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US08431589B2	2,4-diaminopyrimidine derivatives There are provided compounds of formula I wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8 and R9 are as indicated in claim 1 , useful in disorders where ZAP-70 and/or Syk inhibition plays a role or caused by a malfunction of signal cascades connected with FAK.
US08431587B2	Method for the treatment of cancer The invention is based on the surprising finding that treatment with a chemotherapeutic agent such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and an autophagy inducer effectively inhibit the continued growth of, and prevent the recovery following drug withdrawal, of cancer cells. In vivo, drug resistance from a failure to adequately engage in apoptotic programmed cell death leads to a recurrence of cancer and tumours can remain dormant for periods of time before re-emerging as drug resistant metastases. It has been hypothesised that autophagy (Type II cell death) may help cancer cells survive in response to growth limiting conditions, such as nutrient depletion, hypoxia, absence of growth factor, or presence of cytotoxic drug. LiCl is a known autophagy inducer and accelerates cell survival to autophagic programmed cell death.
US08431580B2	4-aminopyrimidine derivatives as histamine H4 receptor antagonists 4-Aminopyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) that are useful as histamine H4 receptor antagonists.
US08431577B2	Crystalline form of eszopiclone, composition, preparation and uses thereof The present invention discloses a crystalline form of S-zopiclone (Formula I) having a powder X-Ray diffraction spectrum excited by Cu-Ka radiation with characteristic peaks expressed in terms of 2θ at about 11.08°, about 12.38°, about 15.86°, about 17.88°, about 19. 98° and about 20.58°; a DSC thermogram with a peak at about 207.7° C. and an infrared absorption spectrum (IR) with characteristic peaks at about 3078 cm−1, about 2942˜2838 cm−1, about 2790 cm−1, about 1716 cm−1, about 1463 cm−1, about 1372 cm−1 and about 757 cm−1. The present invention also discloses a method for preparing the crystalline form of eszopiclone, its pharmaceutical composition and its use in preparing a medicament for treating sleep disorders.
US08431568B2	Aromatic heterocyclic fused indolobenzadiazepine HCV NS5B inhibitors The disclosure provides compounds of formula (I), including their salts, as well as compositions and methods of using the compounds. The compounds have activity against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and are useful in treating those infected with HCV.
US08431562B2	Crystalline sodium salt of cephalosporin antibiotic Polymorphs of Ceftiofur sodium as a crystalline product and a process for the preparation of polymorphs of crystalline Ceftiofur sodium of formula (I).
US08431549B2	Methods and compositions for administration of iron The present invention generally relates to treatment of iron-related conditions with iron carbohydrate complexes. One aspect of the invention is a method of treatment of iron-related conditions with a single unit dosage of at least about 0.6 grams of elemental iron via an iron carbohydrate complex. The method generally employs iron carbohydrate complexes with nearly neutral pH, physiological osmolarity, and stable and non-immunogenic carbohydrate components so as to rapidly administer high single unit doses of iron intravenously to patients in need thereof.
US08431544B1	Compositions for inhibiting gene expression and uses thereof The inventors have examined the means for providing more efficacious gene expression blocking compounds. The inventors have discovered new structural features that surprisingly improve the efficacy of gene expression blocking molecules. These features include the presence of multiple 3′ ends and a linker at the 5′ ends. Surprisingly, these features improve the efficacy of the gene expression blocking compounds in a manner that decreases the compound's biologic instability. Even more surprisingly, this effect has been found to be applicable to both DNA and RNA oligonucleotide-based compounds and to have application in traditional antisense and RNAi technologies.
US08431539B2	Formulations of daptomycin Long term storage stable daptomycin-containing compositions are disclosed. The compositions include daptomycin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a concentration of less than or equal to about 25 mg/mL, a buffer having an acidic functional group and have a pH of from about 6.0 to about 7. The formulations are surprisingly free of degradation products such as the hydrolysis product of daptomycin and the β-isomer of daptomycin after storage periods of at least about 18 months.
US08431537B2	Glue composition for lung volume reduction The present invention relates to methods and compositions for sealing localized regions of damaged lung tissue to reduce overall lung volume. The glue compositions provide a glue featuring an adhering moiety coupled to one or more other moieties including, for example, a cross-linkable moiety and/or one other adhering moiety. The methods and compositions of the invention find use, for example, in treating pulmonary conditions, such as emphysema.
US08431536B2	Target for breast cancer therapy and/or diagnosis The present invention relates to breast cancer and methods for identifying therapeutics and diagnosis. In general, methods for identifying therapeutic agents directed to calcium flow arc disclosed. Also provided arc methods for diagnosis of breast cancer and/or a predisposition to breast cancer and methods of treatment of breast cancer. The methods include identifying therapeutic agents which modulate a CRAC channel and/or a glycoprotein activator of a CRAC channel. Also provided arc diagnostic methods that utilize a CRAC channel and/or a glycoprotein activator of a CRAC channel.
US08431535B2	Methods for treating local tracheal, bronchial or alveolar bleeding or hemoptysis The present invention provides methods for the local treatment of tracheal, bronchial or alveolar bleeding or hemoptysis and/or reducing unwanted effects associated with systemic administration of thrombotic agents to a subject via intratracheal, intrabronchial or intraalveolar administration of a blood coagulation factor to the subject.
US08431532B2	FZD8 extracellular domains and FZD8 extracellular domain fusion molecules and treatments using same Methods of treatment using Fzd8 extracellular domains (ECDs), Fzd8 ECD fusion molecules, and/or antibodies that bind Fzd8 are provided. Such methods include, but are not limited to, methods of treating obesity and obesity-related conditions. Fzd8 ECDs and Fzd8 ECD fusion molecules are also provided. Polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences, vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising or encoding such molecules are provided. Methods of making and using Fzd8 ECDs, Fzd8 ECD fusion molecules, and antibodies that bind Fzd8 are also provided.
US08431530B2	Compositions and methods for treating aids or cancer by inhibiting the secretion of microparticles Novel peptides that inhibit the release of microparticles from cells are disclosed. The peptide contains at least one VGFPV motif at the N-terminal and has a length of 10-100 amino acids. Also disclosed is polynucleotide encoding the peptide, expression vectors carrying the polynucleotide, and methods for treating AIDS and tumors using the novel peptides.
US08431524B2	Peptide antagonist of interleukin-15 activity The present invention is related to the field of molecular immunology, particularly to a peptide derived from the sequence of interleukine-15 (IL-15), wherein said peptide was optimized to inhibit the biological activity of this molecule. In the present invention, it is shown that this peptide inhibits IL-15-induced T cell proliferation, Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNFα) induction and the expression of IL-8 and IL-6 by the IL-15 receptor α subunit (IL-15Rα), all these effects mediated by the binding of the peptide to the IL-15Rα. The invention is also related to the use of the peptide to treat pathologies where the abnormal expression of IL-15 or IL-15Rα is related to the course of the disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and prostate cancer.
US08431520B2	Perfume systems The present application relates to perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products comprising such perfume raw materials and/or such perfume delivery systems, as well as processes for making and using such perfume raw materials, perfume delivery systems and consumer products. Such perfume raw materials and compositions, including the delivery systems, disclosed herein expand the perfume communities options as such perfume raw materials can provide variations on character and such compositions can provide desired odor profiles.
US08431518B2	Detergent composition Automatic dishwashing detergent composition for use in the main wash of a dishwasher to provide drying wherein the detergent comprises an esterified alkyl alkoxylated surfactant of general formula (I) where R is a branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 8 to 16 carbon atoms; R3, R1 independently of one another, are hydrogen or a branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R2 is an unbranched alkyl radical having 5 to 17 carbon atoms; l, n independently of one another, are a number from 1 to 5 and m is a number from 13 to 35; and a dispersant selected from the group of organic polymers, organic builders and mixtures thereof.
US08431514B2	4-cyano-3-benzoylamino-N-phenyl-benzamides for use in pest control The present invention relates to bis-amide derivatives of formula (I), to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to methods of using them to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests, and to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising them.
US08431513B2	Phenolic compound and recording material An object of the present invention is to provide a recording material that is excellent in color-developing properties and background and image stabilities, and a compound used therein. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) [wherein R11 to R14 each independently represent a halogen atom or the like; n, p, q, and r each independently represent 0 or any integer of 1 to 4; m represents 0 or any integer of 1 to 2; a represents any integer of 1 to 10; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; R3 represents an OR51 group or the like; and R41 and R42 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like], a composition containing the compound, a method for producing the compound, a recording material containing at least one compound represented by the formula (I), and a recording sheet having the recording material.
US08431512B2	Oxychlorination catalyst and method for preparing the same A catalyst for oxychlorination according to the present invention contains alumina and copper, and a content of copper is in the range from 5 to 20% by weight calculated as that of CuO, while a content of halogen is not more than 5% by weight. The catalyst is produced by the following steps (a) to (c): (a) preparing a slurry for spray-drying by adding an acid and an aqueous solution of cupric nitrate in a pseudo-boehmite alumina slurry; (b) spray-drying the slurry; and (c) burning the particles obtained in step (b).
US08431511B2	Hydroprocessing bulk catalyst and methods of making thereof A hydroprocessing bulk catalyst is provided. A process to prepare hydroprocessing bulk catalysts is also provided. The hydroprocessing catalyst has the formula (Rp)i(Mt)a(Lu)b(Sv)d(Cw)e(Hx)f(Oy)g(Nz)h, wherein M is at least at least a “d” block element metal; L is also at least a “d” block element metal, but different from M; t, u, v, w, x, y, z representing the total charge for each of the components (M, L, S, C, H, O and N, respectively); R is optional and in one embodiment, R is a lanthanoid element metal; 0<=i<=1; pi+ta+ub+vd+we+xf+yg+zh=0; 0
US08431509B2	Structure for molecular separations A process of producing a structure for molecular separations includes providing a plurality of template materials. The template materials are selected from biomolecules, biopolymers, polymers, or combinations thereof. A sieve material, suitable for producing a structure for molecular separations, is provided around the template materials. The template materials are positioned in an arrangement for leaving pores suitable for molecular separations. The template materials are removed to leave pores in the sieve material and produce the structure suitable for molecular separations.
US08431505B2	Alumina sintered body and method for manufacturing same, and spark plug comprising the alumina sintered body as an insulator An alumina sintered body comprises alumina crystals as a main phase and a grain boundary phase made up of crystalline Y2Si2O7 and amorphous SiO2 at grain boundaries of the alumina crystals wherein when the alumina sintered body is taken as 100 wt %, the high melting phase is present in the range of from 0.1 wt % to 15 wt %. There is also provided a method for preparing the alumina sintered body, which method comprising a first mixing step P1 of mixing, at least, a yttria powder having an average particle size of 60 to 100 nm and a silica powder having a given average particle size to provide a mixed slurry and a second mixing step of further mixing an alumina powder having an average particle size of 0.5 to 1.0 μm in the mixed slurry.
US08431502B2	Silicate glasses having low seed concentration A fusion formable and ion exchangeable silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm3.
US08431496B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A threshold voltage of a thin film transistor is adjusted. The thin film transistor is manufactured through the steps of: introducing a semiconductor material gas into a treatment chamber; forming a semiconductor film in the treatment chamber over a gate insulating layer provided covering a gate electrode; evacuating the semiconductor material gas in the treatment chamber; introducing rare gas into the treatment chamber; performing plasma treatment on the semiconductor film in the treatment chamber; forming an impurity semiconductor film over the semiconductor film; processing the semiconductor film and the impurity semiconductor film into island shapes, so that a semiconductor stack is formed; forming source and drain electrodes in contact with an impurity semiconductor layer included in the semiconductor stack. Argon is preferably used as the rare gas. The rare gas element is preferably contained in the semiconductor film at 2.5×1018 cm−3 or more.
US08431494B2	Film formation method and film formation apparatus A film formation method of forming a silicon oxide film on a surface of an object to be processed in a process chamber includes absorbing a seed gas comprising a silane-based gas on the surface of the object to be processed by supplying the seed gas into the process chamber, forming a silicon film having an impurity by supplying a silicon-containing gas as a material gas, and an addition gas including the impurity into the process chamber, and oxidizing the silicon film to convert the silicon film into the silicon oxide film. Accordingly, the silicon oxide film having the high density and the high stress is formed on the surface of the object to be processed.
US08431492B2	Memory cell that includes a sidewall collar for pillar isolation and methods of forming the same In a first embodiment, a method of forming a memory cell is provided that includes (a) forming one or more layers of steering element material above a substrate; (b) etching a portion of the steering element material to form a pillar of steering element material having an exposed sidewall; (c) forming a sidewall collar along the exposed sidewall of the pillar; and (d) forming a memory cell using the pillar. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US08431488B2	Damascene process using cleaning solution A cleaning solution is provided. The cleaning solution includes a fluorine containing compound, an inorganic acid, a chelating agent containing a carboxylic group and water for balance. The content of the fluorine containing compound is 0.01-0.5 wt % of. The content of the inorganic acid is 1-5 wt %.
US08431471B2	Method for integrating a non-volatile memory (NVM) A feature is formed in the NVM isolation region during the patterning and etching of an NVM device and a logic device such that the feature is of substantially equal height to the logic device and is well-defined so that it does not cause defect signals. A first conductive layer is formed over a substrate. The first conductive layer is patterned to expose at least a portion of the substrate in an NVM region and at least a portion of an isolation region. An NVM dielectric stack is formed over the first conductive layer, the exposed substrate, and the exposed isolation region, and a second conductive layer is formed over the NVM dielectric stack. The first and second conductive layers and the NVM dielectric stack are patterned to form a first gate and a second gate of an NVM cell in the NVM region and a feature over the isolation region. The feature comprises a portion of the first conductive layer, a portion of the NVM dielectric stack adjacent a first sidewall of the portion of the first conductive layer, and a portion of the second conductive layer adjacent the portion of the NVM dielectric stack.
US08431461B1	Silicon nitride dry trim without top pulldown A method for forming devices with silicon gates over a substrate is provided. Silicon nitride spacers are formed on sides of the silicon gates. An ion implant is provided using the silicon nitride spacers as masks to form ion implant regions. A nonconformal layer is selectively deposited over the spacers and gates that selectively deposits a thicker layer on tops of the gates and spacers and between spacers than on sidewalls of the silicon nitride spacers. Sidewalls of the nonconformal layer are etched away on sidewalls of the silicon nitride spacers. The silicon nitride spacers are trimmed.
US08431459B2	Semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device It is an objective of the present invention to form a favorable interface between an oxide layer and a group 3-5 compound semiconductor using a practical and simple method.Provided is a semiconductor wafer comprising a first semiconductor layer that is a group 3-5 compound not containing arsenic and that lattice matches or pseudo-lattice matches with InP; and a second semiconductor layer that is formed to contact the first semiconductor layer, is a group 3-5 compound semiconductor layer that lattice matches or pseudo-lattice matches with InP, and can be selectively oxidized relative to the first semiconductor layer. Also provided is a semiconductor device comprising a first semiconductor layer that is a group 3-5 compound not containing arsenic and that lattice matches or pseudo-lattice matches with InP; an oxide layer formed by selectively oxidizing, relative to the first semiconductor layer, at least a portion of a second semiconductor layer that is a group 3-5 compound formed to contact the first semiconductor layer and that lattice matches or pseudo-lattice matches with InP; and a control electrode that adds an electric field to a channel formed in the first semiconductor layer.
US08431454B2	Fabricating process of circuit substrate and circuit substrate structure A fabricating process of circuit substrate sequently includes: providing a substrate with a pad and a dielectric stack layer disposed at the substrate and overlaying the pad, in which the stack layer includes two dielectric layers and a third dielectric layer located between the two dielectric layers, and the etching rate of the third dielectric layer is greater than the etching rate of the two dielectric layers; forming an opening corresponding to the pad at the stack layer; performing a wet etching process on the stack layer to remove the portion of the third dielectric layer surrounding the opening to form a gap between the portions of the two dielectric layers surrounding the opening; performing a plating process on the stack layer and the pad to respectively form two plating layers at the stack layer and the pad, in which the gap isolates the two plating layers from each other.
US08431448B2	Organic transistor element, and method of manufacturing the same by concurrently doping an organic semiconductor layer and wet etching an electrode provided on the organic semiconductor layer In a method for manufacturing an organic transistor element, an electrode is subjected to wet etching into a predetermined pattern on an organic semiconductor layer. In the process for performing wet etching on the electrode so as to obtain a predetermined pattern, an etching liquid containing a dopant of the organic semiconductor layer is used to perform wet etching on the electrode and, simultaneously, the organic semiconductor layer is doped with the dopant.
US08431444B2	Epoxy encapsulating and lamination adhesive and method of making same An adhesive includes an epoxy resin and a hardener. The hardener includes trioxdiamine, diaminodicyclohexylmethane, toluene diamine, and bisphenol-A dianhydride.
US08431440B2	Chip manufacturing method A substrate table used for manufacturing a chip is provided. The substrate table includes a substrate stage, a substrate placement surface formed on the substrate stage, and on which a substrate is placed, and a guiding member that can project and retract from the substrate placement surface. The guiding member positions the substrate when the guiding member is at a projected position abutting an edge portion of the substrate placed on the substrate placement surface, and the guiding member retracts at a time of applying a tape to the substrate.
US08431438B2	Forming in-situ micro-feature structures with coreless packages Methods of forming a microelectronic packaging structure and associated structures formed thereby are described. Those methods may include attaching a die to a carrier material, forming dielectric material surrounding the die, forming buildup layers in the dielectric material to form a coreless bumpless buildup package structure, and patterning the carrier material to form microchannel structures on the package structure.
US08431436B1	Three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit with enhanced copper-to-copper bonding At least one metal adhesion layer is formed on at least a Cu surface of a first device wafer. A second device wafer having another Cu surface is positioned atop the Cu surface of the first device wafer and on the at least one metal adhesion layer. The first and second device wafers are then bonded together. The bonding includes heating the devices wafers to a temperature of less than 400° C., with or without, application of an external applied pressure. During the heating, the two Cu surfaces are bonded together and the at least one metal adhesion layer gets oxygen atoms from the two Cu surfaces and forms at least one metal oxide bonding layer between the Cu surfaces.
US08431433B2	Methods of providing semiconductor layers from amic acid salts A semiconductor layer and device can be provided using a method including thermally converting an aromatic, non-polymeric amic acid salt to a corresponding arylene diimide. The semiconducting thin films can be used in various articles including thin-film transistor devices that can be incorporated into a variety of electronic devices. In this manner, the arylene diimide need not be coated but is generated in situ from a solvent-soluble, easily coated aromatic, non-polymeric amic acid salt at relatively lower temperature because the cation portion of the salt acts as an internal catalyst.
US08431425B2	Method for fabricating image sensor with uniform photosensitizing sensitivity A method for fabricating an image sensor is provided. A substrate is provided, and then a plurality of photoresist patterns is formed on the substrate. The photoresist patterns are arranged in a first array and defined by a plurality of photomask patterns arranged as a photomask pattern array, wherein a top view of each photoresist pattern has a substantially square shape and a distance between two neighboring photoresist patterns decreases from a center of the first array toward an edge of the first array. Besides, each photomask pattern includes a transparent portion and an opaque portion, wherein an area proportion of the transparent portion included in a photomask pattern increases from the center toward the edge of the photomask pattern array. Then, a thermal reflow step is performed to convert the photoresist patterns into a plurality of microlenses arranged in a second array.
US08431423B2	Reflective substrate for LEDS An underfill formation technique for LEDs molds a reflective underfill material to encapsulate LED dies mounted on a submount wafer while forming a reflective layer of the underfill material over the submount wafer. The underfill material is then hardened, such as by curing. The cured underfill material over the top of the LED dies is removed using microbead blasting while leaving the reflective layer over the submount surface. The exposed growth substrate is then removed from all the LED dies, and a phosphor layer is molded over the exposed LED surface. A lens is then molded over the LEDs and over a portion of the reflective layer. The submount wafer is then singulated. The reflective layer increases the efficiency of the LED device by reducing light absorption by the submount without any additional processing steps.
US08431415B2	Immunoassay using insoluble carrier particles and reagent therefor The present invention provides a reagent for an immunoassay comprising insoluble carrier particles which can give the values to be determined with high accuracy and reliability, and can be stored for a long time; an immunoassay using the reagent; and a method for keeping the reagent stable. The present invention provides an immunoassay which comprises carrying out an antigen-antibody reaction using insoluble carrier particles in an aqueous medium comprising a buffer having its buffer capacity in a neutral or alkaline region (except for a carbonate-based buffer) and a carbonic acid compound releasing a bicarbonate ion; a reagent for an immunoassay comprising a buffer having its buffer capacity in a neutral or alkaline region (except for a carbonate-based buffer), a carbonic acid compound releasing bicarbonate ion, and insoluble carrier particles; and a method for keeping the reagent for an immunoassay comprising insoluble carrier particles stable, which comprises allowing insoluble carrier particles to co-exist in an aqueous medium comprising a buffer having its buffer capacity in a neutral or alkaline region (except for a carbonate-based buffer) and a carbonic acid compound releasing a bicarbonate ion.
US08431409B1	Device and methods of detection of airborne agents Provided are methods, devices and systems that utilize free-surface fluidics and SERS for analyte detection with high sensitivity and specificity. The molecules can be airborne agents, including but not limited to explosives, narcotics, hazardous chemicals, or other chemical species. The free-surface fluidic architecture is created using an open microchannel, and exhibits a large surface to volume ratio. The free-surface fluidic interface can filter interferent molecules, while concentrating airborne analyte molecules. The microchannel flow enables controlled aggregation of SERS-active probe particles in the flow, thereby enhancing the detector's sensitivity.
US08431406B2	Terpyridine-substituted compounds and related selective detection methods Terpyridine-substituted compounds, compositions and/or related methods, as can be used to selectively detect a wide range of analytes.
US08431403B2	Method for detecting analytes Provided is method for detecting an analyte, wherein the analyte is labelled with one or more labels relatable to the analyte which are suitable for optical detection, which method comprises: a) applying an oscillating voltage having a first frequency across the labelled analyte and simultaneously performing an optical detection method on the labelled analyte to obtain data from the one or more labels; b) applying an oscillating voltage having a second frequency across the labelled analyte and simultaneously performing an optical detection method on the labelled analyte to obtain data from the one or more labels; c) determining the identity and/or quantity of the analyte from the data obtained in step (a) and step (b).
US08431402B2	Method of high frequency regeneration of Sorghum The present invention relates generally to the regeneration of sorghum involving organogenesis. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of regenerating sorghum, particularly Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, via organogenesis that yields a high frequency of regenerants. In addition to providing high frequency regeneration, the present invention can be applied directly to the production of sorghum variants through somoclonal variation and to the genetic transformation of sorghum.
US08431401B2	Method of cultivating cell or tissue A method for cultivating a culture of a cell, tissue, etc. There is provided a method of cultivating a culture including a cell or tissue (cell construct), imparting bending motion to the culture. By virtue of applying bending force to a culture of a cell, tissue, etc. (cell construct) to thereby curve the culture, continuous compression and extension in a direction of thickness from a concave portion toward a convex portion thereof are induced. The physical stimulation and deformation not attained by conventional pressurization, shear and tension, then can be loaded on the culture to thereby realize the culture appropriate for restoration of tissue at a region accompanied by bending.
US08431400B2	Dermal sheath cup cell population The present invention relates to a method for isolating hair follicle mesenchymal stem cells and to the use thereof for therapy and prophylaxis as well as for cosmetic treatments.
US08431396B2	Anti-angiogenic peptides A purified polypeptide includes about 10 to about 40 amino acids and has an amino acid sequence corresponding to a portion of SEQ ID NO: 2. The polypeptide can inhibit binding of VEGF to VEGFR2 of cells that express VEGFR2.
US08431391B2	Plant for producing an oxygen-containing additive as an ecologically beneficial component for liquid motor fuels A plant for producing an oxygen-containing additive for liquid motor fuels comprises an anaerobic fermentation vessel, a gasholder, a system for removal of sulphuretted hydrogen, and a hotwell. The plant further comprises an aerobic fermentation vessel, a device for liquid substance pumping, a device for liquid aeration with an oxygen-containing gas, a removal system of solid mass residue after fermentation, a gas distribution device; a device for heavy gases utilization; a device for ammonia adsorption by water; a liquid-gas mixer; a cavity mixer, a system that serves superficial active and dispersant matters and a cooler; all of these being connected to each other by pipelines. The technical result being the implementation of a process for producing an oxygen containing additive, which after being added to liquid motor fuels, provides an ecologically beneficial component for motor fuels by ensuring the stability of composition fuel properties during long-term storage.
US08431390B2	Systems of sample processing having a macro-micro interface Methods and devices for the interfacing of microchips to various types of modules are disclosed. The technology disclosed can be used as sample preparation and analysis systems for various applications, such as DNA sequencing and genotyping, proteomics, pathogen detection, diagnostics and biodefense.
US08431389B2	Portable high gain fluorescence detection system An instrument for fluorometric assays in liquid samples is disclosed. The instrument may include multiple optical channels for monitoring a first fluorophore associated with a target analyte and a second fluorophore associated with a control. The disclosed instrument finds utility in any number of applications, including microfluidic molecular biological assays based on PCR amplification of target nucleic acids and fluorometric assays in general.
US08431384B2	Stable protein storage and stable nucleic acid storage in recoverable form The invention provides compositions and methods for storage of biomolecules. The biomolecules are stored via absorption to a substrate. Absorbed biomolecules can be eluted or recovered from the substrate at a future time, and optionally be subjected to a subsequent analysis or application. Biomolecules absorbed to a substrate for storage may also optionally be preserved, i.e., the absorbed biomolecule is resistant to or resists degradation.
US08431382B2	Chloramphenicol resistance selection in Bacillus licheniformis The present invention relates to a modified Bacillus licheniformis host cell, wherein one or more naturally occurring chromosomal chloramphenicol acetyl transferase encoding gene(s), cat, has been inactivated. The inactivation of the chromosomal cat gene(s) allows the use of chloramphenicol as an efficient selective agent in methods for DNA introduction into the modified cell.
US08431378B2	Aminotransferase, gene encoding the same, and methods of using them The invention relates to a novel aminotransferase, DNA encoding the enzyme, a recombinant vector into which the DNA has been introduced, and a transformant into which the vector has been introduced. Further, the invention also relates to a method for producing an optically active amino compound utilizing the enzyme or transformant. The aminotransferase of the invention has an ability of efficiently converting a ketone compound, particularly a cyclic ketone compound to an optically active amino compound. According to the invention, a method for efficiently producing an optically active amino compound, particularly an optically active cyclic amino compound is provided.
US08431357B2	Method and apparatus for measuring analyte transport across barriers using x-ray fluorescence The present invention includes a method and apparatus for measuring the removal of analyte from a cell. One or more cells are provided, comprising at least 10 picograms of an analyte within a volume defined by the area of an x-ray excitation beam and a depth of a depth of five times the 1/e attenuation depth for at least one characteristic x-ray signal of the analyte as attenuated by water. At least a of portion of the analyte is removed from the cells; and the analyte is measured using x-ray fluorescence.
US08431355B2	Process for screening glycoform-specific antibodies The present invention relates to the use of the assessment of the binding between—antibodies elicited against a first glycoprotein, and—at least one glycoform of a second glycoprotein, said second glycoprotein being itself a glycoform of the first protein, wherein said glycoform of the second glycoprotein is selected from a group of glycoforms of the second glycoprotein, each glycoform of said group corresponding to a determined glycosylation state defined by a determined sialylation state, and/or a determined branching state, and/or a determined fucosylation state, provided that said glycosylation state is not uniquely defined by a substantially unsialylated state, for the screening of glycoform specific antibodies directed against a given glycoform of the second glycoprotein.
US08431349B2	Compositions and methods for early pregnancy diagnosis Disclosed are antibodies and methods for detecting pregnancy in an animal. In certain aspects antibodies used binds immunologically to at least two PAGs selected from PAG4, PAG6, PAG9, PAG16, PAG17, PAG19, PAG20 and PAG21. Antibody encoding nucleic acids are also provided, as are kits, methods of use and additional antibody related compositions.
US08431341B2	Compositions and methods for the identification of inhibitors of protein synthesis Compositions and methods for identifying inhibitors of RNA-target molecule interactions are provided as well as identifying inhibitors that block the role of tRNA in protein synthesis. The methods involve forming a mixture comprising a tRNA fragment molecule containing a modified nucleotide, a target molecule capable of binding to the tRNA fragment, and a test compound. The mixture is incubated under conditions that allow binding of the tRNA and the target molecule in the absence of the test compound. Assays can then be performed that detect whether or not the test compound inhibits the binding of the tRNA molecule and the target molecule. High throughput assays are also provided.
US08431337B2	Apparatus for detecting nucleic acids using bead and nanopore There are provided a method and apparatus for detecting nucleic acid using bead and nanopore, and more specifically, a method and apparatus capable of detecting nucleic acid fragments of 70 bps to 300 bps in length by a nanopore detection unit with nanopores of 20 to 120 nm in diameter by attaching a bead to a nucleic acid probe and then detecting the bead attached to nucleic acid not nucleic acid itself. Accordingly, the present invention can detect the nucleic acid fragments using the nanopore detection unit with nanopores of 20 to 120 nm in diameter, even in case where Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) products are given as the sample, particularly the PCR products are the nucleic acid fragments of 70 to 300 bps in length.
US08431333B2	Method for removing an uncured photosensitive composition A photosensitive composition remover used for removal of an uncured photosensitive composition, which remover includes 1 to 80 percent by mass of at least one type of aromatic hydrocarbon having 9 carbon atoms or more within the molecule. The photosensitive composition remover further includes an aprotic polar solvent and/or another solvent other than aprotic polar solvents. The photosensitive composition remover is effective for removal of an uncured photosensitive composition film deposited at the periphery, edges, or back of a substrate or removal of an uncured photosensitive composition deposited at the surface of system members or equipment in a process for forming a photosensitive composition film on a glass substrate, a semiconductor wafer, or the like.
US08431325B2	Compound, resin, resist composition and method for producing resist pattern A compound of the present invention is represented by the formula (A); wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C6 alkyl group; Z1 represents a single bond, —CO—O—* or —CO—O—(CH2)k—CO—O—; Z2 represents a single bond, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —O—(CH2)k—CO—, —CO—(CH2)k—O—, —O—(CH2)k—CO—O—, —O—CO—(CH2)k—O— or —O—CO—(CH2)k—O—CO—; k represents an integer of 1 to 6; * represents a binding position to W; W represents a C4 to C36 (n+1) valent alicyclic hydrocarbon group or a C6 to C18 (n+1) valent aromatic hydrocarbon group, one or more hydrogen atoms contained in the alicyclic hydrocarbon group and the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be replaced by a halogen atom, a C1 to C12 alkyl group, a C1 to C12 alkoxy group, a C2 to C4 acyl group or —OR10; R10 represents a hydrogen atom or a group represented by the formula (R2-2); R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a group represented by the formula (R2-1) or (R2-2); n represents an integer of 1 to 3; R4, R5 and R6 independently represent a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group; R7 and R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C12 hydrocarbon group; R9 represents a C1 to C14 hydrocarbon group.
US08431317B2	Method for manufacturing capsule toner A method for manufacturing a capsule toner, capable of obtaining a capsule toner including a coating layer having uniform thickness at high yield is provided. The method for manufacturing a capsule toner includes a fine resin particle adhering step of adhering fine resin particles to surfaces of toner base particles, a spraying step of spraying a spray liquid for plasticizing the toner base particles and the fine resin particles, while fluidizing the toner base particles and the fine resin particles, and a film-forming step of fluidizing the toner base particles and the fine resin particles until the fine resin particles adhered to the surfaces of the toner base particles are softened to form a film. In the spraying step, ultrasonic vibration is applied to set a number average liquid-droplet diameter of the spray liquid to less than 10 μm.
US08431315B2	Capsule toner, method of manufacturing the same, and two-component developer There are provided a capsule toner, a two-component developer, and a capsule toner manufacturing method. The capsule toner in which a resin coating layer made of fine release-agent particles and fine resin particles is made on the surfaces of toner base particles, and thus excellent offset resistance without impairing blocking resistance can be obtained. The capsule toner includes toner base particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and a resin coating layer made of fine release-agent particles and fine resin particles, for covering the surfaces of the toner base particles. The fine release-agent particles are dispersed in the resin coating layer.
US08431314B2	Colored resin particle and method for producing the same The present invention provides a method for producing a colored resin particle, the method including: preparing an oil phase in which at least a resin and a colorant are dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent; preparing an aqueous phase containing at least a surfactant in an aqueous medium; dispersing the oil phase in the aqueous phase to prepare a colored particle dispersion liquid so as to form core particles; causing resin fine particles to adhere to surfaces of the core particles by adding at least the resin fine particles to the colored particle dispersion liquid, in which the core particles have been formed; removing the solvent from the colored particle dispersion liquid to obtain colored resin particles, washing the colored resin particles, and drying the colored resin particles, wherein an inorganic base is dissolved in the colored particle dispersion liquid.
US08431308B2	Toner for developing electrostatic image and method of preparing the same Toner for developing an electrostatic image, which satisfies charging stability, low-temperature fixability, high-temperature storage characteristics, and durability with respect to an environment up to a predetermined level or above, and a method of preparing the toner. The toner includes: a core layer including a first binder resin, a colorant, and a releasing agent; and a shell layer covering the core layer and including a second binder resin, wherein the first binder resin includes about 70 wt % or above of amorphous polyester resin and about 30 wt % or below of crystalline polyester resin, the second binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin, and a melting temperature (Tm(C)) of the crystalline polyester resin, a melting temperature (Tm(W)) of the releasing agent, and a melting point (Tm(T)) of the toner satisfy the following conditions: −20° C.≦Tm(W)−Tm(C)≦20° C.; and 0° C.
US08431305B2	Capsule toner, two-component developer, and image forming apparatus A capsule toner capable of enhancing low temperature fixation property without impairing preservation property under a high temperature environment, a two-component developer, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The capsule toner is constituted of toner particles having toner base particles and a coating layer for coating the surface thereof. The toner base particle includes styrene-acrylic resin or polyester resin as a binder resin, and the coating layer includes styrene-acrylic resin or polyester resin. The capsule toner contains 0.05% by weight or more and 0.70% by weight or less of volatile plasticizer based on a total amount of the capsule toner.
US08431301B2	Toner for developing electrostatic charge image, electrostatic charge image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus There is provided a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image including a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent, wherein the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of 4.5 μm or more and less than 7.5 μm and a circularity degree of 0.980 or more is in a range from about 5 number % to about 15 number %, and the content ratio of particles having a number particle diameter of not 7.5 μm or more and less than 15 μm and a circularity degree of 0.900 or more and less than 0.940 is about 5 number % or less.
US08431292B2	Charge blocking layer and coating solution for forming the same The present embodiments are generally directed to an improved imaging member exhibiting various advantages over conventional imaging members. More specifically, the present embodiments are directed to an improved charge blocking layer formed from an aqueous-based coating solution which exhibits improved shelf life and coating properties, such as increased homogeneity and adhesion, and methods for making the same. The aqueous-based coating solution is environment-friendly and avoids the need to use more expensive organic solvents which involve higher safety risks in the manufacturing process.
US08431291B2	Intensity selective exposure photomask An intensity selective exposure photomask, also describes as a gradated photomask, is provided. The photomask includes a first region including a first array of sub-resolution features. The first region blocks a first percentage of the incident radiation. The photomask also includes a second region including a second array of sub-resolution features. The second region blocks a second percentage of the incident radiation different that the first percentage.
US08431288B2	Current collector plates of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys Collector plates made of bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys, the bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys providing ruggedness, lightweight structure, excellent resistance to chemical and environmental effects, and low-cost manufacturing, and methods of making such collector plates from such bulk-solidifying amorphous alloys are provided.
US08431284B2	Low electrical resistance bipolar plate-diffusion media assembly A fuel cell assembly and method of forming the same is disclosed, the fuel cell assembly including a membrane electrode assembly, a plurality of diffusion media, and a plurality of bipolar plates, wherein the diffusion media are adhered to the bipolar plates with an adhesive layer adapted to minimize an electrical resistance within the fuel cell assembly.
US08431282B2	Closed coolant loop with expansion device for a fuel cell system A fuel cell system that employs a closed coolant loop. The system includes an expansion device having a flexible membrane, where a cooling fluid side of the membrane is in fluid communication with the cooling fluid in the coolant loop and an air side of the membrane is in communication with an air pocket. The air side of the expansion device is in air communication with an air compressor so that the pressure of the cooling fluid within the coolant loop changes as the stack pressure changes. The fuel cell system also includes a coolant reservoir that is in fluid communication with the cooling fluid in the coolant loop. Air and hydrogen bubbles within the cooling fluid are vented to the coolant reservoir where they accumulate. The coolant reservoir includes a level sensor indicating the level of the cooling fluid therein.
US08431281B2	Methods of operating fuel cells A fuel cell is disclosed which is formed on a semiconductor wafer by etching channel in the wafer and forming electronics on the substrate electronically coupled to the fuel cell that controls generation of power by the fuel cell through electrical communication with the fuel cell. A hydrogen fuel is admitted into one of the divided channels and an oxidant into the other. The hydrogen reacts with a catalyst formed on an anode electrode at the hydrogen side of the channel to release hydrogen ions (protons) which are absorbed into the PEM. The protons migrate through the PEM and recombine with return hydrogen electrons on a cathode electrode on the oxygen side of the PEM and the oxygen to form water.
US08431275B2	Water management of PEM fuel cell stacks using surface active agents A fuel cell system that employs a surface active agent that reduces the surface tension of the water in the flow field channels. The fuel cell system includes humidifiers that humidify the cathode inlet airflow and the hydrogen anode gas. The surface active agent is mixed with the humidifying water in the humidifiers so that the surface active agent enters the flow field channels to reduce the surface tension of the water therein, thus allowing the water to wick the channels. In one non-limiting embodiment, the surface active agent is ethanol. Ruthenium can be added to the platinum in the catalyst layers of the fuel cells to mitigate the poisoning of platinum by carbon monoxide, which is one of the oxidation products of ethanol on the cathode side of the fuel cell.
US08431261B2	Fuel cell component including an identification display portion A fuel cell component includes a fuel cell component body having a surface, and an identification information display portion provided on the fuel cell component body. The identification information display portion is provided at a recessed region of the fuel cell component body recessed relative to the surface.
US08431255B2	Galvanomagnetic device and magnetic sensor Embodiments of the present invention relate to a galvanomagnetic device for use as a magnetic sensor or magnetic memory device. In a particular embodiment, the galvanomagnetic device comprises a non-conductive substrate, a first magnetic layer having a magnetic anisotropy perpendicular to the surface thereof, and a ferromagnetic second magnetic layer formed on the first magnetic layer. On the second magnetic layer, current electrodes are disposed to pass a current between two points, and voltage electrodes are disposed to detect a Hall voltage between two points perpendicularly to the current flow direction.
US08431254B2	Solid joint obtained by heat projection The invention relates to a composite material element (1), the composite material comprising a microfissured matrix (7) in the form of a three-dimensional interconnected network (4) of microfissures exposed on the surface of the ceramic matrix, an additive material (6) consisting of a flux or glass being dispersed in the matrix, the additive material (6) being a material which, when the composite material is brought to a predetermined temperature, softens and migrates by capillarity in the network (4) of microfissures (4) to said surface of the element. The quantity of additive material dispersed initially in the matrix is in a sufficient proportion compared to the matrix intended to coat a surface (5) of the composite material element left exposed so as to create a gas-tight barrier.
US08431245B2	Deuterated compounds for luminescent applications This invention relates to deuterated compounds that are useful in electroluminescent applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a deuterated compound.
US08431243B2	Phosphorescent materials containing iridium complexes Phosphorescent materials comprising iridium complexes of Formula I are provided. Compounds of Formula I are red emitters, and OLED devices incorporating these compounds have improved properties such as higher efficiency and stability.
US08431242B2	OLED device with certain fluoranthene host An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween: (a) a light emitting layer containing a non-light-emitting fluoranthene compound with a 7,10-diaryl substituted fluoranthene nucleus having no aromatic rings annulated to the fluoranthene nucleus; and (b) comprising still further an additional layer, containing an organic alkali metal compound, located between the cathode and the electron transporting layer. OLED devices of the invention provide reduced drive voltage and improved color, and provide embodiments with other improved features such as operational stability and high luminance.
US08431236B2	Layered wood composites A method for the preparation of a composite product, as well as the composite product. The composite product comprises at least two layers. At least one of the layers is of wood or another cellulose-containing material. The process comprises differentially treating the layers prior to, during, or after the lamination of the layers into a composite product.
US08431234B2	Biaxially oriented polypropylene film with heat sealable matte layer A laminate film including a first polyolefin heat sealable matte resin layer including a blend of 15-30 wt % metallocene-catalyzed butene-propylene elastomer and 85-70 wt % of a matte resin including ethylene homopolymer and propylene homopolymer or copolymer is disclosed. The laminate film could further have additional layers such as a second polyolefin resin-containing layer, a metal layer, or combinations thereof.
US08431231B2	Titanium Material and Exhaust Pipe for Engine The present invention provides a titanium material having high-temperature oxidation resistance at high temperatures above 800° C. and an exhaust pipe made of this titanium material for an engine. A titanium alloy contains 0.15 to 2% by mass Si, has an Al content below 0.30% by mass, and has equiaxial structure having a mean grain size of 15 μm or above. The high-temperature oxidation resistance of the titanium alloy at high temperatures above 800° C., such as 850° C., is improved by means including adding Nb, Mo and Cr in combination with Si to the titanium alloy, forming equiaxial structure of coarse grains, creating acicular structure, Si-enrichment of a surface layer of the titanium alloy, and reducing impurities including copper, oxygen and carbon contained in the titanium alloy.
US08431228B2	Ceramic component with surface resistant to hot gas and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a ceramic component comprising a surface which is resistant to hot gas, and a method for the production thereof. Said ceramic component comprises a ceramic body and a surface which is resistant to hot gas. According to the invention, the surface which is resistant to hot gas is provided with a poorly reactive mineral coating.
US08431221B2	Therapeutic calcium phosphate particles and methods of manufacture and use Novel calcium phosphate core particles, methods of making them, and methods of using them as vaccine adjuvants, as cores, as carriers of biologically active material, and as controlled release matrices for biologically active material are disclosed. The core particles may have a surface modifying agent and/or biologically active material, such as antigenic material or natural immunoenhancing factor, polynucleotide material, or therapeutic proteins or peptides, partially coating the particle or impregnated therein. The core particles have a diameter between about 300 nm and about 4000 nm, more particularly between about 300 nm and about 2000 nm, and even more particularly between about 300 nm and about 1000 nm, are substantially spherical in shape, and have a substantially smooth surface.
US08431215B2	Label film for deep drawing methods The invention relates to the use of a biaxially oriented film having a porous layer, which contains propylene polymer and at least one β-nucleating agent and whose microporosity is generated by converting β-crystalline polypropylene during stretching of the film, for labeling containers during a drawing process.
US08431214B2	Composite structure having reinforced core and method of making same A polymer-based composite sandwich includes a reinforced core bonded between a pair of composite facesheets. The core includes a truss formed by groups of composite pins held in place by a layer of structural foam. The pins in the groups are radially arranged around nodes. The ends of the pins are splayed and sandwiched between the foam layer and the facesheets.
US08431213B2	Sheet structures having improved compression performance This invention relates to a pressboard comprising a plurality of plies having thermostable floc and at least 40 weight percent aramid fibrids, the pressboard having a final average thickness of 0.9 mm or greater, the pressboard further having an a void content of 25 volume percent or less and a ply adhesion (Y) in megapascals defined by the equation Y>2.97(X)(−0.25) wherein (X) is the thickness of the pressboard in millimeters; the pressboard can have a compressibility of 1.6 percent or less and compression set of 0.18 percent or less.
US08431197B2	Layered reactive particles with controlled geometries, energies, and reactivities, and methods for making the same An energetic composite having a plurality of reactive particles each having a reactive multilayer construction formed by successively depositing reactive layers on a rod-shaped substrate having a longitudinal axis, dividing the reactive-layer-deposited rod-shaped substrate into a plurality of substantially uniform longitudinal segments, and removing the rod-shaped substrate from the longitudinal segments, so that the reactive particles have a controlled, substantially uniform, cylindrically curved or otherwise rod-contoured geometry which facilitates handling and improves its packing fraction, while the reactant multilayer construction controls the stability, reactivity and energy density of the energetic composite.
US08431166B2	Composition comprising the extract of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge or the compounds isolated from the same for preventing and treating lipid metabolism disorder The present invention relates to a composition comprising an extract of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge or the compounds isolated from the same, as an active ingredient. In particular, the extract and compounds have the excellent inhibitory effects on adipocyte differentiation, and thus can be used in a pharmaceutical composition and functional food for the prevention and treatment of lipid metabolism disorders.
US08431163B2	Methods of reducing the risk of occurrence of pulmonary edema associated with inhalation of nitric oxide gas Disclosed are methods of reducing the risk of occurrence of pulmonary edema associated with a medical treatment comprising inhalation of nitric oxide gas.
US08431156B2	Pharmaceutical composition The present invention relates to an oral controlled release pharmaceutical composition in the form of a unit dosage form comprising: (a) a highly soluble high dose active ingredient consisting essentially of therapeutically effective amount of levetiracetam or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and (b) a rate controlling means comprising a rate-controlling agent and/or a coating selected from (i) a active ingredient permeable coating surrounding the unit dosage form, and (ii) an active ingredient impermeable coating covering one or more surfaces but not all the surfaces of the unit dosage form, wherein the composition is in the form of a compact tablet and the levetiracetam or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof is present in an amount ranging from about 55% to about 90% by weight of the tablet.
US08431152B2	Transdermally absorbable preparation A transdermally absorbable preparation that even when a drug with poor solubility in a base is added in high concentration, is stable over time and can suppress crystallization of the drug, excelling in transdermal absorbability. There is provided a transdermally absorbable preparation, comprising a base and, added thereto, at least composite particles which are composed of a silicate compound and an organic acid and a drug.
US08431147B2	Malleable implants containing demineralized bone matrix Described are malleable medical compositions such as pastes or putties that include solids combined with a liquid carrier. The solids include particulate collagen and particulate demineralized bone matrix. The liquid carrier includes an aqueous medium comprising a polysaccharide. Also described are methods for making and using such medical compositions.
US08431145B2	Multiple drug delivery from a balloon and a prosthesis Disclosed is an interventional device for delivery of therapeutic agents from an angioplasty balloon and from a prosthesis such as an intraluminal stent. The invention also relates to the method of loading the beneficial agents onto the balloon and the device, as well as the method of delivery of the agents from separate surfaces. The invention also relates to an interventional device having a prosthesis surface that is loaded with a first beneficial agent, and a balloon surface loaded with a second beneficial agent. The invention also relates to a method of loading multiple beneficial agents onto the prosthesis surfaces and the balloon surfaces, and to a method of manufacturing an interventional device for the delivery of a first beneficial agent and a second beneficial agent from separate surfaces.
US08431133B2	Augmentation of titer for vaccination in animals The disclosure relates to a composition added to animal feed used in combination with a vaccine to enhance the effectiveness of the vaccine. Amongst other effects, the composition raises the titer of antibodies to the vaccine.
US08431130B2	IL-18 binding proteins The present invention encompasses IL-18 binding proteins, particularly antibodies that bind human interleukin-18 (hIL-18). Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies that are entirely human antibodies. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for hIL-18 and/or that neutralize hIL-18 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Method of making and method of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hIL-18 and for inhibiting hIL-18 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hIL-18 activity is detrimental.
US08431128B2	Enterococcus antigens The present invention discloses isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding a hyperimmune serum reactive antigen or a fragment thereof as well as hyperimmune serum reactive antigens or fragments thereof from E. faecalis, methods for isolating such antigens and specific uses thereof.
US08431127B2	Method for treating pruritus comprising administering an NR10 antagonist The present inventors isolated clone BM095 from a human antibody phage library, which had a strong growth inhibitory activity in the IL-31-dependent Ba/F3 cell growth assay system. When administered to pruritus model mice, the anti-mouse NR10 neutralizing antibody exhibited a marked symptom-suppressing effect. Thus, it was revealed that anti-NR10 neutralizing antibodies are useful as therapeutic agents for pruritus.
US08431110B2	Compounds and method of identifying, synthesizing, optimizing and profiling protein modulators This invention relates to methods of identifying, synthesizing, optimizing and profiling compounds that are inhibitors or activators of proteins, both naturally occurring endogenous proteins as well as certain variant forms of endogenous proteins, and novel methods of identifying such variants. The method accelerates the identification and development of compounds as potential therapeutically effective drugs by simplifying the pharmaceutical discovery and creation process through improvements in hit identification, lead optimization, biological profiling, and rapid elimination of toxic compounds. Implementation results in overall cost reductions in the drug discovery process resulting from the corresponding increases in efficiency.
US08431092B2	Biochip holder and method of collecting fluid A biochip holder is disclosed, the holder including a means to receive a biochip, a vacuum port in communication with the received biochip, and a vacuum source connected to the vacuum port. Liquid from flushing of the biochip is pulled by vacuum force into a vacuum port and can be collected in order to prevent cross-contamination of the biochip. A method of collecting fluid from such a biochip is also disclosed.
US08431091B2	Tissue embedding apparatus, and method for operating a tissue embedding apparatus The invention relates to a tissue embedding apparatus (1) for automatic embedding at least one tissue sample (8). Said tissue embedding device (1) comprises an input unit (2), an image recording unit (3), an embedding unit (4), at least one output unit (5, 6), and a control unit (7). A cassette (9) containing at least one tissue sample (8) can be transferred to the input unit (2) of the tissue embedding device (1). The embedding unit (4) allows the tissue sample (8) to be embedded in an embedding medium, while the at least one output unit (5) allows the embedded tissue sample to be output. The image recording unit (3) makes it possible to record at least one image of the tissue sample (8). In order to be able to embed tissue in an automated manner also when different cassettes are used, a tissue embedding device (1) according to the invention is characterized in that the recorded image of the tissue sample (8) can be evaluated while further processing of the tissue sample (8) in the tissue embedding device (1) can be predefined in accordance with the evaluation of the image.
US08431078B2	Sample holder for a reception device receiving biological objects and microscope system designed to operate using one such sample holder A sample container (20) for receptacle devices for receiving biological objects that may be used for example as collecting devices (30) in laser microdissection systems is described, in which the sample container (20) has a coding (23) with the aid of which the sample holder in the laser microdissection system can be unambiguously identified in order subsequently to be able to allocate correctly biological objects (43) to be dissected to individual receptacle containers (31) of the identified receptacle device (30) or of the identified sample holder (20), so as to carry out a fully automated microdissection procedure.
US08431073B2	Nickel base gamma prime strengthened superalloy A nickel base gamma prime strengthened superalloy with a unique blend of adequate hot corrosion resistance, high oxidation resistance, high coating compatibility, adequate phase stability, adequate creep resistance and low density is disclosed. The composition includes: Up to 20 wt % Co, between 12 and 14 wt % Cr, between 1 and 2 wt % Mo, between 1.4 and 2.8 wt % W, between 5.1 and 5.9 wt % Al, between 1.1 and 1.6 wt % Ti, between 3 and 7 wt % Ta, between 0.01 and 0.3 wt % of C+Zr+B, between 0.05 and 1 wt % Hf, between 0.05 and 1 wt % Si, and between 0.01 and 0.2 wt % of the sum of rare earths such as Sc, Y, the actinides and the lanthanides. The composition is intended for use in hot components such as gas turbine blades, and the hot components are preferably produced by clean casting.
US08431065B2	Polyolefin-based crosslinked articles Methods for making a crosslinked elastomeric composition and articles made of the same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, an elastomeric composition comprising at least one propylene-based polymer is blended with at least one component selected from the group consisting of multifunctional acrylates, multifunctional methacrylates, functionalized polybutadiene resins, functionalized cyanurate, and allyl isocyanurate; and blended with at least one component selected from the group consisting of hindered phenols, phosphites, and hindered amines. The propylene-based polymer can include propylene derived units and one or more dienes, and have a triad tacticity of from 50% to 99% and a heat of fusion of less than 80 J/g. The blended composition can then be extruded and crosslinked. The extruded polymer can be crosslinked using electron beam radiation having an e-beam dose of about 100 KGy or less. The crosslinked polymers are particularly useful for making fibers and films.
US08431063B2	Heat treatment for a panel and apparatus for carrying out the heat treatment method A heat treatment method is provided for a panel. The panel includes a plastic housing composition, in which semiconductor chips are embedded by their rear sides and edge sides, and the top sides of the semiconductor chips form a coplanar area with the plastic housing composition. The panel is fixed by its underside on a holder, and a temperature gradient (ΔT) is then generated between top side and the underside of the panel. The temperature gradient (ΔT) is then maintained for at least one delimited or selected time period. The panel is then cooled to room temperature (TR).
US08431058B2	Polyurethane systems for production of polyurethane sandwich components The present invention relates to the use of a polyurethane system, comprising (a) polyisocyanates, (b) at least one compound reactive with isocyanate, (c) at least one reactive chain extender having at least two groups reactive toward isocyanates, where at least one group reactive toward isocyanates is a free, primary NH2 group, (d) at least one catalyst, and (e) if appropriate, further additives, for production of polyurethane sandwich components. The present invention further relates to a process for production of polyurethane sandwich components, and to polyurethane sandwich components obtainable by this process.
US08431051B2	Organic polymeric photon up-conversion nanoparticles for biological applications The present invention relates to organic polymeric photon up-conversion nanoparticles for biological applications, such as labeling and/or detection of cells, biological (macro-) molecules or other analytes, as well as for sensing temperature, pressure, oxygen and other substances that influence the up-conversion process. It further relates to organic photon up-conversion nanoparticles for singlet oxygen generation and the treatment of diseases, such as cancer.
US08431049B2	Tin oxide-based electrodes having improved corrosion resistance In one embodiment a tin oxide based electrode is disclosed. The tin oxide-based electrode includes a base material of tin oxide, a resistivity modifier, a sintering aid, and a corrosion inhibitor. The corrosion inhibitor forms a solid solution with the base material and has a melting point not less than about 1700° C. and a partial pressure of not greater than about 1.0E-7 atmospheres at 1500° C. The corrosion inhibitor further includes 0-4.0 wt % ZrO2 based on the total weight of the composition.
US08431046B2	Use of heterocyclic radicals for doping organic semiconductors The present invention relates to the use of heterocyclic radicals or diradicals, their dimers, oligomers, polymers, dispiro compounds and polycycles for use as dopant for doping an organic semiconductive matrix material, where the dopants have a structure based on the following formulae.
US08431037B2	Liquid composite dielectric material An embodiment relates to a liquid composite dielectric material (LCDM) comprising a metal-containing dispersed phase material in an organic liquid phase material, wherein the liquid composite dielectric material has a dielectric permittivity (∈r) of 10000 or more at 40 Hz and a dielectric loss (tan δ) of 1 or less at 40 Hz.
US08431036B2	Fire fighting foaming compositions In a first aspect a fire fighting foaming composition contains a partially acetylated polyvinyl alcohol. In a second aspect the fire fighting foaming composition contains chitosan together with a surfactant such as a protein derived surfactant or a hydrocarbon surfactant which is either amphoteric or non-ionic. The compositions can form effective fire fighting foams in the absence of fluorinated surfactants and other fluorinated compounds.
US08431034B2	Manufacturing of nanopores The present invention relates to nanopore membranes, methods for manufacturing such nanopore membranes, and uses thereof. In the methods for manufacturing the membranes colloidal lithography is used, which results in production of nanosize pores in a short time and on a large scale. The nanopore membranes have a narrow size distribution and are randomly arranged. Furthermore, the inter-pore distance shows very little variation.
US08431032B2	Method for continual preparation of polycrystalline silicon using a fluidized bed reactor There is provided a method for continual preparation of granular polycrystalline silicon using a fluidized bed reactor, enabling a stable, long-term operation of the reactor by effective removal of silicon deposit accumulated on the inner wall of the reactor tube. The method comprises (i) a silicon particle preparation step, wherein silicon deposition occurs on the surface of the silicon particles, while silicon deposit is accumulated on the inner wall of the reactor tube encompassing the reaction zone; (ii) a silicon particle partial discharging step, wherein a part of the silicon particles remaining inside the reactor tube is discharged out of the fluidized bed reactor so that the height of the bed of the silicon particles does not exceed the height of the reaction gas outlet; and (iii) a silicon deposit removal step, wherein the silicon deposit is removed by supplying an etching gas into the reaction zone.
US08431026B2	Apparatus to extract magnetic particles from suspensions A system for concentrating magnetic particles suspended in a fluid comprising a vessel for containing said fluid having an inner base surface that slopes downwards towards a collection region, the collection region including a retrieval well for collecting magnetic particles; a magnet assembly for positioning under and in proximity with the vessel for attracting magnetic particles to the bottom surface of the vessel, said magnet assembly providing a relatively larger magnetic flux density at a peripheral region thereof; means for laterally traversing the magnet assembly relative to the vessel between a first position whereby the magnet is generally centered under the vessel and a second position whereby the peripheral portion of the magnet is positioned under the well of the vessel; and agitation means for agitating said vessel to facilitate movement of the magnetic particles to the well, where the concentrated particles can be easily removed. The system facilitates analysis of relatively large volume samples.
US08431018B2	Carbon supported catalyst for demetallation of heavy crude oil and residue A supported carbon having high surface area, high pore volume containing (i) molybdenum (ii) a metal of non noble Group VIII, (iii) phosphorous, is used for hydrometallization of heavy crude oil and residue. The catalyst contains about 6 to 15 wt % molybdenum as MoO3, about 1 to 6 wt % cobalt or nickel as CoO or NiO and phosphorus as phosphorous oxide. One characteristic of the catalyst is the portion of pores having pore diameter in the range of 200 to 2000 Angstrom of 20 percent or more. The catalyst prepared by chelating agent has higher hydrodesulfurization activity assuming that more dispersed active metals are present on this catalyst. Long run activity studies show that catalyst having only molybdenum supported on activated carbon has good stability with time-on-stream and very high metal retention capacity.
US08431015B2	Wellhead hydrocarbon upgrading using microwaves Methods and apparatus relate to processes and systems that introduce microwaves into mixtures containing hydrocarbons. The microwaves cause heating of the hydrocarbons in order to upgrade the hydrocarbons. Such upgrading occurs after recovering the hydrocarbons from within a formation and results in lowering viscosity of the hydrocarbons to enable transportation of the hydrocarbons to offsite locations, such as a refinery.
US08430991B2	Apparatus for producing near field optical head A production apparatus is provided for producing a near field optical head that includes, during its production process, a substrate, at least one protuberance extending from a surface of the substrate, an electrically conductive shielding film covering the protuberance and the substrate, and a parent film, as a mother material for an air bearing, covering the shielding film. The production apparatus has an etchant for etching the parent film and a container for storing the etchant and for containing the substrate, the shielding film, and the parent film so that the substrate, the shielding film, and the parent film are immersed in the etchant. At least one electrode is fixedly mounted in the container so as to be immersed in the etchant. A measuring device measures an electrical characteristic between the electrode and the shielding film.
US08430982B2	Pyrophoric material A pyrophoric material comprises a pyrophoric metal coated onto a wire mesh substrate. Iron and nickel are the preferred metals and a steel wire mesh is suitable. A process for making the pyrophoric material involves spraying an alloy of iron and/or nickel with aluminium onto a mesh using a high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) process following by leaching out at least a proportion of the aluminium by treatment with an alkaline solution. The product has application as a supported catalyst or as either an ignition medium or as a flare material in military countermeasures in which applications it is capable of burning at a high temperature.
US08430963B2	Cool-down system and method for a vapor deposition system A system for vapor deposition of a thin film layer on photovoltaic (PV) module substrates includes a system for cool-down of the vacuum chamber through which substrates are conveyed in a vapor deposition process. The cool-down system is configured with the vacuum chamber to recirculate a cooling gas through the vacuum chamber and through an external heat exchanger in a closed cool-down loop. An associated method for forced cool-down of the vacuum chamber is also provided.
US08430945B2	Method and device for producing pig-iron based stainless steel without using a supply of electrical energy The aim of the invention is to produce stainless steel for all stainless steel products both in the austenitic and the ferritic range, based on liquid pig-iron and FeCr solids, without using a supply of electrical energy. According to the invention, the liquid pig-iron, after being pre-treated in a blast furnace (1), is subjected to a DDD treatment (dephosphorization, desiliconization and desulfuration), is heated, finished or alloyed and deoxidated. The quantity of slag-free liquid pig-iron that has been pre-treated in the blast furnace (1) is separated and introduced into two classic “twin” AOD-L converters (2, 3), where the required chemical process steps (of the DDD treatment and of the heating, decarburization and alloying stages) take place in parallel contrary processes using autogenous chemical energy, the DDD treatment being carried out first in the first twin AOD-L converter (2) and the decarburization being carried out first in the second twin AOD-L converter (3).
US08430939B2	Radiant heat flux enhanced organic material gasification system A system for producing superior quality synthesis gas (“syngas”) consisting of a series of chambers in which the gasification stages of reaction, homogenization and activation occur. The first stage reaction stage agitates and combines the reactants, consisting primarily of organic matter, oxidizer and steam, to initiate gasification of the organic and volatile fraction and to transport the inorganic residue to continuous removal. In the homogenization chamber, turbulence is induced by injecting gaseous species. The gas mixture emerging from the homogenization chamber is accelerated via a third stage communicating duct and is introduced tangentially into the fourth stage activation chamber inducing a cyclonic motion wherein a high intensity radiant heat source is introduced along the central axis of the gas vortex. The syngas and remaining particulate materials are constrained to exit the activation stage through discrete portals which are oriented to further separate the syngas from the remaining entrained particulates.
US08430937B2	Method for producing negative carbon fuel A method and process is described for producing negative carbon fuel. In its broadest form, a carbon-containing input is converted to combustible fuels, refinery feedstock, or chemicals and a carbonaceous solid concurrently in separate and substantially uncontaminated form. In an embodiment of the invention, biomass is converted via discrete increasing temperatures under pressure to blendable combustible fuels and a carbonaceous solid. The carbonaceous solid may be reacted to synthesis gas, sold as charcoal product, carbon credits, used for carbon offsets, or sequestered.
US08430934B2	Vascular occlusion device An occlusion device includes a pair of connected members configured for being situated on opposing sides of a hole in a tissue, wherein the pair of connected members are formed of a material which is bioadsorbable to the tissue. The pair of connected members can include a non-metallic skeleton.
US08430931B2	Methods for implanting a joint prosthesis A method of implanting an aggregate joint prosthesis with a side approach to a joint includes exposing a side surface of a joint and positioning a pin member within the joint. Articular surfaces can be drilled and milled, and the prosthesis can be implanted. A set plate can be removed, with the set plate being configured to releasably link at least two components of the aggregate prosthesis.
US08430928B2	Copolymers for intraocular lens systems Some embodiments provide a copolymer comprising: an acrylate recurring unit and an optionally substituted vinylaryl recurring unit, wherein a portion of at least one of the recurring units comprises a vinyldialkylsiloxy pendant group. The copolymers may be useful as soft acrylic haptics for intraocular lenses. Some embodiments further relate to intraocular lenses having a hydrophobic soft acrylic optic and a silicone haptic, such as a dual optic accommodative lens a having hydrophobic soft acrylic anterior and posterior optic bodies and a silicone haptic. Related copolymeric composite materials as well as additional embodiments of intraocular lenses, are also described herein.
US08430920B2	Device and methods for treatment of tissue A device and methods for treating tissue via laser energy to induce tissue reduction and/or necrosis are described herein. Laser energy may be applied to a tissue region via an optical fiber advanced through a lumen of at least one needle. Fluid may also be infused or injected into the tissue region through at least one needle. Tissue reduction and/or necrosis of a target tissue region in turn reduces the appearance of droopy, baggy and/or wrinkled skin.
US08430919B2	Optical method and device for modulation of biochemical processes in adipose tissue Optical methods and devices are provided for the reduction of the lipid content of adipocytes without significant heat or intolerable adverse effect on the cells and their surrounding tissues. The optical method and device can be used to irradiate adipose tissue through the skin with non-thermal and non-destructive effects by application of near infrared (NIR) irradiation at selected wave bands in selected ranges to affect modulation of innate enzymatic processes involved in lipolysis, lipogenesis, leptin secretion, adiponectin secretion, and/or glucose absorption.
US08430911B2	Spinous process fixation implant An implantable spinous process fixation device includes a first plate component having an elongated plate and front and back cross plates extending at right angle to the front and back of the elongated plate, respectively, a top pivoting plate and a bottom pivoting plate. The top and bottom pivoting plates are configured to pivot around an axis perpendicular to the front and back cross plates and the elongate plate has an inner surface facing an inner surface of the top pivoting plate and an inner surface of the bottom pivoting plate.
US08430907B2	Catch member for PFO occluder Delivery (and recovery) devices and techniques for delivering an implant into a desired location within the body and catch systems for such implants. The devices and techniques relate particularly to, but are not limited to, a patent foramen ovale (PFO) occluder made from a polymer tube. A catch system maintains an occluder in a deployed configuration by holding it in a reduced axial length position. Some embodiments have a compressible tip. Some embodiments have temporary catching mechanisms.
US08430906B2	Method and apparatus to promote hemostasis Apparatus and methods for promoting hemostasis are provided. The apparatuses and methods have particular applicability with tissue puncture closure devices for sealing percutaneous punctures in arteries. In one embodiment, an apparatus for promoting hemostasis a tube having at least one indentation for holding a hemostatic substance. In further embodiments, the apparatus may further include a carrier tube for forming a lid for the indentation, a retractable sheath for forming a lid for the indentation, or a cover for forming a lid of the indentation. In an alternative embodiment the apparatus for promoting hemostasis comprises a suture provided with a hemostatic substance.
US08430900B2	Pharyngeal wall treatment A patient's pharyngeal wall is treated by inserting an expander member into the airway and positioning an active portion of the expander member in opposition to portions of the pharyngeal wall to be treated. The expander member is activated to urge the wall portions outwardly to an outwardly displaced position. The expander member is then deactivated while leaving the wall portions in the outwardly placed position and the expander member is removed from said airway. A further aspect of the treatment includes stabilization of at least a portion of the pharyngeal wall after compression of portions of the wall.
US08430883B2	Femoral guide for ACL repair having reduced profile for left/right knee configurations A device for positioning a femoral tunnel during ACL reconstruction, the device comprising: a shaft having a lumen, the lumen defining a longitudinal axis; and a distal offset projection, at least a portion of the distal offset projection extending distally from the elongated shaft; and a single lateral reference member configured to reference a portion of a patient's anatomy, e.g., a PCL or a portion of the femoral notch, the lateral reference member located on one of the left or the right side of the device, wherein, on a second one of the left or the right side of the device, the device defines a void. Two devices may be employed to provide a set.
US08430843B2	Diluent/medication mixing syringe assembly A diluent/medication mixing syringe assembly is described which includes a cannula which extends through a syringe plunger assembly into a reservoir of the syringe assembly. The cannula facilitates injection of a diluent, medication or other fluid into the fluid reservoir of the syringe assembly immediately prior to use for mixing with a medication in the reservoir. In one embodiment, a mixing element is secured to a distal end of the cannula within the reservoir to improve mixing efficiency.
US08430841B2	Application of vacuum as a method and mechanism for controlling eye chamber stability A phacoemulsification system for operating a surgical handpiece having a handpiece; an irrigation fluid source for supplying irrigation fluid to the eye; an aspiration source coupled to the handpiece in order to aspirate the irrigation fluid from the eye through the handpiece; and a controller for controlling a vacuum in the handpiece, the controller comprising: a sensor for sensing the vacuum in the handpiece; an occlusion parameter, the occlusion parameter being a vacuum level corresponding to an occlusion of the handpiece or a flow rate corresponding to an occlusion of the handpiece; a maximum allowable vacuum level in the handpiece, the maximum allowable vacuum level having at least a first predetermined level; and a trigger value that is set based in part on the occlusion parameter.
US08430832B2	Selective cytopheresis devices and related methods thereof The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action.
US08430826B2	Specimen retrieval apparatus A specimen retrieval apparatus includes an elongated tubular member defining a lumen therethrough and having an end effector disposed at a distal end thereof. The end effector includes a shaft defining a longitudinal axis, the shaft including a lumen extending therethrough. The lumen of the shaft communicates with the lumen of the elongated tubular member. A suction member is disposed at a distal end of the shaft in communication with the lumen of the shaft. The suction member is configured to retain a tissue specimen thereon. A sleeve is disposed about the shaft and is movable with respect to the shaft from a proximal to a distal position. A specimen retrieval bag is coupled to the sleeve. The bag is deployable from an undeployed position wherein the bag is disposed about the sleeve to an extended position wherein the bag is deployed over the tissue specimen.
US08430809B2	Capsule for use in small intestine Apparatus for use in a body lumen is provided including an introducer tube configured to be advanced into a gastrointestinal tract of a subject. A guide member is coupled to a distal end of the introducer tube and is configured to be mounted in a vicinity of a valve of the subject. The apparatus also includes a capsule removably coupled to a distal portion of the introducer tube, and configured to be decoupled from the introducer tube and propelled through a small intestine of the subject once the guide member has been mounted in the vicinity of the valve. The apparatus also includes a gas supply configured to propel the capsule distally through the small intestine by generating positive gas pressure proximal to the capsule. Other embodiments are also described.
US08430804B2	Methods and devices for minimally-invasive extraocular delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye Methods and devices for minimally-invasive delivery of radiation to the posterior portion of the eye including a cannula comprising a distal portion connected to a proximal portion and a means for advancing a radionuclide brachytherapy source (RBS) toward the tip of the distal portion; a method of introducing radiation to the human eye comprising inserting a cannula between the Tenon's capsule and the sclera of the human eye and emitting the radiation from the cannula on an outer surface of said sclera.
US08430796B1	Exercise devices and methods for exercising an ankle, foot, and/or leg An exercise device comprises at least one pedal pivotably mounted to a leg rest portion and having a neutral position relative to a pivot axis. The pedal is configured to rotate about the pivot axis in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction. The exercise device further comprises a resistance mechanism configured to exert a torque on the pedal opposite to a direction of rotation of the pedal about the pivot axis and away from the neutral position. The device is adjustable to at least a first configuration wherein the pedal is disposed in the neutral position to receive a foot of a user in a sitting position, and a second configuration wherein the pedal is disposed in the neutral position to receive a foot of a user in a supine position.
US08430793B2	Apparatus, system, and method for improving the rate of deceleration of an engine An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for improving the rate of deceleration of an engine. The apparatus may include an engine control module configured to communicate with a transmission control module, and an engine speed control module configured to increase the rate of deceleration of an engine. The system includes the apparatus and a vehicle having a turbocharged internal combustion engine coupled to an automated manual transmission. The method includes requesting a target engine speed during a shift event, monitoring engine operating parameters, and increasing the rate of deceleration of an engine.
US08430792B2	Downhill vehicle speed control algorithm for electric driven vehicles A control system that prevents an electric vehicle from increasing its speed on a downhill gradient by providing regenerative braking through a traction motor. The system includes an enable circuit that provides an enable signal if certain criteria are met, such as a brake pedal and an acceleration pedal being inactive. The system further includes a controller that is enabled by the enable signal, and receives a vehicle speed signal of the speed of the vehicle. The system also includes a switch that receives the enable signal and the vehicle speed signal. When the enable circuit provides the enable signal, the switch provides a speed set-point to the controller for the last vehicle speed. If the vehicle speed signal goes above the speed set-point, the controller outputs a regenerative braking torque command to the traction motor to reduce the speed of the vehicle to the speed set-point.
US08430789B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device that includes an input member drive-coupled to an engine and a rotary electrical machine; an output member; and a transmission having a plurality of friction engagement elements, in which a plurality of shift speeds are switched by controlling engagement and release of the plurality of friction engagement elements, and a rotary driving force of the input member is shifted by a change gear ratio of one of the shift speeds and outputted to the output member.
US08430784B2	Multi-speed transmission having four planetary gear sets A transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, two planetary gear sets, another two planetary gear sets that may be stacked or nested to form a planetary gear set assembly, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The stacked or nested planetary gear set assembly has a carrier member for rotatably supporting a first plurality of pinion gears and a second plurality of pinion gears, a ring gear and a common member. Further, the two other planetary gear sets may be configured to form a Simpson gear train. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes.
US08430783B2	Automatic transmission Provided is an automatic transmission capable of reducing friction loss. A first element (Sa) is coupled with an input shaft (2), a second element Ca is coupled with a first driving gear (G1a). A first driven gear (G1b) is pivotally supported on an output shaft (3), a seventh element (Rc) is coupled with a second driving gear (G2a), and a second driven gear (G2b) is fixed to the output shaft (3). A third element (Ra) and a fifth element (Cb) are coupled to form a first coupling body, a sixth element (Rb) and a ninth element (Sc) are coupled to form a second coupling body. The automatic transmission includes a first engagement mechanism (C1) coupling the input shaft (2) and the eight element (Cc) releasably, a second engagement (C2) fixing the first driven gear (G1b) to the output shaft (3) releasably, a third engagement mechanism (C3) coupling the second element (Ca) with the second coupling body releasably, and a fourth to a sixth engagement mechanisms (B1 to B3) fixing respectively the first coupling body, a fourth element (Sb) and the eighth element (Cc) to a transmission case (1) releasably.
US08430779B2	Power-dividing gear train assembly for motor vehicles A power-dividing gear train assembly for motor vehicles includes a differential that outputs torque to two output shafts. The output torque applied to the output shafts is changeable by using a superimposing gear train, which comprises a plurality of epicyclic gear trains and is drivingly connected indirectly or directly with the output shafts. A drive motor is drivingly coupled to the superimposing gear train and the transmission ratio of the superimposing gear train is set such that an output shaft of the drive motor is still when the output shafts are rotating synchronously. To achieve a more precise and quicker-reacting redistribution of the drive torques, at least one epicyclic gear train, which reduces torque and cooperates with the differential, is connected upstream of the superimposing gear train.
US08430777B2	Power transmission mechanism for parallel hybrid vehicle A proposition is to provide a power transmission mechanism for parallel hybrid vehicle that is capable of smoothly combining/separating input/output powers of a motor and an engine, and is applicable to a large hybrid vehicle by ensuring sufficient strength of a mechanism for combining and separating the input/output powers.It is characterized by including a motor output shaft of the motor/generator rotatable separately from an engine drive shaft system extending from a main clutch to a transmission, a motor-brake mounted on one end side of the motor output shaft to release/fix the motor output shaft, and a planetary gear mechanism mounted between another end side of the motor output shaft and the engine drive shaft system and including a sun gear provided on the other end side of the motor output shaft, an outer gear provided on the engine drive shaft system and having a gear ratio to the sun gear of 1:1, a plurality of planetary gears with which the sun gear and the outer gear are engaged, and a planetary carrier picking up orbital motions of the planetary gears, and a gear brake mounted on one end side of the planetary carrier to release/fix the planetary carrier.
US08430765B1	Reduced turf drag golf club head The present invention relates to a fairway wood type golf club head having a striking plate, a crown and a sole. The sole comprises a flat high strength region and dual regions with a low-friction, high release coating.
US08430748B2	Method and system for varying take-out on pari-mutuel wagers In a method of pari-mutuel wagering, one or more primary bettors place wagers having an applicable base take-out rate, and thus yielding a base pari-mutuel payout for winning wagers. One or more secondary bettors may place wagers having an applicable modified take-out rate (preferably lower than the base take-out rate), thus yielding a higher payout for winning wagers than the base payout. In one embodiment, primary bettors may place wagers through a host, such as a track. Secondary bettors may place wagers through a non-host distributor, such as an off-track betting location (OTB). Secondary bettors may apply take-out points to lower the base take-out rate to a new modified take-out rate which is applicable to their wager.
US08430747B2	Gaming system having multiple gaming machines which provide bonus awards A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of bonus awards. The central server monitors wagers on the gaming machines. Based at least in part on the wagers the central server determines when bonus events will occur and which gaming machine(s) will provide the bonus awards. In one embodiment, the central server determines which gaming machine will provide a primary bonus award and any secondary bonus awards, wherein at least one gaming machine may be provided a plurality of bonus awards.
US08430739B2	Gaming system and method having wager dependent different symbol evaluations A gaming device provides one or more different types of symbol evaluations based on the amount wagered by a player in a game. In one embodiment, the gaming device includes a plurality of different types of symbol evaluation, each type of symbol evaluation associated with a different wager amount. If the player wagers a first wager amount to cause a play of the game, the gaming device provides a first type of symbol evaluation. If the player wagers a second wager amount to cause a play of the game, the gaming device provides a second, different type of symbol evaluation in addition to the first type of symbol evaluation.
US08430729B2	Coin handling machine The present invention provides a coin handling machine the handling efficiency of which can be improved.On an operation unit 14, either a normal counting mode or a continuous counting mode is selected. Coins are counted by a count processing unit. A count abnormality in the count processing unit is detected by an abnormality detecting unit 68. In a case where a count abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting unit 68 during count processing, when the normal counting mode is selected, a coin count value is cleared and a quantity error is prevented. In the case where a count abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting unit 68 during count processing, when the continuous counting mode is selected, the coin count value is held, so that continuous processing is performed even if a count error occurs, so that the handling efficiency is improved.
US08430728B2	Special cut poultry wing cutter A poultry wing cutter is configured to receive poultry carcasses breast first, align the carcasses, and stretch the wings of the carcasses away from the body until the shoulder joints dislocate and separate. In the process, a portion of the breast meat is pulled outwardly with the wings and a pair of rotary knives slices off the wings. The blades begin their cuts part way into the breast meat of the bird so that a piece of breast meat remains attached to the severed wings to form a “new style” or “silver dollar” or “fast food style” wing depending upon how the wing cutter is adjusted. Feeding the birds breast first through the wing cutter results in wings with a consistent cut and weight from wing-to-wing, which is desired by consumers. Thus, the resulting wings are more in demand and therefore more valuable.
US08430727B2	Device for producing blown films A device for producing blown films, including an extrusion device generating a tubular film and a flattening device, associated with the tubular film, having two flattening elements, arranged on diametrically opposite zones of the tubular film and adjustable in relation to each other at an acute angle, for transforming a cross-section of the tubular film, which is first circular, then oval, to a double-layer film web. This invention has lateral guide elements for the areas of the tubular film that are not affected by the flattening elements and are arranged between the flattening elements and are associated with the tubular film and the lateral guide elements have an adjustable contour.
US08430712B2	Track set A track set is provided. The track say may include at least two selectively positionable track arms each with a toy vehicle launcher, each track arm further defining a vehicle pathway, where each track arm may be positioned in at least an extended play configuration and a folded storage configuration.
US08430707B2	Apparatus and method for repair of defects in an electronic energy control or display device An apparatus for repair of a defect in an electronic energy control device may include a position indicating means for indicating a position at which to fixedly position a mounting unit relative to a portion of an electronic energy control device including a defect to be repaired, where the device is fixed in position. An imaging and repair assembly of the apparatus has an optical imaging range and a laser repair range. When the mounting unit is mounted to a support surface to fixedly position the mounting unit at the position indicated by the position indicating means and the imaging and repair assembly is attached to the mounting unit, the portion of the electronic energy control device is within the imaging range and the repair range.
US08430699B2	Laser welding structure A laser welding structure includes a housing, a lower metal terminal, and an upper metal terminal. The upper metal terminal is positioned above the lower metal terminal and has a smaller width than the lower metal terminal. The housing includes a groove and a sidewall that extends from the groove to an upper surface of the housing, wherein the sidewall faces the upper metal terminal and is inclined at an angle θ.
US08430687B2	Method and apparatus for a snap retained push-on connector with port adapter A connector assembly includes a connector body and a tubular post having one end fitted in said connector body for securing a coaxial cable, the post including a basket portion at an opposite end. An adapter is further provided, the adapter having a set of internal threads for engaging the threads of an external interface port, said adapter further including a portion which is sized to engage within the interior of the basket portion of the tubular post.
US08430686B2	Anti-rotation panel mount audio fill connector An electrical connector assembly includes a connector body having a connector longitudinal axis. A wing portion integrally connected to the connector body has an aperture with an aperture longitudinal axis oriented parallel to the connector longitudinal axis. A pin is fixed in the wing portion aperture having a pin portion extending away from the wing portion such that a pin longitudinal axis is oriented parallel to the connector longitudinal axis. A threaded connection portion axially extends from the connector body co-axial to the connector longitudinal axis. A panel nut is threaded onto the threaded connection portion to retain a panel between the panel nut and the connector body with the threaded connection portion extending through a panel aperture. The pin is received in a panel bore in an installed condition preventing connector assembly axial rotation with respect to the connector longitudinal axis when torque is applied to the panel nut.
US08430673B2	Taxidermy mannequin having interchangeable features The present invention is a taxidermy mannequin having a mounting portion generally in the shape of an animal body, and a display portion generally in the shape of an animal head, wherein the mounting portion and display portion are secured together through a universal connection, thereby the taxidermist may choose different display portions to secure to the mount portion. The present invention further includes a plurality of selectively interchangeable features which are secured to the display portion. The features include a nose, a jaw, an eye, an ear liner, and a nictitating membrane.
US08430669B2	Method for preparing an implant site and laterally inserting a dental implant A method of positioning a dental implant in a jaw bone using a piezoelectric cutting tool is provided. Ultrasonic vibration is generated with the piezoelectric cutting tool. The piezoelectric cutting tool is translated in a lateral direction to form a first cut into the jaw bone and to form a second cut into the jaw bone. The second cut intersects the first cut to define a multi-slotted aperture in the jaw bone for receiving at least one dental implant. The dental implant is inserted in the multi-slotted aperture from the lateral direction.
US08430668B2	Dental restorative system and components Disclosed within is a dental restorative system including a dental fixture component having a longitudinal axis, a body portion, and an emergence profile portion adjacent to the body portion. The dental fixture component also has a tapered coronal portion adjacent to the emergence profile portion, with the tapered coronal portion having one end adjacent to the emergence profile portion and a terminal end with a non-frustoconical surface and a non-circular cross section. The emergence profile portion may include one or more concave surfaces. The dental fixture component may further include an interproximally sloping margin shoulder. Certain embodiments of the dental fixture component include threaded body portions. Alternative embodiments of the dental fixture component are also disclosed.
US08430667B2	Reflected gingival tissue retractor device for surgical dental procedures, kit and method for use thereof A gingival tissue retractor for retracting gingival tissue away from tooth and bone during a surgical procedure having an alveolar bone grip having an open frame structure positionable over at least one tooth and along a predetermined segment of an alveolar bone and providing an inward resilient force about opposite sides of the alveolar bone for maintaining position of the gingival retractor; a first gingival reflector having a solid plate structure and attached to a lower section of one side of the alveolar bone grip for providing a primarily downward force to gingival tissue on one side of the alveolar bone; and a second gingival reflector having a solid plate structure and attached to a lower section of another side of the alveolar bone grip for providing a primarily downward force to gingival tissue on another side of the alveolar bone.
US08430665B2	Combustion systems and processes for burning fossil fuel with reduced nitrogen oxide emissions Combustion systems having reduced nitrogen oxide emissions and methods of using the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a combustion system is provided. The combustion system includes a combustion zone, which includes a burner for converting a fuel, under fuel rich conditions, to a flue gas. An intermediate staged air inlet is downstream from the combustion zone, for supplying intermediate staged air to the flue gas and producing fuel lean conditions. A reburn zone is downstream from the intermediate staged air inlet for receiving the flue gas. A process for using the combustion system and a method of reducing NOX flowing into the reburn zone of a combustion system are also described herein.
US08430660B2	Pressware forming apparatus, components therefore and methods of making pressware therefrom The present invention provides an improved pressware forming apparatus. At least one of die pairs used in the apparatus can be narrowed in a cross-direction as compared to the cross-directional width of pressware forming tools used in prior an apparatus. The present invention allows addition of at least one additional die pair in the pressware forming tool when used in a standard sized pressware forming apparatus. The present invention also provides components for use in such apparatus and methods of making pressware from the apparatus herein.
US08430648B2	Rotary compressor A stagnation space defined by barriers is provided in a first muffler chamber communicating with a first cylinder chamber. The stagnation space overlaps with a refrigerant-gas inlet side of the first cylinder chamber, the inlet side being bordered by a center plane as viewed in a direction of a center axis of the first cylinder chamber. In the first muffler chamber, the high-temperature, high-pressure refrigerant gas is unlikely to enter into the stagnation space, so that heat is less absorbed to the inlet side of the first cylinder chamber.
US08430633B2	Blade extension for rotor blade in wind turbine A blade extension for a rotor blade and a rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine are disclosed. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge each extending in a generally span-wise direction between a tip and a root. At least one of the leading edge or the trailing edge has a modified aerodynamic contour. The rotor blade assembly further includes a blade extension including a first panel and an opposed second panel. Each of the first panel and the second panel includes an interior surface and an exterior surface each extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of each of the first panel and the second panel is spaced apart from the rotor blade in a generally chord-wise direction in a standard operation position.
US08430622B2	Turbofan gas turbine engine In a turbofan gas turbine engine, a fan shaft is rotatably mounted and radially supported by a bearing in a bearing support structure supported from a fixed engine structure by radially frangible bolts and radially extending spokes. The radially inner ends of the radially extending spokes are mounted on a common member that engages the bearing support structure. The radially outer ends of the radially extending spokes are mounted on a fixed engine structure located radially outwardly of the bearing support structure. The radially extending spokes are held in tension and include a super elastic material to exert a radially inward restoring force on the bearing support structure, subsequent to any radial excursion of at least part of the fan shaft relative to an engine rotational axis (X) following any fracture of the frangible bolts.
US08430619B2	Concrete and masonry screw anchor A screw anchor includes a body having a head end that extends to a tip end through an intermediate portion defining an axis of the screw anchor, and a plurality of threads extending along the intermediate portion. Each of the plurality of threads includes a head side surface having a first angle relative to an axis perpendicular to the axis of the screw, and a tip side surface having a second angle relative to the axis perpendicular to the axis of the screw. The first angle is between about 30° and about 40°, and the second angle is between about 15° and about 25°.
US08430613B2	Blind rivet A mandrel has an anti-dropping-off portion that is formed between a head and a breakable portion thereof. In the anti-dropping-off portion, a plurality of latching ridges is formed which have peaks that protrude outwardly in the radial direction and frictionally engage with the inner wall surface of a sleeve. The latching ridges are formed in the outer surface of the portion of the mandrel that is between the head and breakable portion thereof, so as to be diagonal relative to the circumferential direction of the outer surface of the mandrel and to cross each other, with the peaks thereof formed in a twill pattern protruding out from the outer surface of that mandrel portion.
US08430611B2	Versatile hand router Versatile hand router comprising a base plate, a motor body attached to a frame and having a milling shaft, vertical supporting-guide means that support frame in a sliding manner, hand gripping means and vertical position locking means. Motor body is attached to frame by a pivoting link and can be locked in an inclined position. The router comprises a side guiding edge for resting against a trim and sliding there along. The router can be used as a surface router and also to route horizontal intersection corners between a worktop and trims and vertical intersection corners between two trims.
US08430606B2	Cutting insert and rotary cutting tool An indexable cutting insert has first and second side surfaces and a peripheral surface extending therebetween. The peripheral surface has identical peripheral faces, each divided into two identical first and second cutting sections. Each cutting section has a first cutting edge, a second cutting edge, a corner cutting edge which extends between the first and second cutting edges and a rake surface having a planar rake surface flat forming an engagement surface. The rake surface meets the first side surface at the first cutting edge. The rake surface flat meets the second side surface at a rake surface open edge. On each peripheral face, the two cutting sections are non-coplanar. Each two rake surface flats associated with first cutting sections converge in a direction along an insert axis and the cutting edges are raised above the rake surface flat.
US08430603B2	Wall block with barrier member A retaining wall block can include a top surface and opposing bottom surface, a front surface and opposing rear surface, and first and second opposing side surfaces. A projection can extend downwardly from the bottom surface and can include a forwardly facing indexing surface oriented generally parallel with the front surface of the block. The indexing surface can be configured to engage a rearwardly facing surface of a block in a lower course of blocks. The block can also include a pair of spaced apart key slots defined in the rear surface. Each key slot can include an enlarged interlocking portion and a throat portion extending from the interlocking portion to the rear surface. An assembly can be created whereby a pair of correspondingly shaped keys of an elongate barrier member are engaged with key slots of block so as to inhibit rearward horizontal displacement of the keys within the key slots. Elongate barrier member can include a body presenting an inner surface and an outer surface and a pair of opposing ends, each opposing end defined one of the keys. The inner surface of the barrier member and the rear surface of the block can together define a core region for receiving fill material.
US08430596B2	Crash impact attenuator systems and methods A reusable energy-absorbing crash attenuator comprises a base, a rail disposed on and extending along a length of the base, and a plurality of energy absorbing modules slidably disposed on the rail. Each of the energy absorbing modules comprises a first module portion and a second module portion which are attached together. Each of the module portions comprise plastic, preferably high density polyethylene (HDPE), and have a combination of concave and convex curvature. A plurality of fender panels are disposed in adjoining end-to-end fashion along each side of the length of the crash attenuator. The fender panels are arranged to slide together in telescoping fashion upon impact of the crash attenuator by a vehicle.
US08430591B1	Ballpoint pen tip and ballpoint pen A ballpoint pen tip includes a ball and a ball holder for rotatably holding the ball. The ball includes a ball body and a first carbonaceous film formed so as to cover a surface of the ball body. The first carbonaceous film has carbon atoms and oxygen atoms bonded to some of the carbon atoms. The ratio of carbon atoms bonded to oxygen atoms to the total carbon atoms at a surface of the first carbonaceous film is equal to or greater than 0.1.
US08430590B2	Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a handle part and an attachment part, wherein the handle part has a housing, in which a reservoir for a care substance, a pump for delivering the care substance and a drive unit for driving the pump are arranged. The housing is divided into a liquid-tight first chamber and a second chamber by a partition extending in the longitudinal direction of the housing. The first chamber housing the drive unit is arranged in the first chamber and the reservoir and the pump are arranged in the second chamber.
US08430588B2	Application nozzle for viscous adhesives An application nozzle for viscous adhesives has a nozzle housing (1) encompassing an interior (4) that has an application edge (6) along which a plurality of nozzle openings (8, 33) are arranged, and has at least one feed opening (5) located opposite from the application edge (6). The interior (4) of the nozzle housing (1) widens from the feed opening (5) towards the nozzle openings (8, 33), as seen in the direction of the application edge (6). Flow elements (9, 10, 11) to convey the adhesive from the feed opening (5) to the nozzle openings (8, 33) are provided in the interior (4) of the nozzle housing (1) and at least one flow element (9, 10, 11) that has an inflow edge (12) and an outflow edge (13) and that is oriented in such a way that the flow element, while being completely surrounded by the volume flow of adhesive, uniformly distributes the volume flow of adhesive, taking into consideration the different flow paths leading from the feed opening (5) to the individual nozzle openings (8, 33).
US08430581B2	Camera lens assembly and adaptation set A camera lens assembly includes a focusing mount having a receiving lug and optical elements, which are arranged in the focusing mount, and define an optical axis. An adapter ring has a first planar surface and a second planar surface which are parallel to each other. The first planar surface is in contact engagement against a camera-side contact surface of the focus mount and the second planar surface is in contact with a lens-side contact surface of a lens mount. The lens mount has a tubular-shaped lens mount socket and lens mount attachment elements which are configured to coact with the camera mount attachment elements of a camera.
US08430576B2	Fiber termination in light peak lenses Embodiments of the invention describe optical cable housings including fiber termination units to couple optical fiber components to lenses. As in prior art solutions, embodiments of the invention utilize said fiber termination units to couple and optically align the optical fiber to the lenses; however, embodiments of the invention include flat-sided structures to more securely couple the optical fiber to the lenses; furthermore, said structures are more suitable for mass manufacturing compared to prior art solutions. Discussion herein of connectors and receptacles refers to providing a mechanical and communicative connection. The mating of the connector/receptacle may be facilitated via housing and alignment structural features, and typically includes contact of the electrical contacts and alignment of fiber optical signal transmission elements. The connection interface may further allow electrical and/or optical input/output (I/O) via the different interfaces incorporated within connector housing according to embodiments of the invention.
US08430575B2	Optical fiber connector and optical fiber coupling assembly having same An optical fiber connector includes a connector body and a lens block. The connector body defines a number of blind holes and a receiving room. The blind holes opens towards a first side of the connector body. The receiving room opens towards an opposing second side of the connector body The lens block includes a body portion and a number of protruding portions extending from a first side of the body portion. The lens block is received in the receiving room. The protruding portions are positioned between the body portion and the blind holes. The protruding portions are aligned with the respective blind holes. The body portion has a flat second side face free of protruding portions thereon, at an opposite side thereof to the protruding portions.
US08430571B2	Sliding bearing shell for engine applications A sliding bearing for engine applications, in particular a sliding bearing shell for the mounting of the crankshaft or the camshaft or for use as a connecting-rod bearing shell, has a metallic supporting layer and, applied on top of that, a bearing metal layer of aluminum alloy, copper alloy or brass, the bearing metal layer having an 8-20 μm thick PTFB-free PAI-based coating applied on top of it, the PAI-based coating having 5-15% by weight zinc sulphide, 5-15% by weight graphite and 5-15% by weight TiO2 with the ratio of zinc sulphide and graphite respectively to TiO2 in terms of their percentage by weight being 0.6-1.4 and the zinc sulphide and TiO2 being present in a particle size of ≦0.7 μm.
US08430563B2	Dental fluoroscopic imaging system The dental fluoroscopic imaging system includes a flat panel detector comprised by a gamma-rays or x-rays converter, a plate, a collector, a processing unit and a transmitter suitable for 2D intraoral/extraoral and 3D extraoral dental fluoroscopy. The x-ray converter contains a material capable of transforming the low dose gamma rays or x-rays beam received from an emitter after going through the dental examination area into electrical signals or a light image consequent with the radiographed image. The plate transmits the electric signals or light image to a collector which amplifies it and sends it to a processing unit and then to transmitter designed to transfer digital images sequentially to a host computer and software which can acquire, process, transform, record, freeze and enhance 2D and 3D images of video frame rates. Two dimensional images are obtained while using a C-arm/U-arm configuration while 3D images are obtained while using the O-arm configuration.
US08430557B2	Spoon food mixer A food mixer (10) includes a rotatable shaft (18) which carries a coupler (21) having an aperture (25) therein. An agitator (22) is configured as a spoon having a bowl (27) and a stem (26). The stem (26) is received in the aperture (25) and in one embodiment a flexible tab (32) at the end of the stem (26) is engaged by a lug (37) in the aperture (25) to attach the agitator (22) to the coupler (21). In another embodiment, flexible tines (52) have lugs (53) which are received in a bore (46) in a coupler (41) to attach the agitator (42) to the coupler (41).
US08430555B2	Agitation apparatus, vessel, and analysis apparatus including agitation apparatus Provided are an agitation apparatus, a vessel, and an analysis apparatus including the agitation apparatus that have excellent energy transmission efficiency, and simplified structure allowing downsizing, and are easy to perform maintenance. An agitation apparatus (20), a vessel (5), and an analysis apparatus (1) including the agitation apparatus agitate a liquid retained in the vessel (5) using sound waves. The agitation apparatus (20) includes a power transmitter (21) that transmits power, an electric terminal (24c) that receives the power transmitted from the power transmitter and changes a relative arrangement with respect to the power transmitter when an arrangement of at least one of the power transmitter and the electric terminal (24c) changes, and a sound wave generator (24b) that generates sound waves by converting the power received by the electric terminal (24c) to agitate the liquid.
US08430543B2	Persistence of vision (POV) light mounting system A light device for a bicycle wheel that includes a body having a rim end and a hub end, a row of at least seven independently controllable lights extending between the rim end and the hub end, electronic controls for the lights, and three mounts for securing the body to spokes of the wheel. A first mount is located near the hub end to secure the body to a first spoke. A second mount is located near the rim end to secure the body to the first spoke. A third mount is located on a side of the lights opposed to the first and second mounts and between the first and second mounts to secure the body to the second spoke. Each of the mounts includes a mounting pad located between the body and the spokes and made of a resiliently deformable material to dampen vibration and offset the body and lights from the plane of the spokes. Each of the mounts also includes an attachment clamping the mounting pad between the body and the spokes.
US08430539B2	Sheet and light emitting device A light emitting device 107 includes a surface structure 113 in a surface of a transparent substrate 105 which is adjacent to a light emitting body. The surface of the transparent substrate 105 is divided into minute regions, without leaving any gap therebetween, such that the diameter of the largest one of the inscribed circles of the minute regions is from 0.2 μm to 1.5 μm. Each of the minute regions is in the form of a protrusion or recess. The proportion of the protrusions and the proportion of the recesses are P and 1−P, respectively, and P is in the range of 0.4 to 0.98. At least part of the minute regions has a micro periodic structure 114 that is formed by indentations and projections.
US08430537B2	Total internal reflection lens for color mixing A total-internal-reflection (TIR) lens for color mixing includes a body member having an outer surface and an interior open channel extending longitudinally through the body member. The body member and the interior open channel are substantially symmetric with respect to an optical axis, and the outer surface is shaped to provide total internal reflection. The body member has a first end surface region at a first end of the open channel for accommodating a light source and a second end surface region opposite the first end region. The second end surface region includes a plurality of refractive surface regions positioned around the second end region of the open channel. The lens is configured to provide projected light substantially centered with respect to the optical axis when the light source is positioned off the optical axis. In a specific embodiment, a lighting apparatus for providing centered white light includes such a lens and a plurality of light sources.
US08430529B2	Folding worklight with attachment mechanism An LED worklight includes a center core and a first panel and a second panel coupled to the center core. The first panel includes a first LED die package disposed within a first opening formed within the first panel and a first lens disposed over the first LED die package. The second panel includes features similar to the first panel. The second panel is rotatable around the center core from a zero degree closed orientation to about a 359 degree orientation, and is positionable at any intermediate angle therebetween. The first and second panels each include an attachment mechanism having an elastic band with a hook attached thereto. The attachment mechanisms are used to attach or hang the worklight to or around one or more objects. The attachment mechanisms are stored in the worklight such that the attachment mechanisms do not interfere with its operation when not in use.
US08430528B2	LED bulb An LED bulb includes a connector, a heat sink disposed on the connector, an LED module, and an envelope secured to the heat sink and covering the LED module. The heat sink includes a tubular body defining a central through hole, a plurality of fins, and a supporting body located in the tubular body and interconnecting inner edges of the fins. The LED module is attached on the supporting body of the heat sink. A fan is received in the tubular body. When the LED bulb is at work, the fan generates an airflow which flows from an outer environment through the tubular body, the through hole, the LED module, the fins and finally the tubular body to return to the outer environment, thereby to effectively take away the heat generated by the LED module.
US08430525B2	Illumination assembly for shop illumination For illuminating an object and generating a light image, e.g. for presentation of the object, an illumination assembly comprises a reflective part for illumination and a diffractive part for generating the light image. A light source such as a LED light source is used for generating the light.
US08430519B2	Lighting device, display device and television receiver A lighting device 12 includes at least one point light source 17, an optical member 15a provided on a light output side of the lighting device 12 from the point light source 17. The optical member 15a is formed of a member having a substantially uniform light reflectance. A first light reflecting portion 31 is formed on a portion of the optical member 15a that overlaps the point light source 17, and the first light reflecting portion 31 reflects light from the point light source 17. A second light reflecting portion 30a, 23 is provided to reflect the light that is reflected by the first light reflecting portion 31 to be directed to the first light reflecting portion 31.
US08430517B2	Device for collimating, making uniform and extracting light for lighting a display device Lighting system for a data display device (56), said lighting system including a light guide (30) into which the light produced by a light source (38) is injected, said lighting system being characterized in that the light guide (30) includes a plane light injection and collimation zone (32) in the form of a parabola, said parabola including two branches (48a, 48b) connected to each other via an apex (40), the light source (38) being arranged opposite the apex (40), the branches (48a, 48b) of the parabola which delimit the contour of the plane injection and collimation zone (32) being extended by a plane extraction zone (36) for the light propagating inside the guide (30), said extraction zone (36) having a rectangular section and being provided with light extractors (54).
US08430516B2	Lighting device for photographing Disclosed is a simple lighting device for photographing, which makes it possible to take an artistic picture of a human, which is an object to be photographed, enhancing his or her facial expressions, without the need of troublesome light source adjustment. The lighting device comprises a reflecting plate (2) which has a concave shaped surface with respect to the object to be photographed and which has a transmission area (22) which permits light to pass therethrough, and a light emitter (1) which is provided on the convex surface side of the reflecting plate (2) and which emits light toward the transmission area (22). The light emitted from the light emitter (1) and transmitted through the transmission area (22) is irradiated onto the object to be photographed and is reflected by the reflecting plate (2) toward the object to be photographed.
US08430508B2	Single microstructure lens, systems and methods Systems and methods for providing enhanced image quality across a wide and extended range of foci encompass vision treatment techniques and ophthalmic lenses such as contact lenses and intraocular lenses (IOLs). Exemplary IOL optics can include a circular surface structure which acts as a diffractive or phase shifting profile. In some cases, a single ring IOL includes an anterior face and a posterior face, where a profile can be imposed on the anterior or posterior surface or face. The profile can have an inner portion such as a microstructure or central echelette, and an outer portion. Between the inner portion and the outer portion, there may be a transition zone that connects the inner and outer portions.
US08430506B2	Eyeglasses with snap-fitted lenses The present invention provides eyeglasses with snap-fitted lenses, in which a hook of a fastener is snap-fitted into a locking notch of a corresponding lens. Thus, the removal and insertion of the lenses can be easily carried out to facilitate the repair and exchange of the lenses.
US08430498B2	Metallic ink jet printing system and method for graphics applications A multi-phase system for creating a metallic effect on a substrate, includes applying to the substrate a first ink jet ink having a dispersion of reflective metallic particles in a suitable carrier system, to form a reflective coating layer; and applying a second ink jet ink over the reflective coating layer to form a protective coating layer. Optionally, an undercoat layer is printed on the substrate prior to applying the first ink jet ink. The second ink jet includes at least one crosslinkable polymer or is otherwise energy curable. The second ink jet ink optionally imparts a color to the metallic image.
US08430486B2	Ink tank and printer with the same Small and large flat electrodes and between which alternating current voltage is applied are touch on respective outer side surfaces of an ink bag of each of main ink tanks to so as to face each other. Surface area (B) of the large electrode is set equal to a surface area of the largest outer side surface of the main ink tank, for example, so as to be much different from surface area (A) of the small electrode. The surface area (A) of the small electrode is set to about one tenth of the surface area (B).
US08430482B2	Singulating ejection chips for micro-fluid applications A micro-fluid ejection head has multiple ejection chips joined adjacently to create a lengthy array across a media to-be-imaged. The chips have fluid firing elements arranged to seamlessly stitch together fluid ejections from adjacent chips. Each chip aligns with other chips at peripheral regions having edge tolerances closer than elsewhere along the periphery. The tolerances result from both etching and dicing during chip singulation. Etching occurs at the areas of alignment. Dicing occurs elsewhere. Etching techniques include deep reactive ion etching or wet etching. It cuts a planar periphery through an entire thickness of the wafer. The etching may also occur simultaneously with etching a fluid via. Dicing techniques include blade, laser or ion beam. It cuts an entire remainder of the periphery connecting the portions already etched to free single chips from the wafer. Edge tolerances, planar shapes, dicing lines, etch patterns, and wafer layout provide still further embodiments.
US08430479B2	Liquid droplet jetting apparatus A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes a liquid droplet jetting head which has a liquid droplet jetting surface provided with a plurality of nozzles opening thereon in order to jet liquid droplets of a liquid; a cap member which has a size to cover the openings of the nozzles of the liquid droplet jetting head and which is formed with a suction port; a moving mechanism which moves the cap member to make contact/separation with respect to the liquid droplet jetting surface; a purge mechanism which is connected to the suction port of the cap member and which performs purge to discharge the liquid from the nozzles in a state in which the cap member is brought in contact with the liquid droplet jetting surface; and a controller which controls the liquid droplet jetting head, the moving mechanism, and the purge mechanism.
US08430476B2	Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head provided with a substrate which has a layer made of silicon nitride and with a discharge port forming member which is disposed above the layer made of silicon nitride and has a discharge port for discharging liquid. The method includes providing a photosensitive layer that is to be the discharge port forming member above the layer made of silicon nitride, and forming the discharge port by exposing the photosensitive layer to i-line. The layer made of silicon nitride has a refractive index of 2.05 or more to light of a wavelength of 633 nm and irradiation with the i-line is performed in the exposure.
US08430472B2	Printing apparatus and printing method In a 2M-pass printing operation that forms dots including overlapping dots, this invention makes an arrangement to ensure that the number of overlapping dots that are printed in a unit area in pairs of passes each straddling a print medium convey operation executed between an Mth pass and an (M+1)st pass is greater than the number of overlapping dots that are printed in pairs of passes straddling any other convey operation. This arrangement can cause two dots of the overlapping dots to be separated from each other in the event of a print position misalignment, preventing a possible density fall even in a unit area where the largest density reduction is feared to occur at time of the print position misalignment.
US08430471B2	Printing head alignment adjustment A method for automated alignment adjustment of a printing head includes determining a current drop velocity for the printing head based on a cumulative amount of ink that was dispensed by the printing head. An alignment adjustment on the printing head is performed to compensate for a change in the drop velocity based on the current drop velocity. A computer readable medium containing executable instructions and a system are also described.
US08430465B2	Print head control device in ink jet printer A print head control device 4 in an ink jet printer IJP includes a print head drive board 42c3, a PCIe, and an image processing computer 42c. The print head drive board 42c3 is configured by a circuit between the PCIe and the print head drive board 42c3,the circuit having an interface function and a print head drive function integrated therein. This circuit includes an FPGA configured to perform a rearrangement processing such that assigned page data is matched to alignment of print heads 50. Further, a device driver 42c7 which is control software for the print head drive board 42c3 performs an internal transfer processing of the assigned page data to the print head drive board 42c3.
US08430464B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle orifice, a blowing mechanism disposed on the liquid ejecting head side, and a gap control unit which relatively controls a gap between the nozzle orifices and an ejection target medium, in which driving of the blowing mechanism is controlled depending on the gap between the nozzle orifices and the ejection target medium.
US08430454B2	Articulation system and vehicle seat having such an articulation system Articulation system having two articulations, each comprising two strength members that are able to pivot with respect to one another and are each controlled by a control member. The control members of the two articulations are able to move independently of one another between locking and unlocking positions and are elastically urged towards the locking position. A maneuvering member engages by pressing only in an actuating direction with first and second driving members connected to the respective control members of the first and second articulations and suitable for driving each corresponding control member from the locking position into the unlocking position.
US08430449B2	Structural mounting insert A structural mounting insert for sealing between and/or adhering to surfaces of members is described. The insert includes a base member and activatable material about the base material.
US08430446B2	Spindle drive A spindle drive for a movable component includes a threaded spindle, which can be driven in rotation about a rotational axis by a reversible drive. A spindle nut is mounted nonrotatably on the spindle. By means of the spindle nut, a transmission element connected to the movable component can be driven axially with respect to the spindle axis. The spindle nut can be connected to and disconnected from the transmission element by a connecting device. A nut position sensor detects the position of the spindle nut and a component sensor detects the axial position of the transmission element. If it is concluded that there is plausibility between the signals of the nut position sensor and the component sensor, the spindle nut can be connected to the transmission element by the connecting device.
US08430436B2	Anti-ligative doorknob with tri-beveled latchbolt An antio-ligative ergonomic type door-knob primarily of the institutional type, essentially serving to defeat the effort of a temporarily mentally-depressed room occupant from succeeding in committing self-hanging via contrived ensnaring by which to secure a cord like hanging-noose. Generic-variant embodiments of my anti-ligative doorknob are set forth, including both a circular and semi-circular ecutcheon-plate for I-shaped V-shaped Y-shaped X-shaped fin-levers, and also a non-finned hemispherical iteration. The novel critical minimum approximate 40-degree anti-ligative principle of my LIFESTAR™ doorknobs reliably prevents a person ensnaring any heretofore problematically hazardous to portion of the door-knob assembly, while my optionally cooperating door latchbolt is formed to a matching critical minimum approximate 40-degree anti-ligative tri-beveled latchbolt as well. Further suicide-deterrence is achieved by effectively submerging the doorknob into the door escutcheon-plate, thereby leaving virtually no declivity by which a suicidal-person can secure any manner of self-inflicted hanging-cord.
US08430435B2	Slam latch and method for the assembly thereof A slam latch includes a housing and a pair of slide latch components biased toward a strike channel by springs. Each of the slide latch components is independently slideable in a track between a locking position, wherein the slide latch components extend into the strike channel, and a strike receiving position, wherein the slide latch components are slideably moved away from the strike channel into the tracks against the biasing force of the springs. A modular latch kit provides for one of the latch components to be replaced with a plug so as to block any opening on that side of the strike channel. A method of assembling a latch includes selecting either a combination of a latch component and a spring, or a plug, and disposing the selected combination or the plug in the housing.
US08430430B2	High fatigue life fittings for high-pressure fluid systems A fitting for collecting or distributing high-pressure fluid via fluid transmission lines is provided. The fitting includes a body, and a plurality of apertures formed in the body in a common plane, intersecting inside the body such that all of the apertures are in mutual fluid communication. Each of the apertures is configured to receive a threaded coupling member of a respective high-pressure transmission line. The fitting also includes first and second compression members positioned on opposing sides of the body and coupled thereto so as to exert a compressing bias to the body in an axis perpendicular to the common plane. The compression members each comprise a raised contact surface corresponding to the region of the body where the plurality of apertures meet, and through which the compressing bias is exerted. The fitting may be an elbow-fitting, a tee fitting, a cross-fitting, or some other configuration.
US08430427B1	Counterweight apparatus for vehicles An improved counterweight apparatus for vehicles includes a counterweight support structure, a set of separately installable and removable counterweights and a retaining plate. Each counterweight is shaped to be received by the counterweight support structure and each counterweight has at least one retaining plate surface. The retaining plate is retained adjacent to the counterweight support structure and can be moved between a retracted position and an advanced position. The retaining plate has a first surface located to register with the retaining plate surface of each counterweight. When a counterweight is placed in the counterweight support structure and the retaining plate is moved to the advanced position, the first surface of the retaining plate engages the retaining plate surface of the counterweight to secure the counterweight support structure. A counterweight can be removed from the counterweight support structure if the retaining plate is moved to the retracted position.
US08430412B2	Transport carriage for industrial plants A transport carriage for industrial plants comprises a bearing structure mounted on a plurality of wheel units pivoting around respective vertical axes. The wheel pivoting units are connected by means of kinematisms to a single control plate mounted articulated around a vertical axis. The control plate may be maneuvered by means of a steering unit including a steering plate which is mounted articulated around the same articulation axis of the control plate. The steering unit is provided with a vertical bar suitable to be engaged into a hole of the steering plate and into any one among the two holes of control plate (5) to join the plates integrally in the rotation around the articulation axis thereof. When the engagement member is inserted into the abovementioned first hole, the wheels of the carriage are prearranged for movement in the normal advancement direction, with the possibility of steering within a limited angular field. When the engagement bar is inserted into the second hole the steering unit may be maneuvered over a greater angular field, which allows directing the wheels of the pivoting units in an orthogonal direction with respect to direction A.
US08430400B2	System and method for rotating sheets A system and method for rotating sheets receiving cut sheets from a source and providing them to a utilization device. The rotator continually engages sheets with at least one drive component throughout the transport and rotation process. The rotator includes a transport mechanism having a plurality of nip roller pairs along the length of a feed table. The nip rollers (nips) can be selectively engaged with, and disengaged from, the driven rollers using discrete actuators. This allows for feed velocity differentials when entering and exiting the rotator feed table, and also for clearance during sheet rotation. A rotator disk assembly is centered on the table between, and comprises a driven rotator disk and an overriding, freely rotating pressure disk. When sheets enter or pass through the rotator section, the pressure disk is raised to provide a clearance for sheets to pass.
US08430394B2	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a sheet cassette which accommodates stacked sheets. The sheet feeding device further includes a pickup roller, a separation pad, a separating roller pressing the sheet against the separating pad and a holder arm which holds the pickup roller and the separating roller. The sheet feeding device still further includes an urging member configured to urge the separating roller toward the separating pad and includes a supporting portion configured to support a specific portion of the holder arm. When the sheet cassette is removed, the support portion supports the specific portion of the holder arm at a supporting position and the pickup roller is positioned at an upper position.
US08430382B2	Stopper structure of torque rod A second bush of a torque rod is fastened and fixed such that a mating fastening member sandwiches an inner fitting in the axial direction. A rubber stopper on an acceleration side projecting from an outer fitting to the inner fitting is provided such that the rubber thickness increases toward a front end. The inner fitting is provided with a stopper contact forming a recessed space in which the rubber stopper is inserted. After the rubber stopper comes in contact with the stopper contact in a stopper function, the rubber stopper is deformed so as to fill the recessed space, and concurrently bulges in the axial direction to come in contact with the mating fastening member.
US08430381B2	Apparatus with protection mechanism An apparatus includes a main body and a protection mechanism disposed on the main body. The protection mechanism includes a connecting member inserted in the main body and including a post; and a damping member attached on the connecting member away from the main body. The damping member bears an initial impact, before the main body, when the apparatus collides.
US08430372B2	Adjustable mounting assembly for standing seam panels An adjustable mounting assembly (70a/70b) for installing solar cell modules (58) on a building surface (34) is disclosed. The mounting assembly (70a/70b) includes a mounting device (74), a stud (114) that may be threaded to the mounting device (74), a clamping member (142) that may be positioned on the stud (114), and a nut (128) that may be threaded onto the stud (114) to secure the clamping member (142) to the mounting device (74). A nut (126) is fixed to the stud (114) at an intermediate location along its length. This fixed nut (126) may be used to tighten the stud (114) to a mounting device (74), and furthermore may be positioned such that the stud (114) does not extend into a slot (90) of the mounting device (74).
US08430369B2	Wall mounting bath accessory assembly A wall mounting bath accessory assembly contains a fixing member to be locked to a wall including a groove defined therein so that between the groove and the wall is defined a movable space and an upper locking portion disposed on a top end thereof; a sliding member limited to move between an upper dead center and a lower dead center of the movable space and including an upper abutting portion disposed on a top end thereof and a lower locking portion extending from a bottom end thereof; a retaining member located on an outer side of the fixing member and including an upper fastening portion extending from a top end of thereof, and a lower fastening portion extending from a bottom end thereof; a base including a receiving chamber to receive the retaining member, the fixing member, and the sliding member.
US08430365B2	Tube holding block assembly A tube retention block assembly having a support body incorporating one or more tube support passageways of discontinuous character extending across the support body. A displaceable retaining yoke member is adapted for insertion into a slot disposed transverse to the tube support passageways. The retaining yoke member includes one or more engagement cradles adapted to at least partially surround and lock in place tubes extending through the tube support body.
US08430362B2	Aircraft having a force transmission element between a cabin structural element and a primary structure The invention relates to an aircraft comprising a force transmission element which detachably connects a cabin structural segment to an aircraft primary structure and which comprises a cabin bearing element and a structure bearing element, the cabin bearing element being connected to the cabin structural segment and the structure bearing element being connected to the aircraft primary structure. The force transmission element is designed in such a manner that a force transmission can take place between the cabin structural segment and the aircraft primary structure with at least one degree of freedom of movement.
US08430360B2	Control unit and method for controlling the supply of a vehicle with multiple fuels A control unit for controlling the supply of a vehicle having at least one internal combustion engine with multiple fuels has at least one input means for supplying optimization parameters, fuel parameters, and operational data, at least one storage unit for storing the optimization parameters, the fuel parameters, and the operational data, and at least one computing unit. The control unit is adapted for being connected to at least one first supply apparatus for supplying a first fuel to the internal combustion engine and to at least one second supply apparatus for supplying a second fuel to the internal combustion engine, and of controlling a first mass flow of supplied first fuel and a second mass flow of supplied second fuel. The computing unit optimizes the ratio of first mass flow and second mass flow for all operational phases of the vehicle to fulfill the specified optimization parameters.
US08430359B2	Energy-efficient electro-thermal and electro-mechanical ice-protection method A region of an airfoil to be protected from accreted ice is heated to reduce the strength of the bond between the ice and the airfoil, and is mechanically deformed to shed the accreted ice after the bond has been sufficiently weakened. Heating ceases before substantial water runback is generated. The mechanical deformation and the cessation of heating occur approximately simultaneously.
US08430358B2	Storage compartment module with an integrated supply channel for optimized installation A hatrack module with integral service channel for optimized mounting comprises a housing with a hatrack accommodation space and a passenger service channel, a hatrack with laterally arranged guide elements, and at least one passenger service unit, wherein in each case a guide rail is arranged on the sidewalls of the hatrack accommodation space, and wherein a wall of the housing comprises at least one reach-through access opening, and wherein the guide elements of the hatrack can be made to engage the guide rails on the housing.
US08430357B2	Tail skid for protecting a structural element of an aircraft, an aircraft provided with such a tail skid, and an anti-overturning method implemented by said tail skid The present invention relates to a tail skid (10) for a rotorcraft (1), the tail skid comprising a contact blade (11) extending from a contact first end (11′) towards a second end (11″), said contact first end (11′) being provided with a top face (12) suitable for facing a structure (7) of the rotorcraft (1) and a bottom face (13) suitable for facing towards the ground (2) when said tail skid (10) is fastened to a rotorcraft (1) standing on the ground (2), said bottom face (13) having a first area. The tail skid includes an additional contact member (21) suitable for preventing said bottom face (13) from coming into contact with the ground (2), and fastener means (30) for fastening said additional member (21) to said first end (11′), said additional member (21) having a fastener face (22) and a contact face (23) presenting a second area that is greater than said first area, the fastener means (30) holding said fastener face (22) against said bottom face (13) so that said bottom face (13) is completely covered by said additional member (21).
US08430356B2	Amphibious aircraft Described are aircraft with at least one fuselage, a wing, a power plant coupled to the at least one fuselage, a shroud surrounding a propeller, and at least two floats coupled to the wing. As examples, each float may include a step that is forward of the location at which the bottom surface of the float intersects a line that passes through a center of gravity of the aircraft and is oriented at an angle of six degrees rearward from vertical. As further examples, each float may include a forward portion located forward of the step, the forward portion including a ski surface that is planar in a left to right horizontal direction, and an aft portion that is located rearward of the step.
US08430354B2	Flight control system for an aircraft Power takeoff means (46, 47, 60, 61) for this flight control system adjacent to the aircraft engines (41, 42) are all-electric and this makes it possible to reduce the length of hydraulic connections leading to actuators of the controlled devices (54, 55, 66). Electrical generators are of different types to minimize the risk of a generic failure. Characteristically of the invention, some generators (60, 61) have a constant voltage to frequency ratio and directly or almost directly control electro-hydraulic pumps (64, 65), without modifying the current characteristic and with no power electronics. Furthermore, system reconfigurations are made possible by additional electrical connections (69, 70, 71, 72) in case of failure.
US08430349B2	Master gear assembly A spinning reel master gear assembly is rotatably attachable to a reel unit of a spinning reel. The spinning reel master gear assemble includes a master gear shaft being rotatably attachable to the reel unit, and a master gear fixed to the master gear shaft in an integrally rotatable state. The master gear shaft includes an attachment portion. The attachment portion has a male threaded portion at least partially on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The master gear includes a female threaded portion screwed onto the male threaded portion, and a centered portion including an axis appropriately aligned by the attachment portion.
US08430346B2	Compressed air throttle device and a powder spray coating device A compressed air throttle apparatus has at least one throttle valve adjusted by an electric motor, and an electric circuit fitted with contacting elements to alternatively interrupt and close the electric circuit in relation to the throttle valve settings. This throttle apparatus preferably is applicable to a compressed air path of powder spraycoating equipment.
US08430343B2	Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve includes a needle valve having an engagement part, and a movable core having an engagement part to be engaged with the engagement part of the needle valve. One of the engagement part of the needle valve and the engagement part of the movable core is defined by two inner faces of a recess opposing to each other in an axis direction, and the other engagement part is defined by two outer faces of a projection opposing to the inner faces, respectively. The projection is movable between the inner faces in the axis direction in a state that the projection is located in the recess.
US08430340B2	Rotary atomizer component A rotary atomizer component, such as for a steering air ring or bell cup for a rotary atomizer with at least one steering air jet for delivering steering air (or controlled air) and a rotary bearing shaft where, in axial direction between the bell cup and the steering air jet, a circumferential annular gap is located. A shaft cover in form of a bushing covers the bearing shaft, when mounted, at least partially in the annular gap area between the bell cup and the steering air jet. In addition, the annular gap space between the front surface of the bearing unit and the internal surface facing it axially or any other front element of the atomizer is sealed in a radial way internally against the externally accessible area of the shaft. The sealing element provided for this purpose is located along the internal circumference of the air-steering rings or front element and able to be attached to the front surface of the bearing unit in a way that it is elastically deformable.
US08430339B2	Adjustable sprinkler head riser An apparatus for lengthening an extendible pipe comprised of first and second pipe portions having an interior includes a cylinder having an end wall and an open end connected to the first pipe portion. A piston is received in slidable and sealable engagement with the cylinder and is connected to the second pipe portion. The piston, cylinder and end wall define a chamber that is physically isolated from the interior of the pipe. Introduction of a control fluid into the chamber displaces the piston relative to the cylinder so as to lengthen the pipe. The apparatus above may be applied to a sprinkler head riser apparatus and buried as part of an in-ground sprinkler system.
US08430328B2	Dot pattern To realize a dot pattern which can be read even by a frame buffer of which algorithm for search is simple and of which resolution is low without sacrificing an information dot for defining a direction of a block. There is provided a dot pattern, wherein a plurality of reference points is provided in an area of a block having a predetermined information dot arranged thereon; a plurality of virtual reference points to be defined is arranged from the reference points (for example, a central point of a grid area); an information dot is arranged, of which information is defined by a distance and a direction from the virtual reference point; and at least the information dot at the predetermined position is made into a direction dot showing the direction of the block by a direction from the virtual reference point.
US08430308B2	Authorizing financial transactions A system for authorizing a financial transaction includes a processor operable to execute an application on a wireless communications device, communicate wirelessly with a data stripe through a security enabled wireless communications protocol, receive a request to authorize a financial transaction involving a financial account associated with account data, access authorization criteria for determining whether to authorize the financial transaction, apply the authorization criteria to the financial transaction, generate an authorization code based on the application of the authorization criteria to the financial transaction, and communicate the authorization code.
US08430304B2	Systems, methods and computer program products for wirelessly preprocessing a transaction while in a queue for a point-of-transaction A transaction is preprocessed wirelessly in response to a wireless transaction preprocessing user device being in a queue for a point-of-transaction. The transaction that was preprocessed is then completed in response to the wireless transaction preprocessing user device reaching the point-of-transaction. Financial transactions and/or purchase of goods and/or services may thereby be preprocessed wirelessly and then completed at a point-of-transaction. Related devices and computer program products are also disclosed.
US08430278B2	Floating fluid inlet for liquid containers and method of use thereof A floating fluid inlet that adjusts to the level of a beverage within a soda keg or similar container. The floating fluid inlet is constructed preferably of stainless steel and food grade plastic tubing. By rotating its inlet port aperture from downward facing when the soda keg is full of a beverage, to upward facing when the soda keg is nearly empty, the floating fluid inlet avoids picking up sediment from the bottom of the soda keg. The principal components are a tube that connects at its one end to the outlet port of a soda keg and at its other end to a pickup tube that is retained within a bracket to which is attached a float. The pickup tube has an aperture disposed in its sidewall for ingress of a beverage.
US08430271B2	Fluid product dispenser A fluid dispenser device comprising: a reservoir (1) of fluid to be dispensed; a dispenser member (2), such as a pump or a valve, mounted on said reservoir (1); and a body (3) that is suitable for receiving said reservoir (1), said body (3) being provided with a dispenser orifice and with an opening (310) via which said reservoir (1) can be inserted into the body (3), said reservoir (1) being displaceable between a working position, in which said dispenser member (2) co-operates with said body (3) between a rest position and a dispensing position, and a withdrawn position in which said dispenser member (2) does not co-operate with said body (3), said reservoir (1) being secured to said body (3) in all positions.
US08430262B2	Containers for holding materials The invention provides for containers that can be formed from a liquid-holding vessel, a closure, and a skeleton. The liquid-holding vessel can comprise a flexible polymer or plastic material for preventing contact between a liquid stored in or dispensed from the container and the skeleton. The liquid-holding vessel and the closure can be formed from a minimal amount of polymer or plastic.
US08430261B2	Closure cover for tanks under internal pressure, with a safety function, and closure cover for a fuel tank A closure cover for tanks under internal pressure, with a cover body (6) which can be fixed in a tank neck by rotation, and with a cover (14) which is provided with a handle (15) and is operatively connected to the cover body (6), and with a pressure control valve (40). A coupling device (22-28) is arranged between the cover body (6) and the cover (14) and, during the positive pressure which prevails in the fuel tank during normal operation, releases the rotational connection between the cover body (6) and the cover (14) such that the fuel tank cannot be opened, and in that a pressure control valve (40) is provided which opens when the positive pressure prevailing during normal operation is exceeded.
US08430251B2	Tube reload system and components Disclosed herein is a tube loading system suitable for rapidly loading, handing, manipulation and storing large numbers of tubes.
US08430242B2	Packaging system and method A shipping system comprising: a plurality of edge protectors, each of the edge protectors comprising: a backwall; an upper jaw member in communication with the backwall, the upper jaw member having a top surface; a lower jaw member in communication with the backwall, the lower jaw member having a lower surface, and the lower surface and the top surface are generally flat and parallel to each other; a single slot defined by the upper jaw member and the lower jaw member, and the single slot being generally orthogonal to the backwall, the edge protector having an outer width; at least one u-channel support member, the u-channel support member comprising: a bottom wall; a first sidewall extending generally orthogonally from the bottom wall; a second sidewall extending generally orthogonally from the bottom wall; an interior width between an interior surface of the first sidewall and the interior surface of the second sidewall, and where the interior width is generally equal to the outer width.
US08430241B1	Hair-appliance holder A hair-appliance holder for retaining a hair-styling appliance, such as a hot hair iron, a hair dryer or the like, in hanging relationship from an upper edge portion of a pedestal sink basin, or alternatively from a countertop or a towel rod, and which, while retaining the hair appliance, reduces the likelihood of burning contact by the appliance with adjacent objects and a user thereof, the hair-appliance holder comprising a strap member, or other retaining means such as a counterweight, a sticky silicone underside to the strap member, or one or more suction cups on the underside of the strap member for attaching to a counter top, adjacent a countertop edge, or a sink basin, and a preferably heat-resistant retaining member attached to the strap member and having at least one open end for inserting a hair-styling appliance, each named member preferably being made of semi-rigid silicone.
US08430236B2	Chain transporter system A chain transporter system has a plurality of adapter elements mounted on spaced apart chain links with a separate mounting part received in each adapter element. Each adapter element includes a groove-type recess having a pair of opposed walls, each of which has an undercut. Each mounting part is received in the recess of an adapter element with extensions matingly received in the undercuts of the adapter element.
US08430230B1	Hopper loader for processing machines A hopper loader is provided for supplying particulate material to a processing machine. The hopper loader includes a receiver with latching members configured for coupling to a hopper assembly. The hopper assembly includes a hopper which preferably has translucent side walls to permit visual inspection of the contents of the chamber within the hopper, and a filter element positioned atop the receiver which is configured so that particulate material trapped by the filter element will periodically fall back into the chamber for processing without operator intervention.
US08430228B2	Diverter arm and method A system for aligning items, such as bottles, includes a rotating plate and a diverter arm that extends outward over a top surface of the plate towards the plate edge. A rotating channel may surround the plate. In operation, bottles are dropped onto the plate and rotated by the plate against the arm. The distance between the top surface of the arm and the plate surface is such that the arm generally diverts the bottles outward and guides them into free gaps within the channel. The distance is also configured such that as bottles back-up, waiting for free channel gaps, the arm allows any buckling bottles to pass over and back onto the plate, rather than into the channel. The distance may also be configured such that the arm acts like a scoop. As bottles back-up behind the arm, the arm presses under the bottles along the arm and passes them over, relieving the pressure.
US08430227B2	Conveyer device A production device includes a plurality of processing units (41 to 45) arranged so as to consecutively perform a plurality of types of processing with respect to workpieces, a transport unit (30) that successively transports the workpieces toward processing units, a plurality of monitor operation panels (80, 90) capable of monitoring the processing in the plurality of processing units and performing an adjustment operation regarding the processing or performing an operation regarding the overall operation and stop, and a plurality of movable holding mechanisms (60, 70) that movably hold the respective monitor operation panels.
US08430220B2	Wet dual clutch transmission control system Pairs of variable feed solenoid valves provide fluid to a pair of input clutch actuators and a pair of inlet ports of a first or logic valve. The position of the first logic valve spool is controlled by a solenoid valve. A first pair of outlet ports of the first logic valve provide fluid to a first piston which selects two speed ratios. A second pair of outlet ports of the first logic valve provide fluid to a pair of inlet ports of a second logic valve. The position of the second logic valve spool is controlled by fluid from the input clutch circuits. A first pair of outlet ports of the second logic valve provide fluid to a second piston which selects two other speed ratios and a second pair of outlet ports of the second logic valve provide fluid to a third piston which selects two additional speed ratios.
US08430216B2	Brake device lubrication device and method for controlling same A brake device lubrication device includes a lubricant supply unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a braking timer, a release timer and a storage unit. The control unit is configured to control the lubricant supply unit so as to supply a predetermined first supply amount of lubricant to a brake device when the brake device is in a braking state, to acquire a delay time corresponding to a braking time counted by the braking timer from a relationship of correspondence between the braking time and the delay time stored by the storage unit when the brake device is switched from the braking state to a released state, and to switch a supply amount of lubricant from the first supply amount to a second supply amount which is smaller than the first supply amount when the release time counted by the release timer reaches the acquired delay time.
US08430212B2	Safety control device for an elevator apparatus and operating method thereof An elevator apparatus includes a safety circuit section including a plurality of abnormality detection units, a safety control device, failure detection unit, and circuit changeover unit. The safety control device controls electric power supply to a driving device and a brake device in accordance with a content of an abnormality detected by the abnormality detection units. The failure detection unit detects a failure of the safety control device. When the failure of the safety control device is detected, the circuit changeover unit forms a failure-time circuit in which the electric power supply to the driving device and the brake device is interrupted directly by the abnormality detection unit.
US08430211B2	Elevator system with guide axis aligned with traction member An elevator car assembly includes a car frame, a car connected to the car frame and having a first guide axis between a first side and a second side of the car frame, a plurality of traction members, a first plurality of sheaves rotatably connected to the car frame between the first side and the second side for respectively receiving the plurality of traction members, and a first guide attached to either the car frame or the car below the first plurality of sheaves for movably engaging a first rail. The first guide is aligned with the first guide axis and is configured to be aligned with the first rail. One of the plurality of traction members and the first guide are vertically aligned at the first guide axis.
US08430208B2	Centrifugally-operated apparatus Herein is disclosed a centrifugally-operated apparatus that comprises at least a shaft with an axis of rotation and a pawl that is coaxially mounted on the shaft with at least a portion of the pawl being movable radially inwardly and outwardly from the shaft. The axis of rotation of the shaft passes through the pawl, at a location that is radially offset from the center of mass of the pawl. Rotation of the shaft and pawl above a predetermined speed can cause at least the movable portion of the pawl to be moved radially outward from the shaft, in which position an engaging end of the movable portion of the pawl may engage with a component such as a ratchet.
US08430203B2	Noise reduction device for turbojet nacelle with mobile chevrons, and associated nacelle The invention relates to a turbojet nacelle (1) and to an aeroacoustic noise reduction device for said nacelle, the nacelle comprising a nozzle (10) on the downstream end thereof, said nozzle (10) comprising an inner wall inside which a first flow from the turbojet circulates and an outer wall (102) outside which a second flow corresponding to the surrounding outside air circulates. The invention also relates to an aeroacoustic noise reduction device (20) of the turbojet, comprising a plurality of chevrons (201) arranged on the circumference of the nozzle (10). The invention is characterized in that the aeroacoustic noise reduction device also comprises a slide (202) arranged on the circumference of the nozzle in such a way that it can rotate about the axis of the nozzle, each chevron (201) being connected to the slide (202) by means of a guiding element (204) that can move along the slide (202) during the rotation thereof in order to ensure the displacement of the chevron (201).
US08430196B2	Deformable armored land vehicle An armored land vehicle comprising a first hull portion and an engine compartment which form a central chassis (CC) adapted to receive second hull portions on both sides and the rear of the CC. The CC and hull portions have generally V-shaped undersides with slanted, upwardly extending sides to create multiple blast venting paths to deflect blast energy away from the vehicle occupants. These blast paths comprise one or more blast vents through the vehicle for further reducing occupant exposure to blast energy. The engine compartment and front and rear tractive units can comprise an open framework, allowing significant under vehicle blast venting between the hull portions, through the engine compartment, and around the hull portions, thereby increasing survivability of the crew. The hull portions can be designed to rotate and/or be frangible to increase the blast-venting through the vehicle.
US08430192B2	Robotic omniwheel vehicle A robotic omniwheel vehicle includes autonomous drive logic with laser Radar, GPS for vehicle self guidance, obstacle avoidance and range finding location and also to control the omniwheel assemblies having multi-directional steering, extension and lift actuation via a universal joint and a transmission rod that also supports the chassis while traveling at speeds ranging from low to high velocity on and off road, and on rails. The navigational system control methods use manual driving, a cell phone controller comprising satellite telecommunication with voice command, and a touch screen control panel, an omnichair which can rise up and swivel on point, and may also include electromagnetic coupling devices to connect omnivehicles together.
US08430182B2	Power tool housing A hammer drill has a transmission housing 280 is formed from two clamshell halves of durable plastics or cast metal material. The transmission housing 280 is mounted on first and second damping springs 284 and 286 at its rearward end. The transmission housing 280 is also mounted on parallel rails (not shown) disposed within the tool housing 222 such that the transmission housing 280 can slide a small distance relative to the tool housing 222. The forward end of the transmission housing 280 has a generally part conical portion 290, which abuts a corresponding part conical portion 292 formed on the tool housing 222. The interface defined by conical portions 290 and 292 defines a stop against which the transmission housing 280 rests against the tool housing 222 in the inoperative condition of the hammer drill 220. When the hammer drill 220 is being used, a gap opens up between the conical surfaces 290 and 292 which helps to damp axial and lateral vibrations that would otherwise be transmitted from the tool bit (not shown) to the user. However, the gap is sufficiently small that the hammer drill 220 and the transmission housing 280 can still be adequately controlled by the user, and the part conical shape of the interface also assists in aligning the transmission housing 280 with the tool housing 222 in order to give a user greater control over the direction of the tool bit.
US08430179B2	Soil tilling and planting implement The combination of a rolling basket tillage implement and a seed distribution implement is disclosed. A height-adjustable mounting system for a rolling basket soil tillage implement is also disclosed for use with a planter that enables such an implement to be raised above the soil as needed to avoid wet conditions.
US08430166B2	Geothermal energy extraction system and method A system and process for extracting geothermal energy from a geologic formation. Coolant fluid is introduced into a first fracture system. The first fracture system is at a first height in the formation. The coolant fluid is collected from a second fracture system. The second fracture system is at a second height in the fracture system. The second height is lower than the first height. Coolant fluid introduced into the first fracture system percolates through the geologic formation from the first fracture system to the second fracture system, collecting heat from the geologic formation.
US08430164B2	Production of steam and its application to enhanced oil recovery The invention relates to a method for producing steam comprising the successive steps of: providing feedwater containing carbonate and/or sulfate ions; adding a crystallizing reagent able to react with carbonate and/or sulfate ions to the feedwater, in order to produce carbonate and/or sulfate crystals; filtering the feedwater with a ceramic membrane to produce a permeate stream; supplying the permeate stream to a boiler; and generating steam in the boiler. The invention also relates to an installation adapted for implementing said method, as well as to a process for extracting hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation using the abovementioned method for producing steam.
US08430151B2	Integrated hybrid heat exchanger using water head difference An integrated hybrid heat exchanger may include a first radiator and a second radiator disposed up and down in parallel, a first radiator tank connected to both first end portions of the first and second radiators in common, a first baffle installed in the first radiator tank and separating an inner space of the first radiator tank into an upper space and a lower space, wherein the upper and lower spaces of the first radiator tank include a coolant inlet respectively and a first air bypass member having a passage therein, the first air bypass member installed on the first baffle and extending upwards with a predetermined length and configured to remove bubbles collected in the lower space of the first radiator tank through the passage of the first air bypass member by pressure difference between the upper and lower spaces of the first radiator tank.
US08430150B2	Feeder element Feeder element for use in metal casting, having a first end for mounting on a mould pattern or swing plate, an opposite second end including a mounting plate for mounting on a feeder sleeve, and a bore between the first and second ends defined by a sidewall. The feeder element is compressible whereby to reduce the distance between the first and second ends. The bore has an axis that is offset from the centre of the mounting plate, and an integrally formed rim extends from a periphery of the mounting plate.
US08430149B2	Folding church truck surround A folding church truck surround having a center panel, a pair of front panels, a pair of corner panels and a pair of side panels, wherein the front panels are hingedly attached to the center panel, and wherein the side panels are hingedly attached to the pair of corner panels extending from the front panels, to allow the surround to maintain both an open and closed position through the folding and unfolding of the various panels.
US08430141B2	Woodworking fixture A fixture includes a router guide portion having a router support surface and a workpiece support surface, a drill guide portion having a drill bit member, an opening adjacent the router guide portion and the drill guide portion for accepting a workpiece, and a clamping portion. The clamping portion includes a clamping member for securing the workpiece to the router guide portion.
US08430137B2	Refill cap cartridge Provided is a refill cap cartridge engageable with a bottle during usage thereof. The refill cartridge includes an upper body and a lower body defining a cartridge reservoir. The upper body is configured to be engageable with the body, while the lower body is configured to be insertable within the bottle opening. The refill cartridge additionally includes a plug having an upper plug portion defining an upper plug head and a lower plug portion defining a flared end portion. The plug is engageable with the cap and is moveable relative to the cap between a sealing position and a dispensing position.
US08430129B2	Electromagnetic flow regulator, system, and methods for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid Disclosed embodiments include electromagnetic flow regulators for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid, systems for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid, methods of regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid, nuclear fission reactors, systems for regulating flow of an electrically conductive reactor coolant, and methods of regulating flow of an electrically conductive reactor coolant in a nuclear fission reactor.
US08430127B2	Electrohydraulic control module Disclosed is an electrohydraulic control module capable of being reduced in the number of components. A control valve 6 includes a concave portion 51 that serves as an oil pathway. An electronic control device 4 controls a solenoid 33 and the like. An electrical interconnect plate 2 includes an interconnect member 21 such as a bus bar. A separate plate 5 is disposed between the interconnect plate 2 and the control valve 6. The interconnect plate 2 also includes a concave portion 24 at its surface side that abuts the separate plate 5, the concave portion 24 being formed at a position corresponding to a concave portion 63 of the control valve 6. The separate plate 5 includes a communication portion 51 that communicates between the concave portion 63 of the control valve 6 and the concave portion 24 of the interconnect plate 2.
US08430126B2	Rotary distribution apparatus incorporating interstage pumps The invention concerns a rotary distribution apparatus (30) for distributing process liquids, typically in ion exchange and chromatographic separation in the processing of sugar juice. The apparatus includes a core (2) into which fixed process liquid supply pipes (3) extend and annular fluid distribution chambers defined between the core and an outer shell (4) which rotates around the core. Rotating pipes (5) are provided which rotate with the shell and which are connected between selected distribution chambers and selected ports in a rotating indexing disc (6) which rotates, with the shell, relative to a stationary indexing disc (7). The arrangement is such that as the rotating disc rotates, different streams of process liquid streams fed to the rotating disc through the rotating pipes are introduced to fixed ports in the stationary disc. The latter ports are arranged to feed the streams selectively to selected destinations. According to the invention interstage pumps operating to pump the process liquids are mounted to rotate about the core with the rotating pipes and the rotating indexing disc. This leads to a particularly simple design compared to conventional simulated moving bed configurations with fixed pumps.
US08430123B2	Position regulator An exemplary position regulator is disclosed which includes a regulation unit and a travel measurement system for activating an actuating drive for adjusting a control fitting to a predetermined position. A signal shaper is provided for outputting a travel signal to a superordinate device. To provide an undisturbed output of the travel signal, the signal shaper is connected in series in a transmission path between the travel measurement system and the regulation unit, and is connected in parallel with the regulation unit so as to transmit signals. The signal shaper can have a switch which is controlled by an alarm signal of the regulation unit, by which, in a first (e.g., inoperative) position, the travel measurement system is fed from the regulation unit, and, in a second (e.g., operative) position, the travel measurement system is fed from the signal shaper. The signal shaper can be automatically calibrated when the position regulator is activated, by comparing an output signal from the travel measurement system with a travel signal which is received by the regulation unit.
US08430121B2	Gas flow monitor A gas flow monitor is provided, in which a defined range of the closing or nominal flow can be set without engaging functional elements. Furthermore, the original closing or nominal flow can be adjusted or amended, even outside the manufacturing plant. The gas flow monitor consists of a gas-tight housing (1) which comprises an inner valve seat (5) for a closing member (9) which is displaceable within the housing (1) and is guided in a sleeve (6) in a longitudinally displaceable manner by a pin (7) and is held in the open position against the flow direction by the force of a closing spring (11). The housing (1) is connected on the inlet side to a tubular insert (13), the inner contour (14) of which determines the flow profile up to the valve seat (5).
US08430120B2	Liquid flow controller and precision dispense apparatus and system A proportional fluid control valve with improved linearity and reduced hysteresis is disclosed. The valve allows for smooth, gentle flow of fluid in a substantially linear fashion, with minimal turns. Preferably the valve is pneumatically actuated. Where temperature is not an issue, the valve can be actuated by any suitable means, including stepper motors, linear motors, voice coils or other force actuators. A versatile molded valve body that requires fewer parts compared to a machined valve is disclosed. In one embodiment, the molded valve body is designed specifically for flow control and contains two sensor housings with carefully positioned flow paths to optimize the use of space. The sensor housing or housings can be separately formed as inserts, allowing installation in various orientations.
US08430115B2	Leak detection system for humidifier An electronic leak detection system for home humidifier using the duct air conditioning system. The leak detection system uses a simple sensor in a water collection tray under the humidifier to detect if leakage has occurred. An auxiliary solenoid valve is connected in line with the water supply to the humidifier. When leakage is detected, power to the humidifier system is shut down and an auxiliary solenoid valve is powered.
US08430105B2	Tissue-treatment methods Polymer insulators and methods of using polymer insulators are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes separating a first portion of a subject's tissue from a second portion of the subject's tissue so that there is a space between the first and second portions of tissue. Deionized water, a buffered saline solution, liquid polymers, gels, particles, foams, and/or gases are disposed between the first and second portions of tissue, and the first portion of tissue is exposed to energy to treat the first portion of tissue.
US08430101B2	Plastic frame for an intrauterine device An intrauterine device (IUD) for delivering bioactive substances in the uterine cavity includes a plastic frame affixed to a drug delivery compartment. The frame retains the IUD in the uterine cavity and prevents displacement and expulsion. The frame is shaped like the letter “omega” having two resilient arms which possess latero-lateral memory. The extremities of the arms are provided by a short side-arm which forms an angle with the rest of the arm. These prominent plastic parts facilitate the upward rotation of the arms during removal of the intrauterine device. The drug delivery compartment has an element at its upper extremity to determine the exact location of the IUD in the uterine cavity by ultrasound. The drug delivery compartment contains one or more drugs which are gradually released in the uterine cavity over extended periods of time.
US08430092B2	Panel support system for solar boilers A boiler for a solar receiver includes a panel support structure. A boiler stay is operatively connected to the panel support structure. A panel stay is slideably engaged to the boiler stay. A boiler panel is operatively connected to the panel stay with the panel stay being affixed to a plurality of tubes of the panel. The boiler stay and panel support assemblies are configured and adapted to slide with respect to one another to accommodate thermal expansion of the boiler panel. In certain embodiments, a pin connects the boiler stay and the panel stay, wherein the pin is removable for installation and removal of the panel from the support structure.
US08430089B2	Heating cooker with hinged door Provided is a heating cooker which allows a door on a cooking chamber to be opened without direct handling of the door by a user. The heating cooker includes a body having a cooking chamber defined therein, a door hingably mounted to the body to open and close the cooking chamber, a door holder positioned in the body to hold the door and keep the cooking chamber closed by the door, and a hinge part connected between the door and the body to guide rotation of the door such that when the door is released from the door holder, the door is automatically opened.
US08430087B2	Temperature measurement means for cooking appliances A cooking appliance having a heating source and a cooking surface disposed above the heating source. A temperature sensing probe is located between the heating source and the cooking surface for indicating to a user the temperature at or near the cooking surface.
US08430086B2	Non-lethal pistol A non-lethal pistol for propelling projectiles, such as paintballs. The pistol has a body with a grip portion and a barrel. A canister of propellant received in the body to supply a valve assembly with propellant that is selectively vented to propel projectiles through the barrel. The pistol includes a firing mechanism adapted to actuate the valve assembly.
US08430084B2	Method for operating a multi-spark ignition system, and multi-spark ignition system A method for operating a multi-spark ignition system in an engine system includes: receiving time information regarding a multi-spark phase; cyclical charging of an ignition coil of an ignition device, and discharging of the ignition coil via a spark plug of the ignition device during the multi-spark phase; the charging and/or discharging of the ignition coil taking place as a function of a current flow in the ignition coil.
US08430081B2	Direct-injection system fuel pump with a maximum-pressure valve A direct-injection system fuel pump having: at least one pumping chamber; a piston mounted to slide inside the pumping chamber to cyclically alter the volume of the pumping chamber; an intake channel connected to the pumping chamber and regulated by an intake valve; a delivery channel connected to the pumping chamber and regulated by a one-way delivery valve that only permits fuel flow from the pumping chamber; and a drain channel regulated by a one-way, maximum-pressure valve, which opens when the fuel pressure in the drain channel exceeds a threshold value, and which has a shutter movable along the drain channel, a valve seat engaged in fluidtight manner by the shutter, and a spring calibrated to push the shutter into a position engaging the valve seat in fluidtight manner.
US08430080B2	Otto-cycle internal combustion engine An Otto cycle internal combustion engine (10) provided with a combustion chamber (14) and an inlet (18) and an outlet (20) with respective valves (24 and 26), and a suction passage (29) leading to the said at least one inlet (18) to conduct the flow of fluid material thereto. The engine (10) further comprises a control valve (28) arranged upstream of the inlet valve (24) and being operable to change between a condition in which it opens the suction passage (29) and a condition in which it closes the suction passage (29). An engine operating position sensor (90) provides signals indicative of the operating position of the engine (10). There is also an engine power control (92). A variable intermediate position control signal generator (95), generates control signals at times respectively between the beginning and the end of each of a succession of inlet valve opening periods of the engine cycle. It is connected to receive signals from the engine operating position sensor (90) and the engine power control (92) and to send the control signals to the control valve (28) in such a manner that in between an opening of the inlet valve (24) and the immediately following closure thereof there is a period in which the suction passage (29) is open and a period in which it is closed, the period for which it is open being in dependence upon the engine power control (92) output. The invention extends to a method of operating such an engine (10).
US08430076B2	Engine An engine includes: a crankshaft 12; a camshaft 36; and a timing transmission system 37 which has a drive rotation member 45, a driven rotation member 46, and an endless power transmission member 47, and which provides connection between the crankshaft 12 and the camshaft 36. An access window 55 through which the driven rotation member 46 is attached to and detached from the camshaft 36 is opened in an outer end surface 5c of the cylinder head 5. A lid body 57 for closing the access window 55 is jointed to the outer end surface 5c. The outer end surface 5c of the cylinder head 5 comprises a slanted surface 5c which is inclined so that at least a part of an outer periphery of the driven rotation member 46 on a side opposite from the drive rotation member 45 is exposed from the access window 55. Thus, it is possible to facilitate the operation of attaching the endless power transmission member to the driven rotation member and mounting the driven rotation member to the camshaft, and also contributing to downsizing of the engine.
US08430075B2	Superaustenitic stainless steel and method of making and use thereof A superaustenitic stainless steel comprises in weight %, 0.15 to 0.9% C, 0.2 to 1.3% Si, 0 to 0.45% Mn, 32.5 to 37.5% Cr, 13.5 to 17.5% Ni, 3.2 to 5.5% Mo, 0 to 2% Nb, 0 to 0.5% B, 0 to 2% Zr and 30 to 51% Fe. In a preferred embodiment, the superaustenitic stainless steel consists essentially of, in weight %, 0.5 to 0.9% C, 0.2 to 0.5% Si, 0.2 to 0.4% Mn, 33.0 to 35.0% Cr, 15.5 to 17.5% Ni, 4.0 to 4.5% Mo, 0.7 to 0.9% Nb, 0.07 to 0.13% B, 0 to 0.05% Zr and 40 to 46% Fe. The superaustenitic stainless steel is useful for valve seat inserts for internal combustion engines such as diesel or natural gas engines.
US08430074B2	Rotatable valve in a cylinder intake duct A spark ignition direct injection fuel cylinder for an engine includes a rotatable valve at a curved wall of an intake duct. The rotatable valve provides a variable step in to adjust the degree of tumble airflow while reducing flow restriction to improve engine performance across operating conditions.
US08430072B2	Device and method for controlling valves An apparatus for controlling valve displacement of an internal combustion engine comprises a rocker arm having a first arm portion and a second arm portion, said rocker arm being pivotable about a pivot interposed between said first and second arm portions. The apparatus further comprises an actuation arrangement adapted to actuate said first arm portion of said rocker arm and a valve arrangement adapted to be actuated by said second arm portion of said rocker arm. A damper arrangement is pivotably connected to said first arm portion and adapted for damping movement of said rocker arm around said pivot.
US08430071B2	Engine cooling system for a vehicle An engine cooling system for a vehicle, and method of operation, includes both an engine driven main coolant pump that may be disengaged by a clutch and an electrically driven auxiliary coolant pump, where each can be used separately or they can be used together to control the amount of coolant flow through the engine cooling system.
US08430068B2	Cooling system having inlet control and outlet regulation A cooling system is disclosed. The cooling system may have a heat source, a heat exchanger, and a coolant pump located between the heat exchanger and the heat source to direct coolant from the heat exchanger to the heat source. The cooling system may also have a valve located between the heat source and the heat exchanger. The valve may be movable to vary a rate of coolant flow through the heat exchanger and around the heat exchanger to the coolant pump. The cooling system may further have a sensor located at an inlet of the heat source to generate a signal indicative of coolant temperature at the inlet, and a controller in communication with the valve and the sensor. The controller may be configured to move the valve based on the temperature of the coolant at only the inlet of the heat source.
US08430066B2	Collapsible umbrella based animal restraint This system comprises a platform used as a restraint for animals and pets which design is based on an umbrella like motion to collapse and expand for easy use, transport and storage. The platform will connect to any readily available generic harness having a ventral strap, collar strap, and girth strap which by the design of these components provides a secure point of connection between the animal's or pet's front legs and the center of the platform. The platform is circular in form with a centered connection point that uses the animal's own weight and position to prevent free movement. The animal or pet can sit or stand but is limited in directional movement by the connection between the platform and the harness. The platform includes a plurality of umbrella ribs that are installed on a portion of the main hub and are capable of being folded, a plurality of support ribs respectively supporting the platform ribs, a inner locking hub to which an end of each of the support ribs is hingedly coupled and which uncouples from the main hub to fold or unfold the platform.
US08430060B2	Rolling and folding pet bed A folding pet bed includes a frame with a top face and a bottom face and includes: a spine; a first and second frame plates coupled to the spine to form rotating joints; the first and second frame plates including flexible arms, where each of the flexible arms includes a first end fixably coupled to the corresponding frame plate and a second end not fixably coupled to the corresponding frame plate; and a plurality of casters coupled to the second ends of the flexible arms at the bottom face of the frame. The pet bed further includes trays coupled to the frame plates at the top face of the frame upon which a pet may rest. The trays may be rotated toward each other to place the pet bed in a folded position for easy movement and storage.
US08430058B2	Electrostatic coating apparatus with insulation enlarging portions Provided is an electrostatic coating apparatus capable of insulating an electric motor electrically from a member, to which an electrostatic high voltage is applied, and reducing the size and weight of the electrostatic coating apparatus. This electrostatic coating apparatus comprises a rotary atomizing head, to which high voltage is electrostatically applied, an electrostatically grounded AC servomotor, and a spindle and a fixed insulating member for insulating the AC servomotor electrically from the rotary atomizing head and a speed-increasing device to be set at the same potential as that of the former. The spindle and the fixed insulating member have insulation distance enlarging portions and of the mode, in which the creepage insulation distances from the speed-increasing device to the AC servomotor are enlarged.
US08430056B2	Apparatus for making epitaxial film An apparatus for growing an epitaxial film and transferring it to an assembly substrate is disclosed. The film growth and transfer are made using an epitaxy lateral overgrowth technique. The formed epitaxial film on an assembly substrate can be further processed to form devices such as solar cell, light emitting diode, and other devices and assembled into higher integration of desired applications.
US08430046B1	Material-transition structural component for producing of hybrid ship hulls, ship hulls containing the same, and method of manufacturing the same A material-transition structural component for a ship hull, comprising a metal element and a fiber-reinforced polymer-matrix composite element, which are adhesively bonded, wherein the composite element is being produced during composite material processing simultaneously providing a metal-composite consolidation, for producing hulls for ships, a ship hull containing the same, as well as to a method of manufacturing of the material and the ship hull.
US08430040B2	Increased capacity railcar and method A railway car includes a railway car underframe having a first longitudinal side sill and a second longitudinal side sill with at least one sidewall assembly disposed along the first longitudinal side sill of the railway car underframe. The sidewall assembly is formed in part from a side sheet, an interior vertical support post, and an exterior vertical support post. A first end of the interior vertical support post and a first end of the exterior vertical support post are each respectively disposed adjacent to the first longitudinal side sill of the railway car underframe. The exterior vertical support post is coupled to an exterior surface of the side sheet. The interior vertical support post is coupled to an interior surface of the side sheet.
US08430038B2	Line-changing device for magnetic levitation trains and kit for its manufacture A line-changing device for magnetic levitation trains includes a rail section, at least one rail positioned transversely thereto, and a support frame for the rail section, which includes at least two wheels supported on the rail. The support frame includes a support module connected with the rail section, and two wheel modules attached to the sides thereof in a replaceable manner, and in which at least one of the wheels is rotatably supported.
US08430036B1	Multiple diverging projectile system A system for firing multiple projectiles in a parallel or diverging manner is provided. The system can comprise tail-end portions of projectiles that add structure to a cartridge, provide for efficient combustion, allow projectiles to transition from a straight configuration in the cartridge to a splayed configuration in a chamber, and ensure complete evacuation of the chamber. The system can include a tail-end portion of a particular projectile with openings that distribute energy from combustion of an ignition charge, facilitating firing of multiple projectiles. A tail-end portion of a projectile can include a ball joint upon which the body portion of the projectile moves causing an angle between the body portion and the tail-end portion. A space can exist in the body portion adjacent to the ball joint to allow off-center shifting of the body portion with respect to the ball joint.
US08430035B2	Cartridge and chamber for simulated firearm A blank cartridge and mated blank chamber for simulated firearms incapable of discharging projectiles. The blank cartridge has a case with a cartridge base, a case wall, a cartridge shoulder forming a neck, and a nose enclosing the blank cartridge. The blank cartridge nose provides more reliable feeding from magazines of simulated firearms. The blank cartridge dimensions render it inoperable with ammunition chambers of actual projectile-discharging firearms. The blank chamber dimensions render it inoperable with ammunition cartridges. Upon discharge the blank cartridge and chamber release exhaust gases in a forward direction, creating realistic visual and auditory effects.
US08430033B2	Ammunition assembly with alternate load path An ammunition round assembly with alternate load path is disclosed herein. The ammunition round assembly includes a projectile, a body engaging the projectile, and a non-combustible base at least partially enclosing the body. A structural member having first and second engagement portions opposite to each other is positioned inside an interior space defined by the body and the base. The first engagement portion firmly engages the base, and the second engagement portion firmly engages the projectile to provide an alternate load path between the projectile and the base.
US08430032B2	Avalanche triggering system The invention relates to an avalanche triggering device comprising at least one enclosure (4) for confining an explosive gas mixture, having a downward-facing opening and being equipped with gas supply means (15, 16) designed to at least partly fill the volume defined by the enclosure (4) with the explosive gas mixture at a density less than that of the air, the device also comprising means (14) for igniting this mixture; which device is characterized in that the enclosure (4) is in the general shape of a bell or frustoconical shape with an approximately vertical axis.
US08430031B1	Ignition train mechanism for illumination flare The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for safely igniting a pyrotechnic device such as a flare which is suspended by a parachute following deployment from an air craft. More specifically, the present invention relates to a two stage ignition train mechanism for use with parachute suspended illumination flares with an in-line firing pin and physical safety mechanism which blocks movement of the firing pin until the parachute is deployed. The present invention also discloses an embodiment of a two stage ignition train mechanism for use with parachute suspended illumination flares with out-of-line firing pin and physical safety mechanism which blocks the firing pin from striking the primer until the parachute is deployed.
US08430029B2	Inertial delay fuse An inertial delay mechanism for use in an explosive projectile is provided. The delay mechanism consists of an inertial delay fuse that is precise, doesn't require sensitive primary explosives and doesn't utilize electronic circuitry. The inertial delay fuse includes a free sliding charge element that strikes an anvil located opposite to the sliding charge element. A delay gap is provided between the sliding charge element and the anvil. Upon impact, the sliding charge element slides forward and impacts the anvil, thereby inducing a shock wave in an initiator charge that subsequently results in detonation of main charges. The design is mechanically simple and robust enough to withstand severe g-loading forces that occur during firing and penetration of a projectile.
US08430025B2	Engineered tall grass biomass baling system A biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive tall grass biomass material, a compression system adapted to compact the material into a rectangular bale in the chamber, and an ejection system adapted to move the bale from the chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall consisting of a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, wherein each chamber wall selected from among the upper wall, the lower wall, and the sidewalls can withstand a minimum distributed force perpendicular to the selected wall of at least (0.22×Pp×Aw) pounds, wherein Pp is the maximum pressure that the compression platen can apply to the material and Aw is the area of the selected wall expressed in square inches.
US08430022B2	Brewing apparatus for a coffee machine A brewing apparatus (1) for a coffee machine comprises a brewing cylinder (6) with a cylindrical bore and an upper piston and a lower piston (4), by means of which the brewing cylinder (6) is able to be closed off in order to form a brewing chamber. The brewing cylinder (6) and the pistons are held in a frame (2) in a way displaceable relative to one another, and are drivable via a spindle (9). Interacting with the spindle is a threaded part (7a) which is arranged on a driven part (7) fitted on the brewing cylinder (6). A coffee-powder-feed device is provided for filling the brewing chamber with coffee powder, and a stripping element (19) serves for stripping off the coffee-powder cake which remains on the surface (4a) of the bottom piston (4) following the brewing operation. The rear-side surface (31) of the stripping element (19) is provided with a protrusion (32) which is arranged on the region directed towards the piston surface (4a) and which has at least one deflecting surface (33, 34) which is inclined in relation to the stripping-off direction. Residues of coffee powder which can accumulate behind the stripping element (19) can be conveyed away laterally by this inclined deflecting surface, it being ensured that the stripping element can reach the rest position.
US08430021B2	Grinding members for a coffee-grinder device, and coffee machine comprising said device A grinding member for a device for grinding coffee includes a grinder with a grinding surface. A single co-molded block is formed including the grinding member with a support made of plastic material.
US08430018B2	Device for coupling a piston to an annular disk A device for coupling a piston to an annular disc, in particular to a captive C-washer/swash plate or to a pivot ring of the working unit of a reciprocating-piston machine, preferably of a compressor of the air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, having a piston bridge which is assigned to the piston and sliding shoes which are assigned to the annular disc, wherein the piston bridge engages at least partially around or over the annular disc and is in sliding engagement with the annular disc by means of the sliding shoes, is characterized in that the piston bridge is of two-layer design at least on the side facing towards the piston. The invention also relates to a reciprocating-piston machine having a device according to the invention.
US08430016B2	Control valve assembly with a workport pressure regulating device A hydraulic system has several valve sections, each having a directional valve that controls fluid flow from a pump to a hydraulic actuator. A mechanism senses a greatest pressure among the hydraulic actuators to provide a load sense pressure. One valve sections has a pressure compensation apparatus includes a pressure compensation valve that reduces fluid flow between a given directional valve and an associated hydraulic actuator in response to pressure at a control port, and a pressure regulating valve that responds to the load sense pressure and pressure in the associated hydraulic actuator by selectively applying output pressure from the pump and the load sense pressure to the control port.
US08430014B2	Armored attack vehicle with helmet assembly Aspects of the present disclosure provide an armored helmet assembly that is fully or completely assembled and quickly mounted onto a host vehicle to form a military vehicle. The armored helmet assembly provides protection, weapons, cameras, and other equipment for the driver. When desired, the armored helmet assembly in a completely assembled state is unlocked and removed from the host vehicle. The host vehicle is typically a construction vehicle and useful as such. In some embodiments, a weapons platform assembly is mounted on the armored helmet assembly. Other embodiments include one or more of an expandable battle shield, a front end container for storage of equipment or weapons, and a command surveillance module. In certain embodiments, in addition to the armored helmet assembly, a lower armored assembly in a completely assembled state is mounted onto a lower portion of the host vehicle.
US08430009B2	Saw tooth for circular saw A tooth is provided for a circular disc felling saw. When installed on a saw blade, the tooth has both leading and trailing cutting tips that cut the tree. The cutting discharge of the trailing cutting tips may tend to wear the rearward flank of the leading cutting tips. Either one or both of the primary and secondary cutting tips may include a wear insert, such as a ceramic wear insert.
US08429999B2	Fatigue relieving support for steering wheels and the like A system and method for relieving and preventing fatigue caused by extended gripping of a vehicle/vessel steering wheel. The system includes a first section that attaches to the rim of the steering wheel at a predetermined location and a deformable second section that connects to, and extends outwardly from, the first section. The deformable second section supports a portion of the body such as wrists, hands, and forearms.
US08429993B2	Electro-hydraulic control apparatus for a motor-vehicle transmission with at least five forward gears and one reverse gear The control apparatus comprises, in its version intended for a double-clutch transmission with six or seven forward gears and one reverse gear, a first shift fork for engaging the first gear or the third gear, respectively, a second shift fork for engaging the reverse gear or the fifth gear, respectively, a first hydraulic actuator arranged to control the movement of the first shift fork, a second hydraulic actuator arranged to control the movement of the second shift fork, a selection slide valve which can be moved into a first operating position in which the first hydraulic actuator is selected and a second operating position in which the second hydraulic actuator is selected, a pilot solenoid valve for controlling the movement of the slide valve between the first and second operating positions, and first and second gear shift solenoid valves for controlling the supply of fluid to the hydraulic actuator each time selected by the slide valve or the connection of said actuator with a tank. The slide valve is configured in such a manner that the first and second operating positions are end-of-travel positions, wherein the first operating position is a rest position, in which the pilot solenoid valve does not generate any hydraulic pilot control signal and the slide valve is held by resilient means against a first mechanical stop, and wherein the second operating position is a maximum-control position, in which the pilot solenoid valve generates a hydraulic control signal such that the slide valve is brought against a second mechanical stop opposite to the first one.
US08429991B2	Rack bush and rack pinion type steering apparatus having rack bush for vehicle Disclosed is a rack bush and a rack pinion type steering apparatus having the rack bush for a vehicle, which can smoothly support a load in an axial direction and a vertical direction of a rack bar so that it is possible to reduce abnormal abrasion of the rack bush, reduce a rattle noise caused by external force transferred through the rack bar during movement of the rack bar, and prevent damage to the rack bar and a pinion through distribution of the load due to an external impact on the shaft.
US08429990B2	Top cover screw floating checker system for hard disk A system for cover screw float detection. The system includes a drive cradle coupled to a structure. The system also includes a moveable portion coupled to the structure. The system further includes a sensor coupled to said structure. The system additionally includes another sensor coupled to the moveable portion. Spatial separation between the another sensor and the sensor when the moveable portion is oriented in a screw float check position indicates presence of cover screw float in a disk drive disposed in the drive cradle.
US08429989B2	Modular apparatus and method for rotating glass containers and the like An apparatus and method for rotating glass containers and like wares for purposes of inspection is disclosed that uses a compact, modular apparatus which has a drive system that automatically accelerates the wares to full rotation speed while applying only the amount of contact force to the wares that is required to rotate them. The apparatus of the present invention is compact and thus consumes minimal volume in the area near the glass container being rotated. The apparatus for rotating glass containers of the present invention has an outstanding ability to move quickly into contact with a glass container and accelerate it to its full speed without damaging it or being damaged by it, and presents a low degree of impact to glass containers.
US08429980B2	Pressure gauge and diaphragm adapter for use with sanitary conduit A pressure gauge adapter for sanitary conduit accepts a standard pressure gauge with a male threaded stem. The adapter has a flange to mate with an upper flange of a tubular stub where a diaphragm is positioned to serve as fluid barrier to block process liquid from leaving, and to serve as a seal gland. A hollow cylindrical wall rises from the flange member, with a sealing flange at its upper end. An elongated piston is situated within the hollow cylindrical wall with a lower head upon the lower diaphragm, and an upper head reaching the top end of the cylinder. A cap or dome situated above the cylinder has a flange member that mates with the upper flange member of the cylinder, with an upper diaphragm therebetween. The cap defines a space above the upper diaphragm, and is filled with a transfer liquid. A threaded bore in the cap accepts the threaded stem of the pressure gauge.
US08429975B2	System and method for simulating high-intensity pyrotechnic shock A system for simulating a pyrotechnic shock may include an electrical power amplifier, a shaker, and a resonance beam. The electrical power amplifier may be configured to amplify a transient signal waveform representing a desired shock response spectrum (SRS). The shaker may be configured to generate a shock pulse in response to the amplified signal waveform. The resonance beam may be mounted to the shaker and may be configured to magnify the shock pulse.
US08429968B2	Balance test indexing tool for balance-testing a rotor A balance test indexing tool for use in a balance testing machine to assist a user in testing unbalance in a rotor. The tool includes a rotor mount that is temporarily affixed to the rotor being tested. The tool also includes a rotor mount receiver configured to receive the rotor mount and the rotor in the balance testing machine. The rotor mount and rotor mount receiver are configured to provide an indexing coupling that allows the rotor to be readily indexed to any of a plurality of index positions for unbalance testing in the testing machine. The tool allows multiple balancing runs to be made with relatively little effort needed to re-index the rotor. In some embodiments the tool includes a kinematic coupling that provides highly accurate and repeatable indexing.
US08429961B2	Wireline conveyed single phase fluid sampling apparatus and method for use of same An apparatus (10) for obtaining fluid samples in a subterranean well (14). The apparatus (10) includes a wireline conveyance (22) and a fluid sampler (12) supported by and positioned with the wireline conveyance (22) in the well (14). The fluid sampler (12) includes an actuator (24) operable to establish a fluid communication path between an exterior and an interior of the fluid sampler (12), a plurality of sampling chambers (26) operable to receive fluid samples therein and a self-contained pressure source (28) in fluid communication with the sampling chambers (26) operable to pressurize the fluid samples obtained in the sampling chambers (26) to a pressure above saturation pressure, thereby preventing phase change degradation for the fluid samples during retrieval of the fluid sampler (12) to the surface.
US08429955B2	Method and device for detecting peak values of pressure in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine A method of detecting during a combustion cycle a peak value of pressure in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes providing and installing on the engine body an accelerometer that generates an acceleration signal representing vibrations of the engine body. The acceleration signal is filtered by comparing the band-pass filtered replica of the acceleration signal to a threshold. When the threshold is surpassed, a pressure peak is detected and flagged.
US08429950B2	Field olfactometer with differential flow-based dynamic dilution A field olfactometer includes a mixing chamber connected to a mask. A sample flow path is defined through the olfactometer as is a diluent flow path. The sample flow path extends from a sample air inlet to a sample air outlet which is open to the mixing chamber. The diluent flow path extends from a diluent air inlet to a diluent air outlet which is also open to the mixing chamber. The sample flow path and diluent flow path are isolated from one another so that the sample air flowing through the sample flow path and diluent air flowing through the diluent flow path cannot mix until the two streams of air exit their respective flow path and enter the mixing chamber where the two streams mix thoroughly prior to reaching the mask. The diluent flow path includes a filter medium to remove odor-causing chemicals from ambient air drawn through the diluent flow path. A flow indicator arrangement provides a suitable indication when the flow rate at one or more points in the olfactometer reaches a predetermined value corresponding to a target dilution of diluent air to sample air. Different flow characteristics along the sample flow path as compared to the diluent flow path produces a gradually decreasing dilution ratio as a user inhales nasally at an increasing rate through the mask.
US08429949B2	Calibration card for oxygen optical sensors A calibration card 10 and method of using the card 10 to calibrate an optical sensor. The card 10 comprises (i) a first mass of an oxygen sensitive fluorophore 41 configured and arranged for limiting exposure of the first mass of oxygen sensitive fluorophore 41 to near zero % oxygen, and (ii) a second mass of an oxygen sensitive fluorophore 42 configured and arranged for exposing the second mass of fluorophore 42 to an environmental concentration of oxygen.
US08429939B2	Static basket washing machine A washing machine appliance, such as a consumer washing machine, includes a casing, and a tub disposed within the casing. A wash basket is received within the tub and is configured for receipt of articles to be washed. A diffuser plate defines a continuous bottom of the wash basket and includes a plurality of passages defined therethrough. An impeller system is operably configured within the tub below the diffuser plate and includes at least one impeller that is rotationally driven during a wash cycle to direct high velocity wash water through the passages with sufficient energy to move and wash articles within the wash basket.
US08429935B2	Bonding method of base materials, and manufacturing method of image display apparatus It arranges a bonding material between a pair of base materials having different heat capacities and in which a difference between thermal expansion coefficients thereof is within 10×10−7/° C.; and bonds the pair of the base materials by the bonding material, by irradiating electromagnetic wave to the bonding material to melt and then harden it, wherein a thermal expansion coefficient at part of the bonding material facing one of the pair of the base materials of which the heat capacity is smaller is smaller than a thermal expansion coefficient at part of the bonding material facing the other of the pair of the base materials of which the heat capacity is larger by a difference within 10×10−7/° C., thereby bonding the base materials of which a difference of thermal expansion coefficients is relatively small, as preventing breakage and crack from occurring and further suppressing a degree of warp.
US08429930B2	Oil separator An oil separator for use in separating oil from refrigerant gas in a chiller system is provided. Its operation is based on centrifugal separation principles and does not require the use any type of filter or media pack to remove oil from refrigerant gas. The oil separator includes a non-circular (e.g., elliptical) refrigerant outlet pipe that transitions the linear flow from the inlet connection to a swirling (e.g., circular) flow within the cylindrical housing. The non-circular shape of the entrance to the refrigerant outlet pipe provides for more turbulent gas flow and a greater extraction of oil as well as minimization of pressure losses.
US08429926B2	Ice storage bin and icemaker apparatus for refrigerator An ice storage bin and an icemaker apparatus are disclosed. The ice storage bin has a body for defining an ice collection cavity and a channel surrounding at least a substantial portion of the body for permitting fluid flow through the channel. The icemaker apparatus is disposed in a fresh food compartment of a refrigerator. The icemaker apparatus has an ice maker, above the ice storage bin, and an icemaking compartment for accommodating the ice maker and the ice storage bin.
US08429925B2	Device for cooling hot liquid food items to drinking temperature A device 1 for cooling hot liquid food items to drinking temperature comprising a cooling system 2 containing a coolant 19 with a cooling line 13 and an inflow for the hot liquid and an outflow for the cooled liquid. The device includes at least one filling vessel 3 connectable with its opening 5 to the end side of the cooling system containing the inflow to the cooling system. For connecting the filling vessel to the cooling system, each of the two parts includes complementarily cooperating connection elements 9, such that for the process of cooling a virtual unit can be formed, and as a function of the defined quantity of liquid flowing from the filling vessel into the inflow of the cooling system, and the temperature and of the quantity of the coolant, the liquid flows from the outflow of the cooling system at a temperature specified within narrow limits.
US08429913B2	Liquid displacer engine A fluid-displacer engine which utilizes the thermodynamic Stirling cycle to extract energy from an external thermal gradient is disclosed. A working gas is disposed in each of two adjacent cylinders and is cycled from a hot region to a cold region of the respective cylinders by movement of a hot displacer fluid and a cold displacer fluid. Alternate heating and cooling of the working gas in each chamber causes the displacer fluid to flow from one cylinder to the other which, in turn allows one of the working gasses to expand and compresses the other. The flow of displacer fluids can be optimally controlled by the use of control valves. Energy can be extracted from the flow of the displacer fluids by the use of turbines in the displacer fluid flow paths.
US08429906B2	Single-wall manifold A single-wall manifold having an engine flange, an outlet flange and manifold pipes which are connected at their one end to the engine flange and at their other end to the outlet flange, with a load-transferring connection being provided between the engine flange and the outlet flange in addition to the manifold pipes to improve the load transfer between the outlet flange and the engine flange.
US08429901B2	Exhaust gas purification device An exhaust gas purification device 1 is equipped with a plurality of branch exhaust passages 2 and 3; a junction exhaust passage 110; a shutoff valve 4 switching between allowing and shutting off the flow of exhaust gas to the respective branch exhaust passages 2 and 3; a nitrogen oxide adsorbing material 5 temporarily adsorbing nitrogen oxides in an excess air atmosphere and detaching the adsorbed nitrogen oxides in a reducing atmosphere and reducing the nitrogen oxides in the reducing atmosphere to produce ammonia; a first combustion device 6, disposed on the exhaust upstream side of the nitrogen oxide adsorbing material 5 and having an air supply unit, changing the air supplied from the air supply unit into the reducing atmosphere; and a selective reduction catalyst 19, provided inside the junction exhaust passage 110, selectively reducing the nitrogen oxides by using ammonia as a reducing agent.
US08429900B2	Liquid container for motor vehicles A liquid container for motor vehicles, especially for an aqueous urea solution, is provided. The container has an interior space into which the liquid can be fed, and also has an upwardly disposed wall to close off the interior space of the container in a fluid type manner. Provided between a maximum liquid level at a maximum filling state in the interior space of the container, and an inner side of the upwardly disposed container wall, is a free space that corresponds to an increase in volume, including the “blooming”, of the liquid that has frozen in the interior space of the container.
US08429898B2	Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst depletion control systems and methods A dosing control system for a vehicle includes an adaption triggering module, a dosing management module, and an adaption ending module. The adaptation triggering module triggers performance of an adaptation event when a first amount of nitrogen oxides (NOx) measured by a first NOx sensor located downstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst is greater than a predicted value of the first amount of NOx. The dosing management module disables dosing agent injection during the adaptation event. The adaptation ending module selectively delays ending the adaptation event after a predetermined number of phases of the adaption event have been completed based on a comparison of the first amount of NOx with a second amount of NOx measured by a second NOx sensor located upstream of the SCR catalyst.
US08429896B2	Engine exhaust systems with secondary air injection systems A variety of embodiments of exhaust systems for engines including small off-road engines, and related methods of operation, are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the exhaust system includes a first conduit that receives exhaust emissions from a first engine cylinder, and a second conduit that communicates air to a first port on the first conduit. The air mixes with the exhaust emissions within the first conduit so as to produce a chemical reaction, and a level of at least one undesirable component of the exhaust emissions is reduced. Further, the exhaust system does not include any catalytic converter. In some embodiments, the exhaust system further comprises a crankcase ventilation system.
US08429895B2	Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine includes: an exhaust heat collector, in which exhaust gas exchanges heat with engine coolant, that heats the engine coolant; an EGR mechanism that recirculates a part of the exhaust gas to an intake passage through an EGR passage that branches from an exhaust passage; and an EGR cooler that cools the exhaust gas flowing through the EGR passage through heat exchange with the engine coolant supplied from the exhaust heat collector.
US08429887B2	Yard waste collection system, collection apparatus, and method for collecting yard waste Systems and methods for collecting yard waste, and a collection apparatus for receiving the yard waste, are provided. A yard waste collection system for connection with a tractor, the system which optimizes air flow comprising a collection apparatus including a cage suspension frame, a plurality of collapsible portions, and at least a rigid bottom portion, the rigid bottom portion having a drop door that opens and closes relative to the cage suspension frame to allow access to an interior space of the collection apparatus; a cage suspension frame operably connected to the tractor, the collection apparatus being pivotably suspended from the cage suspension frame; and a conduit for allowing passage of yard waste ejected from the tractor to the interior space of the collection apparatus.
US08429886B2	Rotary cutter for mower A rotary cutter for a mower has a cord for cutting grass and the like by rotating itself; a reel for housing the cord and feeding the cord while intermittently rotating; a case for housing the reel; a cover for covering the case; and a pressing body protruding from the case. The pressing body is axially movable by being pressed, and intermittently rotating the reel. The reel and the pressing body are integrally constructed. Concave grooves for inserting the cord are provided in the reel in a radial direction and the cord is wound by fitting it to the concave grooves.
US08429875B2	Concrete foundation form screw and method of use A protruding-head fastener is disclosed for joining two or more members. A protruding-head fastener includes a head that protrudes when the fastener is installed and shaped to rotationally couple with a drive tool, and a shank fixedly coupled with the protruding head and having a self-tapping threaded portion and a maximum diameter. The protruding head and the shank define a longitudinal axis through the fastener. The protruding head has a length along the longitudinal axis and a maximum width transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the length divided by the maximum width defines an aspect ratio for the protruding head that is equal to or greater than 1.0. The protruding head further has a minimum width that is greater than the maximum diameter of the shank. In many embodiments, the minimum width of the protruding head exceeds 1.2 times the maximum diameter of the shank.
US08429867B2	Wooden frame wall block with finished wall material layers A wall block includes two finished wall material layers attached to a frame where the tops of the wall blocks are configured to support other wall blocks. Exterior wall blocks for constructing exterior walls include an interior wall material layer and an exterior wall material layer. Interior wall blocks include interior wall material layers on both vertical sides of the frame. Walls are formed by stacking and gluing the prefabricated wall blocks and vertically aligning the wall blocks in an offset or in a vertical configuration to form a stack bond, running bond, or offset running bond wall configuration. The interior wall material layers and exterior wall material layers do not require further finishing after a wall is assembled thereby greatly reducing labor costs.
US08429866B2	Modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls A modular system for cladding exterior walls of a structure and insulating the structure walls provides thermally isolated vertical girders secured to a structural wall. The thermally isolated vertical girders positionally maintain insulation adjacent the structure and provide a means for mounting exterior wall cladding to the structure. Planar wall panels carrying exterior wall cladding elements mount directly or indirectly to the vertical girders. Corner elements, carrying exterior corner cladding elements interconnect with the underlying system and visually appear to interconnect with adjacent edge portions of the planar wall panels.
US08429865B2	Window disassembly mechanism A window assembly for a wall opening can have a center bar removably engaged to a window assembly frame; the center bar having at least one deep channel to receive an edge of at least a first window pane within a portion of a channel depth on a first side and having at least a second channel on a second side of the center bar to receive an edge of a second window pane; and the center bar lowerable over the first window pane edge when disconnected to the frame to a depth within the deep channel to allow the second window pane to be disengaged from the second channel.
US08429860B2	Stability bracing of a support structure for elevating a building surface A support structure for elevating a building surface above a fixed surface and having stability bracing to provide increased stability to the elevated building surface assembly. The support structure includes a plurality of support pedestals that are disposed in spaced-apart relation on a fixed surface. Stabilizing braces are attached to the central section of adjacent support pedestals to interconnect the support pedestals. The stabilizing braces may attach to the support pedestals using anchoring members that are anchored to the support pedestals. Interconnecting the support pedestals in such a manner creates a stable elevated building surface assembly that can be utilized in unstable environments, such as seismically active geographic areas. The support pedestals can be adjustable-height support pedestals.
US08429853B2	Pocket door for a boat A boat has an outside pocket door that opens to provide a passageway large enough for a person to pass. Of particular interest are sliding doors that utilize a traveler and a guide, each positioned on one of the door and the housing, having tolerances that severely restrict side to side movement of a distal edge of the door under normal operating conditions. The guide can advantageously comprise a track and rollers, and the traveler can comprises a foot disposed to travel between opposing ones of the rollers. In such embodiments the rollers can advantageously be mounted in spaced apart opposing pairs on a guide, using off-set centers to adjust the tolerances. Sliding doors can be operated in any suitable manner, manually or otherwise, and it is especially contemplated that sliding doors can be operated using a pneumatic ram.
US08429849B2	Compressed coconut coir pith granules and methods for the production and use thereof Compressed coconut coir pith granules having unique physical and horticultural characteristics are provided along with methods for producing such compressed products by subjecting coconut coir pith to compaction utilizing a roll compactor and subsequently granulating the compacted material.
US08429848B2	Mole trap A mole trap has a tough plastic base with downwardly extending fixed blades. Movable plastic blades are pivotably connected to the base and urged into a sprung condition by springs. A two-segment lever extends between the base and a catch which is pivotably mounted to the base. A trigger extends through a central opening in the catch and has a post which protrudes beneath the catch where it can be actuated by the targeted mole. Operation of the trigger post causes the lever to release from its engagement with the catch so that the movable blades close on and strike the mole positioned beneath the trap. The trigger has a release tab extending from the lever, allowing convenient release from the set position, and an upwardly protruding set arm allowing trigger depression from a point exterior to the handle into its desired set configuration.
US08429844B2	Modular firearm stock system A modular firearm is disclosed. The firearm that can be configured to operate using ammunition of different calibers via interchangeability of only a few parts. The firearm includes a foldable butt stock assembly for quickly and easily converting the firearm from an extended operating configuration to a compact transport configuration, and vice-versa. Additionally, the firearm includes a modular hand guard assembly having multiple mounting platforms for accommodating a variety of different accessories.
US08429843B2	Foregrip A grip is disclosed. The grip comprises a base portion; a grip portion pivotably connected to the base portion for arrangement in one of: a deployed orientation, a stowed orientation and an intermediate orientation, wherein the grip portion includes a first, inner body, and a second, outer body, wherein the second, outer body is movably- and telescopingly-connected to the first, inner body; and a locking assembly arranged within and at least partially contained by the grip portion, wherein a portion of the locking assembly is selectively-extendable in one of an orientation within the grip portion and beyond an outer surface of the grip portion for selective coupling of the portion of the locking assembly with the base portion. A method for operating a grip is also disclosed. An assembly is also disclosed.
US08429837B1	Boot accessory for limiting foot movement in stirrups A boot accessory for limiting how far a user can push his/her boot into a stirrup comprises an arch for hugging a front edge of the boot; a first hook disposed on the first end of the arch and a second hook disposed on the second end of the arch. The first hook curves outwardly from the first end of the arch and further a first end of the first hook curves back toward the front edge of the boot. The second hook curves outwardly from the second end of the arch and further a first end of the second hook curves back toward the front edge of the boot. A gap exists between the first end of the first hook and the arch and between the first end of the second hook and the arch, wherein the gaps are for engaging sides of the stirrup.
US08429823B2	Hub unit manufacturing method and hub unit In a state in which a first ball 103 is assembled in between a first inner peripheral raceway surface of an outer ring 105 and an outer peripheral raceway surface of a shaft 101, and a second ball 104 is placed in between a second inner peripheral raceway surface of the outer ring 105 and an outer peripheral surface of the shaft 101, a first distance “a” from a plane “q” generally perpendicular to a central axis “p” of the shaft 101 to the second ball 104 and a second distance “b” from the plane “q” to a stepped portion 107 of the shaft 101 are measured. Then, the size in the axial direction of the inner ring 102 is adjusted on the basis of a difference between the first distance “a” and the second distance “b”.
US08429816B2	Stator ring configuration A stator ring for use in a compressor of a gas turbine engine and a method of assembling the stator ring are provided. The stator ring includes a first plurality of segments that includes a first segment including a first circumferential end formed with a first cut and a second circumferential end formed with a second cut that is complementary to the first cut, wherein the first plurality of segments are configured to be circumferentially-coupled together, and a second plurality of segments that includes a second segment including a first circumferential end with a third cut and a second circumferential end with a fourth cut that is complementary to the third cut, wherein the second plurality of segments are configured to be circumferentially-coupled together.
US08429813B2	Process to allow electrical and mechanical connection of an electrical device with a face equipped with contact pads A method of manufacturing an electrical device that is electrically and mechanically connectable to another electrical device is presented. The electrical device includes a face equipped with contact pads. The method includes applying an adhesive layer on the face equipped with contact pads. The adhesive layer is composed of a substance with adhesive properties. The method further includes creating a plurality of openings through the adhesive layer over each contact pad, and growing, electrolessly or electrochemically, small metal sticks in the areas where the openings have been created to form a plurality of conductive paths over each contact pad, the volume of which is defined by the openings.
US08429810B2	Method of manufacturing rotor for dynamoelectric machine There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a rotor for a dynamoelectric machine. The rotor includes a rotating shaft, a rotor core fixed on the rotating shaft, and a cooling fan fixed to an axial end face of the rotor core. The method includes the step of fixing the cooling fan to the axial end face of the rotor core by resistance welding. The method is characterized in that in the resistance welding, both a positive electrode and a negative electrode are first brought into contact with the cooling fan to have the cooling fan held between the axial end face of the rotor core and both the positive and negative electrodes, and then weld current is supplied to flow from the positive electrode to the negative electrode.
US08429809B2	Method of manufacturing a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device A method for manufacturing a mirror device is presented. The method includes forming a mirror from a first substrate and forming a hinge/support structure from a second substrate. The hinge/support structure is formed with a recessed region and a torsional hinge region. The mirror is attached to the hinge/support structure at the recessed region. Further, a driver system is employed to cause the mirror to pivot about the torsional hinge region.
US08429806B2	Flexible seam joint for use in robotic skin A method for fabricating a product, such as an animatronic character, with artificial skin. The method includes providing a mold assembly with an exterior mold and a core. In the mold assembly, a cavity is formed between inner surfaces of the exterior mold and exterior surfaces of the core that defines the skin system. The mold assembly includes a seam-forming wall extending between the inner and exterior surfaces. The method includes inserting an elongate, tubular guide through holes in the seam-forming wall and pouring an elastomeric material into the mold to occupy the cavity between the exterior mold and the interior core. The method includes, after the material has hardened to form the skin system, cutting a seam in the skin system by cutting the material along the seam-forming wall. The tubular guide is separated into guide segments and a staggered joint is formed at the cut seam.
US08429804B2	Shaft connection assembly A shaft connection assembly for the transfer of torque between two shafts is disclosed. The assembly includes a hub and an elongated annular collar. The hub includes a flange portion and a sleeve portion, the sleeve portion having a plurality of sleeve segments formed by longitudinal cuts along the length of the sleeve portion such that when the collar is forced linearly, axially away from the flange portion, the sleeve segments exert a clamping force on each of two shafts disposed within a passageway formed by the hub. The clamping force prevents relative movement of the first shaft with respect to the second when the shafts are rotated about a common axis. A method for joining two shafts for the transfer of torque using the shaft connection assembly is also disclosed.
US08429800B2	Methods for manufacturing piezoelectric vibrating pieces In an exemplary method a piezoelectric wafer is prepared on which multiple piezoelectric frames are formed. Each frame has a piezoelectric vibrating piece including excitation electrodes, and a frame portion surrounds the vibrating piece. A lid wafer is prepared on which multiple respective lids are formed, each sized substantially similarly to the respective frames. A base wafer is prepared on which multiple of bases are formed, each sized substantially similarly to the respective frames. Each base has through-holes. Stripes of a first bonding film are formed on both major surfaces of the piezoelectric wafer around the periphery of each frame. Stripes of a second bonding film are formed on the inner major surface of the lid wafer, corresponding to respective stripes of the first bonding film. Stripes of a third bonding film are formed on the inner major surface of the base wafer, corresponding to respective stripes of the first bonding film. A bonding material is placed between the stripes of first bonding film and respective stripes of second bonding film, and between stripes of first bonding film and respective stripes of third bonding film, by which the three wafers are bonded together after being aligned with each other in a sandwich manner.
US08429799B2	Seat belt buckle An improved seat belt buckle assembly (10) for use with a tongue (2) of a seat belt during use, locking the latch (20) and control lever (40) in the unlatched position, but when the buckle is latched and exposed to a rapid deceleration a mass (60) slides compressing a lower spring (52) into the frame (12) moving the mass (60) to occupy the space directly under stop surfaces (45) of control lever arms (42, 43) of a control lever (40) blocking downward movement and preventing a locking bar (18) from leaving a horizontal portion of L-shaped slots (9) preventing movement of the latch (20) into the unlatched position. The mass (60) is preferably attached to an ejector (30), the ejector (30) fits into a slot (62) in the mass (60) and extends into a pair of horizontal slots (31) on the frame, one horizontal slot (31) being on each vertical side (6, 7) of the frame (12). The ejector (30) secures the mass (60) in the frame (12) limiting the mass (60) to horizontal forward and rearward sliding movements.
US08429794B2	Adjustable door hinge An adjustable door hinge includes a receptor base and a panel leaf adjustably secured to the receptor base and at least partially defining a vertical adjustment opening and a horizontal adjustment opening. An adjustment transfer element is at least partially contained within the vertical adjustment opening and a vertical adjustment element is rotatably connected to the adjustment transfer element. Rotation of the vertical adjustment element adjusts a position of the panel leaf to any position between a first position and a second position. A horizontal adjustment element is rotatably connected to the horizontal adjustment opening. Rotation of the horizontal adjustment element adjusts a position of the panel leaf to any position between a third position and a fourth position. Vertical and horizontal adjustment of the hinge may be performed independently.
US08429791B2	Surface treating appliance An upright surface treating appliance includes a main body and a stand pivotable relative to the main body between a supporting position and a retracted position. A stand retaining mechanism is provided for releasably retaining the stand in the supporting position, and which includes a locking member pivotably moveable about a first axis to release the stand as it is moved from the supporting position to the retracted position, and about a second axis spaced from the first axis to retain the stand as it is returned to the supporting position. At least one biasing member applies a relatively large first force to the locking member which resists movement thereof about the first axis. To facilitate the return of the stand to its supporting position, the biasing member is arranged to apply a relatively small second force to reset the locking member following movement thereof about the second axis.
US08429789B2	Vacuum having accessory storage features A vacuum including a housing with a suction device disposed within the housing is provided. The vacuum can also include a frame having a plurality of wheels mounted thereto. The frame can include an aperture, which can be adapted to removably receive the housing therein. The frame can have a handle attached thereto.
US08429787B2	Dual use cleaning apparatus and method The present invention provides a cleaning assembly for use in a media processing device. In various embodiments, the cleaning assembly includes a first roller that at least partially engages a second roller, and a transport path that passes between the first roller and the second roller. There may also be a third collection roller that at least partially engages the second roller. The third collection roller may also engage a drive assembly that may be used to drive a media substrate along the transport path. In one embodiment, the second roller defines a surface adherence that is greater than a surface adherence of the first roller and the third collection roller defines a surface adherence that is greater than the surface adherence of the second roller and the drive assembly. As a result, the present invention provides a cleaning assembly capable of cleaning the drive assembly and opposed surfaces of a media substrate in a single pass.
US08429782B2	Polishing system, sub-system and pads Polishing systems, subsystems and pads adapted for use in conjunction with a polisher. A relatively incompressible backing pad is configured to be attached to a drive system of the polisher. The backing pad includes at least one substantially straight backing pad edge along a perimeter thereof. A relatively compressible polishing pad is configured to be attached to the backing pad, to be driven in contact with a surface to be polished. The polishing pad includes at least one substantially straight polishing pad edge along a perimeter thereof corresponding to the at least one substantially straight backing pad edge when the polishing pad is attached to the backing pad.
US08429781B2	Modular portable frost and snow remover A handheld modular mechanized windshield scraper with a rotating brush attachment to remove snow, and a rotating scraper blade attachment to scrape ice and frost from the windshield and window panes. The unit can have a built-in power source or can be connected directly to the power outlet of the automobile.
US08429772B2	Coil spring having unknotted end turns with bumps Disclosed herein is a bedding or seating product (10) having a spring core (12) comprising coil springs (26) having unknotted end turns (72, 74) made from high tensile strength wire. In each embodiment, the end turns (72, 74) of the coil springs (26) are generally U-shaped having one arcuate leg (76) longer than the other (78), the legs (76, 78) being joined by a connector (80) having an arcuate bump (81) therein. The springs (26) are oriented in the spring core (12) such that a long leg (76) of one end turn (72) abuts a short leg (78) of the adjacent end turn (72) prior to being wrapped in helical lacing wire (32). The high tensile wire enables the coil springs (26) to be manufactured using less wire than heretofore possible.
US08429769B2	Shower arrangement A shower arrangement is proposed which comprises a sanitary fitting designed as a concealed fitting. On the front side of the sanitary fitting is arranged a cover rose. The cover rose has a lateral stub which projects forwardly beyond the front side of the cover rose and is oriented vertically. On the upper side of this stub is mounted a water-conveying wall bar which leads rectilinearly upwards and on whose upper end is mounted an overhead shower head. On the opposite end of the stub is connected a shower hose. The cover rose can be mounted with the stub oriented either on the right or left.
US08429768B2	Toilet seat connector A toilet seat connection for a toilet having a top bowl surface and side surfaces includes an elongate mounting bracket mounted to the bowl portion, the mounting bracket being connected to either side of the toilet, the mounting bracket being elevated above the top bowl surface and defining a space between a top bowl surface and the mounting bracket, and a toilet seat pivotally mounted to the elongate mounting bracket.
US08429762B2	Adjustable bathing suit An adjustable bathing suit including a channel extending through the length of a waistband. An adjustable band is received within at least a portion of the channel and is attached to the bathing suit. Preferably, the adjustable band extends around the front of the hips around a majority of the waistband. The adjustable band includes a plurality of openings for receiving a button attached to the bathing suit. The button can be located at the rear of the bathing suit. An opening in the waistband is provided in the location of the button to provide access to the adjustable band contained within the channel. A flap attached to an upper portion of the waistband extends over the opening of the waistband for closing the opening. The flap can include a self-gripping material and a self-gripping material can be positioned under the flap for providing secure closure of the flap.
US08434161B1	Cantilevered probe detector with piezoelectric element A disclosed chemical detection system for detecting a target material, such as an explosive material, can include a cantilevered probe, a probe heater coupled to the cantilevered probe, and a piezoelectric element disposed on the cantilevered probe. The piezoelectric element can be configured as a detector and/or an actuator. Detection can include, for example, detecting a movement of the cantilevered probe or a property of the cantilevered probe. The movement or a change in the property of the cantilevered probe can occur, for example, by adsorption of the target material, desorption of the target material, reaction of the target material and/or phase change of the target material. Examples of detectable movements and properties include temperature shifts, impedance shifts, and resonant frequency shifts of the cantilevered probe. The overall chemical detection system can be incorporated, for example, into a handheld explosive material detection system.
US08434157B1	Data exchange between applications of an electronic device An electronic device includes a requesting application and a hosting application. When the requesting application requests permission from the hosting application to access a category of data, the device identifies the requesting application and the permission request. The device awaits a user input to determine whether the user will permit the requesting application's request to be granted.
US08434156B2	Method, access node, and system for obtaining data The present invention discloses a method, an access node, and a system for obtaining data. The method includes: receiving a data obtaining request sent by a client and obtaining an authentication result of multilevel authentication performed on the data obtaining request; when the authentication result of the data obtaining request is successful, obtaining data to be obtained corresponding to the data obtaining request and sending the data to be obtained to the client, or, obtaining information about a content storage node to which the data to be obtained corresponding to the data obtaining request belongs and sending the information about the content storage node to the client. The embodiments of the present invention may ensure security of data obtaining, avoid a single-point failure or bottleneck, and reduce the cost when data is obtained from a data storage platform.
US08434148B2	System and method for providing transactional security for an end-user device A network system comprises a transaction network operative to provide a transaction with an end user; a trusted source of a security mechanism (e.g., a start/stop trigger module, an application lockout module, a network/file I/O control module, a trusted driver manager, a keystrokes generator driver, a keystrokes deletion hook, and/or a transaction network VPN manager) for at least partially protecting an end-user device from malicious code operative thereon that attempts to capture confidential data presented during the transaction, the security mechanism being maintained by a party other than the end user; and an agent for providing the security mechanism to the end-user device to protect the end-user device during the transaction.
US08434144B2	Method and apparatus for selectively enabling a microprocessor-based system A system for selectively enabling a microprocessor-based system is disclosed. State information that describes the operating conditions or circumstances under which a user intends to operate the system is obtained. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a valid hash value is determined, preferably based on the state information and preferably by locating the valid hash value within a table of valid hash values indexed by the state information. Candidate authorization information is obtained from the user, and a candidate hash value is generated by applying a hashing algorithm to the candidate authorization information, the state information, or a combination of the candidate authorization information and state information. The candidate hash value and the valid hash value are then compared, and the microprocessor-based system is enabled if the candidate hash value matches the valid hash value. In this manner, the designer or distributor of the system can determine, at the time of manufacture or distribution, the conditions and circumstances under which the system may be operated.
US08434134B2	Providing an electronic document collection In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a request to access an electronic document collection that integrates a plurality of electronic sub-documents that are each of one of a plurality of defined document types. The method also includes retrieving information that is associated with the document collection, wherein the retrieved information identifies a first sub-document of the plurality of sub-documents using a first non-address identifier, and identifying a first software application that is configured to provide access to the first sub-document. The method additionally includes initiating a first connection with a first server that causes execution of the identified first software application and that, using the first non-address identifier, provides access to the first sub-document. The method further includes integrating access to the first sub-document into the document collection through the initiated first connection with the first server that causes execution of the first software application.
US08434123B2	Sharing a streaming video A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the video segment. The receiving computer also stores the video segment, and communicates the identification tag to another computer on the network. Upon subsequent receipt of that identification tag, the receiving computer streams the video segment to a destination computer on the network.
US08434119B2	Communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus for receiving video data transmitted by streaming from a transmission apparatus via a transmission path includes a video data reception unit configured to receive the video data, a reception data monitoring unit configured to monitor a processing status of the video data received by the video data reception unit, and a control request transmission unit configured to transmit a playback control request for the video data to the transmission apparatus, wherein, when the video data is played back at a playback speed, if the reception data monitoring unit determines that the playback speed exceeds a transmission capacity of the transmission path or a processing capacity of the communication apparatus, the control request transmission unit transmits to the transmission apparatus a playback control request to request only intra-picture coded video data.
US08434118B2	Playlist menu navigation In one embodiment, a method of operating a communications system is disclosed comprising receiving a request for establishment of a session from a terminal, establishing the session with the terminal, and providing at least one navigation video segment to the terminal, via the session. The communications system may be a source of programming, such as a cable system, and the terminal may be a set-top terminal coupled to a display device. The navigation video segment may be used by the terminal to create selection menus to be displayed for user navigation. The video segments may be rich media video segments. A playlist may be generated comprising an indexed listing of a plurality of available video segments. The playlist may facilitate retrieval of video segments requested by a terminal. Communications systems, terminals and methods of operating a terminal are disclosed, as well.
US08434112B2	Method for updating broadcasting program information in terminal and mobile terminal using the same A method for updating broadcasting program information in a mobile terminal, the terminal capable of receiving the broadcasting program from a plurality of frequency bands is disclosed, the method includes selecting at least one frequency band including the plurality of broadcasting channels or a broadcasting channel in the plurality of frequency bands; and attempting an update on the broadcasting program information of the entire broadcasting channel within the selected frequency band or the selected broadcasting channel.
US08434103B2	Method of substituting content during program breaks A method of substituting content during a program break, includes: detecting a break in a broadcast program, and in response to the break, showing substitute content. A method of substituting broadcast content displayed on a screen, includes: determining an occurrence of a break in a broadcast content; and in response to the occurrence of the break, displaying substitute content on the screen. The method may further include: displaying the broadcast content when the break terminates.
US08434090B2	Optimally managing computing images for deployment Methods and apparatus involve “just-in-time” image creation services to address storage management issues faced by data centers. Representatively, a computing policy defines what images are required in software stacks according to intended workloads of computing devices during use and an order of assembly for each software stack is established. Upon a trigger event to instantiate an operating workload of any computing device, a workload image is configured for deployment to the hardware platform of the computing device, including assembling the stack in the order of assembly from stored virgin images of an operating system and any relevant applications. A delta of workload information is calculated when an operating workload for the computing device is to be brought down. Upon a trigger event to later re-instantiate the operating workload, another workload image is configured for deployment including combining the delta with the software stack, again, configured in the order of assembly.
US08434080B2	Distributed cloud application deployment systems and/or associated methods In certain example embodiments, distributed cloud application deployment systems (DCADS), and/or associated methods are provided. A formal description of the cloud application is created. The cloud application's formal representation, with its constituent nodes and their associated properties and interfaces, etc., is exported to a machine processable form. The exported DCADS machine processable rendition and any needed implementation artifacts are retrieved by a cloud application deployer that helps facilitate the deployment of the cloud application into the distributed and heterogeneous cloud environments as prescribed in the DCADS.
US08434057B2	Optimized implementation of breakpoint in java debugger agent Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for optimizing handling of breakpoints in a debugger agent. Embodiments generate an additional modified bytecode copy that includes location indexes associated with breakpoint requests at the breakpoint locations. The location indexes may correspond to a location in a data structure in which the breakpoint information (e.g., request identifier and associated location information) is stored. The location index identified by the additional bytecode copy for a breakpoint may then be used to directly access the appropriate location in the data structure for generating a desired reply packet. Thus, the location index may effectively allow the debugger agent to generate the reply packet without searching through a complex data structure for the relevant request information.
US08434053B2	Package review process workflow A workflow module automates and monitors a package review process. A package review module receives a package created by a contributor to be reviewed for compliance with a set of guidelines. The workflow module initiates, monitors, and manages a plurality of package review tasks to be performed on the package. A user interface module provides user interface for creating a package and a user interface for reviewing a package. The workflow module automates review tasks, interfaces with external servers performing review tasks, gathers review task results, determines whether to send a notification regarding the status of a review task, sends notifications regarding the status of a review task and stores successfully review packages in a repository.
US08434052B1	System and method for ensuring partitioned block physical compatibility between revisions of an integrated circuit design Differences between block interfaces of a partitioned logic block in two floorplans of an integrated circuit can be determined by comparing an image of pins of a partitioned logic block in a first floorplan of the integrated circuit with an image of pins of the partitioned logic block in a second floorplan of the integrated circuit. The second floorplan can represent a new floorplan design resulting from a change to an integrated circuit design represented by the first floorplan. If no differences exist between pins of the partitioned logic block in the first and second floorplans, information representing the partitioned logic block in the second floorplan can be substituted with information representing the partitioned logic block in the first floorplan.
US08434051B2	Schematic wire annotation tool A method of automating circuit design is provided and includes storing one or more circuit design schematics in a memory, providing, by way of an interface, a plurality of search parameters for searching for nets of the schematics in the memory, searching for nets of the schematics in the memory in accordance with search parameters input into the interface and presenting, by way of the interface, information associated with a net matching the received search parameters.
US08434045B1	System and method of providing a memory hierarchy Some embodiments provide a method of providing configurable ICs to a user. The method provides the configurable IC and a set of behavioral descriptions to the user. The behavioral descriptions specify the effects of accesses to a memory by a set of memory ports given a set of parameters chosen by the user.
US08434044B1	Specifying placement and routing constraints for security and redundancy A programmable chip design tool is provided to enumerate and specify the security and/or redundancy constraints of a programmable chip design. A design is implemented with a high-level security or redundancy scheme, and the programmable chip design tool applies the scheme while simultaneously optimizing for desired metrics (logic density, routability, timing, power, etc.). An underlying assignment scheme as well as user interface components used to enter this assignment scheme are provided.
US08434043B1	Methodology for analysis and fixing guidance of pre-coloring layout The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for identifying pre-coloring violations and for providing hints and/or warnings to a designer to eliminate the pre-coloring violations. In some embodiments, the method is performed by identifying G0-spaces within a double patterning technology (DPT) layer, of an integrated chip (IC) layout, having a plurality of pre-colored shapes. Violation paths extending between the pre-colored shapes are identified based upon the G0-spaces. Good paths (i.e., paths that will not cause a violation) and bad paths (i.e., paths that will cause a violation) between the pre-colored shapes are also identified. Hints and/or warnings are generated based upon the identified good and bad paths, wherein the hints and/or warnings provide guidance to eliminate the violation paths and develop a violation free IC layout.
US08434042B2	Method and software for designing semiconductor integrated circuit including observation circuit for detecting circuit failure In order to improve a failure detection rate in a layout automatic design process of a DFT circuit, signal lines of the DFT circuit are aggregated by an AND tree circuit 1 or an OR tree circuit instead of an EXOR tree circuit, and outputs thereof are received by an observation flip-flop 2. When a failure detection process of the DFT circuit is performed by using the EXOR tree circuit in the case where partial circuits outputting respective signal lines are shared or the partial circuits have the same structure, the signals cancel each other and the failures of the original partial circuits cannot be detected in some cases. However, such a trouble can be prevented by using the AND tree circuit 1 or the OR tree circuit instead of the EXOR tree circuit.
US08434041B2	Increasing dielectric strength by optimizing dummy metal distribution A method includes providing a wafer representation including a metal layer and a plurality of bump pads over the metal layer, wherein the metal layer includes directly-under-bump-pad regions. A solid metal pattern is inserted into the metal layer, wherein the solid metal pattern includes first parts in the directly-under-bump-pad regions and second parts outside the directly-under-bump-pad regions. Portions of the second parts of the solid metal pattern are removed, wherein substantially no portions of the first parts of the solid metal pattern are removed. The remaining portions of the solid metal pattern not removed during the step of removing form dummy metal patterns. The dummy metal patterns and the plurality of bump pads are implemented in a semiconductor wafer.
US08434037B2	Sub-circuit pattern recognition in integrated circuit design A method and system for sub-circuit pattern recognition in integrated circuit design is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for recognizing a pattern circuit in a target circuit, includes encoding the pattern circuit and the target circuit by processing a first netlist of the pattern circuit and a second netlist of the target circuit, generating a cross-linked data structure based on attributes and connectivity information of at least two devices and at least one net from the first netlist, and identifying an instance of the pattern circuit in the target circuit based on an associative mapping between the pattern circuit and a sub-circuit of the target circuit using a device integer array and a net integer array. Each of the first netlist and the second netlist is based on the at least two devices and the at least one net connecting the at least two devices.
US08434024B2	System and method for automatically and graphically associating programmatically-generated media item recommendations related to a user's socially recommended media items A system and method for automatically, programmatically generating media item recommendations on a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a friend media item recommendation selected by a user. In the preferred embodiment, a selected media item recommendation is displayed in the GUI. Received friend media item recommendations are displayed in a list in relevance order adjacent to the selected media item. A programmatically-generated media item recommendation list is automatically generated based on relevance to the selected media item and displayed in another adjacent area to the selected media item recommendation. In this manner, a user can easily play the selected media item recommendation, and then browse the friend media item recommendations and the automatically updated programmatically-generated media item recommendations, which are both provided in their own respective adjacent areas, in order of closest relationship to the selected media item recommendation, at anytime.
US08434020B2	Computing device with improved user interface for applications The present invention offers a snap-shot view which brings together, in one summary window, a limited list of common functions and commonly accessed stored data which itself can be reached directly from the main menu listing some or all applications. This yields many advantages in ease and speed of navigation, particularly on small screen devices.
US08434018B2	Portable electronic device and method for displaying large format data files A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file using data file-specified dimensions and resolutions. The data file is viewable in its entirety by automatic scrolling achieved by moving a cursor near the edge of the display. Data file elements may be edited while in desktop display mode. The mobile display mode renders the elements of the data file as a list with minimal regard for spatial orientation. Navigation in mobile display mode is field-to-field.
US08434013B2	Navigating source code using annotated topographic image(s) A mechanism is disclosed for enabling a user to navigate to specific portions of a file containing computer code. A textual form and non-textual aspects of the file are rendered in a plurality of sections of a display. The non-textual aspects of the file are depicted by non-textual rendering elements in a topographic image in one of the plurality of sections. The textual form of the file is shown in at least one other of the plurality of sections. When a user interface event is detected on a rendering element, the appearance of that element is altered. The section that displays the textual form of the file may scroll to a portion of the file containing a corresponding code portion and renders the code portion in the textual form.
US08434007B2	Multimedia reproduction apparatus, menu screen display method, menu screen display program, and computer readable recording medium recorded with menu screen display program A functional icon array 70 made up of multiple functional icons indicating types of reproduction functions, and a content icon array 72 made up of multiple content icons indicating items for reproducible contents are displayed on a menu screen 50. In the case where a functional icon to be displayed in an intersection region 76 in which the functional icon array 70 and the content icon array 72 intersect is a network icon 63, the content icons are hierarchically displayed according to an XML file acquired via the Internet. A content icon 641A, which indicates a content classification, and content icons 643A, 643B, 643C, and 643D, which indicate more classifications belonging to the classification indicated by the content icon 641A, are hierarchically displayed.
US08434001B2	Systems and methods for presenting a content summary of a media item to a user based on a position within the media item Systems and methods for presenting a content summary of a media item to a user based on a position within the media item are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may include receiving identification of a position within a media item residing on an electronic device. For example, the identified position may be a bookmarked position within an e-book residing on an e-book reader. The method may also include generating a content summary for a portion of the media item based on the identified position. For example, an electronic device may dynamically generate a content summary based on content of the e-book that precedes a bookmarked position. The method may also include presenting the content summary to a user of the electronic device. For example, a display of an electronic device may be controlled to present a content summary to a reader of an e-book.
US08433995B1	Managing bookmarks for web pages Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for managing bookmarks associated with web pages. A button is displayed on a graphical user interface associated with a browser displaying a web page on the computer display. A user input selecting the button is received. Each time the button is selected, an editing window is displayed, which includes several bookmark editing operations for the displayed web page. The bookmark editing operations can be completed by a user in the editing window.
US08433982B2	Error-correcting encoding apparatus A desired coding rate is obtained by encoding source data to produce first additional data; randomizing the source data to produce randomized data; encoding the randomized data to produce second additional data; selecting a number of bits from the first and second additional data to produce first selected data and second selected data, the number of selected bits is selected based upon a data length of the source data and a desired data length of an output sequence; and multiplexing the source data with the first and second selected data. At least one of the data length of the source data and the data length of the output sequence is variable.
US08433981B1	Coding across data blocks to reduce write amplification in NAND flash Data is stored from a host. A flash memory is divided into a plurality of memory groups, the memory groups each comprising a plurality of flash memory blocks. A first portion of one of the plurality of memory groups is allocated for storing parity data of an error-correcting code for the memory group. A second portion of the memory group is allocated for storing data from the host. A flash memory block in the memory group is erased prior to writing the data from the host, wherein the flash memory block contains valid data. The erased valid data is recovered using the error-correcting code.
US08433978B2	Data distribution utilizing unique read parameters in a dispersed storage system A method begins by a processing module receiving a plurality of requests to record a broadcast of data. The method continues with the processing module encoding the data using an error coding dispersal storage function to produce a plurality of sets of encoded data slices when the data is broadcast and in response to a request of the plurality of requests. The method continues with the processing module generating a unique retrieval matrix for each of the plurality of requests based on an identity of a requesting device and the error coding dispersal storage function to produce a plurality of unique retrieval matrixes. The method continues with the processing module storing the plurality of sets of encoded data slices and the plurality of unique retrieval matrixes in a dispersed storage network memory as a plurality of unique copies of the data.
US08433976B1	Row column interleavers and deinterleavers with efficient memory usage Interleaver designs and interleaving methods that perform block-wise interleaving by reading blocks into and out of memories, where a block can be written to the memory before another block has finished being read out of the memory, without data clashes, are provided. Corresponding deinterleavers and deinterleaving methods are disclosed.
US08433969B1	Forward error correction (FEC) auto negotiation for an optical transport network (OTN) In an Optical Transport Network communication device using a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) algorithms, a method is provided for auto negotiating an FEC algorithm between network-connected devices. The first device sends an FEC auto negotiation (AN) request message to a second device. If the first device receives the FEC AN response from the second device, the first device selects the FEC algorithm suggested in the FEC AN response. In the event that the first device is unable to negotiate a mutually agreed upon FEC algorithm with the second device, the first device enters a trial-and-error mode, beginning with a first FEC algorithm. The first device iteratively cycles through each of the plurality of n FEC algorithms, and measures error statistics associated with the nth FEC algorithms. The first device compares the n sets of error statistics and selects an FEC algorithm associated with the minimum number of errors.
US08433961B2	Data processing apparatus and method for testing a circuit block using scan chains A data processing apparatus comprises a circuit block to be tested, and a plurality of scan chains, each scan chain providing a mechanism for providing input test data to, and receiving output test data from, at least a portion of the circuit block during a test mode of operation. Configurable decompression circuitry is provided for supporting a plurality of decompression schemes associated with more than one test generation tool, and configuration circuitry is responsive to a configuration stimulus to configure the configurable decompression circuitry to implement a selected decompression scheme. Thereafter, on receipt of compressed input test data, the configurable decompression circuitry applies the selected decompression scheme to the compressed input test data to produce the input test data to be provided to the plurality of scan chains. Configurable compression circuitry can also be provided in a similar manner, with the configuration stimulus being used to configure the configurable compression circuitry to implement a selected compression scheme to be applied to the output test data in order to produce compressed output test data to be issued from an output interface. Such a mechanism provides a particularly flexible approach for supporting compression and decompression schemes in association with the data input to, and output from, the plurality of scan chains.
US08433957B2	Method and system for error manipulation A system and method for manipulation of event data, such as errors, in a networked environment. The method includes receiving event signal data indicative of an event, and associating descriptive data with the event signal data. The descriptive data is then mapped to one or more associated connections. A determination is made whether to post identifier data corresponding to the event signal data. This determination is made as a function of predetermined criteria. If a determination is made to post the identifier data, the particular identifier data is posted. The posted identifier data may be selectively retrieved and output in a specified format. The identifier data may be stored in a memory. Descriptive data may be accumulated for a plurality of events subsequent to the mapping step. An alert condition may be established based on the type of event that has occurred.
US08433954B2	Testing components for thread safety A checking system is described for determining whether a component is thread safe in the course of interacting with two or threads in a client environment. The checking system uses a manual, automatic, or semi-automatic technique to generate a test. The checking system then defines a set of coarse-grained observations for the test, in which the component is assumed to exhibit linearizability when interacting with threads. The set of coarse-grained observations may include both complete and “stuck” histories. The checking system then generates a set of fine-grained observations for the tests; here, the checking system makes no assumptions as to the linearizability of the component. The checking system identifies potential linearizability errors as those entries in the set of fine-grained observations that have no counterpart entries in the set of coarse-grained observations. The checking system may rely on a stateless model checking module to perform its functions.
US08433948B2	Method and apparatus for realizing application high availability A method, apparatus, and computer program product for realizing application high availability are provided. The application is installed on both a first node and a second node, the first node being used as an active node, and the second node being used as a passive node. The method includes: monitoring access operations to files by an application during its execution on the active node; replicating the monitored updates to the file by the application from the active node to a storage device accessible to the passive node if the application performs updates to a file during the access operations; sniffing the execution of the application on the active node; and switching the active node to the second node and initiating the application on the second node in response to sniffing a failure in the execution of the application on the active node.
US08433940B2	Conserving power by reducing voltage supplied to an instruction-processing portion of a processor One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates reducing static power consumption of a processor. During operation, the system receives a signal indicating that instruction execution within the processor is to be temporarily halted. In response to this signal, the system halts an instruction-processing portion of the processor, and reduces the voltage supplied to the instruction-processing portion of the processor. Full voltage is maintained to a remaining portion of the processor, so that the remaining portion of the processor can continue to operate while the instruction-processing portion of the processor is in reduced power mode.
US08433930B1	One-time programmable memories for key storage Circuits, methods, and apparatus that store and prevent modification or erasure of stored encoding keys, serial identification numbers, or other information. An encoding key stored with an embodiment of the present invention may be used to decode a configuration bitstream on an integrated circuit, such as an FPGA. A serial number may be used to track or authenticate an integrated circuit. Embodiments of the present invention store this information in a memory such as an SRAM, DRAM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash, fuse array, or other type of memory. In order to prevent its erasure or modification, write enable circuitry for the memory is then permanently disabled, and if the memory is volatile, a continuous power supply is provided. Further refinements verify that the write enable circuitry has been disabled before allowing the device to be configured or to be operable.
US08433910B2	Electronic signature method, apparatus, and recording medium having electronic signature program recorded thereon A computer divides a target electronic document into a plurality of document segments. Then, the computer generates a signature (s, t) that includes a set of two values having a signature value s forming a signature on the electronic document and a deletion signature value t used for deletion, the signature value s which serves as a body of the signature being formed by a superposition of signature information on the individual document segments. Then, in a case where one of the plurality of document segments obtained by the division is to be extracted, the computer superimposes deletion information of a document segment to be deleted on the deletion signature value t to generate a new signature value t′, and produces an updated signature (s, t′).
US08433907B2	Application server, control method thereof, program, and computer-readable storage medium An application server (100) includes: receiving means (101) for receiving a request for a media object from a user equipment; verification means (102) for verifying the authenticity of the received request; first generation means (103) for generating a session key that is associated with an existing session if the authenticity of the request is successfully verified; first sending means (104) for sending the session key to a media server so that said media server encrypts the requested media object with the session key and sends the encrypted media object toward the user equipment; second generation means (105) for generating a one-time player in which the session key is embedded; and second sending means (106) for sending the one-time player to the user equipment, which enables said user equipment to decrypt and decode the encrypted media object that is sent from the media server.
US08433906B2	Method and system for microlocking web content A method and system for ensuring the authenticity of server returned information displayed at a client browser is provided. The method comprises receiving the server returned information at a client computer; storing a copy of the server returned information at the client computer; inspecting the server returned information for one or more locked objects; allowing the client browser to operate one or more client installed scripts; inspecting the server returned information for any modifications to the one or more locked objects; and in response to determining that the one or more client installed scripts have made modifications to the one or more locked objects, replacing the modified locked objects with unmodified versions of the locked objects from the stored copy of the server returned information.
US08433903B2	Asynchronous enhanced shared secret provisioning protocol An Asynchronous Enhanced Shared Secret Provisioning Protocol (ESSPP) provides a novel method and system for adding devices to a network in a secure manner. A registration process is launched by at least one of two network devices together. These two devices then automatically register with each other. When two devices running Asynchronous ESSPP detect each other, they exchange identities and establish a key that can later be used by the devices to mutually authenticate each other and generate session encryption keys. An out-of-band examination of registration signatures generated at the two devices can be performed to help ensure that there was not a man-in-the-middle attacker involved in the key exchange.
US08433898B2	Trust information delivery scheme for certificate validation A unique TIO based trust information delivery scheme is disclosed that allows clients to verify received certificates and to control Java and Javascript access efficiently. This scheme fits into the certificate verification process in SSL to provide a secure connection between a client and a Web server. In particular, the scheme is well suited for incorporation into consumer devices that have a limited footprint, such as set-top boxes, cell phones, and handheld computers. Furthermore, the TIO update scheme disclosed herein allows clients to update certificates securely and dynamically.
US08433882B2	Disk array control device and storage device According to one embodiment, a disk array control device manages a plurality of drives as a single logical drive. The disk array control device includes a first register configured to store a to-be-accessed drive number which is designated by a host, and a control module. The control module is configured to receive a command from the host, determine whether the received command is a predetermined command which is used for maintenance of each of the drives, and execute, in a case where the received command is the predetermined command, a pass-through process of sending the received command to the drive which is designated by the to-be-accessed drive number in the first register.
US08433878B1	User equipment buffer management in multiple-input multiple-output communication systems Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for dynamically allocating storage capacity in a user equipment buffer. In various embodiments of the invention, a plurality of transport blocks associated with a process are stored in a plurality of subpartitions of a partition of a buffer in a user equipment device.
US08433863B1	Hybrid method for incremental backup of structured and unstructured files An incremental backup service may be configured to backup structured files and unstructured files on a client system. A filter driver 130 may be configured to monitor write operations on the client system and log changed cluster address information for structured files. The backup service may backup changed clusters of structured files to a backup storage device. For each of the unstructured files, the backup service may compare the file size to a threshold size. If the unstructured file is smaller than the threshold size, the backup service may backup the entire unstructured file. If the file size is larger than the threshold size, the backup service may determine the ratio of changed clusters to unchanged clusters. If the ratio is below a ratio threshold, the backup service may backup the changed clusters. If the ratio is above the ratio threshold, the backup service may backup the entire file.
US08433850B2	Method and apparatus for pipeline inclusion and instruction restarts in a micro-op cache of a processor Methods and apparatus for instruction restarts and inclusion in processor micro-op caches are disclosed. Embodiments of micro-op caches have way storage fields to record the instruction-cache ways storing corresponding macroinstructions. Instruction-cache in-use indications associated with the instruction-cache lines storing the instructions are updated upon micro-op cache hits. In-use indications can be located using the recorded instruction-cache ways in micro-op cache lines. Victim-cache deallocation micro-ops are enqueued in a micro-op queue after micro-op cache miss synchronizations, responsive to evictions from the instruction-cache into a victim-cache. Inclusion logic also locates and evicts micro-op cache lines corresponding to the recorded instruction-cache ways, responsive to evictions from the instruction-cache.
US08433849B2	Hierarchical, distributed object storage system The invention concerns a distributed object storage system (1) that comprises a spreading module (410) which makes a selection of a number of storage elements (300) being larger or equal to a desired spreading width by means of a spreading policy that comprises rules for selecting storage elements (300) in function of a first hierarchy level identifier (70.1) and/or a second hierarchy level identifier (70.2).
US08433846B2	Methods and apparatus reading erase block management data in subsets of sectors having user data and control data sections Methods of operating memory devices, and memory devices configured to perform such methods, including reading Erase Block Management (EBM) data from an erase block of an array of memory cells. The EBM data, corresponding to a state of the particular erase block, is stored in control data spaces of a subset of sectors of the particular erase block.
US08433843B2	Method for protecting sensitive data on a storage device having wear leveling Disclosed is a method for protecting sensitive data in a storage device having wear leveling. In the method, a write command, with an associated sensitive write signal indicating that sensitive data is associated with the write command, is received. The sensitive data is further associated with at least one address pointing to a storage location within an initial physical storage block. The write command is executed by writing to at least one storage location within an available physical storage block, pointing the at least one address to the at least one storage location within the available physical storage block, and erasing the initial physical storage block to complete execution of the write command.
US08433841B2	Providing a peripheral component interconnect (PCI)-compatible transaction level protocol for a system on a chip (SoC) In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transactions received from upstream of the adapter. The first interface is coupled in turn via one or more physical units to heterogeneous resources, each of which includes an intellectual property (IP) core and a shim, where the shim is to implement a header of the PC protocol for the IP core to enable its incorporation into the apparatus without modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08433836B2	Centralized master-slave-communication control system and method with multi-channel communication on the same line Disclosed herein is a communication centralized control system including one master device; a communication bus; and a plurality of slave devices configured to be connected to the master device by the communication bus, wherein the master device and the plurality of slave devices are capable of bidirectional communication via the communication bus, and different channels are allocated to at least polling communication from the master device to the slave devices and interrupt communication from the slave devices to the master device, and communication is carried out with multiplexing on the same line.
US08433822B2	System, method and apparatus for optimized wireless messaging Wireless data message optimization for messages sent between a wireless device and a server that provides a service that the wireless device is authorized to access is provided using an application gateway that serves as a proxy between the wireless device and the server. The application gateway maps optimized service request messages generated by the wireless device to a service request message format expected by the server, and maps response messages generated by the server to an optimized response message format expected by the wireless device. The optimized message format is flattened by removing unnecessary message structure, eliminates unnecessary message fields, and uses default and enumeration encoding to reduce optimized message size.
US08433820B2	Method and system for conserving battery power in wireless devices operating in a wireless local area network A method for conserving battery power in a wireless device coupled through an access point to a server in a network, the server being coupled to at least one client in the network, each of the wireless device, the at least one client, and the access point having a respective hardware address, the method comprising: receiving at the server through the access point a message indicative of the wireless device joining the network and providing the hardware address of the wireless device; updating a list of hardware addresses for clients in the network to include the hardware address of the wireless device, the list including a respective Internet Protocol (“IP”) address for each hardware address; and, sending from the server to at least one of the wireless device, the at least one client, and the access point, the updated list of hardware addresses.
US08433818B2	Network communications of application running on device utilizing virtual network connections with redundancy A method includes detecting a request for a network connection from an application running on a device; spawning a first virtual machine that virtualizes network capabilities of the device such that a first virtual network connection is provided; selecting a first routing protocol for the first virtual network connection; spawning a second virtual machine that virtualizes network capabilities of the device such that a second virtual network connection is provided; selecting a second routing protocol for the second virtual network connection; communicating with another device over a first network path using the first virtual network connection with the first routing protocol; and communicating with the other device over a second network path using the second virtual network connection with the second routing protocol. The first network path and the second network path are different.
US08433814B2	Digital content distribution system and method One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for selecting a content distribution network (CDN) comprising at least one content server, from a plurality of CDNs, and a playing digital content file from the CDN on a content player. Selecting the CDN is based on a rank order of CDNs, an assigned weight value for each CDN, and a bandwidth measured between the content player and each CDN. Advantageously, a given content player may select a CDN based on prevailing network and CDN loading conditions, thereby increasing overall robustness and reliability when downloading digital content file from a CDN.
US08433811B2	Test driven deployment and monitoring of heterogeneous network systems A test system (and corresponding method and computer program product) for generating unit tests for a heterogeneous network system and validating test results to ensure that the network system functions properly is described. In one embodiment, the test system is an appliance that is capable of normalizing communication protocols supported by component systems of the network system. The test system creates objects and methods corresponding to component systems and their supported protocol commands in the network system, and generates unit test cases based on the objects, the methods, and the normalized protocols. The test system transmits the unit test cases to the component systems, receives test results, and validates the test results to ensure that the network system functions properly.
US08433808B1	Learning values of transmission control protocol (TCP) options A system includes a storage device and a processor. The storage device is configured to store a first set of values of TCP options for a first group of servers. The processor is configured to: transmit first requests to the first group of servers; receive first replies, in response to the first requests, from the first group of servers; determine the first set of values of the TCP options for the first group based on values in the first replies; store the first set of values in the storage device; receive a first message from a client to establish a connection between the client and a server in the first group of servers, and transmit, in response to the first message, a second message to the client.
US08433807B2	Method, system, and apparatus for processing access prompt information A method, system, and apparatus for processing access prompt information in an IP session are disclosed. The method includes: managing the state of an IP session in an IP session process, and providing access prompt information of the IP session, where the access prompt information includes an IP session termination cause, or advertisement information or accounting information of the IP session, or any combination thereof; adding the access prompt information to an IP session control signaling message; and sending the IP session control signaling message that carries the access prompt information to a receiver so that the receiver can perform corresponding operations according to the access prompt information.
US08433803B2	Allocating computer resources in a cloud environment A method, data processing system, and computer program product for managing resources. A request for resources in the network data processing system is received. The request comprises requested values for a plurality of attributes for the resources in the network data processing system. In response to receiving the request, potential resources in the network data processing system are identified. The request is evaluated using a function configured to generate identified values for the plurality of attributes from the requested values in the request based on proximity scores for the plurality of attributes in the potential resources relative to an ideal allocation of the potential resources and resource weights for the plurality of attributes in the potential resources.
US08433797B2	User interface for accessing messages Described herein are systems and methods for providing a message UI engine for accessing messages on a message system. The message system may comprise a message storage system (that store messages of varying types and formats, such as fax, text, voice/audio, video, and picture messages) and a message access system. The message UI engine is configured by a Flash media UI file for accessing messages and associated message information by interacting with the message access system. The Flash media UI file does not comprise any markup language and comprises only Flash® instructions. The Flash media UI file also comprises a plurality of embedded applications for presenting the plurality of different message types, each embedded application comprising only Flash instructions. The associated message information may be stored and transmitted in a non-markup language format, such as comma-delimited format. The messages and message information may be transmitted using a non-HTTP protocol.
US08433794B2	Method and system for providing mobility management in network A method implemented by a gateway device which handles sessions over a network to which the gateway device is connected and which also enforces conditions of service provided to those network sessions, the method involving: receiving from a policy server a policy rules package, wherein the policy rules package specifies a set of rules that are to be applied to certain sessions handled by the gateway device and a set of criteria for identifying among a plurality of subscribers a group of all subscribers to which the rules are to be applied by the gateway device; based on set of criteria in the policy rules package identifying all subscribers with currently active sessions to whom the policy rules are to be applied; and applying the set of rules to the sessions of the identified subscribers.
US08433789B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method,and storage medium An apparatus configured to perform a search via communications excluding unicast and to use a registration function for searching for and registering a network device includes a re-search unit configured to re-search the registered network device when an actual operation is performed or when a status is acquired. The re-search unit performs the re-search via communication including unicast to re-search for the network device.
US08433783B2	Systems and methods for providing quality of service via a flow controlled tunnel The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing Quality of Service (QoS) via a flow controlled tunnel. Traffic from a plurality of applications may be directed into a single connection or flow-controlled tunnel and QoS policies may be applied across the plurality of applications without configuration of individual link speeds, enabling QoS scheduling to dynamically adjust traffic transmission and reception rates to ensure priority management of applications regardless of a final endpoint of the application communications. Accordingly, traffic of different types, including VPN, HTTP, Voice-over-IP (VoIP), remote desktop protocol traffic, or other traffic may be easily balanced and prioritized. In many embodiments, the tunnel may be transparent to applications, such that without any application configuration, application traffic may still be prioritized by QoS requirements.
US08433780B2	Systems and methods for automatically configuring a client for remote use of a network-based service Disclosed are systems and methods for configuring a client for remote use of a network-based service. In one embodiment, a system and a method include automatically discovering a network-based service supported on a local network to which the client is also connected, communicating with the service via the network, and automatically receiving security information from the service that enables use of the service by the client from a remote location.
US08433774B2	Presence capabilities and preferences Architecture for gathering and presentation to a remote user (watcher) of presence, preferences, and capabilities information of a local user (publisher). An extensible presence document is employed, as transmitted by the publisher, that contains specific information about the capabilities of the publisher endpoint and preferences that are for the publisher overall. The document is aggregated, and the aggregated capabilities are transmitted to watchers. The watchers render this information in a user experience.
US08433768B1	Embedded model interaction within attack projection framework of information system An information system includes a bulletin board-type interface that enables virtual messages propagating through the system, to interface with one another. The virtual messages are created by a virtual system embedded within the information system. The virtual messages may model any of various network services and predict traffic based on the network services. The virtual messages may represent an attack model on the network. Models of system resources are also created and the models interact by posting and/or retrieving information from the bulletin board-type interface. The interface provides for a negotiation process regarding the availability of future system resources and the impact upon the modeled network service.
US08433757B2	Centralized management of applications and desktop preferences without requiring configuration of clientside operating systems A method, apparatus and system of centralized management of applications and desktop preferences without requiring configuration of client-side operating systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a rich client device includes accessing an application installed on a server, and executing the application from the rich client device without installing the application on the rich client device (e.g., that may mean that an operating system of the rich client device is not modified to perform the function calls between the application and the operating system) when requested by a user of the rich client device through a binary module (e.g., the binary module may include required resources between the application and the operating system including a file system data, a Dynamic-Link library (DLL) data, etc.) of the server that emulates a set of function calls between the application and an operating system of the rich client device.
US08433754B2	System, method and apparatus enabling exchange of list of content data items A data processing apparatus is disclosed which includes a reproducing element for reproducing each of a plurality of content data items, a reproduction status detecting element for detecting status of each content data item being reproduced by the reproducing element, a selecting element for selecting the content data item being reproduced by the reproducing element depending on the reproduction status of the content data item detected by the reproduction status detecting element a content identification data generating element for generating content identification data for identifying the content data item selected by the selecting element from the plurality of content data items, and a transmitting element for transmitting to a second data processing apparatus the content identification data generated by the content identification data generating element.
US08433748B2	Method, terminal, server and system for processing notification message A method, terminal, server and system for processing the notification message are disclosed. According to the method, the server transmits the notifying message with description information. The description information contains the parameter; the terminal parses the notifying message after receiving the notifying message. The description message may contain one or more parameter, thereby providing more messages through the notifying message to the terminal, making the terminal user getting the wanted information quickly. After the description message is added to the notifying message, the terminal can perform a variety of processes on the received notifying message.
US08433746B2	Aspect oriented programming for an enterprise service bus A method and system for executing an additional action by an ESB server in response to detecting a predefined state of the ESB is described. One method identifies an object (e.g., message or event) at an ESB server of the computing system targeted for a first service deployed at the ESB server. The method further detects a predefined state of the ESB server, and when detected, the method executes an additional action by the ESB server without modifying a set of actions of the first service. Another method detects the predefined state by matching the object against a pointcut of an AOP aspect defined in the ESB server. The method executes the additional action by executing an advice of the aspect to perform the additional action when the object matches the pointcut.
US08433744B1	Programmable multiply accumulate (MAC) circuit A multiply-accumulate (MAC) circuit including a queue circuit programmable at runtime is described. In one embodiment, the queue circuit includes a main queue that is programmable at runtime and a supplementary queue. In one embodiment, the queue circuit further includes M multiplexers coupled to the main queue and the supplementary queue, where M is an integer greater than or equal to one. In one embodiment, the MAC circuit further includes M multiplier elements coupled to the queue circuit and an accumulator circuit coupled to the M multiplier elements. The M multiplier elements receive multiplicands from the queue circuits and provide results of multiplications to the accumulator circuit. The accumulator circuit maintains a running sum of the results of the M multiplications performed by the M multiplier elements. In one embodiment, the accumulator circuit includes two adder circuits. A first adder circuit maintains a running sum of the multiplications between multiplicands of the current word being processed. A second adder circuit is used to accumulate the results of multiplications between multiplicands of the next data word to be processed when the MAC circuit is transitioning from one word to the next.
US08433742B2	Modulus-based error-checking technique During a method, a modulus circuit determines a modulus base p of a first number and a modulus base p of a second number. Also, the modulus circuit performs the operation using the modulus base p of the first number and the modulus base p of the second number, and calculates a modulus base p of the result of the operation involving the first number and the second number. Next, the modulus circuit compares the result of the operation carried out on the modulus base p of the first number and the modulus base p of the second number with the modulus base p of the operation performed on the first number and the second number to identify potential errors associated with the operation. Moreover, the modulus circuit repeats the method to identify additional potential errors associated with the operation, where the determining and calculating operations are repeated using moduli base q.
US08433729B2	Method and system for automatically generating a communication interface A method includes determining, by a conversion tool, at least one specific data associated with an interface of a service of a first application, the determining comprising retrieving metadata associated with the service of the first application, the metadata describing the specific data; and automatically generating, by the conversion tool, a data context for use in requesting the service from the first application, the data context comprising at least one data field for storing the at least one specific data associated with the interface of the service.
US08433721B2	Apparatus and method for managing images based on user preferences Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for managing images based on user preferences. The apparatus includes a database for storing images, an image search module for searching the images stored in the database, an image output module for outputting at least one image retrieved by the image search module, a preference input module for, when the retrieved image is output through the image output module, receiving a user preference for the output image from a user, and an image path database for storing a storage path of the image, output through the image output module, based on the user preference received through the user preference input module. The image search module searches images whose storage paths are stored in the image path database or images whose storage paths are not stored in the image path database according to the user's selection.
US08433713B2	Intelligent job matching system and method A job searching and matching system and method is disclosed that gathers job seeker information in the form of job seeker parameters from one or more job seekers, gathers job information in the form of job parameters from prospective employers and/or recruiters, correlates the information with past job seeker behavior, parameters and behavior from other job seekers, and job parameters and, in response to a job seeker's query, provides matching job results based on common parameters between the job seeker and jobs along with suggested alternative jobs based on the co-relationships. In addition, the system correlates employer/recruiter behavior information with past employer/recruiter behavior, parameters and information concerning other job seekers, which are candidates to the employer, and resume parameters, and, in response to a Employer's query, provides matching job seeker results based on common parameters between the job seeker resumes and jobs along with suggested alternative job seeker candidates based on the identified co-relationships.
US08433711B2	System and method for networked decision making support The present invention provides systems and methods for decision making support. The decision making support can be used, for example, for help desk troubleshooting, medical diagnosis, financial planning, and expert device. The decision support system of the invention includes a processor and a memory having a decision support program module, a phase dictionary, one or more solution nodes and optionally a topic identification information module. The decision support module is configured to enable the processor to receive a problem constraint and one or more user-specified phrases, which are then used to search nodes in a solution domain to identify a set of nodes potentially related to the user's problem or question. The set of nodes potentially related to the user's problem or question are ranked and displayed. Methods to determine potential solution nodes and to update solution nodes within the decision support system are provided.
US08433710B2	Sizing content recommendation system In various example embodiments, systems and methods to provide sizing content recommendations are provided. Search parameters are received from a user. In response, sizing data for the user is accessed. Using the sizing data, content from a marketplace matching the sizing data and the search parameters are determined. The matching content comprises a list of one or more items available from the marketplace. The matching content is prioritized for presentation to the user.
US08433704B2	Local item extraction A system identifies a document that includes an address and locates business information in the document. The system assigns a confidence score to the business information, where the confidence score relates to a probability that the business information is associated with the address. The system determines whether to associate the business information with the address based on the assigned confidence score.
US08433693B2	Locking semantics for a storage system based on file types Techniques for implementing locking semantics for a storage system based on file types are described. An apparatus or system may include a database to store multiple data files, and a cache manager to manage the data files, the cache manager having a client lock manager to receive a request to modify a data file, determine a file type for the data file, access a set of locking semantics based on the file type, and determine whether the data file can be modified based on the locking semantics. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08433690B2	Dynamic rewrite of files within deduplication system A dynamic layer above a sequential deduplication file system (denoted as DFS) implements the rewrite functionality. A user file is composed of one or more DFS files. As incoming data is written into a user file, the data is written by the dynamic layer sequentially into DFS files, created one by one. For each user file this dynamic layer creates and maintains a dynamic metadata file, in a regular, non deduplicated file system. This metadata file contains entries pointing to sections of DFS files.
US08433689B1	Systems and methods for restoring deduplicated data A method for restoring deduplicated data may include receiving a request to restore a set of deduplicated data segments to a client system, where each data segment in the set of deduplicated data segments is referred to by one or more deduplication references. The method may also include procuring reference data that indicates, for each data segment in the set of deduplicated data segments, the number of deduplication references that point to the data segment. The method may further include using the reference data to select one or more data segments from the set of deduplicated data segments for client-side caching, caching the one or more data segments in a cache on the client system, and restoring the one or more data segments from the cache on the client system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08433683B2	Systems and methods of data replication of a file system The invention relates to methods for replicating a primary file system on a primary host to a secondary file system on a secondary host including determining a primary data block to replicate by reading a space map block entry (b, e) of the primary data block, wherein b represents the first snapshot and e the last snapshot to use the primary data block; computing a checksum of a primary data block and sending its number to the secondary host and determining a secondary data block that corresponds and computing its checksum then comparing the primary and secondary data block checksums and replicating the primary data block on the secondary file system when the primary and secondary checksums mismatch for the primary file system. In another aspect of the method if the primary and secondary checksums mismatch the method sends all data blocks from the primary file system allocated after a reliable snapshot on the secondary file system to the secondary host to be written on the secondary file system.
US08433680B2	Capturing and restoring database session state Techniques are described herein for capturing and restoring database session state. Production database server components save the session state of each of a plurality of database sessions. The components store workload units that are processed in these sessions. The components store updated session states in response to certain events. Thus, the components may capture multiple session states, pertaining to various different points in time, for each session. The captured session states and the captured workload are moved to a test database server. A user selects, from among the time points represented by the session states, a point in time at which the user would like workload replay to begin. Sessions are re-created on the test database server. Session states of these sessions are set to reflect the session states as they existed at the user-selected time point. Workload units are replayed in the sessions relative to the test database server.
US08433674B2	Method for clipping migration candidate file in hierarchical storage management system The system of the present invention curbs an unnecessary inter-tier file migration and provides an inter-tier file migration that conforms to the utilization state. The hierarchical storage management system respectively migrates a frequently accessed file to the upper Tier, and an infrequently accessed file to the lower Tier. This system carries out inter-tier file migration in conformance with the utilization state. This system provides functions for anchoring a Tier for storage for a specified file, and for not permitting an inter-tier file migration.
US08433673B2	System and method for supporting data warehouse metadata extension using an extender An extender associated with a data warehouse can support metadata extension for the data warehouse. The extender can create an ETL extension plan for extending the data warehouse. The ETL extension plan includes one or more ETL plan elements that indicate extensions on ETL metadata objects. The one or more ETL plan elements within the ETL extension plan can be ordered, and ETL metadata extension can be performed based on the ETL extension plan.
US08433672B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle component health prognosis by integrating aging model, usage information and health signatures A system and method for determining the health of a component includes retrieving measured health signatures from the component, retrieving component usage variables, estimating component health signatures using an aging model, determining an aging derivative using the aging model and calculating an aging error based on the estimated component health signatures, the aging derivative and the measured health signatures.
US08433671B2	Determining a meaning of a knowledge item using document based information Systems and methods that determine a meaning of a knowledge item using related information are described. In one aspect, a knowledge item is received, related information associated with the knowledge item is received, at least one related meaning based on the related information is determined, and a knowledge item meaning for the knowledge item based at least in part on the related meaning is determined. Several algorithms and types of related information useful in carrying out such systems and methods are described.
US08433670B2	System and method for recommending items in multi-relational environments A system, method, and computer program product for making a recommendation to a user of a social network to associate an existing tag with a social media entity instance are provided. The method includes generating a random walk model that includes the social media entity instance for at least a portion of the social network, determining weighted values for the random walk model, generating a weighted random walk model based on the random walk model and the weighted values, performing a random walk on the weighted random walk model starting at the social media entity instance, and recommending an existing tag to the user based on the random walk.
US08433662B2	Systems and methods for a core management system for parallel processing of an evolutionary algorithm Systems and methods are provided for a core management system for parallel processing of an evolutionary algorithm. The systems and methods may include identifying, for a processing environment, a plurality of arriving processors available for utilization; configuring a first number of the plurality of arriving processors as master processors for the processing environment; configuring a respective second number of the plurality of arriving processors as slave processors, where each master processor is assigned one or more of the slave processors for the processing environment, where each master processor maintains timing data associated with available processing resources at the respective master processor, where each master processor is operative to calculate a respective target number of slaves based upon the respective timing data; and reconfiguring a current number of slave processors assigned to one or more respective master processors based upon the respective timing data calculated for the one or more respective master processors.
US08433642B2	System and method for prioritized data delivery in an electronic trading environment A system and method for prioritized data delivery in an electronic trading environment are described herein. According to one example embodiment, by prioritizing the messages associated with a tradeable object, the bandwidth and system resource usage may be optimally reduced, and any loss of priority content in the messages sent between the network device and the client device may be reduced. An example method includes associating different priority levels with messages comprising market data. Messages containing market information related to the inside market may be associated to a higher priority level. Whereas messages containing market information relating to the quantities at prices outside the inside market may be associated with a lower priority level. Based on the priority level associated with a message, a network device may send the message directly to the client device or store the message in a data structure until a pre-defined condition is satisfied.
US08433640B2	Dynamic selection of a quoting leg based on liquidity Certain embodiments of the present inventions provide for dynamic selection of a quoting leg based on liquidity. Certain embodiments of the present inventions utilize various techniques for determining the liquidity of one or more legs. Certain embodiments provide for selecting a leg to quote based on the determined liquidity. Certain embodiments provide a configuration interface for specifying techniques to be used in determining a liquidity value for a particular tradeable object. Certain embodiments provide for liquidity indicators being presented in various user interfaces.
US08433631B1	Method and system for assessing loan credit risk and performance A method and system for evaluating the performance of a study group of loans relative to the performance of a control group of loans is presented. The described method includes determining a study group and a control group from a portfolio of individual loans, determining a set of control variables associated with each of the individual loans included in the study group and the control group, partitioning the control group into one or more cells based on the set of control variables, calculating an estimated performance value for each of the individual loans in the study group based on the cells; and calculating a performance difference for the study group. The performance difference has a standard normal distribution with zero mean which allows statistical significance to be estimated using standard probability tables. The control group may either include or exclude the individual loans in the study group to eliminate inaccuracies.
US08433628B2	Real-time trade forecaster Forecasting financial market activity includes a host system and a graphical processing unit in data communication with the server. Forecasting financial market activity also includes a computer program product residing on the host system, the computer program product including instructions for causing the host system to send one or more financial models to the graphical processing unit; and a computer program product residing on the graphical processing unit for causing the graphical processing unit to: receive the financial models and a list of types of market data associated with each financial model; generate one or more engine instances; structure the received market data; receive instructions, from the host system, to run an identified financial model; clone at least part of the structured market data; run the engine instances; and generate, in real time, forecast data indicative of an expected market performance.
US08433627B2	Rapid tax collection system and method Preferred examples of a system and method for rapid collection and distribution of taxes are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments of the present invention provide a system and a method for point-of-sale collection and distribution of sales taxes on a frequent, regular basis, such as daily or weekly or other periodic time intervals, that can be used for face-to-face, e-commerce, telephone or other transactions. The disclosed embodiments provide a system and a method for transferring funds from numerous merchants to numerous taxing authorities in an efficient manner, with each merchant seeking to transfer funds to perhaps several taxing authorities and each taxing authority seeking to receive funds from many merchants. According to other examples of the invention, a centralized distribution feature allows the merchants and the taxing authorities to each communicate with a single entity or other in transferring the funds. Therefore, efficient tax collection and distribution may be achieved without overburdening either individual merchants or individual taxing authorities.
US08433617B2	Systems and methods for identifying third party products and services available at a geographic location Systems and methods for identifying third party products and services available to geographic location. Generally, the system identifies a subject address or location at which services are desired. Next, the system parses, standardizes, and verifies the subject address as a valid physical location. Then, the system identifies relevant market(s) corresponding to the subject address, and determines product and service offerings in the relevant market(s). Further, the system determines capabilities required to effectuate the determined service offerings at the location, and identifies capabilities available at the geographic location. Subsequently, the system compares the required capabilities of the services to the available capabilities at the location to generate serviceability information corresponding to services actually available at the location. Finally, the system provides the serviceability information to a user for selection of particular products and services, or stores the information for further processing within the system.
US08433610B2	Reward exchange method and system for executing a trading agreement between merchants and issuers An online reward exchange system including an exchange computer that interoperates with user computers, reward point issuer computers, and merchant computers. The merchants' products may be purchased by a user by requesting via a user computer, merchant's point of sale device, or mobile device an issuer(s) to redeem reward points in exchange for payment to the merchant. The exchange computer is the gateway to the system and manages various transactions such as providing online product catalogs to users that list the merchants products, as well as displaying to the user the reward points available in his reward programs with the issuers. Once a user selects a desired product the exchange computer can mediate or manage the purchase transaction in which reward points are redeemed by the selected issuer and consideration is conveyed to the merchant in exchange for the merchant providing the product to the user.
US08433604B2	System for selecting an optimal sample set of jobs for determining price models for a print market port A system for determining price models of a print market port including a processor and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the processor, wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for: partitioning a job dataset into a plurality of categories, each of the plurality of categories having a pricing model; determining one or more factors within the job dataset that influence a price of each job; developing an input/output model for each job in the job dataset that influences the price of the job; performing an iteration to compute a prediction error for each job in the job dataset that influences the price of the job; removing one or more jobs from a subsequent iteration that include prediction errors that exceed a prediction error threshold; and performing a plurality of iterations on remaining jobs until a predetermined average error prediction is reached.
US08433601B2	Workflow system, information processor, and method and program for workflow management A workflow system is provided in which one person in charge efficiently processes each activity assigned to successive nodes. When a client request management program execution unit 330 of a workflow server 30 receives a request to terminate processing for a node from a user's computer terminal for operation 20, a definition for the node is referred to by a project management program execution unit 310. If processing of a process management program execution unit 320 is completed within a consecutive processing standby time t1 defined for the node, and it is determined that a next node can be processed by the user, a client request management program execution unit 330 requests a computer terminal for operation 20 to start processing of a next node.
US08433589B2	System and method for pricing and issuing level pay death benefit policies Pursuant to some embodiments, a computer system for pricing a paycheck term policy is provided which includes a processor, a communication device in communication with the processor the communication device configured to receive an input data set, the input data set including at least an issue age of an insured associated with the policy, a desired death benefit payment amount, an underwriting class associated with the insured, and an interest rate factor.
US08433576B2	Automatic reading tutoring with parallel polarized language modeling A novel system for automatic reading tutoring provides effective error detection and reduced false alarms combined with low processing time burdens and response times short enough to maintain a natural, engaging flow of interaction. According to one illustrative embodiment, an automatic reading tutoring method includes displaying a text output and receiving an acoustic input. The acoustic input is modeled with a domain-specific target language model specific to the text output, and with a general-domain garbage language model, both of which may be efficiently constructed as context-free grammars. The domain-specific target language model may be built dynamically or “on-the-fly” based on the currently displayed text (e.g. the story to be read by the user), while the general-domain garbage language model is shared among all different text outputs. User-perceptible tutoring feedback is provided based on the target language model and the garbage language model.
US08433568B2	Systems and methods for measuring speech intelligibility A method for measuring speech intelligibility includes inputting a speech waveform to a system. At least one acoustic feature is extracted from the waveform. From the acoustic feature, at least one phoneme is segmented. At least one acoustic correlate measure is extracted from the at least one phoneme and at least one intelligibility measure is determined. The at least one acoustic correlate measure is mapped to the at least one intelligibility measure.
US08433567B2	Compensation of intra-speaker variability in speaker diarization A method, system, and computer program product compensation of intra-speaker variability in speaker diarization are provided. The method includes: dividing a speech session into segments of duration less than an average duration between speaker change; parameterizing each segment by a time dependent probability density function supervector, for example, using a Gaussian Mixture Model; computing a difference between successive segment supervectors; and computing a scatter measure such as a covariance matrix of the difference as an estimate of intra-speaker variability. The method further includes compensating the speech session for intra-speaker variability using the estimate of intra-speaker variability.
US08433565B2	Wide-band speech signal compression and decompression apparatus, and method thereof An apparatus to compress a wide-band speech signal, the apparatus including a narrow-band speech compressor to compress a low-band speech signal of the wide-band speech signal and output the compressed low-band speech signal as a low-band speech packet; and a high-band speech compressor to compress a high-band speech signal of the wide-band speech signal using energy information of the low-band speech signal provided from the narrow-band speech compressor, and outputs the compressed high-band speech signal as a high-band speech packet.
US08433563B2	Predictive speech signal coding A method, system and computer program for encoding speech according to a source-filter model. The method comprises deriving a spectral envelope signal representative of a modelled filter and a first remaining signal representative of a modelled source signal, and deriving a second remaining signal from the first remaining signal by, at intervals during the encoding: exploiting a correlation between approximately periodic portions in the first remaining signal to generate a predicted version of a later portion from a stored version of an earlier portion, and using the predicted-version of the later portion to remove an effect of said periodicity from the first remaining signal. The method further comprises, once every number of intervals, transforming the stored version of the earlier portion of the first remaining signal prior to generating the predicted version of the respective later portion.
US08433561B2	Printer A tape printing apparatus registers a word string constituting document data to be printed by depression of a print key in a learnt-contents storing region under subscribed conditions. A CPU divides the document data to be printed into letter strings based on information about constituent letters of the to-be-printed word string and a learning condition determination table. Thereafter, the CPU determines whether or not the to-be-printed word string should be registered based on registered letter string data stored in the learnt-contents storing region and the contents of the divided letter string.
US08433551B2	Machine, computer program product and method to carry out parallel reservoir simulation A machine, computer program product, and method to enable scalable parallel reservoir simulations for a variety of simulation model sizes are described herein. Some embodiments of the disclosed invention include a machine, methods, and implemented software for performing parallel processing of a grid defining a reservoir or oil/gas field using a plurality of sub-domains for the reservoir simulation, a parallel process of re-ordering a local cell index for each of the plurality of cells using characteristics of the cell and location within the at least one sub-domain and a parallel process of simulating at least one production characteristic of the reservoir.
US08433547B2	System and method for analyzing nonstandard facility operations within a data center A computer implemented method and a data center management appliance for simulating nonstandard operation of an element of a data center is provided. The method includes acts of determining a one data center resource affected by a data center element, selecting a simulator from a plurality of simulators based on the data center resource and the data center element and generating a impact analysis of the nonstandard operation of the data center element using the simulator. The data center management appliance includes a network interface, a memory and a controller coupled to the network interface and the memory. The controller is configured to determine a data center resource affected by a data center element, select a simulator from a plurality of simulators based on the data center resource and the data center element and generate a impact analysis of nonstandard operation of the data center element using the first simulator.
US08433543B2	Digital oscilloscope module with glitch detection The present invention provides a digital oscilloscope with glitch detection, including a synchronous random access memory (RAM), a digital signal processing unit, coupled to the synchronous RAM, and a master control unit coupled to the digital signal processing unit. The digital signal processing unit includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter to digitize an analog signal and a digital signal processor. The digital signal processor includes a dual-port RAM, a plurality of processing blocks to process the digitized analog signal data, detect glitches in the digitized analog signal data, store the processed signal data in the synchronous RAM, create display data from the stored signal data, and store the display data in the dual-port RAM, and a communications interface to transmit the stored display data. The master control unit includes an internal communications interface coupled to the digital signal processor communications interface, an external communications interface, and a central processing unit to receive the display data over the internal communications interface and transmit the display data over the external communications interface.
US08433535B2	Housing or housing part for sanitary product dispenser A housing or housing part (2) for a sanitary product dispenser that can be fastened to a wall, comprising: A) a front (3) comprising a monitor (4), wherein B) the housing part (2) can be detachably fastened to a sanitary product dispenser, C) a microprocessor (10) is attached to the housing part (2), D) the housing part (2) comprises a probe (15), which emits electromagnetic or acoustic waves in a direction outside the housing part (2) and/or receives such waves from the outside and based on the emitted and/or received electromagnetic or acoustic waves transmits signals to the microprocessor (10), and wherein E) the microprocessor (10) is programmed in order to determine the presence of a user in the vicinity of the housing part (2) from the signals transmitted by the probe (15) to the microprocessor (10) and as a result switch on the monitor (4).
US08433527B2	Electromagnetic flow meter There is provided an electromagnetic flow meter that applies magnetic fields with a first frequency and a second frequency, to a fluid to be measured, calculates a first flow rate, calculates a second flow rate, performs low-pass filtering on the first flow rate to calculate a first low-pass filtered flow rate, and performs low-pass filtering on the second flow rate to calculate a second low-pass filtered flow rate, the electromagnetic flow meter including: an abnormality detecting unit that detects an abnormal state in which, the fluid is at non-full level on the basis of at least one of the first flow rate and the second flow rate; and an abnormality removing unit that removes the abnormal state on the basis of the first low-pass filtered flow rate and the second low-pass filtered flow rate, when the abnormality detecting unit does not determine that the fluid is in the abnormal state.
US08433524B2	Low perfusion signal processing systems and methods In some embodiments, systems and methods for identifying a low perfusion condition are provided by transforming a signal using a wavelet transform to generate a scalogram. A pulse band and adjacent marker regions in the scalogram are identified. Characteristics of the marker regions are used to detect the existence of a lower perfusion condition. If such a condition is detected, an event may be triggered, such as an alert or notification.
US08433521B2	Avoiding unnecessary RSVP-based preemptions In one embodiment, a path request message for a new data flow is received at a network node. The path request message indicates resources needed to accommodate the new data flow. The resources needed to accommodate the new data flow are compared to an amount of available resources at the network node. Provided there are sufficient available resources at the network node to accommodate the new data flow, the resources needed to accommodate the new data flow are associated with a held resources state. Subsequently, a reservation request message is received at the network node. The reservation request message requests resources for the new data flow. A determination is made that the requested resources correspond to resources associated with the held resources state. The requested resources are removed from the held resources state and reserved for the new data flow.
US08433516B1	Apparatus for analysis and control of a reciprocating pump system by determination of a pump card An instrumentation system for assessing operation of a reciprocating pump system which produces hydrocarbons from a non-vertical or a vertical wellbore. The instrumentation system periodically produces a downhole pump card as a function of a directly or indirectly measured surface card and a friction law function from a wave equation which describes the linear vibrations in a long slender rod. A control signal or command signal is generated based on characteristics of the downhole pump card for controlling the pumping system. It also generates a pump and well analysis report that is useful for a pump operation and determination of its condition.
US08433514B1	Navigation sensor mounting-angle calibration Dead reckoning navigation sensors based on 3-axis gyroscopes and methods for calibrating sensor module orientation are described for three scenarios: (1) known mounting angles, (2) unknown, arbitrary mounting angles, and (3) unknown, but restricted mounting angles.
US08433508B2	Navigation system with monitoring mechanism and method of operation thereof A method of operation of a navigation system includes: selecting a monitored threshold; selecting a monitored boundary; monitoring a monitored person's traversal of the monitored boundary; and generating an alert based on the monitored person's traversal and the monitored threshold for displaying on a device.
US08433507B2	Usage monitoring of shopping carts or other human-propelled vehicles A vehicle tracking system includes a wheel containing sensor circuitry capable of sensing various types of conditions, such as wheel rotation, wheel vibration caused by skidding, and specific electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals indicative of particular wheel locations. The sensor circuitry is coupled to an RF transceiver, which may but need not be included within the wheel. The wheel may also include a brake mechanism. In one embodiment, the wheels are placed on shopping carts and are used to collect and monitor shopping cart status and location data via a wireless network. The collected data may be used for various purposes, such as locking the wheel of an exiting cart if the customer has not paid, estimating numbers of queued carts, stopping wheel skid events that occur during mechanized cart retrieval, store planning, and providing location-based messaging to customers.
US08433493B2	Vehicle motion control system There is provided a vehicle motion control system which carries out acceleration and deceleration of a vehicle which satisfies driving feeling of a driver even in the state where a lateral motion of the vehicle is not involved. The vehicle motion control system includes a curve shape acquisition section 2 for acquiring a curve shape ahead of an own vehicle, an own vehicle position acquisition section 3 for acquiring a position of the own vehicle, and a vehicle motion control calculation section 4 for calculating a command value of a longitudinal acceleration generated for the vehicle based on the curve shape and the position of the own vehicle. The vehicle motion control calculation section 4 calculates a plurality of negative longitudinal acceleration command values during travel of the own vehicle from before a curve to a point where a curve curvature becomes constant or maximum after the vehicle enters into the curve. The longitudinal acceleration command values are changed based on at least one of: an estimate of the maximum lateral acceleration which is presumably generated during traveling a curve ahead of the own vehicle; a grade of the road ahead of the own vehicle, pedal operation by the driver, and a turning direction.
US08433489B2	Transmission control system with adjustable clutch disconnection and vehicle including same A transmission control system includes an up-shifting operation device, a clutch actuator, a shift actuator and a CPU. The CPU controls the clutch actuator to start a disconnection operation of a clutch at a time point when movement of an operation lever of the up-shifting operation device is started. Moreover, the CPU controls the clutch actuator to complete the disconnection operation of the clutch at a time point when the movement of the operation lever is finished. Then, the CPU shifts a gear position of a transmission by controlling the shift actuator.
US08433488B2	System and method for controlling engagement of a lockup clutch in a torque converter A dynamic model is stored in memory that defines torque transmitted by the lockup clutch as a function of a plurality of torque converter operating parameters. A lockup clutch command is asserted to control engagement the lockup clutch, and thereafter a number of the plurality of torque converter operating parameters are monitored. A profile is selected of one of the plurality of torque converter operating parameters, and the profile is configured to result in an intersection of rotational speeds of the pump and the turbine over time when inserted into the model along with the monitored values of the number of torque converter operating parameters. The model is continually solved over time using the selected profile and the monitored operating parameters to produce transmitted torque values, and the lockup clutch command is modified based on the transmitted torque values.
US08433486B2	Method and apparatus to determine a preferred operating point for an engine of a powertrain system using an iterative search A method to determine a preferred operating point for an internal combustion engine includes determining a current set of candidate operating points for a current search iteration. The method further includes iteratively determining an operating cost for operating the internal combustion engine at each candidate operating point of the current search iteration, and determining the preferred operating point for operating the internal combustion engine after a predetermined number of search iterations.
US08433484B2	Oil pressure control device for transmission and control method thereof An oil pressure control device for a transmission engages or disengages a frictional engagement element of the transmission by controlling an oil pressure supplied from a mechanical oil pump driven by a power source for driving a vehicle and an electric oil pump driven by an electric motor, and includes: an air entering determining unit which determines whether or not air enters the electric oil pump; and an air discharging unit which, when an ignition switch of the power source is switched from an ON state to an OFF state after the air entering determining unit has determined that air enters the electric oil pump, drives the electric oil pump such that the air entering the electric oil pump is discharged from the electric oil pump together with an oil.
US08433481B2	Opening and closing control apparatus for roof panel for vehicle An opening and closing control apparatus for a roof panel for a vehicle includes an opening and closing device for driving the roof panel to open and close, an operation command device for outputting an operation command for opening and closing the roof panel by means of an operation switch, a vehicle speed detecting device, and a controlling device for controlling an operation of the opening and closing device, the controlling device performing an open and close control for operating the opening and closing device to cause the roof panel to move to a predetermined position where the roof panel is opened to a predetermined degree which is specified beforehand on the basis of a vehicle speed when the operation command for opening the roof panel is output by the operation command device.
US08433477B2	Steering control apparatus In a steering control apparatus, a worm gear is configured to have a lead angle for a self-lock operation, by which a worm wheel is allowed to rotate by rotation of a worm but the worm is not allowed to rotate by rotation of the worm wheel. Thus, a lock mechanism need not be provided separately from a gear mechanism and the apparatus is reduced in entire size. A VGRS control part checks whether the worm gear has a self-lock failure, which disables the self-lock operation. If the worm gear has the self-lock failure, idling suppression processing is performed to suppress idling of a steering wheel. Thus, even when the self-lock failure arises, the steering wheel is suppressed from idling.
US08433472B2	Event-driven data mining method for improving fault code settings and isolating faults A parameter identification-based fault isolation technique is provided for improving fault code settings and isolating faults. DTCs and PIDs are retrieved from a current serviced vehicle. PID data is obtained from prior serviced vehicles having same vehicle specifications as and under substantially similar operating conditions as the current serviced vehicles. A plurality of clusters is formed using PID data of the prior serviced vehicles using mutual dependence to one another. A joint probability distribution is determined as a function of a mutual dependence of the PID data. PID data is selected of the current serviced vehicle having coherence to the PID of the prior service vehicles. A mutual dependence of the PID data of the current serviced vehicle is projected on onto the corresponding joint probability distribution. An anomaly in the PID data of the current serviced vehicle is detected in response to the probability distribution of parameter identification data being outside of a predetermined variance.
US08433471B2	Pre-filling vehicle data check A pre-filling vehicle data check method and system are disclosed herein. One example of the method includes receiving, at a financial institution, an authorization request from a filling station for initiating a filling event, where the authorization request includes a financial code. Via a computing device at the financial institution, the financial code is recognized as being associated with at least one of a vehicle identification number or a station identification associated with a vehicle, thereby identifying the vehicle. At least one parameter of the vehicle is identified via a computing device at a data center in selective communication with the vehicle and the financial institution, and an authorization or denial of the at least one filling event based at least upon the at least one parameter is transmitted from the computing device at the data center.
US08433470B1	User interface for displaying internal state of autonomous driving system A passenger in an automated vehicle may relinquish control of the vehicle to a control computer when the control computer has determined that it may maneuver the vehicle safely to a destination. The passenger may relinquish or regain control of the vehicle by applying different degrees of pressure, for example, on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The control computer may convey status information to a passenger in a variety of ways including by illuminating elements of the vehicle. The color and location of the illumination may indicate the status of the control computer, for example, whether the control computer has been armed, is ready to take control of the vehicle, or is currently controlling the vehicle.
US08433455B2	Electrical vehicle range prediction A method for predicting the remaining travel distance of an electric vehicle. The method includes determining a useable battery energy value based on battery state-of-charge and battery capacity and a power value needed to heat or cool a vehicle cabin. The method determines an available battery energy value based on the useable battery energy value and an estimated energy value to provide the vehicle cabin heating or cooling, where the estimated energy value is determined using the power value. The method determines a recent energy used value based on an actual recent HVAC energy used value, a recent energy used value with no HVAC system loads and a recent energy used value with maximum HVAC system loads. The method determines a recent distance traveled value and determines the range by dividing the recent distance traveled value by the recent energy used value and multiplying by the available battery energy value.
US08433443B2	Method for on-line monitoring and control of polymerization processes and reactors to prevent discontinuity events Generally, a method of monitoring a polymerization reaction in a fluid bed reactor to generate, in on-line fashion, data indicative of the imminent occurrence of a discontinuity event (for example, sheeting) and optionally also control the reaction to prevent the occurrence of the discontinuity event is provided. Typical embodiments include the steps of generating in on-line fashion at least one of bed static data indicative of static charge in the fluidized bed and carryover static data indicative of carryover static; and generating at least one of temperature data (in on-line fashion using at least one monitored reaction parameter) indicative of a first temperature and acoustic emission data indicative of resin stickiness in the reactor, where the first temperature is indicative of at least one of degree of resin stickiness in the reactor and a characteristic of melting behavior of polymer resin in the reactor in the presence of at least one diluent.
US08433438B2	Method and system for tracking mail items during processing The present application relates to a system and related method for processing a mailpiece through the steps associated with its manufacture and post processing. The present system and method allow for mailpiece item tracking data collection at each step in the mailpiece manufacturing and processing. The present system and method allow for the integration of mailpiece item data from a postage device by utilizing information based barcode data included as part of the postage evidence, together with the production and sorting processes.
US08433421B2	MRI-safe high impedance lead systems Some embodiments are directed to MRI/RF compatible medical interventional devices. A plurality of spaced apart high impedance circuit segments are configured to have a high impedance at a high range of radiofrequencies and a low impedance at a low range of frequencies. The high impedance circuit segments may comprise co-wound coiled inductors and can reduce, block or inhibit RJ-transmission along the lead system (20) during exposure to RF associated with a high-Held magnet MRI systems, while permuting passage of low frequency physiologic signals, treatments and/or stimuli. The devices can include at least one electrode.
US08433412B1	Muscle and nerve stimulation A lead system for an implantable medical device and applications for the lead system. Also includes therapeutic systems, devices, and processes for detecting and treating disordered breathing and treating cardiac and breathing issues together with an implantable device.
US08433409B2	Implantable medical device battery A battery comprises a tubular housing. An external surface of the tubular housing comprises a biocompatible material. The battery further comprises a battery header secured to an open end of the tubular housing, and the tubular housing and the battery header combine to form a substantially sealed enclosure. The battery also comprises one or more voltaic cells within the substantially sealed enclosure, and a feedthrough electrically connected to the voltaic cells and extending through the battery header to form a battery terminal. The battery header includes a radial groove opposite the tubular housing, and the radial groove is configured to receive a mating snap-fit electronic component subassembly of an implantable medical device.
US08433406B2	Implantable medical device with temperature measuring and storing capability An implantable medical device such as a cardiac pacemaker or implantable cardioverter/defibrillator with the capability of storing body temperature measurements taken periodically and/or when triggered by particular events.
US08433405B2	Resuscitation device with expert system A resuscitation device for automatic compression of victim's chest using a compression belt which exerts force evenly over the entire thoracic cavity. The belt is constricted and relaxed through a motorized spool assembly which repeatedly tightens the belt and relaxes the belt to provide repeated and rapid chest compression. An assembly includes various resuscitation devices including chest compression devices, defibrillation devices, and airway management devices, along with communications devices and senses with initiate communications with emergency medical personnel automatically upon use of the device.
US08433404B2	Integrated high voltage output circuit An apparatus includes a cardioversion or defibrillation therapy energy source coupled to a bridge circuit. The bridge circuit includes a first switch for connection to a first implantable electrode, a second switch for connection to a second implantable electrode, a third switch coupled for connection to the first implantable electrode, and a fourth switch coupled for connection to the second implantable electrode. The first and second switches are formed on a shared first IC, the third and fourth switches are formed on a shared second IC, and the second IC is stacked substantially superjacent to the first IC such that a cathode of the first switch is coupled to an anode of the third switch and a cathode of the second switch is coupled to an anode of the fourth switch.
US08433402B2	Hermetic wafer-to-wafer bonding with electrical interconnection An implantable medical device (IMD) is disclosed. The IMD includes a first substrate having a front side and a backside. A first via is formed in the front side, the via extending from a bottom point in the front side to a first height located at a surface of the front side. A first conductive pad is formed in the first via, the first conductive pad having an exposed top surface lower than first height. A second substrate is coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate having a second via formed in the front side, the via extending from a bottom point in the front side to a second height located at a surface of the front side. A second conductive pad is formed in the second via, the second conductive pad having an exposed top surface lower than second height. The coupled substrates are heated until a portion of one or both conductive pads reflow, dewet, agglomerate, and merge to form an interconnect, hermetic seal, or both depending on the requirements of the device.

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