US09773591B2
An article for magnetic heat exchange comprising a magnetocalorically active phase with a NaZn13-type crystal structure is provided by hydrogenating a bulk precursor article. The bulk precursor article is heated from a temperature of less than 50° C. to at least 300° C. in an inert atmosphere and hydrogen gas only introduced when a temperature of at least 300° C. is reached. The bulk precursor article is maintained in a hydrogen containing atmosphere at a temperature in the range 300° C. to 700° C. for a selected duration of time, and then cooled to a temperature of less than 50° C.
US09773589B1
A PTC circuit protection device includes a PTC element and two electrodes attached to the PTC element. The PTC element includes a polymer matrix and a particulate conductive filler dispersed in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix is made from a hetero-phase rheological polymer composition that contains first, second and third polyolefin components, the first, second and third polyolefin components being co-melted together and then solidified to form the polymer matrix. The first polyolefin component has a melt flow rate ranging from 0.1 to 2.5 g/10 min, the second polyolefin component has a melt flow rate ranging from 20 to 30 g/10 min, and the third polyolefin component has a melt flow rate of less than 0.00001 g/10 min measured under a temperature of 190° C. and a load of 2.16 Kg.
US09773584B2
A cable assembly for a flame sensor apparatus includes an inner conductor electrically connected to a photodiode that generates a current. The inner conductor transmits the current from the photodiode. A first insulating layer circumferentially surrounds the inner conductor. The first insulating layer includes a mineral insulation material. An inner sheath circumferentially surrounds the first insulating layer. The inner sheath includes an electrically conductive material. A second insulating layer circumferentially surrounds the inner sheath. The second insulating layer includes a mineral insulation material. An outer sheath circumferentially surrounds the second insulating layer. The outer sheath includes an electrically conductive material. The cable assembly is for use in temperatures up to about 300 degrees Celsius or greater. A method of attaching a cable assembly for a flame sensor apparatus.
US09773580B2
An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition consisting of Mg: 0.10 to 1.00 mass %, Si: 0.10 to 1.00 mass %, Fe: 0.01 to 1.40 mass %, Ti: 0.000 to 0.100 mass %, B: 0.000 to 0.030 mass %, Cu: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Au: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.00 to 1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, V: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Co: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, Ni: 0.00 to 0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and incidental impurities. A dispersion density of compound particles having a size of 20-1000 nm is 1 particle/μm2 or higher. In a distribution of the compound particles in the aluminum alloy wire rod, a maximum dispersion density of the compound particles is less than or equal to five times a minimum dispersion density of the compound particles.
US09773577B2
Example embodiments are directed to methods of producing desired isotopes in commercial nuclear reactors and associated apparatuses using instrumentation tubes conventionally found in nuclear reactor vessels to expose irradiation targets to neutron flux found in the operating nuclear reactor. Example embodiments include irradiation targets for producing radioisotopes in nuclear reactors and instrumentation tubes thereof. Example embodiments include one or more irradiation targets useable with example delivery systems that permit delivery into instrumentation tubes. Example embodiments may be sized, shaped, fabricated, and otherwise configured to successfully move through example delivery systems and conventional instrumentation tubes while producing desired isotopes.
US09773576B2
A nuclear reactor in one embodiment includes a cylindrical, body having an internal cavity, a nuclear fuel core, and a shroud disposed in the cavity. The shroud comprises an inner shell, an outer shell and a plurality of intermediate shells disposed between the inner and outer shells. Pluralities of annular cavities are formed between the inner and outer shells which are filled with primary coolant such as demineralized water. The coolant-filled annular cavities may be sealed at the top and bottom and provide an insulating effect to the shroud. In one embodiment, the shroud may comprise a plurality of vertically-stacked self-supported shroud segments which are coupled together.
US09773574B2
A high-temperature containment-isolation system for transferring heat from a nuclear reactor containment to a high-pressure heat exchanger is presented. The system uses a high-temperature, low-volatility liquid coolant such as a molten salt or a liquid metal, where the coolant flow path provides liquid free surfaces a short distance from the containment penetrations for the reactor hot-leg and the cold-leg, where these liquid free surfaces have a cover gas maintained at a nearly constant pressure and thus prevent high-pressures from being transmitted into the reactor containment, and where the reactor vessel is suspended within a reactor cavity with a plurality of refractory insulator blocks disposed between an actively cooled inner cavity liner and the reactor vessel.
US09773572B2
A nuclear reactor can include a pressure vessel for containing a pressurized moderator at a first pressure. The nuclear reactor can also include a plurality of fuel channels for a coolant fluid at a second pressure. The plurality of fuel channels are fluidly connected at inlet ends thereof to a coolant supply conduit and are adapted to receive nuclear fuel bundles and to be mounted within the pressure vessel and surrounded by the moderator. The outlet ends of the fuel channels are fluidly connected to a coolant outlet conduit to enable the coolant fluid to circulate from the coolant supply conduit through the fuel channels to the coolant outlet conduit. The plurality of fuel channels maintain separation between the coolant fluid circulating within the fuel channels and the moderator.
US09773569B2
A stack type semiconductor memory includes a plurality of stacked dies configured to transmit signals through a plurality of through electrodes. Any one die of the plurality of stacked dies is configured to provide preliminary test mode signals to other dies through the plurality of through electrodes, and the other dies are configured to generate test mode signals according to the preliminary test mode signals transmitted through the plurality of through electrodes.
US09773533B2
A method for reducing current consumption of a memory is disclosed, wherein the memory includes a controller and a plurality of banks, and each bank of the plurality of banks includes a plurality of segments. The method includes the controller enabling an activating command corresponding to a first row address and an address of a first bank of the plurality of banks; a word line switch of a segment of the first bank corresponding to the first row address being turned on according to the activating command; the controller enabling an access command corresponding to an address of the segment; a plurality of bit switches corresponding to the segment being turned on according to the access command; and the controller enabling a pre-charge command corresponding to an address of a following segment and the address of the first bank after the access command is disabled.
US09773518B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, which comprises magnetic layer comprising ferromagnetic powder and binder on a nonmagnetic support, wherein the ferromagnetic powder is ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder, the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder has an activation volume ranging from 800 nm3 to 1,300 nm3, and 1 percent to 50 percent of particles constituting the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite powder are ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite particles, each of which has an indentation with a depth of equal to or more than 1/10 of an equivalent projected circle diameter of the ferromagnetic hexagonal ferrite particle.
US09773505B2
An encoding apparatus and a decoding apparatus in a transform between a Modified Discrete Cosine Transform (MDCT)-based coder and a different coder are provided. The encoding apparatus may encode additional information to restore an input signal encoded according to the MDCT-based coding scheme, when switching occurs between the MDCT-based coder and the different coder. Accordingly, an unnecessary bitstream may be prevented from being generated, and minimum additional information may be encoded.
US09773498B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for fetching speech processing models based on context changes in advance of speech requests using the speech processing models. An example local device configured to practice the method, having a local speech processor, and having access to remote speech models, detects a change in context. The change in context can be based on geographical location, language translation, speech in a different language, user language settings, installing or removing an app, and so forth. The local device can determine a speech processing model that is likely to be needed based on the change in context, and that is not stored on the local device. Independently of an explicit request to process speech, the local device can retrieve, from a remote server, the speech processing model for use on the mobile device.
US09773492B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media, such as storage devices and/or storage disks) to implement selective suppression of audio emitted from an audio source are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein for audio suppression include sending, at a first time, reference audio data in a wireless format to a user device, the reference audio data corresponding to a first audio signal to be emitted by an audio source at a second time later than the first time. Such example methods can also include emitting the first audio signal from a speaker associated with the audio source at the second time.
US09773487B2
A pickup unit for an electrical stringed instrument, such as an electric guitar, includes a housing structured to be connected to the stringed instrument and a number of pickups provided within the housing, each pickup being structured to produce signals corresponding to vibration of one or more strings of the stringed instrument. The pickup unit also includes a number of capacitive touch electrodes provided on or within the housing, wherein the pickup unit is structured to generate control signals in response to a user of the pickup unit touching one or more of the number of capacitive touch electrodes, the control signal being configured to control processing of the signals produced by the number of pickups.
US09773480B2
A percussion controller comprises an instrumented striker including devices for obtaining inertial measurements and a wireless transmitter, a sensor-enabled striking surface that receives an impact from the instrumented striker, and a data processing system that receives the inertial measurements and predicts at least one of the force or location of impact of the instrumented striker on the sensor-enabled striking surface before impact actually occurs.
US09773478B2
The present invention is directed to a banjo with all the wooden parts made from White Oak with the elimination of the conventional metal tone ring reducing the weight and lowering the manufacturing costs. As a result, white oak vibrates at a higher frequency and does not absorb as much of the sound vibrations as other woods so the tone is richer and louder.
US09773475B2
A system and method for displaying layered images is provided. A rear display element displays a first image including a background. A transmissive display element displays a third image and a fourth image, the third image being displayed contemporaneously with the first image. The transmissive display element has a front surface and a rear surface. The rear surface is placed a predetermined distance from the rear display element such that images displayed by the rear display element and by the transmissive display element can be viewable through the front surface of the transmissive display element. A lighting element provides backlight illumination to the transmissive display element contemporaneously with the fourth image. The lighting element can provide the backlight illumination by having the system display a second image at the rear display element for transmitting a backlight illumination from the rear display element contemporaneously with the fourth image.
US09773473B2
A system, computer-readable medium, and method are provided for generating images based on adaptations of the human visual system. An input image is received, an effect provoking change is received, and an afterimage resulting from a cumulative effect of human visual adaptation is computed based on the effect provoking change and a per-photoreceptor type physiological adaptation of the human visual system. The computed afterimage may include a bleaching afterimage effect and/or a local adaptation afterimage effect. The computed afterimage is then accumulated into an output image for display.
US09773456B2
A data voltage compensation circuit includes a compensation information provider, a gamma register, and a compensation data voltage provider. The compensation information provider generates a test data voltage based on a test power supply voltage and a test reference voltage, and provides compensation information corresponding to the test data voltage. The gamma register provides a gamma value corresponding to display data. The compensation data voltage provider provides a compensation data voltage based on the gamma value, the compensation information, and a reference voltage. Changes in the reference voltage change a power supply voltage of a display panel.
US09773443B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a pixel circuit to drive an electro-optical element of a display backplane comprises an element driver coupled to the electro-optical element, a programming switch coupled to the element driver, and a driver switch coupled to the programming switch and the element driver. The driver switch is capable of controlling when the element driver is turned on or turned off, and is capable of pulse-width modulating the drive current provided to the electro-optical element, for example to provide a lower drive current to the electro-optical element.
US09773437B2
A sun visor for a motor vehicle having a main body portion with an LED display for advertising. The sun visor has a foldable, expandable shade portion extending from the main body portion to block sunlight. The sun visor has magnetic portions at a top of the main body portion to allow for easy attachment and detachment to an inside of a car window frame.
US09773430B2
The present invention provides a medical hand controller for disabilities, including a hand controller body; a control button, arranged on the body and applied to control a motor terminal; a voice broadcast device installed inside the hand controller body and applied to voice broadcast a function of the button when the control button is pressed and lasted for an overlong period exceeding a preset value, wherein, the voice broadcast device connects to the control button electrically; and an emboss, set on the control button, applied to mark the function. When a blind or a user with poor eyesight is operating the hand controller, if a control button is pressed, the function of the button will be voice broadcasted, also, the function could be identified through touching the embosses set on the control button, which has facilitated the usage of any users with abnormal eyesight.
US09773425B2
Provided is a choice question creating apparatus creating a choice question on a question document.It includes an image reading part reading a question document to acquire image data; a character recognizing part executing recognition on image data, acquiring document text data; a sentence extraction part extracting from document text data; a correct answer identifying part identifying word as correct answer from sentence; a word dictionary database in which words are classified into categories and registered; a choice creating part selecting specific number of words from category in word dictionary database including correct answer, and arranges words selected, and word as correct answer identified by correct answer identifying part to create choice group; a question sentence transforming part deleting correct answer from sentence to transform it into question sentence, and a layout part arranging transformed question sentence, and created choice group to create a choice question.
US09773419B1
A method, system, and/or computer program product pre-positions an aerial drone for a user. A model of a user is used as a basis for predicting a future task to be performed by the user at a future time and at a particular location. One or more processors identify sensor data that will be required by the user in order to perform the future task at the future time and at the particular location, where the sensor data is generated by one or more sensors on the aerial drone. A transmitter then transmits a signal to the aerial drone to pre-position the aerial drone at the particular location before the future time.
US09773399B2
Diagnostic test devices improve communication to a user thereof through provision of audible output. The test device can include a test member, such as lateral flow assay test strip. The test device further includes an electronic communication circuit that can comprise an audio output element as well as a microcontroller. Other elements in the electronic communication circuit includes one or more sensor elements, a display element, and one or more switching elements.—Methods provide indicia for operation of a test device that comprise steps for assembly of a diagnostic test device that provides for audio output.
US09773394B2
There is provided a content reproduction apparatus including a content reproduction unit for reproducing content, a habit detection unit for detecting a reproduction habit regarding content that uses the content reproduction unit, and an abnormality determination unit for determining there is an abnormality, in a case a reproduction action estimated from the reproduction habit detected by the habit detection unit is not carried out.
US09773388B1
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: providing social media feed cognizant lighthouse display service for communicating to spectators, information in regard to social response to an event, the lighthouse display service further including a private display for subscribed event details as encoded with a key to make inaccessible to the spectators but to be decoded on a user device with the key.
US09773385B2
A card reading device (20) for a self-service terminal has an intake compartment (13) for a card (11) containing data to be read. The intake compartment (13) has at least one linearly extending sensor arrangement (6A, 6B) and an evaluator device (4) connected thereto to protect the card reading device (20) against manipulation attempts. The evaluator device (4) checks at least one spatial dimension (l,b) of the card via the sensor arrangement (6A, 6B), namely a dimension in a first direction (X) or a second direction (Y) in relation to the card (11) retracted into the intake compartment (13). Thus, it can be determined effectively whether a retracted card is a genuine card or if a manipulation is present that targets the inside of the card reading device.
US09773383B2
There is described a method of determining jackpots comprising the steps of: determining a total jackpot amount; determining whether the total jackpot amount is at least equal to a threshold, the threshold being equal to a maximum jackpot amount plus an excess jackpot amount; when the total jackpot amount is at least equal to the threshold, setting a main jackpot at the maximum jackpot amount, the main jackpot associated with a main draw; and determining a number of additional draws and corresponding additional jackpots, each to be won using a same player selection as for the main jackpot, using the excess jackpot amount, the corresponding additional jackpots being awarded independently of an allocation of the main jackpot, wherein at least one of the steps is performed by a processor.
US09773377B2
A gaming system which displays a community game to one or more participating players. During the community game, the gaming system accumulates one or more community game tokens for one or more participating players. The gaming system subsequently assigns a value to each community game token redeemed by each participating player.
US09773376B2
Disclosed is a method for enabling a player to use tickets printed at a casino when the player wants to play games in an on-line casino associated with the land-based casino using a virtual ticket system. The method includes: installing a mobile application for the virtual ticket system on a player's mobile device; registering the player with the virtual ticket system using a mobile number of the mobile device; sending a validation key to the mobile number to validate the mobile device; enabling the player to plays a game on a gaming machine at the land-based casino; after the player has completed game play in the land-based casino, providing the player with an opportunity to create an electronic ticket that is usable in the on-line casino; and enabling the player to engage in game play in the on-line casino using the player's mobile device or a desktop computer platform.
US09773373B2
System and methods are provided for effecting user experience in an electronic game environment through use of virtual currency or vCoins. In a multi-level game, the systems and methods include memory for storing information on game play, the information including input received from the user, information relating to levels within the multi-level game and game display information for output to the user. A processor is coupled to the memory for generating game play information, preferably including game play with virtual money. The virtual money is acquired through game play or cash purchase. The virtual money is convertible into a non-cash good comprising advancement to another level within the game.
US09773370B2
The invention comprises methods and systems for moving gaming machines. Preferably, the positions of two or more movable gaming machines are controlled, such as to synchronously control their movement.
US09773368B2
To provide a gaming machine which holds a player's attention until symbols are rearranged by reel actions. The operation of the scroll of symbols of a first scroll line is changed under a condition that predetermined symbols are arranged on a pay line in a state where symbols of at least one first scroll line among a plurality of scroll lines are scrolled and symbols of remaining second scroll lines are stopped.
US09773363B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that provide for managing transient assets used in connection with an access-controlled area of a distribution site of an electric power delivery system. In some embodiments, one or more users entering and access-controlled area may be identified via physical access control credentials provided to an associated access control system. Transient assets brought within an access-controlled area may be detected via one or more wired and/or wireless communication channels and may be associated with the one or more identified users located within the access-controlled area.
US09773356B2
An apparatus for setting inflation pressure used to support a vehicle comprising a tire includes an air dispensary, a transponder, and a data-processing system. The transponder is coupled to the air dispensary and to the data-processing system. It receives, from the vehicle, a wireless transmission having first information. The data-processing system executes a host process that receives the first information, and that obtains, based at least in part on the first information, second information. The first information comprises information from which an appropriate inflation pressure for the first tire is obtainable. The second information comprises information indicative of an appropriate inflation pressure for the first tire.
US09773353B2
A method of automatically establishing a data connection between a wireless automotive interface component and a mobile communication device, comprising: providing a wireless automotive interface component connected to a vehicle's On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) port, the interface component comprising: a short range communication module; and a vehicle network protocol interface; providing a mobile communication device running a gateway module; representing an automatically recognizable Bluetooth profile and a Serial Port Profile (SPP) by the wireless interface component; detecting the automatically recognizable profile by the mobile communication device; searching for the SPP profile by the mobile communication device; and automatically establishing a data connection between the wireless interface component and the mobile communication device via the SPP profile.
US09773351B2
A parking meter includes a housing, processor, memory, network interface, graphical user interface, first camera disposed in the housing and facing outward from the first side of the housing, microphone, speaker, second camera disposed in the housing and facing outward from the housing towards a parking space, a status light, and a payment acceptor. The meter is configured to sense a vehicle's presence in the parking space, capture an identification of the vehicle, transmit the identification to a remote networked computer system, determine that a parking violation has occurred, transmit the notice to the remote computer system, accept payment of fines, transmit notice of fine payment to the remote computer system, transmit a time of the vehicle's exit from the first parking space to the remote computer system via the network interface, and reset the parking time period to zero upon the vehicle's exit from the parking space.
US09773345B2
An approach is provided for generating a virtual environment for controlling one or more electronic devices. A mapping platform causes, at least in part, a rendering of a user interface depicting a virtual environment comprising one or more representations of one or more devices, one or more accessory devices associated with the one or more devices, or a combination thereof. The mapping platform then determines one or more interactions with the user interface, the virtual environment, the one or more representations, or a combination thereof. Further, the mapping platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more interactions to cause, at least in part, a controlling of the one or more devices, the one or more accessory devices, or a combination thereof.
US09773341B2
One embodiment of the present invention includes techniques for rasterizing geometries. First, a processing unit defines a bounding primitive that covers the geometry and does not include any internal edges. If the bounding primitive intersects any enabled clip plane, then the processing unit generates fragments to fill a current viewport. Alternatively, the processing unit generates fragments to fill the bounding primitive. Because the rasterized region includes no internal edges, conflation artifacts caused when the number of coverage samples per pixel exceeds the number of color samples per pixel may be reduced. In prior-art techniques, reducing such conflation artifacts typically involves increasing the number of color samples per pixel to equal the number of coverage samples per pixel. Consequently, the disclosed techniques enable rendering using algorithms that reduce the ratio of color to coverage samples, thereby decreasing memory consumption and memory bandwidth use, without causing conflation artifacts associated with cover geometries.
US09773336B2
Methods and systems for controlling the structure of animated documents are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes displaying, via a graphical user interface, a representation of a document, where the document includes a programmatic component configured to create an animation by manipulating a structure of the document, a static structure of the document corresponds to the structure of the document when the animation is not performed, and the animation, upon execution, is rendered starting from an original base state that at least partially defines the static structure. The method also includes, in response to receiving a selection corresponding to a state of the animation, designating the selected state as a new base state, wherein the new base state is different from the original base state. The method further includes altering the static structure of the document to correspond to the new base state.
US09773331B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for generating a polygon mesh that may have concavities and/or holes. One example of such a method includes generating a polygon grid, adjusting the grid to fit input image dimensions, adjusting the polygons within the grid to fit detected pixels of interest, simplifying the resulting polygon collection to reduce the total number of polygons, and generating a polygon mesh based on the simplified collection of polygons.
US09773330B1
This disclosure relates to systems, media, and methods for quantifying and monitoring exercise parameters and/or motion parameters, including performing data acquisition, analysis, and providing scientifically valid, clinically relevant, and/or actionable diagnostic feedback. Disclosed embodiments may receive real-time sensor data from a motion sensor or sensors mounted on a user and/or equipment while a user performs a test motion. Disclosed embodiments may also calculate a test motion profile based on the real-time sensor data, the test motion profile describing a multi-dimensional representation of the test motion performed by the user or computed motion profiles. Disclosed embodiments may include comparing the test motion profile to a template motion profile to determine a deviation amount for the test motion profile indicating how the test motion deviated from the template motion profile. Still further embodiments may correlate test motion profiles over time with health indicators.
US09773327B2
A method and apparatus apply a transition to an initial information integration flow graph to form a modified information integration flow graph which is visually depicted in a modified design canvas. The initial information integration flow graph has nodes, each node having initial location coordinates for visual depiction in an initial design canvas, wherein nodes of the modified information integration flow graph having location coordinates based upon the initial location coordinates.
US09773321B2
Technology for generating high perceptual-quality distance cartograms, which use geo-contextual anchors to avoid topological violations, is disclosed. A system can calculate the travel times between a selected origin of the graph, and other locations within the graph based on a graph describing the transportation network within a region (e.g., an urban setting) and data describing travel conditions. Other nodes are then shifted such that the distances between them and the origin are reflective of the travel times between them. When a shifted node violates the topology of the transportation network, which hamper a user's ability to utilize a map due to disruptions in the physical relations between adjacent nodes and map overlaps, the node is instead placed at an alternate location that does not result in a violation. A graphical projection, or geo-contextual anchor, is then generated that indicates where the node would be located but-for the violation.
US09773317B2
Provided are a pedestrian tracking and counting method and device for a near-front top-view monitoring video, wherein the method includes that a video image under a current monitoring scene is acquired, the acquired video image is compared with a background image, and when it is determined that the video image is a foreground image, each blob in the foreground image is segmented and combined to acquire a target blob representing an individual pedestrian, and tracking and counting are performed according to the center-of-mass coordinate of each target blob in a detection area to acquire the number of pedestrians under the current monitoring scene. Thus the accuracy of a counting result can be improved.
US09773315B2
A drift amount computing device (100) computes an amount of drift between a first image and a second image, and comprises a correlation function computing section (112) for calculating a correlation function between the first and second images, a local maximum position searching section (114) for searching a range of positions of the correlation function for local maximum positions, a local maximum position determining section (116) for assigning weights to intensities of plural local maximum positions according to the distance from the center of the correlation function, comparing the weighted intensities of the local maximum positions, and determining one of the maximum local positions which corresponds to the amount of drift, and a drift amount computing section (118).
US09773300B2
An image correction method includes: obtaining information regarding at least one of brightness and colors of pixels constituting an input image, the input image comprising a plurality of regions classified according to whether the at least one of the brightness and the colors of the pixels are substantially uniformly distributed in a corresponding region; determining a weight with respect to at least one pixel based on the obtained information; and correcting the input image with respect to the at least one pixel based on the determined weight.
US09773294B2
A graphics processing system includes a decision logic and a varying buffer control circuit. The decision logic sets a control signal by checking at least one criterion, wherein the at least one criterion includes a first criterion, and a checking result of the first criterion depends on a size of a primitive. The varying buffer control circuit refers to the control signal to determine whether to store varying variables of the primitive into a varying buffer.
US09773293B2
Technologies are generally described for methods and systems effective to associate composition data with a graphics processing unit so that a corresponding model may be manipulated and an image produced. According to some examples, the methods may include receiving, by a dispatcher, first composition data that corresponds to a first model. The methods may also include associating, by the dispatcher, the first composition data with a first graphics processing unit. The methods may also include receiving, by the dispatcher, second composition data that corresponds to a second model. The methods may include determining, by the dispatcher, that the second model is stored in a second graphics processing unit different from the first graphics processing unit. The methods may also include associating, by the dispatcher, the second composition data with the second graphics processing unit based on the determination that the second model is stored in the second graphics processing unit.
US09773290B2
In an embodiment, a method of decoding a watermarked video includes receiving a video including a watermark and three or more pilot signals. The method includes attempting to detect the watermark and retrieve a corresponding message in the video based on one or more decoding starting points of the video. The method includes outputting the message if the attempt is successful. If the attempt fails, the method includes detecting the pilot signals in the video; based on the detected pilot signals, estimating a geometric distortion of the video; inverting the geometric distortion for the video to generate a warped video; and attempting to detect the watermark and retrieve the corresponding message in the warped video based on one or more decoding starting points of the warped video.
US09773289B2
An automatic image selecting apparatus including an image receiver configured to receive an image; a feature extractor configured to extract a feature from the image; and a category determiner configured to determine whether the extracted feature matches predetermined category identification reference data used for determining whether to store the image.
US09773288B2
A method for interactive visualization of a decision assessment on a graphical user interface, including generating, by a computer processor, that includes generating, by a computer processor, the decision assessment model having a first set of circular sectors on a first ring, a second set of circular sectors on a second ring wherein each of the second set of circular sectors is related to a corresponding first circular sector, and a third set of circular sectors on a third ring wherein each of the third circular sectors is related to a corresponding second circular sector. The first set of circular sectors, the second set of circular sectors and the third set of circular sectors include concentric rings with a common center.
US09773287B1
Disclosed herein are a weapon management system using a cop's black-box which collects environment information by sensing an aiming movement of a user to a subject according to use of a weapon from a first cop's black-box, and receives, from a plurality of second cop's black-boxes located within a preset radial distance from the user, external environment information based on the aiming movement of the user, a cop's black-box, and a method for the same. Use of the weapon may be monitored in real time using collected environment information and external environment information such that a further action can be taken.
US09773285B2
In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing information regarding relationships between individuals, who may be associated with a user of a mobile device, and objects (e.g., products, locations, businesses, etc.) identified in an image. In some embodiments, this image may be captured by a mobile device. For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving first information associated with an image, where the image was captured by a mobile device operated by a user; (b) receiving second information regarding one or more individuals; (c) determining, based at least partially on the first and second information, one or more relationships between information regarding individuals and information associated with the image; and (d) presenting, via the mobile device of the user, information associated with the one or more relationships.
US09773282B1
A spending analysis display is provided that includes a spending analysis number associated with a defined Uber financial transaction category and that indicates to a user an average spending amount for the current time period category, such as a weekday or a weekend day, during a defined comparison timeframe, such as the last 30 days. The spending analysis number calculated and displayed varies according to the current time, and the determined time period category of the current time. Consequently, as one example, the spending analysis number calculated and displayed for a weekday, or work day, is likely different than the spending analysis number calculated and displayed on a weekend day, or non-work day.
US09773280B2
A system and method are provided for trading multiple tradeable objects. One example method includes displaying at least one combined quantity indicator representing a combined quantity associated with at least two tradeable objects, detecting an input associated with an order for a predetermined order quantity in relation to one of the combined quantity indicators, and allocating the order quantity between the at least two tradeable objects using at least one quantity allocation rule. In one example embodiment, a plurality of quantity allocation rules can be user-configurable, and different rules can be defined and applied in relation to different order types.
US09773270B2
Systems and methods for e-commerce personalization and merchandising are provided herein. In some instances, methods may include determining triggers for a consumer, where the triggers being associated with objective consumer preferences and subjective consumer preferences for the consumer. Also, the method includes selecting a ranking cocktail for the consumer that includes a plurality of attributes that each includes a weight. The method also includes utilizing the ranking cocktail to select recommended products from an inventory of products in a database of a merchant, and providing the recommended products for display to the consumer.
US09773269B1
Systems and methods are disclosed in which thematic image selection challenges including images of items available in an electronic catalog are presented to users. Unclassified items in the electronic catalog may be identified, and the unclassified items may be presented in a thematic image selection challenges to assist in classifying the unclassified items. Classified items may also be presented in the thematic image selection challenge in order to assess the reliability of user input. If a user expresses interest in an item in the thematic image selection challenge, the user may be presented with more information about the item and may also be presented with an option to purchase the item.
US09773267B2
Access to certain application programs and/or media content items at or from an online storefront are granted or denied for a requesting computing device based on whether a subject computing device is present at or within a threshold proximity to a reference computing device or a reference location. The requesting computing device may include the reference computing device or another computing device.
US09773255B2
A system and method for automatically distributing physical rewards based on a user updating their social status with their mobile device utilizing a system monitor, a validation module, and a redemption module. The system monitor continually monitors social media networks for social updates containing certain preset specified content. When such content is identified, the location and other preset criteria pertaining to the device transmitting the update is validated by the validation module. Once the device has been validated, the redemption module is commanded to issue a tangible reward, such as a movie ticket from a ticket machine or a soda from a soda machine to the user of the device which transmitted the update. This way, the system and method provides a user with a tangible and immediately usable reward in response to the user publishing or sending certain social status updates, messages, or posts with their mobile device.
US09773251B2
A vehicle computer system configured to communicate with a mobile device, comprising a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the mobile device. The vehicle computer system also includes a processor in communication with the wireless transceiver. The processor is configured to receive information from one or more vehicle sensors regarding vehicle usage, send the information to an off-board server via the wireless transceiver, wherein the information is utilized in a damages-model regarding the vehicle, and output the information concerning the damages-model to a user display.
US09773245B1
Described herein are techniques for initiating item fulfillment at least partly in response to the users performing gestures on touchscreens of client devices. For instance, a user may operate a client device that renders content associated with an item offered by an offering service. The user may thereafter request to acquire the item by performing a gesture on a touchscreen of the client device. The offering service may receive the request and a representation of the gesture and, in response, may determine whether or not to initiate fulfillment of the item at least partly with reference to the received representation of the gesture.
US09773244B2
A computer to track earned points accumulated, to an online user account, related to a completed task is disclosed. More points may be earned based on a criteria level related to each category of dynamically changing categories. Earned points may be reduced based on redemption used to purchase and download to a mobile client computer music, video, or games provided on a custom menu.
US09773241B2
Described herein are architectures, platforms and methods for dynamic amplification/boosting of near field communications (NFC) antenna transmission power in a device during NFC related functions that require increase in an NFC antenna transmission power such as a payment transaction. For example, to comply with Europay MasterCard and Visa (EMVco) standards with regard to higher NFC antenna transmission power during the EMVco transactions, the NFC antenna transmission power may be dynamically controlled to maximize efficiency of a battery/power supply of the device.
US09773235B2
Various methods are described for facilitating in-aisle scanning of one or more items to be purchased at a store. One example method may comprise scanning a barcode associated with an item. The method may further comprise adding the item to a list of items to be purchased. Additionally, the method may comprise receiving an indication that the item needs to be weighed. The method may further comprise flagging the item in the list to be weighed during checkout. Similar and related methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are also provided.
US09773231B2
Sharing content includes verifying occurrence of an event, determining participants of the event, gathering related content generated by the participants, where the related content corresponds to the event, and disseminating the related content to the participants. The event may be a business meeting. Verifying occurrence of an event may include determining scheduled participants, scheduled location, and scheduled time of the event using an electronic calendar of one of the scheduled participants. Participants may include the scheduled participants and other participants that are not listed in the electronic calendar where the other participants attend the event. Verifying occurrence of an event may also include confirming that at least an event organizer is at the scheduled location at the scheduled time and there is at least one other one of the participants. The content may include documents, photos, scanned images, audio clips, video clips, types notes, and/or handwritten notes.
US09773229B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs for identifying, using historical interactions associated with a first user, contact groups, where the first user is associated with each contact group, are provided. A score, with respect to a second user, is calculated for each contact group based on an amount of interaction between the second user and the respective contact group, thereby deriving a plurality of scores. A first contact group is determined. The first contact group has a first score in the plurality of scores that satisfies a predetermined threshold. A contact group suggestion is generated, responsive to the determining, that comprises an invitation to add the second user to the first contact group. The first user is notified of the contact group suggestion.
US09773224B2
A system and method for monitoring shelf inventory that combines bar code and RFID technologies to permit electronic data entry of item shelf assignments and real time reporting of item removal from display/dispensing storage shelves.
US09773222B2
A system and method for externally augmented asset management is disclosed. According to one embodiment, information from a first reporting source about an asset is received. In addition, information from a second reporting source about the asset is also received. Information from a third reporting source about at least one environmental condition is also received. A database is then populated with the information from the first reporting source, the information from the second reporting source and the third reporting source such that information from the first reporting source, the information from the second reporting source and the third reporting source can be collected or accessed from the database.
US09773218B2
A method and system for providing a segmented business process engine for generating a result in response to an event message. A process instance identification component of the segmented business process engine identifies a process instance associated with the event message and provides the process instance message to a selected process execution component of the segmented business process engine. The selected process execution component identifies a process definition in view of the process instance message and obtains state information associated with the event from a consistent image store component of the segmented business process engine. The selected process execution component generates a result associated with the event in view of the state information and the process definition and provides the result to at least one of the client application or another process instance identification component.
US09773213B2
A solution for providing an instant messaging (IM) space, such as for a chat session, is provided, which includes provisions for spinning off of chat threads. An embodiment of the invention provides a method of providing an IM space, the method comprising: providing a first graphical user interface (GUI) space for an IM conversation; obtaining a selected portion of the IM conversation represented on the first GUI; and creating a second GUI space for a second IM conversation based on the portion selected.
US09773207B2
An efficient fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The efficient fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information efficiently and/or provides a status of the information.
US09773205B1
Method for automatically distributing, as needed, a user's digital-works and usage-rights to one or more user-devices. A definition of the usage-rights for a digital-work may be stored at one or more locations on a network. A version of said digital-work suitable for a user-device may be provided by one or more locations on said network. When a user who is authorized to utilize said digital-work is active at a user-device, a version of said digital-work and authorization to utilize is automatically transferred when needed to a user-device. The digital-work and authorization may be automatically transferred as needed to any user-device where an authorized user is active. The usage-rights may only be valid for one or more specific users. The usage authorization at each user-device may be less than defined in the full usage-rights maintained on the network. Authorization to utilize said digital-work at a user-device may be extended from time to time by exchanging user-device status across the network. Digital-works are automatically provided as needed to any user-device that an authorized user is using.
US09773202B2
A portable object (10) comprises an integrated circuit (11), a first pad (12) that is mechanically and electrically connected to the integrated circuit (11) and a second pad (13) that is mechanically and electrically connected to the integrated circuit (11). The portable object (10) is designed for data transfer by capacitive coupling of the first pad (12) to a first conducting line (33) and of the second pad (13) to a second conducting line (34), when the portable object (10) is brought in vicinity to the first and the second conducting line (33, 34).
US09773199B2
An image forming apparatus is provided which can insert a test-printed sheet on an arbitrary page into an intended page. The image forming apparatus includes a test print selection portion, an original document reading portion, a test print page specification portion, a test print portion, a sheet set member, a print instruction portion and a print portion, where from image data on the read original document, overall page information, information specifying the page on which the test print is performed and detection information indicating that the test print page is set in the sheet set member, based on the instruction from the print instruction portion, the print portion performs the print while inserting the test print page into the intended page.
US09773191B2
A video processing method and a video processing system are provided. The video processing method is applied to a rotary video capturing device. The video processing method includes the following steps. First, at least one video frame corresponding to at least one piece of field-of-view (FOV) information is received, and a plurality of first coordinates corresponding to a plurality of first pixels of the at least one video frame is obtained. Coordinate transformation procedure is performed on the first coordinates according to the at least one piece of FOV information to obtain a plurality of second coordinates. A plurality of second pixels in a panoramic background image corresponding to the second coordinates is obtained. The first pixels are compared with the second pixels to determine whether the first pixels belong to a foreground or a background, to output comparison results.
US09773190B2
The present invention mainly provides a precision calibration method for being applied in a high-precise rotary encoder system, wherein the primary technology feature of the precision calibration method is that: using a laser speckle image capturing module to capture N frames of laser speckle image from an optical position surface of a rotary encoding body, and then using image comparison libraries and particularly-designed mathematical equations to calculate N number of image displacements, so as to eventually calculate N number of primary variation angles and sub variation angles corresponding to the N frames of laser speckle image. Therefore, after the rotary encoding body is rotated by an arbitrary angle, an immediate angle coordinate can be precisely positioned according to the primary variation angles, the secondary variation angles and the N number of image displacements.
US09773187B2
The invention relates to a method for OCR detection of valuable documents in a cash dispenser in the case of which an image of the valuable document is detected by means of a digital video or matrix camera. A Hough transformation is used to calculate edge lines of the valuable document and a rotation angle is calculated therefrom such that the edges of the valuable document are aligned with the image edges. The detected image is homogenized to compensate an inhomogeneous image background. This is followed by OCR detection of alphanumeric information on the valuable document.
US09773185B2
An image processing apparatus includes a corresponding region connecting unit that connects regions that depict the same target between a series of images captured in time series, thereby sets at least one connected region; a connected region feature data calculation unit that calculates feature data of the connected region; a digest index value calculation unit that calculates a digest index value corresponding to a degree at which the target depicted in the series of images is aggregated in each image of the series of images, based on the feature data; and a digest image detector that detects a digest image based on the digest index value.
US09773184B1
Some aspects of the invention relate to a mobile apparatus including an image sensor configured to convert an optical image into an electrical signal. The optical image includes an image of a vehicle license plate. The mobile apparatus includes a license plate detector configured to process the electrical signal to recover information from the vehicle license plate image. The mobile apparatus includes an interface configured to transmit the vehicle license plate information to a remote apparatus and receive a broadcast radio service offer corresponding to the vehicle license plate image in response to the transmission.
US09773160B2
Images are searched to locate faces that are the same as a query face. Images that include a face that is the same as the query face may be presented to a user as search result images. Images also may be sorted by the faces included in the images and presented to the user as sorted search result images. The user may provide explicit or implicit feedback regarding the search result images. Additional feedback may be inferred regarding the search result images based on the user-provided feedback, and the results may be updated based on the user-provided and inferred feedback.
US09773157B2
According to an example, a face capture and matching system may include a memory storing machine readable instructions to receive captured images of an area monitored by an image capture device, and detect one or more faces in the captured images. The memory may further store machine readable instructions to track movement of the one or more detected faces in the area monitored by the image capture device, and based on the one or more tracked detected faces, select one or more images from the captured images to be used for identifying the one or more tracked detected faces. The memory may further store machine readable instructions to select one or more fusion techniques to identify the one or more tracked detected faces using the one or more selected images. The face capture and matching system may further include a processor to implement the machine readable instructions.
US09773156B2
Technologies for grouping images, and ranking the images and the groupings, based on entities shown in the images. Images may be grouped based on faces shown in the images. Different images with faces that indicate the same entity (e.g., Adam) may be automatically grouped together. Different images with faces that indicate the same multiple entities (e.g., the people in my family) may also be automatically grouped together. Such automatic grouping may be based on facial recognition technologies. Further, images and groups of images may be automatically ranked based on the faces shown and entities represented. Such rankings may also be influenced by adjacent data that indicates family and friends and the like, and that can be used to identify such entities in the images.
US09773153B1
It is provided a fingerprint sensor module comprising: a substrate; a fingerprint sensing device mounted on a first side of the substrate; at least one connection pad arranged on the substrate and configured to electrically connect the fingerprint sensor module to an external component; and an electrically conductive layer arranged on a second side of the substrate, opposing the first side, forming a back surface of the fingerprint sensing module, wherein the electrically conductive layer is connected to control circuitry of the fingerprint sensor module for controlling a potential of a finger in contact with the electrically conductive layer. There is also provided a smart card comprising a fingerprint sensor module.
US09773149B2
The present disclosure relates to a fingerprint identification module, including: a plurality of sensing units, wherein each sensing unit receives modulation signal when turned on, the modulation signal covers at least one first time interval and at least one second time interval, and the voltages during the first and second time intervals are respectively first and second voltages; a collecting unit for collecting output signals of the sensing units in the same column in all the first time intervals as a first signal and those in all the second time intervals as a second signal; and a calculating unit for determining the difference between the first and second signals to obtain a third signal and obtaining the fingerprint information sensed on the basis of the third signal. Through the above solution, it is possible to eliminate the influence of the leakage current in the sensing unit, thereby accurately identifying fingerprints.
US09773131B2
An information processing device includes a non-secure information processor and a secure information processor that are each accommodated in a housing. A first input display and a second input display are each provided on an operational surface of the housing. A boundary is between a first end side of the housing and a second end side of the housing, with the second end side of the housing being opposite to the first end side of the housing across the first input display and the second input display. A color or a surface treatment of a first portion of the first end side of the housing corresponding to the non-secure information processor is distinguishable from a color or a surface treatment of a second portion of the second end side of the housing corresponding to the secure information processor.
US09773129B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a system and method for providing anti-replay protection. One embodiment describes a system comprising: a security device; and an anti-replay protected flash device comprising: a flash memory array; an authentication unit; and a secure memory, wherein the authentication unit and the secure memory are disposed in a security boundary.
US09773126B2
Various implementations of data collection privacy techniques for web content are described herein. Web content that is authored via content authoring service may be associated with data that describes collection behaviors of the web content in accordance with an established data collection privacy scheme. In one approach, data collection privacy is implemented using mark-up constructs contained in a manifest that is included with or otherwise associated with the web content. A content rendering application, such as a browser, may be configured to parse the content and recognize the collection behaviors based on the corresponding data indicative of the behaviors. The content rendering application may then output a notification to inform the user regarding the collection behaviors and provide a set of options available for management of data collection.
US09773125B2
A tokenization system includes a vector table and one or more token tables. The tokenization system accesses sensitive data and a vector from a vector table column, and modifies the sensitive data based on the accessed vector. The tokenization system then queries the one or more token tables using a portion of the modified data to identify a token mapped to the portion of the modified data. The portion of the modified data is replaced with the token to create tokenized data. The vector table can be updated by replacing a vector table column with an updated vector table column. The tokenization system can modify subsequent data using the updated vector column prior to tokenization.
US09773122B2
The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for automated approval of a non-compliance of a modified configuration of a computer system with one or more compliance rules, the method comprising: receiving by a package management system a pre-approved modification pattern in form of a software package, deploying a modification pattern of the software package and providing compliance exception pre-approvals of the software package to a compliance management system, performing a compliance check of the resulting modified configuration of the computer system, in response to detecting a non-compliance with a compliance rule, comparing the detected non-compliance with the one or more pre-approved non-compliances, in response to a matching of the detected non-compliance with one or more of the respective pre-approved non-compliances, automatically approving the detected non-compliance by the compliance management system.
US09773119B2
The present disclosure involves systems and computer implemented methods for protecting portions of electronic documents. An example method includes receiving a request for access to an electronic file having sections, at least one section encrypted using a first key based on a first password. A second key is generated in response to receiving a second password, wherein the second key is generated based on the second password. The second key is compared to the first key. If the second key is identical to the first key, the least one section of the electronic file encrypted using the first key is decrypted using the second key. The electronic file is then presented such that the section(s) previously encrypted using the first cryptographic key is made visible. If the second key is not identical to the first, the electronic file is presented with the encrypted section(s) obscured.
US09773117B2
Reducing risk of data loss by automatically background scanning data to detect a plurality of candidate sensitive data items. For at least some of those candidate sensitive data items that are deemed not to concretely classified as sensitive, a dissolvable encryption is applied to the data item to at least temporarily protect the data item. When the user requests access to the data item, the system determines that the data item has been dissolvably encrypted and that the user is authorized to define the sensitivity of the data item. In response, the user is allowed to direct the system as to whether the data item is to be concretely encrypted (such as if the user was to confirm the data item as sensitive), or whether the dissolvable encryption of the data item is to be dissolved (such as if the user was to confirm the data item as not sensitive).
US09773116B2
A system, method and computer readable medium pertaining to evaluation of events from a computer system to assess security risks to that system. Events are evaluated according to the aspects of each event and the aspects are used to make a preliminary determination regarding violation of a security rule. In addition to a preliminary determination of a rule violation, exceptions to the rule may be identified.
US09773106B2
A method for protecting a computer system from malicious network traffic is provided using a driver which inspects network packets. A security profile comprising packet inspection rules is compiled and stored on the computer system. During the startup or boot operation of an operating system, the driver loads the compiled security profile and inspects network packets using the inspection rules.
US09773102B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for enabling selective file system access by applications. An application is installed in a computing device. An application manifest associated with the application is received. The application manifest indicates one or more file types that the application is allowed to access. The indicated file type(s) are registered in a location accessible by a broker service. The application is launched as an application process. The application process is isolated in an application container. The application container prevents direct access by the application process to file system data. An access request related to first data of the file system data is received at the broker service from the application process. Access by the application process to the first data is enabled when the broker service determines that a file type of the first data is included in the registered file type(s).
US09773091B2
A computer-based genomic annotation system, including a database configured to store genomic data, non-transitory memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to implement the instructions in order to implement an annotation pipeline and at least one module filtering or analysis of the genomic data.
US09773087B2
A method and a system for creating a semiconductor device layout are disclosed. The system includes a display screen for displaying at least one graphic representation of a device layout; a memory storing a device library comprising a plurality of predefined target device layouts; and at least one processor coupled to the display screen and the memory and programmed to: prompt a user to draw at least one portion of at least one layer of a desired device layout to create a current device layout; identify at least one predefined target device layout from the device library that matches the at least one portion of the at least one layer; display the current device layout and the identified at least one predefined target device layout on the display screen; and indicate at least one difference between the current device layout and the at least one predefined target device layout on the display screen.
US09773082B1
Methods and systems provide aspects of electronics layout design including copying of layout element(s) and graphically defining a one-to-one correspondence between two elements. An exemplary method may include defining a cloning constraint for a layout, rendering a user interface (UI) to display at least one of a schematic and form representation of the layout, and receiving a selection of at least one element in the layout. The method may create a movable drag set based on the selection, and responsive to a matching of at least one element of the drag set with another element in the layout, performing a one-to-one correspondence for the matched elements. The matching may be an overlap of at least one element in the drag set with an element in the layout having the same master.
US09773077B2
A simplified tool is provided for simultaneous prediction of dent resistance and snap-through buckling resistance of roof panels including the effect of roof bow placement, curvatures of the roof panel, thickness of the roof, and steel grade. In one embodiment, a method of predicting snap-through buckling resistance of a sheet metal panel to an applied load under localized loading conditions is provided, wherein the sheet panel has certain defined geometries. The method includes the steps of: identifying first and second principal radii of curvature of the panel; identifying a thickness of the panel; identifying the distance of a portion of the panel between structural supports; creating a mathematical function to determine load deflection behavior for snap-through buckling; and determining the likelihood of the panel to display snap-through buckling characteristics under various localized applied loads by inputting the parameters.
US09773071B2
A method and apparatus for providing a mobile service with the use of a code pattern is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprising: taking a photograph of a code pattern image, decoding the photographed code pattern image so as to obtain code information, extracting uniform resource locator (URL) information corresponding to the code information, transmitting a content information request message to a service provider server corresponding to the URL information, and receiving content information corresponding to the URL information from the service provider server. According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide various and convenient mobile services to mobile terminal users using a mobile terminal, having a camera, and a code pattern containing the URL information.
US09773069B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for pre-fetching resources referenced on pre-fetches portions of a network page predicted to be accessed so that the network page may be made visible to a user in immediate response to the user selecting the predicted page. A browser application executable on a client device may access a network page predicted to be accessed and identify resources having a prioritization of retrieval that causes the browser application retrieve the resources according to the prioritization of retrieval. Some resources may have a higher priority for retrieval than other resources.
US09773066B2
A computer system crawls a plurality of web pages; parses the crawled information into state events and determines causality between any two of the state events; and stores the state events and the causality in a database. The system receives a first request from a user to determine a path to a target state. The system obtains a current state of the user. The system determines one or more paths from the current state of the user to the target state based on the current state of the user and the state events and the causality, including identifying one or more recommended state events, each recommended state event having a causality value for the target state that satisfies first preselected causality criteria; and provides at least one path from the current state of the user to the target state.
US09773059B2
Systems and methods for managing data with respect to tape storage are provided. The system includes a data manager for receiving metadata related to content and for generating a proxy file system which mirrors the data structure of the content data. The system further includes a server coupled to a tape device, the server receiving the content data directly from a data source and providing the content data the tape device for storage on a formatted tape media.
US09773049B2
A method includes receiving a first request from a first user device for first data, where the first request identifies a first data source and sending a first data access request to the first data source, where the first data access request is based on a first reader object associated with the first data source. The method also includes receiving the first data from the first data source, where the first data has a first format, and transforming the first data to normalized data in a normalized format based on the first reader object. The method further includes selecting a first presentation object from a database comprising a plurality of presentation objects based on a first device type of the first user device and transforming the normalized data to output data in an output format based on the first presentation object.
US09773043B2
Methods and systems for creating an implicit profile for use by a recommendation engine or a question router is provided. User behavior on at least one of one or more electronic devices and an electronic communications network is tracked. User-related information relating to the user behavior is analyzed to extract or derive key words therefrom. The key words are stored in a profiles database as the implicit profile and used by the recommendation engine or question router to characterize user interests, expertise, and skills when matching a request from a querying user to a potential user or group of users having the relevant background to respond to the request.
US09773041B2
Techniques are provided for sharing expression evaluation across a database management system and a storage layer. According to an embodiment, a plurality of target operators are identified that include a common expression. Each respective target operator corresponds to a step that evaluates the common expression during query execution. The plurality of target operators are modified to enable sharing of an evaluation result of the common expression. The query is executed according to the target operators. During query execution, the evaluation result is shared by the target operators. In other embodiments, the evaluation of the common expression is pushed to a storage layer. During query execution, a database management system retrieves the evaluation result of the common expression from the storage layer.
US09773038B2
An apparatus is provided with first information on software and character strings for determining a keyword related to second information on software that a user wants to use. The apparatus generates, in accordance with a level of the user who uses software obtained from a first external device coupled to a communication network, based on the first information and third information that is related to software and obtained from a second external device connected to the communication network, fourth information indicating software recommendable to the user. The apparatus receives the second information from the user, and determines a keyword related to the fourth information by comparing the fourth information with the character strings provided for the apparatus. The apparatus obtains software to be recommended to the user by comparing the fourth information with the determined keyword, and starts up the obtained software.
US09773037B2
Systems and methods for processing user requests for updating data in a CRM system. When a user requests to update data in the CRM system, it is determined if the requested data change involves a DCR-controlled field. If yes, the requested data change may be routed to the MDM system for validation first and the data change may not be used to update the CRM until the validation is successful. If the requested data change does not involve any DCR-controlled field, it may update the CRM immediately.
US09773035B1
There is disclosed a method and a system for generating an annotated search index. The method is executable at a server. The method comprises retrieving a portion of a historical search session for a first search query, the portion including a first resource and a second resource, both the first and the second resource being relevant to the first search query; generating an association parameter for the second resource, the association parameter being based on a first historical parameter and a second historical parameter; and, responsive to the association parameter for the second resource being above a predetermined threshold, associating the second resource with one or more of the first resource and the included search terms, thereby generating an annotated search index for the included search terms.
US09773032B2
A cost estimator may estimate execution costs for execution of at least one query against a database, using at least one existing index, if any, and based on estimation criteria determined from analyzing the query execution. A candidate index provider may provide candidate indexes, based on the estimation criteria, and re-estimate the execution costs to obtain updated execution costs, using the candidate indexes. An index recommender may recommend a recommended index, based on the updated execution costs.
US09773027B2
In an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a method for loading data from a backup image of a database includes selecting a subset statement defining a subset of the data in the database. Tables of the database are identified based on metadata of the database. A target database is written having the structure but not the data of the identified tables. One or more table statements are constructed, by a computer processor, defining a subset of each identified table based on the subset statement. Selected data is unloaded from a backup image into the target database using respective table statements as filters.
US09773012B2
Apparatus and method for updating map structures in an object storage system. A server communicates with users of an object storage system over a network. A plurality of data storage devices are arranged into locations to store and retrieve data objects of the users. A storage controller is associated with each location to direct data object transfers between the data storage devices of the associated location and the server using an existing map structure that describes the data objects in each location. A management module is adapted to generate a new map structure, migrate at least one data object from an existing location described by the existing map structure to a new location described by the new map structure, and to distribute the new map structure to each of the storage controllers after the migration of the at least one data object.
US09773003B2
An analytical database server and a method for enabling investigative data analytics have been disclosed. The database server comprises a data loader that receives data from a plurality of data sources, and loads the received source data tables onto a Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). A processor processes the source data tables loaded onto the HDFS and assigns a unique turf row (TR) identifier to each of the records present in the source data tables. The source data tables and the corresponding metadata are organized into a first data table, a second data table and a third data table. The first table comprises a record for each of the received source data tables. The second data table stores, in the form of an inverted list, the data originally contained in the received source data tables. The third data table stores the unidirectional relationships between the source data tables.
US09772988B2
Spreadsheets include cells arranged in rows and columns and various formulas contained within one or more of the cells. Systems and methods are provided for identifying and utilizing functionally unique formulas within the spreadsheets, as well as corresponding unique formula sets. Unique formula sets are identified by determining one or more arrangements of rectangular ranges of contiguous cells that contain the functionally unique formulas. The unique formula sets can be marked for subsequent reference and can be highlighted for visual inspection.
US09772979B1
Features are disclosed for determining a sequence of content, including but not limited to web pages, that a user of a client device is likely to request or otherwise find interesting based on previous content requests (of that user and/or other users), and to making the sequence of content available for viewing on the client device. The identified pattern may later be used as a basis to prefetch the content, and to make the sequence of prefetched content available on the client device as a “suggested browsing session.” The suggested browsing session may include a sequence of content pages typically requested by the user, and/or may include linked pages and recommendations that the user is otherwise likely to find interesting.
US09772968B2
Systems and methods to share a plurality of virtual network interface controllers (vNICs) amongst a plurality of hosts 104 are described. The described methods are implemented in a network sharing system (NISS) (102) including a programmable vNIC cluster (204) comprising the plurality of vNICs, where a set of vNICs from amongst the plurality of vNICs is dynamically configured to communicate with a host (104-1) from amongst the plurality of hosts (104). Further, the NISS (102) includes a multi-host peripheral component interconnect (PCI) express (PCIe) interface and mapper (MHIP) (202) coupled to the programmable vNIC cluster (204), to receive data packets from the set of vNICs, wherein the set of vNICs comprises one or more vNICs; and provide the data packets from the set of vNICs to the host (104-1) based on demultiplexing of the data packets.
US09772967B2
An apparatus and method provide power to perform functions on a computing device. In one example, the apparatus contains multiple processors that may operate at different power levels to consume different amounts of power. Also, any of the multiple processors may perform different functions. For example, one processor may be a low power processor that may control or operate at least one peripheral device to perform a low capacity function. Control may also switch from the low power processor to a high capacity processor. In one example, the high capacity processor controls the low power processor and further controls the at least one peripheral device through the lower power processor.
US09772965B2
A method includes generating, by a control unit of a first device, a handshaking signal to be transmitted to a second device via a second channel. The method further includes based on the handshaking signal being acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the second channel to communicate non-display data and configuring a first channel connecting the first device to the second device to selectively communicate either display data or non-display data; and based on the handshaking signal being not acknowledged by the second device, configuring, by the control unit, the first channel to communicate display data.
US09772960B2
The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for operating system aware low latency handling. One embodiment relates to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions, when executed, resulting in a performance of receiving a fast interrupt request asserted by a hardware device while the processor is executing within a kernel critical section, executing a fast interrupt handler at a first priority level, raising a second priority level interrupt by the fast interrupt handler based on the fast interrupt request, wherein the second priority level interrupt invokes a kernel service and processing the second priority level interrupt once the processor has executed the kernel critical section.
US09772957B2
A processor includes a plurality of storage modules and an arbiter, where the storage modules are arranged for storing a plurality of read/write commands, respectively, and the read/write commands are arranged to read/write a memory external to the processor; and the arbiter is coupled to the storage modules, and is arranged to receive the read/write commands from the storage modules, and arrange a sequence of the read/write commands for transmitting to a memory controller.
US09772943B1
A virtual-address cache module receives at least a portion of a virtual address and in response indicates a hit or a miss. A first cache structure stores only memory blocks with virtual addresses that are members of a set of multiple synonym virtual addresses that have all been previously received by the virtual-address cache module during the operating period, where each member of a particular set of multiple synonym virtual addresses translates to a common physical address, and a memory block with the common physical address is stored in at most a single storage location within the first cache structure. A second cache structure stores only memory blocks with virtual addresses that do not have any synonym virtual addresses that have been previously received by the virtual-address cache during the operating period.
US09772938B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed. A method includes tracking which portions of data stored in a volatile memory buffer are not yet stored in a non-volatile memory medium. A volatile memory buffer may be accessible using memory semantics. A volatile memory buffer may be associated with logic configured to ensure that the data stored in the volatile memory buffer is non-volatile. A method includes maintaining consistency of data between a volatile memory buffer and a non-volatile memory medium based on tracked portions of the data. A method includes copying at least portions of data not yet stored in a non-volatile memory medium to the non-volatile memory medium in response to a trigger.
US09772935B2
Technologies are generally described to store data in single-level memory using rank modulation. In some examples, data to be encoded to single-level memory may be represented with a bit ranking for a group of bits. A program vector may then be determined from the bit ranking and partial program characteristics associated with the memory group(s). The memory group(s) may then be programmed according to the program vector. The encoded data may be subsequently retrieved by performing a series of partial programming operations on the memory group(s) to recover the bit ranking and derive the data represented.
US09772934B2
Discussed herein are embodiments of methods and systems which allow engineers or administrators to create modular plugins which represent the logic for various fault detection tests that can be performed on data pipelines and shared among different software deployments. In some cases, the modular plugins each define a particular test to be executed against data received from the pipeline in addition to one or more configuration points. The configuration points represent configurable arguments, such as variables and/or functions, referenced by the instructions which implement the tests and that can be set according to the specific operation environment of the monitored pipeline.
US09772922B2
Disclosed is a method for protecting data information of an electronic device, comprising the following steps: 1) performing power-on detection on an electronic device of which production and installation are completed, detecting the stray capacitance of a signal line thereof, and recording same as a standard value of the signal line; 2) during a power-on operation, monitoring the stray capacitance of the signal line; 3) comparing the monitored capacitance value with the standard value, and entering step 4) when exceeding the set threshold value, otherwise entering step 2); and 4) erasing significant data in the electronic device. The method uses the manner of monitoring the stray capacitance to monitor the contact of outside foreign matter with the signal line, guarantees the security of data in the electronic device, and has the characteristics that the implementation process is simple and easy, safe and reliable, and the cost is low.
US09772906B2
An illustrative method for storing disaster recovery data includes receiving a plurality of copies of data stored by a first memory device. Each of the plurality of copies includes a plurality of blocks of data. The method also includes storing, in a second memory device, the plurality of copies in an object-oriented format, determining, using recovery time objectives, a number of the plurality of copies to be stored in a block-oriented format, and selecting a subset of the plurality of copies having the determined number of the plurality of copies. The method further includes assigning each of the other copies of the plurality of copies to one of a plurality of clusters. Each cluster of the plurality of clusters includes one of the subset of the plurality of copies. The method also includes determining, for each cluster, a copy having a highest number of blocks also present in the other copies of the cluster and storing, in the block-oriented format, the determined copy from each cluster in a third memory device.
US09772900B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a tiered error correction code (ECC) Chipkill system, comprising: a device ECC incorporated into at least a portion of a plurality of memory devices that corrects n-bit memory device-level failures in the respective memory device, and transmits a memory device failure signal when any memory device-level failure is greater than n-bits and beyond correction capability of the device ECC device; and a system-level ECC device external to the plurality of memory devices is responsive to receiving the memory device failure signal to correct the memory device failure based on a system ECC parity.
US09772898B2
Methods and arrangements for identifying root causes of system failures in a distributed system said method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: recording, in a storage device, collected machine state data, wherein the collected machine state data are added to historical machine state data; creating, based on the historical machine state data, a healthy map model; detecting at least one failed machine state in the distributed system; comparing the failed machine state against the healthy map model; identifying, based on the comparison, at least one root cause of the failed machine state; and displaying, on a display device, a ranked list comprising the at least one root cause. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09772895B2
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for identifying unusual intervals in an information technology (IT) system. Aspects include training a log analysis system based on historical data for the IT system, the historical data including a plurality of intervals each having an interval anomaly score and receiving status messages from a plurality of pieces of IT equipment in the IT system. Aspects also include grouping the status messages into an interval and calculating an interval anomaly score for the interval and comparing the interval anomaly score with one or more priority level cutoffs created by the training and responsively generating an alert based on the comparison, wherein the alert indicates that the interval is unusual.
US09772890B2
A graph processing system includes a graph API (Application Programming Interface), as executed by a processor on a computer, and that includes a plurality of graph operators to create graphs and to execute graph analytic applications on the created graphs, the graph operators supporting a creation and manipulation of multi-dimensional properties of graphs. A run-time system is executed by the processor and implements routines that dynamically adjust a plurality of representations and algorithms to execute sequences of operations on graph data. A library is accessible to the run-time system and stores a specification of calling signatures for the graph operators such that the graph operators can be called from any of various computer programming languages such that top-level algorithms received in an input graph application can be understood in the graph processing system when received in any of the various computer programming languages. Thereby the top-level algorithms written to the graph API are portable across multiple implementations.
US09772889B2
Various implementations for expedited processing and handling of events are described. A first event associated with a set of one or more surfaces rendered for display in a multi-dimensional space is detected. The first event is routed to a first set of one or more event processors for processing. The first event is processed using the first set of one or more event processors and after the processing, the first event is handled using one or more first event handlers.
US09772876B2
Executing an all-to-ally operation on a parallel computer that includes a plurality of compute nodes
Executing an all-to-allv operation on a parallel computer that includes a plurality of compute nodes, including: packing, by each task in an operational group of tasks, vectored contribution data from vectored storage in an all-to-allv contribution data buffer into an all-to-all contribution data buffer, wherein two or more entries in the all-to-allv contribution data buffer are different in size and each entry in the all-to-all contribution data buffer is identical in size; executing with the contribution data as stored in the all-to-all contribution data buffer an all-to-all collective operation by the operational group of tasks; and unpacking, by each task in the operational group of tasks, received contribution data from the all-to-all contribution data buffer into the vectored storage in an all-to-allv contribution data buffer.
US09772858B2
Described herein is a detachable multi-host computing system (100) having multiple host processors running different operating systems. In one implementation, the multi-host computing system (100) includes a detachable unit (102) and a base unit (104). Each of the detachable unit (102) and the base unit (104) includes an MR-IOV switch and a MR-PCIM for controlling the MR-IOV switch. In one embodiment, the MR-PCIM for both the detachable unit (102) and the base unit (104) is configured such that a single MR-PCIM switch may be used for enumerating peripheral devices connected to the detachable unit (102) and the base unit (104) when the detachable unit (102) and the base unit (104) are in an attached mode.
US09772853B1
A Logical Dispatchable Unit Engine identifies a unit of work to be executed. The Logical Dispatchable Unit Engine determines whether the unit of work is to be dispatched to a general processor or a specialty engine based on characteristics associated with the unit of work, instructions associated with the unit of work and/or restrictions associated with the unit of work. The Logical Dispatchable Unit Engine communicates with an Operating System kernel to dispatch the unit of work for execution, responsive to determining whether the unit of work is to be dispatched to a general processor or a specialty engine.
US09772851B2
A method, system, and computer program product for instruction fetching within a processor instruction unit, utilizing a loop buffer, one or more virtual loop buffers, and/or an instruction buffer. During instruction fetch, modified instruction buffers coupled to an instruction cache (I-cache) temporarily store instructions from a single branch, backwards short loop. The modified instruction buffers may be a loop buffer, one or more virtual loop buffers, and/or an instruction buffer. The instruction fetch within the instruction unit of a processor retrieves the instructions for the short loop from the modified buffers during the loop cycles of the single branch, backwards short loop, rather than from the instruction cache.
US09772840B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that generate notifications that are delivered to translators who provide updates or translations that are included in localization resources for software applications are provided. Resources are stored on a computing device in a first database or a second database. The first database is configured to store software and has a first buffer that stores content selected for updating or translation and a second buffer for receiving updated content or translated content. The second database is configured to receive the content stored in the first buffer of the first database and to store profiles associated with translators. The second database provides a portal to authenticate the translator before allowing a translator to enter translations for the content stored in the second database. A notification component notifies translators of content that matches a language of the translators.
US09772839B2
In an example, a system is provided and the system includes a motor vehicle component client, a server located in the cloud, and an application to be installed on a personal portable device, such as mobile phone or other portable, mobile electronic device. In some examples, the system enables efficient vehicle software updates to the Engine Control Unit (ECU), the head unit, or the like, or combinations thereof, and/or enables efficient wireless transmission of vehicle data analytics associated with diagnostic information, location information, or the like, or combinations thereof.
US09772835B1
Program code, such the program code of an application program, can be modified to permit the program code to execute in a multi-tenant execution environment. For example, program code might be modified at compile time, run time, or at another time, in order to enable the program code to properly operate in an execution environment in which applications might be simultaneously executed in process by multiple tenants. Program code might also be modified at run time to enable the program code to execute in a distributed fashion in a distributed computing environment. For example, portions of the program code might be configured at run time to execute in different instances of an execution environment. The program code might be modified at run time to enable the program code to properly execute in multiple instances of the execution environment.
US09772832B2
A method of operation of a computing system includes: receiving an application package for operating on a first device and a second device; parsing the application package for an ecosystem, a first application, and a second application; installing the first application for operating with the first device; and installing the second application for operating on the second device and with the first application.
US09772830B2
A computerized system and method of migrating an application from a source platform to a target platform, such as a cloud platform. A set of rules are developed that represent aspect of the target platform and the source code of the application to be migrated is analyzed to determine whether it violates any of these rules. In some embodiments, the source code could be automatically modified to correct for violations of the rules.
US09772828B2
Structural identification of dynamically generated, pattern-instantiation classes may be utilized using structural descriptions. Instead of describing classes only by name, and using that name to locate that class, a class may be referred to by a generator function and arguments to the generator function. A structural description may specify the generator function and the parameters. In addition, a structural description of a class may be used as a parameter to a generator function specified by another structural description. A structural description may be used similarly to a class name for virtually any situation in which a class name may be used. Classes may be compared using their structural descriptions. For example, two structural descriptions may be considered to be the same class if they specify the same generator function and parameters.
US09772827B2
One embodiment sets forth a method for efficiently determining memory resource dependencies between instructions included in a software application. For each instruction, a dependency analyzer uses overlapping search techniques to identify one or more overlaps between the memory elements included in the current instruction and the memory elements included in previous instructions. The dependency analyzer then maps objects included in the instructions to a set of partition elements wherein each partition element represents a set of memory elements that are functionally equivalent for dependency analysis. Subsequently, the dependency analyzer uses the set of partition elements to determine memory dependencies between the instructions at the memory element level. Advantageously, the disclosed techniques enable the compiler to retain an acceptable compilation speed while tuning the instruction ordering at a fine-grained memory element level, thereby increasing the speed at which the processor may execute the software application.
US09772826B2
Build-time resolution and type-enforcing of corresponding references in different code that references the same value. In response to detecting a directive within the code itself that a first reference in first code is to be correlated with a second reference in second code, and in response to detection that the types of the references are the same, a code generation tool generates correlation code that is interpretable to a compiler as allowing a value of a type of the first reference of a compiled-form of the first code to be passed as the same value of the same type of the second reference of a compiled-form of the second code. The first code, the second code, and the generated correlation code may then be compiled. If compilation is successful, this means that the first and second references are already properly resolved as referring to the same value and type-enforced.
US09772820B2
A method and device for generating random numbers based on an optical process of quantum nature. According to one exemplary aspect, the method includes randomly emitting photons from a light source and absorbing the emitted photons by a photon sensor having a plurality of pixels. Furthermore, respective minimum entropy levels can be calculated for each of the pixels of the photon sensor and a randomness extractor can be associated with each of pixels based on the calculated minimum entropy level of that pixel. After this calibration, the method and device generates a number of high-entropy bits used for generating a random number.
US09772814B2
A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources residing on one or more remote information nodes. A common remote information node is in communication with a subscriber station and the remote information nodes in the distributed network. The common remote information node contains at least one linear hypermedia resource program consisting of pre-selected media elements from one or more hypermedia resources linked with exclusive linear links, each media element in the linear program having only one forward link to the next media element. The method includes the steps of downloading and displaying a media element in the linear program and responding to user commands to download and display the next media element in the linear program.
US09772813B2
One or more embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing media presentations to users of a media presentation system. A media presentation generally includes a plurality of media segments provided by multiple users of the media presentation system. In one or more embodiments, a user of the media presentation system may share a media presentation with a co-user. The media presentation system can enable the co-user, if authorized by the user, to contribute (e.g., add a media segment) to a media presentation shared with the co-user.
US09772808B1
The direct marketing system and method is disclosed that receives information from two parties, referred to as the sending party and the receiving party, and delivers a message or advertisement between the two. The message is then immediately printed on the receiving party's printer, and a small fee is paid by the sending party. A portion of this fee is sent to the receiving party as reimbursement for paper costs, ink costs, and printer maintenance.
US09772799B2
In some embodiments a controller includes a memory activate pin, one or more combined memory command/address signal pins, and a selection circuit adapted to select in response to the memory activate pin as each of the one or more combined memory command/address signal pins either a memory command signal or a memory address signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09772797B2
A buffer memory management method, a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes allocating a first zone and a second zone in the buffer memory for temporarily storing a plurality of logical address-physical address mapping tables and performing a restore operation on the first zone. The method also includes receiving a write command, wherein a logical address-physical address table to which a logical address indicated by the write command belongs has been temporarily stored in the first zone. The method further includes copying the logical address-physical address table into the second zone, and updating the logical address-physical address table in the second zone.
US09772786B2
Embodiments relate to address probing for a transaction. An aspect includes determining, before starting execution of a transaction, a plurality of addresses that will be used by the transaction during execution. Another aspect includes probing each address of the plurality of addresses to determine whether any of the plurality of addresses has an address conflict. Yet another aspect includes, based on determining that none of the plurality of addresses has an address conflict, starting execution of the transaction.
US09772780B2
Systems, devices, methods, and computer program products are provided for aligning I/O access from a host operating system with the underlying storage system. A storage operating system can be configured to determine, either manually via operator input or automatically, the size of a data offset caused by misaligned I/O access from a host operating system to a first virtual drive. To align I/O access, the storage operating system can initialize a second virtual disk that is partitioned to accommodate the size of the data offset. The storage operating system can copy header information and main data information from the first virtual disk to the second virtual disk as a background process, non-disruptively aligning the I/O access from the host operating system.
US09772774B1
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide for multi-dimensional disk arrays and methods for managing same and can be used in video surveillance systems for the management of real-time video data, image data, or combinations thereof.
US09772769B2
A mobile terminal device includes a display part, a receiving part that receives an operation to cause an image group displayed in the display part to transition, and a display controller that controls the display part such that the image group displayed in the display part makes transition based on the operation. When the image group is caused to transition, the display controller reduces an image constituting the image group and increases the number of images displayed in the display part.
US09772759B2
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface detects a first user input that selects a first numerical value field and, in response, displays a value selection bar at a first length and with a range of values and displays a value selection object. The device detects a gesture on the value selection bar and, in response to, displays the value selection bar at a second length. While the value selection bar is displayed at the second length, the device detects a third user input that moves the value selection object within the value selection bar and, in response, enters a second value within the range of values into the first numerical value field based on a position of the value selection object on the value selection bar.
US09772753B2
An entity hub display includes a plurality of different sections, each section including a plurality of different components. The sections each correspond to a different aspect of data that makes up an entity. Each component is a user interface display element that is related to data within the corresponding section. The individual components can be selected and placed on the entity hub display based on a user's role and activities or tasks performed by a user in that role.
US09772748B2
A method for providing user feedback leverages background data collected by a software application. A software application includes a feedback mode that is accessible via a keyboard shortcut or the like. Once invoked, the feedback mode disables functionality normally associated with toolbar icons, menu options, scroll bars, and other user interface elements. Certain user interface elements are highlighted or otherwise provided with a modified appearance. Selecting one of these highlighted user interface elements displays a feedback panel. The feedback panel enables the user to submit context-specific feedback. In the background, in a way that requires little or no user input, the feedback mode compiles data that provides context to the submitted feedback. The collected feedback can be transmitted directly to a developer's feedback portal, or can optionally be queued for later transmission if a network connection is unavailable at the time the feedback is actually collected.
US09772745B2
Systems and methods for providing a navigational tool usable on a web platform or on a smart device platform, where a user may interactively navigate a given facility and obtain desired information faster and more efficiently than via conventional applications that do not offer interactivity. One or more hot spots are provided on an image of the facility, and when a selection of one of the hot spots is received from the user, other hot spots, text, images and videos are provided to the user, wherein the hot spots are embedded in a displayed image of the facility, each hot sport corresponding to a specific portion of the facility, and a selection of a hot spot by the user provides the user with at least one of menus, text, images and videos related to the portion of the facility to which the hot spot corresponds.
US09772736B2
A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a transparent conductive film formed thereon, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, two electrodes formed on the transparent conductive film of the lower electrode substrate, an adhesive sheet bonding the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate to each other such that the transparent conductive films face each other, a film removed area formed on the upper electrode substrate by removing part of the transparent conductive film, the film removed area enclosing the two electrodes on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate, and an outer rim electrode formed on the transparent conductive film of the upper electrode substrate in such a manner as to surround the film removed area, wherein the film removed area forms a closed loop.
US09772731B2
Provided is a touch detection device, touch detection method, and touch screen panel, which detects a touch signal by detecting a driving back phenomenon occurring in a touch pad by a driving voltage applied to a driving capacitor, and a display device with a built-in touch screen panel. The touch detection device that is added on top of a display device and detects occurrence of a touch capacitance (Ct) by an approach of a bodily finger (25) or a touch input instrument such as a conductor similar to the bodily finger, the touch detection device comprising: a touch pad (10) that forms the touch capacitance (Ct) between the touch input instrument and the touch pad; a driving capacitor (Cdrv) whose one side is connected to the touch pad (10) and to the other side of which a driving, voltage for detection of a touch input is applied; a common voltage detector that detects a common voltage generated from the display device; a driving voltage generator that generates the driving voltage in synchronization with the common voltage; and a touch detector that is connected to the touch pad (10), and that detects a touch signal by using a driving back phenomenon when the touch capacitance (Ct) is added to the driving capacitor (Cdrv) according to occurrence or non-occurrence of a touch in the touch input instrument. A touch signal is detected while avoiding a point in time of a change of a common voltage state, and a driving voltage is applied through a driving capacitor connected to a touch detector, to thus detect whether or not a driving back phenomenon occurs in the touch detector and to thereby acquire a touch signal. Accordingly, an influence due to parasitic capacitance generated by noise, coupling phenomenon or other factors is minimized, to thus acquire a touch signal stably.
US09772728B2
A capacitive touch panel is provided in the present invention, which includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of emitter mesh electrode strips, a plurality of receiver mesh electrode strips, and a plurality of subsidiary receiver mesh electrode blocks, where the emitter mesh electrode strips, the receiver mesh electrode strips and the subsidiary receiver mesh electrode strips are disposed in different layers on the transparent substrate, and the receiver mesh electrode strips and the subsidiary receiver mesh electrode blocks are partially overlapped.
US09772727B2
A touch panel includes a cover substrate having an active area and an unactive area. A printing layer is provided on the unactive area while forming a step difference from the cover substrate. An insulating layer is provided on the printing layer, and the insulating layer has average surface roughness in a range of 0.2 μm to 0.4 μm.
US09772726B2
A capacitive discharge circuit includes a line having a capacitance, a switched capacitor circuit including a capacitor, a switched circuit coupled to the line, and a voltage regulator coupled between the switched capacitor circuit and the switched circuit. A controller operates the switched capacitor circuit and switched circuit to in a first phase, charge the capacitor by coupling the capacitor between a common mode and a power supply, and in a second phase, discharge the capacitor by coupling the voltage regulator in series with the capacitor between the power supply node a ground. The controller is also configured to in a third phase, charge the capacitor by coupling the capacitor between the common mode and the power supply, and in a fourth phase, share charge between the line and the capacitor by coupling the voltage regulator and the capacitor in series between the line and the ground.
US09772718B2
An optical touch device and a touch detecting method using the same are provided. The optical touch device is suitable for use with a touch surface and includes a control unit and first to fourth optical capturing units. The first to fourth optical capturing units are disposed on a side of the optical touch device close to the touch surface. The first to fourth optical capturing units are respectively disposed at predetermined distances from the touch surface and are disposed based on predetermined angles. A touch covering area of each of the first to fourth optical capturing units is obtained respectively based on the predetermined distance and the predetermined angle. The touch covering area is positively correlated to the predetermined distance. At least one touch point on the touch surface is calculated by the control unit based on optical sensing information captured by the first to fourth optical capturing units.
US09772712B2
Systems, methods and computer-storage media are provided for a touch-screen interface panel (TSIP) of an aircraft. The TSIP may communicate with one or more aircraft systems. In other words, the TSIP is configured to display information of one or more aircraft systems. For example, the TSIP may receive a request for weather information. In response, the TSIP receives weather information from a weather system and displays it via the TSIP screen. In another example, the TSIP may display warnings or alerts that are detected by an aircraft warning system, maintenance system, or the like. Furthermore, information that may have typically been looked up physically or called in to a tower may now be provided via the TSIP by the interfacing of the TSIP with the systems maintaining the information. For example, a charts database may communicate with the TSIP and the information thereof displayed via the TSIP.
US09772708B2
A display of an electric device includes a plurality of separated transparent electrode blocks, which are configured to provide one or more of supplemental features such as touch recognition. Signal paths between the transparent electrode blocks and the driver for the supplemental feature are implemented with a plurality of conductive lines placed under positioned under one or more planarization layers. The conductive lines implementing the signal paths are routed across the display area, directly toward a non-display area where drive-integrated circuits are located.
US09772697B2
A device includes a tip, a sensor, memory and a circuit. The tip is sensitive to contact pressure. The sensor detects the contact pressure. Memory stores at least one pre-defined first threshold and a pre-defined second threshold on the contact pressure. The first threshold defines tip state as one of a pen-up and a pen-down. Pressures below the first threshold defines pen-up and pressures above the first threshold define pen-down. The second threshold is below the first threshold. The circuit transmits in a hover transmission mode based on detecting pressures below the second threshold, switches to an writing transmission mode based on detecting a pressure at or above the second threshold and terminates the writing transmission mode based on detecting the pen-up status for a first pre-defined period. The writing transmission mode frame rate is higher than a hover transmission mode frame rate.
US09772693B2
Systems and methods (1400) for packaging an electronic component (108, 110) in an electronic device (100). The methods involve: circumscribing the electronic component with a multi-purpose component (120, 122) at least partially formed of a transparent material and a compressible material. A water tight seal is created by the multi-purpose component between the electronic component and a housing (102) of the electronic device. The multi-purpose component provides an indicator for indicating a location of the electronic component on the electronic device to a user thereof in dark or semi-dark environments. The indicator is provided by emitting light from the multi-purpose component. The multi-purpose component also communicates status information of the electronic device to the user by emitting light therefrom. Various types of status information can be communicated to the user by emitting different colored light from the multi-purpose component, respectively.
US09772683B2
A configuration is provided in which data that is not displayed on a display is always observable as an virtual object. For example, in data processing using a PC, data that is not displayed on the display of the PC, such as data having been cut or copied, can be set as a virtual object and pasted on a finger of a hand of a user or the like to be always observable. According to this configuration, data that is not displayed on the display area of the PC can be pasted on a space other than the display area of the PC and displayed to be observable, which allows improving of the efficiency of data processing.
US09772680B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a communication unit, a process unit, a transmission control unit, an obtaining unit and a process control unit. The communication unit is connected to an external device via a predetermined communication line so as to establish communication with the external device. The process unit successively processes images picked up by an image pickup unit. The transmission control unit makes the communication unit send the images to the external device via the communication line. The obtaining unit obtains communication quality information on quality of the communication with the external device. The process control unit controls at least one of (i) an action content of the image pickup unit and (ii) a process content of the process unit on the basis of the communication quality information.
US09772672B2
Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for projecting battery usage. By use of a processor, an expected battery usage rate of an application is determined. An estimated length of time a battery will power an apparatus if the application is executed is determined. The estimated length of time the battery will power the apparatus may be based on the expected battery usage rate of the application and a current remaining battery power. The estimated length of time together with a visual representation of the application is displayed.
US09772671B1
An alarm detector for use in an alarm detection system is provided. The alarm detector includes: a microphone, a processor, and a sensing circuit. The microphone is for detecting an incoming acoustic signal. The sensing circuit is for determining whether the incoming acoustic signal comprises a specific audible alarm, and awakening the processor into a working mode from a sleep mode upon determining the incoming acoustic signal comprises a specific audible alarm.
US09772669B2
A method of operating a power control device that controls a power device includes subscribing an event for a change in a resource usage state of the power device; and receiving the event for the change in the resource usage state of the power device if the resource usage state of the power device is changed.
US09772666B1
A system for providing battery status information can include a plurality of battery packs that each include a plurality of battery cells, a computer system for performing battery condition checks, and an interface for communicating information about a respective battery cell to a power supply that is connected to receive power from a respective battery pack; a plurality of power supplies to communicate with the battery packs to cause the battery packs to perform defined operations and to receive information from the battery packs that is generated from the defined operations; and a central power management system connected over a network with the plurality of power supplies and arranged to obtain information from the defined operations performed by the battery packs.
US09772650B2
A device may comprise data storage, a power manager and a bridge device that is coupled to the data storage and to the power manager, and configured to bridge between at least a first data protocol and at least a second data protocol. The bridge device may comprise a UART, a first clock, a second clock and bridge device firmware configured to cause the bridge device to selectively configure the UART for communication using the first clock or the second clock. The power manager may be configured to, when a command is to be issued to the data storage when the bridge device firmware has configured the UART for communication using the first clock, assert a signal that causes the bridge device firmware to stop configuring the UART for communication using the first clock and to configure the UART for communication using the second clock.
US09772649B1
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, higher-speed outgoing data paths are used to transmit oversampled data signals, and corresponding slower-speed return data paths are used to receive return data signals. A channel-bonding control circuit measures the skew between the returned data signals and generates bit-slip and/or word-slip control signals to compensate for the skew. Transmission bit-slip (or, alternatively, clock-slip) circuits slip integer numbers of bits based on the bit-slip control signals. Bypass registers (or, alternatively, FIFO write or read enable signals) may be used to slip a whole word when the integer number of bits to slip is greater or equal to the parallel width of a lane. Various other aspects, features, and embodiments are also disclosed.
US09772645B2
A transmission channel transmits high-voltage pulses and receives echos of the high-voltage pulses. The transmission channel includes a current generator circuit, which generates current-integrator drive currents. The control circuitry generates one or more control signals to control generation of current-integrator drive currents by the current generator circuit during transducer-driving periods. A current integrator integrates current-integrator drive currents generated by current generator circuit to generate transducer drive signals.
US09772639B2
A comparator circuit is described, which is configured to provide a control current and a control voltage based on a first input voltage and a second input voltage. The comparator circuit comprises an input amplifier configured to generate an output signal based on the first input voltage and the second input voltage, and offset means configured to generate a first offset. Furthermore, the comparator circuit comprises a first output circuit configured to generate the control current based on the output signal and based on the first offset. In addition, the comparator circuit comprises a second output circuit configured to generate the control voltage based on the output signal and not based on the first offset.
US09772638B2
A low dropout amplifier may include an error amplifier having first and second inputs coupled to a reference signal and a feedback signal, respectively. The error amplifier may be configured to generate first and second error signals at first and second outputs, respectively, with the first and second error signals based upon a difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal. A sink stage may be coupled to the first output and configured to generate a sink current based upon the first error signal. A source stage may be coupled to the second output and configured to generate a source current based upon the second error signal. An output node may be coupled to receive the sink and source currents.
US09772631B1
A water control valve may comprise a balancing valve installed therein, and the balancing valve has two corresponding housing members which are configured to connect to each other to secure a locating tube and a movable valve core therein. Each of the housing members has a water inlet, and two non-return devices are respectively installed in the two water inlets. With the non-return device and the balancing valve, the water control valve is configured to balance the water pressure between cold and hot water inflows and prevent backflow simultaneously, thus ensuring the water quality.
US09772616B2
The present disclosure relates to a drilling robot and a method for controlling a drilling robot including a driven mechanical structure allowing to place a drilling tool in a sequence of drillings programmed in terms of position and orientation of the drilling of a part such as a technical skin. The method includes a step of determining the acceleration of the drilling tool at the end of the approach on a drilling position, then also testing a stabilization condition of the drilling tool to finally establish a drilling authorization.
US09772612B2
Various arrangements for monitoring and control applications are presented. A television receiver may be configured to monitor sensor reading and or provide signals to control units for monitoring and home automation applications.
US09772607B2
Method for authenticating a timepiece comprising measuring acoustic vibrations emitted by said timepiece to obtain an electrical signal indicating magnitude information comprising a variation of a magnitude of the measured acoustic vibrations as a function of time. The electrical signal comprises at least one specific tone associated with the presence of a quartz resonator in the timepiece. Method further comprises performing transform of electrical signal into frequency domain to obtain frequency-domain power spectrum indicating variation of power of electrical signal as function of frequency, processing the frequency-domain power spectrum so as to reveal at least one narrow peak in frequency-domain power spectrum corresponding to the at least one specific tone, and extracting at least one resonance frequency corresponding to said at least one narrow peak. Method further comprises comparing extracted at least one resonance frequency with at least one reference resonance frequency; and determining an authenticity of said timepiece.
US09772597B2
This image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a shaft portion, a support portion, and a bush member. The photosensitive drum is configured to hold a toner image to be transferred to a sheet member. The shaft portions are connected to both ends in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum, and project outward in the axial direction from a center of the photosensitive drum. The support portions have shaft holes through which the shaft portions are inserted, and are configured to rotatably support the shaft portions. The bush members are interposed between inner surfaces of the shaft holes and outer circumferential surfaces of the shaft portions, and are each formed in an arc shape having a slit extending in the axial direction.
US09772593B2
A sheet conveyer, having a sheet supporting plate, a feed roller, a lifting device to move the sheet supporting plate between a separated position and a contacting position, a motor, a sheet guide disposed on the sheet supporting plate to extend orthogonally to an axial direction of a rotation shaft of the feed roller to be movable in the axial direction on the sheet supporting plate, and a contact member disposed in an upper position with respect to the sheet guide, is provided. The sheet guide includes a retractable member movable between a first position, in which the retractable member is located when the sheet supporting plate is in the separated position, and a second position, in which the retractable member is placed by a reaction force from the contact member produced by contact between the sheet supporting plate and the feed roller.
US09772590B2
A belt type fixing apparatus comprises: a fixing roller; a fixing belt which is installed to be opposite to the fixing roller;a nip forming member which is installed inside the fixing belt and supports the fixing belt so that the fixing belt can contact the fixing roller to form a fixing nip; a pair of sliding members which are installed to support both ends of the fixing belt and are rotated by the fixing belt; a pair of flange members which rotatably support the pair of sliding members; and a heat source which is installed inside the fixing belt and generates heat, wherein the rotation center of the pair of sliding members is located upstream in the transportation direction of printed matter compared to the rotation center of the fixing roller.
US09772588B2
A fixing unit includes a rotating member and a heat insulating member. The rotating member is heated by a heat source and is configured to rotate around a shaft. The heat insulating member is attached at an end of the rotating member. The rotating member includes three or more engage holes perforated at intervals in a circumferential direction thereof. The heat insulating member includes three or more engaging projections fitting into the respective engage holes.
US09772587B2
The heater to be used for an image heating apparatus includes a substrate, and first and second heat generation lines that are provided on the substrate along a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and are each divided into a plurality of heat generation blocks that can be mutually independently controlled, in the longitudinal direction, wherein in the plurality of heat generation blocks in the second heat generation line, a heat generation block is provided that overlaps one heat generation block in the first heat generation line in the longitudinal direction, and has a different heat generation distribution in the longitudinal direction, and can be independently controlled. Accordingly, the heater can form a heat generation distribution that is suitable for various paper sizes.
US09772580B2
A development device includes a developer accommodating part that accommodates a developer, a developer detection member that is rotatably supported inside the developer accommodating part and is for detecting an amount of the developer accommodated inside the developer accommodating part, a rotational drive member that rotates the developer detection member around an rotational axis, and a conductive contact member that is formed of a conducive material. Wherein, defining a rotary track through which the developer detection member passes while rotating, a free edge of the contact member is arranged within the rotary track such that the contact member comes in contact with the developer detection member once while the developer detection member makes one rotation, the free edge being distal from where the contact member is fixed.
US09772579B2
A developing device includes a developer bearer disposed facing a latent image bearer in a developing range to transport developer by rotation, a support to support the developer bearer and including a holder mount, a rod-shaped developer regulator disposed facing a surface of the developer bearer across a gap, and a holder secured to the holder mount of the support to hold the rod-shaped developer regulator. The rod-shaped developer regulator extends in an axial direction of the developer bearer.
US09772568B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support, an undercoat layer, and a photosensitive layer in this order, in which: the undercoat layer does not contain a metal oxide, or contains the metal oxide but the content of the metal oxide in the undercoat layer is 10 mass % or less; and the undercoat layer contains a polymerized product of a composition containing at least one kind of anthraquinone derivative selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (1) and a compound represented by the formula (2).
US09772558B2
Provided are chemically amplified resist compositions that include acid-labile sulfonate-ester photoresist polymers that are developable in an organic solvent. The chemically amplified resists produce high resolution positive tone development (PTD) and negative tone development (NTD) images depending on the selection of organic development solvent. Furthermore, the dissolution contrast of the traditional chemically amplified resists may be optimized for dual tone imaging through the addition of a photoresist polymer comprising an acid-labile sulfonate-ester moiety.
US09772555B2
In a method of forming a pattern, a lower coating layer and a photoresist layer are sequentially formed on an object layer. An exposure process may be performed such that the photoresist layer is divided into an exposed portion and a non-exposed portion. A portion of the lower coating layer overlapping or contacting the exposed portion is at least partially transformed into a polarity conversion portion that has a polarity substantially identical to that of the exposed portion. The non-exposed portion of the photoresist layer is selectively removed.
US09772551B2
The defect size of a photomask blank is evaluated. An inspection-target photomask blank is irradiated with inspection light and reflected light of the region of the inspection-target photomask blank irradiated with the inspection light is collected through an objective lens of an inspection optical system as a magnified image of the region. Then, an intensity change part in the light intensity distribution profile of the magnified image is identified. Next, a difference in the light intensity of the intensity change part is obtained and the width of the intensity change part is obtained as the apparent width of the defect. Then, the width of the defect is calculated on the basis of a predetermined conversion expression showing the relationship among the difference in the light intensity, the apparent width of the defect, and the actual width of the defect, and the width of the defect is estimated.
US09772543B2
An apparatus comprises a receptacle configured to receive an image capture computing device. Further, the apparatus has a first handle having a first handle top portion that is operably connected to the receptacle and a first handle bottom portion that is operably connected to the receptacle. In addition, the apparatus has a first retraction device that retracts the first handle inwardly toward the receptacle and extends the first handle outwardly away from the receptacle. The apparatus has a second handle having a second handle top portion that is operably connected to the receptacle and a second handle bottom portion that is operably connected to the receptacle. Further, the apparatus has a second retraction device that retracts the second handle inwardly toward the receptacle and extends the second handle outwardly away from the receptacle.
US09772542B2
A camera mount is configured to securely couple a camera to an object. The camera mount includes a rail mount component and a sliding mount component which can be securely coupled, resulting in a low profile, easy to use camera mount. The rail mount component includes a rail base and two rail wings. The sliding mount component is configured to be inserted into the rail mount component. The sliding amount component further includes two levers and a sliding base with a plurality of protrusions for coupling to a reciprocal mount component. Each lever of the sliding mount component includes a pin and wedge that abut the inside of the rail base to secure the sliding mount component to the rail mount component.
US09772537B2
An edge-lit backlight module according to this disclosure includes a frame body and a light-emitting unit. The frame body includes a bottom portion, a wall portion and at least one first positioning portion. The wall portion is connected with the bottom portion, and the first positioning portion is located at least one of the bottom portion and the wall portion. The light-emitting unit includes a circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the circuit board. The circuit board includes at least one second positioning portion. The second positioning portion includes a notch and an extension portion extending from the circuit board. The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion engage with each other to connect the light-emitting unit with the frame body.
US09772533B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for repairing a metal wire. The method includes: locating a first position on the metal wire to be repaired, the first position being at a first side of a break point on the metal wire to be repaired; and outputting a first laser beam in such a manner as to move from the first position toward the break point and scan a portion of the metal wire between the first position and the break point, so as to fuse the portion of the metal wire and enable fused metal to flow toward the break point to fill the break point.
US09772532B2
Disclosed is an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The ESD protection circuit includes a transistor structure having at least five thin film transistors (TFTs), said transistor structure configured in view of changes in operating characteristics that depend on a channel length of a back channel etched (BCE) type oxide transistor.
US09772520B2
The present invention discloses a touch control device, which is addressed to the rimple problem resulting from the full-lamination design of the touch control panel and the liquid crystal display module. The present invention compensates for the elevation drop of the slightly lower control circuit region of the liquid crystal display module in a thickness-increasing way to make the entire liquid crystal display module have an identical elevation. In some embodiments, the present invention increases the thickness of a portion of a ground tape or an optical adhesion layer to compensate for the elevation drop of the liquid crystal display module with respect to the touch control panel. Thereby, the rimple problem is effectively solved.
US09772513B2
A simulation system for simulating an appearance of a wearer's face wearing spectacles with accurate eye scaling includes a spherical component calculator that calculates a spherical component of a lens of the spectacles, the lens having an aspherical optical surface. The system further includes a simulation image generator that generates a simulation image of the wearer's face wearing the spectacles including accurately scaled eyes based on lens location information of the spectacles when worn and the spherical component. The system further includes a simulation image displaying unit that displays the simulation image. The lens location information includes a distance between a portion of an eye of the wearer and an eye-side surface of the lens.
US09772511B2
A spectacle lens is provided belonging to a series of spectacle lenses having each of first refractive power and second refractive power in common, where a progressive region length, which is a length along a meridian within a progressive region, is shorter than a predetermined reference spectacle lens belonging to the series of spectacle lenses, and a designed maximum differential value where a normalized addition refractive power distribution in the progressive region is differentiated is caused to be close to a reference maximum differential value where a normalized addition refractive power distribution in the progressive region of the reference spectacle lens is differentiated.
US09772504B2
To provide an illumination device and a projection type image display device that illuminate an area to be illuminated (image formation area) under conditions where speckle noise is less noticeable.An illumination device according to the present invention includes: a light source 11 that emits coherent light; an optical scanning section 15 that scans the coherent light emitted from the light source 11; and an optical path conversion system 21 configured to allow the coherent light scanned by the optical scanning section 15 to illuminate an area to be illuminated sequentially in an overlapping manner. An incident angle of the coherent light that enters respective points of the area to be illuminated changes with time.
US09772492B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for imaging, recognizing, and tracking of a user's eye that is wearing a HWC. Aspects further relate to the processing of images reflected from the user's eye and controlling displayed content in accordance therewith.
US09772488B2
An electrowetting display comprises a support plate on which individual electrowetting pixels separated from one another by pixel walls are formed. The individual electrowetting pixels include a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer on the support plate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are separated by a dielectric layer in first portions of the individual electrowetting pixels. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are in electrical contact with one another in second portions of the individual electrowetting pixels, wherein the second portions of the individual electrowetting pixels may be U-shaped.
US09772487B1
Techniques and architectures involving fabricating a display panel, such as an electro-wetting display panel include laminating a first support plate and a second support plate together to form a laminated display panel. The laminated display panel includes an ultra-violet (UV) light curable seal disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate proximate to edges of the laminated display panel. After conveying the laminated display panel to a UV light curing station, pressurized air, gas or fluid is applied to the laminated display panel to produce a pressure on the UV light curable seal between the first support plate and the second support plate. While applying the pressurized air, gas or fluid, the laminated display panel is exposed to UV light to cure the seal.
US09772486B2
A cassette for retaining a specimen of surgically exposed tissue from a patient in an orientation that facilitates optical sectioning of the tissue by a confocal microscopic or other optical imaging microscope. The cassette includes a base member having a rigid optically transparent window upon which a tissue specimen is situated, a pliable membrane locatable over a substantial portion of the base member including the window, and an upper member, having an aperture therethrough, which can cover the base member to provide an enclosed cavity between the membrane and the window sealing the tissue specimen therein. The edges of the tissue specimen may be positioned planar against the window and retained in that position by bonds formed between the membrane and window at multiple points or locations around the tissue specimen. The specimen retained in the cavity is imagable by a microscope through the window of the base member.
US09772481B2
An arrangement for use in illuminating a sample in SPIM microscopy includes an illumination objective configured to receive and focus a light strip or a quasi-light strip. The quasi-light strip is made up of a light bundle continuously moved back and forth in a light-strip plane. A deflection apparatus is configured to deflect the light strip or the quasi-light strip, after the light strip or the quasi-light strip has passed through the illumination objective, in such a way that the light strip or the quasi-light strip propagates at an angle different from zero degrees with respect to an optical axis of the illumination objective. The illumination objective and the deflection apparatus are arranged movably relative to one another.
US09772477B2
A projection zoom lens is constituted essentially by: a plurality of lens groups that include at least two lens groups that move when changing magnification; the distances among all pairs of adjacent lens groups changing when changing magnification; the reduction side being configured to be telecentric; and a negative first lens group, which is fixed when changing magnification, being provided most toward the magnification side. The first lens group is constituted essentially by, in order from the magnification side to the reduction side, a negative first lens, which is a meniscus lens having a convex surface toward the magnification side, a biconcave second lens, and a positive or negative third lens. Conditional Formula (1) related to fw, which is the focal length of the entire projection zoom lens at the wide angle end, and f3, which is the focal length of the third lens, is satisfied: −0.070
US09772470B2
An imaging lens includes first to fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order. Through designs of surfaces of the lens elements and relevant optical parameters, a short system length of the imaging lens may be achieved while maintaining good optical performance.
US09772468B2
Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (−) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient.
US09772464B2
A rack includes a first termination block disposed at the first side of the rack. The termination block houses a termination arrangement including a plurality of sliding adapter modules. The adapter modules are configured to slide between a non-extended position and an extended position. The adapter modules move away from the rack when slid to the extended position. The adapter modules have first ports facing towards the top of the rack and second ports facing towards the bottom of the rack. Certain types of racks also have a cable storage arrangement disposed at the front of the rack.
US09772463B2
An optical interconnect is located on a surface of a semiconductor handle substrate. The optical interconnect includes a waveguide core material portion that is completely surrounded on all four sides by a dielectric oxide-containing cladding structure. The dielectric oxide-containing material of the dielectric oxide-containing cladding structure that is located laterally adjacent end segments of the waveguide core material portion is configured to include a sidewall surface that can receive and transmit light. A plurality of semiconductor devices can be formed above the topmost dielectric oxide-containing material of the dielectric oxide-containing cladding structure.
US09772455B2
The present invention relates to a universal optical fiber connector including a hot-melt end connector assembly, a heat-shrinkable sleeve and a protective shell for the heat-shrinkable sleeve. The assembly further comprises the main body of the hot-melt end, and a ceramic ferrule, a wedge for the ceramic ferrule and a pre-embedded optical fiber passing through the main body. The tail end of the protective shell for the heat-shrinkable sleeve is connected with an optical fiber locking device for the locking of the optical fiber; the locking device and the protective shell for the heat-shrinkable sleeve are separately configured. The present invention is applicable to optical fibers of different sizes and can improve the tensile properties of the optical fiber connector, and the protective shell for the heat-shrinkable sleeve can be volume-produced with the same mould instead of being produced independently for each type, so as to improve the production efficiency.
US09772454B2
Ferrule for an optical connector, an optical connector containing such a ferrule, and a method for assembling such a ferrule. The ferrule includes a base, at least one cover, at least one fiber section running through a channel between the base and the cover from a cable connection side to an opposite contact face exposing distal ends of the fiber sections. The fibers are adhered to the base and/or to the cover at a bonding section at a distance from the contact face.
US09772452B1
A connector mating system that can enable the coupling and decoupling of electrical or optical power and communications channels, while in a harsh or submerged environment during which time the contacting interfaces of the power and communication channels remain fully protected from the destructive effects of the said environment. The system features a hybrid optic and/or electric connector that provides a means for electrical, optical and hybrid inter connection within an extremely hostile environment across a broad market range of applications with a novel end-seal concept in a scalable form factor with minimal actuation stresses and designed for high volume commodity manufacturing.
US09772432B2
A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. Due to physical properties of the grating, the spatial modulations are in focus for a range of wavelengths and spacings. The spatial modulations are captured by the array, and photographs and other image information can be extracted from the resultant data. Used in conjunction with a converging optical element, versions of these gratings provide depth information about objects in an imaged scene. This depth information can be computationally extracted to obtain a depth map of the scene.
US09772429B2
A method for producing a colloidal alcoholic suspension of fluorine-doped SnO2 particles. It also pertains to the colloidal suspension thus obtained and to its uses, especially in the manufacture of an antistatic coating for an optical article, such as an ophthalmic lens.
US09772428B2
Certain example implementations of the disclosed technology can include techniques and apparatuses for determining micro-climates based on weather-related sensor data from mobile devices. In some embodiments, current and projected micro-climates can be determined for multiple micro-locations. With micro-climate information, a user may better plan his or her day, including what to wear, which path to walk to work, and what activities to plan.
US09772419B2
A method for estimating parameters of a propagating wave field, such as the direction of propagation in 3D space of an acoustic wave from borehole-acoustic data. The estimation technique uses phase delays between recordings made by the individual receivers related to a plane wave travelling across the receiver array. The estimated plane waves include the wave field generated directly by the acoustic source, as well as refracted and reflected components of these fields. The technique can be used with overlapping wave fields. This will provide significant improvements in the quality of formation properties estimated from full-waveform data that are obtained either from wireline or from while-drilling sonic data. The inventive method enables characterization of abnormalities outside multiple casing strings where acoustic signals are transmitted from a source located inside said multiple casing string.
US09772416B2
A software defined platform is provided for subsea acoustic applications that utilizes a broadband phased array transducer and a configurable, multi-function software defined transducer that is configurable on the fly to enable various subsea acoustic systems to be achieved in a single unit thus reducing the space required on the vessel and the cost of having such multiple functions.
US09772414B2
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of methods and systems for optimizing the analysis of the source locations of microseismic sources, comprising recording microseismic data using patches of sensors. Each patch contains multiple sensors, arranged as a grid or a line segment. This approach uses fewer sensors and can cover a larger area than previous techniques for acquiring microseismic data. The data recorded in this way can be filtered using directional filters, such that each patch may be targeted at a specific point in the subsurface. The microseismic source-scanning algorithm benefits from having data filtered to include directional signals only from pairs of patch locations and subsurface locations. This produces an improved estimate of the locations of microseismic events. The patches may be disposed about a horizontal well bore, and aligned such that directional filtering enhances data from hydraulic fracturing operations in the wellbore.
US09772407B2
An X-ray detector array includes a scintillator that converts input X-ray radiation to secondary optical radiation output from the scintillator, a first telecentric micro lens array that array receives the secondary optical radiation, a phase coded aperture, where the first telecentric micro lens array directs the secondary optical radiation on the phase coded aperture, a second telecentric micro lens array, where the secondary optical radiation output from the phase coded array is directed to the second telecentric micro lens array, a patterned grating mask, where the second telecentric micro lens array directs the optical beam on the patterned mask, and a photodetector array, where the patterned mask outputs the optical beam in a pattern according to the patterned mask to the photodetector array, where the photodetector array outputs a signal, where a photon fringe pattern is imaged and sampled in the wavelength domain of the radiation from the scintillator.
US09772405B2
Systems and methods are provided for backfilling a 3D cloud of coordinates. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a camera able to capture an image, and a ranging system able to measure distances objects. The apparatus also includes a controller able to analyze the measured distances to generate a cloud of three dimensional coordinates, and to project coordinates of the cloud onto the image to match the coordinates with pixels of the image. The controller is also able to generate additional coordinates to increase the resolution of the cloud by iteratively defining a scanning window, detecting a group of coordinates that have been projected onto the scanning window, scoring each coordinate in the group based on its similarity to other coordinates in the group, dividing the scanning window into quadrants, selecting a coordinate from each quadrant, and generating an additional coordinate based on the selected coordinates.
US09772395B2
An embodiment includes at least one computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to: receive (a)(i) first radio signal location data for a first object from a radio sensor; and (a)(ii) first visual signal location data for the first object from a camera sensor; perform feature extraction on (b)(i) the first radio signal location data to determine first extracted radio signal features; and (b)(ii) the first visual signal location data to determine first extracted visual signal features; solve a first association problem between the first extracted radio signal features and the first extracted visual signal features to determine first fused location data; and store the first fused location data in the at least one computer readable storage medium. Other embodiments are described herein.
US09772394B2
A method for measuring three-dimensional (3D) coordinates includes providing a retroreflector and a laser tracker. In a first instance, an operator gives a follow-operator gesture. The laser tracker responds by following movement of the operator. In a second instance, the operator gives a lock-on gesture. The laser tracker responds by steering a beam of light onto the retroreflector.
US09772390B2
The magnetic resonance imaging device in accordance with the example embodiments, the magnetic resonance imaging device has an advantage that it is capable of generating an image quickly having a high resolution while minimizing generation of artifacts by comprising a data processing unit configured to relocate, in a K-space, gradient echo data acquired during inversion time by an inversion pulse and spin echo data acquired after the lapse of the inversion time; and an image generating unit configured to generate a final image from the spin echo data and the gradient echo data, in order to generate a magnetic resonance image quickly using long inversion time by the inversion pulse.
US09772389B2
In a method and magnetic resonance apparatus to acquire diagnostic image data of a contrast agent-filled target area of a patient, a peak time of the test bolus in the target area is automatically determined, from which a wait period is then determined for administering the main bolus. After the main bolus has been administered to the patient, magnetic resonance images of the target area are acquired, and each is analyzed immediately after acquisition thereof to determine whether that image shows arrival of the contrast agent. If and when one of these images shows such arrival, an acquisition protocol is immediately started in order to acquire the diagnostic image data set. If none of these images shows arrival of the contrast agent, the protocol to acquire diagnostic image data is started after the wait period.
US09772386B2
This disclosure relates to medical fluid sensors and related systems and methods. In certain aspects, a nuclear magnetic resonance device includes a support frame, a first magnet connected to the support frame, a second magnet connected to the support frame in a manner such that the second magnet is disposed within the magnetic field of the first magnet and a magnetic attraction exists between the first magnet and the second magnet, and a spacer disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet. The spacer is configured to maintain a space between the first magnet and the second magnet.
US09772376B1
An integrated circuit with functional circuitry and testing circuitry, the testing circuitry having a state machine operable in a plurality of different states. The integrated circuit also has a pin for receiving a signal, wherein the state machine is operable to transition between states in response to a change in level of the signal. Circuitry couples the signal of the pin, in a first level, to the state machine in a first time period for causing the state machine to enter a predetermined state, and circuitry maintains the signal in the first level to the state machine in a second time period for maintaining the state machine in the predetermined state. Also during the second time period, circuitry couples data received at the pin to a destination circuit other than the state machine, wherein the destination circuit is operable to perform plural successive scan tests using data from the pin without a power on reset of the functional circuitry.
US09772359B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor module comprises a substrate, a first wiring, an electrode pad, a junction, an oscillator, and a detector. The first wiring is disposed on the substrate, and has a characteristic impedance Z0. The electrode pad is connected to the first wiring. The junction is disposed on the electrode pad, and has an impedance Z1. The oscillator is disposed in contact with the first wiring, and oscillates a pulse wave of a voltage toward the junction via the first wiring. The detector is disposed in contact with the first wiring, and detects an output wave of the pulse wave from the junction. The characteristic impedance Z0 and the impedance Z1 satisfy a following relationship (1), Z 0 - Z 1 Z 0 ≤ 0.05 . ( 1 )
US09772348B2
A connector for terminating a cable including a compressible fitting and a crimp nut. The compressible fitting has an inner passage to receive a portion of the cable and a threaded outer wall coaxial with and surrounding the inner passage. The outer wall includes a first slot extending radially through the outer wall and axially away from a first end of the outer wall. The crimp nut is configured to thread onto the outer wall of the compressible fitting. The crimp nut is further configured, in a first position, not to constrict the inner passage and, in a second position, to radially compress the outer wall of the compressible fitting to reduce a bore diameter of the inner passage and to electrically connect the outer wall with the portion of the cable received in the inner passage of the compressible fitting. Methods are also disclosed.
US09772342B2
A dispatching device for dispatching sample containers received in respective sample container carriers from a transport surface to an external position and/or from the external position to the transport surface is presented. The dispatching device has a tube and a capsule, a conveying surface with an electromagnetic actuator being formed in the capsule. A sample distribution system with such a dispatching device and a laboratory automation system with such a sample distribution system are also presented.
US09772314B2
Ultrasonic sensor and measuring method using the same, and method of manufacturing ultrasonic sensor
An ultrasonic sensor which includes a substrate where an opening section is formed, a vibration plate that is provided on the substrate so as to close the opening section, and a piezoelectric element that is layered on a surface of the vibration plate on an opposite side to the opening section and includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric element, and a second electrode, includes a reflection layer that is provided in a space around the piezoelectric element on the surface of the vibration plate on an opposite side to the opening section, to reflect other ultrasonic waves which are transmitted in a different direction from a transmitted ultrasonic wave transmitted to a measuring target side on an interface between the piezoelectric element and the reflection layer, and has a thickness so as to superimpose other ultrasonic waves on the transmitted ultrasonic wave.
US09772312B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for detecting and analyzing deposits in liquid-bearing systems. More particularly, the device relates to being able to detect and analyze deposits in a liquid-bearing systems such as industrial plants that use and store fluids. The method relates to being able to determine a distribution of the run time of a detected ultrasonic reflection signal and analyzing the distribution to determine if deposits are deposited onto a heated reflecting area.
US09772308B2
This invention relates to the monitoring of the integrity of casing, tubing and other strings in oil and gas wells. The technical result of this invention consists in increased accuracy and trustworthiness in detecting and locating transverse and longitudinal defects in well completion components and downhole equipment, in both the magnetic and non-magnetic first, second and other metal barriers. Electromagnetic defectoscopy in multi-string wells includes measuring EMF induced in a coil by eddy currents generated in metal barriers by the decay of the electromagnetic field produced by magnetization current pulses in the coil. A series of pulses of fixed duration in the range of 0.1-1000 ms is fed to each exciter-and-pickup coil to sequentially magnetize all metal barriers starting from the nearest one, with pulse durations increasing for each next barrier. The recorded data are saved and processed by comparing them with model data, and the processing results indicate detects in the metal barriers. The downhole electromagnetic defectoscope contains a case, axially oriented coils with their magnetic axes coinciding with the tool's magnetic axis, and an electronic module, and at least two exciter-and-pickup coils, each consisting of an exciter coil and a pickup coil with a single core. The exciter-and-pickup coils are of different sizes and are spaced apart by a distance of not less than the length of the larger exciter-and-pickup coil.
US09772301B2
The present invention relates to a sensor including a core-shell nanostructure, and more particularly, to a sensor including: a base material; a sensing part including a core-shell nanostructure that has a core including a first metal oxide and a shell including a second metal oxide formed on the core; and two electrode layers spaced from each other on the sensing part.
US09772300B2
An inductive conductivity sensor and a method for measuring specific electrical conductivity of a medium, comprising a transmitting coil fed by means of an input signal; coupled with the transmitting coil via the medium; a receiving coil, which delivers an output signal, which is a measure for the conductivity of the medium; and surrounding the transmitting coil and the receiving coil a housing, which has, intended for immersion in the medium, at least one housing section, whose housing wall surrounds the transmitting coil and the receiving coil. The housing section includes at least a first electrically conductive contact intended for contact with the medium and a second electrically conductive contact intended for contact with the medium. The conductivity sensor includes an electrically conductive conductor and the first contact is connected with the second contact via the conductor, wherein the conductor and the electrically conductive contacts are so embodied that they form via an ionic conduction path of the medium a closed electrical current path around the transmitting coil and the receiving coil.
US09772292B2
The fiber optic probe (7) comprises: a first optical fiber (9) to convey an electromagnetic radiation towards a measuring area at an exit end of said first optical fiber (9); a second optical fiber (11) to collect an electromagnetic radiation from said measuring area, the second optical fiber comprising an entrance end arranged in the measuring area and adjacent to the exit end of the first optical fiber. The exit end of the first optical fiber and the entrance end of the second optical fiber (11) are treated so that at least part of the electromagnetic radiation conveyed along the first optical fiber exits laterally from the first optical fiber and enters laterally in the second optical fiber. Moreover, in the measuring area an indicating material (15) is arranged, indicating a parameter to be measured with the probe. The radiation exiting from the first optical fiber passes through the indicating material so that the radiation collected by the second optical fiber is modulated by the indicating material (15).
US09772288B1
An autonomous biobuoy system and methods for detecting characteristics of a marine environment, the system involving: a light source comprising a blue light emitting diode; a detector assembly for detecting the at least one characteristic of the marine environment, the detector assembly having a single photodiode configured to detect stimulated bioluminescence and transmissivity in response to the light source, the detector assembly configured to generate at least one detector assembly output signal responsive to at least one detected characteristic; and a transmitter coupled with the detector assembly for transmitting the at least one detector assembly output signal.
US09772285B2
Method of optical microscopy by scanning a sample containing an excitable species, the method comprising: directing a first and a second light beam onto respective, partially overlapped areas of the sample, wherein the first light beam is provided for exciting members of the excitable species, and the second light beam is provided for reducing the number of excited members; detecting an optical signal coming from the sample, comprising a main component and a spurious component, during consecutive first and second time gates, the first time gate being provided for detecting the optical signal for a time interval during which the main component and the spurious component are both present, and the second time gate being provided for detecting the optical signal for a time interval during which the main component tends to or is zero; processing the detected optical signal to separate its main component.
US09772281B2
A system for measuring air quality, including a housing having an inlet, and outlet, and defining an air pathway therebetween, an air pump operationally connected in fluidic communication with air inlet and outlet for urging along the air flow pathway, a particle collector having an adhesive side positioned in the air flow pathway, and an electronic controller operationally connected to the optical sensor assembly for sending control signals to the optical sensor assembly and for receiving data from the optical sensor assembly. The system also includes an optical sensor assembly positioned for optical interrogate the particle collector, and further including a light source positioned to shine on the particle collector and an optical sensor positioned to receive light travelling from the particle collector.
US09772267B2
Method for characterizing a heavily biodegraded oil sand ore sample by microwave-assisted bitumen extraction. Vacuum-filtration of solvent-extracted bitumen and sediments provides a means to recover sediment fines down to a particle size of 0.8 μm, which is the analytical requirement for accurate mineralogical analysis of the clay mineral fraction. The method may be completed in hours, making it suitable for “just-in-time” analyzes at the mine site. The recovered sediment and sediment fines are suitable for characterization using traditional analytical techniques to understand mineralogy, petrology, and reservoir properties.
US09772264B2
An automatic analyzer is capable of controlling the gap between the tip of the sample nozzle and the bottom surface of the reaction container and restricting the sample attached to the tip of the sample nozzle. A movement distance of an arm is calculated and stored while the tip of the sample nozzle contacts a coordinate measurement stand until a stop position detector detects a stop position detection plate. The sample nozzle is moved toward the bottom surface of the reaction container and is stopped at the time when the stop position detector detects the stop position detection plate. The arm is moved upwardly for the movement distance stored in memory from this position. The sample nozzle can be stopped such that the tip of the sample nozzle is contacted to the bottom surface of the reaction container and the bend (warp) of the sample nozzle is restricted.
US09772262B1
A diffusion sampler includes an elongated tubular structure, a first coupling device, at least a first membrane and a reservoir mechanism. The structure has an outer wall that defines an interior space therein. The outer wall defines a plurality of openings. A membrane is disposed around the outer wall at least in the area of the upper portion of the structure and is configured to allow at least one first selected type of molecule to pass therethrough. A reservoir mechanism is coupled to a bottom portion of the structure and is configured to define a reservoir in the lower portion of the structure that prevents a selected liquid from flowing out of the lower portion of the structure.
US09772261B2
An electrically passive device and method for in-situ acoustic emission, and/or releasing, sampling and/or measuring of a fluid or various material(s) is provided. The device may provide a robust timing mechanism to release, sample and/or perform measurements on a predefined schedule, and, in various embodiments, emits an acoustic signal sequence(s) that may be used for triangulation of the device position within, for example, a hydrocarbon reservoir or a living body.
US09772259B2
A method for calibrating an X-ray inspection system for a tire. The X-ray inspection system includes an X-ray tube, a linear X-ray detector, and a manipulator for the tire. The method includes moving one of the X-ray tube, the linear X-ray detector, and the manipulator along a travel path from a set starting position to a set end position, capturing, at a preset reading rate during the movement of one of the X-ray tube, the linear X-ray detector, and the manipulator, a continuous capture of X-ray radiography images of a cord within the tire, tracking the cord using successive X-ray radiography images, and deducing an absolute position of the cord using a total shift of the cord in the X-ray radiography images between the starting position and the end position and using known geometric data.
US09772251B2
A vibration detection device (10) is provided with a vibration detection unit (110), a sensor-side leak determination unit (120), a first transmission unit (130), and a second transmission unit (140). The vibration detection unit (110) detects vibration transmitted through piping (30). The sensor-side leak determination unit (120) determines whether or not there is a possibility of a leak in the piping (30) based on a measurement result of the vibration detection unit (110). When the sensor-side leak determination unit (120) determines that there is a possibility of a leak, the first transmission unit (130) transmits provisional leak information to an information processing device (20). The provisional leak information indicates that there is a possibility of a leak in the piping (30). When waveform request information indicating a request for waveform data of the vibration is received from the information processing device (20), the second transmission unit (140) transmits waveform data measured by the vibration detection unit (110) to the information processing device (20).
US09772248B2
This disclosure provides example systems and methods for high pressure flat plate transducer assemblies. A first example embodiment of the transducer assembly is provided, which includes a transducer, a housing, and a transducer header. The transducer header can be configured for accepting the transducer and for mating with the housing at an interface between the header back side and the housing. The first embodiment of the transducer assembly is configured such that a pressure exerted on the transducer compresses the interface between the header back side and the housing. A second example embodiment is provided that includes a one-piece housing having a built-in header portion configured for accepting the transducer. In this second embodiment, the interface adapter is configured for attaching to a mating surface and to the housing. In the second example embodiment, the transducer assembly is configured such that the pressure presses the transducer against the housing.
US09772245B2
A pressure sensor measures pressure by measuring the deflection of a MEMS membrane using a capacitive read-out method. There are two ways to implement the invention. One involves the use of an integrated Pirani sensor and the other involves the use of an integrated resonator, to function as a reference pressure sensor, for measuring an internal cavity pressure.
US09772243B2
A differential pressure measuring device (10, 50) comprising a housing (18) having two pressure areas (20, 22) which are sealed relative to each other and are separated from each other by a membrane (12, 54). The membrane (12, 54) comprises a pressure plate (14) surrounded by an elastic circumferential area (16) allowing axial movement of the pressure plate (14). An indicator element (24, 56) is permanently connected to the pressure plate (14) and whose position can be evaluated in a non-contact manner by a sensor (34, 58). At least one pair of springs (28, 52) is provided, with one spring (30, 32) each of said pair of springs being located in an allocated pressure area (20, 22). Each spring (30, 32) of said pair of springs (28, 52) exerts an opposing spring force on the pressure plate (14).
US09772237B1
A load can be applied to a beam and a property of the load can be calculated. In one example, a first shear gauge can be configured for positioning on a neutral axis of a beam on one side of a force that the beam is subjected to. Similarly, a second shear gauge can be configured for positioning on the neutral axis of the beam on an opposite side of the force to the first shear gauge. A calculator can be configured to identify a characteristic of the force through use of an output of the first shear gauge and through use of an output of the second shear gauge.
US09772235B2
A method of sensing superheat includes the steps of: (a) connecting a fluid inlet member of a superheat sensor to one of a plurality of fluid systems; (b) allowing fluid to flow from the fluid system to which the superheat sensor is connected to the superheat sensor; (c) sensing a temperature of the fluid in the fluid system with one of an internal temperature sensor mounted within a housing of the superheat sensor and an external temperature sensor mounted outside of the housing of the superheat sensor; and (d) calculating a superheat of the fluid in the fluid system.
US09772228B2
A device and a method for optical measurement of a target, wherein the target is irradiated with radiation beam (15) and a measurement beam (27) is received from the target and detected. Commonly used absorbance, reflectance and fluorescence measurements do not provide adequate information in e.g. measuring small contents of sulphur compounds. The present solution provides a new Raman spectrometer which is suitable for mass applications. A target is activated with pulses of a laser diode (12). The Raman signatures are measured and integrated successively with a point detector (44). A Fabry-Perot interferometer (42) on the measurement path is successively controlled into corresponding pass bands. While high spectral resolution or range is not required it is possible to use small-sized and low cost components.
US09772227B2
A portable spectrometer, including a smart phone case storing a portable spectrometer, wherein the portable spectrometer includes a cavity; a source for emitting electromagnetic radiation that is directed on a sample in the cavity, wherein the electromagnetic radiation is reflected within the cavity to form multiple passes of the electromagnetic radiation through the sample; a detector for detecting the electromagnetic radiation after the electromagnetic radiation has made the multiple passes through the sample in the cavity, the detector outputting a signal in response to the detecting; and a device for communicating the signal to a smart phone, wherein the smart phone executes an application that performs a spectral analysis of the signal.
US09772223B2
Operational parameters of a single-photon detector are determined with a continuous wave laser source. At a fixed trigger, a dark count probability and a series of count probabilities at different optical powers are determined. A particular optical power is selected by using a wide-range variable attenuator to attenuate the optical power of the continuous wave laser. The dark count probability and the count probabilities are determined for different trigger rates. The operational parameters include efficiency, afterpulsing constant, and detrap time. The operational parameters are computed by fitting the computed dark count probabilities and count probabilities to a user-defined relationship.
US09772220B1
A hydrophone has a pair of end caps each disposed on a different open end of an air-backed cylinder of a piezoelectric ceramic material. An electrode or lead extends through one of the end caps and into the cylinder, and has a shape and a lateral width that extends across an interior of the cylinder and abuts an inner surface of the cylinder at multiple points.
US09772217B2
System and method for maintaining recipe ratios when measuring ingredients for culinary combinations
A system and method for assisting a user in assembling a culinary combination according to a recipe. The system comprises a scale and a computing device configured to communicate with the scale. The system displays information regarding ingredients of the recipe and displays a progress of assembling the culinary combination based on the information from the scale. In some embodiments, a bar graph is displayed with a bar proportional to the measured amount of an ingredient of the recipe compared to a target amount for the ingredient. In some embodiments, the system displays a build column of one or more recipe blocks, representing actions or ingredients of the recipe. An active recipe block is displayed with a portion of the recipe block displayed in a different manner in proportion to the measured amount of an ingredient of the recipe compared to a target amount for the ingredient.
US09772213B2
A liquid level detector may include a rotator fixed to an arm, a magnet fixed to the rotator, and a supporter rotatably supporting the rotator. The supporter may include a body, and an outer circumference wall disposed along a rotation direction of the arm on an outer circumference side of the magnet. The rotator may include a cover covering an end part of the outer circumference wall, and an opposing wall opposing at least one of an inner circumference surface and an outer circumference surface of the outer circumference wall. A first clearance between the supporter and the magnet may communicate with an outer space via a second clearance between the outer circumference wall and the cover and a third clearance between the outer circumference wall and the opposing wall. The first clearance may be larger than at least one of the second clearance and the third clearance.
US09772210B1
A fluid (oil) storage tank is often in a remote place. A temperature sensor strip is affixed vertically down the outside of the tank. Each sensor sends its electronic signature and temperature to a local microprocessor. Various types of computations yield an accurate level indication on a local display, all powered by a car battery, solar panel or power supply. Data can be sent remotely as well. For explosive environments only a small processor is powered adjacent the tank. Then a second processor has the power to compute and analyze the raw temperature data and display it at a safe distance from the tank with only a twisted pair of low volt wires reaching the tank. Other non-explosive tanks such as a water tank can use a signal processor adjacent the strip for all data collection, computing and display functions.
US09772208B2
Provided is a thermal type flowmeter in which contamination of a sensor element is reduced. The flowmeter includes a sensor element including a heating resistor formed in a thin film part, the thin film part being provided on a diaphragm formed on a substrate; a support member to locate the sensor element thereon; a secondary channel that includes part of the support member and takes in part of intake air flowing through an air intake pipeline; and a guide member provided on the support member or the sensor element that lies on a line L that extends along an air flow in the secondary channel and passing over the thin film part, the guide member allowing fine particles to be guided in a direction away from the line L, the fine particles coming together with an air flow along the surface of the support member or the sensor element.
US09772207B2
An apparatus for determining fluid flow in a pipe including a transit time chordal ultrasonic meter that eliminates dependence of meter factor on Reynolds number for measuring the flow through the pipe. The meter having a bore through which the fluid flows and a plurality of cavities with transducers disposed in the cavities which produce ultrasonic pulses that pass through the fluid and define multiple chords. The fluid velocity measured by clocking the pulses' time traveling diagonally upstream and downstream between pairs of the transducers. The transducers in the cavities isolated from the fluid flow in the bore by each cavity of the cavities having a liner which separates each cavity from the bore. A method.
US09772205B2
A method for electrically activating a measurement stand with a movement of at least one measuring probe (26) from a starting position (31) into a measuring position (32) and also a measurement stand for supporting a measuring probe, in particular for measuring the thickness of thin layers, in which a motor (34) is activated by a control arrangement (25), which moves a ram (23) up and down via a drive arrangement (35), wherein a retainer (24) is provided on the ram (23), to which retainer the measuring probe (26) can be fastened, in which a freewheel is activated between the drive arrangement (35) and the ram (33) as soon as the measuring probe (26) or retainer (23) is set down in the measuring position (32) on an item to be measured (14) and the movement of the drive arrangement (35) is decoupled from the vertical movement of the ram (23), wherein a movement speed of the at least one measuring probe (14) from the starting position (31) into the measuring position (32) is reduced by mechanical damping or electrical damping before the measuring position (32) is reached.
US09772186B1
A miniaturized inertial measurement and navigation sensor device and a flexible, simplified GUI operating in real time are provided to create an optimum IMU/INS. The IMU includes multiple angle rate sensors, accelerometers, and temperature sensors to provide stability device. A navigation GUI tests algorithms prior to embedding them in real-time IMU hardware. MATLAB code is converted to C++ code tailored for real-time operation. Any point in the algorithm suite structure can be brought out as a data channel to investigate the pattern of operation. The data channels permit zooming in on the algorithm's operation for the open-loop angle, velocity and position drift measurements for bias-compensated channels. The GUI can be used to verify results of an extended Kalman filter solution as well as the implementation of the real-time attitude and heading reference system. When the code has been verified, it is compiled and downloaded into a target processor.
US09772183B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method of optical inspection of substrates that have relative large variations in topography. The present disclosure provides a system wherein optical components of the optical inspection system can be automatically moved vertically towards or away from the substrate during optical inspection of the substrate. The system moves the optics in a controlled and precise manner, thereby enabling accurate on-the-fly inspection of substrates having a large variation in topography.
US09772178B2
Provided is an optical measuring device that can realize a wide measurement region without an increase in the measurement time or a reduction in the measurement region while avoiding damage to a measurement target due to excessive light exposure, using a simple configuration. The device includes a light source, an optical splitting unit configured to split a light beam emitted from the light source into a signal beam and a reference beam, an objective lens configured to focus the signal beam and irradiate a measurement target with the signal beam, a scanning unit configured to move the focus position of the signal beam, an optical element having lower transmissivity in its peripheral portion than in its central portion, interference optics configured to combine the reference beam with the signal beam reflected or scattered by the measurement target, thereby generating interference beams, and photodetectors configured to detect the respective interference beams.
US09772169B2
The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert is a three-piece arrow tip attached to an arrow shaft and includes an arrow tip insert, an arrow tip collar, and an arrow tip. The arrow tip insert is threadably received by the arrow tip collar and is attached to the arrow shaft, where the arrow tip is inserted within, and the arrow tip collar overlaps, the arrow shaft. The arrow tip is inserted through the arrow tip collar and attached directly to the arrow tip insert without protruding into the arrow shaft. Sections of the arrow tip insert may be removed to adjust the overall weight of the arrow. The Adjustable Archery Arrow Insert transfers the impact forces of the arrow tip to the arrow tip insert and arrow tip collar, where the forces are transferred over a larger area thereby minimizing the forces on front edge of the arrow shaft.
US09772159B2
An assembly for rapid loading and feeding of paintballs in a paintball marker comprises a receiver mountable on the marker, having an opening to receive and secure a magazine carrying paintballs. An ejection mechanism to clear a magazine from the opening may also be provided. The magazine comprises an outer shell that interacts with the receiver to secure the magazine, and holds an arming mechanism that is manipulated by twisting or pulling to selectively cover apertures in the outer shell to secure the paintballs within the magazine, or uncover the apertures to release the paintballs.
US09772158B1
A gun support system for supporting a firearm on a tree without permanently altering the tree. The gun support system has a supporting means for supporting a firearm, a mounting means for placing the gun support system against the tree, and an attachment means for temporarily attaching the gun support system to the tree. The supporting means allows the firearm to rest in a substantially upright position against it for easy and ready access by the user. The attachment means is adjustable for use on trees having different diameters. When disassembled, the gun support system is compact and lightweight for ease in transport and storage.
US09772157B2
A projectile launching device includes a primary tube having a primary passage for launching a projectile. In some embodiments, the projectile launching device further includes a secondary tube disposed about the primary tube and defining a secondary passage, and a flow apparatus in fluid communication with the secondary passage configured to move gas through the secondary passage. An opening is at the end of the secondary tube and is configured to allow gas to laminarly exit the secondary passage. In other embodiments, the projectile launching device further includes a flow apparatus in fluid communication with the primary passage configured to draw gas from the primary passage to provide at least a partial vacuum in the primary passage. The projectile launching device may provide increased range, accuracy, and velocity of the projectile, in addition to providing a reduced sound signature of the projectile launching device.
US09772153B1
A rotary ammunition magazine for a rifle has a follower that is spring biased and rotates about an axis to move cartridges for feeding to the rifle's chamber. The follower has a rib and/or a projection on a surface facing the cartridges. The rib engages the last cartridge in a stack and directs the force from the follower in the direction of movement of the cartridges within the magazine. The projection engages the extractor groove in the last cartridge to prevent it from moving under inertial forces caused by recoil. The rib engages and prevents the last cartridge from moving down the follower. The projection and rib prevent bolt override malfunctions.
US09772151B1
The inventive technology herein describes an improved magazine extension configured to be coupled with an ammunition magazine for a firearm. In one embodiment, the improved magazine extension may include an indexing channel to facilitate a more efficient and accurate indexing of the magazine into the firearm. Additional embodiments may include an improved magazine extension having an increased ammunition capacity, as well as a quick release catch to enable the efficient removal of a magazine from the firearm.
US09772148B2
A display device includes a display module, a support housing, and a heat dissipating module. The display module has a back surface, wherein at least a portion of the back surface has a first heat dissipating block. The support housing is disposed opposite the back surface. The support housing sandwiches with the back surface a mezzanine space for disposing the first dissipating module. The first heat dissipating module includes a first heat dissipating body and a first elastic unit. The first heat dissipating module has a first heat exchange surface and a first pressure receiving surface facing away from each other, wherein the first heat exchange surface is heat exchange connected to the first heat dissipating block. The first elastic unit disposed compressed between the first pressure receiving surface and the support housing, wherein with the support housing as a source of reaction force, the first elastic unit provides the first pressure receiving surface with a first pressing force.
US09772143B2
A thermal module includes a first heat transfer member and a second heat transfer member. The first heat transfer member has a first chamber in which a first capillary structure is disposed. The second heat transfer member has a second chamber and a conduction section. A second capillary structure is disposed in the second chamber. The conduction section is received in the first chamber. A third capillary structure is disposed on outer surface of the conduction section. A working fluid is respectively filled in the first and second chambers. The third capillary structure is disposed on the outer surface of the conduction section to enhance the heat transfer effect of the second heat transfer member so as to enhance the heat transfer efficiency of the entire thermal module.
US09772139B2
The invention relates to a process for removing oxygen from liquid argon using a TSA (temperature swing adsorption) cyclical process that includes cooling an adsorbent bed to sustain argon in a liquid phase; supplying the adsorbent bed with a liquid argon feed that is contaminated with oxygen and purifying the liquid argon thereby producing an argon product with less oxygen contaminant than is in the initial liquid argon feed; draining the purified residual liquid argon product and sending purified argon out of the adsorbent bed. Regeneration of specially prepared adsorbent allows the adsorbent bed to warm up to temperatures that preclude the use of requiring either vacuum or evacuation of adsorbent from the bed.
US09772138B2
A cooling box to control temperature so that an internal temperature of the cooling box becomes equal to a set temperature, includes: a control device including an temperature sensor to detect an ambient temperature of the box, and adjust a supply amount of warm air into the box after stopping supply of cold air thereinto based on the ambient temperature; and a door sensor to detect whether an opening connected with the interior of the cooling box is in either an open or closed state, when the door sensor detects a change of the opening from an open to closed state. The control device executes control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a first value until a predetermined period has elapsed, and executes control so that the warm-air-supply-amount reaches a second value smaller than the first value after the predetermined period has elapsed.
US09772136B2
The present invention relates to a refrigerator and to an apparatus and method for refrigerator diagnosis. More particularly, the refrigerator converts product information and outputs a tone when a command for storing data and performing a diagnosis is inputted during operation. The refrigerator diagnosis apparatus receives the tone and diagnoses the state of or presence of defects in the refrigerator based on the data contained in the product information so as to analyze the cause of the defect and propose countermeasures to repair the refrigerator. Thus, the diagnosis of defects may be accurately and easily performed upon the occurrence of defect in the refrigerator.
US09772132B2
A method of operating a cooling system that has at least one evaporator containing a refrigerant and at least one adsorbent chamber containing adsorbent configured to provide adsorption of vaporized refrigerant from the at least one evaporator in a cooling mode and provide desorption of the refrigerant to the at least one evaporator in a recharging mode, the method including; controlling the adsorption and desorption of the refrigerant of the at least one adsorbent chamber between the cooling modes and recharging modes during a cooling cycle; ceasing desorption of the refrigerant from the at least one adsorbent chamber; allowing adsorption of the vaporized refrigerant from the at least one evaporator; and maintaining the at least one adsorbent chamber in an adsorbed state at the end of the cooling cycle in a storage mode.
US09772115B2
An intelligent thermostat control system for a building, such as a residential home, that automatically adjusts a thermostat setting in the home based on real-time data continually received from mobile devices and/or social media files associated with the residents. This allows the thermostat controller to override the explicit programmed settings with implicit settings based on activity analysis taking the actual locations and schedules of the residents into account. The intelligent thermostat controller may control different zones differently to take into account the schedules and locations of specific residents associated with specific zones. The temperature controller may also adaptively learn a number of parameters based on monitored data, such as travel times and heating/cooling times for the zones based, to determine times for adjusting the thermostats.
US09772112B2
Provided is a cooking appliance that includes an oven cavity, at least one heating element for heating the oven cavity, and a door movable between an open position and a closed position for selectively providing access to the oven cavity. The door includes a first glass pane spaced from a second glass pane to define a space therebetween. The cooking appliance further includes a blower configured to move air through the space between the first glass pane and the second glass pane. The door includes a longitudinal axis that is substantially vertical when the door is in the closed position and the first glass pane and the second glass pane each form an acute angle with the longitudinal axis.
US09772106B2
A device (1) for electromagnetic treatment of fuels by means of an electromagnetic field comprises at least a resonance oscillator module (D, E, F) for generating an electric alternating field, a supply module (B) for supplying an alternating voltage to the at least one resonance oscillator module (D, E, F). The resonance oscillator module (D, E, F) comprises a plurality of oscillating circuits mutually connected, with a plurality of coils (6) and a plurality of capacitors (3, 4). Each coil (6) is formed of precisely one closed winding and each capacitor (3, 4) is connected to two coils (6) in such a way that connection points of the capacitors (3, 4) are distributed along the closed winding and are spaced from one another. Each coil (6) is connected in such a way to at least a further coil (6) that the connected coils (6) have no common capacitor connection.
US09772105B2
A device for optimizing hydrocarbon combustion has at least one dipole antenna comprising first and second wires extending in opposite directions. At least one power source, can supply the wires with voltages which are intermittent, alternating and sinusoidal, said voltages being between 2,000 V to 100,000 V and having frequencies between 30 KHz and 1 MHz. The voltage in the second wire is opposite and balanced to the voltage in the first wire. When the dipole antenna is placed parallel and in close proximity to a hydrocarbon supply, an electromagnetic field acts on the hydrocarbon to enhance combustion of the hydrocarbon. An apparatus including the device and a method of using the device to optimize hydrocarbon combustion are also provided.
US09772101B2
An illumination device comprises a holder, a plurality of light emitting elements, a translucent cover and a lamp cap structure. The holder comprises a heat dissipating base body and a carrying unit. The carrying unit is connected to a top portion of the heat dissipating base body and comprises a carrying base body, a circuit pattern and a heat dissipating pattern, the circuit pattern and the heat dissipating pattern are directly formed to a surface of the carrying base body, the circuit pattern has a plurality of mounting positions, the heat dissipating pattern at least extends from a region close to the mounting position to a region where the heat dissipating pattern can contact the heat dissipating base body. The plurality of light emitting elements are respectively provided at the plurality of the mounting positions and establish an electrical connection with the circuit pattern.
US09772099B2
A luminaire comprising a housing formed of thermally conductive polymer with an optic carried thereby, a trim carried by the optic, and a light source. The light source may comprise an LED board comprising a copper layer and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed on the LED board. The luminaire may also comprise control circuitry operably coupled to the plurality of LEDs, wherein the LED board is positioned in thermal communication with the housing. The luminaire may further comprise a mounting member configured to be attached to each of the housing and an external structure. The control circuitry may be configured to operate the plurality of LEDs such that heat generated by the plurality of LEDs is dissipated by the copper layer of the LED board.
US09772092B2
A lamp assembly and to a method for assembling the lamp assembly with a heat sink, a base plate for holding at least one light source, and a reflector. A light that can be generated by the light source can be directed into this reflector and wherein the heat sink has a mounting surface on which the base plate and the reflector are arranged one on top of the other. A common mounting opening extends through the heat sink, the base plate, and the reflector, wherein a spring element and a tension element are arranged in this opening and wherein the heat sink, the base plate, and the reflector are clamped one on top of the other with a clamping force by means of the spring element. The clamping force is applied on the spring element by means of the tension element.
US09772090B2
A cable assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a printed circuit board (PCB) (2) received in the insulative housing, a light member (4) mounted on the PCB, a light guide member (5) mounted on the PCB, and a shading member (6) covering the light guide member. The insulative housing includes a housing body (11), a receiving cavity (12) enclosed by the housing body, and a light transmitting area (13) mounted on the housing body. The PCB is mounted in the receiving cavity and the light guide member opposes the light transmitting area to transmit light emitted by the light member to outside of the insulative housing. The light guide member (5) is integrally formed with the shading member (6).
US09772079B2
A flame simulating device includes an upper part, a light source, a container and an oscillation device. The upper part has a flame element which freely swings relative to the upper part, and the light source located in the upper part emits light toward the flame-shaped portion. The container is located below the upper part and contains liquid therein. The oscillation device is located at the underside of the container and oscillates the liquid in the container to generate liquid vapor and liquid droplets, the liquid droplets hit and irregularly swing the flame element. The liquid vapor provides a foggy environment.
US09772071B2
A light emitting assembly 100, a lamp and a luminaire are provided. The light emitting assembly 100 comprises a first light source 112, a second light source 118, a first luminescent material 106, a second luminescent material 116 and a light exit window 102. The first light source 112 emits light 110 in a Ultra Violet spectral range. The second light source 118 emits light in a blue spectral range having a first peak wavelength. The first luminescent material 106 is arranged to receive light 110 from the first light source 112 and is configured to absorb light 110 in the Ultra Violet spectral range and to convert a portion of the absorbed light towards light 104 in the blue spectral range. The second luminescent material 116 is arranged to receive light 105 from the second light source 118 and is configured to almost fully convert the received light 105 in the blue spectral range received from the second light source to light with a spectral range of light having a second peak wavelength. The second peak wavelength is larger than the first peak wavelength. The light exit window 102 is arranged to transfer light emitted by the first luminescent material 106 and by the second luminescent material 116 into an ambient of the light emitting assembly 100.
US09772065B2
A mounting system for mounting a display device to a surface, the mounting system adjustable in multiple degrees of freedom to selectively position and orientate the attached device relative to the mounting surface and/or other collocated display devices. According to various embodiments, a surface bracket is configured to attach to a mounting surface and an arm assembly operatively couples the surface bracket with a mount carriage. A mount bracket is movably coupled to the mount carriage and is selectively movable in a plane substantially parallel to the surface. A plurality of device bracket assemblies are coupled to the mount bracket. Each of the device bracket assemblies is selectively movable to translate, pivot and tilt the attached device.
US09772064B2
A display with a supporting mechanism includes a display module and a supporting device connecting the display module. The supporting device includes a base and a rotatable support. The base is used for fixing the display module and includes a first constraint structure. The rotatable support includes a rotation member pivotally connected to the base, a connection member, and a handle pivotally connected to the rotation member through the connection member. The connection member includes a second constraint structure engaged with or disengaged from the first constraint structure. Therein, when the rotation member is located at a position relative to the base, the first and second constraint structures are engaged with each and thus prevent the handle from rotating relative to the rotation member through the connection member, so that a user can carry the display module by gripping the handle with a hand.
US09772056B2
A tube connector comprising a male portion having a male portion thread on an outer surface, a first tube having a first tube surface disposed at a seat angle (θ) of approximately 37° to a tube connector centerline, the male portion having a clearance engagement with the first tube, a nut having a clearance engagement with a second tube, the nut engagable with the male portion thread, the second tube having a second tube surface disposed at a seat angle (θ′) in the range of (θ′)=(θ+x)°, were x=+0° up to 1°, and the first tube surface compressed by the nut and the male portion against the second tube surface for a sealing engagement between the first tube surface and the second tube surface.
US09772053B2
The invention relates to an unbonded flexible pipe with a longitudinal axis and which comprises from inside outwards a carcass formed by metal windings with gaps between neighboring windings, at least one covering tape and an inner sealing sheath of a polymer extruded onto the covering tape. The covering tape is helically wound with a winding direction defining a tape length direction and a tape width direction perpendicular to the tape length direction. The covering tape comprises lengthwise continuous filament yarns arranged in the tape length direction of the covering tape. The covering tape has a thickness direction perpendicular to the tape length direction. The warp yarns have a thickness determined in the thickness direction of the covering tape of about 100 μm or less, such as of about 50 μm or less, such as from about 5 to about 25 μm.
US09772044B2
A flow meter includes an image sensor, a coupler, a support member and one or more processors. The coupler is adapted to couple to a drip chamber. The support member is operatively coupled to the coupler. The image sensor has a field of view and is operatively coupled to the support member. The image sensor is positioned to view the drip chamber within the field of view. The processor receives data from the image sensor and is configured to: receive a first image from the image sensor, compare the first image to a second image, and generate a difference image based upon the comparison between the first and second images.
US09772041B2
A non-return valve assembly for a high-pressure fuel injection system is disclosed. The valve comprises a valve chamber defined in part by a first body and in part by a second body and defining a valve chamber wall, an inlet passage formed in the first body and opening into the valve chamber at a valve seat defined by the first body, an outlet passage, and a valve ball received within the valve chamber and engageable with the valve seat so as to interrupt fluid flow from the outlet passage to the inlet passage through the valve chamber. The valve chamber wall comprises a plurality of guide portions to guide the valve ball in substantially linear movement within the valve chamber.
US09772037B2
A sliding component, which achieves both sealing and lubrication by preventing cavitation from occurring in the dynamic-pressure generation mechanism and thereby solving the problem of leakage that will otherwise result from such cavitation, is characterized in that, on a sealing face of one of a pair of sliding parts that slide against each other, extremely shallow grooves constituting a Rayleigh step mechanism are provided in a manner facing the high-pressure fluid side of the sealing face, while deep fluid-introduction grooves for introducing the high-pressure fluid are provided on the upstream side of the extremely shallow grooves in a manner continuing to the high-pressure fluid side.
US09772032B2
A hydraulic system for a hybrid module which is located between an engine and a transmission includes a parallel arrangement of a mechanical pump and an electric pump. Each pump is constructed and arranged to deliver oil to other portions of the hydraulic system depending on the operational mode. Three operational modes are described including an electric mode, a transition mode, and a cruise mode. Various monitoring and control features are incorporated into the hydraulic system.
US09772031B2
A shifter assembly for a vehicle that includes a shift lever connected to a shifter and in communication with the vehicle and a transmission. A display is positioned on the shift lever indicating data of the vehicle or transmission. A start button is positioned on the shift lever and is linked with an ignition of the vehicle.
US09772025B2
A rope control device a main body defining a central opening and first and second side portions, projections extending from the main body, an end recess defined by the first and second projections, an end friction surface formed at a juncture of a projection and the main body, and a bar. With the bar in a first position, the first rope portion is extended through the central opening and at least partly around the bar. With the bar in a second position, the main body and the bar define first and second opening portions of the central opening and the first rope portion is extended through the first and second opening portions and at least partly around the bar. The second rope portion is arranged within the first end recess such that, when the rope is under tension, the second rope portion frictionally engages the first end friction surface.
US09772017B2
A transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, at least four planetary gearsets, a variable-ratio unit, and at least four clutches. The input shaft is configured to receive torque from a drive unit. The output shaft is configured to transmit torque to a load. The at least four planetary gearsets, the variable-ratio unit, and the at least four clutches are arranged between the input shaft and the output shaft. The at least four clutches are selectively engageable in combination with one another to select one of at least four operating modes.
US09772012B2
A driving mechanism including a first rod (103a), a second rod (104a), a first planar motor (106) moving on a plane, a center planar motor (105) moving on the plane and a moving portion (101), in which one end of the first rod is rotatably connected to the moving portion by a first rotation fulcrum (125a), the other end of the first rod is rotatably connected to the first planar motor by a second rotation fulcrum (126a), one end of the second rod is rotatably connected by a third rotation fulcrum (128a) provided on the first rod. The other end of the second rod is rotatably connected to the center planar motor by a fourth rotation fulcrum (127a), and the moving portion is moved so as to recede from the center planar motor when the first planar motor is moved near to the center planar motor.
US09772010B2
A building closure operator includes an operator arm pivotable about an arm axis from an arm closed position to an arm open position, an arm lock actuatable to lock the arm in different locked positions and releasable to release the arm, and an articulatable lever pivotable about a lever axis parallel to the arm axis, from a lever home position corresponding to the arm closed position, to a lever actuated position corresponding to the arm open position. The lever includes a lever coupling maintainable in the lever actuated position, and a lever handle pivotable with respect to the lever coupling back to the home position to actuate the arm lock to lock the arm in one of the different locked positions.
US09772001B2
An over-loading protection pressing device adapted for pressing an object includes a housing, a pressing head and a protection portion. The housing has a clamping portion fixed thereon. The pressing head protrudes from the housing, and the pressing head is configured for pressing the object. The protection portion is configured to be received in the housing and coupled to the pressing head via a supporting pole. The protection portion is clamped by the clamping portion. When a pressure along a lengthwise direction of the housing is in a predetermined range, the clamping portion is clipped on a first position of the protection portion; when the pressure is over a predetermined range, the clamping portion can move from the first position to a second position.
US09771995B2
A silent block comprises a first basic element and a rubber body at least partially surrounding the first basic element. The rubber body has, on its bearing side oriented toward a fastening side, at least one projection that projects beyond the bearing side in a direction of the fastening side.
US09771994B2
A friction material for a clutch comprising a plurality of fibers and a filler material including crystalline silica. The crystalline silica is cristobalite in an example aspect. A friction material for a clutch comprising: a plurality of fibers; and, a filler composition including: an amorphous silica-containing material; and, a plurality of crystalline silica particles, said particles having a Mohs hardness at least 6 and characterized by a rounded morphology. A friction material for a clutch comprising: a plurality of fibers; a filler composition including: diatomaceous earth; and, cristobalite including a plurality of particles characterized by a median particle size in a range from about 0.5 μm to about 5 μm; and, a resin; and, the friction material includes cristobalite in a range of from about 2% to about 20% by weight based on total weight of the friction material and has a static friction coefficient of at least 0.115.
US09771990B2
A brake component handling apparatus (10) comprising a frame (12) structure having a plurality of wheels (16). A shaft (14) is supported to extend upwardly from the frame (12). A support member (34) is rotatably secured to the shaft and an engagement member (36) is provided on the support member (34) to engage with a component of a brake assembly. The support member (34) comprises first and second plate members (50, 52) secured parallel and adjacent each other such the first plate member (50) is rotatable relative to the second plate member (52) and a locking mechanism is provided such that the first plate member (50) can be fixed relative to the second plate member (52).
US09771987B2
A disk brake includes a caliper, and a driving unit disposed in a housing attached to the caliper. An attachment portion used to attach the housing to the caliper and a connector used to supply power to the electric motor are protrudingly provided at the housing. The attachment portion is formed in such a manner that a distance between a center of the disk rotor and a portion of the attachment portion located farthest away from the center of the disk rotor in a radial direction is longer than a distance between the center of the disk rotor and a portion of the connector located farthest away from the center of the disk rotor in the radial direction, and a width of the connector in an axial direction of the disk rotor falls within a range of a width of the attachment portion in the axial direction.
US09771982B2
A wheel bearing arrangement for a vehicle, having rotatable and statically fixed components, and at least two rolling body bearings arranged radially between the rotatable and statically fixed components for rotatably mounting the rotatable component. The at least two rolling body bearings have in each case an inner ring, an outer ring, and a rolling body row arranged therebetween. A spacer sleeve is arranged at end sides of the respective inner rings for axially securing the two inner rings. A respective securing ring is arranged fixedly on the respective inner rings so as to rotate therewith. The securing rings each have a substantially axially configured lug with a respective radial embossment arranged in a respective groove configured on an outer circumferential face of the spacer sleeve, in order to connect the respective inner rings axially to the spacer sleeve via the respective securing rings.
US09771977B2
Gas bearing for an aspirating seal assembly is disclosed. The gas bearing includes a bearing body having a bearing surface. The gas bearing further includes a first through-hole disposed in the bearing body, and a plurality of second through-holes spaced apart from each other and disposed around the first through-hole. The first through-hole is characterized by a size, and a first central axis. Each second through-hole is characterized by a size, and a second central axis. The second central axis of each second through-hole in the plurality of second through-holes intersects the first central axis at an angle in a range from about 30 degrees to about 150 degrees or at an angle in a range from about −30 degrees to about −150 degrees. Size of at least one through-hole in the plurality of second through-holes is different from the size of the first through-hole.
US09771975B2
In the case of a device for the detachable connection of a furniture pull-out movably guided in a furniture body via a guide unit with the guide unit having at least one adapter element detachably connectable with a running rail of the guide unit and having fastening elements for fixing the adapter element to a component of the furniture pull-out, the fastening elements comprise a catch for the detachable fastening of the adapter element to an assigned component of the furniture pull-out.
US09771958B2
A piston-cylinder assembly, in particular for pneumatic, hydraulic or mechatronic systems, includes a cylinder housing and a piston. The piston is coupled to a piston rod and disposed in the cylinder housing such that it can move along a longitudinal axis. A measuring device for detecting piston or piston rod position is provided inside the cylinder housing.
US09771949B2
Guards for rotary pumps are described, the pump having a main body and further including an impeller housing and a driveshaft extending between the main body of the pump and the impeller housing; the pump further including an adjustable sealing arrangement provided at a region where the driveshaft enters the impeller housing, the guard provides access to adjust the sealing arrangement but obstructs access to the driveshaft.
US09771936B2
A gas compressor includes at least two first and second discharge ports (45a, 45b) which are provided at an upstream side in a rotation direction of a rotor (50) along a peripheral direction of an inner peripheral surface 40a of a cylinder (40) with respect to a closest area (proximity part (48)) where the inner peripheral surface (40a) of the cylinder (40) and an outer peripheral surface (50a) of the rotor (50) are closest in a range of one revolution of a rotation shaft (51) and configured to discharge the refrigerant gas compressed in compression chambers (43). Of the first and second discharge ports (45a, 45b), on only the first discharge port (45a) closest to the proximity part (48), a cutout groove portion (47) is provided at a downstream-side edge portion of the first discharge port (45a) in the rotation direction of the rotor (50).
US09771934B2
The present invention relates to an engine or pump called rotary piston engine or pump, comprising a shape of revolution F relative to a delta axis, and rotatably movable about said delta axis in relation to an envelope V, and n cavities distributed over the perimeter of F. In each cavity is housed a rotating roller, characterized in that at least one roller has its center angle determined so as to obtain the closed volumes it delimits, as large as possible.
US09771919B2
An ignition system for use with an engine is disclosed. The ignition system may have a pre-combustion chamber in fluid communication with a combustion chamber associated with the engine, and a fuel injection device configured to inject a fuel mixture directly into the pre-combustion chamber. The ignition system may also have a spark plug configured to ignite the fuel mixture within the pre-combustion chamber, and a controller in communication with a primary energy supply and an enhanced energy supply. The controller may be configured to direct a first current from the enhanced energy supply to the spark plug after the fuel mixture is injected into the pre-combustion chamber. The controller may also be configured to direct a second current from the primary energy supply to the spark plug just after the first current is being directed to the spark plug. The second current may have a frequency that is lower than the first current.
US09771917B2
A system, method, and engine control module for energy ignition management of a combustion engine. The method may be performed by the system or the engine control module. The method includes determining operating conditions of the combustion engine, setting ignition energy characteristics for a dedicated EGR cylinder and a non-dedicated EGR cylinder based on the operating conditions. The ignition energy characteristics include at least one of magnitude of energy, current, voltage, and ignition energy duration. At least one characteristic of the ignition energy characteristics for the non-dedicated EGR cylinder is different than a corresponding characteristic for the dedicated EGR cylinder. The method also includes energizing ignition aid plugs based on the ignition energy characteristics.
US09771904B2
Provided are a self-cleaning air filtering material and a preparation method therefor. The air filtering material comprises: a submicron fiber layer (2) at an inflow surface for surface filtration, a supporting area (3) for supporting and a mixed area (5) between the submicron fiber layer (2) and the supporting area (3), wherein the mixed area (5) is formed by contacting and mixing part of the fibers in the submicron fiber layer (2) and the supporting area (3) with each other during the one-step formation of the submicron fiber layer (2) and the supporting area (3) by passing through a double-layer headbox.
US09771902B2
An EGR device includes a housing having an outer pipe and an inner pipe. The inner pipe is accommodated in the outer pipe to define an annular passage externally with the outer pipe. The inner pipe defines an inner passage internally. The inner pipe has pipe through holes. A rotary valve is accommodated in the inner pipe. The rotary valve has valve through holes. The rotary valve is rotatable to communicate the annular passage with the inner passage through the valve through holes and the pipe through holes. The rotary valve is rotatable to block the inner passage from the annular passage.
US09771892B2
A method of starting up a thermoreactor arranged in an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine includes igniting combustion gas by spark ignition in at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas resulting from the combustion of the combustion gas is fed at least partially to the thermoreactor as an exhaust gas flow. The temperature of the exhaust gas resulting from combustion of the combustion gas is increased by the moment in time of the spark ignition being selected later in comparison with a present moment in time.
US09771891B2
A piston for an internal combustion engine may include a piston head and a piston skirt. The piston head may include a piston crown, a circumferential fire land, a circumferential ring belt having a plurality of ring grooves, and a circumferential cooling duct. The cooling duct may be open in a direction away from the fire land and may be at least partially closed by a closure element. The cooling duct may include a cooling duct bottom and a cooling duct ceiling. The piston skirt may have at least two piston bosses connected to one another via at least two running faces. At least one running face may have an inner face connected via a connecting land to an underside of the piston head.
US09771890B2
An oil passage which supplies hydraulic oil to a cylinder deactivation apparatus (CDA) that operates by hydraulic pressure may include a high pressure passage, a low pressure passage, and an orifice, all of which may be integrally formed in either a cylinder head or a cam carrier. The high pressure passage may be connected to an oil supply apparatus and receive oil therefrom. The low pressure passage may be coupled to the high pressure passage and receive pressurized oil therefrom and form a low pressure relatively lower than a pressure in the high pressure passage. The low pressure passage may be connected to supply a hydraulic pressure to the CDA. The orifice may couple the high pressure passage to the low pressure passage, communicate the high pressure passage and the low pressure passage and may be formed to supply oil from the high pressure passage to the low pressure passage.
US09771886B2
A method and system delivers a cryogenically stored fuel in a gaseous state into the air intake system of a gaseous fuelled internal combustion engine. The method involves measuring the pressure in the vapor space of the cryogenic storage vessel, comparing the measured pressure to a required fuel supply pressure and supplying fuel in gaseous state directly from the vapor space of the cryogenic storage vessel to the fuel delivery line that supplies fuel to the engine, when the pressure measured in the vapor space of the cryogenic storage vessel is equal to or higher than the required fuel supply pressure. The method further involves activating a cryogenic pump to deliver fuel to the internal combustion engine from the liquid space of the cryogenic storage vessel when the measured pressure in the vapor space is lower than the required fuel supply pressure.
US09771883B1
An engine assembly includes a control module configured to receive a torque request and an engine configured to produce an output torque in response to the torque request. The control module includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method for supervisory model predictive control. The control module includes a multi-layered structure with an upper-level (“UL”) optimizer module configured to optimize at least one system-level objective and a lower-level (“LL”) tracking control module configured to maintain at least one tracking parameter. The multi-layered structure is characterized by a decoupled cost function such that the UL optimizer module minimizes an upper-level cost function (CFUL) and the LL tracking control module minimizes a lower-level cost function (CFLL). The system-level objective may include minimizing fuel consumption of the engine and the tracking parameter may include delivering the torque requested to engine.
US09771877B2
Various embodiments include a system having: at least one computing device configured to tune a set of gas turbines (GTs) by performing actions including: commanding each GT in the set of GTs to a base load level, based upon a measured ambient condition for each GT; commanding each GT in the set of GTs to adjust a respective output to match a nominal mega-watt power output value, and subsequently measuring an actual fuel flow value for each GT; adjusting an operating condition of each GT in the set of GTs based upon a difference between the respective measured actual fuel flow value and a nominal fuel flow value at the ambient condition; commanding each GT in the set of GTs to a part load level, the part load level representing a fraction of the base load level, and subsequently measuring an actual fuel flow value for each GT at the part load level; and calibrating the set of GTs based upon a difference between the measured actual fuel flow value at the part load level and the measured actual fuel flow value after adjusting the output to match the nominal mega-watt power output value.
US09771872B2
A control system uses a modeled steam turbine megawatt (power) change attributed to a gas turbine demand change (i.e., a steam turbine to gas turbine transfer function) within a conventional closed loop feedback control scheme to perform control of a combined cycle power plant. This control system implements a form of internal model control and provides better unit megawatt (power) set-point tracking and disturbance variable rejection for overall more robust control, and thus operates to optimize the gas turbine operation of the combined cycle power plant in a manner that provides cost savings over time.
US09771868B2
An aircraft engine sound attenuation apparatus includes a perforated face member, a backing member, a plurality of connecting members coupling the perforated face member to the backing member to form a plurality of channels spanning from the perforated face member to the backing member, and a bulk absorber disposed in each of the plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of channels are connected to an interior portion of an aircraft engine nacelle component so that the plurality of channels are oriented in a direction substantially normal to a direction of fluid flow pressure drop passing through the aircraft engine.
US09771867B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a unique aircraft propulsion gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines with heat exchange systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US09771863B2
An aircraft body comprises a support structure. A gas turbine engine comprises a gas generator having at least one compressor rotor, at least one gas generator turbine rotor, and a combustion section. A fan drive turbine is positioned downstream of at least one gas generator turbine rotor, and is configured to drive a shaft. The shaft engages gears to drive a plurality of fan rotors. The gas turbine engine is embedded into the support structure such that there is an inlet leading through the support structure to the fan rotors to deliver air to the fan rotors. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US09771862B2
A cylinder block assembly for a V-engine is provided. In one example, the cylinder block assembly includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders divided into a first cylinder bank and a second cylinder bank, a valley positioned between the first and second cylinder banks, and a plurality of crankshaft supports. The cylinder block assembly further includes a structural frame including an interior surface coupled to the plurality of crankshaft supports and two top surfaces arranged above the interior surface and on opposing sides of the assembly, where each top surface is coupled to the cylinder block above a top of the plurality of crankshaft supports.
US09771858B2
An engine system is mounted on a vehicle and includes an engine and a turbocharger. The engine system control apparatus includes: a driving state identifier that identifies a driving state of the vehicle from a plurality of driving states; a surge determiner that determines whether a surge condition as a condition under which a surge noise is generated is satisfied, based on the identified driving state of the vehicle and an operating state of the engine; and a variable nozzle controller that controls, based on the identified driving state of the vehicle and the operating state of the engine, an opening degree of a variable nozzle of the turbocharger to be varied in an open direction, upon determination by the surge determiner that the surge condition is satisfied.
US09771851B2
An internal combustion engine fluidly coupled to an exhaust aftertreatment system includes a particulate filter device, a first selective catalytic reduction device disposed upstream relative to a second selective catalytic reduction device, and an injection system disposed to inject a reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream upstream relative to the first selective catalytic reduction device. A method for controlling the internal combustion engine includes monitoring engine operation, and determining an amount of particulate matter stored on the particulate filter based thereon. An amount of reductant stored on the second selective catalytic reduction device and operating conditions associated with the exhaust aftertreatment system are also determined. A process to regenerate the particulate filter is executed only when the amount of reductant stored on the second selective catalytic reduction device is greater than a minimum threshold and the operating conditions are conducive to regenerating of the particulate filter.
US09771847B2
An integrated load bank and exhaust heater for a diesel genset exhaust aftertreatment system of the type having a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) section. The load bank/heater can function as a load bank when testing the genset, as a heat source to optimize SCR efficiency, as to thermally regenerate the DPF filter.
US09771844B2
A low emissions 2-stroke natural gas fueled engine includes at least one cylinder with an exhaust port in communication with a silencer-catalytic converter unit. The unit has first and second volumes in communication with each other. The first volume damps spurious exhaust pressure excursions and removes particulates in the exhaust. The second volume houses an oxidation catalyst for treating exhaust to reduce exhaust emissions. The engine oil has at most 10 ppm zinc content to reduce metal poisons contained in the exhaust prior to contact with the oxidation catalyst. The engine oil preferably has a very low ash content to minimize sulfur combustion components in the exhaust to reduce masking of the oxidation catalyst. The first volume preferably has a pressure relief valve set to relieve at a pressure greater than the maximum normal operating pressure of the engine to avoid excessive pressure excursions of the engine exhaust from damaging the oxidation catalyst.
US09771842B2
A vibration-type oil separator includes a housing having a blow-by gas entering path through which a blow-by gas enters, an oil-discharging path which discharges an oil separated from the blow-by gas to outside, and a gas-discharging path which discharges a gas obtained by separating the oil from the blow-by gas to the outside. A vibration cylinder has an orifice formed thereon for escaping the gas and generating vibration by a back pressure of the blow-by gas and an external force applied to the housing to separate the oil and the blow-by gas. A fixing rod fixes the vibration cylinder in an internal space of the housing, in which both side portions thereof are fixed to the housing and a central portion thereof is fixed to the vibration cylinder.
US09771841B2
An internal combustion engine for an automotive vehicle has an intake manifold receiving fresh air via an inlet duct. The engine includes a crankcase. A turbocharger is provided having a compressor with an inlet coupled to the inlet duct and an outlet coupled to the intake manifold. A first vent line couples the crankcase with the compressor inlet. A second vent line couples the crankcase with the compressor outlet and intake manifold. The second vent line has a valve blocking air flow into the crankcase and allowing air flow out from the crankcase. The first vent line comprises a dual-acting valve having a first flow capacity into the crankcase and a second flow capacity out from the crankcase which is greater than the first flow capacity. Thus, crankcase ventilation is optimized for both engine idle and high engine load conditions.
US09771840B2
An engine assembly includes an oil pan including an oil pan body defining a cavity. The oil pan body includes a dividing wall separating the cavity into a first compartment and a second compartment. The dividing wall defines a compartment opening extending therethrough, and the compartment opening fluidly interconnects the first compartment and the second compartment. The engine assembly also includes an oil pump at least partially disposed inside the first compartment of the oil pan. The oil pump includes a pump pickup conduit in fluid communication with the first compartment. The engine assembly additionally includes a temperature sensor disposed inside the pump pickup conduit of the oil pump. The temperature sensor can measure the temperature of oil flowing into the oil pump. In other words, the temperature sensor can sense the temperature of the oil pumped in the engine.
US09771837B2
A camshaft phaser, including: an input component arranged to receive torque from an engine; an advance hub; an advance wedge plate radially disposed between the input component and the advance hub; and an actuation assembly including an advance pin arranged to be disposed in an advance channel for a camshaft and an actuator pin. For an advance mode: the actuator pin is arranged to radially displace the advance pin into non-rotatable connection with the advance hub; the advance hub is arranged to rotate, with respect to the input component, in a first circumferential direction; and the advance wedge plate is arranged to block rotation of the advance hub, with respect to the input component, in a second circumferential direction, opposite the first circumferential direction.
US09771834B2
An economic dispatch program allocates a load demand and an emission allowance of a power generation system among various power plants to determine the operational set-points and the pollution control set-points of each of the various power plants in a manner that minimizes the total operating cost for the power generation system, including the pollution control cost. The economic dispatch program uses the pollution control set-points and the load set-points of the various power plants as decision variables and takes into consideration the pollution control costs of the various power plants in allocating the load demand. During operation, the economic dispatch program takes into consideration the pollution credits available to the various power plants in allocating the load demand and pollution control level to determine the optimal operating solution for the power plants.
US09771832B2
A method for modifying a solar thermal power plant operating on conventional oil based technology into a hybrid solar thermal power plant includes: providing an oil-based solar thermal power plant, which includes a solar collection system with at least one radiation absorber tube containing a heat transfer oil to be heated by the solar collection system; providing a molten salts solar thermal power plant, which includes a solar collection system to heat a molten salts mixture; and coupling the respective plants such that the hybrid solar thermal power plant is configured to heat medium temperature steam generated by the oil based solar power plant by the molten salts mixture thereby producing high temperature steam and subsequently supplying it to a steam turbine to generate electricity.
US09771822B2
A method is provided for carbon-dioxide-neutral compensation for current level fluctuations in an electrical power supply system as a result of peaks and troughs in the generation of electrical energy. When a generation peak occurs, electrical energy produced from a regenerative energy source is used in an electrolysis unit for hydrogen generation. A hydrogen flow generated in the electrolysis unit is supplied to a reactor unit that catalytically generates an energy-carrier flow containing hydrocarbon. In a generation trough, the produced energy-carrier flow is burned in a combustion chamber. The thermal energy of the flue-gas flow formed by the combustion is used to generate electrical energy in a turbine process. The generated electrical energy is fed into the electrical power supply system. The flue-gas flow is supplied to the reactor unit as a carbon source for generation of the energy-carrier flow.
US09771817B2
A sealing system for a rotatable element defining an axis of rotation includes a rotor blade including a shank and an angel wing extending axially from the shank. The sealing system also includes a stator vane positioned axially adjacent the rotor blade. The stator vane includes a platform extending in an axial direction over the angel wing such that a clearance gap is defined therebetween. The sealing system also includes a sealing mechanism including a portion of the platform and a portion of the angel wing. The sealing mechanism includes at least one obliquely oriented surface such that the clearance gap defines a converging nozzle.
US09771816B2
A blade cooling circuit feed and exhaust duct and related cooling structure are provided. The feed duct may include a feed chamber having a feed entrance fluidly coupled to a cooling fluid source and a feed exit to an elongate entrance to the cooling circuit, the feed exit including a ramped wall maintaining a flow velocity of the cooling fluid along the elongated entrance to the cooling circuit. The exhaust duct may include a substantially concave exhaust chamber including an exhaust entrance at a wider end of the exhaust chamber and in fluid communication with an elongated exit from the cooling circuit, and an exhaust exit at a narrower end of the exhaust chamber, the exhaust exit including an opening to an exhaust passageway from the exhaust chamber.
US09771815B2
The invention relates to an axial turbomachine stator (2) comprising an inner shell (28) with an annular row of openings; an annular row of blades (26); the said blades extending substantially radially through the said openings, respectively, and each comprising a cut-out (34) on the inside of the shell; at least one blade-retaining plate (36) inserted in at least one cut-out (34), with means of immobilization of the said plate in the cut-out(s). The means of immobilization comprise at least one tongue (38) with an end forming a support surface (40) in contact with a part of the blade (26) or of one of the blades (26) located radially directly above the corresponding cut-out.
US09771807B2
A method of manufacturing a hollow aerofoil component (100) for a gas turbine engine (10) comprises using a capping panel (200) to cover a pocket (310) in a pocketed aerofoil body (300). During manufacture, a mandrel (400) is provided to support the capping panel (200) in the correct position. This ensures that the outer surface of the capping panel (200) is located as accurately as possible. This means that the capping panel (200) can be made to be as thin as possible, which in turn reduces weight and material wastage. Remotely detectable elements (700) may be provided to the mandrel (400) to enable the location of the pocket (310) to be accurately determined from outside the aerofoil (100).
US09771798B2
Methods and devices for collecting fluid include a self-closing system that automatically halts fluid collection once a sufficient amount of fluid has been collected and a locking mechanism that automatically activates a pressure compensation system in order to maintain the collected fluid in the same phase in which it was collected.
US09771792B2
An electromagnetic (EM) telemetry method comprises encoding downhole data into a single data stream; separating the single data stream into a plurality of separate data streams; converting each separate data stream into a corresponding separate waveform using a selected digital modulation technique wherein at least one of the frequency and phase of each waveform is assigned a unique value or unique non-overlapping range of values; combining each separate waveform into a combined waveform; and transmitting from a downhole location, an electromagnetic (EM) telemetry carrier wave comprising the combined waveform.
US09771786B2
A particulate separator system and method for petroleum wells are described. An embodiment comprises a two stage separator. A fluid mixture flows into an outer casing that surrounds an inner tube. The first stage comprises a number of baffles that help to separate gas from fluid as the fluid mixture falls downward within the casing. A second stage comprises a widened inner tube and a fin causing the fluid mixture to fall radially around the inner tube and downward. As the mixture gains speed the particulate matter is forced to the periphery of the mixture by centrifugal force. A pump intake on the bottom of the inner tube pulls in the fluid while the particulate matter falls away.
US09771784B2
A method for re-fracturing of wells having perforated casing that were previously fractured is provided. The method employs degradable ball sealers having a density near that of the injection fluid such that high seating efficiency of balls on perforations is attained. The balls degrade at varying rates, so that some intervals are opened for fracturing while other intervals are still blocked by ball sealers. After fracturing of an interval, the interval may by shut-off by ball sealers that degrade at a much slower rate or that do not degrade. The method may be applied to proppant fracturing or acid fracturing.
US09771779B2
Well systems including a wellbore lined with a wellbore lining and a pressure booster extendable within the wellbore on a conveyance whereby an annulus is defined between the conveyance and the wellbore lining. The pressure booster includes a body having a first end coupled to the conveyance, a jetting chamber defined within the body, one or more flow ports defined in the body and providing fluid communication between the jetting chamber and the annulus, and a jet nozzle in fluid communication with the conveyance. The pressure booster receives a first fluid through the conveyance and a second fluid from the annulus and mixes the first and second fluids to discharge a fracturing fluid below the pressure booster at a pressure greater than a pressure within the annulus above the pressure booster.
US09771776B2
A valve assembly with a longitudinal flow passage, a first longitudinal section of the flow passage having less flow area than a second longitudinal section of the flow passage, and a valve that permits flow in only one direction through the flow passage, the valve including a closure member. In an open position, the closure member can be disposed between the second flow passage section and a chamber in fluid communication with the first flow passage section. A method in which a valve assembly is connected in a tubular string, the valve assembly including a valve that permits flow in only one direction through a longitudinal flow passage of the valve assembly, and fluid is flowed in the one direction through the tubular string, thereby displacing a closure member of the valve to an open position and preventing displacement of the closure member toward a closed position.
US09771765B2
An umbilical manipulator arm for positioning control lines for being secured to a plurality of tubular strings being made up and run into a dual completion wellbore includes a carriage movable on a base that is securable to a rig floor adjacent to two tubular strings. An umbilical manipulator arm is coupled to the carriage and movable relative to the carriage between a pusher arm retracted position distal to a tubular string and a pusher arm engaged position proximal to a tubular string. The carriage is movable between a carriage first position proximal to a first tubular string and a carriage second position proximal to a second tubular string. The umbilical manipulator arm can be used to position control lines for being secured to the plurality of tubular strings as they are being made up and run into the wellbore.
US09771758B2
A technique facilitates selectively disengaging a running string from a lateral tube assembly. The running string comprises a running sub which is engageable with the lateral tube assembly. The running string further comprises a window finder which is positioned to extend into a main bore casing window when the running string is deployed downhole with the lateral tube assembly. Additionally, the running string comprises an extension sub which is coupled to the window finder. The extension sub is selectively extensible to disengage the window finder from the main bore casing prior to release of the running sub from the lateral tube assembly via a release force applied through the running string.
US09771752B2
An elongated sealing assembly arranged to extend across a rectilinear rough opening in a wall of the building and a window frame for supporting a glass infill in that window frame, the elongated sealing assembly comprising an elongated extruded flexible panel having an elongated first edge, an elongated second edge, an elongated first side, an elongated second side, an elongated bituminous strip extending adjacent a second edge on the first side of the flexible panel, an elongated bituminous strip extending along a first edge on the first side of the flexible panel, an elongated dart flange extending perpendicularly outwardly from the first side of the flexible panel adjacent the elongated bituminous strip thereat, and an elongated, thickness-adjustable assembly coextruded with the elongated extruded flexible panel to permit in-field accommodation with adjacent yet spaced apart gaskets with respect to the support of a glass infill in the window frame.
US09771747B2
A door pop-up system includes a check link, which is rotatably coupled to a body of a vehicle, and a pressure member, which is rotatably arranged inside a door. The check link has a tip portion to enter the inside of the door. The pressure member presses a tip of the check link in a movement direction of the check link in which the check link moves as the door in a closed position is actuated to be opened. The door in a closed position is actuated to be opened by rotation of the pressure member and pressing of the tip of the check link with the pressure member. The pressure member has a pressure surface at which the tip of the check link is pressed. The pressure surface has a restriction surface to restrict displacement of the check link in a height direction.
US09771743B2
A glove box latch system for an automotive vehicle is provided. A glove box door is mounted in an instrument panel housing. The glove box door comprises a movable latch rod and an adjacent lock plate. In the event that the vehicle is involved in a collision, the lock plate engages the latch rod. The engaged lock plate arrests movement of the latch rod, securing the latch rod in the closed position and preventing the glove box door from opening. Exemplary methods and structures for restraining movement of latch rods are provided.
US09771737B1
A secure key storage device integrable with an electronic lock having a mechanical key override activation and a mechanical lock. The storage device contains and provides a key which can open the electronic lock on a mechanical override basis via the mechanical lock and is comprised of a locking key caddy compartment which contains the key, and which is provided with a mechanical lock opening member to effect opening thereof. The secure key storage device has a mounting element with a structure configured to be fitted with and securely supported by the mechanical lock of an existing electronic lock on the door and wherein the locking key caddy compartment element is integrated with the mounting element either by fastening elements or as a one piece structure. Alternatively, or in addition a spare battery compartment element is provided with a spare charged battery.
US09771735B2
A post reinforcement including a panel having a body portion and a stake portion. The post reinforcement further includes a first barb coupled to and extending away from the panel, wherein the first barb is generally positioned on a first side of the panel. The post reinforcement also includes a second barb coupled to and extending away from the panel, wherein the second barb is generally positioned on a second side of the panel opposite the first side.
US09771734B2
A pole reinforcement system for improving the stability of a pole with both an above-grade and below-grade installation. The pole reinforcement system generally includes a sleeve assembly which is secured around a pole via one or more retainers which may comprise brackets, securing bands, or other structures. One or more insertion attachments are utilized so that the sleeve assembly may be secured to the pole at a position below-grade. The sleeve assembly may comprise one or more sleeves which are secured around the pole. By utilizing the present invention to reinforce the pole both above- and below-grade, the stability of the pole may be greatly improved over prior reinforcement methods.
US09771719B2
A panel equipped with a solar cell module and an exterior material for a building using the same are provided. The panel equipped with a solar cell module includes a body section having a fixing part on one corner thereof, an attachment section having first and second attachment parts, the first attachment part being bent upwards from two sides of the body section adjacent to the fixing part, and the second attachment part being bent downwards from the opposite two sides of the body section separated from the fixing part, and a solar cell module attached on an upper surface of the body section.
US09771712B1
Disclosed is a basement sewer drain pump housing that draws fluid from a drain into a housing, the fluid is discharged from the housing and out of the basement. The device comprises a pickup tube having a fluid level sensor, which is placed within a sewer main drain or floor drain. The housing comprises an enclosed volume, a suction tube connected to the pickup tube, a suction pump, and a discharge pump. The pump is activated by a switch controlled by the pickup tube fluid sensor, the fluid is drawn into the housing from the drain and discharged through a discharge pipe. The device operates from outlet or battery and serves as a basement drain pump that prevents fluid and sewage backflow during power outages and plumbing blockages. Another modification provides two donuts to prevent the flow of fluid blocking both the floor drain and the main sewer drain.
US09771696B2
A wedge barrier system includes a frame to be disposed within a foundation, for example a shallow foundation, a wedge barrier comprising fingers having an asset end pivotally connected to the frame at an asset side and a blocking member extending perpendicular to the fingers and connected at threat ends of each of the fingers and a drive mechanism located below the top side of the frame and connected to one of the fingers to move the wedge barrier between a non-deployed position with the wedge barrier disposed inside the frame and a deployed position with the blocking member located above the top side.
US09771695B2
Apparatus for dispensing cones onto a surface and for retrieving cones from the surface includes a cone transfer device having a tower with a platform moveable to and from a lower transfer position for dispensing and retrieving cones from the surface. The platform is movable in a vertical direction between the lower transfer position and an upper transfer position for receiving a stack of cones from a storage area and for returning a stack of cones to the storage area. The tower includes a device for holding one or more cones in an elevated position and for releasing cones onto and receiving cones from the platform in the elevated position. The apparatus may include a lamp transfer device for attaching a lamp unit to a cone when the cone is dispensed and for removing the lamp unit from the cone when the cone is retrieved.
US09771690B2
A fastener driving workhead unit is provided for performing an operation on spikes of a railroad track having a plurality of ties, and includes a hammer housing configured for accommodating a hammer, the housing being attached to a hammer bushing having a hammer bushing clamp. Also included in the workhead unit is an anvil assembly having an anvil and an extension coupler, the extension coupler being releasably secured to the hammer bushing by fastening the hammer bushing clamp. Further, the workhead unit includes a jaw assembly having a jaw block, the jaw block having at least one jaw block clamp for releasably securing a guide rod to the jaw block by the jaw block clamp, such that the anvil freely reciprocates in the hammer housing for driving the spikes into the plurality of ties.
US09771678B2
Disclosed is a clothing steam ironing apparatus, comprising an ironing component (3) with an ironing panel, steam ejection holes (7) for ejecting steam to iron a clothing and air suction holes (8) for generating a suck force to the clothing are provided in the ironing panel.
US09771677B1
A dryer appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior, and a drum positioned within the interior. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying, and includes a cylinder and a rear wall. The cylinder is rotatable relative to the rear wall. The dryer appliance further includes a heater configured to provide heat to the chamber, the heater comprising a heating element mounted to the rear wall.
US09771664B2
A method for removing rare earth impurities from a nickel-electroplating solution by keeping a nickel-electroplating solution containing rare earth impurities and having pH of 4.0-5.1 at 60° C. or higher for a certain period of time, and then removing precipitate generated by the heating from the nickel-electroplating solution by sedimentation and/or filtration.
US09771661B2
Methods for producing a high temperature oxidation resistant MCrAlX coating on superalloy substrates
Methods for producing a high temperature oxidation and hot corrosion resistant MCrAlX coating on a superalloy substrate include applying an M-metal, chromium, and aluminum or an aluminum alloy comprising a reactive element to at least one surface of the superalloy component by electroplating at electroplating conditions below 100° C. in a plating bath thereby forming a plated component and heat treating the plated component.
US09771660B2
An aluminum production electrolytic cell comprises a bath with bath contents, at least one cathode electrode in contact with said contents, at least one anode electrode in contact with said contents, and a hood, defining interior area, covering at least a portion of said bath. The electrolytic cell is equipped for vent gases to be drawn from said interior area. The electrolytic cell also comprises at least one heat exchanger for cooling at least a portion of the vent gases drawn from interior area, prior to circulation thereof to interior area.
US09771658B2
A method of safely generating hydrogen gas for use in motor vehicles to increase the performance and decrease the emissions of the internal-combustion engine of the motor vehicle, and of controlling the safe generation and use of hydrogen gas in motor vehicles, using a hydrogen generator having close-spaced metal electrolysis plates in the generator housing, configured to inject hydrogen into the intake manifold or alternatively into the combustion chamber, and a control system monitoring and controlling gas level, liquid levels, temperature, pressure, flow rate, electric current, and tachometer, with monitoring and overriding control from the cab of the vehicle.
US09771656B2
This disclosure relates to methods that include depositing a first component and a second component to form a film including a plurality of nanostructures, and coating the nanostructures with a hydrophobic layer to render the film superhydrophobic. The first component and the second component can be immiscible and phase-separated during the depositing step. The first component and the second component can be independently selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide, a metal nitride, a metal oxynitride, a metal, and combinations thereof. The films can have a thickness greater than or equal to 5 nm; an average surface roughness (Ra) of from 90 to 120 nm, as measured on a 5 μm×5 μm area; a surface area of at least 20 m2/g; a contact angle with a drop of water of at least 120 degrees; and can maintain the contact angle when exposed to harsh conditions.
US09771651B2
Polycrystalline silicon with low contamination by impurities, especially boron and phosphorus, is manufactured by the Siemens process or by the fluidized bed process, in which deposition of polycrystalline silicon takes place in a reactor maintained within a clean room of the 1 to 100,000 class, and air entering the facility enclosing the reactors is filtered by a multiple stage filtration system wherein coarse and fine filter elements contain less than 0.1% by weight of boron and phosphorus and less than 0.01% by weight of arsenic and aluminum. Following production of the polycrystalline silicon, the polycrystalline silicon may be further treated by steps such as comminution, classifying, wet-chemical treatment, and packing, all these further steps also preferably taking place within a clean room of the 1 to 100,000 class.
US09771650B2
Methods are provided for modifying a transparent and electrically conductive metal-oxide coating deposited on a plastic substrate. At least one surface region of the metal oxide coating is impinged by a pulse-driven electron beam. The impingement of the surface region of the metal oxide coating by the pulse-driven electron beam occurs inside a vacuum chamber into which hydrogen, argon, nitrogen, or oxygen, or a gas mixture of at least two of the above-mentioned gasses has been introduced.
US09771647B1
A cathode assembly for a magnetron sputtering system includes a target comprising sputterable material having an at least partially exposed, substantially planar sputtering or erosion surface and a target support configured to support and move the target during sputtering. In certain exemplary embodiments the cathode assembly further comprises a magnetic field source, e.g., a magnet array behind the target. The target support is configured to move the sputtering surface of the target by rotating or spinning the target in the plane of the sputtering surface, moving the target linearly back-and-forth or otherwise. The target support is configured to move the target relative to the magnetic field source, which may be stationary during sputtering, e.g., relative to the cathode assembly and vacuum chamber in which the sputtering is performed. A sputtering system including such a cathode assembly also is provided. A method of sputtering is further provided, employing such a cathode assembly.
US09771645B2
A deposition apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a metal sheet of which an edge portion is integrally combined with a sheet frame and an electrostatic chuck attached to a bottom surface of the metal sheet and configured to pull a substrate based on a static electricity force. The apparatus also includes a metal mask placed below the electrostatic chuck, wherein an edge portion of the metal mask is combined with a mask frame, and wherein the metal mask has a predetermined patterned opening where the substrate is mounted to the upper surface thereof. The apparatus further includes a magnet plate placed above the metal sheet, and configured to pull the metal mask based on a magnetic force so as to attach the substrate to the electrostatic chuck.
US09771633B2
The invention relates to the metallurgical industry, specifically to the acid treatment of red mud obtained in the process of producing alumina, and can be used in technologies for recycling waste from alumina refinery holding ponds. The method for the acid treatment of red mud involves leaching using a leaching agent comprised of water-soluable aliphatic carbonic acids having fewer than 3 carbon atoms per molecule, filtering the solution, and separating the recoverable end products. To ensure a high level of recovery of valuable components and the increased productivity of the process, leaching is conducted with the addition of red mud in portions and with the control of pH values, and when a target pH value of between 2.3 and 3.8 is reached, no more red mud is added, and once leaching is complete, the solution is kept at a given leaching temperature for no less than one hour.
US09771632B2
The present disclosure provides a method for adsorption/desorption of lithium ions from brine, which employs a counter current decantation process in adsorption/desorption of lithium ions, thereby achieving an adsorption rate of 65±5% and a desorption rate of 95±3%. The method includes supplying brine into one of a plurality of adsorption reactors, adsorbing lithium ions to an adsorbent by supplying the adsorbent to the adsorption reactor to which the brine is supplied and forcing the brine and the adsorbent to sequentially flow backwards inside the respective adsorption reactors, and desorbing the lithium ions from the brine by forcing the adsorbent to which the lithium ions are adsorbed to sequentially flow backwards inside a plurality of desorption reactors. Here, the brine and the adsorbent are stirred by a stirrer to maintain the adsorbent in an intermediate state instead of settling or floating inside the respective adsorption reactors.
US09771630B1
A method of manufacturing a railroad car tank head includes the steps of providing a circular blank of steel plate material, cold-forming the circular blank to form an intermediate ellipsoidal dish, cold-forming a peripheral flange region of the intermediate ellipsoidal dish to form a flanged ellipsoidal dish, and heat treating the flanged ellipsoidal dish. The heat treatment may be either a thermal stress relieving heat treatment or a normalizing heat treatment. The two cold-forming steps may be carried out at room temperature. The present invention provides a method of making a railroad car tank head that is more efficient than prior methods, avoids the challenges of hot-forming and single-stage cold-forming, is easily adaptable to different tank head diameters using the same forming equipment, and yields a railroad car tank head that meets safety standards.
US09771622B2
Methods and systems are provided for packaging reporter nucleic acid molecules into non-replicative transduction particles for use as reporter molecules. The non-replicative transduction particles can be constructed from viruses and use viral transduction and replication systems. The reporter nucleic acid molecules include a reporter gene, such as a reporter molecule or selectable marker, for detecting target genes or cells. Methods and systems are provided for detection of cells and target nucleic acid molecules using the non-replicative transduction particles as reporter molecules.
US09771615B2
Disclosed is a method for sequencing a polynucleotide analyte comprising: •a. generating a stream of droplets containing a single nucleotide wherein the order of single nucleotides in the droplet stream corresponds to the sequence of nucleotides in the analyte; •b. introducing into each droplet a plurality of biological probe types each type comprising a different label in an undetectable state and being adapted to capture a different single nucleotide; •c. causing the single nucleotide contained in the droplet to bind to its complementary probe and •d. causing the label to be released from the probe that has bound the nucleotide in a detectable state. The probe is a dumbbell shaped probe comprising fluorescent donor and quencher labels and a single nucleotide gap. After gap repair by a polymerase and a ligase, a restriction enzyme recognition site is cleaved by a restriction enzyme, followed by exonuclease digestion to release the labels.
US09771612B2
A method for detecting a target nucleic acid comprising: forming a three-component association product by allowing the association of at least a nucleic acid molecule, a first nucleic acid probe having a first marker bound thereto, and a second nucleic acid probe having a second marker bound thereto; forming at least one covalent bond between the target nucleic acid molecule and the first nucleic acid probe and between the target nucleic acid molecule and the second nucleic acid probe; and binding the three-component association product to a solid phase carrier through the second marker; recovering the three-component association product bound to the solid phase carrier; releasing the first marker from the recovered three-component association product; and detecting the target nucleic acid molecule by detecting the free first marker.
US09771605B2
The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family Chlamydomonas, Nannochloropsis, Dunaliella, Chiarella and Scenedesmus. In still further embodiments, said endogenous enzymes are diacylglycerol acyltransferases.
US09771603B2
A methods for altering the metabolite profile of a fermentation, by increasing flux through acetolactate. The methods comprises increasing production of one or more products derived from acetolactate. Further provided is a method for increasing the production of 2,3-butandiol by microbial fermentation of gaseous substrates, the method comprising providing a compound which inhibits one or more enzymes which convert acetolactate to branched chain amino acids to the fermentation. The present invention further provides methods for increasing the production of 2,3-butandiol relative to other fermentation products such as ethanol and acetic acid.
US09771584B2
The present invention relates to the prevention and the treatment of extracapillary glomerulonephritis such as rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and collapsing glomerulonephritis.
US09771582B2
This invention provides compositions for use in distributing active agents for treating a malignant tumor in a subject. The compositions contain RNAi molecules targeted to a human GST-π, along with RNAi molecules targeted to a human p21, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carrier can include nanoparticles composed of an ionizable lipid, a structural lipid, one or more stabilizer lipids, and a lipid for reducing immunogenicity of the nanoparticles. This invention further provides methods for preventing or treating a malignant tumor by administering a therapeutically effective amount of an RNAi composition.
US09771580B2
The present invention relates to the fields of medicine and immunology. In particular, it relates to novel antisense oligonucleotides that may be used in the treatment, prevention and/or delay of Leber congenital amaurosis.
US09771579B2
The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Sodium channel, voltage-gated, alpha subunit (SCNA), in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Sodium channel, voltage-gated, alpha subunit (SCNA). The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of SCNA.
US09771577B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods useful for analyzing lariat RNA, which plays a role in the regulation of gene expression. A sample of RNA is specifically treated to remove linear mRNA and enrich for lariat RNA. The enriched lariat RNA sample may be analyzed further to identify introns, branch point sequences, alternative splicing patters, and gene transcription levels. The enriched lariat RNA sample may also be exploited as a detection or compound screening tool, as well as other uses.
US09771573B2
Provided is a method of quantitatively determining the ability of individual IgG heavy chains to selectively pair with a particular IgG light chain when the heavy chains and two unique light chains are co-expressed. The method provides results with reasonable throughput and is robust and accurate. The co-expressed heavy and light chains do not need to be isolated and purified which enables more efficient screening.
US09771559B2
The present invention relates to methods for expanding a stem cell population. More particularly, the invention relates, inter alia, to methods and compositions for expanding a stem cell population, particularly a hematopoietic stem cell population.
US09771554B2
A device for assembling aggregations of adherent cells includes a gripper moveable within an assembly vessel that fixes aggregations of adherent cells at a membrane of the gripper and, by movement of the gripper, assembles aggregations of cells on a separate membrane within the vessel, thereby creating a three-dimensional assembly of aggregations of cells that fuse and can be employed in surgical procedures as a unitary tissue of adherent cells. The aggregations of cells, as assembled, can assume three-dimensional configurations distinct from any one of the component aggregations of cells assembled.
US09771549B2
In one aspect is disclosed a cleansing composition comprising: (i) a surfactant; (ii) an oligodynamic metal or ions thereof; (iii) a chelating agent; and, a polymer having a group comprising a site having one or more lone pair of electrons wherein, said surfactant is soap. The polymer having a group comprising a site having one or more lone pair of electrons enhances the antimicrobial efficacy of the oligodynamic metal.
US09771540B2
The present invention relates to methods of lubricating a hydraulic motor by using a lubricating composition that contains a friction modifier selected from the group consisting of a fatty phosphite, a fatty imidazoline and combinations thereof and supplies improved motor efficiency performance. The invention further provides the lubricating compositions used therein.
US09771538B2
The invention provides biobased lubricants comprising the reaction product of a natural oil, fatty acid or derivative having unsaturation sites with a suitable substrate such as maleic anhydride that is capable of undergoing an “ene” or Diels Alder reaction with the natural oil to form an adduct; followed by a controlled non-aqueous neutralization with a suitable inorganic base such as lithium hydroxide.
US09771531B2
An integrated plant to generate chemical grade syngas from a steam biomass reforming in a multiple stage bio reforming reactor for use with either a high temperature or low temperature Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process to produce fuel from biomass is discussed. The first stage has a reactor to cause a chemical devolatilization of a biomass feedstock from the biomass feedstock supply lines into its constituent gases of CO, H2, CO2, CH4, tars, chars, and other components into a raw syngas mixture. A second stage performs further reforming of the raw syngas from the first stage into the chemical grade syngas by further applying heat and pressure to chemically crack at least the tars, reform the CH4, or a combination of both, into their corresponding syngas molecules. The second stage feeds the chemical grade syngas derived from the biomass feedstock to the downstream Fischer-Tropsch train to produce the fuel from the biomass. One or more recycle loops supply tail gas or FT product back into the plant.
US09771529B2
A process for producing light olefins and aromatics, which comprises reacting a feedstock by contacting with a catalytic cracking catalyst in at least two reaction zones, wherein the reaction temperature of at least one reaction zone among the reaction zones downstream of the first reaction zone is higher than that of the first reaction zone and its weight hourly space velocity is lower than that of the first reaction zone, separating the spent catalyst from the reaction product vapor, regenerating the separated spent catalyst and returning the regenerated catalyst to the reactor, and separating the reaction product vapor to obtain the desired products, light olefins and aromatics. This process produces maximum light olefins such as propylene, ethylene, etc from heavy feedstocks, wherein the yield of propylene exceeds 20% by weight, and produces aromatics such as toluene, xylene, etc at the same time.
US09771528B2
A process for reducing sulfur, nitrogen, metals and asphaltene contents, while increasing the yield of distillable fractions in heavy hydrocarbons, by using a cooled light fraction as a liquid quench stream. The light fraction is obtained by splitting heavy hydrocarbons into a heavy fraction, and a light fraction which may be injected at spaced locations along a system of fixed-bed reactors series that comprises a first hydrodemetallization (HDM)/hydrodeasphaltenization (HDAs) step, followed by a second hydrodesulfurization (HDS)/hydrodenitrogenation (HDN)/hydrocracking step. The metal and asphaltene rich heavy fraction have contact with the entire catalyst system, while the light fraction is injected as side feed and quench stream(s) into the second reactor, where it is treated in admixture with the heavy fraction for elimination of the impurities of the light fraction.
US09771522B2
The present invention relates to a method of separating and recovering NGLs from a natural gas feedstream. Specifically, the present method allows for the separation of ethane and heavier hydrocarbons and/or propane and heavier hydrocarbons from a raw natural gas feedstream to provide pipeline quality natural gas. One embodiment of this method provides for the use of a regenerable adsorbent media which is regenerated by a microwave heating system. Said regeneration step may be operated as a batch process, a semi-continuous process, or a continuous process.
US09771508B2
Thermal interface materials are disclosed that include or are based on thermally reversible gels, such as thermally reversible gelled fluids, oil gels and solvent gel resins. In an exemplary embodiment, a thermal interface material includes at least one thermally conductive filler in a thermally reversible gel.
US09771502B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive formulation in the form of an aqueous dispersion with a solids content of 10 to 40% by weight relative to the adhesive formulation, for the treatment of reinforcing inserts for the production of reinforced polymer products, 100% by weight of the solids containing a) 1 to 20% by weight of a bisphenol A epoxy novolak, b) 0 to 20% by weight of an entirely or partially blocked isocyanate, c) 60 to 92% by weight of a resorcinol formaldehyde latex (RFL).
US09771498B2
The present invention is directed to polyamides that are crosslinkable in the presence of water having desirable properties including long open time, good adhesion and cold flexibility. Notably, the polyamides of the present invention are suitable for structural and semi-structural bonding applications utilizing a hot melt process, roll coater or bead extrusion process.
US09771490B2
Optical inks suitable for 3D printing fabrication of gradient refractive index (GRIN) optical components are composed a monomer matrix material doped with ligand-functionalized nanoparticles, wherein the monomer has a viscosity less than 20 cPoise and is UV curable to form a solid polymer. The matrix material doped with the ligand-functionalized nanoparticles has a transmittance of at least 90% in a predetermined optical wavelength range, wherein the ligand functionalized nanoparticles have a size less than 100 nm, are loaded in the monomer matrix material at a volume percent of at least 2%, and alter an index of refraction of the monomer matrix by at least 0.02. The ligand-functionalized nanoparticles have a plurality of ligands attached to a nanoparticle core surface with an anchor functional group and terminated with a buoy functional group that are reactive, non-reactive, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments the ligands have a length less than 1.2 nm measured radially from the nanoparticle core surface.
US09771481B2
A method for inhibiting corrosion of an anodized material including applying to the anodized material a corrosion inhibiting composition that includes a liquid carrier and an electrically conductive nanomaterial dispersed in the liquid carrier.
US09771479B2
The present invention relates to a halogen-free resin composition, a prepreg and a laminate prepared therefrom. The halogen-free resin composition comprises, based on the weight parts of organic solids, (A) from 40 to 80 parts by weight of allyl-modified benzoxazine resin, (B) from 10 to 20 parts by weight of hydrocarbon resin, (C) from 10 to 40 parts by weight of allyl-modified polyphenyl ether resin, (D) from 10 to 20 parts by weight of allyl-modified bismaleimide resin, (E) from 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of an initiator, (F) from 10 to 100 parts by weight of a filler, and (G) from 0 to 80 parts by weight of a phosphorus-containing flame retardant. The prepreg and laminate prepared from the halogen-free resin composition have lower dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent value, higher peel strength, high glass transition temperature, excellent thermal resistance and better flame retardant effect.
US09771473B2
The invention relates to unique applications for the novel high melt flow, low viscosity, selectively hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene (hSBS) or selectively hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene-butadiene/styrene-styrene (hSBSS) block copolymers, wherein the melt flow rate of said block copolymer is at least 100 g/10 min. at 230° C. under 2.16 kg mass according to ASTM D1238. These block copolymers are novel and have the highest melt flow rate of any styrenic block copolymer also possessing high strength and elasticity. It has applications that prior to the present invention were not normally possible due to the normal low melt flow rate of styrenic block copolymers. The present invention also encompasses various fields of use such as a fiberglass hSBS or hSBSS reinforced mat, low viscosity hSBS or hSBSS coatings for industrial uses, hot melt adhesives prepared from hSBS or hSBSS blended with polyalpha-olefins, and elastic film, fiber, and nonwoven constructions using hSBS or hSBSS.
US09771472B2
Disclosed are a UV hardening composition having improved light resistance, a three dimensional film, and a method for manufacturing the three dimensional film. Particularly, the UV hardening composition having improved light resistance may be used in interior materials and the like for a vehicle which generally are substantially exposed to UV rays. In addition, the UV hardening composition may also be used for indoor electronic products. The UV hardening composition according to the present invention includes a urethane acrylate resin, a polyester acrylate resin, a UV absorber, a hindered amine light stabilizer (HALS), an antioxidant and the like. Further, the three dimensional film including the UV hardening composition may be advantageous due to the improvement in the carbon pattern three dimensional effect formed in the three dimensional film. Therefore, a comparable price and reduced weight of the three dimensional film for a vehicle interior material are available while maintaining the quality equivalent to a film to which an actual carbon fabric is used.
US09771465B2
A polyarylene sulfide resin composition including a polyarylene sulfide (A) and an alkaline earth metal organic carboxylate (B) in an amount of 0.001 to 10 mol % based on the formula —(Ar—S)—, a repeating unit of polyarylene sulfide, wherein the polyarylene sulfide (A) has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and a weight reduction during heating that satisfies the equation ΔWr=(W1−W2)/W1×100≦0.18 (%), wherein ΔWr is a weight reduction ratio (%) determined by a thermogravimetric analysis performed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere under normal pressure at a temperature rise rate of 20° C./min from 50° C. to any temperature equal to or higher than 330° C., wherein W1 is a sample weight at 100° C., and W2 is a sample weight at 330° C.
US09771456B2
The invention relates to a polyimide containing polymaleic anhydride having the formula: wherein X represents functional groups having carbon chain with carbon numbers more than 10, benzene ring and a combination of carbon chain with carbon numbers more than 10 and benzene ring; and m, n and l are integers, and larger than or equal to 1.
US09771446B2
A process for controlling the placement of alpha olefins within an ethylene copolymer. The process involves polymerizing ethylene and an alpha olefin in the gas phase while changing the breadth of control over the molar ratio of ethylene to comonomer and/or hydrogen which is being fed to a polymerization reactor. At tighter control breadths, the alpha olefin may be incorporated mainly in the higher molecular weight portions of the ethylene copolymer. At looser control breadths, the alpha olefin may be incorporated more evenly throughout the ethylene copolymer or mainly in the lower molecular weight portions of the ethylene copolymer.
US09771443B2
The present invention relates to use of certain chain transfer agents to control molecular weight of addition mass polymerization of certain polycycloolefinic monomers. More specifically, the present invention relates to use of a series of substituted bicycloalkenes as chain transfer agents in the addition mass polymerization of a series of functionalized norbornene-type monomers. This invention also relates to compositions containing bicycloalkenes as chain transfer agents in forming “in mold” polycycloolefinic polymers by addition mass polymerization.
US09771438B2
A methacrylic resin composition, which comprises a methacrylic resin comprising 99.5% by mass or more of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate. The methacrylic resin includes less than 0.03 mol % of terminal double bonds based on the amount of the structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate and 0.2 mol % or more of combined sulfur atoms based on the amount of the structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate. The methacrylic resin composition has a melt flow rate of 8 g/10 min or more at 230° C. and a load of 3.8 kg.
US09771436B2
The present invention provides a method for forming a polymer by using a mixture containing a polymerization initiator which is an adduct of a boron compound and a first unsaturated hydrocarbon compound, and a second unsaturated hydrocarbon compound, generating a radical by oxidization of the polymerization initiator and adding the radical to the second unsaturated hydrocarbon compound, thereby forming the polymer. According to the present invention, excellent controllability of alkylboranes for radical polymerization can be maintained and the structure of a polymerization initiation terminal can be freely selected and controlled. Thus, a terminal-modified polymer having functionality imparted to the terminal group can be prepared. In addition, a polymerization initiator having a plurality of polymerization starting points can be prepared, and polymers with special structures including multibranched polymers, grafted-type (comb-type) polymers and brush-shaped polymers can be prepared.
US09771435B2
The present invention is directed to a process for producing spinnable cellulose at least in part from citrus fruits, such as oranges and lemons. In a preferred embodiment, cellulose is extracted from citrus fruits, discarded by the citrus fruits plantations and/or from parts of citrus fruits, waste of the industrial processing of citrus fruits derivatives. Cellulose is extracted from the entire peel of citrus fruits, which includes both albedo and flavedo, or only from albedo. Preferably, cellulose is obtained by chemical extraction, preferably in the absence of chlorine, comprising the treatment of raw materials derived from citrus fruits with hydrogen peroxide under basic conditions. Cellulose obtained by the process of the present invention is optionally mixed with cellulose obtained by different processes, for example with cellulose extracted from wood.
US09771429B2
Described herein are antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that are specific for tumor endothelial marker 1 (TEM-1), related polynucleotides, expression vectors, and cells that express the described antibodies. Also provided are methods of using the described antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, and related kits. Provided herein are also methods for diagnosing TEM-1-expressing cancers (such as melanoma, sarcoma, bladder cancer or colon cancer) using the described antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof. The methods involve determining the amount of TEM-1 in a biological sample derived from a subject and comparing this level with the level of TEM-1 in a known standard or reference sample.
US09771425B2
Anti-PD-1 antibodies are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies, and uses and methods using the same.
US09771419B2
Provided herein are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to an hLIGHT polypeptide; isolated nucleic acids encoding the antibodies; vectors and host cells comprising nucleic acids encoding the antibodies; methods of making the antibodies; and a method of treating a hLIGHT-mediated disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject the antibodies. In preferred embodiments, the anti-hLIGHT antibodies provided herein will ameliorate, neutralize or otherwise inhibit hLIGHT biological activity in vivo (e.g., the hLIGHT-mediated production or secretion of CCL20, IL-8 or RANTES from a cell expressing a hLIGHT receptor). Also provided herein is a method for the detection of hLIGHT in a sample as well as a method for ameliorating, neutralizing or otherwise inhibiting hLIGHT activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hLIGHT activity is detrimental.
US09771414B2
The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof, that bind to Ebola virus glycoproteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies and methods of use. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing Ebola virus activity, thus providing a means of treating or preventing Ebola virus infection in humans. In some embodiments, the invention provides for use of one or more antibodies that bind to the Ebola virus for preventing viral attachment and/or entry into host cells. The antibodies of the invention may be used prophylactically or therapeutically and may be used alone or in combination with one or more other anti-viral agents or vaccines.
US09771411B2
The present invention relates to bispecific molecules comprising an EGFR binding domain and a distinct IGFIR binding domain for use in diagnostic, research and therapeutic applications. The invention further relates to cells comprising such proteins, polynucleotide encoding such proteins or fragments thereof, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the innovative proteins. Exemplary bispecific molecules include antibody-like protein dimers based on the tenth fibronectin type III domain.
US09771410B2
Foam-formed collagen strands and methods for forming strands involve depositing a dispersed solution of an isolated cleaned, de-fatted, enzymatically-treated (or non-enzyme treated) human-derived collagen product having a preserved amount of its natural constituents into grooves of a grooved plate, and processing the dispersed collagen product to provide a foam-formed collagen strand. Foam-formed collagen strands may be processed into threads having a matrix of reticulated pores to conduct biological materials in and through the strand, the collagen of the collagen strand comprising isolated, enzymatically-treated human derived collagen having a preserved amount of its natural collagen constituents.
US09771399B2
Knockout of the meningococcal mltA homolog gives bacteria that spontaneously release vesicles that are rich in immunogenic outer membrane proteins and that can elicit cross-protective antibody responses with higher bactericidal titers than OMVs prepared by normal production processes. Thus the invention provides a bacterium having a knockout mutation of its mltA gene. The invention also provides a bacterium, wherein the bacterium: (i) has a cell wall that includes peptidoglycan; and (ii) does not express a protein having the lytic transglycosylase activity MltA protein. The invention also provides compositions comprising vesicles that, during culture of bacteria of the invention, are released into the culture medium.
US09771397B2
This invention relates to a chimaeric human papillomavirus (HPV) virus like particle (VLP) having a diameter of about 30 nm. The invention further relates to methods of treatment and/or prophylaxis of HPV infection and/or cervical cancer by administration of the chimaeric HPV VLP of the invention to a subject.
US09771386B2
The present invention relates generally to olefin metathesis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for Z-selective ring-closing metathesis.
US09771385B2
The present invention is directed to oxidized lipids and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The present invention is also directed to methods of making an oxidized lipid of the invention and to methods of treating or preventing fibrosis or inflammatory diseases or disorders comprising an oxidized lipid of the invention.
US09771383B2
A modified opioid is provided comprising modified morphine molecules, wherein for each morphine molecule, one or more carbon atoms are replaced with silicon atoms. A method is further provided for modifying an opioid comprising morphine molecules, said method comprising the step of replacing one or more carbon atoms with silicon atoms.
US09771377B2
The present invention provides novel analogs of FR901464, as well as an improved methodology for preparing FR901464 and its analogs. These compounds display an anti-cancer activity and are candidates for therapies against a number of disease states associated with dysfunctional RNA splicing.
US09771373B2
A condensed cyclic compound represented by one of Formulae 1A to 1C, wherein Formulae 1A to 1C are disclosed in the detailed description.
US09771368B2
The present invention is directed towards new 18F-folate radiopharmaceuticals, wherein the fluorine-18 is covalently linked to the aminobenzoyl moiety, which connects the condensed pyrimidine heterocycle to the amino acid portion within folate structures, as well as their precursors and their non-radioactive references, a method of their preparation, as well as their use in diagnosis of a cell or population of cells expressing a folate-receptor and monitoring of cancer and inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and therapy thereof.
US09771364B2
A process for preparation of a compound of Formula (I) is disclosed.
US09771360B2
The present application relates to novel substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxamides, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof, alone or in combinations, for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09771354B2
There are provided inter alia compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, L, X, R5 and R6 are as defined in the description for use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
US09771349B2
The invention relates to inhibitors of mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase (mt-IDH) proteins with neomorphic activity useful in the treatment of cell-proliferation disorders and cancers, having the Formula: where A, B, U, V, Z, W1, W2, W3, and R1-R6 are described herein.
US09771336B2
Disclosed are corrosion inhibitor compounds and compositions useful for preventing or inhibiting corrosion of surfaces found in cooling water applications. In some embodiments, the surfaces may include mild steel, aluminum, brass, copper, galvanized steel, a copper alloy, admirality brass, or any combination thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using the compounds and compositions as corrosion inhibitors. In some embodiments, the corrosion inhibitor compounds and compositions are used in cooling water applications.
US09771334B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a triketone compound which has a structure shown in Formula (I). Also disclosed in the present invention is a method for preparing the triketone compound having a structure as shown by Formula (I), which comprise that under the rearrangement reaction conditions, the compound having a structure as shown by Formula (II) is contacted with a catalyst in the presence of a base and a solvent. Further disclosed in the present invention is the use of a triketone compound having a structure as shown by Formula (I) in preventing and controlling weeds. Said triketone compound having a structure as shown by formula (I) in the present invention has the effect of preventing and controlling weeds, in particular having an excellent effect on preventing and controlling broadleaved weeds and/or gramineae weeds.
US09771331B2
Neuroprotective compounds for treating optic neuropathies and screening methods for identifying neuroprotective compounds.
US09771326B2
Compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, can modulate the activity of one or more SIP receptors and/or the activity of autotaxin (ATX).
US09771323B2
The present invention provides beta-cryptoxanthin crystals from plant source and a process for its preparation. The present invention particularly relates to a process for the preparation of high purity beta-cryptoxanthin crystals comprising at least about 10% by weight total xanthophylls, of which at least about 75% by weight is trans-beta-cryptoxanthin and the remaining including beta-carotene, and trace amounts of trans-capsanthin and other carotenoids derived from the plant source, including capsicum fruits. The production of beta-cryptoxanthin crystals with high content of trans-beta-cryptoxanthin makes it ideal and suitable for use as a provitamin A source material and also has potential effects on improving bone health and inhibiting bone resorption.
US09771318B2
Provided is a composition comprising one or more compound having the structure of formula II: wherein A is a residue of a polyisocyanate, L is a linking group formed by a reaction of an isocyanate group with an isocyanate-reactive group, n is 5 to 25, m is 0 to 100, and Z is methyl or ethyl or propyl, and wherein the ratio of the sum of the moles of isocyanate groups plus the moles of said L groups to the moles of said Z groups is 2:1 to 30:1. Also provided is an emulsion in which the particles comprise such a composition and further comprise one or more water-insoluble compound that does not have the structure A-NCO.
US09771316B2
The invention provides a compound having a selective inhibitory activity against highly-expressed LAT-1 in tumor cell. The compound is represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, and a LAT-1 inhibitor comprising the same.
US09771310B2
The present invention relates to styrenated phenol useful as a curing agent or a plasticizing agent for an epoxy resin. More particularly, it relates to use of styrenated phenol, which has viscosity and curing properties similar to those of nonylphenol and exhibits superior curing properties for an epoxy resin, as a curing agent or a plasticizing agent for an epoxy-cured paint.
US09771307B2
A process may include contacting an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in an XTO reactor with a catalyst composite under conditions effective to convert the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock to olefin products. The catalyst composite may include at least 10 weight percent of a modified molecular sieve. The modified molecular sieve may include at least 0.05 weight percent of an alkaline earth metal or a rare earth metal based on a weight of the modified molecular sieve. The modified molecular sieve may include at least 0.3 weight percent of P based on the weight of the modified molecular sieve.
US09771302B1
An environmentally friendly cement comprises (1) an active filler comprising waste materials composed of a thermal insulation wool and a waste thereof; (2) an inert filler comprising metakaolin and an aggregate optionally selected from cement, fine sand, gravel, waste to be solidified, and organic resin; and (3) an aqueous solution of sodium metasilicate as an alkaline compound. A method for producing the environmentally friendly cement comprises mixing ingredients (1) and (3) and ingredients (2) and (3) respectively to obtain a slurry A and a slurry B respectively; mixing the slurry A and B; and hardening the final slurry, whereby elements silicon and aluminum in the ingredient (1) are dissolved out in the basic solution of the ingredient (3), and a closed framework structure is formed by bonding silica and alumina as tetrahedrons. The environmentally friendly cement has excellent fire tolerance, heat insulation, acid and alkaline resistance, and mechanical properties.
US09771300B2
A white glass contains, in terms of mole percentage on the basis of the following oxides, from 50 to 80% of SiO2, from 0 to 10% of Al2O3, from 11 to 30% of MgO, from 0 to 15% of Na2O and from 0.5 to 15% of P2O5.
US09771297B2
A method and device for bending superposed sheets of glass. The sheets are picked up by a top form furnished with a suction creating an upward airflow blowing over the rim of the sheets, the suction being sufficient to lift and hold the superposed sheets against the top form, then the sheets are pressed between the top form and a full surface solid concave bottom form furnished with openings, the pressing beginning conducted while the suction is not yet finished or is finishing, then the superposed sheets are formed, by suction of the main face of the bottom sheet through the openings of the bottom concave mold, the forming by suction beginning while the pressing is not yet finished, and then the sheets are cooled. Windshields free of optical defects may thus be produced.
US09771295B2
Microspheres comprising a plurality of hollow microspheres, each of the plurality of hollow microspheres comprising a plurality of glass walls, and a plurality of hollow spaces, wherein the plurality of glass walls enclosing at least one of the plurality of hollow spaces, wherein the plurality of glass walls comprising a second glass, wherein the second glass comprising a processed first glass melt, wherein the processed first glass melt comprising a melt of a batch and a plurality of redox active group components capable of providing at least one of a plurality of redox reactions and a plurality of events in the second glass.
US09771286B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for biological sewage treatment, including a concentrated mixed liquor driving device that uses a gas to drive a concentrated mixed liquor to flow. The present invention further relates to a method for biological sewage treatment, including a step of using a gas to drive a concentrated mixed liquor to flow. The gas can be an aeration gas, especially an oxygen-containing aeration gas after aeration treatment. The apparatus and method of the present invention can sufficiently utilize the energy and oxygen of the aeration gas, so that the energy consumption and maintenance cost of whole apparatus are reduced, biological sewage treatment effects are improved, and sludge floating is prevented. In addition, the apparatus of present invention has advantages of high performance, energy saving, high reliability, and good movability.
US09771280B2
The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for treating a liquid by providing a santitary type stainless steel hydrocyclone, flowing the liquid through the hydrocyclone, and turning on a plasma torch attached to the hydrocyclone such that a plasma arc irradiates the liquid. The hydrocyclone can be a forward flow hydrocyclone, a reverse flow hydrocyclone, a through flow hydrocyclone, a hydrocyclone pump or a volute.
US09771279B2
A foam intercept system and a method of using the foam intercept system are disclosed herein. The foam intercept system is useful to control levels of foam generated on the surface of effluent seawater during aeration of the effluent seawater in a seawater aeration basin. Effluent seawater contained within the seawater aeration basin may be produced in a seawater flue gas desulfurization system associated with a power plant or an aluminum production plant.
US09771278B2
An apparatus and method for the distillation of ocean and brackish water that includes a means for using the ambient temperatures of seawater and air to continually transfer the heat energy, from the outer perimeters of the system, back into the, centrally located, evaporation chamber and insulation for preventing heat from escaping to the atmosphere. The insulation comprises a first and second wall surrounding the basic assemblies of a desalination system in which the space between the first and second wall is under low partial vacuum and is partially filled with an insulation material for structural support. The system provides a feed through means that prevent heat transfer through the structural connections between the first and second walls. The system provides an evaporation system for flash evaporation by atomizing the input contaminated water, preheated by the heat of condensation into very small liquid droplets, which are then sprayed into a stream of hot dry air. The liquid rapidly evaporates leaving behind hot dry solids that is recaptured and used to preheat the input contaminated water.
US09771275B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing uniform metal oxide nanoparticles. According to the preparation method of the present invention, it is possible to maintain the temperature and pressure inside the reactor in a stable and constant manner by removing water generated in the reaction step for forming metal oxide nanoparticles. Thus, the uniformity of nanoparticles formed is increased, and the reproducibility between batches can be increased even in a repeated process and and a large-scale reaction. Therefore, the preparation method of the present invention can be used to synthesize uniform nanoparticles reproducibly in large quantities.
US09771274B2
The invention provides a method for producing barium titanate powder comprising the steps of: adding an aqueous slurry of anatase hydrous titanium oxide having a BET specific surface area in the range of 200 m2/g to 400 m2/g and a half width of diffraction peak of (101) plane in the range of 2.3° to 5.0° as measured by X-ray diffraction to an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide while maintaining the aqueous solution of barium hydroxide at a temperature in the range from 80° C. to the boiling point thereof under normal pressure to cause a reaction of the barium hydroxide with the hydrous titanium oxide to provide an aqueous slurry of barium titanate precursor; and subjecting the barium titanate precursor thus obtained to hydrothermal treatment over a period of not less than 24 hours to provide barium titanate particles.
US09771264B2
Generally, the present invention provides methods for the production of materials comprising a plurality of nanostructures such as nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes) and related articles. The plurality of nanostructures may be provided such that their long axes are substantially aligned and, in some cases, continuous from end to end of the sample. For example, in some cases, the nanostructures may be fabricated by uniformly growing the nanostructures on the surface of a substrate, such that the long axes are aligned and non-parallel to the substrate surface. The nanostructures may be, in some instances, substantially perpendicular to the substrate surface. In one set of embodiments, a force with a component normal to the long axes of the nanostructures may be applied to the substantially aligned nanostructures. The application of a force may result in a material comprising a relatively high volume fraction or mass density of nanostructures. In some instances, the application of a force may result in a material comprising relatively closely-spaced nanostructures. The materials described herein may be further processed for use in various applications, such as composite materials (e.g., nanocomposites). For example, a set of aligned nanostructures may be formed, and, after the application of a force, transferred, either in bulk or to another surface, and combined with another material (e.g., to form a nanocomposite) to enhance the properties of the material.
US09771256B2
A semiconductor arrangement and methods of formation are provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes a micro-electro mechanical system (MEMS). A via opening is formed through a substrate, first dielectric layer and a first plug of the MEMS. The first plug comprises a first material, where the first material has an etch selectivity different than an etch selectivity of the first dielectric layer. The different etch selectivity of first plug allows the via opening to be formed relatively quickly and with a relatively high aspect ratio and desired a profile, as compared to forming the via opening without using the first plug.
US09771254B2
A dispensing unit is provided having a circulation system for circulating a fluid in the dispensing unit is provided. The circulation system can include a circulation circuit, and a mechanism configured to circulate the fluid in the circulation circuit. By circulating the fluid, the fluid is counteracted from crystallizing. A method for circulating a fluid in a dispensing unit is also provided.
US09771242B2
The invention allows inspection tests for an elevator without additional test weights. An empty elevator car and its counterweight are balanced by filling in weight pieces to the counterweight. 100% load of the elevator car in regard to unbalance is configured by moving unused counterweight pieces inside the elevator car. Inspection tests requiring the 100% load in regard to unbalance are performed. 125% load of the elevator car is simulated with 50% load and 125% speed of the elevator car. Inspection tests requiring the 125% load in regard to unbalance are performed. A final counterweight is configured by moving its weight pieces from the elevator car to the counterweight. Inspection tests requiring the final counterweight are performed.
US09771239B2
A reel has a spool member on which the linear material is spooled, an electric motor that rotates the spool member, and a controller that controls the operation of the motor. The controller monitors an unwound length of the linear material based on sensed rotation of the spool member by one or more sensors. The controller causes the motor to wind the linear material at a drag speed when the linear material is on a ground, at a crawl speed lower than the drag speed when the length of linear material on the ground is shorter than a first threshold amount and through a second predetermined amount once the linear material lifts off the ground to inhibit swing of the linear material as it comes off the ground, and at a docking speed greater than the crawl speed when the unwound linear material is shorter than the second threshold amount.
US09771233B2
A sheet conveying device, including: a conveyor; a first supporter configured such that, when located at its closed position, a first surface thereof partially forms an exterior surface of the device and such that, when located at its open position, a second surface thereof supports the sheet to be supplied to the conveyor; a second supporter configured such that, when located at its closed position, a first surface thereof partially forms the exterior surface of the device and such that, when located at its open position, a second surface thereof supports the sheet output from the conveyor; and a link configured such that, when the first supporter is moved from the closed position to the open position, the link transmits a force from the first supporter to the second supporter and thereby moves the second supporter from the closed position to the open position in conjunction with the first supporter.
US09771222B2
A camera based vision system that recognizes and maximizes belt area utilization. A plurality of cameras are positioned at flow entry points of feed conveyors and at the singulator. The control algorithm recognizes individual items area, the rate at which individual objects are passing, and the area utilization of the collector belt. The video camera and computer based conveyor package management system monitor and control the number and size of the packages present on the infeed conveyors, collector conveyor, singulator conveyor and sorting conveyor in a package handling system wherein the camera data is used to measure the available area or space on the conveyors to maintain a desired density of packages on selected conveyor(s). The conveyor speed is controlled as a function of occupancy on a collector or just prior to a singulator or receiver.
US09771220B1
An endless conveyor belt comprises a flat belt with sidewalls. Each sidewall has slots spaced at regular intervals, and disposed at an acute angle relative to the facing surface of the sidewall, so that the belt can make a reverse bend with minimal obstruction. The sidewall may have overlapping sections in an alternate embodiment.
US09771207B2
A shoe cover cartridge includes two guiding arms and a plurality of shoe covers overlapped in a sequential manner to define a standby shoe cover and a subsequent shoe cover. Front and rear interlocking units are provided at front and rear sides of each of the shoe cover respectively and are slidably engaged with the guiding arms at a position that the front interlocking unit at the subsequent shoe cover is located in front of the rear interlocking unit at the standby shoe cover along the guiding arms. Therefore, when the standby shoe cover is pulled for dispensing, the subsequent shoe cover is pulled by the standby shoe to dispense the shoe covers in a sequential order.
US09771206B2
A cup having a bottom and a sidewall attached to the bottom, wherein the sidewall preferably comprises a rolled rim at its upper edge opposite to the bottom, wherein the sidewall comprises a single layer or a plurality of layers, wherein at least one of the layers is produced from a paper or carton material, wherein at least one shaping is shaped into at least one of the layers of the sidewall, wherein the shaping is at least partially ring-shaped, wherein the shaping extends at least partially over the perimeter of the sidewall, wherein the shaping is inwardly or outwardly directed, wherein the shaping is compressed in height such that an edge of the shaping touches an opposite segment of the shaping and/or that both edges of the shaping touch each other and are joined together.
US09771197B2
An accessory storage device comprises a plurality of transparent casings each having a through hole and at least one slot; and a fixing pivot passing through the through hole of each transparent casing to cascade the transparent casings, wherein the slot interconnects with an opening, and wherein an accessory is inserted through the opening into the slot for storage. The transparent casings of the accessory storage device can be spread fanwise to reveal the accessories stored inside the transparent casings or the labels on the transparent casings. Thereby, the user can fast find out the required accessories stored in the accessory storage device.
US09771193B2
Disclosed is a lid for a beverage container configured to retain a beverage from a brewer or other source of beverage. The lid is configured to substantially cover or enclose an opening of the beverage container for receiving a beverage into a vessel of the container. The lid further includes a base and a door, the door being slidable with respect to the base from a first closed position that prevents access to the opening to a second opened position that permits access to the opening. The door further including a first and second panel that are connected together each other along a pivot axis. The second panel is pivotable with respect to the first panel when the door is slid from the first closed position.
US09771191B2
Reversible lid (1) for a storage or reheating canister, comprising a first (2) airtight attachment means designed to cooperate with an upper edge (4) of a container (5) when the lid (1) is arranged along a first direction on the container (5) and a second (3) airtight attachment means designed to cooperate with said upper edge (4) of the container (5) when the lid is arranged in the reverse direction on the container (5), characterized in that the lid (1) comprises a two-way steam release mechanism (10), connecting the two opposite surfaces of the lid, and in that said two-way release mechanism (10) allows a flow to pass between the two surfaces of the lid (1) when the pressure difference between the two surfaces is greater than or equal to a value (P0), particularly when reheating food in a microwave oven.
US09771184B2
Disclosed herein are adapters for use with ordinary lawn and leaf bags. In one example, a foldable, expandable, and reusable adapter is provided. The adapter includes a rectangular base unit that is designed to receive four connector pieces. The four connector pieces are made of a rigid material and may include respective vertical and horizontal creases that allow them to be folded. As such, once assembled, the adapter may be folded for storage and later expanded for use. In use, the adapter is inserted into a lawn or leaf bag and provides a larger opening for the bag as well as prevents the mouth of the bag from closing.
US09771182B2
Delivering bags, for example, for delivering items and products purchased bye-commerce in so-called “grocery” tote bags to the respective purchasing customers is described. In one embodiment, a system includes a box and a plurality of bag protectors, each made of material having sufficient rigidity to protect a bag contained therein. In one embodiment, the bag protector has a bottom panel configured to support a bottom of the bag, and two side panels that are configured to extend from two opposing edges of the boom panel away from the bottom panel to form a generally tapering profile so as to meet each other adjacent an opening portion of the bag. The box is configured to receive a plurality of bag protectors, each protectively containing a bag therein. For example, given the generally tapering profile of the bag protectors, they may be placed alternately facing opposite directions in the box.
US09771175B2
A labelling unit comprises: support means, a receiving member, adapted to carry an article on a top end and to receive a label on a lateral surface, and supported by the support means in a translating and rotating manner with respect to a given axis, driving means including a driving shaft carried by the support means in a rotating manner about the axis and engaging an axial hole of the receiving member, and releasable fastening means to connect the driving shaft to the receiving member in a predetermined axial position. The releasable fastening means comprise a spline element movable transversely to the axis between a retaining position, in which the spline element locks axially the receiving member onto the driving shaft, and a release position, in which the spline element allows extraction of the receiving member from the driving shaft and the support means along the axis.
US09771174B2
A flexible funnel positioned at a filling station of a fill machine. The flexible funnel directs a product dispensed at the filling station of the filling machine into a pouch. The flexible funnel having a rigid upper portion and a plurality of fingers. The rigid upper portion includes an open top end and an open bottom end. Each of the plurality of elongated fingers hingedly connected to the upper portion. The rigid upper portion has a regular polygon shape having a plurality of sides, and each of the plurality of fingers is individually articulatable with respect to one of the plurality of sides of the upper rigid portion.
US09771173B2
Methods and packages for storing film strips while reducing or eliminating stress cracking during storage, including use of packages having an inner surface made from polymeric materials exhibiting various physical properties and including films and pouches that are annealed.
US09771172B2
A production method for a closed glass container containing at least one solid body is disclosed. The method includes providing a tube tapering toward one end, the inner diameter of which is smaller at a tapered end than an inner diameter at an opposite first end. The tube is connected at the tapered end to a first end of a straight bar tube. The tapered tube is charged with at least one solid body.
US09771157B2
One embodiment of the present disclosure is a unique airborne electrical power and thermal management system. Another embodiment is a unique aircraft. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for aircraft and electrical power and thermal management systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US09771140B2
The invention provides an integrated aircraft structure, such as a fuselage, with reinforcing elements in areas of the structure that need them because they have openings or are subjected to high loads. The structure comprises a skin, a plurality of stringers and a plurality of frames with mouseholes for the passage of stringers at their crossing zones. The reinforcing elements are configured with a suitable shape to be superimposed to the stringers in said areas. A manufacturing processes of said integrated aircraft structure is also provided.
US09771123B2
This rear wheel suspension device of a motorcycle is disposed so as to be displaced to one lateral side relative to a center portion in the vehicle widthwise direction of the motorcycle. A main frame which forms the front half of a motorcycle frame structure has a single backbone frame extending from a head pipe rearward and obliquely downward in the center portion in the vehicle widthwise direction. A vehicle-body-side support member which extends in the vehicle widthwise direction is supported by a rear portion of the backbone frame. A one end portion of the rear wheel suspension device is rotatably supported by a right end portion of the vehicle-body-side support member.
US09771121B2
The WakeMX system is a specially designed BMX bike frame used for towable water sports activities. It has a uniquely designed Swing arm action that allows for “Carving” on the water to change angles of direction by the rider. It has a Quick Release system to be released from the towline, and a universal mounting track that allows the rider to attach the WakeMX system to any existing wakeboard on the market. The WakeMX is capable of completing all of the same tricks a BMX bike can do on land but converted for water sports. It feels and rides just like a BMX, just adapted to be used as a towable water sport activity. The vision is to develop an entirely new wake sport activity by bringing BMX riding to the water sports family.
US09771119B2
A reverse trike attachment is provided. The reverse trike attachment includes a motorcycle connector frame operable to secure to a front end of a motorcycle frame. A rotating fork joint is secured to and is rotatable relative to the motorcycle connector frame. The rotating fork joint is operable to secure to a motorcycle fork. A wheel assembly includes a first and second wheel mount spindle secured to opposing sides of the motorcycle connector frame. A first wheel is pivotally secured to the first wheel spindle and a second wheel is pivotally secured to the second wheel mount spindle. The first and second wheels each pivot about a vertical axis. The first ends of a first and second tie rod are secured to the rotating fork joint and the second ends of the first and second tie rods are secured to the first and second wheel spindle respectively.
US09771116B2
A three wheeled vehicle is disclosed having a radiator positioned forward of an engine and coupled to the engine for cooling the engine. A front radiator shroud is positioned over the radiator on a front side and a rear radiator shroud is positioned over the radiator on a rear side. The rear radiator shroud has a rear baffle plate directing air downwardly and under the operator's compartment.
US09771115B2
A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.
US09771112B2
A recreational off-highway vehicle includes side-by-side passenger and driver seats held within a chassis that is approximately 50 inches wide. The seats sit low in the chassis and are covered by a roll cage. Grab handles are positioned on the sides of the passenger seat. Select large round tubing protects the vehicle, while rectangular tubing frames the portions of the vehicle beneath body panels. The vehicle is powered by an engine rearward of the seats that is connected to a transaxle. The engine and transaxle are isolation mounted together with a portion of the air intake assembly. The vehicle is suited for rough terrain travel.
US09771107B2
An attachment device (1) includes: a female member (25); a male member (29) which is capable of insertion into the inner cavity (27) of the female member (25) in an insertion direction; a blocking member (31) which is movable relative to the female member (25), inside the inner cavity (27), between a rest position and an operative position for blocking the male member (29) relative to the female member (25). The attachment device does not have an actuator capable of moving the blocking member (31) from its rest position to its operative position, the blocking member (31) being movable from its rest position to its operative position by an actuator arranged outside the inner cavity (27).
US09771106B2
A vehicle body front structure includes a front side member, a crush box, a bumper reinforcement, a spacer and a stepped portion. The spacer has an engaging portion and protrudes rearward in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle from an extending portion formed outside in a width direction of the vehicle relative to a connected portion of the bumper reinforcement, the connected portion being connected to the crush box. The stepped portion is formed on a part of a side wall portion of the front side member. The stepped portion is provided behind the engaging portion in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle apart from the engaging portion. The stepped portion is configured to engage with the engaging portion when the crush box is deformed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
US09771105B2
A suspension structure includes a pair of trailing arms (12), a beam member (13) connecting the pair of trailing arms, a bracket (21) connected to a rear end region of the trailing arm, and an in-wheel motor drive device (31) coupled and fixed to the bracket. The in-wheel motor drive device (31) is located above the rear end region of the trailing arm (12), and a lower side of the in-wheel motor drive device (12) is covered by the rear end region of the trailing arm (12) and the bracket (21).
US09771098B2
A motor control device includes a motor drive circuit and a microcomputer that controls the drive circuit. The microcomputer generates a control signal on the basis of duty command values Du, Dv, and Dw to control the drive circuit. The microcomputer includes a dead time compensation section that corrects the duty command values Du, Dv, and Dw on the basis of dead time compensation values Ddu, Ddv, and Ddw. The dead time compensation section includes a basic compensation value computation section that computes a basic compensation value Dd as a fundamental value of the dead time compensation values Ddu, Ddv, and Ddw, and a filter section that performs a filtering process corresponding to a low-pass filter on the basic compensation value Dd. The dead time compensation section sets the dead time compensation values Ddu, Ddv, and Ddw on the basis of an output value α from the filter section.
US09771091B1
The ratchet binder rack is a storage case that is designed for use with one or more ratchet binders. The ratchet binder rack stores the one or more ratchet binders in the storage case. The storage case is mounted on a hand truck such that the hand truck can be used to move the storage case. The ratchet binder rack comprises a storage case and a hand truck. The storage case is attached to the hand truck.
US09771081B2
A system, method, and computer program product for detecting, in real time, a fatigue level of a vehicle operator. Multiple physiological indicators of an individual vehicle operator can be monitored at different instances when the operator's level of fatigue is known and can be quantified. A statistical model of the vehicle operator's fatigue can be developed from the data from the multiple instances. In future instances, the statistical model can be applied to real-time physiological data collected from the operator during operation of the vehicle to determine a fatigue level. A warning can be provided when the statistically-calculated fatigue level exceeds a threshold level.
US09771077B2
A vehicle control system is provided which includes a travel controller working to execute a coasting mode to cut transmission of drive power, as produced by an engine to a drive wheel of the vehicle when a given execution condition is encountered while the vehicle is traveling. The travel controller determines a threshold value, as used for comparison with a position of an accelerator, based on the speed of the vehicle. When the position of the accelerator is determined to be smaller than the threshold value, the travel controller executes the coasting mode. This improves the fuel economy in the vehicle without sacrificing traveling of the vehicle according to a driver's operation on the accelerator.
US09771074B2
Even if an adjustable speed limitation function (ASL) sets a vehicle speed upper limit to a relatively low vehicle speed, a control unit 10 is configured to, in order to suppress the problem of a decrease in fuel efficiency while the ASL is executing the vehicle speed limitation, suppress an output of an engine 2 so that the vehicle speed does not exceed the vehicle speed upper limit, and cause a gear stage of an automatic transmission 3 to be shifted up to a higher speed side gear stage having higher fuel efficiency than a gear stage that is set based on the driving state of a vehicle 1, when a deviation between the vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor 21 and the vehicle speed upper limit that is set by a vehicle speed upper limit setting switch 24 becomes less than a predetermined threshold.
US09771063B2
Systems and methods for operating a transmission of a hybrid powertrain that includes a motor/generator are described. The systems and methods may classify transmission degradation in response to an estimated transmission input shaft speed that is determined from transmission output shaft speed. In one example, transmission degradation may be correctable transmission degradation, partial transmission degradation, and continuous transmission degradation.
US09771060B2
A control method and system for a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator a power sources are provided. The control method includes performing a parallel driving mode by driving with a driving power transmitted from the engine and the second motor/generator at a fixed gear ratio. Additionally, an OD brake is released from fixing a gear ratio of a planetary gear set disposed between the generator and the engine. Then an EV driving mode is performed with a driving power of the second motor/generator.
US09771059B2
Disclosed is a method for control of a vehicle with a drive system comprising an output shaft in a combustion engine and a planetary gear with a first and a second electrical machine connected via their rotors to the components in the planetary gear, a supply of electrical power to electrical auxiliary units and/or loads present in the vehicle is carried out, by way of the combustion engine being kept running with its output shaft connected with the second electrical machine's rotor, and the electrical auxiliary units and/or loads being supplied with electrical power via the first electrical machine and/or the second electrical machine.
US09771052B2
A universal coupler assembly for a wiper assembly includes a carrier adapted to be mounted to the wiper assembly and a saddle that is removably received and retained by the carrier. The saddle is slideably mounted in a side of the carrier and includes a locking mechanism to provide releasable engagement with the carrier. The carrier and saddle cooperate to accommodate various sizes of “pinch-type” wiper arm attachment members, “push-button-type” attachment members, as well as “side-pin-type” and “pin-and-bent-tab-type” attachment members that are used to connect the wiper arm and the wiper assembly.
US09771045B2
A vehicle side airbag device including: inflator that operates to generate gas; airbag that is provided at side section of seatback of vehicle seat, that inflates and deploys using gas generated by the inflator, that protects occupant from at least head to abdominal region, and in which, in inflated and deployed state, rearward sloping portion configured by location at lower end side of front edge portion of the airbag extends diagonally toward vehicle upper rear on progression from lower end toward upper end of the rearward sloping portion; and flow regulating section that is provided at lower section of the airbag, and that ejects gas generated by the inflator from upper ejection opening toward upper section side of the airbag, and from lower ejection opening along lower edge portion of the airbag toward rearward sloping portion side.
US09771040B2
A trailer frame includes a rear bolster, cross-members, and corner gussets extending forwardly from ends of the rear bolster. A rear impact guard includes a bumper positioned at the rear end of the trailer and spaced below the rear bolster, pair of outboard posts, and at least one inboard post. The outboard posts extend between the bumper and the rear bolster adjacent respective opposed distal ends of the bumper, and the inboard post extends between the bumper and the rear bolster between the outboard posts. Each of the pair of outboard posts has a lower end that overlaps with a respective mounting bracket that protrudes upwardly toward the rear bolster from the bumper such that mounting holes of the outboard posts align with mounting holes of the mounting brackets. A laterally-outboard panel of each mounting bracket extends obliquely from the bumper in a direction with a laterally-outward component.
US09771037B2
The present disclosure relates to a work machine, in particular in the form of a dump truck or of a truck, having a diesel electric traction drive, comprising at least one internal combustion engine, at least one alternator, at least one set of power electronics as well as at least one electric motor, wherein the power electronics are arranged at least partially in the region of a driven driving axle of the work machine.
US09771025B1
A system includes a structure having a wall, a doorway and a door that is repositionable between a first position wherein the door is clear of the doorway and a second position wherein the door occludes the doorway. The system also includes a stair carrier attached to the structure. A stair may be connected to the stair carrier. The stair carrier is repositionable between a first position wherein the entirety of the stair carrier is disposed on a first side of the wall and a second position wherein a portion of the stair carrier extends through the doorway to a second side of the wall. The door is fully operable between the first position and the second position both when the stair carrier is in the first position and in the second position.
US09771024B2
Rocker guards with automatic step are disclosed that provide robust protection from damage due to rock obstacles to rocker panels and also provide an automatic step to facilitate easy entry and exit from a lifted vehicle. Some embodiments of a rocker guard with automatic step for a vehicle (rocker) can include a body formed to protect rocker panels of a vehicle without damaging the rocker or a step located within the body when the step is in a retracted position, mounts attached to the body for attaching to a vehicle, and an actuator coupled to the step and the body, the actuator being configured to automatically lower the step out of the body to an extended position and retract the step to the retracted position. One embodiment of the invention has a body with an interior volume operable to receive a cartridge with an actuator for moving the automatic step and one or more support legs for extending the automatic step away from the body when the automatic step is coupled to the one or more support legs. This particular embodiment improves the economy of assembly by providing many of the internal workings of the automatic step in a single assembly piece that may be inserted into an end of the body, with minimal additional assembly required, in order to achieve a fully functional and attached step.
US09771020B1
An emergency turn signal system for vehicles having brake lights with a rear central brake light, and having left and right turn signals, and having a hazard flasher light control operable to cut out the turn signal control, and cause the turn signal lights to flash on and off, and having left and right rear emergency turn signals and an emergency turn signal switch, connected to a power source independently of said hazard flasher, and having right and left wiring connected to the emergency turn signal switch; right and left turn signal light modules along side the rear central brake light having respective right and left bulbs connected to respective right and left wiring from the emergency turn signal switch.
US09771013B1
A sheet of polymeric material that is constructed to be coiled into a roll while in a substantially flat configuration. The sheet is positionable over a load bearing surface and at least partially around side surfaces of a bunk of a trailer. The sheet of polymeric material has at least two living hinges that are disposed along a length of the sheet and are substantially parallel to opposing side edges. The living hinges provide areas for the sheet to flex which allows the sheet of material to be manipulated about the trailer bunk. The sheet includes a top surface is configured to contact the trailer bunk where the top surface includes a plurality of ribs extending parallel to the opposing side edges and along a length of the sheet. The plurality of ribs is spaced apart and defines channels there-between that are configured to drain water from the trailer bunk.
US09771006B2
A child restraint system includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an infant carrier. The juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be retained in a stationary position on a passenger seat in a vehicle.
US09770991B2
Systems and methods are provided for charging a battery. The system, for example, includes, but is not limited to a first interface configured to receive a voltage from an AC voltage source, a matrix conversion module comprising a plurality of switches electrically connected to the first interface and configured to provide a charging voltage to the battery, and a controller communicatively connected to the matrix conversion module, wherein the controller is configured to: determine a voltage of the battery, determine an angle of the AC voltage source to initiate charging of the battery based upon the voltage of the battery, and control the plurality of switches to provide the charging voltage to the battery between the determined angle of the AC voltage source and a subsequent zero-crossing of the AC voltage source.
US09770988B2
A clustered instrument panel on a display of a dashboard in a transportation apparatus is disclosed. The clustered instrument panel may be used to combine multiple individual instrument panels, such as the odometer, tachometer, temperature meter, battery meter, navigation screen and any other instrument panels that are traditionally presented separate and independent from other instrument panels. The individual instrument panels may be layered on top of each other to form the clustered instrument panel, with gradual increase in size from the first instrument panel to the nth instrument panel. Information associated with a given instrument panel in the clustered instrument panel may be presented in the gap area between the given instrument panel and the neighbor instrument panel in the clustered instrument panel. In one embodiment, the clustered instrument panel is a triple-circle meter.
US09770982B2
Provided is a control device for a four-wheel drive which can maintain driving stability while restraining noise and vibration. A control device includes: a second control device that, when at least one of front wheel has slipped, engages a dog clutch after rotating a propeller shaft by a rotational force transmitted via first and second friction clutches; and a third control device that, if a predetermined condition is satisfied when the front wheels are not slipping, engages the dog clutch after rotating the propeller shaft by the rotational force transmitted via the first and second friction clutches. The time required to synchronize the dog clutch by the third control device is longer than that required to synchronize the dog clutch by the second control device.
US09770978B2
A tank defines an inner cavity and at least an opening. A filler tube device comprises a tube passing through the opening in the tank, the tube forming a joint with at least one degree of freedom with the tank such that the tube is displaceable relative to the tank. The tube has an open end in the inner cavity of the tank, and an opposite open end outside of the tank, whereby the tube defines a passage for filling the tank. A sealing component is in the inner cavity of the tank, the sealing component configured for collaborating with the open end of the tube when the tube is moved into engagement therewith to close the open end of the tube inside the tank in a protective position.
