US09953166B2
A method for securely booting a target processor in a target system from a secure root of trust includes computing a message authentication code from boot code to be provided to the target processor, including an obfuscated algorithm for recreating the message authentication code in the target processor, serving the boot code to the target processor, executing the boot code to recreate the message authentication code in the target processor, serving the message authentication code back to the root of trust, comparing the returned message authentication code with the message authentication code generated in the root of trust, continuing execution of the boot code data if the returned message authentication code matches the message authentication code, and applying at least one penalty to the target system if the returned message authentication code does not match the message authentication code generated in the root of trust.
US09953154B2
A software widget running on a user device may be designed to operate in a locked or an unlocked mode. In unlocked mode, the user has full interactivity with the widget. In locked mode, however, at least some of the interactivity with the widget is restricted, despite the fact that the widget still operates normally otherwise while in the locked mode. While in locked mode, first user input and second user input may be compared against a predefined unlocking sequence to determine if the widget should be unlocked.
US09953150B2
A processing method and system for identity authentication with a mobile terminal based on iris recognition is provided. The iris characteristic data of the user is encapsulated as iris identification data, which is further established as a unique identifier of the user for identity authentication. The mobile terminal compares the scanned iris characteristic data of the current user against the prestored iris identification data. When the iris characteristic data of the current user is in match with the prestored iris identification data, the mobile terminal is unlocked. Iris recognition is employed to verify the identity of the user, so as to control unlock the mobile terminal and log into the application.
US09953143B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with software identifier based correlation are described. One example system includes an identifier data store to store a first identifier that uniquely identifies a discovered instance of a software title installed in an enterprise. The first identifier is discoverable from the discovered instance and may be provided by a discovery logic. The second identifier identifies a known instance of a software title associated with the enterprise and is provided from an enterprise resource planning (ERP) data store by an ERP logic. The example system may also include a correlation logic to identify a correlation between the discovered instance and the known instance based on a relationship between the identifiers. The example system may also include an update logic to selectively update a value in the ERP data store based on the correlation.
US09953140B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for securely dispensing one or more prescribed substances at a given time and/or date are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, a pill dispensing device may include a generally tamper-proof portable housing. A replaceable cartridge may be configured to be removably disposed within the portable housing. The replaceable cartridge also may be generally tamper-proof. The portable housing and/or the replaceable cartridge may be operable to dispense a predefined amount of a prescribed substance at a given time and/or date.
US09953137B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for pre-processing, analyzing, and storing genomic data through a scalable, distributed analysis system across a network is presented.
US09953135B2
A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.
US09953132B2
A system, method and apparatus for executing a sequence analysis pipeline on genetic sequence data includes a structured ASIC formed of a set of hardwired digital logic circuits that are interconnected by physical electrical interconnects. One of the physical electrical interconnects forms an input to the structured ASIC connected with an electronic data source for receiving reads of genomic data. The hardwired digital logic circuits are arranged as a set of processing engines, each processing engine being formed of a subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits to perform one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline on the reads of genomic data. Each subset of the hardwired digital logic circuits is formed in a wired configuration to perform the one or more steps in the sequence analysis pipeline.
US09953128B2
Disclosed is an identification apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire power generation information from a power generation unit; and an identification unit configured to identify a behavior characteristic in accordance with the power generation information.
US09953121B2
A computer-implemented method includes identifying an in initial register-transfer-level description for an integrated circuit design and adding one or more spare latches to the initial register-transfer-level description to yield a modified register-transfer-level description for the integrated circuit design. The computer-implemented method further includes performing placement and routing for the modified register-transfer-level description to yield a gate-level description for the integrated circuit design. The one or more spare latches exist in said gate-level description. The computer-implemented method further includes converting at least one of the one or more spare latches in the gate-level description into a reconfigurable latch filler cell to yield a modified gate-level description for the integrated circuit design and finalizing the integrated circuit design. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US09953115B2
A method for manufacturing a press formed part, the method including specifying stretch flange limit strain in a metal sheet by using strain gradient in a radial direction and strain gradient in a sheet thickness direction. The strain gradient in the radial direction being directed from an end portion of the metal sheet at a time a press load is applied. The strain gradient in the sheet thickness direction being a direction of the metal sheet that intersects a loading direction. Additionally, the stretch flange limit strain satisfies the formula ϵθlim=A[a·Δϵθ/Δr+b·Δϵθ/Δt]+c, where ϵθlim represents the stretch flange limit strain in a tangential direction of the sheet edge, Δϵθ/Δr represents the strain gradient in the radial direction, Δϵθ/Δt represents the strain gradient in the sheet thickness direction, A, a, and b represent influence coefficients, and c represents the limit strain at a time the strain gradient is zero.
US09953113B2
Systems and methods for, inter alia, geographically based analyses of traffic being carried over a wide scale traffic network. The systems integrate geographical information systems (GIS) with traffic simulation processes to allow a user to analyze traffic patterns and loads at specific geographic locations of regions. Additionally, these systems allow for traffic analysis over a wide scale traffic network that may encompass the traffic network that exists within an geographic region and can include, as examples, the traffic networks that span across a city, that interconnect cities, that interconnect states and that run across multiple states. To this end, the systems include traffic simulators that can adaptively or controllably select between multiple traffic simulation models for simulating traffic across different segments of the traffic network. The different models provide varying levels of granularity for measurements of geographical location of a vehicle traveling over the traffic network.
US09953109B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for modeling objects that may include detecting an adjacent area that shares modeled particles of a first object and modeled particles of a second object, calculating an action force between the first object and the second object in the adjacent area based on information stored for grid points of a grid defined with respect to the adjacent area, and modelling the first object and the second object based on the calculated action force.
US09953093B1
A system and method for mapping changes between a browser history stack and a browser page state using one or more tokens. The system comprises an updater module, a parsing module, a mapping module and an execution module. The updater module receives a navigation request from the user and updates a browser history stack based at least in part on the navigation request The parsing module receives a token associated with an entry at the top of the browser history stack and parsing the token into one or more dynamic segments. The mapping module receives the one or more dynamic segments and generates a map based at least in part on the one or more dynamic segments. The execution module receives the map and executing code based at least in part on the map.
US09953083B2
The present invention is directed towards a method and system for processing a real time increase in search requests for a common event. The method and system includes detecting an activity spike in user search request activity based on monitoring of user search requests over a defined period of time and determining source locations associated with the activity spike based on user search result activities. The method and system further includes associating the source locations with the user search request and thereupon applying a machine-learning model to determine a plurality of common features operative to cause the activity spike, including determining associations between the source locations and the activity spike.
US09953074B2
An operator tree is formed for a data processing plan, the operator tree containing a plurality of interconnected nodes and including a grouping of two or more duplicative portions, each of the two or more duplicative portions having identical nodes and structure such that when the operator tree is executed, operators executed in a first duplicative portion using a first thread perform same functions use different data than operators in a second duplicative portion using a second thread. One or more operators in the first portion and one or more operators in the second portion to be synchronized with each other are identified. A synchronization point is created for the identified operators in the first thread and one or more subsequent threads, wherein the synchronization point receives information from each of the identified operators to build an artifact to deliver to one or more operators that depend on the artifact.
US09953068B1
A method for computing usage metrics for a content sharing platform is disclosed. The method includes receiving usage logs of a content sharing platform, the usage logs pertaining to a plurality of events associated with content items of the content sharing platform. The method further includes, for each usage log, identifying an event associated with the usage log, parsing the usage log to identify a set of characteristics for the identified event, obtaining additional information about the identified event based on the set of characteristics, and storing the set of characteristics and the additional information as an event entry for the event. The method also includes storing metadata corresponding to the event separately from the event entry, the metadata to be provided with the event entry to a user upon a user request for information about the event.
US09953058B1
An improved search engine reorganizes an input database containing a set of values into a searchable tree structure having nodes of information with pointers to child nodes. The searchable tee structure is then converted into a searchable array structure that uses mathematical operations to rapidly traverse through elements of the array using mathematical formula to reach different memory locations instead of requiring pointer lookups.
US09953046B2
Displaying pieces of data includes displaying a tree structure on a display device, identifying, in response to a first node being selected from among nodes constituting the displayed tree structure, all nodes connected to the first node in a high-order direction and a low-order direction as a first node group, and identifying, in response to a second node being selected, the second node not being included in the first node group, all nodes connected to the second node in the high-order direction and the low-order direction as a second node group. The second node moves toward the first node according to an operation. A node not to be displayed is determined according to a rule and movement of the second node group. A display device is instructed to display the first node group and the second node group close to each other omitting display of the determined node.
US09953044B2
An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and method for accelerated radix sort processing of data elements in an array in memory. The information processing system stores an array of data elements in a buffer memory in an application specific integrated circuit radix sort accelerator. The array has a head end and a tail end. The system radix sort processing, with a head processor, data elements starting at the head end of the array and progressively advancing radix sort processing data elements toward the tail end of the array. The system radix sort processing, with a tail processor, data elements starting at the tail end of the array and progressively advancing radix sort processing data elements toward the head end of the array, the tail processor radix sort processing data elements in the array contemporaneously with the head processor radix sort processing data elements in the array.
US09953040B2
A system for accessing a database of a plurality of image data sets includes an acquisition unit which acquires a query for searching the database for an image data set or an image data subset comprised in an image data set. The query includes at least one medically relevant term which defines a search criteria. A determining unit determines the image data set or the image data subset included in the image data set based on the strength of semantic matches between the at least one medically relevant term and (a) corresponding medical annotation(s) describing the image data set. A retrieving unit retrieves the determined image data set or image data subset from the database.
US09953034B1
A computing device that provides access to digital media items receives a command from an entity to share a digital media item that was uploaded by another entity. The computing device invokes an interface for trimming the digital media item in response to receiving the command. The computing device receives input for a trim operation to be performed on the digital media item. The computing device then provides a link or embed code for the digital media item for posting on a web site, wherein accessing the link or embed code causes the output of the trim operation to be presented to a user.
US09953033B2
Mobile devices that perform synchronization operations are configured to reduce the amount of data that must be synced to perform a media content sync operation over a wireless connection. The sync operation is implemented as a two-phase arrangement, synchronizing first in a metadata sync operation and then in a media content sync operation. The source device transmits to the destination device a last known version number of the music database that was synced to the destination device and a current version number of the media database at the source device. In response to a failure of the network connection before completion of the metadata sync operation, upon establishment of a second network connection between the source device and destination device, the metadata sync is completed only for any version numbers that indicate a version subsequent to the last version number that was synchronized over the first network connection.
US09953023B2
A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for consolidating an index entry of a dictionary. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving, by one or more processors, a set of parameters, wherein the set of parameters indicates at least a length of prefix and a length of hash value; receiving, by one or more processors, a first term for entry into an index; converting, by one or more processors, the first term for entry into the index according to the set of parameters; and responsive to determining the converted first term is not present in the index, storing, by one or more processors, the first converted term into the index.
US09953022B2
Enterprise data sources can be monitored to detect metric conditions via rules, and alerts can be generated. The alerts can be presented as natural language descriptions of metric conditions. From an alert, the reader can navigate to a story page that presents additional detail and allows further navigation within the data. Additional detail presented can include a drill down synopsis, strategies for overcoming a negative condition, links to discussions within the organization about the condition, options for sharing or collaborating about the condition, or the like.
US09953019B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for improved document signing involving generating secure document copies of a document to be signed in response to receiving actions to perform on the document. In particular, a web service can transmit a document for signing to a plurality of client devices such that the document is viewable through a graphical user interface while the underlying content of the document remains non-editable. Responsive to receiving actions from different client devices, secure document copies of the document can be generated that include additional content form the different client devices.
US09953017B2
Displaying categorized messages includes categorizing at least one message into at least one category among a plurality of categories, displaying a number of messages in a dedicated portion of a display, the number of messages displayed being based on a current size of the dedicated portion of the display, wherein a specific message is selected for display based on a priority measure corresponding to the at least one category into which that specific message is categorized, and in response to a resizing of the dedicated portion of the display, selecting again a new number of messages to display in the dedicated portion based on a new size of the dedicated portion, and displaying the new number of messages, wherein a specific message is selected for display based on a priority measure corresponding to the at least one category into which that specific message is categorized.
US09953016B2
A method, computer program product, and system for composition and declaration of tiled images in a style sheet. Embodiments commence upon identifying a collection of one or more computer-readable instances of individual style sheets, and identifying a corresponding collection of computer-readable objects comprising input images, wherein an individual style sheet includes references to the input images. The collection of one or more computer-readable instances of individual style sheets are used to determine a set of referenced images, which set of images are assembled into a tiled image. References to the images found in the set of images are modified or replaced such that the statements in the style sheets reference the tiled image rather than individual input images. One or more modified style sheets are output to be used in lieu of the unmodified style sheets.
US09953009B1
System and methods for displaying one or more assets on a client device based on device characteristics are provided. Code is transmitted to a client device. The code, when executed by the client device, causes a processor of the client device to determine a first device characteristic of the client device. A first layout may be selected based on the first device characteristic. The layout may include one or more cards. Each card may correspond to one or more assets. Each card may be modified based on a corresponding card characteristic. One or more assets may be requested. The assets may be displayed on the first client device. The code may be transmitted to another client device, which may select a different layout based on a different device characteristic.
US09953007B2
Methods, systems and program products for generating content from a user-created template. Embodiments of the invention may provide an interface configured to allow users to create templates, where the templates further include a user-specified formatting. Embodiments may receive a template created by a user using the provided interface, and responsive to receiving the template, may retrieve data associated with the variable fields in the received template. Embodiments may generate new content based on the received template and the retrieved data, where the generated new content is formatted according to the user-specified formatting in the received template.
US09953004B2
A data processing system with a main board and balcony boards. The data processing system includes a mainboard, at least one processor module, and at least one memory module. The system has at least one balcony board carrying at least one of the processor modules and at least one of the memory modules. The processor module has a first pin area for connecting to the balcony board and a second pin area for connecting to the mainboard, such that the balcony board is attached to the mainboard in a fixed position. The balcony board has an opening through which the processor module is plugged in a socket attached to the mainboard. The mainboard has an opening through which the processor module is plugged in a socket attached to the balcony board. A mainboard and a balcony board for a data processing system is also provided.
US09953002B2
An apparatus is provided that compensates for misalignment on a synchronous data bus. The apparatus includes a replica radial distribution element, a bit lag control element, and a synchronous lag receiver. The replica radial distribution element is configured to receive a lag pulse signal, and is configured to generate a replicated strobe signal, where the replica radial distribution network comprises replicated propagation path lengths, loads, and buffering of a radial distribution network for a strobe. The bit lag control element is configured to measure the time between assertion of the lag pulse signal and assertion of the replicated strobe signal when an update signal is asserted, and is configured to generate a first value on a lag bus that indicates the time. The bit lag control element has delay lock control that is configured to select one of a plurality of successively delayed versions of the lag pulse signal that coincides with the assertion the replicated strobe signal, and is configured to generate a second value on a lag select bus that indicates the propagation time, where the delay lock control selects the one of a plurality of successively delayed versions of the lag pulse signal by incrementing and decrementing bus states of select inputs on a mux, and where the plurality of successively delayed versions comprises inputs to the mux. The synchronous lag receiver is coupled to the bit lag control element, and is configured to receive a first one of a plurality of radially distributed strobes and a data bit, and is configured to delay registering of the data bit by the time.
US09953001B2
Method, apparatus, and system of detecting a hot-plug event. The hot-plug event detection may be done in-band or out-of-band. The in-band detection is performed by a state machine and the out-of-band detection is performed by a logic. A circuitry is to detect a hot-plug event when inserting or removing a device from an extension bus of the plurality of extension bus slots. The circuit is to generate a hot-plug message to notify the hot-plug event. The circuitry including the state machine, the logic and a register to provide at least two bits to mask at least two states of the state machine.
US09952991B1
In an embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: fetching a first set of descriptors from a memory device and writing the first set of descriptors to a buffer; retrieving the first set of descriptors from the buffer and processing the first set of descriptors to permit a Direct Memory Access (DMA) operation; and if space is available in the buffer, fetching a second set of descriptors from the memory device and writing the second set of descriptors to the buffer during or after the processing of the first set of descriptors. In another embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a fetching module configured to fetch a first set of descriptors from a memory device and to write the first set of descriptors to a buffer; a sequencer configured to retrieve the first set of descriptors from the buffer and to process the first set of descriptors to permit a Direct Memory Access (DMA) operation; and wherein if space is available in the buffer, the fetching module is configured to fetch a second set of descriptors from the memory device and to write the second set of descriptors to the buffer during or after the processing of the first set of descriptors.
US09952984B2
A mechanism for managing storage block of a data volume is disclosed. A method includes determining, by a processing device, whether a current data is to be written into an entirety of a storage block of a data volume of an operating system. The method also includes deleting, by the processing device, all of previously written data on the storage block before writing the current data into the storage block in response to determining that the current data is not to be written into the entirety of the storage block. The current data is different from the previously written data.
US09952982B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for invoking demote threads on processors to demote tracks from a cache. A plurality of demote ready lists indicate tracks eligible to demote from the cache. In response to determining that a number of free cache segments in the cache is below a free cache segment threshold, a determination is made of a number of demote threads to invoke on processors based on the number of free cache segments and the free cache segment threshold. The determined number of demote threads are invoked to demote tracks in the cache indicated in the demote ready lists, wherein each invoked demote thread processes one of the demote ready lists to select tracks to demote from the cache to free cache segments in the cache.
US09952955B2
A method of phase calibration for a system to control a double data rate memory device includes setting a scanning frequency at an initial value to determining if a built-in self-test passes, decreasing the scanning frequency by a frequency decrement and then performing the BIST again until the BIST passes, performing a phase calibration procedure to obtain a phase window with respect to the scanning frequency and obtain a target phase obtained based on the phase window to determine if the scanning frequency is lower than a maximum value, and increasing the scanning frequency by a frequency increment and then performing the phase calibration procedure again, until the scanning frequency being determined not lower than the maximum value.
US09952954B2
A method for operating a multi-core processor system, wherein different of a program are each executed simultaneously by a different respective processor core of the multi-core processor system includes inserting a breakpoint in a first of the threads for interrupting the first processor core and instead executing an exception handling routine. At least one processor core to be additionally interrupted is determined with the exception handling routine on the basis of an association matrix, and an inter-processor interrupt (IPI) is sent to the at least one processor core by the exception handling routine in order to interrupt the at least one processor core.
US09952953B2
Technologies are provided for non-monotonic eventual convergence for desired state configuration. One class of problem in DSC is that, in some situations, DSC cannot move forward toward a desired state without first moving further from the desired state. For example, an executable file providing a service that needs to be replaced with a newer version, but that is currently executing (i.e., in the desired state of “operating”), cannot be replaced with the newer version without first being stopped. But stopping the service moves in the wrong direction relative to the desired state, which is to have the service operating. This moving away from the desired state so as to be able to move closer to the desired state is a problem for conventional DSC systems that results in failures. The solution to this problem is herein referred to as “non-monotonic eventual convergence” or “NMEC”. Such NMEC enables a DSC system to configure a target system for a desired state by moving further away from that state if such is needed to eventually reach the desired state.
US09952948B2
A method for fault tolerant controller readiness. Executing functions by a first controller operating in a primary status mode. Operating in a hot standby status mode by a second controller and mirroring the first controller by executing functions to operate as a redundant controller. Operating in a cold standby status mode by at least one backup controller under normal operating conditions. The second controller is reconfigured while operating under normal operating conditions from the hot standby status mode to the primary standby status mode if a failure occurs in the first controller. Reconfiguring the at least one backup controller operating under normal operating conditions from cold standby status mode to hot standby status mode to operate as a redundant controller in response to the reconfiguring the second controller from the hot standby status mode to the primary status mode.
US09952947B2
A method for processing a fault of a lock server in a distributed system is disclosed, where the distributed system includes m lock servers, which locally store same lock server takeover relationship information. Lock servers in the distributed system that are not faulty receive a notification message, which carries information about a fault of a first lock server; after receiving the notification message, a second lock server determines that it is a takeover lock server of the first lock server according to the lock server takeover relationship information, and the takeover lock server enters a silent state; after receiving the notification message, a third lock server in the distributed system determines that it is not the takeover lock server of the first lock server according to the lock server takeover relationship information. After receiving a locking request, the third lock server allocates lock permission information according to the locking request.
US09952944B1
Techniques are provided for improving the accuracy of read operations of memory cells, where the threshold voltage of a memory cell can shift depending on when the read operation occurs. A memory cell is sensed by discharging a sense node into a bit line and detecting an amount of discharge at two sense times relative to a trip voltage. A bit of data is stored in first and second latches based on the two sense times, to provide first and second pages of data. The pages are evaluated using parity check equations and one of the pages which satisfies the most equations is selected. In another option, word line voltages are grounded and then floated to prevent coupling up of the word line. A weak pulldown to ground can gradually discharge a coupled up voltage of the word lines.
US09952939B1
In some embodiments of the present invention, a data storage system includes a controller and a non-volatile memory array having a plurality of memory pages. The controller performs a method that efficiently resolves the lower page corruption problem. In one embodiment, the method selects programmed lower page(s) for which paired upper page(s) have not been programmed, reads data from those selected lower page(s), corrects the read data, and reprograms the read data into those lower page(s). Since the number of lower pages in this condition is typically low (e.g., several pages in a block with hundreds or thousands of pages), this is a much more efficient method than reprogramming the entire block. In another embodiment, a similar reprogramming method is applied as a data recovery scheme in situations in which only lower pages are programmed (e.g., SLC memory, MLC memory in SLC mode, etc.).
US09952937B2
Methods, devices and systems enable restoring a database system more efficiently. A server computing device may be configured to receive a database transaction request that includes information identifying a database operation, determine a priority value for the database operation, and add the database operation to a journaling log based on the determined priority value. After detecting a failure event, the server computing device may perform the database operations identified in the journaling log to restore the database system.
US09952933B1
Various systems, methods, and processes for caching and referencing multiple fingerprints while data operations are ongoing are disclosed. A first fingerprint is generated based on a first fingerprinting process. The first fingerprint is stored in association with a second fingerprint, which is based on a second fingerprinting process. The first fingerprint and the second fingerprint are associated with the same data segment. Data operations such as a backup operation, a restore operation, or a replication operation can be performed while the conversion of the data segment from the second fingerprint to the first fingerprint is ongoing.
US09952932B2
A computer implemented method for providing fault tolerance to a plurality of instances in a system including a plurality of surviving instances includes: determining, for each of the surviving instances, an aggregate load by: retrieving a job load of each job assigned to the respective surviving instance; and summing the job loads of all of the jobs assigned to the respective surviving instance; and selecting to recover and perform, by one of the surviving instances, an orphaned job based upon the aggregate loads of the surviving instances.
US09952930B2
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and memory such that the processing module, when operable within the computing device based on the operational instructions, is configured to perform various operations. When a is to DSN undergo a change from a first system configuration of a Decentralized, or Distributed, Agreement Protocol (DAP) to a second system configuration of the DAP (e.g., such as based on addition, and/or removal of storage unit(s) (SU(s)) within the DSN or reallocation of data within the DSN, etc.), a computing device identifies a DAP transition mapping between the first system configuration of the DAP to the second system configuration of the DAP. Then, the computing device directs SU(s) to operate based on the DAP transition mapping during the transition.
US09952900B1
A scheduler allocating a task to a socket, where the socket comprises a plurality of processor cores and a micro code engine. The scheduler receives metrics from the micro code engine, where the metrics are calculated by the micro code engine based on data receive from an event counter located on each of the plurality of processor cores. The scheduler determines whether a socket level load is below a socket threshold. Based on determining that the socket level load is below the socket threshold value, the scheduler determines whether a core level load is below a core threshold value. Based on determining that the core level load is below the core threshold value, the scheduler determines whether there is an available thread and based on determining that there is an available thread, the scheduler assigns the task to the available thread.
US09952898B2
A system and method are disclosed for managing the execution of tasks. Each task in a first set of tasks included in a pipeline is queued for parallel execution. The execution of the tasks is monitored by a dispatching engine. When a particular task that specifies a next set of tasks in the pipeline to be executed has completed, the dispatching engine determines whether the next set of tasks can be executed before the remaining tasks in the first set of tasks have completed. When the next set of tasks can be executed before the remaining tasks have completed, the next set of tasks is queued for parallel execution. When the next set of tasks cannot be executed before the remaining tasks have completed, the next set of tasks is queued for parallel execution only after the remaining tasks have completed.
US09952895B2
A method is provided for handling interrupts in a processor, the interrupts including regular interrupts having a range of priorities and a pseudo non-maskable interrupt (PNMI) that is of a higher priority than any of the regular interrupts. The method includes the steps of obtaining an interrupt vector corresponding to a received interrupt, and if the received interrupt is a regular interrupt, enabling interrupts in the processor so that a PNMI can be received while handling the regular interrupt, executing a regular interrupt handler using the interrupt vector, and disabling interrupts in the processor. On the other hand, if the received interrupt is a PNMI, a PNMI interrupt handler is executed using the interrupt vector as an input thereto.
US09952892B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs for creating virtual machines (VM) and associated networks in a virtual infrastructure are presented. The method defines virtual network templates in a database, where each virtual network template includes network specifications. A configuration of a virtual system is created, which includes VMs, virtual lab networks associated with virtual network templates, and connections from the VMs to the virtual lab networks. Further, the configuration is deployed in the virtual infrastructure resulting in a deployed configuration. The deployment of the configuration includes instantiating in the virtual infrastructure the VMs of the configuration, instantiating in the virtual infrastructure the virtual lab networks, retrieving information from the database, and creating and executing programming instructions for the VMs. The database information includes the network specifications from the virtual network templates associated with the virtual lab networks, and network resources for the virtual lab networks from a pool of available network resources. The programming instructions are created for the particular Guest Operating System (GOS) running in each VM based on the GOS and on the retrieved database information. When executed in the corresponding VM GOS, the programming instructions configure the VMs network interfaces with the corresponding network specifications.
US09952890B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are included for collecting kernel data in a protected kernel environment. A method includes allocating a first portion of a memory for a first kernel and reserving a second portion of the memory for a second kernel. The second kernel is stored in the second portion of the memory. A hypervisor is provided a memory address corresponding to the second portion of the memory. The hypervisor disables write and execute access privileges corresponding to the second portion of the memory. After a crash occurs corresponding to the first kernel, the second kernel is attempted to be executed. The hypervisor detects the attempted execution of the second kernel. The hypervisor enables execute access privileges corresponding to the second portion of the memory. After the execute access privileges are enabled, the second kernel is executed to collect data corresponding to the first kernel.
US09952888B2
A virtual machine/function of repository is used to collect information for use in providing a particular service to a particular user in a network. The virtual machine/function of repository is dynamically instantiating in a front end of the network upon receiving a request to provision the particular service for the particular user. The collected information pertains only to providing the particular service to the particular user. The virtual machine/function of repository is synchronized with one or more consolidated databases in a back end of the network. The virtual machine/function of repository is deleted upon discontinuation of the particular service for the particular user.
US09952887B2
A secure mode of a computer system is used to provide simulated devices. In operation, if an instruction executing in a non-secure mode accesses a simulated device, then a resulting exception is forwarded to a secure monitor executing in the secure mode. Based on the address accessed by the instruction, the secure monitor identifies the device and simulates the instruction. The secure monitor executes independently of other applications included in the computer system, and does not rely on any hardware virtualization capabilities of the computer system.
US09952878B2
In a system and operating method wherein the system includes a medical apparatus and an operator console, a first input processor is assigned to the operator console and acquires a shutdown command that triggers a shutdown operation of the operator console, and a second input processor is assigned to the medical apparatus and acquires a startup command that triggers a startup operation of the medical device. A first interface forwards the shutdown command from the operator console to the medical apparatus wherein a shutdown operation of the medical apparatus is triggered, and a second interface forwards the startup command from the medical apparatus to the operator console, wherein a startup operation of the operator console is triggered.
US09952873B2
Method, apparatus, and program means for performing a conversion. In one embodiment, a disclosed apparatus includes a destination storage location corresponding to a first architectural register. A functional unit operates responsive to a control signal, to convert a first packed first format value selected from a set of packed first format values into a plurality of second format values. Each of the first format values has a plurality of sub elements having a first number of bits The second format values have a greater number of bits. The functional unit stores the plurality of second format values into an architectural register.
US09952869B2
A system and method is provided for executing a conditional branch instruction. The system and method may include a branch predictor to predict one or more instructions that depend on the conditional branch instruction and a branch mis-prediction buffer to store correct instructions that were not predicted by the branch predictor during a branch mis-prediction.
US09952866B2
A method of compressing a sequence of program instructions begins by examining a program instruction stream to identify a sequence of two or more instructions that meet a parameter. The identified sequence of two or more instructions is replaced by a selected type of layout instruction which is then compressed. A method of decompressing accesses an X-index and a Y-index together as a compressed value. The compressed value is decompressed to a selected type of layout instruction which is decoded and replaced with a sequence of two or more instructions. An apparatus for decompressing includes a storage subsystem configured for storing compressed instructions, wherein a compressed instruction comprises an X-index and a Y-index. A decompressor is configured for translating an X-index and Y-index accessed from the storage subsystem to a selected type of layout instruction which is decoded and replaced with a sequence of two or more instructions.
US09952859B2
A method and system to provide user-level multithreading are disclosed. The method according to the present techniques comprises receiving programming instructions to execute one or more shared resource threads (shreds) via an instruction set architecture (ISA). One or more instruction pointers are configured via the ISA; and the one or more shreds are executed simultaneously with a microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor includes multiple instruction sequencers.
US09952854B2
The present disclosure discloses methods to update portals (100) comprising a first portlet (105) and plural second portlets (110). The method comprises the reception by the first portlet (105) of a first update instruction (160) and the transmission by the first portlet (105) of a second update instruction (165) to each of the plural second portlets (110), the sent second update instruction (165) being the same for each second portlet (110). Then, the method comprises the reception by each of the plural second portlets (110) of the second update instruction (165), and, for each second portlet (110), the processing of the second update instruction (165) according to a predetermined update configuration (135.3, 135.4, 135.5) of the respective second portlet (110), to accept or reject an update of this second portlet (110), according to the second update instruction (165), depending on the predetermined update configuration (135.3, 135.4, 135.5).
US09952834B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for sharing applications initialized to a specified state. In one embodiment, a saved state service receives a plurality of state parameters that describe a state of the application, wherein the state parameters are reported by the application during execution of the application. The save state service then generates a unique data string that corresponds to the state parameters by serializing the state parameters using a data interchange standard. The saved state service may then generate a link to install the application, wherein the link includes the unique data string. In one embodiment, the saved state service serves up the link that, upon invocation on a client, installs the application and initializes the application in the specified state.
US09952831B1
A circuit for transposing a matrix comprising reversal circuitry configured, for each of one or more diagonals of the matrix, to receive elements of the matrix in a first vector and generate a second vector that includes the elements of the matrix in an order that is a reverse of an order of the elements of the matrix in the first vector, and rotation circuitry configured, for each of the one or more diagonals of the matrix, to determine a number of positions by which to rotate the elements of the matrix in the second vector, receive the second vector of elements of the matrix, and generate a third vector that includes the elements of the matrix in the second vector in an order that is a rotation of the elements of the matrix in the second vector by the determined number of positions.
US09952830B2
A classical technique relying on thermodynamics is used, and spin sj, which is a variable, is made to follow a local effective magnetic field Bj to bring a system to a ground state of a problem-setting system. The ground state is a solution thereof. At t=0, the effective magnetic field Bj is applied rightward in all the sites, and all the spins sj are initialized rightward. The magnetic field in the z axis direction and the interaction between spins are gradually applied with time t, which finally brings the spins in the +z direction or the −z direction, and the z components of the spins sj become sjz=+1 or −1. In addition, correction parameters originating from quantum mechanical effects are introduced when the direction of the spin sj is made to follow the direction of the effective magnetic field Bj so as to improve calculation performance.
US09952821B2
A screen position sensing method in a multi display system, a content configuring method, a watermark image generating method for sensing a screen position, a server, and a display terminal are provided. A screen position sensing method in a multi display system performed by a sensing server may include receiving identification information of display terminals from a display server, receiving an image output by each of the display terminals from a camera, and determining a screen position of each of the display terminals based on a watermark included in the image of the display terminals and the received identification information.
US09952820B2
Methods and apparatus to produce augmented reality representations across multiple devices are described. In one example, operation include generating a virtual object, generating a reality space including a first display, and presenting the virtual object in the reality space including the first display on a second display. Further operations include tracking a location of the virtual object in the reality space as the virtual object moves through the reality space, updating the presentation of the virtual object on the second display using the tracked location, and presenting the virtual object on the first display when the tracked location of the virtual object coincides with the location of the first display in the reality space.
US09952819B2
A system and method is disclosed for carrying out an automatic generating of user interfaces in the form of dynamically changing screen forms. The method includes accessing object metadata relating to a user interface, loading a logical description for the user interface based on the metadata, retrieving functional options related to the metadata and determining requirements for at least one additional change to the user interface based on the functional options and retrieving access rights available for a user of the user form interface. The method further includes using a forms engine to organize form elements based on predefined criteria and automatically generating visual description data based on the logical description, the functional options, the access rights available to the user and user settings. Furthermore, the visual description data is provided to a client device that customizes the user form interface based on display setting of the client device.
US09952812B2
A method and system for controlling digital printing of a secret file is provided in this invention. The method comprises: obtaining a source file to be printed; importing the source file into a secret file library; generating a printing job for the source file and adding the printing job into a job list; writing printing control information of the source file into a standard file; after the printing is started, extracting page dot matrix data of the source file from the secret file library, and processing the page dot matrix data according to the printing control information; and transmitting the processed page dot matrix data to a numerical control device. Control management may be effectively realized throughout the printing process of the secret file, and the source file and the standard file cannot be copied without some professional skills in the printing process.
US09952788B2
Method and apparatus for providing a shared nonvolatile memory system using a distributed FTL scheme
One embodiment of the present invention discloses a shared non-volatile memory (“NVM”) system using a distributed flash translation layer (“FTL”) scheme capable of facilitating data storage between multiple hosts and NVM devices. A process of shared NVM system includes an NVM management module or memory controller able to receive a request from a host for reserving a write ownership. The write ownership allows a host to write information to a portion of storage space in an NVM device. Upon identifying availability of the write ownership associated with the NVM device in accordance with a set of predefined policy stored in the NVM management module, the request is granted to the host if the write ownership is available. The host is subsequently allowed to fetch the FTL snapshot from the NVM device for the write operation.
US09952787B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for detecting and managing inefficiency in external services. During operation, the system obtains a snapshot of a data stream transmitted over an external service from a computer system at a first time. Next, the system applies a compression technique to the snapshot to obtain a set of inefficiency metrics for a set of data elements in the snapshot. The system then outputs the set of inefficiency metrics with additional attributes of the data stream to improve identification of inefficiency in the data stream.
US09952786B1
Write operations are scheduled for multiple nodes in a shared storage cluster that supports volume replication. Requests are received from nodes for allocation of space for write operations in a replication log. In response to a received request, the current capacity of the requesting node to manage a backlog can be determined. The amount of space in the replication log allocated to the node is then calibrated to the node's capacity, thereby preventing self-throttling. A separate priority can be assigned to each volume, and space in the replication log assigned to each volume based on its priority. Nodes can target synchronous and other latency sensitive operations to higher priority volumes. A single global queue can be maintained to schedule write operations for all nodes, thereby providing a fair scheduling. A separate local queue can be maintained for each node, thereby providing specific levels of preference to specific nodes.
US09952784B2
Identical data is written to multiple nonvolatile memory chips connected to a memory bus by sending address information to a first nonvolatile memory chip and a second nonvolatile memory chip, selecting the first and second nonvolatile memory chips, while the first nonvolatile and second nonvolatile memory chips are both selected, sending user data over the memory bus to the first and second nonvolatile memory chips in parallel, and programming the user data in the first nonvolatile memory chip and the second nonvolatile memory chip in parallel.
US09952778B2
A data processing technology is provided, and is applied to a partition management device. The partition management device stores a partition view, the partition view records a correspondence between an ID of a current partition and an address of a storage disk, and a total quantity of current partitions may be less than a total quantity of final partitions. By using the technology, data forwarding may be performed on key-value data by using a current partition, thereby reducing complexity of a partition view.
US09952773B2
A method and system for determining a cause for low disk space with respect to a logical disk is provided. The method includes identifying software activities associated with a computing system linked to a file system comprised by a disk storage device. Representations for the software activities are identified with respect to the file system and associated objects are defined. The objects impact available free space on a logical disk of the disk storage device and each software activity is linked with an associated object. An amount of disk space of the logical disk occupied by each object is determined. An impact of each object is analyzed with respect to an amount of available free disk space and a specific cause(s) for the file system exceeding the available free space is determined.
US09952772B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for detecting and managing inefficiency in local storage. During operation, the system obtains a first snapshot of data in local storage of a computer system, wherein the first snapshot comprises a first set of data elements in the local storage at a first time. Next, the system applies a compression technique to the first snapshot to obtain a first set of inefficiency metrics for the first set of data elements. The system then outputs the first set of inefficiency metrics with additional attributes of the data to improve management of inefficiency in the data.
US09952768B2
In one aspect, a multiple mode data structure can be utilized by a storage management system to provide a host representation role in one mode, and represent both a host and a host port in another mode. In one embodiment, in a first mode, the data structure has an undefined host port name attribute and a defined host name attribute to represent a host identified by the defined host name attribute. In the first mode, the data structure is restricted from representing a host port in the storage management system when the host port name attribute is undefined. In a second, unrestricted mode, the multiple mode data structure can represent both a host as well as a host port when a host port name attribute is defined. In one embodiment, the multiple mode data structure can also represent a host cluster. Other aspects are described.
US09952767B2
A consistency group is used as a basic unit of data management of storage containers served by a storage input/output (I/O) stack executing on one or more nodes of a cluster. The storage container may be a LUN embodied as parent volume (active volume), a snapshot (represented as an independent volume embodied as read-only copy of the active volume), and a clone (represented as another independent volume embodied as a read-write copy (clone) of the active volume). A consistency group (CG) is a set (i.e., collection) of objects, e.g., LUNs or other CGs (nested CG), which may be managed and operated upon collectively by an administrative command via a Storage Area Network administration layer (SAL) of the storage I/O stack. The SAL may interact with one or more layers of the storage I/O stack to (i) create a clone of a set of object members of the CG; (ii) create one or more snapshots of the set of object members of the CG; (iii) restore the set of object members of the CG from a group of CG snapshots; (iv) replicate the set of object members of the CG as a single entity; and (v) delete a CG and a nested CG according to specific semantics.
US09952762B2
An interface system that allows for tactile manipulation of a touch screen for people with disabilities and which provides appropriate tactile marking for the action they wish to carry out and that may afford a sensation that a button is being pressed to a user, is provided. The system includes a touch screen and a tactile button assembly that extends over at least a portion of the touch screen. The tactile button assembly includes tactile buttons with tactile indicia that can be felt by a user. The tactile buttons are arranged with respect to the touch screen so that when a tactile button is pressed by a user, a contact end of the tactile button contacts a button on the touch screen to perform a predetermined task associated with pressing such button on the touch screen.
US09952760B2
A mobile terminal includes a display device, a touch panel, a selector, and a combination unit. The display device is a device on which a plurality of tiled objects for performing functions are displayed in particular shapes. The touch panel is disposed on the display device. The selector selects, when two positions are touched on the touch panel, one or more of the tiled objects based on the positions of the touch. The combination unit combines, when the selector selects two or more of the tiled objects, the two or more tiled objects together while retaining shapes of the two or more tiled objects.
US09952755B2
A GUI placement information file in which the positions of GUIs are set as the ratio to the screen size and the sizes of the GUIs are set as fixed length is prepared in association with content. In a screen having such a screen size A that the GUIs do not overlap with each other even when the setting is obeyed, the respective GUIs are displayed with the positions and sizes in accordance with the setting of the GUI placement information file (screen 134). In a screen having such a screen size B that GUIs become a state of overlapping with each other when the setting is obeyed, the setting of the position of the relevant GUI is invalidated and the position is so decided that these GUIs abut on each other (screen 136). In the case of a screen having such a screen size C that a GUI becomes a state of running off the screen when the set sizes are obeyed even in the state in which the GUIs abut on each other, the sizes of the respective GUIs are reduced depending on the screen size and the GUIs are displayed in a packed manner (screen 138).
US09952753B2
Predicting what content items a user finds important and sending those items to a cache on the user's device at times when doing so will not drain resources and will not result in expensive data rates. Applying a ranking function that examines recency and other content metadata associated with the user's content items stored in a synchronized content management system. Determining how much of a ranked list of content items to cache and deciding when is a good time to send content items to the local cache.
US09952746B2
A system and method for associating context-sensitive widgets in electronic publications, preferably eBooks. The publisher of the eBook tags certain sections of the electronic book as widget enabled, which allows the reader of the book to associate a widget with the tagged content. Preferably, the tags are generic to categories of widgets and the system allows a user to select one of several widgets in that category to associate with the content. Once the widget has been associated with the content by a user, the user can activate and run the widget, which is related to the content thereby providing a richer and highly personalized reading experience.
US09952736B2
An OLED array substrate is provided. The OLED array includes multiple sub-pixels defined by multiple data lines and multiple scan lines, and a resistance-type pressure sensing element located in non-opening regions of the sub-pixels. The pressure sensing element includes multiple resistors. Each resistor has a serpentine wire structure. The serpentine wire structure includes a first sub-wire and a second sub-wire connected to two adjacent first sub-wires. Both the first sub-wire and the second sub-wire are located in non-opening regions of the sub-pixels on the OLED array substrate. The resistance-type pressure sensing element is arranged in a display region of the OLED array substrate without influencing the display effect of a display panel or a display device. An extension direction of a projection of the first sub-wire on an array substrate intersects with extension directions of projections of the data lines and the scan lines on the array substrate.
US09952733B2
A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a first sensing line and a second sensing line. The first sensing line includes first sensing cells arranged along a first direction and first connection patterns coupling the first sensing cells. The second sensing line includes second sensing cells arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and second connection patterns coupling the second sensing cells. At least one of the first and the second sensing cells includes openings and conductive patterns located in the openings.
US09952727B2
A touch panel, a display device and a touch driving method are disclosed. The touch panel includes a plurality of first self-capacitance electrodes. The plurality of first self-capacitance electrodes are at least distributed in two areas; the first self-capacitance electrodes at corresponding positions in the at least two areas are electrically connected with each other; and at least one in each group of electrically connected first self-capacitance electrodes corresponds to one row-scanning electrodes, which is configured to determine the touch condition of each first self-capacitance electrode in the same group of electrically connected first self-capacitance electrodes. The disclosure reduces the total amount of leads and hence reduces touch blind areas and is favorable to a narrow-bezel design.
US09952721B2
A touch panel includes: a touch detection device; a map generation section configured to generate a first data map including a fixed pattern and a data pattern, based on a signal output from the touch detection device according to an information recording medium placed in proximity to the touch detection device; and a data acquisition section configured to identify the fixed pattern, and acquire a data code from the data pattern, based on a result of identifying the fixed pattern.
US09952715B2
A touch input sensing apparatus includes a driver configured to output a signal to sensing electrodes, a sensor configured to sense a touch input from the sensing electrodes, and a reference signal generator configured to output a first clock signal to the driver and output a second clock signal to the sensor. The second clock signal frequency is k times greater than a frequency of the first clock signal. The reference signal generator is configured to synchronize the first clock signal with the second clock signal to delay a phase of the second clock signal is delayed from the first clock signal between 0 degrees and 180/k degrees, wherein k is a constant greater than 1.
US09952713B2
Provided are a touch panel, a displaying unit, and a touch panel manufacturing method that make it possible to thin a wiring line and that suppress visibility of a wiring line to improve appearance. A first electrode group extends in a direction intersecting with a second electrode group in plan view. A large part of a first wiring line or the entire first wiring line is arranged so as to overlap a light-shielding part in the entire line width thereof in plan view. On the basis of a display device, a first electrode part is located on an outer side of a dielectric part and the first wiring line and/or a second wiring line has a line width varied according to a height, and has a line width in an outermost region smaller than a line width in an innermost region.
US09952710B2
A manufacturing method of a touch panel includes the steps of providing a substrate, forming a first conductive film on the substrate, forming a first mask on the first conductive film, etching the first conductive film to form electrode portions and lower intersect portions of the touch panel, forming an insulating film made of a negative resist on the first conductive film, and forming a contact hole above the electrode portion by removing the insulating film. The steps further include forming a second conductive film on the insulating film, forming a second mask on the second conductive film, etching the second conductive film to form an upper intersect portion connected between two adjacent electrode portions via the contact hole and intersecting with the lower intersect portion, and forming protective film on the second conductive film.
US09952704B2
Technologies are generally described for a user interface system configured to detect a user's action. In various examples, an electronic device operable by a user may include an annular sensor and a processor. The annular sensor may be configured to detect a touch input. The processor may be operatively coupled to the annular sensor, and configured to determine an action by the user that corresponds to the touch input.
US09952702B2
An input device for generating a control signal includes a control panel, which is formed by a plate-shaped element and has a front side and a rear side, an input zone on the front side, wherein the position of the input zone is marked by a marking on the front side and wherein the control panel is arranged to be deflectable at least in the region of the input zone and a sensor, which is mounted on a region of the rear side opposite the input zone, that detects deflection of the control panel occurring in the region of the input zone, wherein the sensor generates or varies an electrical signal when a user of the input device by exertion of a pressure force on the input zone produces a sufficient deflection of the control panel in the region of the input zone.
US09952690B2
A tablet device 100 according to an embodiment specifies a target area on a touch panel in which an operation is performed and determines the content of the touch operation performed in the target area. For example, the tablet device specifies the target area on the basis of the eye gaze position detected by a eye gaze detecting unit. Then, the tablet device creates a menu image that includes an option associated with the content of the touch operation, displays the created menu image in the default area, and receives the touch operation.
US09952688B2
An arrangement for generating an input command having two essentially ring-shaped input elements which are spatially separate from each other, for securing to respectively a hand is provided. A processing unit for generating an input command in accordance with predefined interacting input patterns is provided. A method for generating an input command is also disclosed, wherein when an instance of touching occurs a respective input pattern is determined in at least two spatially separated input elements. An associated input command is generated from the respective input patterns as a function of input patterns which interact in a predetermined way.
US09952681B2
Provided are a task switching method capable of rapidly and easily accessing a task of interest by using a button that may receive a touch-based input and a device for executing the task switching method. The device includes a button configured to receive an input; a display configured to display task switching screens; and a processor configured to set a task switching mode in response to the button receiving a first input, and control the display to display the task switching screens in response to the button receiving a second input.
US09952680B2
Methods and systems are presented for accepting inputs into a vehicle or other conveyance to control functions of the conveyance. A vehicle control system can receive gestures and other inputs. The vehicle control system can also obtain information about the user of the vehicle control system and information about the environment in which the conveyance is operating. Based on the input and the other information, the vehicle control system can modify or improve the performance or execution of user interface and functions of the conveyance. The changes make the user interfaces and/or functions user-friendly and intuitive.
US09952675B2
In one embodiment, an electronic device to be worn on a user's forearm includes a display and a set of one or more sensors that provide sensor data. In one aspect, a device may detect, using sensor data obtained from a set of sensors, that a first activity state of a user is active. The device may determine, while the first activity state is active, that the sensor data matches a watch check rule associated with the first activity state. Responsive to the detected match, the device may cause a change in visibility of the display.
US09952668B2
In an apparatus and method for processing a virtual world, haptic information regarding a virtual object in the virtual world, the haptic information corresponding to sensed information, is extracted and transmitted to a haptic feedback device. Accordingly, interaction between a real world and the virtual world is achieved. The processing speed of the haptic information with respect to the virtual object may be increased by varying data structures according to types of the virtual object.
US09952645B2
A firmware update method is provided for use in an information processing system powered by a power system. The power system is powered by an external power source and the power system includes a rechargeable battery and a controller. The method includes checking a power status of the rechargeable battery through the controller in response to a firmware update procedure. A power status of the rechargeable battery is determined to be sufficient to perform the firmware update procedure, and an insufficiency of the external power source to power the power system is determined. Power for the firmware update procedure is limited, through the controller, to the rechargeable battery.
US09952643B2
Methods and apparatus relating to device power management state transition latency advertisement for faster boot time are described. In some embodiments, a storage unit stores a value corresponding to a requisite transition delay period for a first agent to exit from a low power consumption state. The first agent writes the value to the storage unit and a second agent waits for the requisite transition delay period (after the first agent initiates its exit from the low power consumption state) before the second agent attempts to communicate with the first agent via a link. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US09952637B2
A heat dissipation structure for an external apparatus is a heat dissipation structure for an external apparatus in an electronic apparatus including a housing section configured to removably house an external apparatus. The heat dissipation structure for an external apparatus includes a heat dissipation portion, which is removably attached to the external apparatus and which has thermal conductivity for transferring heat generated by the external apparatus to the housing section.
US09952630B2
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a base component including a keyed mount receptacle, and a power component including a keyed mount configured to be inserted into the keyed mount receptacle. The power component can be configured to be lockably coupled to the base component when the power component is rotated with respect to the base component.
US09952629B2
Disclosed are an electronic device, a User Interface (UI) method in the electronic device, and a cover of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen, and a controller configured to determine whether a cover covers the touch screen, to define a first area and a second area on the touch screen respectively in correspondence with a window area and a keyboard area of the cover, when the cover covers the touch screen, and to control display of a keypad related to contents displayed in the first area in the second area.
US09952627B2
An information handling system may be in the form of a tablet computer such as a tablet computer. The tablet computer has a bendable display and may be foldable about an axis to cause the display to be bended and form an outer surface of the folded tablet computer or portion thereof. When the tablet computer is folded, the bended display may be displaced relative to a portion of the housing of the tablet computer.
US09952625B2
A touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The touch panel comprises: a cover substrate comprising a visible area and a non-visible area, wherein the non-visible area is located in a peripheral area of the visible area; an electrode layer formed on the visible area and the non-visible area of the cover substrate; a conductive masking layer formed on the non-visible area and disposed on a part of the electrode layer that is located on the non-visible area; and a plurality of connecting wires formed on the conductive masking layer and electrically connected to the electrode layer through uniaxial conduction of the conductive masking layer. The present disclosure comprises a method of manufacturing the touch panel. Accordingly, product yield is increased and touch sensing precision is maintained.
US09952621B2
A display apparatus includes a display module and a front case. The display module displays images. The display module includes a boss fixing member having a combination hole. The front case covers a first surface of the display module and has a first boss that is inserted into the combination hole to combine the front case to the display module. The first boss is formed at inside edges of the display module. The boss fixing member is positioned within the edges of the display module which define the outdimension of the display module.
US09952597B2
In an apparatus for correcting a location of a vehicle, a satellite positioning unit mounted in the vehicle measures the location of the vehicle using navigation satellites. A locational trajectory generating unit generates a locational trajectory of the vehicle based on the location of the vehicle measured by the satellite positioning unit. A location correcting unit corrects the location of the vehicle based on the locational trajectory and map information stored in a map information storage. The location correcting unit, for each of the vehicle locations included in the locational trajectory, determines in which one of the lanes of the road the vehicle was traveling as the vehicle location was measured, and geometrically compares at least one traveled lane of the road acquired from the determination and the locational trajectory, and based on the comparison, calculates a locational correction amount of the location of the vehicle.
US09952594B1
A system and method for traffic data collection using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), equipped with a camera, to an elevated position at a monitored location or to track a specific target vehicle; capture video data of the monitored location or the target vehicle for a pre-determined period of time using the UAV camera; transfer the captured video data to a processing system; at the processing system, process the captured video data on a frame basis to identify vehicles or objects of interest for analysis; group the video data from multiple frames related to a particular vehicle or object of interest into a data group associated with the particular vehicle or object; create a data group for each of the vehicles or objects of interest; and provide the data groups corresponding to each of the vehicles or objects of interest as output data used to configure or train a human driver model for prediction or simulation of human driver behavior.
US09952589B1
Disclosed inventory systems, methods, and devices can be used to retrieve and transport resources from one location to another. Specifically, a vertically mobile drive unit including a vertical element retention mechanism can be controlled by a management component to retrieve a resource, transport the resource from one floor to a different floor in an inventory system, and deposit the resource at a destination. The vertically mobile drive unit can transit vertically along a vertically disposed element in an inventory system, such as a structural pole or column; and can rotate around the structural pole or column in order to set down on an upper level after ascending, or to clear the upper level prior to descending.
US09952567B2
A method is provided for populating a function for a control unit with data, in which method measurements are performed on a system at different measuring points on a test stand, and a global data-based model is set up based on the obtained measured values, and virtual measurements which simulate real measurements on the test stand are carried out on the global data-based model, and uncertainties for virtual measured values of the virtual measurements are determined from the global data-based model, the uncertainties of the virtual measured values being taken into account when populating the function for the control unit with data.
US09952552B2
In a developing cartridge, a drive-force receiving member includes: a first cylindrical part having a gear part transmitting drive force to a developing roller; a second cylindrical part disposed radially inward of the first cylindrical part and in contact with a support part; and a receiving part receiving drive force from outside of the developing cartridge. The receiving part is disposed outward of the first and second cylindrical parts in an axial direction in which a rotational axis extends. The receiving part has an internal space in communication with a gap between the first and second cylindrical parts. The receiving part is disposed to overlap the gap between the first and second cylindrical parts when the receiving part is viewed in the axial direction. The receiving part has an outward end in the axial direction, at least part of the outward end of the receiving part being closed.
US09952549B2
A fixing apparatus includes: a heating member that has an outer circumferential surface to be driven in a circulative manner and heats a sheet; a heat radiation suppression member that covers a part of an outer circumferential surface of the heating member to have a predetermined gap and suppresses heat radiation, wherein the heat radiation suppression member has a movable part capable of moving to a first position and a second position more distant than the first position from a part covered by the heating member; a moving unit that moves the movable part to the first position or the second position; a jam detection unit that detects a jam of a sheet in the vicinity of the downstream side end portion of the nip part; and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the movable part is moved from the first position to the second position.
US09952547B2
An image forming apparatus, including a process unit to form a developer image on a sheet, a fuser to convey the sheet and fix the developer image on the sheet by the process unit, a first roller to convey the sheet exiting the fuser to be ejected outside a body of the image forming apparatus, and a driving unit to drive the first roller, is provided. The driving unit drives the first roller at a circumferential velocity higher than a sheet-conveying velocity to convey the sheet by the fuser. The driving unit increases the circumferential velocity of the first roller to be higher as the sheet-conveying velocity to convey the sheet by the fuser is higher.
US09952546B2
According to the embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a writing unit, and a processor. The processor forms a first image again on a third sheet, when the writing unit does not succeed in writing information in a wireless tag of a first sheet, on which the first image is formed by the image forming unit. Further, the processor discharges the third sheet prior to a second sheet, on which a second image is formed, the second image being next to the first image.
US09952545B2
A motor control apparatus that performs a drive control of a motor includes a current detector configured to detect a driving current flowing in a winding of the motor, a calculator configured to calculate an estimated value indicating a rotational position of a rotor of the motor by an estimation computation based on a value of the driving current detected by the current detector, and a corrector configured to correct the estimated value of the rotational position based on a rotation amount of the rotor in a predetermined period from a start of the estimation computation by the calculator until completion of the estimation computation. In addition, a controller controls the driving current flowing in the winding of the motor so that a deviation between the estimated value corrected by the corrector and an instructed value indicating a target position of the rotor is reduced.
US09952538B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a roller, a heating rotary member heating the roller, and a backup member forming a nip portion, a temperature detection unit detecting a temperature of the heating rotary member, and a control unit for controlling power so that the detected temperature is maintained at a target temperature, wherein a print job includes a first step in which the unfixed toner image is formed on the recording material, a second step in which fixing processing is executed, and a third step in which the fixing unit is cleaned, and wherein the third step is executed following the second step, and in the third step, while the target temperature is set higher than the target temperature in the second step, the roller and the heating rotary member are rotated in a state where no recording material is present at the nip portion.
US09952530B2
A developing unit includes a developer bearing member that rotates and bears a developer including a toner and a carrier. A controller switches between a first mode and a second mode based on information which influences a toner charging amount. In the first mode, the developer bearing member rotates during a predetermined operation period from a command of an image forming operation until start of forming the electrostatic latent image. Meanwhile, in the second mode, a total number of rotations of the developer bearing member during the predetermined operation period is smaller than that in the first mode.
US09952525B2
In the conventional toner save processing, in the case where the color of each element, such as a character, a graphics, and an image, constituting an image is a pale color or bright color, visual recognizability will be degraded even by maintaining the density of an edge portion of each element. An image processing apparatus that performs color material save processing to perform color printing while suppressing a color material consumption compared to that at the time of normal printing, includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge pixel constituting an edge of an object within input image data, and a density adjustment unit configured to convert the color of a detected edge pixel into an achromatic color and to decrease the density of the color of a non-edge pixel, which is a pixel other than the edge pixel of the object.
US09952523B2
A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant and an amorphous resin, in which the pigment dispersant has a rate of adsorption A1 (%) to the pigment of at least 80% and not more than 100%, the amorphous resin has a rate of adsorption A2 (%) to the pigment of at least 0% and not more than 60%, the binder resin has an Rf value (RfL) of at least 0.50 and not more than 1.00, and the amorphous resin has an Rf value (RfH) of at least 0.00 and not more than 0.35.
US09952517B2
A method of determining exposure dose of a lithographic apparatus used in a lithographic process on a substrate, the method comprising the steps: (a) receiving a substrate comprising first and second structures produced using the lithographic process; (b) detecting scattered radiation while illuminating the first structure with radiation to obtain a first scatterometer signal; (c) detecting scattered radiation while illuminating the second structure with radiation to obtain a second scatterometer signal; (d) using the first and second scatterometer signals to determine an exposure dose value used to produce said first and second structures wherein the first structure has a first periodic characteristic with spatial characteristics and yet at least another second periodic characteristic with spatial characteristics designed to be affected by the exposure dose and the second structure has a first periodic characteristic with spatial characteristics and yet at least another second periodic characteristic with spatial characteristics designed to be affected by the exposure dose wherein the exposure dose affects the exposure dose affected spatial characteristics of the first and second structures in a different manner.
US09952516B1
A system for generating a lithographic image contains a alight source that emits a diverging light beam and a reflective concave curvilinear surface onto which the diverging light beam falls and which reflects the diverging beam in the form of a converging beam. A digital hologram, which is coded in accordance with the initial lithographic image either preliminarily or dynamically with the use of a spatial light modulator, is placed into the converging beam between the reflective surface and the image-receiving object. The image of an initial lithographic image formed on the image-receiving object is subsequently used in the processes of microlithography.
US09952508B2
A reagent that enhances acid generation of a photoacid generator and composition containing such reagent is disclosed.
US09952507B2
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass self-imageable polymer compositions containing a variety of photobase generators which are useful for forming films that can be patterned to create structures for microelectronic devices, microelectronic packaging, microelectromechanical systems, optoelectronic devices and displays. The compositions of this invention can be tailored to form positive tone or negative tone images depending upon the intended application in aqueous developable medium. The images formed therefrom exhibit improved properties including low wafer stress and better thermo-mechanical properties, among other property enhancements.
US09952505B2
According to one embodiment, an imprint device includes a holding unit, a mounting unit, a moving unit, a curing unit, a pressing portion, and a detecting portion. The holding unit holds template having a pattern portion pressed onto a transfer portion provided on a substrate. The mounting unit mounts the substrate. The moving unit is provided on at least either the holding unit or the mounting unit. The moving unit moves the holding unit and the mounting unit in directions approaching each other or directions away from each other. The curing unit cures the transfer portion onto which the pattern portion of the template is pressed. The pressing portion pushes the template pressed onto the transfer portion in a direction intersecting a pressing direction of the template. The detecting portion detects a position of the template pushed by the pressing portion.
US09952503B2
A method for repairing a mask includes receiving a mask having first and second defective regions. A first treatment is performed to the mask. After performing the first treatment, a first repair process is performed on the mask. The first defective region is repaired to form a first repaired defective region. A second treatment is performed to the mask, including the first repaired defective region. After performing the second treatment, a second repair process is performed on the mask. The second defective region is repaired to form a second repaired defective region.
US09952502B2
A pellicle for lithography processes, including extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography may mitigate thermal accumulation in a membrane of the pellicle. The pellicle includes a membrane and at least one thermal buffer layer on at least one surface of the membrane. An emissivity of the thermal buffer layer may be greater than an emissivity of the membrane. A carbon content of the thermal buffer layer may be greater than a carbon content of the membrane. Multiple thermal buffer layers may be on separate surfaces of the membrane, and the thermal buffer layers may have different properties. A capping layer may be on at least one thermal buffer layer, and the capping layer may include a hydrogen resistant material. A thermal buffer layer may extend over some or all of a surface of the membrane. A thermal buffer layer may be between at least two membranes.
US09952500B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, program products, and systems for adjusting an integrated circuit (IC) layout for optical proximity correction (OPC). Methods according to the disclosure can include: defining a target region of the IC design layout, the target region having a plurality of patterns including a first pattern positioned adjacent to a second pattern, wherein an OPC modeling rule of the IC design layout prohibits the first pattern from being adjusted, and wherein the second pattern does not reduce a printability metric of the first pattern; adjusting the design of the second pattern to reduce at least one printing error in the first pattern, wherein a functionality of the second pattern in the IC design layout is unchanged after the adjusting; and implementing OPC on the IC design layout including the target region with the adjusted second pattern therein.
US09952489B2
The disclosure relates to a discharge lamp including a light emitting tube having a discharge space therein, and a pair of electrodes disposed in the discharge space so as to be opposed to each other, wherein a changing rate of a cross-sectional area is equal to or lower than 200%. The changing rate is a rate of change of the cross-sectional area in every 0.25 mm in a direction along an optical axis of the light emitting tube. The cross-sectional area is an area of a plane perpendicular to the optical axis in a space between an outside shape of at least one of the pair of electrodes and an inside wall of the light emitting tube.
US09952483B2
Advantageous collar grips are provided to secure a grip on a camera lens ring, such as the focusing, zooming, or aperture control rings. A collar grip of a pliable and stretchable material can be placed around the lens ring to allow improved manipulation and thereby more accurate manipulation of the lens. Extended surface features on the collar grip can secure it to the lens ring and ensure an accurate grasp. The collar grip also provides increased diameter to the focusing ring, which can further aid in more accurate focusing ability.
US09952480B2
A display device includes a first gate line and a data line intersecting each other, a pixel electrode, a switching element comprising a gate electrode connected to the first gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode, and a connecting portion which connects the drain electrode with the pixel electrode, and a distance between the data line and the connecting portion is less than a distance between the data line and the gate electrode in a first direction perpendicular to the data line.
US09952478B2
Disclosed are a display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes: a panel on which pixels, defined by intersections of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, are alternately connected to one side and another side of the data line and the gate line; a data driver which supplies a data voltage having a different polarity to the data lines in odd columns even columns; and, a gate driver which supplies a gate voltage, which has first polarity and corresponds to a data voltage having the first polarity, to gate lines in odd rows, and supplies a gate voltage, which has a second polarity, and corresponds to a data voltage having the second polarity, to gate lines in even rows.
US09952471B2
A pixel electrode includes a frame electrode, a main electrode orthogonally connected with a middle part of the frame electrode, a plurality of first branch electrodes which are parallel with one another and spaced with one another, and a plurality of second branch electrodes which are parallel with one another and spaced with one another. The first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes are respectively connected to the frame electrodes at inclination angles of 135° and 45°. The first branch electrodes and the second branch electrodes are orthogonal to each other, and the pixel electrode includes two areas in one sub pixel, in which the first and second branch electrodes are extended from the frame electrode in directions that diverge from each other.
US09952461B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a display device that excels in waterproofness against moisture from a display side. A display device is provided with: a display for displaying an image on a display surface; a cover plate located on the display surface side of the display, the cover plate having a light-transmitting section for making the display surface visible; an elastic member provided so as to cover the side circumferential section of the cover plate; and an accommodation body having an open section that is open toward the cover plate side and a protruding section encircling the open section and protruding to the outer circumferential side of the open section. The display is bonded to the cover plate with a photocurable adhesive. The cover plate is secured via the elastic member to the protruding section by a caulked metal frame body.
US09952458B2
A display apparatus, comprising: a light source emitting light; a display panel displaying an image on a front face of the display panel, and facing the light source; and a diffusion section arranged between the light source and the display panel, wherein the diffusion section includes a diffusion sheet-fixed to a circumferential portion of the display panel via a frame body, and facing the display panel with a distance between the diffusion sheet and the display panel, and an optical sheet arranged in a gap between the display panel and the diffusion sheet.
US09952448B2
A method that adds material selectively to a lens substrate and is used to produce a customized eyewear lens with optical power that is discernibly different from the optical power of the lens substrate. The method involves obtaining the lens substrate, calculating and generating an added material design to convert the lens substrate's optical power to a desired optical power for the customized eyewear lens, contacting the lens substrate with a bulk source of flowable radiation-polymerizable material, and irradiating the material with radiation that is controlled for wavelength range, energy and spatial distribution to polymerize the radiation-polymerizable material only in a selected area according to the added material design. The method does not require the use of external shaping structures to form the customized lens on the lens substrate, and the added material is integrally bonded to the substrate.
US09952444B2
Provided are a method for manufacturing an imaging module and an imaging-module manufacturing device that can enhance the flexibility of disposition of components in an electronic device. An amount of tilt by which and a direction of tilt in which a movable image-stabilizing unit is tilted in a state where a lens unit is installed in the electronic device including a magnetic-field generating unit are acquired in advance. On the basis of the amount of tilt by which and the direction of tilt in which the movable image-stabilizing unit is tilted, acquired in advance, the lens unit and the imaging device unit are fixed to each other in the state where an optical axis of the lens group is tilted by the amount of tilt in a direction opposite to the direction of tilt from a first reference position perpendicular to an imaging surface of the imaging device.
US09952435B2
A display apparatus includes a frame, an image display apparatus attached to the frame, and a distortion correction apparatus. The image display apparatus includes an image forming apparatus and an optical system configured to guide an image from the image forming apparatus to a pupil of an observer. When it is assumed that a direction, which corresponds to a first direction of the image, of the image forming apparatus is an X-direction and a direction, which corresponds to a second direction of the image which direction is different from the first direction, of the image forming apparatus is a Y-direction, the image forming apparatus is curved in the X-direction and/or in the Y-direction. The distortion correction apparatus corrects an input image signal to correct a distortion of an image to be observed.
US09952426B2
A method of constructing a channel mask for an autostereoscopic display, the display including an electronically controlled screen covered by a parallax filter device that includes a refractive medium and is configured to obscure certain areas on the screen for a left eye of a viewer and to obscure certain other areas on the screen for a right eye of the viewer, the channel mask being a two-dimensional geometric object that permits to assign to each point on the screen one of a number of viewing positions of an eye of the viewer, the method including the step of constructing the channel mask by tracing light rays that propagate from selected points on the screen and are refracted at the parallax filter device.
US09952420B2
An image obtaining apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a stage, a connection unit, a movement mechanism, a position detection unit, and a control unit. The image pickup unit includes an objective lens. The stage is configured to determine a position of a pathology slide in an optical axis direction of the objective lens, and the pathology slide is an image pickup target of the image pickup unit. The connection unit is provided to the stage. The movement mechanism is connected to the stage through the connection unit and configured to move the stage in the optical axis direction. The position detection unit is configured to detect a position of the stage in the optical axis direction for a measurement point preset on the stage. The control unit is configured to control the movement mechanism by using at least a result of the detection by the position detection unit.
US09952419B2
The subject matter of the present disclosure generally relates to objective lens changers for optical instruments. In one embodiment, an objective lens changer includes an objective lens carrier moveably attached to a changer frame by a mechanical link arrangement. The objective lens carrier includes two or more objective lens positions. The mechanical link arrangement includes a first link section to provide translation of the objective lens carrier between the objective lens positions and a second link section arranged to control an alignment of the objective lens position with respect to the optical axis of the optical instrument.
US09952418B2
A photomanipulation device is described that includes multiple spatial light modulators (SLMs). By having more than one SLM, this device can simultaneously photomanipulate different areas with different wavelengths and/or it can rapidly switch between different areas with speeds faster than a single device is capable of. This device is particularly useful for photostimulation of neurons where simultaneity and precision timing is required.
US09952414B2
A camera lens is disclosed. The camera lens includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with negative refractive power; a third lens with negative refractive power; a fourth lens with positive refractive power; a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and a sixth lens with negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US09952410B2
An imaging optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element has negative refractive power. The second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element has positive refractive power. The imaging optical lens system has a total of six lens elements.
US09952406B2
There is provided an optical system including: a first lens having positive refractive power and having a convex object-side surface; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; a sixth lens having refractive power; and a seventh lens having negative refractive power and having a concave image-side surface, wherein the first to seventh lenses are sequentially disposed from an object side, whereby an aberration improvement effect may be increased and a high degree of resolution may be realized.
US09952401B2
An inline splicing module for use in combination with one or more fiber subgroup cables each having a plurality of individual fibers includes a backplane component having top and bottom sides; at least one projection on the backplane component defining a cable slack storage component for securing the fiber subgroup cable in a storage position; at least one splice capturing component on the backplane component having a plurality of splice protector sleeves that are each sized and configured for securing therethrough a corresponding one of the plurality of individual fibers from one of the one or more fiber subgroup cables; and a plurality of fiber optic couplers each being structured and disposed for receipt of a corresponding one of the plurality of individual fibers.
US09952400B2
A fiber optic cassette including a body defining a front and an opposite rear and an enclosed interior. A cable entry location is defined in the body for a cable to enter the interior of the cassette. The cable which enters at the cable entry location is attached to the cassette body and the fibers are extended into the cassette body and form terminations at connectors. The connectors are connected to adapters located at the front of the cassette. A front side of the adapters defines termination locations for cables to be connected to the fibers connected at the rear of the adapters. A cable including a jacket, a strength member, and fibers enters the cassette. The strength member is crimped to a crimp tube and is mounted to the cassette body, allowing the fibers to extend past the crimp tube into the interior of the cassette body. A strain relief boot is provided at the cable entry location.
US09952399B2
A connector panel for plug-in units in a telecommunication system, the telecommunication system including a sub-rack or shelf having a backplane for power supply of a number of N plug-in units within the shelf and for enabling the N plug-in units within the shelf to communicate with each other; wherein the connector panel is an entity separate from the backplane and includes a number of m connectors providing an interface between n dedicated plug-in units among the N plug-in units within the shelf, with 2≤n
US09952396B2
A closure (15) is installed at a network distribution point to facilitate upgrading a subscriber network (10) to extend optical fibers closer to the subscribers (18). The closure (15) may include active equipment to convert optical signals to electrical signals. The closure (15) enables a plug-and-play connection to the active equipment to facilitate installing and/or upgrading active equipment at the closure (15). The closure (15) also is expandable to enable drop cables (or other optical cable) to be routed from the closure (15) towards the subscribers (18).
US09952394B2
An optical measurement apparatus (102) containing a bidirectional optical transceiver component (200), the bidirectonal optical transceiver component (200) comprising a source of optical electromagnetic radiation (208), an optical detector (214), a beamsplitter, and a combined input and output port (218). The port (218) is arranged to permit, when in use, propagation of optical electromagnetic radiation therethrough. The beamsplitter is aligned within a housing (206) with respect to the optical source (208), the optical detector (214) and the port (218) in order to direct optical electromagnetic radiation emitted by the optical source (214) to the port (214) and to direct optical electromagnetic radiation received from the port (214) to the optical detector (208).
US09952389B2
To provide a multiplexer that makes it possible to achieve a reduction in size and that minimizes the influence of the expansion of laser light on a multiplexing unit. A multiplexer is provided with a plurality of waveguides, multiplexing units that are provided at an intermediate location within the waveguides, and laser light sources, wherein: the first multiplexing unit is arranged at a position that is closest to the laser light sources; and the laser light sources that have an optical axis at a position that is separated from the transmission axis of the visible light that is introduced into the first multiplexing unit are arranged so that the optical axis is inclined with respect to the transmission axis and the outer periphery of laser light that expands at a predetermined expansion angle passes in front of the first multiplexing unit.
US09952385B2
An arrangement to optically couple multiple waveguides to a few-mode fiber comprises an optical assembly to respectively deflect light beams impacting the optical assembly and an optical coupler being configured to convert a respective fundamental mode of a plurality of the light beams coupled out of a respective different one of a plurality of the multiple waveguides and impacting the optical coupler to a respective higher order mode of each of the plurality of the light beams. The optical assembly comprises a first optical device to deflect each of the light beams impacting the first optical device from the optical coupler to a core section of the few-mode fiber to transfer light within the few-mode fiber.
US09952382B2
The present embodiment relates to an MCF in which the strength of mode coupling or power coupling between adjacent cores included in one coupled-core group is set to an appropriate level to reduce a DGD. The MCF includes at least one coupled-core group. A core interval Λ between adjacent cores included in the coupled-core group is set such that a mode coupling coefficient between the adjacent cores at a wavelength of 1550 nm satisfies 2.6×100 [m−1] to 1.6×102 [m−1] or a power coupling coefficient between the adjacent cores at the wavelength of 1550 nm satisfies 1.3×10−3 [m−1] to 8.1×100 [m−1].
US09952379B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of liquid crystal display technology, discloses a backlight module and a display apparatus. The backlight module includes a back plate including a bottom plate and a side plate; a light bar including a body and a plurality of light emitting units arranged on the body. The body is fixed at an outer side of the side plate, the side plate is provided with holes at positions corresponding to the light emitting units. The light emitting units extend from the body to an inner side of the side plate through corresponding holes.
US09952377B2
A light emitting device comprising at least one first light source (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 211) adapted for, in operation, emitting first light (13) with a first spectral distribution, a first light guide (3) comprising a first light input surface (31), a first light exit surface (32) and at least one first further surface (33, 34, 35, 36), the first light guide being adapted for receiving the first light with the first spectral distribution at the first light input surface, guiding the first light to the first light exit surface and coupling the first light with the first spectral distribution out of the first light exit surface, at least one luminescent element (90) arranged on the first light exit surface of the first light guide, the at least one luminescent element comprising a second light input surface (91), a second light exit surface (92) and at least one light exit surface (92) and at least one second further surface (93, 94, 95, 96), the luminescent element spectral distribution at the second light input surface, converting at least a part of the first light with the first spectral distribution to second light (14) with a second spectral distribution, guiding the second light to the second light exit surface and coupling the second light with the second spectral distribution out of the second light exit surface, the light emitting device further comprising at least one first heat sink element (70) arranged at or on a surface of the luminescent element facing away from the second light input surface (92).
US09952375B2
A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
US09952370B2
A method for manufacturing a stretched film for producing a long-length stretched film by stretching a long-length resin film while being conveyed so as to pass through an oven in a state in which the end portions of the resin film are held by first and second grippers, wherein the oven has a preliminary heating zone, a stretching zone, a thermal fixing zone, and a reheating zone in this order from an upstream side; the stretching zone includes a specific zone having a temperature gradient capable of setting a temperature of an end portion on a second gripper side is higher than a temperature of an end portion on a first gripper side by 5° C. or higher and 15° C. or lower; and the reheating zone has a temperature capable of heating the resin film to a temperature of Tg+5° C. or higher and Tg+20° C. or lower.
US09952369B2
A polarizer for a display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the polarizer includes a linear polarizer and a phase retardation layer on the linear polarizer and comprising a quarter-wave plate and a half-wave plate. The half-wave plate includes a refractive index anisotropic layer. The refractive index anisotropic layer has a refractive index Nx defined in a direction of an x axis, a refractive index Ny defined in a direction of a y axis, and a refractive index Nz defined in a direction of a z axis, wherein Nx=Nz>Ny.
US09952359B2
An imaging lens module includes a plurality of lens elements, wherein one of the lens elements is a plastic lens element. At least one surface of an object-side surface and an image-side surface of the plastic lens element includes an effective optical portion, a first fitting portion and a connecting portion. The effective optical portion is aspheric. The first fitting portion surrounds the effective optical portion and is connected to another one of the lens elements adjacent to the surface for aligning the plastic lens element with the lens element adjacent to the surface. The connecting portion connects the effective optical portion and the first fitting portion, and includes a coating area and an isolation area. The coating area is coated with a light absorbing coating. The isolation area connects the coating area and the first fitting portion.
US09952358B2
Embodiments generally relate to methods for preventing the formation of an emulsion in a liquid lens. In one embodiment, the method comprises fabricating a top substrate, a bottom substrate, and a central substrate including a cavity configured to be filled by first and second liquids. The liquid lens comprising the top substrate, the bottom substrate and the central substrate is assembled, with at least one of the top substrate and the bottom substrate in the assembled liquid lens being characterized by a stabilizing feature determining that in response to an impact load on the assembled liquid lens that would cause localized pressure drops of maximum magnitude X in the absence of the stabilizing feature, the maximum magnitude of localized pressure drops within the liquid lens is smaller than X.
US09952349B1
A motion detection system including a lens arranged to focus infrared radiation; a variably positionable optical attenuator arranged for variable positioning thereof opposite the focusing lens, operable for variably attenuating infrared radiation focused by the focusing lens, an extent and a magnitude of the variable attenuation being dependent on a position and on a set of physical characteristics of the variably positionable optical attenuator; a PIR sensor positioned opposite the focusing lens and the variably positionable optical attenuator, operable for sensing the focused and attenuated infrared radiation; and a human motion detection indication generator operable for ascertaining whether an intensity of infrared radiation sensed by the PIR sensor is above a human-generated infrared radiation detection threshold and, responsive thereto, for generating an indication of detection of human motion.
US09952338B2
An x-ray detector is disclosed, for a computed tomography system. In an embodiment, the x-ray detector includes a base plate and a number of detector modules, each including at least one detector field with a detector surface facing counter to an r-direction on a front face and each including a module support, fastened to the base plate. In at least one embodiment, the module support includes a bearing surface facing the base plate, perpendicular to the detector surface, for fastening purposes.
US09952333B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are described for resetting an integration circuit (206) of a detector cell or an electronics arrangement (200) thereof. When a voltage signal output by the integration circuit (206) exceeds a specified threshold (e.g., indicating that a specified number of radiation photons have been detected), a charge injection circuit (208) is configured to inject charge into the integration circuit (206). The injected charge is typically opposite in polarity to stored charge that is stored by a capacitor (214) of the integration circuit (206) and is configured to counteract the stored charge. In this way, a voltage potential at the capacitor (214) decreases, causing the voltage signal output by the integration circuit (206) to decrease. Moreover, a number of resets per measurement interval may be recorded to determine an average current output by a radiation detection element of the detector cell over the measurement interval to facilitate acquiring photon integration readings.
US09952329B2
A device comprising a reception unit for automatically receiving two radiofrequency signals originating from different satellite-based positioning and date-stamping systems, a data processing unit for automatically processing each of the radiofrequency signals so as to deduce time data therefrom, each time datum comprising at least one number of weeks, a calculation unit for automatically calculating a UTC date which is compatible with these time data, and a data transmission unit for automatically providing this UTC date to at least one user system.
US09952327B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for hole selection in a defined area. Embodiments further disclose a system and method for selecting a golf hole location on a green. The system may include a storage component, a processing component, an analyzing component, a selecting component, and a user interface. The storage component may store a database of potential hole locations and attributes. The analyzing component may apply limitations to selecting golf hole locations based upon attributes of each golf hole location to determine an available set. The selecting component may select a golf hole location from the available set. The user interface may be used to input data and output a presentation of a selected golf hole location.
US09952308B2
An access point, a terminal, and a Wireless Fidelity indoor positioning method are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first access point, a first positioning signal sent by a terminal, and recording a moment for receiving the first positioning signal as a first moment t1; receiving, a second positioning signal sent by an ith second access point in n second access points, and recording a fourth moment ti4; sending, a response signal of the second positioning signal to the ith second access point, and recording a fifth moment ti5; receiving, a second moment ti2, a third moment ti3, and a sixth moment ti6 that are sent by the ith second access point; and determining, location coordinates of the terminal. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, clock synchronization is not required. In addition, terminal positioning accuracy is improved.
US09952305B2
Systems an methods are provided that disclose providing a positioning service for devices based on light received from one or more light sources. This light based positioning service uses light information transmitted by each light source to determine the position of the device. The positioning information can include three dimension position information in a building that can then be used to deliver services and information to a mobile device. The content delivered to a mobile device can include multimedia, text, audio, and/or pictorial information. The positioning information along with other location or positioning information can be used in providing augmented reality or location aware services. The light sources can be independent beacons that broadcast information in visible light at a rate that is undetectable by the human eye. Content can be retrieved from a server over a communications connection.
US09952303B2
A motion detection system detects object motion in a medical imaging system. The computer-implemented calibration method includes an automatic calibration process for determining a motion threshold for the object motion detection system, while the object is positioned for imaging by the medical imaging system. The calibration process includes: repeatedly acquiring motion detection data and repeatedly acquiring motion quantification data with a motion quantification system. The motion quantification data are analyzed to determine whether the object was mobile or immobile. If the object was immobile, an object motion threshold for the motion detection system is determined by statistical analysis of the motion detection data. If the object was mobile, the detection and quantification data are correlated for determining an object motion threshold for the motion detection system, the threshold being determined from motion detection data correlated to motion quantification data characterizing an object motion within a predefined tolerance value.
US09952302B2
In a method and apparatus for recording MR signals with an image-recording sequence with which preparation gradients for preparing the MR signals are switched before the signal readout and readout gradients, in order to predominantly record the MR signal components with a desired signal coherence pathway in the readout segment, the signal components with an undesired signal coherence pathway are suppressed by dephasing gradients. The dephasing gradients are determined independently of the time intervals in which the preparation gradients are switched, and only in dependence on the effective size of the gradient moments of the preparation gradients.
US09952298B2
A method and a device are provided for spatial homogenization of the field strength of voltages of radiofrequency pulses of a number of RF transmitters, wherein (a) the measured complex voltages, induced by the electromagnetic field of the antenna, of a plurality of field probes, which are disposed in the vicinity of the antenna, are respectively superposed with a fitting phase shift and used for establishing the new desired homogenized voltages of the radiofrequency pulses of the antenna by a complex transfer function, and/or (b) output signals of at least two directional couplers on the RF feed lines of the antenna are superposed in a respectively fitting phase-shifted manner and these are used to establish complex impedances or scattering parameters of a complex scattering matrix of the antenna, which are used for establishing the new desired homogenized voltages of the radiofrequency pulses of the antenna.
US09952292B2
Sensing systems can include magnetoresistive sensors suitable for both angle and field strength sensing. The system can include one or more magnetoresistive sensors that can sense one or more aspects or characteristics of a magnetic field. The system can include a first magnetoresistive sensor that is configured to sense the magnetic field angle or rotation and a second sensor configured to sense the strength or magnitude of the magnetic field. The system can determine an operation state of the system based on the sensed characteristic(s) of the magnetic field. For example, if the system determines that the sensed magnetic field strength is below a threshold value, the system can determine that it may be operating in an error state. In this example, the system can generate an alarm signal based on the determined error state.
US09952288B2
Provided is a battery control device which can verify a probability of a state of charge or a state of health of a battery. A battery controller according to the invention calculates a measurement parameter of the battery using the state of charge or the state of health of the battery, and the probability of the state of charge or the state of health is diagnosed by comparing the measurement results (see FIGS. 9(a) and 9(b)).
US09952287B2
A monitoring apparatus includes a first converter that converts first analog data indicating a voltage value of each of batteries into first digital data; and a second converter that converts second analog data indicating an electric current value flowing through the plurality of batteries into second digital data. The first analog data and the second analog data are data having the same timing.
US09952281B2
Disclosed are a method, system, and/or apparatus to perform clock jitter and power supply noise analysis. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a first signal, which may be a clock signal, then generating a second signal based on the first signal. The method may further include delaying the second signal by a base delay and/or a series of fine delays. The method may also include taking measurements of the delayed second signal and comparing those measurements to theoretical measurements of the second signal that would occur if the first signal were noise-free. The method may further include determining, based on the measurements and the comparison thereof, whether noise is present, whether the noise is high frequency or low frequency noise, and whether the noise is due to clock jitter and/or power supply deviations.
US09952277B2
A test device uses a single probe to test plurality of pads of at least one chip, and includes a test circuit, a plurality of short-circuit elements and a plurality of probes. The plurality of short-circuit elements is formed in scribe lines around the at least one chip, where each of the plurality of short-circuit elements connects the plurality of pads, and the plurality of pads includes one testing pad and at least one non-testing pad. The plurality of probes receives a plurality of test signals generated by the at least one chip from the testing pad via the plurality of short-circuit elements, so the test circuit generates a test result according to the plurality of test signals.
US09952271B2
The detection of an insulation fault on a network furnished with tappings by a first monitor can be followed by the location and identification of the fault by way of a locator to be placed on the tappings. To satisfy the level-two security, or SIL-2, in which the risk of occurrence of a hazard is decreased by a factor of greater than 100, second means for detecting the insulation fault are installed, to obtain a redundant item of information as regards the insulation resistance of the network, independently of the monitor but associated with a locator.
US09952268B1
Disclosed are methods for measuring capacitance in presence of leakage in integrated circuits. In particular, it teaches a method of measuring leaky capacitors using charge based capacitance measurement (CBCM) technique taking into account parasitic resistance. Fast and accurate measurement of capacitances allows the estimation of a number of technology parameters like: gate-dielectric thickness, gate critical dimension, trench depth in a damascene metallization process, height of a fin in a Fin FET device etc.
US09952265B2
A display may have a substrate layer to which a display driver integrated circuit and flexible printed circuit are bonded. The display driver integrated circuit may be provided with switches and control circuitry for controlling the operation of the switches during bond resistance measurements. Test equipment may apply currents to pads in the display driver integrated circuit through contacts in the flexible printed circuit while controlling the switching circuitry. Based on these measurements and the measurement of trace resistances in a dummy flexible printed circuit, the test equipment may determine bond resistances for bonds between the display driver integrated circuit and the display substrate and between the flexible printed circuit and the display substrate. Displays may have master and slave display driver integrated circuits that share coarse reference voltages produced by the master from raw power supply voltages.
US09952264B2
A display may have a substrate layer to which a display driver integrated circuit and flexible printed circuit are bonded. The display driver integrated circuit may be provided with switches and control circuitry for controlling the operation of the switches during bond resistance measurements. Test equipment may apply currents to pads in the display driver integrated circuit through contacts in the flexible printed circuit while controlling the switching circuitry. Based on these measurements and the measurement of trace resistances in a dummy flexible printed circuit, the test equipment may determine bond resistances for bonds between the display driver integrated circuit and the display substrate and between the flexible printed circuit and the display substrate. Displays may have master and slave display driver integrated circuits that share coarse reference voltages produced by the master from raw power supply voltages.
US09952261B2
A power distribution unit (PDU) disposable in an electrical equipment rack. The PDU has a housing, a power input penetrating the housing, outlets in the housing, a processor disposed in the housing, voltage and current sensors, and a voltage calculation procedure communicable with the processor. The processor samples voltage and current waveforms and calculates RMS values and other power parameters. A method of managing electrical loads each drawing electrical power from a PDU includes repeatedly sampling voltage across and current flowing through each of the loads, calculating raw RMS values of voltage and current, and scaling the raw RMS values to obtain corrected RMS voltage and current values and other power parameters.
US09952251B2
A physical quantity sensor according to the embodiment includes: a substrate; a movable body including a movable electrode portion; and a support which supports the movable body around a first shaft to be displaced, in which, when the movable body is divided into a first portion and a second portion with the first shaft as a boundary, the physical quantity sensor includes a first fixed electrode portion which is disposed on the substrate to oppose the first portion, and a second fixed electrode portion which is disposed on the substrate to oppose the second portion, and a guard portion which suppresses an electrostatic force generated between the movable body and the substrate is provided in an inter-electrode area between the first fixed electrode portion and the second fixed electrode portion, on the substrate.
US09952248B2
The invention relates to a signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20), comprising a first material (2, 3, 13, 14) and a second material (4, 16). The first material (2, 3, 13, 14) and the second material (4, 16) show a different magnetic behavior. The first material (2, 3, 13, 14) and the second material (4, 16) are arranged in a way that the resulting magnetic behavior of the signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20) varies over a magnetic interaction surface (5, 10) of the signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20). The signal inducing device (1, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20) is designed in a way that the magnetic interaction surface (5, 10) shows an essentially smooth surface, in particular with respect to the standard moving direction of the magnetic interaction surface (5, 10).
US09952240B2
Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample.
US09952239B2
The invention provides a sample inspection automation system capable of easily, reliably, and efficiently responding to requests for reinspection or addition of inspection items. The sample inspection automation system includes a storage unit having a sample replacing mechanism for transferring a sample from a tray to a sample transfer line. When the system receives sample retrieval information through the communication between an operating unit and a laboratory information system (LIS), or a host system of the sample inspection automation system, the sample is transferred to the appropriate sample treatment unit through the transfer line. Thus, when a request for reinspection or an addition inspection is issued, the sample inspection automation system can efficiently respond to it.
US09952225B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying, predicting and treating subjects at risk for exacerbation or the presence of a respiratory disease, by detecting expression levels of one or more proteins associated with the respiratory disease, wherein said one or more proteins is selected from the group of CCL24, IL2RA, APOA4, GC, IgA, LPA, KLK3 F, FAS, NRCAM, TNFRSFIOC, IL12B, IL23A, RAGE, CCL20, ICAM1, SERPINA7, CDH13 and CDH1, and wherein said respiratory disease may be chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema.
US09952221B2
Biomarkers are identified by analyzing gene expression data using support vector machines (SVM) to rank genes according to their ability to separate prostate cancer from normal tissue. Expression products of identified genes are detected in patient samples, including prostate tissue, serum, semen and urine, to screen, predict and monitor prostate cancer.
US09952201B2
The invention relates to in vitro methods for testing formulations or active ingredients for preventing the harmful effects of UV on children's skin, in particular children aged three or less. The inventors have developed methods for evaluating the in vitro efficacy of formulations in preventing the harmful effects of UV on the skin of children aged three or less, using a skin model specifically capable of reproducing the characteristics of the skin of children of this age.
US09952194B2
The present invention covers the integration and utility of accelerometer features into a clinical analysis system. For example, measurement of dynamic acceleration and orientation of a blood-testing instrument with respect to Earth's gravitational field may be used to determine reliability of a test procedure and optionally to provide corrective elements thereof.
US09952185B1
The method of validating a calibration of a phased-array inspection instrument uses a calibration block having two reflectors located below an inspection surface at two different depths. The method comprises: obtaining angle reference data associating expected angles with corrected angles, each corrected angle being usable to propagate a phased-array beam into the calibration block at a true angle relative to the inspection surface that corresponds to the corresponding expected angle; propagating, from the inspection surface and targeting each one of the two reflectors, phased-array beams into the calibration block at a true angle using the angle reference data, and measuring echo signals associated with the propagated phased-array beams; determining time-of-flight values corresponding to the reflection of the phased-array beams on the two reflectors using the echo signals; and validating the calibration of the phased-array inspection instrument using the time-of-flight values, the two different depths and the true angle.
US09952182B2
A computer with a proper program generates a phased array sequence of signals. In a pulser with delays, the signals are fed through a multiplexor into multiple water wedges that are attached to a lift-type check valve being tested. For a sequential operation of the lift-type check valves from the open to the closed position, ultrasonic signals are transmitted through the fluid contained in the valve and reflected back through piezo-electric crystals to the multiplexor. By summation and merger of the signals, an image can be developed of the operation of the lift-type check valve to determine if the lift-type check valve is operating properly. By comparing the signals received with a known standard for that lift-type check valve, proper operation, or lack thereof, of the lift-type check valve under test can be determined.
US09952179B2
A dual source ionizer includes a first ionization source and a second ionization source. The first ionization source is configured to generate a first electric field. The first electric field has a first field strength that is insufficient to form NOx− ions. The second ionization source is configured to generate a second electric field. The second electric field has a second field strength that is sufficient to form ozone and the NOx− ions.
US09952174B2
A magnesium sensing membrane is disclosed for use in a potentiometric ion selective electrode that exhibits improved stability upon exposure to surfactant-containing reagents. Kits containing same are disclosed, along with methods of production and use of the magnesium sensing membrane.
US09952170B2
Systems and methods for detecting degradation and failures, include types of failures, in a hose assembly are disclosed. One system includes a hose degradation monitoring circuit having a hose assembly including a hose having first and second conductive layers, and a degradation monitoring circuit configured to detect a resistance of the hose across the conductive layers. The degradation monitoring circuit includes a voltage source electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and a resistor electrically connected between the second conductive layer and ground. The degradation monitoring circuit further includes a voltage monitoring circuit electrically connected between the resistor and the second conductive layer, to periodically monitor a voltage at the location and detect a possible failure of the hose assembly upon determining that, based at least in part on a change in the voltage at the location over time, a resistance of the hose assembly has passed a threshold level.
US09952167B1
Method and device to aid in the inspection and certification of harvested food for human consumption
An apparatus includes an array of compression electrodes and an analysis circuit. The array of compression electrodes includes a pair of outer compression electrodes and a pair of inner compression electrodes. Each of the electrodes includes a contact pad and may be configured to automatically adjust to follow a contour of an object while maintaining contact of the contact pad with a surface of the object. The analysis circuit can be coupled to the array of compression electrodes. The analysis circuit may be configured to automatically make a bioelectrical impedance measurement using the array of compression electrodes and generate a value representing a cell integrity of said object.
US09952161B2
An interferometric holographic instrument enables the generation of digital data for testing and enabling 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional analysis of “live” and real-time semiconductor or anisotropic devices and materials. The digitally recorded interferometric data can be displayed, stored or connected to a live data stream for transmission to digital processing devices. A digital electric processor or analyzer connected to the recording device, or live data stream, enables the interferometric data to be utilized to test, develop, and shape semiconductor and anisotropic microelectronic processing, wireless and microwave devices.
US09952159B2
This invention discloses a laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) apparatus based on high repetition rate pulsed laser. The laser produces a train of laser pulses at a high repetition rate in the kHz (or even higher) range. When the laser beam hits the biological sample, it generates several thousands of micro-plasmas per second. Synchronized miniature CCD array optical spectrometer modules collect the LIBS signal from these micro-plasmas. By adjusting the integration time of the spectrometer to cover a plurality of periods of the laser pulse train, the spectrometer integrates the LIBS signal produced by this plurality of laser pulses. Hence the intensity of the obtained LIBS spectrum can be greatly improved to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and lower the level of detection (LOD).
US09952153B2
A method for the transformation of material (e.g. plastic material) into an optically modulating state via laser radiation is described. The optically modulating state may be a state in which light is emitted at a different wavelength than it is absorbed. The plastic material to may be a thermoplastic or elastomeric material, or an organic polymer selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polycarbonate and polycycloolefin. The laser radiation may comprise the application of an amount of energy of about 0.1 nJoule/μm2 to about 100 μJoule/μm2 and/or may comprise a radiation of a wavelength of about 355 nm to about 1064 nm. The optically modulating state of the plastic material may absorb light in a wavelength spectrum of about 380 nm to about 540 nm and/or a wavelength spectrum of about 635 nm to about 655 nm. The optically modulating state of the plastic material may emit light in a wavelength spectrum of about 550 nm to about 800 nm. The transformation of the plastic material may comprise the generation of optically modulating elements on the surface of said plastic material, selected from the group comprising geometrical forms, geometrical pattern, spots, dots, lines, circles, squares, characters, symbols, drawings, barcode and datamatrixcode. The material may be used as component for the manufacture of a device, microfluidic device, system, cartridge or instrument. Based on the employment of the material the usability of a device or system and/or of any procedure, function or method carried out with it or in it may be determined and/or controlled.
US09952151B2
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon emitter configured to emit photons onto a surface of an article at a number of azimuthal angles; and a processing element configured to process photon-detector-array signals corresponding to photons scattered from surface features of the article and generate one or more surface features maps for the article from the photon-detector-array signals corresponding to the photons scattered from the surface features of the article.
US09952142B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for the light spectroscopic analysis of a small amount of a liquid sample, comprising a receiving point (3) for receiving small amounts of the liquid sample, and light conductors (5, 6) which guide light of a light source to the sample and guide signal light from the sample in the direction of a detector, and is characterised in that an illumination source (7) is arranged below the receiving point (3), and a region (8) below the receiving point (3) which is permeable for the light of the illumination source (7), is provided such that the illumination light illuminates the receiving point (3).
US09952135B2
A portable, stand-alone microfluidic interrogation device including a microprocessor and a touch-screen display. The touch-screen display can receive one or more user input to select a particular particle interrogation procedure, and subsequently show interrogation results. A microfluidic path extending through the interrogation device includes alignment structure that defines an interrogation zone in which particles carried in a fluid are urged toward single-file travel. Operable alignment structure may define sheath-, or non-sheath fluid flow. Desirably, a portion of the alignment structure is removable from the device in a tool-free procedure. The device may operate under the Coulter principle, and/or detect Stokes' shift phenomena, and/or other optically-based signal(s).
US09952125B2
Described herein is a gas detection system (5) including a housing (10) having an inlet (20) in fluid communication with an atmosphere; an analyzer (25) within the housing (20) and configured to detect and measure a gas species in the atmosphere using a gas sensor (37); and a pneumatic system (60) contained within the housing (10) and in fluid communication with the inlet (20) to draw an air sample from the atmosphere. The pneumatic system (60) includes a pump (15); a low flow branch (65) in fluid communication with the pump (15) and having an airflow sensor (90) and a first orifice (85); and a high flow branch (70) in fluid communication with the pump (15) and having a second orifice (95). Such a system is particularly suitable for remote sampling because it prevents the high flow needed for remote sampling to be directed towards the gas sensor withstanding only low flow. Related apparatus, systems, methods and/or articles are described.
US09952119B2
A drilling assembly including a sensor coupled to a gear, the gear in direct or indirect rotational communication with a component of drilling assembly, such as a bull gear or a pipe handler. The drilling assembly further including a logic device configured to calculate a wear status of the drilling assembly, indicating wear of one or more components of the drilling assembly. The logic device can also be configured to calculate an alignment value of the gear for engagement of a locking device.
US09952113B2
An ionization gauge to measure pressure, while controlling the location of deposits resulting from sputtering when operating at high pressure, includes at least one electron source that emits electrons, and an anode that defines an ionization volume. The ionization gauge also includes a collector electrode that collects ions formed by collisions between the electrons and gas molecules and atoms in the ionization volume, to provide a gas pressure output. The electron source can be positioned at an end of the ionization volume, such that the exposure of the electron source to atom flux sputtered off the collector electrode and envelope surface is minimized. Alternatively, the ionization gauge can include a first shade outside of the ionization volume, the first shade being located between the electron source and the collector electrode, and, optionally, a second shade between the envelope and the electron source, such that atoms sputtered off the envelope are inhibited from depositing on the electron source.
US09952106B2
Input device configurations are described. In implementations, an input device includes a sensor substrate having a capacitive sensor to detect proximity of an object that contacts the input device. The input device also includes a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate, where the flexible contact layer is implemented to flex and contact the sensor substrate responsive to pressure applied by the object to initiate an input to a computing device. The flexible contact layer can include a force concentrator pad that is designed to cause pressure to be channeled through the force concentrator pad to cause the flexible contact layer to contact the sensor substrate to initiate the input.
US09952104B2
An optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device includes: an optical fiber as a sensor; a light source for outputting, to the optical fiber, signal light which has been amplified by excitation light; a temperature distribution calculation unit for measuring a temperature distribution along the optical fiber by using backward Raman scattered light from the optical fiber; an ASE light intensity variation measurement unit for measuring an intensity variation of an ASE light generated at the light source; and a temperature distribution correction unit for correcting the temperature distribution based on a measurement result of the ASE light intensity variation measurement unit.
US09952098B2
A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter.
US09952095B1
An electronic device includes one or more light sources for emitting light toward a body part of a user and one or more optical sensors for capturing light samples while each light source is turned on and for capturing dark samples while the light source(s) are turned off. A signal produced by the one or more optical sensors is filtered and demodulated produce multiple demodulated signals each associated with a light source. Each signal associated with the light source(s) is analyzed to estimate or determine a physiological parameter of the user.
US09952094B2
A semiconductor device for flame detection, including: a semiconductor body having a first conductivity type conductivity, delimited by a front surface and forming a cathode region; an anode region having a second conductivity type conductivity, which extends within the semiconductor body, starting from the front surface, and forms, together with the cathode region, the junction of a photodiode that detect ultraviolet radiation emitted by the flames; a supporting dielectric region; and a sensitive region, which is arranged on the supporting dielectric region and varies its own resistance as a function of the infrared radiation emitted by the flames.
US09952088B2
Controlling deposition and retrieval of shipments via an electronic locker unit communicatively coupled a managing distribution center, and having lockable compartments, comprises entering an identification code of the shipment and retrieving specific information including a weight P0 associated with the shipment; opening a compartment of the electronic locker unit; depositing the shipment inside the compartment; weighing the shipment with a weighing module located inside the compartment and comparing the measured weight P with a reference weight; and locking the compartment and logging the compartment as filled and successfully locked upon close match and validation of weight comparison, said reference weight is an authorized weight interval between a minimal weight Pmin and a maximal weight Pmax determined by cumulating at least the two following: a carrier weight tolerance T1 corresponding to the weight P0 provided by the carrier, and a locker weight tolerance T2 of the scales of the weighing modules.
US09952078B2
This disclosure relates to mass flow verification systems for and methods of measuring and verifying the mass flow through a mass flow delivery/measurement device such as a mass flow controller. A mass flow verification system comprises a preset volume, a temperature sensor, and a pressure sensor. The measured verified flow determined by the mass flow verification system can be adjusted to compensate for errors resulting from a dead volume within the mass flow measurement device.
US09952074B2
A heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system with automated flow direction detection is provided. The HVAC system includes one or more hoses configured to provide airflow from HVAC equipment, a bidirectional pressure sensor coupled to the hoses, and a controller coupled to the bidirectional pressure sensor. The controller is configured to receive a signal from the bidirectional pressure sensor, determine a direction of the airflow relative to the bidirectional pressure sensor based on the signal, correct the signal for a reversed hose polarity relative to the bidirectional sensor based on the direction of the airflow, and perform a control activity using the corrected signal.
US09952068B2
An optical element for generating diffraction orders for an encoder apparatus, in which the optical element includes an array of diffraction features arranged such that the spacing between the centers of adjacent diffraction features varies irregularly from one pair of adjacent features to the next.
US09952052B2
The present invention provides a method, the QCODE method, of geotagging all postal addresses and other points of interest that one might want to navigate to and which allows the user to identify these addresses and other points of interest with a code consisting of 6 alphanumeric characters or less. A point of interest may or may not have a street address, for example, “the main entrance to the Jefferson Building at the USPTO complex in Alexandria Virginia” or “the entrance to the VIP parking area at Yankee Stadium”. The disclosure teaches embodiments that are naturally upgraded to integrate changing spatial information due to addition of countries, better data, political changes, and other similar changes in geographical data. A single geocoding engine is capable of handling the various address formats in use in different countries and jurisdictions.
US09952047B2
The present disclosure relates to a measuring instrument and a method implemented in such a measuring instrument. The measuring instrument includes an image sensor, an actuator, a control unit and a processor. The actuator is arranged to move a field of view of the image sensor. The control unit is configured to cause the image sensor to capture at least one digital image during motion of the field of view of the image sensor by the actuator. The exposure time for capturing the digital image is longer than an identifiable section of a regulating pattern for modulation of an optical radiation either emitted or reflected by at least one target. The processor is configured to process at least a portion of the captured image for detecting in the at least one portion the identifiable section of the regulating pattern. Such a measuring instrument is advantageous for detecting and/or identifying a target in the vicinity of the instrument.
US09952040B2
The invention provides a tilt detecting device, in which a fixed member and a tilting plate are relatively rotatably provided via a pivot member, either one of the fixed member or the tilting plate is integral with the pivot member, comprising a tilt detecting unit provided on either of the fixed member or the tilting plate which relatively rotates with respect to the pivot member, and an angle detection pattern formed on the pivot member, wherein the tilt detecting unit comprises a light source for projecting an illumination light to the pivot member, a photodetection element for receiving the illumination light reflected by the pivot member, an optical system for projecting a pattern image to the photodetection element and an arithmetic unit for detecting a rotation of the pivot member based on a projecting position of the pattern image projected onto the photodetection element when the pivot member rotates.
US09952037B2
A system for acquiring surface data from one of the surfaces of a curved panel having a specular surface and developing a surface definition of the panel includes a conveyor for conveying the panel in a first direction, at least one display projecting a preselected multi-phase non-repeating contrasting pattern, and at least one camera, each one of the cameras uniquely paired with one of the displays. The system may also include a control programmed to execute logic for controlling each of the camera/display pairs to acquire the desired images, and logic for analyzing and combining the data acquired by the cameras to construct a definition of the surface of the panel.
US09952033B2
Spatially modulated light emanating from an object moving along a flow path is used to determine various object characteristics including object length along the flow direction. Light emanating from at least one object moving along in a flow path along a flow direction of a spatial filter is sensed. The intensity of the sensed light is time modulated according to features of the spatial filter. A time varying electrical signal is generated which includes a plurality of pulses in response to the sensed light. Pulse widths of at least some of the pulses are measured at a fraction of a local extremum of the pulses. The length of the object along the flow direction is determined based on the measured pulse widths.
US09952031B1
An interferometer (10) is provided that has a stage (28) configured to have a linear motion path. A first retroreflector (18) and a second retroreflector (24) are fixedly coupled to the stage (28). A tube (32) is provided, and the stage (28) is configured to reciprocate about the tube (32). A beamsplitter (14) and a 45° mirror (16) are disposed in the tube (32). A detector (22) is configured to detect light passing through the beamsplitter (14), and the beamsplitter (14) is configured to split an incident light beam into a transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17), wherein the transmitted beam (15) passes to the second retroreflector (24) and the reflected beam (17) passes to the first retroreflector (18). The transmitted beam (15) and a reflected beam (17) are focused on the detector (22).
US09952030B2
According to one embodiment, a strain sensing element includes a film unit being deformable, a first and a second magnetic unit, and a strain sensor. The first magnetic unit is provided on the film unit and is arranged with the film unit in a first direction. The first magnetic unit includes a first magnetic body layer and a first intermediate magnetic layer. The second magnetic unit is provided on the film unit and is arranged with the first magnetic unit in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second magnetic unit includes a second magnetic body layer and a second intermediate magnetic layer. The strain sensor is provided on the film unit between the first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit. An electrical characteristic of the strain sensor changes according to a deformation of the film unit.
US09952029B2
Systems and techniques are provided for guided installation feedback for an opening sensor. Detected magnetic field strengths of a magnetic field created by a magnet of an opening sensor as detected by a magnetometer sensor of the opening sensor may be received over a time period. It may be determined that there has been a change in the strength of the magnetic field created by the magnet as detected by the magnetometer sensor based on the received detected magnetic field strengths. Accelerometer data from an accelerometer disposed in the magnetometer sensor may be received. It may be determined from the accelerometer data that the magnetometer sensor was not moving and positive feedback may be provided to an installer of the opening sensor, or it may be determined from the accelerometer data that the magnetometer sensor was moving and negative feedback may be provided to the installer of the opening sensor.
US09952021B2
A modular ballistic barrier assembly for deployment in proximity to a protected high value asset such as electrical grid equipment. A ballistic barrier assembly comprises a plurality of prefabricated ballistic barrier panel units that can be stacked on top of each other. Each panel unit is made of spaced apart angled steel louvers or slats, arranged in one or more sections. The louvers are arranged in one or more vertically extending, spaced apart rows, having an outwardly facing row of louvers presenting a downwardly angled surface to an approaching projectile, and an inwardly facing row of louvers presenting a second layer of ballistics protection. Steel I-beam support columns are provided at spaced apart intervals to receive and support a stack of panel units. The panel units are made to interlock with vertically adjacent, stacked panels, so that multiple panel units can be stacked.
US09952015B2
A connector includes a connector body coupled to the toy gun to be connected with an upper portion of the magazine; a hole formed to pass through front end of the connector body and configured to accommodate a projectile provided by the magazine; a projectile fixing portion positioned on the connector body in which the hole is formed and configured to fix the projectile provided via the hole; a projectile sensing portion which senses whether or not a projectile remains in the hole, a position of the projectile sensing portion being changed depending on whether or not a projectile remains in the hole; and a first protrusion interlocked with the projectile sensing portion, the first protrusion moving forward or backward to control a stopper depending on whether or not a projectile remains in the hole, the stopper allowing or blocking movement of a cylinder of the toy gun.
US09952013B2
Trigger groups for semi-automatic firearms have a frame, a hammer connected to the frame and movable between a cocked position and a striking position, the hammer being biased toward the striking position, a trigger element connected to the frame and movable by a user between a forward position and a rearward position, a selector connected to the frame and movable between at least a first position and a second position, and a plurality of retention facilities each operable to selectively restrain the hammer in the cocked position, and when the selector is in the second position to enable discharge of the firearm in response to movement of the trigger to the forward position after movement to the rearward position and to enable an additional discharge of the firearm upon release of the trigger to the forward position.
US09952012B2
Trigger groups for semi-automatic firearms have a hammer, a trigger element, a sear, a selector, and a disconnector assembly, the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a first position to retain the hammer in the cocked position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, and the disconnector assembly operable when the selector is in a second position to release the hammer to the striking position in response to release of the trigger element to the rest position subsequent to discharge of the firearm by pulling the trigger element, such that the firearm discharges once per cycle of the trigger element when the selector is in the first position, and fires once for each forward or rearward motion of the trigger element when the selector is in the second position.
US09952009B2
A left handed handgun which allows the use of conventional right handed unmodified magazines. The handgun assembly is adapted for left handed operation including the frame, slide, ejector, firing pin stop area, and extractor to accommodate the left handed user and eject empty cartridge cases away from the left handed user.
US09952006B2
Method for controlling heat transfer between two objects. In one embodiment, the method includes flowing a current through an electromagnet disposed about a container holding magnetorheological fluid to bias a first conductive element against a first end of the container and a second conductive element against a second end of the container to align particles in the magnetorheological fluid such that first conductive element is conductively coupled to the second conductive element; and reducing the current through an electromagnet such that the first conductive element is biased away from the first end of the container and the second conductive element is biased away from the second end of the container to break the alignment of the particles in the magnetorheological fluid such that the first conductive element is not conductively coupled to the second conductive element.
US09952005B2
Header for a heat exchanger and resulting heat exchanger are disclosed. The tubular header is of the type which can receive at least one connecting flange (5, 6) with an internal fluid passage (25), and is composed of: a header plate (8) with a longitudinally open wall, provided with slots intended to receive parallel fluid flow tubes; and a cover (9) which, after assembly, closes a longitudinal opening of said header plate, the wall of this cover having at least one external collar (28) delimiting a hole for the flow of fluid (27), said connecting flange (5, 6) being attached to said cover (9) and being configured in such a way that it can be crimped onto the header (3, 4), thereby bringing the internal passage (25) into fluid communication with the hole (27) in said collar. Advantageously, said collar (28) has a wall thickness (33) which is reduced relative to that of said cover (9) from which the collar extends, thereby maximizing the cross section of said hole (27) for the flow of fluid toward the internal passage (25) of said flange.
US09951992B2
The present invention pertains to metallurgical processes and equipment and, more particularly, to a metallurgical furnace capable of operating with a broad range of broad range of raw materials and fuels, including those with high levels of impurities. Accordingly, the metallurgical furnace of the present invention comprises (i) at least an upper tub, (ii) at least a lower tub, (iii) at least a fuel feeder positioned substantially between the at least an upper tub and the at least a lower tub, (iv) at least a row of tuyeres positioned on at least one of at least an upper tub and at least a lower tub, the at least a row of tuyeres fluidly communicating inside the furnace with the outside environment, and (v) at least a burner positioned on at least one of at least an upper tub and at least a lower tub. The use of at least a burner jointly with the at least a row of tuyeres generates a very intense release of heat by virtue of the exothermic reactions which occur by this combination.
US09951985B2
A system includes a compressor driven by a motor. A condenser receives working fluid from the compressor. An evaporator is in fluid communication with the condenser and the compressor. A first sensor produces a first signal indicative of one of current and power drawn by the motor. A second sensor produces a second signal indicative of a discharge line temperature. A processing circuitry processes the first signal and the second signal to determine a freeze time. The processing circuitry processes the freeze time, the current signal, and the discharge line temperature signal to determine a working fluid charge level.
US09951980B2
A spherical filter drier for an HVACR system includes a generally spherical shell and a core that is fixed position relative to the shell. The shell has a first opening and a second opening in fluid communication with one another across the core. The core includes a media that removes contaminants from fluid flowing from the first opening through the core to the second opening. The spherical shell may be a monolithic shell, or formed from a pair of generally hemispherical shells.
US09951975B2
A carbon dioxide refrigerant vapor compression system and method of operating that system are provided. The refrigerant vapor compression system includes a compression device, a flash tank receiver disposed in the refrigerant circuit intermediate a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger and a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger, and a compressor unload circuit including a refrigerant line establishing refrigerant flow communication between an intermediate pressure stage of the compression device and the refrigerant circuit at a location downstream of the refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger and upstream of a suction inlet to the compression device, and a unload circuit flow control device disposed in said unload circuit refrigerant line. In response to at least one system operating parameter sensed by at least one sensor, the controller selectively positions the unload flow control device to maintain the refrigerant vapor compression system operating below a preselected high pressure limit.
US09951971B2
An apparatus for transferring force to a frame of a solar mirror array. The frame has at least one structural element. The apparatus includes a torque plate. The apparatus includes at least one node attached to and in contact with the plate which connects with the structural element. An apparatus for attaching a primary solar mirror frame array with a secondary mirror frame array. A solar trough frame for holding solar mirrors.
US09951968B2
An HVAC controller may include a first sub-assembly and a second sub-assembly releasably securable to the first sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly may include a housing having the back and a cover, a printed circuit board at least substantially enclosed by the housing, a battery compartment formed in the back of the housing for receiving one or more batteries, and a display exposed for viewing through an aperture in the cover of the housing for viewing the display by a user. The printed circuit board may include one or more battery terminals that extend from the printed circuit board through the back of the housing and into the battery compartment. In some cases, the battery compartment may define a cup-shaped reservoir that may be configured to collect leakage from one or more of the batteries.
US09951964B2
A dehumidifier is provided that may include a main body, a compressor provided within the main body to compress a refrigerant, a plurality of heat exchangers provided within the main body to condense the refrigerant compressed in the compressor or to evaporate the refrigerant, a first fan to discharge air, having undergone heat exchange with the refrigerant evaporated in the plurality of heat exchangers and having subsequently undergone heat exchange with the refrigerant condensed in the plurality of heat exchangers, out of the main body, a mode switch to perform switching between operating modes, including a cooling mode and a dehumidification mode, and a second fan to discharge air, having undergone heat exchange with the refrigerant evaporated in the plurality of heat exchangers in the cooling mode, out of the main body.
US09951962B2
A heat pump heating and hot-water system includes a water heating heat exchanger for heating water by heat exchange with a heating medium heated by a heat pump unit, an indoor heating unit, a heating circulation circuit for selectively pumping the heating medium to either of the water heating heat exchanger and the indoor heating unit using a heating medium pump, and a hot-water accumulating circuit that sends water in a hot-water storage tank to the water heating heat exchanger and returns water having passed through the water heating heat exchanger to the hot-water storage tank using a water pump. The volumetric flow rate of the heating medium pumped to the water heating heat exchanger by the heating medium pump is higher than or equal to the volumetric flow rate of the water pumped to the water heating heat exchanger by the water pump.
US09951957B2
Provided is an air cooled combustion furnace system to effectively operate a combustion furnace for generation of heat energy via combustion of a solid fuel so as to optimize thermal efficiency. The combustion furnace system includes a combustion body structure provided with a hopper and having a combustion space for production of heat energy via combustion of a solid fuel, a cooling device integrally formed in multiple layers with the combustion body structure to cool the combustion body structure via distribution of air, a negative pressure induction device to create a negative pressure within the combustion body structure by suctioning air, a fuel supply device, a grate device constructed by coupling a plurality of grate segments to one another and serving to support the solid fuel being combusted, and a clinker removal device to remove clinkers generated during combustion of the solid fuel from the grate device.
US09951949B1
A solid-state energy conversion device in combination with an ultra-high energy density buoyant combustor generating high radiant, and high emissivity “heat” achieves ultra-high energy conversion efficiency and ultra-high radiant/emissive “flame” preferably creating electromagnetic waves, hot carriers, photons, phonons and/or plasmons created within the high buoyancy combustor to achieve high energy conversion rates. The buoyant combustor can alternatively operate void of the solid-state energy conversion to replace a traditional burner for boiler/furnace.
US09951946B2
A high-efficiency clean burning method of a macromolecular substance, wherein the macromolecular substance comprises biomass and solid organic waste; the method comprises the following steps: generating a first gaseous substance and a red-hot carbon residue layer from biomass carbon residue or charcoal or coke or a mixture thereof by anoxic combustion; leading the heat generated by anoxic combustion to the macromolecular substance, preheating and drying the macromolecular substance and carrying out pyrolysis gasification, so as to generate a second gaseous substance; taking red-hot carbon residue as a pyrolysis catalyst, leading the second gaseous substance to the red-hot carbon residue layer to carry out oxygen catalytic cracking, so as to generate a third gaseous substance; leading the third gaseous substance and the first gaseous substance to an oxygen-enriched combustion zone in a heat preservation manner to carry out oxygen-enriched combustion, so as to achieve substantial complete combustion of all gasification products, wherein a tar wastewater is not generated, and pollution of smoke tar is not generated. A device capable of achieving the method comprises four categories of a plurality of devices. Thus, zero emission of “dioxin” can be achieved when the device is applied to waste incineration disposal.
US09951945B2
To substantially reduce inequality in hot combustion flow rates through first and second heat exchanger tubes from a fuel-fired heating appliance burner box connected thereto and internally combusting a fuel/air mixture received therein from a source thereof to create the hot combustion gas, a perforated diffuser member having a non-uniform perforation pattern is provided. The fuel/air mixture is flowed through the perforated diffuser member into the interior of the burner box. The non-uniform perforation pattern of the diffuser member functions to alter relative combustion gas flow rates through the first and second heat exchanger tubes in a manner reducing an undesirable operating temperature differential therebetween.
US09951942B2
A system and method for producing first and second steams includes: (a) a glow discharge cell, (b) a fluid source, a pump or a valve, and (c) a DC electrical power supply. The glow discharge cell includes an electrically conductive cylindrical vessel having first and second ends, and at least one inlet and one outlet. A hollow electrode is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the vessel and extends at least from the first end to the second end of the vessel. First and second insulators seal the first and second ends, respectively, of the vessel around the hollow electrode and maintain a substantially equidistant gap between the vessel and the hollow electrode. A non-conductive granular material is disposed within the gap. The hollow electrode heats up during an electric glow discharge and produces the first steam and the second steam.
US09951937B2
A lighting device and a lighting device assembling and disassembling method complying with safety regulations are provided. The lighting device includes a main body, a circuit module, a fixing module, and a backside plate. The backside plate includes a first electric connection slot corresponding to the fixing module and a second electric connection slot corresponding to a first electric connection part of the circuit module. In the assembling process, the fixing module is initially connected with the first electric connection slot, and the electric connection between these two components is established. While the fixing module is connected with the first electric connection slot, the electric connection between the first electric connection part and the second electric connection slot is established. Afterwards, the fixing module and the first electric connection slot are structurally connected with each other.
US09951930B2
A portable work light is disclosed having a front cover having a LED light source; a protective housing for the LED light source; a back housing for enclosing the portable light and the various components thereof; a power source and electrical components for operating the portable light; a ratcheting stand and handle; and a plurality of bumpers for protecting various contact points of the portable light.
US09951919B2
The invention relates to a microprojection light module (1) for a motor vehicle headlight, comprising at least one light source (2) and at least one projection arrangement (3), which images the light exiting from the at least one light source (2) into a region in front of the motor vehicle in the form of at least one light distribution, wherein the projection arrangement (3) comprises: an entry optics (30), which consists of an array of micro entry optics (31); an exit optics (40), which consists of an array of micro exit optics (41), wherein each micro entry optics (31) is paired with exactly one micro exit optics (41), wherein the micro entry optics (31) are formed in such a way and/or the micro entry optics (31) and the micro exit optics (41) are arranged relative to one another in such a way that the light exiting from a micro entry optics (31) enters precisely only into the paired micro exit optics (41), and wherein the light pre-shaped by the micro entry optics (31) is imaged by the micro exit optics (41) into a region in front of the motor vehicle as at least one light distribution (LV1-LV5; GLV).
US09951918B2
A headlight device includes: a light source that emits light; a light guide element that receives the light emitted from the light source through an incident surface and guides the received light to emit the guided light from an emitting surface; and a radiation optical system that radiates the light emitted from the emitting surface ahead of a vehicle. The light guide element includes: a first light guide portion that extends from the incident surface to the emitting surface and guides the received light; and a second light guide portion that is in contact with the first light guide portion, extends from the incident surface to the emitting surface, and guides the received light. The first and second light guide portions have different refractive indexes. The light guide element is configured so that part of light entering the first light guide portion can enter the second light guide portion.
US09951913B2
The invention relates to a light fixture (1) comprising an elongated carrier element (5), at least one lighting module (20), which can be detachable secured to the carrier element (5), and means for supplying power to the lighting module (20), said means comprising contacts arranged on the carrier element (5) or on one of the device carriers (50) held by the carrier element (5). In said light fixture, spring contacts (41) constitute at least some of the contacts.
US09951909B2
A LED lamp includes an at least partially optically transmissive enclosure and a base. A LED assembly comprising at least one LED is located in the enclosure and is operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. A heat sink comprises a heat dissipating portion that is at least partially exposed to the ambient environment and a heat conducting portion that is thermally coupled to the at least one LED. The heat sink is connected to the base by a snap fit connector comprising a deformable first member on one of the base or heat sink engaging a second member on the other one of the heat sink and the base. A retention member holds the first member in engagement with the second member. A seal is positioned between the heat sink and the base, the seal being compressed between the heat sink and the base.
US09951894B2
A pipe component with an outer pipe element and at least one inner pipe element arranged inside the outer pipe element is provided. The outer pipe element is formed as a flexible pipe element with a plurality of projections, in particular corrugations, and/or at least one corrugated portion. On at least one point the outer pipe element and the at least one inner pipe element each have a projection pointing to the outside in a radial direction, wherein the outside of the projection of the at least one inner pipe element at least partly flatly rests against the inside of the projection of the outer pipe element or of another inner pipe element, so that by means of the projections a connection exists between the at least one inner pipe element and the outer pipe element. The invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing a pipe component.
US09951892B2
A polyamide resin composition is provided which contains an anti-aging agent together with a deterioration inhibitor, such as a metal compound or a silica-based inorganic compound, for preventing deterioration caused by, for example, an acid component or a halogen component contained in a refrigerant or an oil, and which satisfactorily produces an anti-aging effect expected by adding the anti-aging agent. For producing a polyamide resin composition containing an (a) polyamide resin, a (b) polyolefin-based elastomer, at least one (c) deterioration inhibitor selected from the group consisting of hydroxides, oxides and basic salts of divalent or trivalent metals, and silica-based inorganic compounds, and a (d) anti-aging agent, a mixture prepared by mixing and kneading the (c) deterioration inhibitor and (b) polyolefin-based elastomer and a mixture prepared by mixing and kneading the (a) polyamide resin and the (d) anti-aging agent are mixed and kneaded.
US09951885B2
A pipe pulling technique where an adaptor is attached to the end of the pipe prior to the pipe being pulled underground, for example through a drilled hole. Attaching the adaptor to the pipe end prior to the pipe being pulled underground is faster and reduces danger to workers compared to the conventional process of attaching the adaptor to the end of the pipe after the pipe has been pulled underground.
US09951874B2
A resilient seal for mobile living quarters around a slide out room that includes a pair of mounting portions extending along the inside and outside surfaces of the main living area wall at an aperture through which the slide out room moves and further includes a connecting member extending between the attaching members and along the edge of the wall defining the aperture. A wiper seal extends from the connecting member to flex against the walls of the slide out room, and a cavity is formed between the seal and the aperture to allow room to route wires.
US09951860B2
An epicyclic gear train for a turbine engine includes a gutter with an annular channel. A rotating structure includes a ring gear that has an aperture that is axially aligned with the annular channel. Axially spaced apart walls extend radially outward relative to the rotating structure to define a passageway. The passageway is arranged radially between and axially aligned with the aperture and the annular channel. The walls are configured to inhibit an axial flow of an oil passing from the aperture toward the annular channel.
US09951857B2
A torque transmitting assembly, including: a shaft including a longitudinal axis, first and second longitudinal ends, a radially outermost surface, a first portion including at least one indentation, and second and third portions between the first portion and the first and second longitudinal ends, respectively; and a sprocket assembly disposed about the shaft and including a sprocket with a circumferentially disposed and radially outwardly extending teeth and at least one key engaged with the sprocket. The sprocket assembly is displaceable along the shaft to displace the at least one key into the at least one indentation. The sprocket is non-rotatably connected the shaft when the at least one key is disposed in the at least one indentation. At least respective portions of the radially outermost surface are at a uniform distance from the longitudinal axis in a radial direction orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and extending from the longitudinal axis.
US09951856B2
A sprocket assembly, formed of dissimilar materials, includes at least one tooth member made of ferrous material and a circular disk made of a light metal such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The circular disk supports the tooth member on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The tooth member is dissimilar-metal welded to the circular disk, either by laser welding or by electronic beam welding. Optionally, multiple individual tooth members may be fitted into notches formed in an outer periphery of the circular disk, and welded therein. A method of making a sprocket assembly is also described.
US09951846B2
A transmission includes a drive shaft, an output shaft, a housing, and a first through third planetary gear sets. Six shift elements include a first brake, a second brake, and first through fourth clutches. The shift elements are selectively actuated, by which ten forward gears and one reverse gear can be. Each planetary gear set features at least one sun gear, one planetary gear, one planetary carrier and one ring gear. The drive shaft and the output shaft are arranged in a manner axially offset to each other. The drive shaft is connectable to the sun gear of the third planetary gear set and the second brake through the first clutch, and is connectable to the planetary carrier of the third planetary gear set through the second clutch. The planetary carrier of the third planetary gear set is connected to the first brake.
US09951844B2
A friction transmission belt has a belt body made of a rubber composition and wrapped around pulleys to transmit power. The belt includes a thermoplastic resin film provided to coat a pulley contact surface of the belt body, and a powder layer comprised of reduced friction coefficient powder particles provided on a surface side of the thermoplastic resin film. The powder layer includes powder particles buried in the thermoplastic resin film, powder particles carried and exposed on the surface of the thermoplastic resin film, and powder particles agglomerated and adhering to the powder particles carried and exposed on the surface of the thermoplastic resin film.
US09951843B2
The invention relates to a hydraulic bearing (2) with a support spring (36), a working chamber (4) which is at least partly surrounded by the support spring (36) and which is filled with a hydraulic fluid, a control membrane (12) which is designed to change a working chamber volume of the working chamber (4), and an electromagnetic actuator (16) for deflecting the control membrane (12), wherein the actuator (16) comprises a stator (18) and an armature (20) which can be moved in the longitudinal direction L of the stator (18); the armature (20) is mechanically connected to the control membrane (12); the stator (18) has a stator conductive element (26) made of a ferromagnetic material; the stator conductive element (26) has an upper stator collar (32) which extends in the transverse direction Q of the stator (18) and a lower stator collar (28) which extends in the transverse direction Q of the stator (18); the armature (20) has an armature conductive element (72) made of a ferromagnetic material; the armature conductive element (72) has an upper armature collar (58) which extends in the transverse direction Q of the stator (18) and a lower armature collar (54) which extends in the transverse direction Q of the stator (18); the upper stator collar (32) and the upper armature collar (58) face each other; and the lower stator collar (28) and the lower armature collar (54) face each other. The control membrane (12) is designed for a maximum deflection a in the deflection direction of the control membrane, and the mutually facing upper and/or lower collars (32, 58 or 28, partly overlap over an overlap length u in the longitudinal direction L of the stator (18) such that a ratio of the overlap length u to the maximum deflection a lies between 0.1 and 1.5. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle with a corresponding hydraulic bearing (2).
US09951842B2
A vibration-damping device (10) in the present application includes a first limiting passage (51) and a second limiting passage (52). The first limiting passage (51) includes pressure loss units (53a, 53b). Each of the pressure loss units (53a, 53b) is provided with an intermediate chamber (55), a first communication passage (57), and a second communication passage (58). An opening axis (L1) of a first opening (59) that opens toward the inside of the intermediate chamber (55) in the first communication passage (57) and an opening axis (L2) of a second opening (60) that opens toward the inside of the intermediate chamber (55) in the second communication passage (58) are offset from each other. At least one of the first opening (59) and the second opening (60) opens toward a wall surface that defines the intermediate chamber (55). The pressure loss units (53a, 53b) include a first pressure loss unit (53a) in which the first communication passage (57) directly communicates with the first liquid chamber (14) and the first opening (59) opens toward the wall surface that defines the intermediate chamber (55). In the first pressure loss unit (53a), a portion that faces the first opening (59) and that is in the wall surface that defines the intermediate chamber (55), is formed by the elastic membrane (39).
US09951838B2
A vibration dampening device (10) including: a first section (20) having a first section support assembly (25) for supporting vibratory equipment (140); a second section 30 having a second section support assembly (35) for allowing the vibration dampening device (10) to be supported by a support apparatus (100); and one or more fluid fillable absorbers (40) located between the first and second sections (20,30), wherein the one or more fluid fillable absorbers (40) are configured to absorb at least a portion of a vibratory force transferred from operation of the vibratory equipment (140).
US09951831B2
A method of preventing a vehicle clutch from sticking includes a wear compensation actuation step of actuating a wear compensation device in conjunction with engagement actuation of a clutch actuator after an ignition is turned off when an actuation condition of the wear compensation device is satisfied, and a clutch control step of controlling a clutch position so that the clutch position returns to a disengaged state of the clutch actuator by reactuating the wear compensation device, when a clutch position based on an amount of variation in an actuation length of the actuation rod fails to return to the disengaged state of the clutch actuator during returning of the engaged clutch actuator.
US09951818B2
A wind turbine yaw assembly has a yaw piston and a yaw bearing pad. A spring resides inside the yaw piston and applies spring pressure to the yaw bearing pad. A threaded yaw piston bushing applies adjustable pressure to the spring. The threaded yaw bushing has a plurality of at least three force adjustment screws distributed symmetrically about the threaded yaw piston bushing. The spring pressure is adjusted by tightening or loosening the plurality of force adjustment screws. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09951816B2
An outer ring, an inner ring, and a ball each serving as a bearing part is made of a steel containing 0.95 mass % or more and 1.10 mass % or less of carbon, 0.05 mass % or more and less than 0.3 mass % of silicon, 0.10 mass % or more and 0.50 mass % or less of manganese, and 1.30 mass % or more and 2.00 mass % or less of chromium, with the rest made up of iron and an impurity. A surface layer region defined as a region extending to a depth of not more than 20 μm from an outer ring raceway surface, an inner ring raceway surface, and a ball rolling surface, which are each a surface where the bearing part is in rolling contact with another part, has an average nitrogen concentration of 0.2 mass % or more and 0.7 mass % or less. Five or more carbides with a diameter of 0.5 μm or less are present per 100 μm2 in the surface layer region.
US09951815B2
A pitch bearing assembly for a wind turbine may include an outer race and an inner race rotatable relative to the outer race. The inner race may define an inner circumference and may include a plurality of gear teeth around the inner circumference. The inner race may also include a circumferential flange extending at least partially around the inner circumference. In addition, the pitch bearing assembly may include a stiffener coupled to the circumferential flange.
US09951813B2
A rolling bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, a plurality of balls, and an annular cage. The cage has an annular portion provided on a first side in an axial direction with respect to the balls and a plurality of cage bars. Pockets that house the balls are each formed between the cage bars adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction. An axially-first-side side surface of the annular portion has a first surface that is inclined toward the first side in the axial direction as the first surface extends outward in a radial direction and a second surface provided outward of the first surface in the radial direction and positioned on the second side in the axial direction with respect to an extended virtual plane of the first surface.
US09951791B2
An air conditioner including an improved airflow regulator is configured to easily regulate the airflow. The air conditioner includes a fan assembly configured to blow air a diffuser assembly configured to include a center panel and a grill arranged at the outside of the center panel such that the air blown by the fan assembly flows through a flow passage formed between the center panel and the grill; and an airflow regulator configured to rotate the diffuser assembly so as to change a direction of the flow passage.
US09951784B2
A hermetically-sealed turbomachine, such as a motor-driven blower and a turbine driven generator, capable of reliable high-temperature operation, especially for large sized turbomachine includes a hot blower, compressor or turbine end of the turbomachine that is separated from the cooler electric motor, generator or alternator end of the turbomachine by a compliant mechanical coupling and a thermal choke assembly. The turbomachine housing is also hermetically sealed, providing control over the process gas within the machine housing, and permitting an internal cooling method within the turbomachine, whereby a small amount of process gas itself is used within the turbomachine for providing cooling of the rotating shafts, the axial fan, radial fan, or turbine impeller, the bearings and the electric motor, generator or alternator disposed within the turbomachine housing. The cooling method can be aided by a heat exchanger operatively communicating with the turbomachine.
US09951777B2
A molten metal pump includes an impeller, a pump base housing at least partially enclosing the impeller, a shaft connected to the impeller, a motor connected to the shaft, a motor mount plate for supporting the motor; and a post for connecting the motor mount plate to the pump base housing. The molten metal pump can include a connector that connects the post to the motor mount plate. The molten metal pump can include a socket for connecting the shaft to the motor. The shaft can comprise an assembly including an elongated metal rod having a first end and a second end and a metal non-circular drive member attached at the second end of the elongated metal rod. The impeller can include a cap member having a plurality of generally polygonally shaped inlet openings communicating with internal passages of the impeller, each inlet opening having an inner wall and an outer wall, the outer wall being longer than the inner wall, each inlet opening also including a leading wall and a trailing wall, the leading wall and the trailing wall each interconnecting the inner wall and the outer wall and each being inclined such that an uppermost edge of each wall precedes a lowermost edge of each wall in a first rotational direction.
US09951769B2
A diaphragm pump includes a quick discharge valve unit that comprises a vessel including a supply passage, a check valve seat, a delivery passage and a discharge passage, and an elastic member configured to partition an internal space of the vessel into an input-side space connected to the supply passage and an output-side space connected to the delivery passage and the discharge passage. The elastic member includes a check valve body to prevent an inflow of air from the output-side space to the input-side space, and a discharge port valve body configured to close the discharge passage when air is supplied to the input-side space through the supply passage. The vessel includes a connecting path having a sectional area smaller than an area of a section of the supply passage, and configured to release pressurized air in the input-side space to an outside.
US09951764B2
Disclosed is a high-efficiency double-intake air pump, comprising a motor, a connector, a housing and a power assembly, and a lower horseshoe-shaped diaphragm, a lower case of a piston chamber, an upper case of a piston chamber, an upper horseshoe-shaped diaphragm, a disk-shaped air nozzle and an air nozzle protection disk, which are provided in the front end of the housing and are connected in series successively and cooperatively in an axial direction, wherein the front end of the motor is arranged in the rear end of the housing via the connector, the air nozzle protection disk is fixedly connected to the end face of the housing, and the power assembly comprises wave-shaped cam and couples of double-ended pistons. The air pump has an artful and compact design structure, high operation efficiency, and a low noise.
US09951755B2
A processing device includes a mounting base, a cutter holder, and a brake. The brake includes a driving member, a resisting member, and an elastic member. The driving member includes a main body and a driving shaft movably placed in the main body. The driving shaft is driven to move in a straight line by the main body. One end of the driving shaft is movably coupled to the cutter holder, and another end of the driving shaft is coupled to the resisting member. The elastic member is positioned between the main body and the resisting member. The driving shaft is configured to move toward one side of the driving member adjacent to the elastic member under an elastic restoring force of the elastic member, whereby the cutter holder moves with the driving shaft toward one end of the driving member adjacent to the elastic member.
US09951730B2
The invention relates to a fuel pump assembly for a motor vehicle, which can be upstream of a fuel pump of the motor vehicle in a fuel line of the motor vehicle, having a pump housing and a pump device arranged thereupon, by means of which fuel can be pumped into and/or through the pump housing when the pump device is in the active state thereof, wherein the pump device has at least one stroke piston pump having an inlet valve and an outlet valve which are opened and closed in alternation by pressure activation when the pump device is active. In order to provide a fuel pump assembly which enables a very energy efficient operation of a motor vehicle thereby equipped, according to the invention the inlet valve and the outlet valve are held in the open positions thereof when the pump device is inactive.
US09951724B2
Disclosed is a heat exchanger including: a heat exchanger body; a gas inlet for introducing exhaust gas into the heat exchanger body; a coolant inlet for introducing a coolant into the heat exchanger body; a gas outlet for discharging the exhaust gas that is cooled by heat exchange with the coolant; and a coolant outlet for discharging the coolant that completes heat exchange with the exhaust gas. In this case, the heat exchanger body includes: a laminated tube core formed by laminating a plurality of gas channels side by side; a housing formed so as to enclose the laminated tube core except for opposite ends thereof; and a wave fin plate integrally provided with a plurality of wave fins and arranged within each of the gas channels, wherein each of the wave fins includes a fixed pitch section, and a variable pitch section.
US09951720B2
A gas turbine engine includes a thrust reverser including a plurality of blocker doors moveable between a deployed position and a stowed position. A gap is defined between adjacent blocker doors when in the stowed position. A plurality of divots are mounted forward of the plurality of blocker doors to substantially cover the gap between the adjacent blocker doors when in the stowed position.
US09951711B2
A control device for an engine includes an angular velocity detecting unit that detects the angular velocity of a rotating shaft which is driven according to an output of an engine, an angular acceleration calculating unit that calculates angular acceleration based on the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity detecting unit, a heat generation timing calculating unit that calculates a certain timing when the ratio of an amount of heat generation in a cylinder to the total amount of heat generation of one cycle falls in a predetermined range, based on a change of the angular acceleration calculated by the angular acceleration calculating unit, and a combustion control unit that controls combustion in the cylinder by comparison between the certain timing calculated by the heat generation timing calculating unit and a predetermined heat generation timing reference value.
US09951701B2
Various methods and systems are provided for estimating fresh intake air flow. In one example, a system comprises an engine having an intake manifold to receive fresh intake air and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system to supply EGR to the intake manifold, where flow of EGR through the EGR system is controlled by one or more exhaust valves. The system further includes a controller configured to adjust a position of the one or more exhaust valves based on an estimated fresh intake air flow rate, where during a first set of operating conditions, the fresh intake air flow rate is estimated based on a total gas flow rate into the engine and further based on a current position of the one or more exhaust valves, intake manifold pressure, air-fuel ratio, and fuel flow to one or more cylinders of the engine.
US09951696B2
A twin-shaft gas turbine can be used for 50 and 60 Hz power generation without using a reducer. A gas generator includes a compressor that generates compressed air, a burner that burns a fuel mixed with the compressed air received from the compressor so as to generate combustion gas, and a high-pressure turbine that is rotationally driven by the combustion gas received from the burner and generates driving force for the compressor. An output turbine includes a low-pressure turbine that is driven by exhaust gas received from the high-pressure turbine and a power generator that is driven by the low-pressure turbine. A control device reduces opening degree of IGV of the compressor and thereby reduces power of the compressor, and the rotational frequency of the gas generator is increased in a full-speed no-load operating state of the power generator.
US09951695B2
Gas turbine engines including multi-axis accessory gearboxes of mechanical drive systems are provided. The gearbox comprises a housing, a drive shaft, bevel pinion and drive shaft bevel gears, and a side bevel gear set operable to directly at least one side accessory device. Housing is disposed about a towershaft operatively coupled to main engine shaft and operable to rotate about a first axis. Drive shaft is skewed to main shaft and operable to rotate about a second axis that intersects the first axis at a first angle. Bevel pinion gear is mounted on the towershaft. Drive shaft bevel gear is mounted on the drive shaft. Side bevel gear set comprises an input gear meshing with one or more side bevel gears each having a side bevel gear axis at a second angle to the first axis and independently positionable relative to input gear. Second angle is independent of other angles.
US09951687B2
Disclosed herein is a gas turbine with a plurality of tie rods. The gas turbine includes a compressor section having a plurality of compressor-side rotor disks, a turbine section having a plurality of turbine-side rotor disks arranged downstream of the compressor-side rotor disks, a first tie rod penetrating central portions of the rotor disks provided in the compressor section to press the compressor-side rotor disks against each other, a plurality of second tie rods penetrating vicinities of edges of the rotor disks provided in the turbine section to press the turbine-side rotor disks against each other, and a torque transfer member coupled to the first and second tie rods so as to transfer rotational torque generated by the turbine section to the compressor section.
US09951683B2
A turbocharger system for an engine includes a rotor, a primary bearing system arranged to axially and radially support the rotor to rotate on a central rotational axis, a compressor coupled to a rotor to rotate with the rotor, a turbine coupled to the rotor to rotate with the rotor, and an electromagnetic actuator adjacent to the rotor. The electromagnetic actuator selectively acts on the rotor and supplements the axial support of the primary bearing system by applying a magnetic force on the rotor in a direction parallel to the central rotational axis of the rotor.
US09951681B2
The invention is related to a compressor system (10) for a combustion engine (40), comprising a drive train (11), a compressor (12) and a first electric machine (20) mechanically coupleable by the drive train (11) with the combustion engine (40). Further the invention is related to a combustion engine (40) with a compressor system (10).
US09951673B2
An aftertreatment device for reducing NOx, PM, HC, and CO generated by a compression-ignition engine. In this device, lean exhaust air generated in the engine is enriched using a reactor together with an oxygen sorption device according to a target deNOx efficiency value, and heat energy is recovered. The enriched exhaust gas then passes through an oxidation catalyst, where NOx is reduced with CO and HC. PM in the exhaust gas is further trapped in a DPF. To lower energy cost, an heat exchanger is used for more effectively heating the DPF during regeneration, and an exhaust gas compressor positioned upstream from the DPF is employed to control engine back pressure. When exhaust gas temperature is low, to regenerate the DPF with minimum energy consumption, an electrical heater is used to heat dosing fuel before it is mixed with exhaust gas, and a regeneration heating process is then jump-started.
US09951669B2
Methods and systems are provided for a HC trap in a bypass passage. In one example, a method may include closing a diverter valve to flow exhaust gas from a main exhaust passage to the bypass passage during a cold-start.
US09951664B2
A method for operation of a lubrication circuit in an internal combustion engine is provided herein. The method comprises during a first operating condition, operating an oil agitation device to increase the turbulence of oil in the lubrication circuit, the oil agitation device positioned downstream of an oil pump in a supply line in fluidic communication with a lubricant receiving component.
US09951659B2
A vehicle is provided with an expander, a condenser, a pump, and a heater in sequential fluid communication in a thermodynamic cycle containing a working fluid. The thermodynamic cycle is provided for waste heat recovery in the vehicle. A heat pipe contains a phase change material and has a condenser region and an evaporative region. The evaporative region is in thermal contact with a recirculating fluid of a vehicle system. The heater provides thermal contact between the working fluid and the condenser region of the heat pipe.
US09951653B2
A method for assembling a variable geometry turbomachine with a bearing housing, an adjacent turbine housing, a turbine wheel rotating in the turbine housing about a turbine axis; an inlet passage upstream of the turbine wheel between inlet surfaces of first and second wall members, one wall member moveable along the turbine axis to vary the inlet passage size; vanes across the inlet passage connected to a first wall member; an array of vane slots defined by the second wall member to receive the vanes for relative movement between the wall members; the second wall member comprising a shroud defining vane slots; the second wall member supported by a support member retained by a mounting feature; the mounting feature being one of the bearing housings, the turbine housing, or the actuation element; and the shroud is fixed to the support member.
US09951650B2
The invention relates to a turbomachine bearing support (1) supporting at least one bearing and extending according to a longitudinal principal axis of the turbomachine and comprising: a truncated part (11) having a diameter increasing from upstream to downstream; a flange part (12) which extends from the truncated part (11) as far as the bearing (5, 6) to which it is fixed by an axial flange (121), and having at its downstream end a radial internal flange (17) fixed to an oil inlet cover defining with the bearing (5, 6) an oil inlet container (170); oiled air clearance ducts (71) projecting downstream relative to the flange part (12) and on the oil inlet container (170) and to the other side upstream of the flange part (12) directly radially externally relative to the axial flange (121).
US09951641B2
A method of making a rub strip includes resin transfer molding an arcuate composite structure. The resin transfer molding step includes inserting a honeycomb core into a mold cavity having an arcuate base so that the honeycomb core assumes an arcuate shape. The resin transfer molding step further includes directing liquid resin into the mold cavity to form the composite structure comprising the liquid resin and the honeycomb core, and curing the liquid resin for a sufficient period of time. The resin transfer molding step further includes removing the composite structure from the mold. The method further includes repeating the resin transfer molding step until a sufficient number of arcuate composite structures are produced. The method further includes coupling a plurality of the arcuate composite structures together to form the rub strip.
US09951639B2
Vane assemblies for gas turbine engines and methods for assembling vane assemblies are disclosed. The vane assemblies may include at least one shroud having at least one vane-receiving portion, at least one vane having at least one end portion received in the vane-receiving portion, and at least one sealing member having an uncompressed cross-section that is substantially circular. The sealing member(s) are disposed between and in contact with the end portion of the vane and the vane-receiving portion of the shroud.
US09951635B2
A blade row group arrangeable in a main flow path of a fluid-flow machine and including N adjacent member blade rows firmly arranged relative to one another both in the meridional direction and in the circumferential direction is provided. Here, a front member blade row with front blades having a leading edge and a trailing edge as well as a rear member blade row with rear blades having a leading edge and a trailing edge are provided, and the blade row group has two main flow path boundaries. It is provided that the profile of the blades of the member blade rows is firmly connected at at least one of the two main flow path boundaries to a base.
US09951630B2
The present inventions incorporate self-healing mechanisms into current and future EBC systems. Such approaches have the potential to form environmental protection materials (i.e. thermally grown silicate compositions) in-situ to enable the ability to provide environmental protection to SiC based ceramics even in the event that cracks or voids form from within the EBC layer. In this disclosure, novel, self-healing EBC systems are disclosed along with coating synthesis techniques required to deposit the materials, microstructures and architectures. This research is anticipated to result in a thermal/environmental barrier coating system (T/EBC) that provides improved durability over current coatings. These advancements will aid the use of Si-based ceramics in a range of high temperature applications such a gas turbine engines and heat exchangers. These advances will not only benefit military engines, but also commercial and industrial engines requiring greater performance.
US09951614B2
In relation to a cut and pull operation, a nuclear tool may be used for evaluating the composition of materials located behind a pipe lining the wellbore. More specifically, a downhole method may include emitting gamma rays into the pipe and the material from a source of a nuclear tool disposed in the wellbore; detecting gamma radiation scattered back from the pipe and the material with a detector of the nuclear tool; determining a high-energy range and a low-energy range for the gamma radiation; measuring count rates of the gamma radiation in the high-energy range (CRH) and the low-energy range (CRL); performing an analysis of (1) the CRH relative to (2) the CRL; and determining a compositional equivalent for the material based on the analysis.
US09951605B2
A system for optimizing placement of a second wellbore relative to a first wellbore utilizing i) steam injected into the first wellbore in combination with a temperature sensor located in the second wellbore and ii) electromagnetic (EM) fields emanating from the first wellbore in combination with an EM sensor in the second wellbore. The magnetic measurements made with the EM sensor are utilized to determine azimuthal placement of a wellbore, while temperature measurements made with the temperature sensor are utilized to determine distance for placement of the wellbore.
US09951604B2
The system comprises a drilling apparatus comprising a first portion (111) and a second portion (116). In certain embodiments, the first portion may comprise a bottom hole assembly (BHA) or a drill string, and the second portion may comprise a sensor extension housing. The first portion (111) has a first diameter and the second portion (116) has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter. The system includes a sensor pair 114) disposed within the second portion and proximate to an outer radial surface of the second portion. A processor is in communication with the sensor pair. The processor determines at least one gradient measurement based, at least in part, on outputs of the sensor pair.
US09951603B2
A method for using a downhole probe. The method comprises providing a probe, at least one vertical cross section of the probe having an area of at least pi inches squared. The method further comprises inserting the probe into a bore of a drill collar and passing a drilling fluid through the bore of drill collar at a flow velocity of less than 41 feet per second.
US09951598B2
A method of homogenizing a production fluid from an oil well having one or more wellbores includes separating gas from the production fluid in a vertical or horizontal section of a well casing at a first location spaced from a heel portion of a wellbore, and injecting the separated gas into the production fluid at a second location spaced from the heel portion of the wellbore and provided downstream of the first location.
US09951592B2
Apparatuses and methods for extracting gas from a reservoir including a well bore having a large cross sectional area which may be determined by dividing a target flow rate of the reservoir by an actual sustained flow rate and multiplying a result by a flow path area for the actual sustained flow rate. A method of converting a well of a low pressure gas reservoir is further provided.
US09951582B2
A bypass tool has a piston movable within the bore of a central housing. A control slot on an exterior wall of the piston engages a slot pin in the housing. Longitudinal movement of the piston is downward, in response to fluid pressure exerted on a ball seated on a ball seat on the piston; and spring biased upward. The control slot and slot pin rotate the piston as it moves longitudinally between a first, upper position in which bypass ports in the housing are closed, and a second, lower position in which the bypass ports are open. An intermediate longitudinal position has the ports closed, and permits pressuring up on a ball to force it through the ball seat and reset the tool in the flow through position. The ball and/or ball seat may be of resilient material to permit passage of the ball through the seat.
US09951577B2
An emergency wellbore intervention assembly connected to a BOP having a first generally L-shaped gate valve with a first and second port on each end of the L, each side operably connected to an actuator connectable to a hydraulic control line for selectable fluid communication with a pipe, the first port connected to a choke line, and the second port connected above a lower shear ram of a BOP, the first gate valve in selectable fluid communication with the pipe to a second similar two valve assembly operably connected to a kill line and below the lower shear ram and a manually operated valve operably connected to the second gate valve for fluid engagement to a high pressure fluid source. A method for controlling a well using the two valve assemblies by selectively plugging the well and circulating fluid from the kill side to the choke side of the system.
US09951575B2
A system, in certain embodiments, has a composite seal with both a metal shell and an elastic core, such as an elastomer core. In one embodiment, the composite seal has an annular metal shell with a top, a bottom, and a seal interface disposed between the top and the bottom. The composite seal also has an elastomer disposed within the annular metal shell, wherein the elastomer is configured to impart pressure against the seal interface.
US09951569B2
A threaded, coupled connection having tapered, buttress-type threads, the threaded portions of the connection having a thread pitch of seven threads per inch. Preferably the pin threads of the coupled connection are pull-out threads.
US09951563B2
A mill includes a mill body defining a plurality of blades extending in a direction from a center or rotation of the mill body to a gauge surface. The blades define a cutting profile having a minimum diameter at a longitudinal endmost position. The minimum diameter is smaller than a diameter of a drop ball. The cutting profile has an intermediate diameter at most equal to the diameter of the drop ball at a longitudinal distance from the endmost position greater than the diameter of the drop ball. Shear cutters are mounted on at least one of the plurality of blades, mounted such that at least one shear cutter is mounted closer to a center of rotation of the mill body with respect to other cutters mounted to the blades. At least one insert is mounted to the at least one of the plurality of blades rotationally ahead of the shear cutters.
US09951559B2
A rotation unit includes a main shaft that is rotated around its longitudinal axis by a rotating motor. The main shaft includes a tubular outer shaft and an inner shaft arranged inside the outer shaft. The outer shaft is supported by a body of the rotation unit and is arranged to transmit axial forces, whereas the inner shaft is arranged to transmit rotation and torque. A rock drilling unit and method for rock drilling is also provided.
US09951558B2
A restraining system and method for detachably securing a ladder to a shoring or excavation support structure. The restraining assembly, primarily configured from an elongated flexible restraining material, includes a proximal member, possessing a fastener configured to removably attach onto either side rail of a ladder. The assembly further includes a distal member, possessing a fastener configured to removably attach to a shoring anchor located on the top portion of a shoring wall. The mediate portion of the restraining assembly is configured to concurrently retain both the proximal and distal members, including a tensioning means for the adjustment of the overall functional length of the restraining assembly. In particular embodiments, the restraining system includes a shoring or excavation support structure having at least one shoring wall that includes a multiplicity of shoring anchors attached at predetermined locations.
US09951557B2
A roofing ladder bracket and safety assembly adapted to be secured to a roof of a building comprising a base member and a clamping member configured as a ladder clamping mechanism for firmly securing a ladder to a roof of a building and including a safety mechanism to which a worker's safety equipment or a worker's tethered tool can be attached.
US09951553B2
A high speed parallel manufacturing line for manufacturing insulated glass units, the manufacturing line including a front conveyor system, a back conveyor system, a shuttle mechanism that distributes glass lites to the front conveyor system and the back conveyor system, an insulated glass unit spacer applicator having a spacer dispensing head configured to apply perimeter spacer material to one of the glass lites, the spacer head being proportionally movable relative to the glass lite as the glass lite is conveyed on the front conveyor mechanism to apply the perimeter spacer material to create a spacer applied lite and a gas press. A secondary edge sealing unit has a first secondary edge sealing head and a second secondary edge sealing head, each of the first secondary edge sealing head and the second secondary edge sealing head applying edge sealant to portion of a perimeter of an insulated glass unit.
US09951539B2
The invention relates to a modular drilling rig system comprising multiple components, which system is transfigurable between a transport mode and an operational mode, and comprises: a. a drilling rig mast which is positionable in a vertical orientation; b. a base structure adapted to be positioned on a surface near the well center to support the drilling rig mast thereon, wherein the base structure comprises two elongated members that are connected to each other by a cross beam; c. a displacement system to displace the drilling rig with respect to the surface in a horizontal direction; wherein the displacement system is configured to displace the two elongated members of the base structure together in order to displace the drilling rig, and is configured such that the two elongated members can be displaced with respect to each other when the two elongated members are not connected to each other.
US09951538B2
Seismic base isolation and energy dissipation device using a plurality of multi-walled swing plate's that are placed on many central walls that are attached to a base support structure. This arrangement creates a strong load bearing multi-walled swing beam that moves in true pendulum fashion. This system is placed between the structural load and its foundation. This seismic wave base isolation system has the purpose of absorbing seismic wave displacement energy in all directions. This unique design can scale up for very large and heavy loads or scale down to protect sensitive cargo and equipment from destructive motion. The multi-walled swing plates inside the multi-walled swing beam will provide support and absorption of motion by moving as a pendulum and therefore redirecting and dissipating seismic energy. This invention is particularly suited to reduce the initial shock of horizontal ground displacement. This system has a simple design shape and is therefore inexpensive to construct, is easy to engineer and deploy, it requires no uncommon material and requires very little maintenance or advanced electronics.
US09951534B2
A device for maintaining recommended spacing during siding installation contains a main body, an extended body, an extruding body, a first channel, and a second channel. The first channel and the second channel are used to receiving a siding panel. When the siding panel is received, a first stop and a second stop of the extruding body is used to rest the device against a previously installed siding panel. Since the siding panel is stationary against the previously installed siding panel, a constant space can be maintained between the two siding panels. In addition to installing the siding panel, the device can also be used when installing siding butt-joints. In order to do so, a first receiving channel and a second receiving channel are provided.
US09951526B2
Building panels provided with a mechanical locking system including a tongue, at first edge of a first building panel, cooperating with a tongue groove, at a second edge of an adjacent second building panel, for vertical locking of the building panels and a method for producing such building panels. The method includes the step of forming the tongue of material of the first edge. The insertion groove may have a sidewall at a third edge, which is adjacent the first edge, and may be open at a fourth edge, which is opposite the third edge.
US09951514B2
A flashing for concrete board siding includes a substantially rigid panel, a guide protrusion, an interior protrusion and at least one strip of adhesive double-sided tape. The guide protrusion and interior protrusion are integrally formed with the panel at opposing ends. The at least one strip of adhesive double-sided tape is on an exterior face of the panel. In an embodiment, a channel separates two or more strips. Some embodiments include at least one groove disposed between two or more strips. Further, a method of installing concrete board siding to a structure includes fastening a first piece of cement board siding to the structure, providing an embodiment of the flashing disclosed herein, positioning the interior protrusion on the top edge, adhering a second piece of cement board siding to the least one strip of adhesive double-sided tape and fastening the second piece of cement board siding to the structure.
US09951507B2
A mounting assembly configured to adjustably couple a toilet to a mounting surface. The mounting assembly includes a support member configured to mount to the mounting surface; a clamping member rotatably coupled to the support member at a pivot; and an adjusting member extending through an opening in the support member and engaging the clamping member. An adjustment of the adjusting member is configured to pivot the clamping member relative to the support member to adjust a first load between the adjusting member and the support member and a second load between the adjusting member and the toilet.
US09951500B2
A fastener includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The fastener also includes an axis extending between the first and second end, and a head disposed on the first end. The head includes a plurality of radially-extending gear teeth disposed on the head around the first end and a first collar including a conical surface that tapers along the axis toward the second end. The fastener also includes a threaded rod disposed on the second end.
US09951494B2
A method of controlling a lift arm actuator and a tilt actuator to control positioning of an implement carrier coupled to a lift arm of a power machine. An activation signal is received from an enabling input device. A lift arm control signal is received from a lift arm control input commanding movement of the lift arm. The lift arm actuator is controlled responsive to receipt of both of the activation signal and the lift arm control signal to move the lift arm to a target lift arm position and to move the implement carrier to or maintain the implement carrier at a target implement carrier orientation relative to a gravitational direction.
US09951491B2
The present invention discloses a brick, comprising a brick body, which comprises at least one slot position for connecting a column, and a method for using the bricks to build dikes in water, including the following steps: (1) drilling a plurality of pile holes at water bottom; (2) casting concrete into each of the pile holes to form concrete columns; (3) stacking up a number of the bricks along the concrete columns and having them tightly connected to form a wall; (4) filling the clearances between the concrete columns and the bricks with mortar. The bricks and dike building method provided by the present invention are suitable for direct over-water dike building, the construction is fast and the dikes built are firm and stable, have superior waterproof function and can effectively prevent the impact of currents, winds and waves.
US09951488B2
A shaped barrier comprises a substantially horizontal portion, a ramp portion, a substantially vertical portion, and at least one connector. The substantially horizontal portion is configured to increase the stabilizing force between the shaped barrier and the ground in an effective amount to prevent substantial movement of the shaped barrier by distributing at least a portion of a groundward force of a rolling vehicle on a receiving side of the shaped barrier. The ramp portion is configured to receive the rolling vehicle onto the horizontal portion. The substantially vertical portion is configured to impede the movement of the rolling vehicle. The at least one connector is configured to connect the shaped barrier with at least one other shaped barrier.
US09951477B2
Low slough, high basis weight tissue webs and products are provided. The tissue webs generally have basis weights greater than about 16 grams per square meter (gsm), while maintaining less than about 4 mg of slough. All while yielding tissue products that are both thick and soft.
US09951476B2
The present invention provides a pulping method. Caustic soda is replaced with cheap lime to manufacture pulp in high efficiency, and meanwhile complexation, flocculation and acid-base neutralization of aluminum sulfate are further utilized, so as to recycle effective ingredients in a black liquid, achieve a yield approximate to a mechanical pulp yield, obtain quality of the chemical pulp, implement cyclic utilization of the black liquid and solve the pollution thereof.
US09951473B2
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a first sieve that has a first opening for screening a defibrated material that is defibrating-processed, a second sieve that has a second opening having a size equal to or greater than a size of the first opening and refines the defibrated material passing through the first sieve by causing the defibrated material to pass through the second opening, and a belt on which the defibrated material passing through the second sieve is deposited.
US09951466B2
The present invention relates to a high-heat-delivery device suitable for use in an hair straightener, a hair curling iron or an ironing apparatus and suitable for heat transfer to a substrate by direct contact with said substrate, comprising at least one element (A) having a heat transfer contact surface area and at least one element (B) having a heat transfer contact surface, wherein the element (A) comprises a thermoconductive thermoplastic polymer composition comprising at least one polymer and a thermoconductive additive and wherein element (B) comprises a thermoplastic polymer composition comprising a polymer and at least one thermo-releasable substance. Further, the present invention relates to a method for releasing a thermo-releasable substance. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an ironing apparatus, a hair straightener and a hair curling iron comprising the high-heat delivery device.
US09951464B2
A clothes dryer includes a rotatable drum, a drum supporter for supporting the drum, the drum supporter being provided with a discharge port for discharging air from the drum, a circulation channel for guiding air discharged through the discharge port into the drum, and a filter cartridge for filtering air in the circulation channel, wherein the filter cartridge includes an inside filter cartridge for filtering air discharged from the drum and an outside filter cartridge disposed in the circulation channel in a state of being supported by the drum supporter, the outside filter cartridge including a front filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows forward, a rear filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows rearward, and a lateral filter for filtering air that passes through the inside filter cartridge and flows in the lateral direction.
US09951462B2
A method for supplying heated water from a water heater appliance to a washing machine appliance includes initiating a wash cycle of the washing machine appliance, directing heated water from a water heater appliance into the washing machine appliance if a set point temperature of the water heater appliance is equal to or greater than a specific temperature and/or if the water heater appliance contains a volume of heated water required for the wash cycle of the washing machine appliance, and delaying the wash cycle of the washing machine appliance if the set point temperature of the water heater appliance is not equal to or greater than the specific temperature and/or if the water heater appliance does not contain the volume of heated water required for the wash cycle of the washing machine appliance.
US09951449B2
Disclosed herein is a household type sewing machine that includes a transmitter configured to connect to a local device such as a Wi-Fi device, and an image capture device configured to capture a video of a workpiece being sewn by the household type sewing machine. The transmitter is configured to send the video captured by the image capture device to the local device. Further disclosed is a method that includes capturing, by the image capture device, a video of a workpiece being sewn by the household type sewing machine and sending the video captured by the image capture device to a mobile device. A sewing system is further disclosed.
US09951446B2
Infrared-transparent visible-opaque fabrics for wearable personal thermal management.
US09951444B2
A method of fabricating a continuous nanofiber is described. The method includes preparing a solution of one or more polymers and one or more solvents and electrospinning the solution by discharging the solution through one or more liquid jets into an electric field to yield one or more continuous nanofibers. The electrospinning process (i) highly orients one or more polymer chains in the one or more continuous nanofibers along a fiber axis of the one or more continuous nanofibers, and (ii) suppresses polymer crystallization in the one or more continuous nanofibers. The one or more continuous nanofibers can have diameters below about 250 nanometers and exhibit an increase in fiber strength and modulus while maintaining strain at failure, resulting in an increase in fiber toughness.
US09951443B2
Electrodes, separators, half-cells, and full cells of electrical energy storage devices are made with electrospinning and isostatic compression. The electrical energy storage device may include electrochemical double layer capacitors (EDLCs, also known as “supercapacitors”), hybrid supercapacitors (“HSCs”), Li-ion capacitors and electrochemical storage devices, Na-ion capacitors and electrochemical storage devices, polymer electrolyte fuel cells, and still other capacitors and electrochemical storage cells.
US09951442B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a composite body (36) having at least one functional layer or for the further use for producing an electronic or optoelectronic component (40, 42, 44). The composite body (36) is in the form of a layer structure and comprises at least one substrate (34), which is in the form of a plate and has at least one planar substrate surface, and at least one substantially polycrystalline or at least one substantially single-crystal layer (38), which comprises at least one compound semiconductor, a ceramic material or a metallic hard material.The process is characterized by the following steps: heating at least part of the planar substrate surface to a temperature of at least 100° C. and at most 550° C.; cleaning the substrate surface by supplying hydrogen from a first material source (20) and a plasma produced specifically therefor; terminating the substrate surface by applying carbon, nitrogen or oxygen from the first material source (20) or a second material source (22) and a plasma produced specifically therefor; and growing the at least one layer (38) by supplying material components of the compound semiconductor, of the ceramic material or of the metallic hard material from the first material source (20) and the second material source (22) to the at least one planar substrate surface. The invention also relates to the use of the composite body (36) produced according to one of the disclosed embodiments of the process or a combination thereof for producing an electronic or optoelectronic component.
US09951439B2
In the present invention, a crucible formed of SiC as a main component is used as a container for a Si—C solution. A metal element M (M is at least one metal element selected from at least one of a first group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Lu, a second group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu and a third group consisting of Al, Ga, Ge, Sn, Pb and Zn) is added to the Si—C solution and the crucible is heated to elute Si and C, which are derived from a main component SiC of the crucible, from a high-temperature surface region of the crucible in contact with the Si—C solution, into the Si—C solution. In this way, precipitation of a SiC polycrystal on a surface of the crucible in contact with the Si—C solution is suppressed.
US09951436B2
Graphene has been used in nanocomposites as constituents/doping in plastics or epoxy providing dramatic enhancement of the mechanical properties but have not progressed past the laboratory level novelty. This invention can provide a graphene based composite structure with a density less that 1.9 g/cm3 for a fiber, yarn, rope or cable and a density less that 1.5 g/cm3 for a sheet both structure have tensile and shear strength greater than either Aluminum or Steel; thus providing a graphene material that is both much lighter and stronger.
US09951432B2
An electrolysis method of preventing the voltage of an electrolytic bath from rising over time without halting electrolysis and an electrolysis device for executing the method are provided such that: in operation of a two-compartment electrolytic bath, which has a membrane partitioning an anode compartment from a cathode compartment and in which a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process is fed into the anode compartment while direct current is supplied to the electrolytic bath to produce polysulfide in the anode compartment through electrolysis, and a sulfide ion-containing white liquor for use in a pulp production process that contains at least one of a scale cleaning agent and a scale inhibitor is fed to the anode compartment.
US09951430B2
A method for co-processing H2S and CO2 in an electrolyzer includes feeding a first gas stream having H2S to an anode and feeding a second gas stream having CO2 to a cathode. The H2S is split into hydrogen and elemental sulfur. The hydrogen is transferred from the anode to the cathode, and the CO2 is hydrogenated with the transferred hydrogen. A method for producing electricity in a fuel cell includes feeding a first gas stream having H2S and CO to an anode, and feeding a second gas stream having oxygen to a cathode. The H2S and CO forms hydrogen and carbonyl sulfide. The hydrogen is transferred from the anode to the cathode. The transferred hydrogen is oxidized with the oxygen of the second gas stream, and electricity formed from the oxidation is collected.
US09951424B2
A plating method includes: providing a work piece which is metal or non-metal; forming a printed layer on a predetermined region of a surface of the work piece through printing electrical conductive material on the predetermined region; forming a plated layer through plating the printed layer and the surface of the work piece.
US09951422B2
A semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus includes a shower head at a top of a chamber, a gas supplying part on the shower head, a susceptor in the chamber, and a gas exhausting part under the chamber. The chamber has first and second reaction spaces that are virtually separated from each other. A first gas supply pipe supplies a first gas into the first reaction space and a second gas supply pipe supplies a second gas into the second reaction space. A first gas exhausting pipe is adjacent the first reaction space and a second gas exhausting pipe is adjacent the second reaction space on opposite sides of the susceptor. A first gas sensor connected to the first gas exhausting pipe senses the second gas and a second gas sensor connected to the second gas exhausting pipe senses the first gas.
US09951421B2
The present inventors have conceived of a showerhead inlet with an annular plenum and radial flow paths into a central passage. A process gas, that may include a precursor and a carrier gas, may be flowed into the annular plenum. The annular plenum and central passage may contribute to the uniform mixing of the precursor and the carrier gas. Additionally, the radial passage may be angled upward to help more effectively purge any dead legs within the central passage. The central passage may also interface with a remote plasma source valve. The remote plasma source valve may control the flow of reactive species generated by a remote plasma source into the central passage.
US09951420B2
A nanoparticles aerosol generator is disclosed. The nanoparticles aerosol generator includes an evaporation chamber having a wall, a container containing a source material, and a heating device configured to heat the source material. The nanoparticles aerosol generator also includes a carrier gas source configured to blow a carrier gas toward the source material to generate a nanoparticles aerosol with nanoparticles of the source material suspended therein. The nanoparticles aerosol generator further includes a dilution gas source configured to supply a dilution gas into the chamber to flow substantially along the wall within the chamber and to dilute the nanoparticles aerosol.
US09951419B2
Method and apparatus for making atomic layer deposition on powdered materials are provided. A rotary vessel with tilted rotation axis can be used as the deposition chamber. The rotary vessel can be directly used as the deposition chamber, or the rotary vessel is positioned inside a vacuum chamber that serves as the deposition chamber. A hallow shaft can be used to deliver rotary motion and facilitate pumping. A tube can be inserted into the hollow shaft or the rotary vessel to introduce precursors. Gas diffuser and slowly increased pumping speed can be used to reduce the agitation caused by gas flow. Intermittent rotation, variable rotary speed, extruding structures on inner surface of the rotary vessel, and the addition of easy-to-agitate powder or beads of other materials can be used to enhance the powder agitation caused by rotation.
US09951417B2
Material is deposited in a desired pattern by spontaneous deposition of precursor gas at regions of a surface that are prepared using a beam to provide conditions to support the initiation of the spontaneous reaction. Once the reaction is initiated, it continues in the absence of the beam at the regions of the surface at which the reaction was initiated.
US09951412B2
Provided is a sputtering target and/or a coil disposed at the periphery of a plasma-generating region for confining plasma. The target and/or the coil has a surface to be eroded having a hydrogen content of 500 μL/cm2 or less. In dealing with reduction in the hydrogen content of the surface of the target and/or the coil, the process of producing the target and/or the coil, in particular, the conditions for heating the surface of the target and/or the coil, which is thought to be cause of hydrogen occlusion, are appropriately regulated. As a result, hydrogen occlusion at the surface of the target can be reduced, and the degree of vacuum during sputtering can be improved. Thus, the present invention provides a target and/or a coil that has a uniform and fine structure, makes plasma stable, and allows a film to be formed with excellent uniformity and provides a method of producing the target and/or the coil.
US09951407B2
The present invention reduces the amount of gas consumed, edge-overcoating and splashing and adjusts plating thickness with high precision by providing a wiping nozzle with: thin plates, which are each inserted into a lip from the entrances to the lip for a specified distance to the inside of the two ends of the lip in the sheet width direction in order to seal the gas jet where the thin plates are inserted, and which are movable in the sheet width direction of the lip; and ropes extending in the sheet width direction of the lip so as to track the movements of the thin plates and seal the gas jet in a specified range.
US09951398B2
Methods are provided for characterizing samples containing chemical elements such as rare earth elements, actinides, and heavy transition metals by treating the samples to form volatile complexes of the elements (e.g., β-diketonate complexes or other organic ligand complexes of the elements) and then analyzing the complexes, for example, via gas-phase thermochromatography. Also provided are methods for separating and/or recovering such chemical elements. The methods produce less waste and can be performed more rapidly than conventional liquid extraction methods and can provide separated elements of high purity (e.g., 99.9999% purity).
US09951396B2
A quench system includes an enclosure defining a quench chamber sized to receive hot castings, and bulk air fans in fluid communication with the quench chamber and configured to establish a bulk flow of cooling air that surrounds and extracts heat from the hot castings at a first cooling rate. The quench system also includes a pressurized cooling system in fluid communication with a plurality of nozzles within the quench chamber and configured to spray a plurality of a directed flows of cooling fluid onto the hot castings to extract heat at a second cooling rate. The quench system further includes a programmable controller configured to sequentially activate the bulk air fans to cool the casting at the first cooling rate for a first predetermined period of time, and then activate the pressurized cooling system to cool the casting at the second cooling rate for a second predetermined period of time.
US09951392B2
Methods and kits are provided for calibrating a cell-free protein synthesis reaction for optimal activity. The method includes the steps of providing an extract competent for cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS); performing cell-free protein synthesis with the extract; measuring a first reaction end-point where in vitro protein synthesis plateaus; measuring a second reaction end-point where Energy Charge of the extract declines to a level in a range from about 0.40 to about 0.80 of Energy Charge of a control extract; and adjusting Energy Charge of the extract to a level in a range from about 0.80 to about 1.0 of the control extract.
US09951386B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including polynucleotide sequencing.
US09951384B2
Provided herein is technology relating to genotyping and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods for genotyping one or more organisms by genome sequencing.
US09951382B2
Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis.
US09951379B2
Provided herein are nucleic acid synthesis methods and agents that employ an endonuclease for example, endonuclease V, to introduce a nick into a target DNA including one or more inosine, and uses a DNA polymerase to generate amplicons of the target DNA.
US09951362B2
The present invention relates to mutated and/or transformed microorganisms for the synthesis of various compounds. More specifically, the present invention discloses microorganisms mutated in the genes encoding for the regulators ArcA and IclR. The latter mutations result in a significant upregulation of the genes that are part of the colanic acid operon. Hence, said microorganisms are useful for the synthesis of any compound being part of the colanic acid pathway such as GDP-fucose, GDP-mannose and colanic acid, and/or, can be further used—starting form GDP-fucose as a precursor—to synthesize fucosylated oligosaccharides or—starting from GDP-mannose as a precursor—to synthesize mannosylated oligosaccharides. In addition, mutations in the genes coding for the transcriptional regulators ArcA and IclR lead to an acid resistance phenotype in the exponential growth phase allowing the synthesis of pH sensitive molecules or organic acids.
US09951359B2
The present invention relates to microorganisms and polypeptides for detoxifying aldehydes associated with industrial fermentations. In particular, a heat-stable, NADPH- and iron-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase was cloned from Thermoanaerobacter pseudethanolicus 39E and displayed activity against a number of aldehydes including inhibitory compounds that are produced during the dilute-acid pretreatment process of lignocellulosic biomass before fermentation to biofuels. Methods to use the microorganisms and polypeptides of the invention for improved conversion of bio mass to biofuel are provided as well as use of the enzyme in metabolic engineering strategies for producing longer-chain alcohols from sugars using thermophilic, fermentative microorganisms.
US09951357B2
The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US09951354B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing β-phellandrene hydrocarbons from cyanobacteria.
US09951353B2
Described herein are recombinant polynucleotide-binding polypeptides, recombinant fusion proteins made with the described polynucleotide-binding polypeptides, methods of using the described recombinant polynucleotide-binding polypeptides and recombinant fusion proteins to modify genomic DNA of cells and, in some embodiments, create recombinant cells. Methods are also provided herein for genetically modifying a neuronal stem cell. Methods are also provided for treating a neurological disorder in a subject that include the administration of genetically modified neuronal stem cells produced by the methods disclosed herein.
US09951350B2
The present invention provides a method of preparing adult red blood cells from stem cells in vitro using certain transcription factors for use in medicine, transfusions and transplants. The invention also provides blood compositions with cells prepared by the method.
US09951347B2
The invention provides novel recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful for modulating gene expression in plants, plant cells, seeds, and progeny plants. Plant regulatory elements comprising sequences from the Ubq10 gene of C. lacryma-jobi, as well as variants and fragments thereof having gene regulatory activity, are provided. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, seeds, and progeny plants comprising the recombinant DNA molecules of the invention, along with methods of their use.
US09951336B2
A composition for reducing a level of senescence of a cell or subject, a method of reducing a level of senescence in a cell or subject by using the composition, and a method of preventing and treating symptoms or diseases related to or caused by senescence of a cell or subject.
US09951334B2
The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotidic sequences (ODN) against Smad7 suitably modified, and their uses in medical field as therapeutic biological agents, in particular in the treatment of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
US09951331B2
Methods for treating a neurodegenerative disorder associated with aggregation of tau protein in the brain of a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of one or more inhibitory nucleic acids targeting microRNA-26a, microRNA-26b, or both microRNA-26a and 26b.
US09951330B2
This invention relates to the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease (AD), tangle-predominant dementia (TPD) and other diseases associated with abnormal tau expression, e.g., tauopathies, using the 3′untranslated region (UTR) of the tau messenger RNA (mRNA) as a target, specifically using microRNAs that regulate the expression of tau. This invention is also in the field of screening for, identifying, and diagnosing such diseases. Specifically, this invention provides biomarkers for these diseases in the form of microRNAs.
US09951329B2
The present invention relates to compositions of virus-like particles for the introduction of RNA-interference (RNAi-) inducing molecules into eukaryotic cells and methods for the cell type-specific transduction of a plurality of eukaryotic cells with RNAi-inducing molecules. The present invention furthermore relates to methods for a diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases or disease states associated with an increased expression rate of at least one endogenous gene, and/or with the undesired expression of at least one endogenous gene and/or foreign nucleic acids, in particular viral nucleic acids.
US09951328B2
A gene vector for use in gene therapy comprising at least one miRNA sequence target operably linked to a nucleotide sequence having a corresponding miRNA in a hematopoietic progenitor cell (HSPC) or hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) which prevents or reduces expression of the nucleotide sequence in a HSPC or HSC but not in a differentiated cell.
US09951312B2
Chondrocytes are prepared from perichondrocytes.The present invention provides a cell derived from a perichondrial tissue, the cell being capable of differentiating into a chondrocyte. The present invention also provides a method of preparing the above-described cell and a composition comprising the same. A method of preparing a chondrocyte and a medium for use in the method are also provided.
US09951308B2
Provided is a cell culture substrate, in which polymer (B) having a lower critical solution temperature contained in the substrate is a copolymer of a monomer (a) that becomes a hydrophobic polymer in homopolymerization and a monomer (b, c or d) that becomes a hydrophilic polymer in homopolymerization, which is uncrosslinked, and the lower critical solution temperature of the obtained copolymer (B) can be controlled widely by the types and ratio of the two monomers, to easily detach the cultured cells from the culture substrate surface rapidly without using protein hydrolase and collect the cells without damage. This cell culture substrate contains a polymer (A) of a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer (a), one or more types of inorganic materials (C) selected from a water-swellable clay mineral and silica, and a polymer (B) having a lower critical solution temperature and including a monomer (a) and a monomer (b, c or d).
US09951305B2
The present invention provides a carrier device including a culture vessel and a flow channel, which have a closed structure, for supplying cell liquid or a culture medium into the flow channel; and a method of aseptically injecting liquid, such as the cell or the culture medium, into the culture vessel and the flow channel. The present invention provides a carrier jig 19 including a drive base 27, a culture vessel base 21 that holds a culture vessel 20, a culture medium base 32 that holds a cell bag 60 and the like for the culture medium and the cell, and a detachable flow channel 40, those of which are held by a lift 98 to be carried to a cell culture device. A part of the flow channel 40 and the cell bag 60 mounted on the carrier jig 19 are put into a clean space 78. The cell and the culture medium are supplied into the flow channel 40 by using the cell bag 60 and other bags in the clean space, and then, an injection port 89 is closed. The respective bases and the flow channel are simultaneously mounted to the cell culture device by using the carrier jig 19. Thus, the aseptic cell culture can be realized.
US09951302B2
According to the invention, the compositions and methods provide for the complete removal of synthetic glues or adhesives from a plurality of surfaces through the use of amide solvents in combination with surfactants, chelants, acidulants and/or additional bottle wash additives. Beneficially, the compositions and methods are suitable for use at lower temperatures, including below 35° C., and lower pH conditions, including from 5 to 10, from 6 to 9, and from 6 to 8, in comparison to conventional caustic-based adhesive removal compositions.
US09951299B2
The present invention relates to variants with cutinase activity of a parent cutinase, comprising an alteration at one or more (e.g. several) positions corresponding to positions: 36, 37, 40, 78, 90, 114, 150, 196, 216, or 217 of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the alteration is a substitution for positions 40, 78, 90, 114, 150, 196 and 216, and a deletion for positions 36, 37 and 217, and wherein the variant has at least 75% but less than 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2.The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and method for obtaining and methods of producing the variants. It also relates to compositions comprising the variant, and to methods for using the variant.
US09951298B2
A fluorescent brightener premix comprising from 1% to 15% of a fluorescent brightener and 10% to 80% of an alkoxylated nonionic surfactant, by weight of the premix. The premix, upon being added into a liquid composition, has minimized impact on the pH of the liquid composition.
US09951286B2
The invention relates to a material consisting of a preparation made from a mixture of ferrocene and an inert flameproof material such as plaster, the material being presented in the form of granules and being suitable for spreading over a hydrocarbon fire in a simple and rapid manner such that, under the effect of the heat from the fire, the ferrocene contained in the granulated material is diffused progressively and homogeneously in a vapor phase over the base of the flames, so as to optimize the combustion of the hydrocarbon and to reduce the emission of smoke and unwanted particles.
US09951284B2
Provided is a gasifier cooling structure allowing the complexity of the furnace wall structure to be reduced to a minimum, allowing the configurability of headers and connecting pipes to be improved while maintaining as much as possible the ability to cool raw syngas. In the gasifier cooling structure, the raw syngas from a gasified carbonaceous solid fuel flows through the interior of a furnace wall formed inside a pressure vessel having a circular cross section, and the raw syngas is cooled by heat exchange with a fluid flowing inside a heat exchanger tube from a heat exchanger, whereof a plurality is provided within the furnace wall. The furnace wall has a polygonal structure wherein mutually orthogonal faces are linked by an oblique face in between, and whereof the cross sectional shape is such that the edge of the oblique face is shorter than the edges of the mutually orthogonal faces.
US09951281B2
Microwave based systems and methods are provided for obtaining carbonaceous compounds from polypropylene-containing products. In one example, embodiment, a method is provided for recovering at least one organic decomposition product from a polypropylene-containing product, the method comprising: placing the polypropylene-containing product in a reduction zone of a material recovery system; flowing an inert gas through the reduction zone from a reduction inlet to a reduction outlet to purge the reduction zone and maintain a positive pressure therein; applying electromagnetic wave energy from an electromagnetic wave generator to the reduction zone via a bifurcated waveguide assembly, while maintaining the polypropylene-containing product in a stationary position for at least a portion of the applying, to yield at least one gaseous organic decomposition product; and exhausting the at least one gaseous organic decomposition product from the reduction zone along with the inert gas through the reduction outlet.
US09951274B2
The invention relates to compounds of the formula I, to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises at least one compound of the formula I, in which R1, R1*, L1, L2, L3 and L4 have the meanings indicated herein, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display, in particular based on the VA, PSA, PS-VA, PM-VA, PALC, IPS, PS-IPS, SA-VA, SS-VA, FFS or PS-FFS effect.
US09951273B2
The present invention relates to a formulation comprising a medium, one or more stabilizers, and one or more particles comprising nanoparticles included within a host material. In certain embodiments, a stabilizer comprises a HALS stabilizer. In certain embodiments, a stabilizer comprises a UVA stabilizer. In certain embodiments, the formulation includes a HALS stabilizer and a UVA stabilizer. In certain embodiments, nanoparticles have light-emissive properties. Other embodiments relate to a powder obtainable from a formulation of the invention, a composition including a powder of the invention, a coating comprising a formulation of the invention, and products and applications including a particle of the invention. In preferred embodiments, a nanoparticle comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal. In certain embodiments, a host material comprises a polymer. In certain embodiments, a host material comprises an inorganic material. A raw batch formulation and particle obtainable therefrom is also disclosed.
US09951270B2
The present specification describes a novel polycyclic compound and an organic electroluminescent device using the same.
US09951259B2
Provided is an adhesive which, in a metal foil-containing laminated composite film used in a high temperature sterilization treatment, is resistant to the effects of moisture in the air during curing, has good workability when used as a solvent-free adhesive, and exhibits excellent adhesive strength and acid resistance. Provided is a method for producing an adhesive composition, the method including: a step of obtaining an alcohol-added isocyanate (E) by reacting a trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C2) and a monofunctional alcohol (D) at an equivalence ratio of isocyanate groups in the trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C2):monofunctional alcohol (D)=100 mol %:25 to 65 mol %, and a step of mixing a polyisocyanate (A) containing a trifunctional or higher isocyanate compound (C1) and the alcohol-added isocyanate (E), and an alcohol (B) having an acid value of 0.5 to 30 mgKOH/g, so that the equivalence ratio between isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate (A) and hydroxyl groups in the alcohol (B) (isocyanate groups/hydroxyl groups) is within a range from 0.7 to 2.5.
US09951246B2
A composition for a hard coat according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a trifunctional or more methacrylate monomer and/or acrylate monomer; and a mixed solvent that contains a first solvent including at least one of a glycol-based solvent and a cellosolve-based solvent, and a second solvent including lower alcohol.
US09951244B2
A composite material comprising a metallic substrate and a coating on at least one side of the metallic substrate, wherein the coating comprises an acrylic or styrene-acrylic based polymer and is less than about 0.2 mils thick, wherein the polymer has a molecular weight of 50,000 to 1,000,000, a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 50-80° C., and comprises 90-100 wt. % of the total solids in the coating.The method of applying a coating to a metal substrate using a manifold flood and squeegee roll configuration or alternatively roll coater techniques; wherein the roll hardness, shape, pressure and speed are chosen to ensure that the coating composition forms a continuous wet film on the metallic substrate surfaces when the strip travels at up to 600 feet per minute; and the wet film has a uniform thickness of 2 mil (0.002 inch) or less.
US09951231B2
Disclosed herein are copper-containing (Cu-containing) conductive pastes, copper (Cu) electrodes formed by firing the Cu-containing conductive paste over a substrate, and articles comprising a structural element with such Cu electrodes, wherein, the Cu-containing conductive paste contains a powder of coated Cu particles and glass frit dispersed in an organic medium.
US09951226B2
The present invention relates to a compound based on cyanine scaffold for diagnosing sepsis by selectively detecting glutathione. The compound based on cyanine scaffold according to the present invention has the advantages of maintaining its structure in intracellular environment and of reacting selectively to glutathione only among many amino acids containing thiol group (R—SH) such as cysteine, homocysteine, and glutathione, to produce changes in absorption or fluorescence spectrum, making the compound useful for the detection of in vivo glutathione in biosamples and also for the diagnosis of sepsis characteristically displaying the changes of glutathione concentration.
US09951224B2
A system for producing an asphalt mix output suitable for use as an asphalt pavement is provided. The system may include a preliminary mixing unit configured to mix asphalt shingles with hot fluid asphalt to melt the asphalt shingles. The molten asphalt formed from the asphalt shingles and the hot fluid asphalt may be mixed with aggregate material and/or recycled asphalt material to form an asphalt mix output. An intermediate tank may store the molten asphalt prior to mixing with the aggregate material and/or the recycled asphalt material.
US09951222B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently and highly selectively preparing a composition comprising perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal at a higher ratio. The present invention provides a method for increasing a ratio of perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal, relative to a total amount of the perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal and perfluoropolyether having hydroxyl groups at both terminals in a composition comprising these perfluoropolyethers, wherein the method comprises a step of subjecting the composition to chromatography in which a moving phase is supercritical or subcritical state carbon dioxide of the specific temperature and the specific pressure, and a stationary phase is silica gel to thereby collect a fraction containing the perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal at a higher ratio. Further, present invention provides for increasing a ratio of perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal, relative to a total amount of the perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal, perfluoropolyether having hydroxyl groups at both terminals and perfluoropolyether having no hydroxyl group at any terminal perfluoropolyether, in a composition comprising these perfluoropolyethers, wherein the method comprises a step of subjecting the composition to chromatography in which a moving phase is supercritical or subcritical state carbon dioxide of the specific temperature and the specific pressure, and a stationary phase is silica gel to thereby collect a fraction containing the perfluoropolyether having a hydroxyl group at one terminal at a higher ratio.
US09951220B2
A thermoplastic elastomer compound has a high strain recovery rate and a high strain fixity rate to provide shape memory, preferably manageable shape memory. The thermoplastic elastomer compound includes a maleated styrenic block copolymer and polycaprolactone to achieve the shape memory. Shape modes of articles made from the thermoplastic elastomer compound can be altered by at least one thermo-mechanical event to cause deformation of the compound from a first shape to a second shape with retention of the compound in the second shape for any reasonable time interval.
US09951217B2
A copolymer exhibiting improved heat resistance relative to phenolic resins is formed by the reaction of a bisphenol diglycidyl ether and a phenolphthalein and/or a phenolphthalimidine in a molar ratio of 0.98:1 to 1.02:1 in the presence of a catalyst. The copolymer can be used to mold plastic parts. The copolymer is also useful as a flexibilizer in thermoset compositions, and useful as a compatibilizer in blends of polar and non-polar polymers, and blends of non-polar polymers and polar fillers.
US09951203B2
A polyester resin composition having excellent hydrolysis resistance and excellent transparency and a method of producing the same are provided. There is provided a polyester resin composition comprising a polyester resin that is obtained from a dicarboxylic acid or an ester-forming derivative thereof and a diol as main raw material; and a copper-containing compound and a chelate ligand compound having a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic structure or a tertiary amine structure that are mixed with the polyester resin.
US09951202B2
A polyamide resin composition including a polyamide resin (A), a copper compound (B), a bromide of an alkali metal and/or a bromide of an alkaline earth metal (C), and at least one fatty acid compound (D) selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides, and fatty acid metal salts, wherein the fatty acid compound (D) has an acid value of 5 mgKOH/g or less.
US09951197B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a rubber composition obtained by compounding a rubber component (A) containing at least one kind selected from natural rubber and synthetic diene rubber, a filler containing an inorganic filler (B), a silane coupling agent (C), and thiourea, the method comprising kneading the rubber composition in plural stages, the rubber component (A), the whole or a part of the inorganic filler (B), the whole or a part of the silane coupling agent (C), and the thiourea being kneaded in the first stage of kneading, and thus provides a method for producing a rubber composition excellent in low-heat-generation property through enhancement of the reactivity between the coupling agent and the rubber component.
US09951194B2
An iron oxide containing effect pigment, and methods for producing and using the same are discussed. The iron oxide containing effect pigment may include an iron oxide coating in direct contact with a particulate substrate, which may have high levels of hematite, magnetite, or maghemite; and low amounts of toxic metals. A method for producing the pigment may include chemical vapor deposition of iron pentacarbonyl onto a particulate substrate. The iron oxide containing effect pigments may be incorporated into compositions, such as cosmetics.
US09951192B2
The present invention relates to cellulose nanofibers that have good dispersibility in water and can be contained in a water-soluble polymer at high concentration, and to a method for obtaining the cellulose nanofibers. The present invention further relates to a fiber reinforced composite material using the cellulose nanofibers. Cellulose nanofibers having an average degree of polymerization of 100 or more and 800 or less and an aspect ratio of 150 or more and 2000 or less are produced by subjecting unmodified cellulose to an enzyme and/or acid treatment, and to a mechanical shearing treatment. The cellulose nanofibers have good dispersibility and can be dispersed in a water-soluble polymer at high concentration, and therefore a fiber reinforced composite material having high strength can be obtained.
US09951191B2
A polymer composite and its method of manufacture using a recycled multilayer material. An example of the recycled multilayer material is comprised of a polyethylene/polyethylene terephthalate/aluminum film that may be extruded with organic filler to obtain desirable performance in wood-substitute products such as deck boards, railing, fencing, pergolas, residential cladding/siding, sheet products, and other applications.
US09951189B2
Provided is a method for producing a lignin degradation product that includes (1) a degradation step of degrading a raw material containing a plant biomass, in a mixed solvent of water and an aliphatic alcohol having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, which separates into two phases at 0° C. or higher and 50° C. or lower, under the following conditions, and (2) after the degradation step, a liquid-liquid separation step of separating the lignin degradation product-containing organic phase from the solvent that has separated at the temperature for two-phase separation. The method produces a lignin degradation product at a high yield from lignin or a material containing lignin. Condition A: The concentration of the raw material to be in the mixed solvent is 1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less. Condition B: The reaction temperature is 100° C. or higher and 350° C. or lower. Condition C: The reaction time is 0.1 hours or more and 10 hours or less.
US09951188B2
A method of preparing an organotin containing hyperbranched polysiloxane structure includes the following steps: (1) by weight, 0.5-1.5 portions of hyperbranched polysiloxane with reactive functional groups is dissolved in 50-100 portions of an alcohol solvent, to obtain a solution A; (2) by weight, 0.5-0.9 portions of a tin-based initiator and 50-100 portions of the alcohol solvent are mixed to obtain a solution B, wherein said tin-based initiator is selected from dihydroxy butyl tin chloride, butyl tin trichloride, and dibutyl tin dichloride; and (3) dropping the solution B into the solution A at the temperature of 0° C.-60° C., reacting for 3-6 h, filtering and drying to obtain the organotin containing hyperbranched polysiloxane structure.
US09951186B2
A silicone gel composition comprising: (A) branched organopolysiloxane having, on average, at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms in a molecule, and a viscosity ranging from 10 to 10,000 mPa·s at 25° C.; (B) organohydrogenpolysiloxane; (C) platinum-based addition reaction catalyst; and (D) a reaction product of (d1) alkali metal silanolate with (d2) at least one ceric salt selected from cerium chloride and a carboxylic acid salt of cerium.
US09951178B2
The present invention relates to the field of medical instruments. Specifically, a biodegradable cross-linked polymer and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The cross-linked polymer is obtained by bonding crosslinkable reactive groups to terminal groups of a biodegradable prepolymer having two or more arms and further subjecting the prepolymer to thermal polymerization and/or light irradiation. The cross-linked polymer has an elastic modulus of 10-4,500 MPa, and a degradation rate of 3-36 months. A biodegradable vascular stent and a preparation method therefor are also provided. The vascular stent is formed by laser cutting of polymeric tubing having a three-dimensional cross-linked network structure. The vascular stent has ample mechanical strength, a high elastic modulus at body temperature, and a regulatable degradation rate.
US09951176B2
A polyester fiber that can be used for an airbag fabric is disclosed. The polyester fiber has an elongation of 1.65% to 2.5% when tensile strength of 1.0 g/d is applied after heat treatment at 185° C. for 2 minutes, and additionally elongates in the range of elongation from 0.5% to 5% at the range of tensile strength from 8.0 g/d to the maximum strength. The polyester fiber simultaneously has low initial Young's modulus and excellent mechanical properties, and thus, it may provide excellent packing, dimensional stability, and excellent air cut-off effect, and simultaneously, minimize impact applied to a passenger thus safely protecting a passenger.
US09951173B2
The present invention provides polyurethanes including a reaction product of components including (a) an isocyanate functional urethane prepolymer comprising a reaction product of components including: (i) about 1 equivalent of at least one polyisocyanate; and (ii) about 0.1 to about 0.5 equivalents of at least one diol having 2 to 18 carbon atoms; and (b) about 0.05 to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one branched polyol having 4 to 18 carbon atoms and at least 3 hydroxyl groups; and (c) up to about 0.9 equivalents of at least one polyol different from branched polyol (b) and having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, wherein the reaction product components are essentially free of polyester polyol and polyether polyol; compositions, coatings and articles made therefrom and methods of making the same.
US09951161B2
Provided is a vinyl alcohol-based copolymer, obtained by saponifying a copolymer of vinyl acetate and a polyfunctional monomer, wherein the polyfunctional monomer contains two or more ethylenic double bonds in its molecule, the vinyl alcohol-based copolymer has a side chain containing an ethylenic double bond and a molar ratio (d) of the ethylenic double bond to a total of vinyl alcohol units and vinyl acetate units is from 0.05/100 to 2/100, and the vinyl alcohol-based copolymer is water soluble.
US09951160B2
A process is provided for preparing a coupled polymer by anionic polymerization wherein the coupled polymer is a conjugated diene polymer comprising the following reaction steps: a) polymerizing a monomer or a mixture of monomers comprising at least one conjugated diene optionally one or more monoalkenyl arene compounds in the presence of an anionic initiator to form a living polymer arm or mixture of arms with an average apparent molecular weight greater than 2000; b) reacting the living polymer arm or arms with a polyalkenyl coupling agent; c) terminating the polymerization if any living polymers remain after step b); and d) optionally functionalizing and/or hydrogenating the coupled polymer so produced, wherein the polyalkenyl coupling agent is an alpha,omega-bis(vinylphenyl)alkane. Also provided is the polymer so prepared and its use in concentrates, aqueous emulsions and products made from aqueous emulsions.
US09951157B2
Spherical carriers for an olefin polymerization catalyst, catalyst components, catalysts, and preparation methods therefor are disclosed. The method for preparing the spherical carriers comprises the following steps: (1) reacting, in the presence of at least one polymeric dispersion stabilizer, a magnesium halide with an organic compound containing active hydrogen to form a complex solution; (2) reacting said complex solution with an alkylene oxide-type compound to directly precipitate solid particles; and (3) recovering the solid particles to obtain spherical carriers. When a catalyst prepared by using the present spherical carrier is used in propylene polymerization, said catalyst exhibits high polymerization activity and high stereo-directing ability.
US09951154B2
A polyvinyl acetal resin for a heat-developable photosensitive material capable of preventing skinning in the coating process of the photosensitive layer of the heat-developable photosensitive material, preventing deterioration of image characteristics and coloration of the coating solution, and suppressing the occurrence of odor at the time of producing the heat-developable photosensitive material and heat development.The polyvinyl acetal resin for a heat-developable photosensitive material used for a photosensitive layer of the heat-developable photosensitive material has a residual acetyl group content of 25 mol % or less, residual hydroxyl group content of 17-35 mol %, and polymerization degree of 200 to 3,000, and is obtained by an acetalization of a polyvinyl alcohol mixture containing polyvinyl alcohol resins having different polymerization degrees, wherein the content of the polyvinyl alcohol having a polymerization degree of 600 or less is 50 wt % or higher in the polyvinyl alcohol mixture.
US09951148B2
The invention relates to a method for production of a preparation from a vegetable material, said preparation being enriched in a polysaccharide with a backbone comprising rhamnogalacturonan-I cores, said methodcomprising the steps: mixing the vegetable material with a polar alcoholic solvent; and separating a solid residue obtained in step a) from the solvent; and mixing the solid residue obtained in step b) with a buffered aqueous solution having a pH between 7 and 8. Also provided is a preparation containing rhamnogalacturonan-I pectins that can be obtained by this method and the use of such a preparation to modulate immune response.
US09951143B2
Disclosed herein are antibodies which specifically bind to at least one epitope defined by the immunogenic glycopeptide. Other aspects of the present disclosure are pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody; and method for preventing and/or treating Globo-H-positive cancer.
US09951131B2
The invention provides monoclonal antibody 3H6 and related antibodies. The 3H6 antibody binds to an epitope within residues 28-36 of IAPP. The antibodies of the invention are useful, for example, for treating disorders associated with IAPP accumulation, particularly accumulation of IAPP deposits. Such disorders include type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, impaired insulin tolerance, impaired glucose tolerance, insulinomas, and related conditions.
US09951130B2
Interleukin 6 (IL-6) antagonists are provided that are specific for binding to site II of IL-6. Methods of using such inhibitors to treat IL-6 related diseases, e.g., disease of the eye such as diabetic macular edema are disclosed.
US09951121B2
Disclosed are nucleic acid libraries for identifying a signal peptide that facilitates production of disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody, and for facilitating production of a disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody. Also disclosed are host cell libraries and phage libraries including the nucleic acid libraries. Further disclosed are methods for identifying a signal peptide that facilitates production of disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody, and methods for producing a disulfide-stabilized single chain antibody and non-fusion form thereof.
US09951116B2
The present invention provides peptide analogs of α-MSH and γ-MSH, comprising the amino acid sequence of human α-MSH or γ-MSH, or variants thereof, and having a branched amino acid probe in the N-terminal part of the peptide.
US09951107B2
The invention relates to compositions of vault complexes containing recombinant membrane lytic proteins, such as an adenovirus protein VI lytic domain, and methods of using the vault complexes to facilitate delivery and entry of a biomolecule into a cell or subject.
US09951106B2
Fusion proteins comprising a portion of the HIV-1 Env protein (gp120 and gp140) and single-chain fragment V regions (ScFv) of an enhancing antibody that exhibits binding specificity for HIV-1 Env protein are disclosed that may serve in immunogenic formulations for vaccination against HIV-1 infection, as well as methods of generating an immune response using the fusion proteins.
US09951095B2
The present invention relates to monocrystalline metal organic frameworks comprising chromium ions and carboxylate ligands and the use of the same, for example their use for storing a gas. The invention also relates to methods for preparing metal organic frameworks comprising chromium, titanium or iron ions and carboxylate ligands. The methods of the invention allow such metal organic frameworks to be prepared in monocrystalline or polycrystalline forms.
US09951090B2
The present invention is a mono-functional branched organosiloxane compound that is liquid and shown by the following general formula (1) Ma-1MRa-2Db-1DRb-2Tc-1TRc-2Qd-1 (1) wherein M=R13SiO0.5, MR=R12R2SiO0.5, D=R12SiO, DR=R2R1SiO, T=R1SiO1.5, TR=R2SiO1.5, and Q=SiO2, where R1 represents a group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and so on, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, and so on, a-1 represents an integer of 1 or more, b-1 and c-1 each represent an integer of 0 or more, and a-2, b-2, c-2, and d-1 each represent 0 or 1, provided that c-1, c-2, and d-1 are not simultaneously 0, a total of a-2, b-2, and c-2 is 1, and when b-1 is 0, a-1 is 2 or more and a total of c-1 and d-1 is 1 or more. There can be provided a novel mono-functional branched organosiloxane compound having a branched structure, and a method for producing the same.
US09951089B2
The present invention provides fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors, solid forms thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of making and using the same.
US09951082B2
Stable crystalline forms of a compound represented by the formula (IA): an acid addition salt, and/or a solvate thereof are provided by the present invention. Said crystalline forms are extremely useful as materials for preparing medicines. Novel processes for preparing 6,7-unsaturated-7-carbamoyl morphinan derivatives are also provided by the present invention.
US09951081B1
The present application relates to a new chlorin e6 derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as preparation and use thereof, which belongs to the medicine field. The chlorin e6 ether amino acid derivative comprises general structural formula I and optical isomers thereof. The preparation process comprises etherification of 3-vinyl in chlorin e6, A peptide is produced from 15-carboxylethyl and amino acid. The chlorin e6 ether amino acid derivative and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used as a photodynamic anti-tumor drug. Compared with the prior similar photosensitizer Talaporfin used in clinic, the chlorin e6 ether amino acid derivative of the present application possess improved photodynamic anti-tumor activities and a high ratio of darktoxicity-phototoxicity. The prepared new photodynamic anti-tumor drugs comprises photodynamic anti-cancer drugs, drugs for photodynamic treatment of benign vascular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration and naevus flammeus, and drugs for photodynamic treatment of condyloma acuminate.
US09951079B2
The present invention relates to Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, X, Y, m, R1, R5, Ra and Rb are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivative, and methods of using the Fused Tricyclic Heterocycle Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
US09951072B2
Substituted dihydroisoxazole derivatives useful as inhibitors of β-lactamases are provided. The invention further provides medical uses of substituted dihydroisoxazole derivatives, for example, as antibacterial agents.
US09951066B2
Generally, the present invention provides novel quinolone compounds and pharmaceutical composition thereof which may inhibit cell proliferation and/or induce cell apoptosis. The present invention also provides methods of preparing such compounds and compositions, and methods of making and using the same.
US09951065B2
The present disclosure provides indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) inhibitors of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in which X, L, n, m, R1, R2a, R2b, Rn, Rm, and Rt are as defined herein, as well as pharmaceutical compositions that include a compound of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of using the same to treat conditions mediated by IDO1.
US09951055B2
This application describes compounds and methods that can inhibit Scavenger receptor class B, type I (SR-BI) activity, which compounds and methods can used, for example, to mediate high-density lipoprotein (HDL) lipid uptake and treat hepatitis C viral infections.
US09951053B2
The present disclosure provides γ-diketones or analogs thereof, that activate Wnt/β-catenin signaling and thus treat or prevent diseases related to signal transduction, such as osteoporosis and osteoarthropathy; osteogenesis imperfecta, bone defects, bone fractures, periodontal disease, otosclerosis, wound healing, craniofacial defects, oncolytic bone disease, traumatic brain injuries or spine injuries, brain atrophy/neurological disorders related to the differentiation and development of the central nervous system, including Parkinson's disease, strokes, ischemic cerebral disease, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia; otic disorders like cochlear hair cell loss; eye diseases such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema or retinitis pigmentosa and diseases related to differentiation and growth of stem cell, such as hair loss, hematopoiesis related diseases and tissue regeneration related diseases.
US09951049B2
Pyrazole linked benzimidazole conjugates and a method for synthesis of one or more compounds having a pyrazole linked benzimidazole conjugate, particularly pyrazole linked benzimidazole conjugates that are useful as potential antitumor agents against human cancer cell lines, such as leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer, colon cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, renal cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer. The process comprises the step of oxidative cyclization of o-phenylenediamines and 3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-5-carbaldehydes with sodium metabisulphite in ethanol/methanol solvent system at a desired temperature for a period of time to obtain the pyrazole linked benzimidazole conjugate.
US09951046B2
This disclosure relates to polycyclic heteroaromatic compounds useful as TRPA1 modulators, as well as compositions and methods of treating pain that include the compounds.
US09951041B2
The present invention provides a malonate salt of a compound of formula (I): which is a crystalline salt. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions that include the provided malonate salt and methods of using the provided crystalline forms and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer.
US09951038B2
The present disclosure relates to Quinazolin-4(3H)-one-Type Piperidine Compounds, such as those of Formule (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Q, Y1, Z, A, B, E, and a are as defined herein; compositions comprising an effective amount of a Quinazolin-4(3H)-one-Type Piperidine Compound, and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such as pain, comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a Quinazolin-4(3H)-one-Type Piperidine Compound.
US09951031B2
Concentrated storage stable aqueous solutions (S) comprising components (a), (b) and (c), wherein component (a) is at least one optical brightening agent of formula (1), in which the anionic charge on the brightener is balanced by a cationic charge composed of one or more cations selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkali metal cation, alkaline earth metal cation, ammonium, ammonium which is mono-, di- or trisubstituted by a C1-4 linear or branched alkyl radical and ammonium which is mono-, di- or trisubstituted by a C1-4 linear or branched hydroxyalkyl radical, and the concentration of component (a) is 0.08 to 0.3 mol per kg, based on the total weight of the concentrated storage-stable aqueous solutions (S), component (b) is at least one inorganic salt (SA), in a concentration of 2 to 15% by weight, based on the total weight of the concentrated storage-stable aqueous solutions (S), and component (c) is water, in a concentration of 10% to 88% by weight, based on the total weight of the concentrated storage-stable aqueous solutions (S).
US09951027B2
The present invention relates to benzimidazol-2-amines of general formula (I): in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 are as defined herein, to methods of preparing said compounds, to intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of neoplasms, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US09951020B2
A method of making a 2-halonicotinonitrile comprises reacting an alkylidene nitrile with a C1-compound in an organic solvent and a dehydrating agent. The dehydrating agent substantially retards dimerization of the alkylidene nitrile during the reaction. The enamine intermediate that forms from the reaction is cyclized using a halide donor to make the 2-halonicotinonitrile.
US09951017B2
The present invention relates to antagonists of the S1P3 receptor formula (A) as herein described and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compounds of formula (A) are useful in the preparation of a medicament, in particular for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
US09951012B2
The present invention is related to an improved and efficient process for preparation of (3R,4R)-(1-benzyl-4-methylpiperidin-3-yl)-methylamine which comprises: (a) N-acylation of 3-Amino-4-methyl pyridine; (b) Quarternization of 3-Acetylamino-4-methyl pyridine using benzyl halide; (c) Partial reduction of quarternized 3-Acetylamino-4-methyl pyridine by Sodium borohydride in Methanol or water; (d) Hydrolysis of partially reduced product to 1-Benzyl-4-methylpiperidin-3-one in presence of acid; (e) Reductive amination of 1-Benzyl-4-methylpiperidin-3-one using Methanolic methylamine in presence of Titanium(IV) isopropoxide in Methanol; (f) Resolution of 1-Benzyl-4-methylpiperidin-3-yl)-methylamine using Ditoluoyl (L) tartaric acid to get (3R,4R)-(1-benzyl-4-methylpiperidin-3-yl)-methylamine. The invention is also related to novel intermediates: wherein R, R′ and X are as described in the specification.
US09950997B2
The present invention discloses a method for preparing a high-purity sulfonamide compound and an intermediate of the sulfonamide compound. The method comprises the following steps: a, taking a crude product of a sulfonamide compound (I) as an initial raw material, and enabling the raw material to react with a compound of a formula (II) in presence of alkali and a catalyst so as to synthesize an intermediate of a formula (III); and b, enabling the compound represented by the formula (III) to react with alkali or acid, thereby obtaining the high-purity sulfonamide compound (I).
US09950990B2
Described are antioxidant macromolecules and methods of making and using same.
US09950987B2
The present invention provides novel aspirin derivatives useful for preventing and/or treating cancer. The novel compounds of this invention may be particularly useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cancers affecting the gastrointestinal system, such as colorectal cancer.
US09950986B2
Novel compounds, called liamocins from Aureobasidium pullulans, having the general structure in Formula 1 are disclosed. where R1 is either COCH3 or H; and R2 is between two to ten O-linked 3,5-dihydroxydecanoate; and R3 can be a polyol (e.g., L- or D-glycerol, L- or D-threitol, L- or D-erythritol, L- or D-arabitol, L- or D-xylitol, L- or D-lyxitol, L- or D-ribitol, L- or D-allitol, L- or D-altritol, L- or D-mannitol, L- or D-iditol, L- or D-gulitol, L- or D-glucitol (also called sorbitol), L- or D-galactitol (also called dulcitol), and L- or D-talitol), 2-amino-D-mannitol, 2N-acetylamino-D-mannitol, L-rhamnitol, or D-fucitol; except when R3 is D-mannitol, R2 is not 2 nor 3 O-linked 3,5-dihydroxydecanoate chains. These liamocins described above in addition to D-mannitol liamocin A1, D-mannitol liamocin A2, D-mannitol liamocin B1, and D-mannitol liamocin B2, alone or in combination with each other, can be used to kill certain bacteria and to treat certain bacterial infections.
US09950984B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing α-fluoroacrylic acid esters at a high starting material conversion and a high yield. The present invention provides, as a means to achieve the object, a process for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and each represent alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, halogen, or hydrogen; and R3 represents alkyl, fluoroalkyl, or aryl optionally substituted with at least one substituent, the process comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): wherein the symbols are as defined above, with carbon monoxide and an alcohol represented by formula (3): R3—OH (3) wherein the symbol is as defined above, in the presence of a transition metal complex catalyst containing at least one bidentate phosphine ligand and a base to thereby obtain the compound represented by formula (1).
US09950983B2
The present invention discloses tricyclic compounds of formula (I) or salt thereof and their process for synthesis. Further, the present invention relates to the use of these novel tricyclic compounds of formula (I) or salt thereof as insect repellents.
US09950972B2
Apparatuses and methods are provided for forming C8 aromatic streams with selected amounts of C9 aromatics. In one embodiment, a method for forming a C8 aromatic stream with a selected amount of C9 aromatics includes fractionating a hydrocarbon stream including C8 and C9 aromatics into a sidedraw fraction and a bottom fraction. The sidedraw fraction includes a portion of the C8 aromatics and a portion of the C9 aromatics. The bottom fraction includes remaining C8 aromatics and C8+ hydrocarbons. The method further includes fractioning the bottom fraction and forming a heavy overhead fraction including the remaining C8 aromatics. Also, the method includes combining the sidedraw fraction and the heavy overhead fraction to form a combined stream having a C9 aromatics composition of from about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt % about 2 wt % of a total weight of the combined stream.
US09950969B2
The invention concerns a process for the production of butadiene from an ethanol feed comprising at least 80% by weight of ethanol, comprising a step for conversion of ethanol to acetaldehyde, a step for the extraction of butadiene, a step for scrubbing gaseous by-products with water, a step for eliminating impurities and brown oils, a step for treating effluents, a first butadiene purification step, and a subsequent butadiene purification step, said ethanol feed being supplied to said butadiene extraction step, the arrangement of the steps and recycles allowing the recycles to be maximized and allowing the water and energy consumption to be minimized.
US09950967B2
A titanium-containing formulation contains complexes of titanium salts with an ascorbic acid and a citric acid, a preservative agent, and water-soluble sulfates of metals absorbable by plants, and optionally additional plant nutrients, in particular nitrogen and potassium. The titanium-containing formulation is a product of titanium complexation reaction of titanyl sulfate with a mixture of ascorbic acid and citric acid in aqueous environment alkalized with magnesium hydroxide in presence of acetic acid, at a mass ratio of magnesium, calculated as MgO, to titanium amounting from 1:1 to 20:1. Furthermore, in the titanium-containing formulation a mass ratio of the ascorbic acid to the citric acid amounts from 5:1 to 3:5, a mass ratio of the ascorbic acid to titanium amounts from 7:2 to 10:1, and a mass ratio of the magnesium hydroxide, calculated as MgO, to the acetic acid, calculated as 100% of the acetic acid, amounts from 8:1 to 3:5.
US09950963B2
A thermal insulator with both excellent heat insulation and strength and a method of manufacturing the thermal insulator are provided.A thermal insulator according to the present invention includes metal oxide fine particles with an average particle diameter equal to or smaller than 50 nm and a reinforcing fiber, wherein the thermal insulator has a bridge structure between the metal oxide fine particles which is formed by elution of part of the metal oxide fine particles. A method of manufacturing a thermal insulator according to the present invention includes a curing step of curing a dry pressed compact including metal oxide fine particles with an average particle diameter equal to or smaller than 50 nm and a reinforcing fiber under a pressurized vapor saturated atmosphere at a temperature equal to or higher than 100° C. for four hours and a drying step of drying the cured dry pressed compact.
US09950957B2
A roof cover board made from a mixture of 30-60% stucco; 20-50% perlite; 10-30% cellulose fiber; 3-20% starch; and siloxane. Also disclosed is a stucco-free roof cover board made from a mixture of 30-60% perlite, 30-60% cellulose fiber, 5-25% starch; and siloxane. Also disclosed are methods for making same.
US09950949B2
The invention relates to a conversion material, in particular for a white or colored light source comprising a semiconductor light source as primary light source, comprising a matrix glass that, as bulk material, for a thickness d of about 1 mm, has a pure transmission τi of greater than 80% in the wavelength region from 350 to 800 nm and in the region in which the primary light source emits light, wherein the sum of transmission and reflection of the sintered matrix glass without luminophore is at least greater than 80% in the spectral region from 350 nm to 800 nm and in the spectral region in which the primary light source emits light.
US09950947B2
The invention provides an optical glass with rather low transition temperature, high transmittance, chemical stability and good devitrification resistance, wherein the refractive index is 1.60-1.65 and the Abbe number is 62-66. The optical glass comprises, by weight percentage, 30-50% of P2O5, 35-50% of BaO, 2-6% of B2O3, 0-5% of La2O3, 0-5% of Gd2O3, 0.1-5% of Al2O3, 0.1-5% of Li2O, 2-10% of MgO, and 2-10% of CaO. According to the present invention, P2O5 is applied as the network generation body of glass so as to give high transmittance to the glass; a large amount of BaO is a key component for improving the transmittance of glass while improving the refractive index and weather durability of glass, and also the advantages of low transition temperature, good chemical stability and good devitrification resistance are provided.
US09950946B2
The invention relates to a glass sheet having high transmission of infrared (IR) radiation. More specifically, the invention relates to a glass sheet having a composition which comprises, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass: SiO2 55-85%; Al2O3 0-30%; B2O3 0-20%; Na2O 0-25%; CaO 0-20%; MgO 0-15%; K2O 0-20%; BaO 0-20%; Total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) 0.002-0.06%, a chromium content (expressed in the form of Cr2O3) ranging from 0.0015% to 1% and a cobalt content (expressed in the form of Co) ranging from 0.0001% to 1%. By virtue of its high transmission of IR radiation, the glass sheet according to the invention can advantageously be used in a device using a technology requiring very good transmission of IR radiation, whether through the main faces or starting from their sheared edge (for example, a screen or panel or pad, the glass sheet defining a touch surface). The invention thus also relates to the use of such a glass sheet in a device using infrared radiation propagating essentially inside said sheet.
US09950943B2
A glassware-forming neck ring system includes a neck ring assembly and a carrier assembly carrying the neck ring assembly. The neck ring assembly includes a neck ring guide having a first forming aperture therethrough around a vertical axis, and a neck ring divided along a longitudinal axis into neck ring sections carried by the neck ring guide and movable toward and away from one another along the neck ring guide along a lateral axis. The carrier assembly includes a carrier having a body with a second forming aperture therethrough, longitudinally opposite ends, laterally opposite sides between the ends, and a channel extending between the sides, restricting movement of the neck ring assembly along the vertical and longitudinal axes, and permitting movement of the neck ring assembly along the lateral axis.
US09950930B2
Disclosed herein is a preparation method of graphene, capable of preparing graphene having a smaller thickness and a large area, and with reduced defect generation, by a simplified process. The preparation method of graphene includes forming dispersion including a carbon-based material including unoxidized graphite, and a dispersant; and continuously passing the dispersion through a high pressure homogenizer including an inlet, an outlet, and a micro-channel for connection between the inlet and the outlet, having a diameter in a micrometer scale, wherein the carbon-based material is exfoliated, as the material is passed through the micro-channel under application of a shear force, thereby forming graphene having a thickness in nanoscale.
US09950927B2
The present invention relates generally to a method for supplying high purity hydrogen through a hydrogen supply system comprising in fluid communication one or more storage caverns, multiple hydrogen production sources, and a pipeline distribution system capable of delivering hydrogen to a plurality of hydrogen demand points which coordinates the operation of the cavern, hydrogen plants, and pipeline distribution system to meet the real time dynamic demand profile.
US09950923B1
Described herein is a method and structure for fabricating vias in a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor substrate is first doped to make it mildly conducting, via holes are formed therein, and a conductive material is deposited in the holes. Using the moderate conductivity of the substrate, the conductive material may be plated into the holes.
US09950919B2
Bits for horses are provided which include a central element, suitable for being inserted in a horse's mouth, a pair of lateral rings, each connected to a respective end of the central element for connection to the reins, and a pair of rosettes for protecting the horse's lip, each traversed by an axial hole to be fitted around the central element, next to the connection to the ring. The axial hole is made in an emerging portion axially facing at least the side opposite the lateral ring. The wall which delimits said axial hole may be sized to provide a stable connection due to the friction between the rosette and the central element.
US09950915B2
A winch system for controlling the elevation of an aerostats restrained by a cable is provided. The system includes a capstan arrangement configured for reducing the tension in a segment of a cable extending between an aerostats side and a drum side thereof; a spool drum configured for wrapping therearound a segment of the cable extending from the drum side of the capstan arrangement; a first drive mechanism configured to selectively activate the capstan arrangement in a released mode, in which the cable is let out towards the aerostats, and a pulling mode in which the cable is pulled in towards the spool drum; and a second drive mechanism configured to rotate the spool drum in the released mode and in the pulling mode such that the segment of the cable extending from the drum side of the capstan arrangement is pulled in a counter direction to the direction of the tension exerted on the cable.
US09950913B2
A crane comprises an undercarriage, an upper carriage arranged on the undercarriage, a rotary connection for rotatably mounting the upper carriage on the undercarriage about an axis of rotation, as well as a support unit attached to the upper carriage for increasing the distance of a tilting edge from the axis of rotation, so that the crane has an increased structural stability and an increased load capacity.
US09950909B1
A tunnel relief device includes an arcuate frame member, at least two fire-extinguishing arms, and a transport assembly. The arcuate frame member traverses along a length of the tunnel via first guide rails positioned on an inner surface of the tunnel. The fire-extinguishing arms are positioned on an inner surface of the arcuate frame member and traverse along the inner surface of the arcuate frame member via second guide rails to extinguish fire induced in the tunnel. The transport assembly comprises extendable arms and housed in an upper region of the arcuate frame member. The extendable arms are movable in a horizontal or vertical direction. The transport assembly is rotatably engaged to the upper region of the arcuate frame member to transport the vehicles in the tunnel from a first position to a second position to ensure safe and unobstructed movement of the vehicles in the tunnel.
US09950908B2
A system and method for determining the load in a material handling system is disclosed. The load weight detection system measures torque at four operating conditions both at constant speed and during acceleration. The level of torque generated by the motor under each of these operating conditions is stored in the motor drive. The motor drive also receives a signal corresponding to the speed of the hoist motor. Based on the measured torque, as well as the expected torque at no load and at rated load for the measured speed, the motor drive then determines the load present on the hoist. In some systems, two or more hoists are required to operate in tandem to lift a load. Each motor drive determines the weight of the load supported by its respective hoist motor and determines a total weight of the load based on the weights determined by each motor drive.
US09950906B2
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to roll lifting assemblies, systems, and methods for lifting, handling, and/or maneuvering rolled material. According to some embodiments, a roll lifting system may be configured to move a single roll and/or to concurrently move two or more rolls. For example, a roll lifting system may comprise a translocation apparatus and/or a lift assembly.
US09950904B2
A hook block suspended by a wire rope and provided with: sheave shaft parts for rotatably supporting hook sheaves; a connecting shaft inserted into shaft holes that penetrate the sheave shaft parts in the axial direction; brackets which support the sheave shaft parts by fitting the same in engaging holes in first piece parts, which are provided with second piece parts substantially orthogonal to the first piece parts, and in which insertion holes are formed, the insertion holes enabling the insertion of the upper side of a hook in a mutually facing arrangement; a bracket-fixing member supported by the second piece parts above the second piece parts; and a hook support member rotatably arranged above the bracket-fixing member and fixed to the outer periphery of the upper side of the hook.
US09950901B2
An elevator arrangement includes a plurality of elevators in a building, which plurality includes a plurality of zoned elevators moving in an elevator hoistway, which have different ranges of movement of the elevator car in the building to each other, and which zoned elevators each have a top limit and a bottom limit of the range of movement of the elevator car, to above the top limit and to below the bottom limit of which range of movement travel of the elevator car of the zoned elevator in question is prevented. The vertical location, in relation to the building, of the top limit and/or bottom limit of the range of movement of the elevator car of each aforementioned zoned elevator can be changed. The arrangement also comprises a lobby elevator, the range of movement of the elevator car of which differs from the ranges of movement of the elevator cars of the aforementioned zoned elevators, and the stopping floors of the lobby elevator comprise a plurality of lobby floors, each of which is a stopping floor of one or more zoned elevators belonging to the aforementioned zoned elevator plurality. A method is provided for re-adjusting the elevator arrangement, wherein the range of movement of the elevator car of the zoned elevator in question is changed to reach to a different height in the elevator hoistway by changing the vertical location in relation to the building of the top limit and/or the bottom limit of the range of movement of the elevator car of the zoned elevator in question.
US09950898B2
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of circuit units each includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a switching element portion including first and second switching elements electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a capacitor portion including a capacitor electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode and stacked with the switching element portion. In two of the adjacent circuit units, the switching element portion of one circuit unit and the capacitor portion of the other circuit unit are adjacent to each other, the capacitor portion of the one and the switching element portion of the other are adjacent to each other, the first electrode of the one and the first electrode of the other are adjacent to each other, and the second electrode of the one and the second electrode of the other are adjacent to each other.
US09950884B2
A sheet feeder includes: a first roller; a separation member; a shutter; a pressing portion; and a cam portion. The separation member contacts the first roller at a contact position. An axis of the shutter is positioned downstream of the separation member in a conveying direction. The shutter is movable between first and second positions. The shutter in the first position has a portion positioned upstream of the contact position in the conveying direction. The pressing portion is positioned upstream of the separation member and the shutter in the first position in the conveying direction. The pressing portion is movable between third and fourth positions. The pressing portion in the third position faces the first roller. The pressing portion in the fourth position is separated from the first roller farther than in the third position. The cam portion is positioned upstream of the pressing portion in the conveying direction.
US09950876B2
An air system for supplying product to the product tank of an agricultural implement has an air supply and at least one elongated conduit for delivering air entrained product to the tank. There is at least one outlet in the tank formed as a hollow elbow having a generally downwardly directed outlet, a generally upwardly directed outlet and a transverse inlet coupled to the conduit. The elbow includes an upper generally cylindrical region comprising a cyclone chamber for swirling the incoming air entrained product directing at least a portion of the air flow upwardly toward the upwardly directed outlet while allowing the product to fall in a generally helical pattern through a generally frusto-conical region, whereby material migrates downwardly and air upwardly releasing the material to fall in a gentle spiral and air to exit from the upper region of the tank.
US09950873B2
A method inspects a conveyor (10) having opposing sides (34, 35) and a length. The conveyor includes an endless belt (16) and a plurality of roller structures (24) disposed in spaced relation along at least a portion of the length of the conveyor and under a top flight (17) of the belt for supporting the belt while material is being conveyed on the belt. Each roller structure includes at least one roller (12, 12′) constructed and arranged to rotate about an axis as the belt is conveyed with the material. The method orients an unmanned vehicle (22), having sensor structure (28) thereon, at one side of the conveyor, and causes the vehicle to travel along the portion of the length of the conveyor while the sensor structure obtains data regarding a state of at least a portion of the belt and of rollers of the plurality of roller structures while the conveyor is operating.
US09950865B2
The present invention allows the friction of the belt with the slide table to be abated as well as restrains dusts from occurring.The conveyor belt 10 for carrying a transported article mounted on the surface thereof comprises: a belt main body 1; and a lower surface layer 3 to cover the lower surface of the belt main body 1, in which the lower surface layer 3 is provided with a projective surface 4b in which a plurality of projections 4 whose peak portions 4a are formed into a curved surface shape.
US09950862B2
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for automated loading and retrieval of items. In various embodiments, items are received at a loading station where identification data may be captured for each item and handling instructions may be generated. In some embodiments, a label having indicia associated with the item may be generated and affixed to the item. The items may then be deposited through an access door into the vehicle identified in the handling instructions. Once the items are loaded into the access door, an automated load/unload device may deposit the item in the appropriate storage location. The automated load/unload device may also retrieve and rearrange items as desired.
US09950860B2
A fill device for use with a water reservoir tank in an earth reduction system, the fill device comprising a ring having a top surface and a bottom surface, a pipe having a first end connected to the top surface of the ring and a second end for connection to a water supply, a skirt affixed to the bottom surface of the center ring, an opening surrounded by a plate and defining a tortuous path and positioned below the first end of the pipe and the skirt, and a check valve support with a check valve mounted below the opening and the plate.
US09950859B2
A sealing block for a cigarette group (12) is provided on the inside with an internal collar (42). The latter is composed of an internal front wall (45), an internal base wall (48), and internal side flaps (46). The internal base wall (48) is configured in a reinforcing manner by folding flaps disposed on top of one another, specifically by the base tab and the base flap.
US09950858B2
A paper material is provided herein, wherein the paper material includes a fibrous material including at least 5 dry weight percent of fibers derived from a plant of the Nicotiana species; wherein the paper material has a basis weight ranging from about 5 g/m2 to about 450 g/m2; and wherein the paper material has a caliper ranging from about 0.01 mils to about 200 mils. The paper material can be suitable for use in a smoking article in the form of at least one of a tipping material, a plug wrap and a wrapping material. The paper material can be suitable for use in at least one of a soft carton container suitable to house smoking articles, a label, a paper substrate of a barrier layer, a hard carton suitable to house smoking articles and a container suitable to house smokeless tobacco products.
US09950852B2
Cup having a base and an adjoining shell, it being possible for the shell to be provided with a mouth roll at its opposite end to the base and to be configured with a single layer or multiple layers, at least one layer of the shell being produced from paper or cardboard or other comparable materials, at least one layer of the shell being provided with elevations and/or depressions substantially over its entire height and at least approximately the entire circumference, the difference in depth between the maximum elevation or depression and the material layer or the depression or elevation varying over the height of the shell and/or over the circumference, and it being possible for the mouth roll to be formed integrally on the inner layer or the only layer.
US09950851B2
A method of making a thermally insulated sandwich polyurethane (PUR) shipper for a temperature sensitive payload is provided. The method comprises the steps of mounting an inner box upside down on a tool, adhering an insulating panel to the outer facing surfaces of the inner box, positioning an outer box around the inner box assembly, pouring liquid polyurethane into the gap between the outer box and inner box assembly, and foaming the liquid polyurethane. The PUR foam fills the space between the VIP panels and the outer box, and preferably covers the VIP panels.
US09950850B2
A therapeutic rinse for treating a sore throat. The therapeutic rinse may be stored in a self-heating container that is capable of reaching a temperature of at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit when activated. The therapeutic rinse includes a liquid composition having sodium chloride, water, and a variety of vitamins, minerals and herbs stored in the reservoir of the self-heating container. An antibiotic may also be included in the therapeutic rinse. Before use, the therapeutic rinse may be heated.
US09950849B2
Forming webs and packages are provided having improved sealability to peelable lidstocks. The thermoformed containers (12) may have a mouth (14) having an opening and a flange being disposed about the opening, the flange formed from a forming web and having a thickness greater than about 12 mils and up to about 80 mils. The forming web may have a base layer (20) with a skim coating (24) thereon, a portion of the skim coating being on the flange having a skim coating thickness from about 2 mils to about 8 mils. A peelable lid (18) may include a film (28) with an inner lid sealant layer (26) which is sealed to the portion of the skim coating on the flange, the skim coating and inner lid sealant layer each having a common polyolefin majority component, the common polyolefin component being different than a majority component of the base layer.
US09950842B2
A storage bag comprising first and second zipper profiles provided adjacent to an opening to the interior of the bag. The first and second zipper profiles are provided with opposing closure elements that respectively interlock with each other. The storage bag further includes first and second isolation sections between the first and second zipper profiles to prevent the opening of the first zipper profile from impacting the opening of the second zipper profile by a slider.
US09950833B2
A flexible configuration system, method equipment and aircraft are disclosed. This system may use a pallet that includes a load bearing member; and a pallet data network system carried by the load bearing member. The data network system includes at least one external data connection configured to connect the pallet data network to an external network; and at least one pallet data connection configured to connect the pallet data network to devices, equipment, workstations, or seats carried by the pallet.
US09950830B2
An insulated shipping liner includes a flexible sealed sack having a first layer and second layer sealed together about their outer peripheral edges to form a housing. An insulating layer made from a single sheet of foam material is located within the housing and is configured to be folded such that a first side portion, second side portion and middle portion create a substantially rectangular box form, with the first and second side portions defining opposing sides of the box form, the middle portion defining a bottom of the box form, the substantially rectangular top flap defining at least part of a top of the box form, and the opposing substantially rectangular first and second side flaps defining at least part of other opposing sides of the box form. The box form can be placed in a container to form an insulated container for shipping and/or storage.
US09950828B2
A baggage conveyance tray suitable for a sorting conveyor system for conveying baggage at airports has raised wall plate portions protruding on the front and rear both end portions of the tray in the length (conveyance) direction thereof extending in the right-left width direction of the tray. A baggage placement surface located between the front and rear both raised wall plate portions is concave along the length direction such that the central portion in the right-left width direction is lowered while the right and left both sides are raised. Elongated protrusion portions extending along the right-left width direction of the tray are disposed on the baggage placement surface at intervals in the length direction of the tray.
US09950807B2
Systems, methods and computer-storage media are provided for displaying a real-time image in a cockpit of an aircraft. Use of a synthetic vision application is provided with a gradient-type feature such that a level of synthetic enhancements applied to an image may be adjusted to a synthetic vision application value that is less than 100 percent. The synthetic vision enhancement may be overlaid with the original image, according to the synthetic vision application value, to generate a modified image. Additional information may overlay the original image with the synthetic vision application such as a three-dimensional weather representation. The synthetic vision application may be used in conjunction with a high-definition camera to generate the original image. The modified image may be updated in real-time such that an updated view is continuously modified with an updated synthetic vision enhancement to provide accurate real-time views.
US09950804B2
A reception coupling for air-to-air refuelling has a main body and a fuel passage. A moveable valve member is provided for opening and closing the fuel passage. A chamber is separate from the fuel passage. A portion of the valve member can be accommodated in the chamber as the valve member moves toward an open position, shielding that portion from effects of pressure in the fuel passage.
US09950803B2
Provided is an airplane suspension (20) fairing structure with a wing-mounted arrangement, the fairing structure comprising a front fairing located in front of the leading edge (31) of a wing and a rear fairing located at the back of the leading edge (31) of the wing; the vertical section line (G) of the front fairing is curved, ascending along air flow direction from a start point (p) of an engine nacelle (10) to the maximum height position and then descending and extending below the lower surface (32) of the wing. In the present invention, due to the curved vertical section line of the front fairing of the suspension, inner space of the suspension is met only in the position requiring greater inner space, thus enabling the engine to be mounted close to the wing without additional devices; and the fairing aerodynamic surface of the suspension will not extend to the upper surface of the wing, avoiding interference of the suspension with the wing during cruising.
US09950801B2
An aircraft with an electric propulsion arrangement which includes a fuselage, a wing system attached to the fuselage, and a tail unit attached to a rear part of the fuselage. The electric propulsion arrangement is arranged on each side of the fuselage, an electrical energy generator and electricity storage and supply devices are arranged substantially along a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the fuselage. The aircraft thus incorporates a hybrid motorization.
US09950796B2
A seating device with at least one lateral luggage bar, which is provided for being mounted underneath a seat, and with at least one carrier element, which is implemented by a step element and provided for receiving a support force in at least one operating state. In order to achieve improved characteristics regarding complexity and weight, the carrier element and the luggage bar have at least one coupling point, in which the luggage bar and the carrier element are rigidly connected to each other in at least one direction via a form-fit manner, by a substance to substance bond and/or via a force-fit manner and which coupling point is provided for transferring at least a portion of the support force from the carrier element onto the luggage bar.
US09950792B2
An aircraft area comprises a door, a door aisle and a main aisle. A storage cabinet for emergency equipment objects is disposed adjacent to the door aisle and/or the main aisle, and has an access point that is reachable from the door aisle and/or the main aisle.
US09950789B2
A vertical take-off and landing aircraft including a propulsion mechanism that generates lift and thrust, a main frame that supports seating and a landing undercarriage, a subframe which supports the propulsion mechanism and which is arranged so as to be swingable back and forth relative to the main frame, motive power supply means supported by the main frame and supplying motive power to the propulsion mechanism, and a control stick connected to the subframe in which the propulsion mechanism includes a pair of ducted fans arranged on a left side and a right side, respectively, of the main frame, swing shafts arranged in the ducted fans, and extending in a horizontal direction, and control vanes connected to the swing shafts, and swinging the control vane enables the subframe to move relative to the main frame. Maneuverability can be improved with addition of control mechanisms restrained.
US09950780B2
An apparatus of an aircraft, the apparatus may include a wing comprising an unfixed portion and a fixed portion. The unfixed portion movably may connect to the fixed portion. The unfixed portion may include a rotating portion to rotate the unfixed portion between a flight position and a folded position. The fixed portion may connect to the unfixed portion of the wing. A joint may allow rotation of the unfixed portion of the wing with respect to the fixed portion of the wing about a rotation axis.
US09950775B1
An inflatable life vest has first and second sheets that are welded together to form an inflatable compartment. The inflatable life vest further includes an elongate inflation chamber that extends upwardly from the inflatable compartment and towards a neck aperture. An inflation tube is connected to the elongate inflation chamber for inflating the inflatable life vest through the elongate inflation chamber. The vest may further include an indicator for indicating when the vest is fully inflated.
US09950773B2
A towed vessel suitable for containing and transporting various liquids is disclosed. The vessel further comprises various features useful in the transportation, navigation, and storage of the towable vessel, both when in use for transporting fluids and when transported in an emptied state. Such features include navigational and positioning devices and methods, power supply devices and methods, and means for filling, inflating, emptying, and deflating a non-rigid, towed vessel. Aspects of embodiments of the present invention further include features useful for purifying or preserving the purity of the fluid to be transported.
US09950770B2
A number of variations may include a product that may include a hub. A linked element may be connected with the hub to provide at least one of an input or an output from the hub. The hub may include a shell, a shaft may extend through the shell, and a gear set may be disposed in the shell. The linked element may be connected to the gear set through a rotatable element. A rotatable component may be connected with the gear set. The rotatable element may be engageable with the rotatable component through the gear set. An engagement mechanism may engage and may disengage the gear set from at least one of the shaft or the shell.
US09950769B2
An electric front derailleur, comprising: a support member, disposed on a frame of a bicycle and having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion; a driving unit, disposed in the first mounting portion and configured to drive a worm gear to rotate; a first transmission unit, having at least one transmission gear that is driven by the worm gear; a second transmission unit, comprising a rack, a linking member, and a swing member, wherein the rack is engaged with the transmission gear and movably disposed in the second mounting portion, and the linking member has one end pivoted to the rack and the other end pivoted to the swing member; a chain guide, comprising a pivot portion, and a chain guiding portion, wherein the pivot portion are pivoted to the swing member, and the chain guiding portion is configured to move a chain.
US09950761B2
A carbon fiber shell is used to change the appearance or look of a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, and may be formed to be permanently installed as a vehicle body or non-permanently installed over an existing vehicle component to customize the appearance of a vehicle while still being removable. The carbon fiber shell is molded to match the contours or the shape of the original vehicle component so that, when installed, the shell has the same contours and thus the same physical shape as the original vehicle component. The carbon fiber shell includes integrated lighting material and a conductor that are disposed between the vehicle component and an exterior of the shell to provide functional and/or decorative lighting effects. Moreover, the shell shields the lighting material, conductor, and the associated electrical connections from external forces, objects, or other components of the vehicle.
US09950760B2
A bicycle seat position changer is provided which allows the rider to quickly change the effective seat tube angle of the bicycle without requiring the use of tools. The seat position changer allows the rider to move the seat between a forward position and a rearward position, allowing a rider to select a more aerodynamic position or a traditional road position while riding, as required for comfort or by riding conditions. The seat position changer allows the rider to adjust the seat position between the forward and rearward positions while maintaining a consistent difference in seat-to-bottom-bracket length. In one embodiment the consistent difference in seat-to-bottom-bracket length is close to zero and imperceptible to the rider.
US09950752B2
An aerodynamic rear drag reduction system is configured to be coupled to a frame assembly of a trailer including a rear frame and a rear swing door. The drag reduction system includes a top panel configured to be coupled to a top portion of the rear swing door to extend generally horizontally along a top portion of the rear frame of the trailer. The drag reduction system also includes a folding mechanism coupled to the top panel to move the top panel between a fully-deployed position wherein the top panel is configured to extend rearwardly generally away from the rear end of the trailer and a collapsed position wherein the top panel is configured to lie generally adjacent the rear swing door of the trailer. The folding mechanism is configured to be coupled to a door locking mechanism of the trailer.
US09950747B2
The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a vehicle body component such that problems relating to conventionally proposed technology can be solved, thereby preventing increases in the number of components or manufacturing steps for reinforcement, for example. A bumper reinforce (10) includes a first component (11) and a second component (21) that are formed from channel steel with approximately U-shaped lateral cross section, and is configured by connecting the ends of the components (11, 21). Connecting portions (13, 23) of the first component (11) and the second component (21) respectively have slits (31, 41) along a direction in which the components (11, 21) are arranged. The components (11, 21) are connected with the components (11, 21) overlapping each other in a staggered manner on both upper and lower sides across the slits (31, 41).
US09950740B2
An automatic driving control device performs an automatic driving control for causing a vehicle to travel along a reference travel trajectory set in a lane in advance. The automatic driving control device reflects the steering by the driver during the automatic driving control in the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected during the automatic driving control by the steering detection unit and when a position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in an allowance range, and alerts the driver to the travelling of the vehicle in a case where the steering by the driver is detected and in a case where it is determined that the position of the vehicle in the lane width direction is included in the second range.
US09950739B2
A vehicle circumference monitoring apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires a steering angle of front wheels of a vehicle; a trajectory calculation section that calculates a rear wheel width trajectory indicating a moving predicted path of a rear wheel of an inside of turning during turning of the vehicle by steering of the front wheels; and a display control section that superimpose-displays the rear wheel width trajectory in captured side image data output from an imaging section that captures side images of the vehicle when the steering angle of the vehicle is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.
US09950728B2
Disclosed is a collapsible furniture article. The collapsible furniture article comprises a horizontal support surface that articulates about a main support between an extended position and a collapsed position with respect thereto. A first primary leg is connected to the main support pivotally between an extended position and a collapsed position with respect thereto. A first secondary leg is pivotally connected to the first primary leg pivotally between an extended position and a collapsed position with respect thereto. The legs in the extended position are disposed to support the horizontal support surface in a horizontal position. In collapsed position, the primary legs are positioned between the collapsed support horizontal surface and the collapsed secondary legs.
US09950726B2
A displacement arrangement for use in a combination dolly-pallet includes an impelling member movable between first and second positions. A linkage is pivotally connected to the impelling member. When the impelling member moves between the first and second positions, the linkage moves pivotally relative to the impelling member to an extended position.
US09950723B2
In a method for identifying a danger zone to be monitored at a grade crossing, the following are performed: at least one radar sensor is situated at the danger zone; object trajectories from sequences over time of object positions of respective objects moving through the danger zone are ascertained by the radar sensor; the position of at least one traffic path is identified with the aid of an accumulation of object trajectories; the positions of barrier straight lines are ascertained with the aid of radar reflections of the closed barriers; and the danger zone is determined by linking information on the identified position of the at least one traffic path with information on the ascertained position of the barrier straight lines.
US09950722B2
A system includes a first controller, a data acquisition device, a friction modification unit, and a friction management controller. The first controller is configured to obtain an operational setting for a vehicle, and to output a first signal relating to the operational setting for controlling the vehicle. The data acquisition device is configured to obtain operational data of the vehicle as the vehicle travels, and to provide the operational data to the first controller. The first controller is configured to obtain a difference between the operational data and the operational setting, and to adjust the first signal based on the difference. The friction modification unit is configured to modify a friction characteristic of a surface of the route. The friction management controller is configured to direct the friction modification unit to modify the friction characteristic of the surface of the route based on the operational setting.
US09950716B2
An autonomous device for rail track inspection includes a drive wheel system propelling the device via a drive wheel system, an automatic track loading fixture for and applying a load on rails, and sensors for taking track gauge measurement. Different automatic track loading fixtures may require stopping for load and measurement, or loading and measuring while still in motion. A switch agnostic system for operation with devices on a conventional railroad track system includes a linear slider movably mounted along a linear sliding support; multiple sensors mounted to the linear slider, the sensors operable to identify a rail of a track junction; and multiple roller bearings operable to engage the rail of the track junction and control the device across the track junction in response to movement of the linear slider along the linear sliding support.
US09950713B2
A railroad hopper car discharge gate assembly has first and second elements arranged in vertically stacked relationship relative to each other for controlling discharge of material from a hopper car. First and second drive mechanisms move the first and second elements, respectively, between closed and open positions. A lock assembly including first and second locks serve to maintain the first and second elements, respectively, in a closed position. The gate assembly also includes a mechanical system for positively removing the first and second locks from a locked condition relative to their respective element upon rotation of either drive mechanism. A method for controlling discharge of material through an opening defined by the railroad hopper discharge gate assembly is also provided.
US09950709B2
A target ratio module selectively determines a target ratio of transmission input shaft speed to transmission output shaft speed independently of an accelerator pedal position and as a function of a vehicle speed and a driver axle torque request. A first pulley valve control module controls opening of a first valve based on the target ratio. The first valve controls transmission fluid flow to a first pulley actuator. The first pulley actuator is coupled to the transmission input shaft of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and expands and contracts based on transmission fluid pressure. A second pulley valve control module controls opening of a second valve based on the target ratio. The second valve controls transmission fluid flow to a second pulley actuator. The second pulley actuator is coupled to the transmission output shaft of the CVT and expands and contracts based on transmission fluid pressure.
US09950707B2
A method for controlling a vehicle includes providing a plurality of sensors at an equipped vehicle, capturing, via the plurality of sensors, data, and determining, via processing by a data processor of data captured by at least some of the plurality of sensors, information pertaining to distance to other vehicles present exterior the equipped vehicle. Information is determined pertaining to lane geometry of a lane of a road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. Information is provided pertaining to at least one of (i) acceleration of the equipped vehicle, (ii) braking of the equipped vehicle and (iii) steering of the equipped vehicle. Information is provided identifying a driver operating the equipped vehicle. Responsive to identification of the driver operating the equipped vehicle, the equipped vehicle is controlled in accordance with a personalized parameter set for the identified driver and in accordance with data processing by the data processor.
US09950699B2
A system, method, and apparatus for brake load alleviation amongst at least one first brake and at least one second brake is disclosed. The method involves sensing an amount of brake pedal application in response to engagement of at least brake pedal. The method further involves determining whether the amount of brake pedal application is greater than a brake pedal application threshold value. Also, the method involves generating a brake application profile, when it is determined that the amount of brake pedal application is greater than the brake pedal application threshold value. The brake application profile indicates that actuation of at least one first brake is delayed by a first time delay, and that actuation of at least one second brake is delayed by a second time delay. Further, the method involves actuating at least one first brake and at least one second brake according to the brake application profile.
US09950696B2
A parking brake (1) comprises a disc (2) coaxially fixable to the wheel of a vehicle; locking means (4) associated with the disc (2), the disc (2) has at least a seat (3) formed on an edge (2a); locking means (4) comprising a pin (5) associated with the disc (2) and switchable between a locking configuration, in which the pin (5) interferes with the seat (3), and an unlocking configuration in which the pin (5) is removed from the seat (3).
US09950690B2
To provide a seat belt retractor and a seat belt device capable of shortening time taken to restrict rotation of a spool. A seat belt retractor according to the present invention includes a spool 2, a base frame 3, a spring unit 4, a vehicle sensor 5, a locking mechanism 6, and a pretensioner 7. The locking mechanism 6 includes a lock gear 61 and a retainer 62. The lock gear 61 includes an outer circumferential wall 61a that is disposed at an end portion of the spool 2 and engageable with the vehicle sensor 5. The retainer 62 includes an inner circumferential wall 62a disposed on the inner side of the outer circumferential wall 61a and a side wall 62e that defines a space accommodating the lock gear 61. The lock gear 61 becomes engaged with the inner circumferential wall 62a or the side wall 62e of the retainer 62 when the lock gear 61 becomes eccentric relative to the retainer 62.
US09950681B2
The method for setting an internal usage scenario of a vehicle is presented, which includes obtaining, by a vehicle-mounted device, identity information of a user and feature information, where the user is a user who is using a vehicle in which the vehicle-mounted device is located, and the feature information is used to represent an internal first usage scenario of the vehicle; sending, by the vehicle-mounted device, the identity information of the user and the feature information to a network device; receiving, by the vehicle-mounted device, an internal usage scenario model of the vehicle sent by the network device, where the model is obtained by the network device based on the identity information of the user and the feature information; and adjusting, by the vehicle-mounted device, a parameter of the vehicle according to the model.
US09950678B2
Two outer skin parts of a vehicle body border one another at a joint. The first outer skin part includes an apron which engages in the interior of the vehicle body and overlaps with the second outer skin part. A screen engages with a guiding contour of the apron running in the direction of the joint from an end of the joint between the apron and the second outer skin part.
US09950675B2
A roof rack system has a clamping system comprised of handles, a ratcheting mechanism, and a pair of jaws. The jaws provide a universal clamping system that will attach to most roof rack cross bars with an easy-on/easy-off, quick-release actuator, such as a ratcheting mechanism or lever system, that will integrate with a wide variety of accessories. The ratcheting mechanism provides compression of the attached accessory, securing it to a roof rack cross bar. This system is easier to use, more versatile, and less expensive than conventional roof rack accessory systems.
US09950673B2
Drawer arrangements are provided which include a drawer connected to a support structure having three guides for the path of the drawer between open and closed positions, at least two of which are operational at any given position of the drawer, as it moves both horizontally and vertically between different locations. In a closed position, the drawer is supported near its horizontal extremities and rests in a position that resists horizontal motion. In fully extended open positions, the drawer is supported in a cantilevered manner from the support structure. Intermediate the fully closed and fully extended positions, the drawer is supported in inclined positions which provide access to contents therein. The present invention also includes mounting structure which facilitates connection at a variety of locations under the floor of a motor home, with exterior accessibility.
US09950660B2
A lighting device for use in vehicles includes a light generating part having a substrate and a light source disposed on the substrate; a base including a light emitting part having a light emitting surface for emitting light from the light source, and a reverse surface on a backside of the light emitting surface, and a connector housing part disposed on the reverse surface and housing a connector electrically connected to the light source; and a case assembled with the base and housing the light generating part and the connector housing part. The base including the light emitting part and the connector housing part is an integral molding and constituted by a light transmitting member containing a light diffusing material.
US09950657B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for a police vehicle exterior light control. An example disclosed police vehicle includes first beacons positioned on a chassis of the police vehicle, second beacons positioned on a lightbar of the police vehicle, and a plurality of spotlights on the lightbar. The example police vehicle also includes a light control unit that tracks a location of wearable nodes associated with a police officer. Additionally, the light control unit illuminates the area around the police officer using selected ones of the plurality of spotlights.
US09950656B2
A device for use with a cargo compartment is provided. The device includes a fitting configured to engage a hole in a logistics track, the fitting comprising a ring that rotatably extends therefrom. An elongate strap is fixed to the ring, wherein the elongate strap extends to a free end portion, the elongate strap extends between a first end portion and a second end portion.
US09950648B2
The invention is a quick connect car-seat/stroller restraint system that includes a torso clothing element with a fastening means that is loosely holding a pair of adjustable sectional restraint elements made of a restraint strap, and having tensioning elements. One tensioning element is an opposing upper horizontal pair of connectors that pull the restraint strap toward a frontal centerline. A second tensioning element is a set of lap tensioning elements that connect to a lap twin slotted buckle. A third tensioning element is a plurality of quick connecting tensioning elements. Each of the pair of the adjustable sectional restraint elements has two end portions, and each end portion has a quick connecting, fastening element that can be fastened to a receiving tensioning g element in a car-seat/stroller. When connected the sectional restraint elements are slightly tensioned, limiting the movement of an individual wearing the torso clothing element.
US09950642B2
A pinching detection apparatus of a vehicle seat includes: a reverse load determining unit that determines whether or not a vehicle seat is in a reverse load state in which the vehicle seat is lifted upward based on a seat load detected by a load sensor provided on a lower side of the vehicle seat; and a pinching determining unit that determines that a foreign material is pinched on the lower side of the vehicle seat when determining that the vehicle seat is continuously in the reverse load state.
