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US08623109B2	Collapsible extended surface filter and air cleaner system using collapsible extended surface filter A collapsible air cleaner filter is provided. The filter includes a pleated media filter having a first end, a second end, and a filter media extending between the first and second ends, wherein the filter media includes a first plurality of flexible end portions and a second plurality of flexible end portions, the first and second plurality of flexible end portions are separated by a plurality of pleats, and the filter media extends a first length between the first and second plurality of flexible end portions, and an end member coupled to the first end of the pleated media filter, the end member extending a second length parallel to the first length, the first length being greater than the second length.
US08623099B2	System and method for securing data within a storage system According to the present invention, there is provided a system for securing data with a storage system. The system includes at least one storage device. In addition, the system includes a security mechanism for recognizing an attempt to insert or remove the storage device. Moreover, the system includes a management unit to control the insertion and removal of the storage device.
US08623094B2	Devices and methods for treating defects in the tissue of a living being An implant for deployment in select locations or select tissue for regeneration of tissue is disclosed. The implant comprising collagen and or other bio-resorbable materials, where the implant may also be used for therapy delivery. Additionally, the implant may be “matched” to provide the implant with similar physical and/or chemical properties as the host tissue.
US08623091B2	Distractible intervertebral implant A distractible intervertebral implant configured to be inserted in an insertion direction into an intervertebral space that is defined between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body is disclosed. The implant may include a first body and a second body. The first body may define an outer surface that is configured to engage the first vertebral body, and an opposing inner surface that defines a rail. The second body may define an outer surface that is configured to engage the second vertebral body, and an inner surface that defines a recess configured to receive the rail of the first body. The second body moves in a vertical direction toward the second vertebral body as the second body is slid over the first body and the rail is received in the recess.
US08623089B2	Subchondral treatment of joint pain of the spine Methods for altering the natural history of degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis of the spine are proposed. The methods focus on the prevention, or delayed onset or progression of, subchondral defects such as bone marrow edema or bone marrow lesion, and subchondral treatment to prevent the progression of osteoarthritis or degenerative disc disease in the spine and thereby treat pain.
US08623082B2	Method and device for manipulation of an intraocular lens A method for charging a deformable intraocular lens into a receptacle through a slit or opening in the receptacle periphery, the lens in un-deformed state includes a roughly disc shaped optic part configured to act as a lens when inserted into an eye and at least two elongated haptic legs, each leg having an inner end attached to the optic part, an outer end being free and intermediate points in between the inner end and the free end, each leg being curved in unstressed state and being flexible to at least a less curved configuration under stress. Steps include stretching the legs to align the legs along a substantially straight line, aligning or maintaining the substantially straight line over and substantially parallel with the slit or opening of the receptacle, and transferring at least the two legs through the slit or opening into the receptacle.
US08623079B2	Stents for prosthetic heart valves A stented valve including a stent structure having a generally tubular body portion, an interior area, a longitudinal axis, an first end, an second end, and an outer surface; at least one outflow barb extending from the outer surface of the stent adjacent to the first end of the stent structure and toward the second end of the stent structure; at least one inflow barb extending from the outer surface of the stent adjacent to the second end of the stent structure and toward the first end of the stent structure; and a valve structure attached within the interior area of the stent structure.
US08623078B2	Replacement valve and anchor Apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve, including: a replacement valve adapted to be delivered endovascularly to a vicinity of the heart valve; an expandable anchor adapted to be delivered endovascularly to the vicinity of the heart valve; and a lock mechanism configured to maintain a minimum amount of anchor expansion. The invention also includes a method for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments the method includes the steps of: endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve; expanding the anchor to a deployed configuration; and locking the anchor in the deployed configuration.
US08623075B2	Transcatheter prosthetic heart valve delivery system and method with controlled expansion of prosthetic heart valve A delivery system for use with a prosthetic heart valve having a stent frame to which a valve structure is attached includes a shaft assembly including a distal end, an intermediate portion, and a first coupling structure disposed near the distal end and configured to be coupled to a distal end of the prosthetic heart valve via a first tether. A sheath assembly defines a lumen sized to slidably receive the shaft assembly. The delivery system is configured to transition from a loaded state in which the sheath assembly encompasses the prosthetic heart valve to a deployed state in which the sheath assembly is withdrawn from the prosthetic heart valve. The first coupling structure is configured to be manipulated in a first direction to provide a controlled expansion or contraction of the distal end of the prosthetic heart valve.
US08623074B2	Delivery systems and methods of implantation for replacement prosthetic heart valves A delivery system and method for positioning and partially deploying a replacement valve at an implantation site, verifying the location of the replacement valve relative to the implantation site, and retrieving the partially deployed stent for repositioning relative to the implantation site.
US08623073B2	Degradable metal stent having agent-containing coating A stent comprising a degradable metal stent main body; a partition layer which is applied to the surface of the stent main body so that at least parts of the surface of the luminal side are not covered; and an agent-containing layer which is applied to the surface of the partition layer at least partially on the abluminal side of the stent main body and comprises one or more agents and possibly one or more polymers.
US08623066B2	Cell seeded expandable body Devices, systems and methods for treating medical conditions using cell therapy via body lumens. Localized delivery is achieved with the use of a stent-like expandable body seeded with cells. The expandable body is expanded to contact at least a portion of the inner walls of the body lumen and the cells, cellular products and/or other therapeutic agents are delivered to the surrounding tissue. The therapeutic benefit provided is dependent on the type of cells used and the features of the expandable body.
US08623055B2	Spinous process fusion and orthopedic implants and methods A spinal implant device immobilizes an attached vertebrae through a minimally invasive surgical approach while providing a compartment within the implant for the placement of bone graft or bone graft substitute. The bone graft material fuses the spinous processes and/or lamina portion of bone of the vertebral bone to which the device is attached.
US08623044B2	Cable actuated end-effector for a surgical instrument Various embodiments are directed to a surgical instrument comprising a handle, a shaft coupled to the handle and extending along a longitudinal axis, an end effector, and a cable. The end effector may comprise a first jaw member, a second jaw member and a reciprocating member. The cable may extend distally from the handle through the shaft to a first pulley of the first jaw member. From the first pulley, the cable may extend proximally to the reciprocating member, such that proximally directed motion of the cable exerts a distally directed force on the reciprocating member.
US08623036B2	Magnamosis A magnamosis system for auto-anastomosing a region of the body using implants with magnetic members that may be individually delivered to different locations in the body. The implants with their magnetic members have a mating surface and polar alignment that generates an attractive force to compress tissue in the region between them. The tissue in the region necroses as a result of the compressive force such that tissue surrounding the necrosed tissue heals together to form an anastomosis.
US08623033B2	Suture system with capsule eyelet providing multiple suture tissue fixation A suturing system includes a tool employed to pull at least two sutures through tissue. The tool includes a head having a proximal portion housing a needle movable through a needle exit port of the head and a distal end spaced apart from the proximal portion by a throat. The distal end of the head defines a cavity. A first suture is durably connected to a capsule that is sized for placement in the cavity. The capsule defines a through-hole sized for engagement with the needle and A second suture is removably insertable into the through-hole. The needle is movable from the proximal portion of the head across the throat to form a channel in tissue and to frictionally engage with the second suture and is retractable into the needle exit port to draw the capsule and the first and second sutures through the channel formed in the tissue.
US08623013B2	Ablation catheters and associated systems and methods An ablation catheter assembly includes an elongate catheter body having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lumen therethrough. A helical structure associated with the catheter distal portion carries a plurality of independently operable electrodes and is transformable between a low-profile configuration wherein a straightening element is positioned in the lumen and an expanded configuration wherein the straightening element is at least partially retracted from the spiral structure. When the helical structure is in the expanded configuration, a laterally offset tip portion extends distally therefrom.
US08623012B2	Electrosurgical plenum An electrosurgical probe having a plenum which prevents contact of the active electrode with tissue, while simultaneously allowing a fluid/interfacing agents to contact the active electrode.
US08623010B2	Cardiac mapping instrument with shapeable electrode An instrument including an elongated shaft and a non-conductive handle is disclosed. The shaft defines a proximal section and a distal section. The distal section forms an electrically conductive tip. Further, the shaft is adapted to be transitionable from a straight state to a first bent state. The shaft is capable of independently maintaining the distinct shapes associated with the straight state and the first bent state. The handle is rigidly coupled to the proximal section of the shaft. The instrument is useful for epicardial pacing and/or mapping of the heart for temporary pacing on a beating heart, for optimizing the placement of ventricular leads for the treatment of patients with congestive heart failure and ventricular dysynchrony and/or for use in surgical ablation procedures.
US08623007B2	Electrosurgical generator to ablation device adaptor An electrosurgical system is provided that includes an electrosurgical generator configured to output a first electrosurgical waveform and a probe configured to deliver a second electrosurgical waveform to tissue. The system also includes an adapter coupled between the electrosurgical generator and the probe and operable to convert the first electrosurgical waveform to the second electrosurgical waveform. The adapter includes a step down transformer configured to convert the first electrosurgical waveform to the second electrosurgical waveform.
US08623001B2	Contact glass for ophthalmologic surgery A contact glass for ophthalmic surgery, including a concave anterior lens surface for placement on the eye and a suction channel annularly surrounding the periphery of the anterior lens surface. The suction channel allows the contact glass to be fixed to the eye by means of a vacuum, it is envisaged that the suction channel comprise a multiplicity of suction orifices, which are annularly arranged with respect to the anterior lens surface and through which the vacuum acts on the eye.
US08622996B2	Method for applying antimicrobial to proximal end of catheter Systems, methods, and articles for delivering an antimicrobial composition to the proximal elements of a trans-dermal catheter and into the lumen of the transdermal catheter are disclosed. In an embodiment, an antimicrobial composition placed on an interior surface a cap element, and transfers antimicrobial to the exterior of the proximal end of the transdermal catheter. The system comprises an elongate member configured for insertion into a lumen of a catheter, the elongate member containing an antimicrobial.
US08622992B2	Devices and methods for perfusion therapy Devices, methods, and assemblies for perfusion therapy including cerebral perfusion therapy such as those for use in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The treatment includes delivery of blood to or about the vicinity of a thrombus site.
US08622968B2	Gastrostomy tube extension device A gastrostomy tube extension device which can facilitate the insertion or removal operation in and from the patient, and increase the simplicity of manufacture. A gastrostomy tube extension device for inserting or taking out the gastrostomy tube into/from the patient includes a rod, a fixing member, and an engaging member. The rod is formed of a rod-shaped member with engaging stepped portions. The fixing member is capable of moving along the longitudinal direction of the rod, and an engaging projection which can be fixed to the tube member is formed on the peripheral surface of the fixing member. The engaging member includes a lower engaging portion engageable with the engaging projection and an upper engaging portion which is engageable with the engaging stepped portion This assembly allows the extension to be locked.
US08622967B2	Over-the-needle intravenous catheter assembly with integrated intravenous tubing An intravenous catheter device is provided which includes a catheter adapter having a fluid chamber, a needle adapter being slidably positioned within the fluid chamber, the needle adapter supporting a base of an introducer needle and a terminal end of a section of intravenous tubing such that a fluid pathway of the introducer needle is in fluid communication with a fluid pathway of the section of intravenous tubing. Following catheterization, the needle adapter is slid to a preferred proximal position whereby a sharpened tip of the introducer needle is shielded within a catheter of the intravenous catheter device, or a portion of the fluid chamber of the catheter adapter. When in the preferred proximal position, fluid communication between the catheter and a section of intravenous tubing is facilitated via the hollow body of the introducer needle.
US08622965B2	Two part fluid dispenser A dispensing device for dispensing first and second medicaments to a patient that is made up of first and second stand-alone, interconnectable assemblies. The first of these assemblies comprises a fluid reservoir assembly that houses a fluid reservoir defining component while the second assembly comprises a fluid delivery and control assembly that includes an adding assembly for controllably dispensing the second medicament to the patient, a novel flow control means that functions to control the flow of medicinal fluid from the fluid reservoir of the first assembly toward the patient via a plurality of fluid flow control passageways. Because the stand-alone fluid delivery and control assembly is initially totally separate from the fluid reservoir assembly of the apparatus, the fluid flow passageways of the fluid delivery and control assembly can be effectively sterilized using conventional gamma ray sterilization techniques without adversely affecting the medicament contained within the fluid reservoir of the apparatus.
US08622961B2	Safety needle assembly with displaceable locking tongue A safety needle assembly is provided herein which includes a displaceable locking tongue which has a first position in which the locking tongue covers an aperture formed in a shield so as to prevent the passage therethrough of a needle. A biasing element is also provided for urging the locking tongue to the first position. The locking tongue is releasably retained in a retained position prior to use of the safety needle assembly, the aperture being sufficiently uncovered with the locking tongue being in the retained position so as to permit passage of the needle through the aperture. The locking tongue is releasably retained in the retained position against biasing force of the biasing element. With the shield being displaced proximally from a first position to a second position, the locking tongue is released from the retained position and permitted to be displaced to the first position under force of the biasing element. Advantageously, with the subject invention, a safety needle assembly is provided which covers a used needle after use and, optionally, provides a use indicator.
US08622960B2	Needlestick prevention device A needlestick prevention device for an injection device having a hollow needle comprises a sheath for attachment to the injection device. The sheath has three positions. In a first, inoperative position the sheath sealingly encloses the needle. In a second operative position a first part of the sheath is removed, a second part remains attached to the injection device and a third part is pivoted about a hinge to expose the needle. In a third, cover position the third part is pivoted about the hinge to cover at least the tip of the needle and is retained in position by a retaining device acting between the second part and the third part. The needlestick prevention device is simple to manufacture and use.
US08622949B2	Method and system for closed chest blood flow support A method of providing a pumping system for assisting a human patient's heart and providing a blood pump to be disposed outside the patient's body is disclosed. The blood pump has an inlet and an outlet. An inlet cannula is provided for insertion percutaneously into the vascular system of the patient, and is adapted to be placed in fluid communication with the blood pump inlet to provide blood to the blood pump. An outlet perfusion cannula is provided for insertion percutaneously into the vascular system of the patient, and is adapted to be placed in fluid communication with the blood pump outlet to provide blood to the patient's vascular system. The blood pump includes a control system to control the blood pump. The control system includes at least two control units for redundant control of the blood pump, and each control unit includes a watchdog for monitoring the control unit.
US08622947B2	Ankle support with splint and method of using same According to one embodiment, an orthopedic support for supporting a portion of a wearer's anatomy is provided. For example, the orthopedic support may be an ankle brace comprising a sheet of flexible material configured to at least partially enclose a wearer's ankle and a splint coupled to the sheet of material. The splint is configured to be positioned on a medial side of the wearer's ankle when the sheet of material is secured on the wearer's ankle and includes an undulating profile configured to conform to at least a portion of the medial side of the wearer's ankle and resist inversion of the ankle.
US08622945B2	Spring loaded elbow extension brace An elbow brace worn by a patient to recuperate an injury to the ulnar nerve or “funny bone.” The elbow brace includes two arched cuffs facing the same direction, and two struts interconnecting the cuffs. Each strut is formed from a wire of spring steel. A pair of oppositely-wound coiled springs are formed at about the middle of each strut. When worn, the patient's elbow is situated between the spring coils with the struts extending parallel to the arm, and one cuff resting against the mid upper arm and one cuff resting against the mid forearm. Two straps extend from respective coils of one strut to respective coils on the second strut. One strap fits underneath the forearm and the other strap fits underneath the upper arm. Each wire strut may be coated or covered by a tubular sheath or sleeve made of a soft polymer material.
US08622941B2	Hand-held massage device A hand-held massage device comprises: a control handle, a first engaging member, a second engaging member, a gripping section, a casing, a rotation disk and a massage member. The massage device requires no electricity and has a convenient size, which is highly portable for the user.
US08622940B2	Device for assisting cardiac pulmonary resuscitation Embodiments provided herein include CPR assisting devices. Certain embodiments pertain to a device that may be adhered to patient's chest to aid in active compression/decompression CPR. The device may be incorporated with the AED pad for implementation in conjunction with defibrillator machine.
US08622938B2	Wearable action-assist device, and method and program for controlling wearable action-assist device A wearable action-assist device which assists or executes an action of a wearer by substituting for the wearer is provided with an action-assist tool 2 having an actuator 201 which gives power to the wearer 1, a biosignal sensor 221 which detects a wearer's biosignal, a biosignal processing unit 3 which acquires from a biosignal “a” detected by the biosignal sensor a nerve transfer signal “b” for operating a wearer's muscular line skeletal system, and a myoelectricity signal “c” accompanied with a wearer's muscular line activity, an optional control unit 4 which generates a command signal “d” for causing the actuator 201 to generate power according to the wearer's intention using the nerve transfer signal “b” and the myoelectricity signal “c” acquired by the biosignal processing unit 3, and a driving current generating unit 5 which generates a current according to the nerve transfer signal b and a current according to the myoelectricity signal “c”, respectively, based on the command signal “d” generated by the optional control unit 4, and supplies the currents to the actuator 201.
US08622923B2	Self-calibrating pressure sensor A self-calibrating device for measuring intracorporeal pressure, includes: A pressure sensor having i) a test body (11) of which a segment of smaller thickness constitutes a membrane that can deform under the action of the pressure of the medium, the membrane being equipped with at least one piezoelectric transducer that can translate a mechanical stress into an electrical signal, and ii) a polarization contact, An actuator that is connected to a voltage source, having a non-deformable base, whereby at least one surface of the actuator is polarizable, the pressure sensor being placed above the actuator so that the membrane is in vertical alignment with the polarizable surface (22).
US08622919B2	Apparatus, method, and computer program for detecting a physiological measurement from a physiological sound signal An apparatus is disclosed, comprising a speaker suitable to be applied at a user's ear and enabled to be supplied with an audio signal for rendering; a microphone arranged in vicinity of the speaker to acquire a sound signal from sounds present in the ear of the user; and a signal processor, wherein the signal processor is arranged to subtract the audio signal from the sound signal to provide a physiological sound signal, and the signal processor is further arranged to detect a physiological measurement from the physiological sound signal. A method and a computer program are also disclosed.
US08622906B2	Analyte monitoring device and methods of use An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor.
US08622902B2	Controlling an alarm in a medical instrument The invention concerns a method for controlling an alarm in a medical instrument or system, the medical instrument or system detecting at least one physiological parameter of the patient. The present value of the physiological parameter is consecutively detected and an alarm delay is determined as a function of at least one detected value of the physiological parameter wherein the function yields a shorter alarm delay for increasing values of the deviation from a normal value and a longer alarm delay for decreasing values of the deviation from the normal value. Further, the duration the value of the physiological parameter exceeds or under-runs at least one predefined threshold for the physiological parameter defining an upper or lower limit for a normal range of the physiological parameter, respectively, is measured and the alarm is generated when the duration the determined value of the physiological parameter exceeds or under-runs the predefined threshold exceeds the alarm delay. This method allows for the avoidance of nuisance alarms while still indicating severe conditions of the monitored patient reliably.
US08622899B2	Continuous monitoring of stress using self-reported psychological or behavioral data In particular embodiments, a method includes accessing data streams from a mood sensor and one or more of a heart-rate monitor, a blood-pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, or an accelerometer monitoring a person, analyzing data sets collected from the person when the person is stressed and unstressed, analyzing the data sets, and determining a current stress index of the person based on the analysis.
US08622896B1	Liquid-cooled light source for endoscopy and irrigation/suction and power supply tubing and method thereof A liquid cooled endoscopy unit having plurality of LED light source units integrated into the proximal end of the arthroscope. The LED light source is cooled by the sterile conventional irrigation fluid circulating inside a cooling chamber located in the body of the arthroscope and conveniently capable on demand of emitting UV light for fluorescein endoscopy. The inventive device conveniently incorporate and contains all tubing and power supply cables for the camera and LED light source in a single tubing.
US08622890B1	Flexible multi-configuration female sexual stimulation device The present invention is a female sexual stimulation device to aid in arousal of a female through labial, clitoral, penetrative and “G” spot stimulation The device is flexible and can be formed into any desired multiplicity of shapes such as straight, a question mark, and angular so that the female sexual organ can be penetrated and aroused in different areas. The device includes protrusions to aid in stimulation and also includes a vibrator to further aid in stimulation.
US08622889B1	Penile enhancer apparatus A male penile enhancer apparatus featuring an elongated tube. The elongated tube has a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner cavity; an opening disposed at the proximal end for insertion of a penis; a means for adjusting the diameter of the opening; and a means of withdrawing air from the inner cavity of the tube and creating a vacuum. The means for withdrawing air from the inner cavity of the tube and creating a vacuum may include an aperture disposed on the tube or an electric pump housed in a chamber disposed on the tube.
US08622887B2	Sonography guided embryo transfer for in vitro fertilization The present provides novel systems and methods to facilitate embryo transfer, to maximize implantation rates and to improve pregnancy rates resulting from In Vitro fertilization.
US08622886B2	Surgical instrument and method for the treatment of urinary incontinence A surgical assembly including an introducer having a handle portion and a needle portion, and at least a first retaining device extending outwardly therefrom. The assembly also includes first and second sheath elements each having a proximal end, a closed tissue penetrating distal end, a channel extending therein and a side aperture extending into the channel, and an implant having first and second ends coupled to the proximal ends of the sheath elements respectively. Channels of the first and second sheath elements are dimensioned to slidably receive therein through the side aperture the needle portion of the introducer, and for each of the first and second sheath elements when the needle portion of the introducer is so received therein, the peripheral edge of the side aperture is capable of being removably coupled to the retaining device to thereby fixedly secure the sheath element to the introducer.
US08622884B2	Endoventicular device for the treatment and correction of cardiomyopathies An endocardial heart function intervention device that optimizes the cardiac geometry in patients with heart failure. The device comprises one or more elastic elements sutured in place within a heart that will establish radial elasticity in a direction towards the inside of the ventricle and plastic deformation in a direction that is transversal to the ventricle and is configured to be adjusted axially and radially to and along a section of the endocardial wall while in a neutral rest condition and can thereafter expand to receive energy from the endocardial wall during the diastolic phase, to cede energy received to the endocardial wall during a systolic phase.
US08622883B2	Method of making customizable gift box A method of making a customizable gift box includes the step of providing a box blank including a box bottom and a plurality of sidewalls having adjacent lateral edges. Appendages are positioned to overlap and join the adjacent lateral edges of the adjacent sidewalls. Each appendage includes a first relatively narrow edge, a second relatively wider opposing edge, and S-shaped side edges joining the first and second edges. The configuration of the appendages facilitates their removal from a label assembly that includes a face sheet and a back sheet, the face sheet including a removable carrier portion, a removable label, and the removable appendages in the carrier sheet. Once the sidewalls of the box blank are properly anchored using the appendages, the label assembly can be aligned and the label can be adhered to the box blank.
US08622882B2	Apparatus and method for insertion of capsules into filter tows An apparatus for insertion of capsules into cigarette filter tows is disclosed. The apparatus may include a tow processing unit, a capsule insertion unit and a filter rod making unit. The capsule insertion unit may include a hopper, a capsule presorter, an inlet pipe, a capsule feeder wheel, a capsule insertion wheel, and a tow gathering funnel.
US08622881B1	Conductive member, electrophotographic apparatus, and process cartridge The conductive member has a conductive support and a conductive elastic layer. The elastic layer is a mixture containing an electron conductive agent and a binder polymer, or a cured product thereof, and the electron conductive agent contains a carbon black satisfying the following characteristics: (i) an average primary particle diameter is 20 nm or more and 30 nm or less; (ii) a DBP oil absorption is 40 ml/100 g or more and 70 ml/100 g or less, and the total amount of CO and CO2 generated by temperature programmed desorption/mass spectrometry is 0.30 mass % or more and 0.80 mass % or less with reference to the carbon black; and (iii) the amount of SO2 generated by the temperature programmed desorption/mass spectrometry is 0.05 mass % or more with reference to the carbon black.
US08622876B2	Rowing simulator Rowing simulators that include a variety of features that provide one or more rowers with a rowing experience that more accurately simulates on-water rowing and/or provide enhanced training feedback. One feature is a rowing station that includes one or two oars each having a vertical-feel emulator implemented as a compliant guide follower that engages a corresponding oar guide during the drive phase of the rowing stroke so as to simulate an oar's engagement with water during on-water rowing. In other embodiments, the vertical-feel emulator is incorporated into an oar support. Other features include: stroke gauges that provide visual feedback on the various phases of a rower's stroke, including the catch phase, drive phase, finish phase, and recovery phase; an oar feathering indicator; and seats linked together for training rowers to row in unison, among others.
US08622875B2	Doorframe suspension type parallel-bar exercising apparatus A doorframe suspension type parallel-bar exercising apparatus includes two smoothly arched suspension bars connected in parallel by connection bars for hanging on the top rail of a doorframe, and a bearing bar transversely connected to the smoothly arched suspension bars for stopping at the inner side of the opposing left and right uprights of the doorframe, and two grips respectively affixed to the rear ends of the smoothly arched suspension bars.
US08622874B2	Chasing training device An athletic training device to develop speed and agility. A robot can be programmed or remote controlled to move in an erratic manner so that it can be chased by an athlete. An on-board shut-off unit stops the device when it is removed by the athlete chasing the device.
US08622867B1	Differential with torque distribution A differential with torque distribution comprises two differentials. The two differentials can be connected in serial with one of the side gear of the first differential driving the housing of the second differential, and one of the side gear of the second differential being connected to the other side gear of the first differential, and vise versa. Hence the torque on the two output shafts of the differential with torque distribution are different. The rotational speeds on the respective two output shafts are independent of the change of torque on the two output shafts.
US08622863B2	Driving apparatus for hybrid vehicle In a hybrid vehicle driving apparatus having an input shaft connected to an engine, an output shaft connected to wheels, a first planetary gear mechanism whose sun gear is connected to the input shaft, a second planetary gear mechanism whose carrier is connected to the input shaft, a mechanism reducing rotation speed of the input shaft and transmit to the first planetary gear mechanism carrier, a clutch connecting/disconnecting the first planetary gear mechanism carrier and the second planetary gear mechanism sun gear, and a clutch connecting/disconnecting ring gears of the first and second planetary gear mechanisms, the second planetary gear mechanism ring gear is connected to the output shaft and an electric rotating machine is connected to the first planetary gear mechanism carrier, thereby enabling a vehicle to run only with the engine, while improving the operation efficiency on the high ratio side.
US08622848B2	Interchangeable shaft and club head connection system Disclosed herein is a golf club including a shaft, a club head and several devices for releasably connecting the shaft to the club head.
US08622846B2	Golf training glasses and method of use thereof A pair of golf training glasses having protruding apertures extending forward from the plane of the normal lens portion of the glasses which are opaque. The protruding apertures are angled on their sides to allow some directed movement of the eyeball to observe other than directly forward when necessary, while at the same time restricting peripheral vision along a line parallel to the line formed between the golfer's head and the ball that is the object of the golf swing.
US08622843B2	Methods and system for improving a user's reaction time and accuracy in propelling an object A method of conveying a command to a user using a practice system is provided. The method includes detecting movement of the user using a sensor; selecting a command from a list of pre-determined commands; and conveying the command to the user using a signaler.
US08622832B2	Trajectory detection and feedback system A disclosed device provides a trajectory detection and feedback system. The system is capable of detecting one or more moving objects in free flight, analyzing a trajectory of each object and providing immediate feedback information to a human that has launched the object into flight, and/or one or more observers in the area. In a particular embodiment, a non-intrusive machine vision system that remotely detects trajectories of moving objects may be used to evaluate trajectory parameters for a basketball shot at a basketball hoop by a player. The feedback information, such as a trajectory entry angle into the basketball hoop and/or an entry velocity into the hoop for the shot, may be output to the player in an auditory format using a sound projection device. The system may be operable to be set-up and to operate in a substantially autonomous manner.
US08622826B2	Comprehensive single page view of user's gaming achievements A method is disclosed for providing comprehensive information of all game achievements on a single GUI of a gaming and media system. The achievements GUI lists all game achievements, whether locked or unlocked, and may visually differentiate between locked and unlocked achievements. Upon a user selecting a listed achievement, information relating to that achievement may be displayed on the same GUI, in an achievement descriptor area beside the area listing the achievements.
US08622805B2	Wagering game for awarding positional game modifiers in a plurality of plays A method for conducting a wagering game includes awarding a plurality of positional game modifiers and a plurality of plays of the wagering game. Each play includes a set of assignable positions such that a plurality of sets of assignable positions occur over the plurality of plays, at least some of the assignable positions bearing symbols. The plurality of positional game modifiers are randomly assigned to positions in the plurality of sets of assignable positions. The plurality of plays are displayed on a display device. A processor is used to determine an outcome of each of the plays taking into account any of the positional game modifiers assigned to the positions in the set of assignable positions of each play.
US08622803B2	Gaming systems and methods and rotating assemblies for use therein A gaming machine includes a memory, a first display device configured to display a first game, a second display device configured to display a second game, and a processor coupled to the memory, to the first display device, and to the second display device. The second display device includes a plurality of segments, wherein at least one of the segments is an electronic display device. The processor is configured to enable play of the first game in response to a wager made by the player, enable play of the second game upon detection of a triggering event during play of the first game, and during play of the first game and the second game, update the electronic display device to reflect a current award value.
US08622801B2	System gaming A system provides a player tracking system and system gaming apparatus for playing non-base games by funding the credit side of a gaming cycle. The system further includes at least one gaming device having a base game. The player tracking system and system gaming apparatus includes a player tracking user interface. The player tracking user interface provides a player with an opportunity to select and play a non-base game that may be promotional-funded or player-funded.
US08622790B2	Airflow guide An airflow guide includes a top cover and two side covers. The two side covers are disposed on opposite ends of the top cover. At least one of the two side covers includes a base plate and a sliding plate. The base plate is fixedly connected to the top cover. The sliding plate is slidably connected to the base plate. The sliding plate slides relative to the base plate, such that an air inlet is defined in the at least one of the two side covers.
US08622779B2	Driveshaft sealing for a marine propulsion system A sealing unit longitudinally comprises first and second sealing sub-units disposed around first and second portions of a driveshaft of a marine propulsion system of a watercraft. The first sealing sub-unit is sealingly connected to a front wall of the hull and the engine casing. The second sealing sub-unit is sealingly connected to the driveshaft and a crankshaft. The second sealing sub-unit is disposed at least partially inside the first sealing sub-unit. An inside of the first sealing sub-unit is in fluid communication with a water intake ramp. An inside of the second sealing sub-unit is in fluid communication with an interior of an engine. The first sealing sub-unit prevents fluid communication between the water intake ramp and a portion of an inside of the hull. The second sealing sub-unit prevents fluid communication between the engine, the inside of the hull, and the water intake ramp.
US08622771B2	Electrical connector having versatile contact mating surfaces An electrical contact (22) includes a first beam (28), a second beam (29), and a receiving cavity (20) defined between the first beam and the second beam. The first beam has a first mating face (281) facing to the receiving cavity, and the second beam has a second mating face (291) facing to the receiving cavity. The first mating face cooperates with the second mating face to form a first mating area to clamp a first area of a mating contact. The first beam has a third mating face (282). The third mating face forms a second mating area facing sidewardly to abut against a second area of a mating contact. The first beam projects sidewardly to form the third mating face.
US08622770B2	Electromagnetic radiation shield for an electronic module An electromagnetic radiation shield for an electronic module. In one example embodiment, an EMR shield for an electronic transceiver module includes a conductive carrier sized and configured to surround a shell of an electronic transceiver module. The conductive carrier defines a plurality of extended elements located on at least one edge of the conductive carrier and an orientation element. Each extended element is configured to bias against the shell in order to create a physical and electrical contact between the conductive carrier and the shell. The orientation element is configured to engage a corresponding structure in the shell in order to correctly orient the conductive carrier with respect to the shell.
US08622760B2	Electric connector, particularly for a drill string Electric connector, including first and second connector parts which can be coupled to each other and comprise first and second contact elements, and first and second supports, respectively, which support the first and second connector parts, respectively, and can be assembled to each other by means of a screw- or bayonet-fitting.The first connector part comprises a resilient support structure, a proximal end thereof being made integral with the first support, and a distal end thereof supporting the first contact element. The second connector part comprises an abutment ring which is suitable to be slidingly engaged by the first contact element during the fitting between the first and second supports. The second contact element is located at a limited circumferential arc of the abutment ring, and a stop projection is provided which is suitable to stop the first contact element at the second contact element in order to provide the coupling with the connector parts.
US08622759B2	Electrical fitting and safety cover A safety cover for a socket or switch has a frame arranged to extend on three sides of a rectangular faceplate of the socket or switch and a cover panel hinged to the frame for pivotal movement towards and away from a position in which the cover panel conceals the faceplate. The frame is of U-shape and defines an opening in which the faceplate is received. The frame has inwardly directed lips contiguous with a rear face of the frame that locate behind the faceplate on opposite sides of the opening clear of the fixing screws used to secure the faceplate to a mounting box. The safety cover can be fitted by partially releasing the screws and sliding the lips under the faceplate as the frame is positioned around the faceplate and then tightening the screws to secure the faceplate and hold the frame in place by securing the lips under the faceplate.
US08622757B2	Wireless network interface device A wireless network interface device with concealable electrical interface includes a casing unit, a wireless receiver unit, an elastic assembly and an actuator. The casing unit has an outer body, an interface opening, and an actuator opening. The wireless receiver unit has a receiving module and an I-shaped groove. The I-shaped groove has a first recess and a second recess bridged by a connecting recess. The elastic assembly has at least one first elastic member. The actuator has a second elastic member, a releaser member, and a locking member. When the locking member is engaged to the first recess, at least one first elastic member is compressed with the electrical interface being concealed inside the casing unit. When the releaser member is pressed, the locking member disengages from the first recess, and at least one first elastic member pushes the receiving module to expose the electrically connected electrical interface.
US08622755B2	Connector cover and junction box unit provided with the same There is provided a junction box unit that comprises a body to which a power integration unit is attached and a connector cover that positions a connector of a wiring harness with respect to the body. The connector cover comprises a holding portion holding the connector, a mounting portion attached to the body, and a main body to be accommodated therein. The mounting portion comprises an engagement projection and an engagement arm. The engagement projection protrudes from one end of the main body for locking engagement with a locking portion of the junction box body. The engagement arm includes an arm main body having one end continuing to an outer surface of the other end of the main body and a free end. A protrusion is provided at the central portion of the arm main body for locking engagement with the locking portion. When the protrusion is in locking engagement with the locking portion, the other end of the arm main body is positioned more outwardly of the body than the locking portion.
US08622754B2	Flexible power connector A flexible power connector is presented. An embodiment of a flexible power connector includes a stacked structure having one or more insulating strips alternatingly arranged with a plurality of conducting strips, wherein the one or more insulating strips are interposed between the plurality of conducting strips to insulate each conducting strip from the other conducting strip in the stacked structure, and wherein the plurality of conducting strips is disposed parallel and proximate to each other to reduce electrical losses in the stacked structure
US08622749B2	Four bar drive link system simulator A four bar drive link system simulator 10 has a frame assembly 11, a proximal hinge attachment bracket 20, a bottom bracket simulator 40, a pair of crank levers 31L, 31R, a pair of coupling levers 32 and a pair of pedal simulator levers 22L, 22R. The frame assembly 11 has a plurality of guide rails, including at least a proximal hinge adjustment rail 22, and a frame simulator rail 13. The proximal hinge attachment bracket 20 is connected to the proximal hinge adjustment rail 22. The bottom bracket simulator 40 is attached or otherwise connected to the frame simulator rail 13. The pair of crank levers 31L, 31R is each attached at a first end to an axle 42 having its axis of rotation in the bottom bracket simulator 40, one crank lever being on one side of the bottom bracket simulator 40, the other on the opposite side. The pair of coupling levers 32 is each attached to an opposite second end of the crank lever 31L or 31R. The pair of pedal simulator levers 22R, 22L is each pivotally attached to an end of the coupling lever 32 and to an axle 23 having an axis of rotation 50 at the proximal hinge attachment bracket 20. The relative dimensions between the axis of rotation of proximal hinge and axis of rotation of the bottom bracket 40 are adjustable by movement along the proximal hinge guide rail 22 or the frame simulator guide rail 13 or a combination of both.
US08622738B2	Orthodontic brace system and method An orthodontic brace system includes brackets having a diamond-shaped tie-wing configuration that defines two parallel, horizontal slots, each of which is adapted to receive an archwire. Each slot is angled with respect to the base of the bracket to produce a specific, maximum torque value, and generally, the maximum torque value of the gingival slot is less than the maximum torque value of the incisal slot. The brackets provide multiple force vectors in different directions simultaneously, which decreases the amount of time required for a patient to wear braces, reduces the number of costly and time consuming visits to an orthodontist, and reduces time and effort required of an orthodontist for installation and adjustment of the braces on a per visit basis. A self-ligating bracket with a sliding door is disclosed in another embodiment.
US08622737B2	Perforated flame tube for a liquid fuel burner A flame tube for a liquid fuel burner is disclosed. The liquid fuel burner includes a fuel atomizer directing atomized fuel into the flame tube and an igniter disposed within the flame tube to ignite the atomized fuel. The flame tube comprises an outer wall and an inner wall disposed about the outer wall to define an air passage therebetween. At a discharge end of the flame tube, the outer and inner walls are conjoined to form an annular surface, the annular surface being perforated. Preferably, the annular surface is perforated in an evenly distributed pattern.
US08622733B2	Ejection mechanism and mold using the same An exemplary ejection mechanism includes a first plate and a second plate opposite to the first plate, an ejector plate, ejectors, an actuator with a driving shaft, and a drive mechanism. The ejector plate and the drive mechanism are located between the first plate and the second plate. The ejection mechanism further defines first through holes which pass through the first plate and the second plate. The ejector plate defines a second through hole which is coaxial with the first through holes. The ejector extends from the ejecting plate to the first plate and aligns with the ejector hole of the first plate. The drive mechanism links with the driving shaft and the ejector plate, and the actuator drives the ejector plate between the first plate and the second plate via a drive mechanism, which makes the ejector eject or retract.
US08622726B2	Injection molding apparatus having a rotationally controlled screw auger A thermoplastic injection molding system and method of use is described for molding parts from heated plastics and other organic resins. The machine uses heat sources located along the barrel to heat the source material while an auger screw transports the source material in the barrel. This transport step does not shear the source material, nor does it use friction to produce the heat necessary to melt the source material. The material becomes substantially liquid or melted during the heating process, and the melted material is forced, by the auger screw, into a chamber whereupon a plunger, situated concentrically with the auger screw, injects the material from the chamber into a mold. Sensors located along the barrel and in the chamber ensure consistency between mold cycles. The controller dynamically adjusts the injection molding process to achieve more consistent and reliable molded parts.
US08622724B2	Scroll pump with isolation barrier Scroll pumping apparatus includes a first scroll element and a second scroll element; a drive mechanism operatively coupled to the second scroll element for producing orbiting motion of the second scroll element relative to the first scroll element, the drive mechanism having an axis of rotation; and an isolation element to isolate a first volume and a second volume in the scroll pumping apparatus. The isolation element includes a first resilient annular member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the first scroll element, a second resilient annular member coupled, directly or indirectly, to the second scroll element, and a tubular member coupled between the first and second annular members.
US08622722B2	Fuel pump A fuel pump, for an internal combustion engine, has a housing accommodating a pump and a motor. The motor is arranged to drive the pump so as to pump fuel through the housing. The motor has a wound stator having a plurality of inwardly directed teeth about which a stator winding is wound, and a radially outer surface in contact with an inner surface of the housing. One or more pathways are formed between the inner surface of the housing and the outer surface of the stator, for the flow of fuel there through. Each pathway is formed by an axially extending recess formed in the outer surface of the stator and aligned with a selected tooth of the stator.
US08622712B2	Sprinkler-compatible ceiling fans In the event of a fire, in some examples, a ceiling fan stops its fan blades at a predetermined position so as to avoid obstructing the spray from an overhead sprinkler head. The fan can be stopped by various apparatus including, but not limited to, a spring loaded roller engaging a lobed member to urge the fan to a chosen stop position, an electromechanical brake that grips a rotating member at certain locations, a stationary magnet attracted to one or more iron pads that rotate to certain locations, and a motor controller responsive to a rotational position sensor.
US08622700B1	Ceiling fan, including blades and hardware that incorporates or is constructed of phosphorescent materials People, especially children, need a small amount of illumination to orient themselves and navigate around a darkened room. Children often have trouble calming themselves down at bedtime. Finding the fan and light controls on a ceiling fan is difficult in the dark. Ceiling fan blades and hardware that incorporate phosphorescent materials addresses each of these problems: they provide a night light effect without using electricity. They create pleasing and soothing artistic effects when the fan is rotating. Phosphorescent fan controls or illumination from other components of the invention with phosphorescent surfaces allow for easy navigation in a darkened room.
US08622698B2	Rotor-sector based control of wind turbines Blades of a wind turbine attached to a rotor hub for rotation in a rotor plane may be adjusted by a control system for individually pitching the blades relative to the hub. The rotor planes divided into a plurality of predefined section, wherein each section has an associated pitch reference value. A light detection and ranging device may be used to determine expected properties of wind in each respective section of the rotor plane so that the pitch reference value may be adjusted accordingly.
US08622683B2	Automated bed-loaded container unloader and method An automated unloading apparatus, system and method for use with a container having a plurality of items located on a base belt. The apparatus includes a ramp, a conveyor, a stack control curtain, and a tensioning mechanism. The ramp is configured to pass under the base belt. The conveyor is configured to remove a first item from the plurality of items. The stack control curtain is configured to retain a second item of the plurality of items during removal of the first item. The tensioning mechanism is configured to couple to the base belt and maintain a desired tension on the base belt during passage of the nose ramp under the base belt and removal of the first item.
US08622680B1	Grommet A grommet has a tubular body with a bore coaxial to a body longitudinal axis. A flange is integrally connected to the body and is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The bore extends through the flange. Multiple legs extend from the tubular body at a body end opposite to the flange. The legs are separated by an elongated slot permitting the legs to inwardly deflect from a non-deflected position toward the longitudinal axis by partially extending into the slot. A service tab assembly positioned in the central bore includes multiple tab extensions, each integrally connected to only one of the legs; and a pull tab positioned entirely in the bore in a non-extended position. The pull tab is connected only to the tab extensions and when displaced in a release direction acts through the tab extensions to equally inwardly displace the legs toward the longitudinal axis.
US08622674B2	Connector A connector includes a support (14) made of synthetic resin and constituting a first housing (10), a bolt (20) rotatably penetrating through the support (14), a seal ring (29) mounted between the supporting portion (14) and a head (22) of a bolt (20), a metal nut (36) embedded in the front surface of a second housing (30) and connecting the two housings (10, 30) by being threadably engaged with the bolt (20), and a stopper for preventing a threaded movement of the bolt (20) by bringing the metal parts into contact.
US08622673B2	Screw assembly A screw assembly includes a screw, a spring, and a mounting panel. The screw comprises a head portion and a shaft portion extending from the head portion. The spring comprises a spring body and a securing end extending from the spring body. The spring body defines a surrounding opening. The mounting panel defines a through hole corresponding to the surrounding opening. The mounting panel comprises a positioning portion. The shaft portion is located in the surrounding opening and the through hole. The spring is located between the head portion and the mounting panel. The positioning portion is configured to resist the securing end to prevent the spring from rotating.
US08622668B2	Machining device, particularly for the production of tooth replacement parts or models thereof Disclosed is a machining device, particularly for producing tooth replacement parts or models thereof, comprising a workpiece holder and at least one machining tool which is disposed in a machining space for a workpiece that is mounted therein. The feeding axis for the workpiece into the machining space extends at an angle relative to the horizontal.
US08622660B1	Deer feeder filling apparatus An automated filling apparatus which propels various deer feed into an elevated deer feeder comprises a cart having a mounted container which is towed by a vehicle to a feeder location. A base of the cart receives an air duct connected to an air blower which supplies an air flow. The apparatus introduces a flow of deer feed into the air flow which is in turn conveyed upwardly into the elevated deer feeder via a second opposing air duct being connected to an elongated flexible hose having an elbow portion at its upper end and retained upon an upper lip of the deer feeder. After activating the blower, a quantity of deer feed is poured into the container and is propelled upward through the tubing and dispensed into the container portion of the deer feeder.
US08622658B2	Pile to minimize noise transmission and method of pile driving A pile and method for driving a pile includes a pile having a structural outer tube, and an inner member disposed generally concentrically with the outer tube. The outer tube and inner member are fixed to a driving shoe. The pile is constructed and driven such that the pile driver impacts only the inner member. The impact loads are transmitted to the driving shoe to drive the pile into the sediment, such that the outer tube is thereby pulled into the sediment. In a particular embodiment the outer tube is formed of steel, and the inner member also comprises a steel tube. In an alternative embodiment one or both of the inner member and the outer tube are formed of an alternative material, for example, concrete. In an embodiment, the outer tube has a recess that captures a flange on the inner member. In an embodiment the outer tube is attached to the inner member with an elastic spring.
US08622657B2	Underwater device for ROV installable tools Methods and apparatus for installing underwater devices on sub-sea structures. The apparatus can include a body having at least one pair of support members extending therefrom. At least one actuator, adapted to move in a linear direction, can be disposed on each support member. At least one connector can be disposed on each actuator. The connector can include at least one aperture disposed therethrough for receiving an attachment member.
US08622648B2	Cushioned cover for traffic structures The cushioned cover for traffic structures comprises various embodiments configured for installation over concrete traffic barriers (e.g., “Jersey walls,” etc.) or about vertical columns, posts, stanchions, etc., e.g., bridge support columns. The cover includes inner and outer layers formed of rubber, preferably using recycled tire material. A medial layer includes additional resilience. In one embodiment, the medial layer includes a plurality of closely spaced hemispherical elements, preferably formed of highly resilient polybutadiene material. In another embodiment, the center layer includes a plurality of closely spaced, pneumatically interconnected inflatable hemispheres. The traffic barrier covers may include planter box receptacles set into their upper surfaces when installed, and/or solar cells set into their upper surfaces to charge a storage battery for powering lighting set into the sides of the cover. Tread patterns may be provided in the outer surfaces of the traffic barrier covers.
US08622638B1	Protection cap for protecting camera module A protection cap for protecting a camera module slides over a lens barrel receiving at least one lens. The protection cap is made of elastic material and is hollow. The protection cap includes an enclosed end and an open end. The lens barrel is passed through the open end and the open end sleeves over the camera module. The enclosed end protects the camera module against damage and contamination.
US08622637B2	Extendable-reach imaging apparatus Disclosed are embodiments of an image acquisition apparatus with an extendable arm on which an image sensor is located and is easily manipulated to reach hard-to-reach places and transmit captured images to the user. In one embodiment, the combination of a telescopic sensor mount and an image sensor can be an integral part of or an add-on accessory for cell phones, cameras, iPads, iPods, etc. In another embodiment the apparatus may replace car radio antennas to serve as observation beacons in crowded and congested traffic. In different embodiments the orientation of the image sensor on its mount may be manually or remotely adjustable, while the image data gathered by the image sensor may be transmitted to the user by wire, wirelessly, or optically. In various embodiments a microphone and/or a flash may also be installed on the extendable mount.
US08622629B1	Power connector A power and data connector includes an extension that protrudes from a planar lip surface. The extension is configured to cooperate with one or more magnetic attractors of an electronic device to hold the power and data connector to the electronic device via magnetic force. A planar connection surface at a terminal end of the extension separately surrounds openings, through which power interfaces extend.
US08622626B2	Fiber optic connectors Fiber optic connectors for use in connecting and aligning two optical fibers. In one example embodiment, a fiber optic connector includes a body, a cylindrical split sleeve at least partially positioned within the body, and a shell at least partially positioned within the body and surrounding the split sleeve. The body defines an internal port and an external port. The split sleeve defines a slot along the length of the split sleeve and has first and second open ends. The first end is configured to receive and grip a ferrule of an internal optical fiber and the second end is configured to receive and grip a ferrule of an external optical fiber. The portion of the shell surrounding the first end has a greater inside clearance than the portion of the shell surrounding the second end.
US08622625B2	Fiber end face void closing method, a connectorized optical fiber assembly, and method of forming same A method for closing the holes on the end face of a nano-engineered fiber having a core, a cladding with non-periodically disposed voids, and at least one of a coating and a buffer, comprises the steps of: (i) cleaving the fiber portion, thereby forming a cleaved end face; and (ii) applying a predetermined amount of energy via a laser beam to the cleaved end face, the amount of energy being sufficient to collapse and seal the voids exposed at the cleaved end face only to a depth of less than 11 μm.
US08622617B2	Container bag for containing particulate material Disclosed is a container bag for containing particulate materials, which is prevented from being barreled and retained in a stable erect state when contents fill the container bag, whereby the container bag can maximize the loadage of the particulate materials within a limited space with stability. The container bag includes lateral walls, the particulate materials filling an inner space defined by the lateral walls, a bottom wall formed generally in a quadrangle shape and connected to the bottom ends of the lateral walls, a cover connected to the top ends of the lateral walls, and hoops connected to the top ends of the lateral walls, the cover, the lateral walls and the bottom wall being formed from a flexible material, wherein each side of the quadrangle-shaped bottom wall is recessed at the central area thereof.
US08622614B2	Locking device for mobile X-ray system A mobile radiography apparatus has a moveable (e.g., wheeled) transport frame and an adjustable column mounted at the frame. A boom apparatus supported by the adjustable column can support an x-ray source and can be coupled to a optional second display (also adjustably mounted). Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus by which mobile radiography carts can provide a securable storage for at least one radiographic detector by blocking at least a portion of a path traveled by the at least one radiographic detector when removed from storage at the mobile radiography apparatus.
US08622607B2	Shearing/mixing tool A shearing/mixing tool (20) is one of several tools that is preferably mounted on a shaft (2). On both sides, the shaft (2) is rotatably mounted on the end walls of a horizontal drum. The tool (20) has at least one opening (25). Preferably, the shearing/mixing tools (1) are shearing/throwing blades (23) which are formed in a sickle-shaped manner at the end of stirring arms and rotate in the drum at an angle from the transverse axis of the shaft axis in such a way that the tip of the sickle or the spoon-shaped end of the blade (23) is the leading part. The shearing/throwing blade is arranged on an arm (22) made from a web plate that is bent in a Y-shaped manner.
US08622599B2	Lighting module A lighting module may be provided that includes a light guide plate; a first case coupled to one side of the light guide plate; a first light source which is disposed in the first case and emits light to the one side of the light guide plate; a second case coupled to the other side of the light guide plate; and a second light source which is disposed in the second case and emits light to the other side of the light guide plate. An amount of light which is emitted through a top surface of the light guide plate is equal to or not equal to an amount of light which is emitted through a bottom surface of the light guide plate.
US08622596B2	Automotive interior lamp A lamp assembly to be attached with a reinforcement through an opening formed in a roof panel is provided. A clip to be locked with the reinforcement is provided in the lamp assembly. The clip includes a base portion connected to the housing, an inverted U-shape portion connected to the base portion, a lock connected to the inverted U-shape portion, a projecting piece projected from a lower end of the lock, an extension portion extended further downwards from the projecting piece, and a side projecting piece formed on a side surface of the extension portion at a lower portion. A front projecting piece which faces the side projecting piece with a space provided therebetween is formed on the housing. The side projecting piece comes in contact with the front projecting piece in a state where the clip is locked on a circumferential edge of an opening of the reinforcement.
US08622595B2	Bicycle brake light controlling assembly A bicycle brake light controlling assembly has a lamp device, a controller device and a trigger device. The lamp device has a brake light and a wireless receiving unit. The controller device is capable of wirelessly emitting a controlling signal to the lamp device and has a wireless emitting unit. The trigger device is electrically connected with the controller device and is capable of being mounted securely on a brake lever of a bicycle.
US08622592B1	LED lamp with radiator and method for manufacturing the same An LED lamp includes a radiator, two caps and a light emitting module. The radiator includes a base and a plurality of fins parallel to each other extends along a face of the base, the fins are integrally formed with the base. The two caps are aligned with two opposite ends of the radiator along a longitudinal direction. The light emitting module includes several circuit boards attaching to another face of the base and a plurality of LEDs disposed on the circuit boards. The circuit boards are arranged along the longitudinal direction of the fins, the radiator is cut into pieces with different length according to the arrangement of the circuit board. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the LED lamp.
US08622587B2	Lighting device A lighting device may include a heat sink, which has at least one carrier attached to the outside of the heat sink for at least one semiconductor light source; a recess for accommodating a driver; and at least one electrically insulating supply, which connects the recess to the outside of the heat sink; wherein the electrically insulating supply includes a contact surface that connects to the outside of the heat sink in a flush manner, the contact surface being at least partially covered by the carrier.
US08622584B2	LED light fixture An LED light fixture includes a housing forming a chamber enclosing at least one drive and an extruded portion extending therefrom. In some embodiments, the housing has a dimension in the extruded direction no less than one-third of the fixture length, and the sides of the extruded portion and of the housing have substantially congruent profiles such that enclosure and heat-dissipation functions of the fixture are facilitated without substantial discontinuity in fixture configuration therealong viewed from positions below. A plurality of substantially rectangular LED-array modules are mounted to the LED-adjacent surface which has length and width dimensions accommodating multiple modules of predetermined width and lengths.
US08622582B2	Power surface mount light emitting die package A light emitting die package includes a substrate, a reflector plate, and a lens. The substrate has traces for connecting an external electrical power source to a light emitting diode (LED) at a mounting pad. The reflector plate is coupled to the substrate and substantially surrounds the mounting pad, and includes a reflective surface to direct light from the LED in a desired direction. The lens is free to move relative to the reflector plate and is capable of being raised or lowered by the encapsulant that wets and adheres to it and is placed at an optimal distance from the LED chip(s). Heat generated by the LED during operation is drawn away from the LED by both the substrate (acting as a bottom heat sink) and the reflector plate (acting as a top heat sink).
US08622579B2	Illumination system An illumination system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes at least one light emitting apparatus including at least one light emitting module detachably coupled to the at least one light emitting apparatus, the at least one light emitting module including an information storage unit to store characteristic information of the at least one light emitting module. The at least one light emitting apparatus also includes a controller configured to detect whether the at least one light emitting module is connected to or disconnected from the at least one light emitting apparatus, and to read out the characteristic information of the at least one light emitting module according to a detection result, wherein the characteristic information includes unique identification information or absolute lifetime information of the at least one light emitting module.
US08622577B2	Lighting device with air circulation means A lighting device comprises at least a light source (13, 33), a light emitting surface, an air inlet aperture (8, 9, 28), an air outlet aperture (8, 9, 28) and a cooling unit (4, 24) for moving air from the air inlet aperture (8, 9, 28) through the cooling unit (4, 24) to the air outlet. The air inlet aperture (8, 9, 28) and the air outlet aperture (8, 9, 28) are both located on the same side of the lighting device as at least part of the light emitting surface.
US08622558B2	Sectionalized and detachable side view mirror for a vehicle Disclosed is a sectionalized and detachable side view mirror assembly for a vehicle. The sectionalized and detachable side view mirror assembly includes: a housing having a hollow section therewithin; a central mirror by which a driver sees the rear side of the vehicle from inside of the vehicle; a lateral mirror by which the driver sees a blind spot in vicinity of the rear side of the vehicle from inside of the vehicle; a lower mirror by which the driver sees a lower rear side of the vehicle from inside of the vehicle; a central mirror mounting part for securing the central mirror within the hollow section of the housing; a lateral mirror mounting part for securing the lateral mirror within the hollow section of the housing; and a lower mirror mounting part for securing the lower mirror within the hollow section of the housing.
US08622544B2	Adjustable spectral transmittance curved lens eyewear Embodiments of the present invention relate to curved eyewear having an electrically switchable spectral transmittance lens. The lens is curved in orientation, which aids in reducing eyelash contact while increasing a peripheral field of view for a wearer of the curved eyewear. The electrically switchable spectral transmittance lens, in an embodiment, includes a plurality of zones that may be switched in-phase or out-of-phase with each other depending on an activity being performed. Another embodiment utilizes a shatter-resistant material for constructing the lens. Further embodiments utilize a frame member that includes a curved channel for forming the curved orientation of the lens and for maintaining the lens in a desired position relative to a wearer.
US08622540B2	Personalizeable display frames Eyeglass frame member which can be individualized and/or accessorized according to user's moods or desires, or according to display indicia displayed in the frames or new temples of different shapes or colors. Decorative or personalized pin members can be positioned in openings in the display frames or temple members. Mating connecting members can be used to selectively disconnect and change the temple members relative to the frame member.
US08622532B2	Method and system for clog detection and mitigation in delivering solid-ink pellets to an imaging apparatus Apparatus and methods for maintaining flowability of solid-ink pellets when delivering solid-ink pellets from a container to an image-forming apparatus. The apparatus includes an extraction tube inserted into the container and connected to a vacuum source. Suction from the vacuum source impels pellets into the extraction tube through an extraction inlet, but pellet agglomerations may clog the system. Such a clog produces an immediate pressure spike within the extraction tube, an event detected by the clog detector. An actuator, responsive to the clog detector, drives an agitating structure that breaks up agglomerations and restores smooth pellet flow. Alternative embodiments can include devices having only the clog detector or the agitating structure. Alternative implementations of the agitating structure provide means for accomplishing pellet break up. The accompanying method detects the occurrence of a clog and responds by operating the agitating structure to break up agglomerations.
US08622526B2	Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus A nozzle plate made of conductive ceramics is grounded. Therefore, electric charges do not easily accumulate on the nozzle plate. The migration of electric charges from nozzle orifices to a diaphragm plate through ink filled in pressure generation chambers is unlikely to occur or significantly less likely to occur. Thus, it is possible to prevent the dielectric breakdown of the diaphragm plate caused conventionally by accumulated electric charges and to provide an ink-jet recording head that is substantially free from the damage of a driving circuit.
US08622523B2	Liquid discharge head and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including: forming a first pattern for forming the flow path on the substrate; forming a first coating layer which covers the first pattern; forming a hole in the first coating layer, through which the first pattern is exposed; forming a second pattern for forming the flow path on the first coating layer, such that the second pattern contacts with the first pattern through the hole; forming a second coating layer for covering the second pattern; forming the discharge port in the second coating layer; and removing the first pattern and the second pattern to form the flow path.
US08622514B2	Head cleaning method and head cleaning apparatus A head cleaning method of wiping and cleaning a nozzle surface of a head with a band-shaped liquid absorbing body by, while pressing and abutting a pressing member on which the liquid absorbing body that travels is wrapped against the nozzle surface of the head, sliding the pressing member over the nozzle surface of the head, includes: a first cleaning step of wiping and cleaning the nozzle surface of the head with a non-wet region of the liquid absorbing body; a wet region forming step of forming a wet region on the liquid absorbing body; and a second cleaning step of wiping and cleaning the nozzle surface of the head with the wet region of the liquid absorbing body.
US08622513B2	Using low pressure assist (LPA) to enable printhead maintenance system simplification A method of performing maintenance on printheads of an imaging device includes the detection of at least one missing or defective inkjet in a printhead. A first pressure is applied to ink in printheads in which at least one missing or defective inkjet was detected. The first pressure is configured to discharge ink from the plurality of apertures in an aperture plate of the printhead to reestablish fluid continuity through the inkjet. A second pressure is applied to all of the printheads to be wiped. The second pressure is configured to form a convex meniscus at the plurality of apertures in the aperture plate of all of the printheads to be wiped. A single actuator is then operated to move one or more wipers into engagement with the printheads to be wiped. During wiping the convex meniscus is encountered by a wiper to lubricate a printhead and prevent the printhead from being damaged by wiping. The single actuator then retracts the one or more wipers from the printheads.
US08622508B2	Printhead having variable drive pulses for fluid ejection A printhead is provided having fluid ejection nozzles, heaters corresponding to each of the nozzles respectively, with each heater heating printing fluid to cause ejection of a drop of the printing fluid through the corresponding nozzle, and circuitry for generating electrical drive pulses having variable power and length for energizing the heaters. The drive pulses are generated to have less energy than the energy required to heat a volume of the printing fluid equivalent to the drop volume, from the temperature at which the printing fluid enters the printhead to the heterogeneous boiling point of the printing fluid.
US08622502B2	Ink jet printing apparatus and ink jet printing method An adverse effect of air flows occurring near the nozzle line with high print duty is reliably avoided by appropriately dividing and allocating the print data to a plurality of ink ejection nozzle lines. When the print head is scanning in a forward direction, a combination of a magenta ink nozzle line and a yellow ink nozzle line that do not adjoin each other is mainly used. When the print head is scanning in a backward direction, another combination of a magenta ink nozzle line and a yellow ink nozzle line that do not adjoin each other is mainly used.
US08622498B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting method A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a pressure chamber that communicates with a liquid supply section and a nozzle; an element that changes a pressure of liquid within the pressure chamber; and an ejection pulse generation section that generates an ejection pulse for operating the element in order to eject the liquid from the nozzle. In the apparatus, the viscosity of the liquid is not less than 8 millipascal seconds. The nozzle has a first portion in which a liquid ejection side thereof has a smaller opening area than a pressure chamber side thereof, and a second portion which communicates with an ejection side end portion of the first portion. In addition, the ejection pulse has a depressurizing portion for depressurizing the liquid in order to attract a meniscus positioned on the second portion to the first portion, and a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the liquid in order to eject the liquid before the meniscus attracted to the first portion returns to the second portion.
US08622496B2	Printing device and printing method The printing device includes a print head having a specialty gloss ink ejection head for ejecting a specialty gloss ink that creates a special gloss effect and a dye-based color ink ejection head for ejecting a dye-based color ink, and an ejection control unit configured to carry out ejection of the specialty gloss ink from the specialty gloss ink ejection head and ejection of the dye-based color ink from the dye-based color ink ejection head, and to carry out printing of a special gloss area with the specialty gloss ink and printing of a reproduction area onto the special gloss area with the dye-based color ink. The ejection control unit has a first printing mode for carrying out printing of the reproduction area in a main scan that chronologically follows a main scan of the print head in which printing of the special gloss area is carried out.
US08622490B2	Panel attachment for water cooler A water cooler with a rapidly detachable exterior panel. A water cooler with a detachable panel may have a wrapper with at least one detachable panel, and the wrapper may have multiple apertures to receive fasteners that may receive corresponding rear surface projections located on the rear surface of the panel. A water cooler with a detachable exterior panel may have a wrapper with at least one detachable panel, and one or more tensioning devices to cause the exterior panel to be placed in frictional and removable engagement against the wrapper.
US08622488B1	Vertically retractable shelf system A vertically retractable shelf system comprises a shelf frame and a track assembly. The shelf frame comprises a rectangular frame. The track assembly comprises a roller slide assembly, disposed on the left and right sides of the shelf frame, to allow the shelf frame to slide vertically along the tracks.
US08622487B2	Home appliance and washing machine A home appliance and a washing machine are provided. With a configuration in which an ornament having a patterned portion on which a predetermined image is formed and a transparent member placed on an outer surface of the ornament are closely attached to each other, it is possible to prevent water from entering a gap between the ornament and the transparent member.
US08622477B2	Adjustable armrest for a seating unit An armrest assembly is provided for adjusting an armrest of a seating unit in three degrees of motion. The armrest assembly includes an angle-adjustment mechanism that allows the armrest to pivot and to translate forward, and a lift mechanism that enables vertical articulation of the armrest. The angle-adjustment assembly includes a pivot bracket with a downwardly disposed pin and a shuttle with an arcuate slot to receive the pin. The arcuate slot includes contoured walls that form detents for restricting movement of the pin, thereby restraining rotation of the shuttle, with respect to the pivot bracket, to predefined angular positions. The lift mechanism includes a rack with ride element(s) extending therefrom and locking teeth, and a control bar with track(s). An upward manual actuation of the control bar causes the track to shift laterally and retract the locking teeth, via interaction between the track(s) and ride element(s), respectively.
US08622469B2	Apparatus for restraining an object in a vehicle An apparatus for restraining an object in a vehicle may have an elongated frame, a clamp member mounted to the frame at or near one end thereof, and an elongated base member movably mounted to the frame between the clamp member and an opposite end of the frame. The base member may include a curved portion having a support surface defining a curvature and a linear portion between the curved portion and the clamp member. The base member may be movable relative to the frame to an object transition position in which a free end of the linear portion extends outwardly away from the frame and the curved portion retracts upwardly toward the clamp member along a path defined by the curvature to allow the object to be received between, and removed from between, the clamp member and the support surface of the base member.
US08622461B2	Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus is adaptable for use with vehicles having downstream surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus consists of a series of nesting shapes and/or frameworks that extend rearward for use in a drag reducing configuration and collapse for use in a space saving configuration.
US08622458B2	Opening, in particular tailgate for an automobile A vehicle door having a window glass and a support element extending the window glass, the support element includes a door fastener for fastening the door to a body-in-white of the vehicle and a window glass fastener for fastening the window glass to the support element.
US08622452B2	Robot and robot hand A recess has a proximal-end-side surface and a distal-end-side surface. When an intersection between a straight line included in the proximal-end-side surface and a straight line included in the distal-end-side surface is a base point, a line passing through the base point is a base line, a line between two claw portions, passing through an end point of the recess and orthogonal to the base line is an orthogonal line, the angle α made between the base line, and the straight line included in the distal-end-side surface is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees, the angle β made between the orthogonal line, and the straight line included in the proximal-end-side surface is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees, and the length d from the base point to the orthogonal line is greater than 0.
US08622449B1	Material handling system A material handling system for engaging and lifting transformer coils. Four leg assemblies are provided around a transformer. The leg assemblies have extensible plates which extend underneath the transformer. The leg assemblies are secured by chains to an overhead cruciform spacer which is coupled to a crane or other device. The leg assemblies may be bound together by straps to prevent movement of the leg assemblies relative to one another. For smaller or larger transformers, a lesser or greater number of leg assemblies may be used.
US08622440B2	Knot tying device and cartridge system for providing tying filament thereto A system includes a knot tying device for tying a filament in a knot around an article and a filament delivery device from which is drawn the filament. The filament delivery device may be in the form of a cartridge having a housing sized and arranged to be releasably attached to the knot tying device where the housing has an opening through which pre-cut or loosely coupled lengths of the filament can be drawn. The knot tying device includes a shuttle attachable to the filament where the shuttle is caused to be moved during a knot tying process around an article to be tied and a device for at least pulling the filament away from the article at appropriate times during the knot tying process.
US08622439B2	Compliant material A device including a first member joined to a second member, the joining being carried out via a compliant material having an alloy with at least two materials selected from silver, gold, and palladium, the second member being a shrink ring of the first member.
US08622428B2	Reduced-size vehicle with large internal voids Various embodiments of reduced-size vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and utility vehicles (UVs) are disclosed herein. In at least some embodiments, the vehicles include frames that are wider near the front and rear sections of the vehicles than within the mid-sections of the vehicles. This, in combination with the use of shock-absorbers that are substantially vertically oriented, allows for the opening-up of large interior cavities within the front and rear sections of the vehicles within which can be positioned large front and rear internal compartments that can provide storage/carrying capacity as well as added buoyancy for the vehicle, among other things. Also, in at least some embodiments, the vehicles can include special cooling and/or exhaust systems having components that are positioned substantially within the mid-sections of the vehicles, thus further increasing the amounts of space available for the cavities/compartments within the front and rear sections of the vehicles.
US08622427B2	Steering column support apparatus Provided is a steering column support apparatus that simplifies tuning for stabilizing the forward displacement of the steering wheel during a secondary collision, and suppresses the absolute value and variation of the break away load without strong rubbing between the bracket 11 on the vehicle side and the bracket 33 on the column side. By forming an extending section 57 on the top plate section 55 of the bracket 33 on the column side, and a convex curved surface 58 on the top surface of the front end section of that extending section 57, a rise in contact pressure at the area of contact that occurs when the edge on the front end of the top surface of the top plate section 55 is pressed against the bottom surface of the bracket 11 on the vehicle side by a moment that is applied from the steering column 6c to the bracket 33 on the column side during a secondary collision is suppressed.
US08622426B2	Height adjustable support for semi-trailers A height-adjustable support for semi-trailers and the like includes a shaft tube body, a slidable support inner tube arranged in the shaft tube and body and having a foot mounted to an end region thereof by a nut located on a spindle which is drivable by a transmission, wherein the transmission has a switchable spur gear region and a beveled gear stage. The shifting region of the transmission comprises a low-gear pinion and a fast-gear wheel, wherein the low-gear pinion is coupled to a drive shaft that can mesh with a low-gear gearwheel, the fast-gear gearwheel is adapted to drive a fast-gear pinion, and wherein the fast-gear gearwheel is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive shaft is supported in an unrotatable and axially slidable manner in a sleeve bearing that is supported rotatably in at least a select one of a bearing block or load bearing base supporting the spindle.
US08622420B2	Curtain airbag apparatus A curtain airbag apparatus is provided with a curtain airbag that is embedded, in a folded or rolled state, in an upper edge portion of at least one door opening and deploys into a form of a curtain, the curtain airbag having: a first deployment portion deploying downward by inflating with gas supplied from upon a side collision and rollover of the vehicle; a second deployment portion deploying downward by inflating with gas supplied at least upon a rollover of the vehicle, such that the second deployment portion is located in an area that does not overlap, as viewed laterally, an area in which the first deployment portion is located; and an internal pressure difference creator that makes an internal pressure of the second deployment portion higher than an internal pressure of the first deployment portion at least upon a rollover of the vehicle.
US08622402B2	Automatic conveying device An automatic conveying device includes a conveyer bracket, a wheel assembly, a transmission mechanism, and a loading assembly. The wheel assembly is rotatably assembled to a bottom portion of the conveyer bracket for supporting the conveyer bracket. The transmission mechanism is assembled within the conveyer bracket and connected with the wheel assembly, thereby driving the wheel assembly to rotate. The loading assembly is mounted upon the conveyer bracket and movably assembled with the transmission mechanism, for accepting objects as a load and driving the transmission mechanism to work. The loading assembly moves downward relative to the conveyer bracket under the weight of the objects placed on the loading assembly, and is capable of moving upward back to its original position, when the objects are removed.
US08622398B2	Annular seal A seal assembly capable of low temperature service is disclosed. It features upper and lower metallic backup rings that are specially shaped to act as a spring to keep the sidewalls of such rings in contact with the inside and outside surfaces to be sealed to prevent extrusion of the seal material even in low temperature situations. Inner and outer grooves are provided. O-ring seals, used for the ID of the seal, are manufactured to have a slightly greater diameter than the groove into which they will be installed. The greater length provides stored energy to promote sealing functionality in cold temperature situations. The O-rings used for the OD of the seal are manufactured to have a slightly smaller diameter than the groove into which they will be installed. The shorter length provides stored energy to promote sealing functionality in cold temperature situations.
US08622393B2	Trading card game including trading card having a selectively unexposed section A trading card game (10) includes a first card (212) having only one immovable section (234). The game (10) also includes a second card (314) including a first section (352) and a second section (354). The second section (354) can be slidable relative to the first section (352) so that the second card (314) moves between a first position and a second position. In the first position, a portion of the second section (354) is unexposed to the players. In the second position, the portion of the second section (354) is exposed to the players, and influences the outcome of at least a portion of the game (10).
US08622355B2	Extendible leg assembly and retaining system The present disclosure could generally provide a system for use with a furniture or desk assembly having an extendible leg assembly and retaining system. In one embodiment, the system could be easily and safely adjustable, while maintaining a particular height and overall structural integrity of a furniture or desk system to, for example, withstand considerable weight and pressure exerted thereto.
US08622353B1	Cylindrical drum support device A support device for a rotary drum having at least one roller capable of cooperating with the drum. At least two bearings permit the rotation of the roller about its axis of rotation. The support device has a chassis into which the bearings are secured. The chassis is mounted for pivoting about a pivotal axis substantially perpendicular to the plane passing through the axis of rotation of the roller and perpendicular to a block onto which the support device is placed. The device also includes a connector which is flexible in a given direction and rigid in the directions orthogonal to the direction of flexibility. The connector maintains the bearings on the block while permitting free pivotal movement of the chassis in such a way to permit alignment of the roller on the drum in the event of pivoting.
US08622349B2	Device for assisting the piloting of a rotorcraft A device for assisting the piloting of a rotorcraft, the rotorcraft having a flight control (10) for controlling a rotor (20, 21) via at least one linkage (35. An additional force is generated by at least one piloting assistance means (100) mechanically linked to the linkage (35. The additional force is a function of the position of the flight control (10) and of an instantaneous force as measured on the linkage (35).
US08622348B2	Fixation mechanism for installing thermal insulation sheets in an aircraft body The invention relates to a device for holding an insulating blanket and for fastening systems in an aircraft, comprising a base having two ends from each of which an arm extends.At least one arm has a U-shaped part having two more or less parallel branches, and in that the said device further comprises at least one support for accommodating a system.The invention also relates to an aircraft fuselage section comprising frames, an outer skin, stabilizers and at least one insulating blanket. This section comprises at least one holding device such as described above, mounted so that a frame is situated between the arms of the holding device so that the blanket is between the frame and the holding device.
US08622342B2	On-board aircraft auxiliary power systems having dual auxiliary power units Aircraft are provided with a pair of auxiliary power units (APUs) adjacently mounted in parallel relative to one another within the tail cone section of the aircraft's fuselage. In some embodiments, the APUs are mounted generally vertically adjacent to one another. Alternatively, the APUs may be mounted generally horizontally adjacent to one another. The aircraft fuselage may include a pair of downwardly and outwardly oriented strakes adjacent the tail cone having lower edges which establish a maximum take-off pitch angle of the fuselage and define a spatial zone therebetween. The APUs are positioned within such a spatial zone defined between the strakes so that the maximum take-off pitch angle is not required to be changed when modifying an existing single APU aircraft with dual APUs.
US08622322B2	Dispensing apparatus A liquid dispensing apparatus includes a container having a compressible section and a tip section extending from the compressible section. The compressible section is compressible in response to actuation. The dispensing apparatus further includes a nozzle member coupled to the container that includes an orifice. Finally, the dispensing apparatus includes a fluidic channel providing fluid communication between the volume and the orifice that includes a spin chamber for imparting a spinning motion to the liquid to atomize the liquid prior to urging the liquid out of the orifice.
US08622314B2	Smart-home device that self-qualifies for away-state functionality A thermostat, includes a housing and an occupancy sensor that is disposed within the housing and configured to detect physical presences of users within a responsive area of the occupancy sensor. The thermostat may also include a processing system that is disposed within the housing and in operative communication with the occupancy sensor. The processing system may be configured to determine, after a trial period, whether to activate an away-state feature by storing indications of how often the occupancy sensor detected physical presences during the trial period, computing an occupancy level for the trial period, comparing the occupancy level to a threshold criterion, determining whether sufficiently true indications of occupancy conditions were sensed by the occupancy sensor during the trial period, and enabling the away-state feature of the thermostat if it is determined that the sufficiently true indications of occupancy conditions were sensed during the trial period.
US08622306B2	Barcode creation apparatus, barcode creation method and program The barcode creation apparatus which creates a barcode read in by a prescribed terminal device, comprises: a function specification device which specifies a function which allows the terminal device to startup when the barcode is read in, from a plurality of functions that the terminal device has; a color specification device which specifies a color of the barcode, the color representing the function specified by the function specification device; and a barcode creation device which creates the barcode in the specified color.
US08622299B2	Apparatus, method and system for determining the source of an optical code presentated to an optical code scanner A device, method and system is provided for determining if an optical code is presented to an optical code scanner in either a printed form or on the display of an electronic device. Certain presentation characteristics of an optical code are different depending on whether the optical code is presented in printed form or on the display of an electronic device. The changes in the presentation characteristics require changes to certain parameters of the optical code scanner for the optical code to be read.
US08622295B2	Unit of a media depository A unit of a media depository is described. The unit comprises: a body adapted to be supported by at least one support member of the depository in a working position and further adapted to be slidably moveable on the at least one supporting member between the working position and a pivot position; a first hinge member adapted to be movably mounted on the at least one support member; and, a second hinge member attached to or integral with the body. When the body is moved from the working position to the pivot position, the first and second hinge members engage such that the first hinge member is forced by the second hinge member to move with the body to the pivot position at which the first and second hinge members form a pivoting mechanism by which the body is pivotally attached to the at least one support member.
US08622293B2	Label issuing device and label issuing method A label issuing device includes an imaging portion, an image output portion that outputs images captured by the imaging portion, an object recognition portion that recognizes a specific object by reading a feature amount of the output images, an information reading portion that reads information for the recognized object from a file storing information related to the object, and a label issuing portion that prints the read information for the object on a label and issues the label.
US08622279B2	Cooler having edge protected graphics sheet Disclosed is an apparatus for storing articles. The apparatus comprises a container having an open top, a closed bottom and a continuous peripheral wall extending therearound between said top and bottom. The peripheral wall has an exterior surface adapted to have a flexible sheet applied thereto. The flexible sheet has top and bottom opposed edges corresponding to the top and bottom of the container. The apparatus further comprises edge protecting means for protecting at least one of the top or bottom edge of the flexible sheet.
US08622278B1	Socket cover with heat flow for surface mount solder reflow A cover for a socket that is to be soldered to a printed circuit board is described. The socket has connections to be soldered to the printed circuit board and connections to contact a die that will be carried by the socket. The socket includes a top surface to cover the die contacts of the socket and side walls surrounding the top surface and extending toward the socket to separate the top surface from the die contacts. The top surface has a plurality of inlet vents, and the side walls have a plurality of outlet vents.
US08622271B2	Fastener driving tool A fastener driving tool has a housing, a nose portion, a magazine, a motor, a plunger, a drive mechanism, a trigger switch, a detection switch, an energizing switch, a failure detection circuit. The magazine is configured to store and supply a fastener to the nose portion. The motor is provided in the housing. The a plunger is provided in the housing to move between a top dead center and a bottom dead center. The plunger has a blade for impacting the fastener. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plunger with power from the motor. The trigger switch is configured to drive the drive mechanism, and operated by a user. The detection switch is configured to be switched according to an arrangement of the drive mechanism. The energizing switch is configured to control power feed of the motor. The energizing switch is switched by the trigger switch and the detection switch. The failure detection circuit is configured to turn off the energizing switch, based on a condition of the detection switch prior to impacting the fastener.
US08622263B2	Backpack structure having lifesaving function A backpack structure having a lifesaving function is made of material capable of floating on water. Connection straps are provided on each end surface of the backpack, which can be buckled with connection straps of another backpack and which can be buckled with connection straps of a water bag filled with air inside. The backpack structure enables users to cross rivers more safely, so as to increase survival possibility in the field, and also to carry personnel, goods or conduct emergency relief on water.
US08622262B2	Hydration system The invention is a hydration system that is worn on a user's arm. The system has a flexible sleeve that is conical or forms a conical sleeve that fits a person's forearm. A bladder, made of a pliable material, attaches to the sleeve, and has a number of expandable ribs. The bladder is for holding water or liquid for drinking. The bladder can be flat and folds with the sleeve to form a gently tapering form. A frame secures the bladder to the sleeve. A cap is detachably connected to an opening of the bladder, and a drinking straw allows a user to withdraw water from the bladder.
US08622261B2	Molten metal supply cylinder, molten metal supply apparatus incorporating such a supply cylinder and molten metal supply method A molten metal supply cylinder for melting a low melting point metallic material in a solid phase and supplying the molten metal material, including a melting section to be directly or indirectly brought into contact with a low melting point metallic material to produce molten metal, and a substantially tubular flow path that has a first opening formed at an end thereof in the melting section and a second opening at the other end thereof and allows the molten metal produced in the melting section to flow. An oxide of the surface layer of the low melting point metallic material is removed by an oxide removing section before the low melting point metallic material is molten in the melting section.
US08622256B2	Actuator for spray container with restraint structure Actuator apparatus for spray containers and methods of manufacturing actuator apparatus for spray containers. The actuator apparatus includes a cover having a restraint structure, e.g., locatable below an aperture portion of a push button of a base, to restrict the push button from depression by a user when the actuator apparatus is in a locked position.
US08622249B1	Personal hydration system with control valve assembly A personal hydration system includes a control valve assembly including a valve body provided with a first inlet port fed by a liquid, a second inlet port, and an outlet port for dispensing at least fluid from the first inlet port. The control valve assembly further includes either a flexible and resilient or a non-collapsible reservoir which holds an additive and is mounted to the second inlet port. The first inlet port can be provided with a valve for preventing backflow of the additive from the reservoir, and the reservoir can be provided with a screen for disrupting coagulation of certain additives when mixed with liquid. A valve core is rotatably mounted in the valve body to establish various flow conditions.
US08622242B2	Taggant keying system for dispensing systems A dispensing system with an electronic keying mechanism, the dispenser including a housing and a refill unit. The refill unit includes a product reservoir, a pump mechanism and a collar adapted to secure the refill unit within the housing. An infrared sensor is provided in the housing and includes an infrared radiation source and a detector. A taggant is dispersed within at least a portion of the collar, the taggant being detectable by the detector when exposed to infrared radiation.
US08622240B2	Reclosable pour systems for containers Reclosable pour systems useful on any suitable container and containers comprising the reclosable pour systems are disclosed. The system features a pour opening comprising a hinged flap and a tab that enables latchable reclosing and reopening of the pour opening, to allow the pouring of a flowable material contained within the container. A unitary blank capable of being cut and folded to produce a container comprising the reclosable pour system, as well as methods of manufacture and use of a container comprising the reclosable pour system, are also disclosed.
US08622226B2	Guitar case rack This application is for guitar case rack or stand that can compactly hold a plurality of guitar cases, can roll, spin, or remain stationary. Case lids can be left open or closed, but the guitars remain substantially protected even with the lids left open. The case rack can transform into a dolly, and in this configuration, it stores extremely compactly.
US08622220B2	Vibratory separators and screens A screen for a vibratory separator includes at least two layers of screening material, at least one layer of screening material made of a plurality of intersecting wires having a coating containing nickel or chromium. Wires in the screening material including first shute wires and first warp wires at a right angles to each other. The first warp wires at a right angle to first shute wires, the second wires including second shute wires and second warp wires, each of the second shute wires at a right angle to second warp wires, and each of the second warp wires at a right angle to second shute wires. The first warp wires are aligned with second warp wires, and each of the first shute wires are aligned with a second shute wire.
US08622219B2	Screening mat for vibrating screen devices A screening media for use in vibrating screen devices that fractionize crushed stones or gravel. The screening media is made by extruding a fiber-reinforced rubber or polymeric material to form a strip in a length longer than that needed to make individual screening mats for use in the vibrating screen devices. Screening apertures are then punched in the strip, and the apertured strip is cut into individual mats. The extruded strip includes side portions configured to connect to support structures of the vibrating device. Prior to the cutting step, the apertured strip can be maintained in the form of a coil or a long-length element.
US08622218B2	Method of preventing damage to miniature electronic components held by a component carrier A miniature component carrier includes a thin, resilient mask through which are formed multiple spaced-apart apertures each of which is sized and shaped to compliantly receive and hold a miniature component in a controlled orientation during termination processing such that the side margins of the aperture primarily contact and grip the corner regions of the miniature component. At least some of the apertures have side margins that form rhomboidal or elliptical apertures. The shape and size of the multiple spaced-apart apertures confine within an operational tolerance contact between the side margins of the aperture and the side or end wall surfaces of the electronic component. This reduces mechanical damage to the side and end wall surfaces that results from their contact with the side margins during receipt and gripping of the miniature component in the aperture.
US08622217B2	Disposable cigarette butt receiving bag The invention relates to a cigarette butt receiving bag of disposable type for receiving and extinguishing glowing cigarettes, which bag (1) comprises a forward sheet (2), a rearward sheet (4), which sheets are sealed to each other along their outer edges (6) leaving an edge portion unsealed so as to provide an opening (8) for receiving a cigarette butt (10), thereby forming a cigarette butt receiving compartment (12) between said forward and rearward sheets (2, 4), and comprising a fluid (14), which is disposed in two heat insulating volumes (16, 18) within the cigarette butt receiving compartment (12). A first heat insulating volume (16) is delimited by the forward sheet (2) and a forward inner layer material (20) which is sealed against the forward sheet (2). A second heat insulating volume (18) is delimited by the rearward sheet (4) and a rearward inner layer material (22) which is sealed against the rearward sheet (4). The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a cigarette butt receiving bag of disposable type.
US08622203B2	Device for sorting products A device for sorting products including a frame, an endless drivable flexible conveying element, successive elongated carriers, which are each coupled to the conveying element via a coupler for being conveyed in a conveying direction along an endless conveying path, which carriers extend transversely to the conveying direction, and pusher elements which are each movable along a carrier. The coupler including a supporting part and a supported part supported by the supporting part, as well as a connector for detachably connecting the supporting part and the supported part together, wherein the supporting part is coupled to the conveying element and the supported part is connected to a carrier, and wherein the connector can be accessed from the upper side of the supported part for effecting the connection between the supporting part and the supported part.
US08622202B2	Apparatus and method for selectively actuating moving conveyor rollers A conveyor having selectively actuated rollers whose only external contact is with conveyed articles and a method for rotating such rollers. In one version, the rollers are driven by motors that are selectively energized by a wireless signal or a sensed conveyor position. In another version, the rollers are geared to a drive wheel that engages a bearing surface underlying the conveyor along the conveying path. The rollers are selectively actuated to push conveyed articles along the conveyor as it advances.
US08622192B2	Conveyor shift assembly and product cart with conveyor shift assembly A product cart has a frame and one or more tanks forming compartments each having an opening at the upper end for receiving product. The cart includes a conveyor support having a swing arm with a first end pivotally mounted to the frame for motion generally horizontally between storage and use positions, a shift assembly mounted to a second end of the swing arm, and a mounting bracket assembly coupled to the shift assembly. Finally a conveyor is coupled to the mounting bracket assembly. The swing arm is constructed as a parallel linkage having first and second links which form a four-bar parallel linkage with the frame and with the shift assembly to maintain the shift assembly in a fixed orientation relative to the frame as the swing arm is moved. The shift assembly is operable to move the mounting bracket assembly between lowered and raised positions.
US08622190B2	Coin sensor A coin tester includes a coin sensor which outputs a measurement signal which is influenced by the presence of a coin. A memory device stores an impedence model of the coin sensor and the model representing an expected influence of a coin configuration model on the measurement signal. A processor computes and applies acceptance criteria to determine whether the coin falls within a predetermined coin configuration.
US08622187B2	Conveying device for powdery and/or granulated material A conveying device for free-flowing fine-particle solids (bulk material), in particular for powdery and/or granular (mixed) material, especially plastic granulate, includes a vertically arranged and flexibly mountable pipe for the conveyance of, preferably, polymer granulates, for example in a plant for the filling of polymer granulates. The transport pipe may be included on a mobile work platform.
US08622186B2	Method of operation of a selectable one way clutch selection mechanism Apparatus for controlling a selectable one-way clutch (SOWC) in an automatic transmission includes a ring-shaped control housing located substantially concentrically to the SOWC, and an actuation mechanism included within the ring-shaped control housing and effective to actuate a selector plate engaged with the SOWC from a default position to an actuation position. The selector plate is located between the ring-shaped control housing and the SOWC. A hydraulic fluid delivery system hydraulically communicates with the actuation mechanism to control the actuation of the actuation mechanism.
US08622185B2	Sealing arrangement and wet-running double-clutch arrangement having a sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement for a pressurizing-agent-operable control device of a clutch arrangement, for sealing a chamber which is pressurizable with a pressurizing agent, assigned to the clutch arrangement, from the interior space of the clutch arrangement; comprising at least one elastic sealing device. The sealing device is guided on at least one sheet metal element, which is attached to an element that delimits the chamber which is pressurizable with a pressurizing agent.A double clutch arrangement having a sealing arrangement.
US08622175B2	Collapsible ladder A ladder having several collapsible ladder sections (100), each comprising two hollow ladder bars (102, 103) arranged parallel to each other and interconnected by a rung (104), where each collapsible ladder section is telescopically inserted into a lower ladder section. Each ladder bar of a collapsible ladder section has a locking hole (111) and an extension (112) below the locking hole. Retaining mechanisms (106) are provided in the rungs for locking the collapsible ladder sections relative to one another, and the retaining mechanisms comprise a locking pin (108), which can engage a corresponding locking hole provided in the ladder bar of a ladder section positioned there above. At least part of the collapsible ladder sections have a non-locking slot or groove (101) formed in the extensions of the ladder bars, where the slot reaches from a distance below the ladder bar to the bottom of the ladder bar. A ladder bar slot or groove may be positioned in such a way that a locking pin of a below lying ladder bar can pass freely in the slot of an above lying ladder section that is fully collapsed.
US08622169B2	Sound-insulating and vibration-isolating rubber pad and method for installing a sound-insulating and vibration-isolating floor using same The present invention relates to a sound-insulating and vibration-isolating rubber pad and a method for installing a sound-insulating and vibration-isolating floor using same in which lower pad protrusions can be inserted into a plurality of insertion holes formed in a lower water-proof plywood because the lower pad protrusions are formed in the center of an upper surface of a lower pad body of a sound-insulating and vibration-isolating rubber pad, so that the lower water-proof plywood and an upper pad are integrally connected above a lower pad, and a vibration-isolating function may be achieved in a stable manner because the lower pad, the lower water-proof plywood, and the upper pad are integrally connected, thereby providing a sound-insulating effect that can remarkably reduce inter-floor noise.
US08622167B2	Component for motor vehicles and method for its production The invention relates to a component (1) for motor vehicles, in particular in exhaust systems or in independent heaters, comprising a carrier (2), wherein the carrier (2) has a predefined structural stiffness and a plate (3) for increasing the predefined structural stiffness of at least a part of the carrier (2), wherein the plate (3) is fixed to the carrier (2) via at least one connection (4), wherein the plate (3) comprises at least one honeycomb structure (W).The invention likewise relates to a method for producing a component (1) as well as a use.
US08622164B2	Control apparatus for four-wheel drive vehicle, four-wheel drive vehicle, and control method When a count value concerning with the travel of the vehicle in a two-wheel drive state reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, the state of drive in a transfer is temporarily switched to a four-wheel drive state by connecting a synchromesh mechanism while keeping a mesh clutch disconnected, so that rotary members that do not rotate during the two-wheel drive state, such as a second output shaft, are temporarily rotated. Thus, the rotary members are restrained from remaining in contact at fixed portions and therefore being partially worn. Besides, there is no need to provide a mechanism for temporarily rotating the rotary members, such as the second output shaft, separately from the synchromesh mechanism that is normally provided for the four-wheel drive travel in the related art. Therefore, it is possible to improve durability without involving cost increase, space efficiency deterioration, etc.
US08622154B2	Diamond bonded construction with thermally stable region Diamond bonded constructions comprise a polycrystalline diamond body having a matrix phase of bonded-together diamond grains and a plurality of interstitial regions between the diamond grains including a catalyst material used to form the diamond body disposed within the interstitial regions. A sintered thermally stable diamond element is disposed within and bonded to the diamond body, and is configured and positioned to form part of a working surface. The thermally stable diamond element is bonded to the polycrystalline diamond body, and a substrate is bonded to the polycrystalline diamond body. The thermally stable diamond element comprises a plurality of bonded-together diamond grains and interstitial regions, wherein the interstitial regions are substantially free of a catalyst material used to make or sinter the thermally stable diamond element. A barrier material may be disposed over or infiltrated into one or more surfaces of the thermally stable diamond element.
US08622132B2	Method of perforating a wellbore The present invention discloses a wellbore subassembly with a perforating gun. The wellbore subassembly includes a tubular body and a perforating charge. The tubular body has a wall defining an interior space and an exterior space and the wall has a cavity. In some embodiments, the cavity may be shaped to define a charge socket that receives only a single perforating charge. The perforating charge is configured in the cavity at a location inside the wall. The perforating charge is configured to discharge toward and into the interior space and penetrate into the exterior space by perforating the wall across the interior space from the location of the perforating charge.
US08622129B2	Method of injecting carbon dioxide A method of storing CO2 in a porous and permeable hydrocarbon reservoir having at least one injection well and at least one production well penetrating the reservoir, by recovering a produced fluid stream including produced hydrocarbons, produced water, and produced CO2 from the production well; passing the produced fluid stream to a production facility where a produced vapor stream of carbon dioxide and volatile hydrocarbons is separated from the produced fluid stream; compressing the produced vapor stream to above the cricondenbar for the produced vapor stream; cooling the compressed stream to form a cooled stream that in a dense phase state; importing a CO2 stream to an injection facility wherein the imported CO2 is either in a liquid state or a supercritical state; mixing the cooled stream with the imported CO2 stream thereby forming a co-injection stream; and injecting the co-injection stream into the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir from said injection well.
US08622125B2	Apparatus and methods for allowing fluid flow inside at least one screen and outside a pipe disposed in an well bore An apparatus for allowing fluid flow inside at least one screen and outside a span of pipe disposed in a well bore includes at least one flow path for fluid entering at least one screen. The flow path extends from the screen(s) along the outside of the pipe at least one desired entry inlet into the pipe without at least substantial entry at any point therebetween.
US08622119B2	Fixing frame and heat dissipation device using the same A heat dissipation device includes one of heat sinks with different specifications each of which includes a core and supports extending outwards and radially from the core, and a fixing frame receiving the one of the heat sinks therein. The fixing frame comprises a side plate, a plurality of vertical walls extending downwardly from the side plate, and two sets of slots defined in an inner side of the side plate. Each of the slots extends upwardly from a bottom surface of the side plate to a certain depth to form a step at a top thereof. The slots are staggered with the vertical walls. The supports correspondingly slide in one set of slots and abut corresponding steps.
US08622110B2	Apparatus for sealing the corner joint of the spacer of an insulating glass pane In order to seal the corner joint of an elastoplastic tape placed as a spacer on a glass pane, a film strip is pressed with a first portion of its length against the first leg section of the spacer and the protruding portion of the film strip is wrapped around the corner and pressed against the second leg section. For the purpose of automating this process, the film strip is severed mechanically from an automatically supplied film tape and held via a transfer apparatus which thereafter presses the film strip with the first portion of its length against the first leg section. The portion of the film strip protruding freely over the corner is wrapped around the corner via a pressure carriage and pressed by tautening against the second leg section of the spacer.
US08622107B2	Pneumatic tire The heat resistance of carcass cords is enhanced, whereby the runflat durability is enhanced. A pneumatic tire has a carcass 6 and a tread-reinforcing cord layer 7 disposed radially outward of the carcass, the carcass 6 comprising a carcass ply 6A in which carcass cords 20 of aramid fiber are arranged at an angle of 45 to 90° with respect to the tire circumferential direction and are covered with a topping rubber, preferable carcass cords 20 have a two-bundle twisted structure that two bundles of first-twisted filaments are subjected to final twist, and preferable carcass cords 20 have a twist factor T of 0.5 to 0.7 represented by the equation (1): T=N×√{square root over ({(0.125×D/2)/ρ})}×10−3 (1) in which N is the number of final twists per 10 cm, D is a total nominal dtex (fineness) of a cord, and ρ is a specific gravity of a cord material.
US08622104B2	High-performance type for a motor vehicle A tire for a motor vehicle, in particular a high-performance, tire is provided with a tread having an overall width. The tread includes first and second circumferential grooves which separate a central region from first and second shoulder regions. The tread includes a circumferential cut in the first shoulder region at a distance from the first circumferential groove; and a plurality of circumferentially repeated transverse groove modules. A first shoulder portion of each transverse groove module includes at least one main transverse groove which includes a first substantially rectilinear portion inclined by a first angle with respect to a radial plane, a second substantially rectilinear portion inclined by a second angle with respect to the radial plane and arranged between the circumferential cut and the first circumferential groove, and a first curve portion connecting the first and the second substantially rectilinear portions.
US08622102B2	Neck assembly A neck assembly of a fuel system component comprises a housing. The housing comprises a sleeve having a first end portion positioned exterior to the fuel system component and a longitudinally opposed second end portion. The housing further comprises an encapsulation ring extending radially outwardly from the second end portion of the sleeve and encapsulated within a wall of the fuel system component. The neck assembly further comprises a valve cartridge at least partially received within the sleeve and secured thereto. The valve cartridge comprises a conduit having a first end portion positioned exterior to the fuel system component and a longitudinally opposed second end portion.
US08622101B2	Filler tube assembly A filler tube assembly is used with a fuel pump nozzle having a pressure sensing port. The filler tube assembly includes a receiver having an inner wall defining an aperture, which receives the pump nozzle. The inner wall defines an orifice and a seal is coupled to the inner wall about the orifice for defining a chamber between the inner wall, the seal, and the fuel pump nozzle when the fuel pump nozzle is disposed in the aperture. A vacuum tube has a coupled end in fluid communication with the orifice and an open end in fluid communication with the fuel tank. The receiver defines a rim for seating the fuel pump nozzle in the aperture to align the pressure sensing port with the orifice. When fuel covers the open end of the vacuum tube, a pressure change is transmitted through the filler tube assembly to the pressure sensing port.
US08622090B2	Plumbing fitting A blocking plumbing fitting; said fitting comprising a flexible cup element adapted for insertion into a pipe element; said fitting further comprising a one way valve element depending from said flexible cup element, wherein said one way valve element permits liquid to pass through said pipe element; said one way valve element preventing passage of odors, soapsuds, vermin, noise and other undesirable elements issuing from said pipe element.
US08622085B2	Self-sealing hydraulic control line coupling There is provided a hydraulic fluid control line connector including first and second couplings configured to automatically seal shut when the members are disengaged. There is further provided a method for blocking contamination or pressure transfer of hydraulic fluid control lines by securing first and second couplings to corresponding ends of a hydraulic line and automatically sealing the couplings shut when the couplings are disengaged.
US08622083B2	High temperature steam valve A steam valve is provided including a chest, a lock, a spindle, and a strainer. Each of these components is made of specific Ni alloys combinations that enable the valve to operate at temperatures above 650° C. with a good service life.
US08622081B2	Fluid flow control valve A fluid flow control valve is disclosed. This valve includes a housing which defines a central passageway having fluid inlet and fluid outlet openings. A pressure responsive element is disposed within the passageway for selectively opening and closing the inlet opening to fluid flow in response to fluid pressure exerted thereon at the inlet opening. A mechanism is provided within the passageway for exerting a bias force against the pressure responsive element which is sufficient to close the inlet opening to fluid flow absent a pre-established level of fluid pressure exerted on the pressure responsive element. A fluid filter element is also disposed within the passageway; and a retainer device is positioned for removably securing the filter element within the passageway.
US08622077B2	Position sensor unit and valve arrangement Disclosed are a position sensor unit and a valve arrangement comprising such a position sensor unit, wherein a sensor housing of the position sensor unit is fixed in position with respect to a housing of an actuating magnet or a valve by an adjusting nut and a counter nut. The counter nut is mounted on the sensor housing and supported at the housing.
US08622073B2	Apparatus and method for controlling flow rate of liquid, and storage medium The liquid flow rate control apparatus includes a first flow rate control unit which includes a first flow rate control valve for a small flow rate with a first controlled flow rate range, and a second flow rate control unit which includes a second flow rate control valve for a large flow rate with a second controlled flow rate range. In particular, an overlapped range is present between the first and second controlled flow rate ranges and a liquid flows on either any one or both of the first and second flow rate control units depending on variation of a required value of a total rate. The flow rate on any one of the first and second flow rate control units is maintained and the flow rate on the other one increases while increasing the total flow rate of the liquids.
US08622065B2	Dish washer A dish washer is disclosed. The dish washer has improved washing efficiency while being constructed in a compact structure. A general dish washer is an apparatus that injects wash water to dishes so as to wash the dishes, and dries and/or sterilizes the washed dishes. The washer according to the present invention includes a filter unit (170) filtering at least some of the wash water injected form a tub (1), fallen downward, and directed to a collection part of sump (20).
US08622050B2	Line crossbow conversion kit and hybrid compound bow A kit is provided to convert a compound archery bow into a left or right handed inline (vertical limb) crossbow. The conversion kit includes a mounting plate attachable to a side of the bow riser section to hold a socket to receive a draw-lock bar which can be removed for take-down and storage. The draw-lock bar has a series of laterally spaced bolt holes to attach a grip with a trigger release latch assembly at a selectable draw length. The bar can be rotated and attached to either side of the bow, and the trigger and grip can be reposition within the trigger housing for left, right or horizontal shooting. The string latch assembly has an anti-dryfire lever that is only moved from the blocking position when an arrow is nocked. The kit also provides a hinged cocking stirrup, and a front hand vertical grip on the riser side opposite the draw-bar socket. Also disclosed is a dedicated hybrid compound bow for dedicated use with kit as an inline or traditional crossbow. The hybrid compound bow is made especially. The hybrid bow has no forehand grip, and has a shoot through riser to provide vertical and horizontal centering of the arrow to the string.
US08622046B2	Fuel system having accumulators and flow limiters A fuel system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel system may have a pump, a plurality of fuel injectors, and a plurality of fuel accumulators. Each of the plurality of fuel accumulators may be disposed at least partially within a different cylinder head of the engine in fluid communication with an associated fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors. Each of the plurality of fuel accumulators may also be in fluid communication with adjacent fuel accumulators of the plurality of fuel accumulators. At least one of the plurality of fuel accumulators may also be in fluid communication with the pump. The fuel system may further have a plurality of flow limiters. Each of the plurality of flow limiters may be disposed between an associated fuel accumulator of the plurality of fuel accumulators and an associated fuel injector of the plurality of fuel injectors.
US08622044B2	Intake arrangement for combustion chamber In an intake arrangement for a combustion chamber in which a first intake duct produces a substantially rotational flow in the chamber, the flow from a second intake duct is divided into two components. The first component is an axial flow into the chamber and the second component is a rotational flow having the same sense of rotation as the first duct. The first and second components arise from the shaping of a junction region between branches of the second intake duct adjacent the chamber.
US08622042B2	Bearing connection, engine cylinder, and engine with the bearing connection A bearing connection having a connecting rod connected rigidly to a piston and a crankshaft driven by the connecting rod. The connecting rod is connected on the crankshaft side to a transverse bearing for a sliding block, the sliding block being mounted such that it can move to and fro in the transverse bearing and a rolling contact bearing being arranged in the sliding block in order to receive the crank pin of a crankshaft. At least one cavity is formed in the piston crown and, in the area thereof close to the piston longitudinal axis, is connected to an oil feed line running through the connecting rod and that the oil feed line in the connecting rod is led or extended to the end region thereof remote from the piston and, from there, is led onward into the interior of the transverse bearing via a transfer channel.
US08622040B2	Compact transmission fluid heater A transmission fluid heater for a motor vehicle includes a fluid pan mounted on the transmission for storing a supply of transmission fluid. The fluid pan has an inner chamber storing the transmission fluid, and an outer chamber surrounding the inner chamber. An inlet to the outer chamber communicates with a source of engine exhaust gas and an outlet from the outer chamber exhausts the exhaust gas. An inlet valve opens and shuts the communication of engine exhaust gas to the inlet. A plurality of heat exchanger fins enhancing the transfer of heat from the engine exhaust gas within the outer chamber to the transmission fluid is stored within the inner chamber.
US08622039B2	Rockerless desmodromic valve system A desmodromic valve system which provides direct bidirectional displacement of a valve stem of an internal combustion engine without the aid of a rocker arm, utilizing a semirigid basket operating in conjunction with a plurality of cams for each valve. The basket is disposed about the camshaft of the engine and secured to the valve stem by an integral retainer on a bottom portion of the basket, and is constrained to motion along the valve stem axis. The basket has a pair of downwardly oriented cam followers in the upper portion thereof, spaced apart from the valve stem axis. A central cam and a parallel pair of side cams are fixedly mounted on the camshaft so as to rotate therewith, the cams substantially surrounded by the basket and cooperating therewith to provide reciprocating valve action with positive bidirectional drive. The central cam is aligned with the valve stem axis, and the side cams are spaced apart from the valve stem axis, parallel to the central cam and respectively aligned with the cam followers. During a first part of a valve cycle, the central cam pushes the valve stem down so as to positively open the associated valve, and the valve stem pulls said basket down with it via the retainer. During a second part of the valve cycle, the side cams push the basket up via their respective cam followers and thereby cause the basket to pull the valve stem so as to positively close the valve.
US08622035B2	Valve drive control device In a valve drive control device, in particular for an internal combustion engine, for controlling the position of a cam element on a camshaft, the valve drive comprises at least one control armature element and a control element connected to the control armature element for engagement with a control gate of the cam element for controlling axial positioning of the cam element on the camshaft. The valve drive control device has a coupling unit which is provided to couple the control armature element and the control element movably to each other with at least one degree of freedom.
US08622033B2	Device for cleaning intake air A device is provided for a piece of equipment with an internal combustion engine having a crank case and a combustion space, wherein an air cooling stream is present for cooling the internal combustion engine. The device, on the one hand, is effective for cleaning of the intake air, and on the other hand, a thermal separation between tank and crank case is achieved in a simple manner. The device includes at least one recess, which is constructed open or closed, and is arranged in the crank case, and is separated from an interior of the crank case and forms air cushions.
US08622026B1	System and method for cleaning teats of a milk-producing animal and monitoring teat cleaning procedures A system for monitoring a teat cleaning and disinfectant before a milking operation is started that comprises one or more controllers that are configured to monitor various operating parameters of the system. In an embodiment, the current supplied to a motor that drives scrubbing elements in an applicator in order to identify or determine when a teat of a cow is inserted and then removed from the applicator during a wash mode and dry mode. The controller is programmed to count each teat that is properly prepped for milking in order to determine the number of cows that have been properly prepped for milking. If certain thresholds, such as predetermined number of teats on a cow, have not been met a cow is not counted as having been properly prepped.
US08622024B2	Sea cucumber cultivator In a sea cucumber cultivator, sea cucumber cultivation baskets are arranged in multiple layers within a housing to protect the sea cucumbers from the external environment, to enable mass production and easy management of sea cucumbers. An inlet pipe and an outlet pipe are arranged to adjust the inflow and outflow of seawater to and from the housing. Each hose outlet is formed at a center region of a lower surface of a bottom of each sea cucumber cultivation basket in each layer so as to supply food for sea cucumbers to the cultivating spaces formed in the cucumber cultivation baskets arranged in multiple layers. Thus, food is discharged through the hose outlets and settles in the baskets to feed sea cucumbers and to enable sea cucumbers to easily intake food.
US08622020B2	Simultaneous electroless plating of two substrates An electroless plating system is provided. The system includes a first vacuum chuck supporting a first wafer and a second vacuum chuck supporting a second wafer such that a top surface of the second wafer is opposing a top surface of the first wafer. The system also includes a fluid delivery system configured to deliver a plating solution to the top surface of the first wafer, wherein in response to delivery of the plating solution, the top surface of the second wafer is brought proximate to the top surface of the first wafer so that the plating solution contacts both top surfaces. A method for applying an electroless plating solution to a substrate is also provided.
US08622019B2	Coating device A coating device includes an autoclave and a spray member. The autoclave includes an autoclave body and a cover sealing the autoclave body. The autoclave body defines a plurality of holding grooves in an inner surface thereof for holding substrates. The spray member is positioned on the cover and received in the autoclave body. The spray member defines openings in a side surface thereof. The spray member includes a container and an ultrasonic atomization unit. The container defines a cavity in communication with the openings. The ultrasonic atomization unit is received in the cavity.
US08622013B2	Sailboard step design with less ventilation and increased speed A step shape in a planing hull for water craft and more particularly for sailboards, surfboard or PWC for increasing the lift in front of the step and decreasing it in back at high planing speed, which has dynamic lift directly behind the step when the hull is traveling at a transition speed between displacement mode and planing mode, but at high planing speed it does not have lift directly behind the step. The hull has increased speed because the lift behind the step at transition speed allows the position of the step to be moved forward and in one embodiment has cambered surface (9) in front of the step. This step does not go across the full width of the hull such that there is a continuous planing surface in front of the fins or other means, which it is desirous that they not ventilate, and fin or other means has more ventilation resistance in another embodiment.
US08622002B2	Rail vehicle with individual wheel drives A rail vehicle has a powered bogie, wherein the powered bogie has driven wheels. Each driven wheel of the powered bogie can be driven by an electric machine, with a power converter being assigned to the electric machine. As a result, a separate power converter is assigned to each driven wheel.
US08622000B2	Rounded cubic shot and shotshells loaded with rounded cubic shot A shot pellet for a shotshell. The shot pellet has a generally cubic shape comprising six generally square faces joined by rounded edges that have a radius of curvature of between about 15% and 40% of the distance between opposite faces of the generally cubic shaped pellet.
US08621990B2	Household appliance A household appliance has a container for receiving working material and a housing that is isolated from the container by a wall. A rotatable working tool disposed inside the container. A motor for driving the working tool has a stator and a rotor. The stator is disposed within the housing so as to be isolated from the working material of the container. The rotor is disposed within the container and the working tool is preferably fixed to a shaft of the rotor.
US08621985B2	Device for frothing milk or other milk based liquids A device for frothing milk with a base element including a container for receiving milk to be frothed and a removable lid including a motor for driving a circular annular spring for frothing milk, the latter being driven by a motor in the lid. To this end, electrical energy needs to be transferred to the motor. This is done using inductive coupling. This removes the need for providing bare electrical contacts thus removing disadvantages like risk of short circuit and electrical shock hazards. To achieve this, both the base element and the lid are fitted with windings for transferring electrical energy. To improve the effectiveness of inductive coupling, frequency conversion means are provided to supplying an alternating current at a relatively high frequency to the first winding. The first winding is used as an inductive element for an oscillator as well.
US08621971B2	Cutting apparatus with adjustable mechanism A cutting apparatus configured for aligned with a gate of an injection molding part, includes a bottom board, a main adjustable mechanism attached to the bottom board, and a cutting mechanism. The main adjustable mechanism includes a driving device, a mounting member attached to the driving device, and a rotatable member rotatably attached to the mounting member. The rotatable member can be rotatable relative to the mounting member between a first position, where an acute angle is formed between the rotatable member and the mounting member, and a second position, where the rotatable member parallel to and abuts the mounting member.
US08621966B2	Perforation anvil A method and apparatus for perforating a web includes an anvil roll having an outer surface wherein at least a portion of the outer surface defines an anvil surface. The anvil surface includes a plurality of angled grooves having a variable groove width. The method may include phasing the cutting position on the anvil to effect varying perforation patterns.
US08621951B2	Divided tooth wheel A divided toothed wheel having two toothed wheel halves which are tensioned in relation to each other. The first toothed wheel half includes a hollow cylindrical collar with a groove, to which the second toothed wheel half is secured in a form-fitting engagement by a securing element inserted into the groove. The divided tooth wheel takes up a minimum amount of space from the axial direction and has two halves which are permanently connected together. The second toothed wheel half has a radially extending recess and the securing element is designed as an elastically shapeable ring which is arranged in a receiving chamber defined by the groove and the recess and the two toothed wheel halves are permanently joined together.
US08621950B2	Steering yoke A steering yoke is disclosed and includes a hollow cylindrical body that can be formed from a laminated sheet of metal and polymer. The hollow cylindrical body includes a substantially uniform wall thickness. Further, the hollow cylindrical body can include a first half, a second half, a seam extending at least partially along the body between the first half and the second half, an upper end having a surface, and a lower open end. The steering yoke can also include a bearing surface coupled to the surface of the upper end of the hollow cylindrical body and a spring perch disposed in the lower end of the hollow cylindrical body. The spring perch can include a spring pocket configured to support and retain a spring for supplying a biasing force to the yoke.
US08621943B2	Method of singulating embryos A method of singulating embryos is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of embryos (40) within a system (20) and sensing (34) at least one of the plurality of embryos in a fluid. The method also includes dispensing (26) at least one of the plurality of embryos on a surface (28).
US08621940B2	Method for detecting torque in a transmission, measuring device and control program Torque can be detected in a transmission by using at least one vibration sensor to detect at least one vibration signal which is associated with a tooth engagement frequency of intermeshing transmission toothings, and the phase shift of which is dependent on at least one tooth engagement duration of the intermeshing transmission toothings. The tooth engagement duration is torque-dependent as a result of toothing deformations. A torque acting on the transmission is determined from the phase shift of the detected vibration signal and/or of the at least one tooth engagement duration.
US08621937B2	Multiphase metering system A multi-phase fluid is passed through a Coriolis flowmeter and a watercut meter. The multi-phase fluid includes two phases during a first time period and three phases during a second time period. It is determined that the multi-phase fluid includes two phases during the first time period, and a first value of a parameter of the multi-phase fluid is determined using a value measured by the Coriolis flowmeter during the first time period. A second value of a parameter of the multi-phase fluid is determined using a value measured by the watercut meter during the first time period. The first value is compared to the second value, and it is determined, based on the comparison, that the first value and the second value are inconsistent with each other.
US08621935B2	Method and apparatus for testing attachment joints Apparatus tests the performance of joints between an attachment and a beam having a pair of caps connected by a corrugated web. The apparatus includes first and second grips contoured to the shape of a portion of the corrugated web for gripping the web. A force applicator coupled with the attachment and the grips applies force to the beam through the joint.
US08621934B2	Dual-axis resonance testing of wind turbine blades An apparatus (100) for fatigue testing test articles (104) including wind turbine blades. The apparatus (100) includes a test stand (110) that rigidly supports an end (106) of the test article (104). An actuator assembly (120) is attached to the test article (104) and is adapted for substantially concurrently imparting first and second forcing functions in first and second directions on the test article (104), with the first and second directions being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. A controller (130) transmits first and second sets of displacement signals (160, 164) to the actuator assembly (120) at two resonant frequencies of the test system (104). The displacement signals (160, 164) initiate the actuator assembly (120) to impart the forcing loads to concurrently oscillate the test article (104) in the first and second directions. With turbine blades, the blades (104) are resonant tested concurrently for fatigue in the flapwise and edgewise directions.
US08621928B2	Sensor for detecting acceleration and angular velocity A sensor includes an acceleration detector, an angular velocity detector, a driver, and first to fourth springs. Each detector includes a pair of fixed electrodes, a pair of movable electrodes, and a pair of supporting members for supporting the movable electrodes. The driver causes the supporting members to vibrate in opposite phases in a first direction. The first spring couples the supporting members of the acceleration detector and has elasticity in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second spring couples the supporting members of the acceleration detector to a base and has elasticity in both directions. The third spring couples the supporting members of the acceleration detector to the supporting members of the angular velocity detector and has elasticity in both directions. The fourth spring couples the supporting members to the movable electrodes of the angular velocity detector and has elasticity in the second direction.
US08621925B2	Device and method for producing a device A sensor device has a structural element, a carrier element and a housing, the structural element being situated on the carrier element, and the structural element and the carrier element being situated at least partially within the housing. The sensor device also has an intermediate housing, which is situated essentially between the housing and the structural element, the intermediate housing including a premold housing.
US08621921B2	Retrievable downhole testing tool A retrievable downhole testing tool that is adapted to be temporarily installed in a well is disclosed. The retrievable downhole testing tool comprises a variable choke, a tool control unit adapted to control the variable choke, and at least two measuring sensors adapted to measure physical parameters including pressure. At least one measuring sensor is situated above the variable choke, and at least one measuring sensor is situated below the variable choke. The retrievable downhole testing tool is pre-programmed with a specified test sequence for controlling a downhole flow rate using the variable choke and for executing downhole measurements of physical parameters at specified flow periods. The specified test sequence is adapted according to a pre-defined stability criterion using the tool control unit.
US08621916B2	System and method for measuring injection processes A system for measuring an injection process includes a measurement chamber filled with a fluid. An injection valve injects the fluid into the measurement chamber. A piston is arranged in the measurement chamber. A sensor generates a voltage which is a measure of a piston travel. The sensor is connected with an evaluation unit which continuously detects the piston travel in the measurement chamber. A rotary displacement pump arranged in a bypass channel to the measurement chamber is driven dependent on an existing volume difference. A pressure sensor is arranged in the measurement chamber. A heating element and/or a cooling device is/are arranged at the measurement chamber and is/are actuated by a controller so that an amount of energy introduced by the fluid injected by the injection valve and an amount of energy introduced by the heating element and/or the cooling device is substantially constant for every injection.
US08621910B2	Wear gauge array for head protective coating In one embodiment, a system comprises a magnetic head, a protective coating on a media-facing side of the head, and an indentation in the protective coating having a dimension that, when the protective coating wears, is indicative of an amount of wear of the protective coating. A method, in another embodiment, comprises creating an indentation in a protective coating of a magnetic head, the indentation having a dimension that, when the protective coating wears, is indicative of an amount of wear of the protective coating. In another embodiment, a method comprises visually inspecting indentations in a protective coating of a magnetic head, wherein at least two of the indentations have differing dimensions that, when the protective coating wears, are indicative of the amount of wear of the protective coating. The method also includes estimating an amount of wear of the protective coating based on the visual inspection.
US08621906B2	Rolling mill and rolling method for flat products of steel The object is to strictly eliminate the difference in offset of work rolls at the upper and lower and left and right of the rolling mill occurring in the kiss roll state before rolling or during rolling and eliminate the problem of warping of the flat products or meander or camber due to the thrust force acting between the work rolls and backup rolls.For this, there are provided a rolling mill for flat products having a pair of upper and lower work rolls driven by electric motors, a pair of upper and lower backup rolls, and devices for applying substantially horizontal direction external forces to barrels or shafts of the work rolls at positions of at least one location each at the work side and drive side, for the respective upper and lower work rolls, from the entrance side or exit side of the rolling mill, the external forces being supported through work roll chocks by project blocks of the rolling mill housing or work roll chock support members connected to backup roll chocks, and the value of the rolling direction offset of the work roll axial center position and backup roll axial center position divided by the sum of the work roll radius and backup roll radius being 0.0025 or less for both the upper and lower rolls, and a rolling method for flat products using the same.
US08621904B2	Hydroforming apparatus and method for hydroforming A hydroforming apparatus and working method able to simply find a load path are proposed, which system and method use a mold in which contact sensors able to judge contact with a metal tube inside the mold are mounted at least at two different positions in the tube axial direction, perform a first step of axially pushing tube ends in a state with the internal pressure held at a constant value and stopping the progress of the axial pushing action when judging that among the contact sensors not yet in contact mounted at positions closest to the tube ends detect contact with the metal tube, next perform a second step of raising only the internal pressure while leaving the positions of the tube ends fixed and stopping the increase in the internal pressure when the contact sensor not yet in contact judges contact, next perform a third step of lowering the internal pressure to the value before raising it while leaving the positions of the tube ends fixed, and repeat said first step to third step until all of said contact sensors judge contact so as to obtain a hydroformed part.
US08621898B2	Foldable lock A foldable lock includes a first body, a second body, and a rod set including a plurality of pivotally connected locking rods. The first body and the second body are separately pin-connected to a locking rod. The first body, the second body, and the plurality of the locking rods can have rotational movement in two-dimensional space with the pin joint as a rotation axis, which affects relative position of the first body and the second body. The first body has a first mating face, and the second body has a second mating face. The mating faces can separate from or mate with each other. The bodies and the rod set constitutes a closed ring by means of matching of the mating faces; at this time, a locking operation will let the mating faces be unable to separate from each other, namely the bodies will not move relatively. At the same time, if the closed ring does not circle any object, the rod set can further be rotated to a stacking state for storage.
US08621892B2	Cloth treating apparatus A cloth treating apparatus is disclosed, including a cabinet having a housing space for housing cloth, a water supply unit for supplying steam to the housing space selectively, and a water spray unit movably provided to one side of the cabinet to be connected to the water supply unit selectively for supplying the steam from the water supply unit to the cloth.
US08621890B2	Knitted cut-resistant glove, without fibreglass This glove (10) is knitted using three yarns, that is, a first composite yarn prepared by wrapping one or more highly abrasion-resistant polyamide yarns on a composite core made by direct cabling of a stainless steel yarn and one or more highly abrasion-resistant polyamide yarns, a second polyamide elastane yarn, and a third para-aramid yarn, the double-sided knitting being carried out by plating so that the first and second yarns are located on a first side of the knit while the para-aramid yarn is located on the second side of the knit.
US08621880B2	Air conditioner and method for controlling the same An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a heat exchanger which exchanges heat with air by passing a coolant therethrough; and an anti-freeze apparatus which prevents the freeze of water on the surface of the heat exchanger by supplying energy to the heat exchanger. The air conditioner can prevent the freeze of water on the surface of the heat exchanger during its operation, and thus, there is no need to perform a defrost operation during the operation of the air conditioner. In addition, the air conditioner can continuously and efficiently perform an air conditioning function.
US08621867B2	Rotary heat engine powered by radiant energy Provided is a rotating energy conversion device that includes a heat absorber having a working fluid therein, a power converter in fluid communication with the heat absorber, and a heat rejecter in fluid communication with each one of the heat absorber and the power converter. The device may utilize an energy source that provides radiant energy to the heat absorber. The device may utilize a segmented energy source that may have a plurality of segments, wherein each segment may be either activated or deactivated to deliver the radiant energy to the heat absorber. The device may utilize waste heat produced by the device to create additional work. Furthermore, the device may utilize multiple thermodynamic cycles.
US08621864B2	Engine exhaust manifold pressure control of intake flow A method for controlling charge flow in an internal combustion engine includes operating an engine having a VGT. The method includes determining a target and current charge flow and EGR flow. The method further includes determining an error term for the charge flow and the EGR flow, and determining an exhaust pressure feedback command in response to the error terms. The exhaust pressure feedback command is combined with an exhaust pressure feedforward command, and the VGT is controlled in response to the exhaust pressure feedback command. The method additionally includes determining the exhaust pressure feedback command in response to a current EGR valve position. The method further includes controlling an EGR flow rate with the EGR valve at relatively closed EGR valve positions, and controlling the EGR flow rate with exhaust pressure at relatively open EGR valve positions.
US08621859B2	Hydraulic system A hydraulic system for actuating a motor vehicle transmission by a control hydraulic power source that includes a control hydraulic pump for providing a high hydraulic pressure, a control pressure accumulator, and a low-pressure hydraulic pump for providing low-pressure volumetric flow of hydraulic fluid for operating a low-pressure hydraulic component. The low-pressure pump is operatively drivingly connected with the control hydraulic pump that is connected in a charged manner with the control pressure accumulator and with a transmission actuator.
US08621852B2	Detector for detecting sulfur components The present detector for detecting sulfur components includes a storage portion for storing SOx and NOx in the exhaust gas passing through an exhaust passage, in which the more an amount of stored SOx increases, the more an amount of stored NOx decreases, and which does not release SOx but release NOx at a set temperature, and a temperature sensor, estimates the amount of stored SOx on the basis of a relationship between, after the storage portion becomes the set temperature by heating, a heating pattern of the storage portion and temperature change of the storage portion measured by the temperature sensor, and detects an integrated amount of SOx passing through the exhaust passage during a given period or an value on the basis of the integrated amount.
US08621849B2	Method for diagnosing a diesel oxidation catalyst A method and a control system are provided for diagnosing a diesel combustion catalyst that is located in an exhaust line within a diesel engine system. The method comprising providing an unburned fuel mass flow through the diesel oxidation catalyst, determining the oxidation heat release rate which is related to the exothermic oxidation reactions of the unburned fuel into the diesel oxidation catalyst, integrating the determined oxidation heat release rate on a time interval, integrating the unburned fuel mass flow on the same time interval, dividing the integrated value of oxidation heat release rate and the integrated value of unburned fuel mass flow for determining an efficiency index (DOI) of the diesel oxidation catalyst.
US08621845B2	Passive SCR control system and method A thermal management system includes an enable module, a status module and a temperature control module. The enable module enables generation of ammonia for use in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts of an exhaust system during a passive SCR mode. The status module determines whether the exhaust system is operating in a passive SCR mode and generates a passive SCR active signal. The passive SCR mode includes operating an engine with rich air/fuel ratios. The temperature control module activates electrical heating of an oxidation catalyst based on the passive SCR active signal and a temperature of the oxidation catalyst.
US08621843B2	Composition and method for reducing NOx emissions from diesel engines at minimum fuel consumption A diesel fuel composition is disclosed, as well as a method for reducing NOx emissions from a diesel engine at minimum fuel consumption wherein the diesel engine operates in a low temperature combustion mode, comprising the step of adding to the diesel engine at least one diesel fuel or blending component for a diesel fuel having a combination of a low T50 in the range of from 190° C. to 280° C., a high cetane number in the range of from 31 to 60, and an effective emissions reducing amount of a nitrogen-free cetane improver.
US08621841B2	Gasification power generation system provided with carbon dioxide separation and recovery device A gasification power generation system provided with a carbon dioxide separation and recovery device is disclosed. The system includes a carbon dioxide separation and recovery device having a shift reactor to convert carbon monoxide contained in fuel gas into carbon dioxide by mixing steam into the fuel gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen to cause a shift reaction; a carbon dioxide absorption tower to produce fuel gas from which carbon dioxide has been removed by allowing an absorption liquid to absorb carbon dioxide from the fuel gas containing carbon dioxide flowing down the shift reactor; an absorption liquid recycling device to recycle an absorption liquid by separating carbon dioxide absorbed by the absorption liquid in the carbon dioxide absorption tower; and a gasification power generation system.
US08621832B2	Device for producing shrink film-covered packs For the production of cigarette packs (10) with shrink-treated outer film, the packs (10) are subjected in a continuously rotating shrinking revolver (19) to a heat treatment effecting the shrinkage. To each pack (10) there are assigned, in the region of the shrinking revolver (19), heating plates (22, 23), which bear against the front side and rear side of the pack (10) or of the film.
US08621831B2	Robotic mail tray sleever apparatus A novel method and apparatus for placing trays into sleeves is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor system for transporting a mail tray, a sleeve blank presentment device and a robotic arm. The robotic arm is provided with an end of arm tool which retains and opens a sleeve blank. A tray induction system including a plurality of paddles configured to guide a tray into an open sleeve blank is also provided.
US08621830B2	Film sealing and wrapping machine with rotary cut and seal jaw The film sealing and wrapping machine with a rotary cut and seal jaw is provided. The rotary cut and seal jaw has an internal sliding mechanism which provides for smooth and quiet operation. The rotational speed of the jaw may be varied to increase through put and to provide for a title bag around products. The rotary cut and seal jaw may comprise a seal bar and pressure pad may both be spring loaded to self align the seal bar and pressure pad during the sealing and cutting process. Lastly, a gap defined by a belt disposed upstream and downstream of the seal bar and pressure pad may be mechanically linked to the pressure pad through a control carriage.
US08621825B2	Capsule support arrangement for filling and closing machines The present invention relates to a capsule support arrangement for a filling and closing machine for two-part capsules with a capsule upper part and a capsule lower part. The capsule support arrangement includes an upper part segment for receiving capsule upper parts and a lower part segment for receiving capsule lower parts. The upper part segment and the lower part segment respectively have at least one first receiving opening with a first diameter and a second receiving opening with a second diameter, the first diameter differing from the second diameter.
US08621822B2	Exotensioned structural members with energy-absorbing effects Structural members having enhanced load bearing capacity per unit mass include a skeleton structure formed from strips of material. Notches may be placed on the strips and a weave of tensile material placed in the notches and woven around the skeleton structure. At least one pair of structural members can be jointed together to provide very strong joints due to a weave patterns of tensile material, such as Kevlar, that distributes stress throughout the structure, preventing stress from concentrating in one area. Methods of manufacturing such structural members include molding material into skeletons of desired cross section using a matrix of molding segments. Total catastrophic failures in composite materials are substantially avoided and the strength to weight ratio of structures can be increased.
US08621817B1	Vertical vibrating screed This invention discloses a method of building concrete walls, columns and other vertical or sloped structures using a vertically oriented vibrating screed and utilization of the thixotropic properties of wet concrete. The vertical screed is a simple, inexpensive and highly flexible apparatus that may be used for a wide variety of applications that involve the applying of cementicious material in the construction of a vertical structure. By using highly thixotropic concrete, the vertical screed is able to place concrete and other cementicious materials in a vertical plane much like concrete is placed with vibrating screeds in the horizontal plane. The vertical screed's applications range from applying a thin cementicious coating to placing concrete in a vertical plane to construct a wall or column. The various configurations of the vertical screed range from a small hand held device to a much larger mechanically controlled apparatus.
US08621814B2	Floor panel Floor panel, with a horizontally and vertically active locking system allowing that two of such floor panels can be connected to each other at said sides by providing one of these floor panels, by means of a downward movement, in the other floor panel; wherein the vertically active locking system includes a locking element in the form of an insert; wherein this locking element includes at least a pivotable lock-up body. The pivotable lock-up body includes a support portion which is rotatable against a support surface pertaining to the floor panel concerned, and more particularly in a seat.
US08621811B2	Thermoplastic siding insulation The present invention discloses an extruder for producing a thermoplastic material having a first and second portion comprising an axially extending barrel and a screw conveyer axially disposed within said barrel so as to define a passage for conveying thermoplastic material from an input through a melt zone to an output. Furthermore the present invention discloses an insulation member comprising an elongated insulation member formed of a thermoplastic insulating material, said insulating member having a top edge, a bottom edge, and first and second side edges; the top edge comprising a protrusion, said top edge extending beyond a corresponding top edge of a corresponding panel of siding; and the bottom edge comprising a ledge, said ledge operable to overlap the protrusion.
US08621810B2	Building wall system A building wall system has a plurality of panels positioned adjacent one another for securement to a frame structure of a building via a plurality of fasteners. A plurality of rails secures a façade to the panels. Each rail has a first, second and third portion. The first portion receives the fasteners to secure the bracket to the frame structure. The second portion provides a surface for securement with the façade. The second portion is spaced from the panel so that fasteners do not enter the panel. The third portion rests against the panel to provide rigidity for the rail.
US08621803B2	Structural interlocking wood panel A composite membrane of wood floor diaphragm for construction of new buildings and strengthening of existing buildings to provide improved load transfer capacity and enhanced resistance to gravity and lateral loads, such as earthquake and/or wind for buildings with wood floor framing. The aforementioned composite membrane is a system, comprised of four-way interlocking mosaic end grain parquet floor attached to a plywood subfloor beneath. A floor to floor sound blocking barrier that can operate in high eighty decibel and above range may preferably be installed under the subfloor.
US08621802B2	Brick bracket for installation of a ledger on the brick facing or veneer of a structure and associated methods for the installation of the brick bracket on the brick facing A brick bracket which is installed in a recess provided by removal of brick of a brick veneer in order to be attached to studs of a framework of the building without contacting the bricks. The brick bracket has a front wall which extends outwardly and covers the brick facing and carries carriage bolts to which a ledger can be affixed such that the ledger is able to support an attached structure so that the brick bracket will not apply any force to the bricks of the brick facing.
US08621800B2	Mortar and debris collection system for masonry cavity walls A mortar and debris collection device for use in a masonry wall assembly includes a water permeable body made of an open-space defining array of polymer filaments that twist and turn between filament intersections where adjacent filaments are bonded to each other. The water permeable body comprises a shell having a hollow interior and includes an elongated base and extensions upwardly projecting from the base.
US08621796B2	Conduit duct with sequence of layers A conduit duct for sealing at least one conduit includes an elastomer body for sealingly contacting the conduit. The elastomer body comprises at least two elastomer parts, wherein each of the elastomer parts includes a plurality of hollow sleeves. In an assembled condition of the elastomer body parts, the hollow sleeves of one of the body parts are arranged with the hollow sleeves of the other one of the body parts to form a sequence of layers surrounding the conduit. A tensioning device positioned on the elastomer body compresses the elastomer body to thereby sealingly press the body onto the conduit.
US08621794B2	Reinforced mull post assembly A composite reinforced mull post is disclosed for use in an entryway assembly. The mull post may engage a door on one side and a side light window on the other side. The mull post may comprise a one or two piece outer portion and one or more internal reinforcing members. The outer portion may comprise a plurality of interlocking pieces. The pieces may include a stop portion and a support portion, each with interlocking ribs. A first internal reinforcing member may be formed of engineered material such as a wood laminate, and a second reinforcing member may comprise a channel that extends partially around the first reinforcing member. The reinforcing member may include orthogonal portions conterminously received within a correspondingly shaped central chamber formed by the housing formed by the joined interlocking pieces.
US08621791B2	Damping system A damper has two sets of first elongate members, second elongate members that are connected so that they can rotate and that connect the first elongate members to one another, and damping members which attenuate the relative movement between the first elongate members and the second elongate members. The respective first joints of each of the first members are connected to the first connection members and the second connection members so that they can rotate. The first joint of the first elongate member, the first joints of the other first elongate members, and each of the second joints are located along the common axes.
US08621789B2	Storm shelter and method of use thereof A transportable apparatus for shelter comprising two sections, a base section and a top section. The base section and the top section have cavities that can be filled with water or are pre-filled with foam. The top section may be cone-shaped or dome-shaped, and is dimensioned to be placed on the base section. After the top section is placed on the base section, the top section can be secured to the base section via bolts. Finally, both the top section and bottom section are divided into sections such that if one section develops a leak the other sections remain unaffected.
US08621788B2	Connector for construction elements and method of connecting There is herein described a connector system. More particularly, there is herein described a connector (100) system which is capable of being used to connect construction modules (120) in a substantially horizontal and/or substantially vertical manner.
US08621787B2	Prefabricated building modules for multi-unit housing The present application is directed towards systems and methods for building a living space during construction of a multi-unit housing structure. In particular, the present application describes various embodiments of prefabricated building modules that may be built and equipped with plumbing, HVAC and/or electrical fixtures prior to installation in a multi-unit housing structure. Because modules may be configured prior to installation in a housing structure, the use of prefabricated building modules may increase efficiency of construction and provide enhanced customization over other non-configurable building units.
US08621785B2	Z-bar extension member and assembly A method of assembling a z-bar extension member to a z-bar that negates the need for trimming the z-bar. The apparatus includes an exterior z-bar member having an exterior barrel portion and an interior z-bar member having an interior barrel portion. The interior barrel portion is slidably or snappingly engaged within the exterior barrel portion. Mating structures may be included on the cooperating components to maintain a positional relationship therebetween during assembly. A guard assembly that mounts to the edge of a door or on the end of a door expander to cover the gap between the z-bar and the casing is also disclosed that may be used in conjunction with or as an alternative to the z-bar extension member.
US08621780B2	Seed index system for treating agricultural seeds Seed index system and methods for treating agricultural seeds with one or more seed care products employing a size-adjusted application rate based on the size of the seeds. Such size-adjusted application rates can be determined by a supplier of seed care products and communicated to an applicator who applies the seed care product to a quantity of seeds. Such size-adjusted application rates can be in the form of a chart, an equation, or a calculator.
US08621771B2	Machine for controllably flying a flag in the absence of natural wind A machine for controllably flying a flag indoors or outdoors in the absence of natural wind; said machine constituted of a base member having enough depth to house and protect electronic and/or electro-mechanical drive components etc.; said drive components including, but not limited to at least one electric motor mechanically coupled to a drive shaft of a cylindrical centrifugal fan via pulleys; said fan, as well as an air foil member and a flag pole housed in a long tubular wind pipe rigidly secured atop aforementioned base member in such a manner that when the aforesaid motor(s) actuates the aforesaid fan member via the aforesaid shaft, air pulled in through holes on the wind pipe is blown past the aforesaid airfoil, and then past the flagpole and attached flag, thereby causing said flag to rise and flap in the natural manner; an airfoil angle of attack knob atop the aforementioned wind pipe, in conjunction with a motor speed control knob atop the aforementioned base member, providing affective means of changing or modifying the flying pattern or flapping of aforesaid flag; a synthesized music circuit consisting of several songs preferably national anthems or state songs programmed into its memory is looped together with a programmable timer and an LCD display and control panel for permitting timed actuations of the machine ala electronic alarms.
US08621767B2	Article of footwear having a support structure An article of footwear may include a midsole having a plurality of cavities formed therein and a flexible cage member disposed on the midsole and extending across at least one of the plurality of cavities. The flexible cage member may include a plurality of support arms disposed on the midsole and a linking member extending across at least one of the cavities and connecting at least two of the support arms.
US08621762B2	Forced air coat hanger A multiple garment drying apparatus for drying garments that includes a hot air source and blower assembly attached to a garment hanging assembly that includes two upward extending hot air transfer tubes that connect to two hot air ports on the blower assembly. Attached to the ends of the two tubes is a hollow, transverse brace with two upward extending end brackets attached to its opposite ends. Attached to the two end brackets is an upper shoulder component used to support a jacket placed thereon. The upper shoulder component includes a plurality of air vents that enable air delivered below the upper shoulder component to travel upward and through the upper shoulder component. During operation, air from the hot air source and blower assembly is delivered to the two transfer tubes. The air from the two transfer tubes is then transmitted to the transverse brace and through the upper shoulder component.
US08621758B2	Razor handle A handle for a safety razor is provided that includes an elongated hand gripping structure with a cartridge support structure at an end of the hand gripping structure. The hand gripping structure includes a frame and a first and second gripping pad. Each gripping pad can have a thermoplastic elastomeric gripping layer and a nonelastomeric thermoplastic support layer. The first gripping pad has an extension that cooperates with an opening of the frame to provide a snap fit joint between the frame and the first gripping pad. The second gripping pad has an extension that cooperates with the extension of the first gripping pad to prevent disengagement of the snap fit from the opening of the frame. The extension of the first gripping pad can be bifurcated and the extension of the second gripping pad can be received in the bifurcation.
US08621755B2	Metallized cutlery and tableware and method therefor A plastic cutlery item molded from a plastic material, such as polystyrene, having a metallic coating that imparts to this cutlery item the appearance of metal cutlery or silverware. In one embodiment the plastic cutlery or tableware items are molded using injection molding techniques, and subjected to a vacuum metallizing process in an individualized non-contiguous manner, where a thin metallic layer is deposited on at least one of their surfaces. The resultant items simulate the appearance of metal cutlery or tableware. In one embodiment of the invention the plastic cutlery or tableware articles are molded from a clear polystyrene resin and are coated with a thin stainless steel layer through vacuum sputtering deposition on only one of the sides. The abrasion resistance of the metallic coating can be enhanced by subjecting the articles to a post-metallizing holding period or by applying a clear protective overcoat.
US08621749B2	Non-deleterious technique for creating continuous conductive circuits A non-deleterious method for producing a continuous conductive circuit upon a non-conductive substrate can begin with the application of a metallic base layer upon a surface of a non-conductive substrate. A circuit pattern can be created within the metallic base layer based upon a circuit design. The metallic base layer comprising the circuit pattern can be physically separated from the remainder of the metallic base layer on the non-conductive substrate. The region of the non-conductive substrate surface that encloses the circuit pattern can be called the plating region. The remainder of the non-conductive substrate surface can be called the non-plating region. A first metal layer can be added upon the metallic base layer. A second metal layer can be added upon the first metal layer of the plating region. The second metal layer can be electrically conductive and restricted from forming on the first metal layer of the non-plating region.
US08621748B2	Manufacturing method for a printed wiring board A manufacturing method of a printed wiring board, including forming a plurality of electrodes on a conductive layer formed on a substrate by a plating method, forming an insulation layer on the electrodes and the conductive layer, removing the substrate from the conductive layer, patterning the conductive layer except for a resistor forming region reserved for forming a resistor, thereby forming an external connection conductive pattern, and forming a resistor in the resistor forming region such that the resistor is separated by a space from the external connection conductive pattern.
US08621746B2	Method for making phase change memory A method for making phase change memory is provided. The method includes following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of first row electrode leads and the second row electrode leads is located on the substrate. A carbon nanotube layer is applied on the substrate to cover the first row electrode lead and the second row electrode lead. The carbon nanotube layer is patterned to form a plurality of carbon nanotube units located on the second row electrode lead. A phase change layer is applied on the surface of each carbon nanotube unit. A plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a plurality of first row electrode leads and a plurality of second row electrode leads is located on the substrate.
US08621745B2	Stretch film sleeve label applicator A stretch film sleeve label applicator for separating a stretchable sleeve label from a web of such labels and applying the label to an item, such as a container, is disclosed. The applicator is particularly useful for applying high stretch labels to highly contoured containers. The applicator is configured to receive a series of labels in an elongated, continuous web of flat, 2-ply sleeve labels, open the continuous sleeve of labels, separate an individual label from a next successive label, stretch the label to permit its application to an item to be labeled, such as a container, and apply the label in an accurate and precise location on the container. The applicator comprises three primary components: a label feeding assembly, a label separating assembly and a label stretching assembly. Various embodiments of the label feeding assembly, label separating assembly and label stretching assembly are disclosed.
US08621742B1	Ferrule lock nuts method Apparatus and Method of use for an improved lock nut type of fastener. On a threaded rod, a set of one or two cavity locknuts are used with a sleeve like ferrule to lock a nut in a set position on the rod. For example a nut that is clamping a workpiece can be held in place (resisting if not preventing loosening) by suitable application of the ferrule and cavity locknut. The cavity locknut has a tapered funnel-like cavity in a nut face around the nut's threaded hole. Locking is accomplished by immobilizing the ferrule on the rod and against the nut to be held, orienting the cavity side of the cavity locknut toward the ferrule, and forcefully torquing the cavity nut against and around the ferrule so that it is crimped against the threaded rod by the tapered cavity in the nut.
US08621738B2	Glass cutting apparatus, glass-substrate disassembling apparatus, glass-substrate disassembling system, glass cutting method, and glass-substrate disassembling method A glass cutting apparatus (101) includes a pair of cutters (13a, 13b) installed oppositely to each other in such a way as to sandwich, therebetween, a glass plate with surfaces of the glass plate thereof being along a vertical direction; a first pressing unit (14a) which presses one of the cutters to one of the surfaces of the glass plate in a horizontal direction with a pressing force P; a second pressing unit (14b) which is placed oppositely to the first pressing unit and presses the other one of the cutters to the other surface of the glass plate in the horizontal direction with the pressing force P; and a moving unit (20) which moves the pair of cutters pressing the glass plate with the pressing force P.
US08621730B2	Capacitor producing method for producing thin-film capacitors eliminating defects In a capacitor producing method, a bottom electrode, a thin-film dielectric, and a top electrode are deposited on a substrate so as to form a capacitor, wherein defects including particles and electrical short-circuits between the bottom electrode and the top electrode are detected before the capacitor is divided into capacitor cells. Next, defects such as particles and electrical short-circuits between the bottom electrode and the top electrode are removed before the capacitor is divided into capacitor cells.
US08621728B2	Locking carabiner A locking carabiner having an eccentric pivot that when rotated causes a reciprocating motion that moves the opening end of the gate into or out of locking engagement with the carabiner body. Rotation of the eccentric is controlled by a short lever that can be easily moved by a fingertip, consequently the gate can be conveniently manipulated and locked with the fingers of one hand. The locking mechanism adds negligible weight and bulk to the carabiner. The locking mechanism can be incorporated on bent gate, straight gate and wire gate carabiners.
US08621727B2	Tray holder A clip to secure trays in a stack including a platform, rails coupled to the platform to mate with tabs of at least bookending trays in the tray stack when the platform occupies a brake position thereof relative to the stack and an elastic brake element coupled to the platform and configured to be biased against the stack when the platform occupies the brake position to increase a mating friction between the rails and the tabs, the elastic brake element being actuatable against the bias to permit selective movement of the platform to and from the brake position, the selective movement solely actuating the elastic brake element.
US08621719B2	Auxiliary handle It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for a reduction of vibration of an auxiliary handle for a hand-held power tool. The object can be achieved by a representative auxiliary handle. The auxiliary handle includes a ring-like mounting part, a pair of bases, a rod-like grip, one or arms and an elastic region. The bases are formed on a free end of the mounting part. The bases of the mounting part and extending end portions of the arms are arranged parallel to the longitudinal direction of the grip. The bases of the mounting part and the extending end portions of the arms are clamped by a bolt and a nut such that the mounting part holds the power tool body. The elastic region is provided in at least one of the mounting part, the bases and the extending end portions of the arms.
US08621718B2	Assembly fixture for assemling a hinge to a display panel An assembly fixture used to assemble hinges to a display panel assembly includes a base to support the display and at least one hinge mounting member fixed on the base. Each hinge mounting member includes two support bars projected from the base, a axle and a rotatable arm. The opposite ends of the axle respectively rotatably connected to the tops of the two support bars. The rotatable arm can rotated in concert with the axle. Each rotatable arm further includes at least two protruding portions to position the hinge and at least one magnetic element to attract the hinge, thereby fixing the hinge to the rotatable arm.
US08621714B2	Hinge assembly for foldable electronic device A hinge assembly includes a shaft, a main body drive member, a follower, and a resilient member. The main body drive member, the follower, and the resilient member are mounted with the shaft in turn. One end of the main body drive member has a cam. One end of the follower has a cam engaging with the cam of the main body drive member. The resilient member causes the cam of the follower to resist the cam of the main body drive member due to the decompression of the resilient member, and when the follower is manually rotated relative to the main body drive member about an angle, the follower automatically rotates relative to the main body drive member due to the decompression of the resilient member.
US08621705B1	Spraying windshield wiper assembly A spraying windshield wiper assembly is provided for delivering cleaning fluid to a windshield surface from a wiper arm holding a wiper blade. The assembly includes a wiper arm having a first end and a second end. The first end is configured for coupling to a vehicle. An elongated blade housing is coupled to the second end of the wiper arm. A channel extends through the blade housing. A supply tube is coupled to the wiper arm and fluidly coupled to the channel for delivering a fluid to the channel. A plurality of nozzles is coupled to the wiper arm. Each nozzle is fluidly coupled to the channel whereby each nozzle is configured for dispensing the fluid from the channel onto the windshield of the vehicle. A wiper blade is coupled to the blade housing.
US08621694B2	Sleep support surface that includes a layer with large diameter cleaving A layered mattress including a first layer having a first support surface facing substantially externally and a second support surface opposite the first support surface; a specialized layer having a top support surface adjacent the second support surface of the first layer, a bottom support surface, and a plurality of holes defined to extend through the specialized layer; a second layer having a third support surface adjacent the bottom support surface of the specialized layer and a fourth support surface opposite the third support surface; and a pad having a fifth support surface adjacent the fourth support surface of the second layer and a sixth support surface opposite the fifth support surface.
US08621693B2	Nodal modular support surface A support surface includes a plurality of interconnected node groups, where each node group includes at least two nodes connected by a fluid passage. The plurality of interconnected node groups define a node array. A source of pressurized fluid, such as pressurized air is connected with the node array.
US08621690B2	Hospital bed lift and braking mechanisms A patient support including a frame, plurality of wheels coupled to the frame, a deck, and a scissor mechanism coupled to the frame and the deck to move the deck from a raised position to a lowered position. The support includes brake mechanism including a brake pad to contact the floor to prevent the patient support from rolling.
US08621686B2	Power and control system for bed Embodiments of a power and signal distribution assembly for a bed having at least one power input port, at least one controller port, and at least one output port are described. The power input port receives a first DC voltage from a power supply and the power supply receiving an AC voltage and converting it to the first DC voltage. The controller port receives the first DC voltage and outputs at least one power control signal having the first DC voltage. The output port receives signals having the first DC voltage. The power and signal distribution assembly has a first location and the power supply has a second location different from the first location. In other embodiments, the power and signal distribution assembly is located on a frame of a bed and the power supply remote therefrom. Still further, one or more additional controller ports may also be provided.
US08621684B2	Transfer assist apparatus A transfer assist apparatus includes an anxiety measurement unit that detects a physical change linked to a sense of anxiety in the care-receiver and measures a degree of anxiety in the care-receiver, and a control unit that control the drive unit correspondingly to a trajectory inputted by the operation unit and performs feedback control so as to reduce the degree of anxiety measured by the anxiety measurement unit. The anxiety measurement unit detects at least one of a heart rate, an amount of perspiration, a breathing rate, an eyeball movement, an electric resistance of skin, and a skin temperature as the physical change linked to a sense of anxiety in the care-receiver. The control unit sets a speed limit of the drive unit correspondingly to the degree of anxiety measured by the anxiety measurement unit and restricts the drive speed of the drive unit not to exceed the speed limit.
US08621679B1	Motorized back scrubber device A motorized back scrubber device for installing in a shower featuring two parallel poles for securing to the shower wall, a motor housing slidably disposed on the first pole; a brush motor and track motor disposed in the motor housing; an elongated brush that engages the brush motor, wherein the brush motor functions to rotate the brush in a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction and the track motor functions to move the motor housing up and down on the pole; a drive lever with control panel extending outwardly from the motor housing, the control panel functions to control speed of rotation and direction of rotation of the brush motor and functions to control direction of the track motor; and a soap dispenser operatively connected to the control panel to pump soap to the brush.
US08621675B2	Portable and disposable sanitary toilet seat cover A portable and disposable sanitary toilet seat cover comprises an annulus for placement on the toilet seat, the annulus having depending from its inner and outer boundaries inner and outer skirts. A drawstring is reaved into the annulus adjacent the relatively outer boundary thereof and also passes through a perforation at the rear of the cover where there is provided a glove in a stowed condition. When the toilet has been used, actuation of the drawstring collapses the annulus and its skirts and releases the stowed glove. Following full collapse of the cover, a hand is inserted into the glove to grasp the crumpled cover and the glove is then inverted to encase the used toilet seat cover for hygienic disposal.
US08621669B2	Disposable safety garment with improved doffing and neck closure Nonwoven safety garments are described. Features of the stitching of some embodiments limit the number of particulates emitted from seams between cut edges. Attachments features may be included on the garments to enable secure, external attachment of measuring equipment. Doffing features, such as loops, are provided to help the wearer safely remove the garment, either by helping her pull off part or all of the garment or by starting to separate closure devices. In some embodiments, a repositionable closure on a neck flap covers the neck up to the bottom of a face mask or respirator, and a grasping tab helps the wearer safely open the repositionable closure and the neck flap.
US08621667B2	Visored cloth headgear An item of headgear comprised of a visor bill attached to a square piece of cloth along the diagonal of the cloth and slightly below the center of the cloth. The visor bill is encased in a pocket-shaped visor bill cover before it is stitched to the square piece of cloth. The present invention can be worn as a visor, or it can be opened up and wrapped over the top of the head to form the shape of a more traditional hat.
US08627511B2	Electronic control and amplification device for a local piezoelectric force measurement probe under a particle beam An electronic control device for a local probe with a piezoelectric resonator and preamplification and processing of its signals, the probe being configured for local measurement of physical properties of a sample in an environment with a particle beam directed towards the probe, in which an excitation voltage generated by an excitation mechanism is applied to the piezoelectric resonator through a first galvanic isolation transformer, and a current for measurement of mechanical oscillations of the piezoelectric resonator is applied through a second galvanic isolation transformer to a preamplification device on the output side.
US08627508B2	Cloud key directory for federating data exchanges Embodiments are directed to facilitating data transfer using an anonymous directory and to providing attribute-based data access to identified users. In an embodiment, a computer system instantiates an anonymous directory that stores data in various client-specific directories for different clients. The anonymous directory is configured to provide data access according to access controls defined and managed by the client. The computer system receives a data request from a user that identifies the user and specifies a portion of data that is to be returned to the user. The computer system determines which of the client's data is to be returned to the user based on the client's specified access controls. The access controls grant access to specified data in some of the client-specific directories, based on the user's identity. The computer system then provides the determined data to the user.
US08627492B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing apparatus comprising: an input portion that inputs image data of a plurality of pages of document; a password detector that detects a password given to each of the pages; a password judger that judges from the detecting results drew by the password detector whether or not different passwords are detected from each of the pages; a correlation judger that judges about each of the pages if the password judger judges that different passwords are detected from each of the pages, whether or not the passwords are correlated to each other; and an output permitting portion that permits the image data of all the pages, which are the image data inputted by the input portion, to be outputted without requesting entry of all passwords, if it is judged about each of the pages that the passwords are correlated to each other, on the other hand, requests entry of a password about each of the pages if it is judged about at least one of the pages that the passwords are not correlated to each other, then permits the image data of a certain page to be outputted, if an appropriate password is entered about that page.
US08627485B1	Digital cinema distribution method and apparatus Disclosed herein is an improved (digital) supply chain (ISC) product. The disclosure covers a simple explanation of the improved supply chain as a service business model, a review of key digital cinema (D-Cinema) topics, a description of the Digital Cinema supply chain, and finally, a description of the improved supply chain product and process.
US08627483B2	Data anonymization based on guessing anonymity Privacy is defined in the context of a guessing game based on the so-called guessing inequality. The privacy of a sanitized record, i.e., guessing anonymity, is defined by the number of guesses an attacker needs to correctly guess an original record used to generate a sanitized record. Using this definition, optimization problems are formulated that optimize a second anonymization parameter (privacy or data distortion) given constraints on a first anonymization parameter (data distortion or privacy, respectively). Optimization is performed across a spectrum of possible values for at least one noise parameter within a noise model. Noise is then generated based on the noise parameter value(s) and applied to the data, which may comprise real and/or categorical data. Prior to anonymization, the data may have identifiers suppressed, whereas outlier data values in the noise perturbed data may be likewise modified to further ensure privacy.
US08627471B2	Permissions checking for data processing instructions A data processing system having a processor and a target device processes decorated instructions (i.e. an instruction having a decoration value). A device of the data processing system such as the processor sends transactions to the target device over a system interconnect. The transactions include an indication of an instruction operation, an address associated with the instruction operation, a decoration value (i.e. a command to the target device to perform a function in addition to a primary function of the executed instruction), and access permissions associated with the address. The target device (e.g. a memory with functionality in addition to storage functionality) determines whether a decoration operation specified by the decoration value is permissible based on the received access permissions. The target device performs the decoration operation if appropriate permissions exist.
US08627460B2	Device function restricting method and system in specific perimeters An apparatus and method for restricting the functions of a device are provided. A restriction monitoring system includes a communication system that provides a location-limited communication channel that detects whether a device entering a perimeter is in an area for device inspection, a server that provides a credential and a security policy to the device and receives a report on whether the device violates the security policy through the location-limited communication channel, and an alarm system which triggers a security alarm when the device violates the security policy.
US08627457B2	Integrated security system A network device used to provide network security includes an interface configured to receive data transmitted over a network. The network device also includes a firewall, intrusion detection logic and forwarding logic. The firewall, intrusion detection logic and forwarding logic process the received data to determine whether the data contains malicious content. When the data contains malicious content, the data may be dropped before it reaches a user device to which the received data was sent. Optionally, the network device may interact with an external device in order to make the forwarding decision. In addition, the network device may subscribe to services offered by the external device to receive updated security information.
US08627454B2	Dynamic quota-based entertainment manager A system biometrically authenticates a user that intends to use an entertainment device. The system obtains, based on the biometric authentication, one or more quotas associated with an amount of time that the user may use the entertainment device, and controls the user's use of the entertainment device based on the one or more quotas.
US08627437B2	Method for reading attributes from an ID token The invention relates to a method for reading at least one attribute stored in an ID token, wherein, where the ID token is associated with a user, having the following steps: the user is authenticated to the ID token, a first computer system is authenticated to the ID token, following successful authentication of the user and the first computer system to the ID token, the first computer system effects read access to the at least one attribute stored in the ID token in order to transmit the at least one attribute, when it has been signed, to a second computer system, where the authentication of the first computer system to the ID token is performed because of an attribute specification, which is received by the first computer system from a third computer system.
US08627431B2	Distributed network name Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to a distributed network name. In aspects, computers of a cluster have components of a distributed network name service. The network name service has a leader and clones that are hosted on the computers of the cluster. The leader is responsible for updating a name server with network names and addresses of the computers. The leader is also responsible for configuring a security server that allows clients to securely access the computers. The network name service provides credentials to local security authorities of the computers so that a client that attempts to access a service of the computers can be authenticated.
US08627423B2	Authorizing remote access points Authorizing remote access points for use in a network: After the remote access point is provisioned to communicate securely to a controller using its TCP/IP address provided by a user, the remote access point is put into an un-authorized state by the controller pending further authorization. The user is presented with a secure captive portal page authenticating the end-user. User's authentication credentials are verified by the controller. After the remote access point has been authorized, the controller marks it verified as a fully functional node, and saves this state. The remote access point is provisioned with the current provisioning parameters for the remote access point as configured by the IT administrator for the end user, so that each remote access point can have unique per-user configuration applied.
US08627422B2	Authentication in secure user plane location (SUPL) systems A particular method includes storing, at a mobile device, at least one security credential that is specific to the mobile device. The method also includes transmitting the at least one security credential to a secure user plane location (SUPL) location platform (SLP) to authenticate the mobile device as associated with a SUPL user based on a comparison of the device identifier to a stored device identifier.
US08627418B2	Controlled discovery of san-attached SCSI devices and access control via login authentication A method for accessing data in a storage area network is provided. The method initiates with receiving a request for a list of targets on the storage area network. All the targets on the storage area network are exposed to the requester and authentication requiring a password is requested from the requester to grant access to the targets on the storage are network. Access to the targets is granted if the password is acceptable, and access to the targets is refused if the password is unacceptable.
US08627416B2	Device-specific authorization at distributed locations A method includes receiving, at a client device, an authentication seed from a first network. The method also includes receiving a shared secret. The method further includes, in response to receiving the authentication seed, determining a network address of the client device. The method further includes computing a result of a one-way hash function of a combination of the network address, the authentication seed, and the shared secret. The method further includes transmitting the network address and the result of the one-way hash function to a server that provides access control of a second network coupled to the first network. The method further includes receiving permission from the server to access the second network.
US08627355B2	System and method for displaying selected information to a person undertaking exercises A system for displaying selected information to a person undertaking exercises includes a physical data assessment unit, a physical data gathering unit, and a motion template database. The physical data gathering unit and the motion template database are in communication with the physical data assessment unit. The system further includes an impairment profile generator, an information database including audiovisual information to be displayed to the person according to the impairment profile, and an audiovisual display unit. The information database and the audiovisual display unit are in communication with the impairment profile generator and the impairment profile generator is in communication with the physical data assessment unit. Information such as advertisements is displayed on display to the person where advertisement selection rules are based on Bayesian inference.
US08627344B2	Methods and apparatuses for user interface management A data driven, no-refresh, high-interactivity user interface framework, which can be used in (or with) web browsers to provide user interface for accessing product and service configuration through network connection. For example, the user interface can be used with web-based customer order management or product configurator. In one embodiment, the user interface presented as a web document is updated using Document Object Model (DOM) to avoid refreshing. Updates to the user interface are driven by the data managed by the user interface. An event queue for user actions to be dispatched to the server is provided to improve usability of the user interface. A user interface level application program interface is provided for external applications/modules to improve configurability.
US08627340B2	Managing events generated from business objects A method, system, and computer program product for managing events generated from business objects in a business transactions environment are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first event being raised by a business object in a plurality of business objects configured in a business entity is detected. The business entity executes in the data processing system and provides a function for processing a request. A determination is made whether a second event has been detected prior to the first event and during the processing of the request. In response to the determining being affirmative, first event data associated with the first event is combined with second event data stored from the second event. The combining results in consolidated event data. The consolidated event data is published in response to the request upon completing the processing of the request.
US08627327B2	Thread classification suspension The exemplary embodiments provide a computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer-usable program code for managing memory. A notice of a shortage of real memory is received. For each active thread, the thread classification of the active thread is compared to a global hierarchy of thread classifications to determine a thread to affect. The global hierarchy of thread classifications defines the relative importance of each thread classification. An action to take for the determined thread is determined. The determined action is performed for the determined thread.
US08627320B2	Systems and methods for scheduling applications A system allocates resources in a network. The system receives an allocation request for a first flow and a second flow from an application and identifies the application based on the allocation request. The system schedules resources for the first flow based on the identification of the application and the second flow.
US08627315B2	Apparatus and method for cooperative guest firmware A method and apparatus for cooperative guest firmware are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the launch of a virtual machine (VM) including a guest operating system (OS) and guest firmware. Prior to launching the VM, a data structure is generated in memory and is associated with the guest firmware to provide a virtualization policy provided by the VM as well as processor and platform configuration information to the guest firmware. In one embodiment, the guest firmware uses the data structure to access static information regarding the virtualization policy, as well as the processor and platform configuration information in response to requests from the guest OS. However, when the guest OS requires a host platform service, a virtual machine monitor (VMM) services the guest firmware requests for host platform services. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08627312B2	Methods and systems for integrated storage and data management using a hypervisor Methods and systems for integrated data management and block level storage management in a storage system having a controller with a multi-core processor. A hypervisor manages the multi-core processor such that at least one processor is used in a first virtual machine on which a block level storage management process is operable. The first virtual machine may also operate under the control of a real-time operating system. The hypervisor also defines a second virtual machine using one or more other processor cores and operates a data management application process optionally under control of a general purpose operating system. The optional general purpose operating system and the data management application process access storage devices by communicating through the hypervisor with the block level storage management process operable in the first virtual machine.
US08627309B2	Automated deployment and servicing of distributed applications Deployment and servicing tasks associated with multi-tier, distributed applications, application environments and data centers are automated so that a person does not have to manually perform these tasks. All of the information describing and defining the distributed service is modeled and stored in a re-useable service template that can be used to drive an automated system to programmatically deploy and manage the service over time. Deployment and servicing of a distributed application can be automated using re-useable models that capture hardware and workload definitions. The re-useable models in the form of service templates enable delta-based servicing of the application. The service can be deployed to one or more physical machines, one or more virtual machines or to a combination thereof. A default deployment plan can be customized with instance-specific customizations of service parameters.
US08627302B2	Sampling based runtime optimizer for efficient debugging of applications A method of reproducing runtime environment for debugging an application includes reading an optimizer file from a non-volatile storage medium. The optimizer file includes a runtime environment, application definition information, and a log. The log includes summaries of events, actions, and a time mark of occurrence for each of the actions. A runtime environment for debugging the application is then defined and the application runtime is set up using the application definition information in the optimizer file. Further, the method includes running the application, attaching an optimizer, and triggering each of the actions to occur at a time mark of occurrence associated with each of the actions. Then, each of the actions and associated events is analyzed by comparing the events produced by running the application with the events in the optimizer file. If a fault is produced by the triggering, a debugger is invoked to analyze the fault.
US08627301B2	Concurrent management of adaptive programs A method for concurrent management of adaptive programs is disclosed wherein changes in a set of modifiable references are initially identified. A list of uses of the changed references is next computed using records made in structures of the references. The list is next inserted into an elimination queue. Comparison is next made of each of the uses to the other uses to determine independence or dependence thereon. Determined dependent uses are eliminated and the preceding steps are repeated for all determined independent uses until all dependencies have been eliminated.
US08627300B2	Parallel dynamic optimization Technologies are generally described for parallel dynamic optimization using multicore processors. A runtime compiler may be adapted to generate multiple instances of executable code from a portable intermediate software module. The various instances of executable code may be generated with variations of optimization parameters such that the code instances each express different optimization attempts. A multicore processor may be leveraged to simultaneously execute some, or all, of the various code instances. Preferred optimization parameters may be determined from the executable code instances that may correctly complete in the least time, or may use the least amount of memory, or that may prove superior according to some other fitness metric. Preferred optimization parameters may be used to seed future optimization attempts. Output generated from the preferred instances may be used as soon as the first instance correctly completes block.
US08627297B2	Method for evaluating at least one characteristic value For the purpose of evaluating at least one characteristic value of at least one function in the execution of a program, a method uses a graphical representation of the at least one determined characteristic value associated with the functions. The representation is subdivided into a hierarchical structure, dependent on the degree of call depth of the function, and each call of a function in the graphical representation occupies an area whose size is dependent on the associated determined characteristic value in each case. In this context characteristic values can be any variables that are measurable by means of a profiler, as already explained in the introduction. Typically, an execution of a program is initiated via the calling of first functions, also referred to hereinafter as call depth 1. Said functions may possibly call further functions, i.e. of call depth 2, and so on, until processing of the desired task has been completed. At the same time functions can also be called multiple times and by all means from multiple call depths, a function not being specified in terms of call depth.
US08627288B2	Method and system for web-site testing Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for testing web sites and web servers. In discussed embodiments of the present invention, a third-party testing service collects page-access and conversion information on behalf of a web site. The third-party testing service is straightforwardly configured through a user interface and is engaged for real-time, live statistics collection by means of simple modifications of HTML files served or provided to users by a web site.
US08627286B2	Fully declarative build system for build optimization A fully declarative build system is described for software build optimization. The build system supports complete control over build and test inputs and build and test operations. The build system takes inputs from a source control system. The inputs can include source code files, test files and various site files used to generate human-oriented materials for the modules. A dependencies file specifies a set of dependencies among the modules of the system. When invoked, the build system determines that changes have been made to the inputs. The system then parses the dependencies file, and based on it, determines exactly which inputs will be affected by the changes. The build system can then rebuild only those modules that will be affected by the changes, as determined from the dependencies file. Alternatively, the system may only perform testing or document generating for files which are dependent on the modified file.
US08627284B2	Managed system extensibility One or more extension registrations are received for each of multiple software components installed on a computing device. The one or more extension registrations identify the software components as providers of functionality. A record of the one or more extension registrations for each of the multiple software components is maintained. Requests are received, from other software components installed on the computing device, that identify particular functionality. In response to such requests, the information regarding one or more of the multiple software components that provide the particular functionality is returned to the other software components.
US08627283B2	Graphical user interface with a background class loading event system According to one aspect of the invention, a method for searching for a particular type of class file and a graphical user interface for displaying the names of the class files of the particular type are provided. A first class file is searched for a particular feature. If the class file contains the feature, the name of the class file is displayed. A second class file may then be searched and displayed if it contains the same feature. The names of all class files having the feature may then be displayed in a menu on the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may also include a window displaying a list of features. When one of the features is selected, the names of all the class files having the feature are displayed in the menu.
US08627280B2	Multi-tenant collaborative review service A multi-tenant collaborative review service that facilitates collaborative review of a review target artifact set. The service is multi-tenant in that it provides common functions and infrastructure that are available across multiple tenants supported by the review service. Furthermore, the review service is extensible in that it provides an extensibility point into which tenant-specific functions may be incorporated into the review service. For each one or more of the tenants, the corresponding review target artifact set is distributed such that a tenant-accessible subset of the artifact set is maintained uniquely accessible by the corresponding tenant, and such that a centralized service subset of the review target artifact set is maintained remote from the corresponding tenant.
US08627277B2	Machine driven process for user interface driven data modeling collaboration A computer implemented method and computer program product build a data-bound user interface. An instruction from a graphical designer is received for creating the presentation field within the presentation user interface. When the presentation field is created, a corresponding data element is created within a reserved data model, and the presentation field is automatically bound to the data element. Instructions from a data modeler are received for relocating the data element from within the reserved data model to within a custom data model. The data element is relocated to the custom model, and the binding from the presentation field to the data element is maintained. The data bound user interface is then built, including the presentation field and the data element.
US08627276B2	Traceability in a modeling environment Exemplary embodiments employ a mapping among entities that are related to each other. The entities may include a graphical model, generated code, a generated report, a requirements document and/or an intermediate representation. The mapping may facilitate graphical identifications between parts of one entity that maps to part of another entity. The graphical identification may occur based on a selection of a part in one of the entities.
US08627274B2	Software tool and method for generating a virtual appliance A virtual appliance construction tool allows a user to select using a user interface functional information for a virtual appliance to generate a functional model of the virtual appliance. A knowledge base of configuration units is then queried to determine which configuration units are needed to satisfy the functional model. Note the configuration units include not only functional information, but virtualization information as well. The configuration units are then packaged into a virtual appliance blueprint, which is used to generate a certified virtual appliance. In this manner the user need not have extensive knowledge or training regarding virtualization because the virtualization information is selected automatically based on which configuration units provide the function specified by the user.
US08627261B1	Method and apparatus for performing automatic decoupling capacitor selection for power distribution networks A method for designing a power distribution network (PDN) for a system implementing a target device includes computing a target PDN impedance value for the PDN. For each switching frequency of the target device where an effective PDN impedance value for the PDN is greater than the target PDN impedance value, one or more decoupling capacitors for one or more capacitor types are identified to add to the PDN to drive the effective PDN impedance value below the target PDN value. A selection of decoupling capacitors identified is refined to reduce one or more of a cost of the PDN and space required for implementing the PDN.
US08627255B2	Methods and systems for flexible and repeatable pre-route generation Methods and systems for flexible and repeatable pre-route generation are described. In one embodiment, a routing selection is received. The routing selection is for a path between at least a first cell and a second cell. The first and second cell are associated with a functional description of an integrated circuit. A floorplan associated with the functional description is modified to create a modified floorplan. The modified floorplan has a physical design change relative to the floorplan. A pre-route is automatically generated based on receipt of the routing selection and the modified floorplan. The pre-route is added to a physical design of the chip to create a pre-routed physical design. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US08627236B2	Terminal and control method thereof Disclosed is a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of displaying an image or data in a particular object shape. When an image list is displayed and then any one particular image of the list is selected, the selected image is converted into a particular preset object shape to be displayed if the selected image is a panorama-type image.
US08627228B2	Automatic sash configuration in a GUI environment A graphical user interface generation system offers a management module that displays GUI elements and a visual indicator in an editing window. The visual indicator is movable in the editing window, which has at least two panels and a divider between the panels. A configuration history of the divider including at least one prior location of the divider in the editing window is memorized. An optimization function is defined for determining a new configuration of the divider. The function is invoked responsively to the configuration history of the divider to determine the new configuration of the divider, and a current configuration of the divider is automatically reset on the display to the new configuration of the divider within the editing window.
US08627227B2	Allocation of space in an immersive environment A computing device includes an immersive environment module for facilitating simultaneous display of a plurality of applications on a display device without relying on system chrome. At least a first of the applications is displayed in a primary region of the display. The computing device also includes a UI management component for enabling a user selection of an application for simultaneous display on the display device with at least one other application. Processing logic is configured to determine a size in at least one direction of content of a user-selected application as it is displayed on a non-primary region of the display device simultaneous with display of content of the first application on the primary region of the display device. The determination is based at least in part on one or more pre-defined size requirements specified by the selected application.
US08627224B2	Touch screen keypad layout A apparatus includes a touch-screen display. A virtual keypad is displayed wherein the keys are sized in accordance with their location. Keys located in a corner of the display are smallest, keys located on an edge but not in a corner are larger, and keys not having any contact with an edge are largest. A user can easily select keys for entering a text message using multi-tap or predictive text algorithms.
US08627210B2	Context enhanced social network for meeting participants Methods, apparatus, and logic are provided to generate a context enhanced social network (CESN) participant list for meeting participants. One method includes obtaining a list of participants and a meeting context and identifying expert knowledge that is required for the context. Degrees of associations between a first participant and the other participants are calculated based on a level of expert knowledge of the participants. The CESN participant list is generated and displayed for the first meeting participant based on the calculated degrees of associations of the other participants. The method can be repeated such that a unique CESN participant list is generated for each meeting participant based on his perspective in relation to the other meeting participants and based on the current context of the meeting. The CESN participant lists may also be dynamically updated when a change in meeting context is detected.
US08627209B2	Social networking in a non-personalized environment A social networking website allowing users to interact socially without revealing any personal information about themselves. The only information they reveal is about their virtual pets in the virtual website world. Different templates for the personalizable portion of the website can be selected, some of which are restricted.
US08627200B2	Method and device for encoding a structured document and device for decoding a document thus encoded The method of encoding hierarchized data organized in a plurality of events comprises: a step of obtaining an information set of at least one event to be encoded, and a step of recovering a grammar according to the information set, said grammar making it possible to describe at least said information set, a step of determining whether at least a part, defined by a predetermined criterion, of said information set of at least one event to be encoded can be predicted unequivocally from said grammar, if the result of the determination step is positive, a step of encoding so-called “conformity” information representing this positive result, and a step of encoding the information of each said event to be encoded not included in said information set.
US08627198B2	Method for synchronously binding an external behavior to a web page element A new form of DHTML behaviors, called ˜Element Behaviors,” wherein a behavior component is bound to an HTML element, and not just attached to the element as with attached behaviors. A special processing instruction is used to import the Element Behavior into a Web page. Upon parsing the Web page, the Element Behavior is initialized as soon as it has been downloaded and parsed. This immediate initialization makes the Element Behavior declaratively available to bind synchronously to the element(s) it is modifying. A viewLink is a feature of Element Behaviors that permits encapsulation of a behavior component file (e.g., an HTC file) so that the structure of the HTC file is transparent to a Web page (˜primary document”) to which the HTC file is linked, but the content of the HTC file may be displayed in the primary document. The viewLink provides a pointer to the content in the encapsulated HTC file, and renders that content in the primary document, without incorporating the elements of the encapsulated HTC file into the primary document structure.
US08627189B2	High performance digital signal processing in software radios An extensive use of look-up table (LUT) and single instruction multiple data (SIMD) in different algorithms in a software-defined radio (SDR) system is described. In particular, the LUT is used during spreading modulation, mapping and spreading, scrambling, de-scrambling, soft demapping, and the like. The SIMD is executed by a multi-core processor during implementation of a “min” operation to find an optimal path in a Trellis diagram for a Viterbi decoder.
US08627188B2	Flash memory apparatus and methods using a plurality of decoding stages including optional use of concatenated BCH codes and/or designation of “first below” cells A method for decoding a plurality of flash memory cells which are error correction-coded, the method may include: comparing physical values residing in the plurality of flash memory cells to a first set of decision thresholds thereby to provide a first item of comparison information for each of the plurality of cells; comparing physical values residing the plurality of flash memory cells to a second set of decision thresholds, thereby to provide a second item of comparison information for each of the plurality of cells, wherein neither of the first and second sets of decision thresholds is a subset of the other; and determining logical values for the plurality of flash memory cells by combining said first and second items of comparison information.
US08627178B2	Adjusting data dispersal in a dispersed storage network A method begins with a processing module determining that storage of data requires updating, wherein the data is stored as a plurality of sets of encoded data slices in DSN memory. For a first type of updating, the processing module increases the total number while maintaining the decode threshold number. The processing module then, for each set of encoded data slices, creates another encoded data slice in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding function and the increased total number and sends the new encoded data slices to the DSN memory. For a second type of updating, the processing module increases the total number and the decode threshold number. The processing module then recovers the data and encodes it in accordance with the dispersed storage error encoding function using the increased total number and the increased decode threshold number to produce an updated plurality of sets of encoded data slices.
US08627173B2	Method, apparatus, and user equipment for checking false alarm In the field of mobile telecommunications, a method for checking a false alarm is provided. In the method, after a user in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system receives control signaling for scheduling physical resources, Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) is performed on the control signaling; and if the CRC is passed, false alarm check is performed on the control signaling according to false alarm check bit(s) and padding bit(s) in the control signaling. An apparatus and a user equipment (UE) for checking a false alarm are also provided. According to the method, the apparatus, and the UE for checking a false alarm, the number of bits participating in the false alarm check is increased, thereby reducing the probability of false alarm occurrence, and improving receiving performance of the control signaling.
US08627172B2	Error correction encoding apparatus, decoding apparatus, encoding method, decoding method, and programs thereof Provided is an encoding apparatus wherein a transmission data sequence is divided into L short sequences, each of which is then encoded by use of an m-stage pseudo-cyclic low-density parity check encoding system. Each of the L encoded sequences is further divided into shorter sequences, the number of which is identical to the number m of the stages of the pseudo-cyclic codes and each of which has a length m. The shorter sequences are rearranged in order by a replacing module, thereafter encoded, by use of the m-stage pseudo-cyclic low-density parity check encoding system, and outputted. Accordingly, a decoding apparatus with a simple structure where node processing circuits (e.g., minimum-value calculating circuits), the number of which is p that is a submultiple of the number m of the foregoing stages, are provided, can be employed to efficiently decode the codes having a large frame length and a large encoding gain.
US08627166B2	LDPC code family for millimeter-wave band communications in a wireless network A method constructs a family of low-density-parity-check (LDPC) codes. The method includes identifying a code rate for an LDPC code in the family, identifying a protograph for the LDPC code, and constructing a base matrix for the LDPC code. The base matrix is constructed by replacing each zero in the protograph with a ‘−1’, selecting a corresponding value for an absolute shift for each one in the protograph based on constraining a number of relative shifts per column of the LDPC code to one and increasing a size of a smallest cycle in a graph of the LDPC code, and replacing each one in the protograph with the corresponding value.
US08627161B2	Low power divided scan paths with adapter and scan controller Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present disclosure describes a method of adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture. The low power scan architecture maintains the test time of conventional scan architectures, while requiring significantly less operational power than conventional scan architectures. The low power scan architecture is advantageous to IC/die manufacturers since it allows a larger number of circuits (such as DSP or CPU core circuits) embedded in an IC/die to be tested in parallel without consuming too much power within the IC/die. Since the low power scan architecture reduces test power consumption, it is possible to simultaneously test more die on a wafer than previously possible using conventional scan architectures. This allows wafer test times to be reduced which reduces the manufacturing cost of each die on the wafer.
US08627159B2	Feedback scan isolation and scan bypass architecture A feedback scan isolation and bypass architecture apparatus and method. The apparatus includes core logic, and input and output multiplexers. The input multiplexer selectively provides a functional input or the core output to the core input based on a test signal. The output multiplexer selectively provides the core output or the input multiplexer output to a functional output based on the test signal. When the test signal indicates core feedback testing, the output multiplexer outputs the core output and the input multiplexer feeds back the core output to the core input. When the test signal indicates bypass testing, the input multiplexer outputs the functional input and the output multiplexer outputs the functional input bypassing the core logic. Logic can block the feedback or bypass signals when there are timing issues. Logic can modify the number of feedback or bypass signals when the number of functional inputs and outputs are different.
US08627158B2	Flash array built in self test engine with trace array and flash metric reporting A mechanism is provided for a flash array test engine. The flash array test engine includes a circuit. The circuit is configured to generate test workloads in a test mode for testing a flash device array, where each of the test workloads includes specific addresses, data, and command patterns to be sent to the flash device array. The circuit is configured to accelerate wear in the flash device array, via the test workloads, at an accelerated rate relative to general system workloads that are not part of the test mode. The circuit is configured to vary a range of conditions for the flash device array to determine whether each of the conditions passes or fails and to store failure data and corresponding failure data address information for the flash device array.
US08627137B1	Graceful handling of critical traffic blackholing faults In one embodiment, a network device may detect a data plane critical fault condition, while a corresponding control plane is not experiencing a critical fault condition. In response to a network device based critical fault condition, the network device may activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric for each network interface of the network device. On the other hand, in response to an interface based critical fault condition, the network device may activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric for one or more particular network interfaces of the interface based critical fault, and signals, over the control plane to a corresponding network device at an opposing end of each particular network interface of the interface based critical fault, a request to activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric at the opposing end of each particular network interface.
US08627136B2	Non-disruptive failover of RDMA connection A novel RDMA connection failover technique that minimizes disruption to upper subsystem modules (executed on a computer node), which create requests for data transfer. A new failover virtual layer performs failover of an RDMA connection in error so that the upper subsystem that created a request does not have knowledge of an error (which is recoverable in software and hardware), or of a failure on the RDMA connection due to the error. Since the upper subsystem does not have knowledge of a failure on the RDMA connection or of a performed failover of the RDMA connection, the upper subsystem continues providing requests to the failover virtual layer without interruption, thereby minimizing downtime of the data transfer activity.
US08627135B2	Management of a distributed computing system through replication of write ahead logs Several methods and a system of a replicated service for write ahead logs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes persisting a state of a distributed system through a write ahead log (WAL) interface. The method also includes maintaining a set of replicas of a WAL through a consensus protocol. In addition, the method includes providing a set of mechanisms for at least one of detection and a recovery from a hardware failure. The method further includes recovering a persistent state of a set of applications. In addition, the method includes maintaining the persistent state across a set of nodes through the hardware failover. In one embodiment, the system may include a WAL interface to persist a state of a distributed system. The system may also include a WAL replication servlet to maintain and/or recover a set of replicas of a WAL.
US08627132B2	Autonomous multi-device event synchronization and sequencing technique eliminating master and slave assignments An apparatus and method for event synchronization. One or more devices that have a plurality of events to be carried out in a scheduled order in time are connected to a single shared time position clock (TPCLK). There are one or more sequencing controllers coupled with the one or more devices and configured to control the timing of high and low states of the shared TPCLK in accordance with the scheduled order. The synchronization among the plurality of events in the scheduled order is achieved based on the high and low states of the shared TPCLK and such synchronization of the plurality of events in the scheduled order is operated without the presence of master and slave devices.
US08627131B2	Hardware countermeasure against cryptographic attack A hardware countermeasure for a cryptographic hardware module of a computing device is provided. The hardware countermeasure may include a noise-sample generator and a distributed buffer network co-located with the cryptographic module. The noise-sample generator may take as input data samples to be processed by the cryptographic hardware module and generate as output a non-Gaussian noise-sample for each of the input data samples. The distributed buffer network may take as input the non-Gaussian noise-samples and generate a non-Gaussian noise output corresponding to each of the non-Gaussian noise-samples.
US08627130B2	Power saving archive system A power saving archive system includes a front storage system accessible by clients and one or more back storage systems connected to the front storage system. A client file received by the front storage system is written to one of the back storage systems, while the front storage system stores a reference to the file and deletes the file from the front storage system after a certain time period. Each back storage system enters an inactive state (e.g. a powered off state) after a period of unuse, and can become active again in response to a wakeup command (e.g. a Wake-on-LAN signal) from the front storage system. Upon receiving a file read request from a client, the front storage system wakes up the appropriate back storage system, restores the file from the back storage system, and provides the file to the client.
US08627128B2	Power management for processing capacity upgrade on demand A method, computer program product, and apparatus for managing power in a data processing system are presented. A core is activated in the data processing system and configured to operate at a frequency in response to receiving a request to increase a processing capacity of a set of resources in the data processing system. A determination whether a use of power resulting from activating the core configured to operate at the frequency meets a policy for the use of the power in the data processing system is made. A set of parameters associated with devices in the set of resources are adjusted to meet the policy for the use of power in the data processing system in response to a determination that the use of power does not meet the policy. A determination whether a number of operations performed per unit of time by a set of cores associated with the set of resources increased after activating the core is made. An indication that the request to increase the processing capacity of the set of resources is unavailable is made in response to a determination that the number of operations performed per unit of time by the set of cores associated with the set of resources has not increased.
US08627121B2	USB-on-the-go bi-directional protection circuit A power management circuit for managing power of an electronic device includes a regulator and a protection circuit. The regulator converts an input voltage into a corresponding rated voltage and includes an enable pin and an output pin. The enable pin receives a voltage signal to enable or disable the regulator, and the output pin selectively outputs the rated voltage. When the electronic device is implemented as a slave universal serial bus (USB) device and the enable pin receives a low voltage signal, the regulator is disabled, and the protection circuit receives an output voltage. When the electronic device is implemented as a USB host and the enable pin receives a high voltage signal, the regulator is enabled, and the output protection circuit outputs the rated voltage.
US08627119B2	Script engine for control of power management controllers A power management IC (PMIC) and methods thereof have been achieved wherein the PMIC invented supports multiple applications while having a high degree of flexibility and allowing a small built and a low power consumption. An embedded script engine on an internal communication bus of the PMIC replaces hard-wired sequencers and control interfaces or using processors as utilized in prior art. The script engine reads instructions from a non-volatile memory as e.g. a one-time programmable (OTP) memory. Furthermore a RAM can be provided to store executable instructions loaded from a host. Moreover a FIFO process is provided if instructions or TAGs are received while a previous script is being exercised. Any type of power supplies, output GPIO or other function could be controlled also by the Script Engine. The invention is also applicable to any other kind of power management circuits.
US08627111B2	Managing associations between keys and values Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for managing associations between keys and values within a computer processing system. In one exemplary implementation, requests to store associations between keys and data values corresponding to the keys are input, and the associations are stored in entry nodes within a data structure represented as a hash-based directed acyclic graph (HDAG). Upon receipt of a data value request and accompanying request key, together with satisfaction of any additional access criterion, a return data value corresponding to the request key automatically is provided, the return data value having been generated based on at least one of the associations that involve the request key.
US08627104B2	Secure data storage Methods and systems for obscuring the location of critical system files are provided. In particular, the locations of files stored within a file system are selected by applying various inputs to a hash algorithm. For system files, the inputs applied to the hash algorithm can include a user name and password. For data files, the information provided to the hash algorithm can include the file name. In addition to providing random file locations, a file system in accordance with embodiments of the present invention can homogenize other information, including file names, sizes and creation dates.
US08627100B2	Separate type mass data encryption/decryption apparatus and implementing method therefor Embodiments of the present invention relate to a separate type mass data encryption/decryption apparatus and an implementing method therefor. The separate type mass data encryption/decryption apparatus includes a microprocessor and a storage unit for storing an encryption/decryption key. The apparatus further includes an external communication interface module connecting to a peripheral data bus for transmitting data between the encryption/decryption apparatus and an external terminal, and said microprocessor is used for encrypting/decrypting data inputted from the external terminal. Embodiments of the present invention can process mass data with higher security and expedience.
US08627097B2	System and method enabling parallel processing of hash functions using authentication checkpoint hashes Systems and methods enabling parallel processing of hash functions are provided. A data string including a plurality of pieces arranged in an order is hashed using a hash function to determine a plurality of authentication checkpoint hashes associated with the pieces. To authenticate the data string, the pieces are grouped into sets, and the authentication checkpoint hash associated with the piece following all other pieces of that set in the order is associated with that set. The system simultaneously performs a separate hash process on each set. That is, the system hashes the pieces of that set using the hash function to determine a result hash, and compares that result hash with the authentication checkpoint hash associated with that set. The initial input to the hash function for the hash process for each set includes one of the pieces and either a default seed or an authentication checkpoint hash.
US08627086B2	Secure loading and storing of data in a data processing device Disclosed is a method of loading data into a data processing device. The method comprises receiving a payload data item by the data processing device; performing a cryptographic authentication process to ensure the authenticity of the payload data item; storing the authenticated received payload data item in the data processing device; and integrity protecting the stored payload data item. The cryptographic authentication process comprises calculating an audit hash value of at least the received data item. Integrity protecting further comprises calculating a reference message authentication code value of at least the audit hash value using a secret key stored in the data processing device as an input.
US08627085B2	Customizable public key infrastructure and development tool for same A public key infrastructure comprises a client side to request and utilize certificates in communication across a network and a server side to administer issuance and maintenance of said certificates. The server side has a portal to receive requests for a certificate from a client. A first policy engine to processes such requests in accordance with a set of predefined protocols. A certification authority is also provided to generate certificates upon receipt of a request from the portal. The CA has a second policy engine to implement a set of predefined policies in the generation of a certificate. Each of the policy engines includes at least one policy configured as a software component e.g. a Java bean, to perform the discreet functions associated with the policy and generate notification in response to a change in state upon completion of the policy.
US08627075B2	Communication device that receives external device information from an external device using near field communication A communication device, which can simplify various setting processes, transmits, to a server via a network, external device information received from an external device by using proximity wireless communication. The communication device includes: an antenna for the proximity wireless communication with the external device; a proximity wireless communication unit communicating with the external device via the antenna to receive the external device information from the external device; an external device storage unit storing the external device information received by the proximity wireless communication unit; a registration information generation unit generating registration information to be registered in a database in the server based on (a) the external device information stored in the external device storage unit and (b) communication device information including communication device identification information for identifying the communication device; and a server communication unit transmitting registration information to the server via the network.
US08627056B2	Methods and systems for modifying disk images to provide network interface card teaming capabilities A system for modifying a virtual disk to provide network interface card (NIC) teaming capabilities to a virtual disk. The system can include a virtual disk that has access to one or more NICs. In some instances, the NICs are included in a NIC team that is also available to the virtual disk. A teaming module executing on a computer can identify the NIC team and responsively obtain a media access control (MAC) address of the NIC team. In response to obtaining the NIC team MAC address, the teaming module can obtain a network boot MAC address that was used to PXE boot the virtual disk. The teaming module can then replace the NIC team MAC address of each NIC in the NIC team with the obtained network boot MAC address. The system then boots from the virtual disk that has the modified NIC team configuration.
US08627051B2	Dynamically rewriting branch instructions to directly target an instruction cache location Mechanisms are provided for dynamically rewriting branch instructions in a portion of code. The mechanisms execute a branch instruction in the portion of code. The mechanisms determine if a target instruction of the branch instruction, to which the branch instruction branches, is present in an instruction cache associated with the processor. Moreover, the mechanisms directly branch execution of the portion of code to the target instruction in the instruction cache, without intervention from an instruction cache runtime system, in response to a determination that the target instruction is present in the instruction cache. In addition, the mechanisms redirect execution of the portion of code to the instruction cache runtime system in response to a determination that the target instruction cannot be determined to be present in the instruction cache.
US08627040B2	Processor-bus-connected flash storage paging device using a virtual memory mapping table and page faults A method for accessing a virtual memory of a processor using a processor-bus-connected flash storage module (PFSM) as a first paging device and a hard disk drive (HDD) as a second paging device, the method including: allocating a first address partition and a second address partition of a virtual memory for a software application of a processor to the first paging device and the second paging device, respectively, identifying a virtual memory page in the first paging device responsive to a page fault of the virtual memory triggered by the software application, sending a page access request to the PFSM for accessing the virtual memory page responsive to the page fault, and receiving the virtual memory page from the PFSM based on a command of the processor bus issued by the PFSM in conjunction with performing a flash memory access in the flash memory using a flash page address.
US08627036B2	Memory management techniques Memory management techniques that permit an executing process to store content in memory and later retrieve that content from the memory, but that also permit a memory manager to discard that content to address memory pressure. A process executing on a computing device may notify a memory manager of the computing device that first memory space allocated to the process contains first content that is available for discard. If the memory manager detects the computing device is experiencing memory pressure, the memory manager may address the memory pressure by selecting memory space available for discard and discarding the content of the memory space. Before a process reuses content made available for discard, the process may notify the memory manager of the intent to reuse and, in response, receive empty memory and an indication that the content was discarded or receive an indication that the content is still available for use.
US08627035B2	Dynamic storage tiering A method for dynamic storage tiering may include, but is not limited to: receiving an input/output (I/O) request from a host device; determining whether the I/O request results in a cache hit; and relocating data associated with the I/O request between a higher-performance storage device and lower-performance storage device according to the determination whether the data associated with the I/O request is stored in a cache.
US08627024B2	Snapshot based replication Embodiments of the invention relate to data replication and block allocation in a file system to support write transactions. Regions in a cluster file system are defined to support a block allocation. Blocks in the defined regions are allocated to support the data replication. A pipeline manager is provided to schedule population of the blocks in the allocated region(s) based upon network characteristics.
US08627016B2	Maintaining data coherence by using data domains A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for maintaining data coherence, for use in a multi-node processing system where each of the nodes includes one or more components. In one embodiment, the method comprises establishing a data domain, assigning a group of the components to the data domain, sending a coherence message from a first component of the processing system to a second component of the processing system, and determining if that second component is assigned to the data domain. In this embodiment, if that second component is assigned to the data domain, the coherence message is transferred to all of the components assigned to the data domain to maintain data coherency among those components. In an embodiment, if that second component is assigned to the data domain, the first component is assigned to the data domain.
US08627015B2	Data processing system using cache-aware multipath distribution of storage commands among caching storage controllers A data processing system includes a storage system and caching storage controllers coupled to the storage system and to a storage network. The storage controllers operate in an active-active fashion to provide access to volumes of the storage system from any of the storage controllers in response to storage commands from the storage network. The storage controllers employ a distributed cache protocol in which (a) each volume is divided into successive chunks of contiguous blocks, and (b) either chunk ownership may be dynamically transferred among the storage controllers in response to the storage commands, or storage commands sent to a non-owning controller may be forwarded to the owning controller. A multipathing initiator such as a server computer directs the storage commands to the storage controllers by (1) for each volume, maintaining a persistent association of the chunks of the volume with respective storage controllers, and (2) for each storage request directed to a target chunk, identifying the storage controller associated with the target chunk and sending a corresponding storage command to the identified storage controller. Chunk ownership tends to stabilize at individual storage controllers, reducing unnecessary transfer of cache data and metadata among the storage controllers.
US08627011B2	Managing metadata for data in a copy relationship Provided is a method for managing metadata for data in a copy relationship copied from a source storage to a target storage. Information is maintained on a copy relationship of source data in the source storage and target data in the target storage. The source data is copied from the source storage to the cache to copy to target data in the target storage indicated in the copy relationship. Target metadata is generated for the target data comprising the source data copied to the cache. An access request to requested target data comprising the target data in the cache is processed and access is provided to the requested target data in the cache. The target metadata for the requested target data in the target storage is discarded in response to determining that the requested target data in the cache has not been destaged to the target storage.
US08626999B2	Dynamic random access memory unit and data refreshing method thereof A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) unit and a data refreshing method thereof are provided. The DRAM unit includes a memory array, a refresh address module, and a refresh control module. The memory array includes multiple memory cells. The refresh address module produces a refresh word line address cyclically during a refresh mode. The refresh control module coupled to the memory array and the refresh address module obtains a start word line address and a stop word line address corresponding to the start word line address to form a memory word line address interval. Then, the refresh control module determines that the refresh word line address is within the memory word line address interval to execute a data charging operation to the memory cells corresponding to the refresh word line address, or stop the data charging operation otherwise, so as to reduce power consumption during the refresh mode.
US08626976B2	Method and apparatus for performing a host enumeration process A method and apparatus for host enumeration process. One embodiment of the method provides a bit to indicate to the host whether enumeration process should start or continue. The bit may be set when the shared resource process has been successfully completed, or the bit may be set if too much time has elapsed since the shared resource process has started, or the bit may be set if too much time has elapsed before the shared resource process is started, or the bit may be set if the shared resource process has not been performed successfully, or the bit may be set if the port is open and it is unnecessary to perform the shared resource process.
US08626973B2	Pseudo multi-master I2C operation in a blade server chassis A system and method are directed towards a pseudo multi-master operation on a serial bus. The pseudo multi-master operation allows multiple devices without standard multi-master functionality to operate on the serial bus as masters. In a disclosed example, the serial bus is an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus, which is isolated when an adapter card requires access to the I2C bus, such as to update vital product data (VPD) to a memory device, and to cache the updated VPD to a chassis management module.
US08626969B2	Redirection communication A method and system of communicating data to or from a remote computer. The remote computer is accessed by a CPU as though it were a local IDE controller attached to a local IDE device. A peripheral device distinct from the CPU provides a set of virtual IDE device registers and an IDE controller to the central processing unit. The peripheral device receives data written to the set of virtual IDE device registers, and transmits the data into a network, addressed for reception by the remote computer. The remote computer receives the data, interprets it, and performs operations upon a mirror set of device data. The remote computer then responds, and transmits its response across the network to the peripheral device. The peripheral device communicates the response to the CPU in a fashion identical to an physical IDE controller attached to a physical IDE device.
US08626967B1	Virtualization of a storage processor for port failover Described are techniques for processing requests. A request is received at a data storage system. The request is a command to perform first processing and the request is sent from a client over a virtualized path. The virtualized path includes a virtual target port of the data storage system. The virtual target port is a first physical target port that provides a virtualized counterpart port for a second physical target port whereby requests directed to the second physical target port are routed to the first physical target port rather than the second physical target port. First processing is performed and a response to the request is generated. The response includes first information consistent with sending the request over a non-virtualized path to the second physical target port. The response is sent to the client.
US08626966B2	Embedded clock recovery Systems and methods and computer program products are disclosed to determine the source data rate even in cases where the sink device is not directly coupled to the source device. A method includes, forming a logical channel from a source device to a sink device where the logical channel is configured to carry the source data stream and one or more rate parameters. The rate parameters relate a data rate of the source data stream to a data rate of the logical channel. Another method includes, detecting a logical channel in a received data stream where the logical channel includes the source data stream, recovering one or more rate parameters from the received data stream, determining a data rate of the logical channel, and determining the data rate of the source data stream based on the data rate of the logical channel and the one or more rate parameters.
US08626962B2	Tilt and trim sensor apparatus The present invention relates a tilt and trim sensor apparatus having a housing and a shaft rotatably mounted to the housing. The apparatus includes a magnet connected to one of the housing and the shaft. The apparatus includes a transducer connected to another of the housing and shaft. The transducer is disposed adjacent to the magnet for sensing the position of the magnet and is operable to generate an output representative of an angular position of the magnet. The apparatus has a microprocessor for sensing gauge display input requirements. The apparatus has output circuitry for outputting a signal based on the output of the transducer that is in accordance with the gauge display input requirements.
US08626961B2	Optical detection of a component for an electronic device A system and method for optically identifying a component coupled to an electronic device is provided. The method includes emitting light from within the device toward a surface of a component connector inserted into a receiving socket of the device. A light sensor senses the intensity, amplitude or wavelength of light reflected from a surface of the component connector. A processor of the device identifies the component based on the intensity, amplitude or wavelength of light reflected from a surface of the component connector. The processor modifies at least one setting of the electronic device in response to the identification of the component.
US08626949B2	Intelligent network address lookup service An intelligent lookup service for a network is provided for clients of a network requesting services of the network that intelligently determines, based on a service requirement of the requested service, optimal service endpoint(s) for providing the requested service. The intelligent lookup service can incorporate predetermined mapping policy and traffic measurements into the determination. In addition, a feedback loop is provided from clients and/or service endpoints to the lookup service concerning measurements about prior connections in the network. The lookup service can include a set of beacons distributed in the network and against which measurements about the network are recorded. A client receives, from the lookup service in response to a request for a network address, a set of candidate service endpoints that pertain to the requested network address and the client connects to one of the candidate service endpoints based on policy or context.
US08626943B2	Content ate selection for media servers with proxy-feedback-controlled frame transmission In a method for dynamically setting a content rate of a multimedia session for a client in a network, a proxy server receives a channel condition feedback message from a network controller and determines whether a receiver report message has been received from the client since a most recent previous channel condition feedback message. The channel condition feedback message includes current channel condition information for the network. The proxy server sends one of an extended feedback report message and a short feedback report message to a media server based on the determining step. The short feedback report message includes at least a maximum transmission rate parameter for the multimedia session. The extended feedback report message includes at least information contained in the receiver report message. The extended feedback report message may, in addition, include the maximum transmission rate parameter for the multimedia session.
US08626940B2	Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating content selection An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates selection of content for play out pursuant to a media service at a device having media player functionality. A set of content streams are identified together with exemplars. Representations of the selected set are displayed at a display element, providing for selection of content therefrom. An indication of selection of content is detected and used in subsequent set identification and display.
US08626939B2	Method and apparatus for streaming data Method and apparatus for negotiation of streaming data, suitable for application in an environment wherein a server generates and serves large, continuous amounts of speech data to a client in real time. A method of controlling the play out of a generated data stream from a data stream player includes estimating a time for generating the data stream; estimating a time for playing the data stream; generating a data stream using a data stream generation resource, for output by the data stream player; and alerting the stream player if the remaining generation time is less than the play time. The server may calculate what it can do, given knowledge of the network, and send a message to guarantee a level of service. A “can start play” message may be sent to client when the client can reliably start playing the signal.
US08626920B2	Network system and peripheral A network system is made up of a plurality of PCs, a printer a server, and the like. The printer selects one PC from among the plurality of PCs as a firmware provider. Accordingly, if there are two or more PCs that can communicate with the printer, only one PC communicates with the server at the same time. Thus, to retrieve firmware from the server, a plurality of PCs can be prevented from communicating with the server at the same time, so that concentration of access to the server can be suppressed. Therefore, an increase in the network traffic can be suppressed.
US08626917B2	File access using counter locking mechanism In an embodiment, a method is provided for accessing a file node. In this method, a file access request specifying a file node to be accessed by way of a file system is received at a server from a client device. A counter is referenced to identify that the file node is being accessed in response to a different file access request. The counter is configured to track whether the file node is being accessed. The file node is provided to the client device when the counter indicates a termination of access to the file node resulting from the different file access request.
US08626915B2	Routing method A method executed by a router that establishes a connection between a network and an another network that includes an information processing device and an information storage device, the method includes: detecting an access status of the information processing device to the information storage device; and prohibiting transfer of the information from the information processing device to the another network depending on the access status managed in the detecting.
US08626904B1	Detecting and reporting livelocks in a computer Tasks executing on a computer can livelock. To detect a livelocked task, the amount of computing resources consumed by the task is sampled to determine whether the task is consuming an inordinate amount of resources. In addition, the task is examined to determine whether it is making tangible progress. This examination can include inspecting registers of a processor executing the task. If the task is livelocked, state data describing the livelock event is collected. The state data can include a memory dump describing the state of the livelocked task and data describing other tasks executing on the computer. A livelock report including the collected state data is generated and transmitted to a server.
US08626901B2	Measurements based on panel and census data A first set of usage data for a first set of resources on a network and a second set of usage data for a second set of resources on a network are accessed. The first set of resources were accessed by a first group of client systems and the first set of usage data is determined based on information received from the first group of client systems sent as a result of beacon instructions included with the first set of resources. The second set of usage data is determined based on information received from monitoring applications installed on a second group of client systems that accessed the second set of resources. Users of the second group of client systems are a sample of a larger group of users that use resources on the network. Initial usage measurement data for a third set of resources on the network is determined based on the first set of usage data. The third set includes one or more common resources that are included in the first set of resources and the second set of resources. One or more adjustment factors are determined based on the second set of usage data and applied to the initial usage measurement data to generate adjusted usage measurement data. One or more reports are generated based on the adjusted usage measurement data.
US08626899B2	Method and system for multicast statistic collection A system (100) and method (200) related to gathering statistical information regarding a data stream. The method (200) may include sending (205), by a data forwarding device (110), an internet protocol (IP) multicast data stream to a multicast group using an internet protocol (IP); and collecting (210) statistical data from a router (120a-g) down stream of the forwarding device (110) to determine a number of end point recipients (125, 130, 135) associated with the multicast group and receiving the multicast data stream.
US08626885B2	Process for monitoring the consumptions of franking machines According to the process for monitoring the consumptions of a plurality of franking machines through a public communication network, at least one franking machine not being connected to this network, a link is firstly established with a management server, through the public network, by means of at least one supervision terminal independent of the off-line franking machine, in accordance with a determined protocol of communication, and data is then exchanged between the terminal and the server during which the user inputs at the supervision terminal a current invoicing index relative to the off-line franking machine and receives in return a code of authorization to frank in order to validate the subsequent frankings of the off-line franking machine.
US08626877B2	Method and system for implementing a global information bus in a global ecosystem of interrelated services A Global Information Bus (GIB) architecture is an infrastructure for deploying and managing individual services on a global scale. The GIB is a series of services that may change from one execution to another, finding and collaborating with other services dynamically. This series of collaborating services may start to resemble an ecosystem, and GIB architecture may maintain the interconnectedness and stability of this ecosystem as it continually changes. To that end, the GIB includes an enterprise repository service for storing related information related to services running in the enterprise where the enterprise consists of a group of network domains.
US08626873B2	Systems and methods for managing a provider's online status in a distributed network A system manages communications between a provider and a requestor in a distributed network. A requestor is implemented on a computing device and provides a stay online binding. The stay online binding identifies a binding that is desired by the requestor. A provider is implemented on a computing device and provides a binding. The provider receives the stay online binding from the requestor and continues providing the binding because the provider became aware of the stay online binding.
US08626871B2	Accessing a global vault in multiple dispersed storage networks A method begins by a processing module receiving a dispersed storage network (DSN) access request and determining whether the DSN access request is associated with a local DSN vault or a global DSN vault, wherein the local DSN vault is contained within a DSN of a plurality of DSNs and the global DSN vault is contained within at least some of the plurality of DSNs. The method continues with the processing module identifying a primary DSN of the plurality of DSNs and facilitating processing of the DSN access request by the primary DSN when the DSN access request is associated with the global DSN vault.
US08626870B2	Method and apparatus for generating and reproducing adaptive stream based on file format, and recording medium thereof A method and an apparatus for generating and reproducing an adaptive stream based on a file format is disclosed. The method includes receiving one or more segments, each of which includes a manifest box, a moov box, and a media data box, from a server and analyzing the manifest box, the moov box, and the media data box; and decoding and reproducing the one or more segments based on a result of analyzing of the manifest box, moov box, and media data box, wherein the manifest box, moov box, and media data box are included in a single file.
US08626866B1	System and method for caching network file systems A network caching system has a multi-protocol caching filer coupled to an origin server to provide storage virtualization of data served by the filer in response to data access requests issued by multi-protocol clients over a computer network. The multi-protocol caching filer includes a file system configured to manage a sparse volume that “virtualizes” a storage space of the data to thereby provide a cache function that enables access to data by the multi-protocol clients. To that end, the caching filer further includes a multi-protocol engine configured to translate the multi-protocol client data access requests into generic file system primitive operations executable by both the caching filer and the origin server.
US08626851B2	Email conversation management system A system and method are disclosed for producing a list of conversations as the result of a search query. Messages are received and associated with a conversation. Each of the conversations has a respective conversation identifier and includes one or more messages. Messages, and related message information, are indexed for text searching and information about the message is stored in a memory to associate the message to its respective conversation identifier. The index can be searched to identify one or more messages relevant to a search query. At least some of the conversations to which the one or more messages belong are identified and produced as the search result.
US08626841B2	Direct access electronic mail (email) distribution and synchronization system with IMAP-idle implementation The communications system includes a network engine that communicates with the plurality of a user subscribed mobile wireless communications devices via a communications network for sending and receiving emails. A direct access server is operative with the network engine for polling electronic mailboxes of users from an email source and retrieving electronic messages from the electronic mailboxes and pushing any electronic mailboxes to the network engine to selected users subscribed mobile wireless communications devices. The direct access server communicates with an email source using the internet message access protocol (IMAP) and IMAP-Idle supportable connections to accept real-time notifications such that when a connection limit is reached or exceeded to an email source, the direct access server disables IMAP-Idle connections to the email source.
US08626838B2	Digital media asset identification system and method The present invention provides a system and method for identifying and transferring digital media assets within a system through the use of identification data. The identification data is applied to each transferred copy and includes data specific to the customer and digital media asset. To facilitate transfers and ease of use the digital media assets can be made DRM-free.
US08626835B1	Social identity clustering Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for social identity clustering. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a connection graph representing public social data, where the nodes represent social identities and each edge is either a “me” edge between identities claimed to belong to the same person or a “friend” edge between identities claimed to belong to different identities. The method further includes converting the graph to a cluster graph in which each node initially corresponds to a single node of the connection graph. The method further includes updating the cluster graph by iteratively merging cluster nodes based on an analysis of the weight of the “me” edges connecting them, and then replacing the merged cluster nodes within the graph with a new cluster node containing the merged cluster nodes, where the edges of the new cluster node are the aggregated edges of the merged cluster nodes.
US08626832B2	System and method for displaying a conversation summary A system, method and computer program product for displaying a conversation summary is provided. The method may include providing a graphical user interface (GUI) configured to allow communication between a number of users. The method may also include displaying an invitation to join a conversation at the graphical user interface from at least one of the users and displaying a summary of the conversation in a tag cloud on a computing device. Numerous other variations and embodiments are also included within the scope of the present disclosure.
US08626829B2	System and method for delivering remotely stored applications and information The computerized method and apparatus for mobile device interactivity includes hosting a network application on a server. The method and apparatus further includes receiving, at the network application on the server, an event message from a mobile application executing on a mobile device, the mobile application having executable code embedded therein for communicating with the network information for presenting a user interface for the network application on the mobile device, the event message reporting an action taken via the user interface. The method and apparatus further including executing application logic within the network application to generate data values based on the action reported in the event message and mobile device information and sending to the mobile device an update message with at least some of the generated data values and instructions for use by the executable code to present the data values within the user interface at the mobile device.
US08626825B2	Facilitating a service application to operate with different service frameworks in application servers An aspect of the present invention facilitates a service application to operate with different frameworks executing in application servers. In one embodiment, the different interfaces according to which the different frameworks are designed to operate with service application are identified, including the interface implemented by the service application. Wrapper modules are then generated based on the differences between the identified interfaces and the interface implemented by the service application. The generated wrapper modules are then deployed along with the service application to facilitate the service application to operate with different frameworks.
US08626823B2	Page ranking system employing user sharing data Standard web content search result relevance and ranking is improved by considering certain social reference data, such as the number of times an item of content is shared, normalized for the number of times it is viewed. A system and method for improving the relevance and ranking includes a system and method for tracking the social references and a system and method for operating on search engine results to either re-order the results based on social reference data, re-order the search results based on a combination of the social reference data and the web search engine's ordering, and/or display the social reference data either with the search results reordered or in the order provided by the web search engine. Many different forms of data constitute social reference, including sharing content or a link thereto by email, SMS, posting to a link-sharing site, blog, and bookmarking in a web browser.
US08626819B2	Transfer of items between social networking websites A first website earns rewards, e.g. points and items, for carrying out activities. Those rewards can be transferred to a second website. For example, a parent's website allows the parent to carry more adult tasks and also earn points. The points can be transferred to the child's website. A center of the universe website allows obtaining rewards for any of these websites. A social networking component operates across multiple websites.
US08626816B2	Method, system and computer program product for detecting errors in fixed point division operation results A method, computer program product and a system for detecting errors in a result of a fixed-point division operation are provided. The method includes: receiving a result of a fixed-point division operation for a dividend and a divisor; performing a first comparison of the divisor and a remainder of the result; performing a second comparison of a sign of the dividend and a sign of the remainder; and determining whether the result is correct based on the first comparison and the second comparison.
US08626814B2	Method and apparatus for performing multiply-add operations on packed data A method and apparatus for including in a processor instructions for performing multiply-add operations on packed data. In one embodiment, a processor is coupled to a memory. The memory has stored therein a first packed data and a second packed data. The processor performs operations on data elements in said first packed data and said second packed data to generate a third packed data in response to receiving an instruction. At least two of the data elements in this third packed data storing the result of performing multiply-add operations on data elements in the first and second packed data.
US08626813B1	Dual-path fused floating-point two-term dot product unit A fused floating-point dot product unit. The fused dot product unit includes an improved alignment scheme that generates smaller significand pairs compared to the traditional alignment due to the reduced shift amount and sticky logic. Furthermore, the fused dot product unit implements early normalization and a fast rounding scheme. By normalizing the significands prior to the significand addition, the length of the adder can be reduced and the round logic can be performed in parallel. Additionally, the fused dot product unit implements a four-input leading zero anticipation unit thereby reducing the overhead of the reduction tree by encoding the four inputs at once. The fused floating-point dot product unit may also employ a dual-path (a far path and a close path) algorithm to improve performance. Pipelining may also be applied to the dual-path fused dot product unit to increase the throughput.
US08626808B2	Digital signal processing circuit and method comprising band selection A digital signal processing circuit comprises a band selector (14) for selecting at least one sub-band from a frequency spectrum of a digital sampled input signal. The band selector (14) comprises a plurality of processing branches corresponding to respective phases and an adder (28a, 28b) for adding branch signals from the branches. Each branch comprises a sub-sampler (20a,b) for sub-sampling sample values of the input signal at the phase corresponding to the branch, a filter (24a,b) with a first FIR filter (32, 34), applied alternatingly to sets of even and to sets of odd samples from the subsampler (20a,b) and a second FIR filter (36, 38) applied to further sets of odd and even samples from the subsampler (20a,b) when the first FIR filter is applied to the even and odd sets respectively. Output samples from the first and second FIR filter (24a,b) are combined to form the branch signals of the branch, according to a changing combination pattern that changes cyclically as a function of sample position and depends on a phase for which the branch is used.
US08626798B2	Processing of categorized product information Data processing includes accessing a product category tree, the product category tree comprising a plurality of hierarchical levels. A leaf category level of the plurality of hierarchical levels comprises a leaf category node. The leaf category node includes product information. The product information comprises a plurality of product attribute parameters. The plurality of product attribute parameters comprises standard product information. Data processing further includes selecting, among the plurality of product attribute parameters that correspond to the leaf category node, a representative product attribute parameter that is representative of the product information; and partitioning standard product information of the leaf category node to obtain a plurality of sets using the representative product attribute parameter, wherein each of the plurality of sets includes at least some of the standard product information.
US08626790B2	System and method for processing and analyzing dimension data A processor is operated to combine a first row of a dimension table in a data warehouse with a second row in the dimension table. The result is a combined row that includes a row identification key for the first row and a row identification key for the second row. The row identification key for the first row joins the combined row to fact data from a prior time period. The second row corresponds to a current time period that is later than the prior time period. The processor is also operated to join at least a portion of the combined row to at least a portion of the corresponding row in a fact table associated with the dimension table. The fact data from the prior time period is included in the corresponding row in the fact table.
US08626789B2	Geocoding using information retrieval Geocoding architecture based on information retrieval. The geocoding information retrieval system operates on locations and geographic entities. The architecture uses parameters in addition to the query string, if available. The parameters provide contextual information that enables filtering and sorting the results. The additional parameters include market, culture, map view, and user location. A geocoding triage process uses the query and context information provided and output of a machine-learning parser to select the data-lookup geocoders for processing the query. A results processing component collects the results from the underlying data-lookup geocoders, merges the results into a single list after normalizing the scores, and then re-sorts the results list.
US08626786B2	Dynamic language checking Dynamic language checking includes identifying questionable language usage; creating a query in dependence upon the questionable language usage; querying a search engine with the query; receiving from the search engine search result statistics describing the search results for the query; and determining, in dependence upon search results statistics returned by the search engine, whether the questionable language usage is proper language usage.
US08626783B2	Method for monitoring and controlling the processing of database searches Systems, methods, and apparatus for preventing misuse of searches of a database system are provided. This prevention of misuse of database searches can enable reliable operation of the database system, as an improper query using a regular expression will not shut down or severely affect an application process that provides access to the database system. A thread of the application process determines whether an input character characters string matches the regular expression. To prevent misuse, a computational effort of the search is tracked, and compared to a threshold value. When the threshold is exceeded, an operation of the thread is exited or stopped.
US08626770B2	Iceberg query evaluation implementing a compressed bitmap index Exemplary embodiments include an iceberg query method, including processing the iceberg query using a bitmap index having a plurality of bitmap vectors in a database, eliminating any of the plurality of bitmap vectors in the bitmap index that fails to meet a given condition thereby forming a subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors and aligning the vectors in the subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors in the bitmap index according to respective positions of the bitmap vectors in the subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors.
US08626769B1	Community contributed rules in online accounting systems A method of classification within an accounting application, including receiving metadata from users of the accounting application, where the metadata includes one or more user defined classification tags associated with one or more accounts of the accounting application, creating one or more community defined classification tags from the metadata, where the one or more community defined classification tags specify an category organization of the one or more accounts within the accounting application, and sending, in response to a request from a particular user's instance of the accounting application, the one or more community defined classification tags to the particular user's instance of the accounting application.
US08626766B1	Systems and methods for ranking and importing business listings Systems and methods for ranking and importing business listings are provided. In one aspect, a processor receives a plurality of business listing groups, where each business listing group includes business listings. The processor selects a sample set of business listings from each business listing group for verification. The processor determines ranks for the business listing groups based on verification information indicating the accuracy of the business data in the selected sample set of business listings. The processor selects the highest ranked business listing group based on the verification information and imports the business listings in the selected business listing group into a set of business listing records for presentment to a user.
US08626764B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for organizing and/or manipulating cohort based information Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for storing, organizing and/or manipulating cohort based information associated with a research study. Project information associated with a first project is received at an interface of a computer database environment. The project information associated with the first project includes cohort information associated with one or more cohorts of the first project and patient information associated with members of the one or more cohorts of the first project. A first virtual project drawer is generated associated with the first project to be stored in the computer database environment. The first virtual project drawer includes the project information associated with the first project, at least one cohort file and/or at least two cohort member files.
US08626763B1	Server-side suggestion of preload operations An improved information retrieval system is provided that uses profile information indicating one or more possible destinations associated with a web page to assist in preloading. In one aspect, in response to detecting that the user has interacted with a display element in a first web page browser window, the system retrieves information from a second web page before the user requests that the second web page be displayed within the web browser window. This retrieval enables rapid access to various features of web pages in the web browser window.
US08626762B2	Display apparatus and method of providing a user interface A method of providing a user interface (UI) and a display apparatus having the same. In a method for providing a UI, a display apparatus receives an manipulation for two or more axis directions, and searches for one of a plurality of images by applying two or more different classification standards according to the directions of the received input manipulation. Therefore, the user may easily search for a desired image using one or more classification standards.
US08626758B2	Filtering system for providing personalized information in the absence of negative data Systems and methods are provided for ranking documents. In accordance with certain implementations, a user selects one or more documents for viewing from a set of documents. Documents selected by the user for viewing within a predetermined time period are maintained in a profile associated with the user. At least one positive word vector is generated using words contained in at least a segment of at least one of the documents stored in the profile. At least one negative word vector is generated using words contained in at least a segment of at least one of the documents that was not selected by the user for viewing. Document word vectors are generated for documents to be ranked. A vector space relationship analysis of the positive word vector, the negative word vector, and the document word vectors is performed. The documents are ranked based on the performed vector space relationship analysis.
US08626757B1	Systems and methods for detecting network resource interaction and improved search result reporting Systems and methods are described for intercepting user interactions without network provided content. The intercepted information can be used for prioritizing search results by statistical and other analysis of user interactions with a network resource and/or network content. A server connected to a network can receive captured information from an agent that is installed in a device connected to the network. The captured information can be related to an interaction of a user with a network resource. An aggregator may be provided to aggregate the captured information with other captured information related to a plurality of network resources and maintains a repository of aggregated captured information. A prioritizer can determine the relevance of network content based on characteristics of the aggregated captured information. The prioritizer determines relevance for a plurality of search results based on frequency of prior user interactions with the content of the search results.
US08626750B2	Method and apparatus for 3D display and analysis of disparate data The system provides a method and apparatus for sorting and displaying collections of communications. These communications can be a single type or multiple types of data and may come from email systems, bulletin boards, text messages, Facebook and Twitter postings and comments, financial transactions, travel itineraries or any other type of communications. The communications represented by the system can be electronic or physical as desired. The system can also present forwarded, copied, replied, or other types of communications. In one embodiment, the system provides a Universe View of a set of communications. The Universe View, in one embodiment, is a three dimensional representation of a plurality of cubes. Each cube represents a subset of a collection of communications. Each cube can be color coded or shaded to represent a dominant theme of the contents of the communications represented by the cube.
US08626749B1	System and method of analyzing encrypted data in a database in near real-time The present invention relates generally to a system and method of querying an anonymized database. More particularly, the invention provides a method and system for querying an anonymized database without the need to decrypt queried data while it's processed. Even more specifically, the invention provides a method and system of anonymizing a database such that it may be queried efficiently in near real time while still retaining the ability to not decrypt requested data while it's being processed.
US08626746B2	Tracking modifications to values of various fields in a database serve Storing historical/previous values of a field of a relational database in the same table. The previous values can be conveniently used to revert back to any of such previously stored values. Thus, for each update/modify operation, the present value is stored as a previous value. In one embodiment, the previous values are stored in a VARRAY associated with each field. The indexed entries of the VARRAY store the present as well as previous values of the field.
US08626741B2	Process for cataloging data objects backed up from a content addressed storage system A process for organizing data objects backed up from a content-addressed storage systems is disclosed. Content-addressed storage systems back up data objects in a flat directory, labeling them with non-intuitive user-unfriendly content addresses. Such directories can be large and difficult to browse, making selective recovery of desired data objects inefficient and laborious. When the content-addressed storage system is further archived to a secondary storage device, such as tape, navigation of archived data objects is especially tedious and difficult. An embodiment of the present invention enables easy navigation of a data object directory created by building a pseudo-file structure as content addressed data objects are archived to a secondary backup device. The file structure of the data object director is based upon timestamp metadata extracted from each data object, resulting in a navigable directory tree that is more intuitive and user-friendly.
US08626723B2	Storage-network de-duplication Techniques are provided for de-duplication of data. In one embodiment, a system comprises de-duplication logic that is coupled to a de-duplication repository. The de-duplication logic is operable to receive, from a client device over a network, a request to store a file in the de-duplicated repository using a single storage encoding. The request includes a file identifier and a set of signatures that identify a set of chunks from the file. The de-duplication logic determines whether any chunks in the set are missing from the de-duplicated repository and requests the missing chunks from the client device. Then, for each missing chunk, the de-duplication logic stores in the de-duplicated repository that chunk and a signature representing that chunk. The de-duplication logic also stores, in the de-duplicated repository, a file entry that represents the file and that associates the set of signatures with the file identifier.
US08626721B2	System and method for scaleable multiplexed transactional log recovery A system and method for providing scaleable recovery for a multiplexed transactional log. Unlike a dedicated log that includes log data of only one client, a multiplexed transactional log may include log data from multiple clients. In a multiplexed transactional log, log data from different clients may be multiplexed into the multiplexed transactional log in any order. The multiplexed log is maintained for multiple clients using a scaleable logging process. After a system failure, the multiplexed log is recovered using a scaleable recovery process. The scaleable recovery process includes an end-of-log locating process for locating the end of the multiplexed log and each of the virtual logs with the multiplexed log. The end-of-log locating process is also scaleable.
US08626714B1	Automated separation of corporate and private data for backup and archiving A computing device categorizes data items as a corporate data items when a first criterion is satisfied and as personal data items when a second criterion is satisfied. The computing device provides identified corporate data items to a first backup system that stores the corporate data items to a corporate data store. The computing device further provides identified personal data items to a second backup system that stores the personal data items to a personal data store.
US08626703B2	Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system change data capture A device receives, from a data warehouse, a request for incremental data, creates one or more temporary tables based on the request, and extracts incremental data from tracking tables of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The device also stores the extracted incremental data in the one or more temporary tables, and joins the one or more temporary tables with one or more regular tables, where the one or more regular tables include data associated with the incremental data stored in the one or more temporary tables. The device further retrieves data from the joined one or more temporary tables and the one or more regular tables, and stores the retrieved data in the data warehouse.
US08626700B1	Context aware device execution for simulating neural networks in compute unified device architecture A system, method, and computer program product are provided for efficient allocation of attributes corresponding to neurons or connections of multiple types using a common data structure. A map file is generated by a pre-processor in order to map an attribute of a neuron or connection to a particular location within the common data structure based on a type associated with the neuron or connection, while allowing a neuron or connection of a different type to map its own attribute to that same particular location. Additionally, kernel code can be written to reference attribute names made available by the map file in order to provide reusability of code.
US08626697B1	Website user profiling using anonymously collected data First contextual data characterizing behavioral attributes of a user visiting at least one web page is received. The first contextual data is collected by anonymously tracking interaction of the user with the at least one web page via a data collector embedded in the at least one web page. Second contextual data characterizing non-behavioral attributes of the user is also received. The second contextual data is based solely on anonymously collected information and it originates from a data source other than the data collector. Thereafter, it is determined which attributes among a plurality of pre-defined attributes are present for the user based on the first contextual data and the second contextual data. The determined plurality of attributes are associated with a best fit amongst a plurality of clusters or associations generated by grouping users with similar attributes that participated in a plurality of historical transactions. Subsequently, using at least one predictive model trained with historical user conversion data, it is determined which of a plurality of available offers for presentation via at least one web page is most likely to result in a conversion of the user based on the pertinent cluster or association so that the presentation of the identified available offer can be initiated. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US08626695B2	Optimum layer-swapping schedules for BDDs with four variables One embodiment accesses a binary decision diagram (BDD) representing a function having 4 variables, variables 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein the BDD comprises 4 layers, layers 1, 2, 3, and 4, corresponding to the 4 variables, respectively; determines an optimum variable order of the BDD by performing at most 19 layer swaps during at most 13 iterations, wherein each of 6 iterations of the at most 13 iterations comprises: determines a first size of the layers 1 and 2 and a first size of the layers 3 and 4; swaps the layers 1 and 2 and the layers 3 and 4 concurrently; determines a second size of the layers 1 and 2 and a second size of the layers 3 and 4; and determines 1 variable order among 4 variable orders obtained during the iteration that yields a smallest size among the 4 variable orders obtained during the iteration.
US08626693B2	Node similarity for component substitution Systems and methods of determining node similarity for component substitution. An example of a method may be carried out by program code stored on non-transient computer-readable medium and executed by a processor. The method includes estimating a normalized similarity metric between the plurality of nodes in the system tree and nodes in other trees. The method also includes assigning a similarity score to each compared node using at least one of: domain based rules, attribute based similarity metrics, and machine learning. The method also includes combining results for cluster analysis.
US08626685B2	Information processsing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus for configuring algorithms is disclosed. The information processing apparatus includes an algorithm configuring section that configures an algorithm for performing discrimination on an input signal by using a genetic search technique. The algorithm includes feature extraction expressions and an information estimation expression represented by a combination of the feature extraction expressions. The information processing apparatus also includes a tradeoff analyzing section that determines pareto optimal solutions by optimizing the algorithm with respect to evaluation indices by performing tradeoff analysis on the basis of the algorithm. In addition, the information processing apparatus includes a storage for storing the algorithm.
US08626674B2	Integrated shipping label and customs form The systems and methods described herein relate generally to the integration of a shipping label with a customs form to provide a single label having postage, addressing, customs and other information for international shipping. In one embodiment, a method for generating an international shipping a package comprises the steps of providing shipping information associated with the package, the information comprising address information of the origin, address information of the destination, postage information including a postage amount due to a post service and a customs form number unique within the post service; processing a shipping label having the shipping information displayed thereon; and affixing the shipping label to the package.
US08626659B1	Facilitating presentation of content relating to a financial transaction Systems, methods and computer-readable media for facilitating the presentation of content associated with a financial transaction are disclosed. The content may be identified by a requestor or a party to the financial transaction on whose behalf a request associated with the financial transaction is received. A content location identifier that identifies a location where the content is stored may be identified or generated and may be included in or otherwise provided in association with a debit or credit instruction. The content location identifier may be presented by a user interface associated with a financial institution in conjunction with other transaction information and may facilitate access to the content and presentation of the content to a user.
US08626655B2	Electronic system for selecting the best card from a collection of consumer credit, debit and discount cards A method, system and computer program product for enabling completion of purchase transactions by retrieving purchase card information from an electronic database of consumer cards and applying the appropriate card to the transaction. The database, managed by a central card authority, stores client account information for cards such as debit, credit, phone, and discount cards, which are accessible via a unique, secure login/access credential, such as a username and password combination. During registration with the central card authority, a client classifies key/important factors to consider when performing purchases. The central card authority is accessed by the client during purchases from a retail facility and/or other purchasing environment. The central card authority automatically selects the best card to utilize during a purchase, after weighing the important purchasing factors related to the credit, debit, phone, and discount cards registered with the central card authority.
US08626650B2	Gradual conversion of financial accounts Embodiments describe a method and a system to link a secondary account to a primary account with an account management module associated with the primary account and to control access to funds in the secondary account with respect to a secondary account holder through the account management module. The secondary account includes a spending account and a savings account.
US08626642B2	System and method for dynamically managing a financial account The invention is directed towards dynamically managing a financial account based on risk modules, aggregated data, and individual behavior, wherein the risk modules are calculated using current and real-time data used in conjunction with prospective as well as current customer data. The risk of loss associated with operating financial accounts is reduced because the parameters under which the financial accounts operate is adjusted based on the aggregated data and the analysis provided from the risk models. This allows additional customers to be obtained but optimizes the risk of loss for the financial institution.
US08626641B1	Deliverable commodity investment vehicle A supply of a commodity is owned by an investment vehicle. A sponsor of the investment vehicle receives a delivery application. A custodian stores the supply of the commodity as a collection of first physical units. A commodity dealer specializing in trading the commodity agrees to conduct trades with the sponsor to convert a first quantity of the supply for a second quantity of the commodity. A broker dealer trades shares of the investment vehicle. The delivery application is provided by a shareholder, and specifies a physical format for the second quantity of the commodity.
US08626640B2	System and method for implementing and managing bundled option box futures A system and method of providing a collateralized loan utilizing a clearing counterparty is disclosed. The system includes a match engine module to receive an order for a bundled box spread future representative of the collateralized loan via an options box spread. The order specifies an interest rate associated with the collateralized loan as the price of the futures contract. A trade database identifies a bundled box spread future associated with the received order and interest rate and an order book module identifies a standing order that is compatible with the received order. A clearing module credits an account with a loan amount based on the identified bundled option box future. A risk management module credits a margin amount to reflect the collateralized loan and associated collateral assets.
US08626634B2	Financial risk cover analysis, modeling control and monitoring system An automatic system and method which creates an alternative Financial Risk Cover configurations using an unpredictable optimization process, simulates and models the alternative configuration against potential or expected transient market events; and outputs the alternative configuration if certain objective conditions are met during the modeling, wherein each configuration represents a plurality of investment instruments, each investment instrument being associated with an initial cash position.
US08626633B1	Website and computer program for transfer of return on investment on a real time basis for OiBiTDA Methods and systems for calculating performance of equity investments, such as public stocks, portfolios, mutual funds, hedge funds of publicly traded companies. Performance is calculated with a computer by calculating OiBiTDA (operating income before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) of each equity investment which takes into account variables that include sales data per week, number of salary people and number of hours of hourly people. The calculated performance data can be disseminated through a subscribed based website and other digital online media, and the like. The return on investment (ROI) for the entire public company as well as for each operating facility of the public company can be determined.
US08626622B2	System and methods for electronic signature capture in e-contracting transactions A system and method for generating, executing and maintaining electronic contracts in connection with indirect financing transactions involving an acquisition by a customer of an asset offered by a vendor with financing provided by an independent finance source. In one example embodiment, the system includes en e-contracting component configured to generate an electronic contract having one or more signature fields. The contract further includes a contract identifier and one or more signature identifiers embedded therein. The e-contracting component provides the generated electronic contract to one more contracting parties, including the customer, the vendor and the finance sources. The system further includes a holographic signature capture device configured to capture one or more holographic signatures indicating execution of the contract by the contracting parties. The capture device if further configured to transmit the captured signature information to the e-contracting component.
US08626618B2	Using non-public shipper records to facilitate rating an entity based on public records of supply transactions A platform facilitates buyers, sellers, and third parties in obtaining information related to each other's transaction histories, such as a supplier's shipment history, the types of materials typically shipped, a supplier's customers, a supplier's expertise, what materials and how much a buyer purchases, buyer and shipper reliability, similarity between buyers, similarity between suppliers, and the like. The platform aggregates data from a variety of sources, including, without limitation, customs data associated with actual import/export transactions, non-public shipper records, and facilitates the generation of reports as to the quality of buyers and suppliers, the reports relating to a variety of parameters that are associated with buyer and supplier quality.
US08626617B1	Method and system for identifying fixed asset transactions from multiple financial transactions A method for identifying fixed asset transactions in multiple financial transactions. The method includes obtaining financial transaction records describing the multiple financial transactions and generating an unverified fixed asset transaction list. Generating the unverified fixed asset transaction list includes, for each financial transaction record, determining whether the financial transaction record conforms to at least one asset identification rule. Each asset identification rule corresponds to a confidence level of the asset identification rule. When the financial transaction record conforms to the at least one asset identification rule, generating the unverified fixed asset list further includes generating a confidence level of the financial transaction record based on the confidence level of the at least one asset identification rule, and inserting the financial transaction record and the confidence level of the financial transaction record in the unverified fixed asset transaction list.
US08626615B2	System and method for product trials in a simulated environment A system and method to enable product trials and, in particular, to dynamically collect information relating to the product trials. The system includes a tagging engine configured to tag one or more products, which are part of a product trial in a virtual universe. The system also includes a tracking engine configured to track information on the one or more products via a tag and a storage unit configured to collect the tracked information for marketing and/or advertising purposes.
US08626614B2	System and kiosk for commerce of optical media through multiple locations A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical media using an interconnected central server, through an Internet Service Provider. The central server has databases and processing capabilities and is connected to a credit verification system. The databases collect inventory administration information and customer data (e.g., credit card information and email addresses) from the kiosks. The central server initiates credit verification, sends receipts to customers via email and maintains databases for remote inventory control and administration of the kiosk network. A kiosk may identify a recorded disk for automated restocking and perform quality assessment of a recorded disk. The kiosk may provide publishing-on-demand or act as a portal for remotely served advertisements. The kiosk preferably includes a rotatable carousel with a selection of DVDs. A digital camera captures a digital image of a disk barcode and internal software rotates the image to “read” the barcode, to control inventory and access issues.
US08626612B2	Consolidating leads into a lead group In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to consolidate leads received from multiple user devices used by a single user. The system and method may include identifying a first plurality of leads received from one or more user devices as being submitted by a same user via the one or more user devices. The first plurality of leads may be directed to a listing provided by a lister. The first plurality of leads may be added to a lead group. Then, a second plurality of leads received from one or more users including the same user may be forwarded to the lister. The forwarding may include notifying the lister of a first count of the second plurality of leads. The first count may include the lead group counted as one lead.
US08626610B2	Equipment management system, equipment management method and program A shopping register creating part (111) creates shopping information including a purchase planned quantity of materials by each term based on an inventory standard master (110) in which inventory standard information at least including a lower limit amount of the material in the inventory is set and a maintenance calendar including a planned date of a maintenance work. A material order management part (112) accepts an order of a desired material from the shopping information in accordance with an operation of a user, then inputs a purchase result of the desired material. An inventory management purchase actual performance management part (113) updates an inventory management table managing a material quantity in the inventory based on the purchase result. An equipment master updating part (101) updates the inventory standard master (110) based on an updated result of the inventory management table.
US08626609B1	Order consolidation prediction Described herein are predictions of consolidation between previously placed orders and potential orders in, for example, an e-commerce system. A consolidation prediction may include a determination of a cost differential between consolidating the potential order(s) with previously placed order(s) and refraining from consolidating the potential order(s). The cost differential may comprise a savings in shipping costs, taxes, handling fees, and so forth. In addition, this cost differential may be presented to the user. When the user desires to complete the potential orders, the previously placed order(s) and potential order(s) may be consolidated to a single order, merchant, payment type, destination, and so forth.
US08626608B2	Recommendation systems using gourmet item sampling events Items—including gourmet products—are evaluated and rated by participants in a controlled event, which can be coordinated by software locally or at a dedicated website. Event data, including item scores and participant scores can be shared with vendors, merchants and other commercial entities associated with the products. Promotional incentives from such entities for the products (and related products) can then be directly targeted and provided to participants and other members of the public. The participant's activities can also be collected and disseminated to affiliates/friends of the participants through social networking sites, personalized web pages, etc.
US08626599B2	Payment processing system debt conversion notification When a buyer's debt to a seller cannot be paid using an account issued to the buyer by an issuer within a payment processing system, then either or both the seller and the buyer are solicited to conduct future transactions payable on the account. If the debt can be paid using the account, then a sub-account is created unique to the seller and buyer. Transactions between the buyer and seller can be processed using the sub-account including the option of aggregating the debts prior to the processing. The credit limit of the sub-account can be set to match the amount of the aggregated debts.
US08626590B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatic group ordering of food from restaurants The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for automatic online group ordering of food from a restaurant. According to one method, input for creating a group online food order from a restaurant is received. The input defines a group of individuals to invite to participate in an online group food order from a restaurant is received. In response to the input, invitations are automatically and electronically sent to the individuals inviting the individuals to participate in the group order. Individual orders are received from at least some of the individuals. The individual orders are combined into a group order. The group order is automatically communicated to the restaurant.
US08626588B2	Advertising with audio content The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) audio documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an audio document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ad spot(s), and (c) arbitrate among competing advertisements, using at least the offers, to determine at least one advertisement to be served in that ad spot(s). As another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an advertisement, (b) determine at least one audio document using the accepted relevance information, (c) present information about the audio document(s) to an advertiser associated with the advertisement, and (d) accept, from the advertiser, an offer to have its advertisement served with at least one of the audio document(s) accepted. As yet another example, a system may (a) accept relevance information for an audio document, (b) determine a plurality of advertisements relevant to the audio document using the relevance information and serving constraints of the advertisements, and (c) select at least one of the determined relevant advertisements to be served with the audio document. Examples of documents include radio programs, live or recorded musical works with lyrics, live or recorded dramatic works with dialog or a monolog, live or recorded talk shows, voice mail, segments of an audio conversation, etc.
US08626587B2	Artificial intelligence-based recommender and self-provisioner A method including providing at least one of a phone service, an Internet access service, or a television service to customers; identifying a customer when the customer uses the at least one of the phone service, the Internet access service, or the television service; selecting products or services for which the customer qualifies based on the identifying; gathering customer-specific data for the customer; generating recommendations that pertain to the at least one of the phone service, the Internet access service, or the television service for the customer based on the products or the services for which the customer qualifies, the customer-specific data, and other factors, wherein the other factors include at least one of a location of the customer or a time in which the recommendations is to be provided to the customer; and providing the recommendations to the customer via the at least service.
US08626586B1	Coordinated advertising for multiple wearable advertising display systems Wearable advertising display systems that integrate wireless communications technologies with wearable, dynamic displays for advertising purposes. Advertising content may be dynamically selected and communicated to the wearable advertising display systems from a remote device. In some embodiments, multiple wearable advertising display system may work together to provide a coordinated advertising message. A determination may be made that multiple wearable advertising display systems are within proximity of each other. Coordinated advertising content may be selected. At least a portion of the coordinated advertising content is communicated to each of the wearable advertising display systems, which present the coordinated advertising content in conjunction.
US08626582B2	System and method for networked loyalty program The present invention provides a system for implementing a loyalty program on a network-wide level. The system associates UPC and SKU data on a network level to reward consumers and/or to analyze the data for a variety of business purposes, such as market segmentation analysis and/or analysis relating to consumer spending behaviors or patterns, for example. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the network may comprise any number of participants, including consumers (such primary and supplementary members of an aggregate consumer account), retailers (and any of their employees), manufacturers, third-party providers, and the like. In accordance with one aspect, the system enables participation by supplementary members who are associated with a primary member and, in this manner, facilitates the tracking of supplementary member purchasing behavior, reward points earning behavior, and reward points redemption behavior. In accordance with another aspect, the system permits instant enrollment of consumers at a retailer point-of-sale using information that the retailer has previously gathered from the consumer. In accordance with another aspect, the system facilitates the compilation of a purchaser profile, which may be used for a variety of purposes, including various types of marketing analysis.
US08626581B2	Virtual couponing method and apparatus for use with consumer kiosk A method and apparatus for distributing, generating, and redeeming discount Virtual Coupons™, rebate or gift certificates or the like which may be used on conjunction with a frequency card program or the like. Virtual Coupons™ may be distributed electronically, for example, in the form of a diskette or CD-ROM software. Software on the diskette or CD-ROM may prompt a consumer to call a 1-800 number for a validation number or code. During the phone call, telemarketing personnel may request consumer demographic and or identification information which may be entered into a centralized database. Once the software is validated, a consumer may print out a list selected Virtual Coupons™ displayed on a Graphical User Interface (GUI). When a product is purchased, the UPC code of the product may be compared electronically with a list of Virtual Coupons™ authorized for a particular consumer. An appropriate coupon discount may then be applied and the Virtual Coupon™ may be considered “redeemed”. Once redeemed, consumer ID information and Virtual Coupon™ information may be retrieved electronically and used to update a central database. Accurate data may then be produced illustrating which consumers or groups of consumers are redeeming which Virtual Coupons™. Such data may be used for marketing purposes or to generated further diskettes for distribution targeting specific consumers or groups of consumers with specific classes of Virtual Coupon™ offerings. The use of Virtual Coupons™ eliminates or reduces fraud, and allows a frequency card discount to be applied only a limited number of times.
US08626580B2	Coupon-point system for managing supportive services to business in a semiconductor foundry environment A semiconductor coupon-service system, includes a coupon-service module for managing a semiconductor service; a coupon generator, in connection with the semiconductor service, for generating a coupon associated with the semiconductor service; and a coupon maintainer, in connection with the semiconductor service, for processing coupon operations associated with the coupon.
US08626573B2	System and method of integrating enterprise applications The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to enterprise application integration. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer system including a service oriented architecture (SOA), where the system includes a composite application configured to present sales targeted information by combining services from multiple application resources on a network, wherein the multiple application resources include: a sales force automation (SFA) tool configured to automate sales and sales force management functions; a real-time predictive analytics tool configured to evaluate customer purchasing data and recommend products or services based on the customer purchasing data; a knowledge management tool configured to search and retrieve data across multiple integrated applications; and a calendar tool configured to manage appointment scheduling. The multiple application resources can further include a collaboration tool; and a business intelligence tool, including at least one live news feed.
US08626572B2	Sales performance management through quota planning A method of quota planning. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a top-down goal. The top-down goal indicates an expected amount of sales for a sales territory of a sales territory hierarchy. The method also includes generating a bottom-up recommendation for the sales territory and specifying a quota for the sales territory. The bottom-up recommendation is reconciled with the top-down goal, resulting in a quota that indicates an assigned amount of sales for the sales territory.
US08626547B2	Work support method, work support apparatus and computer-readable storage medium A work support method is adapted to a work support apparatus having a skill information storage section to store skill information of workers, a work item information storage section to store work item information with respect to a work, and a work information storage section to store worker information of each work item with respect to the work. The work support method extracts a worker corresponding to each work item by referring to the skill information storage section and storing the extracted worker in the work information storage section, with respect to each work item stored in the work item information storage section, in response to a work order.
US08626535B2	System and method for providing shipping insurance as a service A shipping insurance service application has an electronic marketplace platform interface, a shipping insurance module, and an insurance provider module. The electronic marketplace platform interface communicates with at least one electronic marketplace application. The shipping insurance module provides a shipping insurance policy to a seller of the corresponding electronic marketplace application and processes a claim from the seller of the corresponding electronic marketplace application based on the shipping insurance policy. The carrier module obtains the shipping insurance policy from an insurance provider among a plurality of insurance providers.
US08626533B2	Patient data mining with population-based analysis A system and method for analyzing population-based patient information is provided. The method includes the steps of data mining a plurality of patient records using a domain knowledge base relating to a disease of interest; compiling the mined data into a plurality of structured patient records; inputting at least one patient criteria relating to the disease of interest; and extracting at least one structured patient record matching the at least one patient criteria. The system includes a data miner for mining information from the plurality of patient records using a domain knowledge base relating to a disease of interest and for compiling the mined data into a plurality of structured patient records; an interface for inputting at least one patient criteria relating to the disease of interest; and a processor adapted for extracting at least one of the structured patient records matching the at least one patient criteria.
US08626521B2	Public health surveillance system A networked system for identifying whether an individual or a plurality of individuals has been exposed to a disease-causing infectious agent associated with a bioterrorism event.
US08626516B2	Method and system for dynamic range control in an audio processing system Methods and systems for dynamic range control in an audio processing system are disclosed and may include controlling a dynamic range of an audio signal by expanding the dynamic range utilizing a dynamic expander, and dividing the audio signal into a plurality of frequency bands. Each of the bands may be individually compressed utilizing a multi-band compressor. A sum of the individually compressed frequency bands may be compressed utilizing a full-band compressor. The audio signal may be filtered utilizing a pre-emphasis filter, such as an infinite impulse response filter and may be divided into frequency bands utilizing one or more finite impulse response filters and/or delay modules. The dynamic expander may include adaptive thresholds and an envelope detector. Each of the frequency bands may be compressed utilizing syllabic compression in the multi-band compressor. The compressed sum of compressed plurality of bands may be processed utilizing an audio CODEC.
US08626511B2	Multi-dimensional disambiguation of voice commands Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing voice commands. In one aspect, a method includes receiving an audio signal at a server, performing, by the server, speech recognition on the audio signal to identify one or more candidate terms that match one or more portions of the audio signal, identifying one or more possible intended actions for each candidate term, providing information for display on a client device, the information specifying the candidate terms and the actions for each candidate term, receiving from the client device an indication of an action selected by a user, where the action was selected from among the actions included in the provided information, and invoking the action selected by the user.
US08626506B2	Method and system for dynamic nametag scoring A method for dynamic nametag scoring includes receiving at least one confusion table including at least one circumstantial condition wherein the confusion table is based on a plurality of phonetically balanced utterances, determining a plurality of templates for the nametag based on the received confusion tables, and determining a global nametag score for the nametag based on the determined templates. A computer usable medium with suitable computer program code is employed for dynamic nametag scoring.
US08626485B2	Emulation apparatus, emulator generating method and emulator executing method In an emulation apparatus, a processing operation recording unit records processing operations performed by an emulator executing unit and corresponding execution time. A counting unit reads policies defined in a policy storing unit and counts an execution frequency of each processing operation in each policy. According to the counting result of the counting unit, a source combining unit rearranges source components in an optimal order for each policy and combines the rearranged source components to generate a source. A compiling unit compiles the source generated for each policy and generates an emulator for each policy. An emulator selecting unit finds a policy that includes the current time from among the policies defined in the policy storing unit, reads the emulator generated for the found policy from an emulator storing unit, and instructs the emulator executing unit to execute that emulator.
US08626481B1	Signal tagging during simulation Approaches for simulating a circuit design. A block diagram of the circuit design is displayed. Each block has at least one input and at least one output, and at least one of the input or output of each block is connected to another block. Simulation data are input to a simulation model of the circuit design. During simulation of each of a plurality of the sub-circuits with the simulation model, an output data value is determined from one or more input data values to the simulated sub-circuit. Concurrent with determining the output data value, an output tag value corresponding to the output data value is determined. Concurrent with output of the output data value from the simulated sub-circuit, each output tag value is displayed proximate an output signal line from the block corresponding to the sub-circuit.
US08626477B2	Spreadsheet-based graphical user interface for modeling of products using the systems engineering process A spreadsheet environment is used as a graphical user interface for depicting and interacting with the various aspects of a system. In particular, the spreadsheet environment supports using OMG SysML to model a system and to execute tasks associated with the systems engineering process.
US08626471B2	Method and system for testing and calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device A method and system for testing and calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is a method of testing and calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device, comprising: detecting the electronic device within a nest of a test fixture; calculating an offset value for each sensing axis of the accelerometer in response to detecting the electronic device within the nest; and storing the offset values in a memory of the electronic device.
US08626470B2	Reversible permeability measuring device The present invention relates to a reversible permeability measuring device for measuring magnetic characteristics and magnetic flux change in a specimen, as one of a plurality of non-destructive methods for evaluating mechanical properties. The reversible permeability measuring device of the present invention directly measures a magnetic field change induced at the surface of the specimen through the use of a magnetic potentiometer and a flux meter, thereby accurately evaluating the deterioration of materials.
US08626469B2	In-situ RC-calibration scheme for active RC filter A method of calibrating a filter includes applying an input signal into the filter to generate an output signal, measuring a phase difference between the input signal and the output signal; determining a leading/lagging status of the phase difference; calculating a capacitor code (CAP_CODE) using the leading/lagging status; and calibrating the capacitor using the CAP_CODE.
US08626460B2	Secure test-for-yield chip diagnostics management system and method A chip diagnostics management system includes secure design information that define production features of integrated circuit devices and are accessible according to selected levels of access privilege. A database of device defect information includes information of defects of devices produced according to the production features of the design information and associated wafers, production lots, and dies in or with which the devices were produced. A diagnostic manager correlates device defect information from plural wafers with the design information to identify a device location with a probability of being associated with the device defect information. A diagnostic manager viewer indicates the device location together with an amount of design information correlated the level of access privilege assigned to a selected user.
US08626459B2	Defect detection in objects using statistical approaches Disclosed are systems, methods and articles, including an inspection system that includes at least one generator to apply energy to an object at an application point to cause waves to travel, at least partly, through the object. The system further includes at least one detector configured to detect at least a portion of the waves traveling through the object, and a statistical analyzer to perform a statistical analysis based on an output produced by the at least one detector in response to the detected portion of the waves, the statistical analysis being used to determine whether at least one defect is present in the object.
US08626446B2	Method of directional resistivity logging A method for estimating at least one formation parameter from a directional resistivity measurement includes computing a plurality of hypothetical directional resistivity values at a corresponding plurality of formation parameter values. The computation makes use of a forward model having at least one analytical expression that relates a directional resistivity measurement to the formation parameter. The analytical expression includes at least one image source term. Comparison of computed directional resistivity values with measured direct resistivity values enables a value of at least one formation parameter to be selected. The method may be implemented on a downhole processor.
US08626429B2	Allocation of flight legs to dispatcher positions A method includes receiving flight leg data and dispatcher position data for a planning horizon and identifying cycle flight legs and extraordinary flight legs based on the flight leg data. The method includes allocating each cycle flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions. The method includes allocating, after allocating each cycle flight leg, each extraordinary flight leg to at least one dispatcher position while minimizing workload deviations between the dispatcher positions.
US08626425B2	Method for fueling an engine at start A method for improving starting of an engine that may be repeatedly stopped and started is presented. In one example, fuel injection timing is selectively adjusted based on engine stop position and amount of time the engine is stopped. The method may improve engine starting and lower engine noise.
US08626421B2	Glowplug temperature control method and device for the reduction of emissions from a diesel engine A method is provided for reducing emissions behind a catalytic converter in an exhaust gas stream of the engine. The method includes, but is not limited to controlling a power supply to a glowplug of a compression-ignition engine. The glowplug is activated if a set of at least two input values remains in a first characteristic region of an input parameter space for at least a predetermined activation time. The first characteristic region consists of one ore more contiguous regions of the input parameter space.
US08626415B2	Electronic braking system and method for operating an electronic braking system The invention relates to an electronic braking system (50) for motor vehicles (60), having at least one wheel brake (7, 8, 9, 10) actuated by an electromechanical actuator (11, 12), wherein the electromechanical actuator (11, 12) is associated with an electronic control and/or regulating unit (WCU) (18, 19, 20) in which a data processing program for controlling and/or regulating the electromechanical actuator (11, 12) is executed. The system further having a data bus, in particular a CAN data bus, associated with the electronic control and/or regulating unit (ECU) (18, 19, 20). In the braking system a temporal coordination is achieved between an electronic control and regulating unit (18, 19, 20) associated with an electromechanical actuator (11, 12) and an additional control and regulating unit of the braking system. This end, the loop time of the data processing program for controlling and/or regulating the electromechanical actuator (11, 12) may be altered via the data bus.
US08626401B2	Cultivation system and a subsoil tool A method and system of tillage and tillage management that includes the steps of establishing a plurality of soil profiles over an area of soil to be cultivated, creating soil map database by combining these soil profiles to establish a treatment and cultivation regime, cultivating the ground in accordance regime and recording the cultivation in the soil map database. A subsoil tool for carrying out the method and system, with a shank (18) connected to a vehicle and to a ripper foot (20) terminating in a ripper tooth (22); a hydraulic ram (26) attached at a lower end to a first pivot connection (28) and at an upper end to an actuator the first pivot connection is attached to a rear end of a laterally extending wing member (30), a front end of the wing member being pivotally attached to the shank through a second pivot point (32) and the wing member is selected in accordance with soil profile at any position on a soil map database and is oscillated in response to actuation of the ram.
US08626398B2	Collision avoidance system and method for a road vehicle and respective computer program product Collision avoidance actions in a road vehicle are controlled based on a computed probability density of future positions of the vehicle. A preliminary probability density (32) is computed by means of a mechanical model by extrapolation from the detected state of the vehicle, including at least its detected position (31). Map data is used to define different regions in an area that contains the road, such as a first region that comprises a road part for traffic that moves in the direction of travel of the vehicle, a second region that comprises a road part for traffic in the opposite direction and a third region bordering on the road. The regions are used to obtain a correction factor of the computed probability density function in the first region (33). The correction factor is computed dependent on the aggregates of the probability density function in respective ones of the regions. In this way it is possible to compensate for errors that result from extrapolations that misinterpret swerving motion that suggest that the vehicle will move of the road, but are automatically corrected by the driver.
US08626394B2	Electric power steering control device An electric power steering control device includes: a vibration extracting filter for performing filter processing on a rotation speed of a motor to reduce a gain on a low frequency side so as to output a vibration-component signal; a current variable gain map for detecting a current flowing through the motor as a first state quantity so as to calculate a current variable gain based on the current; a rotation-speed variable gain map for detecting the rotation speed of the motor as a second state quantity so as to calculate a rotation-speed variable gain based on the rotation speed; a correction mechanism calculating a vibration suppression current; and current controller calculating a target current so as to control the current flowing through the motor.
US08626393B2	Determination of a center feeling for EPS steering systems In order to transmit reliable and precise information, to as great an extent as possible, on current driving conditions and driving situations, and also achieve disturbance-free behavior of the steering system in the center point range, in a steering device in a vehicle, a target steering torque (torSSW) is determined by determining an actual toothed rack force (forRT), determining at least one first component for the target steering torque (torSSW) as a function of the actual toothed rack force (forRT), and determining at least one additional component for the target steering torque (torSSW) from a calculated toothed rack force (forRS), wherein the calculated toothed rack force (forRS) is determined from a wheel steering angle and a vehicle speed (velV).
US08626385B2	Systems and methods for analyzing machine performance A system for analyzing machine performance is disclosed. The system may have one or more processors and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, enable the one or more processors to identify an event for a machine that includes a desired output parameter value and send a command to a component of the machine. A command value associated with the command may be determined based on the desired output parameter value, one or more machine state parameter values, and a feedback control loop. The instructions may further enable the one or more processors to determine whether the machine requires maintenance by comparing the command value to one or more historical command values each determined based on a historical desired output parameter value and one or more historical machine state parameter values.
US08626384B2	User interface with proximity detection for object tracking A system or method for tracking items proximate a user interface device include a user interface device having at least one solid-state touch-sensitive region and a receiver for wirelessly receiving a signal from at least one item to determine proximity of the item relative to the user interface device. The device may also include a display screen for displaying controls and information. The user interface device may be permanently or removably mounted in a vehicle and used to interface with vehicle systems and personal electronic devices for control and information display. Tracked items or objects may include passive or active data tags and communicate identification information and optionally position information to the user interface device. The device may alert the user to movement of tracked objects, and/or confirm presence of a group of objects intended for a particular task or project.
US08626383B2	Method of optimizing the loading of loads in a vehicle A method of determining the locations of loads in a vehicle in such a manner as to ensure mission safety in terms of loads being retained in the aircraft. On the basis of vehicle parameters, the anchor points available in this type of vehicle for retaining the loads are identified. As a function of the available loading volume(s), a possible loading configuration is calculated using at least some of the available anchor points, at least some of the retaining means, and the characteristics of the loads. The forces that might be exerted on the selected anchor points are verified as being less than maximum limits. The calculated loading configuration is confirmed, otherwise a new loading configuration is calculated.
US08626382B2	Technique for operating a vehicle effectively and safely A control system is employed in a vehicle to assist a user to operate the vehicle effectively and safely. In accordance with the invention, the system provides driving assistance to the user by taking into account the user's physical condition, the vehicle condition and the surrounding conditions. The surrounding conditions include, e.g., road, weather and traffic conditions, external to the vehicle. The vehicle condition concerns the conditions of the brakes, steering, tires, radiator, etc. of the vehicle. Signs of fatigue, stress and illness of the user are monitored by the control system to assess the user's physical condition.
US08626370B2	Vehicle control apparatus and vehicle control method A control apparatus is applied to a vehicle that has shift modes including the continuously variable shift mode, in which a ratio of the rotational speed of a power source to the rotational speed of a drive shaft is continuously adjusted, and the stepped shift mode, in which the ratio is fixed. The control apparatus includes a control unit that controls the torque that is output from the power source to make the time that is required to bring the drive torque of the drive shaft from a predetermined value to a target value in the stepped shift mode equal to the time that is required to bring the drive torque of the drive shaft from the predetermined value to the target value in the continuously variable shift mode. In this way, the difference in drivability between the continuously variable shift mode and the stepped shift mode is minimized.
US08626365B2	Automatic steering control apparatus and autopilot An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic steering control apparatus, including an autopilot, which enables a ship to turn around a desired fixed point as a turning center with a desired turning radius without being affected by an extraneous factor, such as a tidal current or the like.To achieve the object, a center position, a turning radius and a turning direction for turning are initially designated by the operator, a tangent to a turning circle at an intersection of a straight line from the turning center to a position of the ship and the turning circle, and a course of the ship is controlled to approach the tangent.
US08626359B2	Implementation of Kalman filter linear state estimator for actuator equalization A rotorcraft control system is provided and includes a rotor blade having a moving surface operatively connected for movement among various positions, an actuator receptive of a modified control signal and operatively connected to move the surface among the various positions, a sensor operably coupled to the actuator to generate a sensor response signal reflective of a response of the actuator to the modified control signal and a controller to output the modified control signal to the actuator, the controller including a control loop to generate the modified control signal from an initial control signal that is modified by relating the initial control signal and the sensor response signal and by accounting for actuator inaccuracies, sensor sensitivities and noise.
US08626346B2	Dynamically adjustable floor tile for a data center A dynamically adjustable floor tile for a data center including a plurality of perforations; and a dynamically adjustable aperture, wherein opening the aperture exposes one or more of the perforations to airflow through the floor tile and closing the aperture blocks one or more of the apertures to airflow through the floor tile.
US08626331B2	Systems and methods for managing key information Systems and methods for managing key information are provided. In some embodiments, systems for managing key information are provided, the systems comprising: at least one hardware processor that: receives security information from a user; receives an image of a first key; determines geometric information about the first key based on the image; causes the geometric information about the first key to be stored in a storage device in association with at least a portion of the security information from the user; and causes the geometric information about the first key to be retrieved from the storage device upon validating at least the portion of the security information for use in creating a second key.
US08626329B2	Product assembly system and control software An improved assembly, test, packaging and/or processing system and a control system, each of which may be expanded or reduced in size, capability and/or capacity on a modular basis to suit or adapt to a number of different applications. The product assembly, test, packaging and/or processing system comprises a number of modules which are assembled and arranged as required. Pallets move between stations on the modules along track portions which cooperate with track portions on adjacent modules so other modules can be added without affecting the movement of the pallets. When those modules are added or removed, or when stations are added or removed, corresponding controllers in the control system are also added or removed.
US08626325B2	Audio device and method for appending identification data into audio signals An audio device includes a processor, a storage unit, an audio processing module, a silence detection circuit, a condition determining circuit, a direct current (DC) level bias circuit and an appending circuit. The audio device generates identification data, control signals, and original audio signals. The silence detection circuit detects silence segments of the original audio signals, and generates driving signals if the silence segments are detected. Then the condition determining circuit determines if the identification data needs to be appended into the silence segments according to the driving signals and the control signals, and outputs the identification data in DC signal form if the identification data needs to be appended into the silence segments. After DC voltage level of the identification data in DC signal form is biased, the appending circuit appends the biased identification data into the silence segments of the original audio signals.
US08626323B2	Method and apparatus for playing audio files A method for playing audio files includes: parsing data frames of an audio file until basic information about file playing that meets the conditions for playing the audio file is obtained; and playing the audio file according to the basic information about file playing. A location and search method for an audio file includes: determining a frame position corresponding to a playing position in search according to a stored mapping between playing positions and frame positions when receiving input information about the playing position in search; and starting playing an audio file from the determined frame position. An apparatus for playing audio files is also disclosed. With the invention, the playing response speed of an audio file is improved to a great extent.
US08626303B2	Neurostimulator Methods and devices of stimulating nerves are disclosed. In one embodiment adapted for stimulating excitable tissue, the invention includes drive circuitry (12), an acoustic transducer (14) and a pair of electrodes (28).
US08626300B2	Methods and apparatus for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation Methods and apparatus are provided for thermally-induced renal neuromodulation. Thermally-induced renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal energy to heat or cool neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers. In some embodiments, parameters of the neural fibers, of non-target tissue, or of the thermal energy delivery element, may be monitored via one or more sensors for controlling the thermally-induced neuromodulation. In some embodiments, protective elements may be provided to reduce a degree of thermal damage induced in the non-target tissues. In some embodiments, thermally-induced renal neuromodulation is achieved via delivery of a pulsed thermal therapy.
US08626295B2	Ultrasonic transducer for bi-directional wireless communication A piezoelectric element within an external ultrasonic transducer assembly can be used for wireless communication of data between an implantable device and the external ultrasonic transducer assembly such as using ultrasonic energy coupled to a flexible portion of a housing of the transducer assembly. The flexible portion can be configured to contact skin of a body containing the implantable device. The transducer assembly can be configured to respectively transmit or receive ultrasonic energy using at least partially overlapping respective ranges of resonant frequencies.
US08626291B2	Method for discriminating anodal and cathodal capture An implantable device and associated method detect anodal capture during electrical stimulation. A first pacing pulse is delivered using a first cathode and a first anode. A second pacing pulse is delivered using the first cathode and a second anode. A first response to the first pacing pulse and a second response to the second pacing pulse are measured. Anodal capture of the first pacing pulse at the first anode is detected in response to a first difference between the first response and the second response.
US08626282B2	Baroreflex modulation to gradually change a physiological parameter An aspect of the present subject matter relates to a baroreflex stimulator. An embodiment of the stimulator includes a pulse generator to provide a baroreflex stimulation signal through an electrode, and a modulator. The modulator modulates the baroreflex stimulation signal to increase the baroreflex stimulation therapy by a predetermined rate of change to lower systemic blood pressure to a target pressure. Other aspects are provided herein.
US08626272B2	Apparatus and method for light control in an in-vivo imaging device A device and method for example operating an in vivo imaging device wherein the illumination is operated at a certain rate or range of rates, and images are transmitted from the device.
US08626270B2	Cavity-filling biopsy site markers The invention provides materials, devices and methods for marking biopsy sites for a limited time. The biopsy-marking materials are ultrasound-detectable bio-resorbable powders, with powder particles typically between about 20 microns and about 800 microns in maximum dimension, more preferably between about 300 microns and about 500 microns. The powders may be formed of polymeric materials containing cavities sized between about 10 microns and about 500 microns, and may also contain binding agents, anesthetic agents, hemostatic agents, and radiopaque markers. Devices for delivering the powders include tubes configured to contain the powders and to fit within a biopsy cannula, the powders being ejected by action of a syringe. Systems may include a tube containing powder, and a syringe containing sterile saline. The tube may be configured to fit within a biopsy cannula such as a Mammotome® or SenoCor 360™ cannula.
US08626266B1	ECG triggered heart and arterial magnetic resonance imaging High resistance non-metallic ECG leads are used to capture biologically generated electrical signals, and include at least one magnetic resonance noise lead to capture a noise reference signal indicative of electromagnetic noise ambient to the leads generated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The noise reference signal is canceled from the captured electrical signal using an adaptive canceling noise filter to obtain a processed electrical signal indicative of the biologically generated electrical signal that causes movement in a patient's moving body part, such as the heart. A characteristic of the processing electrical signal indicative of the biologically generated electrical signal that causes the movement is detected to obtain a trigger signal, which is then transmitted to cause the MRI system to capture at least one imagine including the moving body part.
US08626264B1	Obtaining information about brain activity A brain imaging system can be operated to obtain brain image signals indicating activity at brain locations, and information can be extracted from the brain image signals. For example, for each of a set of living human brain regions that can have two or more possible activity features such as qualia features, feature values can be obtained indicating activity features of the region. The feature values can be more explicit than brain image data indicating activity at brain locations. A data structure can be produced that includes data indicating extracted information, such as qualia value data for a quale activity feature that can occur in a region. Such a data structure can be stored on a storage medium and used in diagnosis and/or treatment of detrimental conditions of consciousness.
US08626263B2	Methods and apparatus for relative perfusion and/or viability A method of evaluating tissue of an organ includes performing at least one of classification processing and clustering processing to obtain a processed dataset to visualize at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent distribution in the tissue, a relative regional uptake of the at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent in the tissue, relative regional flow of the at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent and the clearance or persistence of the at least one of the imaging agent, blood, the contrast agent, and the biomedical agent within the tissue and the characterization of elemental components of disease.
US08626255B2	Noninvasive multi-parameter patient monitor Embodiments of the present disclosure include a handheld multi-parameter patient monitor capable of determining multiple physiological parameters from the output of a light sensitive detector capable of detecting light attenuated by body tissue. For example, in an embodiment, the monitor is capable of advantageously and accurately displaying one or more of pulse rate, plethysmograph data, perfusion quality, signal confidence, and values of blood constituents in body tissue, including for example, arterial carbon monoxide saturation (“HbCO”), methemoglobin saturation (“HbMet”), total hemoglobin (“Hbt”), arterial oxygen saturation (“SpO2”), fractional arterial oxygen saturation (“SpaO2”), or the like. In an embodiment, the monitor advantageously includes a plurality of display modes enabling more parameter data to be displayed than the available physical display real estate.
US08626254B2	Metal assembly constituting a precursor for a superconductor, a superconductor and a method suitable for the production of a superconductor The invention relates to an assembly (1, 35, 71) of metal elements constituting a precursor for a superconductor. The assembly comprises at least one conductor element (5, 41, 73) adapted to provide a superconducting filament in the finished superconductor, and at least one doping element (7, 43, 75) providing a doping source for doping the conductor element. The invention also relates to a method suitable for producing a superconductor.

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