US09405861B2
This invention relates to a method of designing an illumination device, wherein a light source unit is modeled with a set of rays. Therein, each ray is assigned a light power and is further characterized by a light volume, which specifies how “spread out” the light is in area and angle. In this way, a selection of rays with respect to their “density” becomes possible, and an optical system can be optimized for a transmission of those rays providing the most light per volume.
US09405859B1
Methods for storing a feature vector, as well as related comparison units and systems. One such method involves programming a string of memory cells of memory to store do not care data as at least a portion of a value of an attribute of the feature vector.
US09405850B2
This invention aims to improve the response characteristics of screen display in an information (image) processing apparatus capable of displaying a screen based on screen data provided from a Web server. The image processing apparatus transmits cache data, which is stored in association with content data acquired from a Web server, to a cache management server together with a user ID in logout of a user. The cache management server stores the cache data, which is received from the image processing apparatus, in association with the user ID. When the user then logs in to any image processing apparatus, the cache management server retrieves the cache data, which is stored in association with the user ID transmitted from the image processing apparatus, and transmits the retrieved cache data to the image processing apparatus.
US09405849B1
A method identifies pairs of first and second command inputs from respective user device sessions for which the first and second operation data are indicative of a first operation failure and a second operation success. The first operation data indicate a first operation performed on data from a first resource property in response to the first command input, and the second operation data indicate a second operation performed on data from a second resource property in response to the second command input. They system determines, from the identified pairs of first and second command inputs, command inputs for which a parsing rule that is associated with the second operation is to be generated.
US09405848B2
Techniques for recommending mobile device activities, such as accessing mobile applications and/or mobile Web pages, are described. Some embodiments provide an Activity Recommendation System (“ARS”) configured to recommend relevant activities for a user to perform with a mobile device, based on context of the mobile device. In one embodiment, the ARS recommends mobile applications based content items (e.g., Web pages, images, videos) that are being currently accessed via the mobile device. The ARS may process information about mobile applications and content items to determine semantic information, such as entities and/or categories referenced or associated therewith. The ARS may then use the semantic information to determine mobile applications that have semantic information that is at least similar to that of a content item accessed via a mobile device.
US09405828B2
A method of phonetically searching media information comprises receiving a plurality of search queries from one or more client systems and providing a phonetic representation of each search query. One or more search jobs are instantiated, each search job comprising a plurality of tasks, each task being arranged to sequentially read a block from an archive file. The archive file is stored within a distributed filing system (DFS) in which sequential blocks of data comprising the archive file are replicated to be locally available to one or more processors from a cluster of processors for executing the tasks. Each block stores index files corresponding to a plurality of source media files, each index file containing a phonetic stream corresponding to audio information for a given source media file. Each task obtains phonetic representations of outstanding search queries for a block and sequentially searches the block for each outstanding search query.
US09405812B2
Interest-driven business intelligence server systems that provide performance metadata are described. In the disclosed embodiments, an interest-driven business intelligence server system receives a report specification. The report specification includes at least reporting data requirement. The interest-driven business intelligence server determines performance metadata information for an interest-driven data pipeline that is utilized to generate reporting data based on the report specification. The performance metadata information for the interest-driven data pipeline is transmitted to an interest-driven user visualization system by the interest-driven business intelligence server system.
US09405801B2
Methods, database management systems (“DBMS”) and computer-readable media are provided for processing unbounded stream data using a traditional DBMS. Execution of a query that includes a data stream as a data source may be initiated. Tuples may be processed in accordance with the query as the tuples are received through the data stream until an indication is received that execution of the query should cease.
US09405797B2
Methods and systems for query optimization for a multi-tenant database system are provided. Some embodiments comprise receiving at a network interface of a server in a multi-tenant database system an original query transmitted to the multi-tenant database system by a user associated with a tenant, wherein the original query is associated with data accessible by the tenant, and wherein the multi-tenant database system includes at least a first index and a second index. Metadata associated with the data is retrieved, wherein at least a portion of the data is stored in a common table within the multi-tenant database system. A tenant-selective query syntax is determined by analyzing at least one of metadata generated from information about the tenant or metadata generated from the data accessible by the tenant. An improved query is then generated using the query syntax, wherein the improved query is based at least in part upon the original query and a result of a join between a first number of rows associated with the first index and a second number of rows associated with the second index.
US09405793B2
A mesh structure can be a type concept that extends internal tables or other data structures of a business programming languages (e.g., ABAP) by associations, as known from a data object meta-model. A mesh can include a set of operations, such as for example iteration via an iterator object and selection of instances expressed by a path language. A mesh structure can be optimized for read access and traversal, and can provide a working area that is processed with statements in the business programming language to implement one or more core services directly from the mesh data structure. Related methods, computer program products, and systems are described.
US09405790B2
A computerized system including a processor and a computer-readable non-transient memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing instructions that when executed manage a novel data structure and related group of algorithms that can be used as a method for representing a set and as a base for very efficient indexing, hash and compression. SHB is an improvement of hierarchical bitmap. An improved database system that can utilize the innovative data structure which includes a raw data stream provided to the system via a data processing module, data blocks, fields indexes tables and a keys table. There is provided an index creating process and a columns creating process, for transforming the data blocks and tables into index blocks and data columns.
US09405784B2
Systems and methods for processing an index are described. A postings list of items containing a particular term are ordered in a desired retrieval order, e.g., most recent first. The ordered items are inserted into an inverted index in the desired retrieval order, resulting in an ordered inverted index from which items may be efficiently retrieved in the desired retrieval order. During retrieval, items may first be retrieved from a live index, and the retrieved items from the live and ordered indexes may be merged. The retrieved items may also be filtered in accordance with the items' file grouping parameters.
US09405783B2
In one embodiment, a technique is provided for distributing data and associated metadata within a distributed storage architecture. A set of hash tables that embody mappings of cluster-wide identifiers associated with storage locations are stored for write data of write requests organized into extents. A hash value is generated from a hash function applied to each extent. The hash value is overloaded and used for multiple purposes within the distributed storage architecture, including (i) a remainder computation on the hash value to select a bucket of a plurality of buckets representative of the extents, (ii) a hash table selector of the hash value to select a hash table from the set of hash tables, and (iii) a hash table index computed from the hash value to select an entry from a plurality of entries of the selected hash table having a cluster-wide identifier identifying a storage location for the extent.
US09405782B2
Embodiments of techniques and systems for parallel processing of B+ trees are described. A parallel B+ tree processing module with partitioning and redistribution may include a set of threads executing a batch of B+ tree operations on a B+ tree in parallel. The batch of operations may be partitioned amongst the threads. Next, a search may be performed to determine which leaf nodes in the B+ tree are to be affected by which operations. Then, the threads may redistribute operations between each other such that multiple threads will not operate on the same leaf node. The threads may then perform B+ tree operations on the leaf nodes of the B+ tree in parallel. Subsequent modifications to nodes in the B+ may similarly be redistributed and performed in parallel as the threads work up the tree.
US09405780B2
Described herein are systems and methods for providing an enterprise crawl and search framework, including features such as use with middleware and enterprise application environments, pluggable security, search development tools, user interfaces, and governance. The system includes an enterprise crawl and search framework which abstracts an underlying search engine, provides a common set of APIs for developing search functionalities, and allows the framework to serve as an integration layer between one or more enterprise search engines and one or more enterprise applications. A computing environment can be used to display a global universal search box. A user can input search queries into the search box, which are then executed against crawled and/or searched data provided by the framework, and results, in the form of data represented by those searchable objects to which the user has entitlement to view, are returned dynamically, to update the contents of the search box.
US09405778B2
A method includes receiving a request to generate data which describes the data. A database of seed content and an algorithms database are searched. If both seed content and an algorithm are found, the algorithm is applied to the seed content, thereby generating data. Some embodiments may include advertising a content generation service. Users may register for the service.
US09405774B2
A device may receive multiple images captured by a user device; and determine an event based on at least one of: attributes of the multiple images, information regarding a user associated with the multiple images, or information regarding the user device. The device may determine attributes of the event; identify, based on the attributes of the multiple the images and the attributes of the event, particular images, of the multiple images, associated with the event; generate a digital image album that includes one or more of the particular images; and output the digital image album.
US09405773B2
Using a processor, receiving, a query including a query image. A database is searched for a set of images similar to the query image, using a two-pass search. The results of the searching are then provided, the results including image members of the set of images similar to the query image. The first pass may be performed using a TF-IDF algorithm and the second pass ranks a predetermined number of results from the first pass by a best match algorithm or other type of algorithm. The type of second pass algorithm may be selectable by a user. If an end signal is not detected, a further two-pass search may be made based on a subsequent query having a subsequent query image. The subsequent query image may be one of the results of the previous two pass search. A subsequent query image may change from an image of a product of a first product category to an image of a product of a second product category.
US09405768B2
A technique for enabling scenario files and image files for supply to a scenario generating device to be created easily is provided. The scenario creating device creates a scenario file supplied to a scenario reproducing device capable of reproducing only image files of a predetermined format. The scenario creating device comprises: an input section including a pointing device; a display section; and a scenario creating section for creating the scenario file. The scenario creating section provides a display of an execution icon on the display screen for causing the scenario creating section to execute a process. When a file icon for a source file of a predetermined format including pagewise scenario information and image information is dragged and dropped on the execution icon by means of operation of the pointing device, a scenario file is created on the basis of the scenario information, and an image file of the predetermined format is generated on the basis of the image information.
US09405763B2
Content-aware systems and methods for improving de-duplication, or single instancing, in storage operations. In certain examples, backup agents on client devices parse application-specific data to identify data objects that are candidates for de-duplication. The backup agents can then insert markers or other indictors in the data that identify the location(s) of the particular data objects. Such markers can, in turn, assist a de-duplication manager to perform object-based de-duplication and increase the likelihood that like blocks within the data are identified and single instanced. In other examples, the agents can further determine if a data object of one file type can or should be single-instanced with a data object of a different file type. Such processing of data on the client side can provide for more efficient storage and back-end processing.
US09405762B2
In a compression processing storage system, using a pool of compression cores, the compression cores are assigned to process either compression operations, decompression operations, or decompression and compression operations, which are scheduled for processing. A minimal number of the compression cores are allocated for processing the compression operations, thereby increasing compression latency. Upon reaching a throughput limit for the compression operations that causes the minimal number of the plurality of compression cores to reach a busy status, the minimal number of the plurality of compression cores for processing the compression operations is increased.
US09405758B2
A method and a system for identifying a file type. A modification interface may be provided so that a user inputs a file feature parameter, and the file feature parameter input by the user is added to a file type configuration file, then the file type configuration file is loaded to a state machine to perform file type identification. Therefore, the user can modify a file feature parameter in the original file type configuration file, and when a file feature parameter of a file of a certain type is changed or a file of a new type appears, the user can update a file feature parameter in the state machine in time to identify the changed file or the file of the new type. In this way, the user does not need to search for an identification tool on the Internet.
US09405749B2
Computer searchable annotated formatted documents are produced by correlating documents stored as a photographic or scanned graphic representations of an actual document (evidence, report, court order, etc.) with textual version of the same documents. A produced document will provide additional details in a computer data structure that supports citation annotation as well as other types of analysis of a document. The computer data structure also supports generation of citation reports and corpus reports. A computer method of creating searchable annotated formatted documents including citation and corpus reports by correlating and correcting text files with photographic or scanned graphic of the original documents. Data structures for correlating and correcting text files with graphic images. Generation of citation reports, concordance reports, and corpus reports. Data structures for citation reports, concordance reports, and corpus reports generation.
US09405748B2
A method for probabilistically finding the connected components of an undirected graph. The method includes identifying a first edge, having a first and second vertex, and inserting information detailing the first and second vertex of the first edge into a bloom filter associated with a root node of a bloom filter data structure. A first node, connected to the root node, is created, comprising an associated bloom filter containing information associated with the first and second vertex of the first edge. The method includes identifying a second edge, having a first and second vertex, and inserting information detailing the first and second vertex of the second edge into a bloom filter associated with the root node of the bloom filter data structure. A second node, connected to the root node, is created, comprising an associated bloom filter containing information associated with the first and second vertex of the second edge.
US09405735B1
When a browsing computer navigates to a network document, such as a web page, the corresponding. server also downloads computer readable formatting information necessary for the operating system of the browsing computer to render nonstandard characters within the network document. An installation module is also downloaded to the browsing computer. The installation module is loaded onto the browsing computer which in turn either permanently installs or temporarily exposes the operating system of the browsing computer to the computer readable formatting information. As a result, the operating system of the browsing computer is able to display the network document including the non-standard characters.
US09405726B2
A method for calculating intermodulation noise generated with one or more land seismic sources. The method includes receiving seismic data generated by actuating the one or more land seismic source with a first sweep and a second sweep; calculating with a computing device a first earth response corresponding to the first sweep; calculating with the computing device a second earth response corresponding to the second sweep; and calculating the intermodulation noise based on the first and second earth responses. The second sweep is a time reverse sweep of the first sweep.
US09405724B2
A reconfigurable tree apparatus with a bypass mode and a method of using the reconfigurable tree apparatus are disclosed. The reconfigurable tree apparatus uses a short-circuit register to selectively designate participating agents for such operations as barriers, multicast, and reductions. The reconfigurable tree apparatus enables an agent to initiate a barrier, multicast, or reduction operation, leaving software to determine the participating agents for each operation. Although the reconfigurable tree apparatus is implemented using a small number of wires, multiple in-flight barrier, multicast, and reduction operations can take place. The method and apparatus have low complexity, easy reconfigurability, and provide the energy savings necessary for future exa-scale machines.
US09405719B2
An embodiment may include circuitry that may generate and/or use, at least in part, at least one descriptor to be associated with at least one packet. The at least one descriptor may specify at least one transmission time at which the at least one packet is to be transmitted. The at least one transmission time may be specified in the at least one descriptor in such a manner as to permit the at least one transmission time to be explicitly identified based at least in part upon the at least one descriptor. Many alternatives, modifications, and variations are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US09405718B2
An interconnect architecture device of an aspect includes a processor to generate a transaction that is of a different interconnect protocol than LLI. The interconnect architecture device also includes conversion logic coupled with the processor. The conversion logic is to convert the transaction, which is of the different interconnect protocol than LLI, to an LLI packet. The interconnect architecture device also includes an LLI controller coupled with the conversion logic. The LLI controller is to couple the interconnect architecture device with an LLI link. The LLI controller is to transmit the LLI packet on the LLI link.
US09405715B2
In a method for managing serial attached small computer system interface (SAS) expanders using a host computer, the host computer connects to an SAS expander storage system through a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) card. The SAS expander storage system includes a first switch device, a first SAS expander, a second SAS expander, a second switch, a flash memory, and hard disk drives. The method controls the first switch device to switch the RAID card from the first SAS expander to the second SAS expander when the first SAS expander fails to function, controls the second switch device to switch the flash memory from the first SAS expander to the second SAS expander, and controls the first switch device to connect each of the hard disk drives to the second SAS expander.
US09405706B2
A processor includes a front end, a cache, and a cache controller. The front end includes logic to receive an instruction defining a priority dataset. The priority dataset includes ranges of memory addresses each corresponding to a respective priority level. The cache controller includes logic to detect a miss in the cache for a requested cache value, determine a candidate cache victim from the cache, determine a priority of the requested cache value and the candidate cache victim according to the priority dataset, and evict the candidate cache victim based on a determination that the priority of the candidate cache victim is less or equal to the priority of the requested cache value.
US09405702B2
A core executes memory instructions. A memory management unit (MMU) coupled to the core includes a first cache that stores a plurality of final mappings of a hierarchical page table, a page table walker that traverses levels of the page table to provide intermediate results associated with respective levels for determining the final mappings, and a second cache that stores a limited number of intermediate results provided by the page table walker. The MMU compares a portion of the first virtual address to portions of entries in the second cache, in response to a request from the core to invalidate a first virtual address, based on a match criterion that depends on the level associated with each intermediate result stored in an entry in the second cache, and removes any entries in the second cache that satisfy the match criterion.
US09405690B2
A processor may include a cache configured to store instructions and memory data for the processor. The cache may store instructions in which a relative address, such as for a branch instruction has been calculated, such that the instruction stored in the cache is modified from how the instruction is stored in main memory. The cache may include additional information in the tag to identify an instruction entry versus a memory data entry. When receiving a cache request, the cache may look at a type tag in addition to an address tag to determine if the request is a hit or a miss based upon the request being for an instruction from an instruction fetch unit or for memory data from a memory management unit. A cache entry may be invalidated and evicted if the address matches but the data type does not match.
US09405680B2
A system and method is described that accesses a network persistent memory unit (nPMU). One embodiment comprises a primary region corresponding to a predefined portion of a primary network persistent memory unit (nPMU) communicatively coupled to at least one client processor node via a communication system, wherein the primary region is assigned to a client process running on the client processor node and is configured to store information received from the client process; and a mirror region corresponding to a predefined portion of a mirror nPMU communicatively coupled to the client processor node via the communication system, wherein the mirror region is assigned to the client process and is configured to store the information received from the client process.
US09405661B1
Automating testing of a software product under system resource constraints. One or more SQAs are received and, for each SQA, a confidence level and an importance are received. For one or more system resources, an amount of each system resource available for testing is received. Each amount of system resource available for testing is apportioned to the SQAs, based on the confidence level and the importance of each SQA. Each test in a set of tests is prioritized, based on the number of SQAs associated with the test and any previous results of the test. For each SQA, a subset of the set of tests is selected, based on the test priorities, an expected consumption of system resources by each test, and the apportionment of the system resources to the SQA; the selected subset of tests is executed; and the test results for the selected subset of tests is updated.
US09405657B2
A system stores a plurality of chapters, a plurality of sections each associated with a chapter, a plurality of control points each associated with a section, a plurality of assessment points each associated with a control point, and a plurality of attributes each associated with an assessment point. The system retrieves application information corresponding to an application. The system determines that one of the plurality of stored attributes applies to the application and assigns an attribute score to the application based on the determination. The system calculates various scores based on the attribute score and other scores including, an assessment point score, a control point score, a section score, and a chapter score. Based at least in part upon at least one of these scores, the system determines a strength of the application.
US09405654B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure are directed towards monitoring application performance during actual use, particularly mobile application performance. Described is instrumenting mobile application binaries to automatically identify a critical path in user transactions, including across asynchronous-call boundaries. Trace data is logged by the instrumented application to capture UI manipulations, thread execution, asynchronous calls and callbacks, UI updates and/or thread synchronization. The trace data is analyzed to assist developers in improving application performance.
US09405652B2
Systems and methods are provided for regular expression support in instrumentation languages using kernel-mode executable code. An example system includes a translator module that receives an input source code including a regular expression in a first source code language, wherein the translator module further determines a matching function in kernel-mode code language corresponding to the regular expression, and wherein the matching function corresponds to deterministic finite automaton. The system further includes a kernel module that processes at least one string using the matching function, wherein the matching function simulates state transitions of the deterministic finite automaton using the at least one string.
US09405643B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a data storage system that facilitates efficiently recovering from storage device failures. Upon receiving a request to retrieve a data block from the data storage system, the system uses a hash that identifies the data block to look up a bucket and an associated cell containing the data block. Note that the bucket aggregates a large number of data blocks and is located in the associated cell that comprises a set of object storage devices (OSDs). Within the cell, the system uses the bucket to look up an OSD that contains the bucket in a local bucket database (BDB) for the cell. Within the OSD, the system uses the bucket and the hash to look up an offset and a length for the data block in a write-ahead log that stores data blocks for the bucket. Finally, the system returns the data block from the determined offset.
US09405635B2
According to certain aspects, an information management system may identify a set of secondary storage computing devices residing in a secondary storage subsystem, wherein each of at least two storage devices that each store a separate copy of a first file is associated with at least one of the secondary storage computing devices in the set. The system may also select a subset of the set of secondary storage computing devices based on stored selection criteria. The system can, using a first secondary storage computing device, initiate a restore operation of a first copy of the first file stored in a first storage device associated with at least the first secondary storage computing device and, using a second secondary storage computing device, initiate a restore operation of a second copy of the first file stored in a second storage device associated with at least the second secondary storage computing device.
US09405631B2
The present invention relates to a method for performing an image level copy of an information store. The present invention comprises performing a snapshot of an information store that indexes the contents of the information store, retrieving data associated with the contents of the information store from a file allocation table, copying the contents of the information store to a storage device based on the snapshot, and associating the retrieved data with the copied contents to provide file system information for the copied contents.
US09405626B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for sensing the occurrence of an degraded condition within a data stripe of a RAID array. The data strip includes one or more valid data portions, one invalid data portion, and a parity portion. A request to write updated content to a target data portion within the data stripe is received, wherein the target data portion is one of the valid data portions. The valid data portions and the parity portion are read from the data stripe. The invalid data portion is reconstructed using the valid data portions and the parity portion, thus generating a reconstructed data portion. The reconstructed data portion is stored within a mirrored cache memory system. The parity portion is updated to define the updated content, thus defining an updated parity portion. The updated parity portion is written to the data stripe and the updated content is written to the target data portion within the data stripe.
US09405615B2
A method of operating a nonvolatile memory device comprises applying a read current with a first level to a nonvolatile memory cell comprising a variable resistance material, determining read data based on the applied read current, checking a syndrome corresponding to the read data to determine whether the read data is pass or fail, changing the read current from the first level to a second level, which is different from the first level, according to the determination of whether the read data is pass or fail, and performing a read-retry operation comprising applying the read current of the second level to the nonvolatile memory cell.
US09405610B1
A computer implemented method includes receiving a data stream from a client device. The data stream includes a textual description of the operation of a system. The textual description includes at least one textual instruction. The textual description is converted to event waveforms where each event waveform has a time axis and event indicia. The textual instruction is rendered as an ideogram associated with the event waveforms. A representation of the event waveforms and the ideogram is supplied.
US09405608B2
A storage controller includes: an error information management section configured to manage information in a plurality of addresses of a memory; and a refresh object determination section configured to determine a refresh object address in the memory based on the error information.
US09405605B1
A system and method for preventing dependency problems, such as deadlocks, within network-based computing service workflows, such as workflows that occur within computing assets that provide network-based computing services. The system and method creates a remedial workflow or action for the computing services to address deadlocks or other blocking conditions within the services which may occur should the underlying computing assets need to be restarted, rebooted or sequentially execute and reach a problematic operational state. The system and method will determine the reliance of each computing service upon the functionality of one or more other network-based computing services and structure the remedial workflow accordingly. Other aspects of the disclosure are described in the detailed description, figures, and claims.
US09405604B2
An integrated circuit (IC) having a debug access port coupled to a processing circuit without a dedicated sideband interface is disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC includes a processor circuit and a DAP. The IC also includes a communications fabric over which communications transactions may be conveyed between the various functional circuits of the IC using a fabric protocol. Both the DAP and the processing circuit are coupled to the communications fabric. The IC also includes a translation circuit coupled between the processing circuit and the communications fabric. The translation circuit may translate transactions conveyed between the processing circuit and the DAP from or to a debug protocol to or from the fabric protocol. Thus, the DAP and the processing circuit may communicate according to the debug protocol without a dedicated sideband coupled therebetween.
US09405600B2
An electronic device may be provided that includes logic, at least partially implemented in hardware, to detect an occurrence of a blocking instance at the electronic device, and store information related to an event received at the electronic device, the event received during the blocking instance, in response to the occurrence of the blocking instance at the electronic device.
US09405595B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of assigning a location within a shared variable for each of multiple threads and writing a value to a corresponding location to indicate that the corresponding thread has reached a barrier. In such manner, when all the threads have reached the barrier, synchronization is established. In some embodiments, the shared variable may be stored in a cache accessible by the multiple threads. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09405576B2
A visualization of a topology of a flow of multiple transactions is generated. A first computer system receives a current transaction initiation request from a precursory transaction. The current transaction initiation request is for an initiation of a current transaction in the first computer system, and the precursory transaction is part of a flow of other transactions that are upstream from the current transaction. The current transaction initiation request contains parameter information that holds a hop count, which identifies how many computer systems have received other transaction initiation requests in the flow of other transactions, and a transaction initiation count, which identifies how many transaction initiation requests have been transmitted in the flow of other transactions. A processor generates a visualization of a topology map of the current transaction and the other transactions based on information in the parameter information from the current transaction initiation request.
US09405575B2
This disclosure pertains to systems, methods, and computer readable media for utilizing an unused hardware thread of a multi-core microcontroller of a graphical processing unit (GPU) to gather sampling data of commands being executed by the GPU. The multi-core microcontroller may include two or more hardware threads and may be responsible for managing the scheduling of commands on the GPU. In one embodiment, the firmware code of the multi-core microcontroller which is responsible for running the GPU may run entirely on one hardware thread of the microcontroller, while the second hardware thread is kept in a dormant state. This second hardware thread may be used for gathering sampling data of the commands run on the GPU. The sampling data can be used to assist developers identify bottlenecks and to help them optimize their software programs.
US09405572B2
Machines, systems and methods for allocating resources to in a virtualized computing environment, the method comprising detecting one or more host machines with resources allocated to one or more virtual machines (VMs) that are in an idle state; reducing resource entitlements for at least one of the VMs that is detected to be in the idle state to make more resources available for allocation to VMs that are not in the idle state; and increasing resource entitlements for at least one of the VMs with reduced entitlement, in response to determining that the VM with reduced entitlement is no longer in the idle state.
US09405568B2
Multi-tenant network stack techniques are described. In an implementation, a host instantiates an instance of virtual machine that is configured to serve networks service to multiple tenants and corresponding virtual networks. To do so, a framing layer of the virtual machine may be configured to obtain configuration data indicative of topology for a multi-tenant virtual networking environment from a virtual switch of a host device. The framing layer uses the configuration data to construct routing compartments and interfaces as abstractions of each virtual network in accordance with the topology. The routing compartments are isolated from each other and provide a mechanism for applications to process network input/output (I/O) in the context of a specific tenant or virtual network. The single virtual machine is able to provide services and applications to serve multiple tenants that are independent of the underlying virtualization technology.
US09405565B2
Embodiments of apparatuses and methods for processing virtualization events in a layered virtualization architecture are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a event logic and evaluation logic. The event logic is to recognize a virtualization event. The evaluation logic is to determine whether to transfer control from a child guest to a parent guest in response to the virtualization event.
US09405564B2
A graphical user interface for a concurrent computing environment that conveys the concurrent nature of a computing environment and allows a user to monitor the status of a concurrent process being executed on multiple concurrent computing units is discussed. The graphical user interface allows the user to target specific concurrent computer units to receive commands. The graphical user interface also alters the command prompt to reflect the currently targeted concurrent computing units.
US09405557B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a remote User Interface (UI) to a terminal in a remote UI system. The method includes downloading, by the first terminal, an application from a remote server; driving the application; requesting a new application from the remote server; receiving the new application from the remote server; driving the new application; requesting a second terminal to a change the control UI according to the new application; receiving a message requesting a new control UI for controlling the new application from the second terminal; and providing the new control UI for controlling the new application to the second terminal in response to the message.
US09405554B2
A method for initializing expended modules in PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) system is provided in which an initialization request signal is generated and transmitted to a plurality of expended modules, when one basic unit initializes a plurality of expended modules, and an initialization completion signal is sequentially transmitted by the plurality of expended modules, when the initialization is completed, whereby the initialization time can be optimized, the method including performing an initialization operation after generating, by a basic unit, an initialization request signal and transmitting the initialization request signal to a plurality of expended modules, and determining that the initialization operation is completed, when an initialization completion signal is received from the expended modules connected to the basic unit.
US09405553B2
Stream applications may inefficiently use the hardware resources that execute the processing elements of the data stream. For example, a compute node may host four processing elements and execute each using a CPU. However, other CPUs on the compute node may sit idle. To take advantage of these available hardware resources, a stream programmer may identify one or more processing elements that may be cloned. The cloned processing elements may be used to generate a different execution path that is parallel to the execution path that includes the original processing elements. Because the cloned processing elements contain the same operators as the original processing elements, the data stream that was previously flowing through only the original processing element may be split and sent through both the original and cloned processing elements. In this manner, the parallel execution path may use underutilized hardware resources to increase the throughput of the data stream.
US09405548B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products may provide delay-identification in data processing systems. An apparatus may include a delay-identification unit having a delay counter, a threshold register, a delay register, and a delay detector. The delay detector may be configured to start the delay counter in response to detecting that one group of instructions is delayed, and stop the delay counter in response to detecting that the one group of instructions is no longer delayed. The delay detector may additionally be configured to compare the number of cycles counted by the delay counter with a threshold number of cycles in the threshold register, and store at least one effective address of one of the instructions of the one group of instructions when the number of cycles counted by the delay counter is greater than the threshold number of cycles stored in the threshold register.
US09405543B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to implementing run-time instrumentation indirect sampling by address. An aspect of the invention includes a method for implementing run-time instrumentation indirect sampling by address. The method includes reading sample-point addresses from a sample-point address array, and comparing, by a processor, the sample-point addresses to an address associated with an instruction from an instruction stream executing on the processor. The method further includes recognizing a sample point upon execution of the instruction associated with the address matching one of the sample-point addresses. Run-time instrumentation information is obtained from the sample point. The method also includes storing the run-time instrumentation information in a run-time instrumentation program buffer as a reporting group.
US09405539B2
Methods, apparatus, instructions and logic provide SIMD vector sub-byte decompression functionality. Embodiments include shuffling a first and second byte into the least significant portion of a first vector element, and a third and fourth byte into the most significant portion. Processing continues shuffling a fifth and sixth byte into the least significant portion of a second vector element, and a seventh and eighth byte into the most significant portion. Then by shifting the first vector element by a first shift count and the second vector element by a second shift count, sub-byte elements are aligned to the least significant bits of their respective bytes. Processors then shuffle a byte from each of the shifted vector elements' least significant portions into byte positions of a destination vector element, and from each of the shifted vector elements' most significant portions into byte positions of another destination vector element.
US09405525B2
A computer system includes: storing a first file management table that stores a record associating a device driver that can be installed in the computer system with identification information of a logic area in which the particular device driver is stored; reading a second file management table stored in a recording medium placed in the drive, generating a third table by inserting the record in the first management table into the second management table, and generating a virtual file management table that associates the third table with the device driver stored in the first table as well as the device driver stored in the second table, and searching for the device driver requested, install the requested device driver.
US09405521B2
A setup-free software application and related operating techniques are described herein. The setup-free application is contained within a package file that does not appear as a program file to the computing system. When the package file is opened, the computing system virtualizes the “installation” of the setup-free application without copying application files to the actual file system and without making any modifications to the actual registry. When the setup-free application is running, operating requests (such as file read requests, registry read requests, and file write requests) are directed to the contents of the package file. Such redirection away from the actual file system and away from the actual registry enables the computing system to run the setup-free application from the package file.
US09405519B2
A method and a system for register clearing in data flow analysis in decompilation are provided. The method includes: reading all function statements in a code file; sequentially judging each of the read function statements, and creating a binary tree and inputting the function statement into the binary tree in a case that the function statement includes a register name; sequentially judging each of the function statements including the register name, and performing an elimination process on the created binary tree to remove the register name from the binary tree in a case that the function statement includes a right child end tag of the binary tree, to generate a simplest binary tree; and generating a function statement in high-level language based on the simplest binary tree. All function statements can be read at a time and multiple reading and writing are avoided in the invention. In addition, a binary tree is created based on the read function statement and an elimination process is performed on the binary tree, so the function statement not including the register name can be obtained conveniently and quickly, which improves the execution efficiency.
US09405517B2
An optimizing compiler includes a strength reduction mechanism that optimizes a computer program that includes operations that have an unknown stride by analyzing the instructions in the computer program in a single pass, determining whether instruction substitution is profitable for original instructions in the code, and performing instruction substitution for one or more original instructions for which instruction substitution is deemed profitable, including operations with unknown strides. The substituted instructions result in strength reduction in the computer program.
US09405510B2
A random number generator includes oscillating units configured to generate entropy sources and amplify the generated entropy sources, an entropy source combination unit configured to receive the entropy sources output from the oscillating units and combine the entropy sources to increase entropy, a sampling unit configured to sample a signal output from the entropy source combination unit in response to a sampling clock, and a clock generator and control unit configured to control the oscillating units and generate the sampling clock.
US09405504B2
An information communication terminal includes the followings. An input receiving unit receives an input from a user. A communication unit obtains presentation information corresponding to an input by the user from a server according to a dialog scenario, every time the input is received. A dialog processing unit presents the user with the presentation information obtained by the communication unit. A communication state determination unit determines a communication state between the communication unit and the server. When the communication state determination unit makes a first determination that the communication is deteriorated during a dialog, the dialog processing unit causes the communication unit to obtain, as candidate presentation information, at least one presentation information with a possibility of being presented to the user after the first determination according to the dialog scenario.
US09405501B2
Methods and systems for synchronizing audio layers is disclosed. In one aspect, a method of synchronizing audio layers to form an audio composition includes receiving, from a first computing device, at an audio synchronization system, a first audio layer having a first length. The audio synchronization system identifies a portion of a second audio layer with which the received first audio layer is to be synchronized. The audio synchronization system adjusts the first length to match a second length of the identified portion of the second audio layer by altering the tempo of the first audio layer. The audio synchronization system trims a recording signal delay from a beginning portion of the first audio layer and combines the first audio layer and the second audio layer to form an audio composition. In some implementations, the second audio layer includes a reference audio layer.
US09405500B1
A photo album device comprising two hingeably coupled touchscreens. The photo album device comprises a memory storage device configured to store a collection of digital images and other files. The photo album device is configured to display albums of images and other files, and allow a user to edit the albums. The digital files can be backed up to an external device.
US09405486B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium for mapping block numbers within a region to physical locations within a storage system. Block numbers are mapped within a region according to a fractal-based space-filling curve. If the region is not a 2k by 2k square, then the region is broken up into one or more 2k by 2k squares. Any remaining sub-region is centered within a 2k by 2k square, the 2k by 2k square is numbered using a fractal-based space-filling curve, and then the sub-region is renumbered by assigning numbers based on the order of the original block numbers of the sub-region.
US09405483B1
Write optimization for block-based storage performing snapshot operations may be implemented. Write requests for a particular data volume may be received for which a snapshot operation is in progress. A determination may be made as to whether a data chunk of the data volume modified as part of the write request has not yet been stored to a remote snapshot data store as part of the snapshot operation. For a data chunk that is to be modified and that has not yet been stored, the data chunk may be stored in a local in-memory volume snapshot buffer. Once the data chunk is stored in the in-memory volume snapshot buffer, the write request may be performed and acknowledged as complete. The data chunk may be sent to the remote snapshot data store asynchronously with regard to the acknowledgment of the write request.
US09405481B1
In one aspect, a method includes replicating a first volume to a consistency group (CG) file on a backup device. The method also includes replicating a second volume to the CG file concurrently with the replicating of the first volume, the first and second volumes being in a consistency group.
US09405479B1
A method may comprise reading a portion of a predetermined amount of data; identifying a first location, within the portion of the predetermined amount of data, of each instance of a data value; identifying second and subsequent locations, within the portion of the predetermined amount of data, of each instance of the data values of the read portion of the predetermined amount of data; determining separate instances of repeated sequences of values in the identified locations; and compressing at least one of the determined separate instances of repeated sequences of values. The compression may be carried out by replacing each repeated sequence of values with at least a reference to a previous instance of the repeated sequence and a length of the previous repeated sequence.
US09405474B2
A data store is configurable in terms of various tradeoffs including consistency and availability, among others. Consistency can be specified in terms of one of a myriad of configuration levels. Availability can be specified with respect to a maximum and minimum number of replicas or failure tolerance. In operation, one or more of write or read quorums can be automatically adjusted to ensure satisfaction of a specified configuration level in light of changes in the number of replicas.
US09405473B2
The embodiments described herein are directed to efficient merging of metadata managed by a volume layer of a storage input/output (I/O) stack executing on one or more nodes of a cluster. The metadata managed by the volume layer, i.e., the volume metadata, is illustratively organized as a multi-level dense tree metadata structure, wherein each level of the dense tree metadata structure (dense tree) includes volume metadata entries for storing the volume metadata. The volume metadata entries of an upper level of the dense tree metadata structure are merged with the volume metadata entries of a next lower level of the dense tree metadata structure when the upper level is full. The volume metadata entries of the merged levels are organized as metadata pages and stored as one or more files on the SSDs.
US09405466B2
A reduced virtual keyboard system for text input on electronic devices is disclosed. Text input is performed by creating a tracing trajectory. Dynamic prediction solutions are created during the tracing process, thus avoiding the need for a user to complete the entire word trajectory. The system also allows a mixture of tapping actions and sliding motions for the same word. The system may comprise a Long Words Dictionary database having first letters corresponding to predetermined keys of the keyboard. Alternatively, the system uses a Dictionary and a database management tool to find long words.
US09405462B2
A method and apparatus for performing interaction between electronic papers is provided. A first electronic paper recognizes installation of a binder on the first electronic paper. The first electronic paper sets an interaction mode according to the installation of the binder on the first electronic paper. The first electronic paper establishes a communication connection with a second electronic paper on which the binder is also installed. The first electronic paper performs data communication with the second electronic paper according to the interaction mode.
US09405456B2
A computer implemented tactile user interface (TUI) and a method of manipulating objects with a virtual magnet are provided. The TUI includes a display comprising a touch-screen. The display is configured for displaying a set of graphic objects, each graphic object representing a respective one of a set of items, such as documents, e.g., text documents or images. A virtual magnet is caused to move on the display, in response to touching on the touch-screen, e.g., by dragging a finger or other implement across. The magnet is associated with a particular function command such that a subset of the graphic objects exhibits a response to the virtual magnet (e.g., is caused to move, relative to the virtual magnet or exhibits another visible response), each graphic object in the subset moving or otherwise responding as a function of an attribute of the underlying item represented by the graphic object.
US09405451B2
A system and method is provided for content presentation. In one or more implementations, at least one processor is operatively coupled to processor readable storage media. Further, at least one database provided with the processor readable storage media includes multimedia content. A first segment of the multimedia content is provided for presentation. At least a second segment and a third segment of the multimedia content are associated with the first segment of the multimedia content. User input is detected while the first segment of the multimedia is being presented, and the input is determined to be associated with the second segment of the multimedia content. The first segment ends, and the second segment is provided. Moreover, additional user input is detected while the second segment of the multimedia is being presented, and which is determined to be associated with the third segment of the multimedia content. The second segment is ended and the third segment of the multimedia content is provided for presentation.
US09405444B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling the display of one or more drawers of a user interface provide a new user interface interaction. The drawers may be opened in response to a gesture input to display notification data, application data, contact data, calendar data, weather data, etc. The drawers may be opened and/or closed individually or collectively. For instance, a characteristic of the gesture (e.g., a location of the gesture) may determine which of the drawers are opened in response to the gesture input.
US09405442B1
A user interface control of a computing device allows a user to zoom in and out of a list of data on a display to set a level of detail with which entries of the list are displayed. For example, when the user invokes a zoom in command, the system can provide a greater level of detail for each entry while increasing a height of a region used for each entry. When the user invokes a zoom out command, the system returns to the original presentation of the list. The system allows the user to invoke the zoom in or zoom out command multiple times. Moreover, each entry can be individually selected for display at the highest level of detail from any of the other, lower levels of detail. Further, a learning function can set an initial level of display, level skipping and entry priorities.
US09405437B2
A terminal and method of controlling the same are presented. The terminal includes a touchscreen for displaying a list of items and a controller for controlling a scroll of a first list of items in a first direction and a scroll of a second list of items in a second direction, wherein the second list of items is related to an item selected from the first list of items, wherein the second list of items is scrolled in the second direction while the first list of items is displayed.
US09405436B2
Methods and systems for associating a standardized electronic icon with a user and displaying the icon with electronic communications of the user are disclosed. A computer implemented method includes: determining one or more icons to associate with an individual when the individual creates an electronic message; and at least one of selectively and automatically appending at least one of the one or more icons that are associated with the individual to the electronic message. The at least one of the one or more icons is subsequently displayed with the electronic message to a recipient to provide information about the individual to the recipient.
US09405427B2
Techniques for social networking systems and methods for testing and applying user interfaces are disclosed herein. The method includes steps of presenting a user interface including a new user interface feature to a group of test users, collecting response data from the test users experiencing the user interface, performing analytics on the response data, and determining at least one interface rule of applying user interface features for a user depending on one or more user attributes of the user based on the analytics using a machine learning model.
US09405421B2
A mutual capacitive touch sensing device is disclosed. The device can include nodes for sensing a touch at the device and for sensing a force applied to the device. Some nodes can perform both touch and force sensing; while other nodes can perform touch sensing. The device can include distinct individual drive lines for driving the nodes and separate distinct individual sense lines for transmitting touch or force signals from the nodes. The nodes can form groups, where the nodes in each group can be coupled to the same drive line and to different sense lines and where each node in a group can be coupled to a node in a different group by the same sense line. Each node can be set up with a different combination of drive and sense lines coupled thereto. An example device can be a click wheel.
US09405417B2
One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.
US09405407B2
A projector includes a light source, a projection component, a photodetector, and an inclination calculator. The light source outputs light. The projection component projects an image on a projection surface by scanning the light outputted by the light source at an angle to the projection surface. The photodetector detects, as a reflected light, the light that has been scanned by the projection component and reflected by a detection object within a light detection range of the photodetector. The light detection range is set to a predetermined range in a direction perpendicular to the projection surface. The inclination calculator calculates an inclination angle of the detection object in a sub-scanning direction of the light based on a position of the detection object on the projection surface and a number of times the reflected light is detected while scanning in the sub-scanning direction.
US09405390B2
Embodiments relate to selecting an object to display from an information processing device connected in a manner enabling the exchange of data to a touch panel having a display function. An aspect includes entering a trajectory extension mode in response to the user moving a finger over the touch panel at a speed equal to or greater than a predetermined speed. Another aspect includes extending and displaying a trajectory of the finger in response to the speed of the moving finger detected in the trajectory extension mode. Yet another aspect includes placing an object located at an end point of the extended trajectory on the touch panel in a selected state.
US09405385B2
The invention discloses an interactive projection apparatus, which includes a control device, a projection device, an image acquisition device, and an interactive pen, wherein position identification unit of the control device employs a position identification image to identify installation mode of the projection device, and the position identification image is longitudinally asymmetric about its horizontal centerline, and is laterally asymmetric about the vertical centerline. The invention also discloses a positioning method of the interactive pen of the interactive projection apparatus: projecting the position identification image onto the projection plane; collecting the position identification projection image on the projection plane; identifying the installation mode of the projection device according to the relationship between the position identification projection image and the position identification image; collecting the coordinate of the position pointed by the interactive pen on the projection image, and calculating the corresponding coordinate on the image to be projected. The invention allows automatic correction before or after the identification of the installation mode of the projection device, by projecting the correction image and collecting the correction projection image on the projection plane, and then performing correction of the coordinate of the correction projection image against the corresponding coordinate of the correction image.
US09405380B2
An ultra-compact wireless keyboard in separable components, with an associated stand to support mobile devices. The invention uses separate key arrays which can be attached or dissociated, to deploy in a layout suitable for touch typing, or to collapse into a compact form for convenient transport. The stand provides for inclined operation of a mobile device with only a small additional volume. The keyboard may also provide for password characters to be stored internally, and transmitted automatically to a mobile device.
US09405364B2
A method of filtering glints by processing an image of a user's cornea to obtain coordinates of desired glints from a configuration of light sources, comprising processing an image, in a first image space, of a user's cornea to determine coordinates of respective multiple positions of glints; and iteratively: selecting from the coordinates a first and a second set of coordinates; computing from the first set of coordinates a transformation that transforms the first set of coordinates into first coordinates of a predetermined spatial configuration; and testing whether the transformation transforms also the second set into positions that match second positions of the predetermined configuration. The coordinates of the desired glints are selected as those first and second sets which are transformed into coordinates that match the first and second coordinates of the predetermined configuration. The method is based on a geometrical homography and is expedient for robust gaze estimation in connection with e.g. eye tracking.
US09405361B2
A flexible portable device is disclosed. The flexible portable device includes a display unit for displaying an image, a communication unit for performing communication with an external device, a sensor unit for sensing user input or an environment of the flexible portable device, and a control unit for controlling the flexible portable device and the units of the flexible portable device, wherein the sensor unit includes a motion sensor unit for sensing motion of the flexible portable device and/or motion with respect to the flexible portable device, the flexible portable device has at least one flexible area which is bendable, and the motion sensor unit is located at a first area at which influence on the motion sensor unit when the flexible area is bent is avoided or minimized.
US09405360B2
The instant application discloses, among other things, an IP Camera Smart Controller. In one embodiment, the IP Camera Smart Controller may comprise an internet protocol (IP) camera configured to detect whether a garage door is open or closed. It may be able to transmit real-time images and live high-definition (HD) video, as well as email, text, or audio notifications to users regarding the status of the door. In another embodiment, the IP Camera Smart Controller may be configured to allow a user to monitor and control any object such as light switches, power outlets, fire and carbon monoxide detectors, appliances, and motor vehicles, for example. The IP Camera Smart Controller may contain software written specifically to run inside the camera unit, eliminating the need for additional controlling units, web servers, and wireless accessories.
US09405359B2
A marker-less augmented reality system that may extract a plurality of planes included in an image generated by a camera, based on three-dimensional (3D) information of the image, and may estimating a pose of the camera based on a correspondence among the plurality of planes extracted, and an operating method thereof.
US09405336B1
The present disclosure provides silent computers having external heat sinks, which rarely turns on mechanical fans. The silent computers could utilize common components to keep lower costs, or be customized to improve cooling efficiency. The present disclosure also provides portable RAID docks to multiple whole IOPS performance of storage system.
US09405335B1
A method of using a heat pipe to spot cool a component in a computer case involves disposing an evaporator portion of the heat pipe to be laterally or horizontally adjacent to, but not in direct contact with, the component in the computer case. The method further involves thermally coupling the laterally adjacent component and the evaporator portion of the heat pipe with a bridging heat transfer component.
US09405324B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer, laptop, or tablet that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of an electronic device may include a display portion partitioned into a plurality of display regions, and a plurality of sensors. Each of the plurality of sensors is associated with a particular display region of the plurality of display regions and is configured to determine whether a portion of an electronic device cover is within proximity to the sensor. The electronic device further includes logic to determine a display state of the particular display region associated with the sensor based upon whether the portion of the electronic device cover is determined to be within proximity of the sensor.
US09405323B2
A wearable electronic device includes a housing, an electronic module received in the housing, and a cover assembly. The cover assembly includes a cover and a rotating member. A first end of the rotating member is rotatably connected to the cover. A second end of the rotating member is detachably latched to the cover. When the rotating member is latched to the cover, the rotating member resists against the housing.
US09405322B2
An example computer device includes a keyboard body further including a keyboard deck and a keyboard. In addition, the computer device includes a display body further including a display, the display body being coupled to the keyboard body such that the computer device is foldable to a closed position. Further, the computer device includes a display protector attached to the keyboard body and disposed at the keyboard deck to protect the display by contact therewith. The display protector includes a plurality of separate, discrete portions, the plurality of portions extends along each side of the keyboard, and each of the plurality of portions contacts both the keyboard deck and the display when the computer device is in the closed position and a compressible load is applied to the computer device.
US09405319B2
A casing, method and apparatus wherein the casing includes at least one user deformable portion; at least one sensor configured to detect deformation of the at least one user deformable portion; wherein the casing is configured to be removably coupled to an apparatus and is configured so that, in response to detecting the deformation of the user deformable portion of the casing, a control signal for control of the apparatus is provided.
US09405318B2
A translucent panel attachment structure according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a translucent panel, a casing, and a silicone resin layer. The casing has an opening into which the translucent panel is fitted. The opening has an inner wall surface which faces a peripheral surface of the translucent panel and an inner bottom surface which inwardly extends from the inner wall surface so as to face a peripheral edge of a back surface of the translucent panel. The silicone resin layer is formed by filling a silicone resin between the peripheral surface of the translucent panel and the inner wall surface of the casing and between the peripheral edge of the back surface of the translucent panel and the inner bottom surface of the casing.
US09405309B2
In one example, a method includes operating an LDO regulator system in one of a voltage regulation mode or a power balancing mode. The method further includes comparing one or more respective reference voltages to one or more respective feedback voltages to determine a change in amount of current that needs to be delivered by the LDO regulator system, wherein a first reference voltage is across a reference resistor and a first feedback voltage is across a shunt resistor, and in response to the change in the amount of current that needs to be delivered by the LDO regulator system, adjusting an amount of current flowing through a transistor to maintain a load at a constant output voltage level. Circuits and systems that implement the method are also described.
US09405301B2
Systems and methods for user modification of cooling device response in information handling systems
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented for facilitating user modification of cooling device speed response to sensed temperature in information handling systems. The disclosed systems and methods may be implemented to allow an information handling system user to modify how one or more individual cooling device/s respond to device speed control values specified by stored device speed control information without requiring the user to change the identity or pre-defined device speed values of the device speed control information with which the information system is currently operating.
US09405295B2
A flight control system commands drag devices such as flight spoilers according to pilot or autopilot longitudinal command. Furthermore, the flight control system monitors a set of flight parameters to determine whether the aircraft is operating inside the permitted safe envelope, hence, incorporating envelope automatic exceeding disengagement. This invention allows the aircraft to descend in a steeper glide path than the 3° used in the normal approach, while keeping speeds unchanged.
US09405293B2
A method for controlling an autonomous vehicle includes obtaining information describing a roadway; defining a plurality of layers along the roadway between a starting position and a goal position, each layer having a first width, and each layer having a plurality of nodes that are spaced from one another transversely with respect to the roadway within the first width; and determining a first trajectory from the starting position to the goal position, by minimizing a cost value associated with traversing the layers. Determining the first trajectory includes, for each layer, determining layer-specific weighting factors for each of a plurality of cost components, based on information associated with the respective layer, and determining, for each node of the respective layer, a cost for travelling to one or more of the nodes in a subsequent layer based on the plurality of cost components and the layer-specific weighting factors.
US09405287B1
An optical calibration method and apparatus for calibration of wafer positioning within a reactor chamber under process conditions employs an array of cameras in a lid of the chamber using images of the wafer edge to locate the wafer relative to the reference feature.
US09405282B2
A control device cyclically accepts each safety-oriented input signal from an industrial-technical process in a fail-safe manner, and transfers the safety-oriented input signals to a Cloud using a fail-safe protocol over a link to a computer network. The control device also accepts signals from the Cloud over the link to the computer network, using the fail-safe protocol for the industrial-technical process specific safety-oriented control signals, and decides based on additional information in a fail-safe manner whether it recognizes the safety-oriented control signals determined by the Cloud for the industrial-technical process as correct. Depending on the result of the decision, the device controls the industrial-technical process in accordance with the safety-oriented control signals in a fail-safe manner or places the industrial-technical process into a safe state in a fail-safe manner.
US09405277B2
A multi-rate system for controlling an actuator may include an incremental command limiter that receives a command from a first control system and outputs a limited incremental command; a feed-forward that receives the limited incremental command from the incremental command limiter and outputs a feed forward rate command; a first differentiator that limits the limited incremental command to a maximum allowable command; an upsampler state that outputs a current state back to the differentiator; a first summer that receives the limited incremental command and the current state from the upsampler state, and outputs an incremental position command; and a second summer that combines the incremental position command and the feed forward rate command to produce a rate error output signal.
US09405272B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fuser unit which includes a heat roller and a pressure roller; a duct which is formed in a long shape in a direction along an axis of the heat roller, is disposed in the vicinity of the fuser unit along the axis of the heat roller, and is exhausted by an exhaust fan which is provided on one end side in a long-side direction; an exhaust port which is opened to a first side wall of the fuser unit side of the duct and causes the fuser unit and the duct to communicate with each other; and a planar filter which is attached to an inner wall surface of the duct. The filter includes a filter base material having an irregular surface shape in which ditches and convex portions are alternately disposed; and a frame which is bonded to both ends orthogonal to an irregularity direction of the filter base material, the convex portion of the filter base material protrudes from the frame, and the convex portion of the filter base material is bonded or stuck to the inner wall surface.
US09405252B2
An image forming apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image forming unit which performs an image forming job, a communication unit which forms a wireless network according to a predetermined wireless communication standard, a control unit which, if at least one terminal device is connected to the communication unit through the wireless network, determines whether it is required to perform warming-up of the image forming apparatus and performs warming-up of the image forming apparatus, and a storage unit which stores information regarding a connection status of the terminal device. Accordingly, stand-by time for performing an image forming job may be reduced.
US09405249B2
A fixing device includes: a rotatable member including an electroconductive layer; a helical coil having a helical axis direction along a generatrix direction of the rotatable member; a magnetic member not forming a loop outside the electroconductive layer; a frequency setting portion for setting a frequency of an AC current caused to flow through the coil; and a temperature detecting portion for detecting a temperature of the rotatable member, including a first temperature detecting member and a second temperature detecting member. The electroconductive layer generates heat through electromagnetic induction heating by magnetic flux resulting from the AC current, and an image is fixed on a recording material by heat of the rotatable member. The frequency setting portion sets the frequency depending on a value of a difference between a detection temperature of the first temperature detecting member and a detection temperature of the second temperature detecting member.
US09405246B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a pressuring member, a heat source, a pressing member and a first heating stop device. The fixing belt is provided to be rotatable around a rotation axis. The pressuring member is configured to be rotatable and to come into pressure contact with the fixing belt so as to form a fixing nip. The heat source is arranged at an inner diameter side of the fixing belt, provided at a position displaced from the rotation axis and configured to heat the fixing belt. The pressing member is configured to press the fixing belt to a side of the pressuring member. The first heating stop device is configured to face an outer circumferential face of a closest part to the heat source of the fixing belt and to operate at a first operating temperature so as to stop the heat source from heating the fixing belt.
US09405239B2
A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, a heat shield movably disposed opposite the fixing rotary body, an opposed body contacting the fixing rotary body to form a nip therebetween through which a recording medium is conveyed, and a temperature detector to detect a temperature of at least one of the fixing rotary body and the opposed body. A controller, operatively connected to the heat shield and the temperature detector, determines a rotation angled position to which the heat shield is moved based on a size of the recording medium and the temperature of the at least one of the fixing rotary body and the opposed body detected by the temperature detector.
US09405232B2
An ink transfer element for a printing apparatus, the ink transfer element comprising a surface for transferring ink applied thereto to at least one further ink transfer element, wherein the surface is configured to, when an ink comprising pigment particles and a liquid vehicle is applied to the surface, at least partly separate the liquid vehicle from the pigment particles, through the surface. The ink transfer element further relates to printing apparatus and a method of printing.
US09405225B2
A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer includes: a flexible container provided with an opening for permitting discharge of the accommodated developer; a sealing member for sealing the opening and for exposing the opening by being moved in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the developer accommodating unit; an unsealing member, mounted to the sealing member, for moving the sealing member; a frame including a fixing portion for fixing the flexible container; and a bonding portion for bonding an end portion of the sealing member and a periphery of the opening. The bonding portion includes a projected portion or recessed portion in a plane of the bonding portion as at least a part thereof, in an upstream side or a downstream side of the opening with respect to an unsealing direction of the opening.
US09405224B2
A developer accommodating container for accommodating developer for image formation. The developer accommodating container includes a first flexible member having a folded shape and a second flexible member for forming a space for accommodating the developer by covering a part of the first flexible member. The first flexible container and the second flexible container form an injection opening for permitting injection of developer into the space. As seen from an injection direction, the folded shape has a recess.
US09405220B2
An optical sensor configured to irradiate an object area with light and receive reflected light, amplify a voltage in accordance with the reflected light by an amplifier circuit and a resulting voltage, the optical sensor comprising a recording medium recorded with information indicating a noise component calculated, based on characteristics of an input voltage and an output voltage of the amplifier circuit.
US09405212B2
An object is to accurately determine a factor that drops the quantity of laser light. An image forming apparatus is provided, which has: a laser diode that includes a front side emission point to which drive current is supplied and from which rear light is emitted; a photosensitive drum to which the rear light is emitted; a detection portion that detects a value on a surface potential of the photosensitive drum; and a determination portion that determines an abnormality of the laser diode, and the detection portion detects, a plurality of times, a value on the surface potential of a portion of the photosensitive drum to which the rear light is emitted, and the determination portion determines whether the laser diode is abnormal based on a change amount of the value on the surface potential detected by the detection portion.
US09405210B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image holder that is mounted at a predetermined mount position, a charging member that charges the image holder, a cleaning member that cleans the charging member, a holding member that holds the charging member and the cleaning member, includes a mount section on which the cleaning member is mounted, is urged toward the image holder side, and recedes when the image holder is mounted at the predetermined mount position, and a drop-out prevention section that is disposed at a position facing the mount section which is included in the holding member at a receding position and that prevents the cleaning member from dropping out from the mount section.
US09405202B2
The invention relates to an optical system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, comprising at least one mirror arrangement having a plurality of mirror elements which are adjustable independently of one another for the purpose of changing an angular distribution of the light reflected by the mirror arrangement, and a polarization-influencing optical element, which generates, for impinging light having a constantly linear or a circular input polarization distribution, an output polarization distribution having a direction of polarization that varies continuously over the light beam cross section.
US09405195B2
Method to define multiple layer patterns with a single exposure by charged particle beam lithography
The present disclosure provides a method that includes forming a first patternable material layer on a substrate; forming a second patternable material layer over the first patternable material layer; and performing a charged particle beam lithography exposure process to the first patternable material layer and the second patternable material layer, thereby forming a first latent feature in the first patternable material layer and a second latent feature in the second patternable material layer.
US09405189B2
Disclosed herein is a photoresist composition comprising a graft block copolymer; a solvent and a photoacid generator; where the graft block copolymer comprises a first block polymer; the first block polymer comprising a backbone polymer and a first graft polymer; where the first graft polymer comprises a surface energy reducing moiety that comprises a halocarbon moiety or a silicon containing moiety; and a second block polymer; the second block polymer being covalently bonded to the first block; wherein the second block comprises the backbone polymer and a second graft polymer; where the second graft polymer comprises a functional group that is operative to undergo deprotection and alter the solubility of the graft block copolymer; where the graft block copolymer has a bottle brush topology.
US09405182B2
An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: acquiring an image including a first object captured by an image sensor; computing, from the image, flatness information on flatness of a projection plane of the first object on which a superimposed image is displayed; and defining a display position of the superimposed image on the basis of the flatness information.
US09405178B2
A projection lamp utilizing light emitting diodes (LEDs) includes a housing, a lamp board positioned on the housing, an upper covering the lamp board, and a lens positioned above the upper cover. The lamp board includes a plurality of LEDs. A majority portion of the housing and the upper cover is composed of thermally conductive materials. The housing includes a plurality of latch holes, the upper cover includes a plurality of latching chambers corresponding to the latch holes, and the lens includes a plurality of latching members extending through the latching chambers to engage the housing latch holes.
US09405176B2
A projector includes a power source accommodation section and a projection section body. The power source accommodation section is supported by a duct and accommodates a power source circuit that converts electric power supplied from the duct. The projection section body accommodates a projection section that projects an image, and the projection section body is so supported by the power source accommodation section that a direction in which the image is projected is adjustable.
US09405175B2
A display system that includes a projector light bulb. The system includes a light fixture with a conventional light bulb socket. A projector light bulb is provided with a socket adapter for mating electrically with the light bulb socket. A projector such as a pico projector is fit into the socket adapter or to mate with this adapter to be powered by the light bulb socket via the adapter. In lamp-type implementations, the projector is used to project onto a lamp shade-shaped rear projection screen or through a translucent shade and also upon surfaces of the ceiling or objects above the projector light bulb. A light conditioning or directing assembly may be provided that directs a portion of the projected light onto the projection screen (or shade) and another portion up onto the ceiling so as to concurrently focus on two or more surfaces at two or more focal distances.
US09405170B2
A method of continuous auto focusing a camera in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes setting an arbitrary area of a preview screen as a focus area, the preview screen being divided into at least one tracking area, focusing on a subject located within the focus area and fixing a focus of the subject, and adjusting the focus with respect to the focus area when a movement of the subject is detected within the tracking area that includes the focus area.
US09405161B2
A liquid crystal (LC) array substrate includes a number of pixel regions, each pixel region includes a main region, a sub-region, and an adjustment thin film transistor (TFT), the adjustment TFT adjusts a ratio of voltage of the main region and the sub-region to achieve a LCS design. The main region comprises a first TFT and a main region array common electrode lead wire, the sub-region comprises a second TFT and a sub-region array common electrode lead wire, and the main region array common electrode lead wire and the sub-region array common electrode lead wire are electrically isolated. The main region array common electrode lead wire of all pixel regions of the LC array substrate are connected to a main region conductive pad, the sub-region array common electrode lead wire of all pixel regions of the LC array substrate are connected to a sub-region conductive pad.
US09405154B2
A highly efficient method for manufacturing an orientation material and a retardation material, and an orientation material and a retardation material. A method for manufacturing an orientation material having a first orientation region and a second orientation region, directions for regulating liquid crystal alignment are different from each other, including: forming a coating film by a cured-film formation composition containing component (A) that is an acrylic copolymer having a photodimerizable moiety and a thermally cross-linkable moiety and a component (B) that is a cross-linking agent onto a substrate; heating the coating film to form a cured film; and performing exposure to polarized light by irradiating a first region for forming the first orientation region and a second region for forming the second orientation region with polarized light having the same polarization direction such that amounts of light exposure are different between the first region and the second region.
US09405145B2
A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate. A data line is formed on the substrate. A color filter covers at least a portion of the data line. A shielding electrode is formed on the color filter and is disposed over the data line. A pixel electrode is formed on the color filter and is separated from the shielding electrode. The shielding electrode has a low reflection characteristic.
US09405144B2
A liquid crystal grating, a 3D touch display device and a driving method of the liquid crystal grating are provided. The liquid crystal grating including a first substrate; a second substrate, disposed opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer, filled between the first substrate and the second substrate; a touch electrode layer, located on a side of the first substrate that faces the liquid crystal layer; and a planar electrode, located on a side of the second substrate that faces the liquid crystal layer, wherein the touch electrode layer includes a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes parallel to each other and arranged separately at a set distance, and the strip-shaped electrodes in the touch electrode layer are divided into at least two touch electrode units that are not electrically connected to each other by a set rule of pattern division, for any one of the touch electrode units, when an external conductive object touches different positions of the touch electrode unit by way of single-point touch, variation of capacitance formed between the touch electrode unit and the external conductive object differs from one another.
US09405132B2
Eyewear and a temple arm for eyewear with an integrated bottle cap opener are disclosed. The temple arm is preferably formed of a unitary rigid material, and has a lens frame interface at a proximal end and a downwardly curved ear bridge at a distal end opposite the proximal end. The temple arm further has a substantially straight top edge and a bottom edge having a cutout defined by a point on a forward end and a hump on a rearward end, the point being directed toward the curved ear bridge for engaging the underside of a bottle cap such that the hump acts as a fulcrum to enable the temple arm to be a second-class lever for removing the bottle cap from a bottle.
US09405123B2
To provide an optical system that lengthens the lifetime of a fiber, an optical system 13 guides light beams emitted from a plurality of light emitting parts ep into a single optical fiber 12, the plurality of light emitting parts ep are arranged to be aligned along a first direction d1, and the optical system 13 allows the light beams emitted from the plurality of light emitting parts ep to have different light collection centers which are offset from each other at least in a second direction d2.
US09405121B2
An image display apparatus includes a plurality of light source sections, a light combining section that combines light fluxes, an optical scan section that swings around a first axis and a second axis to deflect a combined light from the light combining section for scanning, and a controller that controls an amplitude of the optical scan section around the first axis to be greater than that of the optical scan section around the second axis, wherein an optical axis of each of the light fluxes from the plurality of light source sections to the optical scan section and the first axis are present in a first plane, the optical scan section has a light reflection surface configured to be perpendicular to the first plane, and the light reflection surface is irradiated with the combined light and traveling in a direction inclined to a normal to the light reflection surface.
US09405120B2
A head-up display (HUD) comprises a detection unit, a picture generating unit and a control unit. The detection unit detects a position of an object and generates a detection signal indicated the position of the object. The picture generating unit comprises a screen and an optical unit. The screen displays a visual image. The optical unit projects the visual image onto the screen. The control unit is coupled to the detection unit and the picture generating unit, controlling the screen to facing toward the object in response to the detection signal.
US09405118B1
An optical cloaking system which optically cloaks/hides an object in the visible light spectrum such that the object appears invisible, while permitting a background behind the object to be viewed substantially without distortion. The system includes at least one optical device manufactured using common optical materials in the form of prisms, lenses, mirrors, and the like, which is placed between an observer an the object to be cloaked, and the optical device bends and/or compresses light such that the light passes around a cloaked space in which an object is disposed, and the observer viewing a larger space including the cloaked space will not see the object, but will see a background behind the object in full view substantially undistorted in relation to the rest of the larger space.
US09405108B2
A projection zoom lens essentially consists of a negative first lens group, a positive second lens group through the fourth lens group that move along the optical axis while changing magnification, a fifth lens group that moves while changing magnification, and a positive sixth lens group disposed in this order from the magnification side, wherein the projection zoom lens satisfies conditional formulas (1) and (2) below: 1.9
US09405105B2
Provided is a zoom lens including a focus lens portion, a zoom portion, an aperture stop, and a relay portion that does not move for zooming but comprises a negative fourth-first unit, a fourth-second unit interchangeable for an optical path, a positive fourth-third unit, and a fourth-fourth unit insertable for the optical path for shifting a focal length range of an entire system to a long focal length side after removing the fourth-second unit from the optical path, and a distance on an optical axis between the aperture stop and a last lens surface of the fourth-fourth unit in a state of inserting the fourth-fourth unit in the optical path, a distance on the optical axis between a first lens surface and the last lens surface of the fourth-fourth unit, and an aperture diameter in an opened state of the aperture stop satisfy a predetermined conditions.
US09405102B2
An imaging lens consists essentially of six lenses in the following order from the object side: a negative first lens; a positive second lens; a negative third lens; a positive fourth lens; a positive fifth lens; and a negative sixth lens. Conditional expression (1) is satisfied, wherein f is the focal length of the entire system, and f5 is the focal length of the fifth lens: 2.38
US09405100B2
An image capturing optical lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element with refractive power has a concave image-side surface. The fourth lens element has refractive power, and at least one surface thereof is aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, and the surfaces thereof are aspheric. The sixth lens element with refractive power has a convex object-side surface, and an image-side surface changing from concave at a paraxial region thereof to convex at a peripheral region thereof, and the surfaces are aspheric.
US09405099B2
There are provided a subminiature optical system having a miniature size and capable of obtaining a narrow view angle using only five sheets of lenses, and a portable device having the same. The subminiature optical system includes a first lens convex toward the object side and having positive refractive power. a second lens concave toward an image side and having negative refractive power, a third lens convex toward the object side and having positive refractive power, a fourth lens concave toward the image plane and having negative refractive power, and a fifth lens convex toward the image plane and having negative or positive refractive power, sequentially from an object side.
US09405098B1
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens may comprise an aperture stop and four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. By controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least two inequalities, the optical imaging lens may exhibit better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened.
US09405095B2
An imaging lens consists of a first lens-group consisting of a positive lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing an object-side, a positive lens in meniscus-shape with its convex-surface facing the object-side, a positive lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing the object-side, and a negative lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing an image-side, an aperture stop, a second lens-group consisting of a negative lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing the object-side, a positive lens with its surface that has the smaller absolute value of a curvature-radius facing the image-side, and a positive lens, and a third lens-group consisting of a positive lens and a negative lens in this order from the object-side. A predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.
US09405092B2
A control apparatus includes a first focus detection unit that performs focus detection by a phase difference method based on an image signal obtained from an image pickup element, a second focus detection unit that performs focus detection by a contrast method, and a control unit that performs focusing, the control unit performs the focusing, in a first mode, by using a detection result of the first focus detection unit, and performs the focusing, in a second mode, by selectively using one of the detection result of the first focus detection unit and a detection result of the second focus detection unit according to lens information, and the first mode is a mode in which the focusing is repeated, and the second mode is a mode in which a lens is stopped after the focusing.
US09405091B2
A reflection device including a sheet of flexible material with memory capabilities having a surface with a reflective property. The sheet comprises an elastic bendable material of a uniform thickness and the width of the sheet varies from the first end to the second end. The sheet forms into a parabolic shape by pulling the first end of the sheet toward the second end of the sheet and coupling them to the first and second securing ends of the securing mechanism.
US09405088B2
A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder having an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section that supports the lens holder in such a manner that the lens holder is movable in a first direction; a driving magnet disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section and moves the lens holder in the first direction in cooperation with the first coil; a camera-shake correction second coil that moves the lens holder in a second direction and a third direction in cooperation with the driving magnet, the second direction and the third direction corresponding to diagonal directions of the lens holder moving section; and a supporting section that supports the lens holder moving section in such a manner that the lens holder moving section is movable in the second direction and the third direction.
US09405085B2
A method, system, and program product hold and manipulate tools during an intervention procedure. The device comprises: a holder body in fixed attachment with a shape-sensing fiber optic fiber; one of a plurality of tools being held by the holder body in coupled alignment with the shape-sensing fiber optic fiber.
US09405084B2
Multi-fiber, fiber optic cable assemblies and related fiber optic components, cables, and methods providing constrained optical fibers within an optical fiber sub-unit are disclosed. The optical fiber sub-unit(s) comprises optical fibers disposed adjacent a sub-unit strength member(s) within a sub-unit jacket. Movement of optical fibers within a sub-unit jacket can be constrained. In this manner, the optical fibers in an optical fiber sub-unit can be held together within the optical fiber sub-unit as a unit. As a non-limiting example, the optical fiber sub-unit(s) may be exposed and constrained in a furcation assembly as opposed to the optical fibers, thereby reducing complexity in fiber optic cable assembly preparations. Constraining the optical fibers may also allow optical skew, reduction of entanglement between the optical fibers and the cable strength members to reduce or avoid optical attenuation, and/or allow the optical fibers to act as anti-buckling components within the fiber optic cable.
US09405083B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a scintillator material; a detector coupled to the scintillator material; and an omnidirectional waveguide coupled to the scintillator material, the omnidirectional waveguide comprising: a plurality of first layers comprising one or more materials having a refractive index in a first range; and a plurality of second layers comprising one or more materials having a refractive index in a second range, the second range being lower than the first range, a plurality of interfaces being defined between alternating ones of the first and second layers. In another embodiment, a method includes depositing alternating layers of a material having a relatively high refractive index and a material having a relatively low refractive index on a substrate to form an omnidirectional waveguide; and coupling the omnidirectional waveguide to at least one surface of a scintillator material.
US09405081B2
An optical transmitting apparatus includes: a substrate; optical modulators that are arranged in parallel to one another on the substrate and modulate light; waveguides that are formed on the substrate and guide signal light represented by at least one of modulated light beams obtained by the light being modulated by the plurality of optical modulators and monitor light represented by at least another one of the modulated light beams other than the signal light; lenses that collimate the signal light and the monitor light emitted from the waveguides; and a holding member that causes the signal light and the monitor light to be emitted from the lenses in mutually-different directions, by holding the lenses in such a manner that the optical axis of at least one of the lenses is out of alignment in a predetermined direction with the optical axis of at least one of the waveguides.
US09405078B2
There is described a method for terminating an optical fiber within a proximal portion of a guidewire tubing. The guidewire tubing has an outside diameter and comprises a lumen. The method comprises centering the optical fiber relative to the outside diameter of the proximal portion of the guidewire tubing. The optical fiber and the inside of the lumen define an average gap there between. The average gap around the optical fiber is between 1 μm and 100 μm for allowing a substantial displacement of the optical fiber inside the lumen during the centering.
US09405074B1
Methods and devices for aligning an optical current transducer are provided. The aligning includes, using a novel fixture having a predetermined grooved pattern therein, mounting, in a first groove of the pattern, a first portion of a cable of the optical current transducer and a polarizer unit of the optical current transducer. Further, the aligning can include mounting, in a second groove of the pattern, a second portion of the cable and a mirror unit of the optical current transducer.
US09405071B2
In an embodiment, a delay line interferometer (DLI) multiplexer (MUX) includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes a first DLI and a second DLI. The first DLI includes a first left input, a first right input, and a first output and has a free spectral range (FSR) that is about four times a nominal channel spacing. The second DLI includes a second left input, a second right input, and a second output and has an FSR that is about four times the nominal channel spacing. The second stage is coupled to the first stage and includes a third DLI. The third DLI includes a third left input optically coupled to the first output, a third right input optically coupled to the second output, and a third output. An FSR of the third DLI is about two times the nominal channel spacing.
US09405061B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for avoiding beam obstructions during inscription of fiber gratings. For some embodiments, an optical fiber is re-oriented during fiber inscription to avoid obstruction of the actinic beam.
US09405060B2
An optical fiber cable includes a tubular sheath and a plurality of optical fibers disposed in the space of the sheath as the optical fibers are bent. In the plurality of optical fibers, at least one optical fiber is a multicore fiber. The multicore fiber satisfies an expression RPk
US09405042B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a light-shielding material for use in optical instrument and having a light-shielding coat with a broad low-gloss region while maintaining the physical properties, such as a light-blocking property, necessary for light-shielding coat. In this method for manufacturing a light-shielding material comprising a light-shielding coat formed on the substrate, a coating liquid is prepared containing at least a binder resin, black fine particles and a matting agent having a variation coefficient of 20 or larger. Next, this coating liquid is coated on the substrate and dried to form a light-blocking coat.
US09405035B2
An enhanced radio frequency transmitter suitable for use in a nuclear magnetic resonance logging tool, may employ a power amplifier that comprises two pairs of switching amplifiers and a summation stage. The first pair of switching amplifiers together generate a first pair of pulse sequences having an adjustable phase difference, while the second pair of switching amplifiers generate a second pair of pulse sequences, each pulse sequence in the second pair being provided a fixed phase offset from a respective pulse sequence in the first pair. The summation stage forms a combined signal from the pulse sequences in both said first and second pairs. The fixed phase offset operates to at least partly cancel a higher harmonic of the pulse sequences from the combined signal, thereby reducing energy losses downstream from the transmitter.
US09405032B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for measuring an electric potential in the earth, which includes a first sensor are disclosed. The first sensor includes a sensing plate for placement in an environment in close proximity to the earth. The sensing plate has an operative capacitive coupling with the earth and measures the earth's electric potential. The sensor also includes a barrier providing electrochemical segregation between the sensing plate and the earth and an amplifier having at least one stage for receiving and amplifying a first signal carrying the potential measured by the sensing plate. The sensor also includes a first connection carrying the first signal from the sensing plate to the amplifier; and a reference voltage for application to the first stage of the amplifier, the reference voltage providing a reference against which the potential measured by the sensing plate is compared. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09405021B2
The present invention relates to an X-ray parameter measuring arrangement comprising a detector for measuring said parameter configured to be positioned in a position adjacent to an x-ray source arranged to generate a ray formation having a primary ray portion for radiating an object. The position is chosen in such a way that the interference with a reproduced image is reduced or eliminated.
US09405017B2
A method of forming a transistor comprises forming a conducting substrate layer, forming a dielectric layer over the conducting substrate layer, forming a channel over at least a portion of the dielectric layer and forming first and second source/drain regions contacting respective first and second portions of the channel. The channel comprises a thin-film carbon material. The conducting substrate layer, the dielectric layer, the channel and the first and second source/drain regions are formed such that exposure to radiation causes a change in a threshold voltage of the transistor.
US09405014B2
Correlation calculation is performed on a received signal of a GPS satellite signal as a positioning signal based on a given predicted frequency. Then, an erroneous frequency of the predicted frequency is estimated using carrier phase of the GPS satellite signal based on a result of the correlation calculation. Then, whether or not the erroneous frequency satisfies a predetermined allowable condition is determined, and whether or not an electronic apparatus is in a non-translational movement state in which the electronic apparatus moves while changing the location thereof with respect to a body of the user is determined.
US09405013B2
A multi-standard GNSS receiver, handle different global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs), determines with respect to a current time instant, the earliest broadcast timing based on corresponding satellite broadcast cycles for satellites in the different GNSSs. The multi-standard GNSS receiver acquires broadcast ephemeris at the determined earliest broadcast timing to determine its own first position. A search order is determined based on the corresponding satellite broadcast cycles and the current time instant. The multi-standard GNSS receiver may selectively utilize appropriate satellite receivers such as the GPS receiver and the GLONASS receiver to search for satellite signals based on the determined search order. Channels for different GNSSs are scanned to identify transmitting satellites based on the corresponding satellite broadcast cycles for ephemeris downloading. The satellite search is prioritized by comparing the current time instant with the corresponding satellite broadcast cycles.
US09405010B2
Disclosed is a method of calculating a geospatial position by a mobile device by monitoring with the mobile device a first control channel from a first cell of a cellular communications system; monitoring with the mobile device a second control channel from a second cell of the cellular communications system at the same time as the first cellular control channel; receiving with the mobile device a first correction value sent over the first control channel; receiving with the mobile device a second correction value sent over the second control channel; receiving with the mobile device a signal from a global navigation satellite system; calculating with the mobile device the geospatial position based upon the signal from the global navigation satellite system and at least one of the first correction value and the second correction value.
US09405006B2
A collision determination device includes: a radar detection unit that detects an object in front of a vehicle using a radar wave; an image detection unit that captures an image in front of the vehicle and detects the object using the captured image; and a collision determination unit that determines a collision between the vehicle and the object based on a composite target which is generated using a detection result of the radar detection unit and a detection result of the image detection unit. The collision determination unit performs collision determination on the basis of the detection result of the image detection unit, instead of the collision determination based on the composite target, when it is determined that the object cannot be detected by the radar detection unit and can be detected by the image detection unit and the object is stationary in a traveling direction of the vehicle.
US09405003B2
A transmission signal generating unit generates a transmission signal by multiplying one (selected in prescribed order) of 2N+1 (N: an integer of 1 or more) codes of a Spano code sequence by one code (selected in prescribed order), having a length 1, of one of a first code or a second code each having a code length 2N+1 in every transmission cycle. A transmission RF unit converts the transmission signal into a radio-frequency radar transmission signal and transmits it from a transmission antenna. As for codes used in adjacent two transmission cycles for two times 2N+1 transmission cycles, the sum total of inner products of codes having a length 1 of the first code, inner products of codes having a length 1 of the second code, and inner products of codes of the first code and the second code becomes equal to 0.
US09405001B2
Described are radar systems and methods. A transmit pulse is generated by the radar system. A first portion of the transmit pulse is processed by the radar system to form transmit pulse data. A second portion of the transmit pulse is directed by the radar system into a monitored volume. A return signal is received by the radar system, the return signal at least partially comprising a portion of the second portion of the transmit pulse reflected by one or more objects in the monitored volume. The return signal is processed, by the radar system, to form return signal data.
US09404995B2
Apparatus is provided for: storing a four-dimensional matrix of fixed point calibration data; rearranging the four-dimensional matrix of fixed point calibration data into a one-dimensional sequence; calculating a differential sequence of the one-dimensional sequence; saving the differential sequence and a first element of the one-dimensional sequence into a binary file; and compressing the binary file using a DEFLATE algorithm. Apparatus is provided for corresponding decompression also.
US09404978B2
An arrangement of an electronic sensor device (3) at a terminal post clamp (1) of a battery. The arrangement comprises: a terminal post clamp (1) of a battery; an electronic sensor device (3); a housing (10), which can accommodate the electronic sensor device (3); and a fastening means, which can connect the housing (10) to the terminal post clamp (1). The fastening means comprises a receptacle (13) and a fastening member (8) that can be inserted at least in sections into the receptacle (13) in a positive locking and/or non-positive locking manner.
US09404975B2
A battery monitoring system, comprises a battery state detection circuit that detects battery states of a plurality of battery cells that are connected in series, based on respective cell voltages of the plurality of battery cells, and a control circuit that monitors state of a battery cell, based on each cell voltage of the plurality of battery cells. The control circuit inputs pseudo voltage information to the battery state detection circuit, and thereby diagnoses whether or not the battery state detection circuit is operating normally.
US09404973B2
An integrated circuit has controller circuitry having coupled to a test clock and a test mode select inputs, and having state a register clock state output, a register capture state output, and a register update state output. Register circuitry has a test data in lead input, control inputs coupled to the state outputs of the controller circuitry, and a control output. Connection circuitry has a control input connected to the control output of the register circuitry and selectively couples one of a first serial data output of first scan circuitry and a second serial data output of second scan circuitry to a test data out lead. Selection circuitry has an input connected to the serial data input lead, an input connected to a test pattern source lead, a control input coupled to the scan circuitry control output leads, and an output connected to the scan input lead.
US09404969B1
SOC and other chip designs increasingly feature IP cores, and many copies of the same core may be present in a single chip. Using wrapped cores, it is possible to determine which cores are defective on a chip during test. Multiple instances of identical cores may be tested in parallel to easily determine which cores are failing. The cores compare a signature generated during test of the core against an expected signature, having a pass/fail bit as a result. The pass/fail bits may be multiplexed at an output pin where output pins are at a premium relative to the number of core instances or the pass/fail bit stored in a register to be later serially-unloaded from the chip. The disclosed embodiments provide for masking circuitry, as well as both identical and different core instances to be run serially and in parallel.
US09404965B2
A test system is provided for performing radio-frequency tests on an electronic device under test (DUT) having multiple antennas. The test system may include a test unit for generating radio-frequency test signals, a test enclosure, and a test antenna fixture. The test fixture may include tunable antenna circuitry, antenna tuning elements, a test sensor, a microcontroller, a battery, and a solar cell that charges the battery, each of which is mounted on a test fixture within the test enclosure. The test sensor may be used to detect stimuli issued by the DUT. In response to detecting the stimuli, the microcontroller may send control signals to the antenna tuning elements to configure the antenna circuitry in different modes. Each of the different modes may be optimized to test a selected one of the multiple antennas in the DUT when operating using different radio access technologies and at different frequencies.
US09404963B2
An apparatus includes: a current control unit to control an amount of constant current and supply a first and second constant currents to an infrared detection pixel; a constant current supply time control unit to control periods of time in which the first and second constant currents are supplied to the infrared detection pixel; an A-D converter to convert a first and second electrical signals from the infrared detection pixel into a first and second digital signals, the first and second electrical signals being generated when the first and second constant currents is supplied to the infrared detection pixel, respectively; a subtracting unit to calculate a difference between the first and second digital signals; and a determining unit to determine whether the infrared detection pixel is a defective pixel based on the absolute value of the difference calculated by the subtracting unit.
US09404950B2
A method of detecting whether a receiver coil is near a transmit coil in a wireless power transfer system (WPTS), the method involving: applying a pseudo-random signal to the transmit coil; while the pseudo-random signal is being applied to the transmit coil, recording one or more signals produced within the WPTS in response to the applied pseudo-random signal; by using the one or more recorded signals, generating a dynamic system model for some aspect of the WPTS; and using the generated dynamic system model in combination with stored training data to determine whether an object having characteristics distinguishing the object as a receiver coil is near the transmit coil.
US09404948B2
A mains voltage zero-crossing detector has a constant voltage forced on an external node by driving transistor devices with appropriate control signals provided by a feedback loop around a highly power efficient class B configuration comprising an operational amplifier having single ended dual outputs and a class B control circuit. Mains power zero crossings may then be detected by monitoring the drive current of devices driven by this amplifier. Wherein Class B control and current mode detection provide accurate detection of the driven signal without depending on any voltage threshold that may depend on temperature, process fabrication and/or supply voltage.
US09404945B2
An air ionization monitoring device 200 and method is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the air ionization monitoring device 200 comprises an ion source 202 adapted to emit ions 204 and a capacitor 208 including a first conductor 210 arranged to be exposed to the ions 204 emitted by the ion source 202, and a second conductor 212 arranged to be shielded from the ions 204 emitted by the ion source 202. The monitoring device 200 further includes a commutation circuit 234 operable between a first configuration for charging the capacitor 208 to a first predefined voltage, and a second configuration for using the ions 204 emitted by the ion source 202 to discharge the capacitor 208 for a predefined time resulting in the capacitor 208 having a second voltage. The device 200 is configured to use the first and second voltages to determine an ionic current of the emitted ions.
US09404944B2
A box comprising at least one portion that is closed by a movable cover and that contains an electronic detection circuit for detecting opening of the cover, the cover being provided with means for locking it in the closed position, said means comprising a screw that is mounted on the cover to pivot between a locking position and an unlocking position, and having an end provided with at least one tooth for meshing with teeth of a code wheel mounted to pivot in register with pads of the detection circuit, wherein the screw is mounted so that said end of the screw presents positioning with radial clearance relative to the box in such a manner that the pivoting of the code wheel has an amplitude that depends on the positioning of said end as authorized by the radial clearance.
US09404943B2
A safe powerline communications instrumentation front end device including a voltage input for receiving a line voltage from a powerline, a voltage reducer for reducing the voltage of the line voltage, a filtering system for extracting a Power Line Communications (PLC) signal from the line voltage, and an analog output for outputting the PLC signal as an analog signal for communications test equipment.
US09404942B2
Coaxial probe structures include a plurality of discrete insulated elongated electrical conductors projecting from a support surface which are useful as probes for testing of electrical interconnections to electronic devices, such as integrated circuit devices and other electronic components and particularly for testing of integrated circuit devices with rigid interconnection pads and multi-chip module packages with high density interconnection pads. Coaxial probe structures are fabricated by the methods described providing a high density coaxial probe.
US09404935B2
The present invention relates to metrological rotary devices, such as anemometers and the like. Specifically, the present invention relates to a mechanical coupling for the same, whereby an anemometer cup-rotor or like device, can be replaced without the use of a tool. The present invention seeks to provide a coupling device which makes a mechanical coupling between a first and a second member such that the locking together and release action is positive, without likelihood of failure, and can be conducted simply and quickly without the use of a tool. Further objects of the invention are to provide couplings in which a positive axial and rotational location of shaft as first member and mating bore in a second member are obtained which do not cause damage to either of the sliding surfaces when excessive force is applied, and which are capable of transmitting a torque, such couplings being suitable for attaching a rotor to an anemometer. In particular, the present invention provides a coupling arrangement for an anemometer rotating body comprising impellor cups, which impellor cups and rotating body are required for removable fitment, ideally without the use of tools.
US09404926B2
This invention relates to methods for selecting a treatment, treating, and predicting survival time in subjects with cancer, such as colorectal cancer, based on tumor expression levels of chemokines, cytotoxic genes, and/or dendritic cell genes.
US09404924B2
The invention provides methods for detecting virus production, determining frequency and identity of HIV reservoirs, or evaluating gene expression on a single-cell basis using microengraving and RT-PCR.
US09404922B2
The present disclosure provides recombinant phages, a Wip1 p23 receptor binding protein and a Wip1 p24 receptor binding protein that bind to Bacillus anthracis. The disclosure further provides methods and uses thereof.
US09404921B2
A process for detecting cells involves applying a liquid, cell-containing sample to a porous support so that the cells enter the support pores and are retained by a cell-specific binding molecule on the pore surface and, optionally after the cells are detectably labeled, performing an optical read-out by high density imaging the entire porous support volume using an optical system having an optical axis that runs in the direction of sample flow.
US09404911B2
A laminated, integrated, analyte assay device and methods of using the device are described. The assay device is useful as an inexpensive, disposable assay device for detecting the presence and/or amount of a particular analyte in a body fluid or other sample.
US09404907B2
Lipsticks are tested by a lead indicator solution. A lipstick is swiped across a sheet of wax paper, forming a lipstick sample. The test solution is applied, in droplet form, to the sample of lipstick, and allowed to sit for a period of time so a chemical change can occur in the solution, if there is lead present in the lipstick. A cotton swab is used to absorb the solution, and the tip of the swab picks up a bit of the lipstick sample. A color change is observed in the solution on the swab if lead is present in the lipstick. The amount of lead is determined by what color the solution changes to.
US09404905B2
A color-appearing ink composition includes a surfactant blend of at least two non-ionic surfactants having hydrophilic-lipophilic balance values greater than 10, or a non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value greater than 10 and a charged surfactant. The composition includes one or more water-insoluble leuco dyes, a developer and a desensitizer. The composition may be applied to a substrate to form a sensor.
US09404897B2
Method and apparatus for the non-destructive inspection of a test object with a large material thickness by means of ultrasound. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic test probe with an ultrasonic transducer divided into a plurality of individually activatable transducer segments wherein the transducer segments are concentric circles or rings, or sections thereof. A first group j (j=1, 2, 3, . . . ) of transducer segments is selected in such a way that a parallel activation of these transducer segments results in a circular active surface Fj of the ultrasonic transducer (22). An ultrasound inspection of the test object is undertaken with the first group j (j=1, 2, 3, . . . ) of transducer segments, wherein they are activated in parallel.
US09404890B2
A method for determining the composition of fluids flowing through pipes from noninvasive measurements of acoustic properties of the fluid is described. The method includes exciting a first transducer located on the external surface of the pipe through which the fluid under investigation is flowing, to generate an ultrasound chirp signal, as opposed to conventional pulses. The chirp signal is received by a second transducer disposed on the external surface of the pipe opposing the location of the first transducer, from which the transit time through the fluid is determined and the sound speed of the ultrasound in the fluid is calculated. The composition of a fluid is calculated from the sound speed therein. The fluid density may also be derived from measurements of sound attenuation. Several signal processing approaches are described for extracting the transit time information from the data with the effects of the pipe wall having been subtracted.
US09404888B2
Methods for determining a concentration of an analyte in a sample, and the devices and systems used in conjunction with the same, are provided herein. In one exemplary embodiment of a method for determining a concentration of an analyte in a sample, the method includes detecting a presence of a sample in an electrochemical sensor including two electrodes. A fill time of the sample is determined with the two electrodes and a correction factor is calculated in view of at least the fill time. The method also includes reacting an analyte that causes a physical transformation of the analyte between the two electrodes. A concentration of the analyte can then be determined in view of the correction factor with the same two electrodes. Systems and devices that take advantage of the fill time to make analyte concentration determinations are also provided.
US09404883B2
The disclosure relates to novel methods for performing a solution based assay reaction with an electroactive active moiety (EAM) that subsequently forms a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) utilizing the advantages of faster solution reaction kinetics, SAM protected electrode and surface based electrochemistry for electronic measurement.
US09404874B2
An inspection apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention inspects a solar cell that is of a photo device. The inspection apparatus includes: an irradiation part that irradiates the solar cell with pulse light emitted from a femtosecond laser that is of a light source; an electromagnetic wave detection part that detects an electromagnetic wave pulse emitted from the solar cell in response to the irradiation of the solar cell with the pulse light; and a PL light detection part that detects photoluminescence light generated in the solar cell in response to the irradiation of the solar cell with the pulse light.
US09404863B2
An index value is calculated for rating an eyeglass with respect to protection against UV hazard. The index value is based on an integrated UV transmission value through the eyeglass and an integrated UV reflection value related to a back face of the eyeglass. Thus, the index value takes into account actual wearing conditions where UV eye exposure is due either to transmission through the eyeglass or reflection on the eyeglass back face. Respective index values obtained for a set of eyeglasses allow easy sorting of the eyeglasses with respect to UV protection efficiency.
US09404862B2
The present invention relates to a flow cell (10) comprising a fluid inlet (16) and a fluid outlet (18) separated by a sample flow-through chamber (12) comprising at least one UV-transparent window (22′), wherein the at least one UV-transparent window (22′) is made of a polymer material and has been subjected to Gamma radiation sterilization. In one aspect, the flow cell is combustible.
US09404854B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed for interrogating characteristics of a substrate material surface and sub-surface by evaluating Terahertz output signals generated by non-Terahertz, optical source inputs.
US09404850B2
A microscope system includes: a microscope that generates an observation image of a specimen; an image obtaining unit that obtains an RGB image of the specimen; a spectroscopic information obtaining unit that obtains spectroscopic information of the specimen; an analyzer that analyzes the RGB image; a determining unit that determines a necessity of obtaining the spectroscopic information based on a result of the analysis of the analyzer; and a control unit that controls an operation of the spectroscopic information obtaining unit based on a result of the determination of the determining unit.
US09404837B2
The present disclosure provides methods for carrying out Romanowsky-type stains, specifically Wright-Giemsa and May-Grünwald stains, quickly and efficiently. The methods greatly reduce the overall amount of time required to complete a Wright-Giemsa stain or a May-Grünwald stain of sufficient quality on a biological sample. The subject methods can be applied to both manual and automated staining procedures.
US09404834B2
A wheel testing system and method are provided that simulates realistically conditions likely to be encountered during operation of vehicle wheels, especially powered drive wheels and wheel-connected structures. The system may include an integral support frame designed to adjustably mount wheels or wheel-connected structures to be tested, a load motor drivingly connected to an inertial load, and an adjustable mounting sled configured to adjustably mount a test wheel or a wheel-connected structure with an hydraulic system actuatable to adjust the location of the test wheel relative to the inertial load to vary or fix the load on the test wheel desired. Speed of the test wheel can be varied or fixed by controlling the speed of the load motor. System measurement and data collection electronics measure a range of selected wheel parameters and gather data for transmission to a processor or non-transitory storage medium for processing and evaluation.
US09404831B2
An apparatus for performing a measurement of a downhole property includes an optical fiber having a first section that has a first set of fiber Bragg gratings with a first resonant wavelength inscribed therein and a second section that has a second set of fiber Bragg gratings with a second resonant wavelength different from the first resonant wavelength inscribed therein. The second section is in series with the first section. An optical interrogator emits a swept-wavelength frequency domain light signal having varying wavelength amplitude modulation into the optical fiber, receives a frequency domain return light signal, and transforms the frequency domain return signal into a time domain to determine a resonant wavelength shift of each fiber Bragg grating and the corresponding location of each interrogated fiber Bragg grating. A processor converts the resonant wavelength shift of each interrogated fiber Bragg grating into the downhole property measurement.
US09404825B2
One embodiment relates to a pressure sensor apparatus, including a housing with a flexible member and an aperture configured to receive a fluid. The pressure sensor apparatus further includes a first member disposed on the flexible member, a second member removeably coupled to the first member configured to move in response to a pressure of the fluid and a sensor configured to detect the movement of the second member. The pressure sensor apparatus generates a pressure signal for the fluid based on the displacement of the second member.
US09404817B2
A film-type pressure sensor includes a carrier structure including a first carrier film, a second carrier film and a spacer film arranged between the first and second carrier films, where one or more pressure-sensing cells are disposed in the carrier structure, each of which includes an electrode arrangement for producing an impedance change in response to a compressive force, an electrical interface is provided for mechanically and electrically connecting the pressure sensor to an evaluation circuit, where some terminals of the interface are connected with the electrode arrangements of the cells so as to allow them to be read out, such that one or more electrical components interconnect at least two of the terminals in pairs so as to form a combination of terminal pair impedances that represents coded information relating to the pressure sensor.
US09404809B2
A sensor assembly including a sensing element, a conductor connected to the sensing element, and an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft includes a proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of spaced apart vibration dampers. The inner surface defines a throughbore extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The throughbore is configured to receive the conductor therethrough. The vibration dampers protrude from the outer surface and extend from the proximal end towards the distal end.
US09404801B2
In one embodiment, a heterodyne detection system for detecting light includes a first input aperture configured to receive first light from a scene input, a second input aperture configured to receive second light from a local oscillator input, a broadband local oscillator configured to provide the second light to the second input aperture, a dispersive element configured to disperse the first light and the second light, and a final condensing lens coupled to an infrared detector. The final condensing lens is configured to concentrate incident light from a primary condensing lens onto the infrared detector, and the infrared detector is a square-law detector capable of sensing the frequency difference between the first light and the second light. More systems and methods for detecting light are described according to other embodiments.
US09404798B2
A control apparatus includes a slit plate including a plurality of rectangular slits with different widths. The control apparatus also includes an acquisition unit which acquires an incident spectrum from the rectangular slit. The apparatus also includes a slit selecting unit which acquires a half value wavelength of the incident spectrum on the basis of the incident spectrum, and performs a selection of one of the plurality of rectangular slits on the basis of the half value wavelength.
US09404783B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a sediment bed passive flux meter (SBPFM) and associated methods. In one embodiment, an SBPFM is provided. The SBPFM comprises a casing. The casing comprises an intake portion, an exhaust portion, and an intermediate portion between the intake and exhaust portions. The SBPFM further comprises a permeable sock positioned within the intermediate portion of the casing and a sorptive matrix positioned within the sock. The sorptive matrix is impregnated with one or more tracers. The SBPFM is configured to passively intercept, but not retain, groundwater flow passing through the SBPFM from the intake portion to the exhaust portion.
US09404768B2
A method for harmonizing a frame of reference of an angular positioner to receive a moving body relative to the terrestrial frame of reference, the angular positioner carrying a measurement device for taking inertial measurements of the moving body, the method includes obtaining, using inertial measurements taken by a measurement device on-board the angular positioner during at least one predetermined operating period, values representative of a local magnitude of gravity as perceived by the measurement device and/or of a speed of rotation of the earth, the angular positioner being held stationary during the at least one operating period; evaluating, using the obtained values, at least one angular bias affecting the frame of reference of the positioner; and harmonizing the frame of reference of the positioner relative to the terrestrial frame of reference by compensating for the at least one angular bias as evaluated in this way.
US09404760B2
This document discloses a system that selects a path to reach a destination in a transportation network. The system receives information related to a public transportation network with multiple stops. Each stop includes at least one associated link with another stop. Each link represents a mode of transportation between two stops. When the system receives a request for routes between an origin and a destination within the transportation network, it will determine a set of routes between the origin and the destination using an iterative process without reference to a graph representation of the network. The system will select a shortest path that corresponds to the route having the earliest arrival time at the destination. The system will also select an alternative path that corresponds to a route having an arrival time that is no more than a threshold amount later than the earliest arrival time.
US09404757B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for verifying the road network of map. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for verifying a road network of a map. The method comprises: determining, based on locations of a set of points in the map, a trajectory distance of a trajectory between a start point and an end point in the set of points on the map; determining a route distance between the start point and the end point in the road network of the map; and verifying the road network by comparing the trajectory distance and the route distance. A corresponding system is also disclosed.
US09404756B2
A system and method for mapping parameter data acquired by a robot mapping system is disclosed. Parameter data characterizing the environment is collected while the robot localizes itself within the environment using landmarks. Parameter data is recorded in a plurality of local grids, i.e., sub-maps associated with the robot position and orientation when the data was collected. The robot is configured to generate new grids or reuse existing grids depending on the robot's current pose, the pose associated with other grids, and the uncertainty of these relative pose estimates. The pose estimates associated with the grids are updated over time as the robot refines its estimates of the locations of landmarks from which determines its pose in the environment. Occupancy maps or other global parameter maps may be generated by rendering local grids into a comprehensive map indicating the parameter data in a global reference frame extending the dimensions of the environment.
US09404754B2
AROTAN provides for autonomous terrain aided navigation that is fully independent of the position uncertainty of the vehicle during flight. AROTAN aligns a grid to the search space and periodically updates the search space during the measurement history to account for growth in position uncertainty. AROTAN computes terrain sufficiency statistics for a moving history to provide robust criteria for when to perform the correlation. A post-correlation refinement provides an additional correction of the horizontal position error and a correction of the altitude. AROTAN can quickly provide the vehicle's location based on the correlation from a single measurement history.
US09404749B2
A control unit disposed in the cab of an off-road vehicle includes a user interface; an attitude and heading reference system and a housing. The attitude and heading reference system includes a processor and at least one of a positioning receiver, magnetometer, compass, gyro and accelerometer electrically connected to the processor. The housing is sized to be fittingly received in a pre-existing DIN slot in the cab of the off-road vehicle.
US09404745B2
A measurement jig is attached to a target member in a form of a blade edge and is used for measuring a position of the target point in combination with a total station. The measurement jig includes a prism mirror that reflects a projected light from the total station, and an attachment member for attaching the prism mirror to the blade edge, in which a mirror center of the prism mirror is aligned with the target point.
US09404742B2
According to one aspect, a distance determination system for a vehicle includes an apparatus for generating and displaying a pattern generated by a holographic encoded medium in operable communication with an actuator and in communication with an electromagnetic radiation source configured to produce coherent electromagnetic waves. The distance determination system also includes an imager and a distance determination module in communication with the imager. The imager is configured to acquire image data representative of a field of view from the vehicle. The distance determination module is configured to locate at least one feature of the pattern in the image data and determine an estimated distance between the vehicle and the at least one feature based at least in part on a known position of the apparatus, a known position of the imager, and a layout of the pattern.
US09404741B2
A device and a method for determining three dimensional surface coordinates of an object by means of optical color triangulation are proposed, wherein all lines of a color fringe pattern in each case have a width (BR) set in such a way that, in a recorded image of the line, all contrast maxima (CMax), of all spectral components of a line are equal to a minimum contrast value (CMin) is provided. Proceeding from an invariable smallest width of a pattern line with a spectral component of highest contrast, further lines can be correspondingly widened. The invention is particularly advantageously suitable for a 3D measurement for biological tissue.
US09404738B2
A surface profiler including at least one front support wheel and at least one rear support wheel for travelling along the surface of a profile to be measured, the rotational axes of said wheels being longitudinally spaced, and the wheels contacting the surface being profiled in a collinear manner. A frame carried on the wheels carries at least one inclinometer and at least two vertical distance measuring apparatus such as lasers, and may also carry an optical encoder. The lasers are collinear with each other and with the wheels. Incremental to measurements of inclination angles provided by the inclinometer, together with incremental measurements of distance to the surface being measured provided by the lasers, produce a continuous, high resolution mathematical series of elevations representing the surface profile, including reproduction of surface features that are smaller than the distance between the wheels.
US09404730B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for managing frequency domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) image resolution. A spectrum used to acquire an image of a subject is calibrated and default dispersion correction parameters are set. Default dispersion management parameters associated with a region of the image of the subject are also set. The image of the subject is acquires after setting the default dispersion correction parameters and the default dispersion management parameters. A quality of the acquired image is compared to a quality metric for the acquired image. The dispersion correction parameters are adjusted if the quality of the acquired image does not meet or exceed the quality metric for the acquired image. The acquired image is reprocesses based on the adjusted dispersion correction parameters. The steps of comparing, adjusting and reprocessing are repeated until the acquired image meets or exceeds the quality metric for the acquired image.
US09404729B1
A system and method for correcting the optical response of an OCT system is presented. The system and method characterize the optical response of the OCT system to determine an optical loss of the OCT system as a function of wavelength. The optical loss corresponds to a reduction in the magnitude of electromagnetic radiation leaving an interferometer of the OCT system compared to the electromagnetic radiation entering the interferometer. The optical loss of the OCT system may be determined by generating output signals using the OCT system when the system does not contain a sample or contains an electromagnetic radiation absorbing material. A controller may control the source to pre-emphasize the electromagnetic radiation to correct for the optical response of the OCT system.
US09404728B2
A sensor for locating metal objects has coils or coil parts which form at least one transmitting coil (5.1) and at least one receiving coil (7.1) which are inductively coupled to one another and are arranged such that said coils partially overlap for the purpose of interaction decoupling, wherein optimum cancellation of the interaction can be achieved. Sensor electronics are provided for energizing the transmitting coil and for evaluating a reception signal (10.6) from the receiving coil. As a result of the fact that the transmitting coil (5.1) and the receiving coil (7.1) substantially have an identical coil shape and are arranged such that said coils are rotated and/or offset with respect to one another, wherein a plurality of symmetrically arranged, overlapping regions (8.4) are formed, a sensor which provides a greater range and extended possibilities for installation in conventional industrial sensor housings is provided.
US09404727B2
An inductive sensing system includes multiple resonant sensors interfaced to an inductance-to-digital conversion (IDC) unit through a single channel interface. IDC establishes an IDC control loop that incorporates resonant sensors as loop filters. The IDC control loop drives resonant sensors to a system resonance state in which each resonant sensor is driven to a resonant frequency state. Each resonant sensor is configured for a nominal resonant frequency state that differentiates it from the other resonant sensors. IDC senses changes in system resonance state representative of target-sensing conditions, and responds by driving a target-sensing system resonance state. IDC converts IDC loop (resonance) control signals resulting from a target-sensing condition into sensor data as representing the corresponding target-sensing resonant frequency state as an indication of target position (proximity or range) relative to a target-sensing resonant sensor. The sensor data can be provided to a data processor for proximity/range processing.
US09404725B2
A system (12) for measuring geometry of a non-circular twisted strand (10) during a stranding process, the system comprising: a pulley (14), for being rotated by linear displacement of the strand (10) induced by the stranding process; a first encoder (16), for measuring the rotation of the pulley (14), thereby measuring the linear displacement of the strand (10); at least one embracing element (36), for embracing a vertex (38) or another zone (48) of the strand (10), for being rotated perpendicular (60) to the longitudinal position (58) of the strand (10), the embracing obtained by the non-circular character of the strand (10) rather than by friction, thereby allowing sliding the at least one embracing element (36) therealong; and a second encoder (20), for measuring the rotation of the at least one embracing element (36), thereby measuring the twist character of the strand (10).
US09404715B2
Ballistic collar may include a bellows shaped member, which is arranged to surround a human's neck, including bellows plies being mainly perpendicular to the axis of the collar or of the human's neck. Free standing, the structure stands up around the neck to provide ballistic protection. The structure may be formed by folding a sheet of ballistic rated body armor fabric including strong synthetic fibers, e.g. from aromatic polyamide fibers, or ultra high molecular weight polyolefin, e.g. polyethylene polypropylene, fibers. For manufacturing the ballistic collar, a plurality of sheets may be piled-up and the whole may be submitted to transformation in a mold at a temperature and pressure at which the sheets remain mainly loose from each other. Preferably parts of the collars or bellows shaped members are made, which are assembled afterwards e.g. by stitching, welding etc.
US09404698B2
A firearm includes a firing mechanism and a sensor device. The sensor device includes a subscriber identity module configured to communicate with a server over a signaling channel of a wireless communications network. The Sensor device is configured to enable/disable the firing mechanism in accordance with instructions received by the SIM from the server. Movements and/or attempted operations of the firearm may be monitored using an application running on a mobile device, which application receives information concerning the firearm over the signaling channel of the wireless communications network.
US09404694B2
A rifle configured for firing a 7.62×39 mm round is provided. The rifle having: an upper receiver; a lower receiver, the upper receiver being removably secured to the lower receiver, wherein the lower receiver is configured to removably receive and secure a magazine therein, the magazine being configured to hold at least 30 rounds of a 7.62×39 mm ammunition; and wherein a magazine well of the lower receiver is configured to receive an adapter at a front of the lower receiver.
US09404688B2
Cooling tower nozzle assemblies and methods of assembly are provided herein. In some embodiments, a cooling tower nozzle assembly includes a body having an opening extending through the body from a first end to a second end; a support arm extending from the body and comprising a disk disposed on a first portion of the support arm opposite the first end of the body; a splash plate coupled to the disk, the splash plate having a bottom surface including a plurality of legs extending away from the bottom surface, wherein the plurality of legs have radially inwardly facing portions spaced a first distance from a central axis of the splash plate and aligned with the disk, and wherein the plurality of legs include features to interconnect to the disk; and a screw disposed through the splash plate to couple the splash plate to the support arm.
US09404686B2
A process for drying fine tailings is provided. The process, which may use a pipeline reactor system, comprises providing an in-line flow of the fine tailings; continuously introducing a flocculent solution to cause dispersion and commence flocculation of the fine tailings and may comprise rapid turbulent mixing; subjecting the fine tailings to flocculation and water release conditioning in-line to cause formation and rearrangement of floes and increasing the yield shear stress to form flocculated fine tailings while avoiding over-shearing of the flocs; and depositing the fine tailings to allow the release of water, formation of a non-flowing fine tailings deposit and drying of the non-flowing fine tailings deposit. The process enables effective in-line dispersion, flocculation and water release, resulting in reliable deposition and drying of the fine tailings deposit.
US09404674B2
An absorber tube for solar collectors is provided. The absorber tube comprises a metal tube for carrying and heating a heat transfer medium, a sleeve tube enclosing the metal tube for forming an annular space that can be evacuated, a first container disposed in the annular space and filled with protective gas, an outer ring, and a transition element enclosing the metal tube for sealing off the annular space. The first container includes an outlet opening closed by a closure material, which releases the outlet opening under external actuation for introducing the protective gas into the annular space. The external actuation is applied by an opening unit that is activated for releasing the outlet openings. The first container is fixed in the annular space by a retaining device, which is on the outer ring and/or on the transition element.
US09404673B2
A device and method of its production for a micro-channel thermal absorber to be used as a solar thermal collector, heat collector, or heat dissipater, extruded or continuously cast in one piece or in modular segments from a metal, plastic, or glass and assembled into panels of different structures seamlessly integrated into the envelope of a building as covering layers or structural elements. The micro-channel thermal absorber comprises an active plate, a back plate adjacent to the active plate, and a plurality of micro-channel walls arranged substantially perpendicular to the active plate and the back plate to define a plurality of fluid transport micro-channels configured to allow fluid flow there-along, wherein the micro-channel walls constitute supporting elements between the active plate and the back plate to provide structure.
US09404670B2
A fan serves to suction combustion gas which has passed through a secondary heat exchanger and emitting combustion gas to the outside of a water heater. A drainage water discharge pipe is connected to the secondary heat exchanger in order to discharge the drainage water produced as a result of recovery of latent heat in the secondary heat exchanger to the outside of the secondary heat exchanger. An air passage pipe is connected to an exhaust box. A Y-shaped pipe joint has a flow path allowing merging of the drainage water discharge pipe and the air passage pipe, and the flow path after merging leads to the outside of the water heater.
US09404664B2
The invention relates to a hydronic heating/cooling system. In the system, liquid is led along a main supply pipe (1) to a supply manifold (2) and distributed in the manifold into heating loops (3). The heating loops (3) return to return manifold (4). At least one of the manifolds (2, 4) has actuators (6) for controlling the flow in the heating loops (3). At least one loop is designated to be a bypass loop. The actuators (6) in the loops (3) are monitored and it is ensured that the actuator (6) of the bypass loop is open if all the other actuators (6) are closed.
US09404656B2
In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a swirler is disclosed. The swirler may include an outer shroud and inner shroud. The inner shroud may be positioned radially inside the outer shroud. At least one of the outer shroud and inner shroud may have a major diameter which is larger than a minor diameter such that the shrouds define an oblong shape. The swirler may further include a plurality of vanes which may be positioned between the inner and outer shrouds.
US09404655B2
Disclosed is a process of fabricating a fuel nozzle assembly. The process includes providing a fuel nozzle end cover, positioning a fuel nozzle ring having a stepped geometry within a cavity of the fuel nozzle end cover, and securing the fuel nozzle ring to the fuel nozzle end cover by welding or brazing to form features corresponding to one or more of the fuel nozzle end cover and a fuel nozzle insert. The process further includes securing the fuel nozzle insert to the fuel nozzle cover by direct contact with the fuel nozzle ring.
US09404654B2
A combustor section for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor vane which extends at least partially into a combustion chamber.
US09404653B1
A tinder storage container solar powered fire starter that includes top and lower housings that when coupled together form a water tight tinder storage cavity of which the inside bottom surface is a machined parabolic reflector that when used in conjunction with a tinder holder arm that securely positions the fire starting tinder at the exact focus of the reflective parabolic surface of the lower housing is able to use solar power to ignite combustible materials. The tinder holder arm is stowed in the top housing during non-use and incorporates a series of light through holes, and flex points, that provide maximum efficiency and quick positioning from stow configuration to fire starting configuration. The inside reflective inside surface of the top housing is a signal mirror, a lanyard hole is provided to prevent loss. An hour glass shaped air escape slot provides easy coupling of the top and bottom housings.
US09404652B2
A burner with a central oxidizer supply tube and an outer concentric fuel supply tube has a recycle gas duct arranged between the central oxidizer supply tube and the outer concentric fuel supply tube.
US09404644B1
Display module mounting apparatus and methods provide mounting features enabling ease of installation and service. The apparatus may have one or more releasable frame couplers and pivoting releasable frame couplers coupled to a display module having a display plane defined in relation to a substrate. One or more adjustable linkages may adjustably define a standoff distance between the display plane and a support frame to which the module may be mounted by the mounting apparatus. Concave and convex adjustments to the display plane may be made. Operation of pivoting action to tilt the display plane enables installation, removal, and serviceability of large displays constructed with a tiled plurality of display modules.
US09404639B2
A compact recessed lighting system is provided. The lighting system includes a light source module, a heat sink, a lens, a set of electrical contacts, and a set of trims. Each of these elements of the lighting system may be coupled to an integrated interface module. The recessed lighting system provides a reduced set of components while ensuring adaptability and easy installation into a structure. In particular, by including an integrated interface module that allows the light source module, the set of trims, the lens, and the heat sink to be easily replaced with minimal tools and minimal fasteners, the recessed lighting system described herein provides a more efficient and user friendly design in comparison to traditional systems.
US09404637B2
The present application is directed to an illumination device comprising a recycling cavity defined by recycling surfaces and a light emission surface; a light source within the cavity. A spectrum modifying layer is on a portion of the recycling surface, the spectrum modifying layer producing a spectral response different from the spectral response of the recycling surface. In some embodiments, the spectrum modifying layer shifts the spectral properties of the light being emitted from the light emission area from the spectral properties of the light source. In some embodiments, the spectrum modifying layer selectively absorbs a portion of light along the light source spectrum. In some embodiments, the spectrum modifying layer re-emits light at a wavelength longer than the wavelength it absorbed.
US09404635B2
A light directing apparatus includes an optical substrate having first and second sides, a compound lens outer surface (CLOS) on a first portion of the first side, and first and second protrusions on a second portion of the first side. The CLOS is in optical communication with the second side, the CLOS having mirror image symmetry about a medial plane that contains a centerline of the CLOS. The first protrusion is disposed proximate the CLOS, and in optical communication with the second side. The second protrusion is disposed proximate the first protrusion, and in optical communication with the second side. The first protrusion is disposed between the second protrusion and the CLOS. The first and second protrusions each have a curved apex such that first and second planar section cuts through the optical substrate perpendicular to the medial plane cut twice through each curved apex.
US09404634B2
LED lighting apparatus including (1) a plurality of primary lenses each over a corresponding one of LED arrays spaced on a circuit board, and (2) a one-piece lensing member over the circuit board and having a plurality of secondary lenses each spaced over one of the primary lenses on the circuit board, the circuit board and lensing member having first and second mating features positioned and configured for inter-engagement for high-precision lens alignment. The circuit board and one-piece lensing member are each joined to a mounting surface of a heat-conductive member, and such assembly, while facilitating high-efficiency assembly, does not interfere with high-precision lens alignment.
US09404630B2
A method for operating a headlamp for a motor vehicle, which can be operated in at least two illumination states, comprises: detecting at least one influencing variable, which can influence a future change of mode of the headlamp from one of the illumination states to another of the illumination states; detecting a time profile of the influencing variable; detecting a control signal that is intended to cause a change of mode of the headlamp from a current illumination state to another of the illumination states; and controlling the mode of the headlamp depending on the control signal, wherein the change of mode of the headlamp is delayed depending on the time profile of the influencing variable.
US09404623B2
A system and method of receiving field gas from a compressor station pipeline, and compressing the gas at a remote location with a modular compressor. The compressed gas is collected in a container and transported to a wellsite for use at the wellsite. The gas from the pipeline is directed to the container, and diverted to the modular compressor when pressure in the container approaches pressure in the pipeline. The modular compressor discharge is piped to the container, so that the container is filled with additional gas and at the discharge pressure of the modular compressor.
US09404621B2
The present invention includes: a valve main body including a filling port through which a fuel gas is filled in a tank and an output port through which the fuel gas in the tank is output; and a jet flow deflection piece through which the fuel gas to be filled through the filling port is ejected at a predetermined angle relative to an axial direction of the tank. The jet flow deflection piece includes: a fuel ejecting portion including an ejection port through which the fuel gas is ejected into the tank; and a temperature measuring portion in which a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the fuel gas to be filled in the tank is provided. Thus, the temperature of the fuel gas when filling the fuel tank with the fuel gas can be precisely measure and monitored.
US09404614B2
A cable retention and release mechanism includes a cable gripping device including a cable passage. A cable extends through the cable passage. A cable gripping device collar is movably coupled around the cable gripping device. An outer cable gripping device surface is seated against a cable gripping device receiving inner surface preventing movement of the cable gripping device relative to the cable gripping device collar. The cable gripping device receiving inner surface clamps the cable gripping device on the cable and prevents sliding movement of the cable. A jack is movably coupled with the cable gripping device collar. In a first engaged position the jack is engaged against the cable gripping device proximal end. In a second engaged position the jack unseats the outer cable gripping device surface from the cable gripping device receiving inner surface and releases the clamping of the cable.
US09404610B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a lever quick connect and disconnect fitting that provides a secure fit for tank-to-tank connections and prevents any leakage from occurring. The fitting provide two separate, independent locking features that can secure tank sleeves to one another. There is provided male and female components that are coupled together by a lever connect and by a safety ring.
US09404605B2
A cable guide or cleat for a cable, comprises, in one embodiment, a pivot mounting, a base section on the mounting and an upper section that, when fastened to the base section, a cylindrical guide with clearance for a cable to be passed through the guide for installation, and an insert piece designed to be inserted when the cable is in its final position, so that the base and upper sections, clamp the cable in place. The clearance allows the cable guide to be used first without the insert, when laying the cable, facilitating the laying of the cable round bends in particular. Then, when the cable is in place, the cleat is released again and the insert put in place, so that when the cleat is fastened the cable is securely clamped. Disclosed systems obviate the need for separate temporary guides that would otherwise need storing.
US09404603B2
A valve manifold includes a valve body carrying pairs of laterally spaced piston actuated valves controlled by control modules operative to selectively pressurize and exhaust an outlet port connected to a fluid device and configured in groupings permitting varying valve functionalities.
US09404602B2
An electromagnetic valve comprises a yoke, a magnet having pole pieces defining a gap, a flexure assembly having one end attached to the yoke such that part of the flexure assembly extends into the gap, and a mechanism configured to polarize the magnetizable portion so that the extending part of the flexure assembly is attracted towards a pole piece by a magnetic force, thereby defining a valve state. The flexure assembly has at least one resilient portion and at least one magnetizable portion, wherein the extending part of the flexure assembly is movable between the pole pieces through an intermediate position towards which it is resiliently biased such that a resilient mechanical force is generated by deflecting the resilient portion from an undeflected position. The magnetizable portion and the resilient portion are configured such that the magnetic force defining the valve state is greater than the resilient mechanical force.
US09404600B2
There is provided a very reliable three-way solenoid valve that can reliably switch a refrigerant flow passage while ensuring a refrigerant flow rate even under a large-differential pressure environment without increasing the size of an electromagnetic coil and the like.A valve body includes a conduction hole that communicates with a back pressure chamber formed on a side of a second valve element opposite to a second valve seat, a third valve seat that is positioned between the conduction hole and a second outlet, a third valve element that is movably disposed so as to approach and be separated from the third valve seat, a coil spring that biases the third valve element toward the third valve seat, and actuating rods that are interposed between a first valve element and the third valve element.
US09404598B2
A temperature activated valve is provided comprising a trigger for effecting actuation of the valve. The trigger includes a temperature responsive trigger portion including a plurality of constituent trigger segments connected to one another in series. The constituent trigger segments include a plurality of temperature responsive trigger segments. Each one of the temperature responsive trigger segments, independently, includes a composite material, the composite material including: (a) a shape changing material-comprising component configured to assume a change in shape in response to receiving of heat energy by the temperature responsive trigger segment, and (b) a relatively inelastic material-comprising component having a modulus of elasticity that is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the shape changing material-comprising component.
US09404578B2
Piston ring with chromium solid particle wear-prevention layer and corrosion-resistant flank surface
A coated piston ring having a base body of chromium steel with more than 10 wt.-% chromium and having an inner circumferential surface, a first flank surface, a second flank surface and an outer circumferential surface. The first flank surface comprises a nitride diffusion layer with a layer thickness of from 5-300 μm, a nitride connecting layer with a layer thickness of from 0.5-15 μm on the nitride diffusion layer, and an oxide layer with a layer thickness of from 0.05-3 μm on the nitride connecting layer. The second flank surface comprises the nitride diffusion layer, and the outer circumferential surface comprises the nitride diffusion layer and a chromium solid particle layer with 0.1-30 vol.-% solid particles, relative to the total volume of the chromium solid particle layer on the nitride diffusion layer.
US09404577B2
A piston pin for connecting a small connecting rod eye of a connecting rod with a piston of an internal combustion engine may include an inner bore with an eccentricity relative to an outer surface of the piston pin. The eccentricity may amount to a maximum of 0.5 mm. The outer surface may include spiral-shaped lubricating grooves.
US09404576B2
A linear drive portion is fixed to a piston. A nut portion and a screw portion relatively rotate, and a direction of action of driving force is converted between a rotational direction and a linear direction. The piston is installed within a case. The inner circumference of a piston sliding portion fixed within the case slidably supports the outer circumference of the piston. The nut portion is displaced with the piston, and the screw portion rotates in conjunction with a rotational drive portion. The piston is installed so as to be able to slide in the axial direction of the case with respect to the piston sliding portion. The axis of the piston and the central position of the inner circumference of the piston sliding portion are set to be eccentric with respect to the axis of the screw portion and the nut portion.
US09404566B2
An apparatus is described for measuring the power expended in driving a chain. A light-weight, compact, flexible structure is attached to the chain. The tension within the chain bends the flexible structure; however, the bending of the structure itself limits the maximum amount of force applied to this flexible structure. Thus, the bending of the structure will be limited and nonlinearly dependent on the chain tension. The structure is affixed to the chain such that any up or down movement of the chain is also experienced by the structure. A sensor on this structure such as a strain gauge or an accelerometer (or both) can be used to determine the chain tension. The apparatus also has a sensor to determine the speed of the chain's movement. A microcontroller produces the resulting power data which can be stored or directly provided to the user as audio, visual, or tactile information.
US09404562B2
An electromotive linear drive with a housing that is equipped with a drive unit, the output member of which is designed as linearly movable spindle nut that is operatively connected to a connecting part for connecting to another component. The spindle nut is engaged with the connecting part in the normal operating state by a first coupling part and a second coupling part engaged with said first coupling part, and the driving connection can be decoupled by a movement of at least one coupling part in the longitudinal direction of the spindle.
US09404561B2
A rotary-to-linear motion actuator having helical bevel gear and methods of use thereof are described. The actuator may be utilized with an apparatus for managing a fluid flow passage between one or more input ports and output ports. A pinion gear engages, and during operation turns, a bevel ring gear arranged on a helical path along an external periphery of a sleeve retaining a seat, which forms a fixed orifice. The teeth of the bevel gear are arranged on the helical path at the same pitch as external threads on the sleeve, which in turn, engage internal threads in a thrust tube. The trust tube is engaged with a thrust tube jam nut that locks the thrust tube into position within the valve body. The area of the flow passage is changed by movement of the fixed seat orifice axially with respect to a contoured plug assembly. The threads of the sleeve and the thrust tube resist axial load imparted by the pressure drop across at the fixed orifice.
US09404552B2
Disclosed is a damping cartridge with a rebound stage damping unit and a compression stage damping unit as well as an compensating volume for a damping medium. According to the present invention the compression stage unit is made up of a three-way unit with a high-speed-, a mid-speed- and a low-speed flow path. Furthermore the compensating volume is made up of a tube bladder, which at least partially encompasses the compression stage unit.
US09404551B2
A shock absorber may include a piston rod, a first rod guide member, a second rod guide member, and an electronically controlled valve assembly. The first rod guide member is concentrically disposed about the piston rod, and the second rod guide member is concentrically disposed about the piston rod and is adjacent the first rod guide member. The electronically controlled valve assembly may include a coil assembly and a valve guide assembly. The valve guide assembly may be disposed adjacent to the coil assembly and may be concentrically disposed about the second rod guide member. The valve guide assembly includes a spool and defines a valve inlet, a valve outlet, and a chamber. The spool is disposed within the chamber and controls the flow of fluid between the valve inlet and the valve outlet.
US09404548B2
An adjustable damper includes a tube body, a driving rod to be displaced in the tube body and to engage a screw sleeve to drive a screw rod and further a fixed seat for rotation. The fixed seat has a plurality of permanent magnets surrounding for circular rotation and an operation element is driven by a rotating element for repeated linear displacement; a magnetic surface is further arranged on an inner periphery of an annular element of the operation element and an annular gap is arranged between the magnetic surface and the permanent magnets; therefore the displacing annular element is able to adjust a damping force of the driving rod by adjusting an overlapped area of the permanent magnets and a magnetic surface, and further adjust an eddy load formed thereby. The damper overcomes the problem of oil leakage and ensures the durability and quality with its adjustability.
US09404544B2
A slave cylinder for a vibration-damped hydraulic force transmission system, particularly a hydraulic clutch actuating system for motor vehicles is disclosed, comprising a cylinder housing, a piston received therein to be longitudinally displaceable and a pressure chamber which is bounded by the cylinder housing and the piston and which can be selectably acted on by a pressure medium, by way of a pressure connection provided in the cylinder housing, in order to displace the piston in the cylinder housing. An insert member which is inserted in the pressure chamber and secured in the pressure connection and which is equipped with a device for reducing pressure pulses, the device being constantly open to the pressure medium, is additionally provided. As a result, the vibration-damping measures or means are integrated in the slave cylinder in a particularly economic and space-saving manner.
US09404532B2
A superconductor-magnet bearing system can include a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion. One of the first and second bearing portions can be at least partially composed of a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) and another can be at least partially composed of a magnet. The first bearing portion can be disposed at least partially within an opening of the second bearing portion with a gap between the first and second portions. A magnetic bearing portion can include a plurality of rings disposed next to one another. An HTS bearing portion can include a magnet. The bearing portions can be biased toward an alignment with one another. One bearing portion can rotate relative to another bearing portion.
US09404528B2
The present invention is to provide a locking assembly including a joint device and a safety lock mechanism. The joint device includes a first joint component, a second joint component and a button assembly. The second joint component is pivoted to the first joint component. The button assembly is slidably disposed between the first joint component and the second joint component, and the button assembly is for locking a pivotal movement of the first joint component and the second joint component. The safety lock mechanism movably passes through the second joint component to selectively engage with the button assembly, so as to lock the button assembly selectively. Therefore, it increases the operating safety.
US09404525B2
An interlocking interface retains a screw head in a socket to prevent migration of the screw head out of the socket, or to lock the screw head in the socket. The interlocking interface may retain or lock the screw at various polyaxial angles with respect to the socket. The screw head includes external corrugations. The socket includes an internal corrugated structure which interlocks with the external corrugations of the screw head when the screw is at various polyaxial angles with respect to the socket. A counterbore may be adjacent either or both ends of the socket.
US09404524B2
The present invention provides a screw/bolt thread profile geometry that is particularly suited to forming a mating nut thread when the screw is inserted in to a plain diameter hole, in the anchor and rotated in a manner by which the thread helix angle will cause the relative axial forward movement, of the screw/bolt, into the anchor. This rotation and relative axial movement will be the prime mover in developing the nut thread that has mating contact with the screw/bolt thread.
US09404512B2
A plant for storing energy by means of compressed air, in which: a storage volume accommodates air at elevated pressure pH; for energy storage, ambient air is compressed and introduced into the storage volume; for removal from storage, compressed air is extracted from the storage volume and discharged into the environment, performing work; at least one low-pressure turbomachine for alternate compression and expansion respectively compresses ambient air to a medium pressure pM and expands said ambient air from said pressure; at least one high-pressure machine for alternate compression and expansion respectively compresses air from the medium pressure pM to the store pressure pH and expands said air from the latter pressure; and said low-pressure turbomachine and high-pressure machine are connected in series in terms of flow and are mechanically coupled to in each case one, or to one common, electric machine that operates selectively as a motor and generator.
US09404510B2
A fan vibration absorption structure applied to a fan set having a first side and a second side respectively having multiple first and second fixing holes. The fan vibration absorption structure includes: a housing for receiving the fan set; a first frame body having multiple first through holes on the first side without contacting therewith, a first gap being defined between the first frame body and the first side, the first frame body having multiple first locating sections each having a first perforation, a second gap being defined between the first locating section and the housing; multiple first assembling member each having a first engagement section clamped between the first frame body and the first side to form the first gap; and multiple second assembling members each having a second engagement section clamped between the first locating section and the housing to form the second gap.
US09404504B2
The blower comprises: a stator being provided in a case; a radial bearing being provided in the case; a rotor shaft being provided in the case and supported by the stator and the radial bearing; a rotor being integrated with the rotor shaft; and an impeller being integrated with the rotor shaft, the impeller sucking a fluid into the case from an axial direction and sending the same in the circumferential direction of the impeller. The impeller is attached to the rotor shaft to make a blade forming surface of the impeller face the rotor in the axial direction. A shaft end of the rotor shaft, which is located on the opposite side of the impeller, is supported by a thrust receiving member.
US09404501B2
A proactive test and monitoring system for a sump pump installation of the type having an electrically-powered sump pump which pumps water from a sump pit to a dispersal site when the water level in the pit rises to a predetermined level. The system includes a control module which is periodically actuated by an event timer to initiate a test cycle wherein a valve is actuated open to admit water into the pit. If the pump is operative, the pump operates and the water level in the pit falls, the test cycle is terminated and a successful test is indicated. If the pump is inoperative, the water level continues to rise and the test cycle is terminated, the valve is closed and an unsuccessful test is indicated. Thus the sump pump installation is periodically tested to improve the reliability of the pump and to signal pump inoperability in advance of any potential flood event requiring operation of the pump installation.
US09404494B2
A screw pump includes a pump housing on which a flange section for installing the pump is formed. The screw pump further includes an integrated pressure limiting valve. The pressure limiting valve in the flange section of the pump housing is installed in the pump housing.
US09404493B2
Techniques are generally described for a progressive cavity pump and methods for making and using a progressive cavity pump. In an example, a progressive cavity pump may include a stator, a rotor and/or a bearing. The stator may include a helical shaped interior with a first pitch. The rotor may be inside the stator. The rotor may include a helical shaped exterior with a second pitch. The second pitch may be different from the first pitch. The rotor may be effective to rotate with respect to the stator and effective to move eccentrically within the stator to define at least one cavity inside the stator. At least one bearing may be between the rotor and the stator. The bearing may be sized and shaped so that the rotor is effective to rotate inside the bearing and the bearing is effective to move eccentrically along with the rotor.
US09404485B2
The present invention relates to a double hydraulic machine (100) comprising two elementary machines (M1, M2) each having two orifices, the double hydraulic machine (100) comprising a distribution valve (7) suitable for, in a first configuration (C1), feeding both elementary machines (M1, M2) in parallel, and in a second configuration (C2), producing a short circuit of one of the elementary machines (M2). The invention also relates to a system for driving a vehicle comprising such a hydraulic machine (100) for driving the vehicle into motion.
US09404479B2
According to some aspects of the invention, a turbine, such as a wind turbine, is provided that includes one or more fluid (e.g., air) flow components for inducing a secondary fluid flow that emanates from a rearward location on the turbine to minimize wake effects. According to some aspects of the invention, arrays of turbines, such as in wind farms, are provided that comprise a plurality such turbines. According to further aspects of the invention, methods are provided for minimizing wake effects in a wind turbine and for improving the efficiency of a wind farms.
US09404473B2
A wind turbine rotor hub attachment that extends inside a one-piece two-bladed wind turbine rotor hub, and secures to its shear web(s). This isolates the attachment from the high strains on the hub exterior, and allows balanced loads to flow across the hub, so that only unbalanced air loads and torque, plus net rotor loads such as thrust and weight, are passed across from the rotor to the wind turbine main shaft. This solves the excess motion problem of central teeter hinges, is mechanically simpler, and reduces overall weight and cost compared to the conventional practice of using individual blades bolted to a separate central hub. A method for connecting a one-piece two bladed wind turbine rotor to a main shaft using a strain isolating attachment to the rotor hub shear web(s) is included.
US09404472B2
A method to manufacture a blade, especially to manufacture a blade of a wind turbine is provided. An arrangement including a mold is provided and used to carry layers of blade-components. A dry-powder is applied at least to an inner surface of the mold, before the layers are arranged onto the inner surface of the mold. Thus the mold includes a dry powder-coat as a bottom layer.
US09404462B2
An engine starting system for an engine is equipped with a pinion, an electromagnetic actuator, and a controller. When energized, the electromagnetic actuator produces a magnetic attraction to move the pinion straight toward a ring gear coupled to an engine for starting the engine. The controller is designed to selectively provide a small amount of current to the electromagnetic actuator and a large amount of current to the electromagnetic actuator. When it is required to minimize the level of noise arising from mechanical contact of the pinion with the ring gear, the controller provides the small amount of current to the electromagnetic actuator to slow the movement of the pinion toward the ring gear, thereby lessening the impact of the pinion on the ring gear.
US09404458B2
A fuel injection valve damping insulator damps vibration produced in a fuel injection valve (11). A damping insulator (30) is interposed between a shoulder portion (18) of a cylinder head and a tapered surface (24) of the fuel injection valve (11) that faces the shoulder portion. The damping insulator (30) includes an annular tolerance ring (33) that abuts against the tapered surface (24), and an elastic member (36) that is arranged between the tolerance ring (33) and the shoulder portion (18). An annular coil spring (34) and a sleeve (35) are each embedded juxtaposed in the elastic member (36). A height (H2) of the sleeve (35) is formed lower than an outer diameter (H1) of individual small ring portions that form a helix of the coil spring (34), and at least one of a tolerance ring (33) side and a shoulder portion (18) side of the sleeve (35) is buried in the elastic member (36).
US09404457B2
A fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine capable of executing calculation of an energization time of the electromagnetic valve at proper timing and thereby properly controlling the amount of fuel to be discharged from the fuel pump toward a fuel injection valve. In the fuel supply system, when a predetermined timing corresponding to a predetermined crank angle position of the engine deviates from a predetermined cam angle timing which is within a predetermined time period including a timing at which a top of a cam nose of the driving cam is abutting a plunger, and preceding and following the timing, and corresponds to a predetermined rotational angle position of the driving cam, the calculation timing of the energization time is corrected such that the calculation timing is made closer to the cam angle timing.
US09404454B2
A fuel vapor separator assembly including a housing having an open interior and a float disposed therein. At least one magnet is disposed on the float, and a sensor assembly which is responsive to magnetic fields is disposed externally of the housing. The sensor assembly senses the position of the float to determine whether vapor is present in the fuel vapor separator. If the sensor assembly determines that vapor is present in the fuel vapor separator, then it generates a signal, which a controller receives and activates a vapor vent valve to discharge the vapor and/or activates a fuel lift pump to pump additional fuel into the fuel vapor separator. The sensor assembly could be, for example, a Hall effect sensor or a reed-type sensor.
US09404445B2
An evaporated fuel treatment apparatus includes a diagnosis section for leak diagnosis of an evaporated fuel tightly-closed system. In first diagnosis stage in which an atmosphere on-off valve is in close state after an ignition switch is turned off, the diagnosis section performs first leak diagnosis, based on relationship between tank internal pressure detected by a tank internal pressure sensor and first threshold value; and in second diagnosis stage in which the atmosphere on-off valve is in close state after completion of first leak diagnosis, the diagnosis section performs second leak diagnosis, based on relationship between tank internal pressure detected by the tank internal pressure sensor and second threshold value. The atmosphere on-off valve is once opened after completion of first leak diagnosis. First threshold value is set with larger deviation from the atmospheric pressure compared with second threshold value used in second diagnosis stage.
US09404444B2
In an exhaust system for an internal combustion engine, an output member is configured to transmit power generated by a motor to a valving element via a valve stem. An output shaft is disposed on a rotation central axis of an output gear and coupled with the output gear to be rotatable integrally therewith. A follower is disposed eccentrically relative to a rotation central axis of the output shaft and connected to the output shaft to be rotatable integrally therewith. A first accommodating chamber accommodates at least the valve stem and the follower. A second accommodating chamber accommodates at least the motor and the output gear. A housing includes a housing wall that divides the first chamber from the second chamber. The housing wall includes a first bearing slidably supporting the output shaft in its rotation direction, and a cylindrical first bearing holder holding outer periphery of the first bearing.
US09404442B2
A fuel bowl for a carburetor system may include a fuel container and a fuel flow assembly that is removeably couplable thereto. The fuel container may include a base, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall, and a cavity defined by the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall. The fuel flow assembly may include a base, a pair of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, and a top overlying the pair of sidewalls and the rear wall.
US09404441B2
A fuel manifold for a thrust chamber assembly includes a main fuel chamber which is generally frustro-conical in shape. The main fuel chamber provides a resonance frequency that is different than an acoustic resonance frequency of a combustion chamber.
US09404433B2
A control device is provided that can obtain high precision sensor outputs by way of a simple configuration without providing additional components. A control device 1 includes: an internal ground 24 and a power circuit 22, in which the internal ground 24 is divided into a high-power internal ground 241 provided inside of a housing 3 on a side of connection part 324, and a low-power internal ground 242 provided inside of the housing 3 at a position having an electrical distance from the connection part 324 that is farther than the ground 241. The ground of the control target 8 and the circuit 22 are connected to the ground 242, the ground of the sensor 6 is connected to a mounting part 325 having an electrical distance from the connection part 324 that is farther than the ground 241.
US09404417B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for noise attenuation of a generator set are disclosed. The generator set includes an internal combustion engine enclosed within a compartment that substantially isolates the internal combustion from ambient air and a load connected to the internal combustion engine. A heat exchanger is disposed within or coupled to the compartment and is operable to cool air in the compartment without directly exchanging ambient air with compartment air.
US09404416B2
Disclosed is a generator compressor combination power system based upon an internal combustion engine directly coupled to a generator and a compressor assembly. The engine, generator and compressor each having an operating drive shaft all positioned along the same axis, the generator is used to produce electricity and the compressor is used to compress gas.
US09404414B2
A turbocharger for use with an internal combustion engine is provided. The turbocharger comprises a differential device having a carrier portion, a compressor portion, and a turbine portion. The compressor portion is in driving engagement with a first portion of the differential device. The turbine portion is in driving engagement with a second portion of the differential device. The carrier portion of the differential device is in driving engagement with an infinitely variable transmission. The infinitely variable transmission is in driving engagement with the internal combustion engine. The turbocharger is simply controlled, reduces turbo lag, decreases a boost threshold of the turbocharger, and increases an efficiency of the internal combustion engine.
US09404412B2
A two-stroke engine (1) includes a cylinder (2) having a scavenging port (23) and an exhaust port (24), a piston (3) provided in the cylinder (2), a first ejection part (61) for ejecting liquid ammonia into a combustion chamber (20), and a supercharger (5) for pressurizing a suction gas to generate a scavenging gas. In the two-stroke engine (1), the first ejection part (61) ejects liquid ammonia into the combustion chamber (20) within a period of time from when supply of the scavenging gas through the scavenging port (23) into the combustion chamber (20) is started until when the piston (3) next reaches top dead center. It is thus possible to reduce the temperature of gas within the combustion chamber (20) by the heat of vaporization of the liquid ammonia, reduce the pressure in the combustion chamber (20) during compression, and reduce the amount of compression work.
US09404408B2
In an internal-combustion engine exhaust gas system, a storage tank stores the reducing agent, a supply pipe connects the storage tank to a metering unit which introduces the reducing agent into the exhaust gas system. A pump mechanism within the supply pipe conveys the reducing agent. A pressure sensor detects the pressure in the supply pipe downstream of the pump, and a pressure-releasing device has a return pipe connected to the storage tank and comes off the supply pipe. A first valve system is arranged in the supply pipe. A section of the return pipe is located at a higher level than the return pipe to form a storage volume for air present in the supply pipe. A second valve system is arranged in the supply pipe to create, when the second valve system is closed, a storage volume for pressurized reducing agent by way of this pipe branch.
US09404405B2
The present invention provides an abnormality diagnosis apparatus for an exhaust gas purification apparatus having an SCR catalyst, with which a misdiagnosis of an abnormality in the SCR catalyst even though the SCR catalyst is normal can be suppressed. In the present invention, a NOx purification ratio is determined using an estimated NOx inflow amount as a parameter, and an abnormality in the SCR catalyst is diagnosed on the basis of the NOx purification ratio. According to the present invention, a minimum NH3 adsorption amount is determined as an NH3 adsorption amount of the SCR catalyst in a condition where an actual NOx inflow amount reaches a maximum. When the minimum NH3 adsorption amount equals or exceeds a predetermined amount, a determination is made as to whether or not a NOx purification ability of the SCR catalyst has deteriorated from a normal condition by comparing the NOx purification ratio with a first threshold. When the minimum NH3 adsorption amount is smaller than the predetermined amount, a determination is made as to whether or not the NOx purification ability of the SCR catalyst has been completely lost by comparing the NOx purification ratio with a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold.
US09404398B2
A continuously variable valve timing device is provided and includes a cam sprocket connected with a camshaft having a plurality of cams to rotate the camshaft and an electric variable valve timing mechanism connected with the cam sprocket, and driven by an electric motor. A chain cover protects the cam sprocket and a chain system from foreign substances and an electric variable valve timing mechanism cover protects the electric variable valve timing mechanism from foreign substances. A seal ring partitions an internal space between the electric variable valve timing mechanism and the electric variable valve timing mechanism cover. In addition, a pressure maintaining device is mounted within the electric variable valve timing mechanism cover to maintain pressure formed within the internal space of the electric variable valve timing mechanism cover at about atmospheric pressure.
US09404397B2
A vehicle system includes a position sensor, a current supply module, and a mode indicator module. The position sensor includes: an electromagnet (EM) that generates a magnetic field proximate to one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of an engine; and a Hall-effect sensor that generates a position signal indicating a position of the one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve based on the magnetic field. The current supply module supplies current to the EM. The mode indicator module indicates whether the one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve is being actuated in a low lift mode or a high lift mode based on the position signal.
US09404396B2
In a motor vehicle valve train adjustment device comprising at least one camshaft with at least two axially displaceable cam elements wherein at least one cam element has a cam track with a valve lift and a cam track with zero valve lift for a deactivation of at least one cylinder, and at least one other cam element of the at least two axially displaceable cam elements has a cam track with a first valve lift and a cam track with a second valve lift by which a cylinder which remains fueled during a partial cylinder deactivation is adapted to the at least one cylinder deactivation by special valve lift characteristics.
US09404389B2
The present application provides a passive control valve actuator cooling system to provide a flow of cooling air to a control valve actuator used with a gas turbine engine. The passive control valve actuator cooling system may include a turbine enclosure with a negative pressure therein, a radiation shield with a number of radiation shield outlets and the control valve actuator positioned therein, and a cooling air line extending from outside of the turbine enclosure to the radiation shield such that the negative pressure within the turbine enclosure pulls the flow of cooling air into and through the radiation shield so as to cool the control valve actuator.
US09404384B2
An assembly includes a synchronizing ring, a vane arm, and a multi-axis joint. The multi-axis joint connects the synchronizing ring to the vane arm and provides the vane arm with movement about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis.
US09404374B2
A vane shroud for a gas turbine engine has a cylindrical shaped body and a hole arranged at a circumference of the body. The hole is for receiving a trunnion from a variable vane. A counterbore is arranged concentrically around the hole on a radially inward facing surface of the body, and receives a trunnion hub from the variable vane. A shrink-fit insert is seated into the counterbore such that the trunnion hub is provided with a contact surface, and the shrink-fit insert is secured to the shroud through an interference fit.
US09404366B2
A gear wheel comprising a plurality of helical teeth, each helical tooth of the gear wheel having a tooth profile meshing with semi-encapsulation in a geared hydraulic apparatus. Each tooth having a profile which falls within a band of tolerance of +− 1/15 of the depth of a nominal tooth defined by a spline function interpolating a plurality of node points having pre-established coordinates {X,Y} with their origin on the gear wheel center.
US09404362B2
An apparatus for measuring fluid characteristics includes: a solid transparent body including a plurality of internally reflective surfaces defining a n-sided base having a polygonal shape and having at least three sides, each reflective surface forming a side of the polygonal shape, the plurality of surfaces configured to direct the electromagnetic radiation beam along a path within the solid transparent body from an entry area to an exit area on the solid transparent body; an electromagnetic radiation source coupled to the entry area on the solid transparent body; and a detector coupled to the exit area on the solid transparent body and configured to receive at least a fraction of the reflected electromagnetic radiation beam, the detector configured to generate a signal based on the received electromagnetic radiation beam and transmit the signal to a processor for at least one of analysis of material characteristics and data storage.
US09404361B2
One or more computer-readable media include computer-executable instructions to instruct a computing system to iteratively solve a system of equations that model a wellbore and fracture network in a reservoir where the system of equations includes equations for multiphase flow in a porous medium, equations for multiphase flow between a fracture and a wellbore, and equations for multiphase flow between a formation of a reservoir and a fracture. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09404349B2
Apparatus and methods for autonomously controlling fluid flow in a subterranean well are presented, and in particular for providing a fluid diode to create a relatively high resistance to fluid flow in one direction and a relatively low resistance to fluid flowing in the opposite direction. The diode is positioned in a fluid passageway and has opposing high resistance and low resistance entries. In one embodiment, the high resistance entry has a concave, annular surface surrounding an orifice and the low resistance entry has a substantially conical surface. The concave, annular surface of the high resistance entry preferably extends longitudinally beyond the plane of the orifice. In a preferred embodiment, the fluid will flow in eddies adjacent the concave, annular surface.
US09404346B2
Latch position indicator systems remotely determine whether a latch assembly is latched or unlatched. The latch assembly may be a single latch assembly or a dual latch assembly. An oilfield device may be positioned with the latch assembly. Non-contact (position), contact (on/off and/or position) and hydraulic (flowmeter), both direct and indirect, embodiments include fluid measurement systems, an electrical switch system, a mechanical valve system, and proximity sensor systems.
US09404344B2
A method of treating a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation comprising: providing an asphaltene solvent, wherein the asphaltene solvent comprises at least 75 mol % dimethyl sulfide and introducing the asphaltene solvent into the wellbore.
US09404339B2
Fluid flow influencer devices in chambers subsequent to vortex assemblies are described. A flow-affecting device can move from a first position to a second position based on a flow path of fluid flowing from the vortex assembly to the chamber. The flow path may depend on an amount of rotation of the fluid from the vortex assembly. The flow-affecting device in the first position can substantially allow fluid to flow through a chamber exit opening. The flow-affecting device in the second position can substantially restrict fluid from flowing through the chamber exit opening.
US09404333B2
A well completion system in accordance with one or more embodiments includes a shallow set barrier installed in an upper completion section of a well, a deep set barrier installed in a lower section of the well, a first sensor disposed to gauge a pressure in a first area between the deep set barrier and the shallow set barrier and a communication device to communicate the gauged pressure. The lower section may be located below a production completion when it is installed in the upper completion section.
US09404323B2
A safety system for bypassing counter balance valves of a catwalk hydraulic cylinder from a remote location in a safe and controlled manner. Oil from a base end of the hydraulic cylinder is routed around the counter balance valves and flows through a velocity fuse to a needle valve, a check valve, and a pump outlet.
US09404320B2
A hang-off assembly for supporting a riser string from an off-shore drilling rig. The hang-off assembly includes a housing with a passage through the housing and an open section allowing access to the entire length of the passage from outside the housing. The assembly also includes a gate member movable relative to the housing from an open position to a closed position, the gate member preventing access to the passage through the open section when in the closed position. A motor moves the gate member between the open and closed positions. An adapter attachable to the riser string includes a profile landable in the housing to support the riser string when connected to the adapter.
US09404318B2
Present embodiments are directed to a top drive system comprising a hoisting assembly having an upper link, a lower link, and a first joint coupling the upper link and the lower link. The top drive system also includes a main body coupled to the hoisting assembly by a second joint, wherein the hoisting assembly is configured to support the main body, and the main body is configured to support a tubular. Further, the top drive system includes a frame coupled to the main body and a counter moment system configured to apply a force on the first joint to create a bending moment about the second joint.
US09404307B2
A method and system for directionally drilling a wellbore. The method includes measuring an off-bottom rotating torque applied to a drill string in the wellbore. A steerable drilling motor is oriented proximate a bottom of the drill string in a selected direction, and a surface rotational orientation of the drill string is measured. Torque is applied to the drill string at the surface to maintain the surface rotational orientation. The applied torque is automatically increased and decreased by a selected amount related to the measured off-bottom rotating torque.
US09404304B2
The invention relates to a method for operating a flap arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the flap arrangement has a flap wing and a control arrangement, wherein a flap drive which is assigned to the flap wing and by which the flap wing can be adjusted between a closed position and an open position in an adjustment process is provided, wherein at least one predetermined flap operator control event is detected by means of the control arrangement and the flap drive is actuated as a technical control reaction to a flap operator control event. It is proposed that by means of the control arrangement the technical control reaction of stopping or continuing an adjustment process, which is due to two successive flap operator control events, is suppressed if at least one suppression condition is detected.
US09404294B1
An adjustable length astragal having a housing with an upper shoot bolt and a lower shoot bolt positioned adjacent opposite ends of the housing. An actuator is attached to the housing, connected to and configured to simultaneously extend or retract the upper and lower shoot bolts. An adjustable connection assembly is provided between the actuator and at least one of the shoot bolts. The connection assembly adjusts the distance between the actuator and the respective shoot bolt in each of the shoot bolt's extended and retracted positions.
US09404291B1
A security device may include a rotatable cap and an engagement member. The cap may be graspable by an operator during attachment of the security device to at least a first strap extending substantially around a portion of an object. The engagement member may be configured to engage the first strap. The engagement member may also be substantially fixed in relation to the cap during the attachment of the security device to the first strap and the engagement member may be rotatable with the cap. The security device may be transitioned to a locked state responsive to rotational engagement of the engagement member with the first strap. The rotational engagement of the engagement member with the first strap may also increase tension on the first strap.
US09404286B2
Devices, methods, and systems for providing physical retention of a key or keys, such one or more vehicle keys or keys to a safe, and for providing an input feature, such as a breath or blood analysis device, and other features to prevent access to the keys until a suitable input is provided. For example, each key may be physically retained and prevented from being used until a breath, blood, or other sample input has been received that indicates a blood alcohol level is below a pre-determined limit, such as a legal limit for driving a vehicle. Various features then allow release of the key upon the legal limit being met.
US09404284B2
The invention relates to a locking device comprising a rotatable shaft coupling (19, 63) provided with a hollow (21, 65) and a shaft arrangement (3, 61) comprising a shaft (25, 71) arranged in the hollow and which connects the shaft and the shaft coupling so that they are jointly rotatable for transmission of at least one rotational movement or rotational force between the shaft and the shaft coupling. The invention also relates to a shaft arrangement (3, 61) shaped to be connected with a locking device comprising a rotatable shaft coupling provided with a hollow.
US09404283B1
A fence structure includes a plurality of vertical pickets, at least one connecting strip, a plurality of pivot members, and at least one transverse railing. One end of the pivot member is provided with a stop portion whose outer diameter is larger than the inner diameter of the pivot hole of the vertical picket. The stop portion may limit the pivot member and prevent the pivot member from slipping axially after passing through the connecting strip and the vertical picket. By the aforesaid arrangement, the pivot member not only allows the angle of the transverse railing and the connecting strip to be adjustable according to needs, but also prevents the connecting strip and the vertical pickets from slipping or disconnecting resulting when being exerted by a pulling or pushing force.
US09404279B1
An indoor facility includes an enclosed arena; an entrance for patrons to enter and exit the facility; a reception counter to receive patrons and collect money; a track inside the facility, the track having a plurality of lanes and dividing lines therebetween; a plurality of dividers along the dividing lines, the dividers comprising walls that are at least partially opaque; a plurality of lockers with adjacent seating; a plurality of customer seating areas comprising at least seating inside the entrance and in the middle of the track; a plurality of pet locations including a pet training area, a pet dog relief park, a pet party room, and a pet shop with accessories, toys and treats; and advertising and information walls.
US09404275B2
A binding wire twisting apparatus for tying reinforcing bars. A motor rotates a shaft upon which a member reciprocates from a rearward to a forward position. The apparatus includes opposed fingers with opposed channels for fed binding wire. When in the rearward position, the member drives a wire feeding unit that feeds binding wire though the fingers and around the reinforcing bars. When the leading end of the fed wire impacts an actuator of a four-way valve, a pneumatic cylinder reciprocates the member from the first to the second position, and a cutter cuts the wire. Once in the second position, gripping surfaces entrap and hold the ends of the wire, and the rotating member, while holding the ends of the wire between first and second grip pieces, twists and ties the wire around the reinforcing bars, and a torque-release clutch decouples the motor from the shaft.
US09404267B2
An interchangeable gutter cleaning appliance includes an extension assembly having a first fitting at a distal end, a holder having a second fitting at its proximal end and a gutter tool interface at its distal end, and an interchangeable gutter tool. The second fitting is coupled to the first fitting of the extension assembly. The interchangeable gutter tool is installed on the gutter tool interface by inserting the gutter tool interface into a mounting assembly in the interchangeable gutter tool, and the interchangeable gutter tool is removed from the gutter tool interface by removing the mounting assembly from the gutter tool interface.
US09404258B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention relate to a reinforcing bar connector. Specifically, the present invention provides a reinforcing bar connector including a holder and a binding member. The holder includes a first cover and a second cover. The holder is inserted into the binding member with the reinforcing bars surrounded by the holder. The first cover and the second cover are moved independently from each other enabling a secure connection between the reinforcing bars regardless of whether the reinforcing bars have the same or different lug arrays.
US09404252B2
A tunable acoustic panel that functions as an acoustic diffuser and absorber is disclosed. The acoustic properties of the tunable acoustic panel can be quickly and conveniently modified by moving a handle. The tunable acoustic panel is wall-mountable for use as an acoustical room treatment to selectively vary the acoustical response of a room or performance space.
US09404251B2
The invention relates to a method for providing a fire safe penetration in a building element, especially in a ceiling, floor or in a lightweight wall comprising a framework of profile elements and at least one outer covering being fixed to said profile elements. For providing a fire safe penetration in a building element, for example a lightweight building wall, in such a manner that the building element or insert can be easily manufactured and installed while guaranteeing the high requirements of flame and smoke resistance of such a building element or the insert, the invention proposes the following consecutive steps: arranging an insert between the profile elements at a location for a pipe or conduit penetration in a way that the insert is arranged adjacently to the outer covering and is at least partly covered by the outer covering; providing an opening in the outer covering and the insert for a pipe or conduit; arranging the pipe or conduit through the outer covering and the insert and securing fire and/or smoke tightness between the pipe or conduit and the insert and/or outer covering.
US09404249B2
A novel composite beam is disclosed. The composite beam may comprise variations in the surface that can be used to create open and closed surfaces for the modulation of natural light. The composite beam may also be optimized for the applied loads by placing the fibers in the direction of the applied loads and/or increasing the fiber density in the regions of higher loads.
US09404248B1
A sewage backflow assembly of sewage stopper systems is a check valve designed to operate with low flows such as is found in sewage drain pipes. The check valve disc is light weight plastic and easily lifts when outgoing flow is present but closes when backflow occurs to prevent flooding of building structures. The device has an inlet pipe segment, a flapper housing with a flapper, and an outlet pipe segment. The sewage backflow assembly may be glued into a pipe using glue type slip couplers or may be installed using re-useable pipe clamps.
US09404233B2
Described herein is woven geotextile formed of a plain six-pick weave fabric having an apparent opening size (AOS) of at least 40 as measured in accordance with ASTM International Standard D4751, a water flow rate of at least 35 gpm/ft2 as measured in accordance with ASTM International Standard D4491, a 12% strain at a tensile load of at least 300 lb/in as measured in accordance with ASTM International Standard D4595 in the warp direction, and a 12% strain at a tensile load of at least 270 lb/in in accordance with ASTM International D4595 at 270 lb/in in the fill direction. Also described herein is a reinforced civil structure having a subgrade formed at least partially of soil; a base course; and a woven geotextile disposed between the subgrade and the base course.
US09404232B2
Embodiments described herein are related to water management units for extracting water from moist soil. The units extract water and collect it to be siphoned away as waste water or for later use. A water management unit comprising: an elongate collection portion; and an extraction portion arranged to discharge extracted water into the collection portion, wherein the extraction portion comprises at least one rib extending laterally from the collection portion along a length of the collection portion. Water is collected by capillary action.
US09404225B2
A drill station for a rail loading and unloading machine. The drill station is provided between primary and secondary drive units to enable adjacent ends of a pair of sections of rail to be driven independently by a respective drive unit to position the ends on the drill station for drilling. The drill station is raised from a stowed position below a walkway to conduct a drilling operation and retracted to provide workspace for an operator to install joining plates on segments of rail.
US09404222B2
Sanitary tissue products employing fibrous structures that exhibit novel combination of slip stick coefficient of friction and compressibility properties and methods for making same.
US09404221B2
Compositions that include hydrophobizing agents and stabilizers and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, a composition can include about 40 wt % to about 60 wt % lignosulfonic acid or a salt thereof, about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of a hydrophobizing agent, and about 20 wt % to about 59 wt % of a liquid medium, where all weight percents are based on the combined weight of the lignosulfonic acid or salt thereof, the hydrophobizing agent, and the liquid medium.
US09404211B2
An automatic washing machine includes a wash additive dispenser for dispensing detergent and one or more additives into a wash tub. Water is delivered to a first wash agent chamber in the wash additive dispenser for delivery into a wash tub during a wash cycle. Water is subsequently delivered to a second wash agent chamber to flush from that chamber any unintended collection of water or additive residue therein, as may result from the water delivery to the first wash agent chamber and/or from an earlier dispensing of additive from the second wash agent chamber.
US09404198B2
The process for manufacturing wafers includes the steps of mounting an ingot as a work piece in a manner that permits rotation about a longitudinal axis of rotation and rotating the ingot about its longitudinal axis of rotation to permit a microwave device that generates an energized beam to penetrate an outer surface layer thereof. Furthermore, the process includes exfoliating the outer surface layer with the energized beam, removing the exfoliated outer surface layer from the ingot as a continuous planar strip and cutting the continuous planar strip into a wafer.
US09404196B2
A method of manufacturing a group 13 nitride crystal includes a crystal growth process to form the group 13 nitride crystal by growing the group 13 nitride crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure from a seed crystal which is a gallium nitride crystal having a hexagonal crystal structure in which a length “L” in a c-axis direction is 9.7 mm or more, and a ratio L/d of the length “L” to a crystal diameter “d” in a c-plane is larger than 0.813. The crystal growth process includes a process of forming an outer periphery containing a {10-10} plane and an outer periphery containing a {10-11} plane at side surfaces of the group 13 nitride crystal, and forming an outer periphery containing a {0001} plane at a bottom surface of the group 13 nitride crystal.
US09404193B1
Reaction products of guanidine compounds or salts thereof, polyepoxide compounds and polyhalogen compounds may be used as levelers in metal electroplating baths, such as copper electroplating baths, to provide good throwing power. Such reaction products may plate with good surface properties of the metal deposits and good physical reliability.
US09404191B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an anode for a zero-gap brine electrolyzer which through employment of a highly roughened surface at a catalyst layer at an anode for a zero-gap brine electrolyzer makes it possible to achieve sufficient liquid permeability and further reduction in electrolyzing voltage and a brine electrolysis method employing same. The present invention relates to an anode for a zero-gap brine electrolyzer equipped with a liquid-permeable conductive substrate 21, and with a catalyst layer 22 which is provided on the conductive substrate 21 and which is such that the maximum difference in height of surface irregularities is 55 μm to 70 μm; a zero-gap brine electrolyzer equipped with the anode 20, a cathode 30, and an ion-exchange membrane I disposed between and in contact with the anode 20 and the cathode 30; and a brine electrolysis method employing same.
US09404187B2
Steel substrate suitable for forming operations including a corrosion protective coating, wherein the corrosion protective coating includes a nano-layer of oxide nanoparticles and a polyamide-imide layer on the nano-layer.
US09404182B2
A solution for manufacturing semiconductors is provided. An embodiment provides a chemical vapor deposition reactor, which includes a chemical vapor deposition chamber. A substrate holder located in the chemical vapor deposition chamber can be rotated about its own axis at a first angular speed, and a gas injection component located in the chemical vapor deposition chamber can be rotated about an axis of the gas injection component at a second angular speed. The angular speeds are independently selectable and can be configured to cause each point on a surface of a substrate wafer to travel in an epicyclical trajectory within a gas flow injected by the gas injection component. An angle between the substrate holder axis and the gas injection component axis and/or a distance between the substrate holder axis and the gas injection component axis can be controlled variables.
US09404179B2
A CVD process for depositing a silica coating is provided. The process includes providing a glass substrate. The process also includes forming a gaseous mixture including a silane compound, oxygen, a fluorine-containing compound, and a radical scavenger such as ethylene or propylene. The gaseous mixture is directed toward and along the glass substrate and is reacted over the glass substrate to form the silica coating thereon.
US09404176B2
Embodiments of substrate supports having a radio frequency (RF) return path are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support may include a dielectric support body having a support surface to support a substrate thereon and an opposing second surface; a chucking electrode disposed within the support body proximate the support surface; and an RF return path electrode disposed on the second surface of the dielectric support body. In some embodiments, a substrate processing system may include a process chamber having an inner volume; a shield to separate the inner volume into a processing volume and a non-processing volume and extending toward a ceiling of the process chamber; and a substrate support disposed below the shield, wherein the substrate support is as described above.
US09404171B2
A rare earth oxide-containing sprayed plate is prepared by thermally spraying a rare earth oxide on a support to a thickness of up to 5 mm and peeling the sprayed coating from the support. Thin plates of rare earth oxide ceramics can be prepared without molding, firing and sintering steps.
US09404161B2
The present invention provides methods and kits that may be used to detect and quantify the presence of Coccidioides species. The methods include quantification real-time PCR assays, and the kits and compositions include oligonucleotides used as primers and probes.
US09404152B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow in channels, especially in microfluidic channels. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to systems and methods of monitoring velocity or flow rate in systems and methods for performing a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a continuous-flow microfluidic system.
US09404147B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for making closed nucleic acid structures in which one or both strands are continuous. The closed nucleic acid structures can be used as sequencing templates among other applications.
US09404146B2
Compositions and methods for nucleic acid sequencing include template constructs that comprise double stranded portions in a partially or completely contiguous constructs, to provide for redundant sequence determination through one or both of sequencing sense and antisense strands, and iteratively sequencing the entire construct multiple times. Additional sequence components are also optionally included within such template constructs. Methods are also provided for the use and preparation of these constructs as well as sequencing compositions for their application.
US09404121B2
The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.
US09404118B2
The invention relates to genetically modified Pichia ciferrii cells, to the use thereof and to a method of producing sphingoid bases and sphingolipids.
US09404116B2
Provided is a method of simultaneous co-integration of multiple nucleic acid sequences into a microbial organism comprising culturing a microbial organism to be transformed until a growth phase is reached in which a random integration is facilitated; and transforming the microbial organism by mixing the cultured microbial organism with a sample to be co-integrated into the microbial organism with, wherein the sample comprises more than one nucleic acid sequence, and the products generated from the method.
US09404109B2
Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
US09404104B2
Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications.
US09404101B2
The present invention relates to methods for obtaining positive transformants of a filamentous fungal host cell, comprising: transforming a tandem construct into a population of cells of the filamentous fungal host a tandem construct and isolating a transformant of the filamentous fungal host cell comprising the tandem construct. The present invention also relates to such tandem constructs, filamentous fungal host cells comprising such tandem constructs, and methods of producing multiple recombinant proteins.
US09404096B2
This invention relates to modified hydroxylases. The invention further relates to cells expressing such modified hydroxylases and methods of producing hydroxylated alkanes by contacting a suitable substrate with such cells.
US09404095B2
The invention is directed to the enhanced expression and purification of lipoxygenase enzymes. These enzymes are of wide-spread industrial importance, often produced in heterologous microbial systems. Preferably, the lipoxygenase produced by the methods of the invention is a plant-derived enzyme and expressed at high-levels in a microbial system that includes a protease-deficient host and one or more chaperone expression plasmids. The invention is also directed to amino acid and nucleic acid fragments of the lipoxygenase enzyme including fragments in expression constructs encoding all or a portion of one or more lipoxygenase genes. The invention is also directed to methods of manufacturing bread and other food and also non-food products with lipoxygenase manufactured by the methods of the invention.
US09404084B2
A method is provided, including in vitro stimulating an initiating cell population (ICP) of at least 5 million cells that have a density of less than 1.072 g/ml, and at least 1% of which are CD34+CD45−/dim, to differentiate into a progenitor/precursor cell population (PCP). A method is provided, including in vitro stimulating an initiating cell population (ICP) of at least ten thousand cells that have a density of less than 1.072 g/ml to differentiate into a progenitor/precursor cell population (PCP). A method is provided, including separating lower density cells from higher density cells, the lower density cells defining an initiating cell population (ICP), and in vitro stimulating the ICP to differentiate into a progenitor/precursor cell population (PCP). Other embodiments are also described.
US09404082B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing human eosinophils from human pluripotent stem cells. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing human eosinophils from human pluripotent stem cells, which method comprises the steps of: (1) co-culturing, in the presence of VEGF, human pluripotent stem cells with cells separated from the AGM region of a mammalian fetus; (2) performing suspension culture using a medium comprising IL-3, IL-6, Flt3 ligand, SCF, TPO and serum; (3) performing suspension culture using a medium comprising IL-3, SCF, GM-CSF and serum; and, optionally, (4) performing suspension culture using a medium comprising IL-3, IL-5 and serum.
US09404081B2
Described herein are methods for using compounds that activate pyruvate kinase.
US09404071B2
The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a) anionic surfactant; and b) solvent system comprising at least one primary solvent having Hansen solubility (δ) of less than 29 said composition being encapsulated in a water soluble film pouch, for reducing migration and weeping of said composition through said film.
US09404070B2
Methods and compositions for treating textiles and hard surfaces with compositions having specific lipases are described. The compositions have increased stability to oxidative degradation in particular due to bleach catalysts.
US09404062B2
The invention provides a lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1-10 mm2/s, a % Cp; of 70 or greater and a % CA of no greater than 2 and a viscosity index improver having a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 or greater and a ratio of weight-average molecular weight to PSSI of 1.0×104 or greater, at 0.1-50% by mass based on the total amount of the composition, and having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 9.0-12.5 mm2/s and a HTHS viscosity at 150° C. of 2.8 mPa·s or greater. It further provides a lubricating oil composition comprising a lubricating base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 1-6 mm2/s, a % Cp of 70 or greater and a % CA of no greater than 2, a hydrocarbon-based viscosity index improver with a PSSI of no greater than 20, and a poly(meth)acrylate-based viscosity index improver.
US09404061B2
Provided is a grease composition containing a urea thickener represented by formula (1): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3 (1) (wherein R2 is a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and R1 and R3, which may be the same or different from each other, represent an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl group or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms); and a base oil containing at least one compound represented by formula (3): (wherein R6 and R7, which may be the same or different from each other, represent a branched alkyl group having 10 to 26 carbon atoms, with the ratio of the number of moles of the alkyl groups represented by R6 and R7 being defined; and m and n are real numbers of 0 or more so as to satisfy the condition of 1.0≦m+n≦3.0).
US09404057B2
A hydrocarbon diluent for the dilution of polymer with a pour point below −15° C. according to ASTM standard D97, with a boiling point comprised between 280 and 450° C., including more than 50% by weight of isoparaffins, and naphthenes up to at most 40% by weight, and constituted by a mixture of hydrocarbons with a boiling point above 200° C., obtained by distillation of hydrodewaxed gas-oil cuts.
US09404051B2
The present invention relates to the bioupgrading of crude oil is directed to a process for decreasing the acidity of an acidic crude oil, comprising contacting an acidic crude oil with a mixture nitrogen containing compounds selected from the group comprising ammonia, ammonia hydroxide, amines and the salts thereof, and in the presence of lipase enzyme, under conditions of suitable temperature and pressure sufficient to form the corresponding amide. The resulting naphthenic acid derived amides can then be processed normally in a refinery using such processes as cracking or hydrotreating and converted to hydrocarbon, ammonia and carbon dioxide without causing damage to the refinery infrastructure. This enzyme process is done at reduced temperatures (40-60° C.) and pressures requiring less energy.
US09404047B2
A start-up method for a hydrocarbon synthesis reaction apparatus, comprising: an initial slurry-loading step in which the slurry is loaded into the reactor at the initial stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction at a lower loading rate than that applied to the reactor in a steady-state operation; and a CO conversion ratio-increasing step in which the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor is raised by adding to the slurry the hydrocarbons synthesized at the early stage of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction so that the CO conversion ratio is increased in proportion to a rise in the liquid level of the slurry in the reactor.
US09404045B2
The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) generally relates to a solid catalyst component comprising a zeolite with a modifier and at least one Group VIII metal alloyed with at least one transition metal. The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) further relates to a method of making the solid catalyst component and a process of converting mixed waste plastics into low molecular weight organic compounds using the solid catalyst component.
US09404042B2
A thermal reactor for the continuous thermolytic recycling of granules of scrap tires, vulcanization residues and waste plastics, and of similar products features a feed portion, a central heating-zone portion and a discharge portion arranged vertically one below the other. An extraction pipe is located centrally in the central heating-zone portion of the thermal reactor, the lateral surface of the extraction pipe featuring numerous holes and/or slits for withdrawal of the vaporized short-chain hydrocarbon compounds being formed, and the extraction pipe having conical bells pushed onto it one above the other. A device withdraws the vaporized hydrocarbon compounds from the extraction pipe. Radially arranged heating plates are provided on the lateral surface of the reactor in its central heating-zone portion, the heating plates being arranged at the heating levels, which lie one above the other, such that the plates are mutually offset.
US09404040B2
To provide a liquid crystal compound satisfying at least one of high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound, and a liquid crystal display device including the composition.The compound is represented by formula (1): wherein, for example, R is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons or alkoxy having 1 to 9 carbons; ring A1, ring A2 and ring A3 is 1,4-cyclohexylene, 1,4-phenylene or 2,3-difluoro-1,4-phenylene; at least one of L1 and L2 is fluorine and the remainder is hydrogen; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond, —(CH2)2—, —CH2O— or —COO—; x and y are an integer from 0 to 10; and l, m and n are 0 or 1.
US09404032B2
Polylactide fibers are made from a blend of polylactides. One of the polylactides has a ratio of R-lactic and S-lactic units from 8:92 to 92:8. The second polylactide has a ratio of the R-lactic and S-lactic units of >97:3 or <3:97. The ratio of the R-lactic units to S-lactic units in the blend is from 7:93 to 25:75 or from 75:25 to 93:7. The polylactide fiber contains at least 5 Joules of polylactide crystallites per gram of polylactide resin in the fiber.
US09404027B2
A reactive-separation process converts glycerin into lower alcohols, having boiling points less than 200° C., at high yields. Conversion of natural glycerin to propylene glycol through an acetol intermediate is achieved at temperatures from 150° to 250° C. at pressures from 1 and 25 bar. The preferred applications of the propylene glycol are as an antifreeze, deicing compound, or anti-icing compound. The preferred catalyst for this process in a copper-chromium.
US09404026B2
The present invention relates to a polyurea system, the use of such a polyurea system for sealing, linking, gluing, or covering of cellular tissue, and a dosing system having two chambers for a polyurea system such as this. The polyurea system comprises as components: A) an isocyanate-functioning prepolymer, which can be derived by reacting aliphatic isocyanates with polyoles, and B) an amino-functioning ester of aspartic acid. According to the invention, water and/or tertiary amine is added to the system, in order to increase the reacting speed of the prepolymer with the amino-functioning ester of aspartic acid while decreasing the setting time at the same time.
US09404020B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous blocked polyurethaneurea dispersion which is obtainable by reacting at least one polyisocyanate, one blocking agent for isocyanate groups, one polyamine having at least one carboxyl and/or carboxylate group, and water. Additionally provided by the invention are a coating composition comprising the aqueous blocked polyurethaneurea dispersion, the use of the aqueous blocked polyurethaneurea dispersion or of the coating composition for producing a coating, a coating obtainable using the aqueous blocked polyurethaneurea dispersion or the coating composition, and a method for producing the aqueous blocked polyurethaneurea dispersion.
US09404014B2
The process to prepare a storage stable aqueous co-dispersion of epoxy resins and at least a silane oligomer is given. This aqueous co-dispersion of epoxy resins with a silane as part A, of a curable paint composition in which the part B comprises a hardener and optionally pigments and additives. This epoxy resins with the silane provide equal performance even after several months' storage.
US09404008B2
Polymer compositions for elastomeric coatings or sealants provide excellent balance properties between elongation to break, early water resistance, alkaline resistance and adhesion on unpolar substrates. The composition is free of volatile and toxic monomer such as acrylonitrile, or substituted acrylonitrile.
US09404006B2
Hybrid water dispersions are disclosed which can be used in the formation of coating compositions having good blush resistance, abrasion resistance, blister resistance, hardness and scratch resistance, in some embodiments, the coating compositions are used to coat substrates such as cans and packaging materials for the storage of food and beverages. Hybrid water dispersion of the invention may be prepared by mixing a (poly) ethylene (meth) acrylic acid copolymer in water to form a mixture, and reacting the mixture with an organosilane compound.
US09404005B2
The disclosure provides a process for producing a material with improved breakdown strength. The process includes heating a polymeric composition composed of a low density polyethylene (LDPE) and a minority amount of a high density polyethylene (HDPE). The polymeric composition is heated to at least the melting temperature of the HDPE. The process includes control-cooling the heated polymeric composition at a cooling rate from 0.1° C./min to 20° C./min, and forming a polymeric composition. The control-cooled polymeric composition has a unique morphology which improves breakdown strength. Also provided is a coated conductor with an insulating layer composed of the polymeric composition with the unique morphology. The insulating layer exhibits improved breakdown strength.
US09403992B2
An exemplary embodiment provides coated polymeric substrates that have a polymeric substrate body with a coated surface. The surface coating includes more than one pair of coating layers. Each pair of coating layers includes a first applied coating layer and a second applied coating layer. In addition, an indicator, applied on top of or between coating layers, provides an indication of wear of the coating. The first and second applied coating layers have a thickness between about 3 to about 10 nanometers. The coating exhibits a Hall-Petch effect.
US09403986B2
A pigment dispersant comprising a graft copolymer is described. The graft copolymer comprises a backbone having polymerized vinyl imidazole groups and side chains from macromonomers. The vinyl imidazole comprises 2 percent to 20 percent by weight of the graft copolymer and the macromonomer comprises 55 percent to 85 percent by weight of the graft copolymer. The pigment dispersant is useful for forming pigment dispersions that can be used in solvent borne coating compositions.
US09403976B2
The present invention describes the use in epoxy resin compositions of semicarbazones of the general formula (I) having the meanings stated for the residues R1, R2, R3 and R4. These semicarbazones exhibit elevated latency in epoxy resin compositions and are thus outstandingly suitable as latent curing accelerators for single-component epoxy resin compositions.
US09403974B2
A composition capable of increased impermeability against the passage of ionic liquids therethrough can include a clay mixed with an anionic and cationic polymer. Such compositions can be provided in geosynthetic liners to provide a hydraulic barrier in aggressive leachate environments.
US09403958B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a foamed material, wherein a composition in the form of emulsion with a matrix-forming component, a surfactant component and a near-critical or supercritical blowing agent component is submitted to a lowering of pressure. The blowing agent component further comprises a hydrophobic co-component, which is soluble in supercritical CO2 at a pressure of ≧150 bar, is insoluble in subcritical CO2 at a pressure of ≦40 bar and is insoluble in the matrix-forming component and furthermore is present in a proportion from ≧3 wt % to ≦35 wt % of the blowing agent component. It further relates to a composition in the form of emulsion to be used herein and a foamed material obtainable by the process according to the invention.
US09403948B2
Methods of forming a polyarylene sulfide and systems as may be utilized in carrying out the methods are described. Included in the formation method is a filtration process for treatment of a mixture, the mixture including a polyarylene sulfide, a salt byproduct of the polyarylene sulfide formation reaction, and a solvent. The filtration process includes maintaining the downstream side of the filter medium at an increased pressure. The downstream pressure can such that the boiling temperature of the mixture at the downstream pressure can be higher than the temperature at which the polyarylene sulfide is insoluble in the solvent.
US09403940B2
This disclosure relates to polyalkylene carbonate resin that inhibits decomposition of resin resulting from back-biting and the like when heat treated, and thus exhibits improved thermal stability, and a method for preparing the same. The polyalkylene carbonate resin may comprise a basic polyalkylene carbonate based repeat unit, a polyalkyleneglycol based repeat unit, and the polyalkylene carbonate repeat unit crosslinked by a specific compound.
US09403933B2
A composition comprising a) one or more isocyanate functional components, one or more oligomers or prepolymers containing isocyanate functional groups and alkoxysilane groups, or prepolymers having a flexible backbone and silane moieties capable of silanol condensation: b) one or more catalysts for the reaction of isocyanate moieties with active hydrogen atom containing groups or for silanol condensation; c) one or more compounds comprising a dihydrocarbyl hydroxyl amine, an alicyclic hydroxyl amine, a nitrile oxide of a dihydrocarbyl hydroxyl amine or a nitrile oxide of an alicyclic hydroxyl amine in a sufficient amount to enhance the ultraviolet stability of the composition in a cured state; and d) a pigment that does not have reinforcing properties or the composition contains one of one or more oligomers or prepolymers containing isocyanate functional groups and alkoxysilane groups, or prepolymers having a flexible backbone and silane moieties capable of silanol condensation. The compositions are useful as adhesives and sealers.
US09403925B2
Provided are: a curable composition from which a cured article having excellent molding processability and high heat resistance as well as such a high Tg that it can be used as a molding resin for a SiC power semiconductor can be obtained; and a cured article thereof. The curable composition comprises: 100 parts by mass of a compound having at least two partial structures represented by the following Formula (1) in the molecule as a component (A); 0.5 to 3 parts by mass of a thermal radical generator as a component (B); and 0 to 50 parts by mass of other radical-reactive compound as a component (C): (wherein, ring A represents a benzene ring or a cyclohexyl ring; R1 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; a represents a number of 0 or 1; b represents an integer of 0 to 3; and c represents a number of 1 or 2).
US09403922B2
A continuous polymerization apparatus uses at least a first reactor and a second reactor (10, 20). Each of the reactors (10, 20) comprises a supply port (11a, 21a) and an effluent port (11b, 21b). The supply port (11a) of the first reactor (10) is connected to supply sources (1, 3) of a raw material monomer and a polymerization initiator, and the effluent port (11b) thereof is connected to the supply port (21a) of the second reactor (20) by a connection line (15a). The connection line (15a) is combined with a replenishing line (15b) through an injection valve (50) at a combining part. The injection valve (50) comprises, in a full closure state thereof, a clearance that may cause a fluid comprising at least the raw material monomer to flow from the replenishing line (15b) to the connection line (15a).
US09403921B2
A system and method for polymerizing olefin in the presence of a chain transfer agent in a first reactor to form a first polyolefin, discharging from the first reactor a transfer slurry having the first polyolefin and the chain transfer agent, and processing the transfer slurry in a separator to remove chain transfer agent and to provide a fluff slurry having the first polyolefin and a lower content of chain transfer agent than in the transfer slurry. The system and method provide for feeding the fluff slurry to a second reactor, polymerizing olefin in the second reactor to form a second polyolefin, and discharging from the second reactor a slurry having the second polyolefin.
US09403920B2
A supported catalyst system includes a coprecipitated silica- and titania-containing support, alumoxane, and a metallocene. The supported catalyst system has a Ti content of at least 0.1 wt %.
US09403915B2
The present invention provides for novel compositions and methods for recycling or recovering ionic liquid used in IL pretreated cellulose and/or lignocellulosic biomass (LBM).
US09403901B2
The disclosure relates to an anti-Pseudomonas PSL binding molecule and uses thereof, in particular, in prevention and treatment of Pseudomonas infection. Furthermore, the disclosure provides compositions and methods for preventing and treating Pseudomonas infection.
US09403899B2
The present invention provides methods for reducing the amidolytic and anti-complement activity (ACA) content of an immunoglobulin composition through the use of cation exchange chromatography. In a specific embodiment, the invention provides methods for reducing the Factor XI and/or Factor XIa and/or ACA content of an immunoglobulin composition by collecting the leading portion of a cation exchange eluate. The present invention also provides immunoglobulin composition having reduced levels of amidolytic activity, Factor XI, and/or Factor XIa, and/or ACA content.
US09403889B2
Disclosed herein are novel diagnostic lung cancer panels and the use of these panels to diagnose, predict, and characterize lung cancer and to monitor or predict treatment efficacy.
US09403888B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for purifying a Bax protein. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09403884B2
A peptide having an amino acid sequence containing at least eight consecutive amino acids of the human lactoferrin protein or of the bovine lactoferrin protein. The peptide is suitable as a cell-penetrating peptide. A complex of the peptide and a cargo molecule non-covalently bound to the peptide. The cargo molecule may be a nucleic acid, an amino acid, a peptide, a protein, a carbohydrate, a lipid, or a small molecule. A method of penetrating or transfecting a cell using the complex.
US09403882B2
Provided is a composition comprising a peptide comprising amino acids and/or amino acid analogs comprising a continuous sequence of a sclerostin fragment comprising Tyr43 or Tyr213. Also provided is a composition comprising a peptide comprising less than about 75 amino acids and/or amino acid analogs including an amino acid or amino acid analog capable of being sulfated, where the composition is capable of inhibiting sclerostin binding to an LRP. Further provided is a composition comprising a peptide comprising less than about 75 amino acids and/or amino acid analogs including an amino acid or amino acid analog capable of being post-translationally sulfated, where the composition is capable of inhibiting binding of a protein ligand comprising a sulfation site to its binding partner. Additionally provided is a method of enhancing a Wnt signaling pathway comprising contacting an LRP5/6 receptor in the Wnt signaling pathway with either of the above-described compositions that comprise a sequence of a sclerostin fragment or is capable of inhibiting sclerostin binding to an LRP, where the tyrosine or tyrosine analog is not sulfated, in a manner sufficient to enhance the Wnt signaling pathway. Further provided is a method of treating a subject having a disease exacerbated by inhibition of a Wnt signaling pathway comprising administering either of the above-described compositions that comprise a sequence of a sclerostin fragment or is capable of inhibiting sclerostin binding to an LRP, where the tyrosine or tyrosine analog is not sulfated, to the subject in a manner sufficient to reduce the inhibition of the Wnt signaling pathway. Also, a method of inhibiting binding of a protein ligand comprising a sulfation site to its binding partner is provided. The method comprises adding the above-described composition that is capable of inhibiting binding of a protein ligand to its binding partner to the protein ligand and its binding partner in a manner sufficient to inhibit binding of the protein ligand to its binding partner.
US09403875B2
Disclosed is a class of versatile Sarcophagine based bifunctional chelators (BFCs) containing a hexa-aza cage for labeling with metals having either imaging, therapeutic or contrast applications radiolabeling and one or more linkers (A) and (B). The compounds have the general formula where A is a functional group selected from group consisting of an amine, a carboxylic acid, an ester, a carbonyl, a thiol, an azide and an alkene, and B is a functional group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an amine, a carboxylic acid, and ester, a carbonyl, a thiol, an azide and an alkene. Also disclosed are conjugate of the BFC and a targeting moiety, which may be a peptide or antibody. Also disclosed are metal complexes of the BFC/targeting moiety conjugates that are useful as radiopharmaceuticals, imaging agents or contrast agents.
US09403873B2
The present invention relates to a polypeptide for use as a medicament in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease wherein the RANKL-RANK signaling pathway is involved, in particular a bone resorptive disease.
US09403872B2
The present invention provides methods of specifically targeting compounds to cells overexpressing matrix metalloproteinases, plasminogen activators, or plasminogen activator receptors, by administering a compound and a mutant protective antigen protein comprising a matrix metalloproteinase or a plasminogen activator-recognized cleavage site in place of the native protective antigen furin-recognized cleavage site, wherein the mutant protective antigen is cleaved by a matrix metalloproteinase or a plasminogen activator overexpressed by the cell, thereby translocating into the cell a compound comprising a lethal factor polypeptide comprising a protective antigen binding site.
US09403869B2
The present invention provides synthesis of a novel series of cationic lipopeptides with integrin-binding RGD functionalities. The invention also provides high L27 (transformed S1 80, mouse sarcoma cells) cell tropic gene transfer properties of these novel RGD-lipopeptides. Since L27 cell surface contains over expressed integrins, the present class of lipopeptides with integrin-binding RGD ligands are likely to find future applications in targeting anti-cancer genes/drugs to the endothelial cells of tumor vasculatures (possessing over expressed integrins).
US09403865B2
Provided herein are methods for the solid phase synthesis of oligomeric compounds wherein at least one of the capping steps has been modified. More particularly, methods are provided wherein one or more of the capping steps is omitted or performed using reduced equivalents of acetic anhydride. In certain embodiments, the methods provide an enhanced purity profile. In certain embodiments, the methods provide an increased yield. The methods provided herein also provide at least an economic advantage over currently used methods in that reduced amounts of the mixture of capping reagents are required.
US09403858B2
The present teachings relate to compounds and compositions for treatment of cancers. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a platinum (IV) complex having at least one reacting group for reacting with a functional group on a protein, engineered protein, antibody, antibody fragment, peptide, agonist, antagonist, aptamer or ligand which may be capable of recognizing a selected target cell population, and/or derivatives/analogs/mimics thereof.
US09403857B2
The invention relates to the compounds of formula I and formula II or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I or formula II, and methods for treating or preventing or modulating metabolic syndrome may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. such compositions may be used to treatment of fasting hyperglycemia, diabetes mellitus type 2, impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or insulin resistance, high blood pressure, central obesity (also known as visceral, male-pattern or apple-shaped adiposity), overweight with fat deposits mainly around the waist, decreased HDL cholesterol, elevated triglycerides, hyperuricemia, fatty liver (especially in concurrent obesity) progressing to NAFLD, polycystic ovarian syndrome (in women), hypophosphatemia, renal diseases, albuminuria, end stage renal disease, and acanthosis nigricans.
US09403856B2
Inhibitors of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the Bcl-2/Bcl-xL inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of Bcl-2/Bcl-xL provides a benefit, like cancers, also are disclosed.
US09403852B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to nitric oxide-releasing particles for delivering nitric oxide, and their use in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications.
US09403850B2
Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US09403847B2
The present invention provides fused derivatives of Formula I: that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Ks including, for example, inflammatory disorders, immune-based disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09403846B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula I, wherein the variables R1, R2, R5 and b are as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
US09403842B2
The present invention relates to prasugrel or a pharmaceutically compatible salt thereof, compositions that contain this active substance and pharmaceutical compositions that contain this active substance or a composition containing this active substance. The present invention further relates to methods for producing the novel compositions.
US09403838B2
The present invention relates to processes for removal of Michael acceptors from certain compositions wherein the composition is treated with a thiol-containing compound under conditions sufficient to remove Michael acceptors and the resulting thiol-Michael adducts. Certain embodiments of the present invention enable quantification and/or removal of Michael acceptors and/or Michael acceptor precursors.
US09403824B2
The application is directed to compounds of Formula I-A and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein , R1a-R3a, R4, Y and Za are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to use of compounds of Formula I-A to treat disorders responsive to the modulation of one or more opioid receptors, or as synthetic intermediates. Certain compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US09403823B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the following formula (I) and/or the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts, solvates, enantiomers, diastereoisomers thereof, as well as mixtures thereof. The subject matter of the present invention thus also includes the preparation of compounds of formula (I), their uses, in particular in the inhibition of protein kinases which are implicated for example in numerous diseases such as cancers or immune system disorders.
US09403822B2
Disclosed are compounds which inhibit the activity of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins, compositions containing the compounds and methods of treating diseases during which is expressed anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein.
US09403817B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for preparing and purifying the non-addictive alkaloid noribogaine.
US09403813B2
The present invention relates to azetidine amide derivatives derivatives of formula (I) wherein rings A1 A2 and A3 are as described in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compounds of formula (I), and to their use as pharmaceuticals, especially to their use as orexin receptor antagonists.
US09403810B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US09403794B2
The present invention is in the field of pharmaceuticals and chemical industries. In particular, the present invention relates to methods for labeling, imaging and detecting the beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, oligomers, and fibrils in vitro by using carbazole-based fluorophores. A further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of reducing and preventing aggregation of beta-amyloid peptides for Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as of treating and/or preventing Alzheimer's disease by using carbazole-based fluorophores.
US09403791B1
The disclosure provides methods and compositions for treating and preventing cancer using 6-substituted coumarin derivatives. The coumarin derivatives of the disclosure have substituents at the 6-position with five carbon atoms or greater. The coumarin derivatives may be further substituted and may be 3,4-dihydrocoumarins. In preferred embodiments, the coumarin derivatives of the disclosure are used to treat pancreatic cancer.
US09403790B2
The present invention is directed to novel substituted aminotetrahydropyrans of structural formula I which are inhibitors of the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme and which are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved, such as diabetes and particularly Type 2 diabetes. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which the dipeptidyl peptidase-IV enzyme is involved.
US09403782B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds that are sodium channel inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. In particular embodiments, the structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein Q, R1, X1, X2, Y and R2 are as described herein, to methods for the preparation and use of the compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
US09403778B2
The invention provides compounds of formula I: or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides dermatological compositions comprising a compound of formula I or mixtures of one or more compounds of formula I, processes for preparing compounds of formula I, intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for protecting skin or DNA from photodamage or repairing photodamaged skin or DNA.
US09403776B2
The compounds of the present invention are represented by the following aryl- and heteroaryl-substituted tetrahydrobenzazepine and dihydrobenzazapine derivatives having formulae I(A-E) and formula (II): where the carbon atom designated * is in the R or S configuration, and the substituents X and R1-R9 are as defined herein.
US09403770B2
A process for preparing fexofenadine is described, which provides for the hydrolysis of 4-[4-[4-(hydroxydiphenylmethyl)-1-piperidyl]-1-oxobutyl]-α,α-dimethylbenzeneacetic acid-alkyl ester, in a mixture of water and optionally an organic solvent, in the presence of a base; the carboxylate salt of 4-[4-[4-(hydroxydiphenylmethyl)-1-piperidyl]-1-oxobutyl]-α,α-dimethylbenzeneacetic acid is thus obtained, which is then directly reduced as carboxylate in a basic environment with hydrogen in the presence of a suitable hydrogenation catalyst to give the carboxylate of fexofenadine, which is precipitated by neutralization of the solution.
US09403769B2
Small molecule inhibitors of 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6-biphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) having the following formula: Formula (1) are provided herein. Also provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions containing Formula I compounds, together with methods of treating cancer, methods of inhibiting PFK.FB3 enzymatic activity, methods of inhibiting glycolytic flux, and methods of treating tumors by administering an effective amount of a Formula I compound.
US09403766B2
The invention relates to a new process for producing NEP inhibitors or prodrugs thereof, in particular NEP inhibitors comprising a γ-amino-δ-biphenyl-α-methylalkanoic acid, or acid ester, backbone. In detail, the new processes, according to the present invention, are ultimately related to the synthesis of intermediates to prepare the above NEP inhibitors, namely compounds according to formula (1), or salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are, independently of each other, hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group, and R3 is a carboxyl group or an ester group, preferably carboxyl group or alkyl ester.
US09403761B2
The present disclosure provides a compound represented by Formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt which are effective as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor and a method of using the compound: wherein X is independently halo, alkyl, alkoxy or nitro; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are independently H— or alkyl; R3 is H—, alkyl or aralkyl; and R4 is H— or aryl.
US09403756B2
Compounds that can be used as openers or blockers of voltage-dependent potassium channels, and which are useful in the treatment of conditions such as central or peripheral nervous system disorders through the modulation of potassium ion flux through voltage-dependent potassium channels and/or depressing or enhancing cortical and/or peripheral neuron activity, compositions containing same and methods utilizing same are disclosed. Also disclosed are modulators of voltage-dependent potassium channels, which exhibit blocking of a TRPV1 channel, and hence are useful in the treatment of TRPV1-related conditions.
US09403754B2
A catalytic process for hydrogenating aromatic di- and polyamines with the aid of a selected catalyst system is provided, which comprises a mixture of a first heterogeneous catalyst and a second heterogeneous catalyst and a nitro compound (nitrate and/or nitrite salt). The first and second heterogeneous catalyst each independently comprise a metal selected from the group consisting of Cr, Mo, W, Mn, Re, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni, Pd and/or Pt and the metal selected for the second heterogeneous catalyst is different from the metal selected for the first heterogeneous catalyst. Hydrogenation of aromatic rings having two or more amino groups bound to the aromatic ring produces cycloaliphatic di- and polyamines, which are useful chemical intermediates, e.g., for further reaction with epoxides or isocyanates. The amino groups may also be converted to isocyanates via reaction with phosgene. The resulting cycloaliphatic di- and polyisocyanates may also be used as monomers for making polymers.
US09403753B2
A ruthenium bis(pyrazolyl)borate scaffold that enables cooperative reduction reactivity in which boron and ruthenium centers work in concert to effect selective nitrile reduction is provided. The pre-catalyst compound [κ3-(1-pz)2HB(N═CHCH3)]Ru(cymene)+ TfO− (pz=pyrazolyl) was synthesized using readily-available materials through a straightforward route, thus making it an appealing catalyst for a number of reactions.
US09403749B2
Processes are described for making methacrylic acid via methacrolein from a biobased isobutene, wherein the biobased isobutene is prepared from ethanol or from acetic acid in the presence of a ZnxZryOz mixed oxide catalyst, the biobased isobutene is oxidized to methacrolein and the methacrolein is further oxidized to methacrylic acid.
US09403745B2
A method for separating a salified phenolic compound from a reaction medium including same is described. Also described, is a method for separating salified phenolic compounds from an aqueous reaction medium resulting from the reaction of a phenolic compound and glyoxylic acid in the presence of a base, which leads to a reaction medium including at least the excess of the starting salified phenolic compound and the various salified mandelic compounds resulting from the reaction, wherein the reaction medium including the starting salified phenolic compound is contacted with an adsorbent substrate. This leads to the selective adsorption of the phenolic compound onto said substrate and to the recovery of an aqueous flow containing the salified mandelic compounds from the reaction, and in that the phenolic compound attached onto the adsorbent is desorbed by means of a regenerating treatment of the adsorbent.
US09403744B2
Process for the production of alkyl ethers by the etherification of isobutene, contained in C4-C5 hydrocarbon streams, with linear alcohol, in the presence of acid catalysts, comprising the following essential steps: a) feeding the isobutene contained in C4-C5 hydrocarbon cuts, together with one or more streams containing linear alcohol, to a first reaction step; b) sending the stream leaving the first reaction step to a first distillation area, separating a light stream from a heavy stream containing the desired ether; c) feeding the light stream separated in the first distillation area, together with one or more streams containing linear alcohol, to a second reaction step; d) sending the stream leaving the second reaction step to a second distillation area separating a light stream from a heavy stream containing ether, C4 hydrocarbons and alcohol which is recycled to the first distillation area; e) sending the light stream in the second distillation area to a recovery section of the linear alcohol contained therein; f) recycling the linear alcohol recovered in the recovery section to at least one of the two reaction steps. The present invention relates to plant solutions which allow the alcohol/isobutene molar ratio to be increased in the reaction steps and therefore maximizing the conversion of isobutene.
US09403738B2
Described herein an apparatus and methods used to remove unwanted by-products of metathesis reactions.
US09403737B2
Form ethylene via a method that includes vaporizing elemental sulfur, providing a metal sulfide catalyst, and contacting the metal sulfide catalyst with a mixture of methane and the vaporized elemental sulfur to form ethylene. The mixture has a methane to sulfur molar ratio greater than 1.2:1.0.
US09403723B2
A composition having nanoparticles of a refractory-metal carbide or refractory-metal nitride and a carbonaceous matrix. The composition is not in the form of a powder. A composition comprising a metal component and an organic component. The metal component is nanoparticles or particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of decomposing into refractory metal nanoparticles. The organic component is an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight or a thermoset made from the organic compound. A method of combining particles of a refractory metal or a refractory-metal compound capable of reacting or decomposing into refractory-metal nanoparticles with an organic compound having a char yield of at least 60% by weight to form a precursor mixture.
US09403713B2
Provided is a glass composition for a ceramic phosphor plate, including: 75 to 85 mol % of an oxide mixture composed of SiO2, B2O3 and ZnO; 10 to 15 mol % of at least one carbonate compound including an alkali metal; and 1 to 5 mol % of Al2O3, wherein a content of B2O3 is less than 25 mol %.
US09403709B2
In a method for controlling the process parameters of a machine for producing hollow glass articles, the shape of the produced hollow glass article is measured online by means of at least one camera immediately after its shaping. Deviations from a reference shape are detected, and these deviations are used as the basis of the control. The control is a storage medium that contains a mechanical model describing the functional correlation between a certain pattern of a deformation of the hollow glass article and an adjustment of process parameters. An intervention in the adjustments of process parameters is carried out in accordance with the type of deformation detected.
US09403700B2
An oxidizer generating apparatus comprising a cylindrical housing and an electrode assembly attached at one end of the housing comprising at least three vertically disposed electrodes, the electrodes being spaced apart so as to define a water flow path between them, the electrodes comprising titanium outer electrodes and at least one inner diamond electrode.
US09403695B2
Described herein is a filtration medium comprising a carbon substrate having a surface of COxEy, wherein E is selected from at least one of S, Se, and Te; and wherein x is no more than 0.1 and y is 0.005 to 0.3; a filtration device comprising the filtration medium; and methods of removing chloramines from aqueous solutions.
US09403687B2
A method for preparation of amorphous silica from biomass. The method includes pyrolyzing the biomass under anaerobic conditions to yield a pyrolysis gas and solid residues, collecting the pyrolysis gas, and calcining the solid residues under aerobic conditions to yield amorphous silica.
US09403686B2
Methods for releasing associated guest materials from a metal organic framework are provided. Methods for associating guest materials with a metal organic framework are also provided. Methods are provided for selectively associating or dissociating guest materials with a metal organic framework. Systems for associating or dissociating guest materials within a series of metal organic frameworks are provided. Thermal energy transfer assemblies are provided. Methods for transferring thermal energy are also provided.
US09403685B2
The present disclosure provides a method for producing carbon nanoparticles at low cost and with good efficiency. According to the disclosure of the present description, a voltage is applied between a graphite positive electrode and a negative electrode in an aqueous medium to generate arc discharge in a gap. An inert gas is introduced into the gap from a cylinder bottle at a predetermined flow rate. In this manner, carbon nanoparticles can be produced from carbon steam that is generated in the gap as a result of the arc discharge.
US09403680B2
A method for producing sintered aluminum nitride granules includes a reduction nitridation step of carrying out the reduction nitridation of porous alumina granules at a temperature of 1400 to 1700° C. inclusive to produce porous aluminum nitride granules; and a sintering step of sintering the porous aluminum nitride granules, which are produced in the reduction nitridation step, at a temperature of 1580 to 1900° C. inclusive.
US09403677B2
The micro-electromechanical semiconductor component is provided with a semiconductor substrate (4, 5), a reversibly deformable bending element (8a) made of semiconductor material, and at least one transistor that is sensitive to mechanical stresses, said transistor being designed as an integrated component in the bending element (8a). The transistor is arranged in an implanted active region pan (78a) that is made of a semiconductor material of a first conducting type and is introduced in the bending element (8a). Two mutually spaced, implanted drain and source regions (79, 80) made of a semiconductor material of a second conducting type are designed in the active region pan (78a), a channel region extending between said two regions. Implanted feed lines made of a semiconductor material of the second conducting type lead to the drain and source regions (79, 80). The upper face of the active region pan (78a) is covered by a gate oxide (81a). In the area of the channel region, a gate electrode (81) made of polysilicon is located on the gate oxide (81a), a feed line likewise made of polysilicon leading to said gate electrode.
US09403673B2
A semiconductor structure for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device is provided. A first substrate region includes an electrical isolation layer arranged over a top surface of the first substrate region. A second substrate region is arranged over the electrical isolation layer and includes a MEMS device structure arranged within the second substrate region. The MEMS device structure includes a fixed mass and a proof mass. A dielectric region is arranged over the electrical isolation layer around the fixed mass. A fixed mass electrode is arranged around the dielectric region, and extends through the second substrate region to the electrical isolation layer. An isolated electrode extends through the second substrate region and the electrical isolation layer to the first substrate region on an opposite side of the proof mass as the fixed mass electrode. The method of forming the semiconductor structure is also provided.
US09403672B2
A method includes forming a bump on a lower surface of an interposer. A first insulation layer is formed to cover the lower surface and bump. A trench is formed extending from the lower towards an upper surface of the interposer. A polymer supporting adhesive layer is formed to surround the bump and couples between the interposer and a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip has at least a sensing component and a conductive pad electrically connected to the sensing component, and the bump is connected to the conductive pad. A via is formed extending from the upper towards the lower surface. A second insulation layer is formed to cover the upper surface and the via. A redistribution layer is formed on the second insulation layer and in the via. A packaging layer is formed to cover the redistribution layer and has a second opening.
US09403669B2
The invention provides a balanced arm (201) for transferring a fluid product, having a transfer compass comprising an inner transfer member (208) and an outer transfer member (221), articulated together, and a counterweight system (203) for balancing the transfer compass, characterized in that the compass is installed on a turntable (215) rotatable about a vertical axis, to rotationally drive the transfer compass about that axis, and the balancing system comprises at least one counterweight (207; 207′) mounted so as to be able to turn about an axis (206) of horizontal general orientation, on a support (251) fixed to the turntable and functionally linked to the inner transfer member to provide the balancing of the transfer compass.
US09403668B2
A device for production of drinks containers may include a forming device which transforms plastic preforms into plastic containers, a filling device which is arranged after the forming device in the transport direction of the plastic containers and fills the plastic containers with a fluid, and a transport device which transports the plastic containers individually from the forming device in the direction of the filling device along a prespecified transport path. The device includes, along the transport path, an alignment device which aligns the plastic containers at least partially in relation to a rotary position about their longitudinal axis.
US09403667B2
A lift truck includes systems and methods for improved vibration control. Vibration control features reduce or eliminate motion of the truck in one or more of the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis. Some embodiments may include, alone or in combination with the vibration control, stability control to further stabilize the motion of the truck.
US09403662B1
A retractable oxygen tube assembly provides an oxygen tube that can be safely retracted into and out of a housing. The assembly includes a housing and an aperture extending through the housing. A reel is positioned in an interior space of the housing. A hose has a first end coupled to the reel and a second end selectively extendable from the reel through the aperture in the housing. An oxygen port coupled to the housing is in fluid communication with the hose dispensing oxygen through hose. A motor is coupled to the housing and selectively engages the reel wherein the reel is rotated by the motor retracting the hose onto the reel when the motor is actuated.
US09403657B2
A method for winding can include dereeling a wire from a dereeler onto an object. The method can include rotating the object to wind the wire on the object at an angle offset from perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the object. The method can include an axis of rotation of the rotating object that is non-collinear with the longitudinal axis of the object. The method can include a winding point on the object that remains orthogonally stationary with respect to the axis of rotation.
US09403646B1
A flexible pattern-forming palletizing apparatus includes a conveyor having an upstream end for receiving products along a single lane and a downstream end having a plurality of moveable lanes under computer control arrayed along a width of the downstream end. A diverter is positioned between the upstream and downstream end for moving the products from the single lane into selected ones of the plurality of lanes as the products move from the upstream end to the downstream end of the conveyor. A product turner is positioned downstream of the diverter for receiving products positioned in the plurality of lanes and turning selected ones, where the product turner includes turning devices that move between lanes under control of the computer and can be accurately positioned to optimize case turning for a wide array of product.
US09403641B1
A side loader for a refuse vehicle has a laterally extendable first arm with an upper carriage connected to a gripper to releasably engage refuse containers. A second curved arm has a first position abutting the top end of the first arm so the upper carriage can reciprocate along the first and second arms. The second arm has a second, rotated position which dumps the refuse container into the vehicle. A drive chain connected to the upper carriage passes over a return roller which changes the direction of the chain before it is connected to the vehicle. A lower carriage reciprocates along the lower side of the first arm and holds two oppositely directed, hydraulic pistons. One piston moves the lower carriage relative to the vehicle and the other moves the return roller to alter the effective chain length and move the upper carriage faster than the lower carriage.
US09403639B2
Arcuate, lightweight composite panels, which are transportable on flatbed trucks, are interconnected onsite for forming a temporary fluid tank. A shaped groove along one end of the panel and a shaped tongue along an opposing end of the panel permit a panel to be lifted vertically above and offset another of the panels and then slid axially together, with the tongue of one panel engaged in the groove of the adjacent panel. If the ground on which the tank is to be assembled is uneven, the panels can be misaligned vertically along the interconnected tongue and groove to accommodate the unevenness of the ground. Where the tank does not engage the ground about the entire bottom edge, a liner can be placed inside the tank and connected to the tank using a hook and loop fastening system.
US09403637B2
Painters employ multiple painting implements during painting which must be moved around as they move or stored during painting as activities are paused temporarily. Accordingly it would be beneficial to provide a painting transportation and storage system that met such requirements. However, as painters seek to minimize expenses by buying those paint trays on special offer, disposable paint tray liners, quart or gallon paint cans for small painting jobs, etc. it would be beneficial for such a system to provide flexibility in handling paint cans as well as paint trays, different sizes of paint cans, variations in paint tray dimensions, etc as well as providing an easily maneuvered system during their painting session to reflect their motion and areas being painted that can be quickly closed at the end of a painting session or their change of paint.
US09403635B2
A fastening ring (1) for fastening a pouch (2) in a container (4) made up of a bottle (42, 43) provided with an upper opening closeable by extraction means (3) optionally mounted on a cup (5), an upper tubular portion, preferably cylindrical, provided at its upper end with an outwardly projecting flange dimensioned to bear against the upper opening of a bottle and to be clamped between the upper opening of the bottle and the outer edge of extraction means or the outer edge of a cup (5) equipped with the extraction means (3) during packaging of the container, a tenon positioned in the extension of the upper tubular portion, on the side opposed to the flange, for fastening anti-collapse means (6) or an immersion tube, and a portion for fastening the pouch (2), which portion can be formed by the tubular portion.
US09403634B2
The invention relates to a rotary-spindle syringe, comprising a rotary element (24) with a thread which is in threaded engagement with the driver (40) wherein the driver (40) acts on a piston (16) and is mounted in a translationally moveable manner relative to the latter, and the rotary-spindle syringe (10) discharges material upon actuation of the rotary element (24) as well as upon application of pressure to a hand support (50) of the piston (16) or a plunger (62) of the piston (16).
US09403631B2
A waterproof hermetically-sealed electronic product protection device includes a body and at least a covering element. The body has a receiving space and at least an opening in communication with the receiving space. The body has a positioning section at the periphery of the at least an opening. The at least a covering element has a protective portion and an engaging portion circumferentially disposed at the periphery of the protective portion. The engaging portion is engaged with the positioning section of the body, such that the at least a covering element covers the at least an opening, and the receiving space is airtight. Hence, not only is the engaging portion engaged with and fixed to the positioning section, but the receiving space is also waterproof and airtight to thereby provide electronic product protection and enable users to operate an electronic product with the protective portion directly.
US09403627B1
A coupler having a semi-rigid support member and two extrusions. The extrusions can be secured against opposing sides of a container. Each of the extrusions is fitted through a void on each of the opposing sides. The coupling can provide structural support when the extrusions are securely fitted into the void. Each of the extrusions can include an insertable end, a non-insertable end, a trunk, and a set of tertiary pawls extending from the trunk and the primary pawl. The tertiary pawls can be positioned between the insertable and non-insertable ends along a longitudinal axis of the coupler. The insertable end can be able to fit through a void from the frontside to the backside. The trunk can terminate at the insertable end in the primary pawl. The base pawl can be able to be secure the coupler against the frontside surface of the void.
US09403624B2
A device and method are provided for storing a prefilled liquid beverage, receiving an oral contrast imaging agent that is mixed with the prefilled liquid beverage, and dispensing a resulting beverage/oral contrast imaging agent mixture. The device has a body defining a chamber for storing the prefilled liquid beverage. A closure is movable between a closed position for sealing the prefilled liquid in the chamber, and an open position for (i) introducing the oral contrast imaging agent into the chamber for mixture with the prefilled liquid beverage, and (ii) dispensing the beverage/oral contrast imaging agent mixture. The device may include first graduations, a time scale and second graduations. The body defines a substantially smooth, axially extending patient information surface including thereon a plurality of marking spaces and respective patient information indicia associated with each marking space for marking thereon information relating to a respective patient.
US09403615B2
A carton blank is assembled into a carton for beverage containers, the blank having a number of panels including a top panel, a bottom panel and a pair of side panels each joined by a fold line to an adjacent one of the panels. A number of end flaps are each joined by an end flap fold line to one of the panels and the end flaps are adapted to be folded upon selected other end flaps to form composite end panels of the carton. A carrying handle is formed in a selected one of the panels and adapted to be grasped by a user to carry the erected carton filled with the beverage containers. The blank includes a primary reinforcing panel joined to one of the panels such that the primary reinforcing panel may be folded into face to face juxtaposition with the selected one of the panels. A secondary reinforcing panel is joined to one of the panels via a secondary reinforcing panel fold line about which the secondary reinforcing panel may be folded into face to face juxtaposition with at least one of the primary reinforcing panel and the selected one of the panels. When the primary and secondary reinforcing panels are folded into position, at least portions of the selected one of the panels surrounding the handle have a triple layer of thickness.
US09403612B2
A packaging system 100 includes a controller 102, an input device 104 in communication with the controller 102 that identifies one or more characteristics of the container, and a manual input device 106 in communication with the controller 102 that provides multiple input options for selection by a packer. The input options represent relative degrees to which a container is filled by one or more objects to be packaged. The controller 102 provides an output signal indicating a quantity of dunnage to dispense to the container based on the selected input option and the one or more identified characteristics of the container. Once the controller receives the container characteristics information, as well as the selected input option representing the relative degree to which the container is filled by the objects to be packaged, the controller can determine the number and lengths of dunnage strips that need to be provided to fill the remaining void in the container. Once the controller 102 has determined the amount dunnage that needs to be dispensed, the controller can signal a dunnage dispenser 110 to dispense the determined amount of dunnage.
US09403611B2
A unit for sequencing and guiding items, in which the items are grouped into batches of one or more items; the unit comprises a first conveyor for advancing the items from an input station to an output station, and a sequencing apparatus cooperable with the items to form the batches and to drive them to the output station; the sequencing apparatus comprises a second conveyor comprising a track and plural movable elements independently moved along the track; the track has a work portion parallel to the first conveyor, and the movable elements include respective interacting portions, adapted to protrude over the first conveyor when the movable elements are advanced along the work portion of the track, and cooperating with the items to drive them to the desired positions along the first conveyor to define the batches and to locate the batches at the desired distances from one another.
US09403610B2
A tie article that includes an attachment portion and a bib portion, where the bib portion includes at least one arm segment and at least one closure device (e.g., a retention wire, tin tie, clasp tie, and the like), where the attachment portion and the bib portion are integrally fabricated from a printed sheet having a first surface and a polymeric film adhered to the first surface of the printed sheet such that the closure device(s) is disposed between the first surface of the printed sheet and the polymeric film at the attachment portion. Multiple tie articles may be manufactured with an in-line process.
US09403609B2
A mobile strapping device for strapping goods with a strap is provided. The mobile strapping device applies a tension to a loop of the strap. The mobile strapping device further provides a connection in the strap for forming a closed loop of the strap. The mobile strapping device further includes a chargeable energy storage for supplying energy. The mobile strapping device further includes a tensioning wheel (5) having an outer circumferential surface and being rotatably drivable about its rotational axis by a drive and a tensioning element (25) having a surface which faces the outer circumferential surface of the tensioning wheel (5). The tensioning wheel (5) is pivotable about a pivot axis (26) which is parallel to and offset from the rotational axis of the tensioning wheel (5).
US09403602B1
Methods and systems for providing architecture independent event driven vehicle position reporting are disclosed. The position reporting capability in accordance with the present disclosure is provided by a stand-alone, self-contained apparatus operating independently from the rest of the systems onboard a vehicle. This stand-alone, self-contained apparatus is configured to detect a non-nominal or a hostile condition, and automatically starts position reporting and/or tracking. In addition, this stand-alone, self-contained apparatus is configured in a manner so that it cannot be turned off or disabled.
US09403599B2
A nacelle inlet for an aircraft engine of a type having an engine fan case with a forward flange includes an acoustic inner barrel having a forward edge and an aft edge, an outer shell having a nose lip portion with a trailing inner edge, and an outer barrel portion having an aft portion. The nacelle inlet also includes an aft attachment flange configured to attach the inlet to the forward flange of the engine fan case, and an aft bulkhead having an aft end and connecting the outer barrel portion of the outer shell to the aft attachment flange. The forward edge of the acoustic inner barrel is connected to the trailing inner edge of the nose lip portion, and the aft portion of the inner barrel is attached to the aft attachment flange.
US09403594B2
An enclosure for carrying an adjustable payload. The enclosure is beneficially used on a rotorcraft blade or other similar structure. The enclosure has a first element having a first flange and an upper element. The first element has an upper surface which has a first angle with respect to a lower surface of the first flange in a direction extending from an inboard direction to an outboard direction. The upper element has a lower surface which has a second angle with respect to an upper surface of said upper element in a direction extending from an inboard direction to an outboard direction, the lower surface being in contact with the upper surface of said first element, the second angle being in a direction which is opposite to the direction of said first angle. The first element and the upper element define a cavity for holding a payload.
US09403589B2
A steering actuator including a motor having a rotor including opposing input and output ends. A driven gear is supported on the input end of the rotor shaft for rotation with the rotor shaft and the output end provides a rotational output of the steering actuator. An override shaft is supported for rotation parallel to the rotor and a drive gear is supported for rotation with the override shaft wherein the drive gear is longitudinally movable relative to the driven gear to engage and disengage the drive gear relative to the driven gear. A coupling structure is provided on an end of the override shaft for detachable engagement with an auxiliary driver. The auxiliary driver provides a rotational driving force to the override shaft for effecting rotation of the rotor shaft.
US09403587B2
A jack plate for vertically raising and lowering an outboard motor mounted on a boat. The jack plate comprises a motor lift and a jack plate mounting assembly. The jack plate mounting assembly has a transom plate and a pair of spacing brackets with jack plate rails. The motor lift has a pair of bearings that are interlocked to a lift plate. The motor lift is slidably situated within the jack plate rails. Complementary geometries of the outer side edges of the lift plate and inner edges of channels in the bearings, as well as the spacing between the jack plate rails, provide a pressure fit that secures the lift plate between the bearings once the bearings are inserted into the jack plate rails.
US09403581B2
A privacy enclosure separate from the vessel hold and having at least one entranceway accessible from outside the hold of the vessel.
US09403580B2
A vessel generally in the form of a tanker or tank barge, the vessel having means for dynamically positioning thereof, to allow the vessel to approach an offshore facility, and deploy a gangway to it, allowing crew to transfer onto the facility, thereby making crew available to a normally unmanned facility. There is also provided a vessel comprising a hull having a bottom section adapted to be received by the surface of a body of water, the bottom section comprising at least one first and second helical propellers, the first helical propellers located adjacent the bow of hull and the second helical propellers located adjacent the stern of the hull. Moreover, there is provided a hose spooling device wherein the device is adapted to be connected to the facility for loading or unloading of hydrocarbons through paying out a hose over or near to the bow of the vessel.
US09403579B2
A marine vessel comprising: a command module; first and second buoyant tubular foils; and first and second struts for connecting the first and second buoyant tubular foils to the command module, respectively; wherein the first and second buoyant tubular foils provide substantially all of the buoyancy required for the marine vessel; and wherein the marine vessel further comprises first and second engines enclosed within the first and second buoyant tubular foils, respectively, and first and second propulsion units connected to the first and second engines, respectively, for moving the marine vessel through the water.
US09403576B2
A crank arm for a pedal-driven vehicle is described herein. The crank arm includes a first member that pivots about a crank axis of the pedal-driven vehicle and a second member rotationally coupled to the first member and configured to receive a pedal. The crank arm further includes a spring assembly configured to bias the second member towards a neutral rotation configuration relative to the first member and to resist rotation of the second member away from the neutral rotation configuration, wherein a distance between the crank axis and the pedal interface is greater than a distance between the crank axis and the member pivot point when the second member is in the neutral rotation configuration.
US09403575B2
A method for reducing the steering torque of a two-wheeler when negotiating curves. For the case that the front wheel is braked while negotiating a curve, the damping in an adaptive steering stamper is increased as a function of at least one state variable characterizing the negotiation of a curve.
US09403568B2
An adjusting structure for a seatpost of a bicycle includes a telescopic post and at least one adjusting module. The telescopic post includes at least one switch disposed on one end of the telescopic post, wherein the switch is for lengthening or shortening the telescopic post. The adjusting module is disposed on the telescopic post corresponding to the switch and for pushing the switch.
US09403560B2
A work vehicle includes a driver's seat in a front section of the vehicle body. A rear seat is behind the driver's seat and includes a seat portion and a back portion. A link member is supported by the vehicle body to allow switching between a seating mode and a storage mode. The seating mode arranges the back portion behind the seat portion. The storage mode arranges the back portion in a position anterior to the position in the seating mode. A carrier bed is in a rear section of the vehicle body. The link member is disposed on an outer side and can act or function as an arm rest.
US09403556B2
An automotive vehicle includes a wedge fixed by shear connections to a structural member. Upon application of a rearward force, the wedge shears free and moves between the structural member and a wheel assembly where it rotationally displaces a vehicle tire. The rearward force also laterally displaces the body of the vehicle. The wedge is tethered to the structural member.
US09403555B2
A selection track setting section in a driving route generation device determines as a selected track a track of a preceding vehicle when a detection section and a track generation section detects a track of the preceding vehicle which is running on the same driving lane of a host vehicle. A candidate track selection section outputs as a candidate track one of tracks of front vehicles, detected by the detection section and the track generation section, other than the track of the preceding vehicle. A switching selection section switches as the selected track from the track of the preceding vehicle to the candidate track when a detection of the track of the preceding vehicle is interrupted during a predetermined detection period. An estimate route generation section generates an estimated driving route of the host vehicle on the bass of the selected track.
US09403549B2
The present invention relates to a frame for a pushchair or buggy which is provided with a telescopic push bar. The invention likewise relates to a pushchair or buggy with such a frame. According to the present invention use is made of a telescopic push bar in combination with a tiltable upper tube in which the push bar is received. The upper tube can tilt here to the lower tube, after which the entity of upper tube and lower tube can tilt to the lower frame part.
US09403547B2
The present invention relates to a pallet transportation assembly comprising a first and second tine, each having a top, a bottom, a front wheel, a middle wheel, a rear wheel, and a riser; and a body coupled to the first and second tines comprising a tine adjustment system and a vertical backing portion.
US09403542B2
The following disclosure relates to a rail car. In one embodiment, a railcar can comprise a span bolster, outer truck assemblies, and a middle truck assembly. The outer truck assemblies can be rotatably mounted to each end of the span bolster. The middle truck assembly can be slidably mounted at a middle portion of said span bolster. In another embodiment, a railcar system can comprise a pair of railcars and a body. The rail cars can comprise a span bolster, outer truck assemblies, and a middle truck assembly. The outer truck assemblies can be rotatably mounted to each end of the span bolster. The middle truck assembly can be slidably mounted at a middle portion of said span bolster. The body can have two ends, each of the ends connected to one of the span bolsters.
US09403527B2
A method is provided for controlling a hybrid automotive vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, and an electric machine connected to an energy storage system includes a) during a mission of the vehicle, estimation of the temperature of the energy storage system at the beginning of a next mission of the vehicle, and b) if the temperature estimated at step a) is below a threshold value, recharging, before the end of the current mission (If the vehicle, the energy storage system on the basis of the temperature estimated at step a). In a step c), if the energy storage system has been recharged at step b), then, at the beginning of the next operating period of the vehicle, the energy storage system is heavily discharged. With this method, the battery rapidly reaches the desired temperature when driving off again at the beginning of the next mission.
US09403521B2
A method of replacement of replaceable components of a vehicle braking system are described, along with methods of controlling such replacement by preventing the or permitting removal of replaceable components of a braking system, in response to comparison of codes associated with current and replacement parts of the braking system. A related braking system and controller are also disclosed. The methods and related products can be used for ensuring the replacement of braking components with correctly specified replacement parts.
US09403519B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle brake system capable of appropriately setting an upper limit value of hydraulic pressure of a by-wire brake during stopping of a vehicle in accordance with conditions. When the vehicle is stopped, a maximum allowable drive voltage calculation unit sets a maximum allowable drive voltage to V2, and sets a brake pressure generated by a motor to P2. When the vehicle is stopped, if a duration time of stopping of the vehicle or a duration time of generation of the brake pressure exceeds a reference value, the maximum allowable drive voltage calculation unit sets the maximum allowable drive voltage to V3, and sets the brake pressure generated by the motor to P3 which is lower than P2.
US09403508B2
An electric motor is subjected to PWM duty control based on a target speed (tgt spd) set according to a position of a wiper blade. After a deceleration start position of wiping operation, the electric motor is driven at a PWM duty value (sld sta duty×Ksd) obtained by multiplying a PWM duty value (sld sta duty) at the deceleration start position by a predetermined deceleration coefficient (Ksd) set according to the blade position. The deceleration coefficient (Ksd) is set according to the position of the wiper blade based on a ratio (tgt spd/pek tgt spd) between the target speed (pek tgt spd) of the wiper blade at the start of deceleration and the target speed (tgt spd) of the wiper blade.
US09403495B2
There are provided a wire harness and a manufacturing method thereof which can reduce number of components and which does not require an electric wire to be formed longer than necessary. A wire harness includes an electric wire and a tubular corrugated tube made of synthetic resin and arranged to receive the electric wire to protect the electric wire. The corrugated tube is bent at an appropriate section when wired on an automobile. The corrugated tube includes recessed grooves and protrusions arranged alternately along a longitudinal direction. The adjacent protrusions of the appropriate section on the inward side are attached to each other by welding. The appropriate section is bent in a non-restorable fashion in a direction in which the appropriate section is bent when wired in the automobile.
US09403484B2
The invention relates to a system for controlling the adjustment of a side rearview mirror mounted on a vehicle, where the system comprises at least one side rearview mirror operated by a motor controlled by a control unit, wherein the system comprises at least one direction guide, where the direction guide comprises at least one gyro, where sensing devices in contact with the gyro determines a change in direction of the vehicle and provides corresponding output data, where the control unit comprises a data processor provided for determining the adjustment of the rearview mirror, where the processor is adapted for reading output data from the sensing device and based on at least the sensing device output provide a control signal for the motor operating the mirror and where the motor is adapted for adjusting the mirror accordingly.
US09403478B2
According to another aspect of the present invention, a light system for use in a rearview mirror assembly is provided and includes a light source and a first optical element. Said first optical element has a collection optic configured to direct light received from said light source, a reflector optic in optical communication with said collection optic and configured to reflect light from said collection optic, a plurality of light steering areas configured to steer light propagating in said first optical element, and a light spreading optic configured to spread light exiting said first optical element. A second optical element is in optical communication with said first optical element and is configured to diffuse light received from said first optical element to illuminate an indicia.
US09403475B2
The invention provides a type of rear-view mirror with auxiliary lighting for reverse and open door alert lighting. The invention consists of an illuminator installed at the bottom of a rear-view mirror, with the illuminator supplied with a power supply unit, two power circuits, a control unit, and a light-emitting element. One of the power circuits is linked to the sensor in the reverse gear while the other power circuit is linked to the sensor in the door handle. Therefore, the invention will provide a better light source for drivers trying to back up their cars during nighttime as well as a wide range light source when doors open to alert upcoming traffic so as to prevent collision by upcoming motorcyclists or bicyclists.
US09403469B2
A lift for attachment to a vehicle is described. The lift includes a hitch assembly with a hitch receiver insert, a first support member, and a second support member. Each of the two support members may include an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion oriented at an angle with respect to the associated lower portion. The support members may be mounted to the hitch assembly, at locations separated by a first offset, and may be mounted to a platform assembly, at locations separated by an equivalent second offset. As a lifting mechanism mounted to the hitch assembly provides a lifting force to one of the support members, the platform assembly is raised from a lowered position to a raised position, with a platform included in the platform assembly being maintained, by way of the two equivalent offsets, in a substantially horizontal orientation over the course of travel.
US09403452B2
A seat bottom assembly includes a seat bottom frame and an anti-submarining device having a pivot shaft and a panel. The frame extends along a longitudinal axis between a front edge and a rear edge and the pivot shaft is mounted on the frame. The panel extends along the longitudinal axis between a front edge and a rear edge and is mounted to the pivot shaft for pivoting movement between a design position and an open position angularly spaced from the design position. The panel opposes forward displacement of an occupant supported by the frame while in the open position. The rear edge of the panel is spaced forward of a midpoint of the frame such that only a forward portion of the seat bottom assembly between the midpoint and the front edge of the frame opposes forward displacement of the occupant when the panel is in the open position.
US09403451B2
A headrest device comprising: a headrest stay that is coupled to an upper end portion of a seatback of a vehicle seat, and that supports a headrest pad; an internal structure that is embedded inside the headrest pad, that is supported from a rear by the headrest stay, and that supports a head of an occupant from the rear during a vehicle rear-on collision via a support face that is formed at a front face of the internal structure; and a forward projection portion that is configured by a portion of the headrest stay that projects forward, that is disposed at an upper side or a lower side of the support face within the headrest pad, and that suppresses the head supported by the support face from tilting backward or tilting forward by pivoting about the support face as a pivoting center.
US09403450B2
A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body affixed with an anchor structure, an arm extending transversally relative to the shell body and having a rod pivotally disposed through a tube portion, the tube portion having an extension connected with a side segment of the anchor structure, two latch assemblies respectively connected with a left and a right end of the rod for fixedly attaching the shell body with an anchorage fixture of a vehicle, and a cushion structure for cushioning a displacement of the shell body and the anchor structure relative to the arm and the latch assemblies when car collision occurs. The cushion structure is arranged adjacent to a joint region where the side segment and the extension are connected with each other, or in the base between the tube portion and an inner sidewall of the shell body.
US09403449B2
A carseat system comprising a base, a child seat, and four locking points. The base comprises an upper surface that receives a child seat and a lower surface that rests upon a vehicle seat, left and rights sides, and first and second ends. The child seat comprises a seating surface, an exterior surface, and left and right sides. The four locking points removably engage the child seat to the base and comprise a first pair of locking points positioned toward the first end of the base and a second pair of locking points positioned toward the second end of the base. The first pair of locking points comprise left and right securing members connected to the child seat and extendable in a direction perpendicular to the left and right sides of the child seat, and slots defined in the upper surface of the base that can engage the securing members.
US09403442B2
A technique for discharging an energy storage of a vehicle having a predetermined discharge limit threshold comprises performing a lookup in a database to determine whether a predetermined condition is met. The predetermined condition comprises a specific vehicle identification number being listed in the database. Next, initiating the discharging of the energy storage below a predetermined discharge limit threshold depending on a result of the lookup in the database.
US09403433B1
A shifter cable assembly of a vehicle includes a vehicle panel selected from a floor panel and a dash wall panel. A transmission is disposed on a first side of the vehicle panel. A shift member is disposed on a second side of the vehicle panel opposite the first side. A mounting bracket is rigidly attached to the vehicle panel. A sealing grommet has a sealing portion sandwiched between the mounting bracket and the vehicle panel. A shifter cable is received by a conduit portion of the sealing grommet. A first end of the shifter cable is connected to the transmission, and a second end of the shifter cable is connected to the shift member. A damper member is connected to the mounting bracket. The damper member is configured to reduce application to the mounting bracket of vibration generated by the transmission.
US09403418B2
A method for controlling a recuperation power of a recuperation-capable drive of a motor vehicle includes first determining a future temperature-control effort that represents the energy required to cool or heat the motor vehicle, and then conducting to a temperature-control device a temperature-control proportion of a recuperation power that has been extracted from the kinetic energy of the motor vehicle. The temperature-control device uses the temperature-control proportion of the converted recuperation power to heat or cool a motor vehicle interior of the motor vehicle. The magnitude of the temperature-control proportion is controlled based on the future temperature-control effort. An increasing temperature-control proportion is conducted to the temperature-control device in response to an increasing temperature-control effort.
US09403414B2
The purpose of this invention; herein the Amphibious Board; is to allow a person to transition from a body of water to land & vice versa. The method attributable to provide enough energy is derived from a person or rider, holding a controllable kite utilizing the power of the wind. Once standing in the foot the bindings, the rider would be able to steer the Amphibious Board with the aid of the fins located on the bottom of the board in the water; and the rollers would allow the rider to access the land.
US09403412B2
A method of recognizing a trailer of a tractor vehicle by an electronic control unit (ECU) includes determining whether a parking switch is in an on state and a transmission gear state is a parking state. Whether a stop lamp switch is in an on state and a state of a current flowing in the stop lamp of the trailer is in an on state are determined. A load current quantity of a load lamp is recognized, and whether the stop lamp is in an open state is determined. A mode to a trailer non-connection mode when the stop lamp is in an off state is determined.
US09403408B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion that includes three main grooves extending in the tire circumferential direction, and four rows of land portions defined by each of the main grooves, wherein, in each of two rows of center land portions located on a tire equator side, one narrow groove extending in the tire circumferential direction and a plurality of inclined grooves extending from the narrow groove towards the outer side in the tire width direction are provided, in each of the two rows of shoulder land portions located on shoulder sides, a plurality of lug grooves extending in tire width direction and not connecting to the main grooves is provided, and a distance on the vehicle outer side and a distance on the vehicle inner side from groove edges on shoulder land portion sides of side main grooves to the tire equator are equal.
US09403400B2
A modular, portable writing and projection system having a variable curvature is disclosed. The system uses dry erase boards, chalk or black boards, or other flexible panels having at least one writing surface. The panels have edges for joining to posts. The system combines panels to form a large, modular system for use at meetings, gatherings or other assemblies. The system allows a large number of users to contribute to a presentation, and also allows users to view the presentation. Because the panels are flexible, the system may be curved, allowing more panels to be mounted, used, written on and viewed, within limited space. The panels may be used in either a convex or concave manner, i.e., curved in or curved out, as desired. The resistance of the panels to remaining in a curved state is overcome by feet on the posts and braking or holding devices on the feet.
US09403399B2
A marking pen including a body including a pen and a cap. The cap includes a clip including a first leg that extends from the cap body and away from the cap body in a first direction that is along a transverse axis of the cap body, a second leg that extends from the first leg and away from the first leg in a second direction to create a gap between the second leg and the cap body, and a third leg that extends from the second leg in a third direction along a longitudinal axis of the cap body and the third leg also extends toward the cap body along the transverse axis of the cap body. The clip is configured to attach the cap to an article of clothing in the gap between the second leg and the cap body.
US09403396B2
A donor substrate may include a base layer, a light to heat conversion layer disposed on the base layer, a buffer layer disposed on the light to heat conversion layer, an organic transfer layer disposed on the buffer layer, and a tightening member disposed on a peripheral portion of the organic transfer layer. The tightening member may include an adhesive film having an adhesion strength controlled by an irradiation of an ultraviolet ray. Process failures for manufacturing an organic light emitting display device may be prevented by the donor substrate, so that the organic light emitting display device may ensure improved performances.
US09403394B2
A safe, integrated dye sublimation transfer printer apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to print one or more images onto transfer media, then align the transfer media onto a substrate. A selected product to receive the sublimated image is positioned on top of the transfer media, and the apparatus brings the transfer media and one or more heating platens into contact to sublimate the image. The heating platen is configured to sublimate one or more opposing sides of a product substantially simultaneously in a single thermal cycle. In some embodiments, the apparatus may be incorporated into a fully-enclosed vending machine to provide on-demand personalized sublimated products and accessories for a consumer.
US09403389B2
A tape cassette that includes a generally rectangular box-like housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a side wall defining a periphery of the housing, a first and second cavities extending from the bottom wall and disposed between a tape containing area and the periphery at opposite ends of a diagonal of the generally rectangular box-like housing, at least one tape wound and mounted within the housing in the tape containing area, the at least one tape including a first tape disposed in a first area, the first tape having a hole at a center of winding, and the first area being one of two areas formed by dividing the housing with respect to a line connecting the first and second cavities, and a third cavity that extends in the hole of the first tape from the bottom wall.
US09403377B2
The present invention is directed to systems and methods of directly determining the type of receiver media loaded in a thermal printer by measurements taken from the receiver media itself. In one embodiment, a tri-color emitter and detector combination work in conjunction to determine the intensity of light transmitted through the receiver media. The type of receiver media may be determined by the voltage response or transmission profile generated by the receiver in response to being illuminated by the tri-color emitter.
US09403372B2
In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a fluidic channel having first and second ends and a drop generator disposed within the channel. A fluid reservoir is in fluid communication with the first and second ends of the channel, and an alternating-current electro-osmotic (ACEO) pump is disposed within the channel to generate net fluid flow from the reservoir at the first end, through the channel, and back to the reservoir at the second end.
US09403371B2
A liquid storage container includes a liquid storage section configured to store a liquid, a liquid injection section connected to the liquid storage section and configured to inject the liquid into the liquid storage section, an air chamber communicated with air, an air introduction section communicated to the air chamber and configured to introduce the air to the air chamber, a communicating passage through which the liquid storage section and the air chamber are communicated to each other, a liquid injection port defined as an intersection at which the liquid injection section and the liquid storage section intersect each other, and a connecting port defined between the liquid storage section and the communicating passage and located above the liquid injection port in a posture where the liquid injection port is oriented upward in a direction intersecting with a horizontal direction.
