set having a first planetary gear carrier and a second gear set having a second planetary gear carrier, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, and a second motor/generator electrically coupled to the first motor/generator with a bus, coupled to the second gear set, and selectively coupled to the engine. The first gear set is coupled to the engine, and the first planetary gear carrier and the second planetary gear carrier are rotatably coupled.
US09650027B2
A brake actuation recognition device has an evaluation device by which at least one provided modification quantity relating to a temporal change in an actual quantity relating to a pressure in a pressure chamber of a brake booster of a brake system is compared with a specified comparison quantity range such that, if the at least one provided modification quantity is within the comparison value range, it is determined that a brake actuating element situated on the brake system is in an actuation state below a specified minimum actuation state, and a corresponding information is outputted.
US09650022B2
A battery replacement robot with a mobile storage rack includes a mechanical part and an electrical control part. The electrical control part controls a battery replacement device to place, in one step, all battery boxes required by one side of an electric bus that needs battery replacement onto a battery box storage rack. A horizontal moving unit moves to a position where a battery needs to be replaced. A battery box replacement device takes down a spent battery box from the electric bus; the battery box replacement device rotates towards one side around a Y axis, and raises or lowers the spent battery box so as to put the spent battery on the battery box storage rack; then the battery box replacement device takes down a charged battery box from the battery box storage rack, rotates to the original position, and installs the battery box in the electric bus.
US09650016B2
Method for detecting seatbelt positioning in a vehicle having a seatbelt assembly and the image sensor and vehicle having the same. The seatbelt assembly includes belt webbing with a predefined webbing pattern. An image sensor is configured to take an image of at least a portion of the belt webbing. A controller is operatively connected to the image sensor and has a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for detecting positioning of the belt webbing. The controller is configured to determine a latch status of the seatbelt assembly as being latched or unlatched. If the latch status is latched, the controller is configured to take an image of at least a portion of the belt webbing with the image sensor. The method includes determining if the belt webbing is in a preferred position based at least partially on said image.
US09650015B2
A belt retractor comprising a safety belt reel (1) rotatably mounted on a frame (7) and a load limiter (2) which acts on a rotational movement of the belt reel (1) and has a switchable energy consumption, said load limiter having a granulate (3), which is enclosed in a closed load limiter chamber (8) and consists of dry, granular solid, and at least one rotating member (4) which can be rotated relative to the granulate (3), the energy consumption resulting from shear forces acts between the grains of granulate.
US09650014B2
An external airbag includes: lateral edge bags in a pair that are deployed to extend upward along respective front pillars from lower ends of the respective front pillars, in front of the respective front pillars, the respective front pillars being disposed on both widthwise sides of a windshield of an automobile; and a posture holding member that couples upper ends of the lateral edge bags in the pair to each other.
US09650011B1
A restraint system includes an instrument panel and an airbag inflatable from the instrument panel to an inflated position. The airbag includes a main portion and an extension selectively extendable from the main portion in the inflated position. The main portion has a front panel spaced from the instrument panel in the inflated position. The extension is fixed to the front panel and has an inflation chamber defined by at least the front panel.
US09650010B2
An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first chamber and a second chamber that inflates forward of the first chamber. The second chamber may have a height above the height of the first chamber so that a bottom of the second chamber is pressed downward adjacent to a door of the vehicle. A plurality of airbag assembly components may be integrally formed with a non-inflating peripheral region surrounding the first and second chambers. Such components may include a front or rear tether cut from the front or rear of the non-inflating peripheral region, a top tether cut from the top of the non-inflating peripheral region to control deployment of the second chamber, and a fabric shield cut from the top to at least partially wrap around the stowed inflatable curtain airbag.
US09650009B2
The invention relates to an assembly for esthetically designing an airbag cover (30) comprising an annular decoration element (10) for arrangement on a front side (37) of a front wall (31) of the airbag cover (30), the decoration element (10) including at least one securing pin (11) adapted to penetrate the front wall (31). The invention excels by a retaining plate (20) for being attached to a back side (32) of the front wall (31), wherein the retaining plate (20) has at least one clip connector (21) adapted to be engaged with the securing pin (11) such that the decoration element (10) and the retaining plate (20) are permanently connected to each other. Furthermore the invention relates to an airbag cover, an airbag module, a vehicle steering wheel and a manufacturing method.
US09650002B2
A tank fixing apparatus includes: a first band including a first fixed portion fixed to a support member supporting a tank, a first pressing portion extending from the first fixed portion and pressing the tank toward the support member, and a first distal end portion extending from the first pressing portion and not fixed to the support member; an urging portion giving a pressing force for the first band; a first fixing portion fixing the first fixed portion to the support member; a second band including a second fixed portion fixed to the support member or the first band, a second pressing portion extending from the second fixed portion and pressing the tank, and a second distal end portion extending from the second pressing portion and not fixed to the support member; and a second fixing portion fixing the second fixed portion to the support member or the first band.
US09650001B2
Battery arrangement for operating electrical loads in a vehicle for transporting hazardous materials
A battery arrangement for electrical loads in a vehicle for transporting hazardous waste includes: a battery having at least a first terminal, electrically connectable to an electrical load; a first electrical resistor electrically connected in series to the battery and a second terminal, the second terminal being electrically connectable to the electrical load; and a switch component connected electrically in parallel to the first electrical resistor and connected electrically to the battery. The switch component is controlled such that a first voltage applicable to a third terminal and having a value exceeding a specifiable value closes the switch component and the first resistor is short-circuited. When the applicable first voltage falls below the specifiable value, the switch component opens and the short-circuit is broken.
US09650000B2
The invention relates to an electrical network (1) for a vehicle, comprising: a first circuit (2) comprising a first power source (7) and at least one first electronic component (8) powered by the first power source (7); and a second circuit (3) comprising a second power source (10) and at least one second electronic component (11) which can be activated and is powered by the second power source (10). The network (1) also comprises: a connecting member (5) between the first (2) and second (3) circuits, said connecting member (5) allowing, in a first configuration, an exchange of current of a first value between the first circuit (2) and the second circuit (3) and, in a second configuration, an exchange of current of a second value between the first circuit (2) and the second circuit (3), in which the second value is lower than the first value; and a control unit (17) which controls the configuration of the connecting member (5).
US09649998B2
A wire harness includes conducting paths, a metal pipe into which the conducting paths are inserted, and a conducting path protective cap which includes a through hole for the conducting paths, and an engaging part which is engaged with a terminal part of the metal pipe. The terminal part of the metal pipe has a ring-like cap engagement space formed by crushing the terminal part towards a predetermined direction from a pipe outer surface of the metal pipe. The ring-like cap engagement space includes a reduced space and an enlarged space formed due to a crushing of the terminal part. The reduced part is formed by narrowing a part of a gap between the conducting paths and the pipe inner surface due to the crushing, and the enlarged space is formed by enlarging a part of the gap in accordance with a formation of the reduced space.
US09649969B1
A pickup truck tailgate lift apparatus attachable with no body modification, to create a powered lift function utilizing the tailgate as a load platform. Two side assemblies, which extend a lift mechanism beyond the rear bumper, are mounted over the existing tailgate pivot and upper cable anchor pin so that the tailgate may be opened and closed with respect to the side assemblies in the same manner that it is opened and closed with respect to the cargo box. The vehicle tailgate is attached to an electric drive plate assembly so that the tailgate, and a load place on the tailgate, is raised or lowered as the drive plate assembly is raised and lowered. In one embodiment, an electric motor is placed on each side to drive a treaded rod to move a drive plate up or down.
US09649963B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat frame disposed between an integrally formed back panel and an inner close-out panel. A cushion assembly is operably coupled to the inner close-out panel. A composite support member is substantially encompassed by the cushion assembly. The composite support member includes attachment members projecting rearwardly from inside the cushion assembly that engage with the inner close-out panel. The attachment members include snap-fit features disposed at a lower portion of the composite support member. Retaining rings are disposed at an upper portion of the composite support member. An upper trim piece extends over a top portion of the seat frame, the back panel, and the inner close-out panel.
US09649962B2
A seating assembly includes a seat frame. A first leg support is pivotally coupled with a forward portion of the seat frame. The first leg support is operable between raised and lowered positions. A first extendable member is disposed on a top portion of the first leg support and is operable between extended and retracted positions. A second leg support is adjacent to and independent of the first leg support and is pivotally coupled with the forward portion of the seat frame. The second leg support is operable between raised and lowered positions. A second extendable member is disposed on a top portion of the second leg support and is operable between extended and retracted positions.
US09649958B2
An adjustable headrest wherein the headrest independently moves along the substantially vertical axes of the mounting rods in response to a first-applied substantially vertical force applied to the headrest when the button I simultaneously actuated, and further wherein the headrest independently moves along the substantially horizontal axis of the slide rail in response to a second-applied substantially horizontal force applied to the headrest when the button is simultaneously actuated.
US09649953B2
A method for operating an electrical machine, in particular for making available drive power for a drive train of a motor vehicle, the electrical machine being controlled by several phase currents, the method including sensing an electrical variable that represents the torque delivered by the electrical machine; and monitoring the torque. A degradation of the electrical machine is taken into consideration in the monitoring of the torque.
US09649946B2
A contactless power supply system contactlessly supplies electric power from a power transmitting device to a vehicle. The vehicle includes a power receiving unit contactlessly receiving electric power from the power transmitting device, an electrical storage device storing electric power received by the power receiving unit, and a vehicle ECU. The power transmitting device includes a power supply unit, a power transmitting unit contactlessly supplying electric power, supplied from the power supply unit, to the power receiving unit and a matching transformer used to adjust an impedance between the power supply unit and the power transmitting unit. The vehicle ECU is able to output, to the power transmitting device, a command to adjust the matching transformer, and sets an impedance of the matching transformer on the basis of a power transfer efficiency between the power transmitting unit and the power receiving unit while the electrical storage device is being charged.
US09649944B2
A method is provided for achieving a constant driving range in an electric vehicle over a multi-year period (e.g., 5, 8, 10 years), where the preset driving range corresponds to a percentage of the driving range that is achievable with the initial battery pack capacity. Prior to each charge cycle, the method first determines the current battery pack capacity and then determines a set of optimized charging parameters based on the current battery pack capacity and the preset driving range. Charging is then performed in accordance with the set of optimized charging parameters.
US09649938B2
A method synchronizes two display devices in a motor vehicle. The first display device already displays a first data set which comprises a first display content relating to a predetermined thematic context. A sensor device, in particular a PMD camera, detects as a control gesture of a user, a free movement in the chamber of a body part of the user. A signal which is then generated by the sensor device and which describes the control gesture, is transmitted to a gesture recognition device which generates a control signal in accordance with the determined control gesture. In accordance with the control signal, a control device determines the predetermined thematic context of the determined data set. Using the defined predetermined thematic context, an additional data set which includes a second display content of the predetermined thematic context is provided. This additional data set is displayed on the second display device.
US09649935B2
A method and a system for viewing weather hazards which is on-board an aircraft. The system (300) includes communication means (330) for receiving weather information relating to a given region, a processor (310) for determining, at each point of the region, the future instant at which the vehicle would reach this point, an expert system (340) for estimating, at each point of the region, from the weather information and the future instant, the weather hazard at that point, and a graphic interface (360) for displaying, at each point of the region, the weather hazards thus estimated by the expert system.
US09649933B2
A vehicle power transfer unit (PTU) disconnect assembly can include a first shaft, a second shaft, and a collar assembly. The first shaft has a first split-spline at its exterior surface. The second shaft is telescoped over the first shaft and has a set of splines at its exterior surface. A helical gear is carried by the second shaft. The collar assembly is situated around both of the first and second shafts. The collar assembly has a second split-spline at its interior surface.
