US09477657B2
A system may be configured to allow for the translation of content, obtained and/or presented by a media cast device, to different languages. The translation may be performed based on translating the text of closed captioning information provided with the content, and generating audio based on the text. The translation may be performed independent of music or sound effects, such that only speech is replaced, without affecting other portions of the audio.
US09477645B2
The present subject matter relates to text viewing and markup, and in particular to systems and methods of active text markup. In particular, various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software to define text markup styles including associated actions to be performed against text marked up according to a defined markup style. Some embodiments include receiving marker input mapping a first markup style to an action and receiving text marker input associating the marker to a portion of document text. Such embodiments may further include receiving an action trigger to perform the action mapped to the marker associated to the portion of document text and performing the action based on the associated portion of document text.
US09477634B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, devices and methods for translating I2C addresses. In accordance with an embodiment, a method for translating an I2C address includes receiving an original I2C address from a first I2C compatible device via an I2C-bus to which the first I2C compatible device is connected. The method also includes translating the original I2C address to a translated I2C address, and outputting the translated I2C address to a second I2C compatible device via a secondary side of the I2C-bus to which the slave device is connected. The original I2C address can be translated to the translated I2C address by subtracting an offset value from (or adding an offset value to) the original I2C address to produce the translated I2C address. Such an offset value can be specified using pin strapping, or by storing the offset value in a register or non-volatile memory that is programmable via the—I2C bus. Alternatively, a look-up-table, that is programmable via the I2C-bus, can be used to perform the I2C address translation.
US09477625B2
Reversible connectors for accessory devices are described. In one or more implementations, a connector cable for an accessory of a host computing device is configured such that a head of the connector cable may be plugged into a corresponding port of the host in either orientation (straight or reverse). The host computing device is configured to sample signals associated with allocated pins of the connector to detect connection of the connector to an accessory port and to ascertain an orientation of the connector. A combination of high and low values of signals conveyed via these allocated pins upon insertion of the connector may be used by a controller of the host to distinguish between different types of devices and to resolve the orientation of the connector cable. A switching mechanism of the host computing device may then be configured to automatically route signals accordingly.
US09477624B2
In a real-time application, one or more computational tasks execute according to a time schedule and use input data from input devices and/or output data from output devices. One or more of the input devices or output devices may be unscheduled devices that attempt to access the peripheral bus at unscheduled times. Such unscheduled bus access can cause the time schedule to become comprised. Various methods for arbitrating access to the bus to better integrate the bus access with the time schedule followed by the application are described.
US09477622B2
A transaction processing method is disclosed to solve the issue of multiple producers (software and hardware) and one or more consumers operating in a peer or hierarchical system. The transaction processing method is a deterministic method operable in a system having any number of producers. The producers themselves may be any combination of hardware and software and may be part of peer or hierarchical systems.
US09477621B2
The invention concerns a bandwidth control method in an on-chip system comprising at least one main master module, at least one secondary master module, at least one slave module and a bus connected to each module on a communication link, the bus comprising interconnection means to make at least one common slave module communicate with at least one main master module and with at least one secondary master module via at least one common path portion, the method comprising the following steps carried out for each common slave module: first detection of a first request to access the common slave module, issued by a main master module, definition of a blocking time Dj associated with the common slave module, blocking, during blocking time Dj, of any data transfer on the at least one common path portion between a secondary master module and the common slave module.
US09477620B2
A storage device of a storage system includes a device Direct Memory Access (DMA) configured to calculate a data transfer amount based on size information of data provided to a DMA queue; a command manager configured to receive the data transfer amount from the device DMA and to calculate a transfer speed using a speed mode table; and a device interface configured to transfer the transfer speed to a host.
US09477618B2
An information processing device, comprising: a memory; and one or more central processing units coupled to the memory and configured to: control accesses to a device based on requests from users, record a start time of each access to the device and an end time of the access to the device, determine a load state of the device based on an elapsed time period from the start time to the end time, and limit, based on the load state of the device, a number of threads for one of the users, the threads being concurrently executed to access the device based on access requests to the device from the one of the users.
US09477617B2
A memory buffering system is disclosed that arbitrates bus ownership through an arbitration scheme for memory elements in chain architecture. A unified host memory controller arbitrates bus ownership for transfer to a unified memory buffer and other buffers within the chain architecture. The system is used within a communication system with a bus in chain architectures and parallel architectures.
US09477612B2
A memory system includes a plurality of memory chips each including memory regions and page buffers; an address table suitable for storing mapping information for mapping physical addresses and logical addresses; a target table suitable for storing sequential physical addresses and sequential logical addresses; a selective output block suitable for selecting the memory regions as pages under selection by units of a page according to a preset order, based on the sequential physical addresses, and outputting data stored in page buffers of memory chips under selection corresponding to the pages under selection; and an expected read block suitable for reading data stored in selection-expected pages, which is to be selected following the pages under selection according to the preset order, to store in page buffers of selection-expected memory chips corresponding to the selection-expected pages, while the data stored in the page buffers under selection are outputted.
US09477608B2
An apparatus includes a fuse array, a random access memory (RAM), and a plurality of cores. The fuse array is disposed on a die, where the fuse array has a plurality of semiconductor fuses programmed with compressed configuration data. The RAM is disposed separately on the die. The plurality of cores is disposed separately on the die, where each of the plurality of cores is coupled to the fuse array and the RAM, and where the each of the plurality of cores accesses either the fuse array or the RAM upon power-up/reset as indicated by contents of a load data register to obtain the compressed configuration data.
US09477606B2
A storage controller receives a request that corresponds to an access of a track. A determination is made as to whether the track corresponds to data stored in a solid state disk. Record staging to a cache from the solid state disk is performed, in response to determining that the track corresponds to data stored in the solid state disk, wherein each track is comprised of a plurality of records.
US09477604B2
In one embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code including computer readable program code configured to initialize an internal look-up table cache provided internally to a switching processor, the internal look-up table cache being configured to store a plurality of look-up entries and being organized into at least three segments: a persistent flows entries segment, a non-persistent flows entries segment, and an access control list (ACL) segment. Each look-up entry relates to a traffic flow which has been or is anticipated to be received by a switching processor configured to access the internal look-up table cache. The computer readable program code is also configured to manage the internal look-up table cache to store entries relating to a particular segment type into a corresponding segment of the internal look-up table cache.
US09477599B2
A method, computer program product, and system is described that enforces a release consistency with special accesses sequentially consistent (RCsc) memory model and executes release synchronization instructions such as a StRel event without tracking an outstanding store event through a memory hierarchy, while efficiently using bandwidth resources. What is also described is the decoupling of a store event from an ordering of the store event with respect to a RCsc memory model. The description also includes a set of hierarchical read/write combining buffers that coalesce stores from different parts of the system. In addition, a pool component maintains partial order of received store events and release synchronization events to avoid content addressable memory (CAM) structures, full cache flushes, as well as direct write-throughs to memory. The approach improves the performance of both global and local synchronization events since a store event may not need to reach main memory to complete.
US09477596B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for logical block address (“LBA) bitmap usage for a system having non-volatile memory (“NVM”). A bitmap can be stored in volatile memory of the system, where the bitmap can store the mapping statuses of one or more logical addresses. By using the bitmap, the system can determine the mapping status of a LBA without having to access the NVM. In addition, the system can update the mapping status of a LBA with minimal NVM accesses. By reducing the number of NVM accesses, the system can avoid triggering a garbage collection process, which can improve overall system performance.
US09477593B2
A semiconductor device remaps the relationship between logical addresses and physical addresses of a semiconductor memory device at each first interval. The semiconductor device may include a wear leveling controller configured to select a first physical address of the semiconductor memory device to remap a logical address corresponding to the first physical address of the semiconductor memory device to a second physical address of the semiconductor memory device, and to adjust the first interval.
US09477588B2
A system that allocates memory for immutable data on a computing device. The system allocates a memory region on the computing device to store immutable data for an executing application. This memory region is smaller than the immutable data for the application. When the system subsequently receives a request to access a block of immutable data for the application, the system allocates space in this memory region for the block, and proceeds to load the block into the memory region. If at a later time the space occupied by this first block is needed for another block, the system unloads and discards the first block. If a subsequent operation needs to use information in the first block, the system regenerates the block by transforming raw data associated with the block into a form that can be directly accessed by the application, and then reloads the block into the memory region.
US09477576B2
A computer captures a thread state data of a first program. The computer generates a second program by applying a first program patch to the first program. The computer inserts additional code into a source code of the second program. The computer executes a first performance test using the second program and the inserted additional code. The computer monitors a first status of the second program and the inserted additional code that are under the first performance test. The computer determines a degree that a first deadlock state was prevented during the first performance test. The computer generates a first message based, at least in part, on the determined degree that the first deadlock state was prevented during the first performance test.
US09477570B2
A provisioning server can actively monitor the software provisioning processes being performed on a target machine to determine the status and integrity of the provisioning processes and notify an administrator or user of the status and integrity. The provisioning server can be configured to include a monitoring module and a message module. The monitoring module can be configured to monitor software provisioning processes being performed on a target machine and determine the status and integrity of the provisioning processes. The message module can be configured send notification to the administrator or user of the status and integrity of the provisioning processes.
US09477561B2
In one embodiment, the gateway includes a trunk interface module (TI) for coupling the gateway to a trunk of the public network (PSTN), a media Server module (MS) coupled to an enterprise network, a transcoder module (TC), a call control module (CC), and a proxy module (PRO). The proxy module is configured to forward each SIP message received by the gateway, according to the IP address contained in a SIP Request-URI in this message. The SIP message is either sent to the Call Control module (CC) if this IP address is the address of the gateway, or to the data compression module (DC) if the IP address is the address of the main SIP Server (MSS). The proxy module is configured to add, in the latter case, its own IP address in Path header on each Register method; and, for each other SIP method sent to the main SIP Server (MSS), suppress its own IP address in the Route header. The gateway includes a management and configuration module (MC) configured to receive and store a rescue call number to be used for establishing the backup link (BL).
US09477559B2
A control device according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention, which is included in a sub-system of a plurality of sub-systems included in a fault tolerant system, includes: a packet reception unit that receives data from a processor unit included in the plurality of sub systems each including: the processor unit; an input-output unit; and a signal transmission path, the control device being connected between the processor unit and the input-output unit; and a first transmission unit that transmits error detection data being generated from the data of accessing from the processor unit to the input-output unit in an own sub-system to an companion sub-system when the processor unit is in the lockstep synchronous state, and transmits the data of accessing from a processor unit to the input-output unit in the own sub-system to the companion sub-system when the processor is in a lockstep asynchronous state.
US09477558B2
Logging changes to a physical memory region during a logging time interval includes: detecting a write operation to the physical memory region, wherein the write operation modifies an indirect representation that corresponds to a physical data line in the physical memory region; and recording log information associated with the write operation.
US09477556B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product. A method is provided and includes in the event that a check trigger condition is satisfied for a disaster recovery intervention rule in a disaster recovery intervention rule base, automatically checking whether an intervention is to be performed for a session storage medium determined by a session configuration information already loaded in a session configuration file, the checking being performed based on the satisfied disaster recovery intervention rule, in the event that the intervention is determined to be performed, determining a next session storage medium corresponding to the session storage medium requiring intervention, and loading configuration information corresponding to the next session storage medium into the session configuration file to switch the configuration information corresponding to the session storage medium requiring intervention to the configuration information corresponding to the next session storage medium.
US09477553B1
A storage system provides highly flexible data layouts that can be tailored based on reliability considerations. The system allocates reliability values to logical containers at an upper logical level of the system based, for example, on objectives established by reliability SLOs. Based on the reliability value, the system identifies a specific parity group from a lower physical storage level of the system for storing data corresponding to the logical container. After selecting a parity group, the system allocates the data to physical storage blocks within the parity group. In embodiments, the system attaches the reliability value information to the parity group and the physical storage units storing the data. In this manner, the underlying physical layer has a semantic understanding of reliability considerations related to the data stored at the logical level. Based on this semantic understanding, the system has the capability to prioritize data operations on the physical storage units according to the reliability values attached to the parity groups.
US09477552B1
In one embodiment, a tape drive includes a magnetic head having a plurality of read sensors, each read sensor being configured to read data simultaneously. The tape drive also includes a controller and logic integrated with and/or executable by the controller. The logic is configured to receive encoded data read from a plurality of tracks of a magnetic tape medium simultaneously. The logic is also configured to perform priority-based decoding on the encoded data based on erasure coefficients associated with at least one codeword of the encoded data. In another embodiment, a controller-implemented method includes receiving encoded data read from a plurality of tracks of a magnetic tape medium simultaneously and performing priority-based decoding on the encoded data based on erasure coefficients associated with at least one codeword of the encoded data.
US09477541B2
Fault detection within wireless sensor networks can be determined by label propagation training within a wireless network system based on normal and faulty node conditions. The training information is then used to propagate node information to neighboring data vectors, which generates an indication of faulty nodes or an indication of a normal transmission path.
US09477533B2
Systems and methods may provide a set of cores capable of parallel execution of threads. Each of the cores may run code that is provided with a progress meter that calculates the amount of work remaining to be performed on threads as they run on their respective cores. The data may be collected continuously, and may be used to alter the frequency, speed or other operating characteristic of the cores as well as groups of cores. The progress meters may be annotated into existing code.
US09477525B2
A method and an apparatus for a parallel computing program calling APIs (application programming interfaces) in a host processor to perform a data processing task in parallel among compute units are described. The compute units are coupled to the host processor including central processing units (CPUs) and graphic processing units (GPUs). A program object corresponding to a source code for the data processing task is generated in a memory coupled to the host processor according to the API calls. Executable codes for the compute units are generated from the program object according to the API calls to be loaded for concurrent execution among the compute units to perform the data processing task.
US09477524B2
A system and method for virtualization and cloud security are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system comprises a first multi-core processing cluster and a second multi-core processing cluster in communication with a network interface card and software instructions. When the software instructions are executed by the second multi-core processing cluster they cause the second multi-core processing cluster to receive a request for a service, create a new or invoke an existing virtual machine to service the request, and return a desired result indicative of successful completion of the service to the first multi-core processing cluster.
US09477509B2
A system, methods, and apparatus for protection against interrupts in virtual machine functions are disclosed. A system includes memory, one or more physical processors, a virtual machine executing on the one or more physical processors, and a hypervisor executing on the one or more physical processors. The hypervisor determines a first location in the memory, corresponding to a physical address of the virtual machine function, and loads into memory at a second location in the memory outside the first location in the memory. The hypervisor initializes abort code at the second location in the memory. Prior to an execution of an instruction that loads an interrupt data structure on the virtual machine, a trap to the hypervisor is activated. The hypervisor then modifies a page table corresponding to the interrupt data structure to point to the initialized abort code.
US09477502B2
An untrusted application is received at a data center including one or more processing modules and providing a native processing environment. The untrusted application includes a data parallel pipeline. Secured processing environments are used to execute the untrusted application.
US09477500B2
A distributed network service platform comprises: a logical data plane configured to process packets that are received by a plurality of physical devices, transmitted by the plurality of physical devices, or both, the logical data plane being physically distributed on the plurality of physical devices; and a logical control plane configured to manage and control the logical data plane, the logical control plane comprising one or more physical control planes operating on one or more physical devices.
US09477488B2
The systems and methods of the present disclosure are generally related to managing distributed sales, service and repair operations. In particular, the systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to managing a distributed network of sales, service and/or repair operations that include automated features.
US09477487B2
A file system independent virtualized boot block with discovery volume and cover files renders a volume visible when accessed by an accessing system which differs from a source system. For example, a downlevel operating system recognizes that data is present on a volume created in an uplevel operating system, even where the uplevel data itself may not be accessible.
US09477486B2
In a cloud computing environment, a production server virtualization stack is minimized to present fewer security vulnerabilities to malicious software running within a guest virtual machine. The minimal virtualization stack includes support for those virtual devices necessary for the operation of a guest operating system, with the code base of those virtual devices further reduced. Further, a dedicated, isolated boot server provides functionality to securely boot a guest operating system. The boot server is isolated through use of an attestation protocol, by which the boot server presents a secret to a network switch to attest that the boot server is operating in a clean mode. The attestation protocol may further employ a secure co-processor to seal the secret, so that it is only accessible when the boot server is operating in the clean mode.
US09477483B2
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises receiving, at a mobile computing device, a request comprising a protocol identifier, a label value, and a data value, wherein the protocol identifier is associated with a protocol implemented in a first mobile app; using a protocol handler in the mobile computing device associated with the protocol, initiating processing of the request; using a native code element in the mobile computing device: intercepting the request when the label value matches a particular expression, and in response to the intercepting, providing the data value to other than the first mobile app, the protocol handler or the native code element; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
US09477475B2
According to embodiments disclosed herein, there is disclosed a computer processor architecture; and in particular a computer processor, a method of operating the same, and a computer program product that makes use of an instruction set for the computer. In one embodiment, the computer processor includes: (1) a decode unit for decoding instruction packets fetched from a memory holding the instruction packets, (2) a control processing channel capable of performing control operations and (3) a data processing channel capable of performing data processing operations, wherein, in use the decode unit causes instructions of instruction packets comprising a plurality of only control instructions to be executed sequentially on the control processing channel, and wherein, in use the decode unit causes instructions of instruction packets comprising a plurality of instructions comprising at least one data processing instruction to be executed simultaneously on the data processing channel.
US09477469B2
Branch prediction is suppressed for specific branch instructions executing in a transaction of a transactional memory (TM) environment, when the specific branch instruction was previously executed in the transaction, in one embodiment the specific branch instruction is suppressed after a predetermined number of executions of the specific instruction in a transaction.
US09477468B2
Multiple sets of character data having termination characters are compared using parallel processing and without causing unwarranted exceptions. Each set of character data to be compared is loaded within one or more vector registers. In particular, in one embodiment, for each set of character data to be compared, an instruction is used that loads data in a vector register to a specified boundary, and provides a way to determine the number of characters loaded. Further, an instruction is used to find the index of the first delimiter character, i.e., the first zero or null character, or the index of unequal characters. Using these instructions, a location of the end of one of the sets of data or a location of an unequal character is efficiently provided.
US09477465B2
An arithmetic processing apparatus includes a plurality of arithmetic cores configured to execute threads in parallel, and a control unit configured to cause the arithmetic core to execute a reduction operation for data of the threads having the same storage area to which data is written per a predetermined number of threads in order to add data obtained by the reduction operation to data within a corresponding storage area by an atomic process.
US09477464B2
A method for aggregating and reporting data from a plurality of data sources in a contact center is provided. The method includes: maintaining by a computer device aggregated data for a sliding interval including N+1 contiguous panes ordered from 0 to N, where N is greater or equal to 1; updating by the computer device the aggregated data for the sliding interval based on updates for the sliding interval received from one or more of the data sources; monitoring for expiration of one of the panes; and in response to determining that the one of the panes has expired, reporting the aggregated data for the sliding interval to a client.
US09477462B2
A system and method for software product versioning, packaging, distribution, and patching. The system provides for convergence of registry models, adding critical information to a home registry and simplifying processing algorithms in the install framework. In accordance with an embodiment, a product alias element is added to a Product Provisioning model, referencing one or more products. This provides a loose coupling between the external market-oriented product name and version, and the internal product names and versions. The internal product names and versions are captured in the registry and used for all code-based decisions during installation and other provisioning related activities. In accordance with an embodiment, a Feature Model is also added to the Product Provisioning model, and modules are grouped under features.
US09477454B2
Particular deployment logic is selected that describes a plurality of steps in a type of software deployment. Release data is identified that defines a selection of a set of software artifacts to be deployed in a particular deployment. Further, environmental data is selected that describes configuration of a target system for the particular deployment. First associations are determined, using data processing apparatus, between steps in the plurality of steps and software artifacts in the set of software artifacts. Second associations are determined between steps in the plurality of steps and configuration information of the target system used in the respective steps. The artifacts are automatically deployed on the target system, using one or more data processing apparatus, based on the first and second associations.
US09477449B2
The technology disclosed relates to a self-service customization protocol for a single page website that implements a support component add-in to the CRM website. The self-service customization protocol includes a plurality of page elements that can be easily edited by the customers without any coding.
US09477448B2
Techniques for refactoring a screen-oriented computing program are described herein. The techniques include a method that identifies screens of the computing program, and determines a starting point of the computing program based on the identified screens. The techniques include refactoring the computing program based on the starting point and the identified screens.
US09477447B1
Software extensions for applications of an enterprise system may be developed in a test system. An adaptation transport module displays, in a test system, a plurality of semantic representations of software extension components for an application of an enterprise system. A semantic representation of a software extension for the application is generated based on a user selection of a combination of the semantic representations of software extension components. An adaptation object comprising the semantic representation of the software extension and at least one associated software object is generated by identifying the associated software object(s) based on an adaptation type of the adaptation object. The adaptation transport module displays, in the enterprise system, the semantic representation of the software extension (or of a collection including the software extension) and the adaptation object is imported to the enterprise system based on a user selection of the semantic representation of the software extension.
US09477446B1
The disclosure includes a system and method for building an integrated system using a formal language. The method may include designing one or more models for one or more software components to be included in the integrated system. The one or more models may describe one or more requirements for the one or more software components. The method may include assigning one or more contracts written in the formal language to the one or more models. The method may include integrating the one or more models based on the composition of the one or more contracts to form an integrated model. The integrated model may include each requirement for the one or more software components. The method may include analyzing the one or more contracts and the integrated model to determine whether the one or more contracts include each requirement described by the integrated model.
US09477441B2
Methods, apparatus, instructions and logic are disclosed providing double rounded combined floating-point multiply and add functionality as scalar or vector SIMD instructions or as fused micro-operations. Embodiments include detecting floating-point (FP) multiplication operations and subsequent FP operations specifying as source operands results of the FP multiplications. The FP multiplications and the subsequent FP operations are encoded as combined FP operations including rounding of the results of FP multiplication followed by the subsequent FP operations. The encoding of said combined FP operations may be stored and executed as part of an executable thread portion using fused-multiply-add hardware that includes overflow detection for the product of FP multipliers, first and second FP adders to add third operand addend mantissas and the products of the FP multipliers with different rounding inputs based on overflow, or no overflow, in the products of the FP multiplier. Final results are selected respectively using overflow detection.
US09477424B1
Methods and systems for synchronous replication of data are provided. A master intelligent storage adapter operating within a cluster having a slave intelligent storage adapter receives a plurality of write requests; generates a first input/output (I/O) request for storing the data for the plurality of write requests at a first storage device; and generates a second I/O request for a replication module executed by a computing device for synchronously storing the data at a second storage device. The computing device initiates a synchronous replication operation to replicate the data for the plurality of write requests at the second storage device.
US09477419B2
A memory control system for controlling read and write operations of a non-volatile memory, wherein the memory control system comprises a memory controller that is adapted to implement a write operation for writing at least one block of data to the memory as a sequence of memory write and validation cycles for part of all of the data. In one example, the number of cycles is a function of the amount of successfully written data per cycle and is thus variable in dependence on the success of the data writing. The system also includes a power management unit, which is adapted to authorize or prevent the memory controller from conducting the write operation at the level of the write cycles thereby to control the timing of power consumption resulting from the cycles of the write operation.
US09477418B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for assigning device adaptors to use to copy source extents in source ranks to target extents in target ranks in a copy relation. A determination is made of an order of the target ranks in the copy relation. Target ranks in the copy relation are selected according to the determined order. For each selected target rank, indication is made in a device adaptor assignment data structure of a source device adaptor and target device adaptor of the device adaptors to use to copy the source rank to the selected target rank indicated in the copy relation, wherein indication is made for the selected target ranks according to the determined order. The source ranks are copied to the selected target ranks using the source and target device adaptors indicated in the device adaptor assignment data structure.
US09477411B2
To provide a technique for optimizing the processing order of recall requests in which the average latency time of a host apparatus is minimized. A storage manager accepts a request of the host apparatus for the recalling data from a tape library, and stores the request in a queue table. In response to storage of the request, the storage manager calculates the latency time for each request in all the conceivable execution orders for all the requests stored in the queue table. The storage manager determines the execution order which minimizes the total calculated latency time for all the requests including the active request.
US09477406B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for locating data in non-volatile memory by decoupling a mapping unit size from restrictions such as the maximum size of a reducible unit to provide efficient mapping of larger mapping units. In one embodiment, a method comprises mapping a logical page address in a logical block address space to a read unit address and a number of read units in the non-volatile memory. The method also comprises mapping data of the logical page address to a plurality of variable-sized pieces of data spread across the number of read units starting at the read unit address in the non-volatile memory.
US09477402B2
A portable electronic device having an input device for receiving a gesture based input from a user is used to control a navigation operation of an appliance. The portable electronic device receives via the input device the gesture based input and uses one or more parameters stored in a memory of the portable electronic device and one or more characteristics associated with the gesture based input to cause the portable electronic device to transmit a navigation step command to thereby control the navigation operation of the appliance.
US09477392B2
An apparatus and method of presenting tabular data. A list of received data tables is displayed allowing a user to select a table. In response to selecting a table, a significant column for the selected table is presented so as to span across parallel edges of a display. A divider bar is displayed along a first edge of the display. An input indicating movement perpendicular to the first edge of the divider bar to a new position between the edges of the display is received. The significant column presentation is modified in response to the input by visually compressing the significant column between an edge opposite the first edge and the new position. Additional data from the selected data table is presented between the new position and the first edge in rows that are aligned with corresponding rows of the significant column.
US09477391B2
A user interface includes a tactile interface on a client device that allows users to interact with social networking system content in a manner that is optimized for touch screens and mobile devices. The tactile interface allows users to efficiently navigate the social networking system data as well as to capture new content for upload to the social networking system. New content may be captured in a way that allows the user to preview the content in-context.
US09477383B2
A method and system for delivering a presentation created using a presentation application program are disclosed. One method includes initiating, from a presentation computing system, display of a presentation to one or more remote computing devices. The method also includes creating an initial display package based on the presentation that includes metadata describing the presentation and an image representative of the presentation, and uploading the initial display package to a presentation server. The method includes, after uploading the initial display package, creating an initial set of presentation slides from the presentation, and uploading the initial set of presentation slides to the presentation server. The method further includes, after uploading the initial set of presentation slides, uploading at least a remaining portion of the presentation to the presentation server for display at one or more of the remote computing devices.
US09477381B2
A system and method for navigating a collection of toolbar items that are displayed on an electronic display screen. The toolbar items, such as buttons, are organized into an ordered set of toolbar pages. Each toolbar page contains a fixed number of toolbar items. One toolbar page from the set is displayed at a time in a fixed display area, e.g., a tile, on the display screen. User input causes the currently displayed toolbar page to be replaced by another toolbar page in the ordered set. The user input, such as a continuous swipe gesture across the toolbar display tile, determines the direction of navigation through pages in the ordered set and the speed of the page navigation. The toolbar display area can show the position of the currently displayed toolbar in the ordered set and animated transitions between toolbar items may be displayed to signal toolbar page replacements. A user input, such as a tap of a finger, can select the replacement toolbar.
US09477379B2
This application discloses systems and methods for receiving information associated with a first set of processing instructions and presenting a second icon indicating a change in status of data associated with the first set of processing instructions. A user selection of one of a first icon or the second icon may then be received. The selection of the first icon may cause execution of the first set of processing instructions, whereas selection of the second icon may cause execution of a second set of processing instructions.
US09477366B2
A display device which can achieve compatibility between the simplicity of the configuration or control of electronic equipment and the maintaining of its high operability includes: a display panel and a touch panel arranged on a front surface side of the display panel as viewed from a viewer. The touch panel includes one transparent substrate and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate. A plurality of detection areas in each of which a touch position can be detected are provided in the touch panel. A non-detection area in which the touch position is not detected is provided between two detection areas next to each other.
US09477361B2
The present disclosure provides a capacitive in-cell touch panel, its manufacturing method and a display device. The capacitive in-cell touch panel includes a plurality of gate scanning lines and a plurality of data lines arranged perpendicular to each other; a plurality of common electrodes, to which a common electrode signal is applied during a display period and a touch scanning signal is applied during a touch period, so that the common electrodes are also used as touch driving electrodes; and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes arranged at a layer identical to the data lines and at a region corresponding to the gate scanning lines, the touch sensing electrodes outputting a touch sensing signal during the touch period, wherein the touch driving electrodes and the touch sensing electrodes are arranged in a crisscross manner and insulated from each other.
US09477358B2
A touch screen panel includes a touch substrate, first sensing electrodes, second sensing electrodes, and outer lines. The touch substrate includes a touch active area and a touch non-active area. The first and second sensing electrodes are disposed in the touch active area and insulated from each other while crossing each other. Each first sensing electrode includes a first sensing metal layer and a first transparent sensing electrode layer. Each second sensing electrode includes a second sensing metal layer and a second transparent sensing electrode layer. Each outer line includes a first outer metal layer, a transparent outer electrode layer, and a second outer metal layer.
US09477348B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for focus-based touch detection. According to one embodiment, a reference pattern is formed on a surface and an imaging device is configured to detect the reference pattern and the presence of an object within proximity of a contact area of the surface. Furthermore, focus information associated with the reference pattern and/or object is used to determine if the detected object is touching or hovering said contact area.
US09477347B1
The present invention provides a touch screen and a touch display device. The touch screen comprises a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, the common electrodes and the driving electrodes are alternately provided in the same layer, the common electrodes, the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes are insulated from each other, wherein the sensing electrodes are correspondingly provided in an orthographic projection direction of the common electrodes, each of the sensing electrodes includes a plurality of electrode strips, distribution densities of the electrode strips in edge regions adjacent to the driving electrodes are larger than that in a center region far away from the driving electrodes. The touch screen can reduce the shunt capacitances of the sensing electrodes, increases the touch changes of the touch screen, thus the signal-noise ratio and the performance of the touch screen are remarkably improved.
US09477345B2
A display device and a device and method for driving the same are provided. The display device minimizes leakage of a stage in a standby state to hold a voltage of a Q node of the stage during touch operation.
US09477344B2
A panel including a substrate, a plurality of wirings and a protection stacked layer is provided. The substrate has a device area, a bonding area and a wiring area connected between the device area and the bonding area. The wirings extend from the device area to the bonding area through the wiring area. The protection stacked layer extends from a side of the wiring area adjacent to the device area towards a side of the bonding area and is located on the wirings.
US09477340B2
An on-cell capacitive touch panel is disclosed. The capacitive touch panel includes a laminated structure. The laminated structure includes a LCD module, a touch sensing module, and a polarizing module. The touch sensing module is disposed on the LCD module. The polarizing module is disposed on the touch sensing module. The touch sensing module includes a touch sensor pattern. The touch sensor pattern has a single-layer ITO structure and includes at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode. The at least one first electrode is arranged along a first direction and the at least one second electrode is arranged along a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are two mutually perpendicular directions.
US09477332B2
A system and method for controlling the performance of complex operations on a dashboard-mounted touchscreen in a vehicle moving above a predetermined minimal speed. The system includes a sensor for determining that the touchscreen is intended or going to be touched by driver and/or front seat passenger. A control, responsive to operation of the sensor, disallows or allows the touchscreen to be responsive to a touching. The touchscreen is not allowed to perform a complex operation when the vehicle is moving above the minimal speed if the touchscreen is touched by the driver. The touchscreen is allowed to perform a complex operation when the vehicle is moving above the minimal speed if the touchscreen is not going to be touched by the driver and is touched by the passenger.
US09477331B2
This relates to a method of extrapolating proximity information to generate a border column or row of touch nodes (also known as touch pixels) and then fitting an ellipse to the contact patch including the extrapolated border touch nodes. Additionally, a contact can be identified as a thumb based on both its major axis and its distance to an edge of the touch sensing surface.
US09477328B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus includes a trackpad that includes a cover member having a top surface and a switch coupled to the cover member. At least two spring members are coupled to the trackpad and are each disposed at a non-zero distance from each other and are each configured to collectively bias the trackpad in a first position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a first plane. The trackpad is movable to a second position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the cover member. The switch is configured to trigger an electrical signal within a computer when the trackpad is moved to its second position.
US09477320B2
The present invention is a data entry device featuring a novel way of touch-typing on a small smart-device using two or more opposing touchpad surfaces positioned around a display, said surfaces comprising a housing. Bumps or other touch sensitive features are arrayed around the periphery of a digital display on the device. The bumps or other touch sensitive features provide both a locating means for finger placement and a zone for sensing the shift of a pressure point or sensing motion of the finger along the surface, the shift or motion in a preferred direction indicating a selection from a displayed menu to be made by lifting the finger from contact. A novel way of holding the device by its wrist band or handle or strap while fingering the bumps leads to a fluid method of keying functionalities for use as a phone and as an internet-enabled texting device.
US09477317B1
A touch free input display control panel, may be used, to hygienically operate a device. Touch free input, allows the user, to activate the device's functions, which are displayed on the display, without physically touching the display. Limiting contact with the display, limits the possible transference of harmful bacteria and viruses, from the control panel to the users fingers. Limiting bacterial transmission between the user, and the panel, may be beneficial for users of multiuser public input displays, where contamination from bacteria on the displays is possible. Touch free displays may be used with the operation of devices, such as, elevators, as the elevator control panel. Touch free input may reduce static electric discharge, which may be beneficial in flammable environments, by reducing the possibility of flammable material combustion. Reducing static electric discharge may be beneficial in dry environments, such as, in a space station.
US09477315B2
Navigating through objects or items in a display device using a first input device to detect pointing of a user's finger to an object or item and using a second input device to receive the user's indication on the selection of the object or the item. An image of the hand is captured by the first input device and is processed to determine a location on the display device corresponding to the location of the fingertip of the pointing finger. The object or the item corresponding to the location of the fingertip is selected after the second input device receives predetermined user input from the second input device.
US09477306B1
Substrates for components such as a display, touch sensor, multifunction stackup, and so forth may incorporate one or more haptic actuators configured to generate haptic output. These actuators may be formed from a portion of a body of the substrate, or separate pieces bonded or otherwise affixed to the substrate. Audible output resulting from activation of the actuators may be minimized by coupling the actuators such that they produce a physical displacement of the body of the substrate within, rather than orthogonal to, the plane of the body of the substrate.
US09477303B2
Systems and methods for combining three-dimensional tracking of a user's movements with a three-dimensional user interface display is described. A tracking module processes depth data of a user performing movements, for example, movements of the user's hand and fingers. The tracked movements are used to animate a representation of the hand and fingers, and the animated representation is displayed to the user using a three-dimensional display. Also displayed are one or more virtual objects with which the user can interact. In some embodiments, the interaction of the user with the virtual objects controls an electronic device.
US09477300B2
A bridging device and a power saving method thereof are disclosed. When a bridging chip of the bridging device receives a power saving command transferred from a host and thereby enters a power saving state, a voltage converter of the bridging device is disabled accordingly and a selection circuit selects to couple a bus voltage to the bridging chip to power the bridging chip. The bus voltage is transferred from the host through a power pin of a connector of the bridging device. The connector is coupled to the host.
US09477299B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to facilitate wireless device monitoring and control are provided. A first device controller may be adapted to be disposed within a power connector, in series with conductors of the power connector. The power connector may be adapted to provide power from a power source to a device. The first device controller may include two terminals to electrically couple the first device controller with the conductors of the power connector. The first device controller may further include a power component to power the first device controller. The first device controller may be configured to monitor one or more conditions of the device, control one or more functions of the device, and wirelessly communicate with a system controller that is remote from the power connector and the device. The power connector may correspond to a power plug and/or a terminal block.
US09477297B2
A computer system includes a power supply unit (PSU), a matching circuit, and a chip. The matching circuit includes a voltage conversion unit, a voltage-dividing unit, a first resistor, a comparator, a diode, and a delay unit. The comparator includes a non-inverting terminal electrically coupled to the PSU to receive a power-good signal, an inverting terminal electrically coupled to the voltage-dividing unit to receive a reference voltage, and an output terminal. The delay unit is electrically coupled to a power supply and a power-good signal pin of the chip. When a voltage of the power-good signal is greater than the reference voltage, the output terminal of the comparator outputs a high level signal, the diode is turned off and the power supply is delayed by the delay unit and then output to the power-good signal pin of the chip.
US09477296B2
A method of controlling on/off of a core based on a used amount of an operating core and the number of tasks in an electronic device having a multi-core, and an apparatus thereof, includes confirming a load of an operating core and the number of executable tasks at a predetermined period, determining whether the load of the operating core and the number of executable tasks meet a defined on/off condition of the multi-core, and controlling on/off of the multi-core when the load of the operating core and the number of executable tasks meet the defined on/off condition of the multi-core.
US09477294B2
A microcontroller which operates in a low power consumption mode is provided. A microcontroller includes a CPU, a memory, and a peripheral circuit such as a timer circuit. A register in the peripheral circuit is provided in an interface with a bus line. A power gate for controlling supply control is provided. The microcontroller can operate not only in a normal operation mode where all circuits are active, but also in a low power consumption mode where some of the circuits are active. A volatile memory and nonvolatile memory are provided in a register, such as a register of the CPU. Data in the volatile memory is backed up in the nonvolatile memory before the power supply is stopped. In the case where the operation mode returns to the normal mode, when power supply is started again, data in the nonvolatile memory is written back into the volatile memory.
US09477293B2
An embedded controller for power-saving and a method thereof are provided. The embedded controller is used for executing a plurality of tasks and includes a timer module and a control unit. The timer module includes a plurality of timers, and each of timers is corresponding to one of the tasks respectively. The control unit is coupled to the timer module and respectively sets a wake-up period according to each task. When the wake-up period of each timer is expired, each timer respectively generates a wake-up signal to the control unit. The control unit controls the embedded controller to transfer to an active model from an idle model according to the wake-up signals respectively. After executing the tasks corresponding to the wake-up signals respectively, the control unit controls the embedded controller to transfer to the idle model from the active model.
US09477290B2
Systems and methods that enable a reduction in the power consumption involved in measuring a user's affective response to content. The reduction in the power consumption is achieved by utilizing tags that indicate a mode of operation in which to operate a sensor when measuring affective response of the user to certain segments of the content. By using at different times, different modes of operation for operating the sensor, which are characterized by different energy consumption rates, the total power consumption of the sensor may be reduced.
US09477280B1
Example implementations described herein are directed to the generation of a specification for automatic power management of a network on chip and/or a system on chip. Such example implementations can include automatically generating a specification comprising at least one of a power domain, an always-on indicator, a voltage domain, a voltage level, and a clock frequency for each of one or more agents of a System on Chip (SoC) and a Network on Chip (NoC), the voltage domain indicative of power supply of the each agent, and the power domain indicative of one or more power switch rules applied to the each agent.
US09477273B2
A mounting rail for an insert assembly provided to fix in an installation frame of a computer includes one bearing surface to fix in a guide rail of the installation cage, one fastening for the insert assembly, whereby the mounting rail can be fixed laterally on the insert assembly, and a lever at a first end wherein the lever is mounted on a shaft such that an eccentric shape is formed and, by actuating the lever in an installed state, the mounting rail is lifted in a direction of the insert assembly.
US09477272B2
In one aspect, a device includes at least one solid state drive (SSD) and an element which prevents removal of the device from a computer housing with which the device engages with unique data on the SSD being accessible.
US09477263B2
An electronic device may have a display with a brightness that is adjusted based on ambient light data from one or more ambient light sensors. An ambient light sensor may be formed from a semiconductor substrate such as a silicon substrate. Sensor structures may be formed in the silicon substrate. Conductive vias or other conductive paths may be used to interconnect sensor structures on a frontside surface of the ambient light sensor to contacts on a backside surface of the ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor may be mounted on a substrate layer in the electronic device. The substrate layer may be a planar layer of glass or plastic such as a transparent display layer. The contacts of the ambient light sensor may be mounted to corresponding contacts on the surface of the substrate layer. The substrate layer may be a thin-film transistor layer in a liquid crystal display.
US09477260B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.
US09477250B2
A secondary power source system for a communication device includes a charging unit configured to receive a primary power input and restrict a current used for charging to a predetermined amount. The current is part of a first output of the charging unit. The system further includes a storage unit including a device that stores electrical energy, the storage unit configured to receive the first output from the charging unit with restricted current and generate a second output, a regulating unit configured to receive the second output from the storage unit and generate a third output, a selector unit configured to perform a logical OR operation with the primary power input, the first output from the charging unit and third output from the regulating unit, and to generate a fourth output, and a shutdown unit configured to shutdown operation of the secondary power system when the storage unit has been expended.
US09477248B2
A direct-current power supply utilizing system includes: at least one direct-current power supply that produces a direct-current output; an alternating-current commercial power supply; a direct-current converter that converts the alternating-current commercial power supply into direct-current power; and a direct-current load device that receives supply of direct-current power from both at least one direct-current power supply and the commercial power supply which has been converted into direct-current power, where a back-flow prevention diode is individually connected between the at least one direct-current power supply and the direct-current load device and between the direct-current converter and the direct-current load device, and a power supply priority supply device that preferentially supplies power to the direct-current load device from the side of the direct-current power supply is connected.
US09477245B1
A voltage-to-current converter is disclosed. The voltage to current converter includes a converter circuit having an input node, an amplified signal node and an output. The input node is configured to receive a sinusoidal voltage signal and the output is configured to provide a half-wave current signal. A transistor having a gate, a source, and a drain is coupled to the input node. The input node is coupled to one of the source or the drain. The amplified signal node is coupled to the gate. A process tracking stabilizer is coupled to the transistor at the source or the drain not coupled to the input node. The process tracking stabilizer is configured to generate a control voltage for the transistor. The control voltage is configured to maintain a predetermined non-zero voltage at the input node of the converter circuit during a negative cycle of the sinusoidal voltage signal.
US09477239B2
An HVAC controller that can detect if a user's mobile wireless device is currently connected to and recognized by a building's wireless local area network is disclosed. Depending on whether or not the user's mobile wireless device is currently connected to and recognized by the building's wireless local area network, the HVAC controller basis its control on unoccupied or occupied settings.
US09477235B2
A method includes determining a pressure difference across a scroll compressor of a cooling system. The pressure difference is compared to a minimum differential pressure value. Pressure differences across the scroll compressor that are less than the minimum differential pressure value are associated with unloading the scroll compressor. Parameters including a pressure set point value and an absolute minimum pressure value are increased when the pressure difference is less than the minimum differential pressure value. Subsequent to the increasing of the parameters, the parameters are decreased when the pressure difference is greater than a sum of the minimum differential pressure value and a hysteresis value.
US09477225B2
A method for autonomously driving a motor vehicle in a car wash to enhance comfort and safety includes detecting a passageway of the car wash and determine with vehicle sensors the vehicle position and the vehicle orientation of the vehicle relative to the passageway. The vehicle is subsequently automatically driven into the car wash based on the vehicle position and the vehicle orientation, and automatically stopped in a washing position. After washing is complete, a completion signal signaling completion of a working step of the car wash is received or detected by the motor vehicle. Finally, the motor vehicle is automatically driven out of the car wash in response to the completion signal.
US09477220B2
A conveyor jam detection system and method includes a distance detector located on one side of a conveyor oriented to detect the distance from the detector to parcels on the conveyor. A controller is responsive to the distance detector and is configured to compare distance measurements, to reset a jam count if different distance measurements over time are greater than a threshold, to increment the jam count if different distance measurements over time are less than the threshold, and output a jam condition signal if the jam count exceeds a set limit.
US09477213B2
A sheet processing apparatus is described which is used to process a sheet transferred from an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine. A sheet processing apparatus is provided with a punching unit which cuts off part of a sheet conveyed along a conveying route, and a humidifying unit located on this conveying route in the upstream side of the punching unit and configured to humidify a predetermined area which is selected from the entire area of the sheet and includes punch areas to be cut off from the conveyed sheet by the punching unit. The cutting wastes can thereby be electrostatically discharged without leaving the sheet excessively wet.
US09477211B2
An apparatus (1) for controlling the operation of a machine (3) includes a device for monitoring the status of a safety device (2), in particular a safety switch for monitoring the closed status of a safety gate or similar of the safety device (2). When the safety device (2) is in the closed state, the apparatus (1) can provide an enabling signal for operation of the machine (3) and has a detection device (10) for detecting a locking insert (14). The insert can be effectively connected to the detection device (10), is portable, and can be removed from the detection device (10) without the use of a tool. When the safety device (2) is in the closed state, the apparatus (1) will provide the enabling signal only if the locking insert (14) is effectively connected to the detection device (10).
US09477208B2
Discussed are a smart watch and a control method for the same, which provide a notification indicating events, which are scheduled to occur later on the basis of a take-off time, if the smart watch is taken off. The smart watch includes a display unit to display content, a communication unit to perform transmission/reception of data, and a sensor unit to detect an input signal with regard to the smart watch and transmit the signal to a processor that serves to control the aforementioned units. The processor detects a take-off signal, indicating separation of the smart watch from a user, in a worn mode, to switch the smart watch to an unworn mode in response to the detected take-off signal, and provides a notification indicating at least one event that is scheduled to occur after detecting the take-off signal in the unworn mode.
US09477207B2
An annular time-to-digital converter includes a pulse shaper that shapes an input start pulse and an input stop pulse to form fixed-width pulses for output. The annular time-to-digital converter also includes at least two differential comparing units that enable, during matching enabling, triggers of the differential comparing units to set setting ends to 1. A circle counter counts the number of times a pulse is propagated in a loop. A matching enabling logical device generates a matching enabling signal, and sends the generated matching enabling signal to comparing enabling ports of the differential comparing units. At least two in-loop position encoders find a position of a first matched unit according to matching signals sent by the differential comparing units. Result recording registers record the number of circles and in-loop positions when matching occurs. High resolution is realized using a differential chain, and wafer area is saved by the annular design.
US09477202B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main body, endless belt, photosensitive drums, setting unit, contacting/separating mechanism, transmitting mechanism, and coupling members. The photosensitive drums are disposed in confrontation with the endless belt and are arranged in a first direction. Each photosensitive drum has an axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The setting unit sets the image forming apparatus to a monochrome mode or color mode. The contacting/separating mechanism controls at least one photosensitive drum to contact or separate from the endless in accordance with the set mode. The transmitting mechanism selectively transmits drive power to photosensitive drums. Each coupling member is selectively coupled to the corresponding photosensitive drum and has a coupling axis extending in the second direction. Each coupling member is uncoupled from the corresponding photosensitive drum when the contacting/separating mechanism controls the corresponding photosensitive drum to separate from the endless belt.
US09477201B2
A cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes coupling member that is provided for receiving a rotational force for rotating a developing roller, with a cylindrical member movably supporting one end portion of the coupling member inside of the cylindrical member, and a cylindrical member side force receiving portion being provided inside the cylindrical member for receiving the rotational force received by the coupling member. The cartridge further includes a first regulating portion for preventing one end portion of the coupling member from disengaging in an axial direction of the cylindrical member; and a second regulating portion for regulating deformation of the first regulating portion in a state in which one end portion of the coupling member is mounted to an inside of the cylindrical member with deformation of the first regulating portion.
US09477195B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a developer image, a carrying part that carries a medium; and a guide part that forms a carrying path to guide the medium carried by the carrying part toward a transfer position where the developer image carried by the image carrier is transferred to the medium. The guide part is configured to change a thickness of the carrying path according to a kind of the medium.
US09477194B2
An image forming apparatus for preventing unauthorized manipulations of maintenance setting items by a service person includes a plurality of setting items having setting values changed by the maintenance work is stored in an HDD. A maintenance authentication unit performs authentication of the service person who performs the maintenance work. A restricting unit restricts change of the setting values by an authenticated service person. A user authentication unit performs authentication of a user who uses the image forming apparatus. When change of the setting values by the service person is restricted, a display control unit controls display of the plurality of setting items on a basis of whether or not the service person has been authenticated by the user authentication unit.
US09477193B2
An image forming apparatus includes a determiner for determining whether to execute a first image formation in an acquisition mode, in which an image forming operation is carried out using an acquired timing, or a second image formation in a non-acquisition mode, in which the image forming operation is carried out using exposure timing acquired in a previous acquisition mode. The determiner makes the determination on the basis of a current output of a temperature sensor and a previous output of the temperature sensor. When the determiner determines the execution of the first image formation, driving speeds of a first driver and a second driver are set, before the execution of the operation in the acquisition mode, on the basis of the current output of the temperature sensor, and the operation in the acquisition mode and the image formation are carried out using the driving speeds currently set.
US09477192B1
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body having an inner sheet-output space provided between an image forming unit and an image reading unit provided above the image forming unit, the inner sheet-output space being open on an operator side of the apparatus body; and a sound generating unit provided on the operator side of the apparatus body and facing toward the inner sheet-output space.
US09477188B2
A fixing device includes a film, a heater contacting the film which has a substrate, a first heat generating segment on a first surface of the substrate, and a second heat generating segment on a second surface opposite to the first surface, a pressure member forming the nip portion, a temperature detection unit detecting a temperature of the second surface, and a control unit supplying power to the heater so that the detected temperature becomes a target temperature, wherein the control unit can perform a first heater control so as to supply power only to the first heat generating segment, and a first heater control so as to supply power only to the second heat generating segment, and wherein the target temperature during performing the second heater control is higher than the target temperature during performing the first heater control.
US09477181B2
An image forming apparatus including an image carrier, a transfer member, an application circuit and a controller configured to acquire a transfer resistance value, the transfer resistance value being a value of electric resistance between the image carrier and the transfer member, determine whether the acquired transfer resistance value is less than or equal to a reference resistance value, and control the application circuit, in response to determining that the acquired transfer resistance value is less than or equal to the reference resistance value, to perform a current control process to cause a value of a transfer current passing through the transfer member becomes a target current value.
US09477180B2
A developing device includes: an agitation member including an agitation film; and a housing including a first frame and a second frame jointed to the first frame. The second frame includes: a first contact part configured to contact the agitation film, and a second contact part configured to contact the agitation film, arranged at a downstream side of the first contact part, the second contact part protruding towards the first frame. A first distance from the rotational axis line to the first contact part, as seen from a direction of the rotational axis line, is gradually increased towards a downstream side with respect to the rotating direction. A second distance from the rotational axis line to the second contact part is equal to or greater than a maximum distance from the rotational axis line to the first contact part.
US09477177B2
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a body having a reservoir for storing toner. The body has an outlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir for exiting toner from the reservoir. A shutter positioned at the outlet port is slidable between a closed position blocking the outlet port and an open position unblocking the outlet port. A lock is sandwiched between a portion of the shutter that faces the outlet port and a portion of the body that the shutter slides along. The lock is movable between a locked position blocking the shutter from moving from the closed position to the open position and an unlocked position permitting the shutter to move from the closed position to the open position.
US09477176B1
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a toner reservoir. An outlet port faces downward on a front of the housing near a first side of the housing. A linkage is positioned on the first side of the housing and has an engagement surface that is accessible at the rear of the housing. A projection is positioned on the first side of the housing and is movable between a first position and a second position. The projection is operatively connected to the linkage such that the projection moves upward from the first position to the second position when the engagement surface receives a forward force that is toward the front of the housing. The projection extends outward sideways from the first side when the projection is in the second position.
US09477170B2
An example is a lens mirror array in which many optical elements, each of which comprises a first lens surface that is formed at the top of convex portion protruding outwards and converges light, a protrusion that includes a first mirror surface which reflects the light emitted from the first lens surface at the top and a light-shielding surface that has side walls at two sides thereof with respect to a light advancing direction and prevents advance of the light through the side walls, a second mirror surface that reflects the light reflected by the first mirror surface of the protrusion and a second lens surface that images the light emitted from the second mirror surface on an image plane, is arranged in a horizontal scanning direction; by comparing both ends in the horizontal scanning direction with the center in the horizontal scanning direction.
US09477166B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner, includes toner particles containing a binder resin including a polyester resin, a release agent including a hydrocarbon wax, and a styrene (meth)acrylic resin, wherein 70% or more of the release agent is present within 800 nm from a surface of the toner particles, the styrene (meth)acrylic resin in the toner particles forms a domain having an average diameter from 0.3 μm to 0.8 μm, and a number ratio of the domain being in a range of ±0.1 μm of the average diameter is 65% or more.
US09477160B2
In a lithographic apparatus, a localized area of the substrate surface under a projection system is immersed in liquid. The height of a liquid supply system above the surface of the substrate can be varied using actuators. A control system uses feedforward or feedback control with input of the surface height of the substrate to maintain the liquid supply system at a predetermined height above the surface of the substrate.
US09477155B2
Within area where of four heads installed on a wafer stage, heads included in the first head group and the second head group to which three heads each belong that include one head different from each other face the corresponding areas on a scale plate, the wafer stage is driven based on positional information which is obtained using the first head group, as well as obtain the displacement (displacement of position, rotation, and scaling) between the first and second reference coordinate systems corresponding to the first and second head groups using the positional information obtained using the first and second head groups. By using the results and correcting measurement results obtained using the second head group, the displacement between the first and second reference coordinate systems is calibrated, which allows the measurement errors that come with the displacement between areas on scale plates where each of the four heads face.
US09477122B2
A display device is provided. A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel including: a display area where a plurality of pixels are disposed and a peripheral area near the display area; and a gate driver disposed in the peripheral area and including a transistor unit and a common voltage application unit, wherein the common voltage application unit overlaps via a first insulating layer disposed on the transistor unit.
US09477120B2
To provide an IPS mode liquid crystal display device suitable for a segment display type that is easy to dispose each electrode and lead wirings on the same surface. The liquid crystal display device comprises first lead wirings each connected to one of the first electrodes, second lead wirings each connected to one of the second electrodes, a terminal part exposed on one edge of the first substrate without overlapping the second substrate, first external extraction electrode terminals, a detour wiring provided to the terminal part that connects several second lead wirings of the plurality of second lead wirings to each other, with each of first external extraction electrode terminals electrically insulated, second external extraction electrode terminals where each is connected to the second lead wirings connected to the detour wirings or the second lead wirings not connected to the detour wirings of the second lead wirings.
US09477107B2
A liquid crystal display device includes: a chassis in which a liquid crystal panel and a reflection sheet are placed; a rear case attached to a back face of the chassis where a part of the reflection sheet is exposed; and a signal processing substrate that is placed on the reflection sheet and that is used for driving the liquid crystal panel. A positioning mount component is mounted on the signal processing substrate, a positioning pin capable of locking the positioning mount component is formed at a position corresponding to the positioning mount component in the rear case, and the positioning mount component is fitted to the corresponding positioning pin to thereby position the signal processing substrate at a desired position on the reflection sheet.
US09477105B2
The inventive concept relates to a display device in which luminance of a light source is corrected, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive concept includes: a display panel displaying an image; a light source unit supplying light to the display panel; a light sensing unit embeded in the display panel and sensing a light intensity from the light source unit; and a light source controller receiving information regarding the light intensity from the light sensing unit to control a light intensity from the light source unit, wherein the light sensing unit includes a light sensing layer, and a first electrode and a second electrode formed on either side of the light sensing layer in a plan view.
US09477104B2
A source driver with reduced number of latch devices includes a master latch device and at least one slave latch device. The master latch device has a first transmission gate, a first inverter, a second inverter, a first enable gate, and a second enable gate. The output of the second inverter is connected to the input of the first inverter. The at least one slave latch device has a second transmission gate, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter. When the first enable gate and the second enable gate receive a latch enable signal and a complementary latch enable signal respectively, the master latch device and the at least one slave latch device are concurrently driven to latch data.
US09477102B2
The present invention provides a method of promoting brightness uniformity of a liquid crystal module, comprising steps of: step 1, employing CCD to measure a transmittance distribution of a liquid crystal panel; step 2, calculating an ideal relative brightness distribution of a back light module according to the transmittance distribution of the liquid crystal panel; step 3, manufacturing and optimizing a light guide plate mesh dots structure of the back light module according to the ideal relative brightness distribution of the back light module.
US09477100B2
A radiation filter insert is provided. The glasses filter insert includes a first filter lens and a second filter lens, each having an inner surface and an outer surface. The first and second filter lens may include an electromagnetic filter. The present invention may include a bridge connector. The bridge connector may connect the first and second filter lenses together. The bridge connector may include a curved inner edge formed to fit around a nosepiece of an eyewear. The filtering insert may include resting tabs to allow the insert to remain in position on the eyewear. The filtering insert may further include grasping tabs. The grasping tabs allow placement using the thumb an index finger of one hand. These resting and grasping tabs enables insertion and removal without displacing the eyewear. Therefore, a user may wear a pair of protective glasses and may insert the radiation filter insert in between the protective eyewear and the user, thereby shielding the user from electromagnetic energy or enabling its screening qualities.
US09477095B1
It is a subject of the present invention to provide eyeglasses which can be easily put on and off with one hand and which are capable of preventing shifts of the eyeglasses when worn. The present invention relates to eyeglasses 100 comprising a pair of right and left lenses R, a front frame portion 1 supporting the lenses R, a pad portion 2 mounted to a center of the front frame portion 1, a temple portion 5 extending rearward from an end portion on one side of the front frame portion 1 and an abutting portion 10 formed at an end portion on the other side of the front frame portion 1, wherein the temple portion 5 is hooked to an ear while the abutting portion 10 is in a state in which it abuts a side surface of a face.
US09477088B2
A three-dimensional image display apparatus includes: an image output unit that outputs image light that has a particular polarization, the image output unit having: a retaining substrate including a transparent glass; an optical element retained by the retaining substrate; and a resin polarizing plate pasted with a first adhesive layer on a side of the retaining substrate opposite to a side where the optical element is retained; and a retarder that is pasted onto the polarizing plate with a second adhesive layer and has: a transparent resin base; and a plurality of phase retarding parts that are provided on the resin base and output the image light as mutually differently polarized light, the image light having been incident on the plurality of phase retarding parts, wherein the second adhesive layer is as hard as or harder than the first adhesive layer.
US09477084B2
A light guide member includes four or more curved surfaces including three or more non-axisymmetric curved surfaces so that video light emitted from a video element and passing through the light guide member is displayed to an observer on a divergent optical path in an enlarged manner. Reflection of the video light is made four times by four surfaces different from one another in the inside of the light guide member, such that at least total reflection is performed on a third surface as a second reflection among the four times of reflections, total reflection is performed on a first surface as a third reflection, reflection is performed on a second surface as the fourth reflection, and the video light reaches the eyes of the observer by being transmitted through the first surface.
US09477080B2
A head-up display device including a screen member, a first generation portion, and a second generation portion is provided. The screen member is provided with multiple optical elements each of which has a curved surface portion and forms a scan surface by an array of the curved surface portions. The first generation portion generates a first laser beam that is irradiated to the scan surface to draw a display image. The second generation portion generates a second laser beam to draw a display image that is irradiated to the scan surface from a direction different from the first laser beam.
US09477074B2
A microscope has a light source for generating a light beam having a wavelength, λ, and beam-forming optics configured for receiving the light beam and generating a Bessel-like beam that is directed into a sample. The beam-forming optics include an excitation objective having an axis oriented in a first direction. Imaging optics are configured for receiving light from a position within the sample that is illuminated by the Bessel-like beam and for imaging the received light on a detector. The imaging optics include a detection objective having an axis oriented in a second direction that is non-parallel to the first direction. A detector is configured for detecting signal light received by the imaging optics, and an aperture mask is positioned.
US09477071B2
An optical system for light energy concentration may comprise a light concentrator to convert incident light to converging light, a light collimating element to receive the converging light and to reduce an angle of convergence of the converging light, and a light directing element to direct the reduced-angle converging light to a light guide to transmit the directed light.
US09477069B2
Provided are: a zoom lens which exhibits a large variable-power ratio, an increased degree of freedom with respect to aberration correction, and which has been achieved having a sufficient reduction in size in the optical axis direction; and an imaging device equipped therewith. The zoom lens includes at least, from the object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group, in that order. In the zoom lens, prescribed conditions are satisfied.
US09477064B1
An image capturing apparatus is applied in air or in a non-air medium and includes a lens assembly, an image sensor and a removable cover lens. The lens assembly includes at least one lens element. The image sensor is disposed on an image surface of the lens assembly. When the image capturing apparatus is applied in the non-air medium, the removable cover lens, the lens assembly and the image sensor are disposed along an optical axis in order from an object side to an image side.
US09477062B2
A lens control apparatus having a zoom lens includes first and second operation members that give a zoom instruction for moving the zoom lens, and a controller that changes a zoom stop position to a first pattern according to the operation of the first operation member, and changes the zoom stop position to a second pattern, which has an interval wider than that in the first pattern, according to the operation of the second operation member.
US09477057B2
A fiber optic cable includes a jacket, a pair of strength members, and an optical fiber. The jacket has a cavity, a major dimension and a minor dimension, and a medial portion. The strength members are disposed on opposing sides of the cavity and impart a preferential bend characteristic to the cable. The at least one optical fiber is disposed within the cavity. The jacket includes preferential tear portions disposed between a respective strength member and the medial portion, for separating the strength members from the medial portion.
US09477055B1
An optical module includes an optical lens block, an optical fiber connector, a fixing sheet, a fixing pin, two fixing arms, two elastic sheets and two elastic engagement portions. The optical fiber connector is optically coupled to the optical lens block. The fixing pin is inserted into a first opening on the optical lens block and a second opening on the optical fiber connector. The two fixing arms are positioned at the fixing sheet. The optical lens block and optical fiber connector are positioned between the fixing arms. The elastic sheets are respectively positioned at the front ends of the fixing arms. The elastic sheets press upon the optical lens block to push the optical lens block. The elastic engagement portions are respectively positioned at the rear end of the fixing arms and press upon the optical fiber connector to push the optical fiber connector.
US09477043B2
An optical coupler includes a plurality of tapers, each of the taper-bases arranged substantially in a first plane to form a base of the optical coupler for connecting to a first optical waveguide, and the taper-tips arranged substantially non-overlapping in a second plane corresponding to a coupling facet for coupling with a second optical waveguide. This multi-taper coupler overcomes the energy loss of conventional techniques, allowing optical coupling between a variety of optical devices including optical fibers, waveguides, diodes, and switches. The multi-taper has increased information transmission efficiency, reduced loss of signal strength between coupled products, and is more robust to damage of the coupler, and the coupling area is larger than conventional couplers thereby reducing coupling complexity and increasing coupling probability.
US09477040B1
The present invention includes a high-speed, high-saturation power detector (e.g., a photodiode) compatible with a relatively simple monolithic integration process. In particular embodiments, the photodiode includes an intrinsic bulk absorption region, which is grown above a main waveguide core including a number of quantum wells (QWs) that are used as the active region of a phase modulator. The invention also includes methods of fabricating integrated photodiode and waveguide assemblies using a monolithic, simplified process.
US09477038B2
A photoelectric composite wiring module includes a flexible first substrate including a conductive line and an optical fiber mounted thereon along a longitudinal direction thereof, a second substrate including a recessed portion formed thereon to receive the conductive line and the optical fiber that protrude from an end portion of the first substrate, and an optical device mounted on the second substrate and optically coupled to the optical fiber. The recessed portion includes an opening on a mounting surface side of the second substrate to mount the optical device.
US09477023B2
Provided is a visible light-transmissive and infrared-reflective substrate, including: a visible light-transmissive substrate layer disposed so as to serve as a partition between inside and outside of a room; and an infrared-reflective layer laminated on a surface on the room side of the visible light-transmissive substrate layer, wherein the visible light-transmissive substrate layer has a solar absorbance of at least 30%, the infrared-reflective layer includes a reflective layer configured to reflect infrared rays and a protective layer laminated on a surface on the room side of the reflective layer, and normal emissivity of a surface on the protective layer side of the infrared-reflective layer is not more than 0.50.
US09477014B2
The present invention relates to a protective film including: a transparent film, a coating layer formed on one surface of the transparent film, and a primer layer formed on the other surface of the transparent film, wherein the coating layer is formed using a coating composition including a first polymer resin, a first cross-linking agent and first water dispersible particles, and the primer layer is formed using a primer composition including a second polymer resin and second water dispersible particles, as well as including a second cross-linking agent in an amount, including 0% by weight, and lower than that of the first cross-linking agent, and a polarizing plate including the same.
US09477006B2
A method for well logging includes emitting a plurality of bursts of high energy neutrons into a wellbore and formations surrounding the wellbore. During and for a selected duration after at least one of the plurality of bursts, gamma rays are detected at at least one location spaced apart from the emitting and characterizing an energy of the detected gamma rays. After the last burst, gamma rays are detected and energy spectrum and rates of detection with respect to time thereof are determined. The foregoing is repeated for a selected number of times. After the selected number of times background gamma rays are measured. At least one of the numbers of detected gamma rays during a selected time interval and an energy spectrum of the detected gamma rays during the selected time interval is used to determine selected formation properties.
US09477000B2
A system and method are provided for determining shallow water multiples when seismically exploring a geographical area of interest under a body of water. The system and method estimate a multi-channel prediction operator F using a model of water layer related multiples with respect to received and stored seismic data, estimate a travel time of the transmitted seismic wavelets from the one or more sources to each of the plurality of receivers, and then generate water layer primary reflections models using the estimated travel time and Green's function. The system and method then merge the generated water layer primary reflections models with the multi-channel prediction operator F to create a hybrid multi-channel prediction operator FH, and convolute the hybrid multi-channel prediction operator FH with the stored received data to determine a final multiples model.
US09476989B2
A navigation system comprises a GNSS receiver that receives GNSS signals on multiple tracking channels, an INS that generates inertial data, and a processor. A micro jump detection and correction module comprises an oscillator micro jump detector that monitors estimates of C/N0 in all tracking channels, and detects a micro-jump event when there is an abrupt decrease of C/N0 in all tracking channels. An offsets module defines a plurality of carrier NCO command offsets to search over signal Dopplers in all available tracking channels after the micro jump event is detected, and sends the carrier NCO command offsets to the GNSS receiver to be added to nominal carrier NCO commands. The micro jump detector selects a tracking channel with the highest C/N0 after carrier NCO command offsets are added to nominal carrier NCO commands, computes corrections for clock error estimates, and sends the corrections for the clock error estimates to a GNSS/inertial Kalman filter.
US09476982B2
A marker system includes at least one emitter. The emitter(s) emit light responsive to a flow of electrical current there through. The marker system includes a device for acquiring an incoming signal and a circuit for processing the incoming signal. The circuit for processing the incoming signal monitors the device for acquiring the incoming signal to determine if the incoming signal includes any of a plurality of incoming Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and/or munitions-targeting signals. The circuit emits one of a plurality of responses by sending electrical current selectively through the emitter(s) and/or other feedback devices based upon which of the plurality of incoming Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) and/or munitions-targeting signals is detected by the means for processing.
US09476977B2
Disclosed herein is a meteorological observation system using vehicles. The meteorological observation system using vehicles includes a meteorological observation device embedded in each of the vehicles and configured to periodically detect surrounding weather information and to photograph weather conditions, the vehicle configured to run on a road using radar devices for detecting the front and right and left sides of the vehicle, that is, sensors for supporting driving and prevent a collision, and to provide mobility to the meteorological observation device, a meteorological server configured to collect pieces of the weather information from the meteorological observation devices moving in respective areas through wireless communication and to provide the pieces of weather information to a meteorological observation center, the meteorological observation center configured to use information, received from the meteorological server, as statistical data or meteorological observation and forecast data.
US09476967B2
A method of kinematic ranging for finding the range R of a jammer moving on a trajectory involves measuring the bearing of the jammer and the rate of change thereof using an airborne detector radar at a first position (24), causing the airborne detector radar to carry out a manoeuvre such that is it displaced in the horizontal plane by a displacement having orthogonal components Δx, Δy, and measuring the bearing of the jammer at a second position subsequent to the manoeuvre. By making an appropriate choice for the components Δx, Δy, the range R may be found with a desired relative range accuracy, and the error in R may be minimized.
US09476966B2
Methods and apparatuses for use in selecting a transmitting device for use in a positioning function
Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices having one or more computing platforms to obtain signaling characteristics for one or more transmitting devices. The signaling characteristics may, for example, be based, at least in part, on one or more signals received by a receiving device from the transmitting device(s), and may comprise at least a received signal strength measurement and a propagation time measurement. Such methods and apparatuses may further be implemented to determine whether a mobile station is to use or not use positioning data for one or more transmitting device(s) in a positioning function based, at least in part, on the received signal strength measurement and the propagation time measurement.
US09476964B2
In one embodiment, a mobile device generates sensor data configured to describe a geographic position of a mobile device. A list of events is defined according to position data and time data. The geographic position of the mobile device is compared to positions in the list of events of interest and a current time is compared to time data in the list of events of interest. The comparison determines whether events in the list are in range of the mobile device. One or more nearby events in range of the mobile device at the current time or a future time are selected. A command is generated to capture an image of the nearby events using a camera coupled to the mobile device. The captured images may be used to update navigation or map database, provide community or weather data to other users, social media functions, or other features.
US09476963B2
A method for locating a transmitter using a receiver which include, but are not limited to the steps of transmitting a plurality of distinctive and orthogonally polarized signals from a transmitter; receiving the transmitted signals at a pair of separated antennas; demodulating the distinctive orthogonal signals received at each of the pair of separated antennas; and determining a direction to the transmitter from the signals received at the pair of antennas. The system for determining the location of a transmitter using a receiver includes, but is not limited to, having a transmitter adapted for orthogonally transmitting a plurality of distinctive signals; a receiver having a pair of separated antennas for receiving the orthogonally transmitted signals; separate demodulators in the receiver for each antenna of the pair of separated antennas for demodulating the distinctive signals; and signal processing circuitry in the receiver adapted for using the demodulated distinctive signals for determining a direction to the transmitter.
US09476958B2
In a method to determine the actual flip angle in magnetic resonance tomography with continuous table feed, at least one echo signal is generated by a pulse sequence from which an actual flip angle is produced with at least one RF pulse of the sequence, and a gradient scheme is used in the direction of the continuous travel of the examination subject, the gradient scheme being designed such that its first moment disappears at the points in time of each echo signals used for the determination of the flip angle. Such a pulse sequence is also used in a method for adjustment of the transmitter voltage for RF pulses given continuous travel of the examination subject in a magnetic resonance apparatus.
US09476957B2
A method of MRI entails recording and storing MR signals from an object to produce an old set of data. A further measurement of the object is then initiated at a later time to record new MR data, whereby k-space is undersampled in the further measurement. The old data are corrected for changes in the new position of the object, for changes in the sensitivity and exact spatial positioning of the receiver coils as well as for changes in the actual field shimming. The old and new data are then combined to create a new, high resolution image of the object.
US09476956B2
In order to improve image quality, a technique for obtaining information for eliminating distortions of the k-space in the readout direction and the phase encoding direction caused by the waveform distortion of the gradient magnetic field pulse is provided. A pulse sequence for the main scan is used to repeatedly measure echoes with changing the time integral value of the dephasing pulse for the readout gradient magnetic field. In the above measurement, the phase encoding pulse is not made zero, but two-dimensional data are measured in the same manner as that of the main scan. By using the measured two-dimensional data, correction information for eliminating distortions of the k-space in the readout direction and the phase encoding direction caused by the waveform distortion of the gradient magnetic field pulse is calculated in each of the readout direction and the phase encoding direction.
US09476945B2
In various implementations, a condition of a motor may be monitored based at least partially on time required to achieve a change in speed. A notification may be transmitted based on the condition of the motor.
US09476942B2
Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present disclosure describes a method of adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture. The low power scan architecture maintains the test time of conventional scan architectures, while requiring significantly less operational power than conventional scan architectures. The low power scan architecture is advantageous to IC/die manufacturers since it allows a larger number of circuits (such as DSP or CPU core circuits) embedded in an IC/die to be tested in parallel without consuming too much power within the IC/die. Since the low power scan architecture reduces test power consumption, it is possible to simultaneously test more die on a wafer than previously possible using conventional scan architectures. This allows wafer test times to be reduced which reduces the manufacturing cost of each die on the wafer.
US09476938B2
An apparatus comprising a plurality of devices connected in series with one another, each of the devices comprising a test enable pin for receiving a test enable signal that indicates enablement of a test mode, and a test output pin for outputting a test output signal in the test mode, and a controller coupled to the devices and comprising an additional test output pin for outputting a test channel output signal, wherein a failure of at least one of the test output signals and the test channel output signal indicates the existence of one or more potential defects associated with the plurality of devices and the controller.
US09476935B2
The operation of electrical appliances receiving electrical power from an electrical system may be indirectly monitored using monitoring units engaged with outlets on branch circuits of the electrical system. Electrical systems providing power to appliances to be monitored in accordance with the present invention may comprise split phase alternating current systems, tri-phase systems, or any other type of electrical system. Known loads may be applied to calibrate the monitoring system. The monitoring system may measure the power consumption of appliances operating on the electrical system and/or detect possible fault conditions. Fault conditions may be detected by comparing obtained voltage or power signatures of appliances to expected voltage or power signatures. Expected voltage or power signatures may be obtained, for example, using historical data, a database providing typical voltage or power signatures, or through other means.
US09476932B2
Systems and methods which utilize spread spectrum sensing on live circuits to obtain information regarding a circuit under test are provided. In some embodiments S/SSTDR testing may be utilized to obtain R, L, C and Z measurements from circuit components. In yet further embodiments, these measurements may be utilized to monitor the output of sensors on a circuit.
US09476918B2
An alternating current detector with automatic judging of the amount of element under testing and monitoring, comprising a detecting input unit, a first output level unit, a second delay unit, a second output level unit and a cascade next element unit. The detecting input unit comprises a first delay unit and a first inverter. The first delay unit receives and delays an input signal. The input terminal of the first inverter is connected to the first delay unit and inverts the input signal. The first output level unit comprises a first NAND gate, a first diode and first resistor. The input terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to the alternating current signal of an element, another input terminal of the first NAND gate is connected to the output terminal of the first inverter.
US09476914B2
Recesses are formed on one surface of a substrate. A conductive film covers an inner surface of each of the recesses. This conductive film contacts a bump of a semiconductor device to be inspected and is electrically connected to the bump. It is therefore possible to prevent damages of the bump to be caused by contact of a probe pin.
US09476912B2
A Kelvin inspection fixture is provided with contact probes, wherein the contact probe comprises an electrode side contact terminal in contact with a solder ball, and a land side contact terminal in contact with a land, and the contact probe comprises an electrode side contact terminal in contact with the solder ball, and a land side contact terminal in contact with a land. The contact probes are disposed so that an electrode side inclined face and an electrode side inclined face are held in an opposite relationship with respect to each other and so that a land side inclined face and a land side inclined face are held in a face to face relationship with respect to each other.
US09476908B2
An object is mounted on a surface of a sample carrier. Properties of the surface of the object are measured and/or modified by means of a plurality of independently movable heads, each comprising a microscopic probe. The heads being located between the surface of a reference grid plate and the surface of the sample carrier. Head specific target locations are selected for the heads. Each head is moved over the surface of the reference grid plate, to the target location of the head. During movement a position of the head is determined from markings on the reference grid plate sensed by sensor in the head. When the sensor has indicated that the head is at the target location selected for the head a force between the head and the reference grid plate is switched to seat and/or clamp the head on the reference grid plate.
US09476899B2
A circuit to detect a movement of an object provides a threshold selection module or a peak identifier module that uses one or more threshold signals identified prior to a present cycle of magnetic field signal in order to establish a threshold signal used for a present cycle of the magnetic field signal. A method associated with the circuit is also described. The circuit and method can be tailored to store values associated with a least common multiple of a set of possible quantities of detectable features on target objects.
US09476895B2
An automated sample processing system having a sample input adapted to simultaneously receive a number of sample containers, a reagent input adapted to receive one or more new reagent supplies, a consumable input adapted to receive one or more new consumable supplies, a solid waste output adapted to receive used consumable supplies, a liquid waste output adapted to receive one or more used reagent supplies, and a processing center. The processing center includes a decapper adapted to remove a lid from at least one sample container, an aspirator adapted to remove a specimen from the at least one sample container and transfer the specimen to an output vessel, and a capper adapted to replace the lid on the at least one sample container. The system also includes a sample output adapted to receive the output vessel, and a user interface adapted to receive an input from the user to indicate the identity of the at least one sample container, and control at least one operation based on a physical property of the at least one sample container.
US09476892B2
The present invention relates to methods for detecting the activity of an ion channel in a cell. The methods comprise providing a loading buffer solution to a cell that has an ion channel. The loading buffer comprises at least one thallium indicator (e.g., an environmentally sensitive, luminescent dye) and a physiological concentration of chloride ions. The methods further comprise providing a stimulus buffer to the cell, wherein the stimulus buffer comprises thallium (e.g., thallium ions). Providing the stimulus buffer causes thallium influx into the cell through the ion channel. After providing the stimulus buffer, the luminescence (e.g., fluorescence) of the dye in the cell is detected. The luminescence of the dye can change in the presence or absence of thallium. The methods may be used to measure influx or efflux of thallium through an ion channel.
US09476889B2
Use of acetylated tubulin as a biomarker for predicting the response to a compound, preferably resistance of a disease such as cancer in a subject to said compound, wherein the compound is a furazanobenzimidazoles compound of general formula (I).
US09476877B2
An in-vitro process for the quick determination of the infection status of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection from whole blood in terms of active or latent tuberculosis, comprising the steps of: stimulating an antigen-specific T cell that is present in a first sample of whole blood with purified protein derivative (PPD) in the presence of antibodies against CD28, or CD28 and CD49d; processing of PPD by antigen-presenting cells (APC) by incubating for 1.5 h to 2.5 h, especially for 2 h, at 35° C. to 39° C., especially at 37° C., optionally with adding CO2; then adding a secretion inhibitor; effecting an intensive mixing; and another incubation for a period of at least 2.5 h at a temperature of from 35° C. to 39° C., and determining a cytokine profile from both the intracellular INF-γ production and the intracellular IL-2 production of the antigen-specific T cell; wherein the presence of an active tuberculosis is indicated by a shift of the cytokine profile towards IFN-single positive cells accompanied by a decrease of IFN-γ/IL-2 double positive T cells.
US09476865B2
A system and method for obtaining multispectral images of fresh meat at predetermined wavelength bands at a first time, subjecting the images to analysis in an image analysis system comprising a computer programmed to perform such analysis, and outputting a forecast of meat tenderness at a later point in time. Predetermined key wavelength bands are precorrelated with a high degree of prediction of meat tenderness and/or other properties of meat and are used in the multispectral system and method. A system and method for determining the key wavelengths is also disclosed. The multispectral imaging system and method is suitable for use in an industrial setting, such as a meat processing plant. The system and method is useful in a method for determining quality and yield grades at or near the time of imaging in lieu of visual inspection with the unaided human eye, increasing efficiency and objectivity.
US09476864B2
A shield has a detector installing hole having a central axis orthogonal to a central axis of a detection tube. A radiation sensor of a columnar scintillation detector to which a low concentration side measurement range within all required measurement ranges is allocated is arranged inside the detector installing hole. An ionization chamber to which a high concentration side measurement range is allocated is arranged side by side in parallel with the detection tube. The measurement range of the columnar scintillation detector and the measurement range of the ionization chamber are adjusted so as to be overlapped with each other.
US09476860B2
An apparatus for detecting fatigue induced failure of an assembly having a single flexible element or a series of flexible elements stacked in juxtaposed engagement, for transmitting power from one component to another, the assembly having a cyclic operating speed frequency that includes at least one sensor mounted in proximity to said assembly, the sensor providing an analog signal corresponding to an airborne acoustic signal emitted by the assembly, means for amplifying the analog signal, filter means to reduce background noise from the analog signal, an analog to digital converter for converting the analog signals to a digital signal, means for sampling the digital signals in respect of the operating speed frequency of the assembly and means for analyzing the digital signals and providing an output upon the occurrence of one or more digital signal spikes in an operating cycle.
US09476858B2
Disclosed is a clamp-on-type ultrasonic concentration metering system and method. The clamp-on-type ultrasonic concentration metering system includes an ultrasonic sensor portion and a concentration meter. The ultrasonic sensor portion is attached to an outer wall of a pipe through which a fluid to be measured flows and that transmits and receives an ultrasonic signal through a wall of the pipe. The concentration meter measures a concentration of a substance according an intensity of the ultrasonic signal that is received after passing through the wall of the pipe, the fluid to be measured, and the wall of the pipe by means of the ultrasonic sensor portion.
US09476854B2
An apparatus includes a device substrate including an array of sensors. Each sensor of the array of sensors can include a electrode structure disposed at a surface of the device substrate. The apparatus further includes a wall structure overlying the surface of the device substrate and defining an array of wells at least partially corresponding with the array of sensors. The well structure including an electrode layer and an insulative layer.
US09476849B2
A biosensor system can comprise a sensor chip and a measurement device. The sensor chip comprises a capillary and electrodes disposed within the capillary. The height of the capillary is set to be less than the maximum value of the sum of the diffusion distance of an electron-transfer mediator and the diffusion distance of an analyte at the upper limit of the measurement guaranteed temperature of the biosensor system. The measurement device applies an open circuit voltage, a voltage that is lower than during concentration measurement, or the like to the electrodes of the sensor chip.
US09476846B2
The present invention includes an apparatus for preparing samples for measurement by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The apparatus comprises a plate having one or more holes passing through the plate. The holes are covered by a film on one side of the plate. The holes are less than 500 micrometers across in one dimension where the film covers the holes. The film is translucent to x-rays. The present invention also includes an apparatus for preparing samples for measurement by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The apparatus comprises a plate having one or more holes passing through the plate. The holes are covered on one side of the plate by a detachable cover forming a water-tight seal against the plate. The cover is substantially free of the elements osmium, yttrium, iridium, phosphorus, zirconium, platinum, gold, niobium, mercury, thallium, molybdenum, sulfur, lead, bismuth, technetium, ruthenium, chlorine, rhodium, palladium, argon, silver, and thorium. The holes are less than about 500 micrometers across in one dimension where the cover covers the holes. The present invention also includes a method for preparing samples for measurement by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry. The method comprises providing a solution of with less than 10 micromolar solute and a volume of between about 2 microliters and about 2 milliliters. The solution is concentrated and analyzed using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry.
US09476839B2
Featured are a device (20) and method for the detection of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and/or packaging therefore. Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are detected by visual inspection upon exposing a suspected counterfeit pharmaceutical to one or more light sources having different wavelengths, and observing the differences in color and/or brightness between the suspected counterfeit and a genuine pharmaceutical/packaging. In further embodiments, a image acquisition device acquires an image showing color and/or other visual effect(s) brightness of the suspect counterfeit and this image is compared to an image of a authentic pharmaceutical/packaging.
US09476837B2
A control system and method are provided for use in managing optical measurements on target structures. The control system comprises: data input utility for receiving input data indicative of a size of a target structure to be measured and input data indicative of illumination and collection channels of an optical measurement system; data processing utility for analyzing the input data, and an interplay of Point Spread Functions (PSFs) of the illumination and collection channels, and determining data indicative of optimal tailoring of apertures to be used in the optical measurement system for optimizing ensquared energy for measurements on the given target structure, the optimal tailoring comprising at least one of the following: an optimal ratio between numerical apertures of the illumination and collection channels; and an optimal orientation offset of physical apertures in the illumination and collection channels.
US09476823B2
Systems and methods provided herein. In one embodiment, a borescope system includes a probe to capture images and a display a settings menu, measurements, the images captured by the probe, or any combination thereof. In addition, the borescope system a processor programmed to display a user interface to enable a user to control movement of the probe, adjust settings, navigate menus, make selections, or any combination thereof. The processor is communicatively coupled to the probe, and the display, and is programmed to instruct the borescope to enter a live menu view when an articulation mode is selected from the settings menu. In the live menu view, the processor is programmed to instruct the display to display the images captured by the probe, and to enable a user to control the movement of the probe and adjust articulation sensitivity of the probe while viewing the images on the display.
US09476819B2
A method of separating, detecting and determining a size of each of a plurality of particles in a fluid includes compelling the fluid to flow through a fluid channel such that larger particles of the plurality of particles travel through the fluid channel faster than smaller particles of the plurality of particles; illuminating a detection zone of the fluid channel substantially uniformly across an entire cross section of the fluid channel such that each of the plurality of particles passes through illumination light upon passing through the detection zone; detecting each of the plurality of particles based on corresponding responses to the illuminating to determine a time that each of the plurality of particles passes through the detection zone; and determining a size of each of the plurality of particles based on the time that each of the plurality of particles passes through the detection zone.
US09476809B2
Gassing or fumigation apparatus comprising a one-piece specimen receptacle block including at least two specimen receptacles formed therein and a fluid supply device formed therein for the at least two specimen receptacles, and a gassing or fumigation head for supplying gassing or fumigation medium, which gassing or fumigation head is connected to the specimen receptacle block, comprises a gassing or fumigation medium outlet for each of the at least two specimen receptacles and a device formed therein for conducting gassing medium to the gassing or fumigation medium outlets, and gassing or fumigation system including such a gassing or fumigation apparatus.
US09476806B2
A sample processing system includes a sample vessel holder including a disk-shaped base section disposed so as to have a central axis extending in a vertical direction and a sample vessel holding section that is formed coaxially with, and above, the base section for holding a sample vessel in an upright posture. A conveyor conveys the sample vessel holder 1 placed thereon; and a holding plate is disposed so as to extend along an outer peripheral portion of a columnar space that has a central axis extending in the vertical direction, and is disposed at a position above a space past which the base section of the sample vessel holder moves along the conveyor and at a position past which at least the sample vessel holding section moves. This enables individual conveyance processing to be performed for each of multiple sample vessels.
US09476802B2
A load measurement method, for measuring the load applied to a rail from a wheel of a railcar, calculates the lateral force applied to the rail from each of the left and right wheels, on the basis of the axial force applied to an axle between the left and right wheels and the axial load applied to the axle bearing.
US09476792B2
A tester and method for testing for a leak in an evaporative-emissions system of a motor vehicle comprise a/an power supply, computer, display communicating with the computer, analog-to-digital board communicating with the power supply and computer, pressure sensor communicating with the board, housing into which the power supply, board, and sensor are integrated, stationary enclosure, and test connection including a hose to the enclosure. A fuel-vapor pressure-rise rate is recorded with an engine of a motor vehicle turned “off.” A value is recorded that directly correlates with an out-gassing effect created by a volume, blend, and temperature of fuel. A “purge” cycle occurs at idling of the vehicle within a short period of time. The engine applies a vacuum to a fuel-delivery system of the vehicle. Vacuum decay is recorded. A leak rate is determined by off-setting the recorded fuel-vapor pressure-rise rate with the recorded vacuum decay.
US09476789B2
A pressure-measurement device includes a pressure-measurement surface, which is functionally connected to a test body, and a sealed pressure-measurement housing in which the test body is arranged. The pressure-measurement surface is carried by a deformable wall of the sealed pressure-measurement housing lying at a distance from the test body. The sealed pressure-measurement housing delimits an internal space, which is a space internal to the sealed housing. The pressure-measurement device also includes a pressure-transmission object that transmits the pressure between the pressure-measurement surface and the test body. The pressure-transmission object includes a substantially incompressible material occupying all of the internal space. The pressure-measurement device further includes an energy source and a processor for processing pressure data detected by the test body. The processor is arranged in the sealed pressure-measurement housing.
US09476783B2
A magnetic coupling for transferring rotational motion from a prime mover to a load includes reference marks calibrated to indicate torque applied to the coupling during operation. A light source providing intermittent light flashes permits a user to visibly discern the relative rotational position of the reference marks to one another, and thereby determine the torque applied to the coupling.
US09476782B2
A strain sensor provided with a substrate that has flexibility; a carbon nanotube (CNT) film that is provided on the surface of the substrate and that has a plurality of CNT fibers oriented in one direction; and a pair of electrodes that are arranged at both ends in the orientation direction of the CNT fibers in the CNT film; in which the CNT film has a plurality of CNT fiber bundles that consist of the plurality of CNT fibers, and a resin layer that covers the peripheral surface of the plurality of the CNT fiber bundles and joins with the surface of the substrate.
US09476765B2
Monitoring a user's exposure to ultraviolet radiation, including determining the amount of radiation to which the user is exposed from different directions, respectively.
US09476761B2
A system for making available information which represents a vibration state for the operation of vibration-emitting machines, in particular construction machines, comprising at least one measuring station (12, 12′, 12″) having at least one sensor (20) for detecting at least one variable which relates to the vibration state and having a radio-transmitting unit (24) for outputting a radio output signal which relates to the variable, or at least one reception station (16, 16′, 16″) for picking up the radio output signal of the at least one measuring station (12, 12′, 12″), is characterized in that the at least one measuring station (12, 12′, 12″) comprises an evaluation unit (22) which picks up a sensor signal from the at least one sensor (20) and has the purpose of making available an evaluation signal, representing the vibration state, on the basis of the sensor signal, wherein the radio-transmitting unit (24) generates the radio output signal on the basis of the evaluation signal.
US09476759B2
A method of determining pore size of a porous material. The method includes saturating the porous material with a conducting liquid. Measuring, with an electro-acoustic device, a phase of the seismo-electric or electro-seismic signal at a single frequency or multiple frequencies. Calculating an average pore size from the measured phase of the seismo-electric or electro-seismic signal at single frequency using a theory that takes into account the hydrodynamic relaxation of the conducting liquid inside of the pores of the porous material. Calculating pore size distribution from the similar measurement conducted at multiple frequencies using the same theory.
US09476758B2
A handheld apparatus includes a weight sensor configured to weigh an object, a display configured to display the weight of the object, and a wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the object weight data from the weight sensor to one or more remote devices. The apparatus also includes a user interface that allows a user to control operation of the weight sensor, and to control transmission of object weight data to a remote device via the wireless transmitter. The user interface may also allow a user to enter and display descriptive information about an object that can be transmitted with the object weight data to a remote device. A second handheld apparatus is used to capture an image of the object and display object weight data within the image.
US09476752B2
A capacitive fluid level sensor is provided for receiving data indicative of the level of fluid remaining in a fluid container. In various embodiments, the capacitive fluid level sensor may be spaced below and a distance away from the fluid container to be measured, and may comprise a fluid level sensor and an ambient sensor, wherein the fluid level sensor and the ambient sensor are coplanar. In various embodiments, the ambient sensor may be spaced a distance away from the fluid level sensor, such that electric fields generated by the fluid level sensor and the ambient sensor, respectively, do not overlap. Based at least in part on capacitance levels determined by the fluid level sensor and the ambient sensor, the fluid level sensor may generate data indicative of the fluid level in at least a portion of the fluid container located above the fluid level sensor.
US09476751B2
A water level sensor is closely adhered to a storage tank, and a heat exchanger sterilizing and humidifying apparatus allows the water level sensor to be mounted at the outside of the storage tank, thus having a simple configuration. The water level sensor may include a holder, a cap connected to the holder so as to reciprocate within the holder, a case connected to the cap so as to reciprocate within the holder, a sensor part attached to the case to sense the water level in the storage tank, and a spring located between the holder and the cap, wherein the sensor part mounted at the outside of the storage tank and attached to the case by restoring force of the spring when the storage tank contacts the case may be closely adhered to the storage tank and thus may sense a level of water stored in the storage tank.
US09476746B2
The invention relates to a miniaturized sensor having a heating element, and to an associated production method. The sensor includes a substrate, a cavity and a heat-insulating structure suspended above the cavity by areas connecting to the substrate. The heat-insulating structure includes at least two bridges extending above the cavity, the heating element being supported by said bridges, extending transversely thereto.
US09476744B2
An orifice plate assembly for use with a process variable transmitter for measuring flow of a process fluid includes a single piece body having a circumferential support ring. A first face of the circumferential support ring is configured to be sealingly coupled to a first flange of a first process pipe. A second face of the circumferential support ring is configured to be sealingly coupled to a second flange of a second process pipe. A flow plate region is positioned between the first and second pipes and has first and second sides. The flow plate region is concentric with the circumferential support ring. At least one flow orifice in the flow plate region provides a restricted fluid path between the first and second process pipes. A first pressure tap is configured to fluidically couple to the process variable transmitter to the process fluid proximate the first side of the flow plate region. A second pressure tap configured to fluidically couple the process variable transmitter to the process fluid proximate the second side of the flow plate region.
US09476736B2
An electric power receiving apparatus including: an electric power receiving coil disposed in a position where a receiving voltage is induced by a magnetic field from an electric power feeding apparatus; a measuring coil disposed in a position where a monitoring induced voltage as a voltage corresponding to the receiving voltage is induced by the magnetic field; and a foreign object detecting portion generating an amount of change in an impedance of the electric power receiving coil from the monitoring induced voltage and an induced current of the electric power receiving coil, thereby detecting a foreign object in the magnetic field based on the amount of change.
US09476729B2
A method and system are disclosed for adaptive driver guidance for navigation and location-based services based on user behavior patterns. A driver-facing camera and a gaze tracking system determine the location of the driver's visual focus while an outside-facing camera detects and interprets external driving situations, a microphone and a speech analyzer identify driver vocalizations, and driver-proximate sensors and the driver-facing camera detect driver emotions. The driver's visual focus, the driver vocalizations and the driver emotions, along with vehicle system parameters from a data bus, are used to evaluate driver satisfaction with navigation guidance and determine driver behavior patterns. An adaptive navigation guidance engine modifies navigation guidance content and timing based on the driver satisfaction and behavior patterns. Adaptation of guidance for location-based services is also provided.
US09476725B2
To provide remote services, including dynamic, interactive assistance to electric vehicle (EV) users, a central server is arranged for electronic communications with EVs (15) and with client devices (11). The server also communicates with at least one EV charging station network, which in turn communicate with individual charging stations (30). Remote services may include trip planning, locating charging stations, checking availability and suitability of charging stations, making reservations at charging stations, and updating plans en route. The server collects data from the EV and analyzes the data to determine various statistics. The system advises a user on readiness of the EV to complete a proposed trip before recharging the EV batteries. Client devices may include smart phones, computers, or a head unit in the EV. Application software programs are executable on the client devices to provide user interfaces for accessing the remote services and for communicating with the central server.
US09476724B2
Embodiments relate to providing navigation instructions to a user for reaching a destination via a route planned on a map of a navigation system, said map comprising a plurality of road segments, at least a subset of said road segments comprising an assigned familiarity score. An aspect includes tracking a route taken by a user. Another aspect includes calculating an updated familiarity score of the one or more road segments of the tracked route using at least one of a user-defined updating variable and an updating variable based on at least one dynamically obtained actual travelling condition. Yet another aspect includes storing the updated familiarity score in a data storage of the navigation system.
US09476721B2
A travel support device includes a planner adapted to plan vehicle travel modes to be respectively assigned to each of a plurality of sections into which a travel route from a current location to a destination is divided. To each of the sections, the planner is adapted to assign, based on a road load associated with each section, a travel mode among a first mode, in which the remaining energy charge of the battery of the vehicle is not maintained, and a second mode, in which the remaining energy charge of the battery is maintained. The planner is adapted to identify, from among the sections, an excessive altitude change section, in which a change of altitude is predicted to be greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and assign the second mode with priority to the excessive altitude change section.
US09476720B2
A terminal device includes a communication state obtain unit that obtains a state of wireless communication, a travel locus information generation unit that generates travel locus information, a reference locus information obtain unit that obtains reference locus information, a measurement unit that obtains a position of a movable body along a travel direction based on a matching between the travel locus information and the reference locus information, a mismatch detection unit that detects at least one of (i) mismatch degree between the travel locus information and the reference locus information in the matching, and (ii) a cause of mismatch in the matching, and a filtering unit that filters at least one of the travel locus information and the reference locus information. The measurement unit performs the matching before the filtering, which increases the measurement accuracy of the terminal device.
US09476719B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine configured to provide torque to vehicle wheels, a battery electrically coupled with and configured to provide electric power to the electric machine, a display configured to signal information to an operator, and a processor. The processor is configured to present a vehicle driving range on the display. The vehicle driving range is based on a known vehicle route including at least one route segment, an estimated energy usage for the route segment, an available battery charge, and stored energy consumption data from previous drive cycles.
US09476717B2
There is provided an apparatus configured to perform operations comprising: acquiring motion data sets from the plurality of mobile devices; estimating route models of the traveled routes on the basis of the motion data sets; generating EMF fingerprints for the traveled routes by associating the acquired EMF data sets with corresponding points of the route models; and determining the locations of the routes with respect to each other on the basis of at least one of the following: the EMF fingerprints and the route models.
US09476715B2
Present location information about a present location of a mobile terminal is obtained, as is destination information about a target destination for the mobile terminal, wherein the target destination can be a waypoint destination or a final destination for the mobile terminal. Also obtained is wireless communication coverage information about wireless communication coverage associated with one or more geographic regions between the present location of the mobile terminal and the target destination for the mobile terminal. In dependence on the wireless communication coverage information, a navigational route is determined for the mobile terminal that mitigates a probability that the mobile terminal will lose a specific type of communication capability while travelling between the present location of the mobile terminal and the target destination for the mobile terminal.
US09476714B2
Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and computer program products for providing improved augmentation for GPS calculations. In general, various embodiments of the invention involve using a plurality of GPS devices associated with stationary objects associated with a common carrier's delivery network and the common carrier's delivery fleet to calculate error corrections and to communicate these error corrections to a number of GPS enable devices to be used by these devices to augment GPS calculations to correct errors associated with GPS signals. Further, various embodiments of the invention involve collecting GPS data for a plurality of delivery routes traveled by the common carrier's delivery fleet. In particular embodiments, this collected data may be used to provide more accurate address information for locations along these delivery routes and more accurate renderings of various landscapes along these delivery routes.
US09476708B2
Determining an object's inclination fixed reference frame relative to a gravity field includes supplying circularly disposed accelerometers rigidly linked by the object and measuring in non-collinear directions. A radius linking it to the circle's center defines an accelerometer's measurement direction. The accelerometers measure components of the field along the measurement directions to provide measurement values. Then, a matrix equation is solved to obtain the object's inclination relative to the reference frame.
US09476692B2
Disclosed is an apparatus including a compliant capacitor and an elongated structure extending between a first end and a second end. The elongated structure is compliant material that is flexible and bendable from a linear, non-bent position to multiple bendable positions and is an elastomer based material. The compliant capacitor includes a first conductive filler embedded within and extending from the first end to the second end along a longitudinal length of the elongated structure to form a first electrode of the compliant capacitor. The compliant capacitor also includes a second conductive filler embedded within and extending from the first end to the second end along the longitudinal length to form a second electrode of the compliant capacitor. The compliant capacitor further includes an elastomer dielectric layer extending between the first conductive filler and the second conductive filler.
US09476677B1
A KV-based missile defense system and method of strategic engagement provides performance improvement for both singleton and raid scenarios by launching multiple interceptors that place a follower KV in a trailing position with respect to a lead KV. Knowledge of the target cloud gained by the lead KV is transmitted to the follower KV and incorporated to inform the target selection of the follower KV. The follower KV trails the lead KV with sufficient spacing in time and distance to select a target and maneuver to engage the target pre-acquisition. This also allows the follower KV to receive and incorporate knowledge of target impact by the lead KV. This knowledge may be transmitted back to another follower KV and so forth in a “string” of KVs to inform target selection and down to the ground to inform strategic engagement. Updated non-KV observational data can be uplinked and transmitted forward along the string to the lead KV.
US09476676B1
A weapon-sight system for use with a weapon for performing wireless target acquisition of a target is disclosed. The system includes a weapon sight that is mountable onto the weapon and adapted to capture a thermal weapon-sight image of the target and transmit a wireless signal representative of the weapon-sight image. The system also includes a display system that is not physically connected to either the weapon sight or to the weapon and that is adapted to capture a thermal display-system image of the target. The display system includes a processor configured to combine the weapon-sight image and the display-system image so that a user can view at least a portion of the weapon-sight image using the display of the display system.
US09476675B1
A pouch for a handgun adapted to be worn on the belt of a user, the bag including a releasably closable ammunition compartment located within and on the bottom of the bag for accessing extra ammunition wherein the compartment is closed with a flap secured to the bag and releasable from the bag by micro hook and loop fasteners, and wherein the compartment is oriented such that upon separating the flap from the bag the contents of the compartment drop into the hand of the user by gravity. A magnetic closure releasably seals the pouch, whereby the user can open the pouch and reach into the pouch to access a handgun without the possibility of a stuck zipper.
US09476673B2
A method of locking a handguard relative to an upper receiver of a firearm. The method includes providing a wedge assembly having a top wedge member and a bottom wedge member, each having complementary inclined surfaces; a barrel nut that is configured to receive an outer portion of an upper receiver; and a handguard that is configured to receive the barrel nut and the combined wedge assembly within a lower lip of the handguard. The wedge assembly may include an optional assembly screw and a locator pin where the top wedge member and bottom wedge member are tightly joined to each other via the assembly screw and the locator pin. In use, the lock-up system is used to join the handguard and barrel nut to a corresponding upper receiver with little to no play between the handguard and the upper receiver such that the connection between the two via the wedge assembly is intended to be permanent.
US09476670B2
A holster system including an elongated backer plate having a plurality of slots, a hinge that pivotally connects a first end of the backer plate to a first end of the cover plate, a resilient lock that releasably connects a second end of the backer plate to the second of the cover plate, an adjustable spacer located between the backer plate and cover plate, the cover plate, the hinge and resilient lock is adapted to accept a range of different sizes of belts worn by a human user and wherein the adjustable spacer may be inserted into any of the plurality of slots to accommodate the different sizes of belts and a police or military holster rotatably attached to the backing plate.
US09476665B2
In at least one embodiment, a crossbow comprises a stock, a first limb, a first rotatable member, a second limb and a second rotatable member. A bowstring, a first cable and a second cable each extend between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member. The crossbow defines a shooting axis. The first cable is offset from the shooting axis in a first direction and the second cable is offset from the shooting axis in a second direction different from the first direction.
US09476664B2
A firearm cleaning kit includes a case having a first side, a second side, and a spine disposed between the first and second sides. The spine is joined to the first side and the second side along respective fold lines. The firearm cleaning kit includes a tool-holding insert secured to an interior region of the case, corresponding to the location of the spine. The tool-holding insert includes one or more tool-holders projecting in a direction normal to the plane of the spine. The tool-holder defines an inner cavity sized to secure, by friction fit, at least a portion of a firearm cleaning tool. The firearm cleaning kit further includes a fastener such a zipper for joining together the first and second side of the case.
US09476662B2
A silencer for a firearm, in particular, an assault rifle or another long gun, is provided. The silencer can be fitted onto a barrel of the firearm, wherein a muzzle brake is fixed to the barrel and wherein the muzzle brake can be fixed to the silencer by a releaseable connection, such as a screw connection.
US09476655B2
A thermal module having an integral body including a base seat with a raised section and a heat dissipation unit with a recess such that the raised section of the base seat fits into the recess of the heat dissipation unit to connect the heat dissipation unit with the base seat. An inner end of the recess is formed with at least one lateral protrusion extended toward an opposite end of the recess and at least one end of the raised section is formed with a groove corresponding to the protrusion, the protrusion being inserted in and connected to the groove.
US09476652B2
A thin heat pipe structure includes a pipe body and at least one wick structure. The pipe body has a vaporizing end internally defining a first chamber, and a condensing end internally defining a second chamber communicating with the first chamber. A space in the first chamber is smaller than that in the second chamber. The wick structure is provided in the first and the second chamber, such that at least one channel is defined in the pipe body by the wick structure and the first and second chambers. With the above arrangements, the pressure resistance in the pipe body at the condensing end is reduced to thereby enable upgraded vapor-liquid circulation efficiency of the working fluid in the pipe body and accordingly upgraded heat dissipation effect of the thin heat pipe structure. A method of forming the thin heat pipe structure is also disclosed.
US09476648B2
Cooling systems and methods for cooling in a power plant using a phase change material. In one embodiment, a phase change material container includes at least one phase change material which may be in the form of a slurry; and at least one conduit for transporting the fluid through the phase change material when located in the phase change material container. The system may also comprise an air flow chamber; and a phase change material flow system including a pump for pumping phase change material from an outlet of phase change material container, to at least one phase change material spray nozzle. The phase change material flow system is configured to ensure that solidified phase change material is returned to the phase change material container.
US09476640B2
In a method for producing nitrogen by cryogenic distillation, air containing carbon monoxide is sent to a cryogenic distillation column (5), a flow D of nitrogen is taken from the top of the distillation column, with a CO content less than a fixed value S1, and a flow of nitrogen-rich cryogenic liquid coming from an external source (7) is sent to the top of the column, the flow rate of cryogenic liquid sent to the column being less than a value V if the CO content in the air does not exceed a previously defined threshold (S0), and the flow rate of cryogenic liquid sent to the column being greater than a value V if the carbon monoxide content of the air exceeds this previously defined threshold (S0).
US09476635B2
Radio frequency identification heat flux measurement systems for refrigerator vacuum insulation panels and methods of operation thereof are provided. One example refrigerator includes a plurality of vacuum insulation panels respectively positioned within a plurality of walls of the refrigerator. The plurality of walls of the refrigerator define an interior refrigerated space. Each of the plurality of vacuum insulation panels includes a conductive barrier layer forming a jacket around such vacuum insulation panel. The refrigerator includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) temperature sensors respectively positioned adjacent to the plurality of vacuum insulation panels. The refrigerator includes an RFID receiver. Each of the plurality of RFID temperature sensors transmits information concerning a local temperature to the RFID receiver. Each of the plurality of RFID temperature sensors utilizes the conductive barrier layer of its adjacent vacuum insulation panel as an antenna during the transmission of the information.
US09476634B2
A refrigerator is provided that may include a main body having a storage compartment in which food or other items may be stored, a main door configured to open or close the storage compartment, the main door having a storage chamber separate from the storage compartment, a sub door configured to open or close an opening of the storage chamber, a tray configured to be introduced into or withdrawn from the storage chamber, a guide configured to guide movement of the tray by being compressed when the tray is introduced into the storage chamber and released from compression when the tray is withdrawn from the storage chamber, and a basket placed on the tray, the basket having a storage space therein. The guide may cause variation in a moving speed of the tray when the tray is introduced into or withdrawn from the storage chamber.
US09476630B2
A method and apparatus for water storage and transport uses a container constructed from one of more flexible plastic sheets. A number of chambers for holding water are formed within the container. Each chamber is separated from an adjacent chamber by a web of the flexible plastic sheet. The web of the flexible plastic sheet is perforated to allow adjacent chambers to be separated from one another. In use, the water in the chambers may be liquid or frozen.
US09476625B2
A system and method for monitoring a floodback condition includes a compressor connected to a condenser, a discharge sensor that outputs a discharge temperature signal corresponding to a discharge temperature, and a control module connected to the discharge sensor. The control module receives compressor power data or compressor current data, determines a saturated condensing temperature based on the compressor power data or compressor current data, calculates a discharge superheat temperature based on the saturated condensing temperature and the discharge temperature, monitors a floodback condition of the compressor by comparing the discharge superheat temperature with a threshold, and, when the discharge superheat temperature is less than or equal to the threshold, increases the speed of the compressor or decreases an opening of an expansion valve associated with the compressor.
US09476623B2
To obtain a multiple-unit air conditioning apparatus capable of detecting, when improper wire connections are made, improper wiring and eliminating an improper wiring state without performing a re-wiring work. When an operation command for an indoor unit Y, received from indoor unit control means 15, does not match a refrigerant circuit of an indoor unit Y whose refrigerant circulation is controlled by outdoor unit control means 14, operation patterns are extracted on the basis of the number of operating indoor units Y. A refrigerant circuit in which a refrigerant is circulated is switched in accordance with the operation patterns. Each wire 18 connected to the indoor unit control means 15 of each indoor unit Y is associated with each refrigerant circuit controlled by the outdoor unit control means 14, and recognition of wire connections is changed.
US09476620B2
In a cogeneration system 1 configured to supply electricity and heat with a gas engine 5 as an engine and including a thermally driven heat pump 3 and a thermally-driven-heat-pump assisted electric heat pump 4 as an electrically driven heat pump, a controller 44 as an operation controller configured to perform a power control in such a manner that generated electricity e of the gas engine 5 becomes equal to balance electricity eb as the sum of required electricity De2 for driving a thermally-driven-heat-pump assisted electrically driven heat pump 4 configured to compensate heat demand Dh of the cogeneration system 1 and electricity demand De1 of the cogeneration system 1, is provided.
US09476614B2
The invention relates to a refrigeration circuit having a mono- or multi-component refrigerant circulating therein, said refrigeration circuit comprising, in the direction of flow, a condenser, a collecting container, a relief device connected upstream of an evaporator, an evaporator and a compressor unit with single-stage compression. According to the invention, there is an intermediate relief device arranged between the condenser and the collecting container. Furthermore, there is disclosed a method of operating a refrigeration device in which pressure relief of the refrigerant to an (intermediate) pressure of 5 to 40 bar is effected in the intermediate relief device arranged between the condenser and the collecting container.
US09476611B1
A modular and portable motorized solar concentrator assembly for production of ethanol, electricity, potable water, or combinations thereof can include a housing and a reflective array. An airtight chamber is formed in the reflective array, and ancillary reflective concentrators can provide addition solar radiation thereto. An inert gas in the airtight chamber can form a low-humidity and air-free environment. The portable motorized solar concentrator assembly can engage an electricity producing plant, a desalination plant, an ethanol producing plant, or combinations thereof.
US09476610B2
The invention relates to a device that includes means for conveying or producing hot gases and a condensing heat exchanger including: an bundle of helical tubes serving as primary exchanger, mounted within a gas-impermeable housing and equipped with a gas discharge trunk, means for circulating a primary fluid in the primary exchanger, two deflector plates and a deflecting ring arranged so as to circulate the hot gasses through the coils of the primary exchanger. Said device is characterized in that it includes a second tube bundle serving as a secondary exchanger, means for circulating therein a secondary fluid separate from the primary fluid and in that the second deflector plate is inserted between the primary exchanger and the secondary exchanger. The invention can be used in the production of heating water and of hot water for sanitation.
US09476604B1
The present invention relates to an unpowered room humidifier utilizing mechanically blowing air from a register, wherein water is wicked into a plurality of absorbent cloths draped over a plurality of beams and results in increased humidity as the air leaves the humidifier.
US09476601B2
The solar powered evaporative air conditioning system is especially adapted for use in areas wherein the climate conditions are hot and dry. A tunnel-shaped, light weight, inflatable structure is employed to enclose a space to be cooled, the space having a floor or ground area enclosed by the structure. Solar panels are disposed on the roof of the structure to generate electrical energy to power the air conditioning system. The inflatable structure is designed with a roof having a hyperbolic paraboloidal configuration such that a narrow cross-sectional area or throat area is formed between the roof and ground.
US09476595B2
A system is provided to automatically detect and reignite one or more gas burners on a cooktop appliance. Upon determining the absence of a flame at a gas burner, a time period Δtd is allowed to elapse during which no flame is detected before sparking is initiated to relight the burner. The value of Δtd is based upon the rate of flow of gaseous fuel to the burner with longer time periods being used for lower gas flow rates and shorter time periods being used for higher gas flow rates.
US09476593B2
A variable secondary air intake device has a baffle member adapted to be attached within an upper area of a fire chamber of the firebox. The baffle member includes a top having a channel member hole therethrough, side walls, a bottom having a plurality of small holes therethrough, and a gas exit opening having side walls and extending through the top and bottom. A hollow chamber member adapted to be placed upon a top surface of the baffle member, the hollow chamber member includes a top having a channel member hole therethrough, and side walls extending downward from the top and forming a chamber having a periphery that includes a plurality of gas exit holes therethrough.
US09476592B2
A combustion system uses a fuel nozzle with an inner wall having a fuel inlet in fluid communication with a fuel outlet in a fuel cartridge. The inner wall defines a mounting location for inserting the fuel cartridge. A pair of annular lip seals around the cartridge outer wall on both sides of the fuel outlet seals the fuel passage between the fuel inlet and the fuel outlet.
US09476576B2
A rotatable illumination system includes a base and an illumination apparatus. The base includes a first housing, a rotating axis, a first brush and a second brush. The illumination apparatus includes a second housing, at least one light source, and a first electrode set. The second housing includes a bottom portion fixed to the rotating axis. The light source is disposed on the second housing. The first electrode set is disposed on the outer surface of the bottom portion. The first electrode set includes a first outer annular electrode and a first inner annular electrode electrically insulated from the first outer electric disc. The first brush electrically contacts with the first outer annular electrode and the second brush electrically contacts with the first inner annular electrode. The first outer annular electrode and the first inner annular electrode electrically connect with the light source, respectively.
US09476572B2
A light source module includes a light source and an optical lens assembly covering the light source. The optical lens assembly includes an optical lens, a reflecting member located on the optical lens, and a reflecting film formed on an outer circumferential surface of the reflecting member. The optical lens includes a main portion and a protruding portion. The light emitting face includes a lateral face extending upwardly from the connecting face and a top surface of the protruding portion, and the top surface of the protruding portion is recessed inwardly towards and located above the light incident face. The reflecting member is conical, the reflecting member is invertedly located on the protruding portion, a tip of the reflecting member is inserted into an inside of the optical lens from the protruding portion, and the reflecting film faces the top surface of the protruding portion.
US09476569B2
A light pen for writing on a polarized light sensitive surface is disclosed. Light emitting diodes emit non-polarized light and a polarization block comprising of a truncated cone shaped collimating optical element, a broad band polarization divider, a broadband semi-wave plate, shifting bi-prism and light beam coupler are built to convert the non-polarized light to be converted to polarized uniform intensity light that is focused using a set of projection lens to a writing surface. The said light pen can be used for creating non erasable writing on many types of articles, documents, and records that would provide verification of authenticity and security.
US09476566B2
A light fixture with a textured reflector is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide for a lighting system in which LEDs face, and the majority of light form the LED light source is incident on, a textured back reflector while producing minimal glare and minimal imaging of the light source. Such a reflector may be referred to as a retro-reflector. The reflector for the light fixture can be made from a relatively inexpensive material such as polycarbonate, which without texturing has a specular or semi-specular surface. Further, a diffuse white layer to provide color mixing or prevent glare and reflections is not needed. The textured reflector can be textured by way of an imprinted pattern or by roughening, and can be extruded. A prismatic texture may be used. The texturing can also be spatially varied.
US09476560B2
A part for an illuminating and/or signaling device of an automotive vehicle, comprising at least one body made of a polymer, at least one section of this body being able, when the part is mounted inside the illuminating device, to be exposed to rays from the sun after they have been focused by a focusing device of the illuminating device, characterized in that the section comprises a reflecting means the reflection coefficient of which is higher than 90%.
US09476559B2
A vehicle headlamp is provided with a semiconductor light source and a lens. The light emission center of the semiconductor light source is arranged at a reference focal point of the lens, or in the proximity thereof. The incident surface of the lens is configured such that upper parts and the lower parts above and below the reference focal point form pairs. Light distribution patterns formed by the upper parts are shifted upwards relative to light distribution patterns formed by the lower parts. As a result, the vehicle headlamp is capable of suppressing occurrence of color bands due to lens spectral phenomena.
US09476557B2
A vehicle headlamp module is provided that includes a lens having a plurality of near-field lens elements, a canted input surface, an exit surface and a cavity between the surfaces. The headlamp module also includes an LED lighting module that directs incident light through the input and exit surfaces. The lens elements are configured to transmit from the exit surface a collimated light pattern containing at least 60% of the incident light. In some embodiments, the exit surface includes a step-wise pattern of optical elements. In other implementations, a headlamp assembly is provided that includes a plurality of vehicle headlamp modules. Each headlamp module includes: a lens with a canted input surface and an exit surface, a bezel surrounding the lens, and an LED light source that directs incident light through the input surface. The lens of each module includes a plurality of near-field lens elements.
US09476546B2
A high-pressure vessel is provided. The high-pressure vessel may comprise a first chamber defined at least partially by a first wall, and a second chamber defined at least partially by the first wall. The first chamber and the second chamber may form a curved contour of the high-pressure vessel. A modular tank assembly is also provided, and may comprise a first mid tube having a convex geometry. The first mid tube may be defined by a first inner wall, a curved wall extending from the first inner wall, and a second inner wall extending from the curved wall. The first inner wall may be disposed at an angle relative to the second inner wall. The first mid tube may further be defined by a short curved wall opposite the curved wall and extending from the second inner wall to the first inner wall.
US09476542B2
Provided is a drip containment apparatus that in certain example embodiments may comprise a ceramic body having a glazed exterior surface and an unglazed interior surface defining a cavity therein, and an aperture defining an opening from the exterior surface to the interior surface, the aperture and interior surface being adapted to receive therein a distal portion of a funnel and to support the funnel so that residual fluid inside the funnel will tend to drip into the interior of the ceramic body and be absorbed into the ceramic body but not leak through the glazed exterior surface. A support structure may be provided to support the ceramic body while it is holding the funnel. The ceramic body may be ornamental in appearance. In one embodiment the ceramic body is adapted to be hung on a wall during use.
US09476541B1
A mounting device (1) for supporting umbrellas (31) and other items having elongated tubular handles, such as fishing poles, tiki torches (34), flag poles, signs and so forth. The mounting device is capable of being attached to different objects having various sizes and shapes, such as chairs, coolers (32), tables (33), railings (30), ladders, tailgates, boat rails, fence posts and so forth. The mounting device has a support portion (2) that attaches to a tubular handle of an umbrella and a mounting portion that attaches to an anchoring object.
US09476512B2
The disclosed and claimed compresses gas system provides for the use of a rotary valve assembly in association with a cupper. A compressed gas system that utilizes a rotary valve assembly uses less gas than a constant flow compressed gas system and is quieter than a compressed gas system that uses valves. The rotary valve is a disk-like body having an opening therethrough. The rotary valve body is disposed within a housing assembly wherein gas may only flow through the housing when the rotary valve body is properly aligned with a space on one side of the rotary valve body.
US09476511B2
Disclosed is a valve device capable of washing an internal pipe in a hot water boiler wherein an operating part is not brought into contact with a body made of a metal material, and even though the valve device is not used for a long period of time, the operating part does not adhere to the body, and wherein the valve device is simple in configuration so that it can be easily mounted on a restricted installation area.
US09476510B2
A diaphragm valve has a valve housing and a valve member movable relative to said housing. The valve member includes a diaphragm carrier that can be driven to execute a switchover motion having a sealing diaphragm mounted thereon, which delimits a valve chamber in which a valve seat is found. The sealing diaphragm has a sealing section opposite said valve seat belonging at least partially to a loose diaphragm section of the sealing diaphragm, which can lift from the diaphragm carrier to reduce the stress on the sealing diaphragm when said diaphragm carrier is removed from the valve seat during switching.
US09476503B2
In a method for operating an automatic transmission having multiple frictional-locking shifting elements and at least one positive-locking shifting element, for the representation of a transmission ratio stage, at least three shifting elements are closed. For a shifting process between two specified transmission ratio stages, at least two shifting elements are opened and at least two shifting elements, including at least one positive-locking shifting element and at least one frictional-locking shifting element, are closed. In the chronological sequence of the shifting process, the closing of the positive-locking shifting element takes place only after all frictional-locking shifting elements are closed.
US09476499B2
A shovel includes: a speed reducer configured by stacking a plurality of gear speed reducers each having a sun gear, a planetary gear, an internal gear, and a carrier member supporting the planetary gear provided in a case, in a direction of an axis of rotation of an upper turning body; and a movement restriction section which is provided between the sun gear of one gear speed reducer among the gear speed reducers stacked in a plurality and another gear speed reducer stacked so as to face the sun gear and restricts movement of the sun gear of the one gear speed reducer toward the other gear speed reducer, wherein the movement restriction section is provided at the case.
US09476496B2
A driving apparatus for a vehicle includes a rotation member, as support pin including a flange for stopping a movement of the rotation member in one axial direction and a circumferential groove formed at an end portion that penetrates through the rotation member, an annular elastic member supported relative to the circumferential groove and configured to reduce a diameter in a radial direction, and a support member including an attachment hole in which the end portion of the support pin is idly provided, the support member including an inwardly protruding flange provided at the attaching hole and having an inner diameter equal to or greater than an outer diameter of the annular elastic member when the annular elastic member is in an elastically deformed state having reduced diameter and smaller than the outer diameter of the annular elastic member when the annular elastic member is in an elastic recovery state.
US09476494B2
A cup-shaped flexible externally toothed gear of a wave gear device, wherein a diaphragm plate slopes from a diaphragm internal peripheral edge portion contiguous to a boss part toward a diaphragm external peripheral edge portion contiguous to a cylindrical body portion in a direction in which the diaphragm external peripheral edge portion is at greater distance from an open end of the cylindrical body portion with respect to an orthogonal plane orthogonal to a central axis line of the device. The length dimension of the diaphragm plate and the length dimension of the cylindrical body portion in the axial direction can be increased. Therefore, the fatigue strength of the diaphragm plate and the load capacity of the wave gear device in which the flexible externally toothed gear has been incorporated can be increased.
US09476491B2
A torque converter for a powered vehicle, the torque converter including a cover coupled to an engine, and a piston moveably coupled to the cover to define a lockup cavity. The torque converter includes a converter cavity and an exhaust valve coupled to the converter cavity is configured to exhaust the converter cavity and lockup cavity of oil when the powered vehicle is placed in neutral or in park. A passage located in the cover enables oil located in the lockup cavity to move to the converter cavity to substantially eliminate oil located in the lockup cavity when the powered vehicle is placed in neutral or in park.
US09476479B2
Provided are a tubular vibration-damping device for a vibration-damping connecting rod, a vibration-damping connecting rod using the same and a method of manufacturing the vibration-damping connecting rod. The device including an inner shaft member and an outer tubular member being connected by a main rubber elastic body, the inner shaft member having a structure wherein first and second connecting members are inserted into a sleeve member bonded to the main rubber elastic body, the connecting members being axially overlapped with and spaced from each other to provide a rod-end insertion space communicated with outside via rod insertion holes that open through peripheral walls of the sleeve member and the outer tubular member, one end of a rod main body being inserted via the rod insertion holes into the rod-end insertion space and fixed to the first and second connecting members by a fastening member.
US09476476B2
A shock absorber including a cylindrical outer shell and a piston rod slidably inserted into the outer shell, the shock absorber includes a cylindrical dust cover coupled to the piston rod and permitting an entry of the outer shell to inside thereof; and an annular dust filter whose inner peripheral side is attached to the outer shell and whose outer periphery is brought into slidable contact with an inner periphery of the dust cover at all times.
US09476470B2
Provided is an electro-mechanical brake (EMB) including a driving unit configured to generate rotational force by power selectively applied as a user operates a brake pedal, a differential gear unit including a first shaft and a second shaft disposed to be aligned to form rotational shafts and rotate in the same direction by rotational force from the driving unit, a first pad disposed on one side of a brake disk, a second pad disposed on the other side of the disk, a first braking unit configured to enable the first pad to be brought into contact with one side of the disk according to a rotation of the first shaft to generate braking force, and a second braking unit configured to enable the second pad to be brought into contact with the other side of the disk according to a rotation of the second shaft to generate braking force.
US09476469B2
A linear actuation assembly comprising: (a) a differential assembly and (b) a pair of linear actuators in communication with the differential assembly; wherein the pair of linear actuators are movable along an axis so that during movement of each of the pair of linear actuators a pair of brake shoes are moved to create a brake force or moved to release a brake force, and wherein the differential assembly distributes power equally to each of the pair of linear actuators until resistance of one of the brake shoes increases then the differential assembly ceases to provide power to the brake shoe with increased resistance and distributes the power from the brake shoe with increased resistance to a brake shoe of lower resistance until a brake force is created.
US09476467B2
A dual-directions braking method of a disc brake, a braking mechanism and a braking system thereof are applied in fields of automobiles, trains and airplanes. The dual-directions braking mechanism includes a crankshaft having three concentric sections and two eccentric sections, two friction discs, a friction disc ring and at least a pair of brake calipers and friction pads, wherein the two eccentric sections are respectively provided between each neighboring two of the three concentric sections and mutually disposed at 180°; the two friction discs are respectively provided on the two eccentric sections; the friction disc ring is provided on the main section between the two eccentric sections. Through a translationally rotating friction by the two friction discs respectively with the friction disc ring and with the friction pads of each pair of brake calipers, a backward braking moment and a forward braking moment are simultaneously generated on the main sections.
US09476464B2
An electromagnetic driving device includes a driving disc, and also a first driving device, a second driving device and a first electrical control device. When the first electrical control device is energized, the first electrical control device drives the first driving device such that the second driving device is disengaged from the driving disc. When the first electrical control device is de-energized, the first electrical control device drives the first driving device such that the second driving device is engaged with the driving disc. The device aims to provide an electromagnetic driving device able to operate and serve the function of driving even if a power supply system of an electromagnetic clutch malfunctions or a sudden power cut occurs, avoiding the series of adverse effects caused by the failure of the electromagnetic clutch.
US09476453B2
There is provided a Cu-based oil-impregnated sintered bearing which can be used for high-load applications such as an ABS system and a wiper motor system in automobile, can be manufactured at low cost, and is excellent in abrasion resistance and seizure resistance. The bearing contains 5 to 40% by mass of Ni, 3 to 15% by mass of Sn, 0.5 to 4.0% by mass of P, or further 0.3 to 5.0% by mass of a solid lubricant, and a remainder comprising Cu and inevitable impurities, and has a metallic structure in which a phase mainly composed of Ni and P is dispersed in a matrix, and has a 5 to 25% porosity.
US09476449B2
A fluid dynamic bearing device including: a bearing sleeve fixed to an inner periphery of a housing; a shaft member removably inserted along an inner periphery of the bearing sleeve; an annular member having an inner peripheral surface for defining a radial gap together with an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member; and radial bearing portions and a thrust bearing portion for supporting the shaft member. At least the radial bearing gap at each of the radial bearing portions, and a bottom gap having the thrust bearing portion received therein are filled with lubricating oil. A void section is formed in an interior space of the housing. Assuming that d1 represents a gap width of the radial bearing gap and d2 represents a gap width of the radial gap, a relationship of 30d1≦d2≦250d1 is satisfied.
US09476440B2
A fixing structure for a casing and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The fixing structure for a casing includes a hollow-core post, a fixing post, and a screwing element. The hollow-core post extends from the casing. The fixing post comprises a fixing segment. The fixing segment is inserted into the hollow-core post and has an inner screw hole. The screwing element is inserted into the casing and screwed to the inner screw hole. Therefore, the fixing structure is conducive to enhancement of the strength of engagement between the hollow-core post and the fixing post.
US09476438B2
An exterior vehicle mirror assembly including an housing with a mirror glass disposed in the housing. A glass clamp connects the mirror glass and the housing. The glass clamp is slidably carried on both the mirror glass and the housing for moving between a locked position in which the glass clamp secures the mirror glass to the housing in a friction fit arrangement to resist movement of the mirror glass in the housing, and an unlocked position in which the clamp is free to be removed from the housing and mirror glass.
US09476437B2
A boom driving device comprises a boom control valve causing a boom cylinder to elongate and contract. The boom control valve returns a hydraulic fluid discharged from an working chamber of the boom cylinder to a tank in a boom descending position A part of the discharged hydraulic fluid is branched in the upstream of the boom control valve and is supplied to a generator through a regenerative passage for power generation. The regenerative passage is provided with a regenerative control spool valve. The regenerative control spool valve is opened when a flow cross-sectional area of the hydraulic fluid flowing from the working chamber to the tank reaches a predetermined area while the boom control valve is in the descending position. According to this construction, it is possible to alleviate a shock that may be generated at the start of power generation by the generator.
US09476428B2
A turbine-driven alternator (i.e., a turbomachine) suitable for generating electrical power from process gas waste energy. In particular suitable for very high density process gases such as super critical CO2, R134a, R245fa, etc. The turboalternator comprises two separate machines, specifically, a turbine device and an alternator device operatively connected together by a coupling shaft. The rotating shaft assemblies for each machines on the turbine side and the alternator side are supported by hydrodynamic foil gas bearings. The foil gas bearings use process gas at the turbine side, enabling high-pressure operation (˜3000 psia) and thrust load balancing. At the alternator side, cooling fluid is used in the foil gas bearings, enabling high-speed (˜40,000 rpm), low-windage, oil-free operation with closed-loop shaft cooling.
US09476421B2
A cylinder head for a two-stage reciprocating piston compressor includes an intercooler that is designed as a cooled overflow channel between the pressure side of the first stage and the suction side of the second stage, wherein the overflow channel has a substantially slot-like cross-section, and the overflow channel is in addition divided by at least one indirectly cooled center rib so that therefrom at least two overflow channel portions and are created. The cylinder head has a cylinder head upper part and a cylinder head lower part, the cross-section of the indirectly cooled center rib is divided in its longitudinal extent thereby forming a passage gap between the overflow channels and that run on both sides, and one portion of the center rib is formed from the cylinder head upper part and the other portion of the center rib is formed from the cylinder head lower part.
US09476415B2
A method includes driving a fluid pumping unit having a plurality of pumping cylinders via a plurality of hydraulic cylinders respectively of a hydraulic power unit. The method further includes controlling activation of the hydraulic power unit such that each stroke of the corresponding piston assembly between the top dead center and the bottom dead center follows a corresponding trapezoidal velocity profile with respect to a time duration. Controlling activation includes controlling flow of a hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic power unit so as to control the corresponding trapezoidal velocity profile with respect to the time duration of the corresponding piston assembly to obtain a predefined flow rate of the fluid medium from the pumping unit.
US09476412B2
A resistively heated shape memory polymer device is made by providing a rod, sheet or substrate that includes a resistive medium. The rod, sheet or substrate is coated with a first shape memory polymer providing a coated intermediate unit. The coated intermediate unit is in turn coated with a conductive material providing a second intermediate unit. The second coated intermediate unit is in turn coated with an outer shape memory polymer. The rod, sheet or substrate is exposed and an electrical lead is attached to the rod, sheet or substrate. The conductive material is exposed and an electrical lead is attached to the conductive material.
US09476407B2
In a first aspect, the present invention provides a method of operating a wind turbine having a rotor with a plurality of blades, a nacelle, one or more pitch systems for pitching the blades, a system for determining a speed of the rotor, and a system for determining a fore-aft speed of the nacelle. The method comprises determining the speed of the rotor, determining the fore-aft speed of the nacelle, and calculating a difference between the determined speed of the rotor and a predefined speed of reference of the rotor. After, pitch commands are obtained by performing a PID control of this calculated difference of speeds, said PID control being tuned for adapting the sensitivity of the PID control as a function of the determined fore-aft speed of the nacelle. Then, the one or more pitch systems pitch the blades in accordance with said obtained pitch commands.
US09476398B2
A control device suitable for use in a vehicle includes a circuit board and a spring element. The circuit board includes a circuit element electrically connected thereat. The spring element is engaged with the circuit element and biased or urged towards the circuit element to exert a force at the circuit element in a direction generally parallel to a surface of the circuit board. The circuit element is electrically connected at the circuit board via a solder joint. When a temperature at the solder joint exceeds a threshold temperature, the spring element moves the circuit element along the surface of the circuit board to break the electrical connection at the solder joint.
US09476397B2
A glowplug control device for controlling an applied voltage or power for a glowplug is provided, which includes a target calculating module for calculating a target applied voltage or power to adjust a glowplug temperature to a predetermined target temperature, an output module for applying the target applied voltage or power to the glowplug when the target applied voltage or power is below a maximum applicable voltage or power, and applying the maximum applicable voltage or power to the glowplug when the target applied voltage or power is above the maximum applicable voltage or power, and a temperature estimating module for estimating the glowplug temperature to be the target temperature when the target applied voltage or power is applied to the glowplug, and estimating the glowplug temperature to be below the target temperature by a temperature decrease amount when the maximum applicable voltage or power is applied to the glowplug.
US09476388B2
Various methods and systems are provided for reducing cylinder-to-cylinder variation in exhaust gas recirculation. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first cylinder group of an engine having a first number of cylinders, a second cylinder group of the engine having a second number of cylinders that is not an integer multiple of the first number of cylinders, and an exhaust system coupled to the first cylinder group and the second cylinder group. In at least one mode of operation, the exhaust system has exhaust ports of the first cylinder group fluidly coupled to an intake of the engine and exhaust ports of the second cylinder group fluidly decoupled from the intake.
US09476381B2
A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston may have a piston skirt with a center axis. The piston may also have a piston crown disposed adjacent a top of the piston skirt. The piston crown may have a diameter D. The piston crown may have a piston crown margin of width b extending in a circumferential direction. The piston crown may also have a piston trough with a depth t. The piston trough may have a piston trough wall with a base diameter. The piston trough may also have at least one recess with a height h. The height h parallel to the direction of the center axis may satisfy the following requirement: 0.2 t<=h<=t.
US09476378B2
Disclosed are a method and a system for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine. The method for diagnosing a common rail diesel engine may include setting a time when a pressure of a common rail becomes a first set pressure to a diagnosis start time and neglecting a state of the common rail until the pressure of the common rail decreases from the first set pressure to a second set pressure which is a diagnosis end pressure, verifying a time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the second set pressure and determining the time as a diagnosis end time when the pressure of the common rail becomes the second set pressure, calculating a diagnosis time as an elapsed time from the diagnosis start time to the diagnose end time, and diagnosing that fuel leaks from the common rail when the diagnosis time is shorter than a diagnosis set time by comparing the diagnosis time with the diagnosis set time.
US09476376B2
A fuel injection controller includes an increase control portion applying the boost voltage to the coil to increase a coil current to a first target value, and a constant current control portion applying a voltage to the coil to hold the coil current to a second target value. A threshold is an energization time period that is necessary to reach a boundary point between a seat throttle area of a property line and an injection-port throttle area of the property line from an energization start time point. An initial-current applied time period is from the energization start time point that the boost voltage starts to be applied to the coil to a time point that the coil current is decreased to the second target value. The increase control portion controls the coil current such that the initial-current applied time period is less than the threshold.
US09476372B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a desired throttle area module, a correction factor module, a throttle control module, and an airflow compensation diagnostic module. The desired throttle area module determines a desired throttle area based on a driver input. The correction factor module determines a throttle area correction factor based on a difference between an estimated intake airflow and a measured intake airflow to compensate for a decrease in the measured intake airflow due to a flow restriction. The throttle control module determines a desired throttle position based on the desired throttle area and the throttle area correction factor. The airflow compensation diagnostic module diagnoses a fault in an amount of intake airflow compensation based on the throttle area correction factor.
US09476368B2
A control device of a vehicle drive device includes an engine having a supercharger and an automatic transmission outputting power of the engine to drive wheels, when a supercharging pressure at the end of the upshift is increased as compared to the start of the upshift such that an engine torque at an end of an upshift of the automatic transmission is made larger than that at a start of the upshift, a target supercharging pressure being set depending on a predicted engine operation state after the upshift to allow a shift operation to proceed while an increase of the supercharging pressure is started before a completion of the upshift such that the supercharging Pressure reaches the target supercharging pressure, the supercharging pressure being controlled such that a target engine torque determined based on a vehicle state is achieved, and when the supercharging pressure cannot be increased in the upshift before the end of the upshift to a magnitude required for generating the target engine torque at the end of the upshift, a predefined engine torque lower than the target engine torque at the end of the upshift being retained after the end of the upshift.
US09476359B2
An acoustic liner has a honeycomb layer disposed between a first panel and a permeable panel and includes a plurality of serpentine walls spaced apart from one-another. Adjacent serpentine walls outline in-part a first region carried by the first panel and an opposing second region carried by the permeable panel. The first and second regions are offset such that a centerline distance extending between the regions and centered between adjacent walls is greater than a distance measured directly between the panels, enabling the design of thinner acoustic liners. The regions and adjacent walls further define a cell having a constricted portion communicating between an end portion and an entry portion such that the constricted portion creates a frequency shift.
US09476349B1
A method and apparatus is provided for operating a piston driven, internal combustion engine (10) including a the piston (40) translating in a cylinder (30). The engine (10) has an intake stroke, followed by a partial exhaust stroke, followed by a compression stroke, followed by a power stroke and then an exhaust stroke, all of which are sequentially repeated. The compression stroke has a stroke length that is less than the stroke length of the power stroke.
US09476334B2
A working vehicle has a cooling fan provided on a first side of an engine to blow air to the engine; a muffler main body provided on a second side thereof in a position lower than an upper surface of a head cover of the engine; and an exhaust pipe exposed in a position facing an air blowing path of the cooling fan higher than the upper surface of the head cover of the engine to discharge exhaust from the muffler main body.
US09476331B2
A control apparatus of an engine may include a variable valve lift apparatus, an engine including a plurality of cylinders generating power by combustion of fuel, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve for opening and closing the cylinder, a variable valve lift apparatus adjusting a valve lift of the intake valve and exhaust valve, and a controller driving the intake valve in a low lift mode by using the variable valve lift apparatus and closing the exhaust valve when one of the cylinders among the plurality of cylinders may be deactivated.
US09476328B2
Device for effecting an axial shift of a rotary shaft for use in a variable camshaft drive mechanism
A device for effecting an axial shift of a rotary shaft such as the camshaft of a vehicle comprising a first component having a shaft and a head, a second component having a first end and second end and a bore extending longitudinally there through, the shaft of the first component being inserted into the bore of the second component, a detent couples the first component to the second component such that rotation of the second component causes the first component to rotate wherein the first end of the second component is countersunk so as to define inclined ramps in walls of the second component and one or more rollers are disposed between the head of the first component and the first end of the second component in rolling contact with the inclined ramps, wherein as the second component is rotated about a longitudinal axis the rollers move along the inclined ramps and act upon the first component to move it axially with respect to the second component which may be arranged to rotate the first component with respect to the second component. In this way the timing of the valves of a combustion engine can be varied with rotational speed of the crankshaft of the engine.
US09476327B2
A camshaft adjusting device (19) having a camshaft adjuster (4), including a stator (36), a rotor (38) which can be rotated relative to the stator (36) about a rotational axis (74), and a hub (52) which is arranged on the rotor (38) or on the stator (36) and has a receiving cup (62), and having a camshaft (12) which is received in the receiving cup (62). It is provided here that the camshaft (12) is fixed radially in the receiving cup (62) via at least three spacer elements (64). A camshaft adjusting device (19) of this type can be produced simply and inexpensively.
US09476324B2
An exhaust collector for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The exhaust collector includes a front panel, a rear panel, and a side panel. The side panel includes a circumferential portion, a first contoured portion, and a second contoured portion. The circumferential portion extends about the exhaust collector axis with a constant radius. The first contoured portion and the second contoured portion are each between the circumferential portion and the exhaust outlet and include a plurality of curved sections with alternating concavity. Each of the plurality of curved sections extends from the front panel to the rear panel.
US09476314B2
A dry seal apparatus (30) for a machine (10) includes a seal having a stationary portion (40) and a rotating portion (38); a space (44) disposed between the stationary and rotating portions; a biasing member (42) disposed proximate the stationary portion (40) and in contact therewith for applying a force to the stationary portion; and a labyrinth (37) proximate the rotating portion (38) and constructed and arranged for receiving a liquid for being vaporized before entering the space between the stationary and rotating portions of the seal. A related method is also provided.
US09476313B2
According to an example embodiment, a gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a compressor. A strut near the compressor includes a flow passage through a portion of the strut. The flow passage is configured to direct air from the compressor to another portion of the gas turbine engine. The flow passage has at least one surface feature that at least partially hinders some airflow through the flow passage.
US09476312B2
An apparatus comprising a hub configured to couple to a mast, a grip configured to couple to the hub and a rotor blade, a pitch actuator coupled to the grip and configured to change a pitch of the rotor blade relative to the mast, and a delta-3 restraint coupled to the pitch actuator, wherein the delta-3 restraint is fixed relative to the mast. An apparatus comprising a hub configured to couple to a mast, a grip configured to couple to the hub and a rotor blade, a pitch actuator coupled to the grip and configured to change a pitch of the rotor blade relative to the mast, and a delta-3 restraint coupled to the pitch actuator, wherein the delta-3 restraint is configured to control the pitch of the blade relative to the mast when the pitch actuator fails, and wherein the delta-3 restraint provides an instantaneous blade pitch-flap coupling response.
US09476311B2
In the case of a variable-pitch propeller or repeller according to the invention, the pitch-adjusting device is arranged in the hub and formed in such a way that it allows only a numerically limited number of different blade pitches, preferably just two blade pitches, for which purpose the pitch-adjusting device comprises an electrical drive device, for moving the blades from a first blade pitch to a second of the numerically limited number of blade pitches, and an electrically actuable locking device, for locking the blades in the numerically limited number of different blade pitches.
US09476292B2
The present invention discloses a deepwater drilling condition based marine riser mechanical behavior test simulation system. An upper three-component dynamometer, an upper connecting structure, a marine riser, a lower connecting structure and a lower three-component dynamometer are connected between an upper trailer connecting plate and a lower trailer connecting plate in sequence. The invention further discloses a test method. The present invention has the advantages that the mechanical behavior of the marine riser under deepwater drilling condition and marine environment coupling effect can be simulated comprehensively and accurately, and the apparatus can simulate ocean current environment, apply top tension to the marine riser, simulate circulation of internal drilling fluids at different current rates, simulate rotation of the drill stem at different rotational speeds and apply different drill pressures.
US09476288B2
Disclosed is a tubular expansion tool which includes a plurality of stackable piston/slip/spring assemblies that are used to radially expand a liner against well casing along a longitudinal distance “L.” The pistons are repeatedly stroked a short distance “S” with the application of hydraulic pressure. As the pistons are stroked, they move a mandrel-expansion die sub assembly in successive steps a distance “S” to perform the tubular expansion over a longer distance “L.”
US09476287B2
Oilfield treatment compositions contain water, hydrochloric acid at a concentration between 15 wt % and 45.7 wt % and a first and second fixing agent. The first fixing agent comprises urea, a urea derivative or both. The second fixing agent may be a mixture or amines and alcohols. These compositions provide corrosion inhibition when exposed to steel. The compositions may also contain an inhibitor aid.
US09476283B2
A geothermic heater system for heating a geological formation includes a fuel cell stack assembly disposed at the surface of the geological formation and includes a plurality of fuel cells which convert chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with an oxidizing agent, thereby producing an anode exhaust and a cathode exhaust. The geothermic fuel cell system also includes a combustor disposed within a bore hole of the geological formation. The combustor combusts a mixture at least one of the anode exhaust and the cathode exhaust to produce a heated combustor exhaust. The combustor discharges the heated combustor exhaust to heat the geological formation.
US09476278B2
An impact apparatus conveyable in a tool string via conveyance means within a wellbore. The impact apparatus comprises a first portion, including a first interface coupled with a first tool string component, a first engagement feature, and a first impact feature. The impact apparatus also comprises a second portion, including a second interface coupled with a second tool string apparatus, a second engagement feature in selectable engagement with the first engagement feature, and a second impact feature positioned to impact the first impact feature in response to disengagement of the first and second engagement features and a tensile force applied across the tool string by the conveyance means. A release member positionable between first and second positions in response to a signal carried by the conveyance means prevents disengagement of the first and second engaging features when in the first position but not the second position.
US09476269B2
An apparatus for pulling irrigation poly provides a transportable poly reel rig with a reel spool pivotally mounted to the reel rig. A manual primary brake is in hydraulic braking communication with the reel spool to manually control free spooling. A secondary brake, hydraulically integrated in a planetary gear drive connected to the spool, is activated automatically when hydraulic pressure falls below a safe level. A top alignment reel positioned under the reel spool, and a bottom alignment reel positioned under the top alignment reel, facilitate alignment of the reel spool with a well bore. A wire roller operating in concert with the reel spool facilitates attachment to and take-up of wire attached to the poly. Two or more hydraulic stabilizers stabilize the rig, as does a boom assembly mounted to the reel rig. Methods of using the apparatus utilize a smaller crew of operators than with prior apparatus.
US09476260B2
A casing window assembly and methods for installing the casing window assembly.
US09476255B2
A window shade system and housing-guide assembly for shading a window systemically includes a shade assembly, a bracket element and a guide-cover element. The shade element is furlable and unfurlable about an axis for rotation for selectively shading an outfitted window site. The bracket element includes a bracket-to-support interface portion and a guide-cover attachment portion. The guide-cover element includes a bracket-attachment portion, a shade-cover portion, and a shade-guide portion. The guide-cover element is attachable to the bracket element via mated engagement of the guide-cover attachment portion and the bracket-attachment portion. The shade-cover portion is formed so as to subtend an arc length radially anterior relative to the interface portion. The furled shade element is receivable in a space defined by the shade-cover portion and unfurlable via a shade-letting gap defined intermediate the shade-guide portion and the interface portion.
US09476252B2
A retractable cover for architectural openings having collapsible vanes includes a support structure in the form of a sheet of material, monofilaments, tapes, ribbons, cords, or the like, supporting an upper edge of a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending vanes with the lower edges of the vanes in most embodiments of the invention being connected to operating elements adapted to raise the lower edges of each vane toward the upper edges to define openings or gaps between the vanes through which vision and light can pass in an open condition of the covering. Variations of the covering do not require movement of a lower edge of a vane relative to an upper edge but simply movement of some vanes relative to other vanes. The vanes can be made of materials having different flexibilities and where more rigid materials are used, creased fold lines can be established for desired operability.
US09476249B2
Disclosed therein is a window having a ventilation structure which can ventilate the indoor air smoothly without regard to weather conditions, such as, yellow dust, rainy season, or localized heavy rain. The window includes: a window frame having upper and lower openings which are divided by a horizontal member; and upper and lower window panes respectively mounted in the upper and lower openings for selectively opening and closing the upper and lower openings, wherein at least a pair of the horizontal members are spaced apart from each other in the window frame, and a ventilation hole is disposed between the horizontal members. The window can ventilate the indoor air smoothly without regard to weather conditions, such as, yellow dust, rainy season, or localized heavy rain, and prevent rain from coming into the room through the open window.
US09476245B2
A door cable pulley system for use with a motor vehicle having a closure movable between an open and closed position. The door cable pulley system includes a first tension pulley, a second tension pulley, a cable drum driven by a motor, and a pair of drive cables. The first drive cable includes a first end coupled to the cable drum and a second end coupled to the closure, where the first drive cable extends from the cable drum, passes over the first tension pulley, and exits the body through the second exit opening. The second drive cable includes a first end coupled to the cable drum and a second end coupled to the closure, where the second drive cable extends from the cable drum, passes over the second tension pulley, and exits the body through the first exit opening.
US09476244B2
A belt tensioning motor mount comprises a support plate; a motor mount holding a motor, the motor mount slidably attached to the support plate; and a tension adjustor disposed on the support plate, the tension adjustor for adjusting the position of the motor mount along the support plate. In an embodiment, the motor mount includes an opening that accommodates a shaft of the motor, a driver pulley attached to the shaft. A belt is attached to the driver pulley on one side and a return pulley on an opposite side. The support plate is disposed adjacent a wall and above the belt which operates a plurality of sliding doors. In an embodiment, the tension adjustor includes a threaded bolt which, depending on which way turned, either causes the motor mount to slide in a first direction to increase belt tension or slide in a second direction to decrease belt tension.
US09476239B2
A gate comprises a spring-loaded hinge arrangement defining a rotational axis. A gate structure having a first support arm connected to a first end of the hinge arrangement is also provided. The gate structure is rotatable about the rotational axis. A spring-loaded hinge arrangement includes an outer hinge tube fixedly connectable to an adjacent structure and an inner hinge tube received in the outer hinge tube. The inner hinge tube has a first portion and a second portion movable with respect to each other, the second portion of the inner hinge tube being fixed with respect to the outer hinge tube and the first portion of the inner hinge tube being fixed with respect to the support arm.
US09476235B2
A hinge fixing structure used to hold a hidden hinge on a container, and a hidden hinge and a container. The hidden hinge comprises an upper hinge base, a hinge body and a lower hinge base. The container comprises a side plate and a door, which are respectively provided with grooves formed by the internal and external sidewalls thereof and used to accommodate hinge bases. The hinge fixing structure comprises position limiting structures located in grooves and used to prevent the hinge bases from releasing from the mouth portions of grooves and positioning structures provided on the upper hinge base and the lower hinge base and engaged with the limiting structures respectively. The position limiting structures are engaged with the positioning structures respectively so that the hidden hinge is held on the container, and the hidden hinge is completely invisible from the appearance of container when the door is closed.
US09476233B2
A hood latch assembly is provided comprising a first member arranged to be mounted to a body member within an engine compartment of a vehicle. The first member comprises a lock mechanism. The hood latch assembly further comprises a second member arranged to be mounted to the hood of the vehicle and comprising a striker arranged to engage with the lock mechanism to retain the hood of the vehicle in the closed position. The second member further comprises a hood bracket arranged to be mounted to the hood of the vehicle, a striker bracket comprising the striker, and a mechanical lock arranged to lock the striker bracket to the hood bracket, the mechanical lock being arranged to allow unlocking by movement of an actuator. The present disclosure also relates to active hood latch system and a vehicle comprising a hood latch assembly and/or an active hood latch system.
US09476225B1
A combination lock is provided, the combination lock having a rotary latch configured for rotation between a locked position and an unlocked position, the rotary latch rotating in a first plane; and a bolt configured for movement between a first position and a second position along a second plane the second plane being oriented at a different location than the first plane, the bolt engaging the rotary latch in the first position such that rotation of the rotary latch from the locked position to the unlocked position is prevented.
US09476222B1
A door latch blocker safety strike plate has a strike plate, a latch blocker, and a hinge pivotally coupling the latch blocker to the strike plate. The strike plate has a generally planar plate and a curved section. The generally planar plate has spaced apart mounting holes, and a keeper hole adapted to operatively align with a keeper opening in a door jamb. The keeper hole is interposed between mounting holes. The latch blocker also has a generally planar plate and a curved section. The latch blocker pivots about the hinge through approximately 270 degrees to selectively cover the keeper, and thereby block the door bolt, or pivot away from and expose the keeper, to allow the door bolt to engage first with the strike plate and subsequently with the keeper.
US09476220B2
A fence system for strengthening a vinyl fence which includes a plurality of fence posts having specified dimensions, and the posts have a hollow interior. A plurality of section panels include specified dimensions, and the section panels each including a slat portion. The section panels each include a fence railing coupled to a top and bottom of the slat portion. The fence railings each define a hollow interior, and the fence railings are coupled to the posts by a connecting portion of the fence railings passing through corresponding holes in the posts. A strengthening member for positioning in each of the hollow portions of the top and bottom fence railings. A plurality of post members for positioning within the hollow interior at the top of the fence posts. The post members being attachable to the connecting portion of the fence railing using a first attachment element.
US09476217B2
An emergency refuge system relating to improved occupant access and air revitalization.
US09476215B2
A molding system for a swimming pool coping having a track for receiving a pool liner, the molding system including a molding platform having a flexible panel with a first side and a second side opposite the first side, at least one lip extending from the first side of the flexible panel configured to be received in the track of the swimming pool coping, a plurality of mold supports extending from the second side of the flexible panel and arranged in a row proximate a top of the flexible panel, each mold support having a top surface for supporting a mold block and a flange positioned at a first end of the mold support extending substantially perpendicularly from the top surface.
US09476210B2
A self-climbing scaffold system that includes rails and shoes fixed to concrete sections of a building that are adapted for guiding the rail in a climbing direction Z. The system further includes a guide element pivotally coupled to the rail, the guide element having at least a first guide surface which, in a prior position before a threading position for threading the rail, projects with respect to the rail towards a corresponding concrete section. The first guide surface is adapted for interfacing with the shoe in said prior position and straightening the rail with respect to the shoe as said first guide surface moves in a guided manner in the shoe pivoting with respect to the rail.
US09476199B2
A tubular passage for poured concrete decks has an intumescent tube held in a two-part, clamshell base by a bottom clip. A first tube engages the base's top to clamp a funnel shaped, diaphragm seal to the base. The first tube has spaced, radially extending, parallel ridges at predetermined distances from the base. Longitudinal channels separate the ridges. An extension tube has inward extending lugs passing along the channels to engage various ridges when rotated to fix the passage length. The extension engages the base bottom for corrugated deck supports. A cap with repositionable, locating filaments closes either tube.
US09476195B2
Anchoring system is appropriate for solid rock and concrete (2) and any firm bearing system. The anchor rod (4) of for example a threaded bar out of a shape memory alloy (SMA) is held in the armature bore (3) with a filling compound (5) as anchoring means. For filling the achoring bore (3) between anchor rod (4) and wall of the armature bore (3) a heat resistant filling compound (5) of a polymer connection on a two-component-basis or such on a cementous basis is used. Then the anchor rod (4) is heated by heat input over its butt that is emerging the filling compound on its austenit phase, which pre tensions the anchor rod (4). Finally, after the cooling of the filling compound (5) the anchor rod (4) is cooling of to ambient temperature. A counter bearing board (10) lays on the outer wall (1) around the port of the armature bore (3) and is tensed up with the anchor rod (4).
US09476193B2
This flush toilet apparatus includes a traveling-direction switching mechanism switching a mode between a toilet washing mode and a tank storage mode. This traveling-direction switching mechanism includes: a shield portion directing jet water to an outside of a throat pipe at a time of the tank storage mode; a moving mechanism moving the shield portion from a position at a time of the toilet washing mode in a first direction to a position at the time of the tank storage mode; and a guide surface switching a traveling direction of the jet water so that after the traveling direction is switched, a flow rate of the jet water is higher in a second direction opposite to the first direction than in the first direction.
US09476187B2
An inner water pipe assembly for faucet includes a copper shell with a longitudinal channel and a lateral channel. A valve seat is mounted in the longitudinal channel, and includes an inlet channel, an outlet channel, and a seat hole formed there through. A valve sleeve is fitted into the lateral channel, and has an inlet notch communicating with the inlet channel, a chamber inside the valve seat and an annular inlet passage formed between the valve sleeve and a valve. The valve is fitted into the pipe sleeve for water passage control. A valve chamber inside the valve communicates with the outlet channel of the valve seat and a water inlet formed through a periphery of the valve. The inner water pipe assembly provides a rational design reducing the copper material and cost in production, simplifying the manufacture, and resolving excessive heavy metal in drinking water.
US09476180B2
There is provided a hydraulic excavator in which occurrence of minute vibrations in a control lever can be suppressed. A boom-raising proportional solenoid valve is provided in a boom-raising pilot conduit. A boom-lowering proportional solenoid valve is provided in a boom-lowering pilot conduit. A controller controls an opening degree of the boom-lowering proportional solenoid valve based on a pressure generated in the boom-lowering pilot conduit between the control lever and the boom-lowering proportional solenoid valve, and controls an opening degree of the boom-raising proportional solenoid valve. An amount of increase in current per unit time when the controller outputs, to the boom-lowering proportional solenoid valve, an instruction signal for instructing an increase in opening degree is smaller than an amount of increase in current per unit time when the controller outputs, to the boom-raising proportional solenoid valve, an instruction signal for instructing an increase in opening degree.
US09476179B2
A toolbar for a thumb assembly for a machine is disclosed. The toolbar includes a toolbar member, tooling joined to the toolbar member, a first toolbar plate and a second toolbar plate extending from opposite ends of the toolbar member. The first toolbar plate and the second toolbar plate each include a plate member connector joined to the toolbar member, a leaf arm, and a saddle extension. The leaf arm extends from the plate member connector. The saddle extension extends from the leaf arm proximal the plate member connector forming a post saddle for receiving a post of a thumb frame of the thumb assembly.
US09476176B2
A pile driver system for installing or removing foundation elements, such as piles, anchors, and conductors, in a subsea ground formation, includes a closed housing defining a cavity, an impact weight accommodated inside the housing, a hydraulic circuit for reciprocating the impact weight, which circuit comprises one or more valves, a cylinder, and a piston accommodated in the cylinder and connected to the impact weight, a pump for withdrawing water from the surroundings of the pile driver and providing pressurized water to the hydraulic circuit, and at least one outlet for returning water to the surroundings. The exhaust of the hydraulic circuit communicates with the cavity and the outlet is located in the wall of the housing.
US09476152B2
A tufting machine for forming tufted articles such as carpets including one or more needle bars carrying a series of spaced needles. The needles are arranged in 2 or more transverse rows of needles, with the needles of each transverse row of needles being mounted in a mini-staggered arrangement along the one or more needle bars. A series of gauge parts are mounted below backing material passing through the tufting machine. The gauge parts each engage corresponding ones of the needles of each transverse row of needles following penetration of the backing material by the needles, so as to form multiple tufts of yarns in the backing material.
US09476148B2
A knitted sock includes a specially shaped toe with multiple gores and extra fabric length to cover portions of a wearer's toe digits, permitting the sock to assume a relaxed form with reduction of pressure on or along a wearer's toe digits. A sock toe portion may include left and right side boundaries, a first left side gore proximate to the left side boundary, a second left side gore distanced (e.g., inset) from and non-intersecting with the first left side gore, a first right side gore proximate to the right side boundary, and a second right side gore distanced (e.g., inset) from and non-intersecting with the first right side gore.
US09476144B2
A method and apparatus for forming heterojunction stressor layers is described. A germanium precursor and a metal precursor are provided to a chamber, and an epitaxial layer of germanium-metal alloy formed on the substrate. The metal precursor is typically a metal halide, which may be provided by subliming a solid metal halide or by contacting a pure metal with a halogen gas. The precursors may be provided through a showerhead or through a side entry point, and an exhaust system coupled to the chamber may be separately heated to manage condensation of exhaust components.
US09476139B2
Provided are cleaning methods and systems to remove unintended metallic deposits from electroplating apparatuses using reverse current deplating techniques. Such cleaning involves positioning a cleaning (deplating) disk in an electroplating cup similar to a regular processed substrate. The front surface of the cleaning disk includes a corrosion resistant conductive material to form electrical connections to deposits on the cup's surfaces. The disk is sealed in the cup and submerged into a plating solution. A reverse current is then applied to the front conductive surface of the disk to initiate deplating of the deposits. Sealing compression in the cup may change during cleaning to cause different deformation of the lip seal and to form new electrical connections to the deposits. The proposed cleaning may be applied to remove deposits formed during electroplating of alloys, in particular, tin-silver alloys widely used for semiconductor and wafer level packaging.
US09476136B2
The present invention refers to an electrodeposition process of nickel-cobalt coatings (2), from aqueous solutions containing nickel and cobalt salts, by applying a pulsed waveform in the cathodic current range. It also refers to nickel-cobalt coatings (2), obtained by this process in a substrate (1), having a dendritic structure (4) supported by a base-layer (3) at the interface with the substrate, and being thus mechanically stable. Such nickel-cobalt coatings (2) have application in energy storage and conversion areas.
US09476133B2
A portable hydrogen and oxygen supply system produces gaseous hydrogen and gaseous oxygen from water. It separates the gasses and vents them into two separate chambers. The supply system creates water disassociation through an array of concentric hexagonal hydrogen collector tubes, anode rods and a cathode matrix, all of which are submersed in water. The anode rods and cathode matrix are supplied DC electrical current. The water separates (disassociates) as atomic hydrogen is drawn to the negatively charged anode rods and the atomic oxygen is drawn to the positively charged cathode matrix. The hydrogen, on its path to the anode, passes through the walls of the hydrogen collector tubes to be collected in the first chamber. The oxygen is unable to pass through the walls of the tubes, and remains outside the tubes to be collected in the second chamber.
US09476132B2
An electrochemical cell for producing hydrogen gas and cupric chloride. The cell comprises: an anode compartment comprising an anode for disposition in an anolyte, wherein the anolyte is cuprous chloride in hydrochloric acid; a cathode compartment comprising a cathode, wherein the cathode comprises an electrocatalyst; a plurality of ion exchange membranes disposed between the anode compartment and the cathode compartment; and at least one center compartment defined by a pair of said ion exchange membranes and comprising at least one element for removal or sequestering of copper ions that cross at least one of said membranes from the anode compartment. Also described is a method for CuCl/HCl electrolysis in the production of hydrogen using the electrochemical cell.
US09476125B2
A chromium-free conversion coating is prepared by the addition of inorganic metallic salts and one or more silanes to dispersions of conducting polymers which are then exposed to alloys of aluminum or other metals. Advantageously, the performance of the coating is comparable to that of conventional chromium-based methods for a number of aluminum alloys having particular significance in the manufacture of aircraft.
US09476115B2
A multilayer solar selective coating on metallic and non-metallic substrates suitable for high temperature solar thermal power applications. The optimized solar selective coating of the present invention on stainless steel substrate exhibits absorptance of 0.954 and emittance of 0.07. A five layer coating is deposited using the sputtering process, and includes tungsten (W), titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN), titanium aluminum silicon nitride (TiAlSiN), titanium aluminum silicon oxy-nitride (TiAlSiON), and titanium aluminum silicon oxide (TiAlSiO) layers. The first layer (W) acts an infrared reflector, the second layer (TiAlN), the third layer (TiAlSiN) and the fourth layer (TiAlSiON) act as the absorber layer and the fifth layer (TiAlSiO) acts as the anti-reflection layer. The high-temperature solar selective coating exhibits average emittance of 0.10 at 400° C. on stainless steel substrate in the wavelength range of 2.5-25 μm, thus is suitable for applications in concentrating collectors like evacuated receiver tubes for solar thermal power generation.
US09476111B2
A hot dip galvanized steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a hot dip galvanizing layer, and an intermetallic compound, in which the steel sheet has a chemical composition containing, by mass %, C: 0.03% or more and 0.70% or less, Si: 0.10% or less, Mn: 0.5% or more and 0.9% or less, P: 0.020% or more and 0.050% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and 0.035% or less, N: 0.005% or less, Al: 0.10% or less, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the hot dip galvanizing layer contains 0.3% or more and 0.6% or less of Al, and in which the intermetallic compound contains 0.12 gm−2 or more and 0.22 gm−2 or less of Al and Fe2Al5 having an average grain diameter of 1 μm or less.
US09476110B2
The invention relates to a nickel-chromium-aluminum-iron alloy, comprising (in wt %) 12 to 28% chromium, 1.8 to 3.0% aluminum, 1.0 to 15% iron, 0.01 to 0.5% silicon, 0.005 to 0.5% manganese, 0.01 to 0.20% yttrium, 0.02 to 0.60% titanium, 0.01 to 0.2% zirconium, 0.0002 to 0.05% magnesium, 0.0001 to 0.05% calcium, 0.03 to 0.11% carbon, 0.003 to 0.05% nitrogen, 0.0005 to 0.008% boron, 0.0001 to 0.010% oxygen, 0.001 to 0.030% phosphorus, max. 0.010% sulfur, max. 0.5% molybdenum, max. 0.5% tungsten, the remainder nickel and the common contaminants resulting from the process, wherein the following relations must be satisfied: 7.7C−x·a<1.0, wherein a=PN if PN>0 or a=0 if PN≦0. Here, x=(1.0 Ti+1.06 Zr)/(0.251 Ti+0.132 Zr), PN=0.251 Ti+0.132 Zr−0.857 N, and Ti, Zr, N, and C are the concentration of the respective element in mass percent.
US09476109B2
A Cu—Ni—Si—Co system alloy having an improved spring bending elastic limit is provided. The alloy is a copper alloy for electronic materials, which contains 1.0% to 2.5% by mass of Ni, 0.5% to 2.5% by mass of Co, and 0.3% to 1.2% by mass of Si, with the balance being Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein from the results obtainable by an X-ray diffraction pole figure analysis using a rolled surface as a base, among the diffraction peak intensities of the {111}Cu plane with respect to the {200}Cu plane obtained by β scanning at α=35°, the peak height at a β angle of 90° of the copper alloy is at least 2.5 times the peak height of a standard copper powder.
US09476106B2
A method comprising: (a) providing a partially processed sucrose crop product containing at least 2% optionally at least 5% of the sucrose content of said crop at harvest on a dry solids basis, cellulose and lignin; (b) hydrolyzing said partially processed crop product with HCl to produce an acid hydrolyzate stream and a lignin stream; and (c) de-acidifying said hydrolyzate stream to produce a de-acidified sugar solution and an HCl recovery stream. Additional, methods, systems and sugar mixtures are also disclosed.
US09476105B2
A method for improving the yield during the production of crystalline alpha lactose is suggested, wherein (a) An aqueous lactose solution is adjusted to a temperature of between about 62 and 67° C., (b) The solution is cooled down to between about 20 and 30° C., (c) The solution is held at this temperature for a period of from 0.5 to 5 h, (d) Subsequently, the solution is re-heated to between about 35 and 40° C., (e) The solution is held at this temperature for a period of from 0.5 to 5 h, (f) Subsequently, the solution is cooled down to about 10° C., and (g) Eventually, the precipitated alpha-lactose crystals are separated from the mother liquor.
US09476104B2
A process for cold clarification of juice is described. A sugar cane or beet juice clarification process to clarify raw juice by means of deaeration of fresh raw juice, addition of milk or lime, anionic and/or cationic flocculants, particularly together with a carbonating process, addition of phosphoric acid and then passing the juice through activated carbon bed is described. The process eliminates the need to heat the juice at any stage thus making it more cost effective, energy saving and gives better yield in terms of quality and quantity both. The recycling of defecated, carbonated and phosphated filtered juice and carbonated and phosphated mud that reduces the consumption of lime, CO2 and phosphoric acid up to some extent is described.
US09476084B2
This disclosure provides methods for enumeration of microorganisms within a freeze-dried powder suspected of containing Lactobacilli or Bifidobacteria.
US09476083B2
The present invention relates to a two-dimensional code-type time-temperature indicator the color or shape of which changes in accordance with time and temperature conditions, and to a method for manufacturing the time-temperature indicator, to a quality guarantee system using the time-temperature indicator, and to a quality guarantee method using the quality guarantee system. The time-temperature indicator comprises: nanobeads containing a microorganism for generating lactic acids using nutrient components, an indicating agent for indicating the change in color by means of the generated lactic acids, an immobilization material for immobilizing the microorganism, the indicating agent, and the nutrient components; a base having a bonding layer; and a cover film.
US09476081B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant host cell, wherein the cell is modified to increase the expression levels of Ero1 and XBP1 relative to the expression levels of Ero1 and XBP1 in an unmodified cell. The present invention also relates to a method of producing a recombinant protein of interest comprising expressing the recombinant protein of interest in the recombinant host cell.
US09476076B2
A method for producing an L-amino acid is provided. An L-amino acid is produced by culturing a coryneform bacterium having an L-amino acid-producing ability, which is modified so that the activity of a phosphate transporter is increased, in a medium, and collecting the L-amino acid from the medium.
US09476073B2
The invention concerns a microorganism which is genetically modified so as to i) synthesize an organic monomer by fermentation of a carbon source, and ii) depolymerize a polymer constituted at least by an organic monomer which it is capable of synthesizing. The invention also concerns a method for producing an organic monomer using a genetically modified microorganism of this type, as well as the coculture of this microorganism with another microorganism which is capable of synthesizing a polymer of interest.
US09476072B2
The present invention relates to cutinase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US09476068B2
A process is disclosed for producing a feed co-product by ethanol fermentation of plant matter comprising starch and another polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of hemicellulose and cellulose. The process comprises: (i) carrying out a primary fermentation process, distilling the primary fermentation mixture to form a primary feed co-product derived from the fermentation of the primary fermentation mixture and a primary distillate product comprising ethanol and (ii) carrying out a secondary fermentation process and distilling the secondary fermentation mixture to form the modified feed co-product and a secondary distillate product comprising ethanol.
US09476054B2
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for acquiring nucleotide sequence information of target sequences using adaptors interspersed in target polynucleotides. The sequence information can be new, e.g. sequencing unknown nucleic acids, re-sequencing, or genotyping. The invention preferably includes methods for inserting a plurality of adaptors at spaced locations within a target polynucleotide or a fragment of a polynucleotide. Such adaptors may serve as platforms for interrogating adjacent sequences using various sequencing chemistries, such as those that identify nucleotides by primer extension, probe ligation, and the like. Encompassed in the invention are methods and compositions for the insertion of known adaptor sequences into target sequences, such that there is an interruption of contiguous target sequence with the adaptors. By sequencing both “upstream” and “downstream” of the adaptors, identification of entire target sequences may be accomplished.
US09476052B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for modulating the expression of alpha-ENaC, and more particularly to the downregulation of alpha-ENaC expression by chemically modified oligonucleotides.
US09476047B2
RNA interference is provided for inhibition of connexin 43 (Cx43) in intraocular pressure-related conditions, including ocular hypertension and glaucoma such as normal tension glaucoma and open angle glaucoma.
US09476044B2
The present invention relates to sequence and structural features of single-stranded (ss)RNA molecules required to mediate target-specific nucleic acid modifications by RNA-interference (RNAi), such as target mRNA degradation and/or DNA methylation.
US09476037B2
Modified factor VII polypeptides and uses thereof are provided. Such modified FVII polypeptides include Factor VIIa and other forms of Factor VII. Among modified FVII polypeptides provided are those that have altered activities, typically altered procoagulant activity, including increased procoagulant activities. Hence, such modified polypeptides are therapeutics.
US09476035B2
Provided are compositions comprising recombinant DNA polymerases that include amino acid substitutions, insertions, deletions, and/or exogenous features that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for enhanced single molecule sequencing. Such properties include increased resistance to photodamage, and can also include enhanced metal ion coordination, reduced exonuclease activity, reduced reaction rates at one or more steps of the polymerase kinetic cycle, decreased branching fraction, altered cofactor selectivity, increased yield, increased thermostability, increased accuracy, increased speed, increased readlength, and the like. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes, as well as methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template.
US09476030B2
Self-renewing endodermal progenitor lines generated from human pluripotent stem cells and methods of use thereof are disclosed.
US09476025B2
A porous, collagen coated, ferromagnetic cell culture microcarrier, which is suitable for in vitro cell and tissue culture and which facilitates 3D multicellular construct generation. Also provided is a method for creating batches of microcarriers which have inserted within them magnetite (Fe3O4) in the presence of collagen, thus creating a microcarrier which becomes magnetic in nature when placed in a the presence of a magnetic field and which facilitates cellular adherence (via the collagen coating) for 3D construct development.
US09476023B2
The culture device (100, 200) for culturing algae includes a culture pond (110) including an opening (112) on an upper side thereof and accommodating an alga solution (M) as a culture solution containing algae; a sheet (130) having optical transparency and flexibility, the sheet sealing at least a portion of the opening (112) of the culture pond (110); and a gas supply unit (124, 160, 212) used to supply high concentration CO2 gas having a higher concentration of carbon dioxide than that of the atmosphere, between the culture pond (110) and the sheet (130). A gas storage space (G) to store gas between a liquid surface (114) of the alga solution (M) and the sheet (130) is formed by at least part of the supplied high concentration CO2 gas.
US09476022B1
A fermentation system include a volatile organic compound (VOC) recovery sub-system and an instrumented control devise for detecting anomalous condition with a fermentor vessel and providing alarms or alerts and controlled responses to overcome the cause of the detected anomaly.
US09476014B2
A method for cleaning an outdoor surface includes combining a first composition from a first vessel with a second composition from a second vessel. The first composition includes hydrogen peroxide and makes up 94-99.5% of the combination by weight. The second composition including at least one of a silicate, a carbonate, a bicarbonate and a percarbonate and makes up 0.5-6% of the combination by weight. The method further includes mixing the first composition with the second composition. The method further includes applying the combination to the outdoor surface within twenty four hours after mixing. The method further includes contacting the outdoor surface with the combination for at least five minutes. The method further includes rinsing the combination off of the outdoor surface.
US09476013B2
A process for preparing builder granules suitable for use in a granular or tabletted detergent compositions, particularly for machine dishwash, involves forming a slurry of solid and aqueous MGDA Na3 spray dryer, under non-agglomerating conditions, to form spray dried particles comprising solid crystalline MGDA Na 3 dihydrate, compacting the spray dried particles into compacted aggregates and comminuting the compacted aggregates into granular particles to form builder granules having a particle size distribution suitable for use in a granular detergent composition. Prior to spray drying, the slurry is maintained at a slurry temperature of 20° or more for sufficient time for the resulting builder granules to remain free flowing after 48 hours storage at 20° C. and 65% relative humidity. The resulting granules, made by an efficient process, using conventional detergent manufacturing apparatus, exhibit excellent resistance to caking when damp and can be incorporated into granular detergent compositions or detergent tablets, such as machine dishwash compositions or tablets, without substantial degradation of flow or stickiness (for granular compositions) and without substantial reduction in friability or disintegration (for tabletted compositions).
US09476007B2
An article of method of manufacture of a low friction tribological film on a substrate. The article includes a substrate of a steel or ceramic which has been tribologically processed with a lubricant containing selected additives and the additives, temperature, load and time of processing can be selectively controlled to bias formation of a film on the substrate where the film is an amorphous structure exhibiting highly advantageous low friction properties.
US09476005B1
The present teachings are directed toward the invention of high-performance diesel fuel lubricity additives that are comprised of a mixture of one or more C3-C10 di-carboxylic acids with a mixture of one or more C3-C14 carboxylic acids that are blended in one or more C3-C16 hydroxy-alkanes. These additives may be produced by blending one or more C3-C14 carboxylic acids, C3-C10 di-carboxylic acids and C3-C16 hydroxy-alkanes, or by using various chemical synthesis procedures to directly produce mixtures of these classes of oxygenated aliphatic hydrocarbons.
US09476004B2
The present invention relates to a liquid fuel composition comprising a mixture of hydrocarbons and a cyclic hydrocarbon compound that suppresses the emission of soot particulates. The present invention also relates to a method for reducing the emission of soot particulates in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. It is desirable for the cyclic hydrocarbon compound to contain one or more oxygen atoms.
US09476000B2
A process for hydrotreating full range naphtha is disclosed including the steps of passing a vapor stream composed of naphtha hydrocarbons to a first catalyst bed of a hydrotreating reactor, passing a liquid stream composed of naphtha hydrocarbons to a second catalyst bed of the hydrotreating reactor, and recovering a hydrotreated product stream from the hydrotreating reactor. The first and second catalyst beds are arranged in series within the hydrotreating reactor, and the second catalyst bed is downstream of the first catalyst bed.
US09475999B2
The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, whereby said process comprises a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for transformation of said purified feedstock into a light olefinic effluent that comprises at least 30% by weight of olefins that have between four to six carbon atoms relative to the total mass of the formed hydrocarbon compounds, whereby said stage works in the presence of a catalyst that comprises at least one zeolite that is selected from among the zeolites that have a structural type that appears in the following list: CHA, ERI, MTF, AEI, AEL, FER, EUO, MEL, MFS, TON, MTT and the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, IM-5 and IZM-2, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a stage for separation of the olefinic effluent that is obtained from stage b) in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the water that is formed during stage b) to produce at least one hydrocarbon gaseous effluent that for the most part has three or fewer carbon atoms and at least one olefinic hydrocarbon liquid effluent that for the most part has more than four carbon atoms, and a stage for oligomerization of at least a portion of the hydrocarbon effluents that are obtained from stage c) in the presence of an amorphous or zeolitic catalyst that has at least pore openings that contain 10 or 12 oxygen atoms, producing middle distillate hydrocarbon bases.
US09475994B2
A modified paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) process is described, in which a fine tailings stream obtained from a water extraction process practiced on oil sands is added during the treatment process. This modified process may be useful as a treatment for the fine tailings stream, allowing for the flocculation of the fines, thus reducing the volume of such fine tailings. The modified process may also be useful in that the fine tailings stream can be used as a supplement or a replacement for dilution water, thus eliminating or reducing the need for dilution water in the PFT process.
US09475991B2
Provided are a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, a coating material, a medium, and a polarizing device each produced using a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a colorant and each capable of producing polarized light suitable for polarizing devices, and also a novel naphtholactam derivative, a novel coumarin derivative, a novel Nile Red derivative, and a novel anthracene derivative each suitable for use as the colorant. Specifically provided are a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing (A) at least one liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable functional group, (B) at least one colorant, and (C) a polymerization initiator, and a novel naphtholactam derivative of formula (IV′), a novel coumarin derivative of formula (VI′), a novel Nile Red derivative of formula (VII′), and a novel anthracene derivative of formula (VIII′) each suitable for use as the colorant (B).
US09475984B2
Disclosed herein is a quantum dot phosphor for light emitting diodes, which includes quantum dots and a solid substrate on which the quantum dots are supported. Also, a method of preparing the quantum dot phosphor is provided. Since the quantum dot phosphor of the current invention is composed of the quantum dots supported on the solid substrate, the quantum dots do not aggregate when dispensing a paste obtained by mixing the quantum dots with a paste resin for use in packaging of a light emitting diode. Thereby, a light emitting diode able to maintain excellent light emitting efficiency can be manufactured.
US09475977B2
The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.
US09475971B2
The present invention relates to novel waterborne adhesives which are polymerizable by UV light and are capable of being activated by heat, and which particularly display good adhesion to difficult substrates, such as ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA) with a low vinyl acetate content, or rubber. The invention further provides a novel method in which, after the application of the waterborne adhesive to an article and drying, irradiation with UV light and at the same time or thereafter activation by heat are performed. The adhesive film which is irradiated and activated in this way is then bonded to a further article. The invention also provides the use of the adhesives to make items such as shoes.
US09475967B2
A pressure sensitive adhesive composition is described comprising at least 50 wt-% of polymerized units derived from alkyl meth(acrylate) monomer(s); and 0.2 to 15 wt-% of at least one cross-linking monomers comprising a (meth)acrylate group and a C6-C20 olefin group, the olefin group being optionally substituted. In another embodiment, an adhesive composition is described comprising a syrup comprising i) a free-radically polymerizable solvent monomer; and ii) a solute (meth)acrylic polymer comprising polymerized units derived from one or more alkyl (meth)acrylate monomers; wherein the syrup comprises at least one crosslinking monomer or the (meth)acrylic solute polymer comprises polymerized units derived from at least one crosslinking monomer, the crosslinking monomer comprising a (meth)acrylate group and a C6-C20 olefin group, the olefin group being optionally substituted. In yet other embodiments, methods of preparing adhesive compositions are described.
US09475965B2
A pipe joining material for connecting pipes and fittings and a method of making a pipe joining material are provided. The pipe joining material may include a thermoplastic material such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and/or chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) and a bonding agent for the thermoplastic material.
US09475963B2
An ACF comprising a substrate, a layer of an adhesive on the surface of the substrate, the adhesive optionally having conductive particles dispersed therein, at least one tier of conductive particles arranged in a non-random array, the tier being formed by transfer of conductive particles from a carrier belt having a stitching line to the surface of the adhesive layer wherein the portion of the tier corresponding to the stitching line is free of conductive particles, and the adhesive layer being overcoated with a second tier of conductive particles arranged in a non-random array at least in the area of the first tier corresponding to the stitching line. The tiers may be at the same or different depths within the adhesive layer. More than two tiers of conductive particles may be present in the ACF.
US09475950B2
To provide a radiation-curable inkjet ink set that has a sufficiently wide color gamut and is excellent in terms of mechanical strength and substrate adhesion of cured ink, and an inkjet recording method employing the ink set. A radiation-curable inkjet ink set comprises a yellow ink comprising C.I. Pigment Yellow 185 at 1.5 to 2.5 mass %, and a magenta ink comprising C.I. Pigment Red 48:4 at 1.5 to 2.5 mass %.
US09475949B2
A polymerizable composition including: a compound represented by the following Formula (1); a polymerization initiator; and a polymerizable compound having a chemical structure different from the compound represented by the following Formula (1), an inkjet ink composition including the polymerizable composition, an inkjet ink recording method using the inkjet ink composition, and recorded matter. In Formula (1), each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group and R3 represents a monovalent organic group.
US09475945B2
An aqueous slurry that is useful upon being spray dried for the formation of a powder of hard material. The aqueous slurry includes starting powder components of the hard material. The slurry further includes an oxidation inhibitor, a surfactant in an amount between about 0.05 weight percent and about 0.30 weight percent of the weight of the starting powder components of the hard material, a binder, a defoamer and water in an between about 15 weight percent and about 30 weight percent of the weight of the weight of the starting powder components of the hard material. The aqueous slurry has a percent solids value that is between about 70 percent and about 85 percent.
US09475944B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous radiation curable composition comprising: (I) at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound (A), and (II) at least one emulsifier (B) comprising alternating polyalkylene oxide segments, wherein said emulsifier optionally bears one or more groups selected from alkyl groups, aryl groups hydroxyl groups and/or ethylenically unsaturated groups, and wherein said emulsifier (B) has an HLB value of at least 4.5, preferably at least 7. The compositions of the invention are particularly suited for the manufacture of sprayable eco-friendly hardcoats, but they are also suitable for the making of inks, overprint varnishes and adhesives, alone or in combination with e.g. a water-borne polymer dispersion.
US09475937B2
A thermoplastic resin composition comprises (A) a polycarbonate resin; (B) a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl copolymer; and (C) a branched copolymer produced from a mixture that comprises a silicon compound having two or more unsaturated radicals. A molded product can be prepared using the composition.
US09475934B2
An object is to increase crystallization speed, which is a drawback of polyhydroxyalkanoate, to improve processability in processing such as injection molding or blow molding and increase the speed of processing and is, in addition, to refine the crystal of polyhydroxyalkanoate to suppress a change of mechanical properties with passage of time of a resulting molded article. Disclosed herein is a polyester resin composition containing polyhydroxyalkanoate and pentaerythritol.
US09475932B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles with acorn morphology, a hydrophobically modified ethylene oxide urethane based rheology modifier (HEUR) and a substantial absence of pigment particles with a refractive index in the range of from 2.0 and 3.0. The composition imparts improved HEUR efficiency for coating compositions such as deep base coating compositions.
US09475926B2
A polyethylene resin composition which permits the bleeding additive contained therein to be bled at an increased rate even if it has a large molecular weight and, therefore, permits the bleeding agent to be bled to the surface of the resin in an amount sufficient for exhibiting its properties.The polyethylene resin composition comprises, as a main polymer (A), a high pressure process low-density polyethylene and, as a sub-polymer (B), at least one kind of polyethylene selected from the group consisting of a metallocene-type low-density polyethylene and a high pressure process low-density polyethylene having an MFR larger than that of the main polymer (A), the polyethylene resin composition being, further, blended with a bleeding additive.
US09475925B2
Provided are a blended rubber and a blended rubber composition that give a vulcanizate superior in abrasion resistance and ozone resistance, and a vulcanizate prepared by vulcanizing the blended rubber composition. A blended rubber, comprising 30 to 93 mass % of a chloroprene rubber, 5 to 50 mass % of a soft polyvinyl chloride, and 2 to 20 mass % of an acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber. The polyvinyl chloride resin used preferably has a polymerization degree of 300 to 3000 and the acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber preferably has an acrylonitrile content of 18 to 50 mass %.
US09475924B2
A rubber composition for tire tread contains a diene-based rubber including 30 wt % or more of a terminal modifying group-containing conjugated diene-based copolymer, silica, carbon black, and at least one of silane coupling agents represented by specified formulae. The total amount of silica and carbon black in the composition is 35 to 140 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the diene-based rubber, while the silane coupling agent content is 4 to 18 wt % on the silica content. The copolymer is produced by a specified method such that the aromatic vinyl monomer content in the copolymer is 38 to 48 wt %, the vinyl unit content in all the conjugated diene-based monomers is 20 to 35 mol %, the weight average molecular weight of the copolymer is 600,000 to 1,000,000, and the terminal modifying group in the copolymer contains a functional group which interacts with the silica.
US09475921B2
Compositions and methods of producing discrete nanotubes and nanoplates and a method for their production. The discrete nanotube/nanoplate compositions are useful in fabricated articles to provide superior mechanical and electrical performance. They are also useful as catalysts and catalyst supports for chemical reactions.
US09475917B2
A rubber composition and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The rubber composition includes a main chain modified conjugated diene based polymer and a stabilizer. A weight ratio of the main chain modified conjugated diene based polymer to the stabilizer is 100:0.2˜2. The stabilizer has a structural formula of:
US09475916B2
The present invention relates to a method for coating surfaces by applying an oxidatively drying coating composition comprising at least one oxidatively drying binder and at least one drying agent acting as an accelerator of the drying and curing process proceeding under the action of an oxidizing agent, characterized in that the drying agent comprises at least one oxidoreductase and at least one mediator which is converted by the at least one oxidoreductase.
US09475911B2
The present invention is a polyester composition for a film, wherein the polyester composition comprises a masterbatch polyester composition including 1.0 to 2.0%, by mass of inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and having been prepared using a polycondensation catalyst containing, and an inorganic particle-free polyester resin in a mass ratio of 1:15 to 35; and wherein the polyester composition will cause little filter clogging and can provide a polyester film that is excellent in slipping properties, running properties and wear resistance and will suffer from little deterioration in quality due to defects or insoluble particles located on the film.
US09475889B2
The photocuring efficiency of an N-oxyazinium salt photoinitiator is increased by mixing it with an organic phosphine as a photoinitiator efficiency amplifier, and with an aryl aldehyde or alkyl aldehyde having a molecular weight of less than 1000. This mixture or photoinitiator composition can be used to cure acrylates or other photocurable compounds, particularly in an oxygen-containing environment.
US09475885B2
The present invention relates to anti-MASP-2 inhibitory antibodies and compositions comprising such antibodies for use in inhibiting the adverse effects of MASP-2 dependent complement activation.
US09475873B2
This invention provides fully human monoclonal antibodies that recognize IL-17F and/or the heterodimeric IL-17A/IL-17F complex, but do not recognize IL-17A. The invention further provides methods of using such monoclonal antibodies as a therapeutic, diagnostic, and prophylactic.
US09475868B2
This invention features antibodies that specifically bind to a Dragon family protein.
US09475867B2
The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing GT468, including tumor-related diseases such as breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, and hepatocellular cancer.
US09475866B2
Provided are novel human islet amyloid polypeptide, also known as amylin and IAPP and proIAPP respectively, specific antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof as well as methods related thereto. Assays, kits, and solid supports related to antibodies specific for IAPP and/or proIAPP are also disclosed. The antibody, immunoglobulin chain(s), as well as binding fragments, derivatives and variants thereof can be used in pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions for IAPP and/or proIAPP targeted immunotherapy and diagnostics, respectively.
US09475864B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for screening subjects at risk for contracting meningococcal disease and/or at risk for failing to elicit an immunogenic response to a vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis. The invention also provides kits for carrying out these screens, and improved vaccines against Neisseria meningitidis.
US09475863B2
Helicobacter pylori, one of the most common human pathogens, is associated with the development of human chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. The invention relates to a α1,6-glucan-containing Helicobacter pylori compound comprising the structure of Formula I: wherein R is a α-DDHep-3-α-L-Fuc-3-β-GlcNAc trisaccharide substituted with an α1,6-glucan linked to an α1,3-DD-heptan, and wherein the last DD-Hep residue of α1,3-DD-heptan is capped with β-GlcNAc residue. Compositions comprising the compound, uses of the compound, and antibodies raised against the compound are also described.
US09475861B2
The present invention relates to a binding molecule having influenza A virus-neutralizing activity derived from a human B cell, and the binding molecule having the influenza A virus-neutralizing activity, according to the present invention, is a binding molecule that is derived from a B cell that is selected from the blood of a patient infected with an influenza A virus, and has neutralizing activity against influenza A viruses, and thus is useful in preventing and treating disease derived from the influenza A virus, and can be useful in diagnosing the influenza A virus by using the binding molecule according to the present invention.
US09475859B2
The invention relates to polynucleotides, particularly chimeric polynucleotides useful for optimal production of functional immunoglobulins with human idiotypes in rodents. The invention further relates to rodents comprising such polynucleotides.
US09475858B2
A method for producing recombinant polypeptides, including antibodies, having targeted levels of carboxyl terminal (C-terminal) lysine or arginine residues is presented. The method involves culturing cells expressing said polypeptides in cell culture medium having sufficient levels of lysine, arginine, and/or agents that change intracellular pH. Culturing the cells under such conditions does not affect cell growth, cell viability, or titer.
US09475857B2
The present invention is directed to methods, kits and compositions for preventing or treating age-related conditions or metabolic disorders. The Klotho fusion polypeptides of the invention include at least a Klotho protein or an active fragment thereof. In one embodiment, the fusion polypeptide comprises a Klotho polypeptide, a FGF (such as FGF23) and (optionally) a modified Fc fragment. The Fc fragment can, for example, have decreased binding to Fc-gamma-receptor and increased serum half-life. The Klotho fusion proteins are useful in the treatment and prevention of a variety of age-related conditions and metabolic disorders. In another embodiment, the fusion polypeptide comprises a FGF (such as FGF23) and a modified Fc fragment.
US09475853B2
Establishment of an effective and uniform vaccine development strategy is key to conquering current and emerging infectious diseases. Despite successes against an array of bacterial agents, current approaches to vaccine development are as diverse as the microbes they target and require adjuvants that often have limited efficacy and/or toxic side effects. As a consequence, vaccine discovery is often slow, inefficient, and unsuccessful in the case of many high priority pathogens. The present disclosure suggests that vaccine generation for bacterial pathogens can be improved by optimizing the efficiency of processing/presentation of a bacterial immunogen via the targeting of immunogen to CR2 and/or TLR2 on APCs. This approach not only yields an adjuvant-free mucosal vaccine against a Category A biothreat agent, but also establishes a novel genetic approach/platform for vaccine development, which is applicable to many other infectious agents, thereby profoundly impacting preventive medicine/public health.
US09475850B2
The present disclosure provides a method for treating and/or preventing a condition characterized as a nephrotic syndrome, such as but not limited to minimal change disease (MCD) and membranous nephropathy (MN), and conditions related to nephrotic syndrome, such as but not limited to, proteinuria and edema, as well as diabetic nephropathy, diabetes mellitus, lupus nephritis or primary glomerular disease. The present disclosure further provides methods for reducing proteinuria and other disease states as discussed herein. Such methods comprise the therapeutic delivery of an Angptl4 polypeptide or Angptl4 polypeptide derivative to a subject.
US09475848B2
A process for fermenting Bordetella species comprising incubating a sample of bacteria of a Bordetella species in a first environment under at least one bvg (Bordetella virulence genes) modulating condition, for at least 5 generations, to produce a mature culture, and then incubating the mature culture in a second environment in the absence of the at least one bvg modulating condition.
US09475847B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
US09475845B2
The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins (VP1, VP2 and/or VP3) comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence in the three-fold axis loop 4 and virus capsids and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein. In particular embodiments, the modification comprises a substitution of one or more amino acids at amino acid positions 585 to 590 (inclusive) of the native AAV2 capsid protein sequence or the corresponding positions of other AAV capsid proteins. The invention also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the invention to a cell or to a subject in vivo.
US09475840B2
The peptides of formula (I) where: R1 is the group attached to the N-terminal of the first amino acid of the sequence P, optionally via the ligand X, and is selected from H, CH3C(═O)—, and maleimide; X is a biradical selected from —NH—(CH2)r—C(═O)—, —C(═O)—(CH2)r—C(═O)—, —S(CH2)r—, —S—(CH2)r—C(═O)—, —O—(CH2)r—, —S—CH—CH(NH2)—C(═O)—, —O—(CH2)r—C(═O)—, —(CH2)r—C(═O)—, —NH—O—CH2—C(═O)—NH—(CH2)r—CH(NH2)—C(═O)—, —(CH2)r—C(═O)—NH—(CH2)r—CH(NH2)—C(═O)—, and —NH—(CH2)r—CH(NHC(═O)CH2NH2)—C(═O)—; r is 1-5; P is a biradical of an amino acid sequence comprising the sequence D-Pro-D-Trp-D-Val-D-Pro-D-Ser-D-Trp-D-Met-D-Pro-D-Pro-D-Arg-D-His-D-Thr (SEQ ID NO: 1); Y is the group attached to the C-terminal of the last amino acid of the sequence P, and is selected from —NH2, —OH, —OR2 and —NHR2; R2 is a radical selected from (C1-C6)-alkyl and (CH2)2—NH—C(═O)—CH2—O—NH2; k is 0-2; m is 0-1; with the proviso that when the biradical X is —C(═O)(CH2)r—C(═O)—, then R1 is H; when the N of the amino acid of the sequence P to which is attached the biradical X is a biradical —NH—, then m is 1, and when is a biradical —N—, then m is 0; and when R1 is maleimide then the biradical X is —C(═O)—(CH2)r—C(═O)—, —(CH2)—C(═O)—, —(CH2)r—C(═O)—, and —(CH2)r—C(═O)—NH—(CH2)r—CH(NH2)—C(═O)—. The peptides are useful as shuttles through the blood brain barrier (BBB). The constructs BBB-shuttle-cargo, being the cargo of a biologically active substance or for use in a diagnostic method, are useful in therapy and diagnosis. R1—(X)K—P—Y (I)
US09475837B2
The present invention relates to a process for the large-scale synthesis of therapeutic peptides using a Sieber Amide resin, which comprises solid-phase Fmoc-chemistry.
US09475835B2
A compound represented by a formula [1D] as shown below (wherein R1A, R1B, R2A, R2B, R3A and R3B represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl group, and the like) is useful as an intermediate for producing a thionucleoside, and the production method of the present invention is useful as a method for producing a thionucleoside.
US09475833B2
The method is for separation of lignin from original black liquor (BLIN) having a first precipitation phase (PR1/PR2) for precipitation of lignin by a first acidification using acidifier, CO2, at alkaline conditions, then separating a lignin cake with subsequent suspension of the lignin cake in a strong acid to leach our metals from the lignin followed by dewatering and obtaining a clean lignin product LP. The acidic liquid phase (FL1) subjected to a sulphur removal process wherein a calcium containing compound is added to the acidic liquid phase, whereby sulphur in the acidic liquid phase is reacting with the calcium compound forming solid gypsum which could be separated and bled off from the process. The remaining acidic liquid could then be returned to the recovery process without negatively affecting the sulphur balance of the mill.
US09475808B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, the N-oxides, tautomers, the prodrugs and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: In formula I the variables Het, A, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Q are as defined in the claims.The compounds of the formula I, the N-oxides, tautomers, the prodrugs and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase type 10A. Thus, the invention also relates to the use of the compounds of the formula I, the N-oxides, tautomers, the prodrugs and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the manufacture of a medicament and which thus are suitable for treating or controlling of medical disorders selected from neurological disorders and psychiatric disorders, for ameliorating the symptoms associated with such disorders and for reducing the risk of such disorders.
US09475806B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): wherein X is N or CH, Y is NH, O or S, methods for manufacturing these compounds, and their uses as Factor B inhibitors for the treatment of conditions and diseases associated with complement alternative pathway activation such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and related ophthalmic diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and combinations of pharmacologically active agents.
US09475803B2
The present invention includes compounds having structural formula (Ia): or salts or solvates thereof. These compounds are useful as sweet flavor modifiers. The present invention also includes compositions comprising the present compounds and methods of enhancing the sweet taste of compositions.
US09475799B1
The present invention relates to a novel synthetic route for the preparation of raltegravir and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, starting from 2-amino-2-methylpropanenitrile and oxadiazole carbonyl chloride, through the formation of a pyrimidinone intermediate of formula (V).
US09475795B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: (I) in which m, n, W, X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, for use in the treatment or prevention of a diseases o conition mediated by a prokineticin, such as psychiatric and neurological conditions.
US09475790B2
A method for preparing lactide from recovered polylactic acid, the method including the following steps: A. pretreating the recovered polylactic acid; B. extruding the treated polylactic acid from a twin screw extruder to yield a polylactic acid melt, and introducing the polylactic acid melt to a pre-depolymerization kettle; C. carrying out a chain scission reaction to break molecular chains in the polylactic acid melt and to decrease the number-average molecular weight of the polylactic acid melt to below 5000; D. conducting depolymerization reaction to yield a crude lactide; and E. purifying the crude lactide and crystallizing the purified lactide.
US09475781B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include compounds that find use for the treatment of a variety of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and disorders. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to pharmaceutical compositions that include these compounds, methods of using these compounds in the treatment of various diseases and disorders, processes for preparing these compounds and intermediates useful in these processes.
US09475778B2
Sulfate of 5-hydroxy-1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide has such characteristics as suppressed blue coloring, high purity, low hygroscopic property, and superior storage stability, and thus is useful as an active pharmaceutical ingredient of drugs.
US09475777B2
Porous partially fluorinated materials which bind aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons and freons with high weight adsorption capacities are provided. Such compounds may be used in separation of materials by exclusion such as selective separation of isomers of xylene.
US09475767B2
The invention provides intermediates of the formula: as well as a method of their preparation by reacting a thiol having at least two hydroxyl groups with a mono-unsaturated organic compound in the presence of a base catalyst. A polymerizable urethane acrylate oligomer or urethane methacrylate oligomer is formed by reacting a polyisocyanate with the intermediate. The polymerizable urethane acrylate oligomer or urethane methacrylate is blended with a polymerization initiator to form a composition which is useful in such applications as adhesives.
US09475762B2
Urethanes are prepared by oxidative carbonylation of at least one amino compound in the presence of carbon monoxide, oxygen and organic, at least one hydroxyl-group-carrying compound. The carbonylation is carried out in the absence of halogen-containing promoters. The carbonylation is also carried out in the presence of a metal complex catalyst which contains neutral bidentate N-chelate ligands of the (N˜N) type, two monoanionic N,O-chelate ligands of the general type (N˜O)− or tetradentate dianionic chelate ligands (O˜N˜N˜O)2−.
US09475750B2
Phenylketone carboxylate compounds of Formula I, wherein n=2-6; R═C(0); —OC(O)— or —CH(OH)—; A is (CH2)mCOOH, W(CH2)mCOOH or YCH(COOH)((CH2)pCH3) when B is Ft B is (CH2)mCOOH, W(CH2)mCOOH or YCH(COOH)((CH2)pCH3) when A is Ft or A and B form a 5-7 membered cycloalkyl substituted with COOFt W=0, S or NFt Y=0,S,NH or CH2; m=0-2; p=1-7; have been prepared. These compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts have beneficial therapeutic effects to prevent or treat a condition related to (l) blood disorders, (ii) inflammation related diseases, (iii) renal disorders and/or renal disorders complications, or (iv) fibrosis-related organ dysfunction.
US09475741B2
The invention relates to a method for obtaining higher alcohols from lower alcohols with a catalyst that is a metal oxide comprising gallium and a noble metal selected from the list containing Pd, Pt, Ru, Rh and Re.
US09475716B2
Liquid treatment systems, components of liquid treatment systems, and methods of treating liquids are disclosed.
US09475713B2
The invention provides a method and apparatus for creating plasma particles and applying the plasma particles to a liquid. Liquid feedstock (e.g., water and/or hydrocarbons mixed with biomass) is pumped through a pipeline; the single-phase stream is then transformed into a biphasic liquid-and-gas stream inside a chamber. The transformation is achieved by transitioning the stream from a high pressure zone to a lower-pressure zone. The pressure drop may occur when the stream further passes through a device for atomizing liquid. Inside the chamber, an electric field is generated with an intensity level that exceeds the threshold of breakdown voltage of the biphasic medium leading to a generation of a plasma state. Furthermore, the invention provides an energy-efficient highly adaptable and versatile method and apparatus for sanitizing water using plasma particles to inactivate biological agents contaminating water.
US09475706B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of medical isotope production by fission of uranium-235 and the fuel utilized therein (e.g., the production of suitable Low Enriched Uranium (LEU is uranium having 20 weight percent or less uranium-235) fuel for medical isotope production) and, in particular to a method for producing LEU fuel and a LEU fuel product that is suitable for use in the production of medical isotopes. In one embodiment, the LEU fuel of the present invention is designed to be utilized in an Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor (AHR) for the production of various medical isotopes including, but not limited to, molybdenum-99, cesium-137, iodine-131, strontium-89, xenon-133 and yttrium-90.
US09475693B2
Measures are provided which are used for stabilizing the substructure of the connecting areas of ASIC elements. These measures relate to ASIC elements including an ASIC substrate, into which electrical circuit functions are integrated, and including an ASIC layer structure on the ASIC substrate, which includes multiple wiring levels for the circuit functions, which are separated from one another by insulation layers and are interconnected via metallic plugs. At least one connecting area for placing wire bonds or for wafer bonding is implemented in at least one of the uppermost wiring levels. At least one chain of metallic plugs arranged vertically in a direct line is implemented in the ASIC layer structure below the connecting area, which extends from the uppermost wiring level up to the ASIC substrate or oxide trenches introduced therein.
US09475689B2
A sensor system includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor, control circuit, signal evaluation circuitry, a digital to analog converter, signal filters, an amplifier, demodulation circuitry and memory. The system is configured to generate high and low-frequency signals, combine them, and provide the combined input signal to a MEMS sensor. The MEMS sensor is configured to provide a modulated output signal that is a function of the combined signal. The system is configured to demodulate and filter the modulated output signal, compare the demodulated, filtered signal with the input signal to determine amplitude and phase differences, and determine, based on the amplitude and phase differences, various parameters of the MEMS sensor. A method for determining MEMS sensor parameters is also provided.
US09475685B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a dynamic graphical display for use in a product dispensing system, wherein the content of the display is dynamically generated based, at least in part, by the dispensing of a product. The product dispensing system can be a beverage dispensing system. When an operator activates a product dispenser to dispense a product, product imagery and/or related information may be dynamically generated and presented on a graphical display. A product dispensing and display system can include multiple product dispensers (for example, beverage taps) and an associated display for displaying dynamic digital content (such as visual and/or audible content) based on information received from the product dispensers and/or other input sources.
US09475684B2
The present invention relates to a container, in particular a large-volume disposable container, for example a keg (1) for accommodating liquids, in particular for accommodating drinks, and to an associated method for filling such a container. The container is provided with a connection fitting (2) with seal (3). Upon delivery of the container, the connection fitting (2) and/or the seal (3) define/defines a passage (8) which is closed when the container is dispatched.
US09475679B2
A chain hoist includes a body; a hoist chain passing through the body; through-holes in the body for the hoist chain; and an actuator arrangement for operating the chain hoist, the actuator being used for moving the hoist chain through said through-holes in a lifting or lowering direction of the chain hoist, and on the side of at least one through-hole the portion of the hoist chain moving outside the body is provided with a limiter member whose position in the longitudinal direction of the hoist chain is adjustable, the limiter member being provided with a detectable sensor; and a sensor detection member is provided in the vicinity of said through-hole to detect the detectable sensor at a predetermined distance.
US09475678B2
Load manipulator comprising a boom arm (1) and a return arm (3) parallel to each other, a loading bar (2) and a counterbar (4) so as to form a deformable parallelogram, an approximately horizontal pivot axis on which one of the arms of the parallelogram is articulated, and balancing means (8) applying a force at an compensation application point (C) to compensate for the force due to the load, said point being a point on the return arm (3) and a point on the counterbar such that it is always in line with point (M) on the loading bar at which the force due to the load is applied and the rotation axis, in which the balancing means (8) comprise a first counterweight (10) and a second counterweight (12) and a jack to compensate for the value of the force due to the load, the first counterweight (10) and the jack applying a force onto the compensation application point (C) and the second counterweight (12) applying a force on the boom arm (1).
US09475666B2
An automatic traction control system expands and deploys compact tightly wound precut paper with die cut slits. The system has an axle with a smaller diameter than the diameter of a tube over which a precut paper package is wound, providing friction free rotation. The precut paper roll rests against a spongy device at one end. The other end rubs against an adjustable cylinder assembly, providing friction that prevents paper spill and misalignment. The axle of the paper handling mechanism is set at an angle to the grab direction of an edge of the precut paper, expanding the grabbed edge and the ungrabbed edge. Grabbing is effected by a belt and two rollers applying precise controlled vertical loading obtained by a slidable and rotatable plate having the weight of a motor, gearbox and pulleys. Due to the angle set, the precut paper stretches expanding the precut paper to three dimensional shape.
US09475665B2
A paper roll holding structure for use in a printer includes two side plates to guide a paper roll. Each side plate has a guide surface opposing an opposite side surface of the paper roll. Holding members are arranged in the paper roll holding structure to hold the paper roll. Each holding member has a first end to be inserted into an axial hole of the paper roll and a second end formed at the opposite side of the first end. Also, support members are arranged on the guide surfaces of the side plates to restrain the holding members from moving downwards from a substantially vertical position. The support members are further configured to support the second ends of the holding members in such a manner as to allow the holding members to swing upwards.
US09475659B2
A rotary apparatus or machine that takes or receives a barrel stack of mounted tires in the vertical position (i.e., barrel stacked), and rotates the stack as a whole to a horizontal position, where each unit or tire is an upright position. The tires can then be rolled off individually or in multiple units to be installed on the equipment being built, or transported from the tire holding area to the assembly floor or installation area.
US09475647B2
A winch drum tension isolation system includes a winch drum including an outwardly extending flange, the flange including a plurality of holes spaced along the flange. The winch drum tension isolation system also includes a locking mechanism positioned proximate the winch drum and including a locking member engageable with the flange. The locking member is movable between a first position, in which the locking member is received in one of the plurality of holes to prevent rotation of the winch drum, and a second position, in which the locking member is spaced apart from the flange to permit rotation of the winch drum.
US09475646B2
A laminated chip writing device having a tower, a plurality of chip writing units arranged on the tower, and a driving mechanism for driving the tower and the chip writing units linearly. The plurality of chip writing units are arranged on the tower along an inclination direction having an angle between 0° and 90° in a horizontal direction. The two adjacent chip writing units are staggered on one another in the horizontal direction to form a staggered space. An arrangement direction of the chip writing units on the tower is parallel to the linear movement direction of the chip writing units. When any chip writing unit arrives at a card access position, the clearance in the chip writing unit and the staggered space under the clearance form a passage in which working dial teeth pushes a card.
US09475638B2
A crate includes a base and a plurality of walls including a front wall. The front wall is movable between a retracted, open position and a closed position. In some embodiments, the front wall includes a frame, a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is hingeably connected to the frame and the second portion is hingeably connected to the first portion.
US09475637B2
A packaged assembly for a work implement is provided. The packaged assembly includes a blade assembly, a brace assembly, a push arm assembly, a pair of support member, and plurality of separator blocks. The packaged assembly is bundled in a manner such that the packaged assembly lies in a horizontal orientation. The packaged assembly is configured to cooperate and interact with a fork lift, such that the fork lift performs loading and unloading operations of the packaged assembly without re-orienting the packaged assembly.
US09475628B2
A carrier package is constructed to tightly secure articles within the package. During loading, pushing the containers into the package causes the side panels of the package to deform so that the height of the package decreases and the width of the package increases.
US09475625B2
There is provided a closure system for resealing a caulking tube nozzle of a caulking tube, the caulking tube nozzle having a straight cylindrical portion located near the caulking tube and a frusto-conical end portion located away from the caulking tube, the closure system comprising a hollow adaptor adapted to be removably secured to the caulking tube nozzle, the hollow adaptor comprising a first open end for sealingly receiving the caulking tube nozzle, a second open end and a passageway extending therebetween; and a plug for sealingly engaging the second open end to prevent caulking from exiting the passageway through the second open end. There is also provided a method for resealing a caulking tube nozzle.
US09475620B2
This invention relates to an improved closure in the form of an annular component (2) closed by a peelable lidding material (9). More particularly, it relates to a closure which, in use on a container, is better able to respond differential pressure changes whilst also providing peelability.
US09475614B2
An apparatus for collecting material is provided. The apparatus may include a flexible support structure having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface including a material collection area. The apparatus may further include a closure system including a first fastener member disposed on the first surface and a second fastener member disposed on the second surface. At least a portion of the closure system may be spaced from a peripheral edge of the support structure and/or may be configured to releaseably join the first surface and the second surface together. The support structure may include an open configuration and a rolled configuration, wherein in the rolled configuration the closure system may releaseably join the first surface and the second surface together and/or funnel shapes may be formed on either side of the material collection area.
US09475613B2
A rim-mounted pour spout suitable for snap-fit attachment to a conventional five gallon paint bucket or the like includes an arcuate body having an upwardly and outwardly extending pour guide and a downwardly extending pressure wall. A plurality of spring clasps extending from the arcuate body are operative to secure the rim-mounted pour spout upon the host bucket rim in a manner maintaining a pressure seal between the pressure wall and the underlying inner surface of the bucket wall. The rim-mounted pour spout is readily formed of a molded plastic material or the like and may be suitably sized to accommodate a variety of different bucket containers.
US09475612B2
An indicator circuit for a storage container designed to enable remote electronic searching for file folders located within the container. Address signals from a host computer are supplied to the storage container to designate a sought file folder. The indicator circuit is activated whenever a sought file folder is located in a given container. When two or more storage containers are interconnected to receive address signals designating a sought file folder, only the indicator circuit of the storage container containing the sought file folder is activated.
US09475611B2
The invention is an integrally blow-moulded bag-in-container and preform for making it. The bag-in-container has an inner layer forming the bag and an outer layer forming the container, and a mouth fluidly connecting the volume defined by the bag to the atmosphere. The container further has at least one interface vent fluidly connecting the interface between inner and outer layers to the atmosphere, wherein the at least one vent runs parallel to the interface between inner and outer layers and opens to the atmosphere at a location adjacent to, and oriented coaxially with the bag-in-container's mouth. Processes for manufacturing a preform and a bag-in-container as defined above are defined too.
US09475610B2
A waste-disposal device for use with a bag unit of the type having an annular component from which a free end of tube extends to form a bag. The waste-disposal device comprises a bin having an open top end for accessing an inner cavity of the bin. A support is in the bin adjacent to the open top end and adapted to support the annular component of the bag unit for waste to be received in the bag of the bag unit extending in the inner cavity of the bin, by passing through a central opening thereof. A closing mechanism comprises a door pivotally connected to the support by at least one pivot and an abutment surface in the bin, a pivot axis of the at least one pivot being located at a same height or higher than a bottommost edge of the annular component of the bag unit when received in the support and when the bin has a bottom thereof on the ground. The door is pivotable between a closed position in which the door presses the bag toward the abutment surface to close the bag, and an open position in which the door is away from the abutment surface to open the bag.
US09475609B2
A pallet adapter kit for aircraft cargo pallets, with a plurality of beams each with a top side and an underside, wherein the beams comprise at least one peg beam which on the underside comprises a first peg receiver and a second peg receiver each for receiving a peg, and on the top side a first beam peg and a second beam peg for engagement in container corners, in particular corners of ISO containers, wherein the first beam peg is arranged offset in relation to the first peg receiver and/or the second beam peg is arranged offset in relation to the second peg receiver in the longitudinal direction of the peg beam.
US09475608B2
The palletized shipping and display system comprises two support containers, a plastic pallet, a product tray, a tubular sleeve, and a plurality of product containers that are disposed in the support containers. The support containers are latched at their bottoms to the pallet. Each of the support containers includes an open front and a shelf recessed from an open top and the tubular sleeve disposed around the support and product containers. A display chamber is defined in the open top above the shelf for displaying product at a point of sale and when the product is depleted from the display chamber, the sleeve is lifted to expose and retrieve product containers from the bottom of the stack. The retrieved product containers are then used to replenish product in the display chamber.
US09475607B2
A plastic beer keg includes an outer container and an inner liner. A removable lid is secured over an opening to the container to enclose the liner. In use, the lid can be removed and ice placed in the container directly on the liner, ice flows into gaps between the liner and the container to provide rapid cooling of the content of the liner.
US09475601B2
Embodiments of the present invention feature devices and methods for containing one or more compounds. The inventions feature devices having an ampoule-like closure to preserve the integrity of materials contained therein with vial-{umlaut over (υ)}ke features to allow closure after opening. The devices are sized to be received in a tray or carousal of an autosampler.
US09475599B2
A processing device of sheet mediums, in particular, a full-automatic stacking and bundling device of notes and the like. The bundling device mainly includes a sheet medium stacking mechanism, a bundling mechanism and a pinching mechanism, the bundling mechanism mainly including a paper belt looping mechanism, a hot-pressing and bonding mechanism and a paper belt cutting-off mechanism. The paper belt looping mechanism includes a guide groove for guiding the paper belt; the head and the tail of the guide groove are connected to form a conveying loop; an opening of the guide groove faces an inner side of the conveying loop; a bottom part of the guide groove is provided with a paper-belt inserting port and at least one paper-belt conveying wheel; and an opening end of a side wall of the guide groove is provided with an elastic guide piece parallel to the bottom part of the guide groove. The stacking and bundling device also includes a pressing mechanism in bundling and a leveling mechanism after bundling. The invention effectively solves the unreliability for forming the loop by the paper belts, the bundling effect is improved, and the notes are bundled tightly and level.
US09475594B2
Launch lock assemblies with reduced preload are provided. The launch lock assembly comprises first and second mount pieces, a releasable clamp device, and a pair of retracting assemblies. Each retracting assembly comprises a pair of toothed members having interacting toothed surfaces. The releasable clamp device normally maintains the first and second mount pieces in clamped engagement. When the releasable clamp device is actuated, the first and second mount pieces are released from clamped engagement and one toothed member of each retracting assembly moves in an opposite direction relative to the other one toothed member of the other retracting assembly to define an axial gap on each side of the first mount piece.
US09475590B2
A maintenance system for use with an aircraft and a method of implementing a maintenance schedule for an aircraft with a maintenance system comprising multiple communication terminals located physically about the aircraft and in data communication with each other, the method includes executing a maintenance software program for a maintenance routine comprising maintenance tests corresponding to components of the aircraft and displaying the maintenance routine on at least one of the communication terminals to define a control terminal.
US09475586B2
A method for making a structural element comprising a panel in composite material with fiber reinforcement in an organic matrix obtained by laying up and curing. The panel comprises a side likely to be exposed to contact with hydrocarbons. The required layer structure is obtained by laying up the plies of fibers pre-impregnated with resin having a curing temperature T1. A ply made of a thin film of polymer that can withstand hydrocarbons and the curing temperature T1, referred to as the protective film, is applied on the side exposed to hydrocarbons. The entire layered structure is cured under pressure at the temperature T1.
US09475585B2
Described herein is an aircraft that includes a fuselage with a higher portion and a lower portion. The aircraft also includes two fixed wings that are coupled to and extend from opposing sides of the lower portion of the fuselage. Additionally, the aircraft includes a tilt-rotor assembly that is coupled to each of the two fixed wings.
US09475576B2
A rotor blade assembly includes a flex-beam member and a torque tube surrounding the flex-beam member and extending partially along a rotor blade assembly length. A rotor blade surrounds the flex beam member and extends from the torque tube to a blade tip. A connecting assembly secures the rotor blade and the torque tube at the flex-beam member. The connecting assembly includes a first connecting member extending at least partially into the rotor blade assembly through the rotor blade from a first rotor blade side and a second connecting member located at a second rotor blade side. A clamping load between the first connecting member and the second connecting member secures the rotor blade and torque tube to the flex-beam member.
US09475575B2
A compound rotorcraft including a rotary wing aircraft having a fuselage and at least one rotor and a fixed-wing aircraft coupled to the rotary wing aircraft, wherein the rotary wing aircraft can fly on the rotor or the fixed-wing aircraft, and wherein the fixed-wing aircraft is detachable from the rotary wing aircraft to fly independently.
US09475574B2
A system is provided for dissipating heat in an onboard non-engine powered aircraft wheel drive assembly with drive means that power one or more aircraft wheels to drive the aircraft autonomously on the ground without directly using the aircraft engines. The heat dissipation system is integral with a wheel drive assembly mounted substantially completely within a nose or main landing gear wheel. A reservoir mounted outboard or inboard of the wheel drive assembly increases thermal distribution mass and fluidically communicates with wheel drive assembly components to automatically circulate heat transfer fluid between the wheel drive assembly and the reservoir when the operating temperature exceeds a predetermined maximum temperature during aircraft ground travel. The heat dissipating system can be retrofitted in an existing aircraft to improve thermal distribution and prolong wheel drive assembly and drive means operation and useful life.
US09475569B2
Methods for manufacturing a reinforced composite structure for an aircraft and devices used in such methods are provided. A method includes advancing a composite material layout through a cap-forming device. The advancing results in a preformed cap section, a first length of the layout and a second length of the layout. The layout is removed from the cap-forming device and the preformed cap section of the layout is arranged within a cavity of a flexible mandrel with a foot portion of the first length and a foot portion of the second length remaining outside the cavity of the flexible mandrel. The foot portion of the first length and the foot portion of the second length contact a skin structure. The layout is heated and pressurized using the flexible mandrel to cure the layout and form the reinforced composite structure affixed to the skin structure.
US09475565B2
A boat drive (1) with an upper drive portion (3), arranged inside a hull (2) of the boat, and a pivoting lower drive portion (4), arranged outside the hull (2) of the boat. The boat drive (1) passes through an opening (6) in the bottom of the hull (2) of the boat, forming an annular gap (5) that surrounds a periphery of the boat drive, and a sealing arrangement (10) is arranged in the area of the annular gap (5). The sealing arrangement (10) is designed as a sliding seal.
US09475560B1
An outboard motor includes an internal combustion engine, and an adapter plate having an upper end that supports the engine and a lower end formed as a cylindrical neck. A driveshaft housing below the adapter plate has an integral oil sump collecting oil that drains from the engine and through the adapter plate neck. One or more bearings couple the adapter plate neck to the oil sump such that the driveshaft housing is suspended from and rotatable with respect to the adapter plate. A driveshaft is coupled to a crankshaft of the engine, and extends along a driveshaft axis through the adapter plate neck, bearing(s), and oil sump. A steering actuator is coupled to and rotates the oil sump, and thus the driveshaft housing, around the driveshaft axis with respect to the adapter plate, which varies a direction of the outboard motor's thrust.
US09475558B1
A marine propulsion system for shallow waters, swamps, savannahs and the like includes a rotating propeller shaft supporting a propeller. An anti-cavitation body defines a partial cylinder having a longitudinal axis adjacent to the propeller. The propeller generates a vacuum between the anti-cavitation body and a surface of a water body. First and second wings adjacent to edges of the anti-cavitation body are generally planar and operatively angled towards the bottom of a water body. The first and second wings are adjusted to run below the water body surface and seal the anti-cavitation body to maintain generated vacuum. A first thread is cut in a first helical direction at an end of the rotating propeller shaft adjacent the propeller, and slightly more distal therefrom a second thread is cut in a second helical direction opposed to the first thread helical direction. The second thread drives matter away from the bearing.
US09475548B1
In a first aspect, a multi-hull platform boat comprises an upper deck or platform that is secured to a plurality of longitudinally extending hulls via a plurality of corresponding longitudinally extending connectors. Each connector extends from the bottom of the platform above a corresponding hull. The platform is constructed with a continuous uninterrupted planar lower support spanning the area between the connectors. The lower support is preferably made from one or more moldable materials and may be covered with a finish coating. In a second aspect, a multi-hull platform boat has a platform with a relatively planar upper support surface and a wedge-shaped base extending from the upper support surface of the platform to the bottom of the hulls. The base is wedge-shaped such that it increases in height from the front to the rear of the boat.
US09475545B2
A bicycle crank arm includes a first member and a second member. The first member has a crank axle interacting portion and a first recessed part around the crank axle interacting portion. The second member is attached to the first member. The first member has a first side facing the second member and a second side opposite to the first side. The first recessed part is recessed from the second side toward the first side such that the first recessed part includes an attachment area attached to the second member on the first side.
US09475539B2
A steering stop for bicycle handlebars, comprising a first stop element adapted to be fixed to the head tube of a bicycle fork, and a second stop element cooperating with the first stop element to limit the steering angle. The second stop element is adapted to be mounted to the bicycle frame, in particular to the top tube of the bicycle frame.
US09475538B2
A foldable riding vehicle includes a frame having a front end and a rear end pivotally connected together. The front end is connected to a steering mechanism which includes a steering handle and which engages with a front wheel. The rear end has a first distal end pivotally connected to the front end and a second distal end engaging with a rear wheel. A seat support has a first end pivotally connected to the rear end of the frame and a second end supporting a seat. A pedal mechanism is movable between use and stowed positions. The foldable riding vehicle, in a folded position, includes the steering handle located symmetrically with respect to the frame and the pedal mechanism moving to the stowed position, and allows the front wheel to be located above the rear wheel and not to abut a surface, and the rear wheel to rotate on the surface.
US09475529B2
A trailer that can transport an ATV being towed behind an automobile, and then be pulled behind an ATV, and provides a means to transport tools or gear protecting them from the elements. The trailer having rounded corners for brush deflection, also having a gap bed that accommodates a weather proof storage box that extends from below the deck level to above the deck level, wherein the wheels of an ATV straddle this gap utilizing the ground clearance of the vehicle. The decks may be hinged for access to additional storage area below them.
US09475510B2
A method for generating action recommendations for the driver of a rail vehicle or control signals for the rail vehicle by way of a driver assistance system. Taking at least one journey specification into account, driving data is calculated and on the basis of the driving data: an action recommendation is generated and displayed in an action recommendation display device or a control signal that acts on a vehicle control device is generated. In order to optimize such a method in relation to an energy requirement of the rail vehicle, at least one air pressure characteristic variable is taken into account as a journey specification.
US09475507B2
To prevent separation of a truck frame and a wheel axle and to continue supporting a vehicle, even if damage has occurred to a steering device of a steering truck in which front-back support of a steering axle is performed only by a steering mechanism. A railway vehicle steering truck provided with an axle box suspension of a steering axle, which is designed to perform support in the front-back direction of an axle box which rotatably supports the steering axle, by means of a steering device having a steering link which is rotatably connected to the axle box, and a connecting link rotatably connected to a bolster, each of these being rotatably connected to a steering lever which is rotatably connected to the a truck frame. A stopper to which the axle box comes in contact is installed both on a side where a wheelbase expands and on a side where the wheelbase contracts in the truck frame, when a front-back movement of the axle box exceeds a range of front-back movement at a time of maximum steering when the front-back movement of the axle box passes through a minimum curve.
US09475500B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for participative sensing of road friction conditions by vehicles, collection of the friction data from a large number of vehicles by a central server, processing the data to classify friction conditions by roadway and locale, and sending notifications of the friction conditions to vehicles as appropriate. A large number of vehicles use participative sensing systems to identify road friction estimates which are reported to the central server—where the vehicles use sensor data and vehicle dynamic conditions to estimate friction. The central server stores and aggregates the friction data, filters it and ages it. Vehicles requesting advisories from the central server will receive notices of road friction conditions which may be significant based on their location and heading. Driver warnings can be issued for low friction conditions ahead, and automated vehicle systems may also respond to the notices.
US09475498B2
In a control apparatus for a vehicle that changes over a range of an automatic transmission by operating an electric shift actuator and that starts up an engine by operating a starter motor, for example, when an occupant of a vehicle that has carried out idling stop operates a shift lever, the operation of the shift actuator corresponding thereto is started, and the operation of the starter motor is started after the lapse of a predetermined period therefrom. Thus, while the starting responsiveness of the vehicle is enhanced, a fall in battery voltage is restrained from adversely affecting the operation of the shift actuator, and the occurrence of a shock and a decrease in driveability are suppressed as well.
US09475491B1
Various manners of changing travel lanes for an autonomous vehicle are described. A target gap between a pair of neighboring vehicles located in a travel lane that is adjacent to the current travel lane of the autonomous vehicle can be identified. It can be determined whether the size of the first target gap is acceptable or unacceptable. Responsive to determining that the size of the first target gap is unacceptable, an alternative lane changing maneuver for the autonomous vehicle can be determined. The autonomous vehicle can be caused to implement the alternative lane changing maneuver.
US09475490B2
A method and system for controlling a hybrid vehicle are provided to supply oil pressure to a transmission using an electric oil pump. The method for controlling a hybrid vehicle including an engine, a driving motor, and an engine clutch connecting between the engine and the driving motor includes: detecting a failure of high voltage components for the hybrid vehicle including an air conditioner, a heater, and a low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC). In response to determining a failure of at least one of the high voltage components an operation of the high voltage components in a normal state are turned off. The electric oil pump is operated with a counter electromotive force generated from the driving motor by operating the driving motor with power of the engine while a speed (RPM) of the engine is maintained at a predetermined minimum demand speed or greater.
US09475482B2
A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle includes an internal combustion engine driving a pair of wheels on a first axle and a transmission drivingly connecting the internal combustion engine and the wheels on a first axle. An integrated starter-generator is mounted on the internal combustion engine crankshaft between said internal combustion engine and the transmission. The vehicle further includes an electric motor driving a pair of wheels on a first axle and a main battery pack connected to a further electric motor arranged to supply electric power for driving the wheels on a second axle. The electric drive means can comprise one electric motor driving the second axle via a differential, two electric motors each driving one half of the second axle or two electric wheel motors for the respective wheels on the second axle. An additional battery is connected to the integrated starter-generator for starting the engine.
US09475481B2
A powertrain includes a motor-generator and an auxiliary electric system. The powertrain also includes a first energy storage device disposed in a parallel electrical relationship with a motor-generator and an auxiliary electric system. Additionally, the powertrain includes a first switching device selectively transitionable between a first open state to electrically disconnect the first energy storage device from at least one of the motor-generator and the auxiliary electric system, and a first closed state to electrically connect the first energy storage device to at least one of the motor-generator and the auxiliary electric system. The motor-generator and the auxiliary electric system are operable regardless of the first switching device being in the first open and closed states.
US09475480B2
A battery charge/discharge control device (20) includes an input-enabled power adjustment unit (40) having an input-enabled current value calculation unit (42) and an input power limit value calculation unit (44). The input-enabled current value calculation unit (42) uses a battery current value, a battery temperature value, and an estimated charge capacity value at the time “t” upon execution of detection, so as to obtain an input-enabled current value reduction amount per unit time during charge and an enabled current amount recovery amount per unit time when being left uncontrolled. Moreover, the input-enabled current value calculation unit (42) calculates an input-enabled current value Ilim(t) to a battery (10) according to the previously calculated input-enabled current value Ilim(t−1) which has been calculated previously or the only initially set input-enabled current value The input power limit value calculation unit (44) calculates the battery input power limit value so that the input current limit target value obtained in accordance with the input-enabled current value Ilim(t) is greater than an actual battery current value. Thus, the input-enabled power to the battery (10) is adjusted in accordance with the battery input power limit value.
US09475479B2
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling an electrified vehicle by engaging a parking brake if a battery state of charge is depleted below a predefined threshold.
US09475477B2
Systems and methods for reducing transient brake caliper drag in a motor vehicle are provided. The motor vehicle, for example, may include, but is not limited to, an axle, a rotor coupled to the axle, a brake caliper comprising a brake pad configured to engage the rotor, a brake pedal assembly communicatively coupled to the brake caliper, the brake pedal assembly configured to receive user input directing the brake pad to apply a force to the rotor and user input directing the brake pad to disengage the rotor, and a processor coupled to the brake caliper, wherein the processor is configured to determine, after the brake pedal assembly receives user input directing the brake pad to disengage the rotor, the force applied to the rotor, and command the brake caliper to retract the brake pad away from the rotor when the determined force exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09475474B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle brake device which can secure the durability of a linear valve for controlling a servo pressure. The brake ECU of the vehicle brake device sets a reference servo pressure based on the operating amount of a brake pedal when the vehicle is stopped and sets a target servo pressure based on the reference servo pressure during one braking operation. Further, the brake ECU sets the reference servo pressure based on the operating amount of the brake pedal when the servo pressure calculated in response to the operating amount of the brake pedal exceeds the servo pressure change threshold value set with a deviation from the reference servo pressure calculated in response to the brake pedal operating amount.
US09475471B2
Based on a difference between target and actual values of a friction member force pressing a brake disc, feedback control over the pressing force is executed. As the actual value, a “limit pressing force (Fbs) obtained by placing a limitation on a temporal change amount of the Fba based on a limit value (Lmt)” is used. The limit value (Lmt) is set based on an electric motor speed (dMkt, dMka), a wheel speed (Vwa), and a temporal change amount (ΔTmp) of the friction member temperature. The Lmt is set to increase as the dMkt (dMka) increases and the temporal change amount (ΔTmp) of the temperature increases, and to also increase as the wheel speed (Vwa) decreases. Thus, even when a rotating member (brake disc) is deformed, braking torque control can be appropriately executed without accelerating a fluctuation of a braking torque on the wheel.
US09475468B2
Caliper bodies are provided for disc brakes suitable for being arranged astride of a disc for a disc brake, which include an attachment side portion, a non-attachment side portion and at least one bridge, said bridge being suitable for connecting such side portions and for being arranged astride of the disc, wherein the caliper body includes at least one portion made from thermoplastic material, reinforced with carbon fibres, with resistance to a temperature of at least 200° C. Disc brakes which incorporate such caliper bodies are also provided.
US09475466B2
Systems and methods for automatically removing snow and/or ice from a portion of a vehicle exterior surface are provided. The automatic removal is in response to a determined driving distance or driving time to a destination. The systems include a vehicle navigation unit in communication with a snow removal element. When the navigation unit determines that the current driving distance or driving time to a destination is less than a pre-determined activation point, the frozen precipitate removal element is activated. The systems and methods of the present disclosure can have the benefit of removing snow or ice from a vehicle exterior surface before the vehicle arrives at a destination such as a storage garage, thereby minimizing the deposition of snow or ice at the destination.
US09475463B2
In a vehicle air conditioner, even in a case where an air outlet mode is set in which an air outlet switching damper opens a defroster opening so as to blow air from the defroster opening toward an inner surface of a window glass of a vehicle, the air outlet switching damper is controlled to close the defroster opening when a target air temperature TAO is lower than an outside air temperature TAM. Thus, the vehicle air conditioner prevents a fogging of an outer surface of the window glass without decreasing a temperature comfort in a vehicle compartment.
US09475445B2
An airbag includes a primary portion and a secondary portion. The primary portion defines a first chamber and the secondary portion defines a second chamber fluidly connected to the first chamber. The primary portion further defines a center axis and the secondary portion is disposed at least partially along the center axis. In its unexpanded state, the airbag may be disposed under an instrument cluster.
US09475437B2
The invention relates to a system (2) for high-voltage disconnection in a vehicle having at least two high-voltage carrying components (10, 12a, b, 14, 16, 18, 20), each component having a housing (11), at least one connecting element for a data bus (4) and at least one connecting element for a high-voltage supply (9), each high-voltage carrying component (10, 12a, b, 14, 16, 18, 20) being designed to detect locally an event which is intended to trigger a high-voltage disconnection, wherein said system is characterized in that each high-voltage carrying component (10, 12a, b, 14, 16, 18, 20) is designed locally to trigger a high-voltage disconnection of the high-voltage carrying component (10, 12a, b, 14, 16, 18, 20) as a reaction to the detection of the event. As an advantageous development, access to components having a hazardous voltage is possible only after the connecting element of the data bus has been removed, the removal or disruption of which leads to rapid disconnection of the electric system.
US09475436B2
A number of variations may include a grille cover which may attach to a grille.
US09475435B2
A vehicle exterior component includes a honeycomb structure having an inner plate portion arranged in the vicinity of an engine compartment, an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion, and a honeycomb portion held between the plate portions. The honeycomb portion includes a plurality of partition walls and a plurality of cells, which are separated from one another by the partition walls. Each of the partition walls of each cell has communication holes, to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell. Each partition wall has an absorbing portion. When external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at positions corresponding to the peripheries of the communication holes, of the partition wall.
US09475434B2
A technique for providing localized stiffening of a vehicle trim panel, especially for high curvature areas. The vehicle trim panel includes an outer panel having an outer show surface and an inner surface. A plurality of discrete reinforcement elements are bonded to the inner surface of the outer panel at locations where localized stiffening is desired. The discrete elements can come in a variety of different shapes and sizes, where the combination of elements and the number of elements is selected for a particular trim panel stiffness.
US09475425B2
A device and a method for controlling the electrical power supply of a plurality of light sources, preferably of light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. The plurality of light sources is divided into at least two groups of light sources. The invention is noteworthy in that it allows the use of a multiphase step-up voltage converter for all the groups of light sources, whereas the measurements of the input currents for each of the phases of the converter give a reliable indication of the level of power required by one of the groups being powered.
US09475421B2
A headlamp assembly typically includes a high beam reflector and a low beam reflector. A linkage synchronizes the aim of a high beam reflector with a low beam reflector while also providing damping for both reflectors to stop them from visibly shaking or fluttering the light beam under vibration in actual use. The damping linkage could also be employed in a single reflector environment.
US09475418B2
The present invention includes a vehicle interior debris deflector, for obstructing a gap between a passenger seat, a console unit and a safety belt receiving element, including an inflatable chamber having a first side and second side fused to one another along a seam. When placed in the gap between the seat, the console unit and the belt element, the inflatable chamber extends longitudinally from a front portion of the passenger seat to a back portion of the passenger seat and is adjacent and abutting to the console unit. A valve is embedded in one of the first side and the second side for adding and removing fluid from the inflatable chamber. When the chamber is partially inflated, the chamber expands and compresses to fill the gap and can slide parallel to the seat, the console unit and the safety belt element without losing expansion and compression.
US09475415B2
An assembly embedded into a headrest bun for permitting rotation of the bun between upright design and forward dump positions. The assembly includes a pair of tubes extending upwardly from a seatback frame and a fixed pivot rod extending between the tubes. A housing defines a package containing interior and including a pair of front and rear covers assembleable around the fixed pivot rod. A block shaped cam wedge is displaceably supported within the interior and biased in a first direction in seating fashion against an abutting location of the fixed rod. An actuating mechanism elevates the cam wedge to unseat from the pivot rod, the housing subsequently rotating from the design position to the forward dump position.
US09475411B2
A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and a headrest. The headrest includes a centered head-support panel and left and right side panels arranged to locate the centered head-support panel therebetween.
US09475408B2
A seat rail apparatus for a vehicle may include a guide rail fixedly installed along a lower rail mounted to a bottom surface of the vehicle, a lock assembly installed to be movable along the guide rail in an unlocked state and selectively locked and unlocked with and from the guide rail as a locking pin is moved forwards and rearwards, a driving assembly integrally installed at an upper rail mounted to a cushion frame, wherein the driving assembly locks and unlocks the lock assembly with and from the guide rail by operating the locking pin and locks and unlocks the lock assembly such that the lock assembly is operated integrally with the lock assembly according to a walk-in lever, and a stopper provided at the upper rail, for contacting the lock assembly locked with the guide rail when the seat returns after a walk-in operation to stop the seat.
US09475407B2
A folding vehicle seat includes a sliding rail having a predetermined length installed on a floor of a vehicle. A leg unit is seated on the sliding rail such that the leg unit slides along the sliding rail. A lifting device has a seat cushion on which a passenger sits and is mounted on the leg unit such that the lifting device moves upward and downward, thereby moving the seat cushion upward and downward. A locking device is mounted on the leg unit such that the locking device is connected to both the sliding rail and the lifting device and allows either sliding movement of the leg unit along the sliding rail or upward and downward movement of the lifting device.
US09475397B2
An electronic power converter includes a storage circuit (101) capable of storing electrical energy that is determined by an electrical quantity, voltage or current, of the storage circuit. The electronic power converter includes an electronic power converter stage (102) connected to the storage circuit and a regulator (103) for controlling the electronic power converter stage to regulate the electrical quantity at least partly on the basis of deviation of the electrical quantity from its reference level. The regulator is configured to weight the deviation with a first gain coefficient when the deviation is positive, and to weight the deviation with a second gain coefficient when the deviation is negative. The first gain coefficient has a value different from that of the second gain coefficient because the reference level is typically not in the middle of the allowed range of variation of the electrical quantity.
US09475396B2
A slip control device for an electric vehicle which determines without error slippage occurrence with only a rotation angle sensor for motor rotation control and perform rapid control to eliminate the slippage. A threshold calculator calculates a normal angular acceleration of a motor depending on a manipulation amount of an accelerator to obtain a threshold, and an angular acceleration calculator differentiates a detection value from a rotation angle sensor twice to calculate an angular acceleration. A slip determination determines whether a wheel driven by a motor has slipped, and a torque limitation limits a torque when determining a slippage. The determination compares the calculated acceleration to the threshold, counts a number of times it is consecutively determined that the calculated acceleration exceeds the threshold, and determines a slippage if the number of times has reached a set value.
US09475395B2
The invention relates to a control system and methods for controlling motion of a vehicle over a surface. The control system limits an amount of drive torque that may be applied to one or more wheels of the vehicle to prevent an amount of wheel slip from exceeding a prescribed value. The prescribed value of wheel slip is determined in dependence at least in part on vehicle speed. In addition, method claims 28 and 29 are directed to providing drive torque, independent of vehicle speed, which corresponds to or exceeds the maximum traction force. These methods are suitable for highway driving with high friction or off road driving on soft terrain, respectively.
US09475391B2
A rail vehicle system and a method for managing distribution of power in the rail vehicle system are provided.
US09475389B1
A computer-implemented method and system for controlling a vehicle display in a vehicle. The method includes receiving contact data from a steering wheel, the contact data indicating driver contact with the steering wheel. The method includes determining a head vector based on information received from a head tracking device, the head vector defining a line originating from a head reference point, the line extending in a direction towards a viewing point. The method includes determining a fixation duration towards the viewing point based on the head vector and the information received from the head tracking device. Further, the method includes controlling the vehicle display based on the contact data, the head vector, and the fixation duration.
US09475383B2
An aircraft fuel tank system is disclosed in which a vent tank is provided with an additional ullage vent for use, in combination with an eternal flamer barrier means, when refueling.
US09475381B2
A vehicle system, comprising an internal combustion engine, a transmission enclosed within a transmission case coupled to a gaseous fuel source, the transmission case having an amount of gaseous fuel located therein. Housing the transmission in a case containing low density gaseous fuel reduces the power losses from air resistance and increases fuel efficiency.
US09475375B1
A weather strip is provided adapted to connect to a door frame and a window. The weather strip includes a cavity adapted to mechanically secure at least a portion of foam within a cavity of the weather strip. In one embodiment, a retainer is provided within the cavity to secure the foam within the cavity.
US09475374B2
A weatherstrip assembly for a vehicle. The assembly includes a body having a base and first and second legs which define a channel. The body includes an interior base surface, a first interior leg surface, and a second interior leg surface disposed within the channel. The assembly includes at least one sealing lip having an abutment surface and a wearstrip disposed along at least one of the interior base surface, the first and second interior leg surfaces, and the abutment surface and formed of a thermoplastic polyethylene material. The wearstrip has a plurality of alternating wear sections and gaps that define a series of alternating semi-rigid and flexible sections, respectively, with each wear section having first and second surfaces. The first surface of one of the wear sections and the second surface of an adjacent wear section face each other to define the gap.
US09475357B1
An IFS assembly having a single lower control arm having an inboard end pivotally secured to a chassis support structure, an air spring supported by an air spring seat relative to the lower control arm, a strut having an upper end pivotally secured to the chassis support structure and a lower end coupled to the lower control arm outboard end, and a steering knuckle fixed to the strut lower end, the steering knuckle disposed below the lower air spring seat and whose rotative movement about the strut axis is unconfined by proximity between the steering knuckle and the lower air spring seat, whereby available wheel cut is maximized. Also an IFS module including right and left side IFS assemblies and adapted for installation into a vehicle.
US09475341B2
The invention relates to a wheel rim having a wheel disk (3) made of a fiber composite and having fastener for fastening the wheel disk (3) to a wheel hub (5) of a vehicle, wherein the wheel disk (3) has at least one opening (8) for receiving the wheel hub (5) and the opening (8) is designed to have a conical centring surface (9) for the corresponding seat of a fastener. According to the invention the reinforcing fibers of the fiber composite are arranged in planar layers (10) and at least a part of the fiber layers (10) is arranged in an edge region (12) of the opening (8) perpendicular to the centring surface (9) of the wheel disk (3).
US09475339B2
A process for dry flower craft includes cutting craft media (dry botanicals with stencils) and mounting the same on any surface or product in combination with other botanical elements like bamboo, grass, weeds, seed, stem, tendrils, fiber, sola wood in any desired manner including an artistic manner. The process includes reducing color loss while drying and storage of vegetation and also during crafting of the vegetation, making stencils of cheapest materials such as cardboard and paper, cutting out motifs, shaping petals in any desired shape, and pasting the same with known adhesives. The botanicals are dried prior to floral collage decoupage by drying while using a mixture of desiccant of silica gel+silversand+non iodized salts (1:1:1 ratio). Finally obtaining floral decoupage or only floral collage or a combination of both in design processing as application of the craft, by making the floral resin laminates by reducing the peroxide harder by 1%.
US09475338B2
A textile printing method includes coating a printing surface of a fabric with a pretreatment liquid; ejecting an adhesive liquid onto the printing surface to form an adhesive layer, after the coating of the printing surface; and transferring metallic foil onto the adhesive layer by bringing a sheet, on which the metallic foil is formed, into contact with the adhesive layer.
US09475337B2
The invention describes an embossing stamp comprising at least a base unit in which a retaining device is disposed on one side to retain a die plate holder and an operating device is disposed on a further side. The operating device is constructed such that it directly or indirectly acts on the retaining device, wherein a pivot of the operating device is disposed in the base unit. The base unit and/or the operating device are modular in construction, wherein the side walls are at least partially formed by panels which are positioned with respect to each other and fastened via half-shells and/or connecting means.
US09475334B2
Disclosed are security articles and methods and systems for authenticating security articles using a plurality of stimuli. According to one embodiment, an illustrative secured article includes an embedded feature wherein differential activation of phosphorescent or fluorescent materials creates a machine readable response through the simultaneous presence of a source of electromagnetic radiation and a specific gas environment. A detector detects a differential spectral emission across the security feature that results from the change in gas environment. The spectral emission may be compared to an expected emissive signature to determine authenticity of the security article.
US09475332B2
A punching blade can form a cut-and-raised piece provided with a wide width portion in a distal-end region, a cutting blade is provided with a first blade having a window with which the cut-and-raised piece is engaged and forming a first slit and a second blade for forming a second slit extending in a direction of a punched hole from the midstream of the first slit. It is also configured such that an edge from the wide width portion of the cut-and-raised piece to the base end can be engaged with the second slit.
US09475318B2
A printing method includes printing on an outside surface of a packaging material which has an inside surface, the outside surface and an opening. The printing is performed in a state of the opening being closed.
US09475310B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection unit that ejects a liquid, a medium support unit that has a support face supporting a medium to which the liquid is ejected, an irradiation unit that irradiates the medium with a first electromagnetic wave from an oblique direction with respect to the support face, and a sensor that detects a second electromagnetic wave which is emitted from an irradiation region of the first electromagnetic wave on the support face, in which the sensor is in a position with respect to the irradiation unit which is the same side as an irradiation direction of the first electromagnetic wave, and is arranged in a position where a regular reflection component of the first electromagnetic wave reflected at a peak spot where irradiation energy of the first electromagnetic wave peaks in the irradiation region is not detected.
US09475297B2
In one example, a structure for supporting a printhead includes: a substrate having a first side and a second side; an inlet tower through which liquid may be introduced into the structure; an opening through the substrate near the inlet tower; and an air channel along the substrate connecting the opening in the substrate to the atmosphere.
US09475292B2
A liquid ejecting head includes generating chambers communicating with nozzles, a manifold communicating with the pressure generating chambers, a flexible member that has a compliance region, which is able to perform deflection in response to pressure fluctuation in the manifold, a compliance space disposed on a side opposite to the manifold through the flexible member, a cap member facing the flexible member through the compliance space; a frame-like member disposed between the flexible member and the cap member, and an island-like member to be disposed in the compliance region and separated from the frame-like member. One surface of the frame-like member faces the flexible member and the other surface faces the cap member. In a direction in which the flexible member and the cap member face each other, the island-like member is thinner in thickness than the frame-like member.
US09475289B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a flow channel forming substrate that is provided with a space constituting a pressure generating chamber which communicates with nozzle openings, a vibration plate that is stacked on one surface of the flow channel forming substrate and seals the space, and a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on a surface of the vibration plate opposite to the flow channel forming substrate, in which the first electrode is formed, in which at least a width of a first direction along the opposite surface is narrower than the space in a region corresponding to the space, the piezoelectric layer is stacked so as to overlap the first electrode and at least a part of the vibration plate in the region corresponding to the space, the second electrode is stacked so as to overlap the piezoelectric layer in the region corresponding to the space, and as a thickness of a stacked direction of the piezoelectric element is a thickness of the piezoelectric layer, a first thickness (D1) of the piezoelectric layer of a part positioned on the first electrode and a second thickness (D2) of the piezoelectric layer of a part positioned on the vibration plate satisfy a relationship of the first thickness (D1)>the second thickness (D2).
US09475288B2
A liquid ejection head with high environmental reliability which suppresses a crack of a Si substrate and peeling-off of an ejection port forming member by relaxing a residual stress in a printing element substrate and a manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head are provided. For that purpose, after the printing element substrate is bonded and fixed to a support member, the support member is screwed and fixed through an elastic member.
US09475287B2
A printing control method of a multi-nozzle binary continuous ink jet printer wherein drops of a first category and drops of a second category are formed by jet breaking. The flowpaths followed by the drops of the first and second categories are differentiated. For printing a black pixel followed by a white pixel, a drop of the first category and a drop of the second category are formed. The cumulative formation time drops of the first and second categories is equal to or higher than the running time of one pixel.
US09475279B2
A method for forming a color image on a recording medium includes detecting an ejection failure of a group of color ink recording elements for ejecting color ink drops, storing recording data originally expected to be processed by at least one color recording element exhibiting the ejection failure of the color recording elements of the group in a case where the ejection failure is detected in the detecting step, and compensating the ejection failure by recording an achromatic dot at a pixel position to which at least one color dot is originally expected to be recorded on the recording medium based on recording data stored in a data storage unit.
