US09087715B2
According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a fin-type stacked layer structure having memory cells, and a beam connected to an end portion of the structure. Each of the structure and the beam includes semiconductor layers stacked in a perpendicular direction. The beam includes a contact portion provided at one end of the beam, and a low resistance portion provided between the contact portion and the end portion of the structure.
US09087699B2
A method of forming an array of openings in a substrate. The method comprises forming a template structure comprising a plurality of parallel features and a plurality of additional parallel features perpendicularly intersecting the plurality of additional parallel features of the plurality over a substrate to define wells, each of the plurality of parallel features having substantially the same dimensions and relative spacing as each of the plurality of additional parallel features. A block copolymer material is formed in each of the wells. The block copolymer material is processed to form a patterned polymer material defining a pattern of openings. The pattern of openings is transferred to the substrate to form an array of openings in the substrate. A method of forming a semiconductor device structure, and a semiconductor device structure are also described.
US09087682B2
The invention relates to devices and methods for the storage of ions in mass spectrometers. The invention proposes the generation and superposition of two multipole fields of different order, independent of each other, in an RF multipole rod system. In an embodiment with eight pole rods, for example, it is thus possible to jointly store low-energy electrons in a central RF quadrupole field, which effectively acts only on electrons and holds them together radially, on the one hand, and multiply charged heavy positive ions in an RF octopole field, which effectively acts only on the ions, on the other hand, in order to fragment the positive ions by electron capture dissociation (ECD). In a different embodiment, multiply charged positive analyte ions and suitable negative reactant ions can react with each other in an octopole field by electron transfer dissociation (ETD) with a high fragmentation yield, and the fragment ions can subsequently be bundled by a transition to a quadrupole field to form a fine ion beam, which can leave the multipole rod system axially. A mixture of hexapole and dodecapole systems is also possible.
US09087674B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of determining at least one characteristic of a target surface, comprising providing a phase map for a first region of a target surface via radiation having a first wavelength, providing n further phase maps for the first region via radiation having a further n wavelengths each different from the first wavelength, and determining at least one characteristic at the target surface responsive to the first and further phase maps.
US09087673B2
A sample holder assembly includes a sample tray, a base plate, a stage mount, and a calibration standard mounted onto the stage mount. Three mating structures on the bottom of the base plate mate with corresponding structures on a stage mount that is attached to the sample stage of the SEM. An optional contacting conductor provides electrical contact between the stage mount and the base plate so that charge generated on the sample by the electron beam can leave the sample through the sample conductive layer to the sample tray, to the base plate, to the stage mount, and through the grounded stage.
US09087671B2
An inductively coupled plasma source having multiple gases in the plasma chamber provides multiple ion species to a focusing column. A mass filter allows for selection of a specific ion species and rapid changing from one species to another.
US09087668B2
A thermal transfer film includes a base layer, and a light-to-heat conversion layer on the base layer, the light-to-heat conversion layer including at least one of particles selected from tungsten oxide particles and composite tungsten oxide particles, the particles being present in an amount of about 20 wt % to about 65 wt % in the light-to-heat conversion layer.
US09087665B2
Embodiments provide an electrical contact assembly. The electrical contact assembly includes a crossbar, a pivot pin mounted in the crossbar, a contact arm pivotally mounted on the pivot pin and rotatable about a pivot axis, a moveable electrical contact spaced from the pivot axis in a first arm portion of the contact arm, and a spring assembly coupled between the crossbar and the contact arm, the spring assembly including a clevis pin and a spring received on the clevis pin wherein an end of the clevis pin extends through the spring and is received in a pivot recess in the crossbar. Electrical contact assemblies with offset rod ends and limit stops are also disclosed. Systems including the electrical contact assembly and methods of operating the electrical contact assembly are provided, as are other aspects.
US09087661B2
An electrical switch arrangement has a switch housing and a button guided in the switch housing. The button can be brought into two fixed switching states. A display indicates when at least one of the switching states is reached. A U-shaped spring is arranged inside the button approximately at right angles to the direction of movement the button. The spring is guided in a guide track formed in sections of the switch housing.
US09087660B2
An exemplary embodiment provides a switch mechanism of which key top portion can be tilted with a simple mechanism. The switch mechanism includes a housing portion, a key top portion arranged such that a partial surface thereof is exposed at a peripheral portion of the housing portion, and a switch portion which is arranged in the inside of the housing portion and can be pressed in response to pressing of the partial surface of the key top portion. The housing portion includes a side support portion which tilts the key top portion by supporting the key top portion from a side when the partial surface of the key top portion is pressed.
US09087652B2
An electrical switch including at least one switching unit includes: a contact lever and two parallel plates, between which the contact lever is resiliently retained by way of pins. The contact lever is inserted into an electrically non-conductive housing of the switching unit, wherein at least one of the pins forms a retaining pin, wherein the length of the retaining pin exceeds the distance between the parallel plates and wherein the retaining pin extends through a hole in each of the two plates and is retained by one pin end in a retaining recess in the housing and by the other pin end in an opposite retaining recess in the housing.
US09087650B2
A keycap structure includes a reinforcement element and a keycap body. The reinforcement element includes two long segments and two short segments. The keycap body includes plural fixing parts and two protruding parts. The plural fixing parts are used for fixing two ends of each long segment of the reinforcement element. The two protruding parts are used for pushing the two short segments of the reinforcement element, so that the reinforcement element is subjected to deformation. Consequently, the reinforcement element generates a reacting force to push against the bilateral sides of the keycap body. Under this circumstance, the top surface of the keycap body is formed as a downwardly-concave arc-shaped surface, so that the shape of the keycap structure is effectively corrected.
US09087637B2
An apparatus for wireless charging using radio frequency (RF) energy includes a charger coil configured to produce RF charging energy as a magnetic field, the charger coil located proximate to a magnetic material and a metal material, the magnetic material and the metal material located to attenuate the magnetic field generated by the charger coil beyond a plane defined by a major surface of the magnetic material and the metal material, a first portion of the magnetic material underlying the charger coil and a second portion of magnetic material overlying the charger coil.
US09087636B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a coil (140) integrated in a substrate (100) or applied to a substrate, wherein the coil has first winding portions (136), which each have first ends (141) and second ends (147), and wherein the coil has second winding portions (138) and third winding portions (139), wherein each two of the first ends are electrically interconnected by the second winding portions and two corresponding second ends of the first winding portions are electrically interconnected by the third winding portions, such that coil windings of the coil are formed hereby, wherein at least the first winding portions are applied by means of a 3D printing method, wherein this is aerosol jet or inkjet printing, for example.
US09087635B2
A load tap changer includes a mechanical switch, a semiconductor switch and an impedance branch or an uncontrolled semiconductor switch. The mechanical switch is connected to a power terminal of a voltage conversion device to carry an electric current and is activated to switch from a first tap to a second tap of the voltage conversion device when a tap change signal is received. The semiconductor switch is then connected between the first tap and the power terminal of the voltage conversion device and is disconnected before the mechanical switch is connected to the second tap. The impedance branch or the uncontrolled semiconductor switch is connected between the second tap and the power terminal of the voltage conversion device before the mechanical switch is connected to the second tap. The impedance or the uncontrolled semiconductor switch is disconnected after the mechanical switch is connected to the second tap.
US09087633B2
A magnetic device has a contact structure including a magnetic material therein. The contact structure is magnetostatically and/or electrically coupled to a magnetic element such as one having a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) multilayer structure. The magnetic material included in the contact structure is configured to compensate for an offset field acting on the free layer of the magnetic element by reference layers of the magnetic element.
US09087623B2
A voltage nonlinear resistor ceramic composition comprises zinc oxide, with respect to 100 mol of said zinc oxide, 0.30 to 10 mol of Co oxide in terms of Co, 0.10 to 10 mol of R oxide (note that R is at least one selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) in terms of R, 0.10 to 5 mol of Cr oxide in terms of Cr, 0.10 to 5 mol of oxide of at least one selected from Ca and Sr respectively in terms of Ca or Sr, 0.0005 to 5 mol of oxide of at least one selected from Al, Ga and In respectively in terms of Al, Ga or In, and 0.10 to 5 mol of barium titanate in terms of BaTiO3.
US09087622B2
A liquid composition (e.g., inkjet fluid) for forming an organic layer of an organic electronic device (e.g., an OLED). The liquid composition comprises a small molecule organic semiconductor material mixed in an aromatic solvent. The aromatic solvent, when left as a residue in the organic layer, is capable of presenting relatively reduced resistivity to charge transport or facilitating charge transport in the organic layer that is deposited, as compared to other conventional solvents. In certain embodiments, the aromatic solvent compound has the following formula: wherein R represents one or more optional substituents on the benzene ring, wherein each R is independently an aliphatic group containing from 1-15 carbon atoms; and wherein X is a substitution group that contains an electron-withdrawing group selected from nitrile, sulfonyl, or trifluoromethyl.
US09087614B2
In one example embodiment, a memory module includes a plurality of memory devices and a buffer chip configured to manage the plurality of memory device. The buffer chip includes a memory management unit having an error correction unit configured to perform error correction operation on each of the plurality of memory devices. Each of the plurality of memory devices includes at least one spare column that is accessible by the memory management unit, and the memory management unit is configured to correct errors of the plurality of memory devices by selectively using the at least one spare column based on an error correction capability of the error correction unit.
US09087613B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for repairing a memory cell in a memory test system. A test device detects a fail address by testing a memory device according to a test command, and temporarily stores the fail address in a fail address memory (FAM). The fail address is transmitted to the memory device according to a fail address transmission mode, is temporarily stored in a temporary fail address storage of the memory device, and is then stored in an anti-fuse array, which is a non-volatile storage device. To secure the reliability of data, stored data can be read to verify the data and a verification result can be transmitted in series or in parallel to the test device.
US09087610B2
An operation method of a semiconductor memory device including a fuse array for storing one or more repair addresses includes latching additionally a repair address having an address value, which is not stored in the fuse array in response to an active command signal during a repair operation mode, receiving a repair entry control code from an external device in response to a first column command signal during the repair operation mode, performing a rupture operation of the repair address, which is latched, in response to a second column command signal, wherein the rupture operation is determined based on a value of a repair entry control code, and performing exit of the repair operation mode in response to a precharge command signal, which is provided after the second column command signal.
US09087609B2
Disclosed is a multi-bit memory device including: a first electrode; a third electrode which is disposed apart from the first electrode; a second electrode which is disposed between the first electrode and the third electrode; a first memory unit which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and includes a material which is electrically polarized and exhibits hysteresis; and a second memory unit which is disposed between the second electrode and the third electrode and includes a material which is electrically polarized and exhibits hysteresis.
US09087600B2
Programming a memory in two parts to reduce cell disturb is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, data is programmed in two or more sequences of programming pulses with data requiring higher programming voltages programmed first. During each programming sequence, the data which is not being currently selected for programming is inhibited. Overlapping levels and/or voltage ranges can be used.
US09087593B2
Devices and methods for generating a random number that utilizes a magnetic tunnel junction are disclosed. An AC current source can be in electrical connection to a magnetic tunnel junction to provide an AC current to the magnetic tunnel junction. A read circuit can be used to determine a bit based on a state of the magnetic tunnel junction. A rate of production of the bits can be adjusted, such as by adjusting a frequency or amplitude of the AC current. A probability of obtaining a “0” or “1” bit can be managed, such as by an addition of DC biasing to the AC current.
US09087592B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory banks in a first region, a data terminal to which an input data signal is input, the data terminal being in a second region, and an inverting circuit that inverts or non-inverts the input data signal in response to an inversion control signal indicating whether the input data signal has been inverted, wherein at least one inverting circuit is disposed for each of the plurality of memory banks.
US09087589B2
A flash memory device reducing a layout area is provided. In the flash memory device, even power transistors and odd power transistors of a plurality of power connection portions corresponding to a plurality of pairs of bit lines and even select transistors and odd select transistors of a plurality of select connection portions corresponding thereto are disposed in one common active region. In the flash memory device, since the number of insulation regions/layout areas for distinguishing active regions is reduced, a layout length in the vertical direction is reduced, ultimately reducing an entire required layout area considerably.
US09087582B2
In a driving method of a non-volatile memory element, the polarity of a write voltage pulse applied to change a variable resistance layer from a high-resistance state to a low-resistance state is such that an input/output terminal which is more distant from the variable resistance element becomes a source terminal, and when a first write voltage pulse is applied to change the variable resistance layer in the high-resistance state to the low-resistance state, a first gate voltage is applied to a gate terminal, while when a second write voltage pulse which is greater in absolute value of voltage than the first write voltage pulse is applied to change the variable resistance layer in an excess-resistance state to the low-resistance state, a second gate voltage which is smaller in absolute value than the first gate voltage is applied to the gate terminal.
US09087575B2
A phase change memory device having a multi-level and a method of driving the same are presented. The disclosed phase change memory device includes variable resistors and shifting units. The variable resistors are interchanged into set and reset states in response to an applied current. The shifting units, which are connected to the variable resistors, shift resistance distribution in the set and reset state of the variable resistors by a predetermined level.
US09087573B2
Even in a circuit which always needs power supply, with a structure in which power supply is stopped in a period which does not need power supply, power consumption at the time of writing data to a memory device included in the circuit is reduced. A volatile memory portion and a nonvolatile memory portion are provided in the memory device included in the circuit which always needs power supply. As a memory element for storing data stored in the volatile memory portion which is included in the nonvolatile memory portion, a variable resistance memory element whose resistance value can be varied depending on voltage applied between both end terminals thereof is used.
US09087572B2
A content addressable memory can include an array of memory cells having multiple memory elements, such as RRAM elements, to store data based on a plurality resistive states. A common switching device, such as a transistor, can electrically couple a plurality of the multiple memory elements with a matchline during read, write, erase, and search operations. In search operations, the memory cells can receive a search word and selectively discharge a voltage level on the matchline based on the data stored by the memory elements and the search word provided to the memory elements. The voltage level of the matchline can indicate whether the search word matched the data stored in the memory cells. The content addressable memory can potentially have an effective memory cell sizing under 0.5F2 depending on the number of layers of memory cells formed over the switching device.
US09087568B1
Chip selection and internal clocking functions are enabled within an integrated circuit memory component in response to a single “chip-enable” control signal, thus reducing memory system pin count and wiring complexity relative to designs that require separate chip-select and clock-enable signals. Internal clocking logic may also be provided to generate timing signal edges more precisely limited to the number required to complete a given memory component operation, reducing the number of unnecessary timing events and lowering power consumption. Further, internal read and write clock signals may be speculatively enabled within the memory component to more quickly stabilize those clocks in preparation for data transmission and reception operations, potentially lowering memory access latency.
US09087560B2
A method for writing a mode register in a semiconductor device, the method includes receiving a mode register command and a mode signal, generating a first mode register setting signal, delaying the first mode register setting signal in a first latency shifter to provide a second mode register setting signal, receiving a data signal in synchronization with the second mode register setting signal, and writing the mode signal to the mode register only if the received data signal has a first logic level.
US09087558B2
A semiconductor device may comprise a first bit line, a second bit line, a memory cell connected to the first bit line, a bit line sense amplifier circuit and a control circuit. The bit line sense amplifier circuit may be coupled to the memory cell. The bit line sense amplifier circuit may include a first inverter having an input node coupled to the first bit line and an output node coupled to the second bit line, and a second inverter having an input node coupled to the second bit line and an output node coupled to the first bit line. The control circuit may be configured to activate the first inverter without activating the second inverter during a first time period and to activate the first inverter and the second inverter at the same time during a second time period after the first time period.
US09087557B2
Serial input devices (e.g., pin electronics modules) are coupled to an interface via data lines, clock lines, and select lines. A first subset and a second subset of the devices are each arrayed in columns, rows, and layers. Each data line is coupled to a respective row in the first subset and a respective row in the second subset; each clock line is coupled to a respective column in the first subset and a respective column in the second subset; and each layer in each subset is coupled to a respective select line. The interface can program a device by concurrently activating one of the data lines, one of the clock lines, and one of the select lines.
US09087553B2
Tape head with thermal tape-head distance sensor to reduce the distance between the tape and the head to allow an increase in areal density. A tape head designed for reading and/or writing to a tape, including: a tape bearing surface shaped to form an air bearing when moving the tape with respect to the tape bearing surface; a thermal tape-head distance sensor circuit adapted to sense heat dissipated at the level of the tape bearing surface by the tape and thereby sense a distance between the tape bearing surface and the tape; and tape-head distance control means connected to the thermal tape-head distance sensor circuit to receive a signal provided by the tape-head distance sensor circuit and configured to alter the distance according to a signal received from the tape-head distance sensor circuit. This invention is further directed to a method of tape-head distance control for the above tape head.
US09087543B2
A mechanism is provided for a structure with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. A bottom oxide layer is disposed, and a magnetic layer is disposed adjacent to the bottom oxide layer. The magnetic layer includes iron and is magnetized perpendicularly to a plane of the magnetic layer. A top oxide layer is disposed adjacent to the magnetic layer.
US09087522B2
An optical information reproducing device includes: a light source that emits light to the optical information recording medium; a light source control unit that controls a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; a reference beam angle control unit that controls an incidence angle of the reference beam to the optical information recording medium; a light detector that detects a reproduction image from the optical information recording medium or a brightness distribution of the reproduction image; a reproduction image processing unit that detects a bright line of the reproduction image on the basis of a detection result of the light detector and outputs a detection result of the bright line; and a controller that controls the wavelength of the light emitted from the light source, on the basis of an output of the reproduction image processing unit, and controls the incidence angle of the reference beam.
US09087507B2
Computer-based skimming and scrolling of aurally presented information is described. Different levels of skimming are achieved in aural presentations with allowing a user to navigate an aural presentation according to significant points identified within an information source. The significant points are identified using various indicia that suggest logical arrangements for the information contained within the source, such as semantics, syntax, typography, formatting, named entities, and markup tags. The identified significant points signal changes in playback mode for the audio presentation, such as different tones, pitches, volumes, or voices. Similar indicia may be used to generate identifying markers from the information source that can be aurally presented in lieu of the information source itself to allow for aural scrolling of the information.
US09087501B2
A sound signal analysis apparatus 10 includes sound signal input portion for inputting a sound signal indicative of a musical piece, tempo detection portion for detecting a tempo of each of sections of the musical piece by use of the input sound signal, judgment portion for judging stability of the tempo, and control portion for controlling a certain target in accordance with a result judged by the judgment portion.
US09087492B2
A method for use in a display panel is disclosed. The method includes providing M bus lines in the bus area for receiving a plurality of clock signals, M being a positive integer greater than 3; providing a plurality of signal lines to separately provide the clock signals from the M bus line to the circuit area, the circuit area configured to provide the plurality of sequential gate line signals in response to the clock signals, the plurality of signal lines including a plurality of adjacent signal-line pairs, each adjacent signal-line pair having a resistance difference, said signal lines including a maximum resistance value and a minimum resistance value, and wherein the M bus lines are arranged such that the resistance difference in any one of the adjacent signal-line pairs is smaller than a value difference between the maximum resistance value and the minimum resistance value.
US09087491B2
A display apparatus with a touch detection function, includes: a plurality of common drive electrodes disposed in parallel so as to extend in one direction; a display element displaying on the basis of a pixel signal and a display drive signal; a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object on the basis of a touch-detection drive signal; and a scan drive section performing first scan driving to apply the display drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division and second scan driving having a scan speed different from a scan speed of the first scan driving to apply the touch-detection drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division, wherein the scan drive section drives the common drive electrodes for each plurality of the electrodes in the first and the second scan driving.
US09087486B2
A method of operating a display including loading image data to pixels in multiple rows of pixels in an array of pixels during a data loading phase, actuating the pixels in the multiple rows during an update phase, and illuminating at least one lamp during an lamp illumination phase to illuminate the actuated pixels to form an image on the display, in which each of the loading, actuating and illuminating phases partially overlap in time.
US09087485B2
Disclosed herein is a local dimming driving method and device of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) device, which is capable of preventing color change due to gray scale saturation when data is compensated while enabling local dimming. The local dimming driving method of the LCD device includes detecting maximum values per pixel from input image data, analyzing the maximum values per pixel on a block-by-block basis, and determining local dimming values per block according to the analysis result, calculating a first gain value using the local dimming values per block, calculating a maximum gain value per pixel using the maximum value per pixel as a second gain value, selecting a smaller value of the first and second gain values as a final gain value, compensating the input image data using the final gain value, and controlling luminance of a backlight unit on the block-by-block basis using the local dimming value per block.
US09087484B2
A control apparatus specifies a response time required for a pre-change transmittance specified by image data of an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel to become a post-change transmittance specified by image data of a subsequent image, subsequent to the image, to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel, for each pixel of the liquid crystal display panel, based on the pre-change transmittance and on the post-change transmittance; derives a representative response time defined as a response time of an image in a frame, based on the response time specified for each of the pixels; and sets an unlit time period of the backlight, between display of the image and the subsequent image, according to the representative response time.
US09087481B2
A luminance correcting system for an organic light emitting display includes an image analyzing unit for analyzing an image on a display unit and for measuring luminance and color coordinates of reference gray level data, a reference offset value setting unit for setting reference offset values of respective color data in the reference gray level data to correspond to an image analysis result obtained by the image analyzing unit, a controller for detecting a difference in reference offset values of at least two color data among the respective color data in the reference gray level data and for comparing the difference with a reference value, and an additional offset value setting unit for setting an additional offset value corresponding to at least one gray level among gray level data excluding the reference gray level data when the difference in the reference offset values is not less than the reference value.
US09087472B2
An array substrate of a display panel is provided with a new layout design. The array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixel groups, a plurality of switching devices, a pair of first data lines, and a plurality of scan lines. Each of the sub-pixel group comprises a first sub-pixel group and a second sub-pixel group. Each of the first sub-pixel group and the second sub-pixel group comprises a first, a second, a third sub-pixel, and is disposed in a first column. The first, the second, and the third sub-pixels are having different voltages while the array substrate of a display panel is displaying in a two-dimensional (2D) mode.
US09087471B2
A technique for adaptive brightness control of an eyepiece of a head mounted display (“HMD”) includes displaying a computer generated image (“CGI”) to an eye of a user from a viewing region of the eyepiece of the HMD. Image data is captured from an ambient environment surrounding the HMD. A brightness value is calculated for the ambient environment based at least in part upon the image data. A bias power setting is determined based at least in part upon the brightness value. The bias power setting is applied to an illumination source for generating the CGI and a brightness level of the CGI displayed to the eye of the user is controlled with the bias power setting.
US09087468B2
A display device includes a display area including a gate line and a data line and a gate driver connected to an end of the gate line, the gate driver including at least one stages integrated on a substrate configured to output a gate voltage, in which the stage includes an inverter unit and an output unit, in which the output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor. The first transistor includes an input terminal applied with a clock signal, a control terminal connected to the node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal through which the gate voltage is output. An inverter voltage output from the inverter is lower than the low voltage of the gate voltage output by the output unit.
US09087460B2
The invention relates to a name badge comprising an attachment device (3) which comprises a base (20) and two cheeks (29, 30) which are arranged at a distance from each other, in addition to a clamping element (27) which is pivotably mounted between the cheeks (29, 30). The attachment device (3) is held by a mounting (8), which is embodied in the form of a frame (10, 13) which at least partially surrounds the attachment device and comprises holding down clamps (16, 17) for the base (20).
US09087458B2
A dynamically-changeable abdominal simulator system comprises a patient manikin having an abdominal cavity covered by a sheet of synthetic skin, an array of inflatable elements emplaced within the abdominal cavity covering respectively distinct areas of pressurization of the abdominal cavity and supplied with pressurized medium under separate and independent inflation control for each of the inflatable elements in order to simulate a wide range of abdominal ailments and/or conditional expressions thereof. An inflation manifold and an electronic control module operable therewith control the supply of pressurized medium to the inflatable elements. The electronic control module can communicate with an external computer that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the user to control the training simulation routines to be performed on the manikin.
US09087456B2
This disclosure includes embodiments of apparatuses and methods for simulating the uterus of a human (e.g., for training medical providers to perform sonograms, amniocentesis, ultrasound-guided amniocentesis, and/or other procedures). For example, in at least some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a container with a compartment and an anterior wall that is configured to permit sonogram imaging of the compartment. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a container that is configured to be removably coupled to the abdomen of a live human or human model such that the compartment simulates the uterus of the human or model.
US09087455B2
Map interactivity for a visually-impaired user is provided. A map is displayed on a display module of a device and a grid is overlaid onto the displayed map using a rendering module. Each cell of the grill corresponds to a location on the map. Further, a user selection is received using the input module concerning a cell of the grid from the displayed map. Information associated with a selected cell is retrieved using the location module within the device and a speech segment relating to the information is output using an output module.
US09087452B2
A method of detecting conflicts between aircraft passing through managed airspace, and to resolving the detected conflicts strategically. The method may include obtaining intended trajectories of aircraft through the airspace and time constraints corresponding to time of arrival at specified locations, detecting conflicts in the intended trajectories, forming a set of the conflicted aircraft, calculating one or more revised trajectories for the conflicted aircraft such that the conflicts are resolved and the time constraints met, and advising the conflicted aircraft subject to revised trajectories of the revised trajectories.
US09087449B1
Techniques and systems are described that allow an air traffic display and/or avionics system of an aircraft to display and/or warn a pilot of aircraft targets for air traffic proximate to the aircraft or to suppress the display of on-ground air traffic targets. In some implementations, an integrated avionics system can use indirect information to determine whether an individual aircraft traffic target is to be presented to a pilot. For example, the integrated avionics system can determine whether an aircraft target is in proximity to the ground based on traffic tracking data corresponding to other aircraft.
US09087446B2
A fatigue degree input unit inputs a fatigue degree of a user through use of a processing device, and writes an input value of the fatigue degree into a storage device. A recommended duration calculation unit reads the input value of the fatigue degree written by the fatigue degree input unit from the storage device. In accordance with the input value of the fatigue degree read from the storage device, the recommended duration calculation unit calculates a bath duration to be recommended to the user, as a recommended duration, through use of the processing device. A recommended duration informing unit informs the user of the recommended duration calculated by the recommended duration calculation unit, through an output device.
US09087443B2
Method for reducing undesired alarms in an electronic article surveillance (EAS) system involves measuring a tag response at a first and second pedestal to obtain contemporaneous first and second tag responses. The tag responses are compared to evaluate relative signal strength and thereby discern a lesser signal strength tag response. A reduced level exciter drive signal is applied to a selected one of the first and second pedestals associated with the lesser signal strength tag response. A detection zone is then monitored to determine the occurrence of a third tag response resulting from the reduced level exciter signal. The approximate location of the tag in relation to the first and second pedestals is determined based on the first, second, and third tag responses.
US09087442B2
A panic device operable in conjunction with a local device is configured to unlock a locking mechanism. The panic device can take the form of an electronic key fob, a key shaft, or a key holder. A first trigger on the panic device triggers a local alarm that is on-board or off-board the panic device. A second trigger on the panic device can activate an alarm circuitry that utilizes a local device to provide position information to a distant dispatch station. The local device uses a GPS-aware circuitry or other non-GPS means such as triangulation to determine the position information. The position information can then be sent to the distant dispatch station with or without the aid of the local device.
US09087441B2
A notification appliance circuit (NAC) includes notification devices having a high capacity rechargeable energy storage device such as a supercapacitor and a strobe circuit. The supercapacitor can provide energy to produce flashes over an extended time period without fully discharging. The notification devices can also make use of the fallback power strategy in which the strobe circuit operates with reduced intensity while the supercapacitor is being recharged.
US09087440B2
A dispensing device includes a cabinet, a door, a catching assembly, and a driving assembly. The cabinet includes a plurality of product boxes for receiving products. The door is pivotably mounted to the cabinet. The catching assembly includes a catch portion, a shipping portion, and a connecting portion connected between the catch portion and the shipping portion; and the connecting portion defining a goods channel communicating with the catch portion, the shipping portion, and the receiving opening. The connecting portion is scalable in a vertical direction. The catch portion is slidable relative to the cabinet. The driving assembly is capable of driving the catch portion to slide to a selected product box of the plurality of product boxes to catch a corresponding product.
US09087429B2
A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In some embodiments, the operations can include detecting an indication to initiate a lighting presentation on a wagering game machine of a bank of wagering game machines. The operations can also include determining a position offset associated with the wagering game machine based, at least in part, on a position of the wagering game machine within the bank of wagering game machines relative to a reference wagering game machine of the bank of wagering game machines. The operations can further include determining a position-based time delay for initiating the lighting presentation on the wagering game machine based, at least in part, on the position offset associated with the wagering game machine, and initiating the lighting presentation on the wagering game machine after the position-based time delay associated with the wagering game machine.
US09087428B1
A method for generating customized menu for an account includes receiving identification information from a transaction card at a transaction machine, the transaction card being associated with the account holder using the transaction machine. The method may also include accessing, using the identification information, and activity profile information for the account holder. After receiving the information the method may include determining screen content based on the activity profile information and displaying the screen content to the account holder via a display screen of the transaction machine.
US09087426B2
A system for managing electronic receipts is provided. According to one aspect, the system includes a portable device, a base device, a user device and an electronic receipts administration system. The electronic receipts administration system provides the base device with the appropriate data to allow the base device to generate, store and manage electronic receipts accordingly. A user uses the portable device to conduct a transaction with the base device. The base device uses a variety of information to generate an electronic receipt for the transaction. Such information includes, for example, information stored on the portable device, information stored locally on the base device and information stored on another device such as an electronic cash register. The electronic receipt is then stored on the portable device. The user device allows the user to subsequently retrieve the electronic receipt for management purposes.
US09087423B2
A bill validator of an automated teller machine includes a magnetic detector for detecting magnetism of bills. The magnetic detector has pressing members of resin material having bearings bored therein. The bearings rotatably hold a shaft for a guide roller which presses bills against the lower surface of a magnetic sensor. The guide roller rotates as bills run on a conveyance path. However, since the bearings consist of fixed parts of resin material and the shaft is formed of non-magnetic material, the rotation does not cause changes in a magnetic field. Thus, when the guide roller rotates, the surrounding magnetic field does not change, so that, although the magnetic detector locates in the vicinity of the guide roller, the magnetic head of the magnetic sensor can well accurately sense the magnetism of bills.
US09087415B1
For parking facility management, a portable unit may have a data element for receiving data for parked vehicles that is displayed to a local user, may be printed, or may be transmitted to a remote parking management server. The unit also has a selection criteria element to identify illegally parked vehicles from the data received. A camera may be used to record parked vehicles, violations and location. A calculating element in the unit may be used to identify a parked vehicle as a repeat offender to determine whether a courtesy notice, a citation form, or a tow authorization from is to be prepared and transmitted to the appropriate agencies, companies and vehicle owner to effect a towing and impounding of a parked vehicle.
US09087413B2
A system, including apparatuses, software and methods, is disclosed for capturing and delivering images as to which various interactive functions are enabled for a user. The images introduced to the system can come from any one of a variety of sources, including from a digital camera. A graphical user interface permits a user to customize a set of interactive functions to be enabled for a given set of images. The interactively enabled images can be delivered via a webpage to a user, for example, via email, the Internet or downloaded from a disk or from disk drive on a computer on which the webpage is stored. Each image is delivered to a user in its own layer of software, which permits complex sets of images of relatively high resolution to be delivered to users without any appreciable delay associated with the delivery or the need for the user to have additional software, such as a plug-in to receive images and enable interactive functions with respect to the images. Whenever an interactive function is being carried out, a viewer perceives only one image layer at a given time, but the currently viewable image layer can be changed rapidly, so that the user can perceive the illusion of motion, including virtual rotation of an object depicted in a set of images.
US09087401B1
A computer-implemented method, system and computer-readable storage device provide functionality for managing location information for planar regions in two-dimensional views of a three-dimensional environment. A request is received for a first two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional environment that identifies a first planar region associated with content within the three-dimensional environment. The first two-dimensional view is rendered and displayed. A request is received for a second two-dimensional view from a second location. A distance and direction between the location of the first planar region and the location for the second view are determined and used to establish a second location of the planar region in the second two-dimensional view, and then use this information to help render and display the second two-dimensional view.
US09087392B2
An apparatus may include a memory to store a set of triangle vertices in a triangle, a processor circuit coupled to the memory and a cache to cache a set of triangle vertex indices corresponding to triangle vertices most recently transmitted through a graphics pipeline. The apparatus may also include an autostrip vertex processing component operative on the processor circuit to receive from the memory the set of triangle vertices, compare an index for each vertex of the set of triangle vertices to determine matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices, and shift a single vertex index into the cache, the single vertex index corresponding to a vertex miss in which a given vertex of the set of triangle vertices does not match any vertex index of the set of cached triangle vertex indices when exactly two matches to the set of cached triangle vertex indices are found.
US09087390B2
A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for upscaling an image sequence. An upsampled frame is generated based on an original frame in an original image sequence comprising a plurality of frames. A smoothed image sequence is generated based on the original image sequence. A plurality of patches are determined in the upsampled frame. Each patch comprises a subset of image data in the upsampled frame. Locations of a plurality of corresponding patches are determined in a neighboring set of the plurality of frames in the smoothed image sequence. A plurality of high-frequency patches are generated. Each high-frequency patch is based on image data at the locations of the corresponding patches in the original image sequence. The plurality of high-frequency patches are added to the upsampled frame to generate a high-quality upscaled frame.
US09087363B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing multiple personas within end user applications are disclosed. According to one method, a first profile definition defining a first persona through which a user accesses at least one social networking, OTT, or other hosted service and at least one trigger condition associated with the activation of the first persona is accessed. The method further includes determining a context for the user. The method further includes determining whether the context for the user satisfies the at least one trigger condition. In response to determining that the context satisfies the at least one trigger condition, the first persona is activated.
US09087355B2
A product customization system and method are provided in which a consumer can insert user content, such as images or text, onto a product, such as a skateboard, and then view the customized product before purchasing the customized product.
US09087354B1
A method to order a set of paper checks using a mobile device, including obtaining, using the mobile device, an image of a check, analyzing, using a computer processor of the mobile device and based on a pre-determined check template, the image to generate account information of the check, wherein the account information relates to a checking account of an account holder at a financial institution issuing the check, and wherein the account information comprises a checking account number, a name of the account holder, and an address of the account holder, searching, using the computer processor, a database to identify a check ordering service based on the account number and the address of the account holder, and submitting to the check ordering service, using the mobile device, an order of the set of paper checks for the account holder based on the account information of the account holder.
US09087351B2
An information processing apparatus stores a first threshold of a common carrier, the common carrier charging according to the first threshold to be applied to a packet communication volume in each first unit period; performs a packet communication to and from a communication apparatus of the common carrier; calculates a packet communication volume in each second unit period shorter than the first unit period; and controls the packet communication based on the packet communication volume in the second unit period so as to keep the packet communication volume in the first unit period below the first threshold.
US09087348B2
Mobile network services for a vehicle are provided via a computer processing device, and a digital communications module executable by the computer processing device. The digital communications module identifies a content channel selection for content presented on a device in the vehicle, continuously receives information indicating a location of the vehicle, and monitors signal strength of the content as the vehicle moves among location. Upon determining a threshold signal strength is reached, the digital communications module determines an action to be taken, and performs the action.
US09087346B2
Various embodiments of the present technology generally relate to data delivery. More specifically, some embodiments of the present technology relate to systems and methods for using spatial and temporal analysis to associate data sources with mobile devices. The delivery of data to support a wide variety of services for and about mobile devices that are based on data stored in corporate, commercial, and government databases which is not currently linked to individual mobile devices. Some embodiments allow advertisers to better target their ads to relevant target audience with greater accuracy.
US09087339B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are provided for computing performance estimates. Performance estimates are provided for resources based on candidate targeting criteria included in requests for the performance estimates. The performance estimates are computed based on previously received resource requests that are included in a relevant request group. The relevant request group is defined to include resource requests that include request criteria that match reference targeting criteria. The request criteria can include data characterizing a user for which the resource is being selected. In some implementations, request groups can be defined by analyzing previously-received resource requests and including the resource requests in request groups having reference targeting criteria that are matched by the request criteria.
US09087338B2
A system and method for modeling resource availability includes a data collection system including one or more data collection devices configured to collect and collecting information pertaining to resource availability in a geographic region, and a modeling system, coupled to the data collection system, including one or more computing devices configured to process and processing the collected information to generate data that identifies one or more development sites specific to the geographic region, based on resource availability and add-on information specific to the geographic region.
US09087326B2
Methods and apparatuses for automatically crediting a user account associated with a user by a certain number of digital tokens if the user account satisfies a condition upon querying the user account. Example conditions include the passage of a certain amount of time, the current date is a pre-determined date, and the number of digital tokens in the user account is below a threshold level among others.
US09087320B2
A sports management system is described herein that provides a platform and social network for those associated with youth and other sports to simplify common tasks, unify related participants, and enhance the activities surrounding playing sports. The system brings together players, parents, and coaches into an integrated experience centered on the information each is interested in. The system is not tied to any one sport, but rather can unify information from multiple sports, so families that have multiple children playing, for example, soccer, football, basketball, and baseball can follow information about their players and teams throughout the year. Thus, the sports management system provides a one-stop location for all parties related to youth and other sports to gather and share information.
US09087309B2
A method for providing an estimate for a defined building control system comprises displaying on a user interface a plurality of areas for the defined building control system. The method further comprises associating a plurality of subsystems of the defined building control system with the plurality of areas, each of the plurality of subsystems associated with a defined plurality of building automation components in a database, the plurality of subsystems including a first subsystem and a second subsystem both associated with one area of the plurality of areas. Both the first subsystem and the second subsystem are displayed on the user interface in association with the one area. A cost estimate for the defined building control system is generated based at least in part on the first subsystem and not based on the second subsystem.
US09087302B2
A synapse for a spike timing dependent (STDP) function cell includes a memory device having a variable resistance, such as a memristor, and a transistor connected to the memory device. A channel of the memory device is connected in series with a channel of the transistor.
US09087300B2
A method and an apparatus utilizing a digital computer programmed for the purpose to perform a virtual combination of potential source chemicals, found in a raid or a chemical cache, for the manufacture of Homemade Explosives (HMEs), so as to transform the raw inventory of found chemicals quickly and accurately into a readily understandable output predicting the various HME formulations whose manufacture was contemplated by a would-be bomb maker, along with an assessment of the relative likelihoods of each such possible HME outcome.
US09087299B2
The connectivity information provided by a variety of inference engines is integrated to provide a set of inferred links within a network. A consolidation is performed among inference engines that operate at a base level of connectivity detail to create a model of the network at this base level. The connectivity information provided by inference engines at each subsequent higher level of connectivity abstraction is then overlaid on the base level connectivity. By separately consolidating the connectivity information at each level of abstraction, the rules for dealing with conflicts can be simplified and/or better focused to resolve the conflict. By assuming that the more detailed lower level information is likely to be more accurate, rules can be developed to modify the connectivity models produced by the higher level techniques to conform to the lower level connectivity details while still maintaining the integrity of the higher level connectivity models.
US09087296B2
A computer environment includes an editor application enabling generation of a specification (e.g. a graphic description) defining attributes of a navigable semantic network. An example navigable semantic network as defined by the specification can include multiple resource nodes and corresponding links defining relationships amongst the resource nodes. In addition to defining nodes and relationships, the specification can define display rules, navigation rules, etc. associated with the navigable semantic network. The computer environment can further include a compiler, a view instantiation engine, and a presentation engine. The compiler compiles the specification into a semantic network model. The view instantiation engine instantiates different portions of a semantic network as defined by the semantic network model. The presentation engine initiates display of the instantiated portion of the semantic network. Based on navigation input, the view instantiation engine updates an instantiated portion of the semantic network for presentation by the presentation engine.
US09087294B2
A method for predicting an output variable from explanatory values provided as sets of combinations of discrete variables and continuous variables includes receiving input data that contains the explanatory variables to predict the output variable; searching for each element in the combinations for elements in a plurality of sets with matching discrete variables using training data which the output variable has been observed; applying a function giving the degree of similarity between two sets weighed by a scale variable to each element in the input data, and to one or more elements found in the elements of the input data to calculate function values, and calculating the sum of the function values for all of the elements in the input data; and applying the calculated sum for each element to a prediction equation for predicting the output variable to calculate a prediction value of the output variable for each element.
US09087289B2
Acquired monochrome image data is converted into color image data using a first lookup table in which gray line gradations are mapped to coordinate values in a color space. Image processing corresponding to printing is executed for the converted color image data, and the color image data that is subjected to the image processing is converted into color material data using a second lookup table in which the coordinate values in the color space are mapped to coordinate values in a color material color space.
US09087288B2
A method of generating a large number of different void pantographs quickly and easily enables selecting a void pantograph that works best with a particular copy machine make and model. The background patterns are generated by varying the size of the dots and placement of the dots on an X-Y grid. The foreground pattern is generated by varying the size of the dots and placement of the dots on an X-Y grid. The foreground and background patterns may be generated by combining two separate patterns. A foreground pattern is combined with multiple background patterns to produce the different void pantographs. A full page of void pantographs having a similar density is tested on a copy machine to determine which one works the best.
US09087284B2
An approach is provided for securing information stored on a radio frequency identification tag. An apparatus includes a radio frequency identification tag having a first state in which a carrier signal from a reader does not activate the radio frequency identification tag and a second state in which the carrier signal from a reader does activate the radio frequency identification tag to allow retrieval of information stored on the radio frequency identification tag by the reader.
US09087276B2
Systems and methods for generating, reading and transferring identifiers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a handheld system for associating a selected audio content with an object includes an identifier applied to a surface of the object and having a predetermined graphical format that is configured to encode the selected audio content, and a handheld device operable to encode the identifier and further operable to detect an audio content associated with the identifier.
US09087270B2
Systems and methods of interacting with a virtual space, in which a mobile device is used to electronically capture image data of a real-world object, the image data is used to identify information related to the real-world object, and the information is used to interact with software to control at least one of: (a) an aspect of an electronic game; and (b) a second device local to the mobile device. Contemplated systems and methods can be used to gaming, in which the image data can be used to identify a name of the real-world object, to classify the real-world object, identify the real-world object as a player in the game, to identify the real-world object as a goal object or as having some other value in the game, to use the image data to identify the real-world object as a goal object in the game.
US09087269B2
Techniques for providing image search templates are provided. An image search template may be associated with an image search query to aid the user in capturing an image that will be appropriate for processing the search query. The template may be displayed as an overlay during an image capturing process to indicate an appropriate image capturing pose, range, angle, or other view characteristics that may provide more accurate search results. The template may also be used in the image search query to segment the image and identify features relevant to the search query. Images in an image database may be clustered using characteristics of the images or metadata associated with the images in order to establish groups of images from which templates may be derived. The generated templates may be provided to users to assist in capturing images to be used as search engine queries.
US09087266B2
The disclosure concerns processing of electronic images, such as hyperspectral or multispectral images. Processing of the images includes object recognition and image enhancement in a way that harnesses the information available from the image based on the wavelength indexed spectral data these types of images provide. Illumination spectrum of such an image is estimated (FIG. 21) using a cost function based on a dichromatic reflection model and a constraint term. This method may be performed on sub-images of the image. A method for selecting these sub-images (FIG. 23) is also disclosed. A method of determining photometric parameters of the image given the estimated illumination spectrum (FIG. 22) is also disclosed.
US09087265B2
A recognition apparatus for recognizing a position and an orientation of a target object, inputs a captured image of the target object captured by an image capturing apparatus; detects a plurality of feature portions from the captured image, and to extract a plurality of feature amounts indicating image characteristics in each of the plurality of feature portions; inputs property information indicating respective physical properties in the plurality of feature portions on the target object; inputs illumination information indicating an illumination condition at the time of capturing the captured image; determines respective degrees of importance of the plurality of extracted feature amounts based on the respective physical properties indicated by the property information and the illumination condition indicated by the illumination information; and recognizes the position and the orientation of the target object based on the plurality of feature amounts and the respective degrees of importance thereof.
US09087250B2
An system contains an image capture device configured to capture an image. The system includes a lighting and exposure mechanism. The system also includes a camera sensor interface with a stat FIFO. The stat FIFO is configured to receive data from the image capture device. When the stat FIFO, during image scanning, receives a pre-determined amount of image data, it fires an interrupt, which times the lighting and exposure mechanism in the system.
US09087243B2
An analysis apparatus analyzes an image and performs counting of the number of object passages. The analysis apparatus executes the counting and outputs the execution status of the counting.
US09087242B2
A volume identification system identifies a set of unlabeled spatio-temporal volumes within each of a set of videos, each volume representing a distinct object or action. The volume identification system further determines, for each of the videos, a set of volume-level features characterizing the volume as a whole. In one embodiment, the features are based on a codebook and describe the temporal and spatial relationships of different codebook entries of the volume. The volume identification system uses the volume-level features, in conjunction with existing labels assigned to the videos as a whole, to label with high confidence some subset of the identified volumes, e.g., by employing consistency learning or training and application of weak volume classifiers.The labeled volumes may be used for a number of applications, such as training strong volume classifiers, improving video search (including locating individual volumes), and creating composite videos based on identified volumes.
US09087233B2
A method for identifying a person using a mobile communication device, having a camera unit adapted for recording three-dimensional (3D) images, by recording a 3D image of the person's face using the camera unit, performing face recognition on the 2D image data in the recorded 3D image to determine at least two facial points on the 3D image the of person's face, determining a first distance between the at least two facial points in the 2D image data, determining a second distance between the at least two facial points using the depth data of the recorded 3D image, determining a third distance between the at least two facial points using the first distance and the second distance, and identifying the person by comparing the determined third distance to stored distances in a database, wherein each of the stored distances are associated with a person.
US09087232B2
A method, device, system, and computer program for object recognition of a 3D object of a certain object class using a statistical shape model for recovering 3D shapes from a 2D representation of the 3D object and comparing the recovered 3D shape with known 3D to 2D representations of at least one object of the object class.
US09087230B2
The invention relates to a method of switching communication channels enabling a card reader to communicate with several card circuits, each circuit having a communication channel. The reader applies a power supply voltage to the card by electrical contacts arranged on a connection button. The reader transmits a control signal for controlling the switching of the communication channel to an electrical contact located in the inserted part of the card but not on the button. Finally, the reader sets up activation signals for at least one circuit to enable said circuit to communicate via the connection button. The invention also relates to a removable device and a receiver for reading said device.
US09087224B2
A system and method for commissioning of a beam model for a three dimensional radiation therapy treatment planning system is described. The system includes an intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) unit for generating a two dimensional intensity modulated beam pattern, a two dimensional diode array for detecting a two dimensional dose map for the beam pattern, and a processor configured to execute instructions for iteratively adjusting one or more parameters for the beam model, in order to increase agreement between the detected dose map and a calculated dose map calculated using the beam model.
US09087221B2
A device for preventing logging of client input data in a computer system, characterized in that it includes a first transmission interface used to connect the smart electronic device, a second transmission interface used to connect the computer system, and a data encryption chip for encryption of the input data. The data encryption chip is set between the first and second transmission interfaces and is used to encrypt data input from the first transmission interface, and then transmit the encrypted data to the computer system via the second transmission interface. The device allows for the use of a smart electronic device as a real keyboard, and the computer system permits the data encryption chip to encrypt the data input by the smart electronic device, which are then sent to the computer system, helping to prevent logging of keying data with higher efficacy and applicability.
US09087218B1
In some embodiments, techniques for secure data entry comprise receiving a request for secure data entry associated with a data recipient; receiving an intended data recipient, and denying the request for secure data entry if it is determined that the data recipient does not match the intended data recipient.
US09087206B2
In an information processing system of the invention, when authentication using authentication information from a Web browser of an MFP succeeds, a server generates a session ID, and transmits screen information added with the session ID to the Web browser. The Web browser accepts an operation through an operation screen displayed based on the screen information received from the server, and transmits its operation content to the server. The server transmits, to a service provider of the MFP, a request for executing a job corresponding to the operation content, in which a session ID is designated. Upon completion of execution of the job, the service provider transmits, to the server without intervening the Web browser, completion information indicating the execution result and added with the session ID.
US09087200B2
A technique to enable secure application and data integrity within a computer system. In one embodiment, one or more secure enclaves are established in which an application and data may be stored and executed.
US09087198B2
In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is at least a method, apparatus, and executable program of computer instructions to perform the operations of establishing and initializing a set of platform configuration registers, where a first subset of platform configuration registers is defined as being non-resettable, and a second subset of platform configuration registers is defined as being resettable, storing initial boot-up system state information in one or more non-resettable platform configuration registers, dynamically resetting (2) a value of a platform configuration register identified by a reference integrity metric to reflect a measurement value provided by the reference integrity metric, and responding to an attestation request (0) with an attestation response (5) including dynamic information from the platform configuration register that was reset and system state information from a non-resettable platform configuration register.
US09087197B2
A portable desktop device and method for host computer system hardware recognition and configuration are provided. The portable desktop device once authenticated provides access to a portable desktop application that provides a beat signal to the portable desktop device. In an absence of the beat signal, the portable desktop device prevents access to the portable desktop application and/or data associated therewith.
US09087191B2
A system maintains a workspace environment of enterprise applications on a mobile device. The system receives enterprise applications for installation on the mobile device, wherein functionality has been inserted into binary executables of the enterprise applications to force the enterprise applications to communicate with an application management agent to obtain a security policy including a validity time period value related to keeping the workspace valid. The application management agent provides cryptographic keys to the enterprise applications to share encrypted messages. Upon launching, an enterprise application stores a workspace expiration time value as an encrypted message. The workspace expiration time value is extended if the user continues its use or, by another enterprise application, if the other enterprise application is launched by the user before an expiration of the expiration time value. The application management agent requests authentication credentials from the user if the workspace expiration time value expires.
US09087190B2
Controlling access to secure resources of a data processing system is provided. An input-to-output mapping of an application installed on the data processing system is generated that determines whether a secure resource in the data processing system is shared with an external entity associated with the application and under what specified conditions. It is determined whether the specified conditions exist during runtime of the application. In response to determining that the specified conditions do not exist during runtime of the application, sharing of the secure resource of the data processing system with the external entity associated with the application is prevented. In response to determining that the specified conditions do exist during runtime of the application, sharing of the secure resource of the data processing system with the external entity associated with the application is allowed.
US09087187B1
Systems and methods for receiving a session and establishing authentication credentials associated with a user by verifying the uniqueness of requested authentication credentials among one or more entities by one or more credential verification servers. Once the authentication credentials associated with the user are established, the session may be transferred back.
US09087185B2
A server device for transmitting and receiving data to and from a client device over a wireless communication network including an access point, the server device comprising: wireless connection determining means for determining whether or not the client device is wirelessly communicatively connected over the wireless communication network; security determining means for determining whether or not the client device is securely connected to the access point; and permitting means for permitting an automatic connection of the client device to the server device, when the wireless connection determining means determines that the client device is wirelessly communicatively connected, and when the security determining means determines that the client device is securely connected to the access point.
US09087175B2
A computation unit locates data of a first component in a first circuit, as well as data of a second component in the second circuit. The computation unit then obtains data of a first portion of the first circuit by tracing wiring lines from component to component in the first circuit, with the first component as the start point. Similarly the computation unit obtains data of a second portion of the second circuit by tracing wiring lines from component to component in the second circuit, with the second component as the start point. The computation unit outputs data indicating differences between the first portion and second portion, based on the obtained data of the first portion and the obtained data of the second portion.
US09087172B2
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced net routing for congestion resolution of non-rectangular or rectangular hierarchical macro designs of an integrated circuit chip. Congested macro nets near a macro boundary are identified. Wiring channels are reserved outside the macro boundary, allowing congested macro nets to be routed outside the physical boundary of the macro while still being logically contained within the macro.
US09087160B2
There is a need to alleviate or reduce crosstalk between bonding wires or wires in a device substrate. One selection configuration divides a multiplexed terminal group into three groups according to functions differently from another selection configuration that divides the multiplexed terminal group into two groups. A first multi-pin semiconductor device is configured such that the groups are successively arranged along one edge of the chip. The first semiconductor device connects with a second semiconductor device via a multiplexed terminal group. The multiplexed terminal group includes first through third interface terminal groups that differ from each other in signal input/output configurations.
US09087154B1
A developer analytic module executing on an integrated development environment provides location tracing of a software development toolkit and automatic updated of the SDK. The developer analytic module further provides data container transfer functionality to ensure that analytic logic has access to necessary data containers to perform symbolication and/or error detection.
US09087142B2
According to an order, a plurality of restricted top down model (RTDM) distances between a plurality of nodes residing on at least one tree related structure is determined. The determining includes determining a first RTDM distance between nodes of a first node pair of the plurality of nodes, wherein the determining the first RTDM distance comprises comparing prior determined RTDM distance measurements with the first node pair, wherein the prior determined RTDM distance measurements relate to node pairs preceding the first node pair within the order. The first RTDM distance measurement, the prior determined RTDM distance measurements and a second node pair of the plurality of nodes are compared. Based on the comparing, generating a second RTDM distance measurement.
US09087141B2
An analysis module is provided in the invention. The analysis module is connected with a database containing several data. The analysis module comprises an analysis unit and a database managing system. The analysis unit is developed by a development software to combine HHT algorithm and an automatic data-loading program. The database managing system is integrated in the analysis unit and connected with the database. The data are transferred to the analysis unit by the database managing system, and the analysis unit is used to load the data by the automatic data-loading program and analyzes the data.
US09087138B2
A computer implemented system, program product, and method that organizes hierarchical data into a plurality of columns is disclosed. A schema interface is defined for the data and two types of columns, value columns and occurrence columns, are used. Each value column stores the values for a field. Each occurrence column stores the occurrence numbers for a node that is repeatable, or optional, or in a choice group. The hierarchical relationship of the data is jointly preserved by the schema interface and the occurrence numbers in the occurrence columns. A database management system built upon the method is capable of operating at higher efficiency by combining some of the best aspects of relational database and hierarchical database management systems. The computer implemented method also provides a new and efficient method of exchanging data over networks.
US09087135B2
A processor link that couples a first processor and a second processor is selected for validation and a plurality of communication parameter settings associated with the first and the second processors is identified. The first and the second processors are successively configured with each of the communication parameter settings. One or more test data pattern(s) are provided from the first processor to the second processor in accordance with the communication parameter setting. Performance measurements associated with the selected processor link and with the communication parameter setting are determined based, at least in part, on the test data pattern as received at the second processor. One of the communication parameter settings that is associated with the highest performance measurements is selected. The selected communication parameter setting is applied to the first and the second processors for subsequent communication between the first and the second processors via the processor link.
US09087132B2
The format of the Presence Information Data Format-Location Object (PIDF-LO) as defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is extended or modified to accommodate, within the standard PIDF-LO format, an association of geospacial location to XML content on the Internet. A geospacial location is associated with Extensible Markup Language (XML) content on the Internet. The XML content is identified by a universal resource locator (URL), and associated with geospatial location information (either a specific location, zone, or direction). The URL is inserted into a
US09087131B1
A system and method for summarizing a multiuser communication session is disclosed. A processing unit receives data about the multiuser communication session. A session management module manages the multiuser communication session. A feature extraction module extracts features from the data. An analyzing module analyzes the features to identify segments of interest for the multiuser communication session including a beginning and an end of each segment of interest and a list of participants in each segment of interest. A summarizing engine generates a summary for the multiuser communication session including at least one segment of interest.
US09087116B2
Techniques for a method for efficiently extracting data from multidimensional databases are disclosed herein. When extracting data from a subset of a multidimensional database, the method first extracts data from high-level cells within the subset. If there are any empty high-level cells, the method removes lower-level cells that roll-up into the empty high-level cell, without extracting data from these lower-level cells. The method improves the data extraction efficiency by reducing the overhead of extracting data from empty cells of multidimensional databases.
US09087114B2
An electrical current (“EC”) manager module may assign a plurality of hardware elements of the PCD to one of two groups. The EC manager module may monitor individual electrical current levels of one of the groups as well as calculate an instantaneous electrical current level for the PCD based on a current charge status for the PCD. The EC manager module may then adjust operation of at least one hardware element to keep operation of the PCD below the calculated instantaneous electrical current level for the PCD. The EC manager module may estimate an electrical current level for one of the groups based on requests issued to hardware elements. The EC manager module may also compare the calculated instantaneous electrical current level to the monitored electrical current level. The calculated instantaneous electrical current level may be compared to minimum current levels listed in a table.
US09087110B2
Systems and methods for generating a set of priority contacts based on their strength of relationship with a user. Contacts of users and communications from those contacts are aggregated across multiple online accounts into a single set of communications. An affinity score is calculated for each of the user's contacts based on adding up the total weight and frequency of communications with the user and a predetermined number of contacts having the highest affinity score can be identified as priority contacts. The affinity score is used to filter the news feed in a user interface display so that only communications from priority contacts are displayed in the news feed.
US09087106B2
A process for generating social recommendations is provided. For each user, a user profile index is accessed to determine reading interests of the user. Further, relevance matching is performed to determine matching users having at least one publishing interest that is relevant to the reading interests of the user. Next, the matching users are ranked. Based on the ranking, one or more top ranked matching user(s) are determined. Additionally, a social recommendation for each of the top ranked matching user(s) is enabled to be made to the user.
US09087097B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for a navigation element generation application. A navigation element comprising a plurality of navigation aids is generated responsive to a search query and other data. A relevance score is calculated for the navigation element. The navigation element is inserted into a ranked list of search result items as a function of the relevance score and communicated to a client.
US09087089B2
A method and system comprise abstracting configuration items (CI) in at least a first anomaly and a second anomaly based on type of CI. Further, CIs are matched of a common type between the first and second anomalies based on a cost function. Additionally, a similarity score is computed for the first and second anomalies based, at least in part, on the cost function of the matched CI's and based on topology of the first and second anomalies.
US09087086B1
Techniques for deduplicating a data stream based on boundary markers embedded therein are described. According to one embodiment, a data stream is received from a client having a sequence of a plurality of data objects, where to data stream represents a file or a directory of one or more files of a file system associated with the client. In response, the data stream is deduplicated into a plurality of deduplicated chunks in view of boundaries of the data objects.
US09087081B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for saving and querying context data for an online application. The context data of an online application related to pages visited by a user are collected, where the context data is associated with page identifiers of the visited pages. A step-by-step path is generated based on the page identifiers of the pages visited by the user, and a context data record is generated and saved based on the collected context data and the step-by-step path. According to the methods and systems, a query term is further generated using on the collected context data and the step-by-step path, for performing query to the context data. By applying the methods and systems of the present invention to different contexts, the user is able to easily save and later reference the previous actual running data of some functional contexts.
US09087076B2
Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating manipulation of virtualized storage volumes and/or file systems of one or more different types of operating systems (OSs) implemented on distributed computer systems. According to different embodiments, various aspects may be directed to different embodiments of virtualized filer appliances and/or filer applications which may be used for facilitating manipulation of virtualized storage volumes and/or file systems of one or more different types of operating systems (OSs) implemented on distributed computer systems. In at least one embodiment, a filer appliance may be implemented as a virtual appliance that includes functionality for performing automated file-level and/or volume-level operations for a selected set of file systems. In one embodiment, a filer appliance may be implemented as a virtual machine which is configured or designed to handle managing of one or more volumes. In one embodiment, the filer appliance may include one or more virtual interfaces for interfacing with one or more virtual volumes and/or one or more other virtual appliances, virtual applications, etc. Various other techniques are disclosed herein for facilitating dynamic and automated configuration of virtual appliances implemented at distributed computing systems.
US09087073B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for determining completion of commands in a library system and providing an indication of the completion to a component of the media library system so that other commands which are dependent upon the completion can be efficiently issued and executed. In one embodiment, a tape is mounted in a drive of the library and a filesystem mount command is issued to initiate a filesystem mount operation. Diagnostic information generated by the operating system for this operation is communicated to the media library management application. When the filesystem mount process is completed, a corresponding diagnostic message is communicated to the media library management application. Until this message is received by the media library management application, commands that are dependent upon the completion of the filesystem mount process are inhibited, and afterward these dependent commands are allowed to be issued.
US09087049B2
A method for translating natural language text. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia element including a first natural language text; generating metadata representing the first natural language text; generating at least one signature for the at least one multimedia element; determining the context of the at least one multimedia element respective of the signature; and searching for a multimedia content element (MMCE) corresponding to the received at least one multimedia element that includes a second natural language text, wherein the search is performed using the at least one signature, the context and metadata generated for the at least input text in a first natural language respective of the context, wherein the second natural language text is a translated text of the first natural language text.
US09087048B2
A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. Fact checking results are able to be validated by re-fact checking the fact check results.
US09087046B2
Disclosed is a method that involves acquiring an image with text, displaying all or a portion of the image on an electronic device. In response to detecting a swiping action or gesture, displaying a result of translation on a screen of the device. A first screen or display becomes a second one. Original text in a first language or source language may be easily and quickly compared to translated text shown on a second screen through a swiping gesture. Electronic dictionaries and machine translation may be used. These services may be independently stored and operated from different locations including on the device performing the translation, on a server or across a network (LAN, WAN, etc.). Optional manual correction of the translated text is also possible.
US09087025B2
Implementations of encoding techniques are disclosed. The encoding technique, such as a Data bus Inversion (DBI) technique, is implementable in a vertically-stacked memory module, but is not limited thereto. The module can be a plurality of memory integrated circuits which are vertically stacked, and which communicate via a bus formed in one embodiment of channels comprising Through-Wafer Interconnects (TWIs), but again is not limited thereto. One such module includes spare channels that are normally used to reroute a data signal on the bus away from faulty data channels. In one disclosed technique, the status of a spare channel or channels is queried, and if one or more are unused, they can be used to carry a DBI bit, thus allowing at least a portion of the bus to be assessed in accordance with a DBI algorithm. Depending on the location and number of spare channels needed for rerouting, DBI can be apportioned across the bus in various manners. Implementations can also be used with other encoding techniques not comprising DBI.
US09087020B1
Systems and methods of managing published content of a shared storage medium can include rendering client-side script of published content at a client device. When rendering the client-side script, information from which a partition name can be computed can be transmitted to a server. The server can compute the partition name and identify a partition of the shared storage medium corresponding to the partition name. If a partition corresponds to the partition name, the server transmits data stored in that partition to the client device. If a partition does not correspond to the partition name, the server creates the partition. The server can also create message queue associated with the partition and the client device to place messages corresponding to updates to the partition. In response to a data update operation of the client-side script, the server transmits the updates in the message queue to the client device.
US09087018B2
A system and method for transferring application-specific functionality from a mobile handset to a wireless network associated with the mobile handset. A network component of the system communicates with a virtual copy of the mobile application on behalf of the handset while the handset is not actively using the application and performs any necessary application execution on behalf of the handset. The network component transfers execution back to the handset when the handset resumes active use of the mobile application.
US09087016B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module of a DS unit selecting a data slice for corruption analysis and requesting integrity information for the data slice from one or more other DS units of a dispersed storage network. When the one or more requested integrity information is received, the method continues with the DS processing module analyzing the one or more received integrity information and local integrity information of the data slice stored in the DS unit. When the analysis of the one or more received integrity information and the local integrity information of the data slice is unfavorable, the method continues with the DS processing module identifying the data slice as being corrupted.
US09087014B1
A command to write data to a disk location is received at a disk storage system. The data is written to the disk location and a record including the data, the disk location, and a sequence value is generated. The first sequence value indicates relative sequence when compared to other sequence values. The record is written to a record location on a tape cartridge loaded in a tape drive. Record metadata on the disk storage system is modified to indicate that the record location contains current data. Tape cartridges containing records may be used to restore data to disk storage.
US09087008B1
In one aspect, a method to synchronize a replica volume with a production volume includes providing a first snapshot of the production volume and a first dirty list that includes differences between the first snapshot and the replica volume; sending only a portion of the differences between the first snapshot and the replica volume to the replica site associated with a section of the production volume, generating a second snapshot of the production volume, adding differences between the first snapshot and the second snapshot to a second dirty list, erasing the first snapshot of the production volume and renaming the second snapshot to the first snapshot.
US09087006B2
Storage system(s) for storing data in physical storage in a recurring manner, method(s) of operating thereof, and corresponding computer program product(s). For example, a possible method can include: upon start of a storage recurrence, destaging dirty data which had been accommodated in the cache memory prior to the start of said storage recurrence thus giving rise to destaged data group, wherein destaging is provided with no overwriting of at least superseded data destaged before starting said storage recurrence while enabling retaining metadata indicative of location of said superseded data in the physical storage space; accommodating data obtained in said cache memory subsequent to the start of said storage recurrence while preventing said data from being destaged during said storage recurrence, thus giving rise to accommodated data group; and registering a point-in-time indicative of successful destaging of the destaged data group, thereby providing an order-preservation consistency indication corresponding to said recurrence.
US09087000B2
According to an embodiment of the invention, a method for operating a data processing machine is described in which data about a state of the machine is written to a location in storage. The location is one that is accessible to software that may be written for the machine. The state data as written is encoded. This state data may be recovered from the storage according to a decoding process. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09086998B2
Techniques for handling uncorrectable errors occurring during memory accesses reduce the likelihood of mis-correction of errors due to the presence of noise. When an uncorrectable memory error is detected in response to an access to a memory device, a memory controller managing the interface to the memory halts issuing of access requests to the memory device until a predetermined time period has elapsed. In-flight memory requests are marked for retry, and responses to pending request are flushed. A calibration command may be issued after the predetermined time period has elapsed. After the predetermined time period has elapsed and any calibration performed, the requests marked for retry are issued to the memory device.
US09086995B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe automatically changing an output mode of an output device from a first output mode to a latency reduction mode. An initiation signal and the output data may be received from a client device platform or a signal distributor. Upon receiving the initiation signal, the output device may change the output mode from the first output mode to the latency reduction mode. Thereafter, the output device may receive an end latency reduction mode signal. The output device may then revert back to the first output mode. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09086983B2
The present disclosure includes apparatus (e.g., computing systems, memory systems, controllers, etc.) and methods for providing data integrity. One or more methods can include, for example: receiving a number of sectors of data to be written to a number of memory devices; appending first metadata corresponding to the number of sectors and including first integrity data to the number of sectors, the first metadata has a particular format; generating second integrity data to be provided in second metadata, the second integrity data corresponding to at least one of the number of sectors (wherein the second metadata has a second format); and generating third integrity data to be provided in the second metadata, the third integrity data including error data corresponding to the second integrity data and the at least one of the number of sectors.
US09086967B2
The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for distributing fault information among hierarchical management nodes. Specifically, the method involves distributing fault information from a lower level network management node to a higher level network management node in a network management architecture comprising modules logically representing network nodes and network links under management. The higher level network management node subscribes to at least some detailed fault information. And, a notification comprising a summary of fault information sent by the lower level network management node is received by the higher level network management node. Then, the higher level network management node retrieves the subscribed detailed fault information from said received notification.
US09086962B2
Aggregating job exit statuses of a plurality of compute nodes executing a parallel application, including: identifying a subset of compute nodes in the parallel computer to execute the parallel application; selecting one compute node in the subset of compute nodes in the parallel computer as a job leader compute node; initiating execution of the parallel application on the subset of compute nodes; receiving an exit status from each compute node in the subset of compute nodes, where the exit status for each compute node includes information describing execution of some portion of the parallel application by the compute node; aggregating each exit status from each compute node in the subset of compute nodes; and sending an aggregated exit status for the subset of compute nodes in the parallel computer.
US09086960B2
Consolidating problem tickets for a multi-tiered application may comprise identifying a plurality of correlated virtual machines that are running one or more application components of the multi-tiered application. Problem reports may be identified that are generated by one or more of the plurality of correlated virtual machines and caused by a failure of a same single component of the multi-tiered application. The identified problem reports may be consolidated into a single ticket and placed into a ticket handling system.
US09086957B2
Systems and methods are provided to process a request for a memory space from a memory controller. A particular method may include communicating, by a memory controller, a request for a memory space of a memory to a computer program. The memory controller is configured to initialize the memory, and the memory controller is configured to perform operations on the memory as instructed. The computer program is configured to make memory spaces of the memory available in response to requests for the memory spaces of the memory. The method may also include using, by the memory controller, the memory space in response to an indication from the computer program that the memory space is available. Also provided are systems and methods for copying a memory space by a memory controller to a memory space under exclusive control of the memory controller.
US09086955B2
Rank modulation has been recently proposed as a scheme for storing information in flash memories. Three improved aspects are disclosed. In one aspect the minimum push-up scheme, for storing data in flash memories is provided. It aims at minimizing the cost of changing the state of the memory. In another aspect, multi-cells, used for storing data in flash memories is provided. Each transistor is replaced with a multi-cell of mm transistors connected in parallel. In yet another aspect, multi-permutations, are provided. The paradigm of representing information with permutations is generalized to the case where the number of cells in each level is a constant greater than one. In yet another aspect, rank-modulation rewriting schemes which take advantage of polar codes, are provided for use with flash memory.
US09086951B2
An image reading apparatus includes an image data compression unit, an attribute data compression unit, and a memory. Of image data and attribute data generated by image reading, the image data compression unit compresses the image data. The attribute data compression unit compresses the attribute data. In the memory, a page memory region for storing the image data compressed by the image data compression unit and the attribute data compressed by the attribute data compression unit is secured. And, one of the compressed image data and the compressed attribute data is successively written from the beginning of the page memory region toward the end thereof, while the other of the compressed image data and the compressed attribute data is successively written from the end of the page memory region toward the beginning thereof.
US09086939B2
Provided are a computer program product, system and method for reactivation of a software image from a source machine onto a target machine. Discovery is made of a static software application in the software image listening on a corresponding selected communication channel of the source address. Listening is performed on behalf of the static software application on the corresponding selected communication channel of the target address. An inbound message directed to the selected communication channel of the target address is redirected to the corresponding static software application on the selected communication channel of the source address.
US09086937B2
A cloud computing system can be used to transparently reduce the storage space of an application on a client device. An application can be installed with a minimal set of application resource files. The remaining application resource files can be replaced with application resource file placeholders, which can have the appearance of application resource files but are in fact empty files. When an application requests an application resource file, an application resource file retrieval process installed on the client device can detect the difference between an application resource file and an application resource file placeholder. The application resource file retrieval process can trigger a fault in response to detecting an application resource file placeholder, which causes the client device to obtain the requested application resource file from a remote storage location, such as cloud-based storage. Additionally, installed application resource files can be replaced with application resource file placeholders.
US09086935B2
Business object resources are accessed by a consumer application via web protocol. A business event occurring in a provider business application, which the consumer application is authorized to subscribe to, is identified. Each identified business event is assigned to a corresponding business object resource. Access to the business object resource is implemented as a RESTful application programming interface call. A uniform resource identifier is generated for accessing the business object resource affected by an occurring defined business event. At least one event message is created for the occurring defined business event, such that the event message includes the uniform resource identifier. The event message is published to all subscribed consumer applications that are identified as being interested in contextual information of the occurred business event, thereby enabling the calling of the RESTful application programming interface and to access the affected business object resource.
US09086920B2
In a device for managing data buffers in a memory space distributed over a plurality of memory elements, the memory space is allocatable by memory pages, each buffer including one or more memory pages. The buffers are usable by at least one processing unit for the execution of an application, the application being executed by a plurality of processing units executing tasks in parallel. The memory elements are accessible in parallel by the processing units. The device includes means for allocating buffers to the tasks during the execution of the application and means for managing access rights to the buffers. The means for managing the access rights to the buffers include means for managing access rights to the pages in a given buffer, to verify that writing to a given page does not modify data currently being read from the page or that reading from a given page does not access data currently being written to the page, in such a way as to share the buffer between unsynchronized tasks.
US09086916B2
Embodiments of a workload management architecture may include an input configured to receive workload data for a plurality of commands, a DMA block configured to divide the workload data for each command of the plurality of commands into a plurality of job packets, a job packet manager configured to assign one of the plurality of job packets to one of a plurality of fixed function engines (FFEs) coupled with the job packet manager, where each of the plurality of FFEs is configured to receive one or more of the plurality of job packets and generate one or more output packets based on the workload data in the received one or more job packets.
US09086911B2
A multiprocessing transaction recovery manager, operable with a transactional application manager and a resource manager, comprises a threadsafety indicator for receiving and storing positive and non-positive threadsafety data of at least one transactional component managed by one of the transactional application manager and the resource manager; a commit protocol component for performing commit processing for the at least one transactional component; and a thread selector responsive to positive threadsafety data for selecting a single thread for the commit processing to be performed by the commit protocol component. The thread selector is further operable to select plural threads for the commit processing to be performed by the commit protocol component responsive to non-positive threadsafety data.
US09086910B2
A load control device 10 for assigning transaction processes to a plurality of computation resources has: a receiver 101 that receives a transaction process request; an assignment controller 102 that selects appropriate assignment destinations to which received transactions are assigned, and then stores the transactions in transmission queues 103 provided for the assignment destinations respectively; a transmitter 104 that transmits transaction data stored in the transmission queues 103 to the assignment destinations; an overflow detector 105 that monitors whether or not the number of transactions accumulated in each of the transmission queues 103 corresponding to the respective assignment destinations exceeds an upper limit; and a reassigning part 106 that, when the number of transactions exceeds the upper limit as a result of the monitoring by the overflow detector 105, reselects assignment destinations to which the transactions stored at the number of transactions exceeding the upper limit are assigned.
US09086909B2
A system and method can provide efficient low-latency muxing between servers in the cluster. One such system can include a cluster of one or more high performance computing systems, each including one or more processors and a high performance memory. The cluster communicates over an InfiniBand network. The system can also include a middleware environment, executing on the cluster, which includes one or more application server instances. The system can include one or more selectors, wherein each said selector contains a queue of read-ready file descriptors. Furthermore, the system can include a shared queue, wherein the read-ready file descriptors in each said selector can be emptied into the shared queue. Additionally, a plurality of muxer threads operates to take work from said shared queue.
US09086902B2
In an embodiment, if an estimated time to perform a task by a first virtual machine is less than or equal to an expiration time of the first virtual machine minus the current time, the task is performed by the first virtual machine. If the estimated time to perform the task by the first virtual machine is greater than the expiration time of the first virtual machine minus the current time, a selected virtual machine is selected from among a plurality of virtual machines with a smallest estimated time to perform the task and a request to perform the task is sent to the selected virtual machine.
US09086897B2
The present invention relates to a method and an architecture capable of efficiently providing a virtual desktop service. The service architecture for the virtual desktop service includes a connection broker for performing the management of virtual machines, a server monitoring function, and a protocol coordination function. A resource pool is configured to manage software resources that are transferred to a specific virtual machine in a streaming form at a predetermined time and that are executed on the specific virtual machine and to provide provision information about the managed software resources at the request of the connection broker, in order to provide an on-demand virtual desktop service. A virtual machine infrastructure is configured to support hardware resources, generate virtual machines in which the software of the user terminal is operated, and provide the virtual machines as virtual desktops.
US09086890B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to integrated circuits that include hardware support for divide and/or square root operations. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a division unit that, in turn, includes a normalization circuit and a plurality of divide engines. The normalization circuit is configured to normalize a set of operands. Each divide engine is configured to operate on a respective normalized set of operands received from the normalization circuit. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit includes a scheduler unit configured to select instructions for issuance to a plurality of execution units including the division unit. The scheduler unit is further configured to maintain a counter indicative of a number of instructions currently being operated on by the division unit, and to determine, based on the counter whether to schedule subsequent instructions for issuance to the division unit.
US09086877B2
Devices and methods for monitoring one or more central processing units in real time are disclosed. The method may include monitoring state data associated with the one or more CPUs in real-time, filtering the state data, and at least partially based on filtered state data, selectively altering one or more system settings. A device may include means for monitoring state data associated with the one or more CPUs in real-time, means for filtering the state data, and means for selectively altering one or more system settings at least partially based on filtered state data. A device may also include a sub-sampling circuit configured to receive a hardware core signal from the central processing unit and output a central processing unit state indication, and an infinite impulse response filter connected to the sub-sampling circuit and configured to receive the central processing unit state indication from the sub-sampling circuit.
US09086869B2
A power control device is provided. The power control device includes a power supply unit, a reset unit, and a power control unit. The power supply unit determines whether a supplied voltage from an external voltage supply source is being provided to the power supply unit to generate a determination signal. The power supply unit further generates an operation voltage and a standby voltage according to the supplied voltage. The reset unit receives the determination signal and the standby voltage and generates a reset signal according to the determination signal and the standby voltage to activate a reset operation. The power control unit receives the reset signal and generates a power enabling signal according to the reset signal. The power supply unit outputs the operation voltage or does not according to the power enabling signal.
US09086866B2
A power supply circuit for powering first and second groups of hard disk drives in a cabinet, includes a connector and first to third connection units. When there is only one server in the cabinet, the first node is connected to the first power terminal of the connector, the first connection unit is turned on, and the second connection unit is turned off. When there are two servers in the cabinet, the first and second nodes are respectively connected to the first and second power terminals of the connector, the first connection unit is turned on, and the second and third connection units are turned off.
US09086862B2
A controlling method for protecting an electronic apparatus, performed by the electronic apparatus to determine whether the system temperature thereof is overheated, so as to switch the electronic apparatus into a low-power operation mode when the system temperature is overheated. The controlling method is to monitor an electronic component of the electronic apparatus, so as to obtain the current temperature and the current working power of the electronic component and to determine whether the system temperature is overheated according to the current temperature and the current working power. When the system temperature is overheated, an overheating signal is generated to switch the electronic apparatus into the low-power operation mode.
US09086846B2
The present disclosure may provide a mobile terminal including a first body having a display unit, and a second body provided with a circuit board for driving the display unit thereinside and combined with a rear surface of the first body, wherein the rear surface of the first body is divided into a first region formed along an edge of the first body and a second region defined by the first region, and the second body is disposed at the second region to be hidden by a front surface of the first body.
US09086845B2
An apparatus and/or systems related to a case for a mobile device. The case may include a holding shell attached to a cover shell by a strap hinge. The strap hinge includes a plurality of straps attached to alternating sides of the holding shell and the cover shell. The strap hinge may be opened from a left side or a right side of the holding shell. When opened from the left side, a first surface of the plurality of straps is exposed. When opened from the right side, a second surface of the plurality of straps is exposed, the second surface having a different color than the first surface. The strap hinge allows the case to change colors without swapping parts.
US09086842B2
An electronic device includes a display module, a supporting frame and a pivoting mechanism connected to the display module and the supporting frame. The display module can pivot relative to the supporting frame. The pivoting mechanism includes two fixing components connected to the display module, two shaft components passing through the supporting frame, two locating components respectively disposed on an inner side of the supporting frame, two resilient components, two pulling components and two cam components. An end of each resilient component is connected to the corresponding locating component. An end of each pulling component is connected to the other end of the corresponding resilient component. A side of each cam component is connected to the corresponding fixing component, and the other side of each cam component is connected to the corresponding shaft component. The other end of the pulling component winds around the corresponding cam component.
US09086838B2
Disclosed are methods, an apparatus and a system of synchronous media display through automatic profiles across multiple display units. A method of a display driver involves automatically identifying a hardware profile data associated with a plurality of display units, applying a logic function to the hardware profile data to create a set of synchronization display settings when a match of the hardware profile data with a set of synchronization display settings in a hardware profile lookup table is not found, and automatically applying the set of synchronization display settings to simultaneously display a sequence of graphics signals across the plurality of display units. The method may also include automatically designating one display unit from the plurality of display units as a master display unit and setting a synchronization timing based on an automatic designation of the one display unit from the plurality of display units as the master display unit.
US09086836B2
A housing for a handheld computing device can include a metallic outer shell having a substantially flat base and a sidewall connected to a periphery of the base, the sidewall having a card slot, the outer shell having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a corrugated stiffener connected to the inner surface of the base and positioned adjacent to the card slot, the stiffener including a series of substantially parallel ridges and troughs and configured to provide rigidity to the housing.
US09086835B2
A handheld computing device may include a housing having a base and a sidewall connected to a periphery of the base, the sidewall having an input/output port configured to accommodate connection to a peripheral device, and a retainer bracket connected to the housing and positioned proximate to the port. The retainer bracket includes a frame having a top plate and opposing side plates and being configured to secure a dock connector between the frame, the base, and the sidewall having the port.
US09086832B2
A printer may receive a predetermined notification from a print mediation server. The predetermined notification may be a notification to be sent to the printer by the print mediation server when the print mediation server has stored specific print data and specific condition data indicating a specific print condition to a storage unit according to an instruction from a terminal device. The printer may acquire the specific print data and the specific condition data from the storage unit in a case where the predetermined notification is received. The printer may cause a print executing unit to execute printing of an image represented by the specific data according to the specific print condition indicated by the specific condition data.
US09086831B2
In a case where an execution request for a job to be executed by an external device is received, job information of the job is registered in a first database. A second database is searched for job information of a job for the external device which executes the job. Based on the found job information, predetermined processing is executed on a job corresponding to the job information. In a case where job information is searched for in accordance with registration of a job and at least the job information is not found, predetermined processing is executed, based on the registered job information held in an information processing apparatus, on a job corresponding to the job information.
US09086828B2
When the user executes printing in a system to which plural printers are connected, the waiting time of each user is minimized, and the use of the plural printers is equalized. The print management device is connected to the terminal devices and the printers via a network, for example. The print management device saves the print jobs transmitted from each of the terminal devices. When receiving the print instruction from any one of the printers, the print management device transmits the print job corresponding thereto to the printer and makes the printer execute the printing. Also, the print management device collects and manages the print execution status of the printers. When receiving a new print instruction from the printer which is already executing the print job, the print management device calculates the waiting time of each of the printers and notifies the printer having the shortest waiting time.
US09086826B2
An information processing apparatus may include a printer driver and a port monitor having a transmission unit, a reception unit, and a pull print command transmission unit. After a print instruction is made to edited electronic data, the printer driver receives and then transmits the electronic data to the port monitor without converting it into print data. The transmission unit receives the electronic data, specific information corresponding to an image forming apparatus, and a printing server uniform resource identifier (URI), and transmits the electronic data to a printing server based on the received printing server URI to cause the printing server to convert the electronic data into print data and a print data URI. The pull print command transmission unit transmits a pull print command including the print data URI received by the reception unit to the image forming apparatus based on the specific information.
US09086825B2
A system can include a print type classifier to receive a print message that indicates that a file has been selected to be printed. The print type classifier can also determine a print type of the file. The system can also include a print content analyzer to assign a category to the file characterizing a topic of the file based on the content of the file. The print type analyzer can also generate a content representation of the file that characterizes a summary of content of the file. The system can further include a recommendation engine to provide supplemental content based on at least one of the print type, the category and the content representation of the file, wherein the supplemental content is in a printable format.
US09086822B2
Compressed data is maintained in a plurality of strides of a redundant array of independent disks, wherein a stride is configurable to store a plurality of tracks. A request is received to write one or more tracks. The one or more tracks are written to a selected stride of the plurality of strides, based on comparing the number of operations required to destage selected tracks from the selected stride to the number of operations required to defragment the compressed data in the selected stride.
US09086820B2
A request for obtaining a space allocation descriptor is received by a block control layer of a storage system. The space allocation descriptor is indicative of one or more logical blocks free for allocation within a range of logical addresses. The range of logical addresses is included within a logical address space related to an upper layer application which has issued the request. The space allocation descriptor is provided by using a data structure included in the block control layer and operative to map between the logical address space and allocated storage blocks within a physical storage space, managed by the block control layer.
US09086808B2
A storage apparatus includes a memory that stores a job management information that registers a write job corresponding to a write command upon receiving the write command from other apparatus, a cache memory that stores data designated as target data by the write command, a storage drive that records the data stored in the cache memory to a storage medium based on the write job registered in the job management information, and a controller that controls a timing to output to the other apparatus a completion report of the write command based on a load condition of the storage device related to an accumulation count of write job acquired from the job management information.
US09086806B2
In a method for controlling a SAS expander to electronically connect to a RAID card in an electronic device, a plurality of different types for RAID cards, and configuration parameters of the SAS expander corresponding to each type of the RAID cards are preset. Information of the RAID card is read if the SAS expander is electronically connected the RAID card. The method further determines whether the RAID card matches the SAS expander. If the RAID card does not match the SAS expander, the configuration parameters of the SAS expander corresponding to the RAID card is read, and the read configuration parameters and the read information of the RAID card are written into a firmware file in the storage system. The method further stores the firmware file into a flash memory of the SAS expander.
US09086805B2
A method or system comprising iteratively updating a value of an operating parameter of a storage region of a storage device based on dynamic characterization of the storage region during operation of the storage device and using the updated value of the operating parameter during access to the storage region.
US09086804B2
An object of the present invention is to efficiently use a hierarchical pool. A management server manages performance information of multiple host computers, and based on each performance information, determines whether a prescribed host computer, which comprises a load of equal to or larger than a preconfigured prescribed threshold, exists among the multiple host computers. The management server creates a reallocation plan, which stipulates an allocation amount of a real storage area for each of multiple storage tiers, with respect to a prescribed virtual logical volume used by the prescribed host computer. Based on the reallocation plan, the management server decides a corresponding relationship between each logical storage area and each real storage area of each storage tier, and notifies a storage apparatus of this corresponding relationship.
US09086801B2
A computing device comprising a touch input device and a processor. The touch input device is configured to detect multiple touch point contacts. The processor is coupled to the touch device and configured to execute software instructions that process the multiple touch point contacts and, based on the multiple touch point contacts, adjust at least one audio setting of a plurality of audio output devices.
US09086783B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing and using user interfaces for search and select forms on mobile devices. According to one embodiment, providing a user interface of a search function for an application can comprise generating the user interface including a plurality of controls. Each control can be associated with a search criteria and can provide for a selection of one or more values for the associated search criteria. The user interface can be provided to a mobile device. An indication of a selection of one of the controls can then be received from the mobile device. The user interface can be updated based on the selected control being associated with either a single-select criteria or a multi-select criteria. One or more values for the search criteria associated with the selected control can then be received through the updated user interface.
US09086782B2
Display-controlling device, display device, display-controlling method, and computer readable medium
A display-controlling device includes: a display-controlling unit that controls a display unit to display an image indicating an item selected upon receipt of an instruction at a receiving unit, wherein if a first image indicating a first selected item is displayed at a first position, and an item instructed to be selected changes from the first selected item to a second selected item, the display-controlling unit causes there to be displayed, without erasure of the first image, a second image indicating the second selected item at a second position, which position is reached from the first position by movement in the first direction by an amount based on a position of the second selected item as viewed from the first selected item, with simultaneous movement in a second direction other than the first direction by a predetermined amount.
US09086778B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, computer-readable storage medium having computer instructions to receive from a media processor one or more scaling characteristics of a three-dimensional (3D) image, present a user interface (UI) for controlling a presentation of the 3D image at a presentation device communicatively coupled to the media processor, wherein the UI is adapted to the scaling characteristics of the 3D image, detect a manipulation of the UI, and transmit to the media processor instructions for adapting the presentation of the 3D image at the presentation device according to the detected manipulation of the UI. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09086776B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for changing a user's avatar attributes based on information that is pertinent to the user and that comes from a variety of sources. The user's electronic device may contain a multitude of information about the user, their lifestyle, their current mood, etc. Embodiments provide an application programming interface (API) that allows various applications on the user's electronic device, or elsewhere, to communicate with an avatar platform such that avatar attributes may be changed based on information from a wide variety of applications.
US09086772B2
A touch panel includes a transparent substrate, electrodes, traces and at least two ground rings on the transparent substrate. The traces connect the electrodes to transmit signals. At least two ground rings connect to each other through a plurality of bridges and surround the electrodes and the traces. Each bridge has at least one ESD tip or peak to enhance local electric field strength and electrostatic discharge.
US09086769B2
A method of performing a two-finger gesture when the absolute position of the fingers does not need to be known in order to perform the gesture. A touch sensor may provide a false or ghosted position and a real position for each actual finger on the touch sensor. The real position for each finger is located by finding a strongest signal when performing a short aperture measurement relative to one side of the touch sensor so that the direction of a rotation gesture can be determined. The position of fingers in single finger and multi-finger gestures may be determined using de-ghosted weighted average and weighted absolute deviation calculations.
US09086768B2
A touch sensor panel configured to mitigate the effect of parasitic capacitance on the ability of a capacitive touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can electrically drive a set of conductive shields that partially encapsulate various conductive components of the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that work to calibrate the touch sensor panel against variations in signal phase due to a parasitic capacitance.
US09086767B2
A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that works to minimize an effect that a parasitic capacitance can have on the ability of the touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events.
US09086763B2
A device implements a method for estimating the application force of a touching object onto a touch surface in an FTIR-based projection-type touch-sensing apparatus. The apparatus generates projection signals representing radiation that has propagated on a plurality of propagation paths by total internal reflection (TIR) inside a transmissive panel beneath a touch surface of the transmissive panel such that a touching object on the touch surface causes attenuation (frustration) of at least one of the projection signals. The device generates a time series of force values, which represent the application force, based on a time series of magnitude values, which represent a magnitude of a peak in two-dimensional interaction patterns generated by image reconstruction processing of the projection signals, the peak corresponding to the touching object on the touch surface. The force estimation may involve one or more corrections.
US09086762B2
An optical control system is described, which employs a series of optical emitters and detectors arranged about a touch area. The emitters are driven by a series of functions, and the system is operable to correlate the signals received at the detectors with the functions to determine the amount of energy received by the detectors from each of the emitters. This system means that all or many emitters can be modulated simultaneously, so the scanning process is accelerated. Also, the energy estimates arrived at by correlation with the functions are largely unaffected by external interference signals as well by each other. An additional benefit of the present invention is that the correlation processing makes use of many detector samples and tends to yield results which have higher resolution than the sample values themselves, due to the averaging of noise over the sample set.
US09086753B2
An OLED device comprised of: an OLED means for generating light, two or more conductive elements adapted for conducting current, a first substrate for mounting the OLED means and the two or more conductive elements, wherein the substrate has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the OLED means is in contact with the first surface and the two or more conductive elements are mounted to the second surface.
US09086750B2
Determining a compensated phase matrix for a multi-stimulus demodulation process is provided. A first drive line of a multi-stimulus sensing system is selected, and a stimulation signal is transmitted on the selected drive line. A channel gain resulting from the stimulation signal is measured from a received sense signal resulting from the stimulation signal. The measured channel gain is compared with a known channel gain to obtain an individual phase compensation for the selected drive line. A compensated phase matrix is formed of the individual phase compensation values for multiple drive lines.
US09086745B2
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a change in an operating characteristic of a stylus. The stylus is operable to communicate wirelessly with a device through a touch sensor of the device, and the stylus includes one or more electrodes. The method includes, in response to the change, dynamically configuring an electrode for the operating characteristic of the stylus as changed.
US09086742B2
A three-dimensional display unit that displays a three-dimensional pointing image for receiving a user's pointing, the three-dimensional pointing image including a right-eye pointing image and a left-eye pointing image; a pointing position detection unit that detects the user's pointing position on the display surface of the three-dimensional display unit; a dominant-eye information setting unit that sets a piece of dominant-eye information representing a dominant-eye of the user; a pointing position detection area determination unit that determines a detection area of the pointing position on the display surface of the three-dimensional display unit based on at least the dominant-eye information; and a determination unit that determines whether the pointing position detected by the pointing position detection unit is within the detection area to receive the user's pointing corresponding to the three-dimensional pointing image.
US09086741B2
A user input device is described. In an embodiment the user input device is hand held and comprises a sensing strip to detect one-dimensional motion of a user's finger or thumb along the sensing strip and to detect position of a user's finger or thumb on the sensing strip. In an embodiment the sensed data is used for cursor movement and/or text input at a master device. In an example the user input device has an orientation sensor and orientation of the device influences orientation of a cursor. For example, a user may move the cursor in a straight line in the pointing direction of the cursor by sliding a finger or thumb along the sensing strip. In an example, an alphabetical scale is displayed and a user is able to zoom into the scale and select letters for text input using the sensing strip.
US09086734B2
A keypad for an electronic device is provided and includes a substrate comprising an array of dome elements, an array of frets, an array of mechanical keys disposed in rows interleaved between the frets, a first deflection web supportively disposed adjacent to the substrate and a second deflection web disposed between the frets and the keys and the first deflection web. The substrate is configured to pre-load the first and second deflection webs toward the keys.
US09086731B2
According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen where an icon is arranged. When hen a first gesture is performed on a partial area of the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller enlarges or reduces the area of the home screen to be displayed on the touch screen display.
US09086730B2
Selectable communication interface configurations for motion sensing devices. In one aspect, a module for a motion sensing device includes a motion processor connected to a device component and a first motion sensor, and a multiplexer having first and second positions. Only one of the multiplexer positions is selectable at a time, where the first position selectively couples the first motion sensor and the device component using a first bus, and the second position selectively couples the first motion sensor and the motion processor using a second bus, wherein communication of information over the second bus does not influence a communication bandwidth of the first bus.
US09086719B2
A throttle control apparatus is configured to be capable of easy assembly. The throttle control apparatus also includes a rotor and an intermediate casing, which surrounds a portion of the rotor. The intermediate casing also houses a position sensor for detecting a rotational angle of the rotor. The rotor and the intermediate casing are both encased in an outer housing, which is configured and adapted to be mounted on a motorcycle handlebar. A return spring, for returning the rotor to an original position, has one end engaged with a first retaining pin on the rotor, and the other end of the return spring is engaged with a second retaining pin on the intermediate casing.
US09086717B2
An interface for actuating a device is described. According to one aspect, an interface for actuating a device includes a boss member arranged to be extended from a shaft to receive a user's manipulation, wherein when the boss member receives the user's manipulation, the boss member is arranged to project the shaft to an actuating position arranged to actuate the device.
US09086715B2
A voltage regulator for use within an envelope tracking power supply system is described. The voltage regulator comprises a voltage regulation module. The voltage regulation module comprises at least one energy storage element, the at least one energy storage element comprising a first terminal operably coupled to a first node of the voltage regulation module, and a second terminal operably coupled to a second node of the voltage regulation module. The voltage regulation module further comprises an input arranged to receive a reference voltage supply signal, the input being selectively couplable to the first node and selectively couplable to the second node, an output selectively couplable to the first node and selectively couplable to the second node, and a ground plane selectively couplable to the second node.
US09086714B2
The present document relates to linear regulators or linear voltage regulators configured to provide a constant output voltage. In particular, the present document relates to driver circuits of low-dropout (LDO) regulators. A driver circuit (300) for driving a pass device (201) of a linear regulator (120) is described. The driver circuit (300) comprises a driver stage (110) adapted to regulate a driver gate (220) for connecting to the gate of the pass device (201); wherein the driver stage (110) comprises a transistor diode (210) having the driver gate (220); and a feedback transistor (305) having a source and a drain coupled to a source and drain of the transistor diode (210); wherein a feedback voltage at the gate of the feedback transistor (305) is regulated based on the output current of the pass device (201).
US09086702B2
Pressure-balanced fluid pressure regulators are described. An example fluid regulator includes a fluid flow control member disposed within a fluid flow passageway of a valve body and moves relative to a seat ring to modulate fluid flow through the fluid flow passageway. A valve stem couples the fluid flow control member to an actuator. The valve stem has a pathway to allow fluid from an inlet of the fluid flow passageway to flow across the flow control member between a first side of the flow control member and a second side of the flow control member opposite the first side to pressure-balance the fluid flow control member.
US09086691B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product is provided for configuring a microgrid. A first configuration of the microgrid having a set of microgrid elements is initialized. An address for each element in the set of microgrid elements of the microgrid is verified. In response to receiving status data from the set of microgrid elements connected in a peer-to-peer network indicating a reconfiguration of the microgrid, the set of microgrid elements is re-aligned to form a second grid configuration. The second grid configuration is executed.
US09086690B2
Control programs for robotic systems are synchronized through the use of synchronization objects which control access to shared resources and allow for sequencing of events in separate program threads. Where necessary, partner objects generate between control programs and synchronization objects to assure uniform interaction between control program threads and synchronization objects. As all synchronization objects contain searchable partner lists, actual simulated and runtime deadlocks including any type of synchronization object can be detected, and the full system can be analyzed to identify potential deadlocks.
US09086688B2
A control system, a safety system, etc., within a process plant may each use one or more state machine function blocks that can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming environment. Such a state machine function block may include one or more inputs, which may cause a state machine implemented by the state machine function block to identify a next state as well as one or more transition actions to perform in accordance with transitioning from a current state to the next state. Configuration data associated with the transition actions may be retrieved from a database based on the current and next states of the state machine and at least one of the inputs. The state machine function block may also include one or more outputs that are generated based on the state transition.
US09086686B2
A timepiece movement includes a battery housing section configured and arranged to house a primary battery and a secondary battery unit in a replaceable manner.
US09086683B2
The invention concerns a timepiece that has a single hand, which is movable into a plurality of hand positions. The timepiece has a clockwork for mechanically moving the hand so that the hand is located in a hand position which corresponds to a current time of day and an actuating element connected to the clockwork. The clockwork is designed to change, upon actuation of the actuating element, from a first operating state into a second operating state and to move the hand so that the hand position in the first operating state displays minute information and in the second operating state displays hour information.
US09086675B2
An image forming device includes a main casing and a cartridge support member. The main casing provides a fulcrum part. The cartridge support member supports a plurality of cartridges and is movable among an internal position in which the cartridge support member is accommodated in the main casing, an external position in which the cartridge support member is pulled outside the main casing, and a cartridge mounting position. The cartridge support member is slidable in a pulled-out direction from the internal position to the external position, and is pivotable between the external position and the cartridge mounting position. The cartridge support member has an upstream portion and a downstream portion disposed downstream of the upstream portion in the pulled-out direction. The cartridge support member pivots about the fulcrum part positioned near the upstream portion when the cartridge support member moves from the external position to the cartridge mounting position.
US09086674B2
A waste toner collector of the present invention includes: a container main body configured to collect and store waste toner; and a conveyance member configured to convey the waste toner in the container main body. The container main body is provided with, on one side wall, a plurality of protruding containing portions that protrude outward from the container main body and are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the container main body, and a plurality of recesses each positioned between adjacent ones of the protruding containing portions. The conveyance member extends along the longitudinal direction of the container main body and is rotatably disposed in the container main body. Waste toner conveyance force of the conveyance member in a rotary shaft direction varies in such a manner that, at border portions between the protruding containing portions and the recesses, the waste toner is pushed toward the protruding containing portions.
US09086668B2
Provided is an image forming system including a feed tray, a printer unit, a first post-processing unit that performs first post-processing accompanying at least a change in a sheet size, a second post-processing unit that performs second post-processing other than the first post-processing, and a control unit that controls setting and performing feeding, outputting, and the post-processing of the sheet. In a case where the first post-processing and the second post-processing are set, the control unit acquires a feeding sheet size of a sheet fed from the feed tray, calculates a sheet size after the first post-processing based on the acquired feeding sheet size, and determines whether the set post-processings can be performed based on the calculated sheet size and a sheet size that can be processed by the second post-processing.
US09086666B2
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member configured to rotate an image bearing member by contacting and operating the image bearing member, an image bearing member drive unit configured to drive the image bearing member, a control unit configured to output a torque instruction value to the image bearing member drive unit to control an assist torque generated by the image bearing member drive unit, and a measurement unit configured to measure a maximum speed and a minimum speed of the surface of the image bearing member, wherein the control unit controls the image bearing member drive unit using a new torque instruction value determined based on torque instruction values respectively corresponding to a maximum speed and a minimum speed when controlling the image bearing member drive unit so that the maximum speed and the minimum speed are included in a range.
US09086656B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer container, a moving mechanism that moves a toner of a developer to the image carrier, a stirring and transporting member that transports the developer in the developer container to the moving mechanism, a layer thickness regulating member that regulates the layer thickness of the developer held by a developer holder of the moving mechanism, and a movement regulating unit that regulates movement of the developer. An end of the movement regulating unit at a stirring and transporting member side is located at the stirring and transporting member side with respect to a tangent line tangent to the outer circumference of the stirring and transporting member and passing through a position where the density of magnetic flux of an attraction magnetic pole of a magnet member of the moving mechanism on the surface of the developing holder is the highest.
US09086648B1
Devices and methods detect an amount of toner on a photoreceptor caused by a printing process, and calculate a reload signal using a processor. The reload signal shows the amount of toner being reloaded on a donor roll from a toner container to replace the toner being removed from the donor roll during the printing process (as detected by an optical sensor). Such devices and methods generate a toner concentration (TC) sensor response representing a concentration of toner particles within the toner/developer mixture using a TC sensor, calculate a calibration sensor relationship between the TC sensor response and the reload signal, using the processor, based on changes in the TC sensor response and the reload signal that occur while changing the toner concentration during the printing process, and calibrate the TC sensor based on differences between the calibration sensor relationship and a previously established model relationship using the processor.
US09086647B2
A developing device, including: a developer bearing member, which is disposed opposite to an electrostatic latent image bearing member and which bears thereon a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearing member and conveys the developer to a developing region, wherein the developer includes a toner and a carrier, the toner containing: a toner base containing a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains coalescent particles each made up of a plurality of coalescing primary particles, and wherein a work function Wc of the carrier and a work function Ws of the developer bearing member satisfy a relationship of the following formula (1): Ws−Wc≧0.4 eV (1).
US09086643B2
Provided is an electro-conductive member for electrophotography that stably shows high electro-conductivity even under a low-temperature, low-humidity environment. The electro-conductive member for electrophotography has an electro-conductive mandrel and an electro-conductive layer. The electro-conductive layer contains an ionic electro-conductive resin and an ion carrier. The ionic electro-conductive resin has at least one structure selected from the group consisting of structures represented by the following formulae (1), (2), (3), and (4), and a structure represented by the following formula (5) (in the formula (1) to the formula (5), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each represent a divalent organic group, X1, X2, X3, and X4 each independently represent a sulfonic group or a quaternary ammonium base, and 1 represents an integer of 1 or more and 23 or less).
US09086641B2
A process includes adding a particulate toner additive to toner particles to form a slurry, filtering the slurry to form a filter cake, the particulate toner additive functioning as a filtration aid, and washing the filter cake, after the washing step the toner particles have a portion of the particulate toner additive adhered thereto, and de-agglomerating/drying the toner particles with the additive, after the drying step the toner particles have a portion of the particulate toner additive adhered thereto.
US09086631B2
A method for patterning a substrate is described. The method includes forming a layer of radiation-sensitive material on a substrate, and preparing a pattern in the layer of radiation-sensitive material using a lithographic process, wherein the pattern is characterized by a critical dimension (CD) and a roughness. Following the preparation of the pattern in the layer of radiation-sensitive material, the method further includes performing a CD slimming process to reduce the CD to a reduced CD, and performing a vapor smoothing process to reduce the roughness to a reduced roughness.
US09086620B2
A 3D image capture device includes: a light-transmitting section 2 with N fan-shaped light-transmitting areas (where N is an integer and N≧3) with different transmission wavelength ranges; a solid-state image sensor 1 that receives the light transmitted through the light-transmitting section 2; an optical system 2 that produces an image on an imaging area of the sensor 1; and a signal processing section 200 that processes the output signal of the sensor 1. The sensor 1 includes a photosensitive cell array and a color filter array that are made up of unit elements, each of which includes N photosensitive cells and N color filters. The transmission wavelength ranges of the light-transmitting areas and the color filters are defined so that the light transmitted through at least one of the N light-transmitting areas is transmissible through at least two of the N color filters. The signal processing section generates signals representing at least two of the respective intensities of light rays incident on the light-transmitting areas based on the output signals of the photosensitive cells, thereby generating data representing at least two images with parallax.
US09086613B1
A camera module in which a focal distance is adjusted by an actuator may include a permanent magnet and a coil. A neutral zone spatially dividing first and second polarities of the permanent magnet may be formed at a portion of the permanent magnet facing a sensing sensor sensing magnetic flux.
US09086609B1
Nondegenerate mirrorless four-wave mixing oscillation with frequency tunability is proposed in nonlinear waveguide of the third-order nonlinearity such as silicon waveguide) by using two different spatial modes. As low as ˜2 W threshold power is obtained in several centimeters long waveguide. In one aspect, a method includes propagating a first wave along an axis of a multimode waveguide in a forward direction, the first optical wave having a first frequency; propagating a second wave along the axis of the multimode waveguide in a backward direction, the second wave having a second frequency; the waveguide configured to support multiple modes, including at least a fundamental mode and a second mode; and the propagating the first wave occurs at a same time as the propagating the second wave to generate a third wave in the forward direction having a third frequency and fourth wave in the backward direction having a fourth frequency.
US09086604B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate comprises a common electrode and a pixel electrode that are formed on a base substrate. The common electrode comprises a first common electrode and a second common electrode, the first common electrode is provided below the pixel electrode and separated from the pixel electrode by an insulating layer, the second common electrode is provided in the same layer as the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode comprises a plurality of strip electrodes, the second common electrode also comprises a plurality of strip electrodes, and the strip electrodes of the pixel electrode and the strip electrodes of the second common electrode are alternately arranged.
US09086602B2
In one embodiment, a first substrate includes a main pixel electrode and a first alignment film formed on the main pixel electrode having vertical alignment characteristics. A second substrate includes a pair of main common electrodes and a second alignment film formed on the main common electrodes having vertical alignment characteristics. A liquid crystal layer is held between the first substrate and the second substrate having positive dielectric anisotropy. The main pixel electrode is arranged extending in a first direction. The pair of main common electrodes is arranged in the first direction, respectively, so as to sandwich the main pixel electrode.
US09086599B2
A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from and facing each other, gate and data lines on an inner surface of the first substrate and crossing each other to define a pixel region, a thin film transistor adjacent to the crossing of the gate and data lines, a pixel electrode in the pixel region and including a plurality of slits, an island pattern over the gate line, a black matrix on an inner surface of the second substrate, the black matrix corresponding to the gate line, a color filter layer on the black matrix, a common electrode on the color filter layer, a plurality of ribs on the common electrode corresponding to the pixel electrode; and a spacer on the common electrode corresponding to the black matrix.
US09086593B2
An LCD module includes a screen, a light diffusion plate, a lens and an LED. The lens covers the LED. The lens includes a main body having a bottom face and a top face opposite to the bottom face. The bottom face of the main body defines a cavity to receive the LED. The top face of the main body forms a plurality of concentric annuluses thereon. Each annulus has a first face perpendicular to the top face of the main body, and a second face inclined relative to the top face of the main body, to thereby diverge a part of light from the LED and into the lens. A central area of the top face of the main body is surrounded by an innermost annulus, and forms a rough face for diffusion another part of the light from the LED into the lens.
US09086592B2
Embodiments of the disclosed technology provide to a direct illumination type backlight module comprising: a bottom reflecting plate with a upper reflecting surface; a plurality of diffuse reflectors provided on the upper reflecting surface of the bottom reflecting plate, each of the diffuse reflectors having at least one diffusion reflecting surface; a light source array provided on the upper reflecting surface of the bottom reflecting plate and comprising a plurality of light emitting devices, a light emitting surface of each of the light emitting devices facing the diffusion reflecting surface of at least one of the diffuse reflectors so that light from the light emitting devices is scattered upwards by the diffuse reflectors; and a diffuser provided above the light source array. In addition, a bottom reflector and a liquid crystal display are also provided.
US09086589B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device that can reduce costs while preventing moving image blurring. The device includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight device. The backlight device includes a rectangular light guide plate 10 in plan view, and a light source unit emitting light toward a light incident surface corresponding to a side surface of the light guide plate. The light source unit is configured by a plurality of light source blocks arranged in a Y direction. The light guide plate 10 includes a groove structure 32 for taking out light upward on its front surface opposed to a back surface of the liquid crystal panel, and a dot pattern 31 for scattering light on its back surface. The groove structure 32 has a plurality of stripe-like grooves extending in an X direction, wherein a ridge extending in the X direction is formed at a portion sandwiched between the two adjacent grooves.
US09086580B2
The disclosure relates to the use of contact lenses for treating ophthalmologic conditions, such as presbyopia, induced myopia, computer vision syndrome, insufficient accommodation, or a condition associated with insufficient accommodation. The contact lens may be selected based on a measured sagittal depth and/or eccentricity of the cornea. When fitted, fluid may accumulate between the cornea of the eye and the contact lens. The lens may exhibit a sufficient amount of apical clearance such that when the wearer blinks, the lens moves no more than 1 mm on the eye. The lens may be structured such that bubbles greater than 0.5 mm in diameter are prevented from forming between the contact lens and the eye. The contact lens may be used in combination with a suitable bioactive agent providing for enhanced visual correction.
US09086577B2
A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate, and element isolation regions formed between the plurality of pixels on the substrate, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel including a first color filter for passing light having a first wavelength, a second pixel including a second color filter for passing light having a second wavelength shorter than the first wavelength, and a pixel for focus detection into which light longer than at least the second wavelength enters, and of the element isolation regions, a first region between the pixel for focus detection and the first pixel has a potential barrier against a signal charge, which is higher than that of a second region between the first pixel and the second pixel.
US09086563B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit, a shutter unit located at a front surface at a subject side of the image pickup unit, a first optical member disposed at a subject side of the shutter unit, and preventing dust particles from entering the shutter unit, a second optical member disposed at the image pickup unit side of the shutter unit, and preventing dust particles from entering the shutter unit, and a vibration applying vibration member disposed on at least one of the first optical member and the second optical member, and vibrating the first optical member or the second optical member at a position outside a region where a subject light transmits.
US09086561B2
The disclosure relates to an optical arrangement in a projection objective of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus which is designed for operation in EUV. The optical arrangement includes first and second mirrors that are in direct succession to each other along the projection beam direction. The second mirror is rigidly connected to the first mirror.
US09086558B2
A camera including a spherically curved photosensor and a lens system. Effective focal length f of the lens system is within about 20% of the radius of curvature of the photosensor. An image is formed by the lens system at a spherically curved image plane that substantially matches the concave surface of the photosensor. The camera is diffraction-limited with small spot size, allowing small pixels to be used in the photosensor. F/number may be 1.8 or less. The spherically curved image plane formed by the lens system at the photosensor follows f*θ image height law. Chief rays of the lens system are substantially normal to the concave surface of the photosensor. Total axial length of the camera may be 2.0 mm or less. The camera may be implemented in a small package size while still capturing sharp, high-resolution images, making the camera suitable for use in small devices.
US09086539B2
A multi-electrode system includes a fiber holder that holds at least one optical fiber, a plurality of electrodes arranged to generate a heated field to heat the at least one optical fiber, and a vibration mechanism that causes at least one of the electrodes from the plurality of electrodes to vibrate. The electrodes can be disposed in at least a partial vacuum. The system can be used for processing many types of fibers, such processing including, as examples, stripping, splicing, annealing, tapering, and so on. Corresponding fiber processing methods are also provided.
US09086530B2
Optical equipment capable of stopping a lens in a position producing no image blur and requiring low power consumption is provided. The optical equipment includes a lens driving unit for driving a focusing lens. The equipment further includes a drive-setting unit configured to set an optimal drive amount for positioning the focusing lens at an appropriate focal depth while minimizing the amount of power consumed in the process. The optical equipment includes a lens position-control unit that controls the lens driving unit based on the drive amount set by the drive-setting unit controlling the movement of the focusing lens. The lens position-control unit can stop the lens in a position producing no image blur and requiring low power consumption.
US09086524B2
A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform, including: a) providing a lining tube as a substrate tube, and doping and depositing by a PCVD or an MCVD process; b) in the reacting gas of silicon tetrachloride and oxygen, introducing a fluorine-containing gas for fluorine doping, introducing germanium tetrachloride for germanium doping, ionizing the reacting gas in the lining tube through microwaves to form plasma, depositing the plasma on the inner wall of the lining tube in the form of glass; c) after the completion of deposition, processing the deposited lining tube into a solid core rod by melting contraction through an electric heating furnace; d) sleeving the solid core rod into a pure quartz glass jacketing tube and manufacturing the two into an optical fiber preform; and e) allowing the effective diameter d of the optical fiber preform to become between 95 and 205 mm.
US09086521B2
Light transmissive structures include a light transmissive substrate that includes optical microstructures. The optical microstructures have a geometric feature that is configured to reduce glare in light transmitted through the light transmissive structure. Moreover, the plurality of optical microstructures also have a geometric feature that is configured to vary randomly and/or pseudorandomly across the light transmissive substrate so as to diffuse light transmitted through the light transmissive structure. Related fabrication methods are also described.
US09086519B2
A multi-core fiber includes a plurality of cores, a marker which is disposed to be parallel to the cores, and a clad which surrounds outer peripheral surfaces of the cores and the marker. The marker may propagate light having a wavelength which is the same as a wavelength of light which propagates in the core as single mode light.
US09086515B2
The present invention provides a direct type backlight and a display device provided with the direct type backlight. The direct type backlight includes: a backplate; a printed circuit board fixed on the backplate; a number of LED lamp units fixed on the printed circuit board; side frames fixed on inner side walls of the backplate; reflection sheets covering inner wall of cavity formed by the printed circuit board and the side frames, said reflection sheets have lamp holes matching the LED lamp units; outer frames fixed on upper sides of the backplate and the side frames; said direct type backlight further including: a silica gel light guide plate which this the cavity formed by the printed circuit board and the side frames to cover the reflection sheets and the LED lamp units; and optical film disposed on upper surface of the silica gel light guide plate and located between the upper surface of the silica gel light guide plate and the outer frames. By diffusing the light rays emitted from the LED lamps through the silica gel light guide plate, the mixing distance of the LED lamp is shortened, thus the thickness of the direct type backlight is reduced and the display device becomes much thinner.
US09086512B2
A lighting device includes: light-emitting diodes (light sources) (4); an LED substrate (light source substrate) (5) that has a mounting surface (5a) on which the light-emitting diodes (4) are mounted; a light-guiding plate (6) that has a light incident surface (6b1) from which light from the light-emitting diodes (4) enters, and a light emitting surface (6c) that emits the light having entered from the light incident surface (6b1) toward a liquid crystal panel (object to be irradiated) (2); and a reflection plate (7) that is provided on a side of an opposite surface (6d) of the light-guiding plate (6) that is opposite to the light emitting surface (6c), and reflects light. The reflection plate (7) includes a bent portion (7b) formed by bending an end portion of the reflection plate (7) so that the bent portion surrounds the light-emitting diodes (4) while being in close contact with the mounting surface (5a) of the LED substrate (5).
US09086504B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for collecting data from a plurality of downhole sensors located in a wellbore utilizing an asynchronous direct-sequence code division multiple access (DS-CDMA)-based communication scheme. One example method includes receiving a superposed signal comprising asynchronous signals from the downhole sensors, wherein a spreading sequence has been applied to data generated by each of the downhole sensors to form each of the asynchronous signals; sampling the received superposed signal; and processing the sampled superposed signal using decorrelation to determine the data from at least one of the downhole sensors before the spreading sequence was applied.
US09086496B2
Methods and systems for scanning objects comprising scanning a portion of an object by a first radiation beam having a first value of a beam characteristic, such as the dose, and detecting the first radiation beam after interaction with the object by a first detector. It is determined whether to change the first value to a second value based, at least in part, on the detected first radiation beam. That portion of the object is then scanned by a second radiation beam having the first value or the second value based on the determination. The second radiation is detected after interacting with the object by a second detector. The second detector may have a second resolution greater than a first resolution of the first detector. The first and second radiation beams may be formed by first and second slots angled with respect to each other.
US09086489B2
Described is a self-indicating instant radiation dosimeter (1001) for monitoring high energy radiations, such as X-ray. The dosimeter contains a radiation sensitive, color changing, indicating composition (10), e.g., a diacetylene (R—C≡C—C≡C—R′, where R and R′ are substituents groups) or a radiochromic dye, a polymeric binder (20) and optionally a shelf life extender (50) or an activator (40). The radiation sensitive composition (10) changes color instantly when exposed to high energy radiation. The dose is estimated by comparing the color with a color reference chart or more accurately with a spectrophotometer or an optical densitometer. The radiation sensitive composition (10) is protected from low energy radiation such as UV light, by a layer of low energy absorbing materials, such as UV absorbers.
US09086485B2
A radar sensor for motor vehicles includes: a transmit and receive component, which includes a mixer for mixing a transmitted signal with a received signal; an evaluation circuit which is connected to an output of the mixer by a direct voltage coupling device; and a compensation device for compensating a DC offset in the output signal of the mixer, the compensation device being subdivided into a rough compensation device in the transmit and receive component, and a fine compensation device in the evaluation circuit.
US09086482B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the navigation speed of a carrier using a hybridization device (1) including a Kalman filter (3) developing a hybrid navigation speed (Vref) from inertial measurements calculated by a virtual platform (2) estimating a speed of the carrier (formula (I)) and frequency measurements outputted by a Doppler radar (4) having a multi-lobe antenna built therein, such that a Doppler frequency (F1, F2, F3, F4) is associated with each of the lobes, wherein said method includes the following steps: estimating, from the estimated speed (formula (I)), frequencies (F1, F2, F3, F4) corresponding to each of the Doppler frequencies (formula (II)) outputted by the radar; determining a group of observations where each observation represents an estimation deviation on the Doppler frequency associated with a lobe; calculating, by the Kalman filter (3), a speed correction (ΔV) to be applied to the estimated speed (formula (I)) on the basis of the group of observations.
US09086481B1
Methods and systems for estimating vehicle speed are disclosed. A light detecting and ranging (LIDAR) device obtains a set of spatial points indicative of locations of reflective surfaces in an environment of the LIDAR device. A plurality of target points that correspond to a target surface of a target vehicle is identified in the set of spatial points. The plurality of target points includes a first point indicative of a first location on the target surface obtained by the LIDAR device at a first time and a second point indicative of a second location on the target surface obtained by the LIDAR device at a second time. A speed of the target vehicle is estimated based on the first location, the first time, the second location, and the second time.
US09086477B2
An anti-jamming subsystem for jamming signals originating along the horizon includes a two-dimensional horizontal array of antennas that effectively has a horizontal circular reception pattern for receiving signals originating along the horizon and a antenna that has a half hemispherical reception pattern and an upward looking view of the sky. The subsystem utilizes associated phase information to actively combine the signals received by the respective antennas in the array, to produce one or more anti-jamming signals with narrow beams in the directions of the jammers. The subsystem combines the anti-jamming signals with the signals received by the reference antenna, to produce signals for further processing in which the interference from the jamming signals originating along the horizon is minimized without adversely affecting the signals received by the reference antenna from at least higher elevation satellites.
US09086475B2
Provided are methods and systems for finding the location of sensors (e.g., microphones) with unknown internal delays based on a set of events (e.g., acoustic events) with unknown event time. A localization algorithm may iteratively run to compute the acoustic event times, the observation delays, and the relative locations of the events and the sensors.
US09086474B2
Methods and systems for simultaneously displaying a Doppler image, a B-mode image, and a color blood flow image are provided.
US09086472B2
The RF system for preventing hunting accidents comprising RF interrogator mounted on the firearm or hunter's hat and RF transponder attached to hunter's hat, wherein directional pattern of antennas of the hat-mounted interrogator is directed along the line of view of the hunter so matching with sightline of hunter's rifle; and RF transponder, which, to cover directional pattern of 360 arc degrees in azimuth, contains a number of RF transceiver evenly attached to the hunter's hat in horizontal plane and connected to the single electronic unit. The system provides alert information about “friendly targets” that could be under fire, such as other hunters or persons equipped with said transponder; and if they are, the system develops alert signal: “Do not shoot”.
US09086469B2
A method and system for determining a real-time location of an object or person in a facility using low frequency magnetic induction positioning is disclosed herein. Each of the plurality of low frequency receivers is configured to receive a signal packet from a low-frequency magnetic induction transmitter, decode the signal packet, and estimate a distance from the low-frequency magnetic induction transmitter to the low-frequency receiver based on the decoded signal packet.
US09086465B2
A method for high resolution NMR (=nuclear magnetic resonance) measurements using the application of excitation pulses and the acquisition of data points, whereby a dwell time Δt separates the acquisition of two consecutive data points, which is characterized in that one or more tickling rf (=radio frequency) pulses of duration τp are applied within each dwell time Δt, and that the average rf field amplitude of each of the tickling rf pulses approximately fulfills the condition ω1=ω1τp/Δt=πJ wherein J is the scalar J-coupling constant and ω1=γB1 with γ being the gyromagnetic ratio and B1 being the strength of the magnetic component of each tickling rf pulse. This method is effective in decoupling homonuclear couplings.
US09086464B2
An magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device includes at least one amplifier, a control module which controls an operating module of the at least one amplifier, a back-up control module, a determination unit for determining whether the control module is operating normally, and a switching module for performing a switching operation to switch operations of the control module to the at least one back-up control module in the event of abnormal operation of the control module.
US09086463B2
A power supply apparatus includes a secondary battery and a timer unit for measuring a time required to charge the secondary battery from a first State Of Charge (SOC) to a second SOC, or a time required to discharge the second battery from the second SOC to the first SOC. The power supply apparatus further includes a determination unit for determining a degraded state of the secondary battery based on results of the measurement by the timer unit.
US09086461B2
A circuit for measuring voltage of a battery and a power storage system using the same. According to one aspect, the circuit includes a switching element connected to the battery and configured to output a first signal at a first voltage level. The switching element is configured to be turned-on in response to a voltage measuring control signal. The circuit also includes a voltage conversion circuit connected to the switching element. The voltage conversion circuit is configured to output a second signal at a second voltage level that is proportional to the first voltage level. An analog-digital converter is configured to receive the second signal and convert the received second signal into a digital signal. A controller is configured to transfer the voltage measurement control signal to the switching element, and receive the digital signal from the analog-digital converter.
US09086459B2
A diagnosis technique to improve scan cell internal defect diagnostic resolution using scan cell internal fault models.
US09086455B2
A testing and repairing apparatus of through silicon via (TSV) disposed between a first and a second chips is provided. First terminals of a first and a second switches are coupled to a first terminal of the TSV. First terminals of a third and a fourth switches are coupled to a second terminal of the TSV. A first terminal of a first resister is coupled to a first voltage. A first selector is coupled between second terminals of the second switch and the first resister. A second selector is coupled between a second terminal of the fourth switch and a second voltage. A first control circuit detects the second terminal of the second switch, and controls the first switch, the second switch and the first selector. A second control circuit controls the third switch, the fourth switch and the second selector.
US09086448B2
A method for predicting a reliable lifetime of a SOI MOSFET device including: measuring a relationship of a gate resistance of the device varying as a function of a temperature at different wafer temperatures; performing a lifetime accelerating test on the device at different wafer temperatures, so as to obtain a degenerating relationship of a parameter representing the lifetime of the device as a function of stress time, and obtain a lifetime in the presence of self-heating when the parameter degenerates to 10%; performing a self-heating correction on the measured lifetime of the device by using the measured self-heating temperature and an Arrhenius model, so as to obtain a lifetime without self-heating influence; performing a self-heating correction on a variation of the drain current caused by self-heating; performing a self-heating correction on an impact ionization rate caused by hot carriers; and predicting the lifetime of the device under a bias.
US09086436B2
A high voltage detection device comprises a probe comprising an electrode for contacting a high voltage electrical line. The electrode is connected in series with a resistor. A meter comprises a housing enclosing an electrical circuit for measuring line voltage. The electrical circuit comprises an input circuit for connection to the probe. The input circuit is adapted to suppress high frequency noise pick up by the probe and develop a bipolar voltage representing measured line voltage. A voltage detection circuit comprises a differential amplifier circuit for converting the bipolar voltage to a proportionate voltage signal. A signal processing circuit receives the proportionate voltage signal and drives the display for displaying the measured line voltage.
US09086435B2
Circuits for sensing current levels within an apparatus are disclosed. In specific cases, a constant voltage power supply is used to power an LED lighting apparatus in which there are uncertainties within the forward voltages of the LEDs, which in turn creates uncertainty with respect to the current level flowing through the LEDs. To manage these uncertainties, the current flowing through the LEDs is measured by determining a voltage level across a known resistor and calculating the current level. To prevent the known resistor from causing a significant reduction in the efficiency of the overall light engine, the circuit includes one or more transistors in parallel with the known resistor to reduce the effective resistance in the LED circuit during times that the current is not being sensed.
US09086429B1
A light-pulse atomic interferometry (LPAI) apparatus is provided. The LPAI apparatus comprises a vessel, two sets of magnetic coils configured to magnetically confine an atomic vapor in two respective magneto-optical traps (MOTs) within the vessel when activated, and an optical system configured to irradiate the atomic vapor within the vessel with laser radiation that, when suitably tuned, can launch atoms previously confined in each of the MOTs toward the other MOT. In embodiments, the magnetic coils are configured to produce a magnetic field that is non-zero at the midpoint between the traps. In embodiments, the time-of-flight of the launched atoms from one MOT to the other is 12 ms or less. In embodiments, the MOTs are situated approximately 36 mm apart. In embodiments, the apparatus is configured to activate the magnetic coils according to a particular temporal magnetic field gradient profile.
US09086428B2
A functional device according to an embodiment of the invention includes: an insulating substrate; a movable section; movable electrode fingers provided in the movable section; and fixed electrode fingers provided on the insulating substrate and arranged to be opposed to the movable electrode fingers. The fixed electrode fingers include: first fixed electrode fingers arranged on one side of the movable electrode fingers; and second fixed electrode fingers arranged on the other side of the movable electrode fingers. The first fixed electrode fingers and the second fixed electrode fingers are arranged to be spaced apart from each other.
US09086426B2
A system and method to generate a concentration gradient eluent flow are described. The concentration gradient eluent flow can include at least two different generants. A liquid can be pumped to an eluent generating device. A first controlling signal can be applied to a first eluent generator to generate a first generant. A second controlling signal can be applied to a second eluent generator to generate a second generant. Either the first and/or the second controlling signal can be varied as a function of time to generate the concentration gradient eluent flow.
US09086424B2
Described is a method of transferring a chromatographic method between liquid chromatography (LC) systems. The method is based on a determination of an isoretention temperature at which two solutes co-elute. The method enables separations to be performed using different LC systems with reproducible and equivalent results. For example, the method allows for a chromatography method developed for HPLC to be more readily transferred to a UPLC system and for a chromatography method developed for a UPLC system to be more readily transferred to a HPLC system. The method addresses LC systems having column ovens of different design in which the internal column temperatures are not equal although the operating temperatures of the column ovens may be accurately controlled to equal values. The retention behavior and resolution of different LC systems is caused to be substantially the same so that equivalent separation results are obtained.
US09086417B2
Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. In some embodiments, the reader component communicates with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.
US09086416B2
Novel method and reagents for generating reversibly tagged saccharides, aldehydes, carboxyl acids, or orthoacetates useful in analytical and diagnostic applications are disclosed. Saccharides are coupled at the reducing end to tagging moieties comprising a reagent selected from a ortho-diaminobenzoic (DAB)-peptide, an aldo-imidazole or N-methylated aldo-imidazole, or an ortho-phenyldiamine (OPD) or substituted OPD. The tagged saccharide further comprising detectable or functional groups coupled to the tagging moiety are provided. Kits and reagents for chromatography and mass spectrometry are disclosed.
US09086415B2
The invention provides a method for testing a WT1-related disease, such as leukemia, a solid cancer, or an atypia, for diagnosing the disease, evaluating the course of cure and the prognosis of the disease more simply with high reliability, the method comprises measuring the amount of antibody against WT1 in a sample and using the measurement value and the time course of the value as a clinical marker for the testing.
US09086407B2
The present disclosure provides methods and/or kits for detecting an analyte in a sample. Some embodiments provide a method for detecting a non-nucleic acid analyte in a sample using a solid substrate comprising a bound immobilization agent and an antibody capture agent and a detectable agent, which can bind to the analyte. The antibody capture agent comprises, at a plurality of sites, a ligand for the immobilization agent. A complex between the analyte, the antibody capture agent and a detectable agent is formed and immobilized on the solid substrate by binding between the immobilization agent and the ligand. In some embodiments, the ligand and the immobilization agent are a binding pair comprising a peptide tag and an anti-peptide tag antibody.
US09086402B2
A sample analyzer comprising: a light source for emitting light to particles contained in a measurement sample which is prepared from a reagent and a urine sample collected from a subject; a detector for detecting scattered light and fluorescence which are generated from the particles in the measurement sample; a display; and a controller, wherein the controller executes operations comprising: obtaining particle data based on the scattered light and the fluorescence which are detected from the particles by the detector; and controlling, when the particle data satisfies a predetermined condition, the display to display information indicating a possibility that the subject is infected with an uncomplicated urinary tract infection is disclosed.
US09086401B2
An antenna is used for radio frequency measurements of cell wall impedance changes due to ion channels. The antenna provides enhanced direct readout of lipid bilayers and cells containing pores and ion channels. The antenna is placed around a nanopore, which may be fabricated from glass, quartz or other material, and is shaped to provide an enhanced sensitivity to electrical activity in the vicinity of the nanopore. As such, the antenna may be of a class of bi-cone- or other stub-antennas providing high gain and broad bandwidth, for example a planar variant of a “bow-tie” antenna. Accordingly, improved sensitivity of at least an order of magnitude may be achieved over past systems.
US09086399B2
Diagnostic system including a sensor device with a sensor for generating signals corresponding to a first operational condition, a control device with a timer and function for performance of measurements, and a signal transmission device. The system includes a device for determination of a second operational condition of the system component and configured where the sensor value of the signal transmission device corresponding to the first operational condition is furnished when the sensor value corresponding to a second operational condition of the transmission mechanism is higher or lower than a comparative value, and housing component of a lubricant container and in particular closure device for sealing an opening of such a housing component from a lubricant which is present in the operational use thereof in an internal space thereof, having arranged therein: at least one sensor device comprising at least one sensor for determining the water content in the lubricant.
US09086397B2
A weight sensor for measuring the weight of a sample container is fixed to a sample container placing portion. The amount of sample contained in the sample container placed in the sample container placing portion is determined based on a measurement value by the weight sensor. A change in amount of sample contained in the sample container is determined before and after sample suction by a sample suction mechanism. The amount of sample actually suctioned from the sample container is determined based on the change.
US09086396B2
A system and method for the automated processing of fluids according to a process operation plan involving the use of preloaded objects, which are to be present in target object positions, are disclosed. The system includes: a processing area in which objects to be used for the processing of fluids are located; at least one ultrasonic sensor for determining the presence of objects by acoustical waves; a positioning device to which the ultrasonic sensor is fixed and which moves the ultrasonic sensor in at least one direction relative to the processing area; a control computer determining the presence of objects and determining if objects are present in target object positions in the processing area as defined by the process operation plan; a pipetting device for pipetting of fluids between cavities located in the processing area; and an analytical or pre-analytical processing device for processing of fluids located in the processing area.
US09086393B2
A sensor control device including an anomaly diagnosis section. When at least one of a first NOX concentration Ip2W based on the output OP1 of a first differential amplification circuit (210) and a second NOX concentration Ip2N based on the output OP2 of a second differential amplification circuit (220) falls within an anomaly diagnosis range ZN, the difference D between Ip2W and Ip2N is obtained, and the difference D is stored in a difference accumulation buffer BF such that 16 values of the difference D continuously sampled up to the present are stored. The integrated value (difference integral value) Dint of the difference D is obtained. When the difference integrated value Dint becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value Di0, the sensor control device indicates a diagnosis result of “anomalous.”
US09086385B2
A method and device for nondestructive and noncontact detection of faults in a test piece, or electrically conductive particles in a liquid flow, moving passed the device, using eddy currents. The test piece or flow is exposed to periodic alternating electromagnetic fields. A periodic electrical signal is detected. The receiver coil signal is digitized with an A/D converter stage. A useful signal is produced from the digitized receiver coil signal with a signal processing unit, and the useful signal is evaluated with an evaluation unit for detecting a fault in the test piece or electrically conductive particles. When overdriving of the A/D converter stage by the receiver coil signal is ascertained by monitoring the curve shape of the digitized receiver coil signal, a part of the receiver coil signal truncated by the A/D converter stage is reconstructed using a mathematical approximation in the digitized receiver coil signal.
US09086380B2
A method for the formation of surface enhanced Raman scattering substrates. The method produces thin substrates that have a nanoparticle ink deposited thereon. The nanoparticle ink may be any suitable nanoparticle ink such as silver, gold or copper nanoparticle ink which includes stabilized nanoparticles. The substrates and nanoparticle ink undergo a first step of heating in order to remove liquid vehicle from the ink The substrates and nanoparticles then undergo a second step of heating for an amount of time sufficient to remove a substantial portion of the stabilizer and provide a fractal aggregate nanoparticle layer on the substrate having a certain resistivity or conductivity suitable for Raman scattering. This creates SERS substrates with enhanced amplification properties.
US09086378B2
A method of analyzing an image of a cell in a laminated structure may include the steps of: (a) fluorescently labeling a cell nucleus in the laminated structure having at least one cell layer and one or more other types of biomolecules; (b) acquiring a plurality of planar tomographic fluorescent labeled images in different height directions from the laminated structure for each type of fluorescently labeled biomolecules after the step (a); (c) superimposing a planar tomographic fluorescent labeled image group acquired in the step (b) to construct a three-dimensional tomographic image; (d) dividing the three-dimensional tomographic image constructed in the step (c) into one or two or more cell regions; (e) producing one planar stacked image for each divided cell region after the step (d); and (f) performing image analysis on each planar stacked image produced in the step (e) to analyze cells in the laminated structure.
US09086376B1
Scattering parameters of a test fixture having a first port and a second port are measured by providing a test instrument; outputting a one-port reflection test signal from the test instrument to the first port with the second port terminated in a reflective termination having a known reflection coefficient, and receiving at the test instrument a one-port reflection measurement signal from the first port; subjecting the one-port reflection measurement signal to first time gating to generate a first time-gated measurement signal, the first time gating using a first gating function temporally disposed about the first port; subjecting the one-port reflection measurement signal to second time gating to generate a second time-gated measurement signal, the second time gating using a second gating function temporally disposed about the termination; and deriving the scattering parameters from the first time-gated measurement signal and the second time-gated measurement signal.
US09086375B2
A laser source (10) for emitting an output beam (12) along an output axis (12A) includes (i) a first laser module (16) that generates a first beam (16A); (ii) a second laser module (18) that generates a second beam (18A); (iii) a beam selector assembly (32); (iv) a first director assembly (24) that directs the first beam (16A) at the beam selector assembly (32); (v) a second director assembly (26) that directs the second beam (18A) at the beam selector assembly (32); and (vii) a control system (34) that directs power to the modules (16), (18). The beam selector assembly (32) moves between a first position in which the first beam (16A) is directed along the output axis (12A), and a second position in which the second beam (18A) is directed along the output axis (12A).
US09086366B2
Radiation is directed at an object, and radiation scattered by the object is sensed. An angular distribution of scatter in the sensed scattered radiation relative to a path of the radiation directed at the object is determined, and the angular distribution is evaluated. One or more atomic numbers, or effective atomic numbers, of materials composing the object is determined based on evaluating the angular distribution.
US09086365B2
Quantification of optical absorption coefficients using acoustic spectra in photoacoustic tomography
Accurately quantifying optical absorption coefficient using acoustic spectra of photoacoustic signals. Optical absorption is closely associated with many physiological parameters, such as the concentration and oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, and it can be used to quantify the concentrations of non-fluorescent molecules. A sample is illuminated by, for example, a pulsed laser and following the absorption of optical energy, a photoacoustic pressure is generated via thermo-elastic expansion. The acoustic waves then propagate and are detected by a transducer. The optical absorption coefficient of the sample is quantified from spectra of the measured photoacoustic signals. Factors, such as system bandwidth and acoustic attenuation, may affect the quantification but are canceled by dividing the acoustic spectra measured at multiple optical wavelengths.
US09086364B2
A photoacoustic detector wherein a detector response transfer function can be measured at various times under predetermined conditions during the life of the detector. One or more of the time related transfer functions each can, when acquired, be compared to the stored initial transfer function established at initial manufacture and calibration of the detector. Span and baseline correction values can be determined. These values can be used to compensate detected output values during normal operation. Time related transfer functions can be compared to each other as well as to the stored initial transfer function.
US09086353B2
An optical instrument (10) has a drop-supporting surface for receiving a droplet (98) of liquid with a cover (16) mounted on the housing (12) which receives a light source and provides communication between the light source (114) and the inner surface of the cover. A loading aperture (24) extending through the cover permits access to the drophead when the cover is in a first rotational loading position, and the cover may be rotated to a measurement position in which the light source is positioned to illuminate the drop-supporting surface. A positioning mechanism provided between the cover an the housing engages the cover when it reaches the measurement position and thereby ensures that the light source and drop-supporting surface are maintained in fixed spaced-apart relationship.
US09086348B2
A method, system and apparatus for testing properties of a rock formation surrounding a wellbore in situ. The apparatus includes a tool body, one or more indenters, and one or more acoustic sensors. The body includes an outer surface that defines one or more cavities therein. Each cavity extends into the body. Each indenter is positioned within a corresponding cavity and is positionable into an operating position and a non-operating position. The acoustic sensor is positioned within the cavity and adjacent to the indenter. The indenter is positioned at least partially beyond the outer surface when in the operating position. The acoustic sensor senses one or more acoustic events occurring when the indenter is in the operating position. The apparatus is inserted into the wellbore. Once inserted, the indenter applies a load onto the rock formation causing cracking and the sensor receives the generated acoustic transmissions. The transmissions are analyzed.
US09086341B2
A multi-filter PM 10-PM 2.5 sampler which enable the simultaneous collection of four PM 10 and four PM 2.5 samples is disclosed. The sampler is provided with a PM 10 impactor to remove coarse particles and operates at 33.4 L/min. After the PM 10 impactor, the aerosol flow is divided by half by a branch pipe. Half of the flow is directed into four PM 10 cassettes, while the other half is directed into four PM 2.5 cassettes after the aerosols are further classified by a PM 2.5 impactor. To ensure the aerosol flow uniformly passes through each of the four PM 10 or four PM 2.5 cassettes, an orifice plate is assembled behind each of the filter cassettes to increase the pressure drop, such that the flow rates of eight sampling lines are nearly equal.
US09086340B2
A tubular insertion device includes a tubular insertion portion including a flexible portion in a predetermined part, bending sensors distributed and arranged in the flexible portion, and an operation support information calculating unit. The operation support information calculating unit extracts operation support information including at least first external force information regarding an external force applied to the tubular insertion portion by a combinational calculation based on detection information from the bending sensors.
US09086337B2
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method for detecting a wake situation in a wind farm comprising a plurality of wind turbines theoretically distributed according to a theoretical layout, one or more of the wind turbines having one or more load sensors. The method comprises obtaining, for one or more of the wind turbines with load sensors, load measurements from the load sensors during a predefined time interval. The method further comprises obtaining a qualified layout by qualifying in the layout each wind turbine for which load measurements have been obtained as overloaded or non-overloaded according to its load measurements. Finally, the obtained qualified layout is used to detect the wake situation.
US09086335B2
A novel method for diagnosing problems with a valve actuator or other rotary equipment. Frequency analysis is performed upon speed, position, torque, thrust, or vibration data. Speed or position data may be provided by a rotary encoder.
US09086330B2
A circuit includes a comparator, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The comparator has a first input node and a second input node. The first circuit is configured to output a temperature-dependent voltage at the first input node of the comparator. The first circuit includes a current mirror configured to generate a first reference voltage. The second circuit is configured to output a second reference voltage at the second input node of the comparator responsive to a digital code and the first reference voltage.
US09086320B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of providing image data for constructing an image of a region of a target object, comprising providing incident radiation from a radiation source at a target object, detecting, by at least one detector, a portion of radiation scattered by the target object with the incident radiation or an aperture at first and second positions, and providing image data via an iterative process responsive to the detected radiation, wherein in said iterative process image data is provided corresponding to a portion of radiation scattered by the target object and not detected by the detector.
US09086310B2
A level gauge carries out a tracking method with consideration of the mobility of the echoes. For this purpose, mobility values of echoes of an echo curve are determined and the expectancy function, by means of which it is determined whether a certain echo needs to be assigned to a certain track, is determined with consideration of at least one of the mobility values. In this way, the correct allocation of an echo to a certain track may be realized with high reliability.
US09086309B2
The invention relates to a method for calibrating the transmitters of ultrasonic flow meters according to the transit time difference method. The object of the invention is to provide a method for calibrating the transmitters of ultrasonic flow meters, said calibration being able to be carried out independently of the other components of the meter, such as the acoustic transducers and the pipe in which the fluid flow being measured occurs. According to the invention, the measurement signals are generated by means of an artificial simulation of the measurement path. This allows the transmitter to be calibrated independently of the remaining components of the measuring apparatus, such as the measuring tube and the acoustic transducers.
US09086300B2
An electric motor having a rotor and a stator as well as a measuring device designed for detecting a position of the rotor, which is movable relative to the stator, and comprising a sensor system for the provision of sensor signals in dependence on the position of the rotor relative to the stator and a processing device for controlling the sensor system, for processing the sensor signals and for outputting a position signal. The processing device is configured for switching between a first operating state with a continuous or high-frequency intermittent provision of supply energy to the sensor system and a second operating state with a low-frequency intermittent provision of supply energy to the sensor system.
US09086298B2
Electronic devices may have sensitive circuitry. To determine whether an electronic device has been exposed to excessive amounts of moisture, the electronic device may be provided with a moisture indicator. The moisture indicator may have a wicking layer of white paper and a red dye layer. If a portion of the moisture indicator is exposed to moisture, red dye may bleed into the white paper. The moisture indicator may be mounted in an input-output port opening or other portion of the electronic device where the state of the moisture indicator is visible. The moisture indicator may have sealed edges to reduce sensitivity to small amounts of moisture intrusion. Different regions of the moisture indicator may be provided with different sensitivities by forming structures that have altered moisture flow properties, by altering wicking layer thicknesses, or by otherwise spatially modifying moisture sensitivity.
US09086290B2
A map data distribution server that is connected to a network and distributes map data via the network is provided. The map data distribution server holds first map data and second map data that is of a newer version than the first map data and holds a plurality of update data including an instruction to update the first map data for each of partitions of a given size on a map. The map data distribution server decides whether a predetermined condition is fulfilled upon receiving an update request to update the first map data in a first partition out of the partitions to the second map data from a terminal communicating with the map data distribution server via the network, selects one of the plurality of update data relevant to the first partition, based on the result of the decision, and transmits the selected update data to the terminal.
US09086289B2
A location point determination apparatus comprises a geographic feature harvesting module (202) arranged to access and collect, when in use, geographic feature information associated with a predetermined named area datum. The apparatus also comprises a data assessment module (208) arranged to receive the geographic feature information collected by the geographic feature harvesting module and to evaluate from the geographic feature information collected in respect of at least one attribute of each geographic feature associated with the geographic feature information. The apparatus further comprises a selection module (210) arranged to select a geographic feature from the geographic features evaluated in accordance with a predetermined criterion associated with the evaluation of the geographic feature information.
US09086279B2
Methods are provided for determining the length of a path traveled by a vehicle using an onboard unit that generates a sequence of position readings and a related position quality index for each position reading. A set of consecutive position readings is extracted from the sequence. Position readings are discarded having position quality indices falling below a threshold. A set quality index is determined based on the number of position readings of the set or on the position quality indices. If the set quality index exceeds a threshold, the path length is determined based on mutual distances of consecutive position readings of the set. Otherwise, the path length is determined using a digital road map composed of road segments by associating the position readings of the set with at least one road segment, and determining the path length based on the segment length of the at least one road segment.
US09086273B1
A LIDAR device may transmit light pulses originating from one or more light sources and may receive reflected light pulses that are detected by one or more detectors. The LIDAR device may include a lens that both (i) collimates the light from the one or more light sources to provide collimated light for transmission into an environment of the LIDAR device and (ii) focuses the reflected light onto the one or more detectors. Each light source may include a respective laser diode and cylindrical lens. The laser diode may emit an uncollimated laser beam that diverges more in a first direction than in a second direction. The cylindrical lens may pre-collimate the uncollimated laser beam in the first direction to provide a partially collimated laser that diverges more in the second direction than in the first direction.
US09086268B2
A method for aligning concrete masonry units for a concrete structure is disclosed. In the present method a plurality of concrete masonry units are provided. Each concrete masonry unit includes six sides, including a top and a bottom and preferably two cores or vertical voids therein. The top and bottom of the concrete masonry unit each include two lateral grooves along the length of the block. The lateral grooves are designed to accept the spacers provided in the present method. Spacers consist of a planar member and at least one finger. Planar member is inserted into the lateral groove of a concrete masonry unit for use. Once inserted the fingers of the spacer sit within a joint between the concrete masonry units.
US09086266B2
A wireless sensor including a resistive element, a modulating element located on a rotating component and at least one of a transmitting element and a receiving element, wirelessly coupled to the modulating element. The modulating element is configured to modulate the wireless coupling, between the at least one of a transmitting element and a receiving element, in response to a change in resistance in the resistive element. The modulation of the wireless coupling is indicative of a measurand on the rotating component. A method of detecting a measurand in a rotating component of a rotary machine includes wirelessly coupling at least one of a transmitting element and a receiving element to a modulating element; modulating the wireless coupling with the modulating element located on the rotating component; and calculating the measurand in the rotating component based on the modulation of the wireless coupling.
US09086260B2
According to the invention, the component to be ruptured comprises an alternation of oblong pre-cut zones and of non-pre-cut zones and the pyrotechnique rupture device (1) with detonating cord (2) comprises an alternation of sections (1.1) for rupturing said non-pre-cut zones and of inflatable sections (1.2) for parting the broken parts of said component.
US09086257B2
Device for launching targets comprising a surface supporting a target to be launched and a launch arm capable of applying a launch force to the target, characterized in that the supporting surface includes frictional means for rotating the target when it is launched by the launch arm. Application in particular to launching archery targets.
US09086249B2
An archery bow is described, and which has a resilient, main body having opposite distal ends; a biasing member is borne by the main body; and a string extends, and is tensioned between the distal ends, and wherein the string has a first, at rest position; a second, arrow release position; and a third, string return position, and wherein the biasing member applies a biasing force to resist the movement of the string from the third, string return position, to the first, at rest position, and a biasing force to assist in the movement of the string from the first, at rest position, to the second, arrow release position.
US09086245B2
A heat exchanger includes an auxiliary heat exchanger, which has plate-shaped first fins and a plurality of first heat transfer tubes, and a main heat exchanger which has plate-shaped second fins and a plurality of second heat transfer tubes. A plurality of burrs are present at specified intervals on edges of the first fins. The auxiliary heat exchanger and the main heat exchanger are so positioned that the edges of the first fins on which the burrs are present are in contact with edges of the second fins, and the edges having the burrs present thereon are positioned on the inner side.
US09086243B2
A fin-tube heat exchanger has a plurality of fins (3) arranged parallel to and spaced from each other at a predetermined gap, and a plurality of heat transfer tubes (2) penetrating the fins (3). In each of the fins (3), a first cut-and-raised portion (5a), a second cut-and-raised portion (5b), and a third cut-and-raised portion (5c) are formed in that order by cutting and raising a portion of the each of the fins so as to turn it over from an upstream side to a downstream side. The horizontal cross-sectional shape of each of the first cut-and-raised portion (5a), the second cut-and-raised portion (5b), and the third cut-and-raised portion (5c) is formed in a semicircular shape and curved so as to taper toward the upstream side.
US09086240B2
A hold down mechanism for releasably securing a refractory lining to a furnace. The hold down mechanism can comprise plate segments that form a composite plate. The plate segments can comprise a first plate segment structured to articulate relative to a second plate segment. Furthermore, a gap in the hold down mechanism can be structured to adjust in response to a thermal condition of the composite plate, such as thermal expansion or thermal contraction of at least one plate segment. The composite plate can also comprise an articulation plate pivotally coupled to at least one of the first plate segment and the second plate segment via a pivot and/or a slot and pin engagement. The composite plate can further comprise a third plate segment and a second articulation plate pivotally coupled to at least one of the second plate segment and the third plate segment.
US09086222B2
The invention discloses a ventilation system including an inner, an outer tube and an air intake and exhaust apparatus. The inner tube has one end extending in a radial direction, wherein an air outlet and an air outlet are formed on the inner tube. An exhaust channel is formed between the inner and outer tubes, and the supporting member is disposed in the exhaust channel. The air intake and exhaust apparatus comprises an elevating member, a plurality of driving members and a cover plate. The elevating member has a connection block. The driving members are made of expandable material. The cover plate is rotatably coupled with the inner tube and has a connection portion. The connection portion abuts against the connection block when the driving members are not expanding. The connection portion of the cover plate disengages from the connection block when the driving members are expanding.
US09086221B2
A gas burner for household may include a zone for mixing combustible gas with air to form an air-gas mixture, an inner chamber with an inner table, and including sides with crenellated walls. A vertex may be formed on each end of the sides, which may be formed by intersecting curved surfaces. A port zone may be on an upper face of the crenellated walls. The port zone includes main ports, which may be centric relative to the vertexes. The symmetry axes of the main ports may be aligned towards the vertex closest to a corresponding port. The ports may be equidistant relative to one another. A lid may close the inner chamber and pass the mixture through the ports. The curved surfaces may have different geometries. The lid may include a cavity, where another burner may be placed.
US09086218B2
Chimney blocking apparatus including a handle (4), telescopic support means (6) having a longitudinal axis (7), chimney blocking means (8) and an actuation mechanism configured to firstly extend the telescopic support means (6) and deploy the chimney blocking means (8) outwardly and secondly collapse the chimney blocking means 8 inwardly towards the longitudinal axis (7). The actuation mechanism may include a first resilient means for collapsing the chimney blocking means (8).
US09086214B1
A system for providing thermal protection for an LED light module and methods for manufacturing the same are described herein. The thermally protected LED light module may include a heat sink assembly thermally coupled to an LED light source, and a thermal protector. The thermal protector may be connected to the heat sink assembly by a mechanical fastener. Further, the thermal protector is electrically coupled to the LED light source and a power source where the thermal protector breaks the power provided to the LED light source from the power source when the thermal protector detects heat at or above a threshold temperature.
US09086210B2
A lighting module includes a base structure and a plurality of light points configured to generate light radiation, wherein the light points are coupled to the base structure, wherein the lighting module comprises at least one light point which has a radiation pattern with rotational asymmetry, and wherein the base structure and the light point are configured to couple the light point to the base structure with different orientations.
US09086204B2
A reflector including pairs of reflecting pieces, each pair of reflecting pieces includes at least one reflecting unit, each reflecting unit including a first reflecting portion, a second reflecting portion, and a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion whose bottom ends are respectively connected to the first reflecting portion and the second reflecting portion. The first fixing portion is located on the side of the first reflecting portion that is opposed to an optical center of the reflecting unit, and the second fixing portion is located on the side of the second reflecting portion that is opposed to the optical center of the reflecting unit.
US09086199B2
A lighting device installation method includes the following steps. Firstly, a holder including a first stopping structure and a first engaging structure is fixed on an installation surface. Then, a lighting device including a second stopping structure and a third stopping structure is provided. The second stopping structure and the third stopping structure are collaboratively defined as a second engaging structure. Then, the second engaging structure of the lighting device is stopped by the first stopping structure of the holder, so that the lighting device is supported by the lower portion of the holder. Then, electrical connection between the lighting device and a power source is established. Afterwards, the second engaging structure of the lighting device is engaged with the first engaging structure of the holder, so that the lighting device is supported by the upper portion of the holder.
US09086192B2
A light module for an exterior light, comprises a circuit board holder, at least one circuit board disposed in the circuit board holder comprising a plurality of LEDs and a cover which covers the circuit board holder and the circuit board disposed therein. Embodiments of the cover comprise a transparent cover which is permeable to light in order to transmit light produced by the LEDs. An optical system for influencing the beam path through the transparent cover may be disposed on the inner side of the transparent cover for each LED. Each optical system can comprise a central optical element, which is disposed directly above the LED, two outer optical regions on the opposite sides of the central optical element, a second optical element which laterally encloses the central optical element and the two outer optical regions and has at least one longitudinal side and a third optical element which extends linearly outside the second optical element parallel to a longitudinal side.
US09086177B2
An accessory for a clamp assembly including a clamp bridge including a plurality of curved bridge elements attached to one another by a joint that permits relative motion between neighboring bridge elements.
US09086176B2
A valve structure may include a valve body having a plurality of connecting tubes; a resilient cover, one end of which forming a ring portion and the other of which having a tapered cone portion, and the resilient cover plugs into the connecting tube through the cone portion to form a restricting position; a connecting unit that is tubular, having a tubular connecting section and a plugging section, and the plugging section plugs into the through hole of the resilient cover, so the second stopping surface is against the ring portion of the resilient cover; and a locking cover covering the tubular connecting section of the connecting unit to secure the connecting unit and the resilient cover at the connecting tube of the valve body.
US09086172B2
A vacuum valve includes a valve housing (1) with at least one valve opening (2, 3), at least one valve plate (10, 11) and a carrying unit (9), which carries the at least one valve plate (10, 11). The at least one valve plate (10, 11) is connected to the carrying unit (9) via at least two connecting devices, each having a connecting part (45), with a neck portion (47) and an enlarged head portion (48), which projects in relation to the neck portion (47), and having a receiving part (46, 56′), with a respective receiving slot (49) into which the neck portion (47) of the connecting part (45). In order to prevent the connecting parts (45) from moving out of the receiving slots (49), at least one of the receiving parts (46′) of the connecting devices can be rotated about an axis of rotation (80) from an introduction position, in which the associated connecting part (45) can be introduced into the receiving slot (49), by way of its neck portion (47), as far as the end position, into a blocking position.
US09086170B2
A hydraulic valve assembly (10) adapted to be mounted to a transmission control module (15) and having a valve body (12), a valve bore (16), and at least one pressure supply port (26) as well as at least one pressure control port (28) that establish fluid communication between a source of pressurized fluid and a component to be controlled by the valve assembly. A valve member (18) is supported in the valve bore (16) and is selectively movable between predetermined positions to direct the pressurized fluid between the pressure supply port (26) and the pressure control port (28). In addition, the hydraulic valve assembly (10) includes a biasing mechanism (80, 180, 280, 380) that is responsive to the flow of hydraulic fluid through the valve body to generate a biasing force acting on the valve body (12) in a direction toward the pressure supply port (26).
US09086160B2
Disclosed is a one-way valve characterized as a new form of check valve wherein an affixed free moving film device, downstream edge control techniques, a channel surface and the motive force of directional pressurized fluid flows cooperatively permit forward fluid flow yet check reverse fluid backflow through the valve assemblage to achieve a unidirectional flow.
US09086153B2
A method of operating a rotary beverage bottle or container filling or handling machine with a bearing with a cleaning arrangement in an aseptic clean room in a beverage bottling or container filling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US09086147B2
A piston 10 for an engine has a number of elongate pockets 21, 22, 23, 24 each of which is arranged at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis HP2 of a contact zone 15 on the thrust and anti-thrust sides of the piston 10. The pockets 21, 22, 23, 24 are arranged in two columns C1, C2 one on each longitudinal side of a central portion 20 of the contact zone 15 to form partial barriers to reduce the loss of oil from the central portion 20 during use of the piston 10. The pockets 21, 22, 23, 24 are oriented differently above and below a transverse axis HP1 of the contact zone 15 so as to reduce the loss of oil irrespective of the direction of motion of the piston 10.
US09086133B2
A lubricating structure of a transmission is capable of supplying more lubricating oil to the vicinity of one end portion of a shaft, which rotates in a transmission, than lubricating oil supplied to the remaining mechanisms of the transmission. An internal space of the shaft rotating in the transmission has a pipe inserted thereto with a gap provided therebetween, a large-diameter portion having two shaft lubrication holes, a stepped portion, and a small-diameter portion having a shaft lubrication hole. The pipe has a first pipe lubrication hole in communication with the gap and a second pipe lubrication hole in communication with the small-diameter portion.
US09086132B2
A vehicle transmission wherein a single shift spindle is provided with a master arm to operate the transmission via an accumulation mechanism and a clutch lever to operate a clutch, capable of more reliably realizing disconnection of the clutch after the completion of accumulation necessary for a shift operation. A vehicle transmission includes a master arm provided on a shift spindle for transmitting a rotational force to a shift drum of a transmission to rotate and operate the shift drum with a clutch lever provided on the shift spindle, to operate the clutch. An accumulation mechanism is capable of accumulating the rotational force transmitted from the shift spindle to the master arm. The master arm and the clutch lever are interlocked with each other. A delay mechanism is provided that delays the clutch disconnection operation with the clutch lever before accumulation is completed between the shift spindle and the clutch.
US09086122B2
A gear mechanism (22) of a wind power plant (10) that includes at least one planetary stage (24.1, 24.2) that has at least one planet gear carrier (41, 61) and a method for dismantling a multi-stage gear mechanism (22) of a wind power plant (10). The gear mechanism (22) is arranged in a nacelle (15) arranged on a tower (11) of a wind power plant (10). The gear mechanism (22) has at least one planetary stage (24.1, 24.2) and the at least one planetary stage (24.1, 24.2) has a planet gear carrier (41, 61) and several planet gears (45, 65) held in the planet gear carrier (41, 61) using planetary bolts (47, 67). The planet gears (45, 65) are in operative connection with a ring gear (49, 69) of the planetary stage (24.1, 24.2) surrounding the planet gears (45, 65).
US09086115B2
A chain or belt drive assembly, including: a first sprocket with: a first plurality of radially outwardly extending protrusions; and at least one opening passing through material forming the sprocket and wholly surrounded by the material forming the first sprocket; and a second sprocket including a second plurality of radially outwardly extending protrusions, The assembly includes a continuous chain or belt engaged with the first and second pluralities of protrusions; and at least one pendulum mass assembly including: a first pendulum mass disposed on a first radial side of the first sprocket; second pendulum mass disposed on a second radial side, opposite the first radial side, of the first sprocket; and at least one connection element fixedly secured to the first and second pendulum masses and passing through the at least one opening. The connection element is displaceable within the at least one opening in radial and circumferential directions.
US09086097B2
A yoke for receiving a shaft includes a collar. The collar defines a shaft slot, into which the shaft may be inserted. A first pinch tab extends from the collar and has a first folded end, which is folded toward the shaft slot. A second pinch tab extends from the collar and has a second folded end, which is folded away from the shaft slot.
US09086094B2
The present invention provides a cage, for a rolling bearing, whose surface is silver-plated by using a barrel plating method capable of improving the durability thereof in a sliding test. In the cage, for the rolling bearing, made of an iron metal material and having a precious metal-plated layer formed on a surface thereof, the precious metal-plated layer is formed on a base plated layer formed on a surface of the iron metal material by using a barrel electroplating method. A surface of the base plated layer consists of a smooth surface. The precious metal-plated layer is in direct close contact with the smooth surface. The base plated layer consists of a metal having a higher ionization tendency than the precious metal formed on the surface of the base plated layer. A cavity is not present at an interface between the copper-plated layer and the silver-plated layer.
US09086090B2
A device for securing a unit in a housing, in particular for securing a fixed bearing of a pinion in a steering gear of a motor vehicle, comprises a securing element which is inserted into a bore in the housing. The securing element is provided with at least one latching lever, wherein the at least one latching lever latches into toothing gaps of a toothing geometry in the bore of the housing via a latching lug disposed at the free end of the latching lever, or wherein at least one latching lug is disposed in the bore, which latches into toothing gaps of a toothing geometry in the securing element.
US09086062B2
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a casing that defines a chamber and a piston slidably received within the chamber of the casing. A driving coil is configured for selectively urging the piston to slide within the chamber of the casing. An electro-magnetic spring is configured for urging the piston towards a default position when the piston is positioned away from the default position. The electro-magnetic spring can permit the linear compressor to operate at a resonant condition.
US09086052B2
A transportation system is disclosed for transporting a rotor blade having a first end and a second end defining a rotor blade length. The transportation system includes a truck configured to transport the rotor blade, the truck including a bed having a forward end and a distal end defining a bed length. The transportation system further includes a first fixture configured on the bed, the first fixture comprising a generally arcuate guide member and a support frame slidable along the guide member, the support frame configured to support the rotor blade. The transportation system further includes a second fixture configured on the bed for one of slidable support or rotatable support of the rotor blade. Movement of at least one of the first fixture or the second fixture rotates the rotor blade within a plane defined by the bed.
US09086049B2
Power generating equipment comprises a support structure adapted to be disposed on the bed of a body of water, a buoyant power generating apparatus having a center of buoyancy, a winching device releasably engageable with the power generating apparatus, and operable to pay out and to retract a flexible winch tether. The flexible winch tether has first and second portions releasably connectable to one another, the first portion being connectable at one end thereof to the support structure and at a second end thereof to the second portion, and the second portion being attached at one end thereof to the winching device, and being connectable at a second end thereof to the first portion.
US09086037B2
A tank ventilation system of a motor vehicle includes a vapor filter, a first line connecting the vapor filter at a corresponding first introduction point to a suction pipe, and a second line connecting the vapor filter at a corresponding second introduction point to an environment line. The second introduction point is arranged between an air filter and a compressor of the environment line. The second line includes a Venturi nozzle configured to remove carrier flow from downstream of the compressor and upstream of the throttle valve.
US09086034B2
An aircraft engine thrust reverser cascade assembly includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced cascade segments, each cascade segment including a plurality of spaced vanes, including an aft-most vane, and rails defining a series of cells or air passages therebetween. The cascade assembly also includes an aft cascade ring removably attached to the aft ends of the cascade segments. A flow deflection shelf is mounted to each of the cascade segments and includes a deflector portion that at least partially extends forward of a group of cells of the cascade segments along which the flow deflection shelf is mounted. The deflector portion is configured to at least partially redirect at least a portion of a volume of air forwardly as the air outwardly passes through the group of cells of the cascade segments.
US09086032B2
A Stirling engine includes a base member that connects a housing portion with a heater that heats a working fluid using exhaust heat of a main engine, and a support member that supports the Stirling engine at the base member is provided.
US09086030B2
A piston capable of reducing the frictional resistance between skirt portion and a cylinder inner surface and improving fuel efficiency is provided. The invention is a piston for an internal combustion engine wherein when the piston slides along a cylinder inner surface, a high surface pressure portion occurs at a center of each skirt portion and low surface pressure portions occur at both sides of the high surface pressure portion. The high surface pressure portion of plural portions is provided with a horizontal groove. The low surface pressure portions of the plural portions are provided with an inclined groove that is inclined downward toward the high surface pressure portion and that is connected to an end portion of the horizontal groove.
US09086021B2
An intake apparatus of an engine includes: a first intake passage supplying fresh air to a cylinder; a second intake passage arranged near the first intake passage, and supplying fresh air to the cylinder; a first intake valve opening and closing the first intake passage at an aperture of the first intake passage; a second intake valve opening and closing the second intake passage at an aperture of the second intake passage. An opening timing of the first intake valve of the intake apparatus advances relative to a top dead center, and a valve lift amount of the first intake valve differs from that of the second intake valve, and there is a period while the valve lift amount of the first intake valve is larger than that of the second intake valve, in an intake stroke.
US09086009B2
A cooling device of an outboard engine unit includes a cooling water passage for delivering cooling water from a water pump. The cooling water passage branches into a first passageway for cooling a cylinder block and cylinder head of an engine and a second passageway for cooling a case of a supercharger. Thus, the supercharger and the engine can be cooled to and kept at their respective appropriate temperatures.
US09086005B2
Disclosed is an exhaust purification system (2) for an internal combustion engine (1), which comprises: a reduction catalyst (6) that is arranged in an exhaust pipe (exhaust passage) (3) of the internal combustion engine (1); and a reducing agent spraying device (4) for spraying a reducing agent within the exhaust pipe (3) in the upstream of the reduction catalyst (6). A dispersing member (member for promoting evaporation of the reducing agent) (5) is arranged at a position, which is in the upstream of the reduction catalyst (6) within the exhaust pipe (3), and to which the reducing agent is sprayed from the reducing agent spraying device (4). The dispersing member (5) is formed of a porous member and affixed within the exhaust pipe (3) such that the dispersing member (5) is parallel to the flowing direction of the exhaust gas.
US09085989B2
An airfoil, a fan assembly and an engine include at least one airfoil including a root portion, a body portion and a tip portion. The body portion is configured extending radially outward from the root portion and the tip portion is configured extending radially outward from the root portion and the body portion. The airfoil including a suction and a pressure side coupled together at a leading and a trailing edge and extending therebetween. The airfoil including a compliant tip at the tip portion. The compliant tip extending along at least a portion of the tip portion in a chord-wise direction and a span-wise direction. The compliant tip is configured to provide wave propagation along the tip portion such that critical strain proximate the tip portion and the trailing edge is reduced during a foreign object impact.
US09085975B2
A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore is carried out by preparing a treatment fluid at a surface location based upon an initial model of fluid properties for the treatment fluid. The treatment fluid is formed from a first fluid stream and at least one additive fluid stream that are combined to form a treatment fluid stream that is introduced into the wellbore in a substantially continuous process. A fluid property of at least one of the streams is monitored while forming the treatment fluid to provide at least one monitored fluid property of the at least one of the streams. The model is updated based upon the at least one monitored fluid property during the substantially continuous process. Optionally, at least one of the first fluid stream and the at least one additive stream is adjusted as necessary based upon the updated model.
US09085968B2
A radially expandable device including a tubular body formed from an extruded member having an extrusion direction. The extruded member is configured after extrusion of the extruded member so that the extrusion direction aligns with a resulting circumference of the tubular body during formation of the tubular body from the extruded member. The extruded member is formed from a material operatively arranged to disintegrate upon exposure to a selected borehole fluid. The tubular body is operatively arranged to be expanded from a first radial dimension to a second radial dimension. Methods of making and using a radially expandable device are also included.
US09085966B2
Disclosed is a method for transient testing of an oil well to determine the individual, distinct skin factor components of an apparent skin factor, which includes opening the well to a first predefined choke setting to allow the reservoir fluid to flow through the well for a first predefined period of time, and measuring a production rate of the reservoir fluid through the well, when the first predefined period of time expires. The method further includes performing a shut-in of the well for a first predefined build-up period, and repeating, when the first predefined build-up period expires, the steps of the flowing, the measuring, and the performing for at least two additional choke settings. The distinct skin factor components of the apparent skin factor are determined using a graphical relationship between the determined apparent skin factors and the measured production rates.
US09085960B2
A gravel pack operation disposes slurry from an inner string into the annulus around a shoe track. A valve on the shoe track can open and close flow through a port, and seats around the port allow an outlet of the tool to seal with the port. When the valve is open and the outlet sealed with the port, the slurry in the string is pumped into the borehole around the shoe track by flowing the slurry from the outlet into the borehole through the flow port. As this occurs, gravel collects around the shoe track, and fluid returns in the borehole flow back into the shoe track through a screen disposed toward the track's toe. Once inside the shoe track, the fluid returns communicate through a bypass on the shoe track around the sealed outlet and port. At this point, the fluid returns can pass uphole in the gravel pack assembly.
US09085959B2
An apparatus for measuring a resistivity of a formation comprising an instrumented bit assembly coupled to a bottom end of the apparatus. At least one first electromagnetic wave antenna transmits an electromagnetic wave signal into the formation. At least one second electromagnetic wave antenna located on the instrumented bit assembly and longitudinally spaced apart from the at least one first electromagnetic wave antenna receives the electromagnetic wave signal transmitted through the formation. Electronic circuitry is operably coupled to the at least one second electromagnetic wave antenna to process the received signal to determine a resistivity of the formation proximate the instrumented bit assembly.
US09085941B2
A piston assembly may comprise a housing with a wall, and at least one chamber formed in the wall. A piston may be disposed within the chamber and at least one passageway may pass through the piston. At least one pin may be disposed within the passageway and attached to the chamber, and the piston may be free to translate relative to the pin.
US09085929B2
A method and apparatus for darkening or tinting windows may be described. The method and apparatus can include coupling a display to a window; coupling the display to a power source; sending a signal from a controller to the display, and changing the display properties of the display with the signal sent from the controller to adjust the transparency of the display.
US09085924B2
A sliding door roller system comprising a wheel housing, two roller wheels rotatably coupled to the wheel housing, an upper base, a second housing configured to be secured to a door and a ratchet mechanism coupled to the first housing and second housing, discretely stepping the second housing away from the first housing in a plurality of positions.
US09085923B1
Some embodiments provide a door stopper with knocker apparatus for holding open a door. In some embodiments, the door stopper with knocker apparatus comprises a doorstop, a cord, and a knocker. In some embodiments, the door stopper with knocker apparatus is configured to allow an upright person place the doorstop in a position on the ground to hold the door open.
US09085916B2
A visualization, alignment and support tool permitting one person fence rail installation, and greatly speeding the installation when more than two persons are employed. Specifically, the tool temporarily affixes to a fence pipe and offers support for a length of fence rail; especially the ends of adjacent fence rails, so that the rails are supported and level relative to a fence pipe bracket which is fastened to the fence pipe. The rail ends can then be fastened with screws or other fasteners to the fence pipe bracket when desired without further adjustment required.
US09085913B2
The invention relates to a grandstand having a plurality of seat rows and/or standing space rows which rise in a stepped manner and are accessible via at least one access route which bridges the height difference between the seat rows and/or standing space rows, the gradient of the seat rows and/or standing space rows and the gradient of the access route enclosing an angle of from approximately 20° to approximately 90°, with the result that the gradient of the access route has a first component which runs parallel to the direction of the space rows and runs towards the space rows.
US09085903B2
A profile system for finishing or defining a tile covering provided over a base includes at least one elongate profile that has a fastening arm and a profile section adjoining the latter which has a defining arm extending transversely, in particular at right angles, to the fastening arm and two side arms extending transversely, in particular at right angles to the free ends of the defining arm and arranged lying opposite one another, at least one illuminant that in the correct state is disposed in the receiving space defined by the substantially U-shaped profile section, and at least one elongate diffusion disc cover that can be secured to the profile.
US09085901B2
An internal shear panel for reducing the tendency of the upper portions of buildings to move relative to the foundation when lateral forces, such as those produced by winds and earthquakes, are applied to the walls. The shear panel is pre-assembled having two vertical posts and two diaphragm members interconnecting the posts. The panel also has an upper and a lower horizontal member that are connected to the posts and the diaphragm members. The lower horizontal member and the posts are configured to be attached via brackets to holdown bolts mounted in the foundation of a building and the upper horizontal member is configured to be attached to an upper plate of the wall. Hence, the shear panel can be installed by connecting the upper horizontal member to the upper portion of the wall and connecting the lower horizontal member to the holdown bolts in the foundation.
US09085900B2
A mounting device (100) for installation on a hollow rib of a panel is disclosed. The mounting device (100) includes a mounting body (102), an insert (160), and at least one clamping fastener (180). The mounting body (102) includes an upper section or base (104), along with a first leg (112) and a second leg (122) that each extend downwardly from the base (104) in at least generally diverging relation to one another. The first leg (112) includes a first projection (116) positionable in a recess on one sidewall of a rib, while the insert (160) includes a second projection (164) positionable in a recess on the opposite sidewall of this same rib. The clamping fastener(s) (180) extends through the second leg (122) of the mounting body (102) and forces the insert (160) in the direction of the first leg (112) of the mounting body (102).
US09085883B2
A shower generally includes a shower enclosure, various shower systems having output devices, and a control panel having an electronic display and configured for receiving user inputs. Shower control systems and methods are provided for receiving and processing user inputs, displaying a graphical user interface on the electronic display, and controlling outputs of the various output devices.
US09085866B2
A flood wall system and method of constructing same, including providing a first main panel section; attaching sleeves to each side of a main panel prior to configuring the final chamber; providing two sleeves of fabric at the upper opening of each chamber for supporting the chambers while they are filled with materials such as sand; providing a series of chambers sewn together to define a continuous cellular wall; the final chamber having a horizontal height which is two feet (0.6 m) longer than the vertical height further having a front toe portion one foot (0.3 m) in height; filling each chamber with a quantity of material, such as sand; on each end of a completed chain of chambers, further comprising a set of loops or ties so that a chain of chambers is capable of being tied to other chains of chambers to define the continuous flood wall system.
US09085854B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a printing paper product, in which method natural fibres are introduced into a system which includes a paper machine. In the method, calcium hydroxide and carbon dioxide are admixed to natural fibres, for precipitating calcium carbonate onto the surfaces of the natural fibres, and said printing machine is used for manufacturing a printing paper product which includes at least said natural fibres, with calcium carbonate precipitated on their surfaces, as a filler for said printing paper product. The invention also relates to a system for manufacturing a printing paper product. Further, the invention relates to a calendered printing paper product which has not been coated with a pigment.
US09085851B2
Pressure filter for filtering pulp which pressure filter comprises a pulp container (1, 3) comprising a feed opening (12) of the pulp at its upper part, a cylindrical filtering surface (6) adjusted to the cylinder part of the container in which case the pulp, which has penetrated the mentioned surface, can be removed from the container through one removal aggregate or through several removal aggregates (13), (14) located at various altitudes, further the pulp container comprises a vertical rotor (8, 16, 17) which can be rotated in the pulp room of the container which rotor is equipped with wings (7) which clean the filtering surface (6) and comprises a feed pipe (11) of the dilution water for directing the dilution water into the pulp room of the container in order to avoid the thickening of the pulp and that the dilution water can be directed between the rotor and the filtering surface (6) to such height that beginning from the lower edge of the filtering surface (6) at least an essential part of the filtering surface, such as over 30% of the filtering surface (6) comes within the range of the mass which has been diluted with the dilution water. The rotor (8, 16, 17) is equipped with wings (9) in that part of the pulp room to which the dilution water is directed in which case the mentioned wings (9) are adjusted together with the gaps (10) to achieve an internal, vertical pulp cycle at the lower part of the pulp room when the rotor is rotating in which case the mentioned part of over 30% of the filtering surface (6) is within the range of the mentioned pulp cycle.
US09085850B2
A system for refining lignocellulosic material including a first stator plate segment refining zone and a first rotor place segment refining zone, each of which has grooves. The rotor plate groove width is larger than the stator plate groove width in the inner part of the refining zone, but substantially similar in the outer part of the refining zone.
US09085848B2
A carpet seaming iron includes a base assembly and a top cover, within which the heating and control components are located. A bimetal thermostat, an over-temperature cutoff, and/or a thermistor and thermistor cover are secured between the base assembly and top cover by an elevated surface of the base assembly. The base assembly may include a base having an outer groove such that the top cover that fits over the base and in the outer groove of the base. To keep the cord away from a user during operation, the handle of the carpet seaming iron may also be attached to the cord by a rotatable cord guard holder that extends the cord away from the handle and a semi-rigid cord guard that reduces bending of the cord.
US09085846B2
A pulley comprising: a central hub; a peripheral crown; a first intermediate section comprising a plurality of radial ribs that radially extend from the hub, and a second intermediate section comprising a plurality of peripheral ribs that end into the peripheral crown and intermediate circular rib concentric with the center of the pulley and having a radius basically equal to half radius of the pulley, the circular intermediate rib separating the first intermediate section from the second intermediate section, the circular intermediate rib comprising connection points of radial ribs and of peripheral ribs, wherein the connection points of radial ribs are distant from those of the peripheral ribs; the peripheral ribs being suitably inclined mutually and with respect to the radial ribs in such way to intersect at least in one crossing point to form a web structure in the second intermediate section.
US09085843B2
A method of controlling steam supply in a laundry machine. The control method includes heating a predetermined space within a duct in communication with a tub and/or drum of the laundry machine to a higher temperature than a temperature of the other space within the duct, directly supplying water to the heated predetermined space to generate steam, supplying air flow towards the heated predetermined space so as to transport the generated steam to the laundry, and adjusting an implementation time of the heating based on actual voltage of power supplied to the laundry machine.
US09085842B2
By means of the present invention, the microorganisms accumulated inside the detergent dispenser (5) are eliminated thus the washed laundry is hygienic and also the washing machine (1) is made ready to start the next washing program in a more hygienic manner. This is achieved through introducing ozone gas directly into the detergent dispenser (5).
US09085841B2
A needle threading device is disclosed which comprises a first mechanism having a hole for receiving a needle and a slit for receiving a thread, a second mechanism having a threader pin and pivotally supported by the first mechanism so as to be pivotable between a first position and a second position different from the first position, the threader pin enabling the thread to pass through an eye of the needle when the second mechanism is pivoted to the second position from the first position, a first biasing member urging the second mechanism to the first position, an operating member causing the second mechanism to be pivoted to the second position against an action of the first biasing member, and a second biasing member urging the operating member and the second mechanism in a direction in which they are spaced away from each other.
US09085840B2
A thread feeding mechanism for actively feeding embroidery thread out of a cartridge through a hollow needle, such that a thread break at or near the needle tip is automatically overcome through normal operation.
US09085820B2
Provided is a substrate processing apparatus including an openable and closable lid and being capable of precisely controlling a gap between multiple shields. The substrate processing apparatus includes: an openable and closable lid provided on an opening of a chamber; a first shield provided on a surface of the lid at the chamber side and having an insertion hole; an insertion section fixed to the lid while inserted through the insertion hole, and configured to support the first shield in a manner movable within a predetermined distance; a restriction section provided on an end portion of the insertion section and configured to restrict the movement of the first shield; and biasing means configured to bias the first shield to a member provided inside the chamber when the lid is closed.
US09085819B2
Provided is a tantalum sputtering target, in which 1 mass ppm or more and 50 mass ppm or less of boron is contained as an essential component, and of which the purity excluding boron and gas components is 99.998% or higher. Thereby obtained is a high-purity tantalum sputtering target having a uniform and fine structure and enabling plasma stabilization and achievement of superior film evenness (uniformity).
US09085818B2
A method for manufacturing a straight insert intended to be incorporated in a metal container by HIC includes placing coated wires in a rectilinear juxtaposition over a predefined length in a straight gutter-shaped tool and joining the coated wires together. The insert includes a bundle of coated wires that are joined together and have a predefined length. The wires are made from metal-coated ceramic fibers.
US09085813B2
An object is to recover metallic lithium from metallic lithium on which an unnecessary substance is formed without discarding the metallic lithium on which an unnecessary substance is formed. The present invention relates to a method for recovering metallic lithium in such a manner that metallic lithium on which a substance is formed is reacted with nitrogen to form lithium nitride; the lithium nitride is reacted with carbon dioxide to form lithium carbonate; the lithium carbonate is reacted with hydrochloric acid to form lithium chloride; the lithium chloride and potassium chloride are melted; and electrolysis is applied to the melted lithium chloride and potassium chloride.
US09085812B2
The present invention discloses a new process for leaching sulfide minerals consisting of leaching crushed ore in a vat reactor, wherein the leaching solution is fed with an ORP value close to the upper limit suitable for leaching and the exiting leaching solution leaves the reactor with an ORP above the lower limit suitable for leaching the ore. The output leaching solution that leaves the leaching reactor goes through an iron oxidation stage outside the leaching reactor, with the iron oxidation producing soluble ferric sulfate that is mixed with a recirculated portion of the output leaching solution to increase its ORP up to a value close to the upper limit of the redox potential range that is suitable for the ore leaching.
US09085811B2
A method for improving a residual stress in a pipe includes improving the residual stress in the inner surface to the compressive direction by rapid cooling of the inner surface after heating of the pipe. The heating is to heat a vicinity of a welded part of the pipe from the outer surface to raise the temperature to a construction temperature. The rapid cooling is to rapidly cool the inner surface in the vicinity of the welded part by supplying cooling water into the pipe. The heating and the rapid cooling are repeated twice or more. A method for construction management includes determining whether construction has been executed properly based on a maximum value of a lowering rate of an outer surface temperature of the pipe when the cooling water is supplied for the rapid cooling of the inner surface and a thickness of the pipe in a measuring position of the outer surface temperature.
US09085805B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro method for diagnosing and/or monitoring in a subject a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or a predisposition to develop a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, comprising detecting and/or analyzing in a test sample derived from the subject one or more mutations at the DNA level in any one or both of the marker genes cKIT (GenBank acc. no. NM_000222.2) and PDGFRA (GenBank acc. no. NM_006206.4), wherein the DNA is circulating DNA, and wherein the presence of any one of the mutations detected in the test sample is indicative of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or a predisposition to develop a gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the subject. The present invention is also directed to a corresponding kit-of-parts for diagnosing and/or monitoring a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or a predisposition to develop a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, comprising means for detecting and/or analyzing one or more mutations as defined herein, as well as to the use of one or more mutations as defined herein as a panel of molecular markers for diagnosing and/or monitoring a gastrointestinal stromal tumor or a predisposition to develop a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
US09085803B2
A probe for detecting a polymorphism in ab1 gene, comprising at least one fluorescence-labeled oligonucleotide.
US09085800B2
3-alkynyl inosine analogs and their uses as universal bases are provided. The inosine analogues can be incorporated into nucleic acid primers and probes. They do not significantly destabilize nucleic acid duplexes. As a result, the novel nucleic acid primers and probes incorporating the inosine analogues can be used in a variety of methods. The analogs function unexpectedly well as universal bases. Not only do they stabilize duplexes substantially more than hypoxanthine opposite A, C, T, and G but they are also recognized in primers by polymerases, allowing efficient amplification.
US09085789B2
Provided herein are methods for producing a fermentation product, such as ethanol, by co-culture of a member of the genus Paenibacillus and an ethanologenic microbe, such as yeast or E. coli. Also provided are methods for making enzymes useful in the saccharification of a pretreated lignocellulosic material. The enzymes may be made by culturing a member of the genus Paenibacillus in a composition suitable for production of such enzymes. An example of such a composition is a pretreated lignocellulosic material, for example, spent hydrolysates. Also provided are genetically modified members of the genus Paenibacillus that have been genetically modified to not produce an antimicrobial, for instance, a polymyxin E.
US09085788B2
The present invention provides a convenient and efficient process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched, deuterated secondary alcohols without reducing deuterium incorporation.
US09085781B2
Improved haa1 transcriptional regulatory proteins, polynucleotides encoding improved haa1 transcriptional regulatory proteins and vectors and cells thereof are provided, as well as methods for converting a cellulose-containing biomass feedstock to ethanol using improved haa1 transcriptional regulatory proteins and cells expressing heterologous haa1 transcriptional regulatory proteins as disclosed herein.
US09085774B2
The present invention is in the field of genetics, especially plant genetics, and provides agents capable of controlling gene expression. The present invention specifically provides sequences of naturally occurring, tissue-specifically expressed microRNAs. The invention further provides for transgenic expression constructs comprising sequences encoding said microRNAs. By incorporation of the microRNA encoding sequence the expression from said expression construct is specifically silenced in the tissue where the naturally occurring microRNA is naturally expressed. Thereby the expression profile resulting from the promoter is modulated and leakiness is reduced. The invention further provides for a method for modulating transgenic expression by incorporating sequences encoding said microRNAs into transgenic expression constructs. The compositions and methods of the invention can be used to enhance performance of agricultural relevant crops and for therapy, prophylaxis, research and diagnostics in diseases and disorders, which afflict mammalian species.
US09085770B2
The invention is to methods of gene silencing in arthropods using dsRNA. The method is include contacting the arthropod with, and/or directly feeding the arthropod, the dsRNA to the arthropods to deliver the dsRNA to arthropod tissues. It is envisaged that the methods of the invention will have use in determining the biological function of genes in arthropods. Methods of pest control of arthropods, and of protecting arthropods against parasites and predators are provided. Transgenic arthropods expressing dsRNA molecules are also provided by the present invention.
US09085768B2
In this study, we used a wound-inducible promoter of the broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica) GLUCOSE INHIBITION of ROOT ELONGATION1 (GIR1) gene fused to β-glucuronidase (GUS, pBoGIR1::GUS) as a selectable marker. Transgenic broccoli plants expressing pBoGIR1::GUS appear blue in planta at wounded regions after GUS staining for 30 min. Similarly, the blue color is visible in transgenic Arabidopsis and rice plants expressing pBoGIR1::GUS at wounded areas after GUS staining for 2 h, indicating that this promoter is wound-inducible in both dicots and monocots. GUS staining is very rapid and the partial wounding in this study is a nondestructive method that does not affect further plant growth and development. Thus, pBoGIR1::GUS could serve as an effective substitute for antibiotic- and herbicide-resistance genes in the generation of genetically modified crops.
US09085767B2
The present invention relates to a novel class of gene trap vector (enhanced gene trap vectors, eGTV) for efficiently identifying silent or weakly expressed target genes in mammalian genomes, methods of their production and methods for identifying and mutating target genes by using the enhanced gene trap vectors. The gene trap vectors of the present invention can also be used for inducing the expression of silent genes and enhancing the expression of weakly expressed genes. The use of the enhanced gene trap vectors for creating transgenic organisms to identify gene function and to validate pharmaceutical compounds prior to clinical applications is a further aspect of the present invention.
US09085755B2
The present invention relates to a method for isolating stem/progenitor cells from the amniotic membrane of umbilical cord, wherein the method comprises separating the amniotic membrane from the other components of the umbilical cord in vitro, culturing the amniotic membrane tissue under conditions allowing cell proliferation, and isolating the stem/progenitor cells from the tissue cultures. The isolated stem cell cells can have embryonic stem cell-like properties and can be used for various therapeutic purposes. In one embodiment, the invention relates to the isolation and cultivation of stem cells such as epithelial and/or mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells under conditions allowing the cells to undergo mitotic expansion. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a method for the differentiation of the isolated stem/progenitor cells into epithelial and/or mesenchymal cells.
US09085753B2
The present invention provides novel serum-free cell culture medium and methods for cultivating MDCK cells. In particular, non-tumorigenic MDCK cells. The present invention also provides methods for producing influenza viruses (e.g., particularly cold-adapted, and/or temperature sensitive, and/or attenuated influenza viruses) that eliminate the need for a cell culture medium exchange step. The novel medium and methods are useful to grow influenza viruses, in cell culture to high titer. The present invention further provides purification methods for purifying influenza viruses with high overall recovery of live virus and result in levels of host cell DNA (HCD), host cell protein (HCP) and non-specific endonuclease (e.g., Benzonase), which are below the specifications required by regulatory agencies. The immunogenic compositions can be used to actively immunize subjects or to generate antibodies for a variety of uses, including passive immunization and diagnostic immunoassays.
US09085749B2
The present composition relates to fabric care compositions comprising an organosiloxane polymer. Methods of using such compositions including contacting a fabric with the composition and rinsing the fabric are also disclosed.
US09085748B2
A chemical composition for eliminating and inhibiting formation of scaling in pipes caused by, for example, barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, barium carbonate and ferric oxide. The chemical composition is comprised of a volume of an inorganic salt (0-12%), an organic monocarboxylic acid (0-45%), an organic di- or tricarboxylic acid (0-45%), an inorganic acid (0-15%), a salt derived from an organic carboxylic acid (0-15%), a corrosion inhibitor comprised of a mixture of amines or alcohols of high molecular weight (0-15%), and potable or sea water (0-92%). A biocide provides for gradual decomposition of precipitates without forming insoluble agglomerates. Elimination occurs through solubilization and dissolution of precipitates in an aqueous medium. Inhibition occurs through interference of anion-cation interactions of potential precipitation-forming ions preventing precipitate formation. The fluid produced has low corrosivity, benign to various polymeric materials, and ensures less damage and obstruction to pipes used during transport.
US09085747B2
A high yielding method is described for recovery of catmint oil from catmint plants of the genus Nepeta by improved separation of a catmint oil containing phase from the condensed steam distillate of catmint plants. Catmint oil may be obtained in quantitative yields for use in insect repellent compositions.
US09085745B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for extracting non-polar lipids from microalgae are achieved using a lipid extraction device having an anode and a cathode that forms a channel and defines a fluid flow path through which an aqueous slurry is passed. An electromotive force is applied across the channel at a gap distance in a range from 0.5 mm to 200 mm to cause the non-polar lipids to be released from the algae cells. The non-polar lipids can be extracted at a high throughput rate and with low concentrations of polar lipids such as phospholipids and chlorophyll.
US09085744B2
A grease is provided which has an improved inflow property of the grease into a lubrication unit and has a long life when used for bearings even under a high temperature environment.A grease composition comprising a base oil and a thickener, characterized in that the base oil contains an ester synthetic oil, the content of the ester synthetic oil is not less than 20% by mass of the total mass of the base oil and the thickener contains a diurea compound represented by the Formula (I): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3, (I) wherein R2 is a C6-15 divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, R1 and R3 are the same or different, and represent cyclohexyl or C8-22 linear or branched alkyl, and the molar ratio of cyclohexyl to the total of cyclohexyl and C8-22 linear or branched alkyl is 60 to 95%.
US09085743B2
The present invention provides an engine oil composition containing polymethylacrylate, zinc alkyldithiophosphate, molybdenum dithiocarbamate, a hindered phenol antioxidant, and a fixed mineral oil. The engine oil composition of the present invention has a low-temperature viscosity The fuel efficiency of the engine oil is improved, when the engine oil composition with an improved low-temperature performance, a maintained high-temperature viscosity, an improved wear resistance, and an improved oxidation resistance is used. Further, the durability of the engine oil can also be ensured when the engine oil composition of the present invention is used.
US09085740B2
A method of removing deposits from a diesel engine, the method comprising combusting in the engine a diesel fuel composition comprising an engine cleaning additive, wherein the engine cleaning additive is the product of a Mannich reaction between: (a) an aldehyde; (b) ammonia, hydrazine or an amine; and (c) an optionally substituted phenol; wherein the or each substituent of the phenol component (c) has an average molecular weight of less than 400.
US09085736B2
A process for operating a reforming reactor system comprising operating a plurality of reactors until at least one reactor is deemed to have an operational issue, wherein each of the plurality of reactors contains a catalyst capable of converting at least a portion of a hydrocarbon stream to aromatic hydrocarbons, isolating the at least one reactor deemed to have the operational issue from a remaining plurality of reactors that continue to operate to convert at least the portion of the hydrocarbon stream to aromatic hydrocarbons while the at least one reactor deemed to have the operational issue is isolated from the plurality of remaining reactors, addressing the operational issues, returning the at least one reactor to the hydrocarbon stream by connecting the reactor to the remaining plurality of reactors, and resuming operations of the reforming reactor system to convert at least the portion of the hydrocarbon stream to aromatic hydrocarbons.
US09085732B2
Chlorosilicate-based phosphors configured to emit yellow-green light in a wavelength ranging from about 500 nm to about 560 nm in response to an excitation source emitting at about 400 nm to about 480 nm, wherein the light emitted by the phosphor has a decay time ranging from about 1 millisecond (1 ms) to about 10 milliseconds (10 ms). The phosphor comprises a compound of the family Ca8-x-yAxEuyMg1-m-nBmMnn(Si1-sCsO4)4R2, where A is at least one divalent cation including Ca, Sr, Ba; B is Zn or Cd, or a divalent metal ion other than an alkaline earth; C is a cation, including at least one of Ge, Al, B, Gd, Ga, and N, and R is an anion, including F, Cl, Br, I, all respectively either individually, or in combinations.
US09085731B2
The present invention is a method for producing a light-emitting body containing silicon fine particles that emit visible light, comprising: a baking step of baking a mixture containing a silicon source and a carbon source in an inert atmosphere; a rapid cooling step of rapidly cooling a gas generated by baking the mixture to obtain a composite powder; and a removing step of removing a portion of the composite powder, wherein in the removing step, a portion of silicon monoxide and a portion of silicon dioxide are removed from the composite powder containing silicon fine particles, silicon monoxide, and silicon dioxide.
US09085729B2
An electroluminescent (EL) is provided comprising an anode, an organic electroluminescent element, and a cathode wherein the electroluminescent element contains, for example, a fluorescent 1,1′-binaphthyl derivative component of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are individual substituents or a group of substituents, each of which may be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, or alkyl of from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms; an alicyclic alkyl of from 3 to 15 carbon atoms; an aryl or substituted aryl with about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms; carbon atoms from 4 to 24 necessary to complete a fused aromatic ring of naphthalene, anthracene, perylene and the like; an alicyclic alkyl group with from about 3 to about 15 carbon atoms; a silicon atom which can be substituted with a trimethyl, diphenylmethyl, triphenyl group and the like; heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl of from 5 to 24 carbon atoms, carbon atoms necessary to complete a fused heteroaromatic ring of furyl, thienyl, pyridyl, quinolinyl and other heterocyclic systems; an alkoxy, amino, alkyl amino or aryl amino of from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms; a halogen, a cyano group, and the like.
US09085725B2
A method of cleaning a wellbore prior to the production of oil or gas, wherein the wellbore has been drilled with an invert emulsion drilling mud that forms an invert emulsion filter cake is disclosed. The method may include circulating a breaker fluid into the wellbore, where the breaker fluid includes a non-oleaginous internal phase and an oleaginous external phase, where the non-oleaginous phase includes a water soluble polar organic solvent, a hydrolysable ester of a carboxylic acid, and a weighting agent, and the oleaginous external phase includes an oleaginous fluid and an emulsifier, and where the hydrolysable ester is selected so that upon hydrolysis an organic acid is released and the invert emulsion of the filter cake breaks.
US09085723B2
The present disclosure provides nanodiamonds containing thermoplastic thermal composites. The nanodiamond containing thermoplastic thermal composite comprises from 0.01 to 80 wt.-% of nanodiamond particles, from 1 to 90 wt.-% of at least one filler, and from 5 to 80 wt.-% of at least one thermoplastic polymer. The present disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing the nanodiamonds containing thermoplastic thermal composites, and to use of the nanodiamonds containing thermoplastic thermal composites.
US09085715B2
The present invention relates to a process for assembling at least one zone of a first surface with at least one zone of a second surface or with a molecule of interest, comprising a step that consists in placing the said zone of the said first surface in contact with the said zone of the said second surface or with the said molecule of interest, the said zone of the said first surface bearing at least one radical and/or ionic species. The present invention also relates to a solid support whose surface bears at least one zone with at least one radical and/or ionic species, with at least one adhesion primer, or with at least one adhesion primer precursor, and to its various uses.
US09085711B1
This disclosure describes a composition and a process for forming silica particles as either a neat film or in polymers during curing at atmospheric pressure and room temperature or thermal or radiation curing. The process includes formation of a nanoparticle precursor solution comprising a small amount of a particulate matting agent such as a silica powder matting agent in combination with a low viscosity liquid silica precursor materials such as a liquid alkoxide, alkoxysilane, tetraethylorthosilicate, sol gel silica or combinations thereof. The precursor solution can be applied to surfaces either neat to form a film upon heating or mixed into a curing polymer resin. The precursor has low viscosity so that it can be easily mixed into the resin, but during curing of the resin, the precursor rapidly forms particles, usually less than 10 microns in size depending on the concentration of the precursor used and the polymer composition.
US09085708B2
An edge seal for manufacturing two-pane or multi-pane insulating glass or solar modules having a primary sealant and a secondary sealant has the following overall composition: a) 30-60 wt. %, preferably 40-50 wt. %, olefinic polymers, Mn 400-600,000 D, preferably 5,000-300,000 D b) 2-35 wt. %, preferably 5-25 wt. %, modified polymer c) 5-40 wt. %, preferably 10-30 wt. %, fine-particle, inert fillers d) 5-25 wt. %, preferably 10-15 wt. %, desiccants and water scavengers 0-3 wt. % aging resistors, in particular anti-oxidants or UV stabilizers.
US09085706B2
To provide an inkjet ink, which contains: water; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and a colorant, wherein the wetting agent contains at least an amide compound represented by the following structural formula (I):
US09085700B2
A coating composition is provided. The coating composition comprises (a) an aluminum oxide precursor and (b) a solvent, wherein the aluminum oxide precursor (a) comprises aluminum elements and the following groups bound thereon: (a1) a —OR1 group, wherein R1 is H or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C13 alkyl; (a2) a bidentate chelating group; and (a3) a tetrahedral coordinating group, wherein, the amount of the aluminum oxide precursor (a) is about 1 wt % to about 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the composition, and the total amount of the groups (a1), (a2) and (a3) is no more than 3 moles per 1 mole of the aluminum elements. The coating composition can be used in a semiconductor process for providing a passivation layer.
US09085698B2
Cyanine dyes with improved fluorescence intensity and photostability.
US09085697B2
A polymerizable yellow dye which is used to block or lower the intensity of blue light transmitted through ophthalmic lenses and is represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen or —NHCOCH3; R2 is hydrogen or C1-C3 alkyl groups; R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or —OCO—R5, wherein R5 is isopropenyl group or a substituted isopropenyl group represented as —R6—(R7O)n—COC(CH3)CH2, R6 is NH or R7 is C1-C5 alkylene groups and n is an integer of 1-40.
US09085692B1
A method of: providing a solution of: a dichloroaromatic compound having an electron-withdrawing group bound to each aromatic ring containing one of the chloride groups; an excess of a dihydroxyaromatic compound; a base; and a solvent; heating the solution to a temperature at which the dichloroaromatic compound and the dihydroxyaromatic compound react to form an aromatic ether oligomer; and reacting the aromatic ether oligomer with a chlorodialkylvinylsilane to form one or more vinyl-terminated compounds having the formula below. The aromatic ether oligomer is a dihydroxy-terminated compound or a dimetallic salt thereof. Water formed during the heating is concurrently distilled from the solution. Each R is an alkyl group, Ar1 is a residue from the dichloroaromatic compound, Ar2 is a residue from the dihydroxyaromatic compound, and n is a non-negative integer.
US09085690B2
[Problem]To provide a resin composition having excellent sliding properties and mechanical properties and a sliding member that uses the same.[Solution]According to a resin composition of a fluorine-based resin dispersed in a hard resin, the maximum particle size of the fluorine-based resin is adjusted to be no greater than 950 nm and the mean particle size is adjusted to 100 nm to 450 nm. The hard resin is preferably at least one type selected from among polyether ether ketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polybutylene terephthalate, polyamides, polyamideimides, vinylidene fluoride and liquid crystal polymers. Polytetrafluoroethylene is preferred as the fluorine-based resin.
US09085684B2
The present invention relates to polypropylene impact copolymer compositions which exhibit improved stiffness without degrading the impact resistance performance. The polypropylene impact copolymer comprises a matrix and a dispersed phase. The matrix comprises a polypropylene homopolymer or a propylene/alpha-olefin random copolymer which comprises more than 50 wt. % of units derived from propylene monomer. The matrix should have a relatively high crystallinity, preferably 50% or greater. The polypropylene homopolymer or a propylene/alpha-olefin random copolymer preferably has a MWD between 4 and 8, such as typically obtained using Ziegler-Natta catalysts. The dispersed phase in the impact copolymer comprises an ethylene-propylene copolymer which comprises from 45 to 70 wt. % of units derived from an ethylene monomer. Preferably the dispersed phase comprises from 20 to 50 percent by weight of the polypropylene impact copolymer.
US09085682B2
The present invention relates to polymer compositions comprising a propylene impact copolymer and a processing aid, as well as corrugated boards made from such compositions. The impact copolymer has a melt flow range of from 1.5 to 3.5 g/10 min and a dispersed phase content of from 5 to 30% by weight. The dispersed phase of the impact copolymer has an ethylene content of from 30- to 70% by weight of the dispersed phase. The matrix phase of the impact copolymer is a propylene homopolymer or a random copolymer comprising units derived from propylene and a second copolymer selected from either ethylene or 1-butene wherein the units derived from the second copolymer comprise from 0 to 5% by weight of the dispersed phase.
US09085681B2
A low gloss capstock compound is disclosed. The combination of gloss inhibiting agents, metal-based ionomer thermoplastic resins, and acid scavenger added to conventional polyethylene polymer resin achieves a gloss angle at 85° of below 10 GU. Optionally, the compound can also include weathering agents to improve outdoor durability. The compound can be fully formulated or a masterbatch for let-down into polymer to form the fully formulated compound.
US09085677B2
Bioplastics including an oligosaccharide, a plasticizer, and an additive are described. Such bioplastics display advantageous attributes including tensile strength that can be tailored for particular uses. Processes for obtaining such bioplastics are also described.
US09085673B2
The present invention provides aniline black comprising no harmful substances such as chromium and copper in its products and having an excellent blackness and a high resistivity value, as well as provides a black resin composition, a water-based dispersion and a solvent-based dispersion which are colored with the aniline black and have an excellent dispersibility. The aniline black according to the present invention has a sulfur content of 0.2 to 6.0% by weight and comprises primary particles having an average major axis diameter of 0.05 to 0.80 μm.
US09085668B2
Provided are an impregnated calcium carbonate that hardly flies but has excellent dispersibility in a polymer composition, a method for producing the impregnated calcium carbonate, and a polymer composition including the impregnated calcium carbonate. The impregnated calcium carbonate is obtained by surface treating calcium carbonate with at least one of a fatty acid, a resin acid, and derivatives of them to yield a surface treated calcium carbonate and impregnating the surface treated calcium carbonate with an organic compound in a liquid state at a normal temperature in an amount of 3 to 22 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the surface treated calcium carbonate.
US09085666B2
The present invention is a method for decomposing a polymer material by chemically decomposing a polymer material containing a first monomer and a second monomer in a mixture of the polymer material with the first monomer or a derivative of the first monomer to produce a chemical raw material. A relationship between a proportion of number of molecules of the second monomer to number of molecules of the first monomer in a reaction system for decomposing the polymer material and the molecular weight of the chemical raw material produced in the reaction system is acquired in advance (S101). Subsequently, an addition mount of the derivative of the first monomer to be added to the polymer material is determined based on the above relationship (S102). The first monomer in the addition amount determined is then mixed with the polymer material (S103).
US09085662B1
The present invention is directed to a series of citrate ester emulsifiers that are effective in making water in oil (regular emulsions) and oil in water (invert emulsions) and contain a silicone portion that provides better spreadability and skin aesthetics. In addition to being outstanding emulsifiers, these emulsifiers provide unique solubility, liquidity and outstanding feel when applied to the skin, making them highly desirable in cosmetic emulsions.
US09085661B1
Compositions of azobenzene-containing, photomechanically active, copoly(amic acids) and linear copolyimides comprising an azobenzenediamine, a rigid dianhydride, and a flexible dianhydride; and methods of making the same.
US09085660B2
The present invention relates to water-dispersive biodegradable compositions which may be formed into films and fibers. The present invention also relates to polymer blends comprising polylactide and water-soluble polymers. More particularly, the present invention relates to the use of grafted copolymers (PLA-grafted water-soluble polymers) for the compatibilization of PLA and water-soluble polymers. Such reactive compatibilization of immiscible polymer blends is achieved in such a way that main blend components are covalently bonded. In addition, such reactive compatibilization can be carried out by reactive extrusion.
US09085658B2
A resin formulation for use in a vacuum resin infusion molding process, said formulation comprising (a) a divinylarene dioxide, and (b) a polyaminoether; wherein the polyaminoether does not have pendent hydroxyl groups; and wherein the resin formulation may have a low viscosity of less than about 400 mPa-s.
US09085656B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing radiation-curing binders containing allophanate groups by reacting at temperatures of ≦130° C. A) one or more compounds containing uretdione groups with B) one or more OH-functional compounds which contain groups which react, with polymerization, with ethylenically unsaturated compounds on exposure to actinic radiation, (radiation-curing groups), C) optionally NCO-reactive compounds other than B), in the presence of D) a catalyst containing at least one tetrasubstituted ammonium or phosphonium salt of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carboxylic acid, to form allophanate groups by opening the uretdione ring. The present invention also relates to the binders obtained by the process of the invention.
US09085655B2
The invention relates to radiation-curable aqueous composition comprising an (meth)acrylated polyurethane prepolymer obtained from the reaction of a polyisocyanate, optionally a polyol, at least one hydrophilic compound containing at least one reactive group capable to react with isocyanate groups and which is capable to render the polyurethane pre-polymer dispersible in aqueous medium either directly or after the reaction with a neutralizing agent to provide a salt, an (meth)acrylated compound containing at least two reactive groups capable to react with isocyanate groups and an (meth)acrylated compound containing essentially one reactive group capable to react with isocyanate groups, said composition comprising an amount of (meth)acrylated and polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated groups of at least 3 meq per g.
US09085645B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for fluorescent labeling of sugar chains, and a sugar chain capturing carrier used therein. According to the present invention, a sugar chain fluorescent labeling method is provided in which sugar chains are captured, recovered and purified by primary amino groups in a sugar chain capturing carrier having the primary amino groups that is used to capture sugar chains, and the captured sugar chains are released from the carrier and then labeled with a fluorescent substance including aromatic amine at a concentration of 0.5 mol/L or more.
US09085639B2
Novel CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition to isolated CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 proteins, the invention further provides CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 antibodies. The invention also provides CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing a nucleic acid molecule of the invention, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced and non-human transgenic animals in which a CARD-9, CARD-10, or CARD-11 gene has been introduced or disrupted. Diagnostic, screening and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided.
US09085633B2
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering agronomic characteristics of plants under nitrogen limiting conditions, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a SNF2 domain-containing polypeptide.
US09085625B2
The present invention relates to positions in the constant region of antibodies, in particular the CH3 region of IgG4, which affect the strength of CH3-CH3 interactions. Mutations that either stabilize or destabilize this interaction are disclosed.
US09085621B2
The present invention provides anti-IL-1β monoclonal antibodies and related compositions, which may be used in any of a variety of therapeutic methods for the treatment of inflammatory and other diseases.
US09085619B2
The invention provides an aqueous formulation comprising water and a protein, and methods of making the same. The aqueous formulation of the invention may be a high protein formulation and/or may have low levels of conductity resulting from the low levels of ionic excipients. Also included in the invention are formulations comprising water and proteins having low osmolality.
US09085606B2
Disclosed herein are novel pharmaceutical agents which are useful as integrin receptor antagonists that mediate the pathologic processes of angiogenesis and fibrosis and as such are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in methods for treating conditions mediated by these integrins by inhibiting or antagonizing these integrins. The novel pharmaceutical agents include those of the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such pharmaceutical agents. Methods and intermediates useful for making the pharmaceutical agents and methods of using the pharmaceutical agents are also provided.
US09085591B2
The invention provides an organosilicon amine electrolyte material containing a polyether chain, which has a wide range of applications, as well as an application of the electrolyte material in a lithium ion battery. The chemical structure thereof is as shown in Formula 1, wherein R1 and R2 are selected from the same or different C1-C10 alkyls; A is a polyether chain segment having the structure of (CH2)nO[(CH2)mO]x(CH2)y, where n and m are integers from 0 to 10, and x is an integer from 1 to 10; R3, R4 and R5 are selected from the same or the different C1-C10 alkyls or alkoxyl groups, or are equivalent to ANR1R2 or —O—SiR6R7R8 in structure; wherein R6, R7 and R8 are C1-C10 alkyls.
US09085587B2
A class of compounds that inhibit Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is disclosed, along with compositions containing the compound, and methods of using the composition for treating individuals infected with HCV.
US09085577B2
The present invention relates to novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US09085575B2
The present invention relates to compounds of following general formula (I): and to the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of same, the tautomers of same, the stereoisomers or mixture of stereoisomers in any proportions of same, such as a mixture of enantiomers, notably a racemic mixture, as well as to methods for preparing same and uses of same, notably as an antineoplastic agent.
US09085567B2
The present invention provides compounds, that are N-alkyl-2-(1-(5-substituted-2-(3-oxo-3-(trifluoromethylsulfonamido)propyl)benzyl)pyrrolidin-2-yl)oxazole-4-carboxamide wherein the 5 substituent is selected from the group consisting of halo and alkyloxy radicals. The compound may be represented by the following formula wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of CO2R7 and CON(R7)SO2R7 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R7 are as defined in the specification. The compounds may be administered to treat DP1, FP, EP1, EP3, TP and/or EP4 receptor mediated diseases or conditions.
US09085559B2
A novel heterocyclic compound belonging to ‘triazine-aryl-bis-indoles’, useful for the treatment of asthma. The pathway by which this compound inhibits asthma is also demonstrated. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of above compounds and their derivatives are presented.
US09085547B2
The present invention relates to a process for isolation of micronutrients from deodorizer distillate comprising free fatty acids, the process comprises the following steps: (i) treating the deodorizer distillate in an esterification step with glycerol, which esterification step is autocatalyzed, producing a feedstock of acyl glycerides, and discharging excess of glycerol and produced water; (ii) transferring the feedstock of acyl glycerides having a water content less than 1500 ppm and a free fatty acid content less than 3 wt % to a transesterification step and treating the feedstock of acyl glycerides with methanol to produce a crude biodiesel product; and (iii) refining the crude biodiesel product in a distillation step, and separating the crude biodiesel product into three fractions 1) fatty acid methyl esters, 2) micronutrient rich product comprising tocopherol, and 3) light hydrocarbons.
US09085540B2
Compounds of formula (I): in which the variables are defined herein, are useful for the treatment of cancer in patients which express the EGFR T790M mutation.
US09085537B2
A photoelectric element includes a conductive layer, an organic photoelectric layer, a blocking layer and a transparent conductive layer, the organic photoelectric layer contains a p type organic photoelectric material having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or higher and forms an amorphous layer, and the blocking layer contains a blocking material having a glass transition temperature of 140° C. or higher.
US09085532B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a ketosulfone derivative and, more particularly, to an improved method for synthesizing 1-(6-methylpyridin-3-yl)-2-[(4-methylsulfonyl)-phenyl]ethanone by means of Pd-catalized alpha arylation process of a heteroaromatic ketone derivative.
US09085520B2
Disclosed is a chalcone composition for treating diabetes and metabolic syndromes. In particular, the chalcone compound bound with 2-halogen in ring A significantly decreases the blood glucose level in the in vitro anti-diabetic effect experiment. In the in vivo animal model, the leading chalcone compound can prevent the progression of diabetes and control the blood glucose level, and there is no significant difference in the gains in body weight. Throughout the seven-week administration, there are no hepatic or renal toxicity observed.
US09085509B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of Fesoterodine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The present invention particularly relates to a process for the preparation of fesoterodine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof which involves use and preparation of R(+)benzyl tolterodine and fumarate salt of R(+)-[4-benzyloxy-3-(3-diisopropylamino-1-phenylpropyl)-phenyl]-methanol.
US09085505B2
This invention provides a method for highly efficient catalytic conversion of cellulosic raw materials to glycols. In the process, cellulosic compounds such as crop stalk, wood powder and etc., as feedstock are subjected to one-step catalytic conversion with a ternary composite catalyst composed of organic acid or inorganic acid which does not contain tungsten, a transition metal from Groups 8, 9 or 10 such as iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, and platinum, or a mixture thereof, and a tungsten oxide, a tungsten sulfide, a tungsten chloride, a tungsten hydroxide, tungsten bronze, tungstic acid, a tungstate, a metatungstate acid, a metatungstate, a paratungstate acid, a paratungstate, a peroxotungstic acid, pertungstate and heteropoly tungstate, or a mixture thereof. The reaction is carried out under hydrothermal conditions at a temperature between 120-300° C. with hydrogen pressure between 1-13 MPa.
US09085495B2
An encapsulated particle including a core particle, a base layer, and an outer layer is provided. The base layer is disposed about the core particle and comprises polycarbodiimide. The outer layer is disposed about the base layer and comprises wax. A method of forming the encapsulated particle including the steps of reacting an isocyanate in the presence of a catalyst to form the polycarbodiimide, encapsulating the core particle with the polycarbodiimide to form the base layer, and encapsulating the base layer with the wax to form the outer layer is also provided.
US09085486B2
Provided are a magnetic disk substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the magnetic disk substrate has very few defects present on its surface with an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) at a level in the vicinity of 0.1 nm and thus is suitable as a substrate for a magnetic disk with high recording density. The magnetic disk glass substrate is such that the arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) of the main surface of the glass substrate measured using an atomic force microscope with a resolution of 256×256 pixels in a 2 μm×2 μm square is 0.12 nm or less and the number of defects detected to have a size of 0.1 μm to 0.6 μm in plan view and a depth of 0.5 nm to 2 nm is less than 10 per 24 cm2, wherein the defects are each detected using a shift in wavelength between incident light and reflected light upon irradiating and scanning helium neon laser light with a wavelength of 632 nm on the main surface of the glass substrate.
US09085485B2
Certain example embodiments relate to Ni-inclusive ternary alloy being provided as a barrier layer for protecting an IR reflecting layer comprising silver or the like. The provision of a barrier layer comprising nickel, chromium, and/or molybdenum and/or oxides thereof may improve corrosion resistance, as well as chemical and mechanical durability. In certain examples, more than one barrier layer may be used on at least one side of the layer comprising silver. In still further examples, a NixCryMoz-based layer may be used as the functional layer, rather than or in addition to as a barrier layer, in a coating.
US09085482B2
In order to provide a glass base material elongating apparatus that can safely elongate a glass base material in an extendable top chamber without damaging a flange, provided is a glass base material elongating apparatus comprising a heating furnace; an extendable top chamber formed of a multilayer cylinder disposed above the heating furnace; a glass base material hanging mechanism that hangs a glass base material into the heating furnace and the extendable top chamber; and a top chamber lifting mechanism. A flange is formed on a top portion of an outermost tube of the multilayer cylinder, and the top chamber lifting mechanism includes a cylinder support member that supports the flange from below and a cylinder lifting member that lifts up the cylinder support member.
US09085478B2
Apparatus and method for removing particles from an air source. The air source is passed through multiple rows (R65) of cyclone separators (65), removing particles from the air to create cleaned air and passing the particles through openings (112) in the separators 65 so that the particles fall to a surface (42) below the openings. The cleaned air is directed into a first chamber region (73) above the cyclone separators (65) and moved along a second chamber region (76) positioned between two of the rows (R65) toward a duct (85) for passage out to a compressor (22).
US09085454B2
Apparatuses and method are described to create a reduced stiffness microstructure (RSM). A RSM is made by forming a first buckled membrane along a first buckling direction and forming a second buckled membrane along a second buckling direction. The second buckling direction is opposite to the first buckling direction and the first buckled membrane is in contact with the second buckled membrane over a contact area. Within an operating zone, a stiffness of the reduced stiffness microstructure spring is less than an absolute value of a stiffness of either the first buckled membrane or the second buckled membrane when the contact area translates along either one of the buckling directions. In the operating zone the stiffness can approach or equal zero.
US09085451B2
For retrofitting to a backblock of an existing multi-head, multi-backblock beverage dispensing machine, Applicant provides a valve having, in one embodiment, walls adapted to fluidly engage a backblock. A primary circuit has a pair of primary circuit pathways adapted to receive pressurized syrup and pressurized water from the backblock. The valve provides a multiplicity of supplemental circuit pathways adapted to receive (typically not from a backblock) a multiplicity of different syrups from a multiplicity of different pressurized syrup sources. Flow control elements in the valve engage the circuits to control the rate of flow of fluid therethrough. Operator pushbutton controlled valved chambers open and close the circuit pathways. A post-mix valve assembly mixes a syrup from a circuit pathway with the pressurized water from the primary circuit.
US09085433B2
A medium transport device includes a restricting unit that is provided in a device main body, and that is coupled with an attaching and detaching operation of a unit body, which configures a portion of a transport pathway, to the device main body. The restricting unit changes between a first state that allows the cover to attain a closed state with respect to the device main body and a second state that restricts the cover from attaining a closed state with respect to the device main body.
US09085430B2
An image recording device having a recording unit to record an image on a sheet is provided. The image recording unit includes a feed guide defining a first conveying path; an arm disposed between the recording unit and the tray, the arm having a feed roller rotatably disposed at a free end and configured to feed the sheet in the tray to the first conveying path. The arm pivots between a first arm position, and a second arm position. The return guide pivots between a first return guide position, and a second return guide position. A space occupied by the return guide in the first return guide position overlaps a space occupied by the aim in the second arm position. The return guide is in the second return guide position when the arm is in the second arm position which is retracted from an insertion space occupied by the tray.
US09085428B2
A multi-feed judging device includes a transporting unit that holds a recording medium between a driving roller and a driven roller, which is driven by the driving roller, and transports the recording medium by rotating the driving roller; a detecting unit that detects a position of the driven roller; a calculating unit that calculates a thickness of the recording medium based on positions of the driven roller when the recording medium is transported and when the recording medium is not transported; a reference value updating unit that updates a reference value of the thickness by using the calculated thickness; a judging unit that judges, using the reference value, whether recording media, which are transported after the reference value was updated, are transported while overlapping each other or not. The calculating unit calculates the thickness when the position is within a predetermined range.
US09085410B2
Disclosed is a single brew beverage cartridge for use in a brewing apparatus. The cartridge includes a lid and a cup shaped filter suspended below the lid and in which a beverage brewing ingredient is held. The lid includes an annular collar to prevent the lid from deforming when a needle of the brewing apparatus pierces it during the brewing process. Preferably the cartridge is formed of materials so that it is compostable and biodegradable.
US09085404B2
A cassette for use in dispensing a pleated tubing. The cassette includes an annular body having a generally U shaped housing with an open central cylindrical core. The annular body includes an inner wall, an angular wall a bottom wall and an outer wall. The annular cover has an outer wall and a ledge that extends radially inward from the outer wall and over the annular body that defines a gap between an inner edge of the ledge and the inner wall of the annular body. An inter-engagement mechanism is provided on the annular body and on opposite edges of the annular cover that cooperates to secure the cover to the body. At least one aperture is provided in the angular wall to enable ventilation of the air.
US09085403B2
A substantially rigid defibrillator carrying case having a hinged side, a latch disposed on a latch side opposite the hinged side, and a handle disposed on a handle side disposed between the hinged side and the latch side. The carrying case is constructed without protrusions and with a rigid handle, which combine to allow easy removal and deployment of the contents from a vehicle storage location to a cardiac arrest patient. The carrying case latch is further constructed for greater ease of case opening and closing, and for greater latch hold strength.
US09085401B2
Described is a device comprising a retro-reflective marker sphere comprising: a core ball comprising: a generally spherical body portion, a mounting base extending from one end of the body portion of the core ball, and a mounting recess having a recess opening in the mounting base and extending into the body portion of the core ball, and a retro-reflective covering on the core ball, the retro-reflective covering comprising an opening through which the mounting base of the core ball extends, wherein a flat lower surface of the mounting base is spaced proximally from a lower edge of the opening of the retro-reflective covering, and wherein the mounting recess includes an interior screw thread for engaging an exterior screw thread of a mounting post when the retro-reflective marker sphere is mounted on the mounting post.
US09085399B2
A system and method for connecting a fluid within a product container such as a bag to a product dispenser. The system and method, more particularly, discloses a cleanable connector system for a Bag-In-Box (“BIB”) type package having a valve arrangement that prevents the mixing of product within the bag and in the line. Various embodiments provide a connector system including a valve arrangement having a line-side valve and a bag-side valve, wherein the valve arrangement allows connection to a bag and to a line-side connector while preventing the product within the bag and in the line from mixing. The system and method improves the shelf life of products contained within the bag and reduces the risk of contamination of the bag, the line, and the product contained within the bag by minimizing the risk of introducing biological and other foreign material into the system when connecting the bag and the line.
US09085396B2
A container includes a bottle, a closure, and a ring. The bottle includes a body, a neck extending away from the body and defining an opening, and a pair of opposed ledges. Threads extend around the neck. The ledges extend radially outwardly from the neck spaced from the body and the threads. Each ledge defines a surface facing away from the body and includes an extension extending from the surface. The closure is secured over around the neck. The closure is positioned on an opposite side of the surface of each ledge as compared to the body and includes internal ramps interfacing with the extensions to maintain the closure in place. The ring is positioned between the body and the ledges. The ring is entirely maintained below the surfaces of the ledges, and each ledge interacts with the ring to maintain the ring in place relative to the bottle.
US09085392B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a packaging bag from a flexible film material (2) comprising the following steps: feeding of the flexible film material (2); adding an additional material (7) to the flexible film material (2) and producing at least one stiffened partial region (6) from the additional material (7), wherein the additional material (7) is hardened and forms the stiffened partial region (6). The invention further relates to a device for producing a packaging bag, comprising: a film feeding device (10) for feeding flexible film material (2) and an additional material adding device (11) for adding an additional material (7). The invention further relates to a packaging bag (5) comprising: a first transverse seal seam (14), a second transverse seal seam (15), a flexible partial region (16) and at least one stiffened partial region (6), wherein the flexible partial region (16) is produced from the film material (2) and the stiffened partial region (6) is produced from an additional material (7) which was added and hardened to stiffen the packaging bag.
US09085390B2
A storage box includes a base, two opposite first side plates coupled to the base and two opposite second side plates coupled to the base and connecting the two first side plates. The base includes two base plates coupled to each other. Each base plate includes a fixing flange, a first sliding flange and a second sliding flange extending from the fixing flange. The first side plates are pivotally coupled to the fixing flanges of the base plates. The second side plates each include two sliding plates respectively and pivotally coupled to the first sliding flange of a corresponding one of the base plates and the second sliding flange of the other one of the base plates. The two base plates are configured to be movable relative to each other. The two sliding plates of each second side plate are configured to be movable relative to each other.
US09085389B2
Disclosed is a package having a rigid tray and a dual purpose portion that can serve either as a base for the tray or a lid for the tray. The dual purpose portion has a first grooved portion sized to be retained by a base portion of the tray, and a second grooved portion sized to be retained by an upper lip portion of the tray.
US09085383B2
A core pin bag dispenser includes a planar base sized and shaped to fit beneath a roll of film bags. First and second upwardly extending rods are mounted to the base. A retaining pin is sized and shaped to fit slidably within a hollow core of the bag roll. The pin has first and second orthogonal apertures located adjacent the first and second ends that are spaced apart by at least a width of the roll of film bags and are sized and shaped to fit slidably over the first and second upwardly extending rods. An upward pointing snagging hook is mounted adjacent a front edge of the base and is sized and shaped to engage either a chisel cut or a perforation in the bags. Two of the dispensers are mounted to an adapter designed to fit into the side channels of a bin mounted to a vertical surface.
US09085375B2
One embodiment of an automated system for carrying passengers between airport terminal or concourse facilities and parked aircraft is shown. The embodiment comprises PRT guideways (13, 14, 15, 23, 27), vehicles (21) and stations (22). Some PRT stations are linked to parked aircraft (11) or aircraft parking positions by means of conventional loading bridges (12), while others are linked to terminal or concourse buildings (15). No PRT station is linked to more than one aircraft. Other embodiments are described and shown. The embodiments provide a high level of service while reducing the need to construct terminal or concourse buildings adjacent to each aircraft parking position.
US09085367B2
A device for moving an object on a rail that has grid openings, the device having at least one first movement element, at least one first drive element, and at least one engagement element for engaging at least one grid opening. The engagement element is positioned on the first movement element. The first drive element for driving the first movement element is connected to the first movement element, and the first movement element is movably held in such a way that the engagement element is at least in some regions guided along an outside of the device. As a result of this an even force is directly introduced into the rail to prevent the object to be moved by sliding becoming skewed or jammed. Likewise, the device can be supplemented by a motor so moving the object can be carried out automatically, precisely, and quickly.
US09085353B1
A scatterer gatherer method and device configured to remotely manipulate an apparatus. The scatterer sends a group of identical packets through a network. The route each packet takes through the network is determined by the network. The time taken for a first packet of a group to travel from origin to destination is unequal from that taken by a second packet of the group. A gatherer is configured to receive each packet, determine which is the first of the group of identical packets to arrive, store the first and discard the later arriving packets of the group. The gatherer further configured to interpolate to determine a value for a missing group of packets should none of the group arrives within a predetermined time. The method and device further configured to use the stored data to remotely manipulate an apparatus then provide feedback to the user through a return network path.
US09085348B1
A tendon is provided for supporting a balloon having a balloon envelope. The tendon has first and second end portions that are configured to be secured to sections of the balloon envelope and a main body portion disposed between the ends. The main body portion is configured to support a load caused by inflating the balloon envelope. The first end, second end and main body portions are formed from a plurality of weft and warp fibers disposed as webbing. The warp fibers extend longitudinally through the webbing and the weft fibers extend threadedly from side to side through the warp fibers. An elasticity of the tendon is adjusted by configuring the weft fibers along a particular weft path so as to be spaced apart in the main body portion at a certain distance from each other that is different than a spacing of the weft fibers in the ends.
US09085346B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a device and method for controlling a floating structure of a solar power generating device, which can generate electricity from solar power of incident light while tracking the position of the sun in a state in which it floats on the water.
US09085344B2
The present document describes a boat windshield assembly for installation on a boat deck, the boat windshield assembly comprising a hidden frame structure having an upper frame member; and a windshield comprising a lower edge and an upper edge opposite the lower edge, the lower edge running near the boat deck and the upper edge running near the upper frame member, the windshield substantially hiding the upper frame member; wherein the upper edge of the windshield and the upper frame member together define an upper channel for use in securing a boat covering device to the boat windshield assembly.
US09085340B1
The present invention provides an electronic front derailleur including a driving member, a driving pulley, a driven pulley, a transmission shaft, a transmission assembly, and a chain guide member disposed with a chain-moving member connected to the transmission assembly, wherein the chain-moving member is disposed with a groove to receive a chain. When the driving member drives the driving pulley to rotate the driven pulley, then the driven pulley further actuates the transmission shaft to move therewith, and then the transmission assembly and the chin guide member are further driven to make movements, allowing the bicycle chain move from one sprocket to another sprocket with a different size.
US09085339B2
A forward and reverse pedaling system for a bicycle with automatic gear change replacing the derailleur and clutch operating at a very low speed using an engagement wheel (16), all enclosed within a housing case filled with oil. The two wheels (11) and (13), which are themselves driven by rods (9) and (10), make a reciprocating to and fro motion of less than a half turn regardless of the direction of rotation of the drive wheel (1) and drive the wheel (12) followed by the driven wheel (2) via the low speed clutch between the wheels (15) and (16). This system can be applied to any mechanical assembly in which it is required, and is not limited to use in bicycles.
US09085335B2
An all terrain vehicle is disclosed having a frame and ground engaging members supporting the frame. A driver's seat is supported by the frame, and extends along a first longitudinal axis. A passenger's seat is supported by the frame and extends along a second longitudinal axis, where the first and second longitudinal axes are laterally spaced apart. The passenger seat may also be movable to a second location to allow for the vehicle to support a gurney, which extends in a front to back orientation.
US09085328B2
In a car body or component thereof with at least one first component of sheet metal of a first aluminum alloy and at least one second component of sheet metal of a second aluminum alloy, the first and second aluminum alloys are of type AlMgSi and in the sheet metal of the second aluminum alloy a substantial part of the elements Mg and Si, which are required to achieve artificial ageing in solid solution, is present in the form of separate Mg2Si and/or Si particles in order to avoid artificial ageing. By reduction of the hardening capacity of the second component during artificial ageing of the body as part of the paint baking cycle, the car body has an improved impact protection for pedestrians in comparison with solutions according to the prior art.
US09085323B2
A metal reinforcement for a B-pillar of an automotive vehicle includes a lower flange and an upper structure. The lower flange is adapted to adjoin a door sill structure of the automotive vehicle, and the upper structure includes a central portion, surrounded by a plurality of spaced, paired regions. In each paired region, members are identically ordered in position from the central portion, and both members of each paired region have the same profile thickness.
US09085317B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a steering assist unit of a vehicle. The method includes receiving sensor data indicating a wheel position of a wheel relative to a frame of the vehicle, and determining a travel limit value for the steering assist unit based at least on the wheel position of the wheel. The method further includes outputting a control signal to control the travel of the steering assist unit based on the travel limit value.
US09085314B2
A stocking cart conveyance may include three tiers, wherein the lower and middle tiers are substantially full length and the upper tier is substantially shorter to improve user sight lines, cart maneuverability, and/or accessibility to items in the middle tier. The upper tier in illustrative embodiments may be approximately 70-80% of the length of the full length tier(s) so as to maintain significant storage volume while still providing improved access, maneuverability, or sight lines. The upper tier may optionally be hinged so as to further improve user accessibility to items placed on the second tier. In illustrative embodiments the carts may longitudinally nest into one another to reduce the space needed to store the carts, and in certain embodiments the carts may be configured to nest when the upper tiers are in an upright position.
US09085303B2
A vehicle personal assistant to engage a user in a conversational dialog about vehicle-related topics, such as those commonly found in a vehicle owner's manual, includes modules to interpret spoken natural language input, search a vehicle knowledge base and/or other data sources for pertinent information, and respond to the user's input in a conversational fashion. The dialog may be initiated by the user or more proactively by the vehicle personal assistant based on events that may be currently happening in relation to the vehicle. The vehicle personal assistant may use real-time inputs obtained from the vehicle and/or non-verbal inputs from the user to enhance its understanding of the dialog and assist the user in a variety of ways.
US09085299B2
A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided with a differential device including four rotary elements; and an engine, first and second electric motors and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to the four rotary elements. One of the four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of a first differential mechanism and a rotary component of a second differential mechanism selectively connected through a clutch, and one of the rotary components of the first and second differential mechanisms which are selectively connected to each other through the clutch is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake. The drive control device comprises: an electric motor operation control portion configured to control the second electric motor for starting the engine with an output torque of the second electric motor, when a reaction force is exerted on the first and second electric motors.
US09085295B2
A drive system for a hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor including a stator and a rotor, an input hub rotatably connected to an engine, an output hub to which the rotor is mounted, a clutch device connecting and disconnecting the input hub to the output hub, a case including a front sidewall portion, a rear sidewall portion and an outer circumferential wall portion connecting an outer circumferential portion of the front sidewall portion to an outer circumferential portion of the rear sidewall portion and housing the electric motor, the input hub, the output hub and the clutch device, a first bearing on which the input hub is journaled, a second bearing on which the output hub is journaled, and a third bearing positioned between the first bearing and the second bearing and relatively rotatably supporting the input hub and the output hub.
US09085285B2
In a system and method for aircraft brake metering to alleviate structural loading, one or more electric brake actuators for wheel brakes having a range of brake clamping force are provided, and a brake actuation controller is configured to monitor commanded initiation of the aircraft, to limit initial brake effort of the electric brake actuators to a preset fraction of a maximum possible braking effort for a preset period of time, and to permit brake effort of the electric brake actuators up to the maximum possible braking effort after the preset period of time after initiation of braking has been commanded. The preset fraction is preferably approximately 50% of the maximum possible braking effort, and may be tuneable. The preset period of time is preferably approximately one second, and also may be tuneable.
US09085283B2
The wiper blade for a surface of the type with a dual curvature, the wiper blade including a flexible blade element and a means of applying a pressing force to at least one point of the blade element in a direction Z mostly normal to the surface, also including means of varying the pressing force over time, at least some of the points, between pre-chosen positive and negative limit values, and means of commanding the pressing force. These means for bringing about local pressure or lift are electromagnetic.
US09085279B2
At a side airbag, integrally provided are a waist portion protecting bag portion that is expanded between a waist portion of a seated passenger and a vehicle body side portion, and a chest portion/shoulder portion protecting bag portion that is expanded between a chest portion and shoulder portion of the seated passenger and a vehicle body side portion. A non-inflating portion, to which gas is not supplied, is provided so as to extend from a peripheral edge portion of a vehicle front side of the side airbag to outer peripheral portions of the waist portion protecting bag portion and the chest portion protecting bag portion, so that a front side upper end portion of the waist portion protecting bag portion at a time of expansion is positioned at a lower side of a lap side webbing that restrains the waist portion of the seated passenger.
US09085274B2
A motorized steering-column lock for a steering column of a motor vehicle, the lock includes a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position of a steering column and an electric motor for driving the bolt between the unlocked position and the locked position. The bolt is mounted to be movable in a direction parallel to the steering column.
US09085264B2
A hitch step selectively securable to a hitch ball receiver is shown and described. The hitch step may include a step body operatively engaged with an underside portion of the hitch ball receiver, where the step body has a width providing a stepping surface, and a clamp body selectively secured to the step body and positioned on a top portion of the hitch ball receiver. The hitch step may also include at least one fastener selectively securing the clamp body to the step body with the hitch ball receiver positioned between the clamp body and the step body.
US09085247B2
An adjusting device for a motor vehicle seat is provided. The adjusting device includes a seat track arrangement with a first track part on a motor vehicle side and with a second track part arranged displaceably to the first track part. A supporting structure capable of connecting with a seat structure is mounted pivotably on the second track part about a pivot axis of a first pivot arrangement. The supporting structure has a second pivot arrangement with a pivot joint for a backrest structure. The backrest structure is connected and/or capable of being connected with the supporting structure in a foldable manner about a folding axis on a rear side relative to the seat structure. A switching arrangement facilitates an optional pivoting about the pivot axis and/or about the folding axis.
US09085240B2
The invention relates to a high voltage module for motor vehicles. The high voltage module includes a manually operated circuit breaker in a module housing which is disposed in a socket of the module housing. By removing the circuit breaker from the socket, at least one high voltage cable within the module housing is interrupted. A manually operated tool with a plug-type housing adapted to the socket includes a pivotable cover. The pivotable cover can assume an opened and a closed position. The tool includes at least one measuring lead which is connected to the at least one high voltage cable and a measuring terminal in the plug-type housing.
US09085239B2
A push-pull circuit comprising: a push-pull first switching element and second switching element; a first rectifier element; a third switching element for switching a pathway between conductance and cutoff, the pathway leading from a connection point between the first switching element and an inductive load via the first rectifier element to a connection point between a DC power source and a center tap of the inductive load; a second rectifier element; and a fourth switching element for switching a pathway between conductance and cutoff, the pathway leading from a connection point between the second switching element and the inductive load via the second rectifier element to a connection point between the DC power source and the center tap of the inductive load.
US09085235B2
A display system is provided for a motor vehicle including a display and a control unit for controlling the display. The control unit is adapted to receive vehicle data via an interface and to represent the vehicle data on the display. The display is attached in an outer region of the vehicle body of the motor vehicle.
US09085232B2
A vehicle grille assembly is provided with a grille and a close-out assembly. The close-out assembly is adapted to at least partially block an airflow opening in the vehicle grille is moveable to translate and rotate with respect to the airflow opening.
US09085229B2
A fuel tank assembly includes a fuel tank to contain fuel therein, and a carrier assembly disposed in the fuel tank. The carrier assembly includes a plurality of application-specific fuel system products, a carrier common to a plurality of different fuel tank assemblies to carry the products, and a plurality of common components to mount the products with respect to the carrier in application-specific positions.
US09085223B2
A vehicle with electric propulsion, which presents a longitudinal direction, which is parallel to the direction of the rectilinear motion, and a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a storage system is provided with a pack of chemical batteries, which are connected to each other in series and in parallel and comprise respective electrochemical cells; each chemical battery has a cylindrical shape having a central symmetry axis; and the storage system is fitted inside the vehicle in such a way that the central symmetry axis of each chemical battery is not parallel either to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle or to the transverse direction of the vehicle.
US09085217B2
An aspirator is provided that includes a nozzle that aspirates secondary air; a main body that forms a scroll-shaped airflow path on the outer circumference of the nozzle; a primary-air inflow path that tangentially communicates with the airflow path; and a diffuser that is connected to an open end of the main body and has a throat portion at which a tip portion of the nozzle is disposed. An inner wall of the primary-air inflow path, which communicates with the scroll-shaped airflow path, is offset outward from the center of the nozzle, and primary air introduced from the primary-air inflow path flows into the scroll-shaped airflow path from one direction.
US09085215B2
An estimated temperature range is calculated by adding a plus-side temperature width to the temperature detected by a temperature sensor within the cabin of a vehicle and subtracting a minus-side temperature width therefrom, and is displayed on the display of a mobile terminal as a temperature state of the cabin. When cooling is performed, the plus-side temperature width is made greater than the minus-side temperature width. Also, the plus-side temperature width is narrowed with elapse of time from the start of pre-air-conditioning. With this operation, the temperature state of the vehicle cabin from the start of the pre-air-conditioning can be properly communicated to a vehicle user.
US09085211B2
One variation includes a top mount for a strut having an inner metal portion. Another variation includes a bearing integrated with the inner metal portion.
US09085209B2
A suspension system for a vehicle includes a frame mounting bracket for mounting to the vehicle. First and second levers are pivotally mounted to the frame mounting bracket. First and second rubber torsion axle assemblies are rigidly mounted to the first and second levers, respectively. A control arm pivotally connects to the first lever and the second lever. The control arm, and the first and second levers are configured to rotate the first rubber torsion axle assembly and the second rubber torsion axle assembly simultaneously when a static or dynamic force is encountered by the suspension assembly. First and second spindle swing arms can be attached to the first and second torsion axle assemblies respectively with the first spindle swing arm extending forward of the first lever with respect to a direction the vehicle normal travels and the second swing arm can trail the second lever in a “push-pull” configuration.
US09085207B1
A rigging arm device includes an elongated bar assembly having a proximate end, and a distal end, a receiving assembly adapted to be removably affixed to the trailer hitch of a motor vehicle and to receive and retain the proximate end of the bar assembly, and a hook assembly operatively affixed to said distal end of said bar assembly. The, hook assembly selectively engages and retains a refuse container for transport and further includes a latch assembly to unlock and lock the hook assembly to the handles of the refuse container.
US09085205B2
A tire tread temperature sensing and display apparatus, system and method are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a temperature sensor, a controller and a display. The sensor is configured to be mounted to a vehicle and to sense tire tread temperature. The controller is configured to receive and process temperature measurements and to communicate to a display, the display configured to display temperature related information in response to communication from the controller.
US09085199B2
A pneumatic tire has tread blocks (5) each defined by an equator-side longitudinal groove (3A), a tread-edge-side longitudinal groove (3B), a heel-side transverse groove (4A) and a toe-side transverse groove (4B). The block (5) has an equator-side longitudinal wall surface (8a) having a first radially outer edge (9a) and a first radially inner edge (10a), and a tread-edge-side longitudinal wall surface (8b) having a second radially outer edge (9b) and a second radially inner edge (10b). The angle α1U of the first radially outer edge (9a), the angle α1L of the first radially inner edge (10a), the angle α2U of the second radially outer edge (9b) and the angle α2L of the second radially inner edge (10b), each with respect to the tire circumferential direction, satisfy the following four conditional expressions: (0≦α1L<α1U≦45); (0<α2L<α2U≦45); (α1L<α2L) and (α1U<α2U).
US09085198B2
Disclosed is a tire mountable apparatus and methodology for mounting devices within a tire. In certain embodiments a signal generator may be mounted to the tire to generate signals based on changes in the radius of curvature of a tire. A piezoelectric sandwich and/or a substrate is/are provided having a length and width based at least in part on tire dimensions and positioned in the tire such that the longer length dimension is positioned laterally with respect to the width of the tire. The sandwich and/or substrate is/are sized such that the width dimension provides substantially no response to changes in the circumferential radius of curvature of the tire so that the length dimension defines the primary bending direction while the width dimension provides a strain free mount for associated devices.
US09085194B2
An embossing stamp includes a stamp substrate and one or more stamp structures formed on the stamp substrate. The stamp structures have stamp surfaces extending from the stamp substrate. At least one of the stamp surfaces is non-planar.
US09085189B2
An image forming apparatus which includes an ejecting unit which ejects liquid cured by being irradiated with light onto a medium for printing, an irradiation unit which irradiates the liquid which has landed onto the medium for printing with the light, and an image quality inspection unit which inspects an image quality of an image which is formed on the medium for printing, in which, when the image quality inspection unit detects abnormal formation of the image, an intensity of the light of the irradiation unit is controlled.
US09085185B2
A printing apparatus that includes nozzle arrays, formed of nozzles for ejecting ink of the first to fourth ink color groups, and that scans a print medium while moving the nozzle arrays to perform printing. For printing a unit area of a print medium, where printing is to be completed by performing a plurality of scans, the printing apparatus performs a plurality of scans, and conveys, between movements, a print medium a predetermined amount, which is equivalent to the width of the unit area. Then, to perform a plurality of scans using the nozzle arrays for the first to fourth ink color groups, print data are generated, so that for the nozzle arrays that belong to two ink color groups, the nozzle array for the first ink color group is employed to eject ink into the unit area prior to the nozzle array for the second ink color group.
US09085179B2
A printer with a tractor unit driven by a DC motor and a printing control method that acquires accurate load information when continuous paper is loaded. The printer has a printhead 2 that can move in a primary scanning direction and has discharge nozzles that discharge liquid onto continuous paper, and a tractor unit 4 that is driven by a DC motor Mt and conveys continuous paper toward the printhead 2 in a secondary scanning direction perpendicular to the primary scanning direction. The printer 1 and printing method also have a load information acquisition unit 23 that, when continuous paper is loaded in the tractor unit 4, drives the tractor units 4 at least two different constant conveyance speeds V1, V2, and acquires load information I1, I2 for the DC motor Mt at the at least two different conveyance speeds.
US09085175B2
A recording apparatus includes: a plurality of first ribs provided at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting with a direction along which a recording target medium is transported; a plurality of second ribs provided at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting with the direction along which the recording target medium is transported, the plurality of second ribs being provided downstream of the plurality of first ribs for guiding the recording target medium to a downstream side, the plurality of second ribs being provided at an area where the plurality of second ribs can face the recording head; a first member that is made of a resin material that is used as a material of the plurality of first ribs; and a second member that is made of a metal material that is used as a material of the plurality of second ribs.
US09085166B1
A cartridge includes a liquid-holding container and a case. The liquid-holding container includes a liquid container portion, a hollow vent plug, a first engaging portion, a second engaging portion, a first opening, and a second opening. The case is configured to support the liquid holding container and includes a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is configured to be a portion with which the first engaging portion engages. The second opening is configured to be a portion with which the second engaging portion engages in an elastically deformed state.
