US09505268B2
The pneumatic tire 1 includes the belt layer 14 having the pair of cross belts 142, 143, and a circumferential reinforcing layer 145 disposed between the cross belts 142, 143 or disposed inward in the tire radial direction of the cross belts 142, 143. Moreover, the circumferential reinforcing layer 145 is configured by one wire 1451 that is wound spirally at a slant within a range of ±5 deg with respect to the tire circumferential direction. Moreover, the crossing angle α in the tire circumferential direction of the wire end portion at the first edge and the wire end portion at the second edge of the circumferential reinforcing layer 145 is within a range of 5 deg≦α≦355 deg.
US09505267B2
A rolling bearing constituting a vehicle hub bearing unit, including an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies interposed between the inner and outer rings, and a cover driven with axial and radial interference on a first end of the outer ring, which it fluid-tightly closes; wherein the cover is formed by a plastic made body, made of a synthetic plastic material, and by a cylindrical metal sleeve co-molded with the plastic made body; between the cover and the outer ring there being arranged an annular sealing element housed with axial clearance in a seat of the outer ring made at least in part on the radially inner surface of the outer ring; a sealant being arranged between the metal sleeve and the plastic body.
US09505264B2
A cover for a wheel-hub bearing made of plastic is provided. The cover includes an end wall that is arranged transversely with respect to a central axis (X) and a cylindrical mounting wall, which extends axially from one side of the end wall around the axis (X). The cover also includes a snap-action step that projects in a radially outwards direction from the cylindrical wall for locking the cover on a tubular appendage of the bearing a resilient ring that is arranged between an annular shoulder portion of the cover and the tubular appendage to exert a resilient recall action on the snap-action step.
US09505263B2
A wheel comprising a rim portion and a center portion for supporting the rim portion, wherein the rim portion is adapted to allow attachment of the center portion to the rim at a selected position of a plurality of available positions. In one arrangement the available positions are disposed in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel. There is also provided the rim and the center portion and a method for constructing the wheel.
US09505255B2
There are described thermal imaging members and thermal imaging methods utilizing unsymmetrical rhodamine compounds. The rhodamine color-forming compounds exhibit a first color when in a crystalline form and a second color, different from the first color, when in an amorphous form.
US09505251B2
A recording apparatus includes a sound pickup unit that is arranged on a plurality of spots, and an output unit that is capable of outputting comparative information between a sound which is picked up by the sound pickup unit, and each sound pickup unit at a time of picking up the sound. By the recording apparatus of such a configuration, a cause of an abnormality can be estimated, regarding the abnormality which is generated in the recording apparatus.
US09505249B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance section, a first voltage applying section, and a second power supplying section. The recording head ejects ink onto a recording sheet. The conveyance section conveys the recording sheet to a position of image forming by the recording head. The first power supplying section applies a voltage to the recording sheet upstream of the recording head in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet. The second power supplying section includes a plate member located between the recording head and the first power supplying section and applies a voltage to the plate member that is of opposite polarity to the voltage applied by the first power supplying section.
US09505245B2
The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a printing system for printing a substrate, in which the printing system can be housed in a gas enclosure, where the environment within the enclosure can be maintained as a controlled printing environment. A controlled environment of the present teachings can include control of the type of gas environment within the gas enclosure, the size and level particulate matter within the enclosure, control of the temperature within the enclosure and control of lighting. Various embodiments of a printing system of the present teachings can include a Y-axis motion system and a Z-axis moving plate that are configured to substantially decrease excess thermal load within the enclosure by, for example, eliminating or substantially minimizing the use of conventional electric motors. Additionally, various embodiments of a Y-axis motion system of the present teachings can include a gripper motion control assembly of a Y-axis motion system configured to provide dynamic orientation of the rotation of a substrate about the theta-Z (θ-Z) axis during Y-axis travel to maintain a high degree of precision for substrate orientation parallel to the axis of travel.
US09505242B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording section, a transportation unit, and a supporting frame. The recording section performs recording on paper. The transportation unit includes a transportation belt and a moving section. The transportation belt can transport the paper by turning. The moving section causes the transportation belt to move between a recording position, at which the recording is performed by the recording section, and a retracted position, which is more distant from the recording section than the recording position is. The supporting frame supports the transportation unit inside. A first opening portion is formed in the supporting frame. Through the first opening portion, the transportation unit supported inside the supporting frame can be drawn out from the inside of the supporting frame to the outside of the supporting frame in a state in which the transportation belt has been moved to the retracted position.
US09505238B2
A method includes printing an image on substrate by a printhead using ultraviolet (UV) curable ink. The method includes selectively applying a first amount of UV radiation by a first region of a light source to a first area of the image after a first amount of time passes from printing the first area to form a first gloss level area having a glossy finish. The method also includes selectively applying a second amount of UV radiation by a second region of the light source to a second area of the image after a second amount of time passes from printing the second area to form a second gloss level area having a matte finish. At least one of the second amount of UV radiation is greater than the first amount of UV radiation and the first amount of time is greater than the second amount of time.
US09505234B2
An inkjet recording method includes forming an image on a coated layer provided at least one side of the substrate of a recording medium with ink containing a colorant; and then applying a post-processing fluid comprising a resin to the image; wherein the application amount per unit area of the post-processing fluid to the image is controlled to be less than the application amount per unit area of the ink to form the image.
US09505232B2
A rotary drive arrangement for a machine for printing containers includes a turntable configured to hold the container to be printed and a format adapter connected to the turntable and configured to transmit a rotational movement to the turntable. A rotary drive is configured to drive the format adapter in rotation about an axis of rotation by means of a transmission element that engages with the format adapter, wherein, in an engagement portion of the transmission element, the format adapter is designed to match an outer periphery of a surface of the container to be printed.
US09505229B2
To prevent reduction in printing quality, a printer includes an image formation section having a thermal head with a plurality of heating elements and transporting an ink ribbon and a transfer film at the same velocity to form an image on the transfer film, and a control section controlling the image formation section. The control section controls the image formation section to form a printing image on the transfer film according to input printing information and form a dummy image wider than the printing image on the width-direction opposite sides at the back thereof in the transport direction. On the ink ribbon, a wrinkle, which occurs in the rear end corner portion in the transport direction of a printing region corresponding to the printing image, is stopped by a sag caused by that the ink is removed in a dummy printing region Rd corresponding to the dummy image.
US09505222B2
There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus which includes a tank including a liquid storage chamber, an inlet, a liquid lead-out channel, and an atmosphere communication channel, a conveyance mechanism, a carriage, and a head. A lower end of the inlet is positioned at a lower side of the nozzles, and the liquid storage chamber is arranged at a position shifted from the nozzles, in a first-direction side of the front-rear direction, and shifted from the conveyance route, to a second-direction side of the left-right direction. The liquid storage chamber is connected to the liquid outflow channel at a position on a lower side of a center in a up-down direction of the liquid storage chamber, and in the first direction from a center in the front-rear direction of the liquid storage chamber, and on the second-direction side of a center in the left-right direction of the liquid storage chamber.
US09505214B2
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid droplets; a plurality of individual liquid chambers to which the plurality of nozzles communicates; a common liquid chamber, to supply a liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers, including a wall disposed opposite a side of an individual liquid chamber and formed of a deformable damper; a frame forming the common liquid chamber and a damper chamber disposed opposite the common liquid chamber with the damper in between, in which the frame accommodates a damper member including the damper and includes a concave portion that serves as the damper chamber; and an opening opposite the damper and a support member to support the damper member, in which the opening and the support member is disposed on a bottom of the concave portion facing the common liquid chamber.
US09505209B2
An image-recording method includes a liquid composition applying process for applying a liquid composition to an intermediate transfer member, an intermediate image forming process for forming an intermediate image by applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member to which the liquid composition has been applied, and a transferring process for transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium. The ink contains a coloring material and first polymer particles, the liquid composition contains a reaction agent and second polymer particles that satisfy storage elastic modulus relationships represented by the formula (1), and the amount of the second polymer particles applied to the intermediate transfer member in the intermediate image forming process is 0.5 g/m2 or more and 5.0 g/m2 or less. E1′≦0.1 MPa, E2′≧1.0 MPa (1)
US09505202B2
A fabric tube with two passages comprises a fabric tube sheet. A first fabric weld strip with right and left flanges extending laterally from a bottom edge of a weld fin is welded to a first surface extending the length of the fabric tube sheet at a distance D1 from the first edge thereof A second fabric weld strip is welded to an opposite second surface and extends the length of the fabric tube sheet between the first fabric weld strip and the second edge of the fabric tube sheet at a distance D2 from the second edge of the fabric tube sheet. The first edge of the fabric tube sheet is welded to the weld fin of the second fabric weld strip and the second edge of the fabric tube sheet is welded to the weld fin of the first fabric weld strip to form two passages.
US09505199B1
A method of applying a graphic image on a target substrate using a liquid release coat applied to a carrier substrate, the release coat formulated to form a durable contiguous first film, a top coat applied to the first film and formulated to form a durable contiguous second film, a print coat applied to the second film and formulated to form a durable contiguous third film, wherein a transferred graphic image or material is superimposed on the third film and transferred to the target substrate to which a primer coat has been applied, the primer coat being formulated to form a contiguous fourth film on the target substrate, the carrier substrate with the superimposed graphic image is thereafter united with the target substrate, thereby sandwiching the graphic image between the primer coat of the target substrate on the one hand and the top coat of the carrier substrate on the other hand.
US09505198B2
An elastic laminate is made by first coextruding a film having an elastic outer film layer formed of a styrene-block copolymer and an inner film layer of lesser elasticity than the outer layer. An outer fleece web with an outer adhesive layer is then adhered to the outer film layer, and an inner fleece web with an inner adhesive layer is adhered to the inner film layer so as to form between the inner fleece web and the inner film layer a bond that is weaker than a bond formed by the outer adhesive layer between the outer fleece web and the outer film layer. Thereafter the coextruded film bonded by the inner and outer adhesive layers to the outer and inner fleece webs is prestretched such that the weak bond formed by the inner adhesive layer separates only locally from the inner film layer but the bond formed by the outer adhesive layer remains intact.
US09505194B2
A sandwich structure is provided that includes a core formed of profiled metal sheet material and a metal face sheet secured to at least one side of the core. Protrusions are provided in a pattern on at least one side of the core and apertures are provided in a pattern in each face sheet. Dimensions of the protrusions and apertures are such that the protrusions extend at least partially through the apertures of the associated face sheet and are secured thereto. A method for producing such a sandwich structure is also provided.
US09505190B2
A gluing device for automatically gluing and folding a gluable item. The gluing device includes a support structure upon which a gluing apparatus and a support plate assembly are mounted. The support plate is configured for supporting and aligning a gluable item for gluing and assembly by the gluing apparatus. The gluing apparatus includes a first clamp configured for selectively and securely holding a first portion of the gluable item on the support plate, a glue dispensing nozzle fluidly coupled to a glue supply, and a folding apparatus configured for folding the first portion of the gluable item onto a second portion of the gluable item after glue has been applied. A method for automatically gluing and folding a gluable item is also disclosed.
US09505179B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for manufacturing a fibrous core comprises: providing a strip comprising at least one liner, and at least one fluted layer, wherein the strip has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first strip face, a second strip face, and a strip axis substantially parallel to at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge; feeding the strip to a mandrel having a central longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction; winding the strip onto the mandrel such that the leading edge of the strip overlaps the trailing edge of the strip to form a fibrous core comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, and a longitudinal core axis; and adhering the leading edge to the trailing edge of the strip to from an overlap portion having an overlap width.
US09505161B2
An ISBM article is disclosed wherein the ISBM article is made from an HDPE resin having a MI2 of 0.1 to 5.0 dg/min as measured by ASTM D-1238; 190° C./2.16 kg, a density of from 0.940 to 0.970 g/cc as measured by ASTM D792, a peak molecular weight of greater than 40,000 g/mol and a zero shear viscosity between 15,000 and 250,000 Pa·sec.
US09505156B2
There is provided a mold stack (100). The mold stack comprises a cavity insert (110) configured to define a portion of a molding cavity (108) for defining a body portion of a preform to be molded therein, the cavity insert (110) positionable, in use, within a bore (113) in a cavity plate (114) in a loose fit arrangement, allowing for a degree of float, in a lateral direction, of the cavity insert (110) relative to the cavity plate (114).
US09505154B2
The invention relates to a mould (1) for back-injection of a plastic film (4) with molten plastic, and a corresponding process for producing a plastic moulded article in the cavity (11) formed by a first and second mould part (2, 3). The first mould part (2) has a decorating surface zone (21), a clamping surface zone (22) arranged outside of the latter, and a recessed zone (23) arranged at least outside of the decorating surface zone (21). The second mould part (3) has an inlet (31) for the molten plastic and a projecting zone (33). The projecting zone (33) is arranged so that, when the tool is closed, it engages with the recessed zone (23), in order to hold the plastic film (4) arranged between the first mould part (2) and the second mould part (3), lying on the clamping surface zone (22) of the first mould part, in the recessed zone (23) under tension.
US09505150B2
A method for constructing a refrigerator appliance is provided. The method includes mounting a plurality of interior components of the refrigerator appliance to a mold body, applying a liner material to the mold body and removing an inner liner of the refrigerator appliance from the mold body. The method can assist with limiting mounting of components of the refrigerator appliance to the inner liner after formation of the inner liner.
US09505146B2
The invention relates to a mobile apparatus and a method for concrete production, comprising a cooling apparatus for cooling bulk material, in particular aggregates for concrete production. The cooling apparatus (100) comprises a bulk material hopper (110), a wetting apparatus (120) and an air supply apparatus (130). The cooling apparatus has a bulk material feeder (140) for feeding bulk material into the bulk material hopper via a bulk material feeder path (141), the bulk material feeder and the wetting apparatus being adapted and disposed in such a way that bulk material to be fed comes into contact on at least one part of the bulk material feeder path with water that is being discharged from the wetting apparatus.
US09505143B2
The present invention discloses a one-step groove forming device and method for oblique crossing of reducing pipe fittings. The forming device is composed of a plurality of clamping components (1) and at least one marking component (2), the clamping components (1) are movably connected and can be fixedly connected, and at least one clamp (3) is arranged on the clamping component (1); the marking component (2) comprises a probe (4) and a marking knife (5) fixed on the probe, one end of the probe (4) is provided with a pinhead (6), and the marking component (2) is used in concert with the plurality of clamping components (1). The forming device of the present invention can realize one-step groove forming for oblique crossing of pipe fittings with different diameters at any angle.
US09505142B2
A safety razor for personal grooming is disclosed. The safety razor includes a handle, a cap, and a base plate that has blade-engaging surfaces that define the razor blade angle when clamped between the cap and the base plate. The base plate can be double-sided to provide a second angled blade-engaging surface that defines a second razor blade angle when the razor blade is clamped between the second side of the base plate and the cap. The modular base plate allows a shaver to replace or flip, in the case of double-sided base plates, the base plate in order to change the blade angle and the aggressiveness of the shave from the safety razor.
US09505138B2
A joint unit pivotably coupled to a tip end part of a main arm member of a Scott Russell mechanism is pivoted in two ways. A Scott Russell mechanism device pivotably couples a main arm member and a sub arm member to each other, as well as it pivotably couples a joint unit to a tip end part of the main arm member. Moreover, by providing a pivot driving unit to the main arm member, as well as providing a fourth motor and a drive transmission mechanism unit to the sub arm member, the Scott Russell mechanism device can switch between pivoting the joint unit associatively a change of a coupling angle of the arm members and pivoting the joint unit by the drive of the fourth motor.
US09505121B2
A sawhorse trestle has a discontinuous work-surface which is adjustable so as to provide a variable aperture between respective parts (2, 12) of the work-surface. Thus, the trestle may include two half-trestles (10, 20), each including two hinged frames (1, 11) topped by a horizontal support member (2, 12) providing part of the work-surface, those half trestles (10, 20) being connected by an adjustable, such as slideable, connector (3).
US09505119B2
An electric handheld sanding tool with improved cooling efficiency includes a host body and a sanding assembly. The sanding assembly is installed in the host body and includes an electric motor, a circuit module and a sanding element. The circuit module and the electric motor are interposed by a cooling fan which is synchronously moved with the electric motor. The host body has at least one air outlet corresponding to the cooling fan and at least one air inlet corresponding to either of the circuit module and the electric motor such that when the electric motor is driven by the circuit module and drives synchronously the sanding element and the cooling fan, the spinning cooling fan draws cold airflow through the air inlet to pass through an airflow orifice and dispel operation heat generated by the electric motor and the circuit module through the air outlet.
US09505118B2
A technique for improving the vibration-proof effect and usability of a handle is provided in an impact tool. An impact tool is provided which linearly drives a tool bit in an axial direction thereof to cause the tool bit to perform a predetermined hammering operation. The impact tool includes a motor, a striking mechanism part, that is driven by the motor and causes the tool bit to linearly move, a tool body that houses the motor and the striking mechanism part, an outer shell housing that covers at least part of the tool body and is connected to the tool body via a vibration-proofing first elastic element so as to be movable in a direction transverse to the axial direction of the tool bit with respect to the tool body, and a handle which is designed to be held by a user and connected to an opposite side of the outer shell housing from the tool bit via a vibration-proofing second elastic element so as to be movable in the axial direction of the tool bit with respect to the outer shell housing.
US09505115B2
A driving tool is provided with a driver for driving out a fastener from a nozzle, a balancer, and a balancer biasing member for biasing the balancer in a direction away from the nozzle. The balancer moves in the direction away from the nozzle by a biasing force of the balancer biasing member when the driver moves toward the nozzle.
US09505112B1
A pin puller is revealed. The pin puller includes a cylinder mounted with an actuating rod therein. A front end of the actuating rod is connected to and fixed on a pin connection unit. The pin connection unit is fitted over and connected to one end part of a positioning pin while a binding sleeve is disposed around the pin connection unit. The other end part of the positioning pin is mounted and connected to a fixing unit for pin-disassembling or a fixing unit for pin-assembling for driving the cylinder to move the actuating rod. The positioning pin is further pulled to be disassembled or assembled by the pin connection unit. Thereby the pin puller has simpler structure. Thus the manufacturing cost is lowered and the pin puller is having simpler structure and more convenient in operation and use.
US09505103B2
A containment system the operator to contain, see, blast, and reclaim the grit or abrasives used to strip external surfaces of a pipe, rod, or substantially cylindrical object. The containment chamber or housing is constructed of sections that can be quickly assembled to encapsulate such objects. The grit reclamation or recovery system of the invention is operable to be used in connection with objects that are positioned in a vertical, horizontal, or angled orientation. The containment housing is assembled from sections to encapsulate pipe to contain the dust and grit while blasting. The containment housing has inflatable seals that seal and grip around the pipe. Nozzle control and access as well as vision access are provided to allow the operator to control where the pipe will be blasted and the intensity of the blast. The containment system has a centrifugal grit reclamation design that will work in vertical, horizontal and angular orientation.
US09505100B2
The rotation support bar (2) of a grinding tool (1) has a bendable hinge section (4) at the intermediate section thereof, and has a balancer (5) on the grinding stone tip (3) side. The hinge section (4) comprises two or more opposed pairs of grooves (4a) which have circular arc-shaped bottom surfaces and which are provided in the outer peripheral surface of the rotation support bar (2) so as to extend in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotation support bar (2). The grooves (4a) are provided at equal angular intervals.
US09505094B2
A work holding device includes a substantially C-shaped first frame that includes a first end and a second end and is rotatable about a first center axis that is located therebetween, and a substantially C-shaped second frame that includes a third end located between the first end and the first center axis and a fourth end located between the second end and the first center axis, the second frame being rotatable about a second center axis that passes the third end and the second end and is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first center axis. A groove into which an edge of a work is insertable is provided in the second frame.
US09505088B2
In a flux-cored wire according to the present invention, CaF2 and the like are included and a total amount thereof α is 3.3 to 6.0% in terms of mass % with respect to a total mass, Ti oxide and the like are included and a total amount thereof β is 0.4 to 1.2% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass, CaCO3 and the like are included and a total amount thereof is 0.1 to 0.5% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass, and an amount of an iron powder in the flux is less than 10% in terms of mass % with respect to the total mass.
US09505087B2
A weld metal according to the present invention has a specific chemical composition, contains carbide particles each having an equivalent circle diameter of greater than 0.5 μm in a number of 0.25 or less per micrometer of grain boundary length, and has an A-value as specified by Formula (1) of 0.12 or more, Formula (1) expressed as follows: A-value=([V]/51+[Nb]/93)/([Cr]/52+[Mo]/96) (1) where [V], [Nb], [Cr], and [Mo] are contents (percent by mass) of V, Nb, Cr, and Mo, respectively, in the weld metal.
US09505073B2
An electric discharge machine has a hand operation panel, which is provided with a manual pulse generator with a rotating part. The manual pulse generator generates a pulse signal corresponding to a rotation angle position of the rotating part. Further, the manual pulse generator outputs a move command for changing (i.e., increasing or decreasing) a relative distance between a tool electrode and a workpiece and commands for changing set values of machining conditions, based on the pulse signal from the manual pulse generator.
US09505071B2
Apparatuses and methods based thereon are provided for onboard measurements in miter saws. A measurement device may be attached to or incorporated into a miter saw, where the measurement device being configured to provide onboard measurement when cuts are made using the miter saw. The measurement device may comprise a tape based measurement device. The measurement device may be portable to enable detaching it from the miter saw when on-location measurements are made, and attaching it to the miter saw when cut measurements are provided. The measurement device may comprise an output component (e.g., digital display) for outputting measurement readings and/or information associated with cut measurements. The measurement device (and/or the miter saw itself) may be configured for communicating signals wirelessly in accordance with one or more wireless technologies, such as to enable receiving measurements made remotely.
US09505070B2
A hand saw including a blade, a frame that supports the blade, and a tensioning mechanism. The frame including a first leg having a first blade support, a second leg spaced from the first leg, a cross member extending between the first leg and the second leg, and a handle. The tensioning mechanism including a bracket having a second blade support, the bracket pivotable with respect to the frame in a first direction to increase a distance between the blade supports and in an opposite direction to decrease the distance between the blade supports, a lever actuatable between a tension position and a release position, and a linkage that couples the lever to the bracket such that movement of the lever towards the tension position pivots the bracket in the first direction, and movement of the lever towards the release position pivots the bracket in the second direction.
US09505067B1
A tool for cutting tubing includes a rotary cutting head which has a slot for receiving a tube to be cut, a gear drive mechanism for rotating the cutting head, a clamping handle which extends from the gear drive mechanism, and a pull cord drive wheel mechanism for rotating the gear drive mechanism which includes a pulley, a pull cord wrapped around the pulley, and a retractor spring to rotate the pulley in an opposite direction after it has been rotated in a first direction by pulling on the cord to thus rotate the cutting head to sever a length of tubing. The clamping handle includes a pair of opposed semi-cylindrically-shaped shells which are pivotable apart to receive a length of tubing to be cut, and pivotable to a closed position and compressed by hand pressure to grip the tubing being cut.
US09505066B2
A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter body having a plurality of insert-receiving pockets. Each pocket includes a bottom support surface, an axial support surface, a radial support surface, a top clearance surface and an intermediate clearance surface extending between the axial support surface and the top clearance surface. A cutting insert includes a helical top surface, a helical side surface, a side surface opposite the helical side surface, a pair of opposed side walls, a bottom surface, and a cutting edge formed at an intersection between the helical top surface and the helical side surface. The cutting insert further includes an undercut for accommodating the axial support surface, the top clearance surface and the intermediate clearance surface of the pocket when the cutting insert is mounted in the pocket.
US09505065B2
An indexable, invertable cutting insert has radially-oriented positioning segments on a front face of the insert and radially-oriented positioning segments on the back face of the insert. The radially-oriented positioning segments are shifted on the front face relative to those on the back face such that, when the cutting insert is engaged within the toolholder, the cutting segment utilized on the front face will never be directly opposite the cutting segment utilized on the back face. A toolholder system is made up of the cutting insert and a toolholder capable of securing and indexing the cutting insert.
US09505059B2
A tools holder is provided with a base including a rear fastening member configured to secure to a mounting groove of a lathe, and a front groove member, and at least one hole extending from an outer surface to the groove member; a blade including a front cutting member and a rear tenon fitted into the groove member; and at least one fastener each driven through one of the at least one hole to urge against the tenon for fastening the base and the blade. The tools holder is capable of increasing length by assembling at least one interconnecting member between the base and the blade. Further, the assembly is secured due to complimentary engagement of any two adjacent components and the provision of threaded fasteners.
US09505058B2
A material for use in a 3D printer. The material may include a plurality of metallic particles and a stabilizing material. The metallic particles may have an average cross-sectional length that is less than or equal to about 100 nm. The stabilizing material may include an organoamine, carboxylic acid, thiol and derivatives thereof, xanthic acid, polyethylene glycols, polyvinylpyridine, polyninylpyrolidone, or a combination thereof.
US09505056B2
A slide valve apparatus for automatic application of surface pressure is configured to include a connection switching device (20) for switching a connection position of a drive device (7) and a slide case (4) between a first connection position (discharge position) during molten metal discharge and a second connection position (surface pressure operation position) during surface pressure application/release. As a result, the drive stroke of the drive device can be greatly reduced and the already installed drive device can be used as is when a SV apparatus is upgraded.
US09505049B2
Systems and methods for providing tube end forming equipment or machines that utilize the advantage of hydraulic power without having the constant noise, heat, and energy usage associated with traditional hydraulic power units. The end forming machine includes a hydraulic pump that is operated only when a demand from the system for oil pressure/flow is present. This is accomplished by providing a synchronous servo motor and servo drive coupled to a fixed displacement hydraulic pump. The oil pressure of the system is monitored to detect when the pressure drops below a preset value to provide closed-loop control of the servo motor. The servo motor is controlled to rotate the hydraulic pump at the required speed (up to the maximum RPM of the motor/pump combination) as necessary to obtain the desired system pressure during the tube end forming process.
US09505047B2
A press-forming method includes: a step of forming a first cup-shaped workpiece (B); a step of moving an axial pressing punch (13) relatively to a die (15) to abut on a cup opening end (B21) of a cup sidewall portion (B2), and while constraining the cup opening end (B21), moving a second-stage forming punch (11) relatively to the die (15) to insert the second-stage forming punch (11) into a second die hole portion (155), and pushing a part of the first cup-shaped workpiece into the second die hole portion (155) through a second die shoulder portion (154), to thereby reduce the cup sidewall portion (B2) in diameter and thicken the cup sidewall portion (B2); and a step of, in a state of the constraint of the cup opening end (B21) by the axial pressing punch (13) being released, moving the second-stage forming punch (11) relatively to the die (15) and further pushing the first cup-shaped workpiece deeper in the second die hole portion (155), to thereby form a second cup-shaped workpiece smaller in diameter than the first cup-shaped workpiece.
US09505046B2
A flat wiring member includes a plurality of rectangular enamel coated wires arranged in the form of a flat plate, a wiring stem portion that the rectangular enamel coated wires are arranged in parallel to each other and adjacent ones of the rectangular enamel coated wires are bonded to each other at a surface of an enamel coat layer thereof, and a wiring branch portion with the rectangular enamel coated wires bent so as to branch off from the wiring stem portion.
US09505040B2
A pipeline debris shearing device includes a forwardly positioned, self sharpening, wear compensating, diameter conforming elastomeric member that forms a peeling edge having a negative rake angle to peel away debris from the internal wall of a pipeline. The peeling edge is formed at the point of meeting between a concave-shaped, curved forward face surface and a substantially straight outer peripheral surface. Radial slots may be provided to lessen the force being exerted on the peeling edge and provide for bypass flow to carry away debris removed by the peeling edge. Spaced-apart narrow stripper teeth may be added to help in removing harder deposits of debris. The peeling edge may be arranged substantially perpendicular the central longitudinal axis of the pipeline pig or arranged oblique to it. Further, the peeling edge may spiral about at least a portion of the pipeline pig.
US09505033B2
A method and system for processing and recycling infill material of artificial turf. The invention includes drying extracted infill material through a fluid bed dryer, the fluid bed dryer passes a process gas through a bed of solids via a perforated plate. The dried infill material is processed using a plurality of vibrating screens to remove excessively large or small particles from the infill material. The plurality of vibrating screens may be a set of progressively finer mesh screens. The processed infill material is separated by density. The density of the infill material may be determined by a high intensity, uniform sheet of laminar airflow. The separated infill material is discharged and is ready to be used again in another artificial turf. In one embodiment, the infill material includes at least one of graded sand, granulated styrene-butadiene rubber, cork, organic infill, thermoplastic elastomers, or ethylene propylene diene monomers.
US09505030B2
Micromachined ultrasonic transducers formed in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) wafers are described, as are methods of fabricating such devices. A metallization layer of a CMOS wafer may be removed by sacrificial release to create a cavity of an ultrasonic transducer. Remaining layers may form a membrane of the ultrasonic transducer.
US09505028B2
The present disclosure describes a protective coating for a low index material, and a process for preparing a protected low index material. The protective coating partially penetrates the pores of a low index material, providing a seal protecting the pores, and can strengthen the construction by forming a gradient in properties of the protected low index material. The present disclosure further provides a diffusing low index optical element having a protected low index material and a diffusing layer disposed on the low index material.
US09505027B2
A two-step immobilisation of silver nanoparticles on solid substrates using polyethylenimine as an adhesive and a reduction linker, where the primary coating of solid substrates by polyethylenimine occurs followed by production of silver nanoparticles covalently anchored on the polymer surface due to a reduction effect of the polyethylenimine functional groups and therefore, no nanoparticles are released to environment. The method permits working under aqueous conditions, does not use any reducing agents, stabilisers or toxic solvents and can universally be applied for anti-microbial treatments of all types of solid substrates.
US09505022B2
A method is provided for the wet surface treatment of titanium dioxide, in order to produce durable universal grade titanium dioxide rutile pigment with superior optical properties. The method is characterized in that, a hydrous zirconia and silica composite layer is co-precipitated at acidic pH. Then, a layer of alumina is precipitated under a range of pH required for complete precipitation above the initial composite layer. The upper pH limit of the slurry during the alumina precipitation can be well controlled to avoid any chance for dissolution or damage of the composite zirconia-silica layer formed. Zirconia-silica composite layers and alumina thus precipitated advantageously improve the competence of the layers formed over a TiO2 base and provide improved durability with superior optical performance. The total surface treatment cycle time and chemicals used are minimal compared to conventional methods. Improvements in throughput and washing efficiency are also realized.
US09505019B2
A plating apparatus of performing a plating process by supplying a plating liquid onto a substrate includes a substrate holding/rotating device configured to hold and rotate the substrate; a discharging device configured to discharge the plating liquid toward the substrate; a plating liquid supplying device configured to supply the plating liquid to the discharging device; and a controller configured to control the discharging device and the plating liquid supplying device. Further, the discharging device includes a first nozzle having a discharge opening, and a second nozzle having a discharge opening configured to be positioned closer to a central portion of the substrate than the discharge opening of the first nozzle. Furthermore, the plating liquid supplying device is configured to set a temperature of the plating liquid supplied to the first nozzle to be higher than a temperature of the plating liquid supplied to the second nozzle.
US09505018B2
A lighted waterfall apparatus for producing an artificial waterfall having a waterfall apparatus including a chamber for containing a removable light source and a port for accessing the light source, such that the light source can be easily accessed, inserted, removed, and/or replaced.
US09505012B2
Illustrative embodiments of automated sample workcells and methods of operation are disclosed. The methods may include receiving a first plurality of samples, each of the first plurality of samples being linked to a requested analysis selected from among a plurality of analysis types; assigning at least one centrifugation parameter to each of the first plurality of samples in response to the requested analysis linked to that sample; loading a second plurality of samples into a centrifuge, the second plurality of samples being selected from among the first plurality of samples and comprising samples that have been assigned at least two different centrifugation parameters; determining a centrifugation parameter of highest centrifugation intensity from among the at least two different centrifugation parameters assigned to samples in the second plurality of samples; and centrifuging the second plurality of samples according to a centrifugation protocol comprising the centrifugation parameter of highest centrifugation intensity.
US09505011B1
Disclosed herein is a process for the recovery of a metal from an ore using a collector composition. The process includes contacting the ore with the collector composition. The collector composition can include sulfur-containing compounds comprising (i) mercaptans comprising branched C10 mercaptans compounds selected from the group consisting of 5-methyl-1-mercapto-nonane, 3-propyl-1-mercapto-heptane, 4-ethyl-1-mercapto-octane, 2-butyl-1-mercapto-hexane, 5-methyl-2-mercapto-nonane, 3-propyl-2-mercapto-heptane, 4-ethyl-2-mercapto-octane, 5-methyl-5-mercapto-nonane, and combinations thereof; and (ii) sulfides comprising branched C20 sulfides represented by the structure R1—S—R2, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a functional group derived from an olefin, wherein the olefin comprises 5-methyl-1-nonene, 3-propyl-1-heptene, 4-ethyl-1-octene, 2-butyl-1-hexene, or combinations thereof.
US09505009B1
A storage, grinder and dosage dispensing device having a top cap body, a middle section body and a bottom cup. The middle section body rotatably engages the top cap body beneath the plurality of downwardly protruding top grinding knives. The bottom cup removably attaches to the top cap body or the middle section body forming an airtight storage chamber. The storage, grinder and dosage dispensing device is configured to simultaneously grind and tear material inserted into the top cap body by the plurality of downwardly protruding top grinding knives and a plurality of grinding teeth in an upper section of the middle section body as the top cap body is rotated on the middle section body creating ground material, which is then passed through a plurality of holes to a middle section chamber.
US09505007B2
A tub grinder includes a rotatable tub positioned above a floor; a grinder that has cutters defining a circular reducing boundary when the grinder is rotated in a reducing direction; and a deflection structure positioned near the floor above the grinder. The deflection structure includes first and second deflecting portions. The second deflection structure is oriented closer to horizontal than the first deflection structure. At least part of the second deflecting portion is located below a top, dead center of the reducing boundary of the grinder. The deflecting structure limits the trajectory of material ejected from the grinder to a departure angle of about 25 degrees.
US09505003B2
A portable real-time heating and detection device includes a body, a cover and a detection unit. The body has an opening, and a base. The cover has a control unit and a fix unit. The detection unit is disposed on the base of the body and has a thermostat, an optical excitation, an optical detection, and a circuit board. The thermostat is disposed close to the opening and has at least one thermostat zone. The optical exciter is disposed between the thermostat and the base. The optical detector is disposed between the thermostat and the opening. The circuit board is electrical coupled to the control unit, the thermostat, the optical excitation, and the optical detector, respectively.
US09505001B2
A porous film microfluidic device includes a sample well, a porous film support structure, including a first, second, and third port, wherein the first port is connected to the sample well, a porous film is formed over the bottom of the porous film support structure, and a glass fiber film is formed between the porous film support structure and the porous film, a waste tank connected to the second port of the porous film support structure, wherein a water absorption element is disposed in the waste tank, a buffer solution tank connected to the third port of the porous film support structure and sealed by a sealing film, and a COC plastic prism disposed over the bottom of the porous film support structure. The COC plastic prism includes a metal film in contact with the porous film and a metal oxide layer formed over the COC plastic prism.
US09504996B2
[Problem] To provide a strontium ion-exchanged clinoptilolite having excellent nitrogen-absorbing properties; and a method for producing the strontium ion-exchanged clinoptilolite.[Solution] Synthetic clinoptilolite having a strontium ion at an ion exchange site thereof is useful as a nitrogen adsorbent. The synthetic clinoptilolite can be produced by bringing a solution containing a strontium ion into contact with synthetic clinoptilolite under ambient pressure to cause ion exchange.
US09504992B2
A solid acid catalyst for preparing a monosaccharide by degrading agarose includes a particle having a carbonized chaff and a sulfonyl group which is chemically bound on a surface of the carbonized chaff. A method of preparing the monosaccharides from seaweed using the solid acid catalyst includes reacting agarose with the solid acid catalyst, thereby preparing the monosaccharide by using an economical and efficient process.
US09504989B2
A monolithic contactor for collecting target molecules, the monolithic contactor may include a monolithic body having an inlet end and a longitudinally opposed outlet end and a plurality of cells extending from proximate the inlet end to proximate the outlet end, wherein the target molecules are adsorbed to a surface of the body.
US09504978B2
A cooled reactor for the production of dimethyl ether by catalytic dehydration of methanol in the gas phase, the reactor having an adiabatic catalyst bed as starting zone, a moderator zone cooled by direct or indirect heat exchange, and optionally an adiabatic catalyst bed as conditioning zone. The conversion of methanol to dimethyl ether is increased and the formation of undesired by-products is decreased.
US09504976B2
The present invention concerns a process for loading particulate material (7) into at least one narrow vertical container (1,1′) having an opening to the outside in its bottom part, which comprises inducing an upflow of air through said container, and loading said particulate material into the container from the upper part thereof in such a way that said particulate material falls downwardly counter currently to said upflow of air.According to the invention, no physical device or air-supplying conduit is present inside the inner section of the container (1,1′) to be filled when the particulate material is loaded, and said upflowing air is sourced from the bottom opening of the container and is induced by sucking air from the upper part of the container using a vacuum system.The invention allows for the precise control of the impact velocity of the particulate material (7) as it arrives in the bottom of the container (1, 1′).
US09504947B2
Air filter assemblies and carrier frames have a plurality of vortex-generating flow guides normalizing air flow to a uniform velocity profile downstream thereof. The airflow having the uniform velocity profile travels across a mass airflow sensor.
US09504946B2
A method and apparatus are provided for separating droplets of finely aerosolized elemental mercury from a fluid stream in which the droplets are dispersed, particularly a gaseous stream. In the method, a precious metal wire capillary surface or precious metal-coated wire capillary surface is contacted with the gaseous stream, causing the aerosolized droplets to deposit on the capillary surface and by capillary action to coalesce with other of such droplets. The surface is oriented to allow the mercury to flow by gravitational forces and capillary action to the lowermost portions of the surface, where it accumulates and can be collected. Metallic capillary surfaces comprised of finely braided strands of silver, gold, palladium, platinum, or rhodium wire, or wire coated with one or more of these metals, are particularly preferred.
US09504945B2
A filter for an electronics cooling unit of a telecommunications base station, the electronics cooling unit adapted to receive fresh air into a housing of the cooling unit through an opening communicating with the external environment. The filter includes a structural support configured to be mounted to said housing, a gasket sealingly engaging the structural support and adapted to engage the housing; and a filter media supported by the structural support, the filter media being free of a membrane type layer and including a fiber entanglement selected to prevent ingress of water sufficient to pass a salt fog test consistent with GR-487-CORE and in accordance with ASTM B 117.
US09504941B2
A visual indicator device and method for determining the presence of oily contaminants in an aqueous stream are provided. The device includes a filtration status chamber for receiving and discharging the aqueous stream, and a transparent wall enabling viewing of the chamber interior. A fluid-pervious filtration media within the chamber is infused with an absorption composition at which the contaminant on contact with the media is immobilized. The media has a surface viewable through a transparent wall of the filtration status chamber, and the stream flow path causes the stream to impinge at the media via the surface, whereby the contaminants collect selectively at the media surface and are highly visible through the transparent wall.
US09504940B2
A multi-mode showerhead has a housing with a front and a back and an offset integrated water filter system incorporated into the showerhead so that the showerhead with the integrated water filter system may be easily mounted to a normal shower arm without the need of special tools. A water filter cartridge is easily added to or removed from a hollow filter chamber formed in the showerhead by the removal of a front facing filter chamber cap. A multi-mode switch thatselectively changes the spray pattern is mounted on the front between the water filter system and a plurality of nozzles. The entire showerhead and integrated offset water filter system is mounted on a shower arm by means of a swivel joint forming an inlet on the back of the housing and fluidly connected to the hollow filter chamber.
US09504937B2
A polar liquid mixture containing suspended or dissolved particles or solute is exposed to air or a hydrophilic surface. An exclusion zone having a reduced concentration of particles or solute is formed in the polar liquid adjacent to the interface with air or the hydrophilic surface. One or more fractions of purified polar liquid and/or concentrated particles or solute are collected. A sensor can provide feedback to the collector.
US09504935B2
A process and apparatus for treatment of volatile organic compounds and the process comprises an untreated airflow dew point temperature sensing step of sensing a dew point temperature of the untreated airflow as a reference temperature, a humidification and condensation processing step of spraying water mist all over the exhaust gas flow and condensing the exhaust gas flow into condensate contained the volatile organic compounds, a treated exhaust gas flow dew point temperature sensing step of sensing a dew point temperature of the treated exhaust gas flow after the humidification and condensation processing step, a collection step of collecting dropped condensate from the humidification and condensation processing step and then transporting the dropped condensate back to the humidification and condensation processing step for circulation spray, and a control step of controlling the dew point temperature of the treated exhaust gas flow to be close to the reference temperature.
US09504931B1
A toy simulator includes a semi-rigid base that is adapted to be releaseably attached and worn by a child on the front torso of a child. An action arm is connected to the semi-rigid base and includes multiple ranges of motion that allow a child substantial movement of various components of the toy simulator in order to provide multiple layers of movement and imagination for the child.
US09504929B2
The present invention relates to a construction kit (B) comprising a position element (2) comprising at least one position pocket (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D) for positioning a construction plate (1), wherein the position pocket (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D) extends in a plane from an origin (0) in an imaginary three-dimensional coordinate system and comprises two interacting and opposite holding means (20A, 20B) with a distance (b) between them for holding the construction plate (1) in place, that the position pocket comprises a corner (h1) with an angle (v1) of 90° and two edges extending from said origin and forming said angle (v1) between them, that between said two opposite holding means (20A, 20B) said edges comprise an orthogonal connection (23) forming a support for the construction plate (1), when this has been placed into the position pocket (21A, 21B, 21C, 21D), wherein said holding means (20A, 20B) comprises two fixation means (24) which are symmetrically arranged on both sides of an imaginary diagonal (d), which extends from origin (0) in an imaginary square plane and in addition are arranged to interact with fixation means (10) of the construction plate for fixation thereof. Further, the construction kit comprises a construction plate (1) comprising at least one corner (h2) for positioning of the construction plate (1) in a position pocket (21A, 21B, 21 C, 21D) in a position element (2) according to the invention, which corner (h2) has a flat extension which at least comprises the extension of said position pocket (21 A, 21 B, 21 C, 11 D), wherein said corner (h2) starts from en origin (0) in an imaginary three-dimensional coordinate system and has an angle (v2) in the region of 45° to 90° with an imaginary diagonal (d) concerning a square plate, which diagonal (d) extends from origin (0), wherein the construction plate comprises at least one fixation means (10) arranged to interact with fixation means (24) of the position element (2), wherein said fixation means (20) is arranged beside said imaginary diagonal (d).
US09504916B2
An online game anti-cheating method is provided. The method includes sending cheating program characteristics to a client and receiving characteristics matching with cheating program characteristics reported by the client. The method also includes matching the reported characteristics with characteristics in at least one stored characteristic list and obtaining a determination result based on a matching result. Further, the method includes returning the determination result to the client and to cause the client to react to the determination result.
US09504904B2
A process and a system for managing a bowling center, which includes one or more bowling lanes along which a bowl is rolled, one or more pin setting up machines at one end of the lane and one or more bowlers' bays at the opposite end of the lane, one or more overhead monitors or videos above the lane, one or more consoles or keyboards located at the one or more lanes, respectively, and allowing a user to enter data, an electronic control system set up to manage the bowling center, and in particular, a score program which calculates the score of the games played at the bowling center and displays the score, in particular at the respective overhead monitor. A visual signal is emitted at the respective lane to indicate that the lane is open and waiting for users.
US09504899B2
An undergarment for use by a hockey player, the undergarment comprising a body portion configured to by snugly worn about the lower trunk area of the body and conforming to the contours thereof, a pair of leg portions extending from the body portion, each of said leg portions configured to surround one of the hockey player's legs, and impact absorbing pads connected to a back side of each of said legs portions to protect the back of the hockey player's legs.
US09504888B2
A method for manufacturing a golf club head providing a golf club head comprising a golf club face, and forming a groove and a second portion at the golf club face comprising rotating a groove forming tool such that the groove forming tool forms the groove in the golf club face such that the groove is compliant with a Thirty Degree Rule when measured from a first top radius of the groove and a second top radius of the groove; and a second portion adjacent to the one of the first top radius or the second top radius of the groove, and at a first angle of approximately eight to eighteen degrees relative to the golf club face of the golf club, and has a length of approximately 0.0002 inch to 0.0047 inch; and actuating the groove forming tool from a first end to a second end of the golf club face.
US09504877B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US09504875B2
Provided is a portable rehabilitation exercise device for a knee joint, the portable rehabilitation exercise device being configured such that a lower leg-worn part is rotatably connected to a thigh-worn part and a driving device for rotating the lower leg-worn part is provided in connection portions, the driving device being controlled by a control device for an isokinetic exercise so that a rehabilitation effect can be improved and the portable rehabilitation exercise device can be conveniently used without a space restriction.
US09504860B2
A protective cover includes a textile layer and an air permeable, moisture-vapor-transmissive, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane layer attached to said textile layer, the cover having an MVTR rating of at least 4000 g/m2/day.
US09504858B2
Provided are compositions, e.g., oral and personal care products, comprising (i) a zinc amino acid halide complex, and (ii) cysteine in free or in orally or cosmetically acceptable salt form, together with methods of making and using the same.
US09504855B2
Various embodiments are directed to a method of driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic drive system of a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating at least one electrical signal. The at least one electrical signal is monitored against a first set of logic conditions. A first response is triggered when the first set of logic conditions is met. A parameter is determined from the at least one electrical signal.
US09504854B2
A rotating gantry is characterized in that a shielding material for attenuating a leakage dose of a secondary radiation generated by collision of a charged particle beam with an irradiation subject is provided at a position that is situated at the side opposed to a particle beam irradiation apparatus with respect to the irradiation subject and through which a beam axis of the charged particle beam passes, and wherein the shielding material is disposed in such a way that when the irradiation subject does not exist in the rotating gantry, a beam axis portion thereof that intersects the beam axis of the charged particle beam, is attachable and detachable, or can move in a sliding manner and in the rotation-axle direction of the rotating gantry.
US09504853B2
A system that generates a three-dimensional model of a tissue surface, for example the inner surface of the heart from two-dimensional image data slices. On this surface, one or more pattern lines are drawn, e.g., by a physician using a user interface, to designate desired lesion(s) on the surface. From the pattern lines, a three-dimensional volume for a lesion can be determined using known constraints. Advantageously, the series of boundaries generated by the three-dimensional volume may be projected back onto the individual CT scans, which then may be transferred to a standard radiosurgical planning tool. A dose cloud may also be projected on the model to aid in evaluating a plan.
US09504844B2
An electrical system controlled, driven by and/or based on naturally occurring electrophysiological signals in a patient's body is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications provided to the patient.
US09504825B2
A percutaneous penetration enhancing apparatus includes a sheet member capable of being placed on a skin; a plurality of skin condition sensors arranged on the sheet member, each of the plurality of skin condition sensors detecting information related to a condition of the skin; and a plurality of percutaneous penetration enhancing elements arranged on the sheet member, each of the plurality of percutaneous penetration enhancing elements being operated on the basis of the information detected by one or more of the plurality of skin condition sensors.
US09504816B2
A syringe cartridge includes a multi-mode device that defines at least two flow regimes having flow rates that differ in response to the same value of a variable. The multi-mode device defines three flow paths. The first flow path allows flow in only a first direction. The second flow path is configured to allow flow below a predetermined rate in a second direction opposite the first direction in response to a variable having a value below a threshold. The third path is configured to allow flow in the second direction at a rate higher than the predetermined rate in response to the variable reaching a value at or above the threshold.
US09504810B2
The present invention relates to a device for draining lymph into vein, which comprises: a storage chamber including a chamber wall, wherein a storage space formed by the chamber wall, and at least one first opening and a second opening are formed on the chamber wall; at least one osmosis membrane disposed at the first opening so that lymph can penetrate into the storage space, wherein the osmosis membrane is made of negative charged polymer molecules; a first conduit, of which one end connects to the storage space, and the other end connects with a vein so that the space can connect with the vein; and a pump provided in the storage chamber, wherein a negative pressure in the storage space is generated by the pump to drain lymph into the vein.
US09504806B2
Disclosed herein is a removable cap for connection to an input port of a catheter, comprising a proximal end having a lumen configured to house a guidewire therethrough; a distal end configured to reversibly mate with a luer lock of the input port of a catheter, the distal end having a lumen configured to house the guidewire therethrough; and a tubular body between the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the tubular body comprises an anti-migration feature transformable between a first configuration to allow slidable movement of the guidewire within the cap in a first direction toward the patient, and a second configuration to prevent slidable movement of the guidewire within the cap in the first direction toward the patient. Systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09504805B2
A catheter having improved ability to cross body passage obstructions and that more easily allows backloading of a guidewire into the lumen of the catheter is comprised of a tip, a shaft, and a lumen. The distal end of the catheter tip is oriented at an angle other than 90° to the lengthwise axis of the catheter tip. A guidewire may be easily backloaded into the elongated catheter lumen at the location of the angled catheter tip.
US09504796B2
Methods are provided for protecting against ventilation-induced lung injury both directly, by lowering surface tension, and indirectly, by promoting equitable liquid distribution in pulmonary alveolar edema, in which liquid- and air-filled alveoli are normally interspersed. Since a pressure barrier is responsible for trapping liquid in discrete edematous alveoli and the magnitude of the barrier is proportional to surface tension at the air-liquid interface, the present invention provides various methods for promoting equitable redistribution of edema liquid amongst alveoli to help protect the lung during ventilation, including: i) use of an additive that lowers surface tension; ii) use of active, accelerated deflation during mechanical ventilation; and iii) high frequency (>50 Hz) vibration of the lung.
US09504795B2
A ventilator that delivers air at different pressures to a patient during inspiratory and expiratory cycles of breathing and that cycles from inspiratory to expiratory operation when the patient's respiratory flow passes a threshold level. The threshold generally increases form the beginning of inspiration to the end of inspiration. The increase can be linear over all or only a proton of the inspiratory cycle, and the threshold can be adjusted so that cycling is prevented during the initial portion of an inspiratory cycle. The minimum and maximum levels may both be functions of peak flow and the threshold may increase as a function of elapsed inspiratory time. The rate at which the threshold increases from a minimum level to a maximum level may be adjustable for individual patient needs and may be determined from previous breaths.
US09504793B2
A medicament delivery device is presented for the administration of one or more drug agents, wherein the device comprises a retainer for holding a medicament cartridge. The retainer is moveable between an open and closed position. A position sensor for generating a position output is indicative of whether the retainer is in the open or closed position. Further, a cartridge sensor generates a cartridge output indicative of whether the retainer is holding a medicament cartridge. A controller controls a predetermined operation of the device in dependence on the output of the position sensor and on the output of the cartridge sensor.
US09504792B2
A dispensing apparatus for a flowable component includes a storage container, an applicator and a closure element. The storage container has a storage chamber configured to receive the component, an outlet flange and a component outlet. The applicator has a component inlet and a dispensing opening, and is connected to the storage container by the outlet flange establishing a connection between the component outlet of the storage container and the component inlet of the applicator. The closure element is independent from the applicator, and configured to selectively adopt a closed position and a dispensing position, the component outlet is closed in the closed position and open in the dispensing position, and is configured to be coupled to the applicator so as to be brought from the closed position into the dispensing position by a rotation of the applicator in a connection direction with respect to the storage container.
US09504782B2
A plastic package for hydrophilic articles, in particular for hydrophilically coated medical instruments, is intended to ensure the hydrophilic nature of the enclosed instrument over a long period of time. The package includes at least one receiving compartment with a medical instrument for insertion into body tissue and is characterized in that, after sterilization by radiation, it has a proportion of volatile constituents of ≦0.1 μg/cm2.
US09504772B2
The present invention provides an implantable article comprising an amorphous terpolymer and a semi-crystalline polymer. The amorphous terpolymer can be admixed with the semi-crystalline polymer or form a block copolymer with the semi-crystalline polymer.
US09504767B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.
US09504763B2
Disclosed herein is a selective delivery molecule comprising: (a) an acidic sequence (portion A) which is effective to inhibit or prevent the uptake into cells or tissue retention, (b) a molecular transport or retention sequence (portion B), and (c) a linker between portion A and portion B, and (d) at least one cargo moiety.
US09504762B2
The invention provides improved adeno-associated virus (AAV) Factor VIII (FVIII) vectors, including AAV FVIII vectors that produce a functional Factor VIII polypeptide and AAV FVIII vectors with high expression activity.
US09504757B2
Provided are a glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) conjugate containing native GLP-2 or its derivative and an immunoglobulin Fc fragment being covalently linked via a non-peptidyl polymer, wherein the native GLP-2 or its derivative has a thiol group introduced at its C-terminal end, and one end of the non-peptidyl polymer is linked to an amino acid residue of the GLP-2 other than the N-terminal amino group thereof; a method for preparing the GLP-2 conjugate; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same; and a method for treating or preventing intestinal disease, intestinal injury, or gastrosis by using the same. Since the GLP-2 conjugate of the present invention has a remarkably increased binding affinity to a GLP-2 receptor, it shows a prolonged in vivo half-life and an improved in vivo durability and stability.
US09504746B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising: an active ingredient consisting of 4-(3-chloro-4-(cyclopropylaminocarbonyl)aminophenoxy)-7-methoxy-6-quinolinecarboxamide, salt thereof, or solvate of the foregoing; and (i) a compound, a 5% (w/w) aqueous solution or suspension of which has a pH of 8 or more, and/or (ii) silicic acid, salt thereof, or solvate of the foregoing is a highly stable pharmaceutical composition, wherein under humidified and heated storage conditions, the decomposition of said compound is sufficiently reduced, or the gelation on the surface of the pharmaceutical composition is sufficiently inhibited.
US09504745B2
Compositions for detecting and/or destroying cancer tumors and/or cancer cells via photodynamic therapy are disclosed, as well as methods of use thereof. The compositions comprise a linking protein or peptide attached to or otherwise physically associated with a carbon nanotube to form a targeted protein-carbon nanotube complex.
US09504729B2
Methods of inhibiting undesired angiogenesis are provided, which methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09504721B2
The present invention relates to a novel phage, which is newly isolated and identified, a composition for inhibiting growth of bacteria or killing thereof comprising the same as an active ingredient, and the present invention can be diversely used as a composition for preventing or treating bacterial infectious diseases, a composition for treating ballast water, an antibiotic, an antiseptic, a feed additive and the like.
US09504719B2
Cells derived from postpartum tissue and products thereof having the potential to support cells of and/or differentiate to cells of a soft tissue lineage, and methods of preparation and use of those postpartum tissue-derived cells, are provided by the invention. The invention also provides methods for the use of such postpartum-derived cells and products related thereto in therapies for conditions of soft tissue.
US09504716B2
Regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with musculoskeletal diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic musculoskeletal benefit.
US09504709B2
Provided herein are pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are methods for determining the total non-volatile organic carbon in a sodium nitrite-containing sample. Further provided herein are methods for producing pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite. Still further provided herein are methods of treatment comprising the administration of pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite.
US09504705B2
Described herein is a combination that includes compound (A) of the formula and compound (B) of the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt(s) of the foregoing, for ameliorating and/or treating a hepatitis C viral infection.
US09504703B2
The present invention relates to a processed food composition containing, as an active ingredient, psicose, which is a saccharide having the function of stimulating a daidzein conversion into equol by an intestinal microorganism in the human body.
US09504701B2
Certain embodiments are directed to methods of treating respiratory infection by administering an H2S donor.
US09504689B2
Compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters and compositions thereof, for treating viral infections are provided. The compounds and compositions are useful for treating Pneumovirinae virus infections. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are particularly useful for the treatment of Human respiratory syncytial virus infections.
US09504685B2
A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.
US09504680B2
Disclosed are compounds of the formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and m are as described herein, as modulators of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, particularly the α7 subtype, their tautomeric forms, stereoisomers, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and combinations thereof with suitable other medicaments. Also disclosed are a process of preparation of the compounds and the intended uses thereof in therapy, particularly in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and senile dementia.
US09504662B2
Disclosed is herein a composition comprising hexamidines, derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and retinoids, derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as an active ingredient. The composition of the present invention has effects for preventing, improving or treating acne; controlling sebum; pore-controlling; and preventing, improving or treating skin pigmentation. Also, the composition of the present invention could alleviate skin-irritations caused with retinoids by including ceramides.
US09504657B2
A pharmaceutical composition for use in treatment of Parkinson's disease is provided comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a fixed dose combination of pramipexole and rasagiline, wherein the fixed dose combination contains a subtherapeutic dose of pramipexole and a subtherapeutic dose of rasagiline, and the dose of pramipexole is lower than or equal to the dose of rasagiline.
US09504653B2
Disclosed are biodegradable microspheres between 40 μm and 200 μm in diameter that are effectively retained in the anterior chamber of the eye without producing hyperemia. The microspheres generally contain a drug effective for the treatment of an ocular condition and include a biodegradable polymer matrix that can provide for the sustained (>7 day) release of the drug following administration to the anterior chamber of the eye. Methods for making and using the microspheres to treat an ocular condition are also disclosed.
US09504648B2
Provided is a matrix carrier composition for use in pharmaceutical delivery system, the composition comprising an intermolecular association of at least a first solid phase comprising nanoparticles having hydrophobic surface, wherein the size of the nanoparticles is in the range of about 5-1000 nm, a second solid phase, comprising a biopolymer having hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts, and a continuous phase comprising oil associated with the first and said second solid phases.
US09504644B2
Described herein are methods and pharmaceutical formulations for increasing tear production.
US09504642B2
A method of treating chronic post-myocardial infarction including helical needle transendocardial delivery of autologous bone marrow (ABM) mononuclear cells around regions of hypo or akinesia in chronic post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients. The treatment is safe and improves ejection fraction (EF).
US09504632B2
The present invention provides a novel compound and a composition including the compound that exhibit small polymerization shrinkage particularly during curing and are producible at low cost on the industrial scale. The compound of the present invention is represented by Formula (1):
US09504630B2
A nasogastric tube includes a connector. The connector has a first connection end, a second connection end and a flow channel formed through the connector. The first connection end is connected to a first tube, and the second connection end has a positioning sleeve formed thereon. The positioning sleeve has a connection part extended from the flow channel and jointing with an assembling part of the second tube. The first tube of nasogastric tube of the present invention can be inserted to a stomach from a nasal cavity, and then the connector is placed in the nasal cavity, and the positioning sleeve is fixed in the nostril. The second tube can be detached from the connector when not being used.
US09504629B2
An embodiment of a medication dispenser comprises a drug pump having a control module. A medication dose request device can be in communication with the drug pump. A dispensing device, for dispensing substantially solid medication in response to activation of the medication dose request device, can be in communication with the drug pump.
US09504623B2
An exoskeleton, configurable to be coupled to a person, includes an exoskeleton trunk connected to first and second leg supports at respective hip joints, which allow for flexion and extension about respective hip axes. A counterweight device including an auxiliary mass is connected to the exoskeleton trunk through an actuator such that the auxiliary mass extends in a position behind the exoskeleton trunk. A front load is supported by the exoskeleton through a load bearing device including a load shifting device for selectively operating powered reel mechanisms to raise or lower the front load with respect to the exoskeleton trunk. The auxiliary mass can be selectively shifted with respect to the exoskeleton trunk to balance the moment created about the hip axes by the auxiliary mass and the moment created by a downward force of the load on the load bearing device.
US09504622B2
A patient support structure includes a pair of independently height-adjustable supports, each connected to a patient support. The supports may be independently raised, lowered, rolled or tilted about a longitudinal axis, laterally shifted and angled upwardly or downwardly. Position sensors are provided to sense all of the foregoing movements. The sensors communicate data to a computer for coordinated adjustment and maintenance of the inboard ends of the patient supports in an approximated position during such movements. A longitudinal translator provides for compensation in the length of the structure when the supports are angled upwardly or downwardly. A patient trunk translator provides coordinated translational movement of the patient's upper body along the respective patient support in a caudad or cephalad direction as the patient supports are angled upwardly or downwardly for maintaining proper spinal biomechanics and avoiding undue spinal traction or compression.
US09504616B2
A patient transfer device is utilized to transport infant patients between locations within a hospital environment. The patient transfer device includes a center, support section and a pair of side sections that can be moved into contact with each other to surround the infant patient. The first and second side sections each include a handle that can be brought into close proximity to each other and can be grasped by a single hand of a clinician. The patient transfer device includes a heart rate sensor positioned to provide a heart rate measurement of the patient when the patient is received on the patient transfer device. The patient heart rate can be displayed on either an integrated display or wirelessly transmitted to an external display device. In this manner, the heart rate of the infant can be continuously monitored during transport.
US09504606B2
A microfluidic pump for implantation proximate an eye of a patient is disclosed herein. The microfluidic pump includes a first substrate with a microfluidic actuator that includes a first chamber and a second chamber coupled by a channel, an electrode in each of the chambers, and a slug positioned within the channel. The slug is displaceable by an electric potential. The microfluidic actuator of the microfluidic pump includes a reservoir aligned with the chamber, a membrane portion separating the reservoir and the chamber, and a second reservoir aligned with the second chamber. A second membrane portion separates the second reservoir and the second chamber. Each of the reservoirs has an inlet and an outlet; each of the inlets has a valve that prevents backflow. A second substrate of the microfluidic pump includes a flow path coupling the outlet of the first reservoir to the inlet of the second reservoir.
US09504604B2
A lithotripsy probe is used to break up cataracts, sinus blockages and other body masses, where the broken materials may be removed by suction. The lithotripsy probe may have a spark generator, a fluid motion generator, or other component for breaking up the body mass.
US09504601B1
A system for a closed circuit forced hot air warmer of patient beds and blankets with improved sterility has a patient mattress or blanket microprocessor controlled warmer that circulates heated air in a closed system without releasing warmed air into the area surrounding the patient or into the operating room. The system helps to avoid the exposure of patients and hospital workers in the operating room to possible infecting microbes carried in unsterile turbulent air currents related to the release of air from non-closed systems. The machinery and flexible hoses of the system are initially sterilized by a microprocessor controlled antimicrobial mist generator. The system does not discharge jets of warmed air due to the closed circuit arrangement. Turbulent air flow previously produced in the vicinity of the patient by high velocity air jets is eliminated. An ambient, quiescent condition accorded by closed circuit heating prevents infection of patients and operating room personnel by microbe migration.
US09504599B2
A nasal insert may include a wall in the shape of a tube, the wall including a first end defining a first orifice and a second end defining a second orifice. The first end may have a diameter, diagonal measurement, or cross-sectional area larger than that of the second end. The first end may define at least one break in the wall, so that the first end incompletely encircles the first orifice. The second end may completely encircle the second orifice.
US09504597B2
A kit for containing components for fabricating functional casts, and including a box, and a length of liner for being placed next to the skin of the body part to be immobilized; a moisture-proof package containing a length of cast tape of the type impregnated with a moisture-curable resin that remains in a flexible, comformable state until activated and hardened into a rigid state by exposure to moisture; at least one strap for securing the cast onto the body part being immobilized and a length of adhesive edger material for enclosing raw edges of the hardened cast tape for protecting the skin of the cast wearer from exposure to the cast tape, each of which is contained in the box.
US09504588B2
A system, method, computer-readable medium, apparatus, and device for simulating placement of an expandable device in a cavity is provided. For example, a three or more dimensional image of a cavity, e.g., a tubular cavity, geometry is acquired. A centerline of the cavity, and a perimeter of the cavity based on the centerline of the cavity and the three-dimensional image of the cavity geometry, are determined. The length of a wire of the expandable device as the wire rotates along the perimeter of the cavity in a deployment direction is determined. A pitch of the rotation of the wire based on a local diameter at the centerline site of rotation and in-air parameters of the expandable device is determined. A deployed device length of the expandable device along the centerline of the cavity is determined. A processor is usable to determine and/or calculate each of the above.
US09504586B2
Implantable pressure-actuated systems to deliver a drug and/or other substance in response to a pressure difference between a system cavity and an exterior environment, and methods of fabrication and use. A pressure-rupturable membrane diaphragm may be tuned to rupture at a desired rupture threshold, rupture site, with a desired rupture pattern, and/or within a desired rupture time. Tuning may include material selection, thickness control, surface patterning, substrate support patterning. The cavity may be pressurized above or evacuated below the rupture threshold, and a diaphragm-protective layer may be provided to prevent premature rupture in an ambient environment and to dissipate within an implant environment. A drug delivery system may be implemented within a stent to release a substance upon a decrease in blood pressure. The cavity may include a thrombolytic drug to or other substance to treat a blood clot.
US09504585B2
The present invention relates to an adjustable prosthetic limb socket system having a partial rigid support, a non-elastic, flexible support and adjustment means. The adjustable socket system of the present invention can be used for several types of amputations including transfemoral amputations, transtibial amputations, transhumeral amputations, transradial amputations, and other types of amputations. The present invention further includes kits having the adjustable prosthetic limb socket system, as well as methods of making the adjustable prosthetic limb socket system. Methods of using the socket system are further encompassed by the present invention.
US09504578B2
A modular femoral prosthesis for use during performance of a hip revision procedure includes a proximal body component, a distal stem component, and a locking bolt. Surgical instruments and methods for use in implanting such a modular femoral prosthesis are disclosed.
US09504574B2
Tissue fixation devices are provided. The devices include a first component and a second component, the components having different rates of in vivo degradation. The first component and second component are arranged so that, upon degradation of one of the components, the other component provides a scaffold into which bone can grow.
US09504572B2
An implantable prosthesis for percutaneous placement within a vein that forces opposing portions of the vessel wall of a vein together to create a new valve of autologous vein tissue to be operable to alternate between a valve closed configuration and a valve open configuration. When in a preset closed configuration, the implantable prosthesis pushes or pulls portions of the vessel wall of the vein together to substantially close the vein lumen and prevent retrograde blood flow from backflowing through the new valve in the valve closed configuration. The implantable prosthesis has leg portions that may be pushed apart in response to antegrade blood flow through the vein to allow the new valve to achieve the valve open configuration.
US09504570B2
A device for reshaping the tricuspid valve comprises a stent that is deployed in the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) adjacent to the tricuspid valve and expanded to a size sufficient to reduce the annular diameter or size of the tricuspid valve, thereby improving coaptation of the leaflets and reducing regurgitation. Embodiments of the device are deliverable percutaneously.
US09504565B2
Described embodiments are directed toward prosthetic valves having leaflets that move asymmetrically in that a leaflet second side region of the leaflet initially moves toward the open position before a leaflet first side region and the leaflet first side region initially moves toward the closed position before the leaflet second side region. In the fully open position, the leaflet first side region opens less than the leaflet second side region. Asymmetric opening and final open position, in synchrony with the other leaflets having the same motion and final open position creates spiral flow exiting the open valve that increases blood flow on the downstream side of the leaflet and thus reduces stagnation of the blood that might lead to thrombus formation. Controlled asymmetric movement of the leaflet reduces closing volume by initiating closure on the leaflet first side region and finishing closures on the leaflet second side region.
US09504553B2
In some embodiments, a ureteral stent includes an elongate member having a first portion and a second portion, which is coupled to the first portion. The first portion of the elongate member is configured to be disposed within a kidney of a patient. The second portion of the elongate member, which has a sidewall that defines a lumen, is configured to deliver fluid from a first location of the sidewall of the second portion to a second location of the sidewall of the second portion via capillary action. The second portion of the elongate member is configured to be disposed within at least one of a bladder and a ureter of the patient.
US09504551B2
An implantable lumen filter (200) is described. The implantable lumen filter includes a body (202) having a proximal end (202a), a distal end (202b), and a generally tapered outer surface (204). The outer surface is formed by a plurality of struts (206a, 206b). The plurality of struts forms a plurality of apertures (210). The apertures are dimensioned to inhibit and/or to lyse particulates of a selected size from passing through the apertures. The body (202) is transitionable from a collapsed state toward a deployed state. The implantable lumen filter includes an engaging portion (220) having a proximal end (220a) and a distal end (220b). The proximal end of the engaging portion is connected to a distal end of the body. The engaging portion has a generally annular shape and is configured to engage an inner surface of a body lumen.
US09504543B1
An electric toothbrush with perpetual rotating brush members and at least one vibrating, oscillating brush member is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a base, a brush head, and a main diving assembly disposed within the base and the brush head. The brush head includes a first rotating brush member and a second rotating brush member, the first rotating brush member being disposed in a first, continuous rotational direction, and the second rotating brush member being disposed in a second and opposite continuous rotational direction. An oscillating brush member is disposed between the rotating brush members and disposed in a side-to-side movement transverse to a longitudinal axis of the toothbrush.
US09504541B2
A method of designing a dental restoration component. A set of design dimensional constraints is defined which must be satisfied for the dental restoration component. A set of design parameters for the dental restoration component also is defined. Using at least in part a penalty function, a value is assigned to each of said design parameters for the dental restoration component, consistent with the constraints for said component, said penalty function taking into account at least more than one of said design parameters and which signals a constraint being reached when the value of any of said parameters violates a constraint.
US09504539B2
An aesthetic ceramic material is combined with a resilient metal to obtain an aesthetic self-ligating appliance with an easily operable latch mechanism. The appliance uses a door assembly that includes a ceramic ligating cover coupled to a resilient clip pivotable about a hinge mechanism. The clip functions as a latch to reversibly secure the clip and ligating cover to the appliance and retain an archwire in an archwire slot, and is capable of providing active ligation whereby the clip elastically deflects while directly or indirectly providing a continuous force to the archwire. Advantageously, the clip has a configuration that allows an orthodontic practitioner to pivot open the door assembly with minimal force while preventing the inadvertent opening of the door assembly as a result of normal forces applied by the archwire against the door assembly during the course of treatment.
US09504529B2
Systems and methods for displaying a predicted outcome of a lung volume reduction procedure for a patient including a user interface, a processor, and programing operable on the processor for displaying a predicted outcome of the bronchoscopic lung volume reduction procedure on the user interface, wherein displaying the predicted outcome of the lung volume reduction procedure includes receiving patient data comprising volumetric images of the patient, analyzing the volumetric images to identify one or more features correlated to treatment outcome prediction, predicting an outcome for a treatment modality or treatment device using the one or more identified features, and displaying the predicted outcome on the user interface.
US09504528B2
A bidirectional torque limiting driver with a handle, internal wall, movable head and a tool mounted thereon, with flexible torque limiting flex ramp(s) formed on said internal wall, whereby said ramps move under sufficient force to impart a predetermined torque to a tip is disclosed.
US09504516B2
An electrosurgical generator and related systems and methods using a gain-compensated full bridge topology. Gain nonlinearity is corrected by applying impedance and phase correction factors to a control loop to achieve a linear gain structure. In embodiments, gain compensation is performed by comparing an RF setpoint signal with a calculated output signal to generate a first error signal. An impedance correction factor is applied to the first error signal to generate a second error signal. The second error signal is processed by a proportional-integral-derivative controller to generate a phase control signal. A phase control correction factor is applied to the phase control signal to generate a corrected pulse width modulation driving signal, which is used to generate PWM driving signals for a full-bridge inverter. One or more sensors provide feedback for comparison with the RF setpoint.
US09504515B2
A treatment device treats a biotissue by heating the biotissue to a target temperature. The device includes a heat-transfer member conveying heat to the biotissue, a heat-generating chip including a heat-generating member, a first temperature-measuring module, a temperature-measuring element disposed on the heat-transfer member, a second temperature-measuring module, and a controller. The heat-generating member heats the heat-transfer member. The first temperature-measuring module obtains a first temperature of the heat-generating member. The second temperature-measuring module obtains a second temperature measured by the temperature-measuring element. The controller determines the supplied electric power based on the first temperature after start of heating and before a transition point in time, and based on the second temperature after the transition point in time.
US09504514B2
A forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member from a clamping position to an open position. A resilient member operably couples to at least one of the first and second jaw members. The resilient member is configured to bias the first and second jaw members in the clamping position and provide a closure force on tissue disposed therebetween.
US09504513B2
An end effector assembly is presented including a pair of first and second jaw members configured to move from a first position in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position for grasping tissue therebetween. The end effector assembly further includes an actuation mechanism configured to actuate the first and second jaw members relative to an elongated shaft attached to a flexible catheter having a longitudinal axis defined therethrough. Additionally, a spring mechanism is disposed between a supporting member and a distal most end of the elongated shaft, the spring mechanism configured to apply constant sealing pressure between the first and second jaw members irrespective of angular displacement of the elongated shaft.
US09504510B2
Cryogenic device for carrying out cryotherapy on the entire body of a patient, the cryogenic device includes a treatment cabin for taking up a patient, the treatment cabin having closed walls, a closed roof and a door for entering the treatment cabin; a cold treatment gas preparation and distribution system for preparing a cold gas mixture and introducing it into the treatment cabin; and a control system for controlling the introduction of cold treatment gas from the cold treatment gas preparation and distribution system into the treatment cabin, in which the treatment cabin further includes a breathing window for allowing a patient located inside the treatment cabin to breath air from outside of the treatment cabin, the breathing window including sealing means for allowing a tight contact between the breathing window and the face of the patient.
US09504508B2
A method of treating a vertebra, comprising: (a) accessing an interior of a vertebra; and (b) introducing a sufficient amount of artificial biocompatible material which does not set to a hardened condition in storage, into said bone, with sufficient force to move apart fractured portions of said bone.
US09504504B2
The invention relates to a self-tapping and self-boring osteosynthesis screw for compressive orthopaedic surgery, characterised in that, in the bone engagement regions, at both the distal portion (A1a) and at the proximal portion (A2a), the sum of the angles defining the outer taper of the shank (f) and the taper of the crest line of the screw thread pitch (P) is higher than 45°, and in that the leading portion (i.e. the most distal one) of each thread includes a plurality of cutting edges (AR) obtained by stock removal.
US09504498B2
A polyaxial bone anchor has a locking element shaped and configured to allow an anchoring member (e.g., a screw or hook) to polyaxially rotate at large angles about a central axis of the bone anchor before compression locking the anchoring member within an anchor head.
US09504497B2
Provided is an iliosacral polyaxial screw system. A multiple part insert member is provided to secure the screw to the housing of the assembly to accommodate screws in which the shank diameter of the screw is greater than the bottom opening of the screw housing or greater than the opening of a ring member designed to capture the head of the screw in the housing.
US09504493B2
The skull clamp system with pressure limiting and alarm systems includes at least one and preferably multiple inwardly power driven immobilizing pins adjustably engaging the skull of a patient. The pin power drive systems includes at least one sensor capable of sensing the degree of back pressure on the pin from contact of the pin against the bone of the patient, the sensor being capable of signaling the drive system to stop when the sensor detects a preselected degree of back pressure. The sensor is also capable of signaling an alarm to warn of any reduction of pressure applied to the pins that might result from pin slippage.
US09504489B2
A cannulated medical instrument handle apparatus comprises a handle housing component with a hollow handle insert channel and a tubular insert that fits within the handle insert channel. The airspace chamber created between the inner walls of said channel and the outer walls of said insert provides the handle with increased susceptibility to sterilization of the cannula lumen.
US09504488B2
A coupled pair of retractors which are coupled at the distal end to allow the handles at the proximal end to be urged apart to increase the distance between handles to allow for direct line of sight to the surgical site while also allowing the use of curved tools and curved access to the surgical site. A cannula with a cross section taken perpendicular to a straight portion of the cannula that increases between the proximal end of the cannula and the distal end of the cannula allows for direct line of sight to the surgical site while also allowing the use of curved tools and curved access to the surgical site. These tools may be used in a postero-lateral approach from an incision in the back to a target position adjacent to the spine.
US09504480B2
Embodiments of the invention include instruments, implants, and methods for surgically treating facet joints of vertebrae. An instrument may be advanced into one or more facet joints to one or both separate vertebrae and remove tissue from one or more articular processes. A stop on the instrument may be used to terminate advancement of the instrument by contacting a vertebra, and one or more implants may be placed into one or more facet joints.
US09504479B2
A device and method of delivering a medical tool which may be a resector, cutter, probe, or the like, including a memory arm compacted in a small diameter state which expands in a relaxed memory state, is disclosed. Said delivery may include using a hollow sheath to pre-compact or preload a memory blade into a compact position, transferring said compacted memory blade into a cannula, and deploying said memory blade from the distal end of said cannula whereby the memory blade returns to its normal expanded memory state and a deployment nut can be used to control the extension or the withdrawal of the memory arm and blade.
US09504470B2
The cartridge assembly includes a housing, a pusher member, a fastener cartridge body, a circular cartridge buttress member, and a retaining ring member. The pusher member is supported within the housing and movable between a first position and a second position. The fastener cartridge body is supported on the housing and has a tissue engaging surface that extends to an annular edge. One or both of the housing and the fastener cartridge body define an annular containment groove. The circular cartridge buttress member has a body portion and an extension portion. The body portion is supported on the tissue engaging surface of the fastener cartridge body. The extension portion extends from the body portion and over the annular edge of the tissue engaging surface. The retaining ring member is secured within the containment groove to releasably secure the extension portion of the circular cartridge buttress member to the cartridge assembly.
US09504464B2
Suturing instruments in accordance with the invention are dimensioned and configured to apply sutures to approximate, ligate, or fixate tissue in, for example, open, mini-incision, trans-vaginal, laparoscopic, or endoscopic surgical procedures. In some embodiments, the suturing instruments include a distal portion that is deflectably and/or pivotally coupled to the remainder of the instrument for improved maneuverability and functionality during surgery. In other embodiments, the suturing instruments are capable of housing multiple needle and suture assemblies and/or reloading the needle and suture assembly without removing the instrument from the surgical site.
US09504463B2
A device for the anchoring of a suture in tissue includes a guide sleeve, a sonotrode, an anchor and the suture. The guide sleeve has a distal part with a smaller cross section and a proximal part with a larger cross section. The sonotrode extends through the lumen of the guide sleeve and has a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being designed for coupling the sonotrode to a vibration source (e.g. an ultrasonic device). The anchor is arranged at the distal end of the device and includes an anchor foot and an anchoring sleeve sitting on a shoulder of the anchor foot. The anchoring sleeve consists of a material which is liquefiable through mechanical vibrations. A middle portion of the suture runs through the anchor foot and two end portions of the suture are attached to the guide sleeve.
US09504461B2
A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device and a plurality of anchor assemblies. The delivery system is configured to deliver a first anchor using loaded energy and reload the energy required to deliver an addition anchor.
US09504460B2
A soft tissue repair device can include a housing having a handle, a deployment system having an actuation member, and an insertion system having an inserter and a slider. The slider can be coupled to the actuation member and movable relative to the inserter between deployed and retracted positions. First and second anchors can be carried on an external surface of the slider such that the anchors are spaced apart and portions of the anchors are coaxial with the slider and each other. A flexible strand can couple the anchors. The insertion system can cooperate with the deployment system to move the slider to the deployed position to deploy the first anchor upon activating the actuation member a first time, and to move the slider to the deployed position from the retracted position to deploy the second anchor upon actuating the actuation member a second time after the first time.
US09504458B2
Described, in certain respects, are unique methods and systems for treating fistulae and other passageways and openings in the body. In some embodiments, treatment will be performed on fistulae that include a passage extending through a subcutaneous wall or wall-like structure. Illustratively, such a passage can extend through a subcutaneous tissue wall that includes, at a minimum, portions of an intestinal wall, and in this regard, such a wall can have a first side that is provided by the luminal side of the intestines and a second subcutaneous side that is provided, for example, by the abluminal side of the intestines and/or by other subcutaneous tissues adhered to this abluminal side. Some inventive products and methods involve sealing off the passage from both sides of the wall, for example, where a sealing element is placed on each side of the wall over an opening to the passage.
US09504457B2
Vessel wound closure systems and method for sealing a puncture wound in a target vessel, such as those puncture wounds that occur from prior interventional procedures. A sealing member is deployed intravascularly into the target vessel, and an anchor member is deployed extravacularly of the target vessel. The sealing member and the anchor member are connected by a suture that may be drawn to tighten the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to effect the seal of the puncture wound. After tightening, the suture is secured to maintain the sealing member and the anchor member relative to one another in order to maintain the seal. Preferably, the anchor member, the suture and the sealing member are comprised of biocompatible, bioresorbable materials that are absorbed into the body after the sealing of the puncture wound has been achieved. The sealing member, suture and the anchor member are delivered by a delivery rod or other components over a guidewire or through an introducer already in place from the preceding interventional procedure.
US09504453B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible core biopsy system uses a biopsy device having intuitive graphical displays and a detachable remote keypad that advantageously allows convenient control even within the close confines afforded by a localization fixture installed within a breast coil that localizes a patient's breast and guides a probe of the biopsy device relative to the localized breast. A control module for interactive control and power generation are remotely positioned and communicate and transmit rotational mechanical energy via sheathed cable.
US09504448B2
An ultrasound system has a control panel formed of a top glass plate with control area graphics screened onto the bottom surface of the glass plate. Capacitive foils are attached to the are of the screened graphics, enabling a user control to be capacitively selected by touching the top surface above the screened graphics. Each control area is selectively back-illuminated by a diffuser frame with light pipes fastened below the glass plate. LEDs for illumination are mounted on a printed circuit board fastened to the diffuser frame, which are controlled by the printed circuit board. Different groups of user controls are illuminated in accordance with the context of the operating mode or imaging procedure being performed so that only needed control are illuminated while unneeded controls are invisible to the user. All of the controls can be extinguished and de-activated so that the top surface of the control panel can be cleaned without randomly activating the controls of the control panel.
US09504444B2
An ultrasound endoscope distal end portion includes an ultrasound transducer provided at a distal end of an insertion portion, a wiring substrate electrically connected to the ultrasound transducer, a plurality of wires connected to the wiring substrate, a restricting section arranged so as to cover the wiring substrate, wiring substrate side fitting sections provided in the wiring substrate, a first restricting section side fitting section that is provided in the restricting section and fits with the wiring substrate side fitting sections.
US09504440B2
An electronic catheter stethoscope measures and analyzes acoustic fields and dynamic pressure variations in the gaseous or liquid fluid inside a conventional medical catheter that is positioned in a patient's urologic, digestive, reproductive, cardiovascular, neurological or pulmonary system. Measurement transducers are installed in a housing connectable to multiple preselected medical catheters. The transducers detect bodily functions that are transmitted to the preselected catheter from within the body. The transducers, housing, electrical interface and signal processing electronics are positioned outside the body.
US09504439B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source configured to radiate X-rays to a region of a subject, an X-ray detector configured to acquire a plurality of frame images related to the region of the subject by detecting the radiated X-rays, a filter configured to filter the X-rays radiated from the X-ray source, an image processor configured to set a region of interest within the region of the subject based on the plurality of frame images, and a controller configured to control the filter so that X-rays of a lower dose than a dose of X-rays made incident on the region of interest are made incident on a region of non-interest within the region of the subject, and control the X-ray detector so that a gain of the X-ray detector in the region of non-interest is greater than that in the region of interest.
US09504438B2
The present invention relates to a radiographic imaging apparatus and a corresponding radiographic imaging method. The proposed apparatus comprises an X-ray source (20, 108) and a photon counting X-ray detector (40, 110). The X-ray source (20, 108) comprises a rotary X-ray anode (23) having a number of radial slits and a target layer provided on a surface of said rotary X-ray anode in between said radial slits for emitting X-ray radiation when hit by said electron beam. The said photon counting X-ray detector (40, 110) comprises a persistent current sensing and correction unit (70) for sensing a persistent output current in a blanking interval during which no X-ray radiation is emitted by said X-ray source and for using the sensed persistent output current to correct a detector signal in a subsequent measurement interval during which X-ray radiation is emitted by said X-ray source.
US09504435B2
A method and a device are disclosed for automated detection of at least one part of the central line of at least one portion of a tubular tissue structure. In at least one embodiment of the method, characteristic landmarks of the tubular tissue structure are detected in a 3D data record of the tubular tissue structure; the detected characteristic landmarks of the tubular tissue structure and landmarks of a model of landmarks, which model belongs to the tubular tissue structure and takes into account the position of the landmarks relative to one another, are related to one another such that at least one portion of the tubular tissue structure is identified in the 3D data record of the tubular tissue structure. The central line of the identified portion of the tubular tissue structure is determined at least in part on the basis of at least one detected characteristic landmark and/or at least one landmark of the model of landmarks.
US09504434B2
A craniostat for an extraoral dental radiographic apparatus includes an upper portion connected to a lower portion by rods. The upper portion includes a crossbeam and rests for a patient's temples, the rests being formed by two arches articulated with the crossbeam. The arches lean on the patient's temples, and are blocked by a control system, which, in one embodiment, is configured as oscillating levers. The blocking action is caused by shape friction generated at the time of activation via the control levers. A method of use of a craniostat is also described.
US09504433B2
According to the present invention, improved methods and apparatus are provided for providing cushioning and other ergonomic surfaces on devices requiring the patient or tissue to be compressed, such as radiography machines, fluoroscopy units, mammography units and the like. In particular a radiolucent pad element is provided for releasable attachment to at least one surface of a compression device to be used under x-ray, for example, during mammography. The pad element of the present invention can be disposable or constructed to be reusable and in some cases may be applied directly to the patient's breast. Furthermore, a cushioned paddle is provided wherein the compression paddle and the cushion can be separately or integrally formed.
US09504424B2
Electrodes providing excellent recording and physical stability. Electrodes are disclosed that may include a plurality of small teeth that possess a novel design shape and orientation. The shallow and relatively long teeth run parallel to the rim of the electrode that presses against the patient's skin. When the electrode is twisted onto skin, the tiny teeth penetrate the stratum corneum and move nearly horizontally under the stratum corneum, thus anchoring the electrode securely to the skin. The electrodes cause minimal discomfort to the patient since the small teeth do not extend to the pain fibers which are located in deeper layers of the skin. The electrodes may be fabricated in a variety of geometries including cylindrical, disk, and blunt bullet or top shapes. In some instances, the electrodes may be connected to detachable leads having magnetic properties.
US09504417B2
To propose an oral cavity sensor capable of analyzing tongue movements in more detail than before. In an oral cavity sensor (1) which is even provided with a sensor element (7) having a mechanical configuration capable of measuring each of external force components in three axis directions, the sensor element (7) can be protected by an elastic body (9), and the whole of the elastic body (9) is covered with the coating film (11a) made of a biocompatible material. Thereby, the sensor element (7) and the elastic body (9) can be safely attached in an oral cavity (MT) of a subject (EXA), and can measure each of the external force components in the three axis directions. As a result, on the basis of the external force components in the three axis directions, complicated tongue movements at the time of mastication or swallowing in the oral cavity (MT) can be analyzed in more detail than before.
US09504416B2
A seat monitoring system comprises a first layer of one or more fluid bladders packaged within a seat, a pump in fluid communication with the first layer, the pump operable to increase fluid pressure of each bladder within the first layer, an array of one or more sensors in fluid communication with the first layer and operative to sense pressure and pressure changes within each bladder within the first layer and a controller configured to: collect pressure data; determine from the pressure data a monitored parameter relevant to a subject in the seat; and change an aspect of the seat based on the monitored parameter. Methods of using the seat monitoring system can include determining a drowsiness threshold and altering a user that he or she is getting drowsy.
US09504413B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for a continuous analyte sensor, such as a continuous glucose sensor. One such system utilizes first and second working electrodes to measure additional analyte or non-analyte related signal. Such measurements may provide a background and/or sensitivity measurement(s) for use in processing sensor data and may be used to trigger events such as digital filtering of data or suspending display of data.
US09504409B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the presence of a respiratory movement in a human or an animal. This method comprises the detection of a movement by a passive infrared detector and the analysis of signals transmitted by this detector. The invention also relates to an apparatus for executing a method of detecting a respiratory movement.
US09504408B2
Biometric monitoring devices, including various technologies that may be implemented in such devices, are discussed herein. Additionally, techniques for utilizing gyroscopes in biometric monitoring devices are provided. Such techniques may, in some implementations, involve obtaining swimming metrics regarding stroke cycle count, lap count, and stroke type. Such techniques may also, in some implementations, involve obtaining performance metrics for bicycling activities.
US09504399B2
A system for sensing monophasic action potentials from endocardial tissue of a heart, includes: a plurality of flexible splines; an anchor for securably affixing the proximal portions of the splines; a tip for securably affixing the distal portions of the splines; and a polymeric member including opposed a first open end and a second open end defining an open lumen therein between, where at least one of the plurality of flexible splines is at least partially disposed within the lumen of the polymeric member; a flexible electrode assembly strip with two or more exposed electrodes oppositely disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the polymeric member.
US09504398B2
The instant disclosure relates to a family of devices and methods for both measuring electrophysiological signals and delivering elongate medical devices. In an embodiment, a kit is described that includes a hollow catheter adapted to navigate a patient's vasculature having a hollow lumen terminating at a distal end, structure configured for sensing cardiac electrical activity adjacent the distal end of the hollow catheter and for acquiring electrograms. The fossa ovalis of a subject can be located therefrom and a second medical device can be advanced into and through the hollow lumen to such an extent that a distal tip of the second medical device protrudes beyond a proximal end and the distal end of the hollow catheter at the same time.
US09504397B2
An apparatus includes a housing including a first side and a second side; a chest compression sensor coupled with the second side of the housing; at least one compartment partially formed by one of the first side and the second side of the housing; and at least one removable defibrillator electrode pad contained in the at least one compartment partially formed by one of the first side and the second side of the housing.
US09504395B2
Device and method for the geometric determination of electrical dipole densities on the cardiac wall
Disclosed are devices, a systems, and methods for determining the dipole densities on heart walls. In particular, a triangularization of the heart wall is performed in which the dipole density of each of multiple regions correlate to the potential measured at various locations within the associated chamber of the heart.
US09504393B1
A monitoring device (20) and method (200) for monitoring the health of a user is disclosed herein. The monitoring device (20) is preferably an article (25), an optical sensor (30), a circuitry assembly (35) a display member (40) and a control component (43). The monitoring device (20) preferably displays the following information about the user: pulse rate; calories expended by the user of a pre-set time period; target zones of activity; time; and distance traveled.
US09504391B2
A system and method to determine pulse transit time using a handheld device. The method includes generating an electrocardiogram (EKG) for a user of the handheld device. Two portions of the user's body are in contact with two contact points of the handheld device. The method also includes de-noising the EKG to identify a start time when a blood pulse leaves a heart of the user. The method further includes de-noising a plurality of video images of the user to identify a pressure wave indicating an arterial site and a time when the pressure wave appears. Additionally, the method includes determining the PTT based on the de-noised EKG and the de-noised video images.
US09504388B2
A method for automatically adding a first sensor device to a first personal area network in a healthcare application includes receiving a signal with out-of-band pairing data at the first sensor device. The first sensor device is disposed on a patient's body. The out-of-band pairing data is injected into the patient's body by a second sensor device disposed on the patient's body. Pairing data is extracted from the received signal at the first sensor device. Using the pairing data, the first sensor device is added to the first personal area.
US09504386B2
Embodiments of the invention control a device based on physiological measurements associated with a user. A determination is made that a user has manually adjusted a controlled device. A context associated with the user is identified in response to determining that the user has manually adjusted the controlled device. A change is detected in at least one physiological measurement associated with the user in response to the controlled device being manually adjusted. A target physiological measurement associated with at least one physiological measurement is modified based on the change that has been detected. The context that has been identified is associated with the target physiological measurement that has been modified.
US09504377B2
The present invention discloses methods of obtaining ophthalmic lens capable of reducing the aberrations of the eye comprising the steps of characterizing at least one corneal surface as a mathematical model, calculating the resulting aberrations of said corneal surface(s) by employing said mathematical model, selecting the optical power of the intraocular lens. From this information, an ophthalmic lens is modeled so a wavefront arriving from an optical system comprising said lens and corneal model obtains reduced aberrations in the eye. Also disclosed are ophthalmic lenses as obtained by the methods which are capable reducing aberrations of the eye.
US09504369B2
A cleaning robot may have a body, a moving unit provided on the body to move the body in a cleaning space, a cleaning unit provided on the body to clean a floor of the cleaning space, a floor image obtaining unit configured to obtain a floor image of the cleaning space, and a control unit configured to determine if foreign substance is present on the floor of the cleaning space based on the floor image, and control the moving unit to move the body to a position of the foreign substance, in which the cleaning robot, by obtaining an image of a floor to be cleaned, detects the foreign substance that is not positioned on a moving track of the cleaning robot, and when the foreign substance is detected, moves to the position of the foreign substance to perform a cleaning.
US09504365B2
A robot cleaner includes a cleaner body for forming appearance of the robot cleaner, a driving unit mounted to the cleaner body and configured to generate a suction force, a suction unit provided at the cleaner body and configured to suck dust-contained air by the driving unit, a first guiding member and a second guiding member communicated with the suction unit, respectively, and spaced from each other, and a cyclone unit configured to filter dust from air sucked through the suction unit using a centrifugal force. The cyclone unit has a first suction opening and a second suction opening communicated with the first guiding member and the second guiding member, respectively. The cyclone unit further has a first cyclone and a second cyclone configured to pass dust-filtered air therethrough.
US09504361B2
A foam soap generator is provided for implementation with various types of foam soap delivery systems. The foam soap generator includes converging air and liquid soap passages at a mixing chamber, where a prefoam is generated for ultimate extrusion through a porous passage member. In one embodiment of the invention, the liquid soap is drawn into an entrainment zone by high velocity air passing through the air passageway and into the mixing chamber.
US09504355B2
A splatter screen comprising a planar member having a plurality of openings, the planar member including a first hinge dividing a first portion of the planar member and a second portion of the planar member, wherein the first hinge provides for the second portion to pivot relative to the first portion from a planer configuration to a folded configuration, the first hinge located between 10% and 40% of the distance from a first edge of the planar member to a second edge of the planar member opposite the first edge to form the second portion. The preferred splatter screen includes a second hinge separating a third portion from the first portion, to create a tri-fold splatter screen.
US09504348B2
Systems and methods for ejecting cartridges from single-serve beverage preparation machines are disclosed. In some embodiments, an ejection system is configured to facilitate ejection of the cartridge from a chamber in a rotatable basket unit. The ejection system can encourage the cartridge out of the chamber during the rotation of the basket unit, such as by force or gravity, by spring-loaded pins, or otherwise.
US09504346B2
A device, a system and a method for dispensing butter, margarine or other bread spreads in small portions. The device includes a housing, components for arranging a package in a removable manner inside the housing, a dispensing opening, and a device located at the dispensing opening for stopping the flow of dispensed material. The device further includes pressing components between or through which the package is arranged to travel in order to press against the package's outer surface, and a rotable axle shaft adapted to receive a second end of the package and to move the package between or through the pressing components. A first end of the package is arranged in connection with the dispensing opening.
US09504339B1
A hanger system may include a hanger bracket arm and a hanger bracket leg in fixed relationship. The hanger bracket arm and hanger bracket leg each include a front surface and a rear surface. The hanger bracket arm and the hanger bracket leg may be formed as a single unit. At least a portion of the rear surface of the hanger bracket arm may be coextensive with at least a portion of the rear surface of the hanger bracket leg. The hanger bracket arm upper edge may comprise a first stop at a distal end and a second stop at a proximal end. At least a portion of the front surface of the hanger bracket arm may be coextensive with at least a portion of the front surface of the hanger bracket leg.
US09504338B2
A display case door for a product storage device includes a transparent unit through which products within the product storage device are visible. The transparent unit includes a transparent LCD panel configured to present visual media content. The display case door further includes an electrical hinge pin rotatably coupling the display case door to the product storage device and one or more electrical conductors extending through the electrical hinge pin. The electrical conductors deliver the visual media content to the transparent LCD panel from a remote data source.
US09504334B2
A mattress pad for supporting a human body includes an upper layer, a lower layer, and a wadding layer therebetween. The wadding layer includes three distinct zones arranged along the length of the pad for varying support of the human body. The first zone is configured to support a head portion and a neck portion; the second zone is configured to support an upper body portion and a lumbar portion; and the third zone is configured to support a lower back portion and leg portion. Thickness and length in these zones varies for providing the varying support.
US09504333B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of providing a bed using a plurality of interchangeable adjustable firmness springs to provide localized comfort and support to the user of the bed. The plurality of interchangeable springs may have a plurality of different firmnesses to provide customizable local comfort to a user. The foam springs are color coded based on the firmness associated with the foam spring. The foam springs have markings and/or health devices attached to an end of the foam spring.
US09504331B2
A chair back according to embodiments of the present invention includes a rigid support member for reclinable attachment to a base, a flexible frame member having a flexible frame and a mesh, the mesh at least partially spanning the frame, and a seat attachment member moving in synchronization with the rigid support member at a different rate than the rigid support member during reclining of the rigid support member, wherein a first portion of the flexible frame member is affixed to the rigid support member, wherein a second portion of the flexible frame member flexes freely, wherein the seat attachment member contacts at least part of the second portion of the flexible frame member, wherein the first portion moves with the rigid support member and the second portion moves with the seat attachment member such that a curvature of the second portion increases as the rigid support member reclines.
US09504328B2
A chair has a seat portion having a front, a rear and sides. The chair also has a footrest adjustable between at least two positions: a retracted position and an extended position. The footrest is cantilevered from the seat portion in the extended position. The chair also has a plurality of members connected by a plurality of linkages permitting the members to pivot with respect to each other. The plurality of members is adapted to hold the footrest in the retracted position and to support the footrest in the extended position. The chair also has a cover for hiding the plurality of linkages when viewed from a lateral position when the footrest is in the extended position.
US09504327B2
A reclining chair having a seat, base frame, and a back rest movably connected to the base frame. The base frame includes at least a three prong base attached to caster wheels and a column, the seat is connected to the column of the base frame and includes a front end and back end. The back rest has top portion, intermediate portion, and bottom portion, the intermediate portion is hingedly connected to the back end of the seat and the bottom portion is movably connected to the base frame, using a lockable gas spring. The lockable gas spring has a first end connected to the bottom portion of the back rest and a second end connected to the base frame, whereby the movable distance between the first end and the second of the gas cylinder moves the back rest between an upright position and a reclined position.
US09504324B2
A shelving assembly includes a support plate, left and right side supports, and a front anti-tip and retention feature. The side supports each include a front end located adjacent to a front edge of the support plate, and a rear end located adjacent to a rear edge of the support plate. A portion of the front anti-tip and retention feature is disposed above the support plate for preventing tipping and for retaining the support plate on the side supports. The front anti-tip and retention feature is configured such that a majority of the top surface of the support plate along opposite left and right side edges is freely exposed and unencumbered.
US09504323B1
A drawer slide structure to be mounted within storage cavity of a cabinet which utilizes a pair of opposing grid panels mounted on sidewalls of the storage cavity. Each grid panel includes a plurality of identical slots arranged in two spaced apart columns of vertically spaced apart slots. The structure also includes a pair of opposing drawer slide mechanisms. Each drawer slide mechanism has a cabinet member for affixation to a grid panel and a drawer member for supporting a drawer. In each drawer slide mechanism the drawer member is slideably longitudinally movable relative to the cabinet member. The drawer and drawer member utilize an interlocking arrangement for fixing the drawer to the drawer member. The cabinet member includes a pair of outwardly extending hanger tabs with each hanger tab to engage with a slot for supporting the drawer on the grid panel. The drawer can be easily and quickly adjusted to connect with different slots so as to change the height of the drawer storage cavity which is located above the drawer. This invention also includes the method of installing a drawer within a storage compartment of a cabinet in just a few seconds without tools or experience.
US09504321B2
A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam that may define a cam glide.
US09504315B2
An adjustable gas pressure spring includes a gas pressure spring portion, a gas reservoir and a connecting means fluidically connecting the gas reservoir and the gas pressure spring portion with each other. The spring force of the gas pressure spring portion is adjustable by means of pressure equalization with the gas reservoir and/or the ambient pressure. Such a gas spring is provided in an adjustable column, in particular an adjustable table column. The table column is in turn provided in a height-adjustable table.
US09504305B2
A tube-type cosmetic container has double discharge means, in which a lifting member coupled with a puff ascends or descends according to the rotation of a rotation body, wherein a nozzle is not exposed when the a lifting member ascends, and the nozzle is exposed when the lifting member descends, so that it is possible to easily apply the contents over a wide area or a localized area of a face by using the puff or the nozzle according to the selection of a user, thereby providing a user with convenience.
US09504301B1
A hair styling device that has a rotating cylinder extending from a body that may be easily grasped by hand. The device allows the cylinder to rotate relative to the body, which remains stationary in the hand of a user. The cylinder has a clamp for clamping hair to the cylinder. The clamp rotates with the cylinder and is used to wind hair up the cylinder while the user holds the body of the device. The direction of rotation of the cylinder may be changed as desired by the user. The ability of a user to rotate the cylinder without rotating the entire device manually eliminates twisting the cord due to turning the entire device as is done with traditional curling irons. Buttons on the device select the direction of rotation of the cylinder.
US09504300B1
The present invention provides a wearable adjustable support device for hands-free viewing of an object, such as a hand-held electronic device or book, comprising: an articulated bipod frame comprising a first support leg and a second support leg flexibly connected at the top; a support strap is connected to the lower portion of the first support leg, the lower portion of the second support leg, and the middle portion of the first support leg, wherein the support strap is adjustable in length; and a support configured to secure a viewable object to the upper portion of the first and second support legs.
US09504296B2
A male touch fastener strip includes an elongated base having a thickness and defining a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction across the base between longitudinal edges of the base, and a field of male fastener elements each having a stem extending from a broad face of the base and a head at an upper end of the stem and overhanging the base for engaging fibers. The fastener element stems and broad face of the base together form a unitary mass of resin. The male touch fastener strip also includes a pair of longitudinal barrier walls rising from the broad face of the base on either side of the field of male fastener elements, and a plurality of lateral barrier walls. Each of the lateral barrier walls extends between facing surfaces of the longitudinal barrier walls to define a longitudinal column of bounded fastening cells that each contain one or more male fastener elements. Each lateral barrier wall defines at least one gap extending therethrough and connecting adjacent fastening cells.
US09504291B2
A computer system including a Web site and/or a cloud array of computers configured to have a connection to a smartphone or other mobile computer device and use the device and connection to control a configuration of one or more bladders, compartments, chambers and internal sipes located in a sole or removable inner sole insert of footwear. The computer system can also use the device and connection to transmit data to the computer system for storage and/or shared or independent processing and/or analysis, process data from sensors located in either one or both of the sole or the removable inner sole insert of the device user, in, on, or near a center of gravity of the device user, in the device and/or in, on, or near the head of the device user, and use the processed data to alter a configuration of the bladders, compartments, chambers and internal sipes.
US09504288B2
A helmet including an engagement device for engaging a visor with a remaining portion of the helmet is described. The engagement device is adapted to engage the visor in two distinct engagement positions, wherein, in a first engagement position, the visor is in a first spatial relationship with respect to the remaining portion of the helmet and, in a second engagement position; the visor is in a second spatial relationship with respect to the remaining portion of the helmet.
US09504282B1
A thumb brace comprising a glove having a thumb portion disposed between a palm side and a back side and comprising a first attachment region positioned adjacent a base of the thumb portion and a second attachment region positioned on the back side of the glove; a first elastic strap having a first end, a mid-portion, and a second end, wherein the mid-portion is disposed within a cradle of the glove between the thumb portion and an index finger portion of the glove, the first end is releasably attached to the first attachment region, and the second end is releasably attached to the first attachment region, whereby the first strap extends a distal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace; and a second elastic strap having a first end, a mid-portion, and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the palm side of the glove and the second end is releasably attached to the second attachment region, whereby the second strap reduces a proximal end of a thumb metacarpal bone of a user of the brace.
US09504280B2
A garment for improving the wearer's posture provides cords that, when secured in place, exert a slight pressure against the wearer's shoulders each time he/she starts to slouch, serving as a reminder to be more erect. The garment had a horizontal channel that is located around the body of the user, preferably just below the breast area, that accommodates a first cord. The garment further includes vertically-extending channels that extend upward from the horizontal channel and over the shoulders of the user. Respective cords in each vertical channel pass over respective shoulders of the garment from the front of the garment, and extend down the back of the garment to a position at which they are accessible to a person wearing the garment (the “user”), and are anchored in the front of the garment by the horizontal cord in such a way that when the vertical cords are sufficiently pulled at the rear of the garment and secured in place, they lightly engage the front of the wearer's shoulders so that the wearer will feel a slight pressure against his/her shoulders each time he/she starts to slouch, serving as a reminder to be more erect.
US09504273B2
A sweet potato snack chip which is made by cooking dough that contains a sweet potato flour composition that includes sweet potato powder, sweet potato flakes and mixtures of these. The sweet potato snack chip has a chip density of from about 0.6 g/ml to about 2.0 g/ml, and a chip fracture strength of from about 400 gf to about 900 gf. The preferred dough formed from the sweet potato flour composition is sheetable and cohesive. Fabricated snacks made from this dough have desirable taste and texture characteristics.
US09504271B2
A method for sterilizing microbial cells is provided. According to the method, microbial cells or a culture containing microbial cells are treated with a polyethylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant so that almost all of the microbial cells are sterilized while the enzyme activity expressed in the microbial cells is maintained at a high level. A method for sterilizing microbial cells and a material containing the sterilized microbial cells, in which the microbial cells are sterilized using a polyethylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant, can be used for foods so that the microbial cells are sterilized to be used in food production. Further, a material containing sterilized microbial cells can be used in processes for preparing tagatose, in which Corynebacterium genus microbial cells that produce Galactose and/or Arabinose isomerase are sterilized using a polyethylene glycol-based nonionic surfactant.
US09504264B2
A method for cutting a meat portion to make a plurality of meat slices includes cutting the meat portion from an edge of a first end towards a second position before an edge of a second end spanning a horizontal lengthwise direction in a first cut; and cutting the meat portion from the edge of the second end towards a first position before the edge of the first end spanning the horizontal lengthwise direction in a second cut.
US09504260B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a multi-stage rotary food product folder apparatus for forming a folded food product, generally including a drive system, a cam system and a platform system. The drive system includes at least one motor and a shaft. Rotation of at least one cam of the cam system can be driven by the shaft of the drive system. The platform assembly can be secured to a platform. The platform can be rotatably driven by the drive system. The cam system engages the platform assembly to fold the folded food product.
US09504259B2
A device for simultaneous cutting of dough into shapes including upper and lower platform members as well as interior and exterior cutting members. The upper platform member may be actuated to cause the interior cutting members to be telescopically inserted into the exterior cutting members thereby enabling cutting of prepared cookie dough into a plural cookies by each set of interior and exterior cutting members.
US09504257B2
The present invention relates to the Bacillus sp. strains AT-332 (NITE BP-1095) and AT-79 (NITE BP-1094) isolated from nature; and a plant disease control agent, a nematode control agent and a plant growth promoter containing the strains as active bacteria. The Bacillus sp. strains AT-332 and AT-79 strain are effective in controlling both a wide range of various plant diseases and nematode-damage and capable of promoting the growth of useful plants, due to a culture containing a secondary metabolite of the strains or cultivated and isolated live bacteria of the strains being introduced to a plant body or to the culture soil.
US09504252B2
The compositions and methods for control of microbial growth, for example, in oil and gas field fluids. The present invention also relates to microbicides, and more particularly, to the use of biocides in gas and oil field fluids.
US09504249B2
The present invention provides a control agent for a plant pest and/or a plant disease, the control agent being environmentally friendly and having a high control effect. The control agent is a control agent for a plant pest and/or a plant disease, containing a polyglycerin fatty acid ester as an active ingredient. The polyglycerin fatty acid ester is an ester of at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 8 to 10 carbon atoms, and at least one polyglycerin obtained by polymerizing 3 to 10 glycerins.
US09504242B2
An apparatus suitable for controlling vegetation which apparatus comprises a hot-liquid reservoir (28), release means (38) connected to the hot-liquid reservoir (28) and at least one nozzle (74), for applying a stream of foam that contains steam, connected to the reservoir through the release means. The apparatus includes a heating means (34) to keep the liquid hot so the pressure is above atmospheric pressure. The liquid may be pumped by a pump (36) through the hot-water reservoir (28), the water being heated on demand by heaters (34) within the reservoir (28). The apparatus is either propelled by or mounted on a vehicle; and during use of the apparatus to control vegetation the vehicle provides power (24) to the heating means.
US09504240B1
The fishing rod holder having audible strike signal is constructed of a pole configured to be inserted into a ground surface. A “V” member is affixed to a top pole distal end of the pole. The inner “V” member is further defined with an inner “V” armature that extends inwardly and is configured to engage both a fishing rod as well as a fishing line. The fishing rod is adapted to be leaned against the inner “V” armature when in fishing use. The inner “V” armature also includes a bell that rings when the fishing line is pulled. The “V” member also includes reflectors that are located adjacent the top “V” distal ends. The pole includes straps that are configured to secure the pole to a fishing rod when not in use.
US09504229B2
The present invention provides a floor material for pet animal urination, which has an effect to allow urine to pass through by suppressing speed and amount of urine absorption, as well as an effect of low water absorbency allowing to gradually absorb residual urine sweating the grain surface, which also has good shape retentivity so as not to be collapsed even if urine is absorbed, and thus which is highly suitable as a floor material for pet animal urination.There is provided a floor material for pet animal urination, wherein a surface of each of water-absorbing grains (1′) is coated by a slow water-semipermeable coating (6); and because of the slow water-semipermeable coating (6), urine is prompted to pass between the water-absorbing grains, and residual urine (8) sweating the surface of the water-semipermeable coating (6) is gradually absorbed into the water-absorbing grains (1′) through the water-semipermeable coating (6).
US09504226B2
Methods and apparatus are used at the end of a dairy animal milking process to stop milking pulsation in an off position and then applying a teat dip into a milker unit teat cup liner to improve dip coverage on the teat.
US09504221B1
A novel maize variety designated X08F120 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08F120 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08F120 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08F120, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08F120. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08F120.
US09504212B2
A system comprises a distribution boom, a first pump device configured to provide a flow stream of a carrier substance for the distribution boom, a second pump device configured to supply a chemical substance into the flow stream of the carrier substance, and a control module. The distribution boom includes a plurality of boom sections. A boom section includes one or more dispensers, a mixing device configured to provide a combination of chemical and carrier to the one or more dispensers, and a control valve configured to supply the chemical substance to the mixing device. The control module is configured to individually control a rate of supply of the chemical substance to the boom section by the control valve.
US09504206B2
A plant graft production line for automatically grafting a rootstock and a scion si disclosed. The aforesaid plant graft production line comprises (a) a closed-loop conveyor; (b) at least one grafting assembly arranged for transporting along said conveyor; the assembly further comprises a rootstock holder for holding the rootstock and a scion holder for holding the scion; the holders arranged for at least partially superimposing said rootstock and scion; (c) stationary cutting mechanism for cutting exposed rootstock surface; (d) a stationary cutting mechanism for cutting a exposed scion surface to be; (e) stationary clipping mechanism for clipping the superimposed rootstock and scion together. It is a core feature of the invention to provide the rootstock holder arranged so as to provide a curvilinear plane along which said rootstock is conformed thereby presenting a curved cutting target for the cutting mechanism.
US09504203B2
A transmission arrangement is disclosed for a cotton harvester. A power take-off shaft may be configured to receive rotational power from an engine of the cotton harvester. An infinitely variable transmission may be configured to sum mechanical power from an infinitely variable power source and the engine and to output the summed power at a variable output shaft. A clutch arrangement may be configured, in a first state, to disconnect a harvesting unit of the cotton harvester from the power take-off shaft and route power from the variable output shaft to the harvesting unit. The clutch arrangement may be further configured, in a second state, to disconnect the harvesting unit from the variable output shaft and route power from the engine to the harvesting unit via the power take-off shaft.
US09510490B2
There is provided an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a wiring board; a first electronic component mounted on the wiring board and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave having a first frequency band; a second electronic component mounted on the wiring board and configured to emit an electromagnetic wave having a second frequency band; a first magnetic thin film covering the wiring board, the first electronic component and the second electronic component, wherein the first magnetic thin film has a composition corresponding to the first frequency band; and a second magnetic thin film covering the first magnetic thin film, wherein the second magnetic thin film has a composition corresponding to the second frequency band.
US09510483B1
Heat dissipating electronic components and circuitry in a communication chassis are cooled by moving air at least through a midplane, between two groups of channels that are perpendicularly oriented relative to one another. In an illustrative embodiment, channels of one group are oriented vertically while channels of another group are oriented horizontally. Each channel, regardless of whether it is vertical or horizontal, is defined by space in the chassis between adjacent circuit boards. Circuit boards on one side of the midplane are electrically connected to circuit boards on the other side of the midplane by orthogonal connectors on the midplane. The midplane additionally has openings that enable movement of air between vertically-oriented channels and horizontally-oriented channels. Circuit boards of the two orientations are cooled by increasing air pressure in vertically-oriented channels or by decreasing air pressure in horizontally-oriented channels or both, depending on the embodiment.
US09510482B2
A wire harness fixing structure includes a cooling medium tank provided with a cooling medium relief valve; a sensor that is installed in the cooling medium tank; a connection terminal that is located beyond the cooling medium relief valve as viewed from a position where the sensor is installed; a wire harness that electrically connects the sensor to the connection terminal; and a bracket that is fastened to the cooling medium tank and that fixes the wire harness. The bracket includes a fastened portion that is fastened to the cooling medium tank, and a retention portion that has a substantially U-shaped form closed at a side facing the cooling medium relief valve and that retains the wire harness in the U-shaped form.
US09510467B2
A method and apparatus for supporting a portable computer appliance. The invention may comprise rotating a computer appliance to convert between mouse-based use and a touch-based use, or other orientations and applications. The apparatus may be attached to a microphone stand or similar mechanism to aid viewing the computer appliance. To assist coordination with public performances, the apparatus may hold and support a computer appliance to display notes, music, video, or other expressions for assisting a performer, such as for public speeches, concerts, plays, stand-up comedy, and the like.
US09510457B2
Disclosed are methods of manufacturing a metal wiring buried flexible substrate by using plasma and flexible substrates manufactured by the same. The method includes pre-treating a substrate by irradiating the plasma on the surface of the substrate (Step 1), forming a metal wiring on the pre-treated substrate in Step 1 (Step 2), forming a metal wiring buried polymer layer by coating a curable polymer on the substrate including the metal wiring formed thereon in Step 2 and curing (Step 3), and separating the polymer layer formed in Step 3 from the substrate in Step 1 (Step 4). The metal wiring may be inserted into the flexible substrate, and the resistance of the wiring may be decreased. The metal wiring may be clearly separated from the substrate, and impurities on the substrate surface may be clearly removed. The flexible substrate may be easily separated by applying only physical force.
US09510455B2
The present invention discloses an electronic component embedded substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic component embedded substrate in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a core board having a cavity formed therein; an electronic component being embedded in the cavity; and a circuit pattern formed on one surface of the core board and configured for fixing the electronic component in the cavity by pressing the electronic component.
US09510447B2
A printed wiring board includes an insulation layer, a first conductive layer embedded into first surface of the insulation layer, a second conductive layer formed on second surface of the insulation layer, a via conductor penetrating through the insulation layer and electrically connecting the first and second layers, and a solder-resist layer covering the first layer and having an opening structure forming an exposed structure of the first layer. The exposed structure is formed to connect an electronic component to the first layer, and the first layer has a barrier-metal layer and a metal layer on the first layer such that the barrier-metal layer is on surface of the first layer and includes metal different from metal forming the metal layer and that the metal layer is on surface of the barrier-metal layer in the exposed structure and protruding from the first surface of the insulation layer.
US09510441B2
A flexible substrate includes a circuit board, a flexible heat-dissipating structure and an adhesive. The circuit board has a substrate and a circuit layer formed on a top surface of the substrate, and the flexible heat-dissipating structure has a flexible supporting plate and a flexible heat-dissipating metal layer formed on a surface of the flexible supporting plate. The flexible heat-dissipating metal layer of the flexible heat-dissipating structure is connected with a bottom surface of the substrate by the adhesive. The circuit layer and the flexible heat-dissipating metal layer are made of same material.
US09510438B2
The invention provides an electronic control device having a high-grade heat sink that: does not require tight control at the time of manufacturing; is structurally simple; can be produced at a higher production rate; and is cost-effective. In this device, when a circuit board 14 having an electronic component 13 thereon is placed in a non-metal (resin) housing having: a housing base 11 integrally comprising via a partition wall lie a connector inserting section 18 used for electrical connection with an external mating connector (not illustrated); and a housing cover 12 attached to the housing base 11, part of the board 14 is inserted into an insertion hole provided in the partition wall lie so that it is exposed inside the connector inserting section 18. When a convex-shaped metal part 15, used as a heat sink, having a flange 15a on the bottom side is attached from an opening provided in the housing base 11, the top section of the metal part 15 comes into contact with mounting position of the electronic component 13 on the board 14 via a heat dissipating filler material 16, and the flange 15a and the wall section near the opening are brought into contact with each other via a sealing filler material 17.
US09510434B2
Provided is an extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus that may include: a chamber containing one or more kinds of gases; a light concentration optical system provided in an optical path of pulsed laser light outputted from a laser unit, and configured to concentrate the pulsed laser light into a concentrated beam; and an image pickup section provided at a position out of the optical path of the pulsed laser light, and configured to pick up a plasma emission image that is an image of plasma emission in the chamber. The plasma emission is caused by application of the concentrated beam to the one or more kinds of gases in the chamber.
US09510422B2
Provided is a light-emitting diode driving apparatus, including: a switching transistor which becomes an on-state or an off-state in response to a pulse width modulation signal; a light-emitting diode electrically connected with a second terminal of the switching transistor; a first comparison circuit which outputs a first voltage depending on a comparison result between a first input voltage corresponding to a voltage applied to the light-emitting diode and a first threshold voltage; a second comparison circuit which outputs a second voltage depending on a comparison result between a second input voltage corresponding to a voltage applied to the light-emitting diode and a second threshold voltage; and a signal processing circuit which detects a failure in the light-emitting diode on the basis of an output state of the pulse width modulation signal, the first voltage, the second voltage and a third voltage on the second terminal side of the switching transistor.
US09510409B2
A light emitting diode driving system is applied to a light emitting diode lamp string, such that the light signal is carried through a power line to reduce the signal transmission lines. The light emitting diode driving system includes a switch unit, a control unit and a light signal generating unit. The switch unit includes a power input side, a power output side and a controlled side. The power output side is electrically connected to the light emitting diode lamp string. The control unit is electrically connected to the switch unit. The light signal generating unit is electrically connected to the control unit and the power output side. The light signal generating unit generates a light signal when the control unit turns off the switch unit. The light signal generating unit sends the light signal to the light emitting diode lamp string.
US09510405B2
Methods and systems described herein provide efficient lighting where electric grid systems are unreliable. One aspect includes a light assembly that includes an input to receive power from a power source, a controllable power supply having a control input, a power input coupled to the first input, and an output to provide a voltage level controllable based on a control signal received at the control input, a light circuit coupled to the output of the controllable power supply and configured to provide output light in response to the output voltage, a feedback circuit configured to detect a current to a battery and a voltage across the battery and having an output coupled to the control input of the controllable power supply to provide the control signal to the controllable power supply based on at least one of the current to the battery input and the voltage across the battery.
US09510404B2
Related to is a backlight drive circuit and a method for driving the backlight drive circuit, and a resulting liquid crystal display device. The backlight drive circuit comprises a plurality of light emitting cells divided into several backlight partitions in an even manner; pulse dimming signal units of a same number with the backlight partitions, each of the pulse dimming signal units outputting a pulse dimming signal; and a plurality of backlight drive units, each of which is electrically connected to all of the pulse dimming signal units to receive respective pulse dimming signals output by the pulse dimming signal units, and meanwhile each of which is further electrically connected to an identical number of light emitting cells in all of the backlight partitions. When a pulse dimming signal is output from a pulse dimming signal unit, all of the backlight drive units supply power to their respectively connected light emitting cells in a corresponding backlight partition, so as to drive said light emitting cells to emit light.
US09510401B1
A system and method reduces power consumption by an electronic power control system when a controller of the electronic power control system reduces sense signal monitoring during a standby mode of the controller. The electronic power control system includes a controller to control a switching power converter. The controller operates in at least two modes, standby and active modes. Energy savings during standby mode can be achieved in a variety of current and/or voltage sensing configurations. During the standby mode, the controller generates a signal to at least intermittently disable sensing of an input voltage to the switching power converter or at least intermittently disabling sensing of an input voltage and an output voltage. Disabling sensing reduces energy losses associated with an input voltage sense signal itself and with circuitry in the controller used to process the input voltage signal.
US09510399B2
Methods and apparatus for lighting control. In some embodiments methods and apparatus are provided that sense a low lighting condition at a location and direct light toward that location after detection of the low lighting condition. In some embodiments apparatus are provided that include a plurality of networked LEDs (20, 30, 220, 230, 320, 330, 420, 430, 520, 530). Some of the LEDs may be illuminated in response to sensed light conditions at certain locations.
US09510396B2
A high-frequency heating device of the present invention includes at least one high-frequency power generating part, at least one high-frequency power unit including a quadrature modulation part and a high-frequency power amplification part, a radiation part, a modulation signal generating part, and a control part, and the control part supplies the modulation signal generating part with a plurality of pieces of subcarrier information respectively including pieces of information of offset frequencies and phases, generates an in-phase modulation signal and a quadrature modulation signal, performs quadrature modulation in the quadrature modulation part, and outputs a plurality of subcarrier waves.
US09510395B2
A heater for a hand held appliance, the heater comprising a first layer, a second layer and a separator for separating the first and second layers of the heater wherein the separator is a tube. The first layer and/or second layer may be a wire element. The first layer may extend at least partially around and/or partially along the tube. The tube may comprise spacers extending along the tube and radially away from the tube for supporting the first layer. An outer tube may be provided wherein the outer tube extends at least around and along the first layer. The outer tube may extend around and along the tube. An inner support structure for supporting the second layer may be provided. The inner support structure may comprise an inner tube or support wings and the second layer may extend at least partially around the inner tube or support wings.
US09510389B2
A configuration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation is provided at a user equipment (UE) to handle dynamic uplink-downlink configuration changes. In some examples, providing the configuration of the DRX operation comprises providing a mapping between uplink-downlink configurations and respective plural sets of DRX parameters, where each set of DRX parameters of the plural sets of DRX parameters includes a value of an onDurationTimer parameter and a value of a drx-InactivityTimer parameter.
US09510384B2
A first computing device includes: a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: establish a connection with a second computing device, responsive to initiating the connection, perform content discovery with the second computing device; and establish a session of a service responsive to performing content discovery.
US09510383B2
Various operations may be performed based on a distance-related function associated with two or more devices. For example, an association procedure for two or more devices may be based on one or more determined distances. Similarly, presence management may be based on one or more determined distances. A distance-related function may take various form including, for example, a distance between devices, two or more distances between devices, a rate of change in a relative distance between devices, relative acceleration between devices, or some combination of two or more of the these distance-related functions.
US09510382B2
A wireless communication device performs an inter-device wireless communication with another wireless communication device in accordance with the Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Direct specification. This wireless communication device includes a transmitting unit. This transmitting unit incorporates information about the role of the wireless communication device into an action frame specified in the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 802.11 specification, and then transmits the action frame.
US09510381B2
A link scheduling method in a system for performing Device-to-Device (D2D) communication includes periodically collecting information indicating whether to perform a medium access from at least one neighboring link determining at least one link expected to perform a medium access in a corresponding traffic slot among links with a higher priority than the terminal based on the collected information, and determining whether to perform the medium access of the terminal by considering only the at least one link expected to perform the medium access.
US09510367B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. The method for accessing a channel from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving from an access point (AP) a first frame including a traffic indication map (TIM) and a restricted access window (RAW) parameter set component; determining a RAW in which channel access of the STA is permitted, on the basis of the RAW parameter set (RPS) component; and transmitting a second frame to the AP from within the RAW that is determined, wherein the RPS component includes at least one RAW allocation field, and each of the at least one RAW allocation fields can include a RAW group field, a RAW starting point field, and a RAW duration field.
US09510351B2
A method for receiving a signal by a relay in a wireless communication system. The method according to an embodiment includes receiving, by the relay from a base station (BS), a reference signal (RS) in a subframe having a first slot and a second slot. Each of the first and second slots includes a plurality of consecutive resource elements over which the RS is allowed to be spread, and the plurality of consecutive resource elements overlaps a last Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a corresponding slot. When a last OFDM symbol of the subframe is not available for transmission from the BS to the relay, the RS is received only in the first slot of the subframe and a data signal is received in at least part of the plurality of consecutive resource elements in the second slot.
US09510349B2
Methods and apparatus for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication comprises receiving a first resource request including a first interval for at least one timing-priority task associated with a first radio access technology and a second resource request including a second interval for at least one timing-non-priority task associated with the first radio access technology. The method comprises granting the first resource request and reserving the first interval for the at least one timing-priority task associated with the first radio access technology. The method comprises receiving at least a third resource request including a third interval for at least one timing-priority task associated with a second radio access technology. The method comprises granting the third resource request and reserving the third interval for the at least one timing-priority task associated with the second radio access technology when the first interval and the third interval do not overlap.
US09510345B2
A resource allocation message includes a resource allocation field. The resource allocation field includes a first field that includes either a first sub-field or a first sub-field and a second sub-field with the first sub-field configured to hold a first value that indicates two or more logical indices and the second sub-field configured to hold a third value. Each of the logical indices is associated with a sub-band pair of resource units. The sub-band pair of resource units includes either a first sub-band resource unit or a first sub-band resource unit and a second sub-band resource unit. The resource allocation field also includes a second field configured to hold a second value that indicates, either alone or in combination with the third value, a first sub-band resource unit or a second sub-band resource unit for each of the sub-band pair of resource units indicated by the first field.
US09510321B2
The invention is directed to reducing paging overhead in a network. An exemplary method comprises: determining whether a user equipment (UE) is substantially stationary, wherein the UE is located in a first network cell associated with a network; in response to determining the UE is substantially stationary, transmitting an indicator to the network; determining whether the UE moves from the first network cell to a second network cell; and in response to determining the UE moves from the first network cell to the second network cell, transmitting updated location information associated with the UE to the network.
US09510313B2
In one embodiment, a mobile station (1) is capable of performing location registration procedures with first and second mobile management units (31 and 32) that respectively correspond to first and second RANs (Radio Access Networks). Further, the mobile station (1) supports ISR (Idle mode Signalling reduction) for reducing location registration procedures caused by reselection between the first RAN (21) and the second RAN (22). Furthermore, the mobile station (1) is configured to deactivate ISR in the mobile station (1) when voice service configuration information stored in the mobile station (1) is updated when the ISR is activated.
US09510312B2
Disclosed is a method in which a machine-to-machine (M2M) device and a base station in a wireless communication system perform network reentry comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information related to an uplink resource for the transmission of a ranging request message; and transmitting the ranging request message to the base station on the basis of the received information related to the uplink resource.
US09510307B2
The disclosure discloses a method and a system for implementing projection. The method comprises: connecting a router terminal having a file storage function with a projector device, establishing a projection local area network via the router terminal, and adding all collaborative terminals to the projection local area network; during projecting, establishing data synchronization between a first collaborative terminal that sends a projection file and the router terminal, and meanwhile controlling, by the router terminal, the access right of other collaborative terminals in the projection local area network on the projection file; when a second collaborative terminal needs to modify the content of the projection file, the router terminal stopping the data synchronization with the first collaborative terminal, and establishing data synchronization with the second collaborative terminal and meanwhile granting the access right of the projection file to the second collaborative terminal, so as to modify and project the projection file.
US09510301B2
The present invention relates to the field of information communication and control, and discloses a method and an apparatus for adjusting transmit power and used to resolve a problem of interference between paths in a multipath system. The method provided by the present invention specifically includes: determining a path with worst signal quality according to signal quality information of each path; then, increasing transmit power of the path, or, decreasing transmit power of at least one path that produces strongest interference to the path with the worst signal quality; and finally, using a manner of cyclically adjusting signal transmit power to enable interference between the paths to meet a requirement of not affecting communications quality, thereby resolving a problem of interference between paths in a multipath system. Embodiments of the present invention are mainly used in a data transmission process in a multipath system.
US09510289B1
A wireless transceiver includes receiver front-end circuitry for processing an ingoing radio frequency (RF) signal to produce an in-going digital signal to a processor connected to receive the in-going digital signal. The processor includes sync word determination logic configured to identify a received sync word or other event or connection point and to subsequently generate an event determination signal. A low power oscillator produces low frequency pulses to a first counter. A crystal oscillator that produces higher frequency pulses to a second counter is used for the last portion of the desired sleep time for greater resolution. Thus, a calibration controller receives pulse counts from at least one of the first and second counters and determines a period between a common event of subsequent beacon signals or connection events and determines wake up times based on the received pulse counts from at least one of the first and second counters.
US09510287B2
A wireless device and a method for controlling Discontinuous Reception (DRX) in the wireless device. The wireless device is capable of cellular and Device to Device (D2D) communication. The method comprises: in response to receiving a first uplink cellular communication grant, activating, for a first period of time (t1), a DRX-wake state for a cellular DRX configuration during which DRX-wake state the wireless device is configured to receive a second uplink cellular communication grant, and in response to receiving a first D2D communication grant, activating, for a second period of time (t2), the DRX-wake state for a D2D DRX configuration, wherein the D2D DRX configuration is separate from the cellular DRX configuration, and during which DRX-wake state the wireless device is configured to receive a second D2D communication grant. Thereby the wireless device is capable of controlling DRX using both the cellular DRX configuration and the D2D DRX configuration.
US09510286B2
Methods, devices, and computer program products for synchronization of wireless devices in a peer-to-peer network are described herein. In one aspect, a method for determining at least one of a time for exiting and a time for entering a low power sleep mode to utilize a discovery window is provided. The method includes determining an earliest possible start time of a discovery window according to a clock at the first device. The method further includes transitioning from the low power sleep mode to a higher power active mode approximately at the determined earliest possible start time, wherein the determined earliest possible start time is based at least in part on a clock drift value associated with the first device and a clock drift value associated with a second device of the wireless network.
US09510283B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for managing power consumption in a wireless network. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method for wireless communications of isochronous data. A transmission of isochronous data is received using an electronic device having a battery. The method determines how many redundant transmissions can be received by the device within a predetermined time frame while limiting discharge of the battery, and adjusts reception of the redundant transmissions based on the determination. In various embodiments, a reduction in received redundant transmissions preserves energy and prevents complete discharge of the battery.
US09510281B2
Aspects of priority arbitration for interference mitigation are disclosed. In one aspect, a computing device is provided that employs a control system configured to arbitrate the activity of multiple interfaces. This arbitration mitigates potential electromagnetic interference (EMI) that may degrade the performance of the computing device. Upon a first interface requesting to become active, the control system is configured to determine if a second interface is currently active. If so, the control system is configured to arbitrate the activity of the first interface and the second interface to mitigate the potential EMI generated if the interfaces are concurrently active. The computing device includes an aggressor controller and a victim receiver, each corresponding to a particular interface. The control system is configured to arbitrate such activity so that the aggressor controller and corresponding cable do not generate EMI during a time period that would degrade the performance of the victim receiver.
US09510276B2
A method provided in one embodiment and includes receiving, at a first network element, a first resource indicator indicative of a first resource capability of each of a plurality of second network elements, receiving a second resource indicator indicative of a second resource capability of each of the plurality of second network elements, and receiving a third resource indicator indicative of a third resource capability of each of the plurality of second network elements. The method further includes determining a metric value for each of the plurality of second network elements based upon the first resource indicator, the second resource indicator, and the third resource indicator of each of the second network elements, and determining a list of one or more acceptable network elements for a wireless device to establish a connection therewith based upon the metric value of each of the plurality of second network elements.
US09510273B2
A communication system includes: an antenna configured to receive a receiver signal; a communication unit, coupled to the antenna, configured to: generate a power analysis result including a signal-interference measure based on the receiver signal; and select a transmission frequency based on the signal-interference measure for communicating through a device.
US09510269B2
The present disclosure provides a method and system for initializing a radio network for radio modules mounted in a vehicle, which can efficiently establish a radio network formed among the radio modules. In the method, radio modules and coordinators, transmit radio communication beacon frames. Each radio module searches for peripheral nodes by receiving radio communication beacon frames from peripheral nodes and generates a neighbor table with respect to the searched peripheral nodes. Each radio module selects a coordinator, using the neighbor table, and requests a connection to the selected coordinator. The connection request of each radio module with respect to the coordinator is then processed.
US09510268B2
Determining the early arrival path (EAP) based on a channel energy response (CER) can involve the use one or more masks to identify one or more peaks in the CER. Masks can be applied to the CER in an iterative process that can help identify the earliest peak corresponding to the EAP. Alias cancelation may also be implemented.
US09510266B2
The present invention relates to a method for operating a base station of a radio access network. According to the method, a first user equipment within a cell served by the base station is detected and a second user equipment within the cell served by the base station is detected. Furthermore, a relay request is sent to the first user equipment. The relay request instructs the first user equipment to relay a data communication between the base station and the second user equipment.
US09510264B2
In one embodiment, a region anchor node may receive a unicasted route request (RREQ) for a target node. The region anchor node may then flood the RREQ to a region within which it resides. Subsequently, the region anchor node may receive one or more reactive routing route replies (RREPs) returned by the target node within the region. Based on the RREPs, the region anchor node may build one or more region routes from the region anchor node to the target node, and returns the one or more region routes to the originator node to cause the originator node to concatenate the one or more region routes and the unicast route of the original RREQ to form a path from the originator node to the target node.
US09510263B2
A method of enhancing handover by using chain handover over a wireless connection, for use in a plurality of moving devices, is introduced. In the method, a control message is received by one of a plurality of moving devices. A report message is transmitted by the one of the plurality of moving devices, in which the one of the plurality of moving devices sets in a state for group handover and represents all others of the plurality of moving devices for a handover decision. It is determined that a part or all of the plurality of moving devices are allowed to perform the group handover according to the report message. The part or all of the plurality of moving devices allowed to perform the group handoversequentially perform a handover procedure after receiving a reconfiguration message.
US09510262B2
An architecture is described that can determine a scanning schedule for reselection scanning in connection with a wireless communication network or service. The architecture can monitor various indicia relating to recent movement of user equipment (UE) such as a wireless device, and, based upon such recent movement indicia, construct a mobility pattern for the UE. In addition, based upon the mobility pattern, the architecture can generate a reselection scanning schedule for the UE designed to optimize tradeoffs between battery life and network awareness.
US09510248B2
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a target base station (401B), a source base station (401A) and a core network node (110, 111, 115) for providing a selective handover for a sub-set of bearers associated with a wireless terminal (101). Example embodiments further comprises utilizing path switch messaging to provide information on which bearers have been switched or handed over to the target base station and which bearers are to remain connected with the source base station.
US09510240B2
The method comprising at least one wireless user terminal, UE, connected through a wireless network to a serving base station and a plurality of network cells, each one comprising a base station, said at least one wireless UE: estimating the cell loads of the serving base station and of the plurality of network cells by analysing a downlink air interface load; providing to said wireless network, information about the actual cell load estimation of said plurality of cells, and performing a network cell selection based on said estimated cell loads, wherein said cell selection is performed without any exchange of cell load between said plurality of network cells.
US09510239B2
Methods and apparatus for a configurable architecture with a converged coordinator are described. The converged coordinator may have multiple radio transceivers or interfaces. The converged coordinator may communicate with a plurality of clusters or Personal Area Networks (PANs). The converged coordinator may include a protocol stack with a Convergence Layer and a Converged Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. The converged coordinator may perform channel switching to allow devices to switch from one channel to another (or from one PAN to another). The method may include active channel switching, passive channel switching, and group-based channel switching, as well as two-step active channel switching and one-step active channel switching. The converged coordinator may perform channel switching due to increased congestion or traffic in a particular cluster or PAN. The method may include new messages and fields within messages for use in channel switching.
US09510227B2
It is determined, e.g., in a communications terminal, that a test triggering event has occurred. A test is initiated based on the determination that the test triggering event has occurred. One or more transmissions are transmitted at one or more respective specified power levels. Measurement data is received from a remote measurement unit indicating respective received power levels of the one or more transmissions by the remote measurement unit. Based on the measurement data, a maximum transmit power level is determined.
US09510226B2
An information acquiring method and a base station. The method comprises: receiving by a target base station reception status information of a multimedia broadcast multicast service of user equipment reported by a source base station when the user equipment is handed over between cells; wherein the reception status information comprises information indicating that the user equipment is receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service, or information indicating that the user equipment finishes receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service. With the embodiments of the present invention, the source base station of the user equipment notifies the target base station of reception status information of multimedia broadcast multicast service of the user equipment when the user equipment is handed over between cells, thereby guaranteeing the continuity of the MBMS of the user equipment.
US09510221B2
A pilot measurement method is provided, which includes that a receiving end determines a port configuration for pilot measurement, and the receiving end receives a pilot signal using the port configuration, and obtains channel information upon an estimate. Correspondingly, a receiving end for pilot measurement is also provided. Even though the number of antenna ports is sharply increased, a part of ports still can be selected as the ports for transmitting a pilot signal according to needs, the number of the ports for transmitting the pilot signal can be unlimited, and the pilot configuration problem under the condition of sharp increase in the number of the antenna ports can be solved.
US09510215B1
An automated, computational, software tool for adaptable, real-time configuration of Live to Virtual (L-V) tactical communications for continuous training environments. In these types of cosite environments, this tool de-conflicts mutual interfering frequencies of antenna pairs against required antenna isolation, thus eliminating the need for expensive couplers and frequency confining tunable filters.
US09510203B2
A communication system is described in which a mobile communication device receives MDT configuration requests from a base station or radio network controller to initiate an MDT measurement session for obtaining measurement data and location related data for identifying a location to which said measurement data relates. The mobile communication device checks a user consent indicator in memory and only provides the location related data if the user consent indicator indicates that a user of the mobile communication device consents to the provision the location related data.
US09510201B1
Transmitting messages via one or more beacon signals is disclosed. The beacon signals may be generated by a transmitting device by partitioning the message into a plurality of segments, such that each of the message segments do not exceed a segment length that may be carried by the beacon signals transmitted by the transmitting device. A receiving device may receive the beacon signals carrying the segments of the message and reconstitute the message from the received beacon signals. The transmitted message may include wireless network credentials, that when reconstituted, may be used by the receiving device to connect to a wireless network, such as a WiFi network.
US09510198B2
A user identity recognition method for a mobile terminal includes that: a mobile terminal detects and tracks a user's behavior before a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is replaced, and records characteristics of the user's behavior; after the SIM card is replaced, the mobile terminal detects and tracks a user's behavior and records characteristics of the user's behavior; the mobile terminals determines whether the characteristics of the user's behavior before the SIM card is replaced are same as or similar to the characteristics of the user's behavior after the SIM card is replaced; if so, the mobile terminals determines that the user is a legal user; otherwise, the mobile terminals determines that the user is an illegal user. Correspondingly, a mobile terminal is also disclosed, which is difficult to crack, more secure, and easy and convenient to implement.
US09510186B2
Disclosed herein are various techniques for preventing or at least partially securing parameters—e.g., Type parameters—of electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) stored within an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) from being inappropriately modified by mobile network operators (MNOs). One embodiment sets forth a technique that involves modifying file access properties of the Type parameters of eSIMs to make the Type parameters readable, but not updatable by the MNOs. Another embodiment sets forth a technique that involves implementing eSIM logical containers that separate the Type parameters from the eSIM data within the eUICC, such that the Type parameters are inaccessible to the MNOs. Yet another embodiment sets forth a technique that involves implementing an Operating System (OS)-based registry that is inaccessible to the MNOs and manages Type parameters for the eSIMs that are stored by the eUICC.
US09510180B2
An application interface can support real-time mobile management notification. The application interface can have integrated Home Location Registry (HLR) mobile management signaling, such as Signal System 7 (SS7). An HLR database can contain mobile management registration messages, for example Update Location or Ready for Short Message (SM). A real-time feed can be received from the HLR database. Mobile management messages received via the feed can translated into application notification messages. The translated application notification messages can be delivered to registered applications that may reside on an external customer network.
US09510161B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for public safety communication. A method comprises transmitting a groupcast setup request message to a base station; receiving an uplink grant message including information on groupcast resources in response to the groupcast setup request message from the base station; and transmitting data to be transmitted to receiving terminals belonging to a group to which the transmitting terminal belongs to the base station through the groupcast resources. Therefore, public safety communication can be efficiently performed in a wireless communication system.
US09510157B2
A system for tracking a mobile resource in a manufacturing site is described. The system includes a transmitter mounted on the mobile resource to transmit a first signal indicative of a location of the mobile resource at the manufacturing site. The system also includes a transceiver disposed at the manufacturing site to receive the first signal via a wireless network and transmit a second signal indicative of a location of the mobile resource and a duration for which the mobile resource is located at the manufacturing site. The system also includes a controller to communicate with the transceiver and a database. The controller is configured to receive the second signal, identify the location of the mobile resource based on the second signal and information in a database, determine location of the mobile resource with respect to a fixed resource, and determine operational characteristics of the mobile resource.
US09510156B2
A computer-implemented method for providing an alert regarding mobile device location is provided. The method includes obtaining location data corresponding to locations of a mobile device over a period of time. A location pattern is determined based on the location data. The current location of the mobile device is detected at a time based on the determined pattern, and an alert is provided regarding the current location of the mobile device. A system for providing alerts regarding mobile device location is also provided.
US09510152B2
System and method for determining when to initiate radio signal measurements to determine mobile device location. The method includes determining a plurality of locations of one or more mobile devices based on radio signal measurements. Acceleration of the one or more mobile devices between the plurality of locations is determined based on sensor measurements. A first location of a particular mobile device is determined and acceleration is measured by the particular mobile device. It is determined when to initiate radio signal measurements by the particular mobile device to determine a second location of the particular mobile device based on the measured acceleration of the particular mobile device, the determined plurality of locations of the one or more mobile devices, and the determined acceleration of the one or more mobile devices. Radio signal measurements are initiated by the particular mobile device to determine the second location of the particular mobile device.
US09510148B2
User equipment (UE) includes a short-range transceiver configured for communication with a plurality of wireless access points (APs) distributed throughout a venue. The individual UEs can communicate with the venue via the APs. The UEs can be configured to play interactive games with the venue, some of which may be displayed on the large screen in the venue and others that are displayed on the display of the UE. Data may be sent to the UEs individually or in groups. The data may be in the form of advertising, text messaging, images, video, multimedia, or the like. An array of UEs can receive portions of an overall image and function as individual pixels in a large display.
US09510144B2
A computer system may notify a user about personally attended services satisfying temporal-spatial criteria. The computer system may use a user location and/or information on already scheduled events to determine whether a personally attended service satisfies the temporal-spatial criteria. Travel time may be determined and included when determining whether the personally attended service conflicts with an already scheduled event. The temporal-spatial criteria may also include availability of the personally attended service. A user profile and/or third party information may be used to determine if a user is available and/or would be receptive to a personally attended service. The user profile may be generated from third party information, such as contained in an online social network, and/or learned. The user may be able to reserve the personally attended service through the computer system.
US09510141B2
Apps may be tagged with location data when they are used. Mobile device may anonymously submit app usage data. Aggregated app usage data from many mobile devices may be analyzed to determine apps that are particularly relevant to a given location (i.e., exhibiting a high degree of localization). Analysis may include determining the app usage intensity, whether hotspots exist or not at a given location, the spatial entropy of a particular app, the device populations in a particular area, etc. Based on the localized app analysis, apps may be ranked according to local relevance, and, based on this ranking, app recommendations may be provided to a user.
US09510136B2
A computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause performance of operations comprising: successfully establishing a Bluetooth connection between a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device and another device, receiving, by the BLE device from the other device, a request for a change in a configuration, determining, by the BLE device, if the BLE device is in a configuration-changes-enabled state, responsive to determining that the BLE device is in a configuration-changes-enabled state, changing the configuration based on the request, and responsive to determining that the BLE device is not in a configuration-changes-enabled state, refraining from changing the configuration.
US09510133B2
Systems and methods for Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Carrier Aggregation (MRCA) wireless wide area network (WWAN) assisted wireless local area network (WLAN) flow mapping and flow routing are disclosed. One system comprises a dynamic flow mapping module that is configured to form a flow-mapping table to dynamically map service flows between the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the wireless device. A flow routing module is configured to route data packets to one of the WWAN radio and the WLAN radio in the wireless device based on the flow-mapping table to transmit and receive the data packets via the wireless device.
US09510132B2
The described aspects include methods and apparatus providing MTC in a wireless network. In an aspect, a narrow bandwidth within a wide system bandwidth is allocated for communicating data related to MTC. MTC control data generated for communicating over one or more MTC control channels for an MTC UE within the narrow bandwidth is transmitted over the one or more MTC control channels. The one or more MTC channels are multiplexed with one or more legacy channels over the wide system bandwidth. Other aspects are provided for transmission mode and content of the MTC control data or other MTC data.
US09510121B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, a transducer is provided. The transducer includes a substrate, and a diaphragm suspended from the substrate, wherein the diaphragm is displaceable in response to an acoustic signal impinging on the diaphragm, wherein the transducer is configured, in a first mode of operation, to determine a direction of the acoustic signal based on a first displacement of the diaphragm in the first mode of operation, and to decide to accept or reject the acoustic signal based on at least one predetermined parameter and the determined direction of the acoustic signal, and in a second mode of operation, to sense the acoustic signal based on a second displacement of the diaphragm in the second mode of operation if the acoustic signal is accepted in the first mode of operation.
US09510120B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus for testing sound transducers includes a test socket having at least one acoustic generator and at least one sound monitoring device integrated therein. In one embodiment, the test socket includes a well for holding the sound transducer during test, the well being in communication with the at least one acoustic generator and the at least one sound receiving device.
US09510118B2
Environmental sound is captured and mapped. Application of a large number of mobile communication terminals embodied as a data supplier leads to extensive, automatic and continual mapping of environmental sound. For sites that are visited relatively frequently and by a plurality of subscribers, a relatively large quantity of remotely transmitted data records for the environmental sound is obtained informally, which permits a more precise depiction of the environmental noise. Commercially available mobile communication terminals may be augmented using simple measures in order to communicate with a central or local mapping system or mapping service directly or indirectly.
US09510115B2
According to an embodiment, a transcutaneous active bone anchored hearing aid device is disclosed. The transcutaneous active bone anchored hearing aid device comprises an audio processor comprising means for being externally worn by a hearing aid user and an implantable part comprising transducer means for providing a structure-borne acoustic signal to the skull bone of the hearing aid user. The implantable part comprises a low frequency vibrator and a high frequency vibrator arranged next to each other.
US09510112B2
An external microphone array is configured to be used with a hearing aid and comprises a number of microphones configured to detect one or more sound signals from a sound source and means for wirelessly sending the detected sound signal to at least one hearing aid. The external microphone array comprises means for automatically determining the direction of the sound source either by: a) receiving a wireless signal transmitted from a remote control; b) by receiving acoustic signals picked up by the hearing aid(s) and by further comparing the signals with signals received by the external microphone array. The external microphone array may e.g. take the form of a sphere, a hemi-sphere or a neckband.
US09510111B2
The present application provides method and apparatus for a binaural hearing assistance system using a monaural audio signal input. The system, in various examples, provides adjustable delay/phase adjustment and sound level adjustment. Different embodiments are provided for receiving the monaural signal and distributing it to a plurality of hearing assistance devices. Different relaying modes are provided. Special functions are supported, such as telecoil functions. The system also has examples that account for a head-related transfer function in providing advanced sound processing for the wearer. Other examples are provided that are described in the detailed description.
US09510110B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) optical sensor and method of manufacturing a MEMS optical sensor. The MEMS optical sensor may be a MEMS optical microphone including a compliant membrane configured to vibrate in response to an acoustic wave, the compliant membrane having a grating suspended therein. The optical sensor further including a back plate positioned above the compliant membrane, the back plate having a reflector suspended within a center portion of the back plate and aligned with the grating. The optical sensor further including a light emitter positioned below the compliant membrane and configured to transmit a laser light toward the grating and the reflector. The optical sensor also including a light detector configured to detect an interference pattern of the laser light after reflection from the reflector, wherein the interference pattern is indicative of an acoustic vibration of the compliant membrane. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09510101B1
Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing temperature limiting for a voice coil of a speaker. The system and method provide the aforementioned temperature limiting based upon monitoring (e.g., measurement) of an amplifier output signal provided to the speaker. Providing the aforementioned temperature limiting promotes improved protection for the speaker.
US09510087B2
One embodiment of the invention discloses an acoustic device having a housing having an accommodating space with a sound hole formed thereon and communicating with the accommodating space; a speaker unit received in the accommodating space having a diaphragm including a first area away from the sound hole and a second area close to the through window; wherein, the diaphragm has a plurality of corrugations formed on the first area and the second area, respectively, and the amount of the corrugations on the first area is less than that on the second area.
US09510086B2
An earphone comprising an earphone housing having a body portion, the body portion having an acoustic output opening to output sound from a driver positioned therein into an ear of a user. An acoustic tuning member is positioned within the body portion. The acoustic tuning member defines a back volume chamber of the driver and includes an acoustic output port for outputting sound from the back volume chamber of the driver to improve an acoustic performance of the earphone.
US09510085B1
A wireless adaptor for Bluetooth compromising a body, a power source, an adaptor wherein the adaptor attaches to a headphone and wherein the receiver communicates with a headphone.
US09510081B2
A lighting earphone, comprising an earphone plug, a playback module and an earphone control board, wherein the earphone plug and the playback module are connected with the earphone control board through an earphone cord respectively is provided. The lighting earphone further comprises a power module, a control module and a lighting cable, wherein the power module is connected with the control module and the lighting cable respectively so as to supply power to the control module and the lighting cable; the control module is connected with one or more of the earphone plug, the earphone cord, the playback module or the earphone control board; and the lighting cable is connected with the control module so as to flicker and light under the control of the control module.
US09510080B2
A system for securing headphone transducers is provided. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a first transducer device having a first mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A first coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the first mechanical housing of the first transducer device. A second transducer device has a second mechanical housing, which has an outer surface and an inner surface. A second coupling device is affixed to the outer surface of the second mechanical housing of the second transducer device. The first coupling device is coupled to the second coupling device when in close proximity to each other, such that the inner surfaces of the first and second mechanical devices are opposed to each other.
US09510078B2
A wireless earpiece may include a local memory for storing audio files that can be played back by the user. The wireless earpiece may fit entirely within the user's ear canal. Audio files, for example music files, may be loaded on the wireless earpiece by docking the wireless earpiece with a mobile device, which includes a larger memory storing the user's library of music files. The stored audio files may be received from a mobile device that were automatically selected from a library of music files by the mobile device without intervention from the user. To provide stereo sound, two wireless earpieces may be worn by the user and docked separately with the mobile device. Each of the two wireless earpieces may store a single channel of an audio file, which is separated by the mobile device during synchronization.
US09510075B2
Disclosed herein is a waterproof sound-transmitting sheet having high sound transfer efficiency and excellent water proofing performance and a method for producing same. The waterproof sound-transmitting sheet includes: a sound-transmitting layer made of a polymer material and formed in the shape of a web having a plurality of pores; and a coating layer formed on at least one side of the sound-transmitting layer to block pores existing on the surface of the sound-transmitting layer.
US09510069B2
An electromechanical transducer includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, and a vibration film including a membrane disposed on the first electrode with a space therebetween and a second electrode disposed on the membrane so as to oppose the first electrode. The first electrode has a surface roughness value of 6 nm RMS or less.
US09510057B2
Techniques of providing an interactive programming guide with a personalized lineup are disclosed. In some embodiments, a profile is accessed, and a personalized lineup is determined based on the profile. The personalized lineup may comprise a corresponding media content identification assigned to each one of a plurality of sequential time slots, where each media content identification identifies media content for the corresponding time slot. A first interactive programming guide may be caused to be displayed on a first media content device associated with the profile, where the first interactive programming guide comprises the personalized lineup.
US09510051B1
A method, computer program product and computer system is provided. A processor identifies an identity of a viewer of a display device, where the display device is displaying a first video feed. A processor retrieves a profile of the viewer, where the profile includes a plurality of preferences of the viewer. Responsive to a determination that a content of a second video feed that is available for viewing on the display device matches at least one of the plurality of preferences of the viewer, a processor displays an overlay of the second video feed on top of the first video feed. A processor identifies an acknowledgment made by the user regarding the overlay. A processor updates the overlay based, at least in part on, the acknowledgment made by the user.
US09510048B2
Method and apparatus for dynamically changing streaming video quality are described herein. In one embodiment, a network traffic condition of a network and a local processing bandwidth of a client are periodically determined. A data compression method and/or compression rate is dynamically selected that is most appropriate to transmit a video frame to the client over the network in view of the determined network traffic condition and the local processing bandwidth of the client. The video frame is then compressed using the selected compression method and/or compression rate and sent over to a client to be rendered at the client.
US09510043B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for identifying and pre-buffering audio/video stream pairs. The method includes the steps of predictively identifying for pre-buffering at least one audio/video stream pair that may be selected for playback by a user subsequent to a currently playing audio/video stream pair, computing a first rate for pre-buffering an audio portion of the at least one audio/video stream pair and a second rate for pre-buffering a video portion of the at least one audio/video stream pair, downloading the audio portion at the first rate and downloading the video portion at the second rate, and storing the downloaded audio portion and the downloaded video portion in a content buffer.
US09510029B2
Systems and methods are described for providing trick play functions such as fast forward, rewind or slow motion during playback of streaming media content. Multiple sets of streamlets or other media files that represent the same media stream are encoded differently from each other (e.g., at different frame rates and/or frame directions), and each set of files is simultaneously maintained at a server. Files encoded at a first format are made available to the client device during regular playback, and files encoded at a different frame rate and/or a different direction of encoding are made available to support trick play.
US09510027B2
A media content distribution system (10) comprises a plurality of interconnected system resources (13-15) arranged to receive and/or transmit media content. A number of the system resources (13-15) have a capability of performing a transform processing operation on the media content. A system controller (20) automatically determines connectivity of the system resources (13-15) and determines the transform capabilities of the system resources using control messages received from the system resources. A first of the system resources can advertise information about a potential combined system resource which is possible if at least one transform capability of the first system resource is combined with at least one transform capability of another system resource. The system controller (20) can output a map of the system resources on the user interface (25). The user interface (25) can allow a user to explore detail of resources (13-15) and select routes between nodes.
US09510021B2
Provided is a method for a plurality of processing elements to filter a plurality of pixel blocks in a plurality of picture partitions for a single frame image. The method for filtering pixel blocks includes: checking the status of a second boundary pixel block adjacent to a picture partition boundary, the second boundary pixel block being one of a plurality of pixel blocks in a second picture partition and neighboring a first boundary pixel block in a first picture partition, the first boundary pixel block neighboring the picture partition boundary; selecting a filtering area for the first boundary pixel block based on the status of the second boundary pixel block; and filtering the filtering area for the first boundary pixel block.
US09510017B2
A method performed by a video encoding apparatus, includes: generating a predicted block by predicting a current block to be encoded; generating a residual block by subtracting the predicted block from the current block; encoding, into a bitstream, coding domain information indicating whether the residual block is encoded by a frequency domain coding or by a spatial domain coding; and encoding the residual block into the bitstream. Herein, the encoding of the residual block comprises: when the residual block is encoded by the frequency domain coding, transforming from a spatial domain into a frequency domain and quantizing the residual block, and encoding the transformed and quantized residual block; and when the residual block is encoded by the spatial domain coding, skipping transform for the residual block and quantizing the residual block, and encoding the quantized residual block.
US09510006B2
Technologies are generally described for a scalable video coding scheme. In some examples, a scalable video encoder may include a device information receiver unit configured to receive device information regarding multiple devices requesting video content streaming; and a layer generation unit configured to generate a base layer and multiple scalability layers of video data for scalable coding of the video content based on, at least, the device information received by the device information receiver unit.
US09510003B2
A moving picture coding device is a moving picture coding device which codes a moving picture, and includes: a VBV modeling unit which simulates an occupancy amount of a coded data buffer (VBV buffer occupancy amount) at the time of decoding; and a bit rate control unit which determines a quantization width (quantization scale) according to a rate of change of the occupancy amount of the coded data buffer so that the occupancy amount of the coded data buffer increases.
US09509988B2
A motion video encoding apparatus includes: a prediction error image generating unit which computes a difference between a block being encoded and a predicted image for the block being encoded and thereby generates a prediction error image; a prediction error orthogonal-transforming unit which computes a plurality of first frequency coefficients by orthogonal-transforming the prediction error image; a predicted image orthogonal-transforming unit which computes a plurality of second frequency coefficients by orthogonal-transforming the predicted image; a sign judging unit which judges the positive/negative sign of each one of the plurality of second frequency coefficients; and an adaptive encoding unit which encodes each given one of the plurality of first frequency coefficients by using sign match/mismatch information that indicates a match or mismatch between the sign of the given first frequency coefficient and the sign of a corresponding one of the plurality of second frequency coefficients.
US09509986B2
A measurement machine includes an optical lens and a spectral confocal sensor. An electronic device adjusts a zoom ratio of the lens to be a maximum ratio, and calculates X, Y, Z coordinate differences between the lens center and the sensor center. The electronic device calibrates the X, Y coordinate differences at least twice, to obtain calibrated X, Y coordinate differences. The X, Y differences are replaced by the calibrated X, Y coordinate differences when the calibrated X, Y coordinate differences satisfy first predetermined requirements. The electronic device further calibrates the Z coordinate difference at least twice to obtain a calibrated Z coordinate difference. The Z coordinate difference is replaced by the calibrated Z coordinate difference when the calibrated Z coordinate difference satisfies second predetermined requirements.
US09509976B2
An image display system and a display method thereof are provided. The image display system includes an optical disc having image information thereon, an image display device having extended display identification data (EDID), and a reproduction device to analyze the EDID to determine an interface to connect with the image display device, if the image information is three-dimensional (3D) image information, and instruct the image display device to output an alarm text, if the interface is an analog. When the interface is an analog interface, the reproduction device may output an analog two-dimensional (2D) image or 3D image through the image display device. Even when the image display device and the reproduction device are interconnected via an analog interfaces, a 2D or 3D image may be output based on the 3D image information.
US09509969B2
Consumer electronic devices, such as e.g. high-definition movie players for removable storage media such as optical discs, may provide possibilities for advanced interactivity for the user, implemented as software applications. A question arising generally with such software applications is what the life cycle of such an application is, and who may control it. The invention provides a method for executing software applications within a playback device for audio-video data, wherein data from a first removable storage medium are read for a software application to be executed within said playback device, and the data comprise an indication defining a termination condition for the application. Based on said termination code and depending on how the medium holding the application is ejected, the application is terminated or may survive.
US09509953B2
A method includes receiving a plurality of audio signals. Each of the plurality of audio signals includes audio packets, wherein one or more audio packets from each of the plurality of audio signals is coded with an audiometric, the audiometric including an acoustic measurement from a conference site. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of audio signals, extracting an audiometric from one or more audio packets and selecting an active audio signal based on the extracted audiometrics. In addition, the method includes determining a change in the active audio signal and in response to determining a change in the active audio signal, updating a media forwarding table, the media forwarding table including a directory for routing one or more of the plurality of audio signals. The method further includes distributing audio packets to one or more conference sites in accordance with the media forwarding table.
US09509946B2
A method and an apparatus for operating a User Interface (UI) of a conference call terminal are provided. The method includes operating a first camera and a second camera when a conference call is initiated, outputting an output image of a conference call screen comprising a first image and a second image collected from the first camera and the second camera, the first image and the second image being arranged not to overlap, and distinguishing a speaking person's image from another person's image, when the speaking person's image is detected in the output image of the conference call screen.
US09509944B2
A method for a follow me television function the method comprising the steps of: receiving an audio video content; processing and delivering the content to a first device at a first location for playback; the method further comprising the steps of: monitoring location of at least one another device by a device monitoring means; monitoring location of a user by a user monitoring means; detecting whether the user is closer to a second device than to the first device currently used for playback; wherein in case the user is closer to the second device than to the first device currently used for playback, transferring the audio video playback session from the first device to the second device; and starting playback of the audio video content on the second device and stopping playback on the first device.
US09509934B2
Methods and implementations of using a device interface cable assembly are described herein. In some examples, a modular cable and device interface cable assembly may connect a control system such as a home automation control system to a device control port on a device such as a television. A controller device may use the device interface cable assembly and modular cable to send or receive commands and status messages to or from a remote device. Customized commands may provide direct access to all of the functionality in the remote device, and may avoid the need to navigate a series of menus on the remote device. The modular cable and device interface cable assembly may provide two-way communication between the control system and the remote device. Two-way communication may include verification of command message or gestures, or may include retrieval of remote device status information.
US09509923B2
A method for continuously monitoring the working condition of a heat recovery steam generator (“HRSG”) using infrared thermography, comprising the steps of identifying target locations inside the HRSG, positioning one or more infrared cameras to continuously monitor and record the temperature at each target location, generating continuous thermographic images corresponding to selected components and locations at each target locations, comparing the continuous thermographic images to corresponding, stored base line images and generating a set of comparative data reports in real time for each target location in order to predict the life span or potential failure of HRSG components.
US09509918B2
A method and a device for obtaining a high dynamic range image are provided. The method includes: obtaining a pixel value of each pixel in two images of a same scene; determining a brightness value of each pixel in the two images; determining an objective brightness value of each pixel in a combined image combining the two images; determining a color value of each pixel in the two images; determining a color value of each pixel in the combined image; correcting the color value of each pixel in the combined image so as to obtain a corrected color value of each pixel in the combined image; determining a pixel value of each pixel in the combined image; and obtaining a high dynamic range image.
US09509917B2
A digital imaging method for use with an endoscope in ambient light deficient environments is disclosed. In an implementation, the method may include illuminating the environment with pulsed electromagnetic radiation and sensing differing exposures of reflected electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor. The method may further include receiving image data from the pixel array that corresponds to the differing exposures. The method may include creating exposed frames from the image data, where each frame corresponds with a different exposure. The method may further include emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation during a blanking period. The method may further include creating a display frame from the exposed frames. The method may further include creating a stream of images by sequentially combining display frames taken using the differing exposures to provide increased dynamic range.
US09509916B2
A preview image presentation method and apparatus, and a terminal are provided. The method includes acquiring, by a terminal, an image captured by a camera; and presenting, on a screen of the terminal, a first preview image and a second preview image that are generated according to the image, where a size of the second preview image is less than a size of the first preview image. In the embodiments of the present invention, on an existing basis of displaying a first preview image in a full screen manner, a second preview image that is smaller than the first preview image may be presented additionally, so that a user can adjust photographic composition according to the second preview image, thereby enhancing a photography effect and improving user photography experience.
US09509915B2
An information processing system that controls a display to display an image generated based on a manipulation target image and an image based on a manipulation target region that is set based on a detection of an object included in acquired image data.
US09509913B2
An image pickup apparatus that can easily perform electric fine zoom adjustment, includes an image pickup section that can change an image pickup parameter, a display section that visibly displays an image signal outputted from the image pickup section, a rotational operation member that performs a change operation to the image pickup parameter, a parameter control section that controls the image pickup parameter, and a display control section that displays an effect of the change of the image pickup parameter in accordance with the rotational operation of the rotational operation member on the display section, while superimposing the effect on the image signal outputted from the image pickup section.
US09509911B2
An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject; a selection unit that selects, as a reference image, a single image from among a plurality of images that have been captured in succession by the image-capturing unit; a calculation unit that calculates an amount of positional deviation between the reference image and each of the plurality of images other than the reference image; and a generation unit that generates a combined image by positionally aligning and then combining the reference image and those ones of the plurality of images whose amounts of positional deviation are less than or equal to a predetermined amount of deviation. The selection unit selects the reference image so that the number of images for which the amount of positional deviation is less than or equal to the predetermined amount of deviation becomes large.
US09509910B2
An image sensing apparatus has a light sensitive area and a control unit. The light sensitive area registers image data in response to an incoming amount of light, and is operable in an active mode wherein image data can be read out there from as well as in a standby mode wherein image data cannot be read out. The control unit produces a control signal setting the light sensitive area to operate in the active mode and the standby mode respectively in a cyclic manner during an operation period, which preferably encompasses multiple data frame read-outs of image data from the light sensitive area.
US09509887B2
The invention relates to a reproduction device (21), with a device (20) acting as a source of digital services. It also relates to a method of synchronizing two parts of a digital service in a system including a source device according to the invention and at least one reproduction device according to the invention.According to the invention, the reproduction device (21) includes means for receiving the data forming at least a part of a digital service originating from a digital service source device (20), means for processing (210) at least some of the data received, means (211) for reproducing an output of at least a part of the digital service, the time for processing and reproducing the data introducing a delay in the output of the reproduced data. This device also includes communication means (213) for informing the source device of the delay introduced.
US09509878B2
An image processing apparatus performs control so as to reconfigure an image processing unit that performs an image process and that is provided in a portion of a dynamic reconfiguration unit that can dynamically reconfigure a portion of circuit arrangement. The image processing apparatus divides the image processing unit into a parameter holding unit that holds parameters for an image process and an image data processing unit that performs an image process on image data in accordance with the parameters held by the parameter holding unit, performs control so as to reconfigure the image data processing unit after the parameter holding unit is reconfigured, and sets parameters for an image process in the parameter holding unit when reconfiguration of the parameter holding unit has been completed.
US09509871B2
An information processing apparatus includes a processing unit that performs a process, and a notification unit that is adapted to notify a display of a status of the process for the display to display the status, performs first communication from the information processing apparatus to the display if the status as a notification target occurs, and notifies the display of the occurring status by second communication to transmit a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) response in response to an HTTP request from the display to which the first communication has been performed.
US09509867B2
An image processing system identifies desired views of a particular subject and triggers a mobile camera device in proximity to the subject to capture a digital image, thus collecting new image data to augment an existing database. In an exemplary method, location data for a camera-equipped mobile communication device in visual proximity to a subject of interest is received at an image collection server. Upon determining whether the location data corresponds to a desired view of the subject of interest, the image collection server sends an image capture request to the mobile device, triggering the user of the device to capture an image of the subject. Finally, digital image data is received from the mobile communication device in response to the image capture request. The digital image data may then be used for assembling a composite representation of the subject of interest, such as a 3D model of the subject.
US09509862B2
An image processing system includes an image reading device and an image output device. The image reading device includes an image conversion unit configured to create a low-quality image by reducing a quality of a predetermined image, a dictionary creating unit configured to create a dictionary for restoring the low-quality image to the predetermined image, the dictionary being created by using the predetermined image and the low-quality image, and a sending unit configured to send the low-quality image and the dictionary or information relating to the dictionary. The image output device includes a receiving unit configured to receive the low-quality image and the dictionary or the information relating to the dictionary, and an image restoring unit configured to restore the low-quality image to the predetermined image, by using the dictionary or the information relating to the dictionary.
US09509859B2
An image allocation device and an image allocation method are provided which are capable of calculating image characteristic quantities of a plurality of image data corresponding to a plurality of images, classifying the plurality of image data into image groups, whose number corresponds with the number of pages of display pages, based on the image characteristic quantities, and changing the sequence of the image groups according to the distances between the image groups as determined by the image characteristic quantities.
US09509857B2
Mobile device application usage history is collected across a plurality of mobile device applications. A mobile device application usage trigger event is received. For each of a plurality of candidate push notifications, a quality score adjustment is determined as a function of the collected mobile device application usage history and the trigger event. An opportunity to push a notification to the first mobile device is auctioned based on the adjusted quality scores. The notification of the auction winner is pushed to the first mobile device.
US09509855B2
The described implementations relate to migrating from a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) system implementing Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) equipment that handles analog communication signals to a DSL system that implements All Digital (AD) enabled equipment capable of handling DSL data and Internet Protocol (IP) telephony traffic.
US09509853B2
A system and method that fork incoming calls to a destination device or a device that is associated with the destination device is disclosed. The system receives a request to register multiple device for IMS services, receives an incoming call to a destination mobile device, identifies one or more associated mobile devices, and determines one or more forked devices. The system transmits a first notification to each forked device, the first notification indicating that the forked device may accept or reject the incoming call request, and the system receives an acceptance or rejection from one or more forked devices.
US09509848B2
A messaging application receives a sequence of user-consumable messages directed to at least one destination user. The messages are stored in non-volatile storage comprising one or more non-volatile storage devices, and the messages consist of a number of consumed messages having been consumed by the destination user, and a number of unconsumed messages not yet having been consumed by the user. An automatic message manager is configured to implement different respective retention policies for the consumed messages and the unconsumed messages. The retention policy for the consumed messages comprises automatically determining when the number of consumed messages exceeds a threshold for consumed messages, and in response automatically deleting at least one of the consumed messages from the non-volatile storage so as to bring the number of consumed messages back within the threshold for consumed messages.
US09509846B1
A computing apparatus configured to perform natural language processing, e.g., by comparing the words in a communication transcript of a user to a list of keywords, to generate an input vector representing a pattern of text in the communication transcript. A predictive model is generated from correlating input vectors to user ranking scores, e.g., for retention. The input vector determined from a communication transcript is applied to the computation model to compute a predicted retention score of the user. The retention score can be used, for example, to select a personalized recommendation for a communication connection to an adviser and/or a targeted offer.
US09509845B2
A system and method for pairing agents and callers within a call center environment is provided. A call is received from a caller into a call center. A voice sample is received from the caller during the call and traits of the caller are identified from the voice sample. The traits of the caller are compared to traits of one or more candidate agents within the call center. A similarity is determined between the caller and each candidate agent based a number of the traits shared by the caller and that candidate agent. One of the candidate agents is selected based on the similarity and the caller is connected with the selected candidate agent.
US09509840B2
A method for marking a phone number and a system for marking a phone number are provided. Said method comprises: obtaining a phone number of an incoming call or a dialed call to/from a mobile terminal; performing matching process on the obtained phone number in at least one of a local database and a cloud database; based on whether or not said phone number is successfully matched in the local database or the cloud database and whether said phone number is a questioned number, displaying the user with different marking pages, to prompt the user to mark said phone number or confirm the marking information of said phone number; obtaining the marking information marked by the user to said phone number according to the marking page, and performing marking verification process on the marking information; and according to the result of the marking verification process, updating said cloud database and said local database.
US09509834B2
A mobile device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, in which different lock states are provided depending on a mode which is currently implemented in a dual mode of a first mode including child mode and a second mode including adult mode, and different unlock interfaces are provided depending on the lock state.
US09509831B2
A wireless communications device includes a memory adapted to maintain profiles relating to user contacts, an output device operable to emit audible notifications responsive to incoming communications, at least one input device operable to receive a user selection of a silent notification mode of the device and a user selection of a silent mode disabled setting associated with the profiles and a processor coupled to the memory, the output device and the at least one input device. When the device is in the silent notification mode, the processor is configured to prevent the output device from emitting audible notifications responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having profiles without the silent mode disabled and to cause the output device to emit audible notifications responsive to incoming communications from the user contacts having profiles with the silent mode disabled.
US09509829B2
A communications system by which a user may provide inputs using an accessory device is provided. The accessory device may provide instructions to the communications device over any suitable wired or wireless communications path. The accessory device may include any suitable input mechanism for providing an input, including for example one or more switches, sliders, knobs, keys, motion sensing components, environmental sensing components, or any other input mechanism that the user may actuate. A communications system by which a communications device may transmit urgent communications requests is provided. The user may select an urgent option when transmitting a communications request to cause the recipient communications device to enable an urgent mode in which the recipient communications device may change the notification scheme to ensure that the recipient receives the urgent communications request.
US09509825B2
A system and method for securely and automatically identifying users to an inquirer for purposes of obtaining user identifying information is described. The system consisting of at least one client device associated with a user, at least one inquiring device associated with a host, a client information server and a network. The system and method allows computer based systems to automatically authenticate the identities of a plurality of users entering a physical space and obtain information pertaining to user preferences. Users may control whether identifying information is provided to an inquirer as well as what preference information may be obtained by an inquirer.
US09509812B2
A housing assembly for a mobile device includes a cover formed from optically transmissive material, and opaque material formed over a portion of the cover. The opaque material is arranged to define a display portion which is optically transmissive. The housing assembly further includes a frame sized to receive the cover, and a first housing structured to couple with the frame, such that the cover, the frame, and the first housing are structured to define an enclosure sized to contain electrical components for the mobile device.
US09509797B1
A system and method executed by a client for communicating between the client and a server over a Fiber Channel (FC) network. The method creates a first Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) request, including a virtual connection identifier and a call message for a server process at the server, sends the first SCSI request to the server over the FC network, creates a second SCSI request, including the virtual connection identifier, sends the second SCSI request to the server over the FC network, and receives, from the server over the FC network, a second SCSI response responsive to the second SCSI request, wherein the SCSI response includes a reply message from the server process.
US09509796B2
A content processing device is provided. Media content is selectively provided to the content processing device. A profile is used to determine the media content. A software application is included on the content processing device and is configured to receive a message from a remote computer, receive user inputs in response to the message, and update the profile based on the user inputs.
US09509763B2
An embodiment delay device for use within a decentralized system of learning device delays broadcast messages to introduce a time shift into events. The delay device may receive a first message from a triggering device, generate a first pattern using at least a first event based on the received first message, determine whether the first pattern matches a known trigger pattern, wait a predetermined delay period in response to determining that the first pattern matches the known trigger pattern, and broadcast a second message in response to the predetermined delay period expiring. Delay periods may be user-configurable, such as via user inputs (e.g., dials, sliders, etc.) or learned based on messages from responding devices. The second message may be similar to the first message or a distinct message indicating the elapse of the delay period.
US09509762B2
A method provides data to a client by a server and comprises receiving a data update; sending a duplicate of the data update to the client; incorporating the data update into a revolving data carousel for holding the data, the data comprising a plurality of data items; and sending a data item on the data carousel to the client.
US09509758B2
Methods, products, apparatuses, and systems may provide and/or receive relevant commentary for media content. Additionally, the relevant commentary may be provided and/or received in response to rendering a section of the media content. In addition, the relevant commentary may be provided and/or received based on one or more of a preference for a temporal perspective, a preference for a viewpoint, and/or a preference for a state of a social network. Moreover, the relevant commentary may be provided and/or received based on a topic related to the section of the media content. The relevant commentary may be provided and/or received based on an authorship independent of a media content access event by an author of the relevant commentary. In addition, an ambiguous section of the media content may be clarified, and/or an interactive commentary session may be simulated.
US09509752B2
A method, device and system for controlling web page access. The method includes receiving an access request message of a user, obtaining an Internet access account of the user according to the access request message, obtaining a corresponding user rank identifier according to the Internet access account, and sending the access request message with the user rank identifier to a content provider server, so that the content provider server returns corresponding web page information to the user according to the user rank identifier.
US09509751B2
A method and apparatus for managing Internet content is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet content manager (ICM) having a computing element that monitors Internet content supplied to subscribers of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) by one or more Internet content providers according to a process established by the ISP to certify said Internet content of the one or more Internet content providers. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09509748B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing local storage on the computing device. The local storage includes multiple local-storage slots that each currently correspond to a domain or sub-domain and includes one or more resources for a structured document associated with the particular domain or sub-domain. Each of the resources has a timestamp indicating when it was last used by the computing device. The method further includes identifying based on the timestamps one or more resources to be discarded from the local storage.
US09509744B2
Systems and methods for determining quality measures for communication paths that can be used to conduct telephony communications determine and record quality measures for each of a plurality of paths during different times of the day and different days of the week. This information is used to determine and record measures of how the quality of each path varies over predetermined periods of time. When it is necessary to select a path for the setup of a new telephony communication, information regarding the anticipated quality of different potential paths, and information regarding how that quality is expected to vary over the duration of the telephony communication are used to select a path for the telephony communication.
US09509742B2
Configuring manifest files referencing infrastructure service providers for adaptive streaming video
Techniques for serving a manifest file of an adaptive streaming video include receiving a request for the manifest file from a user device. The video is encoded at different reference bitrates and each encoded reference bitrate is divided into segments to generate video segment files. The manifest file includes an ordered list of universal resource locators (URLs) that reference a set of video segment files encoded at a particular reference bitrate. A source manifest file that indicates the set of video segment files is identified based on the request. An issued manifest file that includes a first URL and a second URL is generated based on the source manifest file. The first URL references a first domain and the second URL references a second domain that is different from the first domain. The issued manifest file is transmitted to the user device as a response to the request.
US09509739B2
A method for providing a client with a playlist of content segments accessible in a live streaming service provided in a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming format is provided. A live content processing method for a broadcast system includes transmitting and updating content-related information sent from a server to a client, checking, at the client, content segments accessible in real time and saving a previous content-related information, retrieving the content segments playable by referencing the previous content-related information, determining, at the client, whether the content requested for playback can be playable using a playlist, and notifying the user of the playback result.
US09509722B2
A method is disclosed, and a corresponding data carrier and policy converter, for producing at least one Security Descriptor Definition Language, SDDL, rule from an eXtensible Access Control Markup Language, XACML, policy (P), wherein said at least one SDDL rule is enforceable for controlling access to one or more resources in a computer network. A reverse query is produced indicating a given decision (d), which is one of permit access and deny access, and a set (R) of admissible access requests. Based on the reverse query, the XACML policy (P) and the given decision (d) are translated into a satisfiable logic proposition in Boolean variables (vi, i=1, 2, . . . ) From said ROBDD, variable assignments (RCj=[ARCj1: v1=xj1, ARCj2: v2=xj2, . . . ], j=1, 2, . . . ) satisfying the logic proposition are derived and at least one SDDL rule is created based on said variable assignments (RCj=[ARCj1: v1=xj1, ARCj2: v2=xj2, . . . ], j=1, 2, . . . ) satisfying the logic proposition.
US09509717B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method for receiving data packets at a host system. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: intercepting a data packet, at a data link layer, that is being sent to an input/output (I/O) port of the host system using a hardware device that is located between a hardware network interface and the input/output port of the host system; reading, using the hardware device, at least one parameter from the data packet; determining, by the hardware device using instructions written in memory of the hardware device, whether the at least one parameter meets an authentication criteria, wherein the host system is unable to write to the memory of the hardware device; and in response to determining that the at least one parameter meets an authentication criteria, forwarding, by the hardware device, the data packet to the input/output port of the host system.
US09509716B2
The invention is a method and system for detecting attackers that are interested in attacking an organization's infrastructure during the reconnaissance phase of an Advanced Persistent Threat (APT). APTs are very sophisticated attacks and incorporate advanced methods for evading current security mechanisms. Therefore, the present invention uses an innovative social network honeypot.
US09509709B2
A method to augment a plurality of IPS or SIEM evidence information is provided. The method may include monitoring a plurality of processes associated with a computer system. The method may also include identifying a plurality of processes that have network activity. The method may further include capturing the identified plurality of processes that have network activity. The method may also include storing the identified captured plurality of processes that have network activity. The method may include monitoring a plurality of selected programs associated with an operating system of the computer system. The method may also include identifying a plurality of selected programs that have network activity. The method may further include capturing a plurality of screen capture images associated with the identified plurality of selected programs. The method may include storing, by the second component the captured plurality of system process activity.
US09509704B2
A rights-based system is described in which vouchers are employed for creating, managing, distributing, and redeeming rights in digital contexts. A voucher is a digital, possession-based rights representation. An authorization component of the system validates the vouchers and issues corresponding tokens. Access to digital resources is provided in response to presentation of the tokens which are validated by matching voucher refresh values to corresponding values maintained by the system. New refresh values are generated and inserted in the vouchers each time they are redeemed.
US09509696B1
A system and method are provided for implementing improved access to inter-company resources among related companies in a same industry, including a mechanism where airline aircrew members and other employees, including pilots, cabin flight crew and others can be validated as to eligibility to participate in cabin access programs, using automation and applying various rules and features. The disclosed schemes expand upon the currently-fielded CASS service to cover two additional groups of currently-unserved customer populations within the airline industry thereby availing those additional groups of benefits equivalent to those provided to pilots and cockpit aircrew by the CASS service. The two groups include: (1) airlines and other air carriers, including regional air carriers and business aviation entities and organizations, as well as other currently non-participating Twelve-Five Standard Security Program (TFSSP) entities and organizations; and (2) other airline employees including non-pilot cabin crew members, dispatchers and other ground-based airline employees.
US09509693B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving, at an authentication server, a request message including a plurality of attributes having respective attribute names and respective attribute values; retrieving a profile object that identifies a first attribute name; reading a first attribute value from a first attribute of the plurality of attribute values, wherein the first attribute carries the first attribute name; generating a first subscription identifier that carries the first attribute value; identifying a first subscriber profile that stores the first subscription identifier; and authenticating the request message based on the first subscriber profile.
US09509681B2
A secure instant messaging (IM) system integrates secure instant messaging into existing instant messaging systems. A certificate authority (CA) issues security certificates to users binding the user's IM screen name to a public key, used by sending users to encrypt messages and files for the user. The CA uses a subscriber database to keep track of valid users and associated information, e.g. user screen names, user subscription expiration dates, and enrollment agent information. A user sends his certificate to an instant messaging server which publishes the user's certificate to other users. Users encrypt instant messages and files using an encryption algorithm and the recipient's certificate. A sending user can sign instant messages using his private signing key. The security status of received messages is displayed to recipients.
US09509674B1
A programmable management method and system provides mechanism for processing, viewing and transactions of secure and private information allowing user of the system the ability to control access to and viewing of personal information.
US09509671B2
In one embodiment, a computer method of verifying an operator is human includes automatically selecting a pattern and dividing the pattern into a plurality of textures. The method further includes projecting each texture onto a different respective displayed element in a 3D experience. The method additionally includes randomizing a position and/or an orientation of at least one displayed element of the different respective display elements in the 3D experience. The method also includes receiving operator manipulations of the randomized elements to solve for the pattern and make the pattern appear/reappear. The method further includes granting access to the operator if the pattern is made to appear/reappear. Access is granted upon determining that the operator has made the pattern is appear/reappear, and access is denied if the operator fails to make the pattern appear/reappear.
US09509656B2
A system for providing addresses to a broadcast distribution table. A BACnet device may have an internet protocol, be connectable to a name server via a network, and have a broadcast distribution table. The BACnet device may also have a shadow name table. A name may be looked up in the shadow name table to obtain an address associated with the name. The address may be copied into the broadcast distribution table. There may be one or more additional BACnet devices, each having a protocol, being connectable to a network, and having a broadcast distribution table. The first BACnet device may provide and update the broadcast distribution table of each additional BACnet device with information from the broadcast distribution table of the first BACnet device via the network.
US09509649B2
A mechanism for providing centralized message notification for user interface. disclosed. A method includes intercepting a plurality of message notifications. The plurality of message notifications are generated in an operating system and an application. The method also includes comparing content of a message corresponding to one of the plurality of message notifications with a plurality of regexp based rules. Each of the regexp based rules comprise a condition that is regexp based. When the content of the message matches with a matching regexp based rule of the plurality of regexp based rules, determining whether the condition in the matching regexp based rule is associated with a black list rule. The black list rule comprises excluding one or more of the message notifications among the plurality of message notifications indicated by a user to be displayed at a user device. The method further includes preventing the one of the plurality of message notifications to be displayed at the user device when the condition in the regexp based rule is associated with the black list rule.
US09509642B2
A method, system, and computer-program product for communicating within a messaging architecture using a structured data object are disclosed. The method includes receiving an execution-enabled object and receiving a selection of the execution-enabled element. Such an execution-enabled object is configured to be included in a message sent by a messaging system. The execution-enabled object includes a response element and an execution-enabled element. The response element and the execution-enabled element are associated with one another. The execution-enabled element is configured to post an event to the messaging system upon the execution-enabled element being activated. The selection of the execution-enabled element activates the execution-enabled element.
US09509639B1
A switching device comprises a plurality of switch cores, each switch core having a plurality of ports associated with the switch core. A first switch core is configured to perform ingress processing of a data frame to determine a target port via which the data frame is to be transmitted. If the target port is associated with the first switch core, the first switch core performs egress processing on the data frame and directs the data frame to the target port. If the target port is associated with a second switch core, the data frame is directed to the second switch core at which egress processing on the data frame is performed, including directing the data frame to the target port.
US09509637B1
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a scheduler disposed at a control device of a switch fabric system. The scheduler is configured to receive a control plane request associated with the switch fabric system having a data plane and a control plane separate from the data plane. The scheduler is configured to designate a control plane entity based on the control plane request and state information of each control plane entity from a set of control plane entities associated with the control plane and instantiated as a virtual machine. The scheduler is configured to send a signal to a compute device of the switch fabric system in response to the control plane request such that the control plane entity is instantiated as a virtual machine at the compute device.
US09509630B2
Methods and apparatus for segregating traffic are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a traffic splitter identifies a set of links coupled to the traffic splitter, where the set of links includes two or more uplinks, wherein each of the two or more uplinks are implemented in a common physical media. The two or more uplinks include a LAN uplink coupled to a LAN and a SAN uplink coupled to a SAN. The traffic splitter prevents SAN traffic from reaching the LAN via the LAN uplink. In addition, the traffic splitter prevents LAN traffic from reaching the SAN via the SAN uplink.
US09509610B2
A first Virtual Device (VD) of a first member device connects to a first VD of a second member device via a stacking link that is established between the first member device and the second member device. A VD number of the first VD in the first member device is the same as that of the first VD in the second member device. When a unicast packet is received via a service port, the first VD of the first member device searches in a forwarding table of the first VD in the first member device. When the unicast packet is to be forwarded to another member device the search of the forwarding table, the first VD of the first member device forwards the unicast packet via the stacking link.
US09509607B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, network device, and system for sending and receiving a packet. The method includes fragmenting, by a first network device, a first Hello packet. Each Hello fragment packet has a fragment ID and a content identifier. The first network device sends fragment brief information of the first Hello packet to a second network device. The fragment brief information of the first Hello packet includes fragment information of each Hello fragment packet. The first network device sends the Hello fragment packet corresponding to the first Hello packet if the first network device receives a request packet sent by the second network device.
US09509602B2
A LAN includes a CORE switch, some number of TOR switches, each linked to the CORE switch, and each of the TOR switches are linked directly to some number of host devices. Each of the switches in the LAN operate to process and transmit data frames they receive from neighboring LAN devices. Each TOR switch in the LAN builds and maintains a layer-2 forwarding table that is comprised of MAC address information learned from frames they receive from neighboring LAN devices. Selected ports/VLAN s on some or all of the TOR devices are designated to be CORE/switch facing ports (CFP) or host facing ports (HFP). Each of the CFPs are configured to only learn the MAC address in unicast frames it receives and each of the HFPs can be configured to learn the MAC address of both unicast and multicast data frames provided the destination MAC address included in the unicast frame is known.
US09509595B2
Provided are a method for processing a subnet route and message forwarding equipment. The method includes: it is detected that a next-hop host route to which the subnet route is directed becomes invalid; when the next-hop host route becomes invalid, a deletion instruction for deleting the next-hop host route is generated and issued; the deletion instruction is intercepted, and converted into a first updating instruction for modifying the next-hop host route; and a next-hop egress of the next-hop host route is updated into a Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the message forwarding equipment according to the first updating instruction. According to the disclosure, management over the subnet route can be simplified, and switching efficiency of the subnet route can be improved.
US09509593B2
A method in a network utilizing a distributed connection-oriented control plane includes signaling a first path for a first connection from a first source node; storing call information for the first connection at any intermediate nodes in the first path; signaling a second path for a second connection from a second source node; checking at any intermediate nodes in the second path if there is absolute route diversity between the first connection and the second connection responsive to a requirement therein; and responsive to detecting a diversity violation at an intermediate node of the any intermediate nodes in the second path, signaling a crankback to the second source node with the call information for the first connection included therein; and recomputing the second path exclusive of the first path based on the call information responsive to receiving the crankback. A network and node are also described.
US09509590B2
Techniques for minimizing packet loss of multicast traffic stream when a failure occurs are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, a network element separately joins a multicast group through a first and second path respectively. During uninterrupted operation, the network element processes the packets of the multicast traffic stream it receives through the first path and drops the packets of the equivalent multicast traffic stream it receives through the second path. Upon an interruption of the packets of the multicast traffic stream being received through the first path, the network element transitions to processing the packets of the equivalent multicast traffic stream it receives through the second path. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US09509589B2
According to an embodiment, a communication device is connected to a first network and a second network. The communication device includes a generating unit and a converting unit. The generating unit is configured to generate a first set of route information that is route information of the first network. The converting unit is configured to convert the first set of route information, and generate a second set of route information that is route information of the second network.
US09509587B1
A communication system determines Hardware Root-of-Trust (HRoT) trust for Internet Protocol (IP) communications. A probe transfers probe packets having an originating IP address, destination IP address, and IP HRoT reporting parameter. IP routers receive the probe packets through input interfaces and route the probe packets from the input interfaces to output interfaces. Responsive to the IP HRoT reporting parameter, the IP routers encode router Hardware Identifiers (HW IDs) for transfer in probe responses to the probe system. The probe responses indicate the encoded router HW IDs, IP input interfaces, and IP output interfaces. The probe system processes the probe responses to identify an end-to-end IP communication path for the originating IP address and destination IP address based on the IP interfaces. The network probe system determines hardware trust status for the end-to-end IP communication path based on the encoded IP router HW IDs.
US09509584B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for improving network monitoring. For example, in one embodiment, current inaccuracies due to the imperfect counter frame injection error between ingress counters and egress counters is eliminated, by monitoring, using an ingress counter, for a time period that is slightly greater than the time it takes for a packet/frame to pass from one end to the other, for “no packets/frames”. In one embodiment, once this no packet time occurs, a signaling event is triggered. A notification is sent from the start of the path counter to the end of the path counter to start counting. A “stop counting/restart counting” signal is then sent from the start of the path counter to the end of the path counter the next time that no packets/frames are observed for the same period.
US09509551B2
A method, a server, and a management system correlate performance data in loosely coupled software, such as network and element management systems, with minimal overhead. The systems and methods can be used to determine performance bottlenecks and interdependencies between components by correlating and analyzing collected data. In an exemplary embodiment, the systems and methods can relate to network management systems (NMSs), element management systems (EMSs), and the like, which are collectively referred to herein as management systems. Management systems can include a loosely coupled software architecture that utilizes a message-based communication mechanism. As messages are processed, synchronous calls between components of the management system as employed as well. For the purpose of performance analysis and optimization, the systems and method correlate data between synchronous and asynchronous interactions as each message is processed through a management system.
US09509549B2
Techniques are disclosed to extend routing rules from external services. A request is received to modify a specified rule in a network element of a network. The specified rule governs disposition of a network flow specific to an application. The request is received via a communications channel configured to expose an application programming interface (API) to the application. The request is interpreted at a network abstraction layer of the network element. The request is converted into a command at a service implementation layer of the network element. The command is executed to modify the specified rule in the network element, responsive to the request.
US09509545B2
A method at a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving one or more data symbols; determining reduced symbols for each of the data symbols, the reduced symbols corresponding to each of at least two orthogonal components of the data symbols; and, storing the reduced symbols in a symbol buffer.
US09509538B1
The present invention proposes a demodulator device, a receiver and a demodulation method for M-ary amplitude shift keying systems (MASK) that requires partial knowledge of the CSI, namely, the channel attenuation coefficient. Therefore, the new demodulator, receiver and demodulation method do not require the knowledge of the channel phase shift. Consequently, no complicated channel estimation techniques are required, and the system will be very robust to the system impairments such as phase noise, I-Q imbalance, etc. In this sense, the new technique is denoted as semi-coherent demodulation (SCD). To reduce the complexity of the new SCD, a suboptimal demodulator is derived which has much lower complexity than the optimal while providing almost the same error probability.
US09509537B2
Provided is data transmission and reception that transmits and receives data using a wireless power between wireless power transmitter and a wireless power receiver. An in-band data communication apparatus using a wireless power may include a modulating unit configured to modulate data by mixing a predetermined signal and pulse signal-type data; a demodulating unit configured to detect reflected power generated due to impedance mismatching between a source resonator and a target resonator, and to demodulate received data based on a variance of the reflected power; a source resonance unit configured to transmit transmission power including the modulated data to the target resonator, and to receive the reflected power; and a controller to control the pulse signal-type data, and to control impedance matching between the source resonator and the target resonator.
US09509533B2
A sphere decoder based turbo equalizer is described. A method comprises assorting in a first vector Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, QAM, symbols on a particular tree level based on first distance properties, assorting in a second vector QAM symbols on the particular tree level based on second distance properties, selecting the QAM symbol with the minimum second distance property in the second vector, wherein said selecting comprises labeling the selected QAM symbol as protected, identifying the selected QAM symbol in the first vector assorted by distance properties, pruning the first vector by eliminating all QAM symbols having a larger first distance property compared to the selected QAM symbol, wherein said pruning is restricted to QAM symbols not being labeled as protected, and repeating the steps d-e selecting the QAM symbol with the next minimum second distance property.
US09509532B2
An information handling system (IHS) selectively performs duty-cycled equalization of data transmission on a communication link between a sending component and a receiving component. A controller activates an equalizer associated with the communication link. Following equalizer convergence, the controller determines power consumption and/or data throughput corresponding to data samples propagated over the communication link. If power consumption and/or data throughput do not exceed respective specified threshold values, the controller maintains or applies continuous equalization. However, if power consumption and/or data throughput exceed the respective threshold values, the controller initiates duty-cycled equalization using a selected duty cycle value. The duty-cycled equalization activates the equalizer during the first interval to minimize accumulating inter-symbol interference (ISI) effects associated with a first set of data samples, and de-activates the equalizer during a second interval enabling a second set of data samples to bypass equalization, while satisfying power consumption and signal quality requirements.
US09509528B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to message prioritization and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for social collaborative prioritization of messages in a messaging system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for social collaborative prioritization of messages can be provided for a messaging system. The method can include receiving a message from a sender as directed to a recipient, determining a value for a different social collaborative criterion based upon an application interaction relationship between the sender and the recipient, transforming the value into a priority for the message, and associating the priority with the message in the messaging system.
US09509517B2
A method for transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of nodes includes: determining, by one node, whether or not a data size of transmission target data is equal to or less than a transmittable data size; dividing, by the one node, the transmission target data into a plurality of pieces of intermediate data of which a data size is equal to or less than the transmittable data size generating, by the one node, a plurality of pieces of transmission data by adding a division header to each of the plurality of pieces of intermediate data; transmitting, by the one node, the plurality of pieces of transmission data to another node receiving, by the other node, the plurality of pieces of transmission data; and restoring, by the other node, the transmission target data by integrating the plurality of pieces of received transmission data based on information of the division headers.
US09509514B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module receiving a request regarding at least a portion of corresponding encoded data slices, wherein a collection of encrypted and encoded data slices of a plurality of collections of encrypted and encoded data slices includes a common data aspect, wherein encrypted and encoded data slices of the collection of encrypted and encoded data slices are produced by individually encrypting corresponding encoded data slices using a common encrypting character string and representations of the corresponding encoded data slices. The method continues with the DS processing module identifying the common encrypting character string of the corresponding encoded data slices. When the request is to delete the corresponding encoded data slices, the method continues with the DS processing module obfuscating the common encrypting character string in a local memory such that the collection of encrypted and encoded data slices are effectively incomprehensible.
US09509510B2
According to an embodiment, a communication device includes a first manager, and a second manager, a first communication unit, a determination unit, a controller, and a second communication unit. The first manager shares a first cryptographic key with a first external device connected via a link. The second manager shares a second cryptographic key to be provided to an application, with the first external device and with a second external device connected via links. The first communication unit transmits the second cryptographic key to the first external device. The determination unit determines whether a device with which the second cryptographic key is to be shared is the first external device. If it is affirmative, the controller controls the second manager to share, as the second cryptographic key, a cryptographic key obtained by converting the first cryptographic key. The second communication unit provides the application with the second cryptographic key.
US09509503B1
In a resource-on-demand environment, dynamically created server instances are allowed to boot from encrypted boot volumes. Access keys to the boot volumes are provided from a key provider that authenticates new instances based on possession of a security token that has been previously shared between the key provider and the new instance through an out-of-band communication.
US09509499B2
A method for registering a first electronic key, which is capable of controlling a communication subject, to a controller of the communication subject, the method including: performing an initial production process including storing identification information unique to the communication subject in the controller, and storing an encryption key generation code unique to the first electronic key and an encryption key that is used to verify the first electronic key in the first electronic key; and performing an initial registration process including writing the identification information stored in the controller to the first electronic key, obtaining the encryption key generation code from the first electronic key, generating the encryption key with an encryption key generation logic that uses the encryption key generation code, storing the encryption key in the controller, and storing encryption key information related to the encryption key in a database in association with the identification information.
US09509495B2
A data protection method and apparatus that can protect data through encryption using a Boolean function is provided. The data protection method includes applying an inverse affine transformation to data to be encrypted using a Boolean function; applying round operations of an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptographic algorithm to the inverse-affine transformed data; and producing ciphertext data by applying an affine transformation to the result of the round operations.
US09509492B2
According to an authentication device is for authenticating the validity of a subject ciphertext generated by encrypting a plaintext using homomorphic encryption. The authentication device includes a commitment generator and a response generator. The commitment generator is configured to generate a commitment from a randomly selected verification value, and transmit the commitment to a verification device for verifying the validity of the subject ciphertext. The response generator is configured to generate a response value generated by computing from an acquired challenge value, the plaintext, and the verification value, and transmit the response value to the verification device. The response generator is configured to generate the response value by a third operation where a result of a first operation using the response value is equal to a result of processing the challenge value, the subject ciphertext, and the commitment by a second operation.
US09509491B2
Data reception apparatus and method of determining identical-value bit length in received bit string
A data reception apparatus calculates an integrated number of bits by integrating the number of bits in a received bit string; calculates an integrated number of samples by integrating the number of samples obtained by oversampling each bit; obtains a fitting line indicating correspondence between the integrated number of bits and the integrated number of samples based on a plurality of points of which each point corresponds to either only a rise edge or only a fall edge of each bit in the received bit string; and determines a bit length in the received bit string based on the fitting line.
US09509486B2
The present disclosure, for example, relates to one or more techniques for indicating a frame format for transmissions using unlicensed radio frequency spectrum bands. A UE may receive, from a base station, a frame format indicator associated with a transmission opportunity for transmissions in an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The UE may determine a time-division duplexing (TDD) configuration for the transmission opportunity based at least in part on the frame format indicator.
US09509483B2
Signaling and procedural considerations are disclosed for uplink multiflow operations in user equipment configured for carrier aggregation. Advanced wireless networks may take advantage of unused capacity of neighboring cells by configuring network nodes and UEs to both receive on the downlink and transmit on the uplink to multiple cells or network nodes. Implementing multiflow on UE for the uplink transmission process may cause issues in various channels, signaling, and procedural operations that may be addressed through data and control signaling the techniques disclosed herein.
US09509480B2
The invention relates to a method (MET-T) for transmitting channel feedback information in a wireless communication system. The method (MET-T) contains the steps of determining (M1/5) a first reception quality value (CQI 1) for a first radio channel from a first transmission point (2a) of the radio communication system to an apparatus (4), determining (M1/7) based on the first reception quality value (CQI 1) a preferred use of the first radio channel (6a), and transmitting (M1/8) towards the first transmission point (2a) the first reception quality value (CQI 1) and the first reception quality value (CQI 1) simultaneously indicates the preferred use. The invention further relates to an apparatus for transmitting channel feedback information in the wireless communication system and to a method (MET-R) and apparatus (8) for receiving the channel feedback information in the wireless communication system.
US09509479B2
A method for and apparatus for supporting burst transmission in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers is provided. A wireless device receives a PDCCH for the burst transmission via a first serving cell and transmits a response of the PDCCH via the first serving cell. And then, the wireless device receives PDSCHs for the burst transmission via a second serving cell and transmits a response of the PDSCHs via the first serving cell.
US09509476B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for detecting control signalling and implementing control signalling detection. In a subframe S, a terminal detects the control signalling in K ePDCCH resource sets; the terminal detects set X(i) of aggregation level of the resource in Set i of the K ePDCCH resource sets, wherein i is an integer, 0
US09509471B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting channel state information (CSI) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS), determining overhead of a common reference signal (CRS) resource element based on the same antenna port number as an antenna port number associated with the CSI-RS, and transmitting the CSI calculated based on the CSI-RS and the overhead of the CRS resource element.
US09509468B2
In one embodiment, a method in a network node is provided. The network node is configured to use a first power level for transmitting data in subframes of a first type, and to use a second power level for transmitting data in subframes of a second type. The method comprises signaling (520) first and second information to a network entity. From the first information, a power offset for subframes of the first type is derivable. The first power offset represents a relation between a power level for transmitting reference signals and the first power level. From the second information, a power offset for subframes of the second type is derivable. The second power offset represents a relation between the power level for transmitting reference signals, and the second power level.
US09509465B2
Embodiments of a very-high throughput communication station and method for communicating on a primary channel and up to three or more secondary channels are generally described herein. Short-preamble detection may be performed during a contention window to detect packet transmissions on any one of the secondary channels starting within the contention window. Guard-interval detection is also performed during the contention window to detect a guard interval of a packet transmission on any one of the secondary channels. The short-preamble detection and the guard-interval detection may be performed concurrently during the contention window to determine if any of the secondary channels are busy.
US09509462B2
The present invention is designed to, upon updating CQIs that are fed back, prevent the increase of the overhead of feedback information, and still improve the accuracy of the updated CQIs when CoMP transmission is applied. The radio communication system of the present invention is formed with a plurality of radio base station apparatuses and a user terminal that is configured to be able to perform coordinated multiple point transmission/reception with the plurality of radio base station apparatuses, and the user terminal acquires channel state information of multiple cells, generates feedback information such that the channel state information of multiple cells is allotted and transmitted in a plurality of subframes, and feeds back the generated feedback information to the radio base station apparatus of one of the multiple coordinated points, using a physical uplink shared data channel.
US09509459B2
Methods and apparatus are described for mitigating intercell interference in wireless communication systems utilizing substantially the same operating frequency band across multiple neighboring coverage areas. The operating frequency band may be shared across multiple neighboring or otherwise adjacent cells, such as in a frequency reuse one configuration. The wireless communication system can synchronize one or more resource allocation regions or zones across the multiple base stations, and can coordinate a permutation type within each resource allocation zone. The base stations can coordinate a pilot configuration in each of a plurality of coordinated resource allocation regions. Subscriber stations can be assigned resources in a coordinated resource allocation region based on interference levels. A subscriber station can determine a channel estimate for each of multiple base stations in the coordinated resource allocation region to mitigate interference.
US09509456B2
A transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving data via a power supply line comprise a local signal port for respectively receiving and transmitting a serial bit stream and a power line connection port for respectively transmitting a radio frequency signal and receiving the radio frequency signal via the power supply line. The transmitter comprises a modulator unit adapted for encoding the serial bit stream into a baseband signal and generating the radio frequency signal by mixing the baseband signal with a carrier wave so as to redundantly convey the at least one baseband signal in at least four spectral sidebands of the carrier wave. The receiver comprises a demodulator unit adapted for detecting the at least four spectral sidebands of the carrier wave in the radio frequency signal, isolating a baseband signal from the at least four spectral sidebands and decoding the baseband signal into the serial bit stream.
US09509452B2
Techniques to increase the capacity of a W-CDMA wireless communications system. In an exemplary embodiment, early termination of one or more transport channels on a W-CDMA wireless communications link is provided. In particular, early decoding is performed on slots as they are received over the air, and techniques are described for signaling acknowledgment messages (ACK's) for one or more transport channels correctly decoded to terminate the transmission of those transport channels. The techniques may be applied to the transmission of voice signals using the adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec. Further exemplary embodiments describe aspects to reduce the transmission power and rate of power control commands sent over the air, as well as aspects for applying tail-biting convolutional codes in the system.
US09509447B2
A method of performing a Network Coding (NC) by a transmitting node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising receiving uplink packets from a plurality of nodes through respective links, grouping the links into at least one group based on channel quality information, each group satisfying a listed range of channel quality information, performing the NC on downlink data for each group and transmitting each scheduling information shared by each group to the at least one respective group. A method of receiving network-coded data in a wireless communication system comprises transmitting an uplink packet to a transmitting node, receiving scheduling information shared by a group of links from the transmitting node, the group of links satisfying a listed range of channel quality information, receiving downlink data on which NC is performed and decoding the downlink data based on the scheduling information.
US09509442B2
Embodiments are provided for transmitting channel information, such as control channel information, using lower resources at the transmitter combined with using apriori information associated with channel information in the decoder of the receiver. The apriori information represent predictable information that can be predicted by the receiver and is not transmitted with the channel information by the transmitter. The transmitter determines the apriori information for the channel and codes the channel information into bits and fields excluding the apriori information. Upon receiving the channel information, the receiver determines the apriori information associated in accordance with previously received information. The apriori information is then provided as probability information for input to the decoder. The decoder then decodes the received information in accordance with the apriori information.
US09509440B2
A method and radio node (500) for enabling higher-order modulation in a radio communication with a first UE (502). A first table configuration comprises at least one of a first Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, table and a first Channel Quality Indicator, CQI, table which tables support a certain maximum modulation order. When the radio node (500) detects that a modulation order higher than the maximum modulation order of the first table configuration is potentially possible to use in the radio communication, the radio node (500) instructs the first UE (502) to apply a second table configuration which comprises at least one of a second MCS table and a second CQI table which second tables support the higher modulation order. At least one entry for at least one modulation order in the tables of the first table configuration is maintained in the tables of the second table configuration as a fall-back in case it is desirable to use the at least one modulation order of the first table configuration when the second table configuration is applied. Thereby, a higher data rate can be achieved in the radio communication.
US09509437B2
Methods are described allowing a vector signaling code to encode multi-level data without the significant alphabet size increase known to cause symbol dynamic range compression and thus increased noise susceptibility. By intentionally restricting the number of codewords used, good pin efficiency may be maintained along with improved system signal-to-noise ratio.
US09509436B2
Techniques are disclosed for protecting communication of an NFC-enabled device by generating one or more blocking signals during an NFC data exchange. The blocking signal(s) can include a similar carrier frequency, modulation type, and/or modulation rate an NFC signal, thereby effectively masking the NFC signal. Furthermore, the blocking signal(s) can have a varying amplitude and/or length, which can further mask when an NFC signal is transmitted.
US09509434B2
Systems and methods of optimizing capacity of an optical network, through intentionally reducing margin on one or more wavelengths, include identifying a first wavelength capable of using excess capacity; determining the one or more wavelengths that have extra margin; adjusting at least one of the one or more wavelengths to reduce associated margin to a nominal margin so as to increase supportable capacity of the first wavelength; and increasing capacity of the first wavelength based on the supportable capacity.
US09509427B2
Systems and methods relating to suppressing interference during cell detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device to perform cell detection comprises training one or more adaptive filters to spatially filter transmissions from one or more perceived directions of one or more sources of unknown interference and performing cell detection using the one or more adaptive filters to spatially filter transmissions from the one or more perceived directions of the one or more sources of the unknown interference. In this manner, cell detection in the presence of the unknown interference is improved.
US09509423B2
A broadcast apparatus transmits data of programs. A broadcast control apparatus measures the extent of viewing requests from users of terminals as scores for programs that are transmitted from the broadcast apparatus, and based on the scores that were measured, determines the service quality that is used in the broadcast of the programs. A communication access network apparatus, upon determination of the service quality of programs by the broadcast control apparatus, broadcasts data of programs that are received from the broadcast apparatus by communication channels having a transmission rate that corresponds to the service quality.
US09509407B2
A method and a device for conveying optical data are provided, wherein an optical network unit conveys data to a terminal via dual sideband modulation, wherein the terminal processes only the upper or only the lower sideband received from the optical network unit, and wherein several dual sideband modulated signals from several optical network units partially overlap when being received at the terminal. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising at least one such device.
US09509403B2
A method and apparatus for implementing dimming are disclosed. The method includes: at an MAC layer, dividing an MSDU into two or more sub-MSDUs with a same length; encapsulating each sub-MSDU obtained after dividing into a separate MPDU, and generating a compensation frame for each MPDU; and aggregating the MPDUs and the compensation frames with the same addresses into a PSDU part of a PPDU and transmitting a physical frame.
US09509381B1
A method is provided. The method includes receiving a signal, wherein the signal includes a serving signal and an interference signal; removing the serving signal from the received signal to provide a residual signal; equalizing the residual signal based on linear estimation; determining a sample sum of the equalized signal; determining a plurality of eigenvalues from the sample sum; and estimating a transmission rank of the interference signal using hypothesis testing based on the plurality of eigenvalues.
US09509376B2
A server information handling system baseboard management controller (BMC) includes an NFC transceiver that communicates NFC signals through an NFC antenna structure. The BMC selectively configures the NFC antenna structure to isolate portions of conductive material for use as an antenna in non-NFC communications, such as wireless local area network communications (WLAN) at 2.4 or 5 GHz or wireless personal area network (WPAN) communications at 2.4 or 60 GHz. In one embodiment, WLAN and WPAN communications are encrypted with a key provided through NFC or other types of wireless communication, such as visible, infrared or ultraviolet light signals.
US09509373B2
A system can be used for contactless communication of information between a first device and a second device, each having an antenna intended to be coupled via a near magnetic field. The first device includes a transmit chain having first circuitry configured to generate a digital data stream corresponding to the information to be transmitted, and second circuitry configured to generate a first amplitude-modulated and dithered signal in the antenna of the first device from this stream and from an application of a first dithering. The second device includes a receive chain having third circuitry configured to carry out a frequency transposition of a second amplitude-modulated and dithered signal originating from the first signal, with application of a second dithering synchronous with the first dithering.
US09509369B2
This is generally directed to adjusting signaling properties based on cable attributes. In some embodiments, the cable attributes can include information such as the length of a cable, the diameter of a cable, the type of plug on a cable, the type of or presence of shielding on a cable, or any combination of the above. This information can then be used to determine the appropriate signaling properties for that cable (e.g., with respect to an EMC standard). The appropriate signaling properties may, for example, optimize the signal that is used to drive the cable while still allowing the cable to generate emissions that are within acceptable EMC standards. In some embodiments, the appropriate signaling properties can include factors such as the drive strength of the signal, the slew rate of the signal, the maximum voltage of the signal, the frequency of the signal, or any combination of the above.
US09509366B2
The present application provides an interference estimation circuit which includes a signal generator, a first symbol extractor and a first mixer. The signal generator generates an orthogonal signal orthogonal to partial symbols of a plurality of pilot signals. The first symbol extractor extracts partial symbols of a first decoded signal decoded from a received signal wherein the first decoded signal contains one of the plurality of pilot signals, and includes an input node for receiving the first decoded signal and an output node for outputting a first extracted signal. The first extracted signal is substantially orthogonal to the orthogonal signal. The first mixer is coupled to the signal generator for receiving the orthogonal signal and to the first symbol extractor for receiving the first extracted signal, and outputs a first mixed signal of the orthogonal signal and the first extracted signal for interference estimation.
US09509364B2
An integrated antenna unit, including an extra-wideband antenna, a docking station, and an integrated, field replaceable remote radio unit that electrically couples to the docking station. The docking station may be configured to receive a removable transmission circuit that that electrically couples the remote radio unit and the antenna.
US09509362B2
A transceiver processing hardware (“TPH”) configured to process wireless bit stream(s) includes a minimum mean square error (“MMSE”), an inverse discrete Fourier transform (“IDFT”), a demapper, a descrambler, and a combiner. While MMSE estimates transmit the bit stream, IDFT generates samples associated with the frequency of the bit stream. The demapper, in one embodiment, is configured to discard one or more unused constellation points relating to the frequency of bit stream from the mapping rules. The demapper, in one aspect, includes one or more minimum function components (“MFCs”) and a special treatment component (“STC”). MFCs are able to receive and compare bit stream(s) representing a symbol which corresponds to a quadrature amplitude modulation (“QAM”). STC, in one aspect, is able to force infinity values to the MFCs when the bit stream or stream of bits is identified as ACK or RI with a predefined encoding category.
US09509354B2
A homodyne receiver (100, 200, 300), comprising a first mixer (115, 215, 315) with an RF input port (105, 213, 313) and an LO input port (110, 214, 314) for an LO signal and an output port (120, 217, 317) for the output signal of the first mixer which is also arranged to be the output port of the homodyne receiver. The homodyne receiver (100, 200, 300) also comprises a control unit (125) for controlling signal leakage from the LO input port (110, 214) to the RF input port (105, 213) of the first mixer (115, 215). The control unit (125) is arranged to control the leakage in amplitude and phase so that second-order distortion products and third order distortion products which are created when the RF and LO signals are mixed in the first mixer (115, 215) exhibit similar amplitudes but a phase difference of 180 degrees.
US09509350B1
A non-linear pre-distortion engine maintaining constant peak power at its output is disclosed. The engine includes a compression estimator, a crest factor reduction processor, a digital pre-distorter and a power amplifier. The compression estimator is configured to generate a compression estimate based on an input signal and a feedback signal. The feedback signal is based on an RF output signal. The crest factor reduction processor is configured to reduce a crest factor of the input signal to generate a crest factor reduced signal based on the compression estimate. The digital pre-distorter is configured to apply a pre-distortion to the crest factor reduced signal after an initial phase and generate a pre-distorted signal based on pre-distortion parameters. The power amplifier is configured to amplify the pre-distorted signal to generate the RF output signal. The operation of the chain consisting of pre-distorter and power amplifier is substantially linear and the pre-distorter maintains constant peak power at its output, which eliminates unwanted avalanche or pre-distorter blow-up issues.
US09509338B2
A data processing device includes a compression circuit and a padding circuit. The compression circuit is configured to compare pairs of two contiguous bits within data composed of 2n bits (where n is a natural number), and compress the data based on a result of the comparison. The padding circuit is configured to generate transmission data of 2n bits by padding the compressed data with a dummy pad.
US09509337B1
A hardware data compressor that compresses an input block of characters by replacing strings of characters in the input block with back pointers to matching strings earlier in the input block. A hash table is used in searching for the matching strings in the input block. A plurality of hash index generators each employs a different hashing algorithm on an initial portion of the strings of characters to be replaced to generate a respective index. The hardware data compressor also includes an indication of a type of the input block of characters. A selector selects the index generated by of one of the plurality hash index generators to index into the hash table based on the type of the input block.
US09509330B2
Provided is an analog-to-digital converter capable of suppressing an increase in an occupation area. The analog-to-digital converter includes a multiplying digital-to-analog conversion circuit which includes a capacitance circuit that samples and amplifies an input signal, a quantizer that quantizes the input signal, and a control circuit that determines a voltage to be supplied to the capacitance circuit in accordance with an output from the quantizer. The capacitance circuit includes a first capacitance element and a second capacitance element, each of which includes a first electrode to which a normal phase signal corresponding to the input signal is supplied and a second electrode to which an opposite phase signal is supplied when the input signal is sampled. When the input signal is amplified, an output from the control circuit is supplied to the respective second electrodes, and signals from the respective first electrodes are regarded as amplified residual error amplified signal.
US09509329B2
An asynchronous successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter and an internal clock generator included in the same are disclosed. The internal clock generator in an SAR ADC comprises a detection unit configured to generate an up pulse or a down pulse by sensing generation time of a final internal clock and next external clock; and a delay block configured to increase or decrease delay time by controlling a bias voltage according to the generated up pulse or the generated down pulse.
US09509324B2
An integrated circuit frequency generator is disclosed. In some embodiments, the frequency generator comprises an electronic oscillator configured to generate an oscillator frequency and calibration circuitry configured to periodically calibrate the electronic oscillator with respect to a reference frequency source. When a primary power source is unavailable, an output frequency is generated from the oscillator frequency, and the reference frequency source is powered-on only during calibration cycles.
US09509321B2
A clock oscillator includes a high speed oscillator generating a high speed clock signal and comprising a digital trimming function; a counter receiving said high speed clock signal at a clock input; a time base having a low drift and controlling said counter, wherein the counter generates a difference between a reference value and a counter value; and a digital integrator receiving said difference value and providing trimming data for said high speed oscillator.
US09509317B2
A rotational synchronizer for metastability resolution is disclosed. A synchronizer includes a plurality of M+1 latches each coupled to receive data through a common data input. The synchronizer further includes a multiplexer having a N inputs each coupled to receive data from an output of a corresponding one of the M+1 latches, and an output, wherein the multiplexer is configured to select one of its inputs to be coupled to the output. A control circuit is configured to cause the multiplexer to sequentially select outputs of the M+1 latches responsive to N successive clock pulses, and further configured to cause the M+1 latches to sequentially latch data received through the common data input.
US09509305B2
In an embodiment, an electronic device includes an integrated circuit (IC) having a plurality of power domains, a first regulator coupled to a given power domain, a second regulator coupled to the given power domain, and a switching circuit coupled between the first and second regulators and configured to control an amount of current drawn by the power domain from the first and/or second regulators. In another embodiment, a method includes controlling an impedance of a switching circuit to change an amount of current, the switching circuit coupled to a given power domain of an IC configured to operate in a first mode followed by a second mode, where the switching circuit is coupled to a first regulator configured to provide more power to the IC than a second regulator, and a transition period includes turning off the first regulator and turning on the second regulator.
US09509304B2
An induction generator, for a wireless switch, having a magnetic element with north pole and south pole contact sections, and a coil core having pole contact sections, which can contact with the north pole contact section and the south pole contact section. The magnetic element and the coil core are disposed so as to be movable relative to one another so that a reversal of the magnetic flux direction in the coil core can be generated when switching between first and second idle position, which define a direction of relative movement, in which the north pole and the south pole contact sections each contacts the respective associated pole contact sections. The induction generator has a magnetizable sliding contact section for sliding guidance of the relative movement between the coil core and magnetic element, and this sliding contact section extends parallel to the direction of movement.
US09509296B1
Systems and methods herein may include or involve control circuitry that detects missing edges of reference and/or feedback clocks and may block the next N rising edges of the feedback clock or reference clock, respectively. In some implementations, a phase frequency detector (PFD) circuit comprises first circuitry including an output that outputs a missing edge signal. The first circuitry may include components arranged to detect a missing rising edge of one or both of a reference clock signal and a feedback clock signal. Second circuitry is coupled to the first circuitry and may include components arranged to generate one or both of a reference clock blocking signal and a feedback clock blocking signal based on the missing edge signal. Further, in some implementations, the blocking of the next N rising edges of the opposite clock may effectively increase the positive gain of the PFD.
US09509293B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for controlling chip performance, and relate to the field of communications technologies, which solves a problem in the prior art that a chip is reset or performance is greatly decreased as long as a temperature of the chip is higher than a preset threshold. The method includes: obtaining a working temperature of a chip; when the working temperature of the chip reaches one of multiple preset temperature thresholds, obtaining, according to preset correspondence between a temperature threshold and a chip performance control policy, a chip performance control policy that corresponds to the one of the multiple temperature thresholds; and controlling working of the chip according to the control policy. The present invention is applicable to an electronic device to which a chip is applied, such as a desktop computer or a notebook computer.
US09509280B1
A technique relates to a microwave device. A qubit is connected to a first end of a first coupling capacitor and a first end of a second coupling capacitor. A resonator is connected to a second end of the first coupling capacitor and a second end of the second coupling capacitor. The resonator includes a fundamental resonance mode. A filter is connected to both the qubit and the first end of the first or second coupling capacitor.
US09509273B2
A transformer filter arrangement including a transformer having a first winding and a second winding is provided. Both of the first and the second windings are located between an outer border and an inner border, which is inside the outer border. The transformer filter arrangement further includes at least one reactive sub circuit, each including at least one inductor. The first winding of the transformer is divided into a plurality of winding segments. At least a first one of the at least one reactive sub circuit being connected in series with the winding segments of the first winding between two such winding segments, and having at least one of the at least one inductor located inside said inner border.
US09509243B2
A self-calibrating linear actuator is configured to control a spring return valve with variable stroke. The actuator includes a motor, a spindle coupled to an output of the motor, a motor controller coupled to the motor, a microcontroller coupled to the motor controller, and a back electromotive force (BEMF) circuit, coupled to the motor, configured to provide to the microcontroller a BEMF value for each motor step. The microcontroller is configured to determine a difference of a number of motor steps during operation of the actuator and to store the difference as a calibrated touch point for the actuator.
US09509242B2
A method for operating a direct current (DC) motor is shown and described. The method includes generating a first pulse width modulated (PWM) signal having a first duty cycle, providing the first PWM signal as a PWM DC output for the DC motor, and adjusting the first duty cycle to control a speed of the DC motor. The method further includes sensing an electric current output to the motor using a current sensor and, when the sensed current exceeds a threshold, holding the PWM DC output off.
US09509241B2
A control method used in a control unit of a power converter, connected by three output phases to a synchronous electric motor, the method being used for starting the motor and including a first step for determining the voltages to be applied to the output phases depending on a reference current, a second step for determining a frequency to be applied to the stator depending on a stator frequency, a step for application of the first step and the second step for a given duration, so as to allow the rotor of the synchronous electric motor to rotate at the stator frequency applied. The method is particularly effective for an architecture including a transformer and a sinus filter between the power converter and the electric motor.
US09509208B2
A load driving device according to the present invention has: an internal circuit (DRV) that operates in response to the supply of a power supply voltage (HV or LV); an output circuit (PD1 and PD2) for driving a load in response to the supply of the power supply voltage (HV or LV); an abnormality detection circuit (12) for monitoring the power supply voltage (HV or LV) and generating an abnormality detection signal (S1); and a power supply switch (P0) for, according to the abnormality detection signal (S1), conducting or cutting off a power-supply-voltage supply line to the internal circuit (DRV).
US09509206B2
A power factor corrector correcting the power factor of an alternating current (AC) voltage is disclosed. A power factor correcting unit corrects the power factor of the AC voltage. A smoothing unit smoothes a power factor corrected voltage and includes a film condenser and a plurality of electrolytic condensers. A rectified voltage is applied to one end of an inductor. One end of a switch is connected to the other end of the inductor, and the other end of the switch is earthed. One end of a diode is connected to one end of the switch. One end of a film condenser is connected to the other end of the diode, and the other end of the film condenser is earthed. An electrolytic condenser is parallel-connected to the film condenser.
US09509197B2
The manufacturing apparatus for a stator core has a servo pressing device, a mold, a punch assembly, a first cylinder, a second cylinder and a third cylinder. The mold is mounted on the servo pressing device and has an upper seat and a lower seat. The punch assembly is mounted in the upper seat. The first cylinder, the second cylinder and the third cylinder are mounted on the mold. The stator laminations are respectively punched by the punch assembly of the manufacturing apparatus, and are automatically stacked in the mold. The groups of stator laminations stacked in the recess are respectively pushed by the second cylinder and respectively pressed by the third cylinder. The stator laminations are automatically stacked and pressed in the mold without manpower. Therefore, the manufacturing apparatus of stator core can save manpower and reduce the equipment cost.
US09509187B2
Exemplary embodiments relate to a hollow-cylindrical coreless winding for an electric motor. The winding includes a plurality of single coils which are distributed across the circumference of the winding, wherein each single coil includes a plurality of turns which are spirally wound around a winding axis which is perpendicular to an axis of the winding. Successive single coils overlap in a roof tile manner. The winding includes at least two phase windings, each of the phase windings consisting of several ones of the single coils. The phase windings are offset with respect to each other in the circumferential direction of the hollow-cylindrical winding, so that the single coils of a first phase winding are disposed in the circumferential direction of the hollow-cylindrical winding between the single coils of a second phase winding. Each of the phase windings is wound from a continuous wire.
US09509186B2
A reduced weight rotor design for use in an electric motor where the reduced weight rotor maintains its structural integrity. The reduced weight rotor includes a center hub, an outer ring having lobed portions extending inwardly towards the hub and located adjacent to each location of a magnetic pole pairing, and spokes connecting the hub to the outer ring where the spokes are arranged in a number of pairs equal to the total number of the magnetic pole pairings and wherein each spoke of a given pair does not cross each other spoke of the given pair but does cross a spoke of an adjacent pair thereby forming a one cross spoke pattern.
US09509178B2
A system attached to an object for communicating the object information to communication devices. The system includes an electronic circuitry to communicate an identification-information, and a hub section coupled to the communication device to power the electronic circuitry and further receives the identification-information transmitted from the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry may be embedded in a single chip/printed decal/flexible polymer foil. The hub section includes a generator, a first converter, a first switching unit, a first electrode, a first detection unit, and a hub controller. The electronic circuitry includes a second electrode, a floating electrode, a second converter, a buffer, a second detection unit, a modulation unit, and an analog processing unit. The hub controller authenticates the electronic circuitry on receiving the modulated identification-information; further the hub controller communicates the object information to the electronic circuitry and the communication devices based on the modulated identification-information.
US09509175B2
The present invention relates to a gas turbine power generation system, that includes a hydrogen-cooled generator having hydrogen as coolant, a plant hydrogen storage, generator auxiliaries and an emergency power supply system. The power generation system includes a fuel cell using hydrogen as fuel. The fuel cell is supplied via a line with hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen filling of the hydrogen-cooled generator in case of failure or disruption of the power supply from the gas turbine power generation system. In a preferred embodiment the fuel cell is supplied with additional hydrogen via a line from the plant hydrogen storage and/or with additional hydrogen via a line from generator auxiliaries in case of failure or disruption of the power supply from the gas turbine power generation system.
US09509168B2
The embodiments described herein provide a power transmitter for wireless charging of an electronic device and methods of its operation. The power transmitter uses an inverter configured to generate a square wave from a potentially wide ranging DC input voltage. The inverter is configured to generate the square wave with a duty cycle that results in a desired equivalent voltage output, effectively independent of the DC input voltage that is provided. Thus, by generating a square wave with a selectable duty cycle the inverter provides the ability to facilitate wireless power transfer with a wide range of DC input voltages. Furthermore, in some embodiments the power transmitter may provide improved power transfer efficiency using a quasi-resonant phase shift control strategy with adjustable dead time and a matching network that is dynamically selectable to more effectively couple with the transmitter coil combination being used to transmit power to the electronic device.
US09509147B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a distance greater than a characteristic size of the second resonator structure. The non-radiative energy transfer is mediated by a coupling of a resonant field evanescent tail of the first resonator structure and a resonant field evanescent tail of the second resonator structure.
US09509142B2
A method and apparatus for correcting a locally measured inverter voltage. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a voltage compensation to compensate for a voltage drop along an AC bus between an inverter and a remotely located point on the AC bus; obtaining a voltage measurement at the inverter; applying the voltage compensation to the voltage measurement to determine a corrected voltage measurement; comparing the corrected voltage measurement to a voltage requirement; and performing a corrective action at the inverter when the corrected voltage measurement does not meet the voltage requirement.
US09509123B2
Methods and systems include generating one or more mid-infrared frequencies based at least upon electron transitions in one or more quantum cascade heterostructures. The quantum cascade heterostructures are concurrently configured with a significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility, a significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility, and an insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of mid-infrared frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a four-wave mixing of the one or more mid-infrared frequencies. The four-wave mixing arises at least from the significant third-order nonlinear susceptibility and the insignificant group velocity dispersion. A set of terahertz frequencies (that may include a frequency comb) is generated in the quantum cascade heterostructures based at least upon a difference frequency generation from mid-infrared frequency pairs selected from the set of mid-infrared frequencies. The difference frequency generation arises at least from the significant second-order nonlinear susceptibility.
US09509121B2
A semiconductor laser element includes: a semiconductor-layered structure including a waveguide core layer and having a distributed feedback laser portion and a distributed Bragg reflection portion, the waveguide core layer having a length continuous in an optical cavity length direction and a diffraction grating layer being disposed in vicinity of the waveguide core layer and along the waveguide core layer in the distributed feedback laser portion, and the waveguide core layer being disposed discretely and periodically to form a diffraction grating in the distributed Bragg reflection portion; and an electrode for injecting a current to the distributed feedback laser portion. The distributed feedback laser portion oscillates a laser light at a wavelength corresponding to a period of the diffraction grating layer. The diffraction grating formed by the waveguide core layer in the distributed Bragg reflection portion is set to have a stop band including the wavelength of the laser light.
US09509113B2
Methods and systems for transient gain cancellation at an optical amplifier may involve generating saturating light that is introduced in a reverse direction to a transmission direction at a doped fiber amplification element. The doped fiber amplification element may amplify an input optical signal having a plurality of wavelengths as well as the saturating light. The saturating light may be regulated by a control circuit to counteract transient gain effects of add/drop events in the input optical signal. The saturated light may be filtered to achieve a desired spectral profile.
US09509108B2
The invention relates to a bus connector system having a bus circuit board for producing an electrical connection between electrical equipment, the bus circuit board being attached in a removable manner to a housing of the electrical equipment.The underlying idea of the present invention is advantageously based on the bus circuit board being connected directly to the housing of the electrical equipment. Thus, no support rail is necessary for producing the electrical contact between the equipment.
US09509105B2
A receptacle, fixed to a first case, has a central conductor portion, an outer conductor portion that concentrically surrounds the central conductor portion, and a receptacle-side convex portion that extends in a connector circumferential direction and is formed on a top end portion of the outer conductor portion. A plug, fixed to a second case, has a plurality of inner contact pieces that make contact with an outer peripheral surface of the central conductor portion with fitting into the receptacle, a plurality of outer contact pieces that extend in a connector axial direction on an outer peripheral surface of the outer conductor portion with intervals therebetween, and plug-side convex portions that are freely displaceable in the connector axial direction in a state of being in surface contact with the outer peripheral surface of the outer conductor portion and are formed on the outer contact pieces of the plug.
US09509101B2
A modular electrical connector with separately shielded signal conductor pairs. The connector may be assembled from modules, each containing a pair of signal conductors with surrounding partially or fully conductive material. Modules of different sizes may be assembled into wafers, which are then assembled into a connector. Wafers may include lossy material. In some embodiments, shielding members of two mating connectors may each have compliant members along their distal portions, such that, the shielding members engage at points of contact at multiple locations, some of which are adjacent the mating edge of each of the mating shielding members.
US09509100B2
An electrical connector includes a housing, signal modules, and ground plates. The signal modules and ground plates are arranged in a pattern that includes ground plates flanking corresponding pairs of signal modules within the housing. The signal modules have a dielectric body and signal conductors held within the dielectric body. The signal conductors include contact beams protruding from a front edge for electrical termination. Each ground plate has contact beams aligned with the contact beams of the signal modules to provide shielding therebetween. Each signal module has a lateral thickness that is greater than a thickness of each ground plate. The signal conductors of each signal module are offset relative to a central plane of the signal module such that contact spacings between adjacent contact beams are uniform. Optionally, ground tie bars extend through the signal modules and ground plates to electrically common the ground plates.
US09509096B2
A manual service disconnect for a battery system includes a disconnect header having a housing defining a receptacle, a high current terminal connector within the receptacle, a high voltage interlock (HVIL) connector within the receptacle and a control device terminal connector within the receptacle. A disconnect plug is removably coupled to the disconnect header. The disconnect plug has a high current fuse electrically connected to the high current terminal connector and a HVIL shunt terminal electrically connected to the HVIL connector. A current power control device is received in the receptacle and is electrically connected to the control device terminal connector. The current power control device is exposed for servicing when the disconnect plug is removed from the disconnect header and the current power control device is inaccessible when the disconnect plug is coupled to the disconnect header.
US09509091B2
A connector assembly includes a first connector having a first terminal and a second terminal which are used for fitting detection, a second connector fitted with the first connector, a manipulation lever for use in fitting the second connector with the first connector along a fitting direction, a fitting lock mechanism adapted to lock a fitting state of the first connector and the second connector and a fitting detection mechanism disposed at the second connector and adapted to short-circuit between the first terminal and the second terminal when the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other, the fitting detection mechanism having a first contact point, a second contact point and a third contact point that are arranged in series between the first terminal and the second terminal when the first connector and the second connector are fitted with each other.
US09509078B2
A connector housing is provided capable of reliably preventing a terminal fitting from being inserted and accommodated in a vertically inverted posture into a cavity. A connector housing includes a cavity capable of accommodating a terminal fitting provided with a projection on an outer side surface of a terminal main body portion in the form of a rectangular tube. The cavity includes a main body accommodating portion into which the terminal main body portion is to be accommodated and a groove portion into which the projection is insertable and movable forward when the terminal fitting is inserted in a proper posture into the cavity. A guiding portion for angularly displacing the terminal main body portion by coming into contact with the projection when the terminal fitting is inserted in a vertically inverted posture into the cavity is provided on a side of the cavity before the main body accommodating portion.
US09509069B2
An electrical connector is disclosed having a housing and a female terminal. The housing has an assembly receiving space. The female terminal is positioned in the assembly receiving space and has a first female terminal, a second female terminal, and an elastic connecting spring. The first female terminal has a first contact receiving space. The second female terminal has a second contact receiving space and is independently displaceable relative to the first female terminal along a longitudinal axis. The elastic connecting spring connects the first female terminal to the second female terminal.
US09509066B2
A connector that can adjust a force for inserting a terminal includes a base and a spring. The spring has a bend portion bent from the edge of the base and an abutment portion continued from the bend portion. The spring extends along the base and is sandwiched between the base and the abutment portion. A terminal is inserted toward the bend portion from an opening located on an opposite side of the bend portion and formed between the base and the abutment portion.
US09509063B2
A wireless communication arrangement (100a) with multiple antennas for a vehicle includes a first printed circuit board (110) having a modem unit (111) and a radiating antenna element (113); a second printed circuit board (120) having a radiating antenna element (123); an interface unit (112) disposed on the first printed circuit board (110) and/or the second printed circuit board (120); and a main bendable portion (130) bendably and electrically connecting the first printed circuit board (110) and the second primed circuit board (120) to each other. The first printed circuit board (110) and the second printed circuit board (120) are mountable on an outer surface of a vehicle in non-horizontal orientation with respect to said outer surface, with the first printed circuit board (110) and the second printed circuit board (120) forming a convex like shape in a horizontal direction via bending of the main bendable portion (130).
US09509048B2
According to one embodiment, an antenna includes a second element that has an end connected to a first point of a first element, and first and second ends kept open, and includes a first portion extending from a feed terminal to the first end, and a second portion extending from the feed terminal and bifurcated at a second point between the first point and the first end. The lengths of the first and second portions are set to substantially ¼ of a resonance frequency, and substantially ¾ of a resonance frequency, severally. The second portion includes a portion extending from the feed terminal to the second point, and a portion extending from the second point to the second end and interposed between the portion and a ground.
US09509038B2
Vehicle window glass include a glass plate, a dielectric, a conductive film, placed between the glass plate and the dielectric, and an antenna including a pair of electrodes. The conductive film, includes a pair of facing parts that faces the electrodes across the dielectric, a main slot, and a pair of sub slots. The main slot has, at one end, an open end open at an outer edge of the conductive film, and is formed between the facing parts. Each sub slot has, at one end, an open end open at the outer edge of the conductive film. One of the sub slots connects, at the other end, to the main slot so as to surround one of the facing parts. The other of the sub slots connects, at the other end, to the main slot so as to surround the other of the facing parts.
US09509036B2
A communications unit. At least one example includes a platform that has a tower assembly operably coupled thereto such that tower assembly is movable between a horizontally deployed position and a vertically deployed position relative to the platform. The tower assembly includes a plurality of telescoping tower segments that are movably supported relative to each other such that they may be selectively manually deployed between a retracted position and the horizontally deployed position. The unit may further include a locking assembly that is configured to selectively and individually lock each of the plurality of telescoping tower segments in the horizontally deployed position. A deployment assembly operably interfaces with the tower assembly and is configured to selectively move the tower assembly between the horizontally deployed position and the vertically deployed position.
US09509030B2
Various embodiments of the invention include a power management unit (PMU) to simultaneously control the production of hydrogen and electricity for external use in an MFC-MEC coupled system. In one embodiment, the PMU includes low voltage electronic switches using MOSFETs, and a PWM controller. The PWM controller creates timing waveform necessary to operate the switches. In other embodiments, the switches can be replaced by any switching regulator capable of operating at low operating voltage and currents that yield high efficiency. Such a system can be used in a waste-water treatment facility.
US09509028B2
A microbial battery is provided. At the anode, microbial activity provides electrons to an external circuit. The cathode is a solid state composition capable of receiving the electrons from the external circuit and changing from an oxidized cathode composition to a reduced cathode composition. Thus, no external source of oxygen is needed at the cathode, unlike conventional microbial fuel cells. The cathode can be removed from the microbial battery, re-oxidized in a separate oxidation process, and then replaced in the microbial battery. This regeneration of the cathode amounts to recharging the microbial battery.
US09509027B2
A metal-air battery including: a negative electrode metal layer; a negative electrode electrolyte layer disposed on the negative electrode metal layer; a positive electrode layer disposed on the negative electrode electrolyte layer, the positive electrode layer comprising a positive electrode material which is capable of using oxygen as an active material; and a gas diffusion layer disposed on the positive electrode layer, wherein the negative electrode electrolyte layer is between the negative electrode metal layer and the positive electrode layer; wherein the negative electrode metal layer, the negative electrode electrolyte layer, and the positive electrode layer are disposed on the gas diffusion layer so that the positive electrode layer contacts a lower surface and an opposite upper surface of the gas diffusion layer, and wherein one side surface of the gas diffusion layer is exposed to an outside.
US09509024B2
A secondary battery including a positive and negative electrode, a separator, an electrolyte, and a gas mitigation device is disclosed. The gas mitigation device may include a catalyst configured to catalyze a reaction to form a solid phase material from one or more gases generated during operation of the battery. The battery may also include a protective enclosure surrounding the catalyst, the protective enclosure being gas permeable and liquid impermeable and preventing contact between the catalyst and the electrolyte. The battery may further include a seed material configured to react with the one or more gases to form the solid phase material, which may also be included within the protective enclosure. The catalyst may include nickel nanoparticles or carbonic anhydrase and the seed material may include iron, magnesium, or calcium. In one embodiment, the solid phase material formed is a metal carbonate.
US09509013B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 10 ml per 1 g when heated at 350° C. for 1 minute.
US09509009B2
The present disclosure provides a method of generating electricity from a long chain hydrocarbon, said method comprising contacting the liquid non-polar substrate with a plurality of enzymes, wherein at least one enzyme is non-electric current/potential enzyme that functions as a catalyst for chemical reaction transforming a first substrate or byproduct to a second substance that can be used with an additional electric current/potential generating enzyme.
US09509008B2
A polybenzimidazole based polymer in which substituted or non-substituted benzyl groups are introduced to the two nitrogen atoms of benzimidazole ring. The benzimidazole ring is not decomposed by the attack of hydroxide ions but shows excellent alkali resistance, and thus maintains high ion conductivity. The polybenzimidazole based polymers are particularly useful for not only solid alkali exchange membrane fuel cells (SAEMFC) but also various industrial fields in which polybenzimidazole based polymers are used.
US09509005B2
A fuel cell system suppresses the deterioration of an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell. The fuel cell system comprises: a temperature rise speed calculation unit for calculating a target temperature rise speed of the fuel cell using a temperature of the fuel cell and a water content of the fuel cell; and a drive control unit for controlling a drive of the cooling water pump using the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell and the target temperature rise speed calculated by the temperature rise speed calculation unit. The drive control unit controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that a circulation amount of the cooling water is decreased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is below the target temperature rise speed and controls the drive of the cooling water pump such that the circulation amount of the cooling water is increased when the temperature rise speed of the fuel cell is equal to or greater than the target temperature rise speed.
US09508999B2
An exemplary device for managing moisture content within a fuel cell includes a reactant distribution plate having a plurality of members that establish reactant flow channels that are open on at least one side of the plate. A wicking layer is against the one side of the plate. The wicking layer includes a first portion that is uninterrupted and covers over at least some of the channels. A second portion of the wicking layer extends along ends of at least some of the members such that sections of the channels coextensive with the second portion are open toward the one side.
US09508993B2
Disclosed is an electrode for secondary batteries including an electrode mixture including an electrode active material, binder and conductive material coated on a current collector. The present invention provides an electrode for secondary batteries wherein an electrode active material is a cathode active material and/or anode active material, and the conductive material is included in an amount of 0.1 to 15% based on total weight of the electrode mixture, and a secondary battery including the same.
