US09959274B2
Techniques described and suggested herein include systems and methods for storing, indexing, and retrieving original data of data archives on data storage systems using redundancy coding techniques. For example, redundancy codes, such as erasure codes, may be applied to archives (such as those received from a customer of a computing resource service provider) so as allow the storage of original data of the individual archives available on a minimum of volumes, such as those of a data storage system, while retaining availability, durability, and other guarantees imparted by the application of the redundancy code. Sparse indexing techniques may be implemented so as to reduce the footprint of indexes used to locate the original data, once stored.
US09959273B2
Access is obtained to a plurality of intermediately transformed electronic documents (with a plurality of sections and subsections) which have been transformed, by topical analysis and text summarization techniques, from a plurality of original electronic documents comprising at least some unstructured electronic documents. Audit and retrieval agent code is appended to the sections and subsections to create a plurality of finally transformed electronic documents. Users are allowed to access the finally transformed electronic documents. The users are provided with accountability reminders contemporaneous with the access. The access of the users to the sections and subsections of the finally transformed electronic documents is logged. An audit report is provided based on the logging. Also provided is a cloud service for enterprise-level sensitive data protection with variable data granularity, using one or more one guest virtual machine images.
US09959269B1
A method and system for a site builder. The site builder is an application designed to create and edit websites for hosting providers, resellers and end users. Built with hosting in mind, the proposed site builder allows providers to easily offer site building capabilities to their customers. The easy five-step wizard interface provides for an effortless way for customers to create, modify and update their own websites without any technical skills or HTML know-how. The site builder application for LINUX/Unix or WINDOWS also comes with a comprehensive administration panel that allows providers to quickly and easily tailor the application to their needs.
US09959266B2
A computer implemented method and a device for generating a data pattern involve receiving user input of a plurality of ordered data elements. A processor of the computer determines how many of the data elements are required for filling in a row and a column of a predefined space. The processor then generates a data pattern by iteratively cycling through the data elements to select data elements for filling the space along a plurality of directions, until the space is filled.
US09959265B1
A method includes obtaining at least one query value from a table having a plurality of cells; executing a search function using the at least one query value to identify at least a first data set that is potentially relevant to the at least one query value; and outputting, for display, a first interface area that includes information from the first data set. In response to selection of the first interface area, the method includes populating a first cell from the plurality of cells with a first data value from the first data set.
US09959258B2
An online system maintains information identify a context in which sponsored content items were presented to users. A context in which a sponsored content item was presented to a user identifies additional content presented to the user prior to the sponsored content item, and may identify additional content presented in conjunction with the sponsored content item. The online system identifies users to whom at least one sponsored content item was presented in a context and generates characteristics for the context based on characteristics of users who were presented with at least one sponsored content item in the context. When the online system receives a request to present sponsored content items in the context that does not identify an online system user, the online system selects sponsored content items for the request based on the generated characteristics for the context.
US09959256B1
A system for web asset modification comprises a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to: receive a request for a web asset for display on a device; receive an indication of one or more user contexts; determine one or more groups for the web asset, wherein each of the one or more groups comprises a group for adapting display of the web asset on the device; and modify the web asset based at least in part on one user context of the one or more user contexts and one group of the one or more groups. The memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions.
US09959251B2
The structure of a digital content item is used to socially connect users consuming the digital content item. The structured representation of the digital content item is determined. This structured representation is analyzed to identify key events within the digital content item. A user's current location within the digital content item is identified. Social communications of the user are filtered responsive to the user's current location and the identified key events within the digital content item. In this way, the user may peruse social media without inadvertently reading communications that give away (e.g., spoil) key events such as important plot points.
US09959246B2
A computer processor is disclosed. The computer processor may comprise a vector unit comprising a vector register file comprising one or more registers to hold a varying number of elements. The computer processor may further comprise processing logic configured to implicitly type each of the varying number of elements in the vector register file. The computer processor may be implemented as a monolithic integrated circuit.
US09959245B2
A method includes the following steps. One or more records are accessed from a database memory bypassing a database access mechanism of a database system. Data representing access frequency of the one or more records are collected. The collected access frequency data for the one or more records are maintained. The access frequency data for the one or more records are aggregated until the access frequency reaches a threshold value. The aggregated access frequency data are asynchronously reported for the one or more records to the database system.
US09959238B1
Message passing is provided among a plurality of interdependent parallel processes using a shared memory. Inter-process communication among a plurality of interdependent processes executing on a plurality of compute nodes is performed by obtaining a message from a first process for a second process; and storing the message in a memory location of a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE)-linked storage device, wherein the second process reads the memory location to obtain the message. The message is optionally persistently stored in the PCIE-linked storage device for an asynchronous checkpoint until the message is no longer required for an asynchronous restart.
US09959235B2
An input/output switching system for a server is disclosed herein. The input/output switching system includes a logic-determination device and at least one connector. The at least one connector electrically connects with at least one electronic card. The at least one connector comprises at least one first standard-bus pin group, at least one second standard-bus pin group, and a first distinguishing-signal pin group. The logic-determination device generates a first determination result which is used for determination of type of the at least one electronic card by receiving a distinguishing signal transmitted from the first distinguishing-signal pin group.
US09959230B2
A data transfer device includes a shifter block that generates first and second input signals and first and second output signals, an input/output control block that selects the first input signal and the first output signal in correspondence to a mode signal and outputs an input control signal and an output control signal for controlling a data input/output operation, or selects the second input signal and the second output signal and outputs the input control signal and the output control signal, and a buffer block that latches first input data or second input data which have different data bit widths according to the input control signal, and outputs first output data or second output data which have different data bit widths according to the output control signal.
US09959225B2
At start-up of a computer apparatus, a CPU executes a first initialization procedure included in a RAS module to initialize resources to be used by the RAS module. After execution of the first initialization procedure, the CPU executes an initialization procedure included in an OS to initialize resources to be used by the OS. After execution of the initialization procedure, the CPU executes a second initialization procedure included in the RAS module to copy an interrupt determining part included in the OS to the RAS module, and to set the interrupt detection unit such that upon detecting an interrupt the interrupt detection unit calls an interrupt determining part copied to the RAS module, instead of the interrupt determining part in the OS.
US09959224B1
A system and method are provided for generating interrupts in a computer system using limited interrupt virtualization hardware. A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) device atomically sets one or more bits in a posted interrupt vector (PIV) of a target central processing unit (CPU), and sends an interrupt to the target CPU, the interrupt notifying the target CPU of changes to the PIV. Atomically setting the one or more bits may include executing a compare-and-swap function, executing a fetch-and-add instruction to increment a DWORD corresponding to the one or more bits in the PIV by a value of 2 ^ (b mod 32), using PCIe byte enables to write to a single byte in the PCIe address space that contains the one or more bits, using a helper CPU, performing a PCIe swap to the PIV, or storing the PIV in a memory of the PCIe device.
US09959215B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains an attribute of a stack trace of a software program. Next, the system uses the attribute to select an address-translation instance from a set of address-translation instances for processing the stack trace. The system then provides the stack trace to the selected address-translation instance for use in translating a set of memory addresses in the stack trace into a set of symbols of instructions stored at the memory addresses.
US09959213B2
A technique for operating a lower level cache memory of a data processing system includes receiving, by a store queue controller, an operation that is associated with a first thread. The store queue controller uses level one (L1) cache memory miss information for the operation to limit dependencies in a dependency data structure of a store queue of the lower level cache memory that are set and to remove dependencies that are otherwise unnecessary.
US09959200B2
A graphical user interface allows a user with little or no knowledge of XML to compose and manage automated tests for a target testing platform and testing framework. An example system opens an XML file storing test parameters and converts the test parameters to fields in a graphical user interface for presentation to a user. The system receives, from the user, input via the graphical user interface to modify the test parameters to yield modified test parameters, and outputs the modified test parameters, in XML format, for use with a testing framework which is configured to perform automated tests on a target test platform based on the modified test parameters.
US09959199B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates the development and testing of a software program. During operation, the system receives and stores a plurality of defect reports associated with a software program, wherein each defect report documents a previously discovered defect in the software program. In response to detecting a given test failure of the software program while testing the software program in a test environment, the system then eliminates, based on attributes of the test environment that are selected by the defect reports, one or more of the defect reports from the plurality of defect reports, wherein at least one of the selected attributes is retrieved from the test environment during the determination by invoking a provider script that is specified by one of the defect reports. Next, the system associates the test failure with a defect report that remains after the one or more eliminations.
US09959193B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an artifact is received, and unstructured content of the artifact is parsed and analyzed to identify data for one or more of missing structured content of the artifact and inaccurate structured content of the artifact. The identified data is then added to the artifact. Embodiments of the present invention can be used, for example, to provide data for missing and inaccurate structured content in artifacts of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) frameworks, and improve accuracy of structured information that used to run queries and create reports.
US09959192B1
Systems and methods for providing a debugging interface for inserted elements in a resource are provided. One method includes detecting a trigger for a request to provide a debugging interface for a webpage, the webpage including a content interface configured to display third party content items. The method further includes transmitting the request for the debugging interface to a remote device, and receiving a script representing the debugging interface from the remote device. The method further includes inserting the debugging interface into the webpage by injecting the script into data of the webpage during loading of the webpage. The method further includes detecting a characteristic of at least one of the webpage, the content interface, or the remote device; and generating debugging information using the detected characteristic. The method further includes providing the debugging information in the debugging interface.
US09959165B2
An exemplary method for reading data stored in a flash memory includes: selecting an initial gate voltage combination from a plurality of predetermined gate voltage combination options; controlling a plurality of memory units in the flash memory according to the initial gate voltage combination, and reading a plurality of bit sequences; performing a codeword error correction upon the plurality of bit sequences, and determining if the codeword error correction successful; if the codeword error correction is not successful, determining an electric charge distribution parameter; determining a target gate voltage combination corresponding to the electric charge distribution parameter by using a look-up table; and controlling the plurality of memory units to read a plurality of updated bit sequences according to the target gate voltage combination.
US09959164B2
A driving method of a semiconductor device and semiconductor device may be provided. The semiconductor device may include a cell array including a plurality of data areas. The semiconductor device may include an ECC (Error correction Code) area configured to be assigned to only less than all of the data areas at any one time to store parity data corresponding to the data areas.
US09959154B2
A computer system may generate a lineage graph for a data processing system. The lineage graph may contain one or more nodes, and it may identify the flow of data through the data processing system. The computer system may determine that a first node in the lineage graph defunct. The computer system may then generate a report for the data processing system and provide the report to a user. The report may include an explanation of why the first node is defunct. The computer system may insert an indication that the first node is defunct into metadata for the first node. The indication may also include the explanation of why the first node is defunct.
US09959150B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for automating application activity is disclosed. In some embodiment, this comprises monitoring an active folder in a computer system for file events, triggering an intermediary application based on the monitoring, and activating an application based on the triggered intermediary application. In some embodiments, an application remote to the computer system is activated. In some embodiments, an application local to the computer system is activated.
US09959147B2
Computer implemented methods, system and apparatus for configuring a cluster using a plurality of hosts include identifying a plurality of features for forming the cluster. The plurality of features define requirements needed in a host for forming the cluster. A plurality of hosts are identified to be part of the cluster. A compatibility analysis is executed for each of the identified hosts wherein a ranking is provided for each of the identified hosts. A plurality of suggested adjustments to particular hosts are presented to enable the particular hosts to be compatible with the features requirements. A configuration template is constructed for the hosts in the cluster that are compatible with the requirements. The hosts are configured for the cluster using the configuration settings in the configuration template. The configured hosts enable the features in the cluster.
US09959143B1
Techniques for actor and thread message dispatching are described herein. In some examples, a computing system may include multiple actors and multiple processing threads. Upon receiving an incoming message associated with one of the actors, a dispatching component may select one of the multiple processing threads within the computing system to which to dispatch the message for processing. If the associated actor is already assigned to one of the processing threads, then that processing thread may be selected for processing of the message. By contrast, if the associated actor is not already assigned to one of the processing threads, then a processing thread may be selected based on various factors, such as a set of priorities associated with the processing threads.
US09959136B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for optimizing and enhancing delivery of application virtualization layers to client computing devices are described herein. In various embodiments, an application virtualization layer optimization service may identify a first and a second application virtualization layer to be delivered to one or more client computing devices. Each application virtualization layer may represent a package of one or more applications. A layer analysis service may analyze the first and second application virtualization layers to determine conflicts between the layers, using predetermined conflict analysis rules, and generate an actionable conflict resolution report based on the analysis. Based on the actionable conflict resolution report, the application virtualization layer optimization service may resolve conflicts between the first and second application virtualization layers, order the first and application virtualization layers, and deliver the ordered layers to the one or more client computing devices.
US09959131B2
A data identification system and method for operating the data identification system are provided. The method comprises identifying processing elements contained within the storage environment, identifying virtual processing elements contained within the processing elements, identifying virtual storage elements contained within the virtual processing elements, identifying contents of the virtual storage elements, generating the file system view of the storage environment, wherein the file system view comprises the processing elements, the virtual processing elements, the virtual storage elements, and the contents of the virtual storage elements arranged in a hierarchical order. The file system view of the storage environment is then provided.
US09959130B2
Disclosed is an information processing system having one or more computers. The information processing system includes a request receiver configured to receive a request from a program causing an apparatus to execute a predetermined process, a simulator configured to simulate the process executed by the apparatus in accordance with the request, an instruction receiver configured to receive a status change instruction for changing a status of the simulator from a user, and a status changer configured to cause the simulator to change a status of the simulator in accordance with the status change instruction. In the information processing system, the simulator simulates the process executed by the apparatus in the status changed by the status changer.
US09959129B2
Techniques are described for headlessly completing a task of an application in the background of a digital personal assistant. For example, a method can include receiving a voice input via a microphone. Natural language processing can be performed using the voice input to determine a user voice command. The user voice command can include a request to perform a task of the application. The application can be caused to execute the task as a background process without a user interface of the application appearing. A user interface of the digital personal assistant can provide a response to the user, based on a received state associated with the task, so that the response comes from within a context of the user interface of the digital personal assistant without surfacing the user interface of the application.
US09959125B2
Embodiments of the inventive concept include a boot loader update firmware (305), a system and method for producing the boot loader update firmware (305), and a method for using the boot loader update firmware (305) to update a boot loader module (160) in a device (110, 205, 210, 215). The boot loader update firmware (305) can include logic (310) to install firmware (315) in non-volatile memory (145). The firmware (315) can include a binary image (320) of the updated boot loader module (160). When the device (110, 205, 210, 215) is rebooted, the firmware (315) is activated, which can then copy the binary image 320) into non-volatile memory (150). When the device (110, 205, 210, 215) is rebooted again, the updated boot loader module (160) is activated.
US09959122B2
A method includes allocating a first single-cycle instruction to a first pipeline that picks single-cycle instructions for execution in program order. The method further includes marking at least one source register of the first single-cycle instruction as ready for execution in the first pipeline in response to all older single-cycle instructions allocated to the first pipeline being ready and eligible to be picked for execution. An apparatus includes a decoder to decode a first single-cycle instruction and to allocate the first single-cycle instruction to a first pipeline. The apparatus further includes a scheduler to pick single-cycle instructions for execution by the first pipeline in program order and to mark at least one source register of the first single-cycle instruction as ready for execution in the first pipeline in response to determining that all older single-cycle instructions allocated to the first pipeline are ready and eligible.
US09959120B2
In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes at least one processor. The processor may include a reset vector base address register configured to store a reset vector address for the processor. Responsive to a reset, the processor may be configured to capture a reset vector address on an input, updating the reset vector base address register. Upon release from reset, the processor may initiate instruction execution at the reset vector address. The integrated circuit may further include a logic circuit that is coupled to provide the reset vector address. The logic circuit may include a register that is programmable with the reset vector address. More particularly, in an embodiment, the register may be programmable via a write operation issued by the processor (e.g. a memory-mapped write operation). Accordingly, the reset vector address may be programmable in the integrated circuit, and may be changed from time to time.
US09959117B2
A Load to Block Boundary instruction is provided that loads a variable number of bytes of data into a register while ensuring that a specified memory boundary is not crossed. The boundary may be specified a number of ways, including, but not limited to, a variable value in the instruction text, a fixed instruction text value encoded in the opcode, or a register based boundary.
US09959112B2
A software program is executed, the software program requiring one or more physical interactions with a user through an input/output (I/O) device, wherein each of the one or more physical interactions includes respective predefined dimensions indicating a proficiency in performing one of the one or more physical interactions. The one or more physical interactions are tracked. A familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions is generated based on the respective predefined dimensions for each of the one or more physical interactions. The software program is customized based on the familiarity profile for each of the one or more physical interactions.
US09959106B2
A sub-process is performed on a first computing platform to create a portable initialized object. The portable initialized object is communicated to a second computing platform. The second computing platform uses the portable initialized object to replace performing the sub-process.
US09959102B2
An application that includes intrinsics defined in one architecture is to execute without change on a different architecture. Program code that depends on vector element ordering is obtained, and that program code is part of an application including one or more intrinsics. The one or more intrinsics are mapped from a first system architecture for which the application was written to a second system architecture. One or more operations of the program code are then converted from a first data layout to a second data layout. The application, including the mapped intrinsics and the converted data layout, is to be executed on a processor of the different architecture.
US09959094B2
An arithmetic apparatus comprises a plurality of cascade-connected arithmetic units. Each of the plurality of arithmetic units comprises: a calculator configured to operate in one of a rotation mode of performing a rotation calculation, and a vectoring mode of calculating a rotation angle; and a holding unit configured to hold rotational direction information output from the calculator in the vectoring mode. In addition, when operating in the rotation mode, the calculator performs the rotation calculation on data input from an arithmetic unit in a preceding stage, based on the rotational direction information held in the holding unit.
US09959085B2
A processing method for identifying data by an audio conversion device includes: connecting the audio conversion device to a first terminal; sending an identification code stored in the audio conversion device to the first terminal, and sending the identification code to a server via the first terminal, wherein the identification code is used to identify the audio conversion device; obtaining user data; uploading the user data to the server, such that the server stores a correspondence between the identification code and the user data; connecting the audio conversion device to a second terminal; sending the identification code stored in the audio conversion device to the second terminal; sending a data obtaining request containing the identification code to the server; and receiving the user data sent corresponding to the identification code in response to the data obtaining request, or receiving multimedia data matching multimedia using feature information in the user data.
US09959082B2
An environ system includes environ panels arranged to form a partial or full enclosure, wherein each environ panel includes display components that together provide a display area across a majority of a surface of the environ panel facing inward within the enclosure. The environ system further includes a local controller coupled to the environ panels and a master controller coupled to the local controller. The master controller provides control information to the local controller to coordinate a presentation of a visual display sequence across the environ panels.
US09959080B2
The invention relates to a method and system for a user to use a mobile device camera to place a camera image on one of a series of transparent product overlays to display on the viewfinder window a real-time mock-up of the camera image on the transparent product overlay. The user has the ability to modify the size and location of the camera image on the transparent product overlay. The user can then accept the latter display or make final adjustments to the camera image to make a final mock-up. The user can share the user's camera image creation without geographic restriction by via email, text, social media, or obtain the product with the camera image thereon in the exact form as the final mock-up, in less than 15 seconds. The user also has the option to share their creation to a newsfeed in which other users can view, share, and buy. The original creator of the product will get a commission of a purchase.
US09959074B1
Data backup systems and methods are provided to asynchronously mirror in-memory checkpoint images generated by a process executing on a host system. For example, a data backup system is configured to: receive a checkpoint request message to store a copy of a checkpoint image which includes memory pages residing in a first memory region of memory on the host system; pull a copy of metadata associated with the memory pages from a second memory region of memory on the host system; pull a copy of the memory pages of the checkpoint image from the first memory region; generate a copy of the checkpoint image using the memory pages and associated metadata pulled from the host system; and store the copy of the checkpoint image in a storage device with an in-memory format that is the same as the checkpoint image residing in the first memory region on the host system.
US09959068B2
A controller of a storage device is described for handling communications with a host device. In some examples, the storage device includes a wide port comprising a plurality of phys. The wide port is configured to receive, via a first phy of the plurality of phys, a signal. The controller is configured to select, based on a respective power factor associated with each respective phy of the plurality of phys and a respective performance factor associated with each respective phy of the plurality of phys, a second phy of the plurality of phys to utilize for performing an operation associated with the received signal. In such examples, the wide port is further configured to perform, using the second phy, the operation associated with the received signal.
US09959066B2
A computing system includes a plurality of computing resources that communicate with each other using network on a chip architecture. One of the plurality of computing resources is attached to memory external to the computing system through an external memory interface. The memory-attached computing resource is configured to read data from the memory and modify the read data prior to either writing the modified data back to the memory, or transmitting the modified data to one or more other of the computing resources, or both.
US09959064B2
A primary write request that is to modify a primary portion of primary data stored in a primary storage node is received. The primary write request is to be replicated to create a current secondary write request. The current secondary write request is to modify a current secondary portion of secondary data that is stored in a secondary storage node. A current data range of the current secondary portion is determined. A determination is made of whether a previous secondary write request is in process of modifying a previous data range that at least partially overlaps with a current data range of the current secondary portion. Execution of the primary write request is suspended, until the previous secondary write request has completed updating the secondary storage node.
US09959053B2
The present invention provides a method for constructing an NVRAM-based efficient file system, including the following steps: S1. determining a file operation type of the file system, where the file operation type includes a file read operation, a non-persistent file write operation, and a persistent file write operation; and S2. if the file operation type is a non-persistent file write operation, writing, by the file system, content of the non-persistent file write operation to a dynamic random access memory DRAM, updating a corresponding DRAM cache block index, and flushing, at a preset time point, the content of the non-persistent file write operation back to a non-volatile random access memory NVRAM asynchronously, or otherwise, copying, by the file system, related data directly between the NVRAM/DRAM and the user buffer. The method of the present invention can not only avoid additional copies and overheads of conventional software layers, but also improve write performance of the NVRAM file system by fully utilizing a characteristic of high write performance of the DRAM, thereby improving overall performance of the system.
US09959052B1
Write commands are received for a Data Storage Device (DSD) to store write data in a plurality of corresponding write locations on at least one disk of the DSD. At least a portion of the write data is cached in at least one Media Based Cache (MBC) region of the at least one disk based on a write cache policy for determining which write data is eligible for caching in the at least one MBC region. The at least one MBC region is used to cache data to be stored in other locations on the at least one disk. During an active time period when host commands are performed on the at least one disk, a portion of an I/O bandwidth for performing commands is used to copy the at least a portion of the write data to corresponding write locations of the plurality of corresponding write locations.
US09959050B2
A storage aware memory controller and method for managing a physical storage system. A described controller includes: a system for mapping physical memory space into a memory region and a storage region; a system for applying different error protections schemes, in which a fine-grained memory fault tolerance scheme is applied to data in the memory region and a course-grained memory fault tolerance scheme is applied to data in the storage region; and an in-memory storage filesystem that compresses and stores individual pages of data in the storage region, wherein each page of data is compressed into a set of codewords that are codeword aligned such that no codeword shares compressed data from different pages, and wherein the in-memory storage filesystem stores a compression-aware logical block address (CA-LBA) for each page of data.
US09959049B1
Techniques for aggregating background processing in a data storage system. Blocks are identified having contents on which a data operation was not performed in-line. The background data operation is prevented for blocks that will no longer be accessed by the host computer because they are only mapped to files implementing data objects that are scheduled for future deletion. A region of blocks may be selected that meets a criteria for performing a background free space operation, and the background data operation may be performed on the contents of blocks in the selected region while the contents of those blocks are being relocated to other blocks while performing the background free space operation. While performing the background data operation, blocks may be freed from files that implement data objects scheduled for future deletion.
US09959035B2
An electronic device includes a front-surface touch screen, a plurality of side-surface touch sensors that receive a user-command, and a body that includes a processor for processing the user-command, where the body is combined with the front-surface touch screen and the side-surface touch sensors. Here, the user-command includes an operation in which at least one of the side-surface touch sensors is touched by a user for more than an activation time and an operation in which a touched point of the at least one of the side-surface touch sensors is moved by the user.
US09959034B2
A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a touchscreen configured to display an execution screen of an application, and a controller configured to respectively display, on the execution screen, a mark corresponding to a page displayed on the execution screen and a mark corresponding to a page changed from the page and, upon reception of input for selecting one of the displayed marks, to display a page corresponding to a selected mark on the execution screen. According to the present invention, a mark corresponding to a page displayed on an application execution screen is displayed to allow a specific page to be easily accessed.
US09959030B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a deformation sensor configured to sense a bending of the display panel; and a controller configured to control the display panel, wherein the controller is configured to: control displaying a plurality of objects on the display panel; detect the bending of the display panel through the deformation sensor; divide the display panel into a first area and a second area with respect to a bending line defined by the bending; divide the objects into a first object corresponding to the first area and a second object corresponding to the second area according to the bending; and move the first and second objects in first and second directions, respectively, according to the bending.
US09959028B2
Systems and methods are for enabling a group of individuals, each using an individual computing device, to collaboratively answer questions or otherwise express a collaborative will/intent in real-time. The collaboration system comprises a plurality of computing devices, each of the devices being used by an individual user, each of the computing devices enabling its user to contribute to the emerging real-time group-wise intent. A collaboration server is disclosed that communicates remotely to the plurality of individual computing devices. Herein, a variety of inventive methods are disclosed for interfacing users in a real-time synchronized group-wise experience, and for deriving a convergent group intent from the collective user input.
US09958996B2
A capacitive touch sensor is described. The touch sensor includes a sensor grid that includes a trace that has a trace start point and end point, is electrically conductive between the trace start point and the trace end point, is formed in one or more pairs of trace cells that each include a first trace cell and a second trace cell that is rotationally symmetrical to the first trace cell. The trace start point and the trace end point define a trace axis. A trace direction is defined from the trace start point to the trace end point. A trace-perpendicular direction is defined as being perpendicular to the trace direction. A segment of the trace that is formed in the first trace cell includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion, a fifth portion, a sixth portion, a seventh portion, and an eighth portion.
US09958984B2
A mobile terminal including a display including a touch recognizing layer configured to recognize a touch input; and a controller configured to display contents on the display, in response to a touch input equal to or greater than a first pressure being input on a first point of the displayed contents, set a first temporary area containing the first point, in response to a sweep touch input swept to a direction of the first temporary area from a second point of the displayed contents, set a first area containing the first point and a second area containing the second point based on the first temporary area and a moving direction of the sweep touch input, move the second area according to the direction of the sweep touch input, and display an overlap area of the second area overlapped with the first area on the display according to a moving distance of the second area using a predetermined scheme.
US09958980B2
The present invention discloses a driving method and device of a touch control display configured to resolve the problems such as image smearing and jittering caused by the touch control displaying during the image displaying by the display with the touch functions. The driving method of the touch control display includes: detecting whether or not a touch currently occurs on the touch control panel after the touch control display panel displaying the present image frame and before displaying the next image frame; when a occurred touch event is detected, controlling the display panel to display the inserted image with equal grayscale for each pixel of the display during a prescribed period; and controlling the touch control panel to execute the touch control command based on the touch signal corresponding to the occurred touch event.
US09958970B2
The present disclosure discloses a flexible display comprising a flexible display screen, an infrared transmitting device arranged on a border of the flexible display screen and comprising at least one infrared transmitting unit, an infrared receiving device arranged on a border of the flexible display screen and comprising at least one infrared receiving unit, and a signal processing unit, signally connected to each of the infrared receiving units in the infrared receiving device, for judging a folding state of the flexible display screen based on a state of receipt of an infrared signal at each of the infrared receiving units in the infrared receiving device. By means of cooperation between the infrared transmitting device and the infrared receiving device, the flexible display may judge the folding state of the flexible display screen and, in turn, perform a corresponding operation, such as an interactive operation, based on this folding state. The fabricating process is simplified, thereby reducing the production cost of the flexible display.
US09958956B2
A device for inputting data into an information processing apparatus using a communication cable. The device includes a sensing field including signal lines. The sensing field generates one or more signals when an object is proximate thereto. The device further includes at least one processor connected to the signal lines. The processor receives the signals and generates data based on the signals. The device additionally includes a port in communication with the processor for data output. The port is configured to connect to the cable end communicate the data over the cable to the information processing apparatus. The device includes a light source configured to illuminate keyboard symbols corresponding to areas of the sensing field. The device also includes an exterior surface covering the sensing field and obscuring the keyboard symbols from visibility unless the light source is providing illumination.
US09958940B2
Provided is a display control apparatus including a display control unit configured to control a display unit in a manner that a plurality of symbols is visibly displayed to a user, and a position acquisition unit configured to acquire information indicating a pointing position for specifying one or more symbols among the plurality of symbols. The display control unit controls the display unit in a manner that a predetermined object is displayed to indicate a group to which the plurality of symbols belongs according to the pointing position.
US09958939B2
A method of presenting content to a subject based on eye position measurements is provided. The method includes presenting the subject with content. While presenting the content to the subject, one or more of the subject's eye positions is measured. The method further includes continuously performing the operations of generating a variability metric using the one or more measured eye positions and comparing the variability metric with a predetermined baseline to determine an attention state of the subject. Upon detection of a change in the attention state, the presentation of the content is modified.
US09958934B1
Systems and methods are provided for portable or stationary virtual reality and augmented reality video game systems. A game system that is operable of providing visual information to numerous head mounted displays are provided. A game system that is operable to receive, and recharge, numerous rechargeable batteries is also provided.
US09958929B2
An information processing apparatus to which an external device is attachable includes an initialization unit configured to, when the information processing apparatus is activated from a power-off state, execute initialization of the external device, and not to, when the information processing apparatus is returned from a power-saving state, execute the initialization of the external device.
US09958928B2
A method of controlling an operating mode of at least one processing module. The method comprises receiving an indication of the execution of at least one background task by the at least one processing module, aggregating an execution duration for the at least one background task on the at least one processing module, and configuring a lower power mode for the at least one processing module when the at least one background task is allocated to the at least one processing module for execution thereon if the aggregated execution duration for the at least one background task exceeds a threshold duration within an evaluation period.
US09958925B2
A control system (300) allows recognized standard premise electrical outlets, for example NEMA, CEE and BS, among others to be remotely monitored and/or controlled, for example, to intelligently execute blackouts or brownouts or to otherwise remotely control electrical devices. The system (300) includes a number of smart receptacles (302) that communicate with a local controller (304), e.g., via power lines using the TCP/IP protocol. The local controller (304), in turn, communicates with a remote controller (308) via the internet.
US09958912B2
Disclosed is a two rack unit chassis and low profile tool-less hard disk drive carrier (HDD). The two rack chassis including a plurality of HDD bays and a backplane including a plurality of connectors corresponding to the plurality of bays, each bay configured to receive a low profile tool-less carrier. The low profile tool-less carriers each comprising a first latch configured to release a sidewall of the low profile tool-less carrier and receive an HDD, a second latch configured to release a lever having at least one protraction at an inward end, and the lever configured to couple the at least one protrusion of the low profile tool-less carrier to the connector of the corresponding bay to which the low profile tool-less carrier is inserted.
US09958910B2
A hardware retention mechanism comprising a frame including a first guide shoulder and a pivot point; an actuator arm including a first guide post; and a first shape memory alloy wire strung between the first guide shoulder and the first guide post that rotates the actuator arm between a locked position and an unlocked position. The actuator arm is rotatable around the pivot point between a locked position and an unlocked position. In some embodiments, the frame may further comprise a second guide shoulder, the actuator arm may further comprise a second guide post, and a second shape memory alloy wire may be strung between the second guide shoulder and the second guide post that rotates the actuator arm between an unlocked position and a locked position.
US09958895B2
Structure and methods for a compensated bandgap reference circuit. A first integrated circuit die having a first bandgap reference circuit with a non-zero temperature coefficient; and having a first output reference signal is provided, a second integrated circuit die having a second bandgap reference circuit with a non-zero temperature coefficient that is of opposite polarity from the temperature coefficient of the first bandgap reference circuit, and having a second output reference signal is provided; an adder circuit disposed on at least one of the first and second integrated circuit dies combines the first and second output reference signals, and outputs a combined reference signal; and connectors for connecting the first and second output signals to the adder circuit are provided. Methods are disclosed for pairing integrated circuit dies with bandgap reference circuits and coupling the dies to form temperature compensated signals.
US09958888B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a controller to control a voltage regulator. The controller may have a first comparator circuit to compare a first reference voltage to a feedback voltage. In turn, the first comparator circuit may include: a first comparator having a first input terminal to receive the feedback voltage and a second input terminal to receive the reference voltage and an output node to output an error signal based on the comparison; and a first pre-charge circuit coupled between the first input terminal and the output node configured to pre-charge a first portion of a compensation network to a pre-charge level. The first controller may further include a second comparator circuit coupled to the first comparator circuit compare the error signal to a ramp signal and to generate a first control output to control a power train of the voltage regulator in a first mode of operation.
US09958886B2
A tunable DC voltage generating circuit includes: a resonance circuit including an inductor and an input capacitor coupled in a series connection, and arranged to operably receive an input signal and to operably generate a resonance signal at an output node between the inductor and the input capacitor; a rectifying circuit arranged to operably rectify the resonance signal; a current control unit, coupled with an output of the rectifying circuit, and coupled with the inductor or the input capacitor in a parallel connection; a stabilizing capacitor, coupled with the output of the rectifying circuit, arranged to operably provide a DC output signal having a voltage level greater than that of the input signal; and a control circuit arranged to operably adjust a current passing through the current control unit according to a setting signal to thereby manipulate the DC output signal.
US09958883B2
The invention relates to a method for operating and/or monitoring an HVAC system (10), in which medium circulating in a primary circuit (26) flows through at least one energy consumer (11, 12, 13), the medium entering with a volume flow (φ) through a supply line (14) into the energy consumer (11, 12, 13) at a supply temperature (TV) and leaving the energy consumer (11, 12, 13) at a return temperature (TR) via a return line (15), and transferring heat or cooling energy to the energy consumer (11, 12, 13) in an energy flow (E). A considerable improvement in the operating behavior of the system is achieved by empirically determining the dependence of the energy flow (E) and/or the temperature difference (AT) between supply temperature (TV) and return temperature (TR) on the volume flow (φ) for the energy consumers (11, 12, 13) in a first step, and by operating and/or monitoring the HVAC system (10) according to the determined dependency or dependencies in a second step.
US09958878B2
A pump control system includes a controller coupled to first and second pressure sensors. The sensors couple serial pressure related information to the controller. The controller can evaluate respective liquid levels, in response to received pressure related information from the sensors. A current sensor coupled to the controller can provide signals indicative of operation of one or more pumps coupled to the controller. The controller includes circuits to detect the presence of predetermined, prioritized, faults and to emit a wired or wireless fault indicator in response thereto.
US09958866B2
A drone-based system determines a user cohort for one or more users to assemble an object. The drone-based system assesses a task for the one or more users to assemble the object. Based on the determined user cohort and the assessed task, a drone of the drone-based system provides help to the one or more users as the one or more users assemble the object. The drone-based system may comprise a drone and one or more memories and computer readable code and one or more processors. The one or more processors, in response to execution of the computer readable code, cause the drone-based system to perform operations. The drone-based system may be only the drone or the drone and one or more servers.
US09958865B2
An autonomous driving system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a location unit configured to determine a current location of the vehicle; a database storing mapping information; and a control unit coupled to the location unit and the database, the control unit configured to selectively generate autonomous driving commands for the current location in view of the mapping information.
US09958863B2
A device for use in monitoring operation of a system asset includes an interface for receiving sensor data representative of an operating condition of the system asset, a memory device for storing the sensor data, and a processor coupled to the interface and to the memory device. The processor is configured to create a hierarchy of sensor data within the memory device, wherein the hierarchy comprises a first tier and a second tier, store a first level of the sensor data in the first tier, and store a second level of the sensor data in the second tier.
US09958844B2
A method for energy management is described. In one embodiment, an aspect of a dwelling is monitored. The monitored aspect of the dwelling is compared to an energy policy to determine a deviation of the monitored aspect of the dwelling from a setting of the energy policy. A notification is sent to an occupant, the notification comprising the deviation of the monitored aspect of the dwelling from the setting of the energy policy.
US09958840B2
A controller for controlling a system includes a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing data for an operation and a control of the system and at least one processor operatively connected to the memory for determining a control signal transitioning a state of the system from a current state to a next state. At least two instances of the data are stored in the memory with different precisions defined by numbers of bits storing the instance in the memory. The processor determines the control signal using the instances of the data with the different precisions.
US09958836B2
A dye-based, multilayer time-indicating label without initial gray time comprises a multilayer first part and a multilayer second part. The first part comprises a topsheet in contact with an enhancement layer and an optional reference layer, and the enhancement layer is in contact with a timing layer. The second part comprises a dye layer, an optional dark layer, and a substrate layer. The timing layer and the dye layer are separate from one another, and are optionally protected by one or more release liners. To activate the indicator, the timing and dye layers are separated from the one or more release liners and then joined to one another.
US09958834B2
A method of manufacturing an external timepiece component, including: a metallic base made of a first material including titanium and/or a first titanium alloy; at least one metallic cover plate made of a second material, this second material including a second metal selected from among gold and platinum and palladium, and/or a second alloy including at least gold or platinum or palladium, this at least one cover plate being of a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 millimeters; the at least one cover plate is welded to the base to form a bimetallic blank; and the bimetallic blank is shaped and/or machined to give the structural component its final form.
US09958832B2
A timepiece regulating mechanism including, mounted to be movable, at least in a pivoting motion, with respect to a plate, an escape wheel configured to receive a drive torque via a gear train, a first oscillator including a first rigid structure, connected to the plate by a first flexible strip and a second flexible strip, crossed with each other, a second oscillator including a second rigid structure connected to the first rigid structure by a third flexible strip and a fourth flexible strip crossed with each other, and the second structure including a guide configured to cooperate with a complementary guide included in the escape wheel, synchronizing the first oscillator and the second oscillator with the gear train.
US09958822B2
An electrical connecting member electrically connects between two conductive members. The electrical connecting member includes a coil spring part formed by winding a wire around a coil axis. The electrical connecting member comes into contact with one of the conductive members with elastic force in a circumferential direction around the coil axis and comes in contact with the other of the conductive members with elastic force in an axial direction of the coil axis so that the conductive members are electrically connected.
US09958821B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, and an applying unit that causes powder included in a liquid mixture to be interposed between the recording medium and the image forming unit by applying the liquid mixture to the recording medium, or to the image forming unit which comes into contact with the recording medium, wherein the recording medium includes an image forming layer, an adhesive layer, and a base layer, and the liquid mixture includes the powder reducing adhesion of the adhesive layer and volatile liquid.
US09958817B2
A fixing device includes a film, a first heat element, a second heat element, a nip member, a reflection member and a supporting member, which are disposed inside a loop of the film, and a pressing member. The nip member contacts the inner circumferential surface of the film. The reflection member surrounds the first heat element with the nip member and reflects radiant heat from the first heat element to the nip member. The pressing member presses the film toward the nip member. The supporting member covers the reflection member, supports the nip member, and includes a first plate portion, a second plate portion and a third plate portion. The second heat element is disposed in at least one of the second plate portion, the third plate portion, one end portion of the nip member, and another end portion of the nip member.
US09958808B2
A container for powder detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus body includes a discharge channel and a wall member. The discharge channel has an upper end. Powder is discharged through the discharge channel. The wall member is disposed such that a gap is formed between the wall member and the upper end of the discharge channel. A transport part that transports the powder toward the discharge channel is provided in the container.
US09958804B2
An image forming apparatus includes an identifying unit configured to identify on basis of image data, a pixel to be corrected from a plurality of pixels of an image to be formed from the image data, a holding unit configured to hold a plurality of correction information pieces describing correction amounts for exposure amounts, and a correcting unit configured to select a correction information piece from the plurality of correction information pieces on basis of distances between one of the pixels to be corrected and a plurality of edges of the image formed from the image data and to correct an exposure amount to be applied by an exposing unit to the pixel to be corrected on basis of the selected correction information piece from an exposure amount corresponding to the image data.
US09958799B2
An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles each having: a sea-like domain substantially formed from a plurality of resins including at least a polyester resin containing an alcohol component having a carbon number of 2-6; and a plurality of island-like domains distributed in an island-like pattern in the sea-like domain. The island-like domains are substantially formed from a resin containing a nigrosine pigment. A dispersion diameter of the island-like domains is 0.1-1.0 μm. The polyester resin containing the alcohol component having a carbon number of 2-6 is contained in the sea-like domain in an amount of 5-50% by mass relative to a total amount of constituent resins (the plurality of resins). A ratio of an SP value of the resins forming the sea-like domain to an SP value of the resin forming the island-like domain is no greater than 0.98 or at least 1.20.
US09958797B1
A toner process comprising (a) providing at least one amphiphilic block copolymer prepared by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization comprising: dissolving a hydrophilic monomer in water; adding a hydrophobic monomer; adding a feed initiator to produce a colloidal dispersion of amphiphilic block copolymer; and optionally, discharging the amphiphilic block copolymer; (b) contacting one or more of a latex polymer, a wax; and a colorant with the colloidal dispersion of amphiphilic block copolymer to form a blend; or contacting the discharged amphiphilic block copolymer with one or more of a latex polymer, a wax dispersion, and a colorant dispersion, and forming a further dispersion; (c) heating the blend or further dispersion at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the latex polymer to form aggregated toner particles; (d) adding a coalescing agent to the toner particles thereby coalescing the toner particles; and (e) recovering the toner particles.
US09958795B2
A spacer displacement device for a wafer illumination unit comprises an actuator, a spacer which can be displaced between an active and an inactive position by the actuator, and a force transmission element which is coupled to the actuator. The force transmission element consists of wire.
US09958784B2
Provided are apparatuses and methods for super resolution imaging photolithography. An exemplary apparatus may include an illumination light generation device configured to generate illumination light for imaging a pattern included in a mask through the mask. The illumination light may include a high-frequency spatial spectrum such that a high-frequency evanescent wave component of spatial spectrum information for the light is converted to a low-frequency evanescent wave component after being transmitted through the mask pattern. For example, the illumination light generation device may be configured to form the illumination in accordance with a high numerical aperture (NA) illumination mode and/or a surface plasmon (SP) wave illumination mode.
US09958781B2
A method comprises applying a composition on a substrate to form a coating film on the substrate. The coating film is heated in an atmosphere in which an oxygen concentration is less than 1% by volume and a temperature is higher than 450° C. and 800° C. or lower, to form a film on the substrate. The composition comprises a compound comprising an aromatic ring. The oxygen concentration in the atmosphere during the heating of the coating film is preferably no greater than 0.1% by volume. The temperature in the atmosphere during the heating of the coating film is preferably 500° C. or higher and 600° C. or lower.
US09958779B2
A patternable layer is formed over a substrate. A photo-sensitive layer is formed over the patternable layer. The photo-sensitive layer contains an additive. The additive contains at least a floating control chemical and a volume control chemical. A spin drying or a baking process is performed to the photo-sensitive layer. The floating control chemical causes the additive to rise upward during the spin drying or baking process. Thereafter, as a part of an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography process, the photo-sensitive layer is exposed. One or more outgassing chemicals are generated inside the photo-sensitive layer during the exposing. The volume control chemical is sufficiently voluminous and dense to trap the outgassing chemicals inside the photo-sensitive layer.
US09958776B2
A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a phosphazene salt compound offers a high dissolution contrast, minimal LWR, and dimensional stability on PPD.
US09958769B1
A plasmon generator including a wide portion and a narrow portion is manufactured by etching an initial plasmon generator using an etching mask. The etching mask includes a first mask layer for defining the shape of one of the narrow portion and the wide portion, and a second mask layer for defining the shape of the other of the narrow portion and the wide portion. The etching mask is formed by forming a first hard mask, a second initial mask layer and a second hard mask in this order on a first initial mask layer, and etching the first and second initial mask layers by using the first and second hard masks.
US09958767B1
A display system configured to provide projection mapped augmentation of mechanically animated objects. These mechanically animated objects may take the form of a screen assembly with a projection surface, and a screen actuator may be included in the display system that is operated by a controller to move, to expand, or other otherwise operate the screen assembly so as to modify or morph the projection surface to move and/or change its shape and/or size. Hence, the screen assembly is animated. The display system further includes a projector operated by the controller, in a synchronized manner with the screen actuator, to project content onto the projection surface as it is moved and/or has its shape and/or size changed over time. The projected content is mapped to the various states and movement of the projection surface to avoid blow-by and to suit the changes of the projection surface.
US09958763B2
A projection device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element, a rotary wheel configured to emit lights of a plurality of colors in a time-division manner by using light which the semiconductor light-emitting element emits, and a controller configured to start, at a time of activating the device, rotation of the rotary wheel and output of a signal, which instructs a turn-on timing, to the semiconductor light-emitting element, in a state in which supply of power to the semiconductor light-emitting element is stopped, and to start, thereafter, the supply of the power to the semiconductor light-emitting element, based on a predetermined condition relating to an activation state.
US09958761B2
This disclosure provides a laser speckle-removing optical component, including a beam-shrinking lens group and a diffusion sheet arranged on a laser emergent optical path, where the beam-shrinking lens group includes a first beam-shrinking lens and a second beam-shrinking lens, and the diffusion sheet is located between the first beam-shrinking lens and the second beam-shrinking lens. The arrangement of the diffusion sheet between the first beam-shrinking lens and the second beam-shrinking lens, increases the area of speckles received by the diffusion sheet component, reduces energy density of the light received, and is able to alleviate the accumulation phenomenon of dust particles on the diffusion sheet, therefore, alleviating light attenuation phenomenon, and prolonging the service life of the laser source. This disclosure also provides a double-color laser source, a three-color laser source and a laser projection equipment applying the above laser speckle-removing optical component.
US09958760B2
A projection apparatus includes a housing, a projection module, an electronic assembly and a heat dissipating module. The housing has first to fourth sides. The first and second sides are provided with air outlet and first air inlet respectively. A containing space is defined in the housing and has first and second areas. The heat dissipating module includes first to third heat dissipating members and first to second fans. The first, second, third heat dissipating members are connected to a light source module of the projection module. The first heat dissipating member is close to the air outlet. The second heat dissipating member is in the first area. The third heat dissipating member is in the first area and close to the second air inlet.
US09958751B2
A multi-layer device comprising a first substrate, a first electrically conductive layer on a surface thereof, and a first current modulating layer, the first electrically conductive layer having a sheet resistance to the flow of electrical current through the first electrically conductive layer that varies as a function of position.
US09958744B2
Provided is display panel including a substrate including a pixel area and a pad area; and a first conductive line and a second conductive line stacked on the substrate, wherein the first conductive line includes a first part disposed on the pixel area and a second part disposed on the pad area and the second conductive line includes a first part disposed on the pixel area and a second part disposed on the pad area. The first part of the first conductive line and the first part of the second conductive line are parallel to each other and the second part of the first conductive line and the second part of the second conductive line are overlapped vertically.
US09958728B2
An LCD panel and a method for manufacturing are provided. The panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of liquid crystal molecules and color quantum rods mixed in the liquid crystal molecules, wherein both the color quantum rods and the liquid crystal molecules have a major axis, and a major axis direction of the color quantum rods is identical to a major axis direction of the liquid crystal molecules.
US09958723B2
Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device which is capable of improving a user's visual perception characteristics by decreasing a reflectance difference of external light between an active area and a peripheral area, wherein the LCD device includes a first substrate having an active area and a peripheral area; a second substrate confronting the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a light shielding layer in the active area and the peripheral area of the first substrate; and first, second and third color filters respectively formed in individual pixels of the active area, wherein the first color filter is formed between the first substrate and the light shielding layer in the active area and the peripheral area.
US09958719B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes an insulating substrate, a first insulating film, a second insulating film, a third insulating film, a fourth insulating film, a fifth insulating film, a sixth insulating film, a color filter layer, a semiconductor layer disposed between the second insulating film and the third insulating film, and a gate electrode disposed between the third insulating film and the fourth insulating film, wherein the first, fourth, and sixth insulating films are formed of a silicon nitride, and the second, third, and fifth insulating films are formed of a silicon oxide.
US09958716B2
Provided is a display apparatus having a holding structure for an optical sheet capable of preventing wrinkles, bending, and sheet damage to the optical sheet in the display apparatus, and preventing defects such as irregular brightness and reduced brightness.A chassis for holding an optical sheet of a rectangular shape holds the peripheral edge part of the optical sheet at a holding surface of hollow rectangular shape, and has engaging parts to hold the optical sheet provided to stand at the edge part of one side of the holding surface. The holding surface is inclined or has a stepped protuberance formed, whereby the surface of the other region opposite of the end part of the one region on which the engaging parts is provided to stand is closer to the display panel than the surface of the one region of the holding surface within the height range of the engaging part, wherein the one region and the other region are present on the opposite side with respect to an opening of the holding surface.
US09958712B2
A voltage may be provided to a liquid crystal addressable element as part of a liquid crystal device. The provided voltage may be reduced from a driven state to a relaxed state in a time period greater than 1 μs. The reduction may further be performed in less than 20 ms. The liquid crystal device may be a polarization switch, which in some embodiments may be a multi-segment polarization switch. In one embodiment, pulses of limited duration of a light source may be provided to the polarization switch. The manner of voltage reduction may reduce optical bounce of the liquid crystal device and may allow one or more of the pulses of the light source to be shifted later in time.
US09958709B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an optical valve that modifies a laser beam to allow more energy to be irradiated onto less absorbing areas on a substrate and less energy to be irradiated onto more absorbing areas on the substrate, thus creating a more uniform heating field. The optical valve is a layered structure comprising a reflective switch layer, an absorbing layer, a thermal resistor and a thermal bath.
US09958706B2
A tinted optical article includes an optical substrate providing with an optical filter wherein the optical filter is configured to selectively emit light in at least one selected range of wavelengths of light in the visible spectrum of 460 nm to 530 nm, allowing retinal exposure of a wearer eye to chronobiological blue-enriched light.
US09958705B2
A spectacle lens is disclosed. The disclosed lens provides a vision correcting area for the correction of a wearer's refractive error. The viewing correction area provides correction for non-conventional refractive error to provide at least a part of the wearer's vision correction. The lens has a prescription based on a wave front analysis of the wearer's eye and the lens can further be modified to fit within an eyeglass frame.
US09958701B2
Provided are a method for manufacturing an imaging-module and an imaging-module manufacturing device that can increase the flexibility of the component arrangement in an electronic device. A relative position of the lens unit and the imaging device unit, held on an axis perpendicular to a measurement chart, and the measurement chart on the axis is changed and images of the measurement chart are captured at the relative positions in the state where, when the lens unit is installed in an electronic device, a magnetic field having a magnitude equal to a magnitude of a magnetic field applied to the movable image-stabilizing unit is applied to the movable image-stabilizing unit. A compensation amount is calculated using signals acquired by capturing the images of the measurement chart, a tilt of the imaging device unit relative to the lens unit is adjusted, and the imaging device unit is fixed to the lens unit.
US09958700B2
An optical modulator (12) for speckle suppression in a laser projection system includes a first planar transparent conductor (20); a second optionally transparent planar conductor (26); a diffusing element (22) disposed between the first and second conductor; and an alternating voltage applied across the first and second conductors creates in-plane movement or distortion in the diffusing element to reduce laser speckle.
US09958698B2
Disclosed are a 3D display panel and the 3D display device. The 3D display panel includes a base plate, a plurality of pixel units, and first and second light emission units. Each of the pixel units includes at least one the sub-pixel, which includes primary and secondary pixel respectively corresponding to the first and second light emission units. Each of the two light emission units includes an anode, a hole transportation layer, an orientation layer, a light emissive layer, an electron transportation layer, and a cathode that are sequentially stacked. In the first and second light emission units, the orientation layers set the orientations of the light emissive layers to first and second orientation states, respectively, and first and second electrons and first and second holes respectively generated by the cathodes and anodes are recombined in the light emissive layers to respectively emit first and polarization light, which are orthogonal.
US09958693B2
Shaped glasses have curved surface lenses with spectrally complementary filters disposed thereon. The filters curved surface lenses are configured to compensate for wavelength shifts occurring due to viewing angles and other sources. Complementary images are projected for viewing through projection filters having passbands that pre-shift to compensate for subsequent wavelength shifts. At least one filter may have more than 3 primary passbands. For example, two filters include a first filter having passbands of low blue, high blue, low green, high green, and red, and a second filter having passbands of blue, green, and red. The additional passbands may be utilized to more closely match a color space and white point of a projector in which the filters are used. The shaped glasses and projection filters together may be utilized as a system for projecting and viewing 3D images.
US09958686B2
An optical apparatus includes an illumination module, a first structured light generation module, a second structured light generation module and a beam splitting unit. The beam splitting unit is arranged between the illumination module, the first structured light generation module and the second structured light generation module. When a source beam from the illumination module is received by the beam splitting unit, the source beam is split into a first light beam and a second light beam. The first light beam is propagated in a direction toward the first structured light generation module. The second light beam is propagated in a direction toward the second structured light generation module. After the first light beam passes through the first structured light generation module, a first structured light is generated. After the second light beam passes through the second structured light generation module, a second structured light is generated.
US09958685B2
A tilt platform for use in an HMD comprises a monolithic spring structure including a first outer planar structure, a second outer planar structure, a middle planar structure disposed between the first and second outer planar structures, a first hinge structure coupling the first outer planar structure and the middle planar structure to each other, and a second hinge structure coupling the second outer planar structure and the middle planar structure to each other. The first and second hinge structures have respective first and second hinge axes that are orthogonal to each other. The tilt platform further comprises a first adjustment mechanism configured for tilting the first outer planar structure and the middle planar structure relative to each other about the first hinge axis, and a second adjustment mechanism configured for tilting the second outer planar structure and the middle planar structure relative to each other about the second hinge axis.
US09958681B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including: a display; at least one optical lens configured to change an optical path of light generated in the display at a fixed refractive index; a prism configured to reflect the light, which has passed through the at least one optical lens, at least one time to guide the light to a destination point; a variable lens positioned in the optical path of light between the display and the destination point, a refractive index of at least a portion of the variable lens being changed by a control signal to change at least a portion of the optical path of light; and a controller configured to generate the control signal. An optical path of light generated in the display may be changed by the variable lens whose refractive index can be changed.
US09958680B2
A near-eye display device, with coaxial eye imaging, for mounting in field of view of an eye of a user, includes a display unit for displaying a display image, a viewing unit for (i) presenting the display image to the eye based upon polarized visible light received from the display unit and (ii) transmitting ambient light from an ambient scene toward the eye, and an eye imaging unit including (a) an illumination module for generating infrared light, (b) a first polarizing beamsplitter interface, disposed between the display unit and the viewing unit, for (i) merging a polarized infrared component of the infrared light with the polarized visible light and (ii) separating from the polarized visible light a portion of the polarized infrared component reflected by the eye, and (c) a camera for forming an image of the eye based upon the polarized infrared component reflected by the eye.
US09958664B2
A device for forming an immersion film between a front lens of a microscope objective and a preparation on an inverted microscope. The device includes a protection device for preventing fluid leakage from the immersion film region, and an apparatus for supplying the immersion fluid (auto-immersion) to the immersion film region. The protection device is arranged statically in the main part of the microscope stand and the means for supplying immersion fluid to the immersion film region is connected to the protection device by means of an Aquastop system.
US09958660B2
A variable power relay optical system is arranged closer to an image side than an imaging optical system. The variable power relay optical system includes, in order from a side of the imaging optical system, a front group that is arranged between the imaging optical system and a position of an image of a sample that is formed by the imaging optical system, the front group forming an intermediate image formed by reducing the image, and a rear group that forms a relay image formed by magnifying the intermediate image, the rear group including a plurality of lens groups that each move along an optical axis so as to change magnification of the rear group without changing a distance from the front group to the relay image.
US09958654B2
Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side, first to fourth lens units having positive, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers, respectively. In the zoom lens, during zooming, the first lens unit and the third lens unit do not move, and the second lens unit and the fourth lens unit move with loci different from each other, the first lens unit consists of, in order from the object side to the image side, a negative lens G11, a positive lens G12, and a positive lens G13, and an Abbe number ν1n of a material of the negative lens G11, an average value N1ave of refractive indices of materials of three lenses included in the first lens unit, a focal length f1 of the first lens unit, and a focal length f2 of the second lens unit are appropriately set.
US09958648B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US09958640B2
Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens may comprise four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens may exhibit better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.
US09958633B2
A drive control apparatus includes a movable member; a driver configured to drive the movable member; a transmission device configured to transmit a driving force of the driver to the movable member; a first detector provided on the movable member side of the transmission device configured to detect a driving state of the movable member; a second detector provided on the driver side of the transmission device configured to detect a driving state of the driver; and a controller configured to control driving of the driver. The controller is configured to select, as information to be fed back, first drive information obtained from the first detector, or second drive information obtained from the second detector, based on the first drive information and the second drive information; and control the driving of the driver based on the selected one of the first drive information and the second drive information.
US09958625B2
A structured substrate for optical fiber alignment is produced at least in part by forming a substrate with a plurality of buried conductive features and a plurality of top level conductive features. At least one of the plurality of top level conductive features defines a bond pad. A groove is then patterned in the substrate utilizing a portion of the plurality of top level conductive features as an etch mask and one of the plurality of buried conductive features as an etch stop. At least a portion of an optical fiber is placed into the groove.
US09958616B2
An embedded optical fiber module is disclosed. The embedded optical fiber module is adapted to fit in a recess of a package substrate. The embedded optical fiber module is configured for optical signal transmission between different chips or electronic devices mounted on the package substrate.
US09958614B2
An apparatus for converting fiber mode to waveguide mode. The apparatus includes a silicon substrate member and a dielectric member having an elongated body. Part of the elongated body from a back end overlies the silicon substrate member and remaining part of the elongated body up to a front end is separated from the silicon substrate member by a second dielectric material at an under region. The apparatus also includes a waveguide including a segment from the back end to a tail end formed on the dielectric member at least partially overlying the remaining part of the elongated body. The segment is buried in a cladding overlying entirely the dielectric member. The cladding has a refractive index that is less than the waveguide but includes an index-graded section with decreasing index that is formed at least over the segment from the tail end toward the back end.
US09958609B2
A method of manufacturing a nano antenna is provided. The method includes forming a material layer on a substrate, defining a portion of the material layer, forming an adhesion layer on the defined portion of the material layer, forming a nano antenna material layer on the adhesion layer, and removing the adhesion layer to thereby manufacture the nano antenna.
US09958607B2
A light waveguide includes a first cladding layer, a groove formed in the first cladding layer, a core layer embedded in the groove, and a second cladding layer formed on the first cladding layer and the core layer. A width and thickness of one end of the core layer are larger than a width and thickness of the other end of the core layer.
US09958605B2
The present disclosure provides a novel fiber optic sensing device using ultra-weak, terahertz-range reflector structures. A fiber optic sensor device for distributed measurements (strain/temperature) includes an optical fiber detection arm having an inner core extending along a length of the optical fiber, an outer cladding surrounding the inner core, and at least one ultra-weak, terahertz-range reflector structure. Each reflector structure is comprised of two or more ultra-weak range reflectors (gratings) written at a spacing corresponding to the terahertz range and formed along a length of the inner core of the optical fiber. A narrow bandwidth, tunable laser interrogation system interrogates the optical fiber and measures changes in reflections and interference patterns caused by physical changes in the optical fiber.
US09958599B2
A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit, a bottom cover and a reflective member. The bottom cover defines a bottom portion thereof on which the backlight unit is supported. The bottom portion defines a plurality of edges thereof. The bottom portion is bent at a first edge thereof to define a first sidewall of the bottom cover, the first sidewall facing a light incident surface of a light guide plate. The first sidewall is bent to define a support portion of the bottom cover at the light incident surface of the light guide plate, the support portion extended to face the bottom portion and support the display panel thereon. The reflective member is coupled to the support portion, partially overlaps an emission surface of the light guide plate and has a same thickness as the support portion.
US09958593B2
A backlight module includes a light source, a light guide plate, and a quantum dot enhancement film. The light guide plate has a light-incident side that faces toward the light source, a surrounding side that is connected to the light-incident side to constitute an outer periphery of the light guide plate, and a microstructure unit that is disposed adjacent to the surrounding side of the light guide plate. The quantum dot enhancement film is stacked on the light guide plate.
US09958567B2
In one example of rotational ranging in a wellbore in which a wellbore component having an axis of rotation is disposed, a wellbore ranging sensor is disposed on a circumferential area surrounding the axis of rotation. The sensor is moved on the circumferential area to multiple distinct sensing positions. At each sensing position, a magnetic field from another wellbore that is apart from the wellbore is measured resulting in multiple magnetic field measurements at the multiple distinct sensing positions. The multiple magnetic field measurements are provided to determine a position of the wellbore relative to the other wellbore using at least a subset of the multiple magnetic field measurements.
US09958566B2
An airborne ElectroMagnetic (EM) survey system wherein the system includes; first, a series of transmitter coils, which induce a primary (EM) field into the earth resulting in a secondary EM field being created in any sub-surface electrically conductive bodies; and second, a set of three orthogonal receiver coils which detect the secondary EM field. Multiple transmitter coils through which an electric current is pumped, form part of the structural, aluminum framework of a multi-rotor drone. The receiver sensor may be an EM induction sensor, comprised of multi-turn, copper windings, mounted inside an aerodynamic bird and separated by non-conductive sphalerite, which acts as an electrical insulator to limit self-induction and capacitance. Additionally a lighter-than-air balloon may be used to add vertical lift and increase a pendulum effect.
US09958564B2
Method and system for acquiring seismic data. The system includes a first streamer vessel configured to tow a first source array and a first streamer spread; a first source vessel configured to tow a second source array; and a second source vessel configured to tow a third source array. The first to third source arrays are distributed along a non-linear profile while the first streamer vessel and the first to second source vessels move along an inline direction (X).
US09958559B1
The disclosure relates to a system and method for determining a working bed location. The method may include: acquire a first reference bed location relating to a bed for supporting an object; acquire a first set of reference emission data relating to photons of a first energy level originated from radiation of scintillator crystals of a plurality of detectors, the first set of reference emission data corresponding to the first reference bed location; acquire, at a working bed location relating to the bed, a set of positioning emission data relating to photons of the first energy level, wherein the set of positioning emission data relating to photons of the first energy level originated from radiation of scintillator crystals of the plurality of detectors; and determine the working bed location based on the first reference bed location, the first set of reference emission data, and the set of positioning emission data.
US09958553B2
A method for determining a radionuclide concentration of a material is provided. The method comprises placing the material to be analyzed into a vessel, wherein the material comprises a radionuclide, wherein the material has a known volume, and wherein the vessel has a fixed geometry. The method further comprises weighing the material to be analyzed and measuring the moisture content of the material to be analyzed. The method additionally comprises placing a protective structure in the material and placing a detector in the protective structure, wherein the detector is coupled to a single-channel analyzer. The method also comprises counting the emitted radiation having a known energy over an interval of time to produce a count per time, wherein the emitted radiation is emitted from the radionuclide and then dividing the count per time by the weight of the material to produce a count per time per weight.
US09958545B2
A lidar system with a light source to emit a pulse of light and a receiver to detect a return pulse of light. The receiver can include a first channel to receive a first portion of the return pulse and produce a first digital output signal, and a second channel to receive a second portion of the return pulse and produce a second digital output signal. The receiver can include a logic circuit to produce an output electrical-edge signal in response to receiving the digital output signals. The receiver can also include a time-to-digital converter to determine a time interval based on an emission time of the pulse of light and based on the electrical-edge signal. The lidar system can also include a processor to determine a distance to a target based at least in part on the time interval.
US09958540B2
An ultra-wideband transceiver includes: one antenna for transmitting a first ultra-wideband signal at time 1 and receiving a second ultra-wideband signal at time 2; a transfer unit that transfers the first ultra-wideband signal from a first node to the antenna or transfers the second ultra-wideband signal received by the antenna to the first node, based on characteristics of an input signal; and a first buffer that generates a first pulse signal for the first ultra-wideband signal and outputs the same to the first node at time 1.
US09958531B2
In some examples, a query including signal values providing measures of signals between a first wireless device and corresponding access points is received. Access points are ranked for the query based on sorting the signal values. Similarity values are computed, using the ranking, between the query and respective fingerprints of signal values collected at a plurality of locations in an area, each signal value of the signal values in the fingerprints providing a measure of a signal between at least one wireless device at a location of the plurality of locations and a respective access point of the access points. A location of the first wireless device is determined based on the computed similarity values.
US09958529B2
A system for localization of a radio frequency source in a region includes a first plurality of antennas disposed about the region, a second plurality of antennas disposed about the region, a first radio frequency positioning module in communication with the first plurality of antennas and configured to determine a plurality of spatially separated candidate locations in the region for the radio frequency source, a second radio frequency positioning module in communication with the second plurality of antennas and configured to determine a sub-region of the region, the sub-region including the radio frequency source, and a resolution module for identifying a subset of the candidate locations in the sub-region of the region.
US09958526B2
Directional characterization of a location of a target device makes use of multiple radio transmissions that are received from the target device. In some examples, each radio transmission is received at a first antenna at a fixed location, and is also received at a second moving antenna. The received transmissions are combined to determine the directional characterization, for example, as a distribution of power as a function of direction. In some examples, the received radio transmissions are processed to determine, for each of a plurality of directions of arrival of the radio transmissions, a most direct direction of arrival, for example, to distinguish a direct path from a reflected path from the target.
US09958519B2
A thermosiphon cooling system is presented. One embodiment of the thermosiphon cooling system includes a reservoir having a first portion configured to store a liquid coolant. The thermosiphon cooling system also includes a tubing unit coupled to the reservoir and disposed adjacent to at least one superconducting unit to be cooled and configured to receive the liquid coolant from the first portion of the reservoir, and circulate the received liquid coolant within the tubing unit to dissipate heat generated by the at least one superconducting unit. The received liquid coolant is circulated within the tubing unit by varying a density of the received liquid coolant at different portions of the tubing unit.
US09958516B2
A biological detector includes a conduit for receiving a fluid containing one or more magnetic nanoparticle-labeled, biological objects to be detected and one or more permanent magnets or electromagnet for establishing a low magnetic field in which the conduit is disposed. A microcoil is disposed proximate the conduit for energization at a frequency that permits detection by NMR spectroscopy of whether the one or more magnetically-labeled biological objects is/are present in the fluid.
US09958513B2
A magnetic sensor is provided with a magnet and a magnetic sensitive element, the magnetic sensitive element responses to a magnetic field generated by a magnetic code in a banknote which is magnetized by the magnet, the whole or part of a hysteretic loop process is completed when the magnetic code is magnetized by the magnet while passing by the surface of the magnetic sensor. A method for quantitatively identifying magnetic hysteresis loop characteristics of magnetic code, the whole or part of the hysteretic loop process is completed when the magnetic code is magnetized by the magnet while passing by the surface of the magnetic sensor, the magnetic sensor reads the signal of the corresponding magnetizing process, and then soft magnetism and hard magnetism properties of the magnetic code on the magnetic hysteresis loop characteristics of the magnetic code are identified.
US09958512B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a low-power magnetoresistive switch sensor, comprising an internal reference voltage circuit, a multiplexer, a magnetoresistive bridge circuit, a comparison circuit, a voltage stabilization circuit, a digital control circuit, and a digital output circuit; one end of the internal reference voltage circuit is grounded while the other end of the internal reference voltage circuit is connected to the output end of the voltage stabilization circuit; the comparison circuit comprises one or more comparators, one end of the comparison circuit is electrically connected with the voltage stabilization circuit while the other end is grounded, the comparison circuit is provided with one or more input ends and one or more output ends, and the one or more output ends of the comparison circuit are electrically connected with one input ends of the digital control circuit; one end of the magnetoresistive bridge circuit is electrically connected with the output end of the voltage stabilization circuit while the other end is grounded, and the output end of the magnetoresistive bridge circuit is electrically connected with one input end of the comparison circuit. The low-power magnetoresistive switch sensor has the advantages of high sensitivity, low power consumption, high frequency response, small size, and excellent thermal characteristics.
US09958508B2
Provided is a method by which the degraded performance of a lithium ion secondary battery containing phosphorus atoms (P) in a nonaqueous electrolytic solution can be restored by subjecting the lithium ion secondary battery in which a coating film including P is formed on a positive electrode surface, to a comparatively simple treatment. The degraded performance recovery method for a lithium ion secondary battery disclosed herein includes an ultrasound treatment step of applying ultrasound to the lithium ion secondary battery. In the ultrasound treatment step, the frequency of the generated ultrasound is 900 kHz or higher, and the period of time in which the ultrasound is applied to the lithium ion secondary battery continuously is 5 min or more.
US09958498B2
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a circulation method of a test tray in a test handler, the method comprising: in case of a first mode of test of temperature condition, firstly circulating the test tray along a first circulation path; and in case of a second mode of test of temperature condition different from the first mode, secondly circulating the test tray along a second circulation path, wherein the first circulation path and the second circulation path are different from each other in the transfer direction of the test tray at least in some sections.
US09958493B2
A method evaluates a defect region of a semiconductor substrate based on C-V characteristics of a MOS structure formed on the semiconductor substrate, including determining a relationship between defect region and flat band voltage or fixed charge density by using a semiconductor substrate having a known defect region, under a heat treatment condition and a C-V characteristic evaluating condition identical to conditions for evaluating a defect region of a semiconductor substrate to be evaluated, determining a flat band voltage or a fixed charge density of the semiconductor substrate to be evaluated from C-V characteristics of a MOS structure formed on the semiconductor substrate to be evaluated, and identifying the defect region of the semiconductor substrate to be evaluated based on the relationship between defect region and flat band voltage or fixed charge density previously determined, whereby the defect region of the semiconductor substrate is evaluated.
US09958492B2
The disclosure herein relates to a partial discharge detection board comprising a high voltage resistor divider. The high voltage resistor divider can reduce a voltage peak of an impulse surge generated by a surge board. The high voltage resistor divider can also include a high side with a first resistance and a low side with a second resistance.
US09958491B2
A ground fault monitoring system includes a ground fault interface device including a power interface and a data interface. The ground fault interface device is structured to output power via the power interface and to receive data via the data interface. The ground fault monitoring system also includes a plurality of ground fault devices structured to detect a ground fault on an associated circuit, to output data of the detected ground fault to the ground fault interface device, and to receive power to operate the ground fault devices via power lines. The plurality of ground fault devices are electrically connected in a series connection with the ground fault interface device by data lines and power lines. Each of the ground fault devices is configured to pass through received data and power.
US09958489B2
A method for checking a control pilot, referred to below as CP, line of a charging socket of an electrically drivable transportation means. The method includes closing the charging socket, as a result of which an electrical, in particular galvanic, connection is closed between the CP line and a line of the charging socket providing electrical energy, and checking a signal received via the CP line in response to the closing. Also disclosed is a corresponding apparatus.
US09958488B2
A capacitance measurement circuit comprises a differential amplifier with first and second inputs and an output, first and second feedback capacitances, and a reset mechanism. The first input is coupled to a modulated reference voltage and the second input is coupled with a sensor electrode. A first feedback capacitance is coupled between the output and the second input. A second feedback capacitance is coupled between the output and the second input. The reset mechanism resets the first feedback capacitance to a first level of charge and the second feedback capacitance to a second level of charge. During an absolute capacitance measurement phase, the differential amplifier charges the sensor electrode while balancing voltages on the first and second inputs to a voltage level associated with the modulated reference voltage and integrates charge on the sensor electrode to measure capacitance corresponding to a coupling between the sensor electrode and an input object.
US09958484B2
Apparatus and method are disclosed for measuring a load current supplied to one or more integrated circuit cores. The apparatus includes a power gating field effect transistor (FET) comprising a gate, a source, and a drain, wherein the source is coupled to a voltage rail, wherein the drain is coupled to a load, and wherein the gate is configured to receive a gating voltage to selectively turn on the power gating FET to allow a load current to flow between the voltage rail and the load; and a differential amplifier configured to generate a current-related voltage related to the load current by applying a gain to an input voltage based on a drain-to-source voltage of the power gating FET, wherein the gain varies inversely with the input voltage in response to variation in temperature or gate-to-source voltage of the power gating FET.
US09958483B2
A detecting apparatus includes a first resonator configured to generate a first resonance signal based on power output from a power supply in response to an object changing within a range of a field of the first resonator, a switch configured to connect the first resonator to the power supply in response to a control signal, and a controller configured to sample a value of an envelope of the first resonance signal to detect a change in the object.
US09958480B2
Disclosed is a current sensor that senses current flow in a conductor by coupling a first magnetic field generated by the conductor to a sense element. The current sensor includes a shield including a first material that sandwiches the sense element to define a stack and a second material that sandwiches the stack. The shield is configured to generate a second magnetic field, responsive to a third magnetic field external to the current sensor that opposes the third magnetic field. The shield is further configured to prevent production of a magnetic field that opposes the first magnetic field generated by the flow of current in the conductor.
US09958473B1
This disclosure relates to a system and method for calibrating sensors upon installation in a vehicle. The system includes a sensor set configured to generate output signals conveying vectors of acceleration of the vehicle. The system determines a three-dimensional orientation of the sensor set in relation to the vehicle. The system converts output signals from the sensor set into vectors of acceleration of the vehicle.
US09958471B2
A MEMS inertial sensor, may include a movable sensitive element; and second substrate and a third substrate. The movable sensitive element may be formed by using a first substrate which may be formed of a monocrystalline semiconductor material. The first substrate may include a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. One or more conductive layers may be formed on the first surface of the first substrate The second substrate may be coupled to a surface of the one or more conductive layer on the first substrate. The third substrate may be coupled to the second surface of the first substrate. The third substrate and the second substrate are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the movable sensitive element.
US09958462B2
This invention relates to a simple end point assay for detection of transient intracellular Ca2+ with broad applicability to many Ca2+ channel proteins comprising, Generation of expression constructs for the fusion proteins having the Ca2+/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) phosphorylation sites of NR2A or NR2B subunits of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) or the voltage gated potassium channel of Drosophila (Eag) or any protein sequence which binds to the T-site of CaMKII similar to NR2B, conjugated to mitochondrial localizing signal sequence, or mutants of these sequences as described herein. Generation of mammalian expression constructs of α-CaMKll as a chimera with green fluorescent protein (GFP-α-CaMKII) or its mutants as described herein. Site-Directed mutagenesis, Transfection, Ca2+ stimulation, imaging and quantification of the number of cells with Ca2+-dependent signal, wherein, NMDA receptor activity assay, TRPVI receptor activity assay, GluR4 receptor activity assay are performed to detect the activity of Ca2+ channel proteins.
US09958461B2
The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting the interaction between a first membrane protein and a second protein in mammalian cells as well as to identify molecules that can disrupt protein to protein interactions. The invention relies on the functional reconstitution of an active human ubiquitin by two inactive fragments upon the interaction of two proteins attached through a linker to the inactive fragments. The reconstituted ubiquitin is then cleaved by human ubiquitin proteases resulting in the release of an artificial transcription factor, which in turn activates a reporter gene transcription. Activation of the reporter gene is indicative of the interaction between the two proteins.
US09958460B2
The present invention relates to biomarkers and diagnostic and prognostic methods for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The invention also provides compositions for detecting the biomarker as well as compositions and methods useful for treating Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
US09958459B2
Provided herein are protein biomarkers for NETosis related diseases, including proteases. Also provided are substrate sequences of such proteases and uses thereof.
US09958453B2
A biological sensing device and a method for separating a biomolecule are provided. The biological sensing device includes an amino acid sequence and a signal-generating unit. The amino acid sequence includes SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2, and is for binding with UlaG protein labeled on a biomolecule. The signal-generating unit connects to the amino acid sequence.
US09958450B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately evaluating the specific incorporation of D-glucose into cells. The present invention as a means for achieving the object is characterized by comprising contacting a D-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule and is specifically incorporated into cells and an L-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule with different cells in the same cell strain to be evaluated, respectively, comparing the fluorescence emitted by the D-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule and is specifically incorporated into cells with the fluorescence emitted by the L-glucose derivative that has a fluorescent chromophore in the molecule, and evaluating the specific incorporation of D-glucose into cells relative to L-glucose by taking the difference between the two kinds of fluorescence intensities.
US09958448B2
Methods and compositions are provided for specific aptamers and aptamer pools that bind biomarkers of interest such as microvesicle surface antigens or functional fragments of microvesicle surface antigens. In various embodiments, aptamers of the invention are used in diagnostic, prognostic, or theranostic processes to screen a biological sample for the presence or levels of biomarkers such as microvesicles that are determined to provide a diagnostic, prognostic, or theranostic readout. The diagnosis, prognosis, or theranosis may be related to cancer or other diseases and disorders. The invention also provides methods and composition to facilitate aptamer library screening and aptamer detection methods.
US09958444B2
According to one aspect, a system for sensing ethanol from human skin, that comprises at least one apparatus for sensing ethanol and a coupling matrix readout extraction unit for performing a method of extracting a coupling-matrix readout. The at least one sensing apparatus and the coupling matrix readout extraction may be mounted on a substrate. The substrate may be adapted such that it can be formed into a wearable accessory that can be worn by a human subject. When the wearable accessory is worn by the human subject such that the subject provides a skin tissue sample to the accessory, the presence or concentration of ethanol and other compounds may be determined from the vapor associated with the tissue sample.
US09958437B2
The present application provides a method of quantifying an amount of a derivatized peptide displayed on a phage by phage display, the method comprising: providing a phage containing the target peptide thereon; reacting the phage containing the target peptide with a first reagent to derivatize the target peptide to form a derivatized peptide, reacting the derivatized peptide with a capture agent comprising a detection marker, thereby incorporating the detection marker within the derivatized peptide; and determining an amount of the detection marker, thereby quantifying the amount of the derivatized peptide displayed on the phage. A kit comprising a capture agent comprising a detection marker for quantifying the phage displayed derivatized peptides is also provided.
US09958418B2
A touch detection device capable of operation by a light touch, and of preventing false operations even when used in water handling equipment includes a sensing portion for sensing contact by a target object; a vibration excitation element attached to this sensing portion, a drive circuit for exciting vibration in the sensing portion, and a contact determining circuit for determining whether a target object is contacting a sensing portion based on vibration of the sensing portion after stopping the application of an AC voltage to the vibration excitation element by this drive circuit.
US09958415B2
Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays including large FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
US09958413B2
A method for manufacturing a gas sensor includes: disposing a tubular holder and a tubular compact in a tubular metallic shell defining a through hole, the tubular holder defining a first insertion hole, and the tubular compact defining a second insertion hole; preparing a preliminary assembly in which a pin is inserted into the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole; pulling out the pin from the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole and inserting a sensor element into the first insertion hole and the second insertion hole such that a forward end of the pin will come into contact with an end of the sensor element; compressing the compact to thereby fix the sensor element inside of the metallic shell; welding a protection sleeve to the metallic shell to thereby form a semi-assembly; and combining the semi-assembly with another semi-assembly to thereby form the gas sensor.
US09958409B2
Systems and methods for multiple analyte analysis are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining concentrations of first and second analytes in a sample. The first and second analytes may be, for example, glucose and hydroxybutyrate. In this form, an indication related to the measured concentration of hydroxybutyrate is provided in response to determining that the concentration of hydroxybutyrate is above a predetermined value. In a further aspect of this form, a quantitative indication representative of the measured glucose concentration is automatically provided regardless of the value of the measured glucose concentration. In another embodiment, a system includes a meter configured to interact with a test element to assess first and second analytes in a sample. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and drawings.
US09958408B2
A stretchable capacitance sensor having multiple components for communicating signals to a data acquisition system for reconstructing an image of an area or object located in a subject being sensed, and for calculating the shape or conformity that it is in. The stretchable sensor consists of an inner layer of plates that provide the capacitance data, a middle layer of plates that provide the geometry-sensing data, and an outer layer of plates that serves as the shielding ground layer. The configuration of all three components can be variably changed to increase the capacitance data channels, increase or decrease flexibility and stretchability of the sensor, and increase the spatial resolution of the geometry sensing feature. The sensor is adapted to communicate signals to a data acquisition system for providing an image of the area or object between the capacitance plates.
US09958407B2
A method of analyzing minerals received within a mining shovel bucket includes collecting data associated with ore received in the bucket, where the bucket includes at least one active sensor, where the ore includes one or more mineral, and where the ore is within a field of the active sensor. The method further includes determining a content of the minerals using the data, transmitting information relating to the content of the minerals to a decision support system, and sorting or processing the ore based on an output of the decision support system. Collecting data associated with the ores may include generating source signals, applying the source signals to the active sensor, collecting a response from the active sensor, and comparing the response with a reference or threshold. Other features are disclosed.
US09958406B1
Methods and systems for measuring and/or estimating a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of a component of a fuel cell system. A CTE measurement technique includes securing a measurement member over a surface of the component via a seal having a melting point, heating the seal above its melting point of the seal, cooling the component, measurement member and seal to a second temperature below the melting point of the seal, and determining the CTE of the component based on the change in the span of the measurement member after cooling. A fuel cell component characterization technique includes measuring an electrical resistivity (ER), conductivity (EC), resistance or conductance of the component, measuring at least one additional property of the component which, together with ER, EC, resistance or conductance, correlates to the CTE of the component, and sorting the component based on the measurements.
US09958403B1
A method of investigating a specimen using X-ray tomography, comprising (a) mounting the specimen to a specimen holder, (b) irradiating the specimen with a beam of X-rays along a first line of sight through the specimen, and (c) detecting a flux of X-rays transmitted through the specimen and forming a first image. Then (d) repeating the steps (b) and (c) for a series of different lines of sight through the specimen, thereby producing a corresponding series of images. The method further comprises (e) performing a mathematical reconstruction on said series of images, so as produce a tomogram of at least part of the specimen, wherein the specimen is disposed within a substantially cylindrical metallic shell with an associated cylindrical axis, the beam of X-rays is produced by directing a beam of charged particles onto a zone of said metallic shell, so as to produce a confined X-ray source at said zone, and the series of different lines of sight is achieved by rotating said shell about said cylindrical axis, thereby causing relative motion of said zone relative to the specimen.
US09958402B2
An apparatus and method are provided for performing Quality Assurance of complex beams of penetrating radiation inside a patient. A detector with a transverse scintillating screen images the radiation inside a tissue phantom with high spatial resolution. The scintillator is comprised of a mixture of two or more scintillators emitting different spectra of light and having different characteristic responses as a function of the beam LET value. The optics relaying the scintillation output have variable transmission with wavelength, further shaping the spectrum of light transmitted to the imaging sensor which also has spectrally varying sensitivity. Parameters of the scintillator construction, the optics, and the imaging sensor are chosen so the output of the composite detector is proportional to a characteristic of the input beam, for example the dose deposited as a function of depth inside the tissue phantom.
US09958400B2
A pill inspection apparatus of the present invention includes: an illumination portion 30 for irradiating light to a medical envelope 20 in which at least a translucent pill 22 is enclosed; an imaging portion 11 for acquiring a transmission image of the irradiated medical envelope 20; and an image processing portion 12 for detecting, as the translucent pill 22, a pill having a brightness value of its outer periphery lower than that of its center using the transmission image, the illumination portion 30 includes a light emitting portion 31, and a light-collecting portion 33 for collecting light is provided between the light emitting portion 31 and the medical envelope 20. By obtaining a uniform outline of the translucent pill 22 irrespective of a shooting position, it is possible to inspect the translucent pill 22 irrespective of a permeation rate.
US09958384B2
A method for detecting and counting particles suspended in fluids, such as bacteria suspended in urine, utilizing dynamic features of the suspended particles and employing light scattering measurements. The disclosed method is suitable for determining the susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics. A cuvette for detecting bacteria in fluids, which is especially suited for the light scattering measurements, is provided.
US09958381B2
A device includes a light emitting element, a light receiving element, an electronic part capable of processing a signal output from the light receiving element, an optical member covering the light emitting element and the light receiving element, and a board on which the light emitting element, the light receiving element, the electronic part, and the optical member are mounted. The board includes conductor wiring electrically connected to the light receiving element.
US09958379B1
A light detection and ranging device associated with an autonomous vehicle scans through a scanning zone while emitting light pulses and receives reflected signals corresponding to the light pulses. The reflected signals indicate a three-dimensional point map of the distribution of reflective points in the scanning zone. A hyperspectral sensor images a region of the scanning zone corresponding to a reflective feature indicated by the three-dimensional point map. The output from the hyperspectral sensor includes spectral information characterizing a spectral distribution of radiation received from the reflective feature. The spectral characteristics of the reflective feature allow for distinguishing solid objects from non-solid reflective features, and a map of solid objects is provided to inform real time navigation decisions.
US09958378B2
A body fluid test system includes a test chip, an image capturing device, a moving mechanism for test tube and at least one fluid transfer device. The image capturing device is for capturing image of the test chip. The moving mechanism includes a base and a test tube carrier. The test tube carrier is movably disposed on the base. The test tube carrier is for carrying at least one test tube. One end of the fluid transfer device corresponds to the top of the test tube carrier, and another end of the fluid transfer device corresponds to the test chip. The test tube carrier is movable upwardly from a pre-testing position to a testing position. When the test tube carrier is at the testing position, the fluid transfer device is for transferring a body fluid sample contained in the at least one test tube to the test chip.
US09958371B2
A method and system of measuring the size distribution of particles within dilute colloids, for example, through variation of the minimum detected size of aerosolized colloid particles. The method of determining the size distribution of particles in a fluid, involves forming a stream of aerosol droplets of the fluid, the droplets containing particles and dissolved material, evaporating the droplets to generate particles, and measuring the concentration of particles by varying a detection threshold. A system or apparatus for determining the size distribution of particles in a fluid, includes a droplet former for forming a stream of aerosol droplets of the fluid, the droplets containing particles and dissolved material, and a condensation particle detector for evaporating the droplets to generate particles and for measuring the concentration of particles, the condensation particle detector having a variable detection threshold.
US09958369B2
A method for determining the diffusion of one or more components, the method includes the steps of (i) providing a component fluid flow having one or more components; (ii) providing a blank fluid flow; (iii) bringing the flow (i) into contact with the flow (ii) in a large cross section channel, thereby to generate two laminar flows; (iv) permitting the laminar flows generated in (iii) to flow from the large cross section channel into a small cross section channel; measuring the lateral diffusion of the one or more components from the component flow into the blank fluid flow in the small cross section channel. Also provided is a diffusion method having the steps of measuring the lateral diffusion of the one or more components from the component flow into the blank fluid flow at a plurality of diffusion times.
US09958367B2
An apparatus for measuring rheological parameters of a multi-phase fluid is provided. The apparatus includes a static chamber containing a multi-phase fluid having at least a first phase and a second phase. The apparatus also includes a rotor member submersed in the multiphase fluid in the static chamber. The rotor member includes a first set of threads formed on a first portion of the rotor member submersed in the first phase of the multi-phase fluid and a second set of threads formed on a second portion of the rotor member submersed in the second phase of the multi-phase fluid.
US09958355B2
An apparatus for measuring the optical performance characteristics and dimensions of an optical element comprising a low coherence interferometer and a Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor comprising a light source, a plurality of lenslets, and a sensor array is disclosed. The low coherence interferometer is configured to direct a measurement beam along a central axis of the optical element, and to measure the thickness of the center of the optical element. The light source of the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor is configured to emit a waveform directed parallel to and surrounding the measurement beam of the interferometer, through the plurality of lenslets, and to the sensor array. A method for measuring the optical performance characteristics and dimensions of a lens using the apparatus is also disclosed.
US09958353B2
In various embodiments, the present invention provides an improved apparatus and method for quantification of fluid loss from a nominally closed system using a pressure decay with mass point leak rate analysis methodology, which avoids the need for repetitive testing due to test configuration incompatibilities and allows for real time analysis and test control based upon desired results. The novel apparatus and methods of the present invention utilize a control system to maintain a desired pressure differential across the test article throughout the test by automatically raising or lowering the downstream pressure as the fluid leaks through the test article. In various embodiments, the apparatus and method of the present invention improves the efficiency of existing test methods by shortening otherwise long test durations, right-sizing the amount of data collected, providing quantifiable and controllable measurement uncertainty, reducing statistical variance, and eliminating post-process data analysis.
US09958340B2
A temperature sensor includes a thermo-sensitive element, a pair of element electrode wires electrically connected to the thermo-sensitive element, a glass sealing body that covers the thermo-sensitive element and part of the pair of the element electrode wires, and a tablet formed with a pair of insertion holes extending in an axial direction thereof, through which the pair of the element electrode wires pass respectively. The glass sealing body includes a sealing part formed so as to extend from an element side end surface thereof located on a side of the thermo-sensitive element toward the thermo-sensitive element, and a sagging part formed in each of the pair of the insertion holes so as to extend integrally from the sealing part. The length of the sagging part in the axial direction being smaller than or equal to 1.5 mm.
US09958319B2
A method for determining a critical angle of total reflection based upon images captured at different angles of incidence of a light beam includes illuminating a sample with an excitation light beam, capturing images of at least part of the sample at a plurality of different angles of incidence of the excitation light beam, and determining a critical angle of total reflection at an interface of the sample based upon analysis of the images. An apparatus for determining a critical angle of total reflection at an interface of a sample includes a light source arrangement to illuminate a sample with an angle of incidence, an image capturing arrangement to capture an image of the sample, and a processing arrangement to determine the critical angle of total reflection at an interface of the sample on the basis of an analysis of images captured at a plurality of different angles of incidence.
US09958313B2
A surgery table load monitoring system utilizing a base member fixed to a surgery table support. The base member is connected to at least one platform structural member to determine load forces due to the weight of a patient on the platform structured member. Detectors are used to indicate particular stresses and generate a signal which may be employed to disable movement of the surgery table.
US09958312B1
A liquid level gauge for determining the level or volume of liquid within a tank includes a mounting head adapted for connection to the tank, a gauge assembly connected to one side of the mounting head, and an elongate sensing probe assembly extending into the tank. The gauge assembly includes a rotatable gauge plate with a scale located thereon and a rotatable indicator that moves across the scale in response to a change in liquid level. The gauge plate is weighted for rotation toward a gravitational force vector for orientation with an upper surface of the liquid in the tank independent of tank tilt. The sensing probe includes a float rod with an integral coil spring hinge to facilitate installation of the gauge within the tank. A counterweight is adjustable along the float rod to fine-tune float weight or buoyancy for a particular gauge configuration and liquid type.
US09958307B1
A liquid dosing device for use with a liquid dispenser that includes a container for holding liquid in communication with a dispenser base, an outlet port for dispensing the liquid. The liquid dosing device includes a valve housing, a reservoir and a dosing cup. The valve housing is mounted to the dispenser base and includes an open top, an outlet port and a blocking region. The reservoir is mounted within the valve housing and includes at least one inlet port in communication with the dispenser base outlet port and at least one outlet port. The dosing cup is movably mounted within the valve housing in fluid communication with the reservoir and includes at least one inlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir outlet port, a blocking region, at least one outlet port and mechanism for moving the dosing cup between a fill position and a dose position to prevent spillage of the liquid being dispensed, or to dispense the liquid in defined quantities.
US09958301B2
Yield monitoring systems for harvesting machines and methods that can provide yield monitoring of crops are described. Machines include those that pneumatically convey crop through the machine such as peanut harvesting machines. The yield monitoring system includes a force sensor that can be located in conjunction with a duct of the harvesting machine such that impact of the crop materials on an impact plate within the duct will be registered by the force sensor. This registration can be used to determine a mass flow rate for the crop, which can be correlated to yield of the crop. The systems can include additional components such as optical monitors, moisture sensors, and pressure sensors.
US09958279B2
An information provision device has a history information storage part configured to sequentially acquire at least one of traveling location information, power consumption information and charging location information from an in-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle including an electric motor as a driving source for storing as traveling history information, a planned route acquisition part configured to acquire a planned route from a starting position to a destination, a provided route determination part configured to refer to the traveling history information stored in the history information storage part and determine a provided route that is as same as or similar to the planned route acquired by the planned route acquisition part from traveling routes along which the vehicle traveled, and a provided information determination part.
US09958278B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: determining a device capability for an embedded device; receiving unprocessed map information based on the device capability; generating a natively rendered map layer on a mobile device with the unprocessed map information; generating a map overlay for layering over the natively rendered map layer; and generating a navigation interface with the map overlay and the natively rendered map layer for displaying on the embedded device.
US09958276B2
A method for calculating the surface vector of at least one vessel progressing under engine at cruising speed. When the vessel is in a defined position, the parameters of the vessel, including its position, its heading, its speed over ground and its course over ground, are obtained. Wind and/or current measurements in the proximity of the vessel are obtained using a device external to the vessel. The drift vector is determined from wind and/or current measurements. The over-ground vector is determined from the parameters selected from the position, the speed over ground and the course over ground of the vessel. The magnitude and the direction of the surface vector of the vessel is calculated.
US09958273B2
There is provided a computer-implemented coordinate conversion method for converting a first map of assets represented by first map coordinates based on a first projection system to a second map of assets represented by second map coordinates based on a second projection system, the method comprising obtaining transformation coefficients comprising first directional coefficients and rotation coefficients; converting the rotation coefficients into second directional coefficients; generating simplified transformation coefficients by adding the first and second directional coefficients and eliminating the rotation coefficients; generating the second map coordinates by converting the first map coordinates using the simplified transformation coefficients without any use of rotation coefficients; generating the second map of assets based on the second projection system using the second map coordinates; and providing user access to the generated map. There is also provided a system/computing device for doing the same.
US09958271B2
Embodiments for modifying a spring mass configuration are disclosed that minimize the effects of unwanted nonlinear motion on a MEMS sensor. The modifications include any or any combination of providing a rigid element between rotating structures of the spring mass configuration, tuning a spring system between the rotating structures and coupling an electrical cancellation system to the rotating structures. In so doing unwanted nonlinear motion such as unwanted 2nd harmonic motion is minimized.
US09958265B2
A specimen measuring device includes: a light source device that irradiates a specimen surface of a specimen with illumination light from multiple illumination units at a plurality of illumination angles; a spectral camera device that is arranged above the specimen surface, spectrally separates reflected light from the specimen surface, and acquires 2D spectral information through a single image capturing operation; and a calculating unit that calculates deflection angle spectral information of the specimen surface used to measure a measurement value of a certain evaluation item of the specimen using a change in an optical geometrical condition of an illumination direction and an image capturing direction between pixels in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction of the spectral information.
US09958262B2
A system for measuring the profile or the refractive index of a transparent object by fringe projection techniques is provided and has an image generating device, an image capture device, and an image processor. The image generating device produces a reference image with a long depth of focus. This reference image is emitted into an inspected transparent object, and is distorted by the refractive index and the profile of the transparent object. The image capture device receives the distorted image. The image processor analyzes the difference between the distorted image and the reference image, so as to identify the profile or the refractive index of the inspected transparent object.
US09958260B2
An apparatus and method for extracting a feature point to recognize an obstacle using a laser scanner are provided. The apparatus includes a laser scanner that is installed at a front of a traveling vehicle and is configured to obtain laser scanner data having a plurality of layers in real time. In addition, a controller is configured to separate the laser scanner data obtained by the laser scanner into a plurality of layers to extract measurement data present in each layer and determine feature points of the measurement data to classify a type of obstacle based on a plurality of stored feature points.
US09958249B2
Indexing head with two rotating axes, with a first rotating axis A perpendicular to the fixing direction with regard to the mode of operation of the head, and with a second rotating axis B of the fixing direction, in turn defining an upper part of the fixed head in relation to the B axis and a lower part of the head, which moves in relation to axes A and B; and which has a principal servomotor A (40) and a position locking mechanism on the A axis arranged 10 on the part of the lower head; and a principal servomotor B (21) for rotation on the B axis with a position locking mechanism on the B axis arranged on said upper part of the head.
US09958247B2
Logging apparatus, methods and systems are presented for logging data from electronic detonators one at a time, in which a logger is placed into an automatic logging mode and begins transmitting read request messages in repetitive fashion until a response is received from a single connected electronic detonator, whereupon the logger obtains serial ID number and potentially other data such as a delay from the electronic detonator, after which the logger automatically proceeds without further user button presses to again initiate read request messages, by which a user can sequentially connect and disconnect a number of electronic detonators one at a time for quick expeditious logging. Also presented are automatic electronic detonator programming apparatus and processes in which a logger is placed into an automatic programming mode and the user connects electronic detonators one at a time for automatic or semi-automatic programming of delay times from internal memory.
US09958243B2
Firearm ammunition, projectiles and method of making such projectiles. The projectiles include a body formed of composite material with at least one particulate material dispersed in a matrix material, a cavity in the body, and a heat source located in the cavity of the body. During flight of the projectile, the heat source increases the temperature of the matrix material such that the body at least partially disintegrates after the projectile travels a distance or period of time after being fired (propelled) from a firearm.
US09958242B2
A payload dispersion system for a non-lethal projectile including a resilient layer and a marker packet having a hollow body including a lower surface, at least a partial opening centrally disposed, an upper surface, a volume formed by the lower surface, the at least a partial opening and the upper surface and a payload contained within the volume. The upper surface of the marker packet includes a wall and at least one weakened portion within the wall. The lower surface of the marker packet contacts an upper surface of the resilient layer.
US09958239B1
A target system has a splatter pack attached to a target panel. The splatter pack acts as a receptacle for a fluid that provides visual confirmation that the target has been hit as the pack bursts upon impact by a projectile. As the pack bursts, the fluid explodes out and leaves a splatter pattern on or about the target panel. The burst and residual splatter allow the marksman to see whether or not an accurate shot was delivered without having to closely examine the target. The splatter pack is removably secured to the target panel by an adhesive layer and once a pack has burst, another pack can be readily attached in its place. If only a portion of the splatter pack has been hit and not all chambers have burst, individual chambers may be inserted in place of the previously burst chambers.
US09958238B2
A protective device and method of design to protect against multiple blast and impact events for use in any application in which a delicate target has to be protected. The protective device for mitigating the effects of blast or impact employs a first layer having a first acoustic impedance and a second layer having a second acoustic impedance. The second acoustic impedance is different than the first acoustic impedance. The second layer is proximate to the first layer. The first layer and the second layer are chosen collectively to tune the stress waves from the blast or impact events to one or more specific tuned frequencies. A third layer of a visco-elastic material is employed having a critical damping frequency that matches one or more specific tuned frequencies to dissipate the stress waves of the blast and impact event. The third layer is proximate to the second layer.
US09958226B2
The present invention relates to firearms. In some cases, the firearms include a firing pin; a first ignition chamber that is configured to house a round of ammunition and to move proximally with respect to the firing pin so that when the round is in the first chamber and the firearm is fired, a portion of the round is struck against the firing pin. In some cases, the firearms also include a follower configured to be movable proximally and distally within the firearm and to be biased against a primer or proximal end of the round such that the follower is configured to selectively hold the round within the first chamber as the first chamber moves proximally, and such that proximal movement of the follower stops when the round strikes the firing pin, so that the follower acts as a bolt face for the round. Other implementations are also described.
US09958222B2
A firearm including a receiver, a barrel, a breech bolt assembly, and a trigger assembly. The bolt assembly has a bolt including a body portion, a lug portion, and a firing pin bore. The lug portion includes outward extending lugs, a cartridge recess, and an off-center hole. The bolt assembly also includes an extractor and an ejector pin. At least some of the lugs on the lug portion of the bolt have a tapering outer face so that a rearward face of the respective lug is taller than a forward face of the respective lug. In another aspect, at least some of the lugs on the lug portion of the bolt have tapering side faces so that a rearward face of the respective lug is wider than a forward face of the respective lug.
US09958217B1
Disclosed is: A casing of a heat recovery steam generator has a sidewall, and heat exchanger coil located therein capable of exchanging heat from hot exhaust gas flow into the casing, with a gap between the end of the coil and a sidewall. A baffle system for closing the gap after the coil is installed in the casing comprises a mount attached to the coil near the gap, and a baffle plate associated with the mount and movably supported thereby. The configuration of the mount and baffle plate are such to allow the baffle plate to be capable of moving from a retracted position withdrawn from the sidewall, to an extended position closing the gap. A retainer can hold the plate in the retracted position. The retainer can release, for example, by being temperature sensitive. The mount can have a support that engages the coil.
US09958214B2
A capillary-driven heat transfer device, adapted to extract heat from a heat source and to release this heat to a cold source by means of a two-phase working fluid, includes an evaporator, having a microporous mass adapted to perform capillary pumping of fluid in the liquid phase, a condenser, a reservoir having an inlet and/or outlet port, a vapor communication circuit, connecting the outlet of the evaporator to the inlet of the condenser, and a liquid communication circuit connecting the outlet of the condenser to the reservoir and to the inlet of the evaporator. The reservoir includes multiple separate volumes that remain in fluid communication.
US09958206B1
A curing oven provides a structure which is supportive such that structural members extending the axial length of the oven are not necessary. Additionally, the curing oven provides structures which extend transverse to the axial length of the oven but do not extend through the walls of the oven. Thus, conductive heat transfer is limited and reduced.
US09958199B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator having an improved structure with a display unit. The refrigerator comprises a main body, a storeroom arranged inside the main body with an open front, a door pivotally connected to the main body for opening or closing the open front of the storeroom and a display unit installed on the door. The display unit comprises a display for displaying images, a display glass located on the front of the display to have an area larger than the display and form a touch screen, a display case with a display mounter for the display to be mounted therein, a display unit case fixedly connected to the door and a fixing unit for fixedly connecting the display case to the display unit case by pressing a part of the display case.
US09958195B2
A heat exchanger includes multiple tubes, multiple fins, and a partition wall. The multiple fins are stacked alternately with the tubes to form a core including a first section and a second section. The partition wall partitions between the first section and the second section. The first section has multiple drain passages in the vicinity of the partition wall.
US09958190B2
A system for maximizing the measured efficiency of an HVAC&R system including two pressure sensors, two temperature sensors, a flow sensor, a power voltage sensor, a power current sensor, and a controller. Each pressure sensor may be adapted to measure different refrigerant pressures and generate respective pressure signals. Each temperature sensor may be adapted to measure different refrigerant temperatures and generate respective temperature signals. The flow sensor may be adapted to measure a refrigerant flow rate and to generate a flow signal. The power voltage sensor may be configured to measure an electrical voltage input and generate a power voltage signal. The power current sensor configured to measure an electrical current input and to generate a power current signal. The controller may be adapted to receive the signals, calculate a measured efficiency, and output a first voltage output signal having a value dependent upon the measured efficiency.
US09958189B2
An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a compressor having a suction unit and a plurality of injection inlets, an inside heat exchanger into which refrigerant compressed in the compressor is introduced during a heating operation, an outside heat exchanger into which refrigerant compressed in the compressor is introduced during a cooling operation, a plurality of refrigerant separation devices through which refrigerant condensed in the inside heat exchanger or the outside heat exchanger pass, a plurality of injection flow paths which extends from the three refrigerant separation devices to the plurality of injection inlets, and a bypass flow path which extends from any one injection flow path among the plurality of injection flow paths to the suction unit of the compressor.
US09958185B2
A concentrator tube comprises a reflector portion having two walls; and an aperture closing an opening to the reflector portion. The aperture and the reflector portion extend longitudinally. The aperture is substantially flat relative to curvature of the reflector portion.
US09958184B2
A vent proving system is described for use with a gas fired appliance. The gas fired appliance includes a gas burner, a vent damper for selectively opening or closing an exhaust vent from the gas fired appliance and a relay control for operatively controlling the vent damper and the gas burner to open the damper if the gas burner is on. The vent proving system comprises a sensor for sensing a variable in the vent representing air flow direction in the vent. An electrical switch is connected in series between the relay control and the vent damper. A controller is operatively connected to the sensor, the electrical switch and to the relay control. The controller determines if a back draft condition is present in the vent when the gas burner is on and selectively operates the electrical switch to open the connection between the relay control and the vent damper if a back draft condition is present in the vent when the gas burner is on.
US09958179B2
A control unit includes a mode control unit that, when a test operation switch is turned on, transmits information indicating that a test operation mode is performed to a centralized management device via an adapter and an external network. When the information indicating that the test operation mode is performed is received, the centralized management device restricts an operation on the operation terminal to prevent an operation of the air-conditioning apparatus from being changed via the operation terminal.
US09958173B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a solar-powered ventilation system for mounting to a building. Through the use of internal dampers and destratification intake doors, the system is able to cool the inside of buildings by way of hot-air venting or cold-air induction methods. Further, the system may also be configured in a combinatory manner, allowing the building to be cooled by the simultaneous use of hot-air venting and cold-air induction methods.
US09958169B2
A ground source heat pump integrated controller includes a main module that has pre-integrated multiple main machines, pumps and valves according to the rated load of the main module, and a number of extended modules that have pre-integrated multiple main machines, pumps and valves according to a rated load of the extended modules. The main module and extended modules both are provided with a plurality of analog contacts and digital contacts, and the extended modules are connected, via the analog and digital contacts, to the main module according to the rated load of the ground source heat pump system. The advantage of the ground source heat pump integrated controller lies in that after system load is calculated according to floor area, multiple extended modules are connected to one main module, which increases the capacity of the main module and thus meets the requirement of system load.
US09958161B2
A gas turbine engine comprises an annular combustor chamber formed between an inner liner and an outer liner. An annular upstream zone is adapted to receive fuel and air from an annular nozzle. An annular mixing zone is located downstream of the upstream zone. The mixing zone has a reduced radial height relative a downstream combustion zone of the combustion chamber, the mixing zone defined by straight wall sections.
US09958160B2
A component within a gas turbine engine includes a surface with one or more upstream-directed cooling film holes therethrough.
US09958157B2
A burner includes: an adaptor to which a fuel supply box for supplying fuel is connected, and having a fuel inlet; a combustion part configured to perform combustion while fuel injected from the fuel inlet is discharged through a flow path; a connection housing disposed between the adaptor and the combustion part, having a fuel supply path communicated with the fuel inlet, and configured to feed fuel of the fuel supply box to the combustion part; an inflow fuel control part provided at one side of the connection housing, and configured to control the amount of fuel injected by controlling an open degree of the fuel inlet; and a feed fuel control part provided at another side of the connection housing, and configured to control the amount of fuel supplied to the combustion part by controlling an open degree of one side of the fuel supply path.
US09958143B2
A flashlight assembly includes a bistable safety bail to prevent inadvertent depression of an operational push button switch. The flashlight assembly further includes a bistable pivoting mode selection lever which controls operational modes of the flashlight. Further, the flashlight operates with a thermal optimization circuit which automatically, over time, reduces the duty cycle of the control circuit to reduce the temperature of the LED junction, improve LED performance and increase battery life.
US09958142B2
LED lamp beads with multiple light-emitting points comprising a certain number of luminous bodies and package resins; in which after at least two luminous bodies are connected in parallel, they are wrapped in a package resin and connected to an anode pin and a cathode pin inserted into the package resin. The present invention structure is simple and has a rational design. By using one-way conductive luminance on the LED luminous bodies, and using parallel and inverse parallel connections on multiple light-emitting points, control of the electric current direction is achieved, and thus the control of the operating modes of luminous bodies and the LED lamp beads with multiple light-emitting points is achieved.
US09958125B2
The invention relates to a light guiding element (1) for a laser vehicle headlight (2), wherein the laser vehicle headlight (2) comprises at least one laser light source (3) and at least one luminous element (4) which can be irradiated by the laser light source (3) and can thus be excited to emit visible light, and the light guiding element (1) can substantially be arranged between the laser light source (3) and the luminous element (4), wherein the light guiding element (1) has a light entrance surface (5) and a light exit surface (6), wherein the entrance cross-sectional area of the light entrance surface (5) is greater than the exit cross-sectional area of the light exit surface (6), and the light radiated in through the light entrance surface (5) can be concentrated in the direction of the light exit surface (6) via the inner surface (7) connecting the light entrance surface (5) and the light exit surface (6). The invention additionally relates to a vehicle headlight (2) comprising at least one light guiding element (1) of this type.
US09958124B2
Disclosed is a vehicular lamp. The vehicular lamp includes an LED, a light guide guiding light emitted from the LED, and a light transmissive cover disposed in front of the light guide. The light guide includes a first end surface, a second end surface, a rear side surface with a plurality of steps, and a front side surface. A notched portion is formed on the front side surface. A notched surface is formed in the notched portion to cross the extension direction of the light guide. The steps reflect first light toward the front side surface and second light toward the notched surface. The light transmissive cover includes first and second emission portions causing the first and second lights to pass therethrough, respectively. An angle formed by the notched surface and the incidence surface of the second emission portion is within a range of 0 to 45 degrees.
US09958122B2
A driver module is configured to generate the drive signals necessary to drive an LED or an array of LEDs of one or more LED luminaires. The driver module may, but need not, be located remotely from the LED luminaires. Since the driver module provides the drive signals, the LED luminaires do not need to have their own driver electronics, and as such, can be rendered in a more aesthetically pleasing and cost effective manner. As an example, the driver module may be located within a junction box or escutcheon plate associated with a light fixture and the LED luminaires can be mounted in the existing sockets of the light fixture. The internal wiring of the light fixture may be used to carry the drive signals provided by the driver module to the LED luminaires via the sockets of the light fixture.
US09958118B2
A lighting device including a glass tube; a solid state lighting assembly in said glass tube, said assembly including an electrically insulating optical film having at least one arcuate portion lining a part of the inner surface of the glass tube, wherein the glass tube includes a further part defining a light exit portion; and a plurality of solid state lighting elements on a carrier, said carrier contacting said optical film; a thermally conductive member in between at least a part of the solid state lighting assembly and the glass tube for thermally coupling the solid state lighting elements to the glass tube; and a transparent or translucent electrically insulating cover contacting the electrically insulating optical film and covering the solid state lighting elements. A luminaire including such a lighting device and a lighting device assembly method are also disclosed.
US09958116B2
A glass jacketed led lamp is characterized by a prismatic LED module positioned coaxial to the axis of a cylindrical glass jacket having an inside diameter D1, wherein the LED module comprises: a prismatic LED carrier structure having N longitudinal sides, and LEDs that are operationally mounted on at least one of the N sides; wherein: the carrier structure was formed by folding a single metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) into a convex prismatic polyhedron; the prism cross section is an irregular and incomplete polygon such that the N sides are bounded by N+1 longitudinal fold edges, wherein a first edge and the (N+1)th edge are back edges that are spaced apart by a first separation GAP1.
US09958115B2
A LED tube luminaire for growing plants in greenhouse and indoor horticulture comprising individual LEDs on a substrate with higher linear density, no focusing optics on LED, a glass tube, the end cups, electronics, and electrical contactors. The LED tube luminaire has high light intensity, random direction white light with different color temperature for grow and bloom. An LED grow light has a substrate mounted within a glass tube. A linear array of LED chips is mounted on the substrate and aligned in a single line and comprising a plurality of LED chips. The plurality of LED chips has a regular spacing of less than 15 mm on center. The linear array of LED chips has a single color temperature having greater than 80 color rendering index. A pair of terminals mounted on ends of the glass tube. The pair of terminals are not symmetrical.
US09958111B2
A coupling system for a vehicle includes a first coupler having an outer annual surface and an opening defining an inner surface. The outer surface and the inner surface define gripping surfaces for gripping one or more alternative vehicle attachments.
US09958108B2
In one respect, the invention of the present application is an electric sit-stand workstation comprising a stationary column and a height adjustment assembly including an attached worksurface and at least one display support assembly adapted to support at least one electronic display therefrom, wherein the height of the height adjustment assembly with respect to the stationary column is electrically adjustable. Alternate embodiments of sit-stand workstations and methods of using said workstations are also disclosed.
US09958096B2
A boot assembly that reliably seals the secondary containment area utilizing a split boot device that can be installed without disconnecting the primary piping is disclosed. The seal includes first and second containment housings, each supporting a pair of partial ring shaped seals. The containment housings can be positioned about the primary and secondary pipes from opposing sides thereof so that disconnection of the primary pipe is not required to secure the seal in place. A clamp secures the first containment housing relative to the second containment housing in a secured position in which a first pair of partial ring seals associated with the first containment housing and a second pair of partial ring shaped seals associated with the second containment housing cooperate to form a pair of continuous ring shaped sealing surfaces including a first continuous ring shaped sealing surface including one of the first pair of partial ring shaped seals and one of the second pair of partial ring shaped seals, and a second continuous ring shaped sealing surface including a second one of the first pair of partial ring shaped seals and a second one of the second pair of partial ring shaped seals.
US09958095B2
A mechanical coupling for joining pipe elements end to end has a channel that receives a ring seal. The channel is defined by oppositely disposed sidewalls and the ring seal has lobes on opposite sides. The lobes have surfaces facing the side surfaces of the channel. When the ring seal is seated within the channel, each lobe surface contacts a respective side surface such that the lobes deform inwardly toward the center of the channel.
US09958090B2
A waterfall-type cable router for routing cables out of cable trays includes a curved ramp having a front portion and a rear portion, a vertical left curved wall transitioning into the curved ramp and extending the length of the left side of the curved ramp, and a vertical right curved wall transitioning into the curved ramp and extending the length of the right side of the curved ramp. A first portion of each of the left and right curved walls includes a slot extending upward from the lower edge of the first portion into the curved wall, the slot being configured to attach the cable router to a cable tray.
US09958088B2
The present disclosure relates to a microvalve using surface tension, a microfluidic chip including same and a method for manufacturing same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a microvalve using surface tension, a microfluidic chip including same and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the microvalve can be manufactured through a simple process and the microvalve and a coaxial sample channel are not separated, and thus the microvalve may be easily installed not only in an existing quadrangular channel but also in the coaxial channel so as to control the flow and amount of a microfluid (sample).
US09958084B2
A combination mechanical/electrical valve actuator providing tactile feedback similar to a purely mechanical valve actuator is disclosed.
US09958080B2
A valve apparatus of the present invention includes a body, a seat and a cap, in which the body includes a chamber and passageway therein, the chamber is connected with the passageway, and the body includes a first ladder toward the passageway. The seat is disposed in the passageway. The seat includes a second ladder toward the first ladder of the body, and the second ladder of the seat is engaged with the first ladder of the body. The seat also includes a third ladder opposite to the second ladder. The cap has a flange which is contacted with the third ladder of the seat to fix the seat in the body tightly so that the cap is against the seat to prevent the seat from pulling out of the valve apparatus.
US09958072B2
A blind assembly for use in a piping circuit that includes a blind element and an injection system. The blind element has a planar portion that is transversely mounted in the piping circuit to block flow through the piping circuit. When the blind element is installed, it has one or more flat surfaces that are in sealing contact with another component of the piping circuit, such as a flange face, to define a sealing interface. A primary seal is provided between the blind element and the other component of the piping circuit and which circumscribes at least a portion of the sealing interface. The injection system is in communication with the sealing interface, and selectively injects a sealant material into the sealing interface to form a redundant seal in the sealing interface and around the primary seal. An injection fitting can mount to the flange for injecting the sealant.
US09958071B1
A seal assembly for a creating a seal between a shaft and a valve housing of a bleed valve that impedes contaminants from reaching bearings includes first and second seal pieces. The first seal piece circumferentially surrounds the shaft and is disposed between the shaft and the valve housing. The second seal piece is in contact with and is disposed axially adjacent to the first seal piece relative to the shaft. The second seal piece is biased against the first seal piece.
US09958067B2
A syringe for dispensing liquid materials to a substrate. In one embodiment, the syringe includes a barrel having a first end, a second end, and an interior reservoir. A piston is slidably disposed within the reservoir and is movable to increase or decrease a volume of the interior reservoir near the first end of the barrel. A first end of the piston has a hemispherically-shaped surface profile, with an elongated apex extending therefrom, to dispense liquid from the first end of the barrel when the piston is moved in a direction toward the first end.
US09958066B2
A range switching device for switching supply and non-supply of a source pressure based on a hydraulic pressure from a hydraulic pressure generating source to a parking device, the parking device being switched into a parking release state while the source pressure is supplied thereto and being switched into a parking state while the source pressure is not supplied thereto.
US09958065B2
A brake device of a transmission is provided. The brake device includes a friction plate set including fixed friction plates and rotatable friction plates alternately disposed with each other, an engaging piston, and a clearance adjusting piston. A clearance adjusting hydraulic chamber is formed on a side of the clearance adjusting piston opposite to the friction plate set, and a concave portion is formed in a surface of the clearance adjusting piston on a friction plate set side. A base part of the engaging piston on a side opposite to the friction plate set is slidably fitted into the concave portion of the clearance adjusting piston and an engaging hydraulic chamber is formed by the base part and the concave part.
US09958056B2
A power transmission apparatus including a transmission, a case that accommodates the transmission, a counter drive gear to which power from the transmission is transmitted, and a counter driven gear that meshes with the counter drive gear, the power transmission apparatus including: a brake that fixes any rotational element of the transmission to the case so as not to be rotatable; and supporting member that is fixed to the case via a fastening member and that supports the counter drive gear so as to be rotatable, wherein the supporting member is integrally molded with a cylindrical drum portion that functions as a brake drum of the brake.
US09958053B2
A reduction component is linked to the output shaft of a hydraulic motor, and reduces the rotational speed of the hydraulic motor. A housing component has a rotation-side housing that is rotated around a horizontal rotational axis by the rotation of the hydraulic motor whose speed has been reduced by the reduction component, and a stationary-side housing that rotatably supports the rotation-side housing. The housing component houses the reduction component. A sealing component is disposed inside a gap between the rotation-side housing and the stationary-side housing, and seals the gap. An oil splasher splashes up lubricating oil to provide the lubricating oil to the upper part of the sealing component. The oil splasher has a plurality of concave components formed in the portion of the rotation-side housing facing a seal disposition space in which the sealing component is disposed.
US09958051B2
A torsionally compliant sprocket system includes a first sprocket (250); a second sprocket (230) mounted in side-by-side relation to the first sprocket (250); a resilient member (270) that resiliently couples the second sprocket (230) to the first sprocket (250) to allow limited angular rotation of the second sprocket (230) with respect to the first sprocket (250); and a locking structure (300, 600, 700) that is biased toward an engaged position in which angular motion of the second sprocket (230) with respect to the first sprocket (250) is restrained and moves in response to rotation of the first sprocket (250) to a disengaged position in which angular motion of the second sprocket (230) with respect to the first sprocket (250) is permitted.
US09958045B2
A drive device for four-wheel-drive motor vehicles includes a primary axle which is driven by a drive assembly via a center differential and a secondary axle which is driven via the primary axle and via a transmission. Side differentials are arranged on the output elements of the primary axle coaxially to the center differential of the primary axle. The drive elements of the side differentials have a drive connection to the output elements of the center differential, and the output elements of the side differentials have a drive connection to the driveshafts of the primary axle and to the driveshafts of the secondary axle via multiple belt drives.
US09958043B2
A power transmission device includes a pulley constituting a driving-side rotor, an inner hub, a washer and a limiter which constitute a driven-side rotor, and a plate configured as a linking elastic member that connects the driving-side rotor and the driven-side rotor. A flat spring that elastically deforms in a direction along a rotation shaft is adopted as the plate. A distance in an axial direction between a pulley-side attachment portion of the plate which is attached to the pulley and a hub-side attachment portion of the plate which is attached to the inner hub is adjusted to fall within a predetermined standard range by interposing a shim as an adjustment member between the plate and the pulley.
US09958036B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle includes: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting the torque; a first planetary gear set including a first, a second, and a third rotation element; a second planetary gear set including a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth rotation element; a third planetary gear set including a seventh, an eighth, and a ninth rotation element; and a fourth planetary gear set including a tenth, an eleventh, and a twelfth rotation element. The gear train includes a first shaft connected to the first rotation element; a second shaft connecting the second rotation element to the fourth rotation element and the seventh rotation element and connected to the input shaft; a third shaft connecting the third rotation element to the eleventh rotation element; a fourth shaft connecting the fifth rotation element to the twelfth rotation element and connected to the output shaft; a fifth shaft connected to the sixth rotation element and selectively connected to the third shaft; a sixth shaft connected to the eighth rotation element; a seventh shaft connected to the ninth rotation element; and an eighth shaft connected to the tenth rotation element, selectively connected to the sixth shaft, and selectively connected to the seventh shaft.
US09958032B2
A transmission includes: a first input shaft selectively receiving power from an engine; a second input shaft continuously receiving power from the engine; a first output shaft arranged in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft; a differential drawing power from the first output shaft and a second output shaft; a first shift unit providing desired gear shifts; a second shift unit to carry out duplicate gear shifts; and a one-way clutch to transmit power from the engine to the differential. In particular, the duplicate gear shifts has a gear ratio substantially identical to a gear ratio of one of the gear shifts made by the first shift unit, and the one-way clutch is arranged in a power transmission line for transmitting the power from the engine to the differential through the second shift unit.
US09958031B2
A vacuum cleaner including a wheel, a driving motor configured to provide the wheel with a driving force, and a clutch configured to connect transfer gears to the wheel or to cancel a connection between the transfer gears and the wheel. A body of the vacuum cleaner is able to actively travel because of the transfer gears are connected to the wheel when power is applied to the driving motor and the wheel smoothly rotates without having a detent torque of the driving motor when power is not applied to the driving motor. The wheel is provided with an internal gear, and one of the transfer gears is configured to transfer the driving force of the driving motor by making contact with the internal gear.
US09958030B2
Chain element (2), particularly a chain pin (4) for joining at least two chain links (3), which element is formed from a base material (5) containing carbon, particularly steel, characterized in that it has a surface layer (7) containing boron and vanadium, wherein the surface layer (7) is produced by a method according to which, in a first method step, an intermediate layer (6) containing carbon and vanadium is formed by at least one measure for the diffusion of vanadium into surface regions close to the surface of the base material (5) and, in a subsequent second method step, the surface layer (7) is formed by the transformation of the intermediate layer (6) by at least one measure for the diffusion of boron into the intermediate layer (6).
US09958028B2
A device for damping torsion oscillations comprises support rotatably movable about an axis. A pendular body comprises first and second axially spaced pendular masses movable relative to the support. The first mass disposed axially on a first side of the support and the second mass disposed axially on a second side of the support. A member connects the first and second pendular masses. Each mass includes an opening in which the connecting member is force-fitted. The openings have radially exterior and interior edges. The connecting member has radially interior and exterior edges. The radially exterior edge extends between two angular ends of the connecting member, each defined by a lug. Each mass exerts a force on each lug, and via a one nose piece projecting radially and carried by the radially interior edge of the opening or the radially interior edge of the connecting member.
US09958027B2
A vibration damping device in which vibration damping performance of a damper having a chamber holding a rolling member is improved. The vibration damping device is adapted to damp vibrations resulting from a pulsation of torque applied to a rotary member by an oscillating motion of a rolling member connected with the rotary member while being allowed to rotate relatively therewith. The vibration damping device is provided with a casing member enclosing the rolling member, and a sealing member that connects the casing member with the rotary member in a manner such that the rotary member is allowed to rotate relatively with the casing member, while preventing oil from entering into an inner space of the casing member where the rolling member is held to oscillate.
US09958024B2
In an elastic partition member, a movable diaphragm outer circumferential section for supporting an outer circumference of an elastic movable diaphragm is formed integral with a relief valve. The elastic movable diaphragm is integrally formed with the elastic movable diaphragm. An upward circular arc projection that extends upwardly is provided on an upper part of the movable diaphragm outer circumferential section, and is fixed by a fixing portion provided in an upper member of a partition. A portion in the vicinity of a base portion of the relief valve is formed as a rectilinear unsupported portion that is flush with the elastic movable diaphragm. The base portion extends rectilinearly along the unsupported portion. When being opened, the relief valve is easily bent by the rectilinear base portion and is elastically deformable large enough to extend above the unsupported portion.
US09958018B2
A transmission device that includes a first clutch that includes a first clutch drum, a first piston, and a first engagement oil chamber; and a second clutch that includes a second clutch drum fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the first clutch drum, a second piston, and a second engagement oil chamber.
US09958012B2
The second lip has an annular protrusion formed at one end portion in a thickness direction of a lip tip portion configured to be in sliding contact with the slinger and protruding in the thickness direction, and a thickness of the lip tip portion is formed thicker than a thickness of a lip part except for the protrusion. The protrusion is formed to be reduced in width toward the tip-side in the thickness direction and configures a sliding contact part configured to be in linearly sliding contact with the slinger. The circular plate part of the slinger is formed tilted toward the seal member in the axial direction, and the slinger has an annular flange part integrally formed therewith by bending a tip of the circular plate part so as to axially cover an area above the sliding contact part of the seal member.
US09958008B2
A bearing may include a substrate and a metallic layer disposed in contact with the substrate. An adhesive layer may be disposed in contact with the metallic layer. A supporting layer may be disposed in contact with the adhesive layer. According to an example, a polymer layer may be disposed in contact with the adhesive layer. According to another example, a polymer layer may be disposed in contact with the supporting layer.
US09958007B2
A slide bearing, in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, includes a groove circumferentially provided at the axial end of a lower halved member and a recess provided on an axially outer periphery of the groove, where a circumferential length of the recess is formed to be shorter than a length of the groove. The recess is formed such that its upstream end in the axial rotation direction aligns with an upstream end in the rotation direction of the groove. The recess is formed such that its downstream end in the rotation direction is located upstream relative to the circumferential center of the groove.
US09958006B2
The invention relates to a split bearing arrangement (1) with a bearing block (2) comprising counter clamping surfaces (5) and a bearing cover (3) comprising clamping surfaces (4), wherein the bearing cover (2) is connected to the bearing block (3) by means of bolt-like connecting elements mounted in bores (8) in the clamping surfaces (4) and/or comprising at least one projection (13) per clamping surface (4), which can be pushed into the counter clamping surface (5) of the bearing block (2), wherein the clamping surfaces (4) of the bearing cover (2) or the counter clamping surfaces (5) of the bearing block (2) are oriented obliquely at an angle not equal to 90° to the longitudinal extension of the connecting elements and/or the projections (13) are arranged respectively at a distance (16) of at least 150% of a maximum height (17) of the projections (19) over the clamping surfaces (4) from the bore (8) and/or a side wall of the bearing cover (3).
US09958004B2
A variable length connecting rod which can change the effective length comprises a connecting rod body, an eccentric member which is attached at the small end to the connecting rod body to be able to swivel and which changes the effective length of a variable length connecting rod when swiveled, one piston mechanism which has one hydraulic cylinder which is provided in the connecting rod body and one hydraulic piston which slides in the hydraulic cylinder, a direction switching mechanism which switches between supply and discharge of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder, and a hydraulic fluid supply source which supplies the hydraulic cylinder with hydraulic fluid. The piston mechanism is configured so that the eccentric member swivels in one direction if hydraulic fluid is supplied to the hydraulic cylinder and so that the eccentric member swivels in the other direction if hydraulic fluid is discharged from the hydraulic cylinder.
US09957991B2
A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block, together with a single bolt to secure them in place. Each of the side blocks as an inclined wedge surface, and the T-shaped clamping block has similarly sloped wedge surfaces along the sides of the leg of the T. When a bolt this passed through side legs of the side blocks, and through or under the clamping block, a sliding and wedging action between the inclined and sloped wedge surfaces occurs. Moreover, a clamping action between the top surface of the clamping block and the lower surface of the lower flanges of the I-beam is also induced.
US09957981B1
A turbocharger includes a turbine wheel portion to receive exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger shaft coupled to and rotatable by the turbine wheel portion, the turbocharger shaft extending along a longitudinal axis, and a compressor wheel portion coupled to and rotatable by the turbocharger shaft. The compressor wheel portion includes a symmetrical leading edge region facing airflow and an imbalance correction region disposed longitudinally inboard from the symmetrical leading edge region and extending radially inward to correct an imbalance of the turbocharger shaft and to reduce aero-acoustic noises.
US09957977B1
A tool for installing a flexible impeller within a water pump includes a sleeve having a diameter smaller than an initial diameter of an impeller in a relaxed state, a support extending about an end of the sleeve, and a translation assembly engaged with the support and configured for translating a pushing surface of the translation assembly. In operation, an impeller is contracted into a constrained state and placed in the sleeve, the sleeve is then positioned proximal or in engagement with an opening of the water pump, and the translation assembly is translated such that the pushing surface pushes the impeller into the engine assembly as the translation assembly is translated.
US09957968B2
A system is disclosed for measuring displacement of a regulation system for a variable pitch axial fan. The system includes a hub having a plurality of adjustable pitch fan blades. A hydraulic cylinder is connected to the hub. A piston is disposed within the hydraulic cylinder. The piston is coupled to a piston shaft that is axially movable with respect to the hub. The piston shaft is coupled to an actuation assembly for adjusting the pitch of the plurality of adjustable pitch fan blades in response to an axial movement of the piston. A rotating oil union includes a housing and an interior element, the interior element coupled to the hydraulic cylinder so that rotation of the cylinder and the hub causes rotation of the interior element. The rotating oil union includes a static housing and a central probe fixed to the static housing. The central probe extends through respective openings in the interior element, the hydraulic cylinder, and the piston. The central probe is configured to sense an axial position of the piston and to generate a signal representative of said axial position. A method for using the system is also disclosed.
US09957960B2
A system and method for pumping fluid using a pump cassette is disclosed. The system includes a control assembly for operating the pump cassette. A force assembly having a movable member is capable of applying force to the pump cassette to press the pump cassette against the control assembly. The movable member may be an expandable member, such as a bladder.
US09957957B2
A plate spring is attached to the distal-end portion of a piston. The distance L1 between the distal-end portion of a plunger and a core (recessed portion) that faces the distal-end portion of the plunger is set to be shorter than the distance L2 between the distal-end portion (plate spring) of the piston and the projecting end surface of a valve main body that faces the distal-end portion of the piston with drive of a solenoid portion stopped. Consequently, when the solenoid portion is driven, the plate spring collides against the projecting end surface of the valve main body so that the plunger does not collide against the core. As a result, a shock applied to the piston can be absorbed by the elastic force of the plate spring, which suppresses generation of a sound of collision.
US09957956B1
The present invention covers systems and methods for priming a canister fluid filtration system. It utilizes the push and pull caused by the movement of a piston of a priming pump between two openings in the chamber of the priming pump, to push the air out of the canister and introduces fluid into it, thereby achieving the purpose of priming the fluid filtration system.
US09957953B2
A root bushing for a blade root of a wind turbine rotor blade, including a cylindrical bushing body and a flat contact body is provided. The contact body is provided on a face of the bushing body. This has the advantage that due to the provision of the contact body, the contact area between the root bushing and the pitch bearing is increased. In another embodiment, the root bushing includes a central bore which protrudes through the bushing body and the contact body. In another embodiment, an outer wall of the bushing body is provided with a connection structure for connecting the root bushing to a composite material of the wind turbine rotor blade.
US09957941B1
A disclosed method of automatically stopping and restarting a vehicle engine determines if one or more stop/start enablement condition has been met. If the stop/start enablement condition or conditions have been met, the method initiates an engine shutdown. If a restart request is made before the engine comes to a complete stop, an intermittent engine restart is initiated.
US09957938B2
An injector has an inlet body. A cup is in a bottomed tubular shape to hold the inlet body. The cup has a sidewall defining first apertures and second apertures. A first pin is inserted in the first apertures. A second pin is inserted in the second apertures. The first pin and the second pin are configured to hold the inlet body and to restrict rotation of the inlet body relative to the cup.
US09957936B2
A combustion chamber injection nozzle (12) having a plurality of injection channels (37) for a main fuel gas, a pre-combustion chamber, and a plurality of torch channels (52) for hot combustion gas connected to the pre-combustion chamber (15), the injection channels (37) and the torch channels (52) communicating with peripheral openings arranged next to one another so as to alternate in a circumferential direction.
US09957935B2
Methods are provided for controlling a solenoid spill valve of a direct injection fuel pump, wherein the solenoid spill valve is energized and de-energized according to certain conditions. An example control strategy is provided for operating the direct injection fuel pump when fuel vapor is detected at an inlet of the direct injection fuel pump. To ensure pump effectiveness during the presence of fuel vapor, the solenoid spill valve may be maintained energized for a minimum angular duration past a top-dead-center position of a piston in the direct injection fuel pump.
US09957930B2
An apparatus and a method for charging an LPG fuel vehicle are provided to charge a LPG tank with LPG fuel by decreasing part of pressure in the LPG tank when pressure in the LPG tank, which stores the LPG fuel, is greater than charging pressure. That is, pressure in the LPG tank is decreased to be equal to or lower than charging pressure of a charger and the LPG tank with LPG fuel is charged more smoothly from the charger, by capturing part of the LPG fuel in the LPG tank and allowing the LPG fuel to be combusted in the engine when pressure in the LPG tank of the vehicle is greater than LPG charging pressure of the charger.
US09957928B2
A supercharging system for a combustion engine of a motorcycle includes a supercharger which pressurizes intake air and supplies the intake air to the combustion engine, an air intake chamber which is connected to downstream of the supercharger, a relief passage which relieves the high-pressure intake air within the air intake chamber, and a relief valve which is provided on the relief passage. The air intake chamber is disposed above the combustion engine, and the relief passage is disposed below an upper end of the air intake chamber. The relief passage is connected to a front surface of the air intake chamber.
US09957920B2
Methods and systems for accurate and precise fuel supply control for continuous-flow of gaseous fuel to an internal combustion engine over a large dynamic power range, including a dual-stage valve that allows optimal control—a first stage in the form of a voice-coil driven electronic pressure regulator, and a second stage in the form of a voice-coil-driven choked-flow valve; monitoring the pressure of the fuel intermediate the two stages and making appropriate adjustments to the first stage via a pressure actuator loop; feeding the gaseous fuel mixture through a unitary block assembly into the second stage; monitoring the pressure of the air/fuel mixture and making appropriate adjustments to the second stage via a valve actuator control loop.
US09957913B2
A control device for a compression-ignited internal combustion engine includes a nozzle that includes plural injection holes arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction and that directly injects fuel to a combustion chamber, a piston that includes a cavity with an inner circumferential side surface to which a distance from the nozzle varies in the circumferential direction, a first injection hole for injecting fuel to a portion of the inner circumferential side surface to which the distance from the nozzle is the largest out of the plural injection holes, a second injection hole for injecting fuel to a portion of the inner circumferential side surface to which the distance from the nozzle is the smallest out of the plural injection holes, a detection unit that detects a heat release rate in the combustion chamber, and a control unit that determines which of the first and second injection holes is abnormal.
US09957910B2
A diagnostic system for an engine includes: a plurality of cylinders, in-cylinder injectors, port injectors and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit configured to make an abnormality diagnosis of an air-fuel ratio due to the in-cylinder injectors and then to make an abnormality diagnosis of the air-fuel ratio due to the port injectors. The electronic control unit is configured to make an abnormality diagnosis of the air-fuel ratio due to the in-cylinder injectors in an operating situation in which fuel is injected from only the in-cylinder injectors, and to make an abnormality diagnosis of the air-fuel ratio due to the port injectors by increasing a ratio of an injection amount of the port injectors when the electronic control unit has diagnosed that there is an abnormality of the air-fuel ratio in an operating situation in which fuel is injected from both the in-cylinder injectors and the port injectors.
US09957905B2
An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a forced induction device, an ejector device, a blow-by gas passage, and a controller. The ejector device has an ejector and a drive gas passage connected to an intake passage of the engine in a manner bypassing a compressor of the forced induction device. The controller is adapted to execute a temperature raising control when the controller determines that condensate water is likely to freeze in the ejector device. In the temperature raising control, the controller raises intake air pressure in a downstream portion of the intake passage with respect to the compressor compared to when the controller determines that the condensate water is unlikely to freeze and adjusts an intake air amount of the engine to restrain increase of the intake air amount that would be caused by increase in the intake air pressure.
US09957902B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that include operating an isothermal compression based combustion (IsoC) engine by injecting isothermally compressed air into a combustion engine immediately prior to a combustion event in order to increase the efficiency of the engine, improve emissions, and substantially eliminate autoignition and associated design constraints. The IsoC engine utilizes an intercooled compressor to isothermally compress air that is stored in a plurality of capacitance tanks prior to delivery of the compressed air to the combustion engine. The IsoC engine allows combustion to be selectively terminated to increase fuel efficiency, thereby resulting in a hybrid compressed air-motor and internal combustion operated IsoC engine.
US09957899B1
A starter air valve comprising: a housing comprising an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end opposite the first end, and a center portion between first and second end, the outlet being fluidly connected to the inlet through a fluid passage; a first piston located within the housing between the first end and center portion, the first piston comprising: a first cupped portion configured to form a first chamber with the housing proximate the first end; and a second piston located within the housing between the second end and center portion, the second piston comprises: a third cupped portion configured to form a third chamber with the housing proximate the second end; wherein the first piston is configured to regulate airflow through the fluid passage by adjusting at least one of a first pressure within the first chamber and a third pressure within the third chamber.
US09957895B2
A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a compressor section, a combustor section with a multiple of pre-swirlers, a diffuser case module, and a manifold. The diffuser case module includes a multiple of struts within an annular flow path from said compressor section to said combustor section, wherein at least one of said multiple of struts defines a mid-span pre-diffuser inlet in communication with said annular flow path. The manifold is in communication with said mid-span pre-diffuser inlet and said multiple of pre-swirlers.
US09957894B2
An airfoil component is described herein. The airfoil component may include an OD platform comprising a gaspath face and a non-gaspath face coupled together via a plurality of cooling holes. The airfoil component may include an airfoil extending in from the outer diameter platform. The plurality of cooling holes comprises a plurality of groups of cooling holes disposed in the outer diameter platform proximate a suction side of the airfoil and a pressure side of the airfoil.
US09957892B2
The invention relates to systems enabling the use of cryogenic fuels within combustion engines, including jet engines.
US09957891B2
Cooling flow recirculation in fuel manifolds, such as fuel manifolds associated with gas turbine engines is disclosed. An example system for jet pump driven recirculation of manifold cooling flow according to at least some aspects of the present disclosure may include a flow split valve having a spool valve disposed therein, the flow split valve having a pilot manifold and a main manifold attached thereto; a jet pump fluidically coupled to the pilot manifold, the jet pump being arranged to drive recirculation of a cooling flow through the main manifold via a cooling flow circuit in a pilot only mode of operation; and/or a fuel nozzle in fluid communication with the pilot manifold and the main manifold.
US09957889B2
An aeroengine is provided with a splitter apparatus disposed in a section of an inlet duct. The splitter apparatus can be actuated from a stowed position to a deployed position to allow splitter(s) to selectively move from out of the inlet flow to a position extending into the inlet duct to divide the inlet flow into multiple passages.
US09957885B2
An internal combustion engine includes first and second common rails each having a metering or pressure regulating valve, with the valves settable at different pressure values from one another. Rotors are each sealingly and rotationally received within a respective cavity to define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume. The engine includes for each of the rotors a pilot subchamber in communication with the respective cavity, a pilot fuel injector in communication with the pilot subchamber, an ignition element positioned to ignite fuel within the pilot subchamber, and a main fuel injector in communication with the respective cavity at a location spaced apart from the pilot subchamber. Each main fuel injector is in fluid communication with the first common rail and each pilot fuel injector is in fluid communication with the second common rail. A method of combusting fuel in an internal combustion engine is also provided.
US09957873B2
A sensor includes a detector element including a detecting portion and an element back portion on which two or more electrical connection terminal portions are formed; two or more connection terminals which each include an oblong frame main body that extends in an axial direction and an element contact portion that is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the electrical connection terminal portions; a separator that accommodates the connection terminals and the element back portion; and a base that surrounds an outer periphery of the separator. The separator includes a partition wall that is made of a resin material and partitions a plurality of accommodation spaces from each other. The accommodation spaces include an element accommodation space that accommodates portions of the element contact portions and the element back portion, and a plurality of terminal accommodation spaces which each accommodate one of the two or more frame main bodies.
US09957863B2
An exhaust conduit for a marine exhaust system includes an inlet end portion connectable to an exhaust manifold, an outlet end portion that directs exhaust gases toward an exhaust system outlet, a catalytic converter assembly arranged between the inlet and outlet end portions, and inner and outer tubes. The inner tube directs exhaust gases from the exhaust manifold to the catalytic converter assembly, and the outer tube surrounds the inner tube to define a cooling liquid passage between the inner and outer tubes. A flange is secured to the inner and outer tubes at inlet ends thereof, the flange being connectable to an outlet of the exhaust manifold. The inner tube has a uniform diameter between the flange and the catalytic converter assembly, and is welded to the flange independently of the outer tube. First and second welds join the inner and outer tubes to the flange at radially inner and outer faces, respectively, of a flange rim.
US09957852B2
A sprocket assembly which is either driven by a drive chain or which drives the drive chain includes a hub centered about a sprocket axis and defining a hub radially outer surface; a plurality of sprocket teeth extending radially outward from the hub; and a cushion ring assembly adjacent to the plurality of sprocket teeth and circumferentially surrounding the hub radially outer surface. The cushion ring assembly includes a cushion ring adjacent to the plurality of sprocket teeth and circumferentially surrounding the hub radially outer surface; the cushion ring being resilient and compliant. The cushion ring assembly also each includes a retention ring which is partially embedded within the cushion ring and which engages the hub radially outer surface in an interference fit, the retention ring providing axial and radial retention of the cushion ring to the hub.
US09957850B2
A method of controlling a lock pin of a CVVT (continuous variable valve timing) system is provided. The method includes an oil supply operation of operating a spool of a valve bolt by means of oil drawn into the CVVT system and supplying the oil to the lock pin and a switching valve. The method further includes a switching-valve opening operation of opening the switching valve by means of pressure of the oil supplied in the oil supply operation, and a lock-pin releasing operation of supplying oil to a chamber when the switching valve opens and releasing the lock-pin when there is no difference in oil pressure between an advanced chamber and a retracted chamber.
US09957835B2
A fan track liner assembly for a ducted fan engine which provides for ease of installation and replacement. The assembly includes a plurality of panels; and a plurality of fastening members which are arranged to secure the panels to the fan case of the engine, wherein: each fastening member has a base portion and an elongate arm member, and further wherein: the base portion has an attachment portion which is used to secure the fastening member to the fan case; and the arm member extends from the base portion, and each panel has slotted edge portions on opposing edges at one end of the panel which are each arranged to engage with respective arm members of fastening members on either side of the panel when the panel is assembled with the fastening members by sliding the panel onto the fastening members or vice-versa.
US09957832B2
A gas turbine engine includes a shaft and a turbine configured to drive the shaft. The turbine has at least one stage comprising a plurality of turbine vanes interspersed with a plurality of turbine blades. The plurality of vanes includes at least one variable vane movable between a closed position to reduce air flow and an open position to increase air flow. Movement of the at least one variable vane is controlled based on an engine limiting condition.
US09957824B2
A stationary guide vane includes a top platform, a bottom platform, and a vane body located between the top platform and the bottom platform. The vane body includes one or more cavities formed on a side wall of the vane body. One or more of the cavities are filled with vibration damping material and a vane cover is bonded to the vane body over the one or more containers.
US09957813B2
A gas turbine engine blade includes a platform arranged between a root and an airfoil. A cooling passage extends from the root through the platform to the airfoil. The cooling passage includes an inlet that splits into first and second branches that rejoin one another in a platform passage arranged in the platform. An airfoil passage extends from the platform passage and is arranged in the platform.
US09957809B2
A layer system including a substrate and a layer is provided. The layer system has a hole at least in the layer, and wherein at least one recess is present in a surface of the layer in a vicinity around the hole or directly adjoining a boundary line of the hole.
US09957807B2
A rotor assembly having a plurality of scoops disposed in a circumferential array, the scoops extending from an inner surface of the outer wall of the flow path along a radial distance smaller than a radial distance between the inner and outer walls of the flow path. Each of the scoops forms a closed channel from an inlet to an outlet with the inlet and outlet being axially spaced from one another, the outlet being upstream of and adjacent the annular blade path. A gas turbine engine and method of reducing tip vortices in a rotor assembly are also discussed.
US09957800B2
The invention relates to a horizontal agitator for producing a flow in a clarifier, a submersible motor (1) and a propeller (3) drivingly connected thereto forming an assembly unit (M), wherein a receiving portion (A) for removably attaching the assembly unit (M) is provided and can be supported on the bottom (Bo) of the clarifier, and wherein a guide for guiding the assembly unit (M) along a substantially vertical movement path between a surfacing position above a maximum nominal sewage level (N) defined for the clarifier and the receiving portion (A) is provided. In order to improve the efficiency of the horizontal agitator and to reduce complexity of manufacture, the guide is formed by at least one first cable (S) extending between the surfacing position and the receiving portion (A).
US09957794B2
A detector for use in cementing a tubular string in a wellbore includes: a tubular mandrel; an electronics package fastened to an outer surface of the mandrel; a first transducer: fastened to the mandrel outer surface, in communication with the electronics package, and operable to generate ultrasonic pulses; a second transducer: fastened to the mandrel outer surface, in communication with the electronics package, and operable to receive the ultrasonic pulses; and an antenna fastened to the mandrel outer surface and in communication with the electronics package.
US09957788B2
Fluid injection tools for use in a wellbore can be configured on-site prior to run-in and can be opened or closed on demand when positioned in the well. A fluid injection tool can be used to provide steam to a wellbore annulus during a steam assisted gravity drainage procedure. Nozzles in the tool through which the steam escapes can be individually plugged to enable fine-tuning of steam output to match a desired steam output for that particular tool's location within the wellbore. A sliding side door can be actuated, such as by a shifting tool inserted within the inner diameter of the fluid injection tool, to enable or disable steam output from the fluid injection tool.
US09957785B2
A bypass plunger combines a unitary or one-piece hollow body-and-valve cage, retains a dart valve within the valve cage portion of the hollow body using a threaded retaining nut secured by crimple detents. A series of helical grooves surround the central portion of the outer surface of the hollow body of the plunger to control spin during descent. A canted-coil-spring disposed within the retaining nut functions as a clutch. The valve cage includes ports that may be configured to control flow through the plunger during ascent. Other embodiments include clutch assemblies using canted-coil springs with split bobbins, and valve stems surfaced to achieve specific functions.
US09957782B1
A screen filter assembly is disclosed. The screen filter assembly has an upper screen housing and a lower screen housing, both of which contain screens to filter solids from dirty production fluid. The lower screen housing has a plurality of rings that seal off the area between the upper screen housing and the lower screen housing, thereby preventing any cleaned fluid produced by the lower screen housing from mixing with any contaminated fluid above it. The screen filter assembly filters dirty production fluid in order to keep the solids off of the plunger.
US09957772B2
A valve assembly for wellbore, downhole or intervention operations, such as for subsea wellbore operations includes a rotatable valve member having a passage formed therein. The valve assembly is reconfigurable between a first configuration in which the passage is aligned or alignable with a first conduit, and a second configuration in which the passage is misaligned or misalignable with the first conduit, so as to cut or sever and/or clamp apparatus present in the valve member passage prior to reconfiguration. The assembly is configured to apply a maximum cutting force at a particular phase or stage of the reconfiguration.
US09957770B2
An annular blowout preventer includes a body, a piston disposed within the body, and a packing unit disposed adjacent the piston. The packing unit includes an packer body surrounding an opening. The packer body is fabricated from a first material. The packing unit further includes a second material disposed between the packer body and the opening, the second material being less rigid than the first material. The packer body and the second material constrict the opening when the annular blowout preventer is actuated. The second material creates a seal around a tool disposed within the opening. The second material fills in one or more crevices or recesses on an outer perimeter of the tool.
US09957766B2
There are provided using deuterium oxide as a media for transmitting high power lasers to perform laser operations, such as cutting, boring and drilling, a target material. High power laser beams are transmitted through a deuterium oxide beam path to a target material, including material in a pressure containment vessel.
US09957761B2
A downhole drilling device (1) may include a drill bit rotatable via a drill string (11); a guiding device (4) provided between said drill bit and said drill string (11), said guiding device (4) being connected to and operable independently from said drill string (11); and a power source (5) for powering said guiding device (4). The downhole drilling device (1) may include an inductive coupler (6, 6′) having a primary side (61) and a secondary side (63), said inductive coupler (6, 6′) being adapted to transfer power from said power source (5), connected to the primary side (61) of said inductive coupler (6, 6′), to said guiding device (4), connected to the secondary side (63) of said inductive coupler (6, 6′).
US09957760B2
A seal bore protector for protecting a seal bore of a rotating control device (RCD) is provided. The seal bore protector includes a cylindrical body, a throughbore extending through the cylindrical body, and a sealing element disposed around an external surface of the cylindrical body. The sealing element includes a first sealing ring, a second sealing ring, and a sealed area between the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring. The sealed area is fluidly coupled with a port when the seal bore protector is installed in the rotating control device.
US09957755B2
Example systems described herein may include a housing 201 and an offsetable drive shaft 202 coupled to a drill bit 203 and at least partially disposed within the housing 201. The offset angle of the offsetable drive shaft 202 may determine an angle of the drill bit face. A motor 204 may be coupled to the housing 201 that, when activated, independently rotates the housing 201. By independently counter-rotating the housing 201 relative to a drill string during drilling operations, the angular orientation of the offsetable drive shaft 202 and drill bit 203 may remain geo-stationary with respect to the surrounding formation, without requiring that the housing 201 engage a borehole wall.
US09957754B2
A method of operating a directional drill rig from a remote location may involve the steps of: Issuing instructions from a remote location using a remote communications system; receiving said instructions at a drill site location using an on-site communications system; applying said instructions to a directional drill rig; and communicating directional drill rig data from the drill site location to the remote location using the remote and on-site communications systems.
US09957751B2
Blind assembly comprising a shade material, a winding core and/or a bottom rail, and compensation means. The shade material is attached to the winding core and/or the bottom rail by attaching the compensation means to the shade material in a first condition in which the compensation means extend along a first line with a first shape. The compensation means can be attached to the winding core and/or the bottom rail in a second condition in which the first line has a second shape, different from the first shape. As a result, the shade material is loaded with compensation forces that can counteract any sagging forces exerted on the shade material by the sagging winding core and/or bottom rail.
US09957748B2
A sealing assembly includes a door and a seal. The door includes a flexible body that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The seal is movable between an engaged position in which the seal is positioned in engagement with a portion of the flexible body when the flexible body is in the closed position and a disengaged position in which the seal moves away from the portion of the flexible body as the flexible body moves from the closed position to the open position such that the flexible body is spaced from the seal to minimize frictional engagement with the seal.
US09957743B2
A slow-closing door hinge, includes a first foldout and a second foldout having a shaft sleeve respectively. A fixed rod mounted in the sleeve of the first foldout, and a rotating rod mounted in the sleeve of the second foldout are connected by a connecting rod. The connecting rod and the fixed rod are movably connected, with a hollow groove at the joint. A restoring spring in contact with the fixed rod and fixed to the connecting rod in the hollow groove. The connecting rod is connected with the rotating rod in a coaxial, rotationally actuating manner. The forward and backward rotation of the fixed rod and the rotating rod cooperates with the restoring spring to drive the connecting rod in a reciprocal motion within the shaft sleeve.
US09957739B1
Bonded or slide on sleeve and cover devices, and replacement gate latches and methods for preventing injury with oar, fork and U-shaped gate latches that are pivotally attached to fixed support post next to an opening in a fence. The sleeves and covers and replacement oar, fork and U-shaped gate latches have enlarged blunt tips that can include bulbous, dome and ball shapes that prevent injury from children or adults that come into contact with the gate latches.
US09957736B2
An electrical latch assembly for a vehicle door is provided. The assembly includes an electrical housing having a fluid-tight open interior and an opening. A printed circuit board is disposed in the fluid-tight open interior between the first and second cover pieces and includes an electrical control unit. A latch mechanism is connected with the electrical housing around the opening and includes an electric motor. At least one electrical connector extends from the printed circuit board through the opening and establishes an electrical connection between the printed circuit board in the open interior of the electrical housing and the electric motor of the latch mechanism.
US09957729B2
A wood support protection device for protecting wood supports from water damage includes a tube that defines an interior space. The tube has a top and a bottom. The top is open. The top is complementary to a lower end of a wood support. A plurality of rods is coupled to and extends substantially perpendicularly between opposing sides of the tube. A plurality of slots is positioned in the tube adjacent to the bottom. The top is configured to insert the lower end of the wood support into the interior space. The rods are configured to retain the wooden support above the bottom of the tube. The slots are positioned in the tube such that the slots are configured to drain water from the interior space. The wood support is protected from damage and rot caused by exposure of the lower end of the wood support to water.
US09957724B2
A support for installing facing materials such as ceramic tiles on a substrate such as floors, walls and ceilings wherein the support plate has a plurality of spaced apart recesses in the plate material, with the recesses being open at the top surface and have solid sidewalls and a base, and a plurality of slots in the non-recessed portions of the plate material extending through the top surface and bottom surface, the slots joining one or more adjacent recesses. The support plate of the invention is used for tile installations between the substrate and such tile. Thin-set mortar that is used to secure the tile to the support plate flows into the recesses and into the slots forming a continuous bond between the mortar and the adjacent slots providing for a strong bond between the support plate, mortar and the tiles.
US09957713B2
A retention housing for receiving at least one load transfer member is provided. In some embodiments, the retention housing and load transfer member may be included in a sandwich wall panel or a double wall panel. The load transfer member may transfer loads between first and second concrete elements. The retention housing may include first and second retention members, at least one guide member, and a size indicator for aligning the retention members with respect to each other. The guide member may retain the load transfer member at a predetermined angle. In some embodiments, the size indicator may correspond to the thickness of an insulation layer, such as in a sandwich wall panel. The retention housing may further include at least one depth locating means. A retention housing including first and second retention members may further include means for connecting the first and second retention members, such as in an aligned position.
US09957712B1
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a purlin. The purlin can include a steel structure having a pair of outer flanges flaring away from a support surface for defining outer edges of the purlin. Connected to respective inner edges of the outer flanges along bent edges can be a pair of supports. The supports can be configured to engage a support surface and define a lower surface of the purlin. Connected to respective inner edges of the supports can be a pair of support webs that extend away from the support surface.
US09957707B1
A balloon and floral arch adapted for receiving balloons and floral arrangements thereon. The arch is made up of a plurality of light weight, clear plastic, outer tubes, typically in 5 feet sections. The outer tubes are joined together end to end and formed into an arch. The arch can be 25 feet, 35 feet and greater. The outer tubes are used to receive a light weight, clear plastic inner tube with a string of LED lights. Opposite ends of the arch are attached to a pair of heavy, metal base plates for holding the arch upright on a floor surface. The string of lights can be powered by a 12 volt DC battery or a 110 AC electrical outlet. The arch can also include a remote control switch box for turning the lights on and off and starting blinking lights, fast or slow.
US09957703B2
An extraction system for removing unpleasant odor includes a housing having front and rear walls and side walls interconnecting the front and rear walls. The depth of the housing from the front to the rear wall is substantially less than distances across the front and rear walls from one side to the other thereof. A centrifugal fan is mounted to the housing with an axis of the fan being perpendicular to the rear wall. The fan has an axial air inlet located centrally of the front wall for receiving odor-laden air and an air outlet from the fan is tangential to the fan and coupled to discharge air to atmosphere from the extraction system. An absorbent filter unit is located within the housing downstream of the fan and includes an absorbent mass and a perfume source. Air discharged to atmosphere is both substantially free of the odor and scented via the absorbent filter unit.
US09957699B2
A shower head that includes a stem, a spray head coupled to the stem and including a plurality of outlets for discharging water into at least one spray pattern, and a valve provided within one of the stem and the spray head. The valve has a body including a waterway located therein for water to flow through, and a flow control valve located within the body and configured to control the flow of water to the plurality of outlets. The shower head also includes an electric heater extending through at least a portion of the body of the valve and configured to heat at least a portion of the body to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms within the waterway.
US09957696B2
A cap for removably attaching to a head of a fastener includes a main body having an open end and defining a hollow interior. The cap also includes an end section forming a closed end of the main body. The cap further includes a hollow inner portion connecting to an inner surface of the end section and extending through the hollow interior toward the open end of the main body. The inner portion is spaced from the main body, and the inner portion has a distal end configured to be inserted into an opening in the head of the fastener.
US09957691B2
A wear component for a ground engaging tool includes a mounting portion having a first surface, a second surface, and a thickness between the first surface and the second surface. The mounting portion is connectable to a mounting assembly of the ground engaging tool. The wear component also includes at least one wear portion connected to the mounting portion and forming at least one ground engaging edge. The at least one wear portion has at least one first surface including at least one groove extending from the at least one ground engaging edge toward the mounting portion, at least one second surface, and at least one thickness between the at least one first surface and the at least one second surface. A maximum of the at least one thickness of the at least one wear portion is larger than a maximum of the thickness of the mounting portion.
US09957689B2
A tilt bucket may include a front structure having an outer surface, the front structure including a base plate with a bottom surface. The tilt bucket may include a bottom edge and a curved wrapper extending between the base plate and the bottom edge. A ratio of a maximum distance between the curved wrapper and a first line extending from the bottom edge to the tangent point on the outer surface of the front structure, taken substantially perpendicularly from the first line, relative to a length of the first line, may be about 0.64 to 0.70.
US09957685B2
A stake assembly provides an earth anchor and includes a stake having a longitudinal axis and an upper portion and a lower portion. The stake is attached to a cup having a sidewall defining a closed perimeter and a top wall substantially closing the sidewall, the sidewall having an open bottom end. The stake passes through the top wall with the upper portion above the top wall and the lower portion below the top wall. When the stake is pounded or screwed into the ground the cup captures soil which adds resistance to the stake being removed from the ground. One embodiment has the cup at an oblique angle to the top wall.
US09957680B1
The handheld snow melter is a handheld propane or stabilized methylacetylene-propadiene fueled parabolic heated intended for use in removing snow and ice. The handheld propane or stabilized methylacetylene-propadiene torch is used to heat a ceramic cone. The ceramic cone is mounted in a parabolic reflector that is used to direct the heat towards the snow or ice targeted by the user. The handheld snow meiter comprises a reflector, a torch attachment, and a grip.
US09957677B2
Method and device for disposal of waste including, without limitation, human or animal waste. Disposal device includes a bag-like member coupled to an absorbent member. The bag-like member may be folded for compact storage prior to use and unfolded during use thereof. A method for collecting, removing, and/or disposing of waste utilizing the disposal device including the steps of: unfolding the bag-like member; inserting a hand therein; collecting waste with the absorbent member; inverting the bag-like member so as to effectively wrap the absorbent member and waste within the bag-like member; optionally sealing the bag-like member; and disposing of the disposal device, the waste contained within the disposal device.
US09957676B2
A roadway joint device for providing a drivable joint section between a road and an adjoining structure, particularly a bridge structure, includes at least one joint element placed on a sliding surface adjacent to the bridge structure. A longitudinal axis of the joint element is arranged substantially parallel to a plane of the roadway and a bridge end section of the bridge structure. Joint gaps with a specified gap width are arranged between the joint element and the adjoining bridge end section and/or an adjoining retaining device arranged at a distance to the bridge end section. The joint element is attached to at least one rod, the rod being arranged substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the bridge structure, anchored at one rod end in the bridge structure and another rod end thereof in the retaining device.
US09957668B2
A tamping assembly for a track tamping machine has a pair of tamping tools arranged on a carrier (2) so it is vertically adjustable in a tamping assembly frame and is designed as a rocker arm, the lower tamping pick ends (5) of which, which plunge into a ballast bed (4), are drivable in opposite directions using an oscillation drive (6) and can be fed hydraulically toward one another. To increase the stability of the tamping assembly, a hydraulic cylinder (11) and a distance sensor (12) for determining the hydraulic cylinder position are associated with each of the tamping tools (3) of a tamping tool pair, wherein the hydraulic cylinders (11) form the feed drive and also the oscillation drive (6) of the tamping tools (3) and the hydraulic cylinders (11) are activated in dependence on the distance sensor signal.
US09957666B2
A clothing, in particular for use in a press section of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web, such as a paper, cardboard, or tissue web, includes a base structure and at least one staple-fiber layer which is disposed on the base structure and is connected thereto. The clothing is assembled from a plurality of strips which are provided in the form of planar formations having a proportion of the base structure and a proportion of the at least one staple-fiber layer. Two mutually opposite edges of the strips have seam loops which are each connected to seam loops of the edges of adjacent strips. The edges having the seam loops are oriented in a cross-machine direction of the clothing. A method for manufacturing a clothing is also provided.
US09957663B2
A method for transferring an image to a fabric, including providing a recording medium; coating the recording medium with a specialty coating including a silicone release agent, a silicone emulsion catalyst, and a binder; printing an image on the recording medium including the specialty coating, the image being printed using a sublimation ink; adhering a powder adhesive to the image printed on the recording medium while the image is in a wet state; transferring the recording medium including powder adhesive and image to the fabric; and hot-pressing the powder adhesive and image to the fabric to adhere the powder adhesive and image to the fabric.
US09957661B2
Polymers are described having repeat units of Formula (I): wherein R3 is H or alkyl group; x and t are positive integers; Q is C(O)O, C(O)NH, or direct bond; D is alkylene, arylene, or (CH2CH2O)n(CH(CH3)CH2O)m; E is O, S, NR5, or direct bond; R5 is H or alkyl; G is the residue of a polyisocyanate; V is a urethane, urea, or thiourea that bonds to other parts of the polymer compound or to a monovalent blocking group; s is 1 to 5; Y is O or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group; A is an alkylene group; w, v, and y are 0 or 1; X is the residue of a cyclic or acyclic sugar alcohol which is substituted with —R1, —C(O)R1, —(CH2CH2O)n(CH(CH3)CH2O)mR2, —(CH2CH2O)n(CH(CH3)CH2O)mC(O)R1, or mixtures thereof; n and m are independently 0 to 20; R1 is independently an alkyl group; and R2 is independently —H or alkyl group.
US09957656B2
A washing machine including a cabinet having a first introduction port, a tub, which is provided in the cabinet and which has a second introduction port that is concentrically positioned with respect to the first introduction port, a cabinet door attached to the cabinet to open and close the first introduction port, a tub door attached to the tub to open and close the second introduction port, and a lock-releasing unit, which is attached to the cabinet to release a locked state of the cabinet door and the tub door.
US09957655B2
The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus (100) including a cabinet (1) having an introduction opening (11) for placing in, and taking out laundry there through, a tub (2) in the cabinet (1) having a tub opening (21) in communication with the introduction opening (11), a dram (3) rotatably provided in the tub (2) to have a drum opening (31) in communication with the tub opening (21) for holding the laundry, and a drum supporter (H, L) for levitating the dram (3) within the tub (2) with repulsive force between a permanent magnet provided to the tub (2) and a permanent magnet provided to the drum (3).
US09957650B1
The tactile sewing system comprises a plurality of fabric pieces with tactile guides that enable the blind, visually and otherwise impaired to independently hand sew fabric using their sense of touch. The tactile sewing system generally comprises a plurality of fabric pieces, each having a tactile border strip defining a tactile edge of the fabric piece whereby the tactile edge can be used by a user to tactilely guide the sewing of a seam at the edge without the need to visually guide the sewing of the seam. In some embodiments, the tactile sewing system is configured in a kit comprising components such as a needle and thread.
US09957639B2
The present invention provides a method for producing an epitaxial silicon carbide wafer comprising epitaxially growing SiC on an SiC substrate to produce an epitaxial SiC wafer during which further reducing stacking faults and comet defects than the conventional technologies to obtain an epitaxial SiC wafer having a high quality epitaxial film. The method for producing the epitaxial silicon carbide wafer is characterized in that a pre-growth atmosphere gas flowing into the growth furnace before the start of epitaxial growth contains hydrogen gas and has a balance of an inert gas and unavoidable impurities, and the hydrogen gas is contained in 0.1 to 10.0 vol % with respect to the inert gas.
US09957638B2
A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: preparing a silicon carbide single crystal substrate having a flatness with an average roughness of 0.2 nm or less; gas-etching a surface of the silicon carbide single crystal substrate under an atmosphere of a reducing gas; and forming a silicon carbide layer on the gas-etched surface of the silicon carbide single crystal substrate, wherein an etching rate of the gas etching is made in a range of 0.5 μm/hour or faster to 2.0 μm/hour or slower.
US09957632B2
Methods for electrochemical deposition of a metal coating on a metal substrate are described. The method may use an ionic liquid as an electrolyte, and the substrate may comprise a first metallic element. Method steps may include pretreating the substrate by etching in an ionic liquid containing metal ions of a second metallic element, removing metal ions of the first metallic element from the substrate, wherein the metal ions of the first metallic element are received by the ionic liquid, depositing a transition layer on the substrate from the ionic liquid, wherein metal ions of the first and second metallic elements are incorporated in the transition layer, and depositing a coating on the transition layer by electrochemical deposition from an ionic liquid containing ions of the second metallic element.
US09957629B2
A modified electroplated nickel-based metallic alloy coating and method of forming the same is provided. The electroplated coatings exhibit unique microstructure and composition which improves performance over conventional metallic materials. The coatings have significantly higher strength at elevated service temperatures.
US09957620B2
Methods for simultaneously decarboxylating carbohydrate acids and reducing carbohydrate aldehydes in a divided electrochemical cell having a central compartment separate from the anode and cathode are disclosed using a cation membrane and a bipolar membrane. The improved methods are more cost-efficient and environmentally friendly.
US09957604B2
There is provided an oxide sintered body including indium, tungsten and zinc, wherein the oxide sintered body includes a bixbite type crystal phase as a main component and has an apparent density of higher than 6.5 g/cm3 and equal to or lower than 7.1 g/cm3, a content rate of tungsten to a total of indium, tungsten and zinc is higher than 1.2 atomic % and lower than 30 atomic %, and a content rate of zinc to the total of indium, tungsten and zinc is higher than 1.2 atomic % and lower than 30 atomic %. There are also provided a sputtering target including this oxide sintered body, and a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor film formed by a sputtering method by using the sputtering target.
US09957600B2
A method for performing reactive sputtering processes while maintaining the sputtering characteristic at the target as well as the deposition rate constant, or at least in an acceptable range for the industrial production context, independent of the target age.
US09957595B2
A carburized alloy steel includes, based on a total weight of the carburized alloy steel, 0.1 to 0.35 wt % carbon, 0.1 to 2.0 wt % silicon, 0.1 to 1.5 wt % manganese, 1.5 to 3.0 wt % chromium, 0.2 to 0.5 wt % molybdenum, greater than 0 to 0.07 wt % niobium, and a balance of iron.
US09957591B2
An aluminum alloy and a vehicle part manufactured from the aluminum alloy are provided. The aluminum alloy includes about 8.5 to 11.0 wt % of Mg, about 3.5 to 5.8 wt % of Si, about 2.0 to 3.0 wt % of Cu and the balance of Al.
US09957590B2
A new pre-alloyed metal based powder, intended to be used in surface coating of metal parts. The powder is deposited using e.g. laser cladding or plasma transfer arc welding (PTA), or thermal spray (e.g. HVOF). The powder is useful for reducing friction and improving wear reducing properties of the deposited coating. Such coatings may also improve machinability. As friction or wear reducing component, inclusions of manganese sulphide or tungsten sulphide in the pre-alloyed powder may be used.
US09957589B2
The present invention relates to a copper alloy sheet for terminal and connector materials, which is excellent in terms of tensile strength, proof stress, Young's modulus, electric conductivity, bending workability, stress corrosion crack resistance, stress relaxation characteristics and solderability.
US09957579B2
Methods and techniques to increase the reliability of detecting virus infections, particularly lymphotropism, to eliminate false negative reactions in testing blood for the presence of lymphotropic viruses during enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, and to better detect viruses with lymphotropism in biological materials having a concentration of virus particles lower than the sensitivity threshold of existing EIA and PCR methods, thereby making the techniques of the present invention more reliable.
US09957578B2
Various compositions and methods are provided for identifying and selecting plants with enhanced resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Further provided are transgenic plants, plant parts, and seed and methods of their use comprising a heterologous polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter active in the plant are provided, as are methods of making such plants and methods of use, wherein said heterologous polynucleotide comprises at least one, or any combination thereof, of Glyma18g2580, Glyma18g2590, Glyma18g2600, Glyma18g2610; and Glyma18g2570 or an active variant or fragment thereof. Expression of the heterologous polynucleotide enhances the resistance of the plant to cyst nematode.
US09957573B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for the diagnosis and evaluation of neoplastic disorders, particularly non-small cell lung cancer. Assays are described in which patient test samples are analyzed for the presence of one or more specific EML4-ALK fusion genes associated with neoplastic disorders.
US09957569B2
Recurrent gene fusions in prostate cancer of androgen regulated genes or housekeeping genes and ETS family member genes are described. Compositions and methods having utility in prostate cancer diagnosis, research, and therapy are also provided.
US09957568B2
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing mental disorders. The invention also provides methods of identifying modulators of mental disorders as well as methods of using these modulators to treat patients suffering from mental disorders.
US09957562B2
In the conventional nucleic acid analysis devices and nucleic acid analyzers, there was no technique available for sequencing a single nucleic acid molecule easily and highly efficiently. The present invention enabled a highly efficient single molecule immobilization of nucleic acid with good reproductivity in a short time at a low price by providing small metallic bonding pads at predetermined positions on a support substrate, firmly fixing a hydrophobic linker on the bonding pads, and bonding on to the linker bulky microparticles onto which a single molecule of a nucleic acid sample fragment is immobilized. According to the present invention, in the nucleic acid analysis device which uses a nucleic acid analyzer, the nucleotide read length can be extended and many types of nucleic acid molecule to be analyzed can be analyzed at one time.
US09957560B2
The invention relates to a new method of sequencing a double stranded target polynucleotide. The two strands of the double stranded target polynucleotide are linked by a bridging moiety. The two strands of the target polynucleotide are separated using a polynucleotide binding protein and the target polynucleotide is sequenced using a transmembrane pore.
US09957559B2
The present invention provides for a novel system and method for amplification and detection of nucleic acids within a miniaturized device wherein sample administration occurs via capillary forces through a channel created by drying a hydrogel containing all components needed for a cell-free, enzymatic, nucleic-acid amplification system other than the template nucleic acid or precursor thereto, and wherein an aqueous sample is provided to the desiccated hydrogel, and the hydrogel is rehydrated, through capillary forces.
US09957558B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for multiplex PCR of one or more nucleic acids present in a sample. In particular, various target-specific primers are provided that allow for the selective amplification of one or more target sequences. In one aspect, the invention relates to target-specific primers useful for the selective amplification of one or more target sequences associated with cancer or inherited disease. In some aspects, amplified target sequences obtained using the disclosed methods, kits, systems and apparatuses can be used in various downstream processes including nucleic acid sequencing and used to detect the presence of genetic variants.
US09957554B1
The present invention relates to a microfluidic device and platform configured to conduct multiplexed analysis within the device. In particular, the device allows multiple targets to be detected on a single-cell level. Also provided are methods of performing multiplexed analyses to detect one or more target nucleic acids, proteins, and post-translational modifications.
US09957549B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for the generation of next generation sequencing (NGS) libraries in which non-desired nucleic acid sequences have been depleted or substantially reduced. The methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful, for example, for the production of libraries from total RNA with reduced ribosomal RNA and for the reduction of common mRNA species in expression profiling from mixed samples where the mRNAs of interest are present at low levels. The methods of the invention can be employed for the elimination of non-desired nucleic acid sequences in a sequence-specific manner, and consequently, for the enrichment of nucleic acid sequences of interest in a nucleic acid library.
US09957544B2
The present invention relates to a device comprising a sample receiving appliance, a receiving appliance for test organisms, preferably for a suspension comprising test organisms, in particular for a bacterial suspension, and a jet pump appliance, wherein the jet pump appliance is, or can be brought, into active connection with the receiving appliance, and wherein the jet pump appliance is designed and installed in order, by means of a propellant medium having a higher pressure than atmospheric pressure at the location of installation of the device to spray test organisms in the form of an aerosol in the direction of the sample receiving installation, wherein the device has an installation for controlling a reproducible pressure of the propellant medium during the spraying of the test organisms and also the use of a device according to the invention.
US09957533B2
Provided is a mutant of propionyl-CoA transferase from Clostridium propionicum that can convert lactate into lactyl-CoA with high efficiency in a method of preparing a polylactate (PLA) or PLA copolymer using microorganisms. Unlike conventional propionyl-CoA transferase which is weakly expressed in E. coli, when a mutant of propiony-CoA transferase from Clostridium propionicum is introduced into recombinant E. coli, lactyl-CoA can be supplied very smoothly, thereby enabling highly efficient preparation of polylactate (PLA) and PLA copolymer.
US09957532B2
This invention relates to improvements in the fermentation process used in the production of organic acids from biological feedstock using bacterial catalysts. The improvements in the fermentation process involve providing a fermentation medium comprising an appropriate form of inorganic carbon, an appropriate amount of aeration and a biocatalyst with an enhanced ability to uptake and assimilate the inorganic carbon into the organic acids. This invention also provides, as a part of an integrated fermentation facility, a novel process for producing a solid source of inorganic carbon by sequestering carbon released from the fermentation in an alkali solution.
US09957530B2
The present invention provides for novel metabolic pathways leading to propanol, alcohol or polyol formation in a consolidated bioprocessing system (CBP), where lignocellulosic biomass is efficiently converted to such products. More specifically, the invention provides for a recombinant microorganism, where the microorganism expresses one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes; where the one or more enzymes function in one or more engineered metabolic pathways to achieve: (1) conversion of a carbohydrate source to 1,2-propanediol, isopropropanol, ethanol and/or glycerol; (2) conversion of a carbohydrate source to n-propanol and isopropanol; (3) conversion of a carbohydrate source to isopropanol and methanol; or (4) conversion of a carbohydrate source to propanediol and acetone; wherein the one or more native and/or heterologous enzymes is activated, upregulated or downregulated.
US09957515B2
Provided herein include methods and compositions for effecting a targeted genetic change in DNA in a cell. Certain aspects and embodiments relate to improving the efficiency of the targeting of modifications to specific locations in genomic or other nucleotide sequences. As described herein, nucleic acids which direct specific changes to the genome may be combined with various approaches to enhance the availability of components of the natural repair systems present in the cells being targeted for modification.
US09957514B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for genetic transformation of Lemnaceae species.
US09957512B2
The technology relates in part to biological methods for producing a fatty dicarboxylic acid and engineered microorganisms capable of such production.
US09957510B2
Isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius are provided. Further provided are methods of modulating transcription or transcription or transcriptional control using isolated and/or purified polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius.
US09957496B2
Provided are a method for regulating acid resistance of a microorganism by suppressing the expression of the fadD gene therein and a screening method for a microorganism having acid resistance by using the expression level of the fadD gene as an index. A method for regulating acid resistance of a microorganism, including suppressing the expression of fadD gene present in the microorganism.
US09957493B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US09957489B2
The present invention pertains to a process for production of recombinant arylsulfatase A in a cell culture system, the process comprising culturing a mammalian cell capable of producing rASA in liquid medium in a system comprising one or more bio-reactors; and concentrating, purifying and formulating the rASA by a purification process comprising one or more steps of chromatography. Other aspects of the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising rASA, which is efficiently endocytosed via the mannose-6-phosphate receptor pathway in vivo as well as a rhASA a medicament and use of a rhASA for the manufacture of a medicament for reducing the galactosyl sulphatide levels within target cells in the peripheral nervous system and/or within the central nervous system in a subject. A final aspect of the invention provides a method of treating a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering to said subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a rhASA and thereby obtaining a reduction in the galactosyl sulphatide levels in target cells within said subject.
US09957486B2
Described herein are RSV polynucleotide sequences that make use of multiple codons that are containing silent nucleotide substitutions engineered in multiple locations in the genome, wherein the substitutions introduce a numerous synonymous codons into the genome. Due to the large number of defects involved, the attenuated viruses disclosed herein provide a means of producing attenuated, live vaccines against RSV.
US09957485B2
The present invention provides a closed system to propagate virus-infected cells without the effect of shear force, while providing quicker access to nutrients than is available conventionally. This system design allows for a high density of infected cell growth to increase the virus yields and to maintain homogeneity of the contents of the main container. The system further provides a nuclease to degrade the cellular DNA prior for purification of the virus or viral components. As the system is designed for maximum containment at low risk, the live virus can be a hazardous virus such as a Bio-safety Level 3 (BSL 3), BSL 4 or BSL5 virus.
US09957482B2
Methods and composition for the production of cardiomyocytes from differentiation of pluripotent stem cells are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods including differentiating pluripotent stem cells in a large volume of suspension culture in the presence of ROCK inhibitors are described. In further aspects, methods for differentiation of stem cells into cardiomyocytes that overcome variability between different stem cell clones and different batch of culture medium are provided.
US09957477B2
Methods for treating tissue matrices and tissue matrices produced according to the methods are provided. The methods can include treating a tissue matrix with a proteolytic enzyme to produce a desired pliability of the tissue matrix and/or to control the immunogenicity of the tissue matrix. The methods can also comprise performing an assay to determine if contacting the at least one collagen-containing tissue matrix with a proteolytic enzyme has altered the at least one collagen-containing tissue matrix to reduce a human immune response to the tissue matrix.
US09957476B2
A method for porating one or more cells comprising positioning a particle near each cell; and causing laser-induced breakdown of the particle to create one or more cavitations, wherein the cavitation(s) causes poration of the cell.
US09957473B2
A device for preparing biological samples including a fixed support of which the base extends in a first plane, a filtration block that can be removable, the filtration block including a collecting tank that itself includes a filtering device extending in a second plane and dividing the collecting tank into a collection area and a suction area, the suction area being designed to be connected to a suction device, the second plane of the filtering device being inclined relative to the plane of the base of the fixed support.
US09957460B2
An ionic liquid composition having the following generic structural formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are equivalent and selected from hydrocarbon groups containing at least three carbon atoms, and X− is a phosphorus-containing anion, particularly an organophosphate, organophosphonate, or organophosphinate anion, or a thio-substituted analog thereof containing hydrocarbon groups with at least three carbon atoms. Also described are lubricant compositions comprising the above ionic liquid and a base oil, wherein the ionic liquid is dissolved in the base oil. Further described are methods for applying the ionic liquid or lubricant composition onto a mechanical device for which lubrication is beneficial, with resulting improvement in friction reduction, wear rate, and/or corrosion inhibition.
US09957457B2
Provided is a sliding member comprising: a steel back metal layer; and a sliding layer including a porous sintered layer and a resin composition. The porous sintered layer includes Fe or Fe alloy granules and a Ni—P alloy part functioning as a binder for binding the Fe or Fe alloy granules with one another and/or for binding the Fe or Fe alloy granules with the steel back metal layer. The steel back metal layer is made of a carbon steel including 0.05 to 0.3 mass % of carbon, and includes: a non-austenite-containing portion having a structure of a ferrite phase and perlite formed in a central portion in a thickness direction of the steel back metal layer; and an austenite-containing portion having a structure of a ferrite phase, perlite and an austenite phase formed in a surface portion of the steel back metal layer facing the sliding layer.
US09957445B2
A method for separating a lubrication oil from a waste fluid includes separating water from the waste fluid by heating the waste fluid while sealed in a first vacuum chamber to a first temperature and first pressure. Fuel oil is separated from a fluid received from the first vacuum chamber by heating the fluid while sealed in a second vacuum chamber to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature and at a second pressure. Finally, the lubrication oil is separated from a fluid received from the second vacuum chamber by heating the fluid received from the second vacuum chamber while sealed in a third vacuum chamber to a third temperature that is higher than the second temperature and at a third pressure.
US09957441B2
An amine-based compound and an organic light-emitting device, the amine-based compound being represented by Formula 1 below:
US09957438B2
A compound represented by the following formula is provided: Also provided is a solution including a compound disclosed herein, a volume of dense carbon dioxide (CO2), and a co-solvent, where the solution has an increased viscosity greater than the viscosity of dense CO2. Methods of increasing the viscosity of dense CO2 and natural gas liquids (NGLs) by, for example, dissolving a compound disclosed herein to form a solution, are also provided.
US09957434B2
Provided herein are cementitious compositions comprising a non-aqueous fluid and an alkali-activated material. The non-aqueous fluid can include a natural oil, a synthetically derived oil, one or more surfactants, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the non-aqueous fluid can include an oil based mud, a synthetic based mud, or a mixture thereof. The alkali-activated material in the cementitious composition can be derived from an aluminosilicate material and an alkaline activator. In some embodiments, the aluminosilicate material includes fly ash. The alkaline activator can be selected from an alkali-hydroxide, an alkali-silicate, an alkali carbonate, an alkali bicarbonate, an alkali sulfate, and a mixture thereof. Provided herein are also wellbore servicing composition, such as compositions to reduce lost circulation of drilling fluids or cement a casing into the borehole, comprising the cementitious compositions and methods for preparing and using the cementitious compositions.
US09957430B2
A composition for a heat cycle system and a heat cycle system employing the composition are provided. The composition has favorable lubricating properties and contains a working fluid for heat cycle and a refrigerant oil. The working fluid contains an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon compound having a specific structure. The working fluid has a low global warming potential and can replace R410A. The refrigerant oil has a breakdown voltage of at least 25 kV, a hydroxyl value of at most 0.1 mgKOH/g, and an aniline point of at least −100° C. and at most 0° C.
US09957425B2
An adhesive composition for semiconductors, an adhesive film, and a semiconductor device, wherein, in a curing process including a first stage at a temperature ranging from 120° C. to 130° C. for 1 to 20 minutes, a second stage at a temperature ranging from 140° C. to 150° C. for 1 to 10 minutes, a third stage at a temperature ranging from 160° C. to 180° C. for 30 seconds to 10 minutes, and a fourth stage at a temperature ranging from 160° C. to 180° C. for 10 minutes to 2 hours, the adhesive film has a DSC curing rate in the first stage that is 40% or less of a total curing rate, a DSC curing rate in the fourth stage that is 30% to 60% higher than a DSC curing rate in the third stage, and DSC curing rates in each of the second and third stages that are 5% or more higher than a DSC curing rate of a preceding stage thereof.
US09957417B2
The present invention provides a hybrid two component coating composition comprising as component I, (A) an N-alkoxysilylalkyl-aspartic acid ester, (B) a polysiloxane having a molecular weight in the range of from about 400 to 10,000, and optionally (C) at least one hydrolyzable silane; and as component II, (D) a polyisocyanate having an average NCO functionality of 2.5 to 5.5 and an isocyanate content, based on solids, of 9 to 50 wt % and containing aliphatic polyisocyanates; and (E) a catalyst. Methods of making and applying the hybrid coating composition are also provided.
US09957416B2
Curable silsesquioxane polymers are described comprising a silsesquioxane polymer comprising reactive groups. The curable silsesquioxane polymer is free of ethylenically unsaturated groups. The silsesquioxane polymers may be homopolymers or copolymers. Also described are methods of preparing curable silsesquioxane polymer, articles comprising curable or cured compositions comprising the silsesquioxane polymers, and methods of curing.
US09957414B2
A coated substrate including a 1 to 3 mils thick coating layer has a Bayer abrasion resistance value of less than 1% Haze after 600 cycles. The coating layer includes a reaction product of a coating composition including a polyester diol, a di-isocyanate, and a fluorocarbon-based additive. A method of forming the coating layer on the substrate includes mixing reactants including a polyester diol, a di-isocyanate and a flurocarbon-based additive to form a polyurethane coating composition; depositing the polyurethane coating composition on the substrate; and curing the polyurethane coating composition to form an abrasion resistant coating on the substrate.
US09957410B2
The invention relates to a coated reinforcement, to a method for producing the same and to the use thereof. In order to provide a coated reinforcement, in particular to be used for large surface area components, the coating of which can be applied easily and without difficultly substantially independently of the processing-relevant properties of the components of the resin mixture, it is proposed that the surface of the reinforcement has a coating made of a composition, the composition contains a mixture 1 of at least one resin, selected from the group consisting of epoxidized phenol novolacs, epoxidized cresol novolacs, polyepoxides based on bisphenol A, epoxidized fluorenone bisphenols and/or polyepoxides bases on bisphenol-F, and/or based on triglycidyl isocyanurates, epoxidized novolac and at least one component that accelerates the curing of the resin, and said mixture is subjected to a heat treatment, so that the mixture 1 is affixed to the surface of the reinforcement by fusing it thereon.
US09957406B2
Method for increasing the smoothness of the free surface area of a PFA film, provided on a component by sequentially exposing it to a temperature higher than its melting temperature so as to melt at least the free surface area, lowering the temperature to solidify the melted portion, remelting the free surface area by exposing it to a temperature of at least the PFA melting temperature and again lowering the temperature. The PFA film may be provided on Al2O3, Ni or NiF2 film.
US09957402B2
A compound obtained through Michael addition reaction of an α-aminoacetophenone skeleton-containing compound (I) represented by the following general formula (1) and a reactive compound (II) having a function as a Michael acceptor is used as a photopolymerization initiator. In the general formula (1), R1 represents an aliphatic group, R2 to R3 each independently represent an aliphatic group, etc., R4 to R7 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, X1 represents a single bond or a C1-6 alkylene group, X2 represents a carbonyl group, Y1 and Y2 represent a group represented by the following general formula (2). However, when Y1 and Y2 both have a structure represented by the general formula (2), X5 in at least one of them is —NH—. In the general formula (2), X3 and X4 each independently represent a linear or branched alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, X5 represents a single bond, —O— or —NH—.
US09957394B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing powder coating compositions. The method includes mixing in an aqueous medium a carboxylic acid functional polymer having a high glass transition temperature, with a polycarbodiimide having a high glass transition temperature, drying the mixture, and grinding the resulting solid particles to obtain a powder.
US09957391B2
The present invention relates to the field of processing thermoplastic polymers, particularly the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing compacted material suitable for the use in thermoplastic polymers without a compounding step, comprising the steps of a) providing at least one primary powder material; b) providing at least one molten surface treatment polymer; c) simultaneously or subsequently feeding the at least one primary powder material and the at least one molten surface treatment polymer into the high speed mixer unit of a cylindrical treatment chamber; d) mixing the at least one primary powder material and the at least one molten surface treatment polymer in the high speed mixer, e) transferring the mixed material obtained from step d) to a cooling unit, as well as the compacted material obtained by this process and its use in thermoplastic polymers.
US09957387B2
An epoxy resin composition having components (A), (B), (C), and (D), wherein the epoxy resin composition has a viscosity at 40° C. of about 1×103 to about 1×104 Pa·s, a curing start temperature of about 90 to about 110° C., and a minimum viscosity at the curing start temperature of about 2 to about 20 Pa·s, wherein the components (A), (B), (C), and (D) are as follows: (A) About 60 weight parts or more of a tetraglycidyl amine type epoxy resin per 100 weight parts of the epoxy resin blend; (B) Dicyandiamide; (C) Diaminodiphenyl sulfone and (D) Urea compound.
US09957385B2
The invention relates to blends of vinyl chloride graft copolymers as well as to a method for preparing such vinyl chloride graft copolymers and their blends. The invention also relates to molded articles manufactured by using the blends according to the invention.
US09957383B2
The present invention is directed to brush block copolymer compositions comprising first and second homopolymers or random copolymers whose presence provides access to photonic bandgaps in the infrared frequency range, their use in this capacity, and methods of making the same. The specific parameters associated with these compositions are described within the specification.
US09957380B2
Embodiments of the present technology may include a curable, carbohydrate binder composition. The composition may include a carbohydrate. The composition may also include a urea compound. The composition may further include a nitrogen-containing compound. The nitrogen-containing compound may not be the urea compound.
US09957373B2
A method for crosslinking a copolymer of ethylene and at least one other monomer using an organic peroxide represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 is either a methyl or an ethyl group and wherein (i) R1 is a methyl group, R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms optionally substituted with groups containing O, Si, P, S, SO— or SO2 functionalities; (ii) if R1 is an ethyl group, R2 is an alkyl group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms optionally substituted with groups containing O, Si, P, S, SO— or SO2 functionalities.
US09957369B2
A polymeric material having anisotropic properties, such as mechanical properties (e.g., modulus of elasticity), thermal properties, barrier properties (e.g., breathability), and so forth, is provided. The anisotropic properties can be achieved for a single, monolithic polymeric material through selective control over the manner in which the material is formed. For example, one or more zones of the polymeric material can be strained to create a unique network of pores within the strained zone(s). However, zones of the polymeric material that are not subjected to the same degree of deformational strain will not have the same pore volume, and in some cases, may even lack a porous network altogether.
US09957361B2
A process for providing indicia and an elastic-like behavior to a web substrate is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: providing a web substrate; printing indicia on the web substrate; and, providing the web substrate with a plurality of first regions and a plurality of second regions comprising the same material composition. A portion of the first regions extend in a first direction while the remainder of the first regions extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to intersect one another. The first regions form a boundary completely surrounding the second regions. The second regions comprise a plurality of raised rib-like elements. The first regions undergo a molecular level and geometric deformation and the second regions initially undergo a substantially geometric deformation when the web material is subjected to an applied elongation along at least one axis.
US09957360B2
A composition and a method are provided for graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) comprising multi-layer graphene are used to reinforce PET, thereby improving the properties of PET for various new applications. Master-batches comprising polyethylene terephthalate with dispersed graphene nanoplatelets are obtained by way of compounding. The master-batches are used to form PET-GNP nanocomposites at weight fractions ranging between 0.5% and 15%. In some embodiments, PET and GNPs are melt compounded by way of twin-screw extrusion. In some embodiments, ultrasound is coupled with a twin-screw extruder so as to assist with melt compounding. In some embodiments, the PET-GNP nanocomposites are prepared by way of high-speed injection molding. The PET-GNP nanocomposites are compared by way of their mechanical, thermal, and rheological properties so as to contrast different compounding processes.
US09957352B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing polyether carbonate polyols by the addition of alkylene oxides and carbon dioxide onto H-functional starter compounds. The method is characterized in that at least one urethane alcohol according to formula (II) is used as an H-functional starter compound, wherein R 1 represents a linear or branched C2 to C24-alkylene which can be optionally interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S or N and can be substituted; R2 represents a linear or branched C2 to C24-alkylene which can be optionally interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S or N and can be substituted; R3 represents H, linear or branched C1 to C24-alkyl, C3 to C24-cycloalkyl, C4 to C24-aryl, C5 to C24-arylalkyl, C2 to C24-alkenyl, C2 to 24-alkinyl, that can each be optionally interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S, or N and/or may each be substituted with alkyl, aryl, and/or hydroxyl.
US09957347B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a polyurethane, comprising at least the following steps (A) bringing at least one polymer polyol into contact with an amount of from 0.1 to 20 mol %, based on the entire amount of polyisocyanate, of at least one first polyisocyanate, in order to obtain a prepolymer which in essence has terminal hydroxy groups, and (B) bringing the prepolymer from step (A) into contact with at least one second polyisocyanate and optionally with further additives, in order to obtain the polyurethane, to a polyurethane obtainable via said process, and also to the use of this polyurethane as cladding in automobiles, coatings, cables, plug connectors, solar modules, foils, moldings, shoe soles and shoe components, balls and ball components, rollers, fibers, profiles, laminates and wiper blades, hoses, cable plugs, bellows, drag cables, cable sheathing, gaskets, nonwoven fabrics, drive belts, or damping elements.
US09957345B2
This application describes methods of forming an object. The methods described include flowing a polyhemiaminal (PHA), polyhexhydrotriazine (PHT), or polyoctatriazacane (POTA) precursor mixture to a nozzle of a 3D printer, heating the PHA, PHT, or POTA precursor to a temperature of at least 50° C., dispensing the PHA, PHT, or POTA precursor in a pattern; and, hardening the PHA, PHT, or POTA precursor into a polymer. The PHA and PHT polymers are formed by reacting a primary diamine with a formaldehyde-type reagent. The POTA polymer is formed by reacting a primary diamine with a formaldehyde-type reagent and formic acid. The objects formed using the methods described herein may be made of a single polymer, a single polymer type using multiple diamine monomers, or a mixture of PHA, PHT, and/or POTA polymers with different desired physical properties.
US09957332B2
A method of treating a cocaine-related disorder in an individual is provided, the method including administering to the individual a therapeutic amount of an antibody comprising a human immunoglobulin gamma heavy chain and a murine lambda light chain. In a specific embodiment, the antibody is a monoclonal antibody comprising a murine lambda light chain variable region, a human gamma heavy chain variable region, and a human kappa or lambda light chain constant region.
US09957326B2
The present invention relates to antigen binding molecules (ABMs). In particular embodiments, the present invention relates to recombinant monoclonal antibodies, including chimeric, primatized or humanized antibodies specific for human EGFR. In addition, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such ABMs, and vectors and host cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the ABMs of the invention, and to methods of using these ABMs in treatment of disease. In addition, the present invention relates to ABMs with modified glycosylation having improved therapeutic properties, including antibodies with increased Fc receptor binding and increased effector function.
US09957325B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods comprising peptide molecules that mimic the binding and functional properties of native antibodies relative to their respective targets. Some embodiments comprise peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) comprising the mimic peptides disclosed herein. The targets of these mimic peptides include epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). The present disclosure comprises application of the knob-socket computational model to design antibody mimics for proteins.
US09957323B2
Antibodies that bind ICOS (Inducible T cell Co-Stimulator). Therapeutic use of anti-ICOS antibodies for modulating the ratio between regulatory T cells and effector T cells, to stimulate the immune system of patients, including use in treating cancers. Methods of producing anti-ICOS antibodies, including species cross-reactive antibodies, using transgenic knock-out mice.
US09957320B2
The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of human IL-13, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing antibody molecules.
US09957318B2
The instant invention relates to the field of protein production and purification, and in particular to compositions and processes for controlling the amount of charge variants, aggregates, and fragments of a protein of interest, as well as host cell proteins, present in purified preparations by applying particular chromatography conditions during such protein purification.
US09957309B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for treating muscular dystrophy, in particular, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In some embodiments, a method according to the present invention includes administering to an individual who is suffering from or susceptible to DMD an effective amount of a recombinant follistatin protein such that at least one symptom or feature of DMD is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency, or has delayed onset.
US09957308B2
In order to provide a novel fluorescent protein and use thereof, the polypeptide according to the present invention has fluorescent properties in the presence of bilirubin and includes (1) the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, (2) an amino acid sequence having, for example, substitution of 1 to 21 amine acids in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, (3) an amino acid sequence having 85% or more sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or (4) the amino acid sequence encoded by a polynucleotide that hybridizes with a polynucleotide consisting of a sequence complementary to the polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide according to the amino acid sequence in (1) under a stringent condition.
US09957303B2
Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided.
US09957299B2
The present invention provides novel peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of disease.
US09957296B2
The present invention provides novel peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods for their preparation and use, as well as amino acid analogs and macrocycle-forming linkers, and kits useful in their production.
US09957291B2
Protected fluorescent reagent compounds and their methods of synthesis are provided. The compounds are useful in various fluorescence-based analytical methods, including the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, such as single molecule real time nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The compounds contain fluorescent dye elements, that allow the compounds to be detected with high sensitivity at desirable wavelengths, binding elements, that allow the compounds to be recognized specifically by target biomolecules, and protective shield elements, that decrease undesirable contacts between the fluorescent dye elements and the bound target biomolecules and that therefore decrease photodamage of the bound target biomolecules by the fluorescent dye elements.
US09957286B2
This invention describes the methodology to produce solid heterogeneous chiral organocatalysts that can be used in condensation reactions. The catalysts can be recovered in a simple manner by filtration and can also be reused.
US09957281B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from RSV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an RSV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US09957274B2
Compounds having a structure of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, n, and m are as defined herein and are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating various EED-related conditions or diseases, including cancer, by administration of such compounds are also provided.
US09957265B2
Provided are compounds of Formula I, a JAK inhibitor, and use thereof for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases by the application.
US09957257B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), including their stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts. This invention also relates to methods of making such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment of various disorders that are related to 5-hydroxytryptamine 4 (5-HT4) receptor.
US09957256B2
A new process for the preparation of 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazoles of the general formula (I) as described herein and further reactions with this compound.
US09957251B2
The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound having a CDK8 and/or CDK19 inhibitory effect. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) (in the formula, the symbols are as defined in the description) or a salt thereof.
US09957250B2
Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
US09957238B2
The present invention relates to the compound of the formula: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as compositions containing the same, processes for the preparation of the same, and therapeutic methods of use therefore in promoting hydration of mucosal surfaces and the treatment of diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchiectasis, acute and chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, emphysema, and pneumonia.
US09957237B2
Provided is a composition of N-[4-[(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)amino]-7-[3-(ethoxy)-6-quinazolinyl]-4-(dimethylamino)-2-butenamide p-toluene sulfonate 1.5 hydrate α-polymorph. The α-polymorph has a stable form, a defined melting point, a good chemical stability, and a good endurance to high temperature and light irradiation, and is suitable for pharmaceutical use.
US09957234B2
The present invention relates to novel polymorphic forms of ivacaftor, process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US09957230B2
The present invention describes a synergistic composition comprising of one or more statins, or one or more dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV) inhibitor or one or more biguanide antihyperglycaemic agent and a PPAR agonist of formula (1a) for the treatment of diabetes, especially non-insulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM) or Type 2 diabetes and conditions associated with diabetes mellitus and to compositions suitable for use in such method. The invention also describes the preparation of such compositions. The present invention also relates to certain novel salts of the PPAR agonist of formula (I), processes for the preparation of: these novel salts and use thereof.
US09957226B2
The invention provides compounds for use in treating microbial infection in an animal. Example compounds include Pyridin-3-ylmethyl (4-((2-aminophenyl)-carbamoyl)benzyl)carbamate (“Entinostat”). The compounds can act via induction of the innate antimicrobial peptide defense system, and stimulation of autophagy.
US09957224B2
Methods are provided herein for the treatment of ophthalmic diseases or conditions such as an ophthalmic disease or disorder associated with diabetes in a patient. Also provided herein are methods of treating retinopathy of prematurity in a patient. Further, provided herein are methods for treating wet age-related macular degeneration in a patient. The methods comprise administration of compounds disclosed herein to a patient in need thereof that inhibit or slow one or more signs or symptoms of such conditions.
US09957215B2
Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.
US09957214B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I): [insert formula (I)] wherein X, Y, and R1-R4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and salts thereof, as well as compositions comprising the compounds or salts. The compounds are useful for treating diseases associated with impaired mitochondrial function in an animal.
US09957213B2
A novel organic compound that can be used in a variety of liquid crystal devices or a liquid crystal composition containing the novel organic compound is provided. An organic compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. A novel liquid crystal composition containing the organic compound is provided. In General Formula (G1), Ar1 and Ar2 separately represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenylene group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms. In addition, m and n separately represent 0 or 1. R1 and R2 separately represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 11 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 11 carbon atoms.
US09957206B2
This disclosure relates to the conversion of methane to higher molecular weight (C5+) hydrocarbon, including aromatic hydrocarbon, to materials and equipment useful in such conversion, and to the use of such conversion for, e.g., natural gas upgrading.
US09957203B2
A catalyst system and processes for combined aromatization and selective hydrogen combustion of oxygenated hydrocarbons are disclosed. The catalyst system contains at least one aromatization component and at least one selective hydrogen combustion component. The process is such that the yield of hydrogen is less than the yield of hydrogen when contacting the hydrocarbons with the aromatization component alone.
US09957201B2
A biogas plant produces both methane and liquid fertilizer by fermenting biomass. The plant includes a fermenter, a percolate tank and a sanitation tank located inside the percolate tank. Dry fermentation takes place in the fermenter and generates methane and a percolate. The percolate is circulated between the fermenter and the percolate tank. Percolate that is returned from the percolate tank to the fermenter is sprinkled over the biomass. A portion of the percolate is transferred from the percolate tank into the sanitation tank. The percolate in the sanitation tank is sanitized by heating to a Celsius temperature between 45° and 65° for a period of at least five days. The percolate in the sanitation tank is heated using both a heating device in the sanitation tank as well as heat generated from a thermophilic fermentation reaction occurring in the percolate tank. The sanitized percolate is used as liquid fertilizer.
US09957199B2
A composition having nanoparticles of a boron carbide and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising boron and an organic component. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining boron and an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight, and heating to form boron carbide or boron nitride nanoparticles.
US09957192B2
An article comprises a body having a coating. The coating comprising a eutectic system having a super-lattice of a first fluoride and a second fluoride. The coating includes a glaze on a surface of the coating, the glaze comprising the eutectic system having the super-lattice of the first fluoride and the second fluoride.
US09957189B2
A heat-absorbing glass plate containing iron, tin, selenium, cobalt and sulfur, where the mass ratio of divalent iron as calculated as Fe2O3 to total iron as calculated as Fe2O3 is at least 55%, the ratio Tv/Te of the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate to the solar transmittance Te as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, is at least 1.5, the visible light transmittance Tv (by illuminant A, 2° visual field) is at most 65% as defined in JIS R3106 (1998) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate, and the excitation purity Pe is at most 7% as defined in JIS Z8701 (1999) calculated as 4 mm thickness of the glass plate.
US09957188B2
Method and apparatus for heat treating and processing an edge of a large thin glass sheet used for a liquid crystal TV or the like. The method for processing an edge of a glass substrate according to the present invention is characterized by cutting an edge of a glass substrate by bringing a heated member into contact with the edge of the glass substrate that is cooled, and then moving the heated member. According to the present invention, provided is a new method of removing the edge of glass in a strip shape without producing dust. Also, according to the method of the present invention, since it is unnecessary to heat the glass at a high temperature, a large furnace is not necessary. Further, since a post-processing operation such as preheating or annealing is unnecessary, the manufacturing process is highly simplified.
US09957181B2
Pasteurization system with purification of the process liquid, with a feed and evacuation conveyor system for containers. At least one treatment zone with sprinkling nozzles to spray the containers with a process liquid such as water, the treatment zone including a screening unit with a sedimentation area for the deposition of sediment from the process liquid, a closed-loop circuit to re-use the process liquid, with devices to remove the sediment from the sedimentation area for each zone and to feed the sediment into a central filter unit. The central filter unit has at least one filter module for the filtration of solid matter from the inputted sediment so that the filtered process liquid is conserved. Devices to return the filtered process liquid to one or several treatment zones are also provided.
US09957167B2
The method of manufacturing hexagonal ferrite powder includes preparing a hexagonal ferrite precursor by mixing an iron salt and a divalent metal salt in a water-based solution, and converting the hexagonal ferrite precursor into hexagonal ferrite within a reaction flow passage, within which a fluid flowing therein is subjected to heating and pressurizing, by continuously feeding a water-based solution containing the hexagonal ferrite precursor and gelatin to the reaction flow passage.
US09957158B2
A method for producing a pressure sensor comprises providing a substrate with a depression; attaching a micromechanical sensor element to the substrate in the depression; attaching an evaluation circuit to the substrate next to the depression; electrically connecting the evaluation circuit to the sensor element; covering the substrate around the depression by means of a potting die such that the depression is closed; potting the evaluation circuit between the substrate and the potting die; and removing the potting die.
US09957154B2
A method of manufacturing a device having a microelectronic component housed in a hermetically sealed vacuum housing, including forming a getter in said housing, pumping out and heating the device to degas elements housed in said housing, after said pumping, hermetically sealing the housing in fluxless fashion.Further, each material forming the device likely to degas into the inner space is a mineral material, the getter is capable of substantially trapping hydrogen only and is inert to oxygen and/or to nitrogen and the heating and the sealing are performed at a temperature lower than 300° C.
US09957149B2
A beverage container has a body having an inlet which is formed so as to penetrate the bottom of a receiving unit. A holder is coupled to the inlet to open and close the inlet upon ascending or descending with a nozzle of a beverage supply device being inserted into the holder. A locking member is coupled to the ascending/descending wall of the holder to allow the holder to close the inlet. The locking member has a plurality of elastic arms for elastically supporting the holder.
US09957144B2
This invention relates to a method and to a capping or closing machine for the capping or closing of bottles or similar containers filled with an oxygen-sensitive product.
US09957143B2
An apparatus removably attached to a vehicle for moving a plurality of traffic barrels. The apparatus includes a mounting device configured for removably attaching to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a receiving device having a first end and a second end, wherein the receiving device is configured for attaching to the mounting device at the first end and at least one tube connecting to the second end of the receiving device. Each of the plurality of traffic barrels slide along the at least one tube into a desired position.
US09957142B2
A winch is employed for deploying a probe to a precise depth within a water column for making and recording physical measurement within such water column. More particularly, the winch rapidly unspools a line from an underway vessel, while maintaining minimal but constant line tension, as a probe, tethered to such line, descends within the water column in a “near” free-fall to a predetermined depth and then stops. The line lacks means for communicating its depth to the winch. The probe achieves a predictable descent behavior, even though it is tethered by a line to a winch onboard an underway vessel of unknown velocity and in variable weather conditions. The predictable descent behavior is achieved by maintaining a minimal constant tension on the line within a narrow range. The descent behavior of a probe in “near” free-fall has sufficient predictability to construct an algorithm to correlate descent time with depth. The predictability is sufficient to reduce the risk of collision between the probe and the water bottom to an acceptable level.
US09957139B2
An overload brake and method for trolley suspended on a flange of a load traveling apparatus girder prevents the displacement movement of a suspended load along a girder by clamping a brake between two symmetrical flange tabs of the girder. The girder is elastically deformed by the load which is applied to the girder by the contact between a surface of the girder and translation wheels that move the load along the girder. Upon sufficient elastic deformation, portions of the girder contact a brake to prevent movement of the load along the girder.
US09957131B2
Embodiments are directed to calculating a current associated with a motor of an elevator based on an output of a speed regulator, and controlling the elevator based on the current. Embodiments are directed to examining a feeder current obtained via a converter current sensor of a regenerative drive during a peak power condition, and regulating a speed of an elevator based on the feeder current.
US09957130B2
A method for folding paper by means of a folding machine having a folding station, wherein a portion of a paper web (9) supplied to same is firstly folded in a first stack (10) containing continuous sheets and, after reaching a threshold value of the thus-created first stack (10), moved into a stacker (15) and thus remains in contact, via a folded stacking area (12) with a further portion of the paper web (9), wherein a section of the folded stacking area (12) serves as basis for a further subsequent stack of continuous sheets to be folded thereupon. Such method is intended to be developed such that only the smallest possible loops are required. To this end, before moving the first stack (10) into the stacker (15) the folded stacking area (12) is withdrawn out of the folding station from the first already folded stack (10), the folded stacking area (12) is fed back into the folding station while the first stack (10) is moved into the stacker (15), and then the already folded stacking area (12) fed back into the folding station serves as the basis for the subsequent stack to be folded, and the process of withdrawing the folded stacking area (12) after reaching a threshold value of the subsequent stack is repeated until the whole paper web (9) supplied has finished being folded.
US09957129B2
A cutter assembly suitable for cutting BOPP adhesive tape and a tape dispenser incorporating the same. The cutter assembly has a row of plastic teeth where each tooth includes left and right front and rear faces, each face being disposed on a different plane, and where the planes intersect each other at the tip of the tooth. A front edge extends between the left and right front faces; a rear edge extends between the left and right rear faces; a left side edge extends between the right front and rear faces; and a right side edge extends between the left front face and the right rear face. The various edges are set at particular angles relative to each other. A protrusion for supporting the tape is provided rearwardly of the teeth and a braking mechanism is also provided on the dispenser.
US09957126B2
A component supply device provided with a rail which transports a carrier tape, and a movable member which is provided above the rail and moves up and down, in which a gap above the carrier tape which passes a bottom portion of the movable member is blocked by the movable member.
US09957125B2
A sanitary automatic glove dispensing apparatus and method of use. The automatic sanitary glove dispensing apparatus, based on one or more received dispensing events, dispenses pairs of connected protective gloves stored on a roll of protective gloves and overlapped in a pre-determined pattern, by both cuff ends so both finger ends of the protective gloves are not contaminated during dispensing. After a pair of protective gloves are dispensed by both cuff ends, no additional protective gloves are exposed from the apparatus until another protective glove dispensing event is received, thereby protecting remaining protective gloves in the apparatus from contamination by noroviruses and bacteria from a surrounding environment and from other users of the apparatus.
US09957115B2
An assembly for the sorted conveyance of substantially plate-like products, the assembly includes a stroke limiting shoulder, downstream of at least one supply line, a first pusher having a lateral surface that faces and is proximate to the stroke limiting shoulder, and at least one second pusher, which is adjacent to the other pusher. The pushers are substantially perpendicular to the advancement direction of the products and are independently movable from a first configuration, in which the respective end face faces and is proximate to the edge of the at least one supply line, to a second configuration, in which the end face faces and is proximate to the edge of the exit channel, surmounting the respective supply line. The exit channel includes consecutive receptacles for accommodating clusters of products.
US09957110B2
A mounting element (1) for mounting a trolley (29) to a continuous conveyor (30) of a conveyor device has at least two articulated parts (2, 3) connected to one another for articulation. A first of the articulated parts (2) is set-up for articulation of the mounting element (1) to the continuous conveyor (30) and a second of the articulated parts (3) is set-up for connecting the mounting element (1) to the trolley (29).
US09957103B2
Vessel assemblies, heat transfer units for prefabricated vessels, and methods for heat transfer prefabricated vessel are provided. A heat transfer unit includes a central rod, and a plurality of peripheral rods surrounding the central rod and connected to the central rod. The plurality of peripheral rods are movable between a first collapsed position and a second bowed position, wherein in the second bowed position a midpoint of each of the plurality of peripheral rods is spaced from the central rod relative to in the first position. The heat transfer unit further includes a heat transfer element connected to one of the plurality of peripheral rods.
US09957099B2
An insulated container system and a temperature control insert that is configured to maintain a payload chamber temperature over a minimum length of time to enable goods within the payload chamber to be shipped over distances while being maintained within a desired temperature range.
US09957093B2
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures wherein each container receiving aperture is stretched around a perimeter of a corresponding container and positioned under a flap extending downward from the corresponding container.
US09957086B2
A tube head is provided which is designed to be associated with a skirt so as to form an internal volume of the tube. The tube head includes a body formed from plastics material, that includes a neck having an opening at a first end, through which opening a product is removed from the internal volume of the tube, and a shoulder which is joined to a second end of the neck opposite the first end. The tube head also includes an insert arranged so as to be in contact with said shoulder and forming a barrier between the body and the product contained in the internal volume. The insert includes a central portion and a peripheral region. The central portion forms a non-perforated disc sealing the neck, and the peripheral region being mounted so as to as to be in contact with a complementary planar surface of the body.
US09957083B2
A composite pallet structure includes a unit pallet including: upper and lower basic supporting boards, at least two spaced-apart auxiliary rods attached to each of the corresponding sides of the upper and lower basic supporting boards, a plurality of spacers distributed between the auxiliary rods on the upper basic supporting board and the auxiliary rods on the lower basic supporting board, and a plurality of fixing elements for restricting the spacers within the space between the upper and lower basic supporting boards in order for the unit pallet to have high supporting strength. The composite pallet structure needs no soldering and, therefore, can be easily repaired and recycled.
US09957082B2
A closure body (40) is provided for installation with a liner membrane (52) on a container (44). The closure body (40) has a peripheral portion (74) for being mounted on the container (44) around an access opening (48), and a separable portion (82) that (i) is disposed laterally inwardly of the peripheral portion (74); (ii) is initially connected to the peripheral portion (74) by at least one frangible connection (86); and (iii) can be separated from the peripheral portion (74) upon breaking of the at least one frangible connection (86).
US09957081B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for sealing openings on containers and other structures, permitting selective removal of portions of the seal structure, and for similar selective removal of portions of adhesive elements such as bandages. A seal layer is sized and configured to cover an opening. The seal layer has at least one tear line, where the tear line is positioned and formed for tearing the seal layer for selective removal of a portion of the seal layer from the opening. A tab is connected to the seal layer providing a gripping portion for the user.
US09957062B2
Fire- and electromagnetic interference (EMI)-resistant aircraft components and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. A thermally and electrically conductive coating material layer is formed on at least a portion of an intermediate article comprised of a non-metallic material. The thermally and electrically conductive coating material layer is comprised of a metal. A fire-retardant material layer is cold sprayed on the thermally and electrically conductive coating material layer. At least one continuous electrically conductive element may be integrated with the non-metallic material of the intermediate article.
US09957050B2
A galley cart includes walls defining an interior cavity extending between a front and a rear of the galley cart and the interior cavity extending between a top end and a bottom end. A supply port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity at or near either the top end or the bottom end of the cart. A return port is provided in flow communication with the interior cavity that is adjacent the supply port at or near the top end or the bottom end of the cart. A barrier is positioned between the supply port and the return port within the interior cavity of the cart to define a supply chamber and a return chamber to control airflow through the interior cavity.
US09957044B2
Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension.
US09957041B2
An emergency collective actuator includes an actuator motor to produce an actuation force and an actuator linkage that directly engages a friction control lever that is pivotally supported on the collective stick of a helicopter to apply the actuation force directly to the friction control lever such that the actuation force initially disengages the friction control and then reduces the adjustable pitch toward a minimum collective pitch position. The actuator can include a clutch that slips to allow the pilot to overcome the actuation force and that slips responsive to an engagement of the friction control by the pilot, but otherwise the clutch co-rotates with the motor shaft to bias the adjustable pitch toward a minimum collective pitch position.
US09957038B2
Propeller blade assemblies and a propeller blade retention assembly including a sleeve for operably coupling a propeller blade to a hub wherein the sleeve retains the propeller blade within the hub and allows the propeller blade to rotate about its pitch axis and where the sleeve includes a self-aligning mechanism.
US09957036B2
The present invention provides an aircraft structure comprising a first sub-structure, having a first box cross-section, a second sub-structure, having a second box cross-section, and a joint joining a first end region of the first sub-structure to second end region of the second sub-structure, wherein the joint comprises an overlap region where the end regions of the first and the second sub-structures overlap such that the first sub-structure is inside the second sub-structure. The present invention also provides an aircraft comprising such an aircraft structure and a method of manufacturing an aircraft structure.
US09957035B2
The present invention relates to an aircraft. The aircraft includes a fuselage module for receiving a payload. The fuselage module includes a plurality of internal connections. The aircraft includes a wing module adjustably coupled to the fuselage module and a tail module coupled to the wing module. The wing module may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust a location of an aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft. A main landing gear may be adjusted relative to the fuselage module to adjust the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft to maintain a pre-determined distance between the location of the aerodynamic center of the aircraft and the location of the center of gravity of the aircraft.
US09957033B2
A fence 30A is installed on an inner surface 21a of a door 20A on the side which faces a landing gear bay 15, the fence 30A rising inwardly of the airframe from the inner surface 21a. When the door 20A opens outwardly of an airframe due to a pressure difference between the side of an outer surface 21c of the door 20A and the side of an inner surface 21a facing inner part of the landing gear bay 15 during a flight of an aircraft 10, the fence 30A closes a gap between the door 20A and an opening 15a of the landing gear bay 15, and thereby prevents air from flowing into the landing gear bay 15 through the gap.
US09957028B1
The speed of a marine propulsion system's engine is temporarily elevated in response to a decrease in helm demand. A controller receives a command to decrease the helm demand from a first helm demand to a second helm demand and compares a demand difference between the second helm demand and the first helm demand to a threshold demand delta. In response to the demand difference exceeding the threshold demand delta, the controller tabulates a time since the demand difference exceeded the threshold demand delta and determines an engine speed offset based upon the second helm demand and the time. The controller determines a non-elevated engine speed setpoint corresponding to the second helm demand and calculates an elevated engine speed setpoint based on the non-elevated engine speed setpoint and the engine speed offset. Engine speed is then decreased to the elevated engine speed setpoint.
US09957022B2
A hookless coupling device for releasable connection to a sports harness includes an elongate body having a connector end for connection with the sports harness, an engagement end, and an elongate aperture extending between the connector end and the engagement end for engaging an engager. The aperture is wider at the connector end than at the engagement end. The sports harness includes a band for surrounding the waist or hips of a person, and the elongate body. A sports device, releasably engagable to the harness, has a spherical engager tethered with a line. The aperture passes the spherical engager though the engagement end and the engager is moved to the connector end. A sports kite includes a canopy, a traction line having a first end tethered to the canopy, and a second end to which the spherical engager is connected.
US09957009B2
The present invention relates to a support element for the human body, including a padding component and a base component or body, the base component including an upper, in use, surface, as well as a lower, in use, surface, the padding component includes an upper, in use, surface, and a lower, in use, surface designed to engage the upper, in use, surface of the base component, the support element including removable anchoring means of the base component to the padding component.
US09957003B2
A device for generating a desired ZMP trajectory for a mobile robot includes a polynomial function coefficient group determining section (53a) which determines, by regarding the desired ZMP trajectory as a trajectory expressed by a polynomial function, a desired coefficient group composed of desired values of coefficients in respective terms of the polynomial function. The polynomial function coefficient group determining section uses a quadratic evaluation function including square values of the coefficients included in the desired coefficient group as variables and a plurality of constraint conditions each configured by a linear equality or linear inequality about the coefficients, to determine the desired coefficient group, by a solution method for a quadratic programming problem, in such a way as to minimize a value of the evaluation function while fulfilling the constraint conditions.
US09957001B1
A ballast assembly for a work vehicle. The ballast assembly includes a frame, a ballast weight, and a lift. The frame is included in an underside of the work vehicle. The ballast weight has a first portion and a second portion. The lift has an upper end pivotally coupled to the frame and a lower end releasably coupled to the ballast weight. The first and second portions are configured to engage with a ground surface and the frame, respectively, when the ballast weight is loaded onto the work vehicle. The first and second portions are configured to engage with the frame when the ballast weight is loaded onto the work vehicle.
US09957000B1
An automobile diffuser is the upwardly-ramped surface at the rear of the vehicle's underbody. Aerodynamic downforce and drag are generated as airflow travels underneath and along the ramped surface of the diffuser. However, with a moderate drag penalty, the downforce-producing effect of the diffuser can be further enhanced by an arrangement of aerodynamic devices along the ramp surface and within the diverging flow channel of the vehicle's diffuser.
US09956998B2
An active front deflector assembly having a deflector panel, actuator, and linkage assemblies each with a predetermined geometry and ratio of links to each other for movement of the active front deflector assembly between at least a deployed position and a retracted position. The deflector panel is positionable at multiple heights. The assembly deploys and retracts based on vehicle requirements, and, when deployed, redirects the air flow in the front of the vehicle to improve the vehicle aerodynamics for either fuel economy or performance characteristics. Additionally, it allows for the deflector panel to retract so the vehicle meets ground clearances, etc. The deflector panel is also both rigid and semi-rigid to absorb impact energy. A drive shaft transmits the drive from one side to the other side. The deflector is both rigid and semi rigid to absorb impact energy.
US09956997B2
A converter dolly is provided for use with a tractor-trailer wherein the converter dolly additionally comprises dolly fairings which are located in front of the wheels of the converter dolly. The dolly fairings are preferably made of fibreglass, and improve the aerodynamic efficiency of the converter dolly, and thus reduce fuel consumption.
US09956993B1
A vehicular radar assembly includes a radar mount positioned proximate an engine compartment within a vehicle. A radar carriage is slidably coupled to the radar mount and having a radar module coupled thereto. A biasing mechanism biases the radar carriage away from the radar mount toward a use position. Imposition of an impact force against the radar module temporarily overcomes the biasing mechanism and biases the radar carriage toward the radar mount.
US09956990B2
A lane keeping assist apparatus has a vehicle speed responsive adjustment section which receives a target steering angle and a vehicle speed, sets a vehicle speed adjustment coefficient on the basis of the vehicle speed, multiplies an FF target steering torque by the vehicle speed adjustment coefficient, and outputs the resultant value as an adjusted FF target steering torque. The vehicle speed adjustment coefficient is set to 0 when the vehicle speed is lower than a first set vehicle speed and to 1 when the vehicle speed is higher than a second set vehicle speed. An adding section adds the adjusted FF target steering torque and an FB target steering torque together and outputs the resultant value as a final target steering torque.
US09956983B2
A steering wheel position adjustment device includes a displacement bracket fixed to a steering column, a pair of support plate parts for interposing the displacement bracket, an adjustment rod inserted in a through hole in the displacement bracket and in through holes in the support plate parts, a pair of pressing parts provided at both ends of the adjustment rod, an adjustment lever provided to one end of the adjustment rod and configured to expand and contract an interval between the pressing parts, and a rotating friction plate. The rotating friction plate is interposed between the displacement bracket and the support plate parts and/or between the support plate parts and the pressing parts. The rotating friction plate has a base end portion rotatably supported by a rotation support shaft, and a tip half portion formed with a long guide hole with which the adjustment rod is engaged.
US09956978B1
An insulated caddy includes a tray disposed above a frame with a wheel secured beneath each corner of the frame. A plurality of accessory rails is disposed about the exterior sides of the frame. An adjustable shelf is secured to the handle. A metallic rack is secured in the back of the tray and is perpendicular to the tray bottom. A plurality of hooks is disposed adjacent the top edge of the tray. A mesh bag with a fastener is centered within the metallic rack.
US09956977B2
A pushcart according to the present disclosure provides a warning on the basis of a first weight at a position outside a region between a shaft of front wheels and a shaft of rear wheels when viewed from the vertical direction and a predetermined weight. For example, the predetermined weight is the weight on a mounting portion located between the shaft of the front wheels and the shaft of the rear wheels when viewed from the vertical direction. When the first weight is larger than the predetermined weight, an informing unit can provide a warning by using a sound, light, and the like and enable a user to recognize that there is a possibility that the pushcart will turn over.
US09956976B1
An all-purpose, all-terrain cart for transporting objects across rugged terrain and tranformable into a bench with a backrest. The all-purpose, all-terrain cart includes a housing assembly including a base housing having a bottom wall, side walls, a front wall, a back wall and an open top, and including cover members removably disposed upon the open top; a support assembly in communication with the base housing and including racks adjustably and removably mounted to the base housing; and a drive assembly including wheels for moving the base housing upon a ground.
US09956974B2
A method includes obtaining data relating to operation of a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and a second vehicle communicatively coupled with each other by a communication channel. The first vehicle includes a first electronic component performing functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method also includes communicating the first data over the communication channel from the first vehicle to a second electronic component disposed onboard the second vehicle responsive to the first electronic component being unable to perform the one or more functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method further includes performing the functions of the first electronic component with the second electronic component using the first data that is received from the first vehicle.
US09956968B2
The invention relates to a railway car truck incorporating an interconnection between a side frame and a bearing adapter. The bearing adapter may receive a reduced coefficient of friction surface member in a recess on a top surface of the bearing adapter, facilitating a reduced lateral spring rate of the wheelset. Alternatively, or in combination, an adapter plate is received in the pedestal jaw on the bearing adapter to retain the reduced coefficient of friction surface member above or below the adapter plate. The adapter plate may be provided with surfaces about perpendicular to the longitudinal and lateral axes of the side frame to support elastomeric members, which may provide different longitudinal and lateral spring rates in response to a load applied to the truck.
US09956965B1
In various example embodiments, a system and method for determining a tongue weight of a vehicle with a trailer and its load is disclosed. A method includes: providing predetermined calibration settings relating force to engine speed for a vehicle travelling at various speeds, altering accelerometer data based on filtered vehicle pitch and roll data, determining that one or more vehicle performance parameters fall within a threshold range, storing a plurality of data pairs that include longitudinal acceleration and drive force, and determining a slope of a line that linearly approximates the plurality of data pairs, the slope indicating a total weight, the total weight comprising a weight of the vehicle and a weight being hauled by the vehicle, determining tongue weight from vehicle weight, total weight and delta pitch, and transmitting the tongue weight to a display.
US09956963B2
A system for analyzing driver fitness to drive with consideration given to any of various conditions such as driver drowsiness, fatigue, and anxiety. The system includes a processing hardware unit, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising various modules to determine if the driver is impaired. The modules include an input interface module that, when executed by the processing unit, receives sensor data indicating a present driver health factor. A database module includes pre-established driver-profile data particular to a driver. And the modules include an activity module that, when executed by the processing unit, obtains the driver-profile data and the sensor data, and determines, based on the present health factor and the pre-established driver-profile data, fitness of the driver to drive. The disclosure relates in various embodiments to a computer-readable storage device, separately, and processes performed by the system and device.
US09956962B2
A method and a device for determining a reaction time of a vehicle driver of a vehicle includes a display device displaying at least one visual stimulus; and processing circuitry using a view recognition device to observe the direction of view of the vehicle driver, and determining the reaction time starting from the displaying of the visual stimulus, the reaction time corresponding to a specified time span if the direction of view of the vehicle driver is not recognized within the specified time span as running in the direction of the visual stimulus, or the reaction time corresponding to a time span in which the direction of view of the vehicle driver is recognized within the specified time span as running in the direction of the visual stimulus.
US09956961B2
An in-vehicle system includes a vehicle position detection unit and a vehicle position calculation unit that detect a vehicle position, a road condition prediction unit that predicts a road condition at a position in front of the detected vehicle position, an automatic driving continuation determination unit that determines whether or not the vehicle automatic driving can be continued at the position in front of the vehicle based on the road condition predicted by the road condition prediction unit, and an automatic driving cancellation warning unit that warns of cancellation of the vehicle automatic driving when the automatic driving continuation determination unit determines that it is difficult to continue the vehicle automatic driving.
US09956956B2
A vehicle system for a vehicle can include sensors and a controller. The sensors can detect a position and speed of the vehicle and a position and speed of an object adjacent to the vehicle's lane. The controller can determine an operational state based on input from the sensors. The controller can operate the vehicle in an autonomous mode, wherein the controller controls the speed of the vehicle and a spacing between the vehicle and the object. The controller can switch from the autonomous mode to a learning mode in response to a driver taking control of the vehicle's speed or steering. In the learning mode, the controller can learn a preferred spacing between the vehicle and the object and a preferred speed relative to the object. The controller can control the vehicle in the autonomous mode based on the preferred spacing and speed during similar operational states.
US09956947B2
An electric brake device is provided which is capable of early detecting presence/absence of abnormality in the brake device during the traveling of a vehicle in the absence of the operation of a brake application device. A controller includes an abnormality detecting operation controller which operates the electric motor according to a predetermined condition during the traveling of the vehicle in the absence of the operation of the brake application device. The device further includes an abnormality detector which obtains a measured value of a predetermined item related to the vehicle when the electric motor is operated by the abnormality detecting operation controller, and compares the measured value with an estimated value or a set value to detect presence/absence of abnormality in the brake device.
US09956944B2
A pneumatic pressure control valve for a brake control system of a rail vehicle having at least three pressure chambers supplied with compressed air and are disposed in a housing of the pressure control valve, a first pressure chamber sealed by a piston and by a valve seat arranged on a tappet, subjected to a braking pressure and fluidically connected to a second pressure chamber via a conduit in the tappet to relieve pressure, a further third pressure chamber supplied with a supply pressure, arranged between the two pressure chambers and the sealing between the third pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber is achieved by a flat membrane arranged in the third pressure chamber and which enables the tappet to be axially displaced, the flat membrane has a circular opening arranged substantially centrally to provide a check function and through which the tappet extends in the axial direction.
US09956943B2
An electrohydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, having a hydraulic simulator circuit for generating a pedal feedback force, having a cylinder-piston unit and having an electromechanical actuator which acts on the cylinder-piston unit and which serves for generating a hydraulic pressure in at least one brake circuit, having a first fluid path with, arranged therein, a first valve device for the selective fluidic coupling of the cylinder-piston unit to the simulator circuit, and having a second fluid path with, arranged therein, a second valve device for the selective fluidic coupling of the simulator circuit to an unpressurized hydraulic fluid reservoir. Also specified are a ventilation method for a brake system of said type, a testing method for a further electrohydraulic motor vehicle brake system with only a first valve device, and a respective computer program product, with program code means, for carrying out one of the two methods when the computer program is executed on a processing unit.
US09956935B2
In a folding completion body of an airbag, the airbag includes: an airbag body configured to be stored on an upper edge of a window on an inboard side of a vehicle; and a plurality of mounting pieces which extend from an upper edge of the airbag body and mount the airbag body to the upper edge of the window, the lower edge of the airbag body in a flatly deployed state is folded to be brought close to the upper edge so as to form a folded body; a folding-collapse preventing member is assembled to the folded body; and the mounting piece with the lug is folded and superimposed to the upper edge of the airbag body in the folded body, and the lug is interposed between the folding-collapse preventing member and a surface of the folded body so as to be fixed to the folded body.
US09956932B2
A method for neutralizing electrostatic charge comprising the steps of placing a first conductive body in contact with a second conductive body, wherein the first conductive body is proximate to a charged object; inducing a positive charge on the first conductive body and an equal amount of negative charge on the second conductive body; electrically isolating the first and second conductive bodies; connecting the first conductive body to the negatively charged object long enough to neutralize excess positive charge; placing the second conductive body in contact with an electrical receiver; transferring excess charge into the electrical receiver; discharging and isolating the conductive bodies; and bringing the conductive bodies back into contact with each other.
US09956928B2
A track assembly for a sliding vehicle door, which includes a wire track extending between a track mount assembly attached to the sliding vehicle door and a body mount component. The wire track comprises a plurality of interconnected links allowing the wire track to articulate in a wire track articulation plane between door closed and door open positions. A wiring harness extends through the wire track. An elastomeric grommet extends from the track mount assembly and surrounds the wiring harness while permitting the wiring harness to twist and bend inside the grommet as the wire track articulates. A roller track is mounted to a vehicle body structure. The body mount component is mounted below the roller track such that the wire track articulation plane is disposed below a lower wall of the roller track.
US09956925B2
A structure is used wherein a clip holding component of a harness protector can be formed as a separate item from a clip. A clip holding component of a type that is moveable in the X axis direction is used for a least one of the clip holding components of the harness protector. This clip holding component that is moveable in the X axis direction has a widened slit to accommodate misalignment in the X axis direction b. The clip holding component may be combined with other stationary type clip holding components or clip holding components which are moveable in the Y axis direction.
US09956924B2
A work table is provided for a pickup truck tailgate. The work table is received in a pocket defined in a rear portion of the truck bed and is deployed to overlie an inner surface of the tailgate. Guide members and followers provided on a pivot connector guide the work table as it is lowered into and raised from the pocket. Right and left panels are provided on either side of the main panel to cover right and left portions of the tailgate. The pocket is disposed between the spare tire and bumper and between the right and left frame rails at the rear sill of the truck bed.
US09956919B2
A fastening assembly is provided for a roof add-on part of a motor vehicle, which has a roof skin element, an outer roof side frame, and a roof-add-on-part fastening element, which has a thread for detachably fastening the roof add-on part. The roof-add-on-part fastening element is fastened to a support plate. The support plate is arranged on a flange of the outer roof side frame and is fixed by a blind rivet only to the flange of the outer roof side frame, in such a way that the support plate and the flange of the outer roof side frame are jammed, in particular against each other.
US09956906B2
Certain example embodiments relate to a vehicle window (e.g., sunroof). Side-firing LEDs are provided between first and second substantially parallel substrates and emit light towards central regions of the window. A liquid-crystal inclusive switchable film is provided between the first and second substrates. The liquid crystals are sized such that light received from the LEDs is redirected in a direction substantially normal to major surfaces of the first and second substrates. The switchable film is operable in at least first and second modes, with the window in the first mode having a visible transmission of less than 1%, and with the window in the second mode having a visible transmission of 7-15%. The switchable film and the LEDs are operable independently of one another in connection with the LEDs emitting light and the switchable film controlling visible transmission therethrough.
US09956905B2
This invention relates to a method of projecting laser light onto a road surface from a vehicle. It also relates to an apparatus for projecting laser light onto a road surface from a vehicle. Said apparatus may be a stand-alone device mounted on a vehicle, or it may be integrally formed with a vehicle.
US09956901B2
A curvature estimation unit estimates the curvature of the road on which a vehicle is driving. A swivel angle setting unit is configured to perform a first mode in which a swivel angle of a lamp unit is set such that a light distribution pattern follows the travelling direction of the vehicle based on the curvature estimated by the curvature estimation unit, and perform a second mode in which a swivel angle of the lamp unit is set such that a shielded area created in a light distribution pattern follows the position of the vehicle detected by a vehicle position detector. A pattern determination unit determines a light distribution pattern such that the position of the vehicle detected by the vehicle position detector remains in the shielded area. A swivel angle setting unit performs the first mode when it is determined that the road is a curved road based on the curvature estimated by the curvature estimation unit, and performs the second mode when it is determined that the road is a straight road.
US09956897B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat base having a side bolster cover. A bolster is disposed under the side bolster cover. The bolster has a static bolster carrier and an operable portion that is operable relative to the bolster carrier to define a plurality of bolster positions. A flexible interior facing extends from the bolster carrier to an intermediate portion of the bolster cover, wherein a lower edge of the bolster cover is positioned below the bolster carrier such that the bolster cover conceals the bolster in each of the plurality of bolster positions.
